| 单词 | carve |
| 例句 | “How can you stand it?” she fumed to a redheaded sailor who was taking advantage of the windless hours to give the carved dolphin at the prow a fresh coat of paint. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Grandma hunkered in the grass with a butcher knife to carve it into cakes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He felt carved from something beautiful and indestructible. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Lou uses his hands when he talks, long fingers carving the air into shapes that match his words. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After the viscous density of the air, there was little resistance; it was suddenly like carving through fog or mist. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I figured she was getting some money to pay Mr. Leroy, but when she came back she was holding on to a fancy carved box. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The brother gods Semosh and Selloso dreamed in twin temples on opposite sides of the Black Canal, linked by a carved stone bridge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the carvings...Gregor had seen cherubs and gargoyles on buildings before, but the walls of Regalia crawled with life. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Three small hairs were embedded in the crack, and Art Moran carved them free with his pocketknife and tucked them into the sheath in his wallet that also held his driver’s license. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Each one had a face carved into it, and no two faces were alike. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The plate is balanced on a small cushion so that while carving, the artist can hold the burin steady and swivel the plate, allowing for greater control. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z To pass the time, everybody was soon discussing how the tall young Greek with the elegant bearing had become enamored of the dark beauty who was never seen anywhere without her carved olivewood box. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then she traced the outside, which was carved with what felt like tiny hatch marks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare into the faces of the men I kill, and though the storm muffles the groans, every death carves its way into my memory, each one a wound that will never heal. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With eight minutes left in the half and the score still tied at zero, Jeremiah Ziaty carved his way through the Fire defense at the top of the box. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Perfect little ears, like they were carved out of ... something.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sharp points Nhamo had thoughtfully carved at the narrow end discouraged them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Rashid Uncle stayed out most of the day, then carved wood outside under a tree. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It’s...in some kind of fancy wooden box, carved or something, but I can’t see more than that.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The scars on Poppa’s cheek had been three lines across his cheek, carved with a sharp blade. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched the Commandant as she carved it into me, a thick-lined, precise K stretching from my collarbone to the skin over my heart. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Nature produced you, but nurture has perfected you,” Gertrude often said with pride, as though I were her creation, carved from an unlikely piece of wood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She looked fierce and stubborn as she sat there, small against the high carved back of the chair. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Signs and figures were carved above its wide arch too dim to read, and fear flowed from it like a grey vapour. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Use it to carve. If you discover what lies inside the wood, you’ll discover what’s inside of you. It helps you to heal.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The middle school and the high school buildings were too new, and Poppyfield Hall had been carved up into studio and theater spaces. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He then removes one leaf and with a twig carves a cross on it and returns it to the wall hole. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z These doors are banded with steel, and there are shields and dragons carved into their surfaces. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hrothgar went back to his high, carved chair, relinquishing the bowl to the noblest of his thanes, and sat like an old man listening inside his mind to the voices of his childhood. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished I could go with them, but even more than curly fries and a look at the beauty queen carved life-sized in butter, I needed to work a few lawns today. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As you know, the gift we sent, the carved gemstone, is not simply an artifact of ye olden days. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I got Dad his knife with the carved bone handle and the blade of blue German steel, and he gave me a pipe wrench, and we went looking for Demon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I knelt down and ran my fingers over the carving. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We walked towards the hill, and now I could see a cave carved into it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The knife flies again across the room, over furniture of velvet and intricately carved wood, passing perilously close to a crystal decanter of brandy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His carvings and furniture and clever constructions were in high demand on the other side of the Road, as well. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The dull gray daylight carved deep shadows beneath Kaede’s eyes and darkened the hollows in her cheeks. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dominating the entire back wall is a colossal, Gothic choir screen carved from marble and adorned with ornate statues of saints, black and gold and imposing, holy. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He would like to carve one of those dwarfs, for example, such as those in the roof bosses in his father’s house. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The king was shaded beneath a crimson canopy, one leg thrown negligently over the carved wooden arm of his chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had carved each one as a wish for lightness, for freedom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Within the room was a great canopied bed, a tall wardrobe decorated with erotic carvings, and a narrow window of leaded glass in a pattern of red and yellow diamonds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She arranged a small box of odd treasures—stones, butterfly wings, a carved wooden toad—to give to Claire. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The furnishings included a bunk, a writing desk, a chair, a stool, and the Halfmaester’s cyvasse table, strewn with carved wooden pieces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Eyrie's plump septon escorted him to the statue in the center of the garden, a weeping woman carved in veined white marble, no doubt meant to be.Alyssa. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were trucks and motor vehicles carving tracks in the road, which froze overnight and then turned to mud again during the day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Above the entrance was a carving depicting Atlas with a globe of the world atop his shoulders—hence the theatre's name, the Globe. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “That’s my suitcase over there, and it’s full of beautiful carvings.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When he did, he felt the curved indentations, the places carved here and there with names: Tank. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dashing tears from her eyes, she pulled the carved cylindrical lid over the desk, hiding her writing instruments. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z After Edwin left, Cole spent the rest of the after- noon carving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He would draw his golden sword and slash a path right through the mob, carving the eyes out of the head of every man who dared to look at her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But Alys’s strong fingers pried it loose, and she raised the heavy, carved lid. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozarts Piano Concerto no. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Coll disappeared inside the cottage to search for Hen Wen’s letter sticks, the long rods of ash wood carved with spells. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The Product was what they had carved out of her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to be able to get rid of the picture of Hermione, lying on the hospital bed as though carved out of stone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I hate this word,” Francesca continued, running her hand over my carved bark. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In the morning, he ordered that the fish carving be brought to him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Vola stared straight ahead, right through him, her face as rigid as if it had been carved of wood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes even they got sick of yakking and turned to dominoes, playing with an old carved set with dots so stained from a million games that they were nearly indecipherable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He brought back chunks of driftwood, and he would pass long hours sitting on the steps carving myrtle limbs into benches, table legs, and lamps, filling our rooms with bits of gnarled, polished furniture. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the ring, someone had carved the word “Rats” in jagged letters. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot had carved two knights in armour for him out of wood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Its light carved a yellow frown on my carpet. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A house bewitched, carved out of the dark woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She stopped every three or four paces, staring silently at the carved lovers, and the processions of elephants, and the topless female musicians beating on two-sided drums. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then it carved my thoughts into crystal wedges that would not be ignored. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Well crafted, obviously, with intricately carved woodwork edges and a perfectly painted face, but just a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had seen him whittling, worrying blocks of pine with his curved carving knives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The carved eyes of those statues that had eyes seemed to follow his every step. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Woodcutters, carpenters, the lady who carves spoons. I could go on and on.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He looks at the ancient fireplace, the carved details of the mantel almost as old as the country itself, and it may not be Kensington Palace, but it looks all right. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Kaz stood with both gloved hands resting on the carved crow’s head of his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He sits like a graniteboy waiting for a chisel so he can carve himself out of the mountainside. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It was covered in stars—raised carvings that mirrored the night sky. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The long fine nose, the dainty flare of the nostrils—there was something masklike and carved about the face, and very still. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Father said a grace of thanks that felt like it went on forever and then he carved the enormous bird. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When I gathered the courage to glimpse at the Mosses, their faces seemed carved out of lifeless plaster. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The three stood at the rail and watched the long, slim craft, carved from one log, with a huge sail woven of matting. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba had even carved flowers and leaves into the wood. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I had carved out my niche, and was having a great time; life was so good as an outsider that I didn’t even think about dating. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He concentrated on the fair’s central lagoon, which his dredges soon would begin carving from the Jackson Park shore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The bear carving had taken nearly a week to finish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I am like them. Every day I think to myself, it happen, finally I become the rock I carve.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It turned out to be not a book at all but a wooden box trickily carved and painted to look like a calf-bound volume. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was a magnificent boat, solid and heavy in the water, over twenty feet long and carved from the trunk of one giant tree. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She remembered those great wooden beams and the carved animal faces that adorned them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Large white hunks of this fish were carved out and put on to our plates, and with it we had hollandaise sauce and boiled new potatoes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It's amazing; this valley wasn't made by a river slowly carving it away. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The same symbol was embossed on a carved wooden charm that dangled from a cord attached to the journal’s spine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She might have been carved out of stone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He let Aru and Mini down near the stone door carved with elephants. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Here there was a proper fireplace, richly carved with the arms and supporters of Benwick, and half a tree smouldered in the grate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kappa feeds on human blood but may be persuaded not to harm a person if it is thrown a cucumber with that person’s name carved into it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On a bedside table he kept a beeswax candle and a small carving of the Warrior. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One summer day, I used one of Ali’s kitchen knives to carve our names on it: “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The carved chest that she had brought across the narrow sea was more than three-quarters empty now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Koffi was still studying her, eyes dropping to the large stone snake carved at her feet, when she heard it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Their likenesses were carved into the stones that sealed the tombs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Neither Condivi nor Vasari, Michelangelo’s biographers who knew him personally mention the master carving this little angel; they mention only the angel carved for the altar in Siena. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The old king frowns in his carved chair. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Surprised to see him, she carved carefully for hours and finally she let him out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever had carved the stela had some knowledge of writing and mathematics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Papa had carved her a sturdy cane; the blisters and sores had mostly healed, the shortness of breath all but gone. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Some supported themselves with tall carved staffs as they struggled along on ancient, shaking legs, while others walked as proud as any horselord. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It was my distinct understanding that those two had piles of money. Piles of it. Collectors pay a lot of money for those little carvings they make.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z How she had him watch while she carved, then let him figure out things for himself. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I couldn't do anything permanent like carve "killer" on my forehead and wait for it to scar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “The land is no place for a Gribley, and here I am three hundred feet from the beech with Gribley carved on it.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, shaking out a splendid coverlet, he seated her on a throne with footrest—all finely carved—and drew his painted armchair near her, at a distance from the rest. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What could he carve to show the healing that had taken place and the understanding he felt? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It would have a paddle; he had already begun carving one, crouched in his little shed during rainy days. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nailer’s face felt like it was carved from wood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was as tall as her chest, thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom, carved with a border of knots and loops. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Hour after hour, mile after mile, lurching back and forth in the wagon, Mollie crossed the wild, empty landscape, not yet carved into a country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At a carving station, a burly man in a white apron sliced roast beef from an enormous rare haunch. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I learned when I was young. Boys can, the ones who are chosen. And some of the carving I do has words.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Rondell was finally done he stood up and handed back the smaller rock and we both turned to what the three of us had carved into the big boulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It wound like a gully carved by a river that had left to find a cleaner bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z You'd look at Eleanor's mom and think she must be carved into the prow of a Viking ship somewhere or maybe painted on the side of a plane. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Mustafa pulls open the carved green door of the community hall. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At each turn of the road there were great standing stones that had been carved in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting cross-legged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Up close and in better light, he saw a symbol was crudely carved into the metal, but he still didn’t know what it meant. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Importantly, though, for all his rough edges, Mussorgsky showed that Russian music could obey its own rules, follow its own tastes and carve its own identity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Different woods, different merits. Basswood’s easy to carve, holds fine detail, and it’s light. I use it for the marionettes’ heads. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z How the paranoia and fundamentalism were carving up my life, how they were taking from me the people I cared about and leaving only degrees and certificates—an air of respectability—in their place. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A tall, brass coatrack stood off to one side beside a black bench with a high, carved back. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z These seem to me like the inscriptions I used to read about, carved on the stone walls of caves, or drawn with a mixture of soot and animal fat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A half-sized cow carved out of butter reclined on a block of melting ice. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He carved and worked deep into the night, trying his best not to think about his life. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z ‘No, it’s more than that. Look at the ridges and grooves carved around the rim.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She recognized the tall spikes of yarrow and its dense clustered blossoms; around them twined the flopping stems of coreopsis, above a carved base of that plant’s mounded dark and feathery leaves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeks passed, but the large blank space he had reserved at the bottom of the totem for his anger carving remained empty. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A shallow stone basin lay there, with odd carvings around the edge: runes and symbols that Harry did not recognize. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the center of the chamber was* the great table from which it took its name, a massive slab of carved wood fashioned at the command of Aegon Targaryen in the days before the Conquest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The rats had even dug out a new pantry-hole in one corner, and carved out the small tunnel that would connect the two rooms of the house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I would rather be in a small wooden boat carved from an old tree, or even a floating nutshell. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And his gaze traveled upward from legs planted so firmly they might as well have been tree trunks to a torso carved of stone, immovable, ivory arms, up to a blanched face that— Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The party food was a huge watermelon with the number 500 carved into the rind! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Did he know why someone would carve “LEAVE” into the beloved local wishtree? Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “No. He carved this himself. It hung on the wall above the pulpit in the vicarage where he preached.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The armrests was carved in the shape of a couple of snarling lions and the wood was shiny and wore down from so many folk gripping on to it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “It’s so smooth. And it’s got little feathers carved in and little eyes.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The monuments look carved from the wind, hunched and holed and weathered, translucent, and stretch as far as the eye can see. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Other evidence, however, is necessary, for it is known that Michelangelo did not carve all the marble blocks which were quarried for him and which bore his mark. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard of the Wisconsin Dells but was not prepared for the weird country sculptured by the Ice Age, a strange, gleaming country of water and carved rock, black and green. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Its wounds are as fresh as the wounds of the men who carved it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A thick, gnarled cane with a handle carved in the shape of a cobras head lay across her knees. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z You did not bring home a carved seashell from Key West or a miniature of the CN Tower or a finger-sized bottle of sand from Martha’s Vineyard unless you intended to stay. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Everything possible was carved with designs, even the stanchions where the goats put their heads and the stalls in the little barn. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z You drank cheap Liebfraumilch in plastic cups, calling it cocktails, and carved off hunks of Cheddar cheese with a Swiss Army knife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When she was not hunting, or carving, she danced, sewed, chopped wood or made candles. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch him as he begins to carve a border around the initials. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This from a guy who spends his days carving fossils out of sandstone using a chisel and a paintbrush. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The fountain in the center cascades down a carved stone wall, flowing into a round pond full of koi. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The new carving was so real, the bear looked as if it were stepping out of the log. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then the first: grapevines carved into the banister. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The rims are carved with designs of birds and animals, whereas the medallions in the spokes are carved with women in luxurious poses, largely erotic in nature.”’ Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Of course, she says, Á bu, and to come here with her carvings to sell she must walk all the way, more than two hundred kilometers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of summer Cole had carved a seal’s head, a sparrow in a nest, and a raven. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The room was the size of the main portion of her barn, but instead of being filled with hay and goats, it was filled with a huge, tall bed and a massive carved wardrobe. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Only after he had reached it did Taran see long flights of steps carved into the living rock. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z At first sight it was an acorn, but it was oddly heavy, and when he looked more closely, he saw that it was carved out of a piece of tight-grained wood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The cart moved slowly, following the tracks that the passage of men and beasts had carved into the mass of weeds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there for a lifetime, carved out and desolate, and kept saying Otto’s name. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Who would want to carve such a horrible thing? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The entry hall stretched from one side of the building to the other, an expanse of glittering crystal, plush Turkish rugs, and carved wood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The wagon’s interior is lined with carved wood panels and a painted ceiling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I ran after the tour group, through a tunnel carved out of solid rock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then I pace around the small room waiting for Guillermo to return so I can start carving, waiting for Oscar to get the love note and run to me or away from me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z One wall was taken up by a massive hearth, a wolf’s head carved into the stone above it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was fashioned from beautifully carved wood, lying on its side near the edge of Father Olufemi’s desk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The whip whistles through the air before it carves agony across my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Elaborately carved bows, a quiver of obsidian-tipped arrows, frighteningly muscular crossbows—even a mace, although it was hard for them to imagine Scythe Faraday taking someone out with a mace. