The old trees in the orchard are in flower, white and pink; we climb up into them, breathing in their hand lotion smells, or we sit in the grass making chains of dandelions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the guy who spoke to me, the one with the chain. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

How could a plant take over our food chain and push out almost every other species? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her blade shattered the chains on the left side like they were made of ice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A chalkboard sign leaned against the side of the little house, attached to a banister by a chain. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He threw everything he had into the collar, and all he did was pop a link out of his right trace chain. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where, where?” shrieks Amy, staring out at two tall posts with a crossbeam and some dangling chains. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as he sees me, he jumps and fights to break free from his chain. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They imprisoned Ares, bound him with chains of brass and shut him up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, our whole town is buried under 378 miles of paper chain, and it all started with a swastika—painted by the ultimate flimflam artist, me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Rufus chains his bike to a parking meter and I follow him inside the fairly empty café, immediately smelling scrambled eggs and French toast. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

CAROLINE: I know the kids in my school never got involved in anything until the paper chain came along. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, it’s thanks to his vlog and website that news of our paper chain spread so far and wide. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as she spoke, a face—if you could call it that—lowered itself to the doorway, and I shivered at the twisted mouth of splintered wooden planks and knotted chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Roy chained his bike to a gnarly old stump and picked his way through the tangled trees. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our chain strains with each gust, but we hold tight. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At least thirty wizards, seven or eight to each dragon, were attempting to control them, pulling on the chains connected to heavy leather straps around their necks and legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A heavy silver chain was looped round his neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The stripes they had endured would scar his back, their punishment would be his, their portion his, his their humiliation, anguish, chains, their dungeon his, their death his. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Because it was as close as I could get to the original food chain, the way people fed themselves for the tens of thousands of years before agriculture. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Each row of shelves held men—human beings—chained like animals and stacked like logs for the fire, row after row, shelf after shelf. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the minister, Pastor Johnson, dressed in an oversize suit, a gold chain with a gold cross lying perfectly in the middle of his fat satin tie. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was one more link in that food chain, however. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I found I could pull back the bolts easily enough and unhook the great chains; but the door was locked, and the key was gone! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Five years later, scientists in Cambridge pinpointed the difference between the protein chain of normal hemoglobin and “sickled” hemoglobin to a change in a single amino acid.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They searched for a name in a thesaurus, where they found hers, the last in a chain of luminous words. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see she had had it cleaned and had replaced the chain. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I told him about the chains strung across the portraits. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Skirnir rode his horse across the rainbow bridge to Svartalfheim, with instructions to the dwarfs for how to create a chain unlike anything ever made before. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I feel his hot breath on my neck and his hands on my breasts, but my feet are chained to heavy stones and I cannot move. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She wore a sleeveless summer dress, a row of white plastic beads, and spectacles on a chain that hung like a swing against her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a necklace—a smooth silver disk on a silver chain. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

On such occasions there was neither chain nor door that could hold him back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline appoints me official art director of the paper chain, which means I’m going to have to do most of it and supervise the rest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As if they wanted us to know there was a whole chain of people with power over us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the strangest parts of the industrial food chain is the way it forces some animals to eat corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He tries to lift a hand to point at his eye, but the chains clank together and drag his arm back down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It is the raw material out of which the industrial food chain makes beef or chicken or high-fructose corn syrup or maltodextrin. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She had bought the chain long enough so that she could hide it down the front of her shirt, but it had apparently escaped. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He reaches up and unlocks one of my hands from its chain, then clips it into the handcuffs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I got up, took the chain off the door, and turned the knob just enough to unclick it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Let me repeat that I do my best work with a chain saw.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He tugged on the chain and, reluctantly, the star began to get to her feet, leaning first against Tristran, and then, as if proximity to him disgusted her, on the crutch. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson locks our chains to steel rings in the floor, tossing the keys to Mr. Redfern, who catches them one-handed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A hollow moan filled the air, and then some-thing that sounded like the clanking of chains. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

The chains of my blackness would not allow me to go on. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are my only granddaughter, and I want you to have it,” Gram declared, fastening the chain around my neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

For the month after, Heleen had kept her in golden chains, not even letting her go down to the parlor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It subverted the belief held by most whites, and even by many blacks, that the race brought over from Africa in chains could prosper outside of slavery only as laborers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Especially as spring came and the insects began their chains of reproduction; radiators became literally packed with insects, and birds flocked to the moving harvest. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sharpness in his voice told her that he was thinking about the chain gang too, and remembering their two little ones, just about the size of Minty, who had gone away like that. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would chain herself with other ladies to the gates of Congress and the Supreme Court, setting off a degrading spectacle that made all their husbands look ridiculous. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The circus trainers chained her to the floor, Ivan. All four feet. Twenty-three hours a day.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“God knows, I don’t. We can love her with everything in us, but it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t love herself. She’s sitting in there more worried about a chain than about her own well-being.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reuben unlocks the chains on his restaurant. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, like the workings of an ancient steel factory, echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls with a hollow, tinny whine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

A boy with spiky black hair and a wallet chain passes us, smiling in my direction. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Our Lady stood there with her chains spilled around her on the grass, absolutely golden with honey. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dunstan reached down to the silver chain that ran from her wrist to her ankle, and off away in the grass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel drew another figure with her stick—an ashy Antaeus dangling from his chains. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I dropped it in the pocket where I carried Brother Tarp's chain link and started after the vanished crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His vision had been to open not one restaurant but a chain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In addition, we know that montmorillonite clays are a potent catalyst for combining amino acids into longer chain molecules resembling proteins. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of ships in harbor, in which case there would be anchor chain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So avoiding the industrial food chain isn’t just a matter of principle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

‘The Spartans didn’t chain Ares because they wanted his spirit to stay in their city.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We throw rocks in the river and we swing on the iron chains along the bank. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, get me out of here. I’m going to scream if I stay in these tacky chains much longer.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In almost every yard, a mutt or two was chained to a tree or to a clothesline post, and they barked furiously as we walked by. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bicycle chains clinked musically as they turned the propellers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His yellow bike is usually chained to the iron gate, but it’s gone—he’s at work. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Seaborg’s next step was to test the new element’s fission cross section— in other words, to determine whether it could sustain a chain reaction and make a bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This made him think that the DNA molecule was a compound helix composed of several polynucleotide chains twisted about each other. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“And he’s a wonderful old man! I’m going to learn how to make cheese and chains and everything and get me a house and live just like him.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The freckled one wore a chain of blue flowers in her honeyed hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The man knelt beside him and reached out a hand gingerly, running his fingers over the thick links of the chain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“They chain you if they think you are dangerous. The girl whose arms were tied behind her, did you see her? She wasn’t dangerous, she was a—collaboratrice.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Reggie was living in an apartment complex in a busy part of Salt Lake City, surrounded by commercial strips, chain restaurants, and retailers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

While Antaeus cursed and flailed, I scrambled around the chains, swinging and cutting like I was some kind of crazed monkey. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He tugged on a small round medallion that was suspended from a silver chain around his neck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

An electric light was on the other side of the room and he went to it and pulled the chain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Usually that purpose involved an ax and/or chain saw, and a basement and/or attic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I barely raised my eyes until a car, passing with a thudding of skid chains whirled completely around on the ice, then turned cautiously and thudded off again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Unhand, please, my lord . . . need your milk, the pain ... the chain, don't, unhand, no . . ." The pink face was beginning to purple when Tyrion let go. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Small pieces of fiberboard were impregnated with the two chemicals and were distributed by air over the entire island chain to attract and kill the male flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She heard his chain rattle as he turned over wearily and lay the other way, and presently he began to snore. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I caught the top of a chain, and the skulls and hooks jangled beneath me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My team and I persuaded Darden Restaurants, the parent company behind chains like Olive Garden and Red Lobster, to make changes to the kinds of food it offered and how it was prepared. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“One hundred thirty-seven,” James said after eyeing the chain for just a few seconds. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She reached into her dress and pulled out a large yellowish stone, which dangled from two lengths of silver chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even in chains, Mormont looked dangerous, a hulking brute with big, thick arms and sloped shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The fact that he is out of his chains does not mean his name has been cleared.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Dude clipped a chain lock and rode off on some little girl’s banana seat, handlebar tassels all blowin’ in the wind.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It turned out that Prometheus was punished for his theft by being chained forever to a rock where an eagle came to eat his liver, which grew back every day. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“So if we let you go,” Percy summed up, “we get mobbed by a bunch of black vapor dudes with gold swords. Fine. How do we break those chains?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The chain is a calendar to help you count down the days of Ramadan, which can be twenty-nine or thirty days long. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Her jewelry hangs there—slices of agate on long chains of raw crystal beads, collars set with moonstones, deep green bloodstones strung together, and an opal pendant, bright as fire in the sunlight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Very well, I’ll untie you, but he can stay in his chains,” he said, and dropped the scarf back in the drawer before cutting her bonds with a clasp knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And there were yards of tattered paper chains. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

My arms were shackled before me with only three links of chain between them; my feet had to suffice with four, making perambulation impossible. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought I was going to be the first to break this chain in my family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thalia was great at giving evil looks, what with the punk clothes she always wears—the ripped-up army jacket, black leather pants and chain jewelry, the black eyeliner and those intense blue eyes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even the paper chain, great as it is, only makes me look worse. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Charlie had gotten up who knows how early to put snow chains on my truck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They engaged a powerful affinity with their habitat and their food chain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shouts at you from propped-up windows, it hangs on gold chains out of cars, it lingers at phone booths, peep booths, in every standing line for movies and museums and methadone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If true, then before serious model building began, a decision would have to be made whether the chains would be held together by hydrogen bonds or by salt linkages involving the negatively charged phosphate groups. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her chain mail glittered in the afternoon sun. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Rows of chains ran down either side, bolting the frame to large hooks in the floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He looked up sharply, abruptly as if some chain of thought had been rudely broken: then he left me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I said, Over a century, languishing in chains, Dare I now hope for freedom from my woes? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His maester's collar was no simple metal choker such as Luwin wore, but two dozen heavy chains wound together into a ponderous metal necklace that covered him from throat to breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He undid her ankles and cinched her wrist chains to silence them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Today’s the day,” he told his ferret, Sally, as he tugged at the dumbwaiter’s chain, hand over hand, pulling the two of them slowly down through the walls of the building. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Men hunted otter and beaver in the swamp and the moss sellers scavenged from the trees, tracking far but never too far, yanked back to the plantation by invisible chains. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But whenever she would bring things back from the cleaner’s, her good blouses, winter coats, she’d save up the safety pins and make them into a chain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

If God had not meant for Africans to be enslaved, they wouldn’t be in chains. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou fashioned a chain from grasses, carefully knotting them together, end to end. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Percy and I will sneak around the two Titans and cut the chains from behind.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

High among the high rafters of the workshop a half hundred glass spheres hung from chains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The paper chain project is on, and that’s the main thing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A wave of anger boiled in my stomach, and I slammed a fist onto the table, scattering papers and chains onto the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I use the fine material of my skirt to scrub my face of the snot and tears, the chains around my wrists digging into the soft skin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Each inmate had an officer holding the chain of his cuffs and marching him back to my gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Decisions had to be made about the number of polynucleotide chains within the DNA molecule. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A single mistake or error of judgment could easily have triggered a chain reaction that would certainly have led to the deaths of millions of people around the globe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t fallen off, I hadn’t gotten my legs caught in the wheel or the chain, and I hadn’t crashed into the side of the house. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Alone, with the door locked and the chain on, I experimented with myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The seemingly small events like leaving me off a team email chain or forgetting to include my name on the team list while on the road added up to a bigger problem. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He goes back to his own bed, and I am left to try to find a comfortable way to sleep in my chains, between two crates. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My grandma had on her pearl earrings and a gold chain necklace, and my grandpa wore his usual work clothes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Seriously. Think about this town. It’s a cave where people are chained, right?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You heard the prophecy. Five shall go west to the goddess in chains. We can get five hunters and go.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And could this go on and on in a chain, like baking soda and carbon dioxide reacting in my volcano, bubbling over with bloodred dye? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You? You who broke the strongest, biggest chains there ever were? You are scared by this band?” said Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Where do you think that art supply company found out about your paper chain? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Loki’s chains were unfastened, and he reached for the cloak. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“And if it wasn’t a piece of junk and I did want it, a pink chain wouldn’t stop me.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She spoke slowly, and her voice was like a chain that pulled you gently closer. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The dementors placed each of the four people in the four chairs with chained arms that now stood on the dungeon floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Brum pulled a chain from his neck; a strange circular disk hung from it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Somewhere beneath those roofs, the Sons of the Harpy were gathered, plotting ways to kill her and all those who loved her and put her children back in chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In my fantasy I was the first wife but I knew there was no guarantee of that; I might be hidden anywhere in the long chain of wives. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We’ve been strongly reminded of the fact that we’re Jews in chains, chained to one spot, without any rights, but with a thousand obligations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They bloom into thorny chains that I use to press Prince Alfred's arms and legs against the wall. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but—" Eleanor ran her hands up and down the swing chains, then smelled them. "—we never used to call him that. Do you feel like he's your dad?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Dozens of islanders stopped in to listen while Dave pumped their gas or put on their tire chains and made grim predictions about the weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There may be other food chains we haven’t even thought of yet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Who wants to be at the bottom of the food chain?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unlatched the chain and swung the door open. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But seeing those bugs in a jar reminds me of Shiloh all chained up at Judd’s, a prisoner as sure as those bugs. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were chained behind his back, and around his neck was a wet leathern cord attached to a device the king had brought from Tyrosh. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Not you, bear. You are big and ugly, you will be chained outside.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To seek the imperfection in the chain that keeps you in bondage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It raised its feathers and called out in alarm when it saw the witch-queen, but it was chained to its perch and could not leave. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As Black Teeth sank to the floor, Tatt Man swung his chain at her unprotected back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Unconsciously, I put my hand to the silver chain around my throat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not have his hands and feet chained together. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he didn’t hear her chain move at all. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then she takes a deep breath and runs a finger under the chain around her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“How in the world did they get your dad’s chain?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were islands in the chain that had little more than sheep living on them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t even think to get chains,” Daddy said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They went South with the chain gang on a Saturday. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

On pegs were also pieces of harness, a split collar with the horsehair stuffing sticking out, a broken hame, and a trace chain with its leather covering split. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the first apartment he has to himself, after an evolving chain of roommates all through college and graduate school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If one broke, the whole chain was useless. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I ought to chain you up in the yard and let Bran take a few practice shots at you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was difficult with the chains on, but she managed to crawl, painfully and slowly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some nights he could hardly bear to be chained up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pens were on chains at the desks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He swung his sword at the god’s chains. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They would begin to circle, a chain linked loosely, and over the next hour their numbers would grow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The horses snorted out in the barn and the chains rang and a voice called, “Lennie. Oh, Lennie. You in the barn?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He curled me into a ball against his chest, holding me more securely than iron chains. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the thirteenth of that month Farmer Cotton found Frodo lying on his bed; he was clutching a white gem that hung on a chain about his neck and he seemed half in a dream. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t bother him that his name is never an option on key chains or metal pins or refrigerator magnets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the daughter of a dental hygienist, I was interested in his key chain ornament and asked him where he got it. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Otis followed after them, lugging the pile of chain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twisting of the locks and the clanking of the chains vibrate through every wall of the apartment. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The military provided the model for the chain of command; enlisted men and women were marshaled daily by their superior officers into a battle of wills with the mass of angry and resentful prisoners. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just likes following chains of thought to their logical conclusions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“For re—” My dad’s chain catches her eye. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They won’t dance for coins, they don’t care how you style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I gazed at Mary, wrapped head to toe in rusted chain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fiddled with the chain around her neck, twisting it so that the clasp was in the back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe they got paid well for this, maybe they were chained to money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pocket watch he hangs around it, looping the chain as best he can. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ron wrenched the chain from over his head and cast the locket into a nearby chair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But the slaver yanks the chain hard, and I stumble forward. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once he was back inside his jeep, I unlatched the chain, opened the door, and picked up the package. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We climbed under the chain fence and knelt around Dad while he petted the cheetah. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There mightily he armed his anvil block and hammered out a chain whose tempered links could not be sprung or bent; he meant that they should hold. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gingerly she fished the chain out from her bodice, unscrewed the little tube, and shook the capsule into her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Any smart police would seek out someone with more money, gold chains, wristwatches.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t feel good knowing that a whole town didn’t want you, that they would throw you in jail for being there, or put you on a chain gang because you were without a job. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them wore the heavy iron chains of penitent priests. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The soybean has become the second major crop in the industrial food chain, taking turns each year in the field with corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He stood at the chain for an appropriate amount of time, then crossed to port and returned aft. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The chain whirred beneath him, and Moss felt free. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To him, they’re mostly the spark that inspired our paper chain—and isn’t it great? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Every one of us got to join in taking off a loop of chain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them have been driven out of business by national “organic” supermarket chains like Whole Foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Kate, we have been put in chains and sent halfway across the continent. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The doublet was black velvet covered with golden studs in the shape of lions' heads, the chain a loop of solid gold hands, the fingers of each clasping the wrist of the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Buddy is hacking into a stump with his chain saw. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe that proves we need the paper chain project more than anybody. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Around her brow was a simple chain of little red flowers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Supermarket chains like Whole Foods or Wal- Mart are not set up to do business with dozens of small family-owned farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Yakov emerged, dressed in the same handsome evening suit and white shirt he had worn the night he died, a bronze watch chain draped across his pinstriped waistcoat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like a chain of grey islands, the marks of his hunting dotted the green grass sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Lookie what I got,” he says, and holds up Uncle Basil’s key chain, stupid rabbit’s foot and all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was set on keeping my arms and legs dancing to her tune and my soul bound in her chains. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genus Homo’s position in the food chain was, until quite recently, solidly in the middle. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He told me that a maester's collar is made of chain to remind him that he is sworn to serve," Jon said, remembering. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I lean my cheek against the cool chain, feeling like I can’t reach anything anymore. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m more high-profile than ever now that the Guinness Book of World Records is coming to Chokecherry to photograph our chain for their new edition. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, all my volunteers are stretched back and forth across the front of the school, while the unbroken chain rustles in the cold wind. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

