| 单词 | chains |
| 例句 | 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 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 “All of them. The prisoners in chains and my helpers.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You have grown so fast, Fenrir. It is time to test your strength. We have here the heaviest chains and shackles. Do you think you can break them?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Big helix with several chains,” she had written in her notes, “phosphates on the outside.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Some prisoners hollered in panic and tried to pull their chains from the stone walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 At the bottom of the crate was iron staples and bolts and yards and yards of thick, heavy chains. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She raised her drakon-bone sword over the base of the chains. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 Baba goes up to the attic and brings down a strongbox full of gold jewelry I’ve never seen before: heavy necklaces and chains, watches and rings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Three prisoners in chains—and, among them, the little pipe, the sad eyed angel. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I took out Riptide and slashed through her chains. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 I slapped at a mosquito, and the chains at the top of the swing jangled. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Though in nature DNA chains are very long, there was no reason to put together anything massive. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A hollow moan filled the air, and then something that sounded like the clanking of chains. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 They had black key chains and black checkbook covers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Fragments of wooden crates and barrels lay in piles in different corners, along with rusted metal chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Captain Smith picks up the chains that recently held him prisoner. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The roar of engines interspersed with rolling, cranking sounds like chains hoisting machinery in an old, grimy factory. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 Dahomeyan raiders kidnapped the men first, then returned to her village the next moon for the women and children, marching them in chains to the sea two by two. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We’ve all been making paper chains since we were in kindergarten! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They’d put chains and padlocks on the doors and posted “No Hunting, No Trespassing” signs at the gate. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “If it were, you’d be in chains. It’s the queen who rules.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 "Rrree-moof the chains from the doors and let him come in." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Our chains removed, our heads able to turn and look at each other. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z "I command you to turn us loose. Or Papa will hang the pair of you in chains!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z But most of all there were bells: big brass bells, old tarnished handbells, little jingling bells on silver chains, with a few gongs and chimes hanging amidst the rest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 White men walking arm in arm with black men, with no chains on either of them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two men in the chains, Mr. Denny, and keep heaving those leads!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Others were- caught and brought back in chains. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why you got these chains on me this tight?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I heard the jingle of the trace chains as they tightened in the singletrees. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t believe in locks or chains or tying things down. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My head slumps against the cement stand, and my arms lie motionless against the chains. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They crafted heavy chains and shackles in the forges of the gods, and they carried the shackles to Fenrir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A few cars were managing to move, their chains clanking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z All smartly dressed men in three-piece suits and silk ascots, their hair slicked back and watch chains glinting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Your prom dress, your shiny earrings, your pendants on delicate chains. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He vaunts aloud that “his blacks” in South Africa are well fed and materially better off under the chains of apartheid than their liberated brothers and sisters in the rest of Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel drew another figure with her stick—an ashy Antaeus dangling from his chains. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He was out of his chair before his chains hit the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 I stop at a bassinet hanging from a set of delicate ceiling chains. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The chains clinked and withdrew into the arms of the chair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z More cages snapped off their chains, unleashing two zebras and a pack of hyenas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The train cars collapse, doors and halls sliding apart, silently forming chains of windowless rooms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She searched through piles and wandered through racks, pressing back hanger after hanger, until she found a cocktail dress made of a slinky silvery material that matched her eyes, with little chains for straps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The sword wasn’t designed for that, but the Celestial bronze blade sliced through the chains suspending the hydra. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 His airplanes and spaceships have dwarfed distance, placed time in chains, and carved highways through the stratosphere. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Jaime raised his hands to cover his face, the chains around his wrists clanking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They wore handcuffs and iron collars with chains connecting the collars to a central chain that ran between the two lines. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 The dormitories were full of runaways who’d taken refuge here, in the wake of a recent escape from their chains or after years of making a life for themselves elsewhere. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was the longest she had ever been in chains. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 They grinned from pikes at the back of the stands and hung on chains from the ceiling like horrible chandeliers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 And there were yards of tattered paper chains. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 The sound of the voices and the bells, the chanting and the chains mingled to make a sort of music. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 He got Cora’s ankle chains from the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “They certainly haven’t needed any proof to send our folks down south in chains over and over,” David said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 It was a day for napping, for sitting still, for clover chains, and picking swinks in the windless sunshine. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I told him about the chains strung across the portraits. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She looked over and was surprised to see Besa, who had worked his way as close to her as he could in spite of his chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z From outside his cell came the rattle of iron chains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No words, just the squeaky swing set, the clinking chains. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 That first week, the second graders made red-and-green construction paper chains that they hung the length of the elementary and junior high school halls. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z One carousel is dedicated solely to surfboard key chains with stenciled names, alphabetically arranged. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 "Not so brave now that I'm not in chains, are you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I mean the sticks and chains and clubs and so forth.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 People wore different kinds of chains across their lifetimes, but it wasn’t hard to interpret rebellion, even when the rebels wore costumes to deny blame. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They passed a group of gloomy nuns, a ragged man wearing chains, and the Fat Friar, a cheerful Hufflepuff ghost, who was talking to a knight with an arrow sticking out of his forehead. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Her chains were transferred to her wrists again, and the horses were refreshed and reloaded. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I could see how it was a whole lot harder when things were real and you had to worry ’bout shotguns and chains and coughing little babies and crying folks without no clothes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 “Very well. You shall have your man in chains.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 I was standing high above, looking down through rain-spattered glass, but I saw the handcuffs and the chains. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Amari tensed and tried to jerk away, but the chains were too tight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby slapped the girl across the face, but she continued to pull and buck on the chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The hydrogens were part of the hydrogen bonds that held together the three intertwined chains. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 It was stuffed with sunglasses, watches, chains, belts, and all that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Under this scheme, gene replication starts with the separation of its two identical chains. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As he got over his initial shock, he noticed other details: the frost spreading from the base of the Doors, the purplish glow in the air around them, and the chains that held them fast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I sink to the ground on my hands and my good knee, chains clacking as I go. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "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 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 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 One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Glinting gold in the lamplight, the whiskers made him look like some great yellow beast, magnificent even in chains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The girl who drowned the slaver cities in blood rather than leave strangers to their chains can scarcely abandon her own brother’s son in his hour of peril. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Santa wears dark shades that hide his eyes, has two gold fangs in his mouth, and rocks a couple of gold chains. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Syl’s ma and pa was where I’d left ’em, leaning so’s the weight of the iron rod and chains was on the ground. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She shifted her hands in their shackles, watching the chains sway and clank between her and the Captain of the Guard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 Decisions had to be made about the number of polynucleotide chains within the DNA molecule. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I thus started wondering whether each DNA molecule consisted of two chains with identical base sequences held together by hydrogen bonds between pairs of identical bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “It is stronger than any chains or fetters. Are you scared, Fenrir?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 This was a wicker chair suspended by chains near an outdoor fire. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They’re looped into shape and glued together, added to dozens of mini chains all around the room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Anyway, within a couple of minutes the giant was suspended above the ground, hopelessly snarled in chains and hooks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 “Bring me real chains, real fetters, heavy ones, huge ones, and let me show my strength.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “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 They clamp Captain Smith’s ankles and wrists into the chains. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Charlie had gotten up who knows how early to put snow chains on my truck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The Lord of the Dreadfort glanced idly at the remnants of the feast, at the dead dog, at the hangings on the walls, at Reek in his chains and fetters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “Fritz said you showed him how you make those wooden chains.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His short-sleeved dress shirt was shiny and unbuttoned down to the navel, revealing a host of gold chains and, uh, bling. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z "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 “Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Encanis strained against the chains, his body arching upward as he pulled against them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 The chains, he is sending for the chains, the Domish prince thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Carousel after carousel of tchotchkes—key chains, shot glasses, magnets. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She put a hand on her hip, and her chains rattled loudly through the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The drum of hoofbeats echoing off flagstone jerked him to his feet, chains rattling. 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 said, “Maybe if I pull the chains I can...” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 You think you wants to pull us free of these chains more than me and them Africans does? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Where, where?” shrieks Amy, staring out at two tall posts with a crossbeam and some dangling chains. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The Doors of Death shuddered in their chains. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 The two hundred miles an hour wind had loosed his chains. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z 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 They might have run away and been caught, might now be in chains. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On his fifth swing the lock shattered, and the chains fell away in a rattling clatter so loud Quentyn was certain half the pyramid must have heard them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Pa unharnessed the chains off of Old Flapjack and tied him to the stump we’d been pulling on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Even as they wrapped the chains around him, he raved on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Kate, we have been put in chains and sent halfway across the continent. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “But each time the master chained Mary in the carriage house, she would break the chains and return to her people.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 A vegan world could not be fed with local food chains. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Cora raised her hands, the chains making a noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The great wolf stretched and strained, but the chains held. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The gods wrapped the huge chains around Fenrir and shackled his paws. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I half hoped it would break its chains and eat him, right there in front of everyone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 “We have chains enough for ten, concealed beneath the meat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 As they went through the barn the horses snorted and the halter chains rattled. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The perfumed boys he wrapped in chains and threw into the sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 She never shackles me with chains, but she beats me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Three sets of balls and chains shot straight toward our wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 The wicker swing hangs from two rusted chains. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘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 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 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 The boat returned with more men in uniform and a load of heavy chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Merchants offered bags of coin, silversmiths rings and chains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The wide arch of the Water Gate came into view, and she heard the creak of heavy chains as the great iron portcullis was winched upward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She lurched toward the woman, but her leg chains got twisted and she stumbled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Captain Smith is back in chains, and the gallows sits ready. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 Behind the glass, the spy suddenly yells something at Commander Jameson and thrashes violently against his chains. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z 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 By eight o’clock, the deliveries will start arriving—chains from allover the country and all around the globe. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We ride up several floors until I hear the elevator's chains come to a scraping halt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He might have said more, but his breath was short as he strained against the chains that held him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even in the burning bam, with walls of flame tower-ing all around and him in chains, he had not seemed so distraught as he did now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Our neighborhood postman was probably used to being met with chains over cracked doors. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 The Doors of Death were still open, shuddering against the chains that held them in place. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “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 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 Watson in the larboard chains sang out, “By the deep ten.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 But even she couldn’t entirely throw off the chains of the village, and when Lefty had his male friends over to the house to smoke cigars and sing kleftic songs, she retreated to her bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Frank understood what he had to do to break those chains. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Don’t you think if getting afeared and wishing something to happen would make it true, that these here chains would’ve turned to dust long ago? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 Beatrice worked a night shift, folding cardboard at a packaging factory that made boxes for takeout pizza chains. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Then came the chains and ships, and pain and whips, and the people’s wings fell or were torn off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 The usual large amount of beads, chains, and bangles glittered upon her person in the firelight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The sum total of these chains makes a web in which every work of art occupies its own specific place. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As anticipated, guards split the group into men and women, then led both rows, chains jangling, through a nearly round archway fashioned in the shape of a wolf’s open mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was dressed in black, with many gold chains around her neck, big earrings, several bracelets, and large stone rings on the fingers of both hands. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 I was standing by the back corner of the truck, struggling to fight back the sudden wave of emotion the snow chains had brought on, when I heard an odd sound. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Always pairing adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine meant that the base sequences of the two intertwined chains were complementary to each other. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Without the hydrogen atoms, the chains would immediately fly apart and the structure vanish. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Mobs of people, beautifully dressed, were floundering through snowdrifts and the great black official cars chugged through streets clanking chains. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no dark mottling or crater chains in the position of most of his canals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 From the starboard chains Kedzie yelled, “And a quarter less four!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, we have to have the chains. We always had the chains.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Under the weight of the chains their young faces wrinkled and grew old. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Ten people stood on the platform in chains. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z All I could see were pink and red hearts hanging from crepe-paper chains, clusters of girls and boys and a few kids dancing in the center, and Principal Myers manning the record player. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The Torgerson brothers sold out their supply of tire chains by three o’clock, as well as most of their ice scrapers and antifreeze. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The gods hauled the chains to where Fenrir slept. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 Crick had tried to stabilize the “wobbly unstable chains” by putting the phosphate backbone in the center. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 One of its chains clipped a guard, and he fell screaming to the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 The chains holding Brer Fox grew taut, and then he was hauled up into the upper deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 “I need not be informed,” I said, “about chains.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Liyana said, “I didn’t see chains,” but Khaled’s cousin, the one who had been in jail himself, said, “Believe me, they have everything.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "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 We took them to the back porch, where we sat in the porch swing, taking little gulps of coolness and listening to the chains creak. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 Is it serious, or just somebody trying to pull our chains? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Hood funerals, like Dante Brown’s, where all of his friends showed up in all red, and dropped red bandanas, big heavy gold chains that looked fake, and crew pictures in his casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 Almost all the kids in the neighborhood with working parents had their keys around their necks on either strings or plastic key chains made in Bible school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z As she dashed past the bam, Biter threw himself furiously against his chains, and Jaqen H'ghar called out from the back of their wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Mr. Reuben unlocks the chains on his restaurant. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then a meaty hand thrust someone forward into the light—rArtemis—her hands and feet bound in celestial bronze chains. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The ankle chains were bolted to the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “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 Neil and Otis took the chains and started wrapping them around Our Lady. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It might have been cozy, if not for the animal traps set up in a perimeter around the place, jagged-toothed things trailing chains. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Proteins are made of chains of amino acids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 “We didn’t even think to get chains,” Daddy said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 And Zeus kept pounding the giant with lightning, until finally, slowly, the water rose, wrapping Typhon like a cocoon, and he began to sink under the weight of the chains. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 Unable to control his grief, Makafui grabbed one of the leaders of the march and tried to strangle him with his wrist chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Florence, Red, Ernie, Bones, Horse, and all the rest also tried to flee, but they were captured and put in chains. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 All day long, using only axes and chains, they pulled out tree stumps to make way for a road. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “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 He held her as far away as the chains would go then said something to her in African. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 Boseman slipped her chains from the wagon ring, careful not to let the links sound against each other. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "I dreamed of a winged wolf bound to earth with grey stone chains," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This, too, is extremely important, for other chains of evidence show the protective role of these vitamins against cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 Thanks to his global audience, thousands of paper chains are arriving at school every day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Being free had nothing to do with chains or how much space you had. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “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 The fast-food chains have been able to build foods that push our evolutionary buttons. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I looked where the chains were joined up to the wall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z There was indeed a ghost in the house, but she was done with chains, rattling or no. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So over our gooseberry pie we looked at the pros and cons of one, two, three, and four chains, quickly dismissing one- chain helices as incompatible with the evidence in our hands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Many Australian food chains collapsed, driving the weakest links into extinction. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The chains were meant as a reminder that I am a prisoner, not an employee. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 By the time of the Crusaders it was long swords and arrows, and at Gettysburg they were blasting each other to bits from cannons filled with lead balls, iron chains, railroad spikes, and door knobs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 He stands and pulls my swing back by its chains. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z 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 A scrim of fine chains lacing the window, rippling like waves though there was no breeze. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Reek nodded, his chains clinking as he wrestled with Blood’s saddle straps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 So Gilly glued the chains together as best she could and hung them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Virtually all the evidence then available made me believe that DNA was the template upon which RNA chains were made. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The tinder was still charred on one side from where Frank had used it to burn through the icy chains that had imprisoned the god Thanatos in Alaska. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Hooks and chains were scattered across the circle of gray for securing whatever did land. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Save enough to keep dry, save enough to cast one’s chains, save enough to go away. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z After giving her a long warning look, he unlocked her chains and clamped them onto her ankles. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He undid her ankles and cinched her wrist chains to silence them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Please let me out of these awful chains,” the sailor pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 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 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 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 When the first chains went in, we figured we’d never fill it up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In turn, RNA chains were the likely candidates for the templates for protein synthesis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She only had chains on her wrists now. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was the twentieth day of the advance when she finally won free of her ankle chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “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 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 “They make chains,” Fern answered, sounding every bit like me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z "Get this boy off the gurney and put him in some chains," she barks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Yes, she would pay too, when her only son and support was dragged away in chains. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 Where there are porch swings hanging from chains. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Two Augurs fasten chains around my hands and wrists. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 He could snap chains round his chest simply by taking a big breath, and bend iron bars that it took two men to lift. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 High school kids from the neighborhood in black Dickies or baggy jeans, white wife-beaters, chains hanging off belt loops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Even if she were dragged away at this moment and put in chains, she would still have these miles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The chains of my blackness would not allow me to go on. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It ignored the door completely and wobbled on its coiled chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 One of the witches leapt to her feet and unfastened the chains. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Maybe the chains prevented her, or some magic about this dark, horrible place. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 There may be other food chains we haven’t even thought of yet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Encanis threw his body tight against the chains again and the sound of his scream shook the earth and shattered stones for half a mile in each direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I scream, straining against my chains and lurching forward as far as they will allow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 The Kingsroad Gate had not, and ice had frozen those drawbridge chains rock hard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Amari asked quietly, touching her neck, which still held the scars from her own iron chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 All our speculations about whether divalent ions held the chains together would have made no sense if there were hydrogen atoms firmly bound to the phosphates. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “But someone must push the button. And once the chains are cut...my brethren will fight to stop your passage. They will not want the Doors to disappear.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 playground was almost empty, with rust collecting on the swing chains and monkey bars. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 Circling Stella’s legs are long-ago scars from the chains she wore as a youth: her bracelets, she calls them. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Dad was probably out shopping for chains to lock us to our bedposts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The pens were on chains at the desks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Viserion’s claws scrabbled against the stones, and the huge chains rattled as he tried to make his way to her again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 I use their thorny stems like a set of chains. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Manacles and chains could build a better life for all. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I started my journey down the food chains of our society, I wanted to look at things as they really are. 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 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 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 But when the black students came in and saw the chains, as you can imagine, they felt incredibly insulted. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There were thin chains crisscrossed in diamond shapes around them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “The people called her Our Lady of Chains. They called her that not because she wore chains ...” “Not because she wore chains, ” the Daughters chanted. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In our district, they plow early and often and put chains on the bus tires. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Loki’s chains were unfastened, and he reached for the cloak. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Some platforms are suspended from ropes or chains from above. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Back then, key chains were super-popular, especially these rectangular metal plates with funny references like Heartbreaker, Lucky, or Diva. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The clatter of the chains that bound them made a harsh metallic music as they marched across the sand in lockstep and formed up with their long spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He might clap me in chains instead and hand me back to my sweet sister. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now I felt the deeper weight of my generational chains—my body confined, by history and policy, to certain zones. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I’m using paper clips to make the chains for the swings, and I’m going to cut pieces of rubber tire for the seats.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Each link in the chains was too heavy for a normal man to lift. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 In the car heading north, Rafik said, “Tell me every one of Poppy’s words. Did he look scared? Did they have chains in there?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 The existence of two intertwined chains with identical base sequences could not be a chance matter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “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 “Any smart police would seek out someone with more money, gold chains, wristwatches.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Percy and I will sneak around the two Titans and cut the chains from behind.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If one in their group stumbled, all of them stumbled or sometimes even fell, choking as the chains pulled them down together. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Did I?” muttered Harry, tugging at the chains binding her arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And with that, Daddy huffs and walks to his bedroom, slams the door, and chains up the locks on the other side. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 They’ll be making paper chains—and no one will be there to count them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I could see him wince with each click of the chains being tightened around his waist. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As to the forces that held the chains together, the best guess seemed to be salt bridges in which divalent cations like Mg++ held together two or more phosphate groups. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z August sat on the porch swing that was suspended from two chains in the ceiling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Giggling in chorus, the workers waved some fence posts, broomsticks, bicycle chains, and bricks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman mashed her finger ’gainst her lips and said, “Hesh them chains! You wants to wake that white man and get this here boy killed? They’s plenty water here, just you wait!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 We’ve received donations of supplies and paper chains from all fifty states plus eleven other countries. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 With hands that trembled with eagerness, I unhooked the chains and drew back the massive bolts. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “We got here, got in, and are not yet in chains.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One month from now, my king, my leader, my tennis buddy, the dark kingdom beyond the Bonecruel Mountains will be no more, and the remaining goblins will be in chains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Her sculpted black steel breastplate was inlaid in gold and showed a harpy rising with chains dangling from her claws. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She could still feel the ghost chains hovering just above her skin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 No chains fastened Cora’s misfortunes to her character or actions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He swung his sword at the god’s chains. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 At the same time, it strongly suggested that the backbones of the two chains must run in opposite directions. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z From where I stood, I could see no fences or chains. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He started mumbling some African talk against it then commenced to crying in quiet jerking noises that made his teeth rub up against my skin and made the chains on his arms and legs rattle. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 The following morning a trio of soldiers clapped me into chains—chains!—and hauled me to a subbasement, where I was sure I was going to be dissected. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I woke to the sound of tire chains on packed snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Biter was flinging himself against the chains, blood running down his arms from where the irons clasped his wrists. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Silver chains loop around their wrists like bracelets, and jeweled collars tether them to high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 So while Francis continued thinking about the meaning of the X-ray diagram, I began to assemble the various atomic models into several chains, each several nucleotides in length. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 Both of them are wearing gold chains and huge diamond earrings. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z France isn't even my country, but there I was, deciding that these people needed to be sent back home, preferably in chains. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Businessss,” sighed the shapes, doing up the many locks, chains and bolts that secured the door. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 And while she went through the barn, the halter chains rattled, and some horses snorted and some stamped their feet. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 To the centre all the roads ran between their chains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z 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 And Frank’s putting chains on the porch swing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 Octavian could not disappoint the Romans, anxious to see the object of their hatred and the cause of their suffering brought before them in chains. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue-and-green paper chains hang from the basketball hoops to the lights all across the ceiling. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Lumbly shut the barn door, the chains jingling with the vibration. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The god’s wrists were shackled in icy manacles, with chains that ran straight into the glacier floor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Quentyn heard the rattle of chains, the deep thrum of a crossbow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His limbs were tangled in chains, and a strange orange glow filled his eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The resting horses nibbled the remaining wisps of hay, and they stamped their feet and they bit the wood of the mangers and rattled the halter chains. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were pushed inside, the frightful problem existed of how to pack together two or more chains with irregular sequences of bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z No whips or chains, but it was borderline hard-core. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z 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 He chains his bike to a parking meter. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “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 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 As it began to swing around the dial, her eyes followed it, watching, calculating, seeing down the long chains of meaning to the level where the truth lay. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The room continued its ascent, swaying; Thomas grew immune to the ceaseless rattling of the chains that pulled him upward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The stores were shuttered, blocked with crisscrossed grates knotted with chains and enormous padlocks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Conceivably, after only a few minutes’ calculations, the number of chains in the molecule could be fixed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In some towns police were authorized to disable passing cars with ropes, chains, wires, and even bullets, so long as they took reasonable care to avoid gunning down the drivers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The resulting helix was right-handed with the two chains running in opposite directions. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 The bigger ones had the collar, much thicker chains, and chain-like arms that ended in open manacles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Food chains throughout the entire Australian ecosystem were broken and rearranged. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Another displayed a gigantic turtle, strung up by its legs on iron chains, heavy as a horse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Boseman slid her chains through the ring in the floor and secured them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 Nina couldn’t quite make out the symbol, but the crowd bellowed, and the man’s shoulders drooped as a guard came forward to unlock his chains. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 ‘Instead of throwing him out, and clapping him in chains, Elrond goes and rewards him for his cheek!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Screaming, Biter reeled back, and then threw all his weight against his chains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A line of ornate muzzles commanded their own section, and there was a pile of ball and chains in the corner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 The thing to do now was to dig out in front of the wheels, put in brush so that the chains could grip, and then push until the car was on the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The silver chains around his neck—I couldn’t even count them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The master chained her in the barn fifty times, and fifty times she loosed the chains and went home. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here a leader of the Jacquerie had been writhing in his chains, as he was crowned with a red-hot tripod. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Fenrir strained and stretched the muscles of his legs, and the chains snapped like dry twigs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Far below I could hear a truck trying to climb the mountain, its chains slapping the snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 If local food chains are going to succeed, customers will have to get used to eating that way again. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The three dimwits staring at us don’t move, so I shake my chains at them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Near each handle, the chains extended in taut spokes through slots in the stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 Annabeth lunged behind him and sliced through the chains on the other side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The rattle of chains...The gate opened upward and he was pushed forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 It had books and maps and movies and key chains. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 “I am going mad in these chains. I will not attempt escape. You have my word on that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “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 “But I got this knife! Maybe I can gouge those chains out of the wood they’re mounted in.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was Artemis, but she was wrapped in chains, fettered to the rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “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 “His father had his arms and the chains round his neck,” said Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There were no chains, at least none that men could see. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I like aggressive music, but heavy metal makes me feel like I’m locked in a box draped with chains. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The bicycle chains clinked musically as they turned the propellers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All had their pages bring and present her with most lovely things, robes and jewels and golden chains. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel’s gut trembled almost as much as the chains. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 Approaching the waterside fairgrounds, he saw prisoners in chains being marched aboard a convict ship. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Broken chains clanked and clattered about his legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was difficult with the chains on, but she managed to crawl, painfully and slowly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I have spent the past two days in chains, underground, slaving for a monster. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 She was surrounded by men and women who’d been born in Africa, or born in chains, who had freed themselves or escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 She clanked her chains against her saddle and flicked her eyes to Chaol. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “You sure you want to put these chains on?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It had been hung from the arched span of the bridge that divided the outer and middle wards, suspended on heavy chains, a few feet off the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He just likes following chains of thought to their logical conclusions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Will it disappear if we do something aggressive, like cutting the chains?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 "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 She ran forward despite Artemis’s protests, and tugged at the chains. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 But three days later, a trader led Sam away in chains. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 And that stunted imagination is something I owe to my chains. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z 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 Jimmy Zizmo is driving slowly because of the chains on the tires. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was right ’shamed at how only three or four hours in chains had did so much damage. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Its chairs, sofas, and beds swayed in midair, suspended by chains from the ceilings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 There were animals too, and the clanking suits of armor brandished swords and spiked balls on chains. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "I let him loose. He doesn't like chains." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They rounded them up, put them in chains. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 A week later, Walter sat in the van with shackles pinching his ankles and chains tightly wound around his waist. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 One row was devoted to children’s chains and the tiny manacles and links connecting them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Captain Smith seems satisfied with what I have learned about cooperation, and he unclamps my chains. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 Her blade shattered the chains on the left side like they were made of ice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The soldiers crept forward with their ropes and chains. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora slept across three seats, free from chains and attic gloom for the first time in months. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From the left branch came horrid sounds, groans and savage blows and the clanking of chains. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 On the outheld hand of the colossal seraph, ghosts stood guard with cleavers, and some with meat hooks on chains. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The balls were arranged in a pyramid, the chains trailing off in S shapes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 "What? I don't—" "Listen with your ears, not your mouth. That was a warhom. Two blasts, didn't you hear? And there, that's the portcullis chains, someone's going out or coming in. Want to go see?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Three chains twisted about each other in a way that gave rise to a crystallographic repeat every 28 A along the helical axis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 “Have no fear. We will have Marghaz in chains before he can make mischief. I told you, the Brazen Beasts are mine.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He meant to carry her to Winterfell, to display her there in chains for the lords of the north to see, the kraken’s daughter bound and broken, proof of his power. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 He leads her to her usual spot and chains her foot to a stake. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It featured a presentation of the troops and a display of the war spoils, including the Armenian king held in golden chains made especially for the occasion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 He curled me into a ball against his chest, holding me more securely than iron chains. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Schools all over the country are working on their own chains to send here to help you get to six million! 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 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 “A hundred and eighty marks then. Not a copper more. Take off her chains.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She heard the rattle of chains as the portcullis was slowly lowered, its spikes sinking deep into the ground . . . and then another sound, a shriek of pain and fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 When he came out he was bearing in his arms a great load of treasure: things of gold, silver, copper, and bronze; many beads and chains and jewelled ornaments. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 caught glimpses of ropes and chains and other odds and ends as Minho’s flashlight crisscrossed the closet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 When the sounds of wheel and scream had faded, Encanis hung panting and shaking from his chains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 The chains I was aiming at burst apart like a toy balloon—could hardly believe my luck. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Even cheap paper chains were impressive when you had eleven hundred kids stringing them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 Tom Torgerson’s high school kid had gotten the chains on his tires, and Ishmael, bending low, checked now to see that they were tightly bound. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Each jeep contained six soldiers and a vast quantity of thick rope and heavy chains. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was more than Caleb wanting to be free of his chains. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He will free Thanatos from his icy chains—’” “Wait, who?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Many of them wore the heavy iron chains of penitent priests. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The way to get on, in his opinion, was to reject any argument which did not arise from the chemistry of nucleic-acid chains. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 This body hates dragging around the chains they wrap around it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z When the ferryboat was ready to leave, the gate, which looked like it belonged on a castle, went up with a rattle of chains. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Through the open door that led into the barn came the sound of moving horses, of feet stirring, of teeth champing on hay, of the rattle of halter chains. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The other horses reared back against their halter chains and squealed and kicked. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Silver chains glistened at their necks and they looked faintly amused as they worked chalk into the tips of their cues. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you’re locked in some dark dungeon, shackled to the wall in chains! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Soon the silver queen would come forth from her city, smash the Yunkai’i, and break their chains, they whispered to one another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 She put miles behind her, put behind her the counterfeit sanctuaries and endless chains, the murder of Valentine farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 “I can burst any chains,” he told them proudly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then they added chains, and even locks to keep the doors securely closed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z |
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