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Nathan stared at the petroglyphs carved into the sides of the canyon walls. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I had thought I had cut myself when jumping over my swords, one made of steel and the other carved out of a single block of jade. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there’s a trail to it from the road and a bench by it that overlooks the ocean, but when the artist carved it, there was none of that. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I draw what I want to carve into the top part of it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed the weasels that became brass door handles, the carved flute player overhead, the stone lions mounted high above the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Apart from large-scale cave art, the people of the Upper Paleolithic also produced small, hand-sized drawings and carvings in bone, horn, or stone, skillfully cut by means of flint tools. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Shaan had an attendant show him to his room, where his luggage awaited him on an ornately carved bed with spun gold bedding. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Because what if he’s the one who’s really supposed to fill the space that was carved out for Hudson? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z At last they came to the ruins of an ancient temple carved into the side of a mountain. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She knew Besa would be anxious to show off his skill on the drum he had carved and painted himself. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was covered then with a coat of wax of the same thickness that the finished bell was to be, and the required decoration on the outside of the bell was carved on the wax. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z At last, she felt the smooth carved wood—but also the pain from her aching fingers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Thomas, returning his carved piece to the shelf, agreed with a grin. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabe had agreed, and watched while his friend carved his name meticulously. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had given the grouchy woman a wood carving to pass along for Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “What fresh and unusual ideas you have,” said Spurge, “but our experts believe it was carved in celebration of a goblin massacre.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z No one else knew who had carved it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was dominated by a giant decaying bed decorated with huge posts at each corner, dusty velvet curtains hanging from above, and black tassels and carved gargoyles covered in cobwebs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On either side of her now were great double doors, carved with fruit and grain and living things; all the doors she could see in this house were closed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Intricate loops and spirals had been carved on either side, ancient hieroglyphs the meaning of which had been lost to the ages. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The door to our apartment was carved with more bunches of grapes and leaves. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z ‘It was an orc-weapon,’ he said, holding it gingerly, and looking with disgust at the carved handle: it had been shaped like a hideous head with squinting eyes and leering mouth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes Headmaster got frustrated and crumpled up Neel’s papers, and his red pen flew like a carving knife as he made endless corrections. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Last of all, he showed the group his totem and explained the lessons learned with each carving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A faint carving of the Henka Games logo covers one of the white walls. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was black; and set upon it was a great stone, carved and painted in the likeness of a long White Hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A hall appeared, carved out of stone and marble, and the ceiling soared overhead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Here,” I say, drawing out the folded-up note and smoothing it against the top of a cunning little table with carved bird feet for legs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Now and then she doused the coals and carved away the blackened bits with Uncle Kufa’s knife. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the alcove two men sat over a carved stone cyvasse table, squinting at their pieces by the light of a red candle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One day we will carve those words upon your crypt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I preferred movies with dancing in them, singing, ceremonial masks, carved artifacts for making music: feathers, brass buttons, conch shells, drums. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Doon liked to sit on these clumps, running his fingers along the strange creases and crevices that must have been carved somehow by running or dripping water. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I peeked close, the carvings were of water and ocean waves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The word code comes from the Latin caudex, the wooden pith of a tree on which scribes carved their writing. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She gaped as the white mouth continued to move, revealing a throat of carved marble. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The scratching sound they’d heard back on the docks—someone had carved these words into the wood while she and Archer were inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Slowly and surely the doctors drew their plans to carve up my cranium, move some pieces around, toss away the chunks they didn’t need, and put some new stuff in for good measure. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I took the apple slice and put it in my back pocket and kept on wondering why she didn’t finish telling me about the carving. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After two good drinks of whisky, the two brown and glazed turkeys were brought in, carved by our host and served by us. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo poked around the edge with a stick, but even after she had satisfied herself that no scorpions were lurking, she couldn’t bring herself to carve. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Amazingly, the hippie, whose name was Leo, was quite angry that I didn’t spend more time carving mandolin struts or warping boards or whatever it was I was supposed to be doing up there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The gateway to the Long Bridge was a black stone arch carved with sphinxes, manticores, dragons, and creatures stranger still. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z People still lived there, but the towns dispersed into the countryside; pottery making, stela carving, and monument building ceased. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The fancy exterior decorations on just about every building were carved from wood, then painted to look like stone or marble. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Anyhow, that stove was like a little fireplace with little carved doors on its front and a nice place on it where you could put your feet to dry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z In a patch of clay, Hen Wen’s tracks showed as plainly as if they had been carved. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z While Momma got the food and Dad looked under the hood of the Brown Bomber I went to the door in the little log cabin that had “Men” carved on it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Stormhold had been carved out of the peak of Mount Huon by the first lord of Stormhold, who reigned at the end of the First Age and into the beginning of the Second. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Kira could see that it was intricately decorated with carved designs that interwove around it in complicated curves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The carving was exquisite; the lid looked exactly like a chrysanthemum. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The elaborately carved furniture and drapes matched the bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The little tree carved into the side is proof. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He looked slowly around him, up to the balcony, with its scrolled and carved wood. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The gravestone was a plain piece of slate carved with her name: Elinor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go look at those carvings and the inscriptions on the panels.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Even in funeral clothing, she looked as if she had been carved of ivory, the flower-petal fineness of all her features undiminished by the rough hemp robes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They had been carved onto some of her toys, brightly painted wooden blocks, their sides engraved with symbols and simple pictures. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Twenty-four giant wheels were carved on the north and south sides of the plinth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The mask was rigid and carved and cold and sightless. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole also carved a jagged bolt of lightning and a big raindrop after dancing a storm dance. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She stared in awe at the carved wooden screen and the twin sphinxes that sat beside the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Rashid Uncle sat at the dining room table and carved some wood. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I remembered the carvings on the wall of the cottage on Penikese. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There Telemakhos and the two herdsmen were already carving roast young pork, and mixing amber wine. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time to impose myself and carve out my territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Combined with wedge-shaped cuneiform writing, scene after scene of these wall carvings scrupulously detail military exploits. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z She had a weirwood bowl in her hands, carved with a dozen faces, like the ones the heart trees wore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We carve off a portion and wrap it up carefully in newspaper. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The western riders commanded all the attention now but it was Randall and his brethren who were the true pioneers, carving out a life in this humid Georgia hell all those years ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Pages carved out in a knife shape....How did they find it? Do you know, Moose?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He flew, hopped, climbed to its crown, and looked down on the vast valley the river had carved. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was full of bumps and holes because so many people had carved their initials into the felt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Spread out around her on a bright cloth are hundreds of tiny animals carved from wood: elephants, leopards, giraffes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was carved into a profusion of curlicues and niches which made the climb considerably easier. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was said that the children of the forest had carved the faces in the trees during the dawn centuries before the coming of the First Men across the narrow sea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We blow on our fingers to warm them up and sculpt or draw or paint or sketch, or, in my case, carve. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “If I could carve gems and do all those other things,” Taran remarked sympathetically to Doli, “I wouldn’t mind not being invisible. All I know is vegetables and horseshoes, and not too much about either.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The carved cadaver in San Jose Mogote may give a hint. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He tugged the blade out of the knife bed, pushed the point into the arm of the rocker, and carved out little chunks of wood, taking his sweet time to explain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That cane Papa brought back with him he had carved and polished himself in North Dakota. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama had gone to bed, and Dyedka carved at the end of his walking stick with a knife, forming a goat’s head out of the knobby top. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Did you see that little thing she carved?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I woke up screaming and holding my burning left arm—my left arm, where the Nazis had carved B-3087 into my skin. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Baba was bending over a large pile of wood, which he seemed to be carving as part of a wide veranda on the new building. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z This room had several tables, skillfully made, carved and delicate. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A narrow set of steps was carved into the cliff, leading to the top. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a plain wooden santo with no name, and, contrary to the other carved or plastic saints, it was grotesque. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As they approached the magnificent structure, Gregor noticed there was nothing carved on it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Listen . . . sounds like something big. They listened. Some distance to their right, the something big was snapping branches as it carved a path through the trees. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We may translate this to mean that he started the process of carving a statue by trying to visualize a figure in the rough, rectilinear block as it came to him from the quarry. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z True to Bailey’s word, the lintel above the door was adorned with a figurehead carved as a mermaid, flakes of green peeling from her tail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Women carved open to the bones with the cat-o’-nine-tails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After we had finished carving out as many stakes as we could, Juanita placed the finished ones strategically along the walls so that everyone had access to them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She opened the box and looked down on a small, dark green jade button, and carved on its surface was a human right hand, a lovely hand, the fingers curved and in repose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Poppet clears a space on the desk to put the briefcase down, moving books and antlers and carved jade turtles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Thomas had told her that once he too had carved astonishing things into wood that seemed to come alive in his hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon’s perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There were carvings of gods in just this pose. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I wondered who in our family would have a carved wooden box. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Bod walked over to the pointed stone—tall, carved with upside-down torches, and he waited, but saw no one. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z At around four in the morning, the rebels began carving three separate paths—simply referred to as the A, B, and C lines—to the Capitol’s heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Now a young girl, probably twelve, was drawing figures in the sand, carving out big, crude faces with a piece of driftwood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “No matter what the Commandant did, I would never—" “You think that carving on your heart makes you an expert in pain?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They wore elaborate headdresses, their languid, elongated eyes closed, their bare chests draped with carved chains and amulets. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As Matthias cut another arrow into the wall, he noticed that the carved symbols looked older, more primitive. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They scraped hides, mended boots, made boats, and carved walrus tusks. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please keep it. My son carved it. He’s eight.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I looked across to a lighted case of Chinese design which held delicate-looking statues of horses and birds, small vases and bowls, each set upon a carved wooden base. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Over in the corner was a carving of a woman nearly three feet tall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He drew her up out of the nest and eased her to the stage, where he’d propped the child puppet beside his carved fox. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was long and curving, carved by a river—such a river as made the Eder look like a dribble, its catastrophic rush audible even from here. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z People carved spoons from wood, or we collected empty snail shells, which make really good spoons. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They also carved out their own respective roles in the social world. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wooden carving of Monkey, the creature born of a stone egg who became king of all the monkeys and who almost conquered Heaven with them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if future heroes will be carved in marble jeeps or patrol cars? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the earliest memories I can summon make me think I was trying to carve out a rugged, Huck Finn-like existence in spite of the place. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The chief mate plucked the block of wood out of Sefia’s hands and dappled his fingers over her hastily carved letters. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They were wrought in mesarthium, not stone, and had been neither carved nor cast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All around them he carved tiny leaves, and flowers, and birds. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The tuning pegs are carved of some butterscotch wood, caressed into smooth rounds. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It had a thick frame carved with winged beings crawling and clamoring all over each other. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Her knees shook as they climbed the tiered staircase, the carved dragons frozen on their ramps of marble slabs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Smooth stone lined the roadway and, instead of the rough board houses he remembered, rich wooden doors — some elaborately carved — lined the street. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But most of all were the drawings and paintings and carvings of eyes, big and small, all over the room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The jagged hole had been carved from the inside, the work of a previous occupant who’d taken issue with the state of the lodgings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As they got closer, Seven noticed how sharp the edges of their face were, almost like they were carved from a shiny rock. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Lee looked up from his carving and glared at Samuel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He studied one by one the grotesque carvings of dwarfs that decorated the roof bosses, and the corbels finishing the doorway. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z On a bench sits a goitrous and sallow German sergeant major with shadows carved under his eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Among the strongest evidence for the last view are the nearly three hundred carved stone slabs at Monte Alban that depict slain, mutilated enemies: the rulers, Marcus believes, of communities conquered by Monte Alban. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "The carvings on the gatehouse are exquisite, they make me weep each time I see them. The eyes ... so expressive, don't you think? They almost seem to follow you as you ride beneath the portcullis." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a breathtaking statue, carved in the old style by people who had lived here before the village, maybe even before the temple. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I would read the inscriptions on walls, and carved into floors, a special foible of rich Anglicans who thought they’d get more points with God by being engraved. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A necklace of jaguar teeth and carved seashells hung heavily upon his chest. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z At the far end of the plaza, a stone archway carved with lions led into a narrow street. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He climbed past the timeworn carvings of dancers, and he imagined them whispering to him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Maybe a Chicago sewer grate where there should have been a window, or a ship’s steam stack in place of the carved Torah ark. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The walls of the huts were decorated with black, red and ocher designs, while the doors were carved with crosshatched decorations. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When she didn’t smile, I added, “Because, you know, I was carved.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I want to help you carve the blank space on your totem, the space you saved for your dance of anger.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There’s a building that looks like a meeting hall, another with a doctor’s snakes carved into the front, and two barnlike buildings that look like storage. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Bod heard a velvet rustle, then a match was struck, and it flamed, and was used to light two huge candles that sat on great carved wooden candlesticks at the back of the room. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She saw carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, log halls open to the sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This carving, done with a pencil dug many times into the worn varnish of the desk, has the pathos of all vanished civilizations. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Beautiful grain. Soft enough. You study it for a while. We’ll carve tomorrow.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Pinocchio was carved out of wood and became a real boy, but not before numerous trials, including seeing his nose grow longer every time he lied. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It is a tiny golden carving of Odin, the all-father, on his high throne: the king. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and showed Kira an intricately carved bird. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In any case, shortly after Ruess carved his mark into the sandstone, he departed Davis Gulch and mysteriously disappeared, apparently by design. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the air in the alleyways tasted of snow, and only the wings of the carved angels and dragons high up on the rooftops felt any real warmth from the pale sun. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He tried the occasional, “You would enjoy the carvings on this building, if it were light enough to see them,” or “Down that way is a splendid clothier.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The first thing I saw when I rolled onto the raft was a carved staff. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z On the top of my desk there are initials, carved into the wood, and dates. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Breakfast that morning was a feast—a bit of the rice boiled to a gruel in a castoff earthenware pot, served up in a bowl carved from a gourd. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The bamboo, pine, and plum leaves seemed to shine in the sun as if carved from emeralds, and the accents of the pink and red flowers were like nestled rubies. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Taisin, pale-faced and stiff in her chair carved out of a tree trunk, and then at Kaede, who had dark shadows beneath her eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The eighty-first Lord of Stormhold lay dying in his chamber, which was carved from the highest peak like a hole in a rotten tooth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like she was eating while carving and somehow slipped out of her chair and hit her head.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Miss Anderson stops and knocks on a fancy door carved to depict Adam and Eve fleeing the Garden. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z What the Atashkadeh lacked in height, it more than made up for in majesty: Five arches, held up by smooth white columns, fronted it, and a Faravahar was carved into the top. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “If I forbid them to carve stone or lay bricks, the chandlers, the weavers, and the goldsmiths will soon be at my gates asking that they be excluded from those trades as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She knew the answer before her fingers carved it into the blank: 48 hours, she wrote. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She drew her fingers along the carved dragon, unable to believe the presence of a dragon on the stone was a coincidence. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z As he carved, he thought about the eagles he had seen and why they were such proud and powerful hunters. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Some of these carvings suggest that the objects may have originated with the recognition and elaboration of some chance resemblance. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand was carved into his granite headstone. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the ledge suddenly drops down and widens out, carved steps becoming more obvious. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Edward hadn’t moved a fraction of an inch, a carving of Adonis perched on my faded quilt. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z One had a skirt like a cage carved of whalebone, another a long train made of hundreds of doves’ wings all stitched together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’m proud that you carved a totem and were honest with me,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Slowly the pieces came together in his mind, the giant golden snake that had just passed, the countenance he had seen carved in stone a thousand times inside the Temple of Lkossa. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Spurge ran his hand in wonder over some of the beautiful carvings of oak leaves and hounds and icthyods. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Inside, the high vaulted ceilings, narrow deepset stained-glass windows and elaborately carved altars made it a miniature cathedral. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Snuffy unwrapped one, holding in his hand an awkward wooden carving of a hollow-eyed and gaunt virgin squeezing a bellowing fat kid against her breasts. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dim light, Richard Lopez could almost be the man who had helped Nailer carve the Rust Saint’s image into the wall above his mother’s sickbed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “You still didn’t say why you haven’t carved anything in that space on the totem,” Edwin persisted. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z So indeed was the entire mantelpiece around the fireplace in the living-room, a splendid design of fruit and foliage and intertwining branches carved in oak. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia stops walking as she reaches the open square, halting next to the towering astronomical clock where carved apostles are making their scheduled hourly appearance despite the weather. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On either side, crystalline rock had been carved into glittering Grecian columns. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In art class, his favorite hour of the week, he carves his name with paper clips into the bottoms of clay cups and bowls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Deen and she sat and talked or picked berries or carved sticks, and that was plenty. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z At home, on the shelf next to my basketball trophies, I have a whole city of cardboard buildings that I carved out with my X-Acto knife. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Farmers, on the other hand, lived in artificial human islands that they laboriously carved out of the surrounding wilds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke at length on the contradiction between the style of the sculpture and the fact that the marble from which it was carved came from Thasos. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Michelangelo was once asked how he’d created one of his statues. He said, ‘I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’ Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The two of them had carved out a life here, built hopes and dreams together side by side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Two kerosene lamps and a huge broad-bladed knife with a carved ivory handle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the canoe is as round-bottomed as the trunk from which it was carved, the least imbalance in weight distribution tips the canoe toward the overweighted side. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I watched as the man ahead of me had letters and numbers carved into his skin in black ink with an electric needle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Audience seekers entered the castle through a set of three richly carved doors in its eastern wall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The same person who could carve a K into a girl for opening a letter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Most had carvings of animals the same as the totem designs on the at.oow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Did his people have carvings or sculptures of gods? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There is a gap in between, where awe has carved a space that words have yet to fill. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Misha stopped at a clean wooden door with flowers carved into the doorpost. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The sound of pain carved them open even before they saw... Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He sat down to carve up the buffalo and roast the meat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat was carving deep ripples upon the glassy surface, grooves in the dark mirror.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Men were shoveling out dirt and carving up that hillside good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Those words carved an ache into her chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For a long time I thought I could live and work in Haiti, carving out a life with you, but now I understand that I can’t. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z At first the walls were square with the floor, but as she continued on, they began to curve, too, until the corridor was more like a tunnel carved out of the interior of a mountain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Jon glanced back at the face, wondering who had carved it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the loose bottom of the wooden butter-mold was carved the picture of a strawberry with two strawberry leaves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, she surveys my face, tilting it from side to side as if it's a block of wood and she's deciding exactly what pattern to carve on it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At the top, a carving of a dragon stretched from one side of the door to the other. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It was rather frightening, this vast sculpture of a witch and a wizard sitting on ornately carved thrones, looking down at the Ministry workers toppling out of fireplaces below them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Staying his knife on the carved wood, Murre asked, “What of death?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A carved dragon beneath the name seemed to hold it up, supporting it on the stone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Mother’s casket was made of gleaming mahogany carved with designs of fairies and elves. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z On Mars, and elsewhere in the solar system, we see features that could not be produced today, landscapes carved hundreds of millions or billions of years ago when the planetary climate was probably very different. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The size did not disturb him so much as the face . . . the mouth especially, no simple carved slash, but a Jagged hollow large enough to swallpw a sheep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful spear, carved with intricate runes. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Halfway between Tower Hill Road and Margaret’s, in the middle of the campus, there is a suspension bridge over a deep gorge that had been carved out by the glaciers. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I carved the model out of balsa wood, and painted it in red and white racing colors. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Prune makers sent along a full-scale knight on horseback sculpted out of prunes, and the Avery Salt Mines of Louisiana displayed a copy of the Statue of Liberty carved from a block of salt. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When I wake before dawn, scraps of nightmare stay with me: my face carved and branded; my brother hanging from the gallows, fair hair fluttering in the wind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “And next to it a carving of a little feather.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Several days later, in a village where the river meets the sea, there washed up on the banks two blocks of wood carved in the shape of the hooves of some unknown beast. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a straight-backed red leather chair with intricately carved wooden arms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The doll was nothing like Dinah; this one looked like someone tried to carve a real person out of wood. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I studied the people and saw the worry carved into their faces like a carefully designed mask. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z There is enough space to hang a painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a wooden carving of the map of Honduras, and a small American flag. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Everyone, bartenders and customers, sat or stood as though carved, drinks in mid-air. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She went back to the bookshelf to retrieve the wooden pointer Papa had carved after the one Babulya had brought from Sarkel broke. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I was thinking I could show you how to carve a sculpture.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Entering camp, Edwin spotted the totem Cole was carving and walked over to see it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There, at the source of the spring, was a two-inch-tall statue of a fairy, finely carved. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The heart tree stood before him, a pale giant with a carved face and leaves like bloody hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Under a cloudless blue sky stretched a breath-taking glittering universe, carved of dazzling white coral, unreal and silent. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He too\\ the mountain roc\\ to carve into inking stones. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The sight of him sitting at the head of the Thanksgiving table, carving the turkey like it was his birthright to do so. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Bod was now certain that the steps had been carved by giants, for each step was higher than he was. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He got to his feet and began to carve the pig with his long knife. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I could not see myself sitting ever in those chairs, standing before that carved mantelpiece, throwing books down on to the tables. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He carved the stone of Behistun into a staircase—one step at a time—all the while dreaming that he’d reach the peak of the mountain and by then he’d have changed the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Keeping my head down, I ran my finger over the initials Georgie had carved into the tabletop. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Then came the iridescent beams, carved and inlaid with gold and coral. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The ship’s bow displays an ornate wooden carving in the semblance of a backward copyright symbol. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Phineas sat behind the table in a heavily carved black walnut chair; the arms ended in two lions’ heads, and the legs ended in paws gripping wheels now sunk in the snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely, with careful work, she could fell a mukwa tree and carve it into the shape of Crocodile Guts’s boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s somewhere on this property. Susie said she could see it. And it’s not like we have a lot of carved wooden boxes it could be in.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I serve myself on one of the wooden plates I carved when we were snowed in last winter. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His gaze fell on the near-finished carving in front of him on the workbench. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z No dragon chair can replace a dragon no matter how elaborately it’s carved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the center was an elegantly carved coffin with brass handles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He filled his wine cup and watched a serving man carve into the pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I hurried down a set of stone steps into a quiet sunken courtyard and pushed open a carved oak door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She snuck over to Evan's bookshelf and picked up a carved cedar box—Evan's chosen souvenir from the family summer vacation. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z However, when the stonecutter began to carve, the head that formed was not a dragon's. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Maybe Uncle will teach us how to carve. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Live like an Eskimo—hunt and carve and be with Tornait. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In other places, I’d seen kids who followed their leader like blind mice, right into the carving hands of the farmer’s wife. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “When you carve, it gives you time to think.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The trail led them north along the top of the escarpment, and at length they came to a deep cleft carved in the rock by a stream that splashed noisily down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her teacher ushered her into a beautifully appointed room lit with two globe-shaped oil lamps, one on the desk, one resting on a dark wooden stand carved with lotus flowers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The boy carved the letters into a wooden beam in the wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Thomas had been smoothing the tiny rough spots from the worn, ancient carvings and reshaping the infinitesimally small edges and curves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some, for sure. Normally we have no trouble filling as many lanterns as we care to carve, but tonight might be an exception.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It clanged against the marble with a satisfying crack, carving a chunk out of the figure’s swirling robe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It’s hard enough not to have fancy grandparents whose names are carved into the bricks. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She watches as I carve out the words. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z They passed white posts carved with grinning dragon faces and followed the mussel toward a long, raised walkway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He is soothed by the chill of the air-conditioning, by the beautifully carved plaster ceiling, by the voices that echo pleasantly in the marbled interior. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He could only feel the cold, the disturbing disquiet that carved into your gut and heart and lungs. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There are three names carved into the rock. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And of course the propellers had to be carved exactly according to the Wrights’ tables. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z From the waist up, he was a muscular human figure in a carved toga. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Felicia watched the thickset butchers cleave and carve the flesh like sculptors, could scarcely tell them apart, in fact, from the marbled slabs of beef at their elbows. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They will remember the way the wind pulls them, tugs them, scolds, and carves them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z This is part of the Weed’s mission—not just to deliver the carving, but to observe the goblin city and to tell us what he sees. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the first recorded zero in the Americas occurred in a Maya carving from 357 a.d., possibly before the Sanskrit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Here fresh oysters could be bought, here iron chains and manacles, here cyvasse pieces carved of ivory and jade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would carve a totem, but how could he move the huge piece of wood? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I walked under an archway to a formal sitting room, with a long couch, several wooden chairs, embroidered pillows, and a low carved table in the middle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Across her stern was a wooden plaque and on it was hand carved FROG. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His brown leather sandals looked new and he carried a staff with carvings of birds, canoes, all sorts of animals, and a lion’s head on the handie. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When I pull away from it and look closer at the metal, I notice symbols carved on its surface. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Inside there was an apartment of many rooms furnished with chairs carved out of polished tree trunks, with cushions of rose and gold and green silk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hoodlums hand out goodies, do their best to stay interesting, and since they are being watched for excitement, they pay attention to their clothes and the carving out of insults. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped when he saw her hiding in the bushes around the side, gripping a huge carving knife and all dressed up to look like a Pianosan farmer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her skin was the same deep brown as the carved figures. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Now they wear only the most pitiful clothing, and try to exchange little carvings and objects that they have made out of shell fragments and copper driving bands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she had loosened the earth and weeded with Mama’s big moose antler hoe and her own smaller hoe carved from a crooked tree branch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In this view, Americans care less about emulating the top tier than about simply having a fair share of the bounty and a chance to carve out a place for themselves in society. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Like a wooden box all carved with naked women. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It had carved legs and a wooden backrest inlaid with mother-of-pearl triangles. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A set of stairs curved deeper into the earth, the barreled ceiling held up by more repeating arches, closer together and carved from polished black stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Given time, they could carve out a toehold for themselves up there, throwing up ramparts of their own and dropping ropes and ladders for thousands more to clamber over after them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, and only then, did Uncle Charlie put the huge carving knife to the goose. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z What would happen when she returned from school and saw the word carved into me? Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For a long time she held the carving over his body. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Within was a glittering green scarab carved from onyx and emerald. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Soon, I found myself at a secluded area north of the Court of Honor, a wooded island carved from the lakeside, lush with gardens, dense foliage, and manmade streams. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Just as the emperor was being carried over the last carved ramp, a servant came running up with a large, steaming bamboo basket. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Some wit had carved it into the cinder block so that each time he looked in the mirror he reminded himself that the biggest failure in life is selfcommunication . Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Joseph checked the dining room and ran his fingertips along the carved moulding on one of the glossy walls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The General closed his eyes, and his face became as still and remote as a stone carving in a museum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z What the apprentice or art student learns are skills and techniques: established ways of drawing, painting, carving, designing—established ways of seeing. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not carve a dragon from this stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The splintery carvings bit into his skin, but he could not make sense of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Now, to his surprise, it had been carved. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Over and over, Maria sank the sharp point of the wood-handled engraving tool, called a burin, into the polished metal, carving up tiny curls of shining copper. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A massive table of carved stone filled the chamber, as it had for centuries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The innermost wall was fifty feet of black marble, with carvings that made Dany blush until she told herself that she was being a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Richard smelled the saltiness of the air as Kainene led him through wide rooms with tastefully mismatched furniture, wood carvings, muted paintings of landscapes, rounded sculptures. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she dropped Eddie’s journal in my hood, jumped down onto Tarrypin’s back, and made rude gestures at me with her little carved hands as the two trundled off after the others. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Thus, despite the fact that it is fully carved, the back side was never meant to be seen and provides little additional visual information. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to think about the lessons the beaver had to teach but he grew frustrated by how poorly he carved. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A mile farther on, they came upon a second face, carved into a chestnut tree that grew beside an icy stream, where its eyes could watch the old plank bridge that spanned its flow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The chairs were large and heavy and had lions’ heads carved on the tops of the backs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z His warrior’s face with its expertly carved lines speaks its elegance in a language as foreign to them as Lingala. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s always itching to carve somebody a grave marker. Maybe he even killed a few bodies himself.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The lodge had turrets with round rooms and medieval doors, hand-carved from African olive wood, and the living room boasted an immense fireplace with a carved mantelpiece. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Marco carves a series of symbols into the frost on the window of his flat that faces out to the street, using the columns of the museum beyond as a guide. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I think the carvings mean something, because shapes and details, which I never seem to notice until after they’re pointed out to me, always mean something to Chinese people. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At least, that was what the bear sergeant told her the carvings showed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I laid my head and hands in the crescents carved into the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When I reached the pipe, I carved out a space beneath it, and it was there that I placed the largest of the three containers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had left them propped against one of the carved stone pillars in the long corridor leading to the assembly hall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to King City and studied a flush toilet and then built one of craftily bent tin and carved wood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Beneath his thumb he could feel the ridge of the gouged J the place where Jonas had carved his name. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps she would teach children how to snare rabbits, make parkas, and carve; or she might live with some family that needed her help. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I could carve off all the linoleum and call it “Empty Block.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Yanna marched forward and pushed open the carved doors of the main structure. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If he was remembering correctly, they were almost to the cave carved deep into the muddy bank. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Anything to carve into the foot and remove whatever was lodged inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They take their seats around the long, ornately carved table in the meeting room, awaiting the queen’s arrival in nervous silence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Inside lay eight antique rings, all carved or shaped like animals. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It stands below the dam on that flat spot the stream carved before it took its present course down the mountain. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The canal was an engineering feat, carving out a fifty-mile-long passage across the Isthmus of Panama that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She only knew that some deep urge made her take up her knife one morning and carve a small notch into the doorpost of her sleeping cabin. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Around the walls are the stone carvings of the Stations of the Cross. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to take up half the store, though part of that could have been his wild smile, red and huge as a carved watermelon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She may cut off their tails with a carving knife, this husbandless wife, whose school friends are still promenading through their girlhoods. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked all day with a sharp tiny pocketknife on a small block of wood, and when we came home from school he had carved a little face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In its place there now stood a massive chair, upholstered in red and with designs carved thickly into its legs and arms. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Even Meggie could see that whoever had painted it was no more skilled at his trade than the sculptor who had carved the statue in the church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The bridge of a violin held up the strings at the end and some sound-holes had been carved on either side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z All he wanted was to live at home, fish, build, carve, and hunt honey, like his father. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Wind and time have worn and smoothed the gate's tiered placards that barely show the old carvings of the five colored clouds of heaven. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Stained oak, with the intricate carvings generally associated with either the eighteenth century or the obscenely rich. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I walked past houses that had letters “G R,” George Rex, carved into the front door, property stolen in the name of the King. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought back to how Miss Simpson had taken such pride in the wooden apple he had carved for her desk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The front door needed to be repainted, and carved in the middle of it was an image of an eye. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It was a simple children’s toy, a rough carving that just hinted at four legs and a head, but it was smooth and dark like it had been played with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It looked like speed incarnate, its every line carved by the wind. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z On the way out, Charlie sees on the kitchen table the long carving knife she cuts roasts with, and he senses vaguely that she wanted to hurt him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z A carved wooden box stood on a shelf pushed back behind a round basket woven from black and green telephone wires. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He would slay the rebel lord himself and carve a place out for himself in all the histories of the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was carving his initials into the back of the seat in front of us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen the gaping holes anteaters carved into the sides of termite mounds, although she hadn’t seen the creatures themselves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the last, he had shyly asked Jonas to carve his name as well. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t like the way you talk, old man. Why don’t I carve a few more wrinkles in your face?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I drove very slowly, though, not wanting to carve a path of destruction through Main Street. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A painted river snaked its way along one wall, and carved condors soared toward the roof. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Glimpse how ages ago and even now, water brushes, curving and carving the land. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It was here, ten thousand years ago, that the ancient fairy race, the Dé Danann, had battled against the demon Fomorians, carving the famous Giants’ Causeway with the strength of their magical blasts. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As I entered the living room early one evening, Grandma was setting up the manger scene, gingerly placing each of the crudely carved wooden figures that had been handed down from her mother. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finished playing the first measure of “Discovery,” a message briefly appeared, carved into the stone from which I’d pulled the guitar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Huge Greek medallions showed in spots of light upon its façade, above a dark labyrinthine pattern in the stone, and I propped her against the stoop with its carved stone monster. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She went back to the stove and carved more ham and ladled more batter into the skillet. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Ayanna gripped the carved end of her staff and narrowed her eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Antain had just finished the final carved details on the headboard of a cradle—a sky full of bright stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You carved this when you were just a tyke?” she asked him in surprise. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Authorities will later claim that Booth had carved the hole earlier in the day, but there is no proof of that. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He let the little boy run his fingers across the handle, which was carved from an elk’s antler. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The beaver chewed and gnawed and carved up that piece of wood, turning it over and over in his paws. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As she carved she saw that it was not a comb at all, but Amaroq. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face had a carved quality about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In all ages, rich, energetic, and successful nations, when they have carved their place in the world, have felt hunger for art, for culture, even for learning and beauty. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He told us about the carvings on the sides. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They moved off through the snow, carving deep trenches behind them as they walked around the building, keeping to the shadows beneath the brilliant windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The silver buttons up the side of each moccasin had rainbirds carved on them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “My dad got us those to carve if you want,” I say, pointing to the three pumpkins squatting on the doorstep. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She looked desperately around the room—the cracked ceiling, the floor mosaic, the wall paintings, and the carved altar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In clear view was a geometric figure carved into the earth—he had spotted the earthworks again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They crossed a narrow wooden bridge over a rushing river, and a bridge that swayed over a gorge carved out of a granite mountainside. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But he carried it back and forth to Boys' Lodge and was able to work on it there in the evenings: carving carefully, smoothing, shaping. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them, and several Slyth- erins were silhouetted around it in high-backed chairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “She’s so small. She should have a toy. Maybe you could carve her a doll? And I could stitch a little dress for it.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lately I had noticed him humming when he carved at night. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Grandeur she gave her, too, in height and form, and made her whiter than carved ivory. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Niran had convinced Tali that their wagon would never make it through the narrow trails carved into the Wood, and he traded them two sturdy packhorses for the wagon itself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “People are supposed to make their wishes on a rag or piece of paper, not carve it into the trunk,” Francesca said. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a simple weapon, unadorned by any jewels or intricate designs on its wooden hilt, but Ekon’s breath still caught when he saw the name carved into it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Carefully she refolded the cloth around the dried petals and leaves and replaced the little packet in the carved trunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One length had carved gold characters with Tyan-yu’s name, the other with mine. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined Mother and Father lying in their big mahogany bed with its heavy carvings of cherubs and fruit. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I sit in front of the desk on one of the carved, straight-backed chairs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z So he carves a puppet, a boy, who magically comes to life. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z After lunch he returned to his log to keep carving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Will thrust his cold hands into his pockets, and stood staring up at the carved panels of the two closed doors towering before him. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, anyway,” Jesse went on, “the water tasted —sort of strange. But we camped there overnight. And Pa carved a T on the tree trunk, to mark where we’d been. And then we went on.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I could go a lifetime without setting eyes on that little lamb Pa carved out of wood. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting on one of the thrones, the one decked out in black velvet, the one with the elaborate carvings of people screaming—in fear or in pain, Roza did not know. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Around the edges of the smallest board he carved a tiny flowering vine. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Each visit, the totem had a new carving, but Edwin always seemed to focus on the blank space at the bottom of the pole, although he made no comment. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Tristran picked a stone tile and showed the symbol carved upon it to the man. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Each day he kept busy cooking, carving, soaking in the pond, fishing, carrying the ancestor rock, washing clothes, doing schoolwork, and cutting firewood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Soon, on account of the heat, I guess, that water started evaporating and drops ran down the grooves carved in that wooden face so that the statue looked as if it were crying. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Rickon even showed them the deep vaults under the earth where the stonemason was carving father's tomb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I found a carving of a lamb in the cottage, like the one on the grave marker but smaller,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z By nightfall, the Cherokee Outlet had been carved into pieces. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Viola moves back, too, behind and around me, underneath the carving of New World. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A solemn mouth, a broken branch for a nose, two eyes carved deep into the trunk, gazing north up the kingsroad, toward the castle and the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked up again to the names carved in the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His most ambitious project was the creation of Soul City, a wholly new community carved out of one of the poorest counties in rural North Carolina. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Helderbergs are made up of layers of limestone and shale, through which underground streams and rivers have carved miles of caverns. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My thoughts of love for the past two days were more like Silly Putty than carved ivory. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I carve a rounded end on another smaller stick. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The woman had scars carved into her arms and legs, bits of scrap steel embedded in her face and necklaces of scavenge twined around her throat. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Some had made clubs from tree limbs, or carved knobby staffs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The stone cutters and sculptors carved the stone gutters and down spouts that were to be installed in the buttresses. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z She had dark, smooth skin that looked like it was carved out of midnight. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Children wandered the twisty alleys and found eld bronze coins and bits of purple glass and stone flagons with handles carved like snakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Green statues that I learned were carved jade. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A spiral a little like a galaxy has been carved in the rock. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we’re going to swing by tomorrow, keep an eye on things. No lead on the person who carved that word. But with the eggs, and people just generally riled, and the cut-down...” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She was tall and built like the figurehead of a ship carved by a generous hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a chair as well, carved of black oak with a red leather seat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And there was something about the carved perfection of her face that made her smile seem like magic—an enchanted ivory princess warming suddenly to life. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Fargo Hall, close to a century old, had stone gargoyles and carved human heads on every turret and ledge. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Now he quoted Theodore Roosevelt, whom he resembled a lot: “ ‘I could carve a better man out of a banana.’ Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few short weeks, backstage had become a place that was theirs, a secret comer carved out of the great un-ownable space called school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Osha gazed up at the weirwood, at the red face carved in the pale trunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They don’t know that poverty is a sharp knife carving away at you. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He could make intricate toys—tiny windmills, rattles, minute jewel boxes out of dried palm reeds; he could carve perfect boats out of tapioca stems and figurines on cashew nuts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a relief, carved directly into the stone. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Papa announced that it was time to carve the pig. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z No carving was done here, no huge image of the gods or Pharaoh emerged gradually, majestically, from some rough block. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She pointed to a blue armchair with dark wooden feet carved like eagle claws. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Prison was whittling him down, carving away what little softness and gentleness he had. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “To me it’s like carving one of Uncle Kufa’s walking sticks.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying in the blue bed, looking up into the dim ceiling with its remote carved pattern, she asked herself, half asleep still, What did I do; did I make a fool of myself? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The guy looked around and there was a space next to the territory I'd carved out for myself on the table with my pile of books. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z People roared and cheered around me, teammates slammed and hugged me, even Coach O, who’d donned his own skates for the moment, carved an arc around me, pumping his fist in the air. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And it is not just pieces, it is figures and objects, perfectly carved flowers and planets and tiny books with actual paper pages that turn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I try to make it look as if initials had been carved in it a long time ago. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t take long for folks to learn about the ugly word carved into my trunk. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He ate his food in tiny, fastidious bites, hideous bites, napkin pressed to carved lips after each forkful. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And the Tourmaline Brotherhood pressed on her a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon,- the coils were yellow gold, the wings silver, the heads carved from jade, ivory, and onyx. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once, and once only, the master hand that carved her face had let the chisel slip. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were headdresses and veils, corsets with daggers concealed in the stays, elaborate capes, and teetering tall shoes carved of ebony and coral. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Ridgefolk streamed out of their homes carved into the mountain to gather around. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The hole we’ve carved into this building gives a little light, but I can’t even make out the dimensions of the room, or whether there is a ceiling. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The deep red eyes carved into the pale trunk still watched him, yet somehow he took comfort from that now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The next morning Cole went to the totem to carve his anger dance. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z All this was contained in a cityscape of carved honey stone and gilded domes, the streets radiating out from an ancient amphitheater filled with colorful market stalls. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Free-standing sculpture—that is, sculpture that is carved or modeled fully in the round—is made by either of two methods. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then with his sharp jack-knife he worked at them, cutting the edges of the large one into little peaks and towers, with a large star carved on the very tallest point. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned, his eyes half closed even as he spoke, leaning on a carved crutch that curved under his arm like a smooth cradle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And he pulled Minli up to her feet and pushed her behind one of the giant gnarled stone carvings, kicking his rags over her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I carve and Mr. Freeman mixes orange and red to get the right shade of sunrise. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the forks I had carved. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They stepped out into the immense courtyard with red walls and columns, carved green and gold. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z People of my father’s generation sometimes showed off having passed through the initiation by carving scars into their foreheads and removing their lower teeth, but that tradition has almost disappeared. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully she carved out their ears and toes until they were running in single file, Kapu in the lead. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Designs of fruit and flowers are carved into the molding and small, fat children with wings look down at us from every angle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When I get home and put my backpack on the desk in the quiet room, I hear Mom’s rolling office chair carving tracks into the wood floor upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z So far they had described an artichoke, a butterfly press, a sneaker, a ring of keys, a potted hibiscus, a carved Christmas angel, and a sandwich. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Beside the last line, we made two sweeping arcs, carving a circle into the ground, and filled it with the kindling as well. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes he squatted and started carving into the rock, under what I just put. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She shrank her eager son and placed him inside a finely carved wooden staff. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They illuminate a carving of an enormous and sinister face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Behind this common burial ground the rough face of the cliff was honeycombed with the better tombs of artisans and scribes and merchants, carved into the rock itself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I carved this letter from one of his blocks. It is for you. ‘A’ for Ally. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It was fine seeing the presidents, I’ve got nothing against the presidents, but you’d think the Sioux would be mighty sad to have those white faces carved into their sacred hill. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Made of cast iron, the plowshare was shaped like a V, with the blade carving into the ground and the two arms arcing away like gull wings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The drapes were drawn, but he could see the shape of carved bedposts, and the droop of the velvet canopy over his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Thinking of that special scrap, Kira went to the carved box, unfolded the bit of cloth, and put it in her pocket. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Vola had stayed up last night carving it for him, and she looked so proud. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His gravestone was not ready yet; until it was carved, his grave would be marked by the red banner that flew now, waist-high, a splash of color against the slate-colored sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you talk to him,” Cole said, “tell him thanks again for the knife. I’ll carve something special.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His warm-hued face was square, owing its shape to the eminence of his angular jaw, which carved out two perfect hollows on either side of his chin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Another true piece of myself I recovered: I remembered that I’d made some marionettes for my little nieces when I was a teenager. I remembered how much I loved carving the wood.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the first three corners of her sign he’d carved a tree, a bird, and some waves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Val was clad all in white; white woolen breeches tucked into high boots of bleached white leather, white bearskin cloak pinned at the shoulder with a carved weirwood face, white tunic with bone fastenings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, let’s carve it,” Mr. Pirzada agreed, and rose from the sofa. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The flocked wallpaper had a delicate floral print, the floors were covered with fine Arabian carpeting in a leaf-and-ivy pattern, and the mahogany dresser had drawer-pulls carved in the shape of mushrooms. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The cold night air is reality at last: indifferent to me as a stone face carved on a high cliff wall to show that the world is abandoned. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The river itself wasn’t very big, maybe fifty yards across, green water with a few rapids, but it carved a huge scar out of the desert. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I had to surrender my dirt canvas on the floor and instead used my fingernail to carve drawings on the wall. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z All the time I thought of him at the sanatorium I saw shadows carving themselves under his cheekbones and his eyes burning out of almost fleshless sockets. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Annabelle held tightly to her mother’s free hand, the hand that didn’t grasp the carved cane that Kira had always needed for walking. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Their tall chairs were carved of ebony and weirwood, like the doors of the temple above. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With his fingers he could feel the carved names in the smooth wet wood: Tarik. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The door that the old man closed behind him was of polished horn, through which the daylight shone dimly, and on its inner face was carved the Thousand-Leaved Tree. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z An oval-shaped wooden sign was nailed to the post with the name “Rio Kermit” carved into it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z With the same disregard for name changes by marriage that the black people of Medallion always showed, each flat slab had one word carved on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Cole returned to camp and spent the rest of the day carving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z On the way out the door I glanced into the living room, and there must have been about a hundred carved ducks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her wrist tugs against the handcuff, just enough that the metal carves a line into her skin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The road dipped between rising turf-banks, carving its way through the terraces to the river’s edge, and up again upon the further side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z By late afternoon, both boys had carved mice into their logs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Dywen smiled an oaken smile,- his teeth were carved of wood, and fit badly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The triangular wooden frames fitted into the gables were intricately carved, the light that slanted through them and fell in patterns on the floor was full of secrets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailor pointed to the carving and then pointed to himself several times. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry paces over to the elaborately carved fireplace across the room and leans on the mantelpiece. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then came the carving of the quarters, and they spitted morsels of lean meat on the long sharp tines and broiled them at arm’s length upon the fire. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruth stood there like a carved statue, her finger still held to her lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The hall in which they stood was overfull of dark wood and weighty carving, dim under the heaviness of the staircase, which lay back from the farther end. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z A mark was faintly carved into the surface, practically invisible to the eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They laid the carved gemstone on the table in front of them and started to inspect it closely, muttering little scholarly notes to each other and passing the magnifying lenses back and forth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It was bronze and heavy, with intricate carvings, and Seven was pretty sure it was at least two hundred years old. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She hadn’t ever seen a stone like it before, with the intricate carvings, but she immediately knew what kind of marker it was. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Squirrel had stripped down to her smallclothes, and was rooting through a carved cedar chest in search of something warmer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I was small he brought me toys, barrel hoops and blocks and a carved wooden lion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To further proclaim their status, wealthy Olmec carved deep grooves into their teeth and pierced their nasal septums with bone awls, plugging the holes with ornamental jade beads. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Not the real flies sticking to my fingers and lips, not the wind blowing through the cornstalks, not the voices overhead of kids carving pumpkins. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Another gave me a blue-and-white-beaded wall hanging with a big Arabic “Allah” carved out of wood dangling from it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I saw enormous puma and condor statues carved from solid rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was made of numerous isinglass windows with just enough thin carved iron to form a framework. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So carefully is he listening he does not see the one-mile marker with Vienna carved vertically in the stone. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A face had been carved in the trunk of the great tree, its features long and melancholy, the deep-cut eyes red with dried sap and strangely watch-ful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There, high up on a cliff face, were the sixty-foot-tall faces of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt, carved right into the rock, staring somberly down on us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I can’t help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of written communication. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Someone had taken a lot of care in carving it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A work of unprecedented complexity for its time, it was carved by a remarkably gifted artist who makes us feel the visionary rapture of a bard as he sings his legend. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a speck escaped Aunt March’s eye, and all the furniture had claw legs and much carving, which was never dusted to suit. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The twentieth century put enormous pressure on classical composers to carve out a new role for themselves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Some had merely signed their names in Everlasting Ink; others had carved their initials into the wood, still others had left messages. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Alas, the carvings were now too weathered to be deciphered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They passed the Fickle Fountain, an elaborately carved monument that occasionally spat out water in which young children played. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z From behind an ornate Myrish screen carved with flowers and fancies and dreaming maidens, they peered unseen into a common room where an old man was playing a cheerful air on the pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She moved sideways two steps to stand next to Doon, and there in front of them was a rectangular space carved out of the river wall, rather like the entry hall of a building. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Most caves are wet, since most caves are carved by water. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bed had a tall canopy, supported by an ornately carved headboard at one end and by two gigantic posts at the other. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At 3:30, I climbed some steps carved into granite and found myself on a spacious rock overlook: the summit of Springer Mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It has the letter q carved on each side in faded red. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I gave her the carving of Monkey that Uncle had given me my first night here. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Florida was sitting in the rocker, gently rocking, and on her lap were two of the wooden bird carvings from the mantel. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Each bell is a different color and size, each has a pattern carved into it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe they should have carved their initials in the bark so they could be together forever. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Up they came until they reached the first foot hole Nhamo had carved into the tree trunk, before she made the ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have seen what was carved on the wall in one corner, just level with my eyes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He looked at the towers of the little clean Martian village, like sharply carved chess pieces lying in the afternoon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took the small carving away from Amari, kissed it gently, and pretended to rock it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A large, round cage set on a wooden base that has been carved into swirling white flames. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One of the little boards he shaped in a lovely curve, and around its edges he carved leaves and flowers and stars, and through it he cut crescent moons and curlicues. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am trying to lull you into a false sense of confidence,” said Tyrion, as they arranged their tiles on either side of a carved wooden screen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and became as immobile as stone, a carving under my hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “And not just clogs. When I got here, I had to run around for months on wooden clogs my mother carved for me.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “But here I was, locked in, with all these fine tools. So I carved a key. It really was quite easy. The lock on the door is a simple one. “ Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His airplanes and spaceships have dwarfed distance, placed time in chains, and carved highways through the stratosphere. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The hostess led them to their table, a large one in the corner that had its own carved wood chandelier hanging above. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A master engraver expertly carves his designs onto a polished copper plate using an engraving tool called a burin. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The walls hold beautiful marble carvings of the stars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The men who were walking found themselves on an old Indian path, so they didn’t have to spend valuable time and energy carving out a trail. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba dropped the carving implements on the tablecloth and ran out of the room and into the street, calling his sister’s name into the night, but there was no trace of her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She became an expert at catching small game and she took great pleasure in carving. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spaniards gawped like yokels at the wide streets, ornately carved buildings, and markets bright with goods from hundreds of miles away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The carving, to my taste, is beautifully done, as graphically elegant, despite the gory subject matter, as a Matisse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Other voices called out, “You could carve Master Hemme’s face on it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Holding Precious Coins even tighter, Bandit inched toward the carved ebony chair in the center of the room. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Holton want it to go over her door, and I ain’t carving nothing for no one ’less somebody what reads tells me it make sense. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Opposite the metal wall was a row of ruined houses, still standing as they had before the anchor but with whole sides carved away, like dolls’ houses, open on one side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “No sculpture, no carving or bas-relief, almost no painting or drawing—the interiors are completely bare. What we do see are these huge mounds—and textiles.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Who knows? They don’t talk about him. Now let me show you the other one. See that big carved marble angel over yonder?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Most villages had craft schools, where boys and girls learned how to weave cloth, carve wood, and master other skills that would land them steady work when they grew up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Baskets of sabzi—parsley and watercress and tarragon and basil and mint, stalks of green onion, fresh radishes carved into flowers—sat on each table. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Within every circle, carved and then inlaid with great skill, there is a crane in graceful flight. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z On the wall opposite the bed was a big wooden clock with a forest and bears carved into it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The black gun was beautiful, all gold inlay and ebony carved like dragon scales, but up close she could see how damaged it was: pitted and scratched, flecked with age and long-forgotten acts of violence. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And on the last day, a small carving of a pregnant woman made of pink ivory. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She is very proud of her hands, which can make anything and stay pink and soft while my father’s became like carved wood. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The other—the big, carved, brown wooden door at the far corner of the drawing room—was locked. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z In the middle was an inscription carved in letters even older than Greek, a language of magic. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Through the glass, I saw a large and appetizing piece of meat and asked the man behind the counter to carve off a piece. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You carved a perfect circle,” he said, a soft smile tugging at his lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The senior inspector had a heavy face, rich in seams, as though carved from folded granite. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The temple walls are decorated with magnificent detailed carvings of people, cows, wagons, daily life, and battle scenes from long ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I look for the perfect spot on the underside of the chest and I carve in big letters on his chest just like Devon did for me: SCOUT. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She probably knew everything, like who stole from the vending machine or carved curse words into the desks. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was as tall as a pine tree and covered with carved words. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The front wall was blown out, but by some freaky coincidence, her carved wooden dresser full of her antique china collection was left perfectly intact. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z They saw now that the pillars were richly carved, gleaming dully with gold and half-seen colours. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And my eyes, my mother gave me my eyes, no eyelids, as if they were carved on a jack-o’-lantern with two swift cuts of a short knife. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish it were the blue of Devon’s room and I were in my hidey-hole with my purple fleece looking up at the carving of my name. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Amish girls were handing out wood-handled carving tools and all the kids were sitting at picnic tables surrounded by the moms who were helping them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Like there’s this huge hole that someone carved out in my stomach, and even though it’s empty, everything inside of it aches. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The carving had dulled, almost faded altogether, but it was still there: “Amir and Hassan. The Sultans of Kabul.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z All around the sides of the stone were detailed carvings, depicting scenes from Martin’s life: deeds of valor and works of skillful healing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It looked carved, fixed, and again, she felt it: it had happened a long time ago, and all outcomes, on all scales—from the tiniest to the most colossal—were already in place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As the Hitler Youth marched through neighborhoods, they sang hateful songs with lyrics such as, “When Jew blood spurts from the carving knife/ Oh, it’s that much more okay!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the carving, and felt a flush of relief, because I actually recognized it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I want to carve out a slice of happiness just for a moment so that I don’t die in this place. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Dozens of figures, all carved out of salt. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The man who wound his watch carved a small piece of wood with his knife. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She was not sleepy, so she took out the wolf-puppy bone and, holding the ulo between her knees, carved a tooth in the comb. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel traced her fingers across the carved skulls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A film of ice had formed upon the pool beneath the heart tree, and the face carved into its pale trunk had grown a mustache of little icicles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I notice the strength in his arms and the signet ring gleaming on one long-fingered hand, carved with the symbol of the Greenbriar line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He realized that the artisan who carved it probably received only a fraction of the sale price for his labor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I have a gift to deliver to him, a gemstone of unimaginable price, carved by your ancestors before your people crossed the Bonecruel Mountains into this land.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The girl’s eyes widened when the sky began to lighten, as the snakes continued to make their way into the morning, fingers of fire carving up the lavender expanse and setting pictures in motion. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I might as well have taken a knife and carved those lines myself. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then, with painstaking care, I carved their names deep in its red surface. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo wandered over to the chess table to admire the finely carved pieces. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z With their puffed-out chests and thick necks they looked like owls rotating their carved faces back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Quoting a passage from one of Dickens’s food-eating scenes, he carved the blackened steak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On it, hangs a roughly carved wooden star. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Many of these were stones, some carved in elaborate representations, perhaps of the areas they influenced. projects. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Roses and vines were carved into the rich wood. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Around the back side of the room, opposite the stairwell, nine alcoves were carved into the wall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A stone dais under one window was carved into a bowl on top, and a pitcher with a towel over it sat on the edge of the dais. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z On a chance we tried an important-looking door, and walked into a high Gothic library, panelled with carved English oak, and probably transported complete from some ruin overseas. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A wooden door with odd characters carved into its surface was set into the west wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At the far end of the room, the altar was elaborately carved with a frieze showing the man with the ice-cream-scoop hat holding a knife to the neck of a bull. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Anything you want. If you see a whale, carve a whale. If you see a Spirit Bear, you can carve a bear. I’ve learned from every animal I’ve carved.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She spotted something carved into the wood of one log. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z As he slices away with the carving knife my father indicates to all of us, but especially to Mr. Banerji, the areas where the flight muscles attach, using the carving fork as a pointer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Just north of Mole’s Town they came upon the third watcher, carved into the huge oak that marked the village perimeter, its deep eyes fixed upon the kingsroad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He carved their ears, that they might hear, and their eyes, that they might see, and lips, that they might speak. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The fish glistened as if it had just jumped out of the water, its every scale carved with such delicacy they seemed transparent. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z All sixteen black chess pieces stuck out of her mouth like finely carved tumors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Like a piece of my heart has been carved out and set on fire. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The buildings were tall and graceful, carved from the mountain itself, carved of a bright white stone that held the sun’s light long after evening fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the tree was a carving of a crescent moon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She points to the center of the slab, where there is a small impression, like a shallow bowl carved into the stone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He pulled a wooden toy that he had carved himself from his pocket—a little crow with spiral eyes and a clever rattle inside its belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z King Hizdahr had replaced the bench with two imposing thrones of gilded wood, their tall backs carved into the shape of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was not a plain wall: Like everything else in Persepolis, it was oversized, carved, and the color of cargo pants. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The walls were carved with images of peacocks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had made her a small box with a tight fitting lid, its top and sides intricately carved in the pattern of the plants she was beginning to learn and to know. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he began to think what fun it might be to carve out a face. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He’s never seen anything like it—the smooth muscles, the indentations of flesh, the breathing, bleeding life of it, all carved by Giambologna out of marble. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Without the daily soaks and carving the totem, Cole found it harder to end each day with his mind clear and still. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Can I carve my name on it? Just small, but so you can remember me?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He would let you live in the warehouse for free if you carved pegs or sanded a few mandolins now and again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Catelyn Stark watched the he eastern sky was rose and gold as the sun broke light spread, her hands resting on the delicate carved stone of the balustrade outside her window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And if you asked him to, he could geld a pony or castrate a pig with the same kind of delicate authoritative finesse Michelangelo must have used carving his Pietd. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the windows some ancient wooden santos, and a couple of newer ones that had been carved and painted by the expatriate Snuffy Ledoux, were hanging. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Or they carved with a knife, but crudely. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They were carved from aged iroko wood, as unforgiving as steel. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When Garvey joined the boys, he stared down at the log and at what they had carved. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “The emperor is not known for his humility,” Amah said, “and great deeds carved in stone do have much power.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Here, standing on the living room’s rift cut pine boards and studying the carved spandrel ornaments on the staircase, she seemed to have come to a place long destined for her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Below them, the hillside had been carved into an amphitheatre. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On it were six crudely carved wooden figurines of animals—a heron, a crocodile, a jackal, a serpent, a dove, and a hippo—one familiar for each god. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her job is to help him care about things other than power, and my job is to care only about power so I can carve out room for his return. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I wait until he isn’t watching, then try to carve life into my flat linoleum square. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Very carefully I carved the Chinese character that was our name. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Daenerys received the captain on her terrace, seated on a carved stone bench beneath a pear tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I find a long, flat piece of wood and use the knife to carve a little hollow in it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Out went the ornate bric-a-brac, the austere furniture carved with the family crest. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a purpose to the way he moved, a sense that this was all second nature to him, and Moss admired how quickly he was able to carve those pieces of fruit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The whole thing seems carved out of the bottom of the palace, opening up onto the ocean like a great mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Michelangelo was noisily slurping broth from a carved wooden spoon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lincoln stopped carving and watched the men at the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I lift an ebony staff carved with the head of a woman balancing a double-edged ax. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Weakly, she sat down, her back against the carved stone wall of the bridge. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The paneling that surrounds me is carved with figures of angels and the apostles. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one comer a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As he carved, two questions haunted him: What was the one thing that would help him heal? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When I look closer, I realize that the rocks are actually enormous sculptures, each of them carved to look like past tournament winners. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “We are going to carve revenge on your back,” my father said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind me rose steepsided mountains of amber, on which had been carved words of great power to try to bind the creatures who lived within. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But the ceiling looked strange; it was flat, and it had dark beams richly carved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At the far end of the hall, on a throne carved of black wood, sat a woman. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He found the bear carving on his totem destroyed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I looked down at the picnic table, where someone had carved a pair of initials into the wood: AJ + EB FOREVER. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He takes the hammer and chisel out of my hands, which have long ago stopped carving. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I could still see him kneeling there, carving something into one of ’em with a smaller rock. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “My grandmother told me he was an artist. He took the mountain rock to carve into inking stones.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Its handle was carved to look like a crow’s head, with a cruelly pointed beak. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The princess ended up in the plaza below with a full head of steam, and she carved down and around the wide paved street, using her kierie as a rudder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There, shining white on the back of his cold hand, were the scars which Dolores Umbridge had forced him to carve into his own flesh: I must not tell lies. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were all afire now, Maid and Mother, Warrior and Smith, the Crone with her pearl eyes and the Father with his gilded beard; even the Stranger, carved to look more animal than human. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People are under the impression that trees don’t mind being carved into, especially if hearts are involved. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The honored guests moved silently upon the platform, herded toward their high, carved chairs by Dr. Bledsoe with the decorum of a portly head waiter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d carve notches on our stick with his knife, one notch for each loaf of naan he’d pull for us from the tandoor s roaring flames. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He had carved it out of a smaller tree, he said, and it fitted his shoulders neatly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z They were standing on the edge of a huge chessboard, behind the black chessmen, which were all taller than they were and carved from what looked like black stone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There were names carved on the bunks and magazine advertisements stuck onto nails in the walls, as if the women had tried to personalize the place, but it did not help. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was watching dad carve the chicken and then it flapped its wings and flew away!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Robin examined for the hundredth time the carvings on the hammer beams supporting the roof of the hall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Or do you want me to carve a pretty pattern on your face like your friend’s here?