On one occasion, Jose, a timid, quiet teenager, is threatened by a man who wraps a chain around his neck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Now I’m facing Rosie, who is pulling her leg chain and bellowing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The pendant swung by its chain in her fist, sparkling red in the firelight Tally focused all her doubts on it all her fear of discovery, her terror at Dr. Cable’s threats. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Finally the door chain rattles as someone locks it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If it were, you’d be in chains. It’s the queen who rules.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, there were some downright gully, straight-out-the-pen dudes in there, with face scars to go with their gold chains, but I tried not to stare or nothing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Enrico Fermi’s Chicago experiment had proved that it was possible to spark a chain reaction in uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the bike chain he’d inherited from Javier, and his heart leapt at the sound of the thick metal links clanging together. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All works of art anywhere—yes, even such works as Picassos Bull’s Head—are part of similar chains that link them to their predecessors. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabelle adjusted the camera and the key on its chain around her neck so they hung properly. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The Clanker Lords had devised a stratagem to prevent that; they chained their troops together in groups of ten, wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But right where the chain link meets the cement wall, I see a gap. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were banded together at one end by an iron chain as thick as my leg, or as thick as my leg was before I got onto the boat two weeks earlier. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t keep your Batman key chain because I thought you’d make a good pen pal.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was ringed by hurricane fencing; a padlock sagged from a chain wrapped around the gate. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Chaol unhooked the chain from his saddle and gave it a firm yank, motioning for her to dismount. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Most of all, it’s a food chain built around one plant. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But so many people rush to protect the paper chain at the same time that the mass of kids bubbles through the door, carrying the three men with it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

On their heads were circlets, gold chains were about their waists, and on their fingers were many rings. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Or chain us to an oar, beside those wretches we were smelling. We need to find a better class of smuggler, I think.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Kuda, you may not tease the automatic Doberman. Its chain is almost worn through—bad boy! Tendai, I expect you to be responsible for the others.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

They reminded me fleetingly of prisoners carrying their leg irons as they escaped from a chain gang. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lumbly shut the barn door, the chains jingling with the vibration. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His chain smoking gave him a chronic cough, causing army doctors to declare him “permanently incapacitated for active service.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy Zizmo is driving slowly because of the chains on the tires. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The priests with curly beards swung pots of frankincense on chains and never smiled at babies the way they did on usual Sundays. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s drizzling so I get up from the swing, the chain rattling behind me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stare down at my dad’s old chain, hanging from my neck. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘Think about chain letters. If one person sends a letter to ten people and then each of the ten people sends letters to ten more—you get it?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Let us rise to the call of freedom-loving blood that is in us and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains upon the South. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even as they wrapped the chains around him, he raved on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The chains holding Brer Fox forced his legs to walk around me like a grotesque puppet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She only had chains on her wrists now. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She let go of his hand, instead slipping her arm around his, elbows linked like a chain. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had a black basalt relief figure of an African slave in chains, bent down on one knee. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old bear was led in last on his chain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The barman put the boat in a little slip in the stone wall and locked it with a chain and padlock. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At four in the morning, the colonel called with an update—the bodies of two of the American advisors recently killed by the Viet Cong may have been dragged through the streets on chains. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I felt in my brief case, feeling papers, shattered iron, coins, my fingers closing over Tarp's leg chain, and I slipped it over my knuckles, trying to think. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Carla spied them in the playground, looking through the chain link fence and talking about the cars parked on the sidewalk. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He showed me how to balance with no hands, fix a slipped chain, and lube the gears to keep things smooth. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

So far, I’d enjoyed the beauty of this organic food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The heavy jeweled chain around the old man's neck chinked softly as he shifted in his seat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had thought how he would like to chain the deputy sheriff behind his own wagon and then scare the horse so that it would run faster than the cruel man could. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It exploded, showering me with broken bits of chain and fluff. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“That one,” she said, pointing, and Red chained him to the ring her captors had used for Jasper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He ran the chain around the flagpole, then turned to press his back against it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were going to design a new main store and redesign every single one of the chain stores—and there were plenty of them, one in almost every town on Long Island. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A length of iron chain connected each neck band, so each was linked to the next in a single file of chains and captivity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a gold chain around his neck on special occasions. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Maurice asked whether we needed the molds back in Cambridge, we said yes, half implying that more carbon atoms were needed to make models showing how polypeptide chains turned corners. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Now he could see that a thin chain led from it to the hands of the man closest behind him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

A protein is created from twenty simple chemicals named amino acids—Methionine, Glycine, Leucine, and so forth—strung together in a chain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t swing it hard enough, the chain buckles and the embers fall out.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Get this boy off the gurney and put him in some chains," she barks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of fine, polished patent leather dress shoes, silk dress socks, creased trousers, and had a pocket-watch chain dangling from the pocket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s surrounded by a tall chain link fence. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Often, without thinking, he would go down half the chain of command before his prayers would take another form. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rattling: someone at the main gate of the graveyard was pulling and shaking it, rattling the old gates and the heavy padlock and chain that held them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Across its pages swarm boyhood drawings, inventions: an electric bed heater he wanted to build for Frau Elena; a bicycle with chains to drive both wheels. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I looked where the chains were joined up to the wall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The rattle of chains...The gate opened upward and he was pushed forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Madame Trote de Salerno used her ears as a handkerchief and let her eyebrows hang down behind her shoulders, like silver chains. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the deputies pulled the chain tight and tied it to the wagon seat. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hambro lived in the West Eighties, and once in the vestibule I tucked the hat under my arm and put the glasses in my pocket along with Brother Tarp's leg chain and Clifton's doll. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that the swastikas are over, I sure hope people don’t lose interest in the paper chain.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Troublesome old relatives would be chained in the carport. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of a chain of Gods, each having been created by the next, vanishing into infinity, the great vast void. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten people stood on the platform in chains. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She twirls the peace key chain around her finger and catches the keys. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Several men grab a chain to pull a cart uphill,” wrote Burr, “two men hold ropes to guide it downhill.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrashes at the men, but they jerk his arms behind his back, tie his hands together, and clamp chains around his ankles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I do not recall the chain of events but assumed Dad had known or suspected what was happening. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weeks must have passed, months, maybe even years—I felt the exhaustion creep through me, wrapping itself like a heavy chain around my center. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For a while it’s nothing different, the same expanse of sky, the same strip of highway, large liquor stores and fast-food chains on either side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three aspirin, cold root beer, and a chain of Pall Mall cigarettes—that was his notion of a proper “chow- down.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appreciated fully the chain of national circumstances which had elicited this tribute from Montenegro's warm little heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They trotted up with much clinking of chain and rat-tle of plate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The moment she had sat down, chains clinked out of the arms of the chair and bound her there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All the Cyclopes held huge lengths of black iron chains—big enough to anchor a battleship—with grappling hooks at the ends. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She clanked her chains against her saddle and flicked her eyes to Chaol. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I imagined my brother tied to a chair at the school, a flock of grey-hooded villains tightening his beaded chains while they recited Hail Mary like synchronized swimmers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

All around him, kids stagger under massive armloads of chain, waiting to be loaded. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Nana was dead, and she was here, in a strange city, separated from the life she’d known by valleys and chains of snow-capped mountains and entire deserts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was half finished, a wide gold collar formed of tiny chains strung with innumerable golden bees, each one delicately and imaginatively conceived, superbly wrought. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Had they been alone, she might have attempted it, though the chains would make it difficult; but with an entourage of royal guards trained to kill without hesitation... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Those include confounding effects of natural variation in additional variables besides the one of interest, as well as problems in inferring chains of causation from observed correlations between variables. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pretending to be him, I took my vesta case from my pocket, clunky and unfashionable compared to the slim brass one Yakov had worn suspended from his watch chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Two sailors swing down into the ’tween deck, and there is the clanking of chains as they unlock Captain Smith’s irons. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I dropped the page upon the chain, more disappointed than relieved. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Portuguese were so shocked, evidently, that they stripped the gentle Kongo and chained them down in rows, in the dark, for the passage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Precious stones of astonishing size and brightness stared from their crowns and hung in chains round their necks and peeped out from all the places where anything was fastened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He lowered the chain so that it sat close to his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He leans his head back again and watches the mini basketballs hanging from the chains of his ceiling fan. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’m certainly not the only one who has learned the truth about the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

To break the freshmen’s slump, Bolles had to search vigilantly for and repair weak links in the chain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The dawn drums fall silent, and boots march lockstep toward the courtyard, accompanied by the clank of chains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His hands trembling, he held his piece of tinder next to the chains on Death’s right leg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had a woman's full head of hair held at the neck with a comb and on his neck a chain with a small gold fish. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Broken and rusty chains lay at the edge and trailed down into the black pit. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"A chain so tight it was like to choke him, Iron Lord, with links of many metals." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, “Ha! Ha!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the watch begins to rotate slowly, turning in circles on the surface of the table, trailing its chain behind in a spiral. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Our goal is to take over the districts one by one, ending with District Two, thus cutting off the Capitol’s supply chain. Then, once it’s weakened, we invade the Capitol itself,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Jayden, a boy I knew in elementary school, stands with a bunch of older boys, a big gold chain around his neck. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Abenthy pulled a fine chain over his head and handed it to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A short copper rod was linked to the triangle by a chain of beads. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It is also the stage least changed by the modern industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He kept one foot planted on the chain’s anchor and his thumb on the UP button. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But a chain gang marches single file and I saw no guards on horseback. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran forward despite Artemis’s protests, and tugged at the chains. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His feet were bare, shackled around the ankles and also chained. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The moans of agony amongst the clank of chains made a chorus as familiar as the dreary work songs they sang all day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Why the hell,” panted Ron, holding up the Horcrux, which swung backward and forward on its shortened chain in some parody of hypnosis, “didn’t you take this thing off before you dived?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The sound of locks being undone, of bolts being pulled, the rattle of a chain. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The perfumed boys he wrapped in chains and threw into the sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The chain coiled around one of Seth’s legs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They were being led by a man who wore a vest of chain mail over a quilted blue jacket. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone halfheartedly whizzed a bicycle chain over the top of the file cabinets and knocked the bean plants to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rattled her iron jewelry and imagined how pleasant it would be to step up behind Stannis and throttle him with the chain that bound her wrists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She wore a gown of white silk belted with a gold chain, and her fingers were covered with jeweled rings. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And she took a white gem like a star that lay upon her breast hanging upon a silver chain, and she set the chain about Frodo’s neck. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Those little ninety-nine-cent chains he bought at the beauty supply store didn’t count. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But when I’d seen her earlier, when August and I had first come in, she didn’t look like she could be of service to anybody, bound up with all that chain around her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hydrogens were part of the hydrogen bonds that held together the three intertwined chains. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Byrd latches the door behind as Axel pulls the chain in the middle of the room for some light. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That, too, was perfectly smooth, and, like the entirety of the citadel, it floated, held in place not by ropes or chains but some unfathomable force. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The strip of leather that bound my arm became as hefty and cumbersome as a chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Naomi pulled the light chain, and the bulb blinked on, revealing two more children crowded into the back of the closet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The paper chain belonged to everybody, but he was almost the poster boy for it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Before the chain was finished, Mother made a big pot of coffee. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully picks up the thin gold chain. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He just wished the pockets were large enough for a chain saw, or maybe a bazooka. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I start at the beginning of our message chain and read every word, but the words don’t make sense unless I hold my head and repeat them out loud. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The name of the firm that manufactured their chains, imprinted in the metal like a promise of pain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Fenrir nodded at this, and looked at the chains called Dromi, bigger than any chains had ever been, stronger than the strongest of bonds. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Indeed, as predicted, when the gene encoding the hemoglobin B chain was later identified and sequenced in sickle-cell patients, there was a single change: one triplet in DNA—GAG—had changed to another—GTG. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He wore a headband and a gold chain around his neck, and a diamond glinted in each ear. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her green gown is both sleeveless and strapless, leaving her shoulders and arms completely bare save for a long silver chain with what appears to be a silver locket around her neck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The marten spat and snarled with annoyance, biting and tearing at the chain. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The chains shook, and the Titans planted their feet on the hooks to keep them secure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take it to school tomorrow to add to the big chain.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Apparently Sister Rita, who was in charge of the garden project, felt the girls should learn as many different things as possible about the food chain. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His father always remembered which burger chain was his favorite, even after the divorce. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The idea for the paper chain started at a student council meeting. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The chain I always notice peeking out from beneath his work shirt carries a patron saint pendant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Baba is so busy she wears her scissors on a chain around her neck to always have them ready. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He also wore a fob watch and a chain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She fell hard, landing at the woman’s chained feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A file of men marched past in irons, clanking with every step; they carried spears and wore short swords, but chains linked them wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Cowgill boys looked like they were on the chain gang already. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The star ran one pale forefinger up and down the silver chain that went between them, tracing the line of it about her slim wrist, and made no reply. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It hung from a broken chain and the wind knocked it against the post with a muffled sound that made it echo like a funeral drum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of the Big Boy at the Elias Brothers’ chain of restaurants, only older, coarsened and bloated by adult vices. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was a gate, locked with a chain and padlock. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only had to add, “pushed him out of the tree” and the chain of implausibility would be complete, “then I ...” just those few words and perhaps this dungeon nightmare would end. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, it seems to me that, in the past, good institutions always arose because of a long chain of historical connections from ultimate causes rooted in geography to the proximate dependent variables of the institutions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The plan had been to feed the beasts and chain them in their torpor, just as the queen had done. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I took it out, unwrapped it, and found a framed miniature suspended on a chain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Harry glanced automatically at Ron’s neck and saw, as he had expected, the golden chain of the Horcrux glinting there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With my fingers too cold to write legibly I huddled next to the fireplace, daydreaming about how several DNA chains could fold together in a pretty and hopefully scientific way. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Rhaegal was chained to the wall and floor the last time I was here, the prince recalled, but Viserion hung from the ceiling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, they did notice the large, fancy metal box hung around his neck with a chain. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

As I pulled the chain and watched the water swish against the sides of the bowl, I thought this was about as extraordinary an invention as there could be. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the little chain around her neck and lifted it clear and unsnapped the clasp—a small gold watch, a little tube, and two safe- deposit keys, numbers 27 and 29. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘On to Sparta, then. But how does a chained god’s heartbeat help us find a cure for dying?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But he opened with a bang: “The object of the project is to produce a practical military weapon in the form of a bomb in which the energy is released by a fast-neutron chain reaction.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather was hot and the steam machine that pulled the chain logs through the blade had a big furnace that was always being stoked. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Sam beyond him being chained into line. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They even wore the same dark glasses, the same flashy gold chains, the bandannas. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to be like his father, chained to “yessirs” forever, but maybe it was harder to burn bridges and break habits than he thought. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was years before she bought herself that chain. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Five long chains of brightly colored prayer flags* were then strung radially from the pole above our tents to protect the camp from harm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They knew where everything was and stole my tools, even a chain saw and my shotgun that I kept back there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning there was banging of bolts and creaking of rusty locks and several retainers in chain mail came into the dungeon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve been working on this chain for weeks, churning out millions of links on our journey to six million. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He puts the chain with the locket around my neck, then rests his hand over the spot where our baby would be. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Here's how. I rather think so, you know. Deserves to be, anyhow. Knows hell's own amount about people. Don't know where he got it all. Owns a chain of sweetshops in the States." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their soft laughs, that boy’s bawling, and those chains rattling and scraping are sounds I’m gonna be hearing for the rest of my life. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He unlocks our chains, and for a moment I think about hitting him upside the head and making a run for it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But Hermione was fumbling with the neck of her robes, pulling from beneath them a very long, very fine gold chain. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and struggled for a while; but resistance became unbearable, and at last he slowly drew out the chain, and slipped the Ring on the forefinger of his left hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the object that had frightened me half to death, standing right in the middle of the room, was the golden silhouette of a fetterling, poised to attack, with legends coiling around its chain body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He kept pouring the little chain through his fingers, its links making a tinkling sound. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its grip consisted of brass knuckles, was a chain of rings through which Weary slipped his stubby fingers. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a silver skull ring, a chain for a belt, and a black T-shirt with skull designs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I use their thorny stems like a set of chains. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Elated—perhaps in part because he had won his January bet with Lawrence that the chain reaction would be going by the end of that year— Compton called Conant in Cambridge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Soon after this the toilets were fitted with chains to hold the tops on, and when they overflowed it took a long time to get them open. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other Titans were supposed to be here in Tartarus—maybe bound in chains, or roaming aimlessly, or hiding in some of those dark crevices. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Smith is handcuffed, and the handcuffs are attached to a security belt by a short length of chain—an arrangement so restricting his movements that he cannot smoke unaided. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silver chain was now nothing but smoke and vapor. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My key chain has a little gold football on it.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This entire chain of events was started by the security guard who delayed me this morning. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

For them, shouting “Ma-da-me-yi” was one rote step in a memorized chain of steps, not a courtesy to be used or dropped the way “yes, ma’am” and “thank you” are for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A door next to the sink led to the toilet, which was flushed by pulling a chain attached to a wooden box on the wall above the seat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker leaned back in her chain “It was for the women’s four-by-one hundred relay. Don’t look so surprised. You didn’t think I'd spent my whole life behind this desk, did you?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Yet in the end, when all of those separate and idiosyncratic chains were completed, half of those letters ended up in the hands of Jacobs, Jones, and Brown. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Nat sent a man to the foremast to watch for the coral reefs, and two men to the chains to sound. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jagged chunks of black diamond studded his swordbelt, and a chain of gold and emeralds looped around his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The enterprising African boy whose fine leather boots she wore would have been chained belowdecks, swabbing his body in his own filth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"I see an axe on his saddle, a dirk at his belt, and a sellsword that trails after him like a hungry shadow. Where are the chains, sweet one?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the lighthouse, towards the South, the ground fell away in long slopes of heather to a chain of ponds. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like sometimes we used to go downtown and steal gold chains. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I swear fealty, I’ll be chained to the Emperor as the second-in-command—the Blood Shrike. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith picks up the chains that recently held him prisoner. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was tugging at the chain of the Horcrux around his neck: Harry was visited by a desire to seize it and throttle him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He held in a webbed hand the chain from which Seth dangled. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Being free had nothing to do with chains or how much space you had. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I try to explain that I found out about Mom’s family first and the paper chain came later, but they don’t really want to hear that. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And a chain and a keep are nothing, compared to a woman’s kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we reach the center of the circle, the soldiers force me to stand while they bind my shackled hands and feet to the chains. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I barely said three words to Dana before the paper chain project, and even now I wouldn’t describe us as friends. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

This position in the orchestra, but putative, conceived as a feint to draw me away from my fellows so that rogues might throw me in chains—this phantasm might now be conjured to solidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He dropped the broken chain onto the brazier, where it slid down among the coals. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You start with a set of axioms, and derive a series of conclusions by a watertight chain of deductions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

After the first, touch-and-go year, my father’s chain of hot dog restaurants began to make him a comfortably wealthy man. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was stuffed with sunglasses, watches, chains, belts, and all that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Aristaeus must seize him and chain him, a very difficult task, as Menelaus on his way home from Troy found. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that’s balanced out by the good things that came in reaction to the swastikas—like the paper chain and Link learning the truth about his heritage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He wears suits, navy blue or gray, and there’s a gold watch chain that hangs across his belly from pocket to pocket in his waistcoat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was just as embarrassed to see these chains as I was to see that she didn’t have no clothes on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"Not so brave now that I'm not in chains, are you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a ripple in the fabric of the chain, and he slid his hand out of it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moving from this spot will start the chain reaction that ends with me on a plane. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And now we have a paper chain 378 miles long—an astounding achievement for any town. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The soldier tears them apart until only the tips of their fingers hold them together, then that chain too is broken. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the graphite Enrico Fermi used in his Chicago pile, heavy water can be used to slow down neutrons and create a chain reaction in uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shuddered, feeling no better off than the chained monkey and the miserable birds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What it is then, nig—” The Crown’s eyes go straight to my dad’s chain. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I felt in my pocket for the leg chain, at least I hadn't forgotten to take that along. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being on top of the sexual food chain is a lot of pressure. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

Miss Beatty, who wore her glasses on a chain around her neck and had her hair done at the beauty parlor over in Winnemucca every week, told Mom she needed to discipline her students. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d wondered what kind of men needed to display their strength to helpless captives in chains. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This body hates dragging around the chains they wrap around it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Even as Harry watched, the chains on the arms of the chair glowed suddenly gold and snaked their way up KarkarofFs arms, binding him there. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It happened to a nasty little girl, years and years before, who had no chain on me at all. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss ran to the corner and unlocked his bike as quick as he could, jamming Javier’s bike chain in his bag, and he did not look back to see if anyone had followed him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rice sent a telegram to Ferris at his office in the Hamilton Building in Pittsburgh: “Engines have steam on and are working satisfactorily. Sprocket chain connected up and are ready to turn wheel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Why you got these chains on me this tight?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He felt the loop of the chain tighten about his own. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her question set off a chain reaction, a chorus of voices shouting and screaming at Berendht, who seemed to get more and more uncomfortable, more rigid. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But what if they were a chain reaction, in which one caused the other? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The chain reaction was going and would continue doubling in power every two minutes until he shut it down. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the busi-nesses that run the grain elevators and the industrial food chain do not look at corn as food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In the mornings she was a checkout clerk at K&B, a chain drugstore on the highway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On some days he wore two watches: he wore two this day, an ancient watch and chain his children had cut their teeth on, and a wristwatch. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I make a run for it and manage to dodge the lot of them, I still won't get out because the doors are chained and locked! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To control us. And so our learning was lost, along with our leadership, and so much else. A chain of knowledge handed down over centuries, and a library to shame even your great Zosma.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

To the industrial food chain, cattle are just machines for turning number 2 field corn into cuts of beef. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever I start to feel like the paper chain has brought the Wexford-Smythe kids into the mainstream, along comes something like this to prove were still outsiders. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then there was the time they’d given me a necklace after my first piano recital—it was a shiny musical note on a silver chain. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And her fingers knew exactly the best way to twist skinny green clover stems together to make a long chain to stretch across the street to stop cars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Semele went into the inside of the caravan and unhooked the cage from its chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

For Aristotle, the ideal science consisted of a chain of logical deductions from incontestable premises. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The difficulty was obvious: a silver chain attached to the bird's foot had become entangled in the twisted stub of a jutting root, and the bird was caught there by it, unable to move. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But there is another and more ominous side to the enterprise: it was built in part by slaves in chains, many captured by the pirate ships of Polycrates. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the approaching grain teams was louder, thud of big hooves on hard ground, drag of brakes and the jingle of trace chains. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And was she, Elizabeth, so sweetly fallen, so tightly chained, one of these women now? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As they came closer to New London and the busy Thames River, Route 1 became increasingly cluttered with restaurants, bars, quick food chains and shopping plazas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Collared and chained and back in rags again, Reek followed with the other dogs at Lord Ramsay’s heels when his lordship strode forth to greet his father. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mama picked up the trap by its short chain. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Gene, protein, function, and fate were strung in a chain: one chemical alteration in one base pair in DNA was sufficient to “encode” a radical change in human fate. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Frank stabbed the firewood at the chain on Death’s other leg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He slid the locket and chain into his pocket. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The Spaniards’ steel or chain mail armor and, above all, their steel helmets usually provided an effective defense against club blows, while the Indians’ quilted armor offered no protection against steel weapons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guess you can luck your way into moving up the chain, too. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The one with the garbage can chained up behind it, mostly out of sight. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He pulled at his chain and sang louder. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The bear stirred, restless, irritable, like the young king’s anger removed to the end of a chain. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I edged her out and worked up the anchor chain with my right hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, the essential trick of gene replication could come from the requirement that each base in the newly synthesized chain always hydrogen-bonds to an identical base. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In March, too, when it was obvious that she was getting better, she learned that she and her brothers were to be sold South, part of the next chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught me how to count stitches, how to make chains that became rows, how to join rounds, when to fill in, and when to build space around stitches. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I noticed the imprint her fingers made on her forehead, the delicate chain of bloodless flesh. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled over the bar and skidded down the inside of the chain link, not bothering to look for footholds. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover, there were many reasons to believe that the sequences of the bases of a given polynucleotide chain were very irregular. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Mamou took my hand, and I took Sohrab’s, and we made a chain until we were all dancing and spinning and stomping and jumping and smiling. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Feliciano held his handcuff chain and walked the man toward the opposite wall, where the windows had been broken by the inmate with the mop handle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This whole chain of poisoning, then, seems to rest on a base of minute plants which must have been the original concentrators. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Feynman explained the basics: how uranium atoms split when hit with neutrons, how they give off energy, how a chain reaction could lead to an explosion. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed the loincloth and the chain would hold up for a few more seconds. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Frank understood what he had to do to break those chains. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pauling’s success with the polypeptide chain had naturally suggested to Francis that the same tricks might also work for DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The chains fell away pretty easily with a little help from the hatchet Magdalys had borrowed from the Bochinche’s storage room. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Among the whistles on colorful coiled plastic key chains, small blue rubber footballs, Frisbees, yo-yos, bubbles, and glow jewelry, I saw green and red and blue glitter pens. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the picture the chain was a lot longer. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He enlightens mankind, and so they chain him to a rock and an eagle eats his liver every day.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They form a chain around the quarries, and keep a look-out that none escapes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we also got something great—our paper chain, six million links long, which is all around us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Pull the chain on the ceiling light,” she said, and I did. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to fly to her, but the chains snapped taut as he rose and slammed him down onto his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“A hundred and eighty marks then. Not a copper more. Take off her chains.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance you can see through the glass doors that the entire building is packed to the rafters with multicolored paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The barn was darkening gradually and, in their stalls, the horses shifted their feet and rattled the halter chains. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of ’em reached their hands out at me and strained up ’gainst their chains so’s to get close to the bucket as they could. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And then, after all the world had taught them, not to recognize chains when they were snapped to their wrists and ankles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Make sure anyone that came into her yard knew they were dealing with a beast who could only be held by a big bull chain wrapped around a fat-trunked tree. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They would put a live tree in their front room, and all of us kids would decorate it with paper chains and stars that we’d made at school the week before. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Enslaved Africans crossed the stormy Atlantic chained together and packed into airless cargo-holds in groups of four to five hundred. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Each time he gave the chain another twist the golden hands dug deeper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were four mastiffs that had been raised tied to chains and spent the daytime locked in a cage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then squires removed his armor and Joff fastened the Hand's chain of office around his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The keys had long chains to wear around your neck, and on the head part of each one a name was engraved. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, how much trouble could a group of chained and shackled convicts be? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She’s been fitted for bifocals recently, and they hang against the folds of her sari on a chain around her neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I clipped a chain and the cops came along and caught me red-handed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And she got new glasses, purple-rimmed bifocals that hang from a beaded chain. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

At times there are chains of reverberating explosions, shaking everything: the imagination, as we say, is staggered. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mumbling old voice evoked the clank of chains, the horror of thirst, the black smell of death, below deck in the hold of a slave ship. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff pointed at the bench and tolt Syl’s ma, “You set right there till we come back with them chains, gal.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Finally he wrapped a chain around it arid attached the other end to the back of a pickup truck. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Inca Empire also had a centralized political organization, but that actually worked to its disadvantage, because Pizarro seized the Inca chain of command intact by capturing Atahuallpa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is a vast area of deeply wooded wilderness—of endless chains of lonely lakes and rushing rivers. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Timmy, who had slipped out to the slave quarters again to look for his missing charm bracelet and, he hoped, more games with the chains, appeared in the living room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without the distraction of human voices, Molly imagines she can hear sounds in other rooms: bedsprings groaning, faucets dripping, fluorescent lights humming, pull chains rattling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith is still in chains, though they have freed his wrists and only his ankles remain shackled. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Eventually von Linden took possession of my recipe cards, my chains were removed, and I was thrown back into my cell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His face flushes pink as he tucks the chain back under his starched collar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Watson in the larboard chains sang out, “By the deep ten.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This had the important consequence that a given chain could contain both purines and pyrimidines. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He slipped the watch off the thin chain and put it in his pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Our food was exactly the same as McDonald’s,” the founder of a rival chain later admitted. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

He pulls the chain out from under his T-shirt to reveal a small medallion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The mother struggled to keep her daughter afloat, but the chains were heavy and they were weak from hunger and captivity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A goblin lady was heading home from work with gold chains hanging from ear to huge, pointed ear. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I dropped the chain into his fingers; after pocketing it, the old man helped us in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed like an old-time prisoner, complete with a ball and chain around one foot. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The chain rustled as it slid between their hands; the stone warmed as the Queen’s papery skin became strong and smooth, and her cheeks bloomed pink as a rose. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He never seemed to notice that Granny was still drawing well water and emptying slop jars after other women were turning faucets and pulling tank chains. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After we had taken off our shoes, he showed me to the bathroom, all porcelain and dark wood, with running water and a toilet operated by a pull chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had to move both hands at once, but his chains had just enough give for him to reach the flagon on the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He took the loops of chain down from his shoulder and began to play them out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man was clad in his bed robe, but around his throat was the chain collar of his order: A maester did not remove it even to sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Master Librarian had one key, which he wore on a long gold chain around his neck; Director Edmon, the leader of their order, had the other. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I have one on my key chain. It’s not much, though.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock and sent vultures down to eat Prometheus’s liver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She seemed tempted to chain him as well, but also uncertain, not entirely sure if he was a captive or an ally. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Big helix with several chains,” she had written in her notes, “phosphates on the outside.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

About a year before that triumph, Bragg, Kendrew, and Perutz had published a systematic paper on the conformation of the polypeptide chain, an attack that missed the point. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

So the Incan woman retired to a galleon arm-in-arm with her Spaniard, singing that the chains of slavery were sweet when bound with the chains of love, while her people were engulfed in magma. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Three times their way was blocked by iron bars, and they had to stop while Bowen Marsh drew out his keys and unlocked the massive chains that secured them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dad stepped over the chain fence and knelt right next to the bars where the cheetah was sitting. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no dark mottling or crater chains in the position of most of his canals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my chain and put the little cross in my mouth, but I can’t come up with the words for a simple prayer of thanks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The short version: People chained in a cave are only able to see a wall. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

New plants and animals, whether in the New World or the Old, had no such chain of associations, no penumbra of cultural meanings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I woke to the sound of tire chains on packed snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Barrow-wights walked in the hollow places with a clink of rings on cold fingers, and gold chains in the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

On a chain around his neck, always hidden from view, he’s worn the key to that house since the day he left for DC. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you don’t want your chain back?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A small chain of memories that fill in one tiny part of my life. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But the creative challenge is much higher up the food chain—in computing labs, medical research, artificial intelligence, advanced programming for institutions like NASA, and Web design and development—all requiring higher education. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Strike these chains from my wrists, I beg you. Let me ride. I will attempt no escape.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To see chains on another person and be glad they are not your own—such was the good fortune permitted colored people, defined by how much worse it could be any moment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If Thanatos stayed chained up, Frank might not lose her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We never knew the elementary school was helping us until their custodian drove up to the loading bay with the payload of his truck overflowing with chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I made my bones steel and my skin chain mail. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They fly noiselessly beneath the bridge trestles; they have beasts with them on chains; their beasts leap out of the boats and sprint past the massifs of flowers, down the rows of hedges. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My hands slide down the chains as I sit on the seat, thinking of when I was little. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Chokecherry Middle School has done something incredible with the paper chain, but we’re only human. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

One of the witches leapt to her feet and unfastened the chains. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

On each side of the columns, a pair of shackles hung from heavy iron chains at varying heights. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