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Now she had to do all the gardening, all the water carrying, all the hunting, and still find time to cut down the muktva tree and carve it into the shape of a boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Each flower was made of glass or crystal, spun or carved, he could not tell: they counterfeited life perfectly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The paperweight on his desk, for instance, was not a simple, inert rock but a tiny priapus carved from stone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He walked half the length of Long Wharf until he saw carved over a door the familiar rising eye. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pumpkins become too expensive to carve on Halloween. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “What was your purpose in telling me to do those things?” she mused aloud, her voice echoing off of the intricately carved walls. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At dinner, we sit at a massive table carved along all four sides with images of piping fauns and dancing imps. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When she had finished the carving of the puppies, she found a stone by the river and began chipping it into an owl. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My sagging bed with its carving of a robin in the headboard. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z A table, covered in carved wooden bowls and handfuls of branches, stood in the middle of the room. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Fat wax pillar candles burn at the center, beside a carved stone vase full of wood sorrel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Scattered among them were armies of tin soldiers, steam engines, and sailing ships with carved sailors—and in the middle of this chaos sat a boy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he glanced up at one of the town-house balconies and saw a stone carving—the symbol of Venice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She was beautiful, standing on the shelf with flowers and leaves and birds and moons carved all around her, and the large star at the very top. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside would have been a wealth of carvings, soaring domes, and paintings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He dug his fingertips into my skin like he was trying to carve his way down to my bone. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He had carved it for her, when she was still a child. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She wanted us to look like something Anglo-Saxon, carved on a tomb; or Christmas card angels, regimented in our robes of purity. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I am carved of stone, she reminded herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Above, in deep shadow, was the carved crucifix—Jesus in His agony. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z So they had to live differently, carving out communities in the spaces they felt they could defend. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A music came down the river as it drew nearer; and suddenly they perceived that it was a ship, wrought and carved with elven-skill in the likeness of a bird. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Min would carve out the design a bit at a time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The performance the week before against Odessa High, the methodical, relentless carving of Permian’s crosstown rival, had proven it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t need to think—I need you out of my face. And besides, what would I carve?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then in China between the second and sixth centuries, paper, ink and printing with carved wooden blocks were all invented, permitting many copies of a work to be made and distributed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But leopards are territorial, and he would have had to battle with at least one other male before he could carve out a home range for himself. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Theon stopped by the edge of the pool and bowed his head before its carved red face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Garikayi sat on the chief’s stool, and his face seemed carved out of stone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The king was motioning toward a carved chest, and both turned as he began to open it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When this was done, the large piece was a beautifully carved back for a smooth little shelf across its middle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Straight ahead, instead of a stone image of a God or Goddess, hung a wooden cross with a carved figure of Yesu, bleeding, with thorns wound around his head. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Beneath his paw there was writing carved into the dust-covered wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It too sat on carved lion’s legs and was surrounded by four chairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a path their cows had carved into the bank and it made the sides fall off to nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, gingerly, peering out through the crescents of glass his defroster had carved from the icy windshield, he drove her down First Hill into town. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A gleaming saddle and a silver platter carved all over with scrollwork. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z "There's a ladder there on the side of the pillar. You see it?" he said, pointing to the crumbling carvings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z On one side of the yoyo there was a palm tree which the Filipino had carved at Ignatius’ request. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And it does seem to make Edward feel better, because his smirk carves a deeper line into his face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He put the little carved bird into his pocket, closed the door to his room, and headed down the corridor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What will you carve there?” she asked him, pointing to the undecorated part. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the carving depicts a man instead of an event, the date is generally thought to be the dead man’s name. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sam Houston had carved a recognizable profile of President McKinley out of pecan wood, a difficult wood to work, and entered it in the juvenile whittling division. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The freezing water carved into me like knives puncturing my skin. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He sat in the “Pork Chair,” a pink upholstered armchair with carved wooden pig hooves for feet. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Malcolm cut a thick slice for himself and another for Alice, and carved some cheese to go with them as the woman Doris Whicher woke up nearby and looked around blearily. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Too numb with cold and fear to even cry out, he eyed the Spirit Bear standing like a carved statue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She’s talking about the carved wood details on the legs and on the ledge where the sheet music goes. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They maintain that the people who drove the Neanderthals to extinction, settled Australia, and carved the Stadel lion-man were as intelligent, creative and sensitive as we are. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Trees were carved into the stone ceiling, and they stretched above the sleeping female figure. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her short hair was tucked into this hat, except for two perfect curls on her forehead that faced each other like black lacquer carvings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He jerked his carving knife at the black iron kettles hung over the flames. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A light snow began falling as the car wound its way up a narrow dirt road carved into the side of a mesa. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Already he had decided to carve a wolf next. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z So I told him the mission: When they were digging the king’s new wading pool, they found some old, buried goblin treasure—a giant gemstone carved with some kind of a story on it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He began to carve thick chunks of charred meat off the bone as Tyrion hollowed out two heels of stale bread to serve as trenchers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With a sister like Margaret, there is no such thing as a perfect reply, a perfect conversation, or a perfect carving in ivory. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just like Mom and Dad’s bed, with a mirror in the headboard surrounded by carved dragons. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My boyfriend carves my initials into the top of his new school desk and gets the strap for it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Papa and Dadi were having their last cup of tea for the night and Rashid Uncle sat at the table carving like he usually did. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She shoves a gag in my mouth, and then the knife is burning, searing, carving a path through my skin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The walls were chiseled with fine carvings of goblin kings and queens. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They ask us to smooth and shape and carve each slope of their bodies like warm, freshly dipped candles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Nhamo had to find food, build a shelter, dig a garden, cut down a tree, and carve it into the shape of Crocodile Guts’s boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s one thing to carve the Psi symbol into the side of buildings and string up banners over porches, but to actually internalize the message? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Instead of answering, I ran my finger around the initials I’d carved long ago on the picnic table. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z In New Orleans the boys bought a pistol and carved two notches in the handle. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed and followed his gaze to stare at the carving. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He strode briskly down the vault, past the procession of stone pil-lars and the endless carved figures. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He'd carved it into a head the size of a grapefruit. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z All the totems of Bull’s disenchantment with the South could be carved from pillars of congealed grits. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was Halloween, a cloud of live bats was fluttering around the enchanted ceiling, while hundreds of carved pumpkins leered from every corner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The doors and doorframes were marble, too, and ornately carved. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Travis returned, clutching his staff, symbols and faces carved on it with clumsy hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He could carry the ancestor rock and carve his own totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His hands rested on the wolves' heads carved at the ends of the wide stone arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To one side there was a wooden marker with a lamb carved on it and a single word: MORGAN. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Like Madam had carved her letters into my soul, burned the mark into my skin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z On second glance, the panels have the Henka Games logo carved subtly into the surface. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was always wandering through the woods, tinkering with a discarded two-stroke engine, chopping wood, or carving a block of wood into an animal head. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z While Mother carved and served the plates—Dad sometimes carved wood for a hobby, but he never touched a carving knife at the table—Dad would shout out problems in mental arithmetic for us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z If he carved a canoe, it wouldn’t have to mean he planned to escape. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The pillars that lined the walls around them soared high over his head, with more carved marble creatures staring down at him from the heights. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He had carved this day out for himself and he wanted it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He got up and took a small carved ebony box from the top of his bureau. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I figured out later that he must have carved it late at night when the others had gone to sleep. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The carving on the steel had the pearly gleam of a Damascus blade, while the stock flowed into lock and lock into barrels as though they had grown that way from a magic planted seed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out his wand and gave a great sweeping wave with it; at once, all the candles except those inside the carved pumpkins were extinguished, plunging them into a state of semidarkness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Soup spoons, gravy boat, butter knives, salad forks and carving platter were additions to my vocabulary and in fact almost represented a new language. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z From afar, the smoke appears strangely solid, as though carved from luminous wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A narrow weirwood door stood between two slender marble pillars, a crescent moon carved in the white wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My favorite was a carved mahogany jewelry box. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the rear chamber, Emma held her flame to the wall and showed me something I’d never noticed before: a long list of dates and initials carved into the rocks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It turns into an open space with a fountain in the middle, bubbling white foam over clear carved ice. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The decadent eldest son, Prince Balekin, is sprawled in a carved chair, three attendants around him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Their stocky, heavily built bodies seemed to weigh down the stone platforms they sat upon; and the darkness of the night made their stiff, curly manes look like rows of carved blossoms. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Lina ran her finger along the B carved in the desktop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Outside the carved hardwood doors to the king’s chambers stood Steelskin, a younger pit fighter, not yet regarded as of the first rank. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes landed on the gloomy hearth, where the odd crutch her gran had been carving when she had taken ill still stood half-whittled. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I trace the tree carved into the side of the boot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She sat on the soft: earth and watched him begin to carve. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It had carved wooden beams on the ceiling and wallpaper decorated with hundreds of birds. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But why have me carve these? They are not stones for a monument. This is very common stone, to be placed someplace humble—like a country road or a wall.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I kind of expected to see a giant Triceratops skeleton carved halfway out of the ground,” I comment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She approached the stone and leaned her forehead against the deeply carved words, as if the stone might be Zosimos himself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Ahead of him towered the Yard’s great gate, a wide center arch flanked on either side by ornately carved turrets and two smaller gates. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It stood well back from the rattle and bustle of Marlborough Street, with its glassy-eyed copper Indian on top of the cupola and its carved and colored lion and unicorn of Britain over the door. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Connor, suppose for this Christmas I give you something very beautiful—say, a beautiful ivory carving.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She let the rags of her gown fall to her waist as she opened a carved chest, and busied herself with bottles and boxes, knives and needles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Had the king had them carved when he built the clock tower, or did they predate it? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The air smelled of wet leaves, and our carved jack-o’-lantern flickered impressively against the shrubbery by the door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Exotic sea creatures were carved into the walls, and oil lamps cast a golden glow. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My gaze tracks up the arm until I see that I am being held by the ship’s figurehead—a wooden maiden carved into the bow, beneath the bowsprit pole. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And I read how when the slave market was glutted, the cannibalistic white powers of Europe next carved up, as their colonies, the richest areas of the black continent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching them, Gabe found that he could make tiny veers into each of the boys as they bent over the paddle, carving carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Over the next few hours, secure within walls, he carved off her breasts and placed these on a table along with her nose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He lowered his eyebrows and turned back to his carving, shaking his head slightly. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She examines the carvings on the stone and the vines twining around them, but her gaze keeps returning to Marco. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She fanned fast for a minute, then sank down in Granny’s big rocker, the high-back one with apples and pears carved on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z This was her favorite part of the Academy—the crescent-shaped patch of earth carved out of the edge of the island, facing the mainland. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The huge high bed Auntie Venus had occupied for so long without complaint had gone, and so had the carved trousseau chest and the green silk sofa. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He’d carved the boy a flute from a piece of roadside cane and he took it from his coat and gave it to him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I don't argue with her because I feel like this is an idea she's been working on for a long time, an intricate idea she's carved out of a block of wood. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It must have stretched for several acres, and to support all of his bulk there were a hundred golden legs, each carved like some creature of the sea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was carved in black wood, with a canopy of angels in relief and a few scraps of red brocade that were frayed with age. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The result was the Stone Gate, three arches of Lemont limestone roofed in copper and displaying over the central arch the carved bust—Root’s touch, no doubt—of John Sherman’s favorite bull, Sherman. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The next morning, he went out and began carving a mouse into his log instead of going to the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Standing now in the moonlight, Gabe stroked the paddle, feeling the carved names, and wondered if perhaps Trademaster had felt the sudden shift. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This one was particularly impressive, over two hundred feet long and wide enough for two wagons to pass each other, it stretched over the canyon the Omethi had carved into the rock. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He found the bedrooms—huge, elegant rooms with beautifully carved beds and long, mirrored closets. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the room, a dais with carved chairs awaited Gertrude and Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For a moment Goddard looked ready to carve up Rowan then and there, but the fire in his eyes was swallowed by that unfathomable depth. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t know those doors were actually some sort of portal into a narrow, parallel universe where rules are carved into tablets of stone and ideas haven’t changed for a couple thousand years. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Colonel Arbuthnot’s face looked as though it were carved out of wood, it was rigid and impassive. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think there’s something carved into the stone. Maybe a petroglyph?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A candle had been flickering in her mother’s chamber, but her great carved bed was empty beneath its dusty canopy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’ll leave it on the bureau. I’m leaving that carving, too.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Its long blade carved a semicircle in the air. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Some boys found that if they carved really big spoons, they could get more food than the others. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally they reached an archway carved in the shape of human skulls—or maybe they were human skulls embedded in the rock. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He had a new paddle in his hands, carved roughly from a forked branch with a piece of Derek’s pantleg pulled across the fork to form the face of the paddle. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Some three thousand carved pieces of sugar stood on that table, showing every step of her trip, down to carved sugar birds in sugar cages and sugar elephants on parade. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Rice fields are carved into mountainsides in an elaborate series of terraces, or painstakingly constructed from marshland and river plains. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In Egypt, where low-relief carving attained unsurpassed subtlety, many reliefs were originally painted and included elaborate settings. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z BaiMa’s steps made a hollow, mournful echo, and when the swallow stopped in front of a red carved door, they heard the unmistakable sound of weeping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a work table topped with a big yellowed marble slab that had a drainage groove carved around it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a silvery building, nothing fancy, with plain white curtains and a carved stone owl over the doorway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and other teens will carve hearts into you and you can produce oxygen. People like air,” Mateo says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The carved eyes gazed at him with such a reproachful stare that the stonecutter set down his tools. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She looked like a carved whirligig toy with six flying arms and a hopping head. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mina finds an old-fashioned one with a carved wooden handle in Mr. de Vries's desk drawer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Having drawn gleaming, sharp knives, meat cleavers and tomahawks, the tsotsis began carving the man as he howled for mercy. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Could you teach me how to carve like that?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes, willing herself to be rooted there, in that chair, and she gripped the armrest until the pattern carved in it rose up to meet her fingers, solid and reassuring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Eumaios’ narrowed eyes made out an empty bench beside the one the carver used—that servant who had no respite, carving for the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Deep basins of fountains are planted in the floor between statues on heavy pedestals, and effigies lie behind black doorways with the Resurrection carved into their slate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Its base was a mammoth marble neoclassical museum, complete with Corinthian pillars and carved entablature. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was carving something into one of the boulders with a small rock. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z There, carved in the white bark of a sycamore tree, was a large heart. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The poor thing served its purpose now as a landmark and a place for lovers to carve initials. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The Cantabrigians might have spent long hours carving wooden statues of their guardian spirits, whereas the Oxonians may have worshipped through dance. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My sleeve caught on something, and I stopped, expecting I had snagged myself on a vase or a statue or a fancy carving. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She had eaten it from a glazed earthen bowl, using a spoon carved from bone, and then wiped her mouth and hands with a folded fine-woven cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Vehicles shrieked their horns, carving a narrow path through the sea of refugees. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Montag's face was entirely numb and featureless; he felt his head turn like a stone carving to the dark place next door, set in its bright borders of flowers. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma told me, “Poor Mr. Leroy gunn be carving for years to get all that down. But look, baby, some of them words is mine!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Ma and Mrs. Holton gave us all big servings of good things then Ma carved up some pieces of her peach pie and dropped one on everybody’s plate. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was solid stone, carved into the wall. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The sandstone cliffs were home to Buddhist monks who carved caves in them to use as living quarters and as sanctuary for weary traveling pilgrims. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His horns were like those of a deer, but they looked as if they had been carved of ivory. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He had known too many Marine wives and children who had come to their front door and found dour messengers, their faces carved from the ices of duty, standing with tragic news welting their tongues. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning my father had us carve our names into the stump of the tree that fell away from our house. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He stopped at a tombstone marked with a recently carved name: Tate. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom, upon a low pedestal carved like a branching tree, stood a basin of silver, wide and shallow, and beside it stood a silver ewer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And then he went into the shed to carve wood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z On either side of them, in niches carved from the stone, skulls looked down on them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was probably thinking, “How sweet. I’ll bet he’s carving a heart with initials in it. Oh, to be young and in love!” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I looked at the crease within her brow, newly carved since we had been deported. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And dimly to be seen were many rows of tables, carved of marble; and upon each table lay a sleeping form, hands folded, head pillowed upon stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Look at the way this is carved!” he said, marveling. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But it had a notch carved into the back of it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Because Min was now attempting inlay work, rather than merely incision, some of the petal and leaf spaces were carved out into little depressions. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Solemnly the three friends gathered around the carving upon the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They all carved pictures with sticks in the wet sand now and then, but the tides or the night rain inevitably came to wash those away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I run my finger over the words Mia and Jenna’s Log, Keep Away, which we carved into the soft bark a few summers ago using my father’s pocketknife. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z To Ranzi's surprise, in his home state of Acre—Brazil's westernmost region, a ranching center—PRONAPABA discovered half a dozen large circular ditches carved into the newly cleared land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Thomas got the small carved piece from its high shelf, and put it into his pocket. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I made it. My grampa carves them, and I paint them. He was a pretty famous angler. People around here call him Kingfish. I’d love a nickname like that.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The artist carved it out of a humongous redwood stump, wooden feather by wooden feather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z What this? she ast Oh, I say, a little something Albert carve for me. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Though she had not carved her name, he added Kira in his mind. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But unlike Helene, the Commandant exudes a deathly chill, as if her gray eyes and cut-glass features were carved from the underbelly of a glacier. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She glanced around to make sure no one was looking and then she began to carve. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z What kind of a man, Violet wondered, would carve an image of an eye into his front door? The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I am surprised, however, at what he is carving: fat Buddhas hanging on the Christian Cross. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Commander is standing in front of the fireless fireplace, back to it, one elbow on the carved wooden overmantel, other hand in his pocket. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look up one more time,” the slaver says, his hot breath foul in my face, “I’ll carve out your eyes. Understand?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he pointed to a small block of roughly carved wood sitting on top of the stool he sat on to do his work. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The stranger stood as still and silent as a figure carved of wood. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead of newel posts at the bottom of the staircase, an intricately carved oak monkey clung to either end of the railing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Many before him had tried and failed to decipher the lovely hieroglyphics, a word that means “sacred carvings.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was just one house, carved into a small break in the trees. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He’d presented it to her downstairs, in the dining room, after a Chateaubriand that had been carved for them at the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a Greek letter carved here,” she said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A man peered through the window; he was holding a long piece of wood carefully carved to look like a rifle. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now when I was naked, I was a strange human being indeed—words carved on my back and the baby large in front. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It took Matthias two passes along the wall before his fingers found the carved lines of the wolf. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The curved piece supported the shelf underneath, and it was carved beautifully, too. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The features of these enormous portraits are naturalistically carved and amazingly expressive— thoughtful or fiercely proud, mirthful or dismayed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There’s a carving station with turkey, roast beef, pork shoulder, and leg of lamb. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Stopping before a huge marble tombstone carved like a scroll, I said, “See? ‘ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And he had a large gourd in the shed that he could use for a head, with a face carved on it: a fierce face. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "How'd it happen? I was...I was working on a sculpture. Did I mention I carve sculptures out of wood? Kind of like the ones you see in museums. Cool stuff but lots of splinters." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She began carving with the tip of her knife on the highest branches of the tallest trees in the most unreachable regions of the forest: This is a book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As he lifted his arm to drink, his cloak was pulled a few inches from the ground, and Harry saw, below the table, several inches of carved wooden leg, ending in a clawed foot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Like the carvings and stained-glass windows in European cathedrals, the art in San Lorenzo and other Olmec cities consisted mainly of powerful, recurring images—the crucifixions and virgins, so to speak, of ancient Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The woman’s hair flowed long and silver, and she held a beautifully carved wooden staff for support. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Wizards, then, are not cooks,” said Murre, who was sitting across the kitchen hearth from Ged, carving a box-lid of fine wood; he was a woodworker by trade, though not a very zealous one. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The path was carved deep through the demonglass, and narrow, so that they had to go in single file. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had to figure out what to carve there before he left the island. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He gestured, and she could see a large table with his carving tools and scraps of wood. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Headmaster fingered the intricate carving around the chair’s back, the shining sundari wood, the careful joints and brackets that held the sturdy legs in place. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They wound their way through interconnecting tunnels and rough-hewn burial chambers that all looked the same—the walls carved with dusty niches that might once have held bodies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Val stood on the platform as still as if she had been carved of salt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A carved wooden mermaid holding a pipe rack. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He could’ve been some psycho with an electric carving knife who’d dismember our bodies and wouldn’t get caught until our teeth clogged up the sewer or something like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He had just begun to question his own sanity in a serious way when he noticed the stream carved into the plants. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The wooden ceiling was decorated with carved interlocking flowers and vines. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z My playmates and I carved them and played war games in the coffee farms and unfinished buildings at my grandmother’s village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z As you went up, carved into the column itself, would be shelves, where books were stacked by the dynasty in which they were made. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I have, for example, been hacked at, carved into, used for target practice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His eyes became distant, like secrets carved in stone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z To which I replied, in so many words, that I could hardly carve pegs in rooms too cold for me to take my gloves off. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A little further away, Annabeth casually palmed a carving knife from the nearest platter of meat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was an old man in front of the yard smoking a badly carved wooden pipe. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I took the wooden shovel that I had carved from the board and dug around what I thought must have been the back door or possibly the woodhouse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z His coat was white and his mittens were white, and he did not carry a gun on his back, but in his hands he had shining sharp tools with which he carved the pictures. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Complications from that broken hip,” he said matter-of-factly as he held a partially carved wooden duck and a carving tool in his hands. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the front was a sweating yellow mound that had been a cow carved out of butter before the sun got to it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Certain former slaves were carving stone and laying bricks, stealing work from guild journeymen and masters alike. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The box was carved wood, its mother-of-pearl lid inlaid with jasper and chalcedony. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I told her how hard I had tried to find names for them and how strange it was finding them carved in the bark of a sycamore tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She often wished she were like Yishan, who spoke as if each of his words were carved in stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "I helped Pate carve the stone for the pommel," the builder said, "and your friend Sam bought the garnets in Mole's Town." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I ran a toe over the carved letters. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Slowly, reverently, Matthias lowered the shield of Martin, down on to the stone circle that had been carved many long years before to receive it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The light played over the contents of the cabinet—a jumble of books and boxes, rocks, carvings, and other curiosities. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Con went to his saddlebags to retrieve the invitation, still ensconced in its intricately carved box. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some of the loggers have left inscriptions, their names, their initials, intertwined hearts, short dirty words and crude pictures of women carved or penciled in the wood of the two- by-fours of the walls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he looked mad because he’d been carved only from the waist up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She and Nat had stood side by side at the bow of the Dolphin, watching that familiar curving prow carving gently through calm turquoise water. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A carved stone bull’s head sat high above the center arch, gazing down at the stream of humanity that passed below it. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She stared into the fire and fog, her wet black curls plastered to her carved wooden head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The next thing that happened was that they carved you up so quickly you never felt it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z You want many things, you are full of want, carved out of it, made from it, yes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They leap in front of each other to attract attention to their goods, but the visitors ignore them, stooping instead to examine ordinary wood carvings and beaded jewelry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiller was carving a fishing boat, and Florida was staring at her piece of wood. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The cup had an ingenious cap, carved also of horn, and it latched into place with silver hinges. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It buttoned with gold-colored buttons, and every button had a little castle and a tree carved on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was heavy and light at the same time: soft rose silk and heavy, dark shiny wood carved all around with dragons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Thrice they passed Unsullied guards, standing as if they had been carved from stone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when I try to carve it, it looks like a dead tree, toothpicks, a child’s drawing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z There were words carved into the flat of the stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Nothing you wouldn’t find carved into the desk of the average teenaged boy. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Thomas set aside the carving tool he had just picked up. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been built into the side of a mountain, overlooking granite peaks and a valley carved by ancient glaciers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I’ve been trying to carve a linoleum block in art class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z That legislation carved a huge exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, the Civil War-era law prohibiting the use of the military for civilian policing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Silently they followed her up the staircase, watching her little affectionate dabs at the stair rail and the carvings on the walls. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z What had been little more than stacks of rough stone moments before is now set and carved into ornate arches and pathways, covered in crawling vines and speckled with bright, tiny lanterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Five Nations recorded the succession of council members with a combination of pegs and carved images on long wooden cylinders called Condolence Canes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was clad not in her usual white gown, but rather in a dark tunic and loose trousers, and she clutched an ornately carved wooden staff in one hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He reminded the audience that a country couldn’t be carved up simply into red and blue, that we were united by a common humanity, compelled to care for the whole of society. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was a carving of a child, a white child with long strands of hair. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The king’s right-hand man tells me we need someone to deliver this carved gemstone to the goblin citadel. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Across the new threshold artisans laid a carved stone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Georgie and I had carved ours more than once, using a jackknife we’d stolen from Mr. Wagner, one of the first caretakers. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z There is a silver dragon that curls around part of the now visible clockwork, a tiny princess in a carved tower who paces in distress, awaiting an absent prince. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then running her hand over the carved angel, she said, “I shore wisht I could get one a-them angels for Pa.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z From the outside, it presented a stone facade carved in a pattern of lizards and pomegranates. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Finn tried to knock the arm away, but the man was carved from stone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Someone had taken the hatchet and hacked the carving completely away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Leroy said, “Evening, Elijah. I wants you to look over this here writing ’fore I starts carving it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z On one side it was cut shallow, while at the opposite side it was carved deeply. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The pin was flat, as long and as wide as Laura’s two biggest fingers, and it was carved all over, and scalloped on the edges. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was any justice, the scene would be carved into a monument of demonglass and placed here to commemorate the salvation of Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His buttons were carved jade monkeys, and atop his wispy white curls perched a jaunty green cap decorated with a fan of peacock feathers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Though he was not a pious man, the carving made him feel less alone here in this queer alien city, and it was to that he had turned in the black watches of night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The weir- wood’s carved red eyes stared down at them, its great red mouth open as if to laugh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You know that lady who was down here last month to buy some of our carvings? That New York lady?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z While Mom carves the turkey, Dad dishes the carrots and corn and mashed potatoes and gravy into their respective bowls, and I fill the water glasses with ice cubes and water. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The colonial powers carved up Africa, put the black man to work, and did not properly educate him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The chairs were immense, fantastically carved, bright with goldwork and studded with amber, onyx, lapis, and jade, each one different from all the others, and each striving to be the most fabulous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I notice the planes of his skull, showing through his shaved hair, and the jagged path his crooked nose carves down his face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The woman deftly plucks out the few she needs, and then presses into Orleanna’s hand a gift: the tiny wooden okapi, perfectly carved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And what was I supposed to do, carve in my initials too? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z In a glass case right in front of him was a row of Chinese goddesses, carved in ivory. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “But carving a totem isn’t competition. Saying your carving is better is like saying your feelings are better.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He seemed happy to carve up the arm of the rocking chair like he was all of eleven years old, putting his initials in a tree. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After hundreds of years, when the great trees finally got too old and dry, the Ka’t’sina carvers from the villages came searching for them to cut pieces of their soft dry wood to carve. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There they cut stones and tracery, carved capitals and sculptures in preparation for the return of the masons in the spring. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z She took her carving from her pocket, and got down on her knees. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jagged lines of orange and pink carve up the sky. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center of the table were two massive, carved oak chairs, and the King and Queen were seated there. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And for one strange moment it seemed as if it were Bran’s face carved into the pale trunk of the weirwood, staring down at him with eyes red and wise and sad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With their black hoods and thick black cowls, the six might have been carved from shadow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A faint light streamed through the carved openings, causing a decoration on the emperor’s collar to flash in Pinmei’s eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I run my fingers across the golden carvings before lifting the lid to reveal a medley of instruments tucked inside endless drawers and compartments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He put down the gleaming chisel and picked up his carving. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Shaking his head, sighing and sputtering, the King collapsed onto a throne carved from rock. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She carved it into cubes while I dammed the FTGFOP1 First Flush Darjeeling and poured us each a cup. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It was a beautifully carved Roman marble sarcophagus. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The seat was cold stone, polished smooth by countless bottoms; the carved heads of direwolves snarled on the ends of its massive arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Rashid Uncle comes home after working at his furniture business and going to the market, he sits at the table and carves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Some of her last words are carved on the statue’s plinth. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Two ruby eyes from a carved stone skeleton popped out and rolled across the floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The final steps of the journey were actual stairs carved out of the mountain. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A wooden partition carved with intricate floral designs serves as the headboard. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The hinged lid is ornately carved, and it’s about the size of his school math book. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He imagines the vines carved into the lid coming to life like wooden snakes, lashing at him the moment he tries to lift it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z His fingers tightened on the hammer’s carved wooden handle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The types rotated through the exhibits every hour to ease the monotony of pretending to swab the deck, carve hunting tools, and fondle the wooden yams. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Near Hrothgar’s hall stand the images of the Scyldings’ gods, grotesque faces carved out of wood or hacked from stone and set up in a circle, eyes staring inward, gazing thoughtfully at nothing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone else gets to carve theirs,” I said, pointing to all the other kids who were busy scratching out big evil eyes and teeth with their unsharp baby knives. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Barely two months after V-J Day, the Klan in Atlanta burned a 300-foot cross on the face of Stone Mountain, site of a storied rock carving of Robert E. Lee. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Did she remember the trail my heels carved in the dirt as they dragged me across the yard? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The foyer is formal, with flocked burgundy wallpaper, a large gilt-framed mirror, and a dark, ornately carved chest of drawers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Beaten silver mirrors backed every wall sconce, so the torches burned twice as bright; the walls were paneled in richly carved wood, and sweet-smelling rushes covered the floors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And what did you carve in the totem to show forgiveness?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “It looks like you tried to carve a canoe.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then she went to the carved box and took the scrap of fabric with her to her bed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, Cole began carving a beavers head. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “A circle is all I could teach him to carve.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The clearing was as I’d left it the night before, my bag hanging from a branch, the arrow Fd carved into a tree still glistening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As she carved, she thought about her mother’s crazy diets: Juice fasts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He still had his face in his hand, and he was as still as if he’d been carved from the stone his skin resembled. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At the center, two stools and a small table of elaborately carved gingko wood waited for them. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Now Mom’s rubbing hard at my initials, which I’d carved into the table when I was little. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Then the beavers did the right thing, and together they carved out a wooden barrel for the fish. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Nokomis baked the deer bones, cracked them, and used a special long carved spoon to scoop out the hot rich marrow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z White men squabbled before judges over claims to this or that tract hundreds of miles away that had been carved up on a map. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Or carve up her face. But this one”—he yanks my head toward his, a warning in his eyes when he glances down at me —“is still intact. Mostly.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He was fed up with traveling through exotic countries selling shark-fin aphrodisiacs, ginseng to cure all ills, carved Eskimo statues, stuffed Amazonian piranhas, and chinchillas for ladies’ coats. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But looking at Dr. Begbie now, seeing the deep lines carved in her face that no one in their twenties should have had, I wasn’t so sure they had gotten off scot-free. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The wooden foot took shape, and before long Mr. Beaver was standing beside a beautiful carving that resembled a boot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Green statues that I learned were carved jade. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice, it carved a tunnel through the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He looked so proud, like he’d carved that big lady himself. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He picked up two carving knives and threw them at me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She didn’t look at the carved word, or the splinter of moon, or the blue and green houses. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Kochu Maria sawed up the rest of the cake messily, laboriously, breathing through her mouth, as though she was carving a hunk of roast lamb. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She only hesitated a moment before she took the knife and began to carve. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The crests above the door lintels still have bumblebees carved into the oak; the ivy-covered fountain in the courtyard is shaped like a hive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Overseers watched closely to make sure of that, beating slaves who did not carve out at least twenty-eight holes an hour on one French island. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Through carved archways they could see spacious courtyards filled with greenery, and there were great buildings that looked like palaces, for all that the steps were cracked and the doorframes loose from the walls. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the goddess, on a polished oalc display stand, was her huge silver bow, carved to resemble gazelle horns. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He took the knife from Mr. Pirzada, and carved around the gash, evening it out, dispensing altogether with the teeth I had drawn. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “No, but such a...such a violent scene must surely have been carved by goblins. Since that is—what your people—what you like. Brutality. Bloodshed. Evil.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She shined the flashlight around the room again, letting its light play on old paintings, books, an ornate carved marble fireplace. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z His clawlike hand grasped a walking stick carved into the shape of a serpent. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His face, one of the most beautiful human faces I ever saw, seemed hard and delicate as carved stone. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Edna drew me a horse, and Héctor gave me one of his best marbles, which I set on a small pedestal carved from a dried avocado pit. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The naiads, in pity for him, so bold and so young to die, buried him and carved upon the tomb:— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This is something I would very much like to do, though no clue how carving a rock will achieve it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The legs and torso have been carved from natural ledges of the rock in such a way that the shapes seem to emerge almost imperceptibly from the stone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But if the impacting object is larger or made primarily of rock, there is an explosion on impact that carves out a hemispherical bowl called an impact crater. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, a city was carved out of the wilderness, surrounded by lush green forests on one side and icy black beaches on the other. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Down in the city, the buildings were stone, intricately carved with scenes from the natural world and the mythic one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He stumped in on a crude wooden leg he himself had carved out of beechwood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was this emblem Merchant Lyte had on everything he owned—carved above his counting house on Long Wharf, engraved on all his silver— even on dog collars and harnesses. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had combed her hair with the carved wooden comb that had been her mother’s and which she had added to her own small storage sack after her mother’s death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The gold dotted line stops in front of the gates of a warm, well-lit estate with a curved wall and carved lions outside its doorway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the center of an arch was the carved outline of a scorpion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell what he was carving, of course. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The compass light illuminated his face so that he looked like a carved pumpkin. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They seemed to be carved out of huge blocks of stone, immovable, and yet they were aware: some dreadful spirit of evil vigilance abode in them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I say to you carving is not for cowards. Cowards stick to clay, yes?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For, of course, Yang Sze-Fu had molded the butter with his hands and carved the decorations with one of his long fingernails. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z How he came from a long line of gravestone cutters in Colombia and began carving at the age of five. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At lunch I also solved the problem of carving out my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Once more I looked at the sword carved into the top long ago by some naughty boy. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The mmuo he pointed to was small; its carved wooden face had angular, pretty features and rouged lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They had carved their names and address on me, and I would come back. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits on a bench carved with coiled serpents and swings her feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As Maria watched, her father and his apprentices carved maps and illustrations onto copper plates. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then, as they had no wine, they made libation with clear spring water, broiling the entrails first; and when the bones were burnt and tripes shared, they spitted the carved meat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew two triangles against the ridged surface for the eyes, which Mr. Pirzada dutifully carved, and crescents for eyebrows, and another triangle for the nose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Oh, I say, a little something Albert carve for me. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He is carving initials into the top of the chest. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Bill Corso had a pocketknife and was carving his initials into the bark. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z More symbols, like those painted on the sides of the ships, were carved into the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Clean and delicate, as large as any he had seen, it was approximately the size and shape of a turkey breast carved away from the bone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was walking through a room bigger than a city, and everywhere he looked there were statues and carvings and rough-hewn images. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Lee left the room and shortly returned, carrying a small ebony box carved with twisting dragons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Baba handed him the small chair he had so lovingly built and carved. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Supreme Court ordered Duke to carve up his tobacco octopus, but the resourceful businessman had already diversified into textiles and electric power generation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z North of Kaan, half a dozen small cities improved agricultural conditions by lifting up entire fields and carving out rain-retaining terraces on dry hillsides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Only the roofs were painted, and there weren't any statues or fine carvings around the grounds. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Cole didn’t know what the figures meant, but he wondered if he could carve his own totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When early civilizations started pressing reeds to clay tablets, carving figures in stone, and daubing ink on parchment and on papyrus, number systems had already been well-established. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We stop before a grand set of doors carved with Belle-roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I trace my fingers over the silhouette of her face, carved from blush-pink stone, glass, and white quartz. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Lena had been right—Dale had carved more than two hundred of them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There was the name Thomas carved into the bottom shell. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Instead, Alys found a comb carved of bone on the shelf nearby, and began to unsnarl and smooth the wet, salt-stiffened hair. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Behind the white rock, I spotted a carved stone jaguar. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Actually, when we did reach the sea, we found we were standing on a road carved into a cliff edge. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever had carved up the ash had eluded his sentries, plainly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened— no long task, for a burning heat came down from Helios, lord of high noon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Experience had carved new expressions in his features and given him a worldly manner. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I carved a ship once that my teacher exhibited for parents’ night at school. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the porches have pumpkins on them, carved with faces, happy or sad or threatening, waiting for tonight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth said, “But what—” He patted her reassuringly on the shoulder and led her over to the Safari Deluxe model with teakwood lions carved into the frame and a leopard-patterned comforter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Narrow paths and steps carved from rock connect them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Anya spied a doll tied around its waist with a string, bundles of wheat cut short and tied with festive bows, and several apples with simple pictures carved into the skin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z With some carving, it could be made into the comb she had been wanting. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Singer, wearing the magnificent robe and holding the carved staff in his right hand, entered from the other side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With my Swiss Army knife I carved this in the ribbly bark. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And then, at last, as he crept around yet another bend, he saw a solid wall ahead on which two entwined serpents were carved, their eyes set with great, glinting emeralds. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A wine cellar was carved out below, and a modest refectory vaulted above it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He’d started carving designs into the pine beams and had installed a homemade skylight in the roof, which was awesome. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z So what could he carve to show he was sorry and that he had learned to forgive? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Her silver face could be carved of marble, it’s so emotionless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “It is a marvelously small ear, and at the top it is shaped and carved after the fashion in which old sculptors indicated deviltry and vice in their statues of satyrs.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I thought of telling him about the perfectly carved ivory, but I didn’t do that either. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As they gazed at the splendid building they saw marvelously carved upon the walls the battles around Troy in which they themselves had taken part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I paid the driver, took my lone suitcase, and walked up to the intricately carved door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He told me of some narwhal-ivory carvings he'd found on a previous dig—carbon 14-dated to some incredible age, way outside the range of what was previously assumed; anomalous, in fact. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon we cut out into the clearing, a few feet from where Lincoln sat in his chair, still carving a stick into nothing more exciting than a sharp point. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Nailer paused in his collections and watched as it carved across the blue water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Stung, I stand and walk to her fireplace mantel, leaning my head against the carved stone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Then tonight we’ll dance the mouse dance, and tomorrow you can carve a mouse.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z But try as he might, he could think of no shape, form, or object that he could carve to show healing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z We talked about gowns and shoes and flowers and hairstyles, and carved out of the emptiness a small mental space in which our closets and bellies were full and the road before us was straight. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On either side of the statue loomed two dark doorways, ten feet high, with a gruesome stone face carved over each archway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We got running water now, and indoor plumbing, but my dad never seen no reason to tear down the old outhouse with the half-moon carved in the door. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There were no trees to speak of in Battle Mountain, but one corner of the dump had huge piles of railroad ties and rotting lumber that were great for climbing and carving your initials on. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “He has carved up a whole...cohort of...goblin guards...with spinning blades. He’s ruthless….Aren’t you? And a killer....Of bad people.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Cluny’s long tail swished restlessly, the single eye stared at a carved eagle holding the rotting lectern on its outspread wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My eyes settled on a clock tower with stone carvings. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “A lot of things could happen,” she said, and heard how half her voice was carved away by uncertainty, and how utterly weak she sounded. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z What had carved all the hope from his heart? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Young boys were immediately recruited, and the initials RUF were carved wherever it pleased the rebels, with a hot bayonet. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A massive statue of a peacock carved from turquoise was arranged in one corner, and in the center, an open space was designated as a stage. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Prince Gwydion gave it to me. Do you see the stone? It was carved by the Fair Folk.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There were three names carved into that great rock at the stones of home, and I’m quite sure I’ve fulfilled everything I had to do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The air was filled with the whispers and echoes of ancient spirits, and on the rock wall I could see a faint carving of my brother Hatun’s face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They passed Caesar, who loitered by one of the work sheds with a group of young hands, carving a piece of wood with his knife. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The figurines, clearly carved from good marula wood, were so much like the ones she and Mama had prayed to only yesterday. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They found carved furniture, sitting rooms, lounges, a bar with shattered liquor bottles, staterooms, art on the walls mangled and torn, oil paintings tossed about and punctured. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The stone was too smooth to be carved from a mountain, the glass too clear to come from an ordinary forge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Min had shaped and then carved the clay to form curve of wing and tilt of head. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes a moment is so remarkable that it carves out a space in time and spins there, while the world rushes on around it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Stubbornly he had fitted and glued the scraps together and carved out three small crucifixes from the blessed wood. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were like twenty different sets of initials carved into the wood. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z High marble arches circle the inside of the sanctuary, and a carved, filigreed screen divides it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What I’d thought was the ceiling was really the bottom of a giant room carved into the mountain peak. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The countryside is scattered with Roman remains from centuries past—blocks of carved stone and broken columns and foundations—overgrown with vines and brambles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps the Conte has one of these beautiful carved angels,” Hornet ventured. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d known about carved pistols from the movies, but inside Sing Sing I had also seen carved mini-radios and animal sculptures. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The doorway, which looked large enough for one of the statues to walk through, was framed with stone that had been carved with symbols—more adinkra. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Flow will we ever carve all of them before tonight?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But he knew better than to protest, so he nodded and took the stone to carve. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Instead, every grave has a hidden compartment at the bottom—usually a smaller cubbyhole carved into the side of the pit—where the coffin slides in. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she and Twill can carve out a life somehow in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Tunnels branched off to the sides; some of them slanted down; others had steps carved into them leading up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Runes were carved into the golden bands, die writing of the First Men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The gaslight burned harsh on Frankie’s face, stoking a fire in his tawny eyes and carving his features into cruel angles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Ghost sniffed at his carved stone likeness and tried a lick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Uzumark wasn’t a single, massive subterranean channel, but an intricate network of waterways that carved their way through the valley bedrock. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The psychologist laughed out of the carved, smiling mouth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They leaned with all their strength against the carved oak. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It had been carved into the likeness of a snarling wolf's head, with chips of garnet set into the eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was sitting in his special treasure, a chair which the founder of the Company had built and carved from teakwood brought all the way from the Middle Kingdom. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Over it a trickling water dripped, through a wide cleft that seemed to have been carved out by a fall that had once been strong and full. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A small dining area is carved out of one corner of the market. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He sat on the edge of his bed and sobbed, tears carving tiny paths through the shaving cream on his cheeks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A water cannon discharged with a jaw-rattling THRUM, and a jet of liquid carved a trench in the dirt right in front of the cohort. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “It takes great skill to carve figures like that. Why not make a simple cross? ’Twill be fit to hang over thy cot if ’tis well made and smoothly finished. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Maybe that place, the meeting of the two, is here somewhere, in the gentle insistence of the water around his legs, crude letters carved with an old pocket knife. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Safaa points to the far side of the square, where a carved lion’s head trickles water into a moss-green stone trough. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z At the apex of the dome was the letter M. Beneath it were carved thirteen small circles, each with a smiling face upon it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In profile she resembles a cute Punchinello, her cheeks expressive, painted, and the nose carved for comic effect. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rufus reaches over and carves himself a piece of French toast and then chews it, savoring the bite with his head down and eyes closed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But they also talked about games at recess, and friends who shared candy at lunchtime or loaned them pocketknives to carve with. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Next to each name is a small “DD,” and there is a dot next to Uriah’s name, and it looks freshly carved. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We then dug up large, round tuber roots called kaumbu and carved them into wheels, using blue gum poles as axles. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Like his face could be carved on a nickel or a quarter. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He will carve the name of his now hopelessly lost beloved into the ice with a stone. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Håkon crawled into the little cave and carved on the icy table with a claw. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He felt that he ought to be able to reach out with his bare hands and carve from naked space the concrete, solid reasons why he had murdered. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Summer thunderstorms had carved ruts into the baked earth, exposing bits of gravel and shelves of sandstone in the process. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They say ‘For the Greater Good’ was even carved over the entrance to Nurmengard.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It took him a while to carve all the letters in the wood and the day it was finished he showed it to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z According to my mother, who would probably want some sort of live-and-let-live slogan carved on her headstone, the key was never to let a bully’s insults or aggression get to you personally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Sculpture is categorized according to whether it is carved or modeled and whether it is a relief or a free-standing statue. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I observed the others for a few moments, and then attempted to carve my little wing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for rational Jam, the figure continued to blatantly prove her wrong, levering one arm out and reaching down to the floor for stability, the gold claws carving small strips from the hardwood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Every caretaker who’d lived on the farm had carved his initials in the top. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Remember? A very tall man with dark hair? You were with us that day. “He always wears one of Thomas’s carvings,” she added. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From the outside, the third floor is completely hidden behind elaborate stone carvings and worn Republic flags. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Its wood carves well and will not split or crack. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When the salmon run finished several weeks later, Cole danced their dance and carved their figure into his totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Just beneath the balcony, a stone carving of a lion, its jagged mouth agape, protruded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The dances, carving the totem, carrying the ancestor rock, touching the Spirit Bear, it was all the same thing—it was finding out who I really was.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I wondered why whoever carved them couldn’t have put a couple Indians up there too. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Here was a street paved in lapis lazuli, the carved facades of buildings rising up on either side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The police never found the boy who carved “LEAVE” into my trunk. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Richard felt transparent; she was looking at him but he felt as if she could see the wood carving that hung on the wall behind him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And his lips are curled back around teeth as long as carving knives. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He knelt beside it and with his knife carved a hole at one end. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was carved of ebony, with silver clasps and hinges. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I admire your scholarship, but that is an elfin army on the attack. This was carved in celebration of an elfin victory.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It took me less than a minute to run down to Miss Volker’s yellow house which was glowing under the morning sun as if it had been carved out of melting butter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the luminance, the deep red of the rubies embedded in the carved ivory glittered like blood, a beautiful violence. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z |
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