This is why vegetarians say we should all eat “low on the food chain.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the chain ’round a tree and left ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She put a hand on her hip, and her chains rattled loudly through the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On First Hill he heard his chains, felt them biting, and made his way down cautiously, in first gear, leaning forward in his seat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I saw them at the Brooklyn docks, they were chained up...” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The weight vanished, replaced by a thin silver chain from which hung a white lily made of the same kind of glass as my slippers. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A crescent moon of silver hung from a fine chain around her neck. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Infosys, he said, can hold a virtual meeting of the key players from its entire global supply chain for any project at any time on that supersize screen. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The links of the chain gleamed in the lamplight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was more than Caleb wanting to be free of his chains. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

One man was calling to us to get back behind the chain fence. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He always wore gold watches, gold chains, had a gold slug in the front of his mouth, and wore a gold nugget ring on his pinky. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If I lock it up, it’ll just stay there at the side of the bridge, as evidence, and they’ll clip the lock or saw through the chain after a while. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And he told her horrendous tales of what happened to crews that were captured by the Barbary pirates—men put in chains—sold as slaves. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Frank’s putting chains on the porch swing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

No chains fastened Cora’s misfortunes to her character or actions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They had to cut the chains before the next group tried to take the elevator, but they also had to make sure the Titans were as distracted as possible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Whilst others struggled through the snows atop weary horses, she rode upon a bed of furs inside a wayn, with a stiff canvas roof to keep the snow off, comfortable in her chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But when he put out a hand to push open the gates, he found them chained shut. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The gods hauled the chains to where Fenrir slept. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I kept the key on a chain around my neck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Perseus arrived the maiden was on a rocky ledge by the sea, chained there to wait for the coming of the monster. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

June stands by as soldiers chain me to the wall again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Every day, a larger number of volunteers show up to work on the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I thought it was funny he called the key chain a charm, and was so glad he liked it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There were pencil scrawls and ink stains, dried blood, snack crumbs; and the leather binding itself was secured to the lectern by a chain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The links would emerge dripping wet, some glistening with mud, link by link by link, until the whole great chain stretched taut. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In particular he spoke of the backbreaking work he had to do on various white farms, and on chain gangs digging trenches and roads in the white people’s world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genes reside on chromosomes—long, filamentous structures buried within cells that contain tens of thousands of genes linked together in chains.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He sat gazing at the fire, whose flames winked, reflected, from his tankard and from the broad bright silver chain of office over his shoulders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon jumped and moved a half foot when Biter threw himself against his chains again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In our district, they plow early and often and put chains on the bus tires. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He just sat there and laughed while Lady went crazy barking and tugging on her chain. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up her chained dæmon, whose baleful eyes glared at Lord Asriel over her shoulder, and went through to make herself tidier. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A chain rattled, the lock came off and the door creaked open. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Typhon shook and roared and yanked at the chains, pulling some of the Cyclopes off their mounts; but there were too many chains. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Leroy dying, the Preacher getting killed, the smells, the way the chains rattled, and the naked folks looking so scared and whupped and tired, it was just too much. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And yet—she had seen many a half-starved runaway brought back in chains, not enough flesh left on him to provide a decent meal for a buzzard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they came to the front door, his dad pulled out his key chain, the one Gregor had made him, from his pocket. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They hurried to tighten the chains and fasten them securely to iron pegs, which they forced deep into the ground with their wands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Please let me out of these awful chains,” the sailor pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lengths of colorful paper chain hang from hooks all around the room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And as she looked at an itemized bill for plumbing her left hand strayed to her neck and touched the chain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are laden with chain, multicolored strands wrapped around waists, arms, shoulders, and even necks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Two of the remaining men were chained ankle to ankle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was locked, but Beckendorf pulled some chain cutters out of his bag and split the bolt like it was made of butter. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Ah, so they keep you chained to the workbench all day.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Gruffly, the sergeant interjected: “Aw, the kid’s jerking our chain, is all.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was handcuffed, his legs were chained, and again he was led to the white van. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The chain is still attached to her foot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A long, thick handle was braced by a heavy bar; two heavy rings, like the links of a great chain, were set in either side. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was removing the feel of the chain around his ankle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With all the forces that have been mobilized to bring relief, it will be a while until the supply chain can meet the demand—and the ÁguaViva will get us through that time. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As they went through the barn the horses snorted and the halter chains rattled. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped my watch chain through my waistcoat buttonhole and straightened the fob, a Romanian silver leu whose details were worn to shadows. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m ready to go if you are,” Yakov said, once he secured his watch chain in place. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what a chain of command was, but I could tell what it meant—Sheriff Edwards wanted to help us, but he would have to wait. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe a slave girl in the bottom of a boat, chained to some boy with the prettiest eyes and some girl who keeps stealing my little scraps of food. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Boseman slid her chains through the ring in the floor and secured them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As much as those shades wanted to keep Thanatos chained, they were Roman spirits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Except he wasn’t in a cell, he was chained to a chair, so what the hell was going on? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Some platforms are suspended from ropes or chains from above. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the chains hanging from the ceiling, dangling the skulls of his enemies on hooks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I guess I do. There’s been a long chain of events leading up to this time; the dreams of men in my generation are as insignificant as that—” he snapped his fingers sharply. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

On another platform, a woman holds two long chains, with a ball of flame at the end of each. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Our chains removed, our heads able to turn and look at each other. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Fritz said you showed him how you make those wooden chains.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Two Augurs fasten chains around my hands and wrists. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now the final ingredient: the heartbeat of the chained god - chaos, violence and fear of mortality.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She draped the chain around her neck and swayed to imaginary music. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

After fifteen minutes of growing anxiety, I finally heard the clanging of chains on the other side of the door. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They were no longer a game and a toy; they had become a chain and a burden. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He longed, nearly, for death, which was all that could release him from the cruelty of his chains. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now she was looking for her necklace—the blue topaz one set in a gold heart on a gold chain. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They wore masks of dully gleaming gray chain mail over their faces, their features obscured by the mesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The man swung the loose end of the chain, and it struck the boy’s father across the face. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it was Salim on the cold slab, did he know when he got up this morning that he’d reached the last link on the chain? The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pocket watch on its long silver chain proves most difficult to locate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Doors of Death shuddered in their chains. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The chains about the dead had cooled by now, she saw, but still held the corpses fast in their iron embrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On their banner was a giant in shattered chains that told him that these were Umber men, down from the northlands beyond the Last River. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Each day has been chained to the previous one. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead we step into an elevator held up by enormous cogs and chains and go up a level, then another, and another. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There are no squeaks from the pedals, and the chain doesn’t skip. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I could have kept them on a picket chain while I built the kennel—which would take two months; I would have to rent a bulldozer to clear a place, drill holes, build houses, etc. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I would have to put out quantities of seed and suet, hay and ham, and in this way provide for all the links along the food chain. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then two years later, she chained herself to the door of the university president's office. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chain of Israeli military tanks lumbered up the road. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His gold chain sparkles in the sunlight and those Jordans are brand-new. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

An empty trash can chained to a parking meter banged and rolled from side to side, and its lid, also chained, flipped and flapped in the wind like a kite on a short string. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even today I do not fully understand the chain of events that brought me to Hampden. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I heard the loud sound of what must have been a heavy chain dragging. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your prom dress, your shiny earrings, your pendants on delicate chains. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her words link together into a chain that digs its way under my skin, all the way to my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Above her head there hung by three chains a great cast-iron chandelier which had never been lit in her lifetime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. The chain saw is in my hand.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Too weak or too tightly chained to shake them off, the men suffered in silent agony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small gold circle falls into my palm, nice and easy, followed by the coils of chain, and I fist it up, fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Links of chain, now glowing red from the heat of the fire, flew upward to land smoking at the feet of those who stood above. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead it would strongly suggest that one chain in each molecule had at some earlier stage served as the template for the synthesis of the other chain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But the food chain that feeds most Americans is anything but natural. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I slip the chained mirror from around my neck, then take a pin from my Belle-bun and stick my finger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He had formed the volunteers into a living chain which constantly passed the defense materials along. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were no chains, at least none that men could see. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Soon as they sold some cars, she was going to order sirens, hill holders, auto robes—“wind, water, dust, and oil proof”—and chain pulls for getting out of mud or sand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The fact that the insecticide was applied in very low concentrations is meaningless, as its explosive progress through the natural food chain in the lake demonstrates. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He let his fingers feel along the length of chain as far as they were able, still puzzling over where Van Eck had brought him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He hustled us out the door and down the street, where we took a chain of buses for an hour and a half to Cape Henlopen in southern Delaware. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

So Mormont had been chained to an oar, beaten within an inch of his life, starved, and branded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I looked down and found a large black chain instead of a seat belt. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes came over and put a chain cuff around Pima’s wrist, then turned to Nailer. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I started out in a forgettable hamburger chain that I don’t mention, due to shame. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

You could make three things: a bracelet, a bookmark, or a key chain. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their chain links were no longer than my thumb. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Feynman explained how much uranium could be brought together before it became dangerous, and how to use cadmium to absorb neutrons and stop a chain reaction. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no money, but I unclipped the Romanian leu from the end of my watch chain and passed it through the trapdoor in the ceiling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Inej noted the glint of knives tucked into their belts, lead pipes, weighted chains, axe handles studded with rusty nails, and here and there, the oily gleam of a gun barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Whenever the marten's chain got caught up somewhere Farid would rush to free him, even if Gwin only hissed at him in return and snapped at his fingers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She never shackles me with chains, but she beats me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Narciso roared and pushed at the door, but it was held by a chain inside and would not budge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were heavy, which may have been the resin-skull key chain that now dangled from his hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Will it disappear if we do something aggressive, like cutting the chains?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He pedaled at full speed to the block where Dana Matherson lived, and chained his bicycle to a street sign. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around her neck was a silver chain with a heart-shaped locket hanging from it— between her breasts. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lock is one of those old-fashioned sorts where you slide the chain sideways, so she does this. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lolo slides a double-five tile on the table and attaches it to the chain. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A white man went by on horseback leading two dozen black men chained two by two. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My idea was to follow my steer as he traveled through the meat-making branch of the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The broken chain dangling from his neck swung wildly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That, and the gold Allah chain around his dark neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bobbing lights moved to form a chain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jack Sheppard himself couldn’t get free from the strait-waistcoat that keeps him restrained, and he’s chained to the wall in the padded room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She unhooked the chain and let him show himself in as she shucked off the red kefta, revealing a slip of satin so thin it barely counted as cloth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The people felt uncomfortable but safe because there were the seawalls to chain the senseless monster in his bed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A few of the younger adults stood right away and joined hands, circling the singers in a chain. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She offers me freedom, not realizing that even chained, even facing execution, my soul is already free. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You try to poke your nose through the chain links, but you can’t reach, you can only watch . . . only watch . Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip into my sneakers as I approach the back kitchen door, stepping cautiously around wooden planks, hammers, nails, and one very scary-looking chain saw. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When the two pieces met, they would form a critical mass, the amount of material needed to get a chain reaction going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the chain he carried looped over his shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was helping with the paper chain this morning, but now she’s gone.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The cop moved behind Moss, and seconds later, he felt a gentle tug on the chain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The industrial food chain breaks all food down into a few simple elements. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He will free Thanatos from his icy chains—’” “Wait, who?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It inhaled and exhaled the foul air of where they lay chained, and it rolled with the rhythm of the water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached down and held the chain as he turned. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bicycle Bill turned off the speakers, chained his bike, and took Henry inside. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Africa will push northward into Europe, squeezing the Mediterranean out of existence and thrusting up a chain of mountains of Himalayan majesty running from Paris to Calcutta. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

One at a time, the insects hopped out of the box, jumped through the chain- link holes, and landed on the ground. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My right arm disappeared in a strange metal gauntlet, from which hung a long retractable chain with a spiked metal ball on the end. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That ain’t nothing but a word them slavers done chained us with and if God’s just, like I know he is, one day it gunn be buried right ’long with the last one of ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

While the Doctorita is gathering a bag of food for the trip, I take the key to the science lab off her key chain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The zigzag chain link at the bottom pokes into my belly, but I wiggle through. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The watching crowd recoiled slightly as the dementors placed the man in the chained chair and glided back out of the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He thought of Shae and the look in her eyes as he tightened the chain about her throat, twisting it in his fist. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted the chain back, Malik. It was my family’s safety net. I figured we could pawn it if things got worse.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

So Gilly glued the chains together as best she could and hung them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

With the support of people like Cadet Captain Hill and the others in my chain of command and on the faculty, I’d actually started to enjoy military school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

That Saturday night he took the chain off the piano strings and played something he had been remembering and practicing in the morning, something called “Moonlight,” a piece by Beethoven, Cotton Eye thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Institute knows ways to stop a monster virus before it ignites an explosive chain of lethal transmission in the human race. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it breaks free of its chains, we are all in danger. We need to cut off its head.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well. You shall have your man in chains.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the sun rises tomorrow, it’ll be thanks to the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, well,” sneered Snape, taking out his wand and tapping the padlock once, so that the chains snaked backward and the gates creaked open. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think that’s a little cruel? Everyone knew the name of the young protestor chained to the flagpole hours ago. Or can you really not remember?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

More cages snapped off their chains, unleashing two zebras and a pack of hyenas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The iron cage moved downward at the end of its long chain, creaking and rattling, until it finally jerked to a halt a foot above the ground at the base of the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ought to have some dangly earrings, some bangles, a silver bow tie on a little chain, an outsized Isadora Duncan strangle-yourself-by-mistake scarf, a rhinestone brooch of the thirties, in sly bad taste. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It ignored the door completely and wobbled on its coiled chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It is stronger than any chains or fetters. Are you scared, Fenrir?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The 1970s were the years of Nixon’s visit to China, the advent of Transcendental Meditation, cigarette advertising being banned from the airwaves, and fast-food chains multiplying. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Osborne, the inmates’ friend, chains in one hand and book in the other, is the only hero corrections can possibly have. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Denver TV, the message seems to be: Paper chain good. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then the inked one holds up my uncle’s key chain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The wolf was still growing, and the gods were in the smithies, forging a new set of chains. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Carefully he unwound the chain, then gripped it firmly in one hand. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His associate shackled Cora’s ankles, and then ran the chains through a ring in the floor of the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Each dog needed a post driven into the ground, with a chain and an insulated house. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She took a few steps forward, her chain dragging in the dirt, her tail still. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So I wear my protection on a chain next to the gold cross I got for Holy Communion. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Thousands of captives died in his quarries, chained to his sledges, or laboring on his five colossal towers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And it hadn’t been a heap of rags after all; it was a gray-bearded man, chained to the wall, whose eyes glittered in Pantalaimon’s luminance, and whose tattered hair hung over his shoulders. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I clean the blood from the mirror, and drape the chain over my head. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Instead the big knight carried him, hoisting him by the chain between his wrists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every day she came in with something different—a chain of SpongeBob Burger King toys strung around her neck; one asymmetrical, giant, red-plastic hoop earring; black clown circles on her cheeks. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They came toward me as I ran, a crowd of men and women carrying cases of beer, cheese, chains of linked sausage, watermelons, sacks of sugar, hams, cornmeal, fuel lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were steel clamps cinched on both hands and connected by a short chain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But Naylor’s farm is one link in a chain that includes fossil fuels, artificial fertilizer, pesticides, heavy machinery, feedlots, antibiotics, and processing plants. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

One hand crept to her waist and felt the topaz upon its silver chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was soft but angry, as if it were the doctors’ fault Raymond’s foot got snared on a bicycle chain. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he graduated, her brother handed over the key, dangling on an España key chain, to the old teacher’s storage room, through which you could access the roof hatch. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But things weren’t going to be all right— and this secret was my ball and chain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was about to chain Cora to the wagon when Ridgeway said to bring her outside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I looked over to where the Preacher was, hoping he’d do something to help but got my attention drawed back quick to the chained demons. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I heard the men below in the rose-garden clearing away the tables and the chairs, and taking down the chain of fairy lights. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Right off I smelled the chain, its thick, rusty odor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These refuges are part of a chain including also the refuge on Upper Klamath Lake just over the border in Oregon. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This time a stranger was with him, a maester chained and robed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He proceeded forward, running his hand along the green tarps of the lifeboats, until he met the chain separating steerage from third class. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The chains were meant as a reminder that I am a prisoner, not an employee. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

While Marcus lay trembling with fear and guilt, and Julius in chains tracked Boots into the hot, dry hinterland, Aurelia was in her mother’s private apartment, where she had been summoned. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like a chain reaction, hand after hand goes up, some still holding Russell Stover chocolates. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was about a half mile away, just off Carrollton, a nearby road lined with warehouses, chain stores, and gas stations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He extends his phone and takes a few pictures of Imani on his lap, himself and his dark sunglasses, gold teeth, and gold chain, and expensive rims. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Any contact with the chain link or the coils of barbed wire that guard the top would mean instant electrocution. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moss twisted the chain around, and the scraping on the pole reverberated up his spine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He walked out into the warmth of Kentucky and sat down at a picnic table across from Hassan, who seemed to be attacking the table with the pocketknife attached to his key chain. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She wanted to call out his name, run to him, and hug him, but she found she could say nothing as he was taken to the far corner of the holding pen and chained there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Nesbitt made us see that we had a history, too—that our story didn’t begin by being captured and chained and thrown onto a boat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It was shaped like a heart and covered with rust, with a broken chain. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men looked alike, with thick eyebrows that almost touched, although they had told him they were just friends, and they were dressed alike, too, in leather jackets and long gold chains. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As tight as the chains were, Tyrion found he could see out the latter by leaning sideways and letting the iron ring support his weight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He jerked at the chain and tried to get loose, not to get away from the dogs but to get at them—I mean, it was complete insanity. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the chain was snapped around the bull’s neck, the farm hands pulled it over the crossbar of the chute posts and hooked it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Banning was a dangerous game, for one was not shackled or chained behind bars; the bars were laws and regulations that could easily be violated and often were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the girls, Rita and Agnes and Lydia and Ida and June, were caught and put in heavy chains of iron. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And children would hurry eagerly home from school to their mothers who would be waiting to chain them. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Wylan didn’t know the difference between being in chains and out of them, he was about to find out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was out of his chair before his chains hit the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I open it—the necklace chain’s there, but the engagement ring is gone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They were kinder to her than they were to the long line of chained men staggering together. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I am afraid we were getting chained to the job...and I am glad that we are free.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then they turned around, regrouped, and went back in again to get the leg chain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shut the gates in her face with a loud clang and tapped the chains with his wand again, so that they slithered, clinking, back into place. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Neil and Otis took the chains and started wrapping them around Our Lady. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some newspaper chains began to ran not one story, but a series of three, four, or five “exposures” of the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked toward the open door, for the horses were moving restlessly and the halter chains clinked. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big cross pendant hangs from a chain on his neck. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And now the lords Bran glimpsed were tall and hard, stern men in fur and chain mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But why this? Why chain yourself to this flagpole?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A swipe of his claw was like a heavyweight fighter swinging a chain saw. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The boy hated the man with the red face with the same total but helpless hatred he had felt when he saw his father chained, when he saw Sounder shot. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He typically wore a gaudy striped shirt and a celluloid collar and a long flowing tie; a metal chain, connected to a timepiece, dangled from his pocket. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He gave the swing chain such a yank that Palmer was thrown like a bronco rider onto the ground. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

And they were talking about prisoners—chained, surrounded on all sides, and about to be dumped into cells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The preacher rose, sighed, and drew from his pocket a small wooden cross with a chain upon it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a snarl that expressed hatred, rage, and scorn, the bear reached up with a great claw and unhooked the chain that held his helmet in place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered the myth about Andromeda and how she had been chained to a rock by her own parents as a sacrifice to a sea monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A really gross one with a monster and a chain saw. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I went over and looked between the glass balls and the popcorn chains for an ornament we hadn’t hung there the day before. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had said it in a loud whisper through the chained opening in the door and slammed it shut. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods wrapped the huge chains around Fenrir and shackled his paws. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And I am now ashamed of the thought, ashamed of my fear, of the generational chains I tried to clasp onto your wrists. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Without the hydrogen atoms, the chains would immediately fly apart and the structure vanish. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I said quietly, giving her my hand, but I didn’t want to look at her face, so I kept staring at her glasses, which hung from a chain around her neck. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I also had offers from a pizza-delivery chain, a shoe manufacturer, and an online store that sold custom avatar skins. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the letter that broke the news of the complementary chains, I had asked that he not tell Linus. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

These teachers can’t break our chain, we are linked, not by our hands, but by our hearts and we will always be together. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were reading desks with books lying open on them, held in place by brass chains that shone like gold. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

To the centre all the roads ran between their chains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Beneath them, a gigantic chain clinked, its jangly report echoing from the darkness. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The basic element, carbon, is one whose atoms have an almost infinite capacity for uniting with each other in chains and rings and various other configurations, and for becoming linked with atoms of other substances. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He dreamed his father’s hands were chained against the prison bars and he was still standing there with his head down. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The existence of two intertwined chains with identical base sequences could not be a chance matter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Her Grace freed you from your chains. It is for you to sharpen your swords and defend your own freedom when she leaves.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The shoulder affected the elbow, and as the elbow engaged, it sent other movements in a chain reaction down into the wrist and, finally, the hand. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t see my gold chain with the medallion of the Holy Virgin.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But most of the fuss is about the paper chain project, which is off because we ran out of paper. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Commander Jameson leads the soldiers to a flat circular stand in the middle of the roof, a stand with the Republic's seal embedded in it and strings of heavy chains hooked around its rim. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We can still decide, every day, what we’re going to put into our bodies, what sort of food chain we want to be part of. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mig sniffed and wiped at her eyes and then bent to look at the pile of chains and locks on the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Alex rolls over onto his side and touches two fingers to his chest, right next to where the key on the chain rests. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

From where I stood, I could see no fences or chains. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the table lay a little chain on which hung a dog, a hat, and a boat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only, of course, the chain around his leg held him back, which was the reason he’d chained himself to the tree in the first place. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care who you are or how big that ruby is. You don’t take me from my own streets. And you don’t try to make a deal with me while I’m in chains.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Shells are launched into the row of apartments, setting off the chain of explosions we heard, and the building collapses into rubble and dust. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Around his throat he fastened a slender gold chain, around his waist a belt of bleached white leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was bent over a table, working on some kind of long metal patchwork—like a swath of chain mail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Wordlessly, her skin buzzing where the medallion radiated heat, she pulled the chain over her head and held it out to him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She closes the door, and I hear her taking the chain off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The point is that we have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch pulls a key attached to a thin chain from under his shirt and inserts it into a slot I hadn’t noticed before. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His father was a pharmacist and worked all kinds of staggered hours for a chain of drugstores in the area. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the fatal cases of Ebola Sudan can be traced back through chains of infection to the quiet Mr. Yu. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More victims were chained against the walls now. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then she bobbed off the swing so forcefully, the chain jangled. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A chain of ice cubes didn't seem like a good idea. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

America’s fast food chains were not launched by large corporations relying upon focus groups and market research. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

She thought she could hear the clank of the chains, could see her brothers watching her die, unable to do anything about it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His captor paused only long enough to light a tallow candle before securing Tyrion’s chains to the ring. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She spat at him when he fastened her chains, and once again when they reached her owner’s mansion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Blue-and-green paper chains hang from the basketball hoops to the lights all across the ceiling. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mouse chose a long silver chain as big around as my finger to drag into a corner and wrestle into submission. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Wooden chains were everywhere, from a huge one with links as round as Marly’s head to a tiny one Harry was using for a bookmark in his Bible. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off....We cannot be free until they are free. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At the mention of the word Halloween, Teddy zoomed down the stairs, ignoring me and yanking on Adam’s wallet chain. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the paper chain project is over, so is his excuse for camping out across the street from our school.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mama doesn’t ask for the pineapple key chain, so I slide it inside my backpack to give it to her later. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There’s a small scuff on the toe of the left one, but they’re new enough that the little leather tag hangs from the chain. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As far as I could tell, the reason the King’s group did not like two chains was not foolproof. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her chains were transferred to her wrists again, and the horses were refreshed and reloaded. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Shae sat cross-legged in the canopied bed, nude but for the heavy golden chain that looped across the swell of her breasts: a chain of linked golden hands, each clasping the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She feared she would spend her life all alone, chained to jobs she hated, marking papers and marking time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Medieval chain mail hung next to ornate layered samurai outfits and richly inlaid steel-plate suits. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Further inland, and still across, a five-star hotel chain had bought the Heart of Darkness. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would they cut the chain and remove him? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That’s how many it took for the chain to hit the floor. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

John Roanhorse was taken into the cold stone basement and chained in a dark corner. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I assume my legs are a little stiff from being chained, but other than that, yes.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if they’re chained to the bottom of the river. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sign us up for six million paper chain links. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

This time, it was made of blue velvet tied shut with a fine silver chain; on the ends of the chain dangled sapphire baubles. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls away to beam at me, and the next thing I know, my quiet, reserved grandmother steps right up to the glass to drink in the paper chain and everything it represents. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The only consolation was that he wasn’t chained. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at her beneath lowered brows, his lips tightly pursed, and she shrugged as she dropped the chain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Willem gives a loud sigh, squatting to the ground in mock annoyance with his bicycle chain, while really taking the time to observe the butcher shop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A chain of El Gallos is going up all over the island with attendants in rooster-red uniforms and registers that announce how much you are spending. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon could hear the creak of chains as the winch cage swung and scraped against the ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I touch the chain around my neck, following it with my finger down to the claddagh. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Therefore all good things must come from paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was time to move this thing up the chain of command. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arm undid the eight locks and left on the chain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could still feel the ghost chains hovering just above her skin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The faraway look of her eyes must have been the muntu of Ruth May, chained to this briefly belligerent child through forelife, life, and afterlife, peering out through her sockets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quamina, the alleged leader of the uprising, was hanged in chains in front of the entrance to one of Gladstone’s plantations. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

People in America don’t understand, but when an American chain opens in a third-world country, people go crazy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Arsinoe was among the prisoners in chains whom the soldiers marched past the crowd. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

My heels scraped across the floor in short stints, hobbled by links of chain, as it is said that the young gentle-ladies of Japan walk, hobbled by subservience and feminine humility. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was sitting with my arms wrapped around my knees, side by side with one of the lads who’d escaped when I shot his chains apart. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It's not part of a chain, it’s not in a good section of town, and it makes the best pizza anyone has ever put in his mouth. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A skilled writer can interleave multiple story lines, or deliberately manipulate suspense and surprise, or engage the reader with a chain of associations, each topic shunting the reader to the next. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sam fumbled for the Ring and its chain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They carried her under their arms like a tube of carpet, with the chains slapping back and forth against her body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How come only some of you were chained?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Three years ago he had gone to Orgny Fastness and he wore now the gold chain of a Celibate of the Foretellers. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A man sat on the opposite side like a stick of bamboo leaning against the wall, his leg also chained. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Broken chains clanked and clattered about his legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A hollow moan filled the air, and then something that sounded like the clanking of chains. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It had books and maps and movies and key chains. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Taisin slid the chain around her neck, and when it touched her skin it was cold for only an instant, and then it felt as though she had always worn it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When we got there, Doc unwound the chain from the ironwork gates and pushed them open. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even cheap paper chains were impressive when you had eleven hundred kids stringing them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

You gods know everything; now you can tell me: which of the immortals chained me here? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chains, he is sending for the chains, the Domish prince thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The three dimwits staring at us don’t move, so I shake my chains at them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’m going to pry that fat jewel from its setting and jab the pin right through your mercher neck for chaining me to a chair, Kaz thought. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Drained like I had been working on a chain gang, breaking rocks in the hot sun. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If they faced inside the chain, they would repel each other, forcing the molecule to fly apart in a nanosecond. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sink to the ground on my hands and my good knee, chains clacking as I go. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was on his knees and bound in chains. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“If it wasn’t for the paper chain, why did you come here?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the fading light, the chain links look as innocuous as usual. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the small crucifix on a chain, given to her by Pastor Jane at the funerals. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Carousel after carousel of tchotchkes—key chains, shot glasses, magnets. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because Zeus chained you to a rock,” I guessed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Marketers know that a salad or veggie burger in a fast-food chain gives kids something to say to overcome parents’ objections. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When Milgram analyzed his experiment, for example, he found that many of the chains from Omaha to Sharon followed the same asymmetrical pattern. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father slid his fingers under the necklace and gave it a yank so hard it was like to take Theon's head off, had the chain not snapped first. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That is the weight chained to my ankle, and it is far heavier than any anchor. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Second: It held Gum Baby fast, its cuff-head snapping around her neck like a collar, the long chain attached to it coiling around her tiny wooden body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was on the corner, a newsstand chain: papers, candy, cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have chains enough for ten, concealed beneath the meat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He stands and pulls my swing back by its chains. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The chain didn’t stop there, for I had turned the eggs into something else—at least I hoped I had. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The young man jerked up, blinking, confused, the crystal of his order swinging wildly on its silver chain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was sure the noise I heard was made by a rattling chain on the front end of a boat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that in Juanita’s bedroom a nightlight was shining, but, when I jiggled the latch on the chain link fence, it went out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could see three links of a huge chain snaking out from a hole no bigger than a man's head and disappearing under the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hailsham was going to close any day and there were plans to sell the house and grounds to a hotel chain. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let them feel the red saddle, and showed them the brass chain throat-latch on the bridle and the big brass buttons at each temple where the headstall and brow band crossed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel pointed to a hole in the side of a nearby hill—a tunnel that was boarded up and chained. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I let him loose. He doesn't like chains." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The doors of die workshop burst open, and Nico was pushed inside, his hands in chains. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And that smell and the sight of these chained folks and the sounds they made every time they moved started making me sick to my stomach. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Colonel Battaglioli, or Colonel Batt, as we called him, sat in his office as my chain of command led me in. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The winds kept roaring, the ship rolled, and the slaves chained beneath the decks suffered endlessly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw women chained in collies, bent over on the wharves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at the woman and swored to myself shotguns and chains or not, I was gonna figure a way to get her and these Africans out of here! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“You’ll never get the chain reaction going here,” Lawrence shot back. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Of the sixth in the long row, nothing remained but a single leg, still tangled in its chains, swaying with each breeze. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. The sellswords were supposed to help us get the dragons chained up so we could get them to the docks.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Notably, Brenner and Jacob later discovered the messenger RNA was a facsimile of the DNA chain—a copy made from the original. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I climb on the chain link fence. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Folk said it was a sport in which a bear, with its teeth broken off deliberately, was chained to a post and set upon by a pack of dogs. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around the room and saw four members of my chain of command looking down on me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I saw the witch who had let him in quietly putting the chain back on the door-handles. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Rivera cracked open the door, peering over the tarnished gold chain latch, I said, “Can I come in?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

From the kitchen window comes the wit wit wit of a barn swallow, footfalls on ramparts, halyards clinking against masts, hinges and chains creaking in the harbor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Women stood, naked or half naked, and chained, while men circled them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"I dreamed of a winged wolf bound to earth with grey stone chains," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m actually surprised Rufus is chaining his bike to a gate and following me into the hospital. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But: “I remember,” he was later to say, “the day my dungeon shook and my chains fell off.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The roads were paved with stone-flags, dark and hard; and beside their borders instead of trees there marched long lines of pillars, some of marble, some of copper and of iron, joined by heavy chains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On the way out of town we ran into one of his friends, an older boy wearing a blinding yellow tracksuit and fake gold chains. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Our chain included way more links than that because our guests kept adding them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Tyrion knew that the chances of his escaping his chains were little and less, but even so, he felt obliged to try. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, they seek to use their understanding of a chain of causes to interrupt the chain. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And even though it really has nothing to do with the paper chain, people seem to put the two together. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But he kept in a drawer at Bag End the old cloak and hood that he had worn on his travels; and the ring, secured by a fine chain, remained in his pocket. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A triplet-based code had 64 combinations—enough for all twenty amino acids, with extra ones still left over to specify other coding functions, such as “stopping” or “starting” a protein chain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad and Mom kept shouting my sister’s name, but the only response was some crazed dog barking its head off—a big old German shepherd that one of the captains kept chained on his boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But three days later, a trader led Sam away in chains. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out and retrieve the disk that hangs from a chain around his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A guy in front with his hand on my chains, tugging me so that I have to either fall down or tiptoe hop. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unclasps the long silver chain that hangs around her neck, checking the time on the pocket watch that hangs from it before she holds it up in front of Poppet’s eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The man in that photo did not create that food chain, he is just a part of it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We’ve all been making paper chains since we were in kindergarten! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

An odd symbol, rather like a triangular eye, glistened from a golden chain around his neck. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As we saw earlier, farmers in the industrial food chain are often on the edge of going bankrupt. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

So I stood limply in his grip until the sirens came, and the policemen in their little black caps chained my wrists together and shoved me in the back of their car. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

JING-MEI WOO Best Quality Five months ago, after a crab dinner celebrating Chinese New Year, my mother gave me my “life’s importance,” a jade pendant on a gold chain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silver chains around his neck—I couldn’t even count them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Where there are porch swings hanging from chains. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students folded a long chain of paper cranes and sent it to Sasha. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There’s silence between us, except for the thump of my dad’s chain knocking against my sweatshirt. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As you’ve seen, the industrial food chain has been an economic disaster for the farmers who grow the food in it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There is always paperwork, of course; some official up the chain catches a whiff and wants a percentage. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They dropped the chain and he drove away. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I wasn’t honest with people. And before I knew it, the paper chain was taking off, and if I told the truth, it might have tanked the whole thing.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dad was probably out shopping for chains to lock us to our bedposts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her arms were wrenched behind her, and iron shackles with heavy, rusty chains between them were snapped onto her wrists, holding them there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second tongue of flame shot from the wand and interlinked with the first, making a fine, glowing chain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Plutarch steps back and pulls out a gold watch on a chain from a vest pocket. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A searchlight revealed a boy halfway up the anchor chain of a batdeship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The balls were arranged in a pyramid, the chains trailing off in S shapes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Three sets of balls and chains shot straight toward our wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She held up the silver chain which bound her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I did not steal your bird. Its chain was snagged upon a root, and I had just freed it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The chain parted like a cobweb in the old man's grip. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Where they were chained, their ends overlapped like the spokes of a tepee that had fallen on its side. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they didn’t know if it would actually happen, physicists had a name ready for this process: chain reaction. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A‘chain of golden hands. For hands of gold are always gold, but a woman’s hands are warm. “Are you a maid, Penny?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

George Atzerodt goes meekly into custody and is soon fitted with wrist shackles, and a ball and chain on his ankle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All of them. The prisoners in chains and my helpers.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then the store gave me another present: a long, thick- linked, gold-plated chain that swung down lower than my coat hem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The project may be in the past, but the chain itself is very much in the present, all 61,472 links of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

From a drawer inside the assistant director’s desk, she produces another key on a chain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Didn’t believe in locks or chains or tying things down. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longing for solitude, the hermits have been chained to their grumpy fellows and set among others given to indiscriminate and voluble amiability. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last key on the chain opened the lock, and Nok swung out of the cell, tumbling onto the ground at Pong's feet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Not convincing. Why don’t you go chain up a giant blond?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So the significance of 94 sailed over the heads of Jewett’s committee, which endorsed increased funding for chain reaction research but remained cold to the prospects of a bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Seeing the paper chain in danger galvanizes them into action. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Historical sciences are concerned with chains of proximate and ultimate causes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A bicycle chain I kept under the seat. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a chain behind the toilet, and I watched, wide-eyed, as the water drained and the bowl refilled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Every time Daddy walks through the door, I can hear the iron chains clank around TJ’s heart, stripping him of what little dignity he has left. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Date someone who thinks you’re pathetic and then leaves you for a guy who makes art with a chain saw?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I got on my bike, I sat on the wire to keep the skirt from tangling in the greasy chain, but then the front popped up and I could not see over the top. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A chain dangled from a winch on the ceiling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was such bad karma, the company sold it to some other hotel chain, and built a new hotel—a massive green Oz-like gambling cathedral. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When working well, the entire boat operates like a well-lubricated machine, with every rower serving as a vital link in a chain that powers that machine forward, somewhat like a bicycle chain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Surveyor at work: Teenager George Washington holds a surveying tool while a helper lets out distance-measuring chain and a slave looks on. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tisquantum would have been tied or chained, to prevent rebellion, and jammed into whatever dark corner of the hull was available. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He runs out the door to meet me, proudly waving a section of paper chain five links long and two-thirds crushed. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

That little key chain against that big crowbar. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It had a toilet with a wooden seat and a wooden box above the seat from which hung a long, wooden-handled chain. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a valid reason to flee, because if that car explodes, and if the explosion is large enough, it could set off a chain reaction of exploding cars up and down the freeway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The remaining men found Rosie lying on her side, quivering, her foot still chained to a stake. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Will they raise the chain and cut us in twoI He could not see what good that would serve. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was chain- locked according to the testimony. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari asked quietly, touching her neck, which still held the scars from her own iron chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I loosened him from his chain he trotted down the steps to the cellar. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Foreign Secretary pulled a chain, and a bell rang. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

That it had two, not three, chains did not bother him since he knew the evidence never seemed clear-cut. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Cora told Caesar that on seeing the chains, she feared Fletcher had conspired with Terrance from the very beginning and that they had been conveyed to a chamber of horrors. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The lighter would be there, the crane and the chain, and Rebecca’s boat coming to the surface. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Blackie arrived at the federal building, he was in chains and flanked by a small army. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

So he bowed his head and bit his tongue as the chains were fixed, wrist to wrist, wrist to ankle, ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Katherine is still chained to the floor, and our eyes meet in surprise and disbelief. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In truth, the movement began the moment the first black men and women were led ashore in chains. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d invited his managers and their families over for a party this one time and my dad, being the supply chain guy, said we had to go. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Even with everybody participating, that would mean each and every one of us would have to be responsible for ten thousand links of chain. It’s not realistic to think we could accomplish it.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He rose from his chair and began to unwind the chain from the box. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He had to hold on to the other chains with both hands to avoid getting flipped upside down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it will be your friend? You’re going to end up chained to the wall along with the others.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The lambskin and the cable-tow used in Masonry today are symbolic of how the nakedness of the white man was covered when he was chained and driven across the hot sand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere he'd found a length of chunky chain, each iron link the size of a brick. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was a rattle as someone slid the security chain off the front door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She says nothing, just checks the chains on my legs and arms and then nods to the Commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One carousel is dedicated solely to surfboard key chains with stenciled names, alphabetically arranged. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The drawbridge came creaking down before she could reply, and they heard the sound of oiled chains as the portcullis was drawn up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Ring that hung upon its chain about his neck grew heavy, heavier than a great stone, and his head was dragged downwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dance, instead of being taken back down to the hold where they had been chained all night, the women were tied to the sides of the deck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he’s keeping him chained in Alaska,” Hazel said, “at ... let’s see, what’s the name of that place?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She pulls the España key chain out of her shorts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Even the development of an organism—the most obviously inherited chain of information—seemed to progress through smooth, continuous stages, and not in discrete bursts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Around his neck hung a pouch of tobacco, a long knife, and a thick chain of the prized white shell beads called wampum. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The guard unbolted Matthias’ shackles, and as soon as the chains dropped into the sand, he leapt onto the ladder with the announcer to be lifted to safety. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I’m not going to keep him chained. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly he drew the Ring out and passed the chain over his head. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Quickly she lifted the silver chain over her head, kissed the cross, and put it into Bartolo’s open hand. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

His gold chain was almost hidden by his chest hair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each link in the chains was too heavy for a normal man to lift. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

All his dogs is chained out to the side of the house, and they get to barkin’ like crazy. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Louis had come and gone, but he hadn’t dared to try and fasten the chain around Mrs. Coulter’s neck: it lay beside her on the pillow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I take photos all around: an herb garden planted in a giant cowboy boot; bicycles chained to the fences; a nautical steering wheel hung on a rail, splitting the sun into triangles on the ground. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Cora remained chained to the wagon as the men pursued errands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It makes me happy to imagine them drinking tea or going to the movies together, still connected to each other by the invisible chain of a family that no longer exists. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in a mercurial Hastings temper, and a halter and chain looped over his bridle barely restrained him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s only five miles to town, so even if I got a flat tire or my bike chain fell off, I could walk my bike home. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He raised the piece that held the chain and looked like a big gear. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

That troubled Kaylene and reminded her of just a handful of the thousands of convicts she’d worked with, including one woman from Smithfield who had chained a girl in her basement and shown zero remorse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Maddie had her man’s greatcoat on and was tying it up around her shins so it wouldn’t catch in the bicycle chain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Of course the cars could have driven right through the chain if they tried. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We know that the necessary minerals in the water are so passed from link to link of the food chains. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I am marked by old codes, which shielded me in one world and then chained me in the next. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee grabbed its bumper, falling onto his sled, and one by one we formed a chain, hanging on the feet in front of us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced up at the four lights and hoped I wasn’t going to be chained to the ceiling and stripped naked. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Division of the RNA component into a large number of subunits would produce polynucleotide chains too small to carry the genetic information that Francis and I believed must reside in the viral RNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Helena takes the chickens out to the yard, one of the Krajewska boys comes to chase them, and Max creates a chain of hands to pass the wood up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We can identify the chain of proximate factors that enabled Pizarro to capture Atahuallpa, and that operated in European conquests of other Native American societies as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Men were working with chain saws to take down the trees. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The drum of hoofbeats echoing off flagstone jerked him to his feet, chains rattling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could see Aunt Ruth on the grass on the other side of the chain link, under our blue team tarp. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

European weapons were steel swords, lances, and daggers, supplemented by small firearms and artillery, while body armor and helmets were also made of solid steel or else of chain mail. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had a pretty woman on it, with no clothes on, hanging from the ceiling by a chain wound around her hands. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attached to the shades is a chain of Post-it Notes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The two got to arguing about chain gangs, which I think Pa intended all along. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I undid the clasp of the gold chain and put it around my neck and clasped it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If that’s not a sign that the paper chain project is the way to go, I don’t know what is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

So the owner of Shadbush County Farm Equipment lets us use his empty warehouse for paper chain storage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up with your cereal, because you’ve got to make streamers and garlands, hang the Christmas lights, put out the candleholders, wash the wagon, and get out the chains.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all that foolishness and fear over the leg chain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above his head, the coloured beam of light fell upon a small and primitive piece of tapestry—a picture of some knights in chain mail, with nose guards on their painted helmets, chasing a boar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa gave me your gold chain with a small ruby stone hanging from it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She pulled a chain that hung from the ceiling of the air lock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brademas officially kicks off the paper chain on the morning announcements Thursday. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“So, what, it’s just a coincidence that you haven’t texted me once outside the group chain since prom night? Do you even realize that?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The Queen of Olympus had dropped Jason into Camp Half-Blood, which had started this entire chain of events to stop Gaea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The medal was linked to a chain similar to the pull-cord attached to the light bulb hanging in the middle of our kitchen. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever he thrashes, Commander Jameson stomps on the chain around his neck and chokes him until he stops. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The boat returned with more men in uniform and a load of heavy chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stores were shuttered, blocked with crisscrossed grates knotted with chains and enormous padlocks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had a silver eyebrow ring and wore a skull-and-bones necklace, a white wife-beater and black Dickies with a chain going from her wallet to her belt. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pause and watch Mama fumble with the chain around her neck while she thinks before I add, “Can I go now?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And that stunted imagination is something I owe to my chains. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She wore sensible heels and kept a pair of reading glasses on a chain around her neck. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I asked him to elaborate, Hyten sketched out for me how animated films are produced today through a global supply chain. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

We were all chained together in her game plan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Iron is grown dear," Ironbelly declared, "and this chain will be needing much of it, and coke beside, for the fires." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She swings them in loops and circles, leaving glowing trails of white light in their paths, moving so quickly that they look like strings of fire rather than single flames on lengths of chain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had cast it loose from its golden chain, by a spell, the moment her castle disappeared. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanings inscribed by God in the forms of things, the great chain of being, sympathy and antipathy, natural magic, had been replaced by blind mechanisms and inexorable laws. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the swing and tightly grasped the chains on either side of him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Celaena cursed herself for it, but hastily attached the chain around her neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jessie texts me on the group chain as the train leaves Thirty-Third Street. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Guns in hand and silver badges swinging from metal chains around their necks, the men pointed their weapons at Wes and ordered him to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The low price means there’s plenty of cheap corn for the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Immediately a thick coppery green chain appeared out of thin air, extending from the depths of the water into Dumbledore’s clenched hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Because this food chain has elements of both, I call it “industrial organic.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The hamlet store, whether grocery, general, hardware, clothing, cannot compete with the supermarket and the chain organization. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it serious, or just somebody trying to pull our chains? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Small gold hoops in my ears and a thin chain with a delicate gold hamsa—the hand of Fatima—resting in the notch above my collarbone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I appealed these dismissals unsuccessfully up the chain of command. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Behind the glass, the spy suddenly yells something at Commander Jameson and thrashes violently against his chains. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The chained ones had a hard time getting down to the road, tripping each other up as they climbed off the bus. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In his hand he had a length of chain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The last piece is a black cape held in place by a chain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The yard was bordered with a chain link fence. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The men who’d been chained had to stay with us, because they had to get rid of the fetters on their ankles before they could go anywhere. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She let the chain fall down to her chest. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For all his complaining, he nurtured that chain from the very first links all the way to six million. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Just as we start to walk down the stairs, I hear the chain slide, and the door opens once more. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I battened her down and took her to the middle of the bay, put down a huge old-fashioned hook anchor and half-inch chain, and moored her with a long swing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed the tiara on my hair and fastened the chain around my neck. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into the basket and pulled out a chain with pink plastic all around it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only then would her womb quicken once again... ... but Daenerys Targaryen had other children, tens of thousands who had hailed her as their mother when she broke their chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the best efforts of my chain of command to get me back to the Bronx from Afghanistan, I could not get there in time to say goodbye. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s the paper chain,” my father points out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Most of the room was taken up by a long winch, handles at each end, thick loops of chain spooled around it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Besieged by fierce sparrows, rat sentries leaped in panic from the top of the ramparts; those who stayed were dealt with by Jess Squirrel who swung a heavy iron chain around like a deadly flail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Park wanted to pull on the chain, to pull it into his chest and anchor her there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The paper chain may have changed us, but I don’t think I’m ever going to make it into that popular crowd. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even Mr. Brademas has to admit that the negative of the swastikas has been turned around by the positive of the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Before Miig could start his run, before I could lose my nerve, I reached out and took two chain links in my fingers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I think I was sent up to the house as a diversion while they were getting rid of the lad I’d tried to murder that morning and the other chained man. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was Mr. Colcord, who owned a chain of movie houses and "entertainment palaces." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fished out a dogtag suspended on a chain under his shirt and held it up to my nose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry shone his lit wand around the vault: Its beam fell upon glittering jewels; he saw the fake sword of Gryffindor lying on a high shelf amongst a jumble of chains. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There would be no industrial food chain between me and my food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Draped over one out-stretched hand is a set of cuffs and chains; in the other is an open book. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She withdraws a silver coin on a chain: her sobriety chip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Far below I could hear a truck trying to climb the mountain, its chains slapping the snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Crick had tried to stabilize the “wobbly unstable chains” by putting the phosphate backbone in the center. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cora raised her hands, the chains making a noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This time she told them about the long agony of the Middle Passage on the old slave ships, about the black horror of the holds, about the chains and the whips. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our paper chain never could have gotten so famous without him.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I ain’t get the chain back, so it don’t even matter.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One had a small length of chain, which he swung. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He stirred up a lot of trouble, but it created a ton of publicity for our paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

At the front steps, Lissa stopped and stared up at the double doors, secured with a rusty chain and padlock. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe the chains prevented her, or some magic about this dark, horrible place. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When the sequence first started appearing profusely in the late seventeenth century, the norm was to cycle through just three or four chords rather than the possible chain of twelve. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

If chained is where you have been, your arms will always bear marks of the shackles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He untied one of the chains, pulled the gray hippogriff away from its fellows, and slipped off its leather collar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I should’ve just gone while I had the chance, but the dogs had prehistoric fangs, deranged eyes, gammon tongues, and steel chains round their necks. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Men playing their dominoes are gone, and someone’s come and untied that dog from its chain. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the door shook as the guard gave the chained padlock a rattle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At that moment Sam was walking across his mountain meadow when he heard the clinking of a chain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s gut trembled almost as much as the chains. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As I came level with the doors, I paused and tried to open them but the big chain was on them and they didn't even rattle. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The metal of the chains was the strongest metal that the gods could find: iron from the earth mixed with iron that had fallen from the sky. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“As the men were getting their chain saws ready,” Gretchen continued, “I burst out of the cabin. I dashed through the forest very quickly so they would catch just a glimpse of me.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

No whips or chains, but it was borderline hard-core. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A silent flash traveled around the mountain, followed by another flash— chain lightning, but no thunder reached the town. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Encanis strained against the chains that held him to the wheel, and it seemed that he would strain until his muscles tore themselves from bone and sinew both. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Milgram s idea was to test this question with a chain letter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took out Riptide and slashed through her chains. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The woman had an ornate chain around her neck. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I remember that I left a group of kids outside in the cold with the paper chain that put us over the top. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Around her body was a necklace composed of bleeding heads, strung together like a popcorn chain. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Two valuable links in the chain of defense were gone, and there was nothing to stop the fire in these locations. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the complexity of the mess Fve dragged everybody into begins to overload my brain, a distant chain of explosions sends a tremor through the room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Beyond lay a deep salt moat and a drawbridge supported by a pair of massive chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Next we go into All Flesh, which is marked by a large wooden pork chop hanging from two chains. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My brother was staying with me that year. I said to him: *Why ever have we kept this dear fellow chained up?’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper and Wylan fell to the floor as the chain zipped through their hands, one end vanishing through the slot, the other sending the winch handles spinning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I like to watch it spin... watch the chain... all bunched up and twisting and spinning... and a little girl is watching me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Norfolk, middies held hands and formed a human chain, dancing around cars like kindergartners, madly encircling the standstill traffic. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Lupita touched the little silver cross on its chain around her neck. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The courthouse was surrounded by a heavy chain and patrolled by a strong police force. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house smelled of warmth, good food, sweet powder and a stronger candylike smell that came from a hard chalkish disc that Sissy wore in an imitation-silver filigree heart on a chain around her neck. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four hours later, they emerged again as man and wife, bound together wrist and ankle with chains of yellow gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I may have it put on a chain. It was very sweet of you.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Sylvanus rose off the bench and took the chain ’way from me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I nudge my foot against Willem's, and he easily slips the chain back into place, sighing like he's sorry his broken bicycle held us up for so long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I am not dead either. Yay! We chained Typhon. It was fun!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s a ghetto blaster,” she said, pointing to a beat-up-looking box chained to the dresser. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I put my Saint Anthony back in the capsule, spilled the thin gold chain together and put it all in my breast pocket. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His new companions cluttered the living room and halls wearing zoot suits and wide-brimmed hats and dangling long snaky chains hooked at their belts. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t lunge far enough to attack the screen because they were wearing spiked collars attached to heavy chains. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Annabeth lunged behind him and sliced through the chains on the other side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A long chain led to his horse, where it disappeared beneath the saddlebags. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The hundred nights they’d sat up debating the pros and cons of self destruction with the earnestness of philosophers chained to a madhouse wall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It dragged at the chain and clutched the Ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The star atop his drive-in sign became the mascot of his fast food chain. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

In the distance was a huge door that appeared to lift upward with chain pulleys. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to really get that movement of his elbows and wrists, the way he knew how to wield a chain saw. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean the sticks and chains and clubs and so forth.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could react, the planks in the bulkhead to my right split apart, and Tarrypin—his shell bundled in chains—was marched out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He walked through the doorway at the front of the car, unhooked the safety chain, and jumped down onto the tracks, disappearing into the dark of the tunnel. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nergal tore down the chain link near him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Down the river, a train crosses another bridge with the sound of a dragging chain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outpost fell quickly into Octavian’s hands, breaking Mark Antony’s chain at a critical point and disrupting his communication and supply route. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

A large oval locket hangs on a gold chain around her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Where?” the captain asked, jangling Celaena’s chain for Dorian to notice. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the bottom, Helmuth added: “This is a chain letter, so please pass it on.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shrewd he was, this fellow who came round my father’s hall, showing a golden chain all strung with amber, a necklace. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the chain again and plunged the room in darkness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Princess Andromeda was chained to a rock as a virgin sacrifice to stop Poseidon’s sea monster from devouring everything.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He threw his pack over his shoulder, put the sleepy Gwin on his chain, and sat on the steps in front of the war memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One day he hauled her off on a wagon and chained her in the carriage house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, I see you with your daddy’s chain.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But there is a chain, too, and that is fastened. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wanda and Martin grabbed under Moss’s arms, and his mother helped guide the chain up the pole. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She reached up to unclasp the pendant’s chain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got to pull the chain on this whole thing,” the general said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know about him is the fast food chain. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He looked at her now, peering through the bars, his jeering face one more barrier, after padlock and chain. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Large-scale production of 94 would require a uranium chain reaction, which Fermi had not yet achieved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The chain holds a silver pendant that’s got a figure of a man with long hair who is standing on one leg and lifting the other in the air. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The sound of men stamping overhead as they run about. There is the creaking of a chain, and the loud tinkle as the check of the capstan falls into the rachet.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For a long time he just sat there, swinging the chain in his hand. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

From each end hung a chain with a hook, and on each hook hung a big wooden bucket full of hot maple syrup. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Terupt had just attached the last link needed for our paper chain to touch the floor. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“If the nephew dies in chains, these uncles can claim his lands and lordship for themselves.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Our chains grow faster and faster, until it seems as if we can churn out our six million in one day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Was this desolation but another link in the chain of doom which seemed drawing tight around us? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Our students have been coming in early every morning for the past three weeks to work on our paper chain to add to yours. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Island was the hair-and-nails crowd, chaperones, and icky boys with all their macho strutting and unbuttoned shirts and hairy chests with gold chains and teensy gold crucifixes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

‘So what you soldiers has to do is to creep up to the giants while they is still in the Land of Noddy and tie their arms and legs with mighty ropes and whunking chains.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says it’s because I’m “the right person for the job,” but I know she’s just trying to glom off my reputation as the main guy behind the paper chain project. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Three of them had entered together by the lord’s door behind the dais—one tall, one plump, one very young, but in their robes and chains they were three grey peas from a black pod. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Celestial bronze rang against the ice, but Riptide stuck to the chain like glue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the mini chains are attached to bigger chains, as poor Michael scrambles around, desperately trying to keep up with the count. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Food chains throughout the entire Australian ecosystem were broken and rearranged. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thick chain, like rope, blocks the entrance and exit. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A pilot came aboard, sternly ordered all men out of the chains—no sounding of the harbor was allowed—and conducted them to their anchorage. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here you go," he said, passing the star the other end of the chain that had bound her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten so distracted, he hadn’t noticed the second chain had melted. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It is only after she is behind her rope with one foot chained to a stake that the menagerie is opened to the public. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The food chain in this pasture could not be any shorter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Wait here?" she asked, holding up the chain that joined them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Follow the paper chain and it will take you to the swastikas. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He lifted the chain with his dogtag from around his neck and lowered it over my head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also asked him, through pointing and signs, to tell her the words for “chain” and “whip” and “shackle.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scratch was shallow, but the area surrounding the abrasion was as red and swollen as a chain of kielbasa sausage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to reenact the story of Our Lady of Chains. We’re taking her over to the honey house and chaining her in there for the night.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was some cruel intelligence in its jaundiced eye that made me ponder this and made me grateful for the chain. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She drops her keys down on the counter, and there are at least twenty-six key chains on her key ring with all of two keys. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It unfolds in its descent: a paper chain of snowflakes, each one white and crisp. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Why, of course you will, Mr. Hare. What a bore you must think me. I’ll probably sit around on the common here and teach the rats to make daisy chains.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They are dropouts from the industrial agribusiness food chain, trying to build a new one. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I knelt in front of the well, grateful, while the others sighed with relief, pulling up the chain with a full bucket on the end, trying to fill a bottle with a very narrow opening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yes, she would pay too, when her only son and support was dragged away in chains. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

To the biochemist Phoebus Levene, one of Avery’s colleagues at Rockefeller University, the comically plain chemical composition of DNA—four bases strung along a chain—suggested an extremely “unsophisticated” structure. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The chain we made was so long that we held up traffic while crossing the busy intersection on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I noticed that he had his key on an elastic cord around his ankle, and I also noticed that he had a key chain ornament that looked like a giant molar. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The long coat and swinging chain and the Punjab pants were much more dramatic if you stood that way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bellowing a chain of incoherent pleasantries, Bunny slapped me on the shoulder and leapt out of the car. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Both of them are wearing gold chains and huge diamond earrings. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they added chains, and even locks to keep the doors securely closed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He laid his glasses on the bed and took off his watch and chain. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought of Munch as I sketched, his theory that pain, love, and despair were links in an endless chain. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But Tehlu chained him tightly to the wheel, hammering the links together, sealing them tighter than any lock. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was not difficult to imagine the sequence when the slave cast off his chains in pursuit of freedom—and retribution. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was not weed: The chain of the Horcrux had tightened and was slowly constricting his windpipe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She wears jeans and black turtlenecks too, but her jeans are skintight and she’s usually got something around her neck, a silver chain or a medallion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The paper chain is the best thing that’s ever happened to Chokecherry,” I argue. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Its chairs, sofas, and beds swayed in midair, suspended by chains from the ceilings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Everybody’s going ape because who could have predicted that you need paper to make a paper chain? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The gold chain with her mother’s name hung around her neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The ankle chains were bolted to the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She envisioned a chain of Yankee Doodle bakeries stretching across America to St. Louis, Dallas, Los Angeles, her apple pies and cupcakes on main streets and in suburban shopping malls everywhere. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a silver belt, and round his neck hung a chain of silver and diamonds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The BFG quickly Secured the hooks to the giants’ chains, one hook near the legs and the other near the arms. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nobody knows that about me, they just think I got rheumatism. But it was that chain and after nineteen years I haven't been able to stop dragging my leg." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s radio silence until the next morning, when Ethan texts a selfie to—surprise, surprise—the group chain. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I think of Carol’s mother in her twin set, her skeptical smile, Cordelia’s with her glasses on a chain and her vagueness, Grace’s and her hairpins and drooping apron. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, but I doubt it. Thanks to the paper chain hitting six million, Chokecherry is all over the news these days—and so is this story.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He left the room with his eyes burning and his daughter's wails echoing in his ears, and found the direwolf pup where they chained her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the pipes were threaded through with lengths of chain fitted at their ends with every manner of bludgeon. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

For poor people in other countries, America’s industrial food chain is a complete disaster. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Caleb pulled at his chain and pitched a fuss, so I let him off of his chain and he was on Sheriff Charles in no time, jumping, licking, and baying like a pup. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I thought if I ever got that necklace cleaned up and maybe got a new chain for it, it would look nice with my new earrings. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then, using a piece of wood or chain as reinforcement, he would fill the space between them with concrete, a mixture of mortar and small stones. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

His hand sought the chain about his neck. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He told me out of trust. I would never betray it. I believe that the world could be different. I believe that our destinies aren’t chains around our necks, but wings that give us flight.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a giant food chain, the one that supplies most of the food Americans eat today. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Most people are surprised when they realize how short the chain is which links them to almost any celebrity. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Innumerable chains and beads hung around her spindly neck, and her arms and hands were encrusted with bangles and rings. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Through the window over the sink she could see the deweys still playing chain gang; their ankles bound one to the other, they tumbled, struggled back to their feet and tried to walk single file. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I like the way the points go off into infinity, like a chain of Gods. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of it is processed and sold by the same industrial food chain as the corn from George Naylor’s farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Their usual weapons were sticks, short lengths of chain, and an occasional knife. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Into the envelope he slipped his golden ring, and its fine chain, and then sealed it, and addressed it to Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Rats, now grown huge and healthy, chewed on the emaciated bodies of some of the men chained there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on my father’s key chain, in his pocket somewhere out in the deadness. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hope it’s only him out there as I slide the chain free from its track. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“My grandchildren have been admiring the tame marten that boy has on a chain,” said the old man as he approached. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A golden Allah rested on her chest, the chain burrowed under the skin tags and folds of her neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I get a picture before joining him on the swing, my arms wrapped around the chains, and I manage to take some pictures. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rhaegal, still chained, was gnawing on the carcass of a bull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Douglas pulled the chain that released the steps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The gods smiled at each other as they chained the enormous wolf. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I knew that if I were caught I would go to the chain gang. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether they had been born free or in chains, they inhabited that moment as one: the moment when you aim yourself at the north star and decide to run. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Jahrling, a civilian, had decided to notify the military chain of command. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bring me real chains, real fetters, heavy ones, huge ones, and let me show my strength.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

What I was chained to, and how heavily, became intelligible to me, as I heard his hoarse voice, and sat looking up at his furrowed bald head with its iron grey hair at the sides. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the scythe said something that began a chain reaction in Citra’s mind that changed everything. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

August grabbed hold of the chain around black Mary and unwrapped a loop before handing it off to Sugar-Girl, who unwrapped it a little further. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most sinister features of DDT and related chemicals is the wav they are passed on from one organism to another through all the links of the food chains. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

James liked our craft project where you had to cut thin strips of paper and staple rings together to make a long chain. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She let the phone book swing back on its chain and fished in her pocket for another dime. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the third knock, I answer the door, and there he is, twirling his key chain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why she just didn’t will the chains to burst, or make herself disappear, but she didn’t seem able to. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Conceivably, after only a few minutes’ calculations, the number of chains in the molecule could be fixed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The man took off his ring and pocket watch, freeing the gold chain from his buttonhole. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Beside the door swung an ornate oil lamp on a heavy chain, with a globe of leaded red glass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tristran let the chain fall into his palm: it felt like quicksilver. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now he realized that the first link in that chain, the Zebra Room, was a weak one, and he was thrown into doubt and confusion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Did I say the paper chain is stupid? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Armpit’s mother worked as a checker for H-E-B, a local supermarket chain. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The paper chain project is over. This is a school. We can’t sacrifice our gym indefinitely because a few people are disappointed.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As we have seen, that all began to change about fifty years ago, with the growth of the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Something about that idea made me vaguely uncomfortable, but I slipped the chain on anyway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At eleven o’clock at night, he decided it was time to go home, and he entered the air lock and pulled the chain to start the decon cycle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his global audience, thousands of paper chains are arriving at school every day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Lanterns swung from iron chains above the doors of inns and pleasure houses, but within the gates, they were made of colored glass, not parchment. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All I was expecting to do was just smash his hand whenever he tried to undo the chain lock. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I can see the chain of his wallet glinting in the floodlights. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie could hear a dog chain dragging across the ground, then popping when the slack was up. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She was still riding high on the tractor with Mr. Chris, and the car came along behind like a good little poodle on a chain. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my legs around the chain, just like I used to do at the ropes course in gym class. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“No!” shouted Karkaroff, straining at the chains that bound him to the chair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We paraded around the room a couple of times in lockstep, like a chain gang, with Frank first, Ernestine next, and the children following by ages. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe you’ll get run over and I won’t have to chain my bike anymore. Now I’m going up into the library.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A highly polished collection of chains and manacles hung on the wall behind Filch’s desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Like me, they live at the far end of a food chain that is long and complicated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing he could do: trembling he pulled out the Ring upon its chain and quickly slipped it on his finger, even as Boromir sprang at him again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Around his neck was a heavy silver chain and a sapphire as large as a pigeon's egg. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One day he suggests we go to Friendly’s, a chain I had not realized was even still in existence. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It consisted of a single sheet of iron, dark and dented, with eyeholes on top and a massive chain underneath. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had been over a year since I’d really been with someone like that, and a crackling chain of micro-explosions fired through me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got a piece of rawhide string and patched up the trace chain, and Mama and Lisbeth used Jumper to drag up big dead logs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sometimes worked at superstores and giant chains where bored teenaged employees barely paid attention. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordie refers to Pamela’s designer yoga pants as leggings, and she storms out, ripping one of the chains under construction right down the middle. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A scrim of fine chains lacing the window, rippling like waves though there was no breeze. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is the food chain we evolved to be part of. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Tally took the river down the mountain carefully, the extra weight swaying below her like a ball and chain around both ankles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Forty-three seconds after dropping from the plane, at an altitude of 1,900 feet above Hiroshima, the bomb’s two pieces of uranium slammed together, setting off an explosive chain reaction. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even wore a wild zoot suit, used a heavy grease in his hair to make it look like a conk, and he wore the knob-toed shoes, the long, swinging chain— everything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give that back,” I said, trading the chain for a bit of string. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The chandelier crashed to the floor in an explosion of crystal and chains, falling on top of Hermione and the goblin, who still clutched the sword of Gryffindor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I look back through the amphitheater gates to where Elias kneels, chained. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The volunteer fire department was called out by a neighbor, but the pumper truck driver, Edgar Paulsen, lost traction on Indian Knob Hill and had to halt to put on tire chains. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Tristran unwound the silver chain, unhooking it from the root, while stroking the bird's ruffled plumage with his left hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Around her throat was a red gold choker tighter than any maester's chain, ornamented with a single great ruby. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I wasn't sure when we first came, but now I am. The crow sent us here to break your chains." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pulled out the pin and let it drop to the length of its chain. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He intended to have Mig put chains on the princess’s hands and her feet, and he intended to keep the glittering, glowing, laughing princess there in the dark. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He carried them on a key chain attached to the side of his belt. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The chain was pretty long, but Trotter was putting dog biscuits just out of Lady's reach. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get yourself a proper chain, will you? Mrs. Patterson’s broke ages ago, and it was made of a stronger material than dental floss.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The train cars collapse, doors and halls sliding apart, silently forming chains of windowless rooms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The creaking, the rustling, the clinking chains—it all fell silent as the Maafa registered my words. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“My, my, fancy leaving a beautiful gold chain like you all on your own.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His ancestors were Huguenots, refugees of a chained and bloody Europe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been confined to Johannesburg for two years, chained to my legal and political work, and had neglected Mandela family affairs in the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his hands and I saw that his arms were tied up with heavy chains that were dangling off of his wrists. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I drag the chain around with my index finger so that he can see it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nora comes over, and I point to the last message in the chain. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Hurry!” shrieked Rita, but the iron door had shrugged off its last chain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was like the throaty bark of a dog chained outside on a cold night. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

First, you started a chain of events that ruined my life. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He’s always making excuses—“She didn’t mean nothing by it,” “She’s yanking your chain”—when Dina does things like intone “the Tribe has spoken” when Molly expresses an opinion. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But this one agent said maybe he could interest some supermarket chain in buying the factory for a store. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s head jerked back like a marionette’s and the chain parted. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cora jumped on Ridgeway’s back and strangled him with her chains, twisting them tight against his flesh. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Something broke the surface of the creek, something on a chain Grandma had hooked. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Our Lord Nemmerle has his raven, and songs say the Red Mage of Ark led a wild boar on a gold chain. But I never heard of any sorcerer keeping a rat in his hood!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tapped her wrist and her silver chains transformed— flattening and expanding into a huge shield. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He legs ached every so often, and the chain had started to dig into his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in blue velvets trimmed with white, a silver chain around her neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were thick bands of iron hugged ’round her ankles connecting up to some locks and chains that were keeping her where she was at. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

What had happened at Nairobi Hospital was an isolated emergence, a microbreak of a rain-forest virus with unknown potential to start an explosive chain of lethal transmission in the human race. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses stamped and snorted, and they chewed the straw of their bedding and they clashed the chains of their halters. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ezeka’s gold pendant hung low on a chain around her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Reek nodded, his chains clinking as he wrestled with Blood’s saddle straps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When Father came in from work, the whole family could grab him and chain him for being stupid enough to be working all day long to support them. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fettered at wrist and ankle, each cuff chained to the others, so he could neither stand nor lie comfortably. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Probably sounds dumb, but the end of Carl felt like the end of normal for me. Eventually my sister left, too. It was like...the catalyst for this foundation-shifting chain reaction.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The leading evangelist, a short, fat, cross-eyed, baldheaded man with thick, woolen strings about his chest and neck and hands in the manner of chains, stepped forward and demanded silence. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, the Germans have already made a chain reaction,” she said to herself. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Would you care to examine it, Brother? One of our members wore it nineteen years on the chain gang." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, Fermi told Leslie Groves, would prevent a chain reaction from starting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m studying for my bar mitzvah and the paper chain is supposed to start tomorrow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled the chain, unleashing a flood of water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And if you don't like our paper chain, I've got one word for you: tough. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As nervous as I am, I pick up my laptop, turn it around, and pan the room with its webcam, giving Temple Judea a view of the big auditorium, hung with miles of paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The sprockets began to turn, the chain to advance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The maester pushed himself ponderously to his feet, his chain of office clinking softly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am a little girl again, holding on so tight, my hands hurt and the cold chain of the swing gnaws itself into my knuckles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But what happens if that rapid chain of thinking gets interrupted somehow? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Odysseus had to drag them on shipboard and chain them there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few men were very old or very young; the rest had been chained to that gibbet and left for the wolves and the crows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One day, without warning, Amari and the rest of the women were brought into the center of the prison by the white soldiers, who chained their hands behind them and shackled their feet as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, I listen a moment, but there’s no telltale hum of electrical current running through the chain link. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbled with the chain to undo it, but it would not undo. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He brought the two ends of the chain in front of him and slid the open end into the bulky yellow lock at the other end. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You know in the movies when the slicksters open up their trench coats and they got gold watches and chains hanging inside? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Inside was a gold chain with a small cross. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Besides, there’s no law that says you can’t paint swastikas and still be part of the group making a paper chain to fight against them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I personally think the paper chain is stupid and most of the people who are losing their minds over it are annoying. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He waved them on, all squeaking as bats will in a cavern’s underworld, all flitting, flitting criss-cross in the dark if one falls and the rock-hung chain is broken. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last a pair of heavy iron doors rose before them, rust-eaten and forbidding, closed with a length of chain whose every link was as thick around as a man’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sound triggered a chain reaction across the neighborhood, and soon barks were coming from every direction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

After a barrage to his face, Homer finally gathered her feet together and they got her inside, chaining her wrists to her old ring in the wagon floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I have spent the past two days in chains, underground, slaving for a monster. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Stranger still, she was one of the very first volunteers to work on the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’m further reassured when Peeta casually tells me the power is off in sections of the fence because crews are out securing the base of the chain link to the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took a handful of nuts and berries and seeds from a wooden bowl and placed them inside the cage, which she hung from a chain in the middle of the caravan. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t mattered so much that it was three against one, or that one of Frank’s attackers had used a chain. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He remembered Shae, and the way the golden chain had glimmered as he twisted it tighter and tighter about her throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was another link in a long chain of disappointments. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the man with rundown heels ahead of me was chained to a million dollars! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's bearded, his kurta is unbuttoned, and three gold disco chains adorn his hairy chest. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pull out a small, knotted plastic bag full of two gold chains, three rings, and one key. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A chain weighing twenty thousand pounds connected a sprocket on the axle to sprockets driven by twin thousand-horsepower steam engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The deeps of heat there in the Indies — he shall not go there—the ranks of chained men led out to the sugar-fields — the sun, buzzing in the heavens. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We came along past the chained boats in the slips along the quay to where the barman’s boat should be. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lost: Silver cross on filigree chain, topaz pin and earrings, gold-filled cuff links. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to find the augur Octavian and strangle him with his chain belt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Like I was always this sports kid, but through the paper chain, I realized I could be friends with different kinds of people I never thought about much before. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Piteous slaves chained neck to neck, shuffling in step. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the rattle and crunch of a car with chains on its tires was heard. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Does that mean we are doomed to eating at the end of a long industrial food chain and never know where our food comes from, or what its true nature is? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Central Mutal was ringed by a chain of seven reservoirs, with another central reservoir reserved for royalty. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the inevitable chain of cause and effect, as soon as the first black family had moved onto the block, the white neighbors immediately put their houses up for sale. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His fingers closed on what he wanted, and he produced the key to the chain around his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He quickly closed the door and wound the chain around the handles in a tight knot, securing it with the lock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was bending forward and fixing some sort of a metal chain round the two door-handles. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

This of course raised the subject of deer and something Granddaddy called the food chain and each animal’s place in the natural order. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Large ferrous appliances, such as the wheeled metal canisters for liquid nitrogen known as Dewar flasks, had to be chained in place. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Deliberately, making a wholly unnecessary display of fitting the key and turning it, he opened the padlock and loosened the chain and swung the gates just wide enough for the car to come through. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no chain, but there was a loop on top, as if it were a pendant. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The industrial food chain that supplies our supermarkets stretches thousands of miles and has dozens of different links. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And how does this corn-based food chain look to the corn farmer? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Both were long chains made of four components, called bases, strung together along a stringlike chain or backbone. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the opinion of General Russell, this was a job for soldiers operating under a chain of command. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived on Christmas Eve, we put up the tree and strung popcorn chains with cranberries on the pine branches. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my chain out from inside my blouse and put the little cross in my mouth. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a high ceiling, with lights shaped like morning glories hanging down on chains, and a plain gold cross up at the front with a vase of white flowers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dieldrin has been the only chemical effective against the borer, but it has now set in motion a chain of disaster. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

So, in a gun assembly bomb, the chain reaction would start even before the two lumps of plutonium came completely together. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m done, I forward our email chain to my new email address. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dray turns down the music and comes out of his car wearing dark sunglasses, a black cap, and a gold-cross chain. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was Artemis, but she was wrapped in chains, fettered to the rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Because the runaway slave had been caught, would be whipped, and finally sold to the chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after all of Joel’s talks about eating locally and short food chains, that didn’t seem right. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then she put the chain bolt on the door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, in the morning, the dress would be in a heap on the floor; the chain straps always slipped off the metal hanger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They’s old ones, young ones, chain on top, and flush with the handle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For a safety expert at the top of the chain of command, who lives every day with the responsibility for managing risks, the bird traps set out by her underlings are a distant memory. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s a donation! This art supply company—they heard about our paper chain on ReelTok! They want to help us finish it!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The wineseller hurried behind them, naked, on foot, chained at throat and wrists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tony, he complained, was wearing all the newest clothes and was now sporting a thick gold rope chain on top of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dock was a rowboat tethered with a sparkling silver chain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew off the lake, the nearest corpse twisted on its chain, ever so slightly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The teacher promised to print a key chain for each of us to take home before the week ended. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A particular sequence of DNA—ACT-GAC-CAC-GTG—was therefore used to build an RNA chain, and the RNA chain was translated into a chain of amino acids, ultimately leading to the construction of a protein. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“And if possible, were going to beat him up, bind him in. chains, and drag him to Mount Olympus.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, the door opens with the chain still on. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The door chain only allowed a few inches between the postman and me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He ignored the pain tearing over his skin and focused all his attention on the bits of metal clinging to his clothes, the shavings and tiny particles from the severed link in the gate chain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We had to stand, still chained, in the hold of the old wooden ferry, which was difficult as the ship rocked in the swells off the coast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t that exactly the feeling of connection I had been looking for when I began my journeys along the food chains of the U.S.? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It wore a leather collar attached to a chain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even from the car she could see the padlock and the chain that was twisted around and through the bars. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s chain gets me more glances and stares. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As she crept down the corridor she heard her father taking the chain off the front door, and when she reached the hall she saw him standing in the open doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I half hoped it would break its chains and eat him, right there in front of everyone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

From outside his cell came the rattle of iron chains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We may need a great many food chains that combine organic food and slow food and local foods in different ways. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He stood patiently while I connected the chains from the bottom edge of the harness to the beam on the plow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains—whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The long toes of Agravaine’s slippers were secured by gold chains to garters below his knee, and, as for Mordred’s toes, their chains were secured to a belt round his waist. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are plenty of kids around, pushing shopping carts and wheelbarrows, and pulling wagons piled high with chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The cage was closed, then locked with chain and a padlock. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Most intriguing was the possibility of a chain reaction: if neutrons emitted in fission struck neighboring nuclei and caused them to split, they might in turn emit even more neutrons, producing more fissions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He holds his tray awkwardly, balanced on his fingertips since his wrists are shackled with a short chain between them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Michael says we’re up over sixty thousand links, and lengths of chain hang everywhere, doubled, tripled, and quadrupled up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I told you other Overlanders have fallen. Some years ago we rescued one very like you in face and feature. I cannot recall the exact date,” said Vikus, placing the key chain in Gregor’s hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Gee up, there!” he roared, shaking the chains and urging the creatures toward the fence where the class stood. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When he was done with that end, he climbed on top, straddling her, his rattling chain settling behind him like a great tail. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I thought of the long chain of all the days of my life and wondered how far along that chain I’d already got. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thick iron collar was visible about his neck, with three feet of broken chain dangling from it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I call down to Pouncey, who’s working the hand crank that keeps bucket after bucket of chain rising up the rounded side of the silo and spilling in through the opening. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But as we approach along the shimmering causeway, a wheel somewhere turns, chains tighten and groan, and the bars lift. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Only a short while ago, drüskelle would have been gathered in this niche of the wall to welcome their new brothers ashore, but now it was empty, the iron grating chained. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We unbraid Grace’s hair, which falls down her back in coarse brown ripples, and wind the chains around her head like a crown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, like the workings of an ancient steel factory echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls with a hollow, tinny whine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A chain of gold girded his belly and from the fob of his watch a rabbit’s foot dangled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is actually a rare and valuable artifact passed down for generations. Lancelot used it, so did Sir Gawain, and for a time the Black Knight kept it on a chain next to his heart." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He and Arletta made some healthy treats together that could be sold along with braided key chains and bracelets in school colors. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Mack pulls the chain hard, but Ruby refuses to move. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

It was groans and rough breathing mixed up with the same noise that the chain on the dog outside had made. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Pointing his wand at the thick cuffs chaining the beast to the floor, he yelled, “Relashio!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I always looked the other way when ReelTok put down our town, because his vlog was so important to the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He wore a brown wool traveler’s cloak, with silvery chain mail glimmering underneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not lying, he was wearing a white lab coat and—I couldn’t believe it—dark glasses on a chain looped around his neck. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“People with cars are so lazy they don’t want to get out of them to eat!” said Jesse G. Kirby, the founder of an early drive-in restaurant chain. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

The question Vergil asks himself over and over again is: ‘Who invented…?’; and he runs through a seemingly endless chain of topics, such as language, music, metallurgy, geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I plunged after her, I dove under the wrecked hull of a yacht, wove through a collection of floating metal balls on chains that I realized afterward were mines. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next time Roza tried to get into her dorm room, she found the door chained from the inside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I was done I pulled on a chain that made the water come down. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“First you have to promise not to throw away the paper chain!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"It was a green dream, so I knew it was true. A crow was trying to peck through the chains, but the stone was too hard and his beak could only chip at them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These days, the paper chain has gone far beyond just ReelTok. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“The paper chain isn’t at the school,” I tell them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The gold chain is that twisty type of chain they sell at mall kiosks, and the charm says Dolly in a bubbly cursive script. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kids are everywhere, taping paper chain to the walls, and custodians are atop tall ladders, covering the higher, harder to reach places. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Baba clasps a gold wrist chain and neck chain on me, and even Alan wears a fine gold chain. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s keep our seats a minute, Sunshine. I have a little thinking to do. I should throw this key chain in the lake.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He grabbed hold of the chain, hanging from it, using all his weight to try to put pressure on the link. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She thought she might put it on a chain, someday, and it would remind her of the fairy who had, in his own strange way, shown her how to save herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the Tower came into view, a whole new weight added itself to the ball and chain of terror I was dragging behind me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She’s got a clipboard in her hand and horn-rimmed reading specs on a chain around her neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the flight of stairs into the hall, however, he heard a tap on the front door, then metallic clicks and the grinding of the chain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I had to do something about that chain, the weight of it scraping her neck fur short. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper chain project is a student government dream come true. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even his fingers, twirling a key chain, are precise and nimble, ready to defuse a bomb or pick a lock at a moment’s notice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, he warned me of that in his last letter,’ said Frodo, ‘so I have always kept it on its chain.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And there’s no paper chain either, since that’s been farmed out all over town. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Now and again, when we were out in the open water beyond the chain of islands, the sea became very rough, and that was when my mother enjoyed herself most. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had interests in car dealerships and a local chain of electronics stores, in addition to his core business of selling high-end dry-cleaning equipment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a padlock and a chain upon the gate. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I scream, straining against my chains and lurching forward as far as they will allow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The remarkable thing was a thin silver chain that ran from the young lady's wrist, down to her ankle and into the painted caravan behind her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She opens the box to reveal a thin gold chain with a clasp. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Similarly, chemicals sprayed on croplands or forests or gardens lie long in soil, entering into living organisms, passing from one to another in a chain of poisoning and death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The man holding the chain jerked it, and the boy’s father fell backward into the wagon. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he wore maester's robes, there was no chain about his neck; it was whispered that he had lost it for dabbling in necromancy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nico got pushed to the ground and struggled with his chains while the spirit of Minos wailed, “Kill the inventor! Kill him!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Cressen's fingers went to the chain about his neck, each link forged from a different metal, each symbolizing his mastery of another branch of learning; the maester's collar, mark of his order. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Afterward he put their crews to death as well, saving only the slaves chained to the oars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He would need to bum them eventually, no doubt, but for the nonce they were bound with iron chains inside their cells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Doña Veronica was the first restaurant who picked our humble farm over the larger chains. The gratitude we have for her can never be repaid.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In principle, one expects the chain of causation to operate in both directions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He fastened about the throat of each a chain of roses wrought in soft yellow gold, from which hung a golden disc with the lion of Lannister picked out in rubies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He gave the chain another jerk and the bear moved closer to him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught a chain and tried to pull himself up. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Moss asked Martin for help to stand up; then Moss adjusted the chain around his waist and tried his best to listen to what the man was saying. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Age, old chain of victories, where is your comfort ? Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you know Prometheus was rescued in the end. His chains were broken, and he was finally set free.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tok hasn’t actually seen the paper chain, since he’s banned from school property. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Roy turned to see that Beatrice had been joined by the entire soccer team, linking arms in a silent chain. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rounded them up, put them in chains. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team would nab farebeaters one by one, handcuff them, and leave them standing, in a daisy chain, on the platform until they had a “full catch.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On narrow shelves made of wood, hundreds of naked men and boys lay chained together, wrists, necks, and legs held tightly by iron shackles. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora read the accounts of slaves who had been born in chains and learned their letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There was also the vexing problem of how the intertwined chains might be held together by hydrogen bonds between the bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When it came time to eat my industrial food chain meal, since it was impossible to follow Naylor’s corn or steer 534 directly to my plate, I had a lot of choices. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She raised her drakon-bone sword over the base of the chains. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The guard said nothing but lifted her so she sat against the wall and locked a long leg chain around her ankle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the industrial food chain it doesn’t really matter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z