| 单词 | chamber |
| 例句 | She and the king argued in her chamber, their voices audible but not their words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The soldier shined the bluish light toward the chamber to the right, finding the massive shape of the Berg nestled there. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Weeping, I leaned on my father and allowed him to lead me to my chamber, where I fell upon my bed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When the churchbell rang at eleven, I went back to the torture chamber. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Robin told them tales, or sang songs, but he spent most of the time in the chamber where he slept, working on the Saxon harp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The chamber was hewn out of the stone; and it must once have been dark, for its windows looked out only into the tunnel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On the opposite side of the chamber was a heavy wooden door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There was a group of four or five scythes closer to the assembly chamber entrance, the doors of which were still closed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Instead of a chamber pot, Mr. van D. was lugging a collapsible tea table under his arm. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As the doors slid closed, enveloping them in solitude in that tiny metal chamber, Dimple’s mind somehow kept reverting back to that moment in the antiques store. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I walked across the chamber to the foot of the dais. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I mounted to my chamber; locked myself in; fell on my knees; and prayed in my way—a different way to St. John’s, but effective in its own fashion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She thought of her small chamber in that great stony Academy, and her parents’ luxurious Cathair home, where she had entire assortments of rooms to herself, but she did not miss them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If the kite was the gun, then tar, the glass-coated cutting line, was the bullet in the chamber. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He had, since the whipping, seemed in a perpetual irritation, glowering around the rooms, leaving company often, saying he wished to ascertain whether matter still subsisted in his chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The two girls crept back into the cold chamber and climbed shivering into bed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed!—to peep up at chamber lattices, fearing life was astir behind them! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The geologists realized that only one thing could cause this–a restless magma chamber. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z His mother would rush and grab him and, with a foreign curse and a shaken fist at the frosted door, hurry him out of the torture chamber. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The mile was four laps of the track; the 5,0 was more than twelve, what Louie would describe as a “fifteen- minute torture chamber,” well over three times his optimal distance. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Unlike the other rooms underground, this chamber was connected to only two tunnels: one leading down to a pool of water and another going up to the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The most difficult test, in her opinion, was the isolation chamber where she remained in total darkness. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother being laid upon her mattress, I bowed and made to retire from the chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He rubbed his hands against the walls of the chamber to quiet his nerves. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I inflated all twelve cones with air and I filled each buoyancy chamber with the requisite ten litres of sea water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Falconer strode heedlessly along, as if daring anyone to empty a chamber pot on his head. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘Will you go up and fetch down the musket from the back chamber?’ he asked her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She pushes the bullet chamber open and peers inside. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The high chamber of the turret behind, where they had met again, seemed almost homely: they were out in the open again now, and terror ran along the walls. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I will take zee line to zee other side of zee crawl space. You two—tie zee treasure bags to zee rope and I will pull zem into zee far chamber with me.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Every single Hufflepuff had jumped to his or her feet, screaming and stamping, as Cedric made his way past them, grinning broadly, and headed off toward the chamber behind the teachers’ table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There were two living beings in the chamber, a Queen and a cat Both of them had black hair and blue eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, fifty nylon bags filled with gold coins, jewelry, rare gems, and precious artifacts had been shuttled out of the chamber through the crawl space. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z So I left his chamber invisibly and found my cloud-pine and flew away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Diana and Mary appeared in the chamber once or twice a day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He just walks away to his chamber of emptiness. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I gripped the handle of the chamber pot tightly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But his eyes are gray and chambered and shallow, and after a moment he returns to his spirals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She could sense the tunnel ahead, sloping gently down for about three hundred feet, then opening into a large chamber. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They stood, solidly, uncomfortably, on the right of the chamber, shifting from foot to foot, scratching their cheeks and noses, as if they were shamed by the silent repose of their dead brothers. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Beyond there seemed to lie a wide chamber cut in the rock. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Explanation will do for another time,” thought I. Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Telemakhos went across the hall and out under the light of torches—crossed the court to the tower chamber where he had always slept. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He pursued more stimulating projects, whilst I, alone in the chamber, labored through his Classical obscurities. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There is a rounded vaulted chamber for the queen, called the royal cell. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Between 1905 and 1925, the Fly Room at Columbia was the epicenter of genetics, a catalytic chamber for the new science. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Sunlight streamed through the high window of a chamber pleasantly cool and fragrant. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Without a thought, she tossed the water onto the marks, then raced to her bathing chamber to draw more water. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We moved my bed to Grandfather’s chamber and replaced it with the tin bathing tub. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We follow instructions to my destination, a chamber for my preparation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The first had occurred the previous week, when Cora knocked over the chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In a dark, forbidding chamber known as the Chapel of Evil, I found thousands of gold and silver coins hidden in the pews, right where they were supposed to be. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Unable to grasp the potential benefits of the inflatable chamber and terrified of it, Ngawang asked that a Buddhist lama be summoned. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Sticking her dagger through the opening for light, Annabeth could see a lower chamber, long and narrow, with a mosaic floor, painted walls, and benches running down either side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nixon told the driver to take him to the Capitol building, where he got out and led Sanchez to the House chamber. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My father did not lock the door behind him, so I slipped in and followed him with silent steps through the retiring chamber and into the bedchamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If she had not sucked the ink out, she would have been sent to the gas chamber the next day, because her number was called. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z One good thing about not being able to sleep was that I remembered to wake Nell and have her do her business in the chamber pot. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the central chamber was a pen containing many cattle and a few goats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was black as tar inside but it didn’t matter— I only had to reach the chamber to be safe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z What did someone look like squatting awkwardly on a small chamber pot. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her eyes darted from one side of the large, crowded chamber to the next. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The air in the little square chamber above the bells was hot and stagnant, and smelt overpoweringly of pigeon dung. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Heavens above, it’s quieter in here than a pharaoh’s burial chamber!” said Elinor at some point. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I walked about the chamber most of the time. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He stepped out into the experimental chamber and shouted for Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were in a huge underground chamber big enough to hold nine or ten Homesteads. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Alone in my chamber, I fairly trembled with excitement. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "When you come to the chamber of the Undying, be patient. Our little lives are no more than a flicker of a moth's wing to them. Listen well, and write each word upon your heart." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A sudden dread and a horror of the chamber fell on the Company. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If the extension was granted, they would silently file out of the chamber. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When I was little, my father used to insist that I at-tend him in the audience chamber whenever he held court. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mark heard her crumple on the ground of the chamber. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Once it had sunk all the way down, there were more clangs and squeals and the ship started moving on tracks into the chamber to the right. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A beating crimson heart in the pale chamber. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They were calling out: “Come out of the Queen’s chamber!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber, Taran saw, indeed seemed deserted, of inhabitants, at least, for the room was even more heaped up and disorderly than Dallben’s. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The voice of Hamlet shouts, “What is this, a rat?” and his laughter echoes in a vast chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’m hoping that Gideon got out alive; perhaps there was another chamber down in that rabbit warren of his. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I stick my head into the main chamber. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The hullabaloo faded into the distance, and there was silence in the chamber with the women. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When you have a lot of hard classes, one after the other, getting out of school at the end of the day is like getting out of a torture chamber or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He laid them on his bed and then brought out the pistol, took out the magazine and snapped the loaded shell from the chamber. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, to the chamber, he said, “What are you?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Messengers came again to the chamber in the White Tower, and Pippin let them enter, for they were urgent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Camellia, time to get dressed," Bree calls from outside the bathing chamber door. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I fed her and held the teacup to her lips and wiped her chin when she dribbled and helped her with the chamber pot business. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl was weeping in her chamber, while Dame Brisen arranged the cradle for the little boy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he emerged into a sort of wide circular chamber, formed by the meeting of six different tunnels, all coming together in a star shape. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Then deep in the great mansion, in his chamber, Menelaos went to rest, and Helen, queenly in her long gown, lay beside him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Gaslights illuminated a large brick chamber centered around a sunken stage of the sort used for rat-baiting and cockfighting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His measurements indicated that he had accelerated ions to 80,000 volts by spiraling them around the vacuum chamber forty-one times, thereby delivering eighty-two resonant jolts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His brain still felt like an echo chamber: Alternate worlds. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Dumbledore screamed; the noise echoed all around the vast chamber, across the dead black water. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A late fall of snow threw the evening light upward into the chamber, shining on the ceiling more than on the floor, so as to alter the usual shadows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Wishing he had thrown the scroll in the Nile, Ranofer silently unrolled it and pointed to the little chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Yes, thank you,” I mutter as I step forward into the chamber of doom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The chamber into which she had stepped was spacious—at that level, almost half of the huge trunk was hollow—and clean, but the floor was extremely rough. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Ellidyr, drawing his mended cloak about him, stalked from the chamber without a word. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Up more steps we went, and another elevator, until we came to another huge chamber, this one lit with electric light again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z There the stair was covered by a small domed chamber in the midst of the roof, with low doors facing east and west. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Let’s wait to see which chamber it goes into and then we’ll hide in the other. We better not get caught in this hallway.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Another servant helps me into a robe and leads me to the bathing chamber for our second bath of the day. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z On February 9, 1864, two African American men carried large bundles of petition rolls into the Senate chamber. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The front door opened the next morning as I walked down the stairs carrying Madam’s chamber pot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A candle had been flickering in her mother’s chamber, but her great carved bed was empty beneath its dusty canopy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A silvery laugh rang from a corner of the chamber. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Behind the curtain he had a chamber pot, bowls, water, and towels. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It consists of an inflatable transparent cone set upon a round lifebuoy-like buoyancy chamber that has a surface of black rubberized canvas stretched across its centre. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A dozen or so trolls began to smash apart the chamber with their clubs, while hags glided about the place in search of children to eat. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes flitted around the chamber, seeking inspiration. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “She hasn’t stirred from this chamber ever since they brought you here,” said Eilonwy. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z As I served the hot chocolate and tidied the chamber, Madam rubbed her face with Venetian Bloom Water beauty wash, said to remove wrinkles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I gagged and gagged again as I carried out overflowing chamber pots, and forced myself to take a blanket from a corpse. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Once past the chamber door, the chill was palpable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Through the narrow door she passed, into a chamber awash in gloom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The boy had been carried to a back chamber on the second floor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I enter her long, thin chamber, which has a computer and two chairs and an array of tubes and robes on hooks on the wall. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps once a year, the sun passed over the well in exactly the right way and shone into this deep chamber. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We reached the cairn and ducked inside, shuffling in single file to the rear chamber and then out again to a world shrouded in mist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The kapo took us out a different way, through a vast chamber where every footstep echoed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The eighty-first Lord of Stormhold lay dying in his chamber, which was carved from the highest peak like a hole in a rotten tooth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The friends pressed onwards until the passage broadened out into a small chamber with two more tunnels leading from it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z While he spread out a thin, woven blanket at the edge of the chamber, Boots tried to teach Temp and Tick to play Patty-Cake. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Boots was in the center of the big round chamber, rocking from foot to foot as she turned calmly in a circle. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, her maid is there, sirs; she is present in the chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I will describe it to you. Do you remember your chamber in the palace? I will tell you what was there.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought no more of Mrs. Fairfax; I thought no more of Grace Poole, or the laugh: in an instant, I was within the chamber. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A suffragist had attached a yellow sunflower to the golden eagle statue perched at the front of the chamber. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then she saw that off one side of the chamber there was a stairway leading down, and beside it a small door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Hodor carried Bran back to his chamber, muttering “Hodor” in a low voice as Leaf went before them with a torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he entered the chamber, Dallben was writing with a great quill in The Book of Three. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z After the briefest hesitation, the Gladers followed, almost stomping each other in their rush to get out of the chamber, as far away from the Grievers and the Maze as possible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I chipped away, my arms already starting to ache from weakness and malnutrition, when I heard someone cry out from the chamber around the corner from mine. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She and Leo didn’t seem to move, but suddenly they were three hundred feet down the corridor, at the entrance of the chamber. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Something passed her, all dressed in white, and vanished”—“A great black dog behind him”—“Three loud raps on the chamber door”—“A light in the churchyard just over his grave,” &c., &c. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He clicks the bullet into the chamber and holds the gun out in front of him, both hands around it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis lay abed, staring into the darkness, the smell of his perspiration and urine thick in the chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Follow,” said the Prince, and he moved to the large window of his chamber. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Yanna shrugged and began leading them through the empty hall to a chamber door. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The giant’s voice boomed in the vast chamber. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The chamber was so immense that visual signals had to be used to let the chorus know when a speaker had stopped talking and a new song could begin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The Burned Man pulled the girl from the bed and half marched, half dragged her across the chamber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Very rarely, a royal will use her beauty tokens for her child, bypassing the nursery chamber at La Maison. It's quite unusual, but it happens." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She shuffled her notes, and the sound of rustling paper echoed throughout the chamber. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The chamber of commerce is also sponsoring a quilt competition with a grand prize of five hundred dollars contributed by local businesses. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Allow me to step into my chamber and quickly practice my diplomatic speech.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I hadn’t put a shell in the chamber. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Or was it the sound of the bullet exploding from the chamber—delayed? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The gopher worked and worked until he had his great chamber crammed with food. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The chilled stone chamber, which felt like some kind of tomb, was plunged into total darkness. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The walls of the chamber were still covered in webs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The labyrinth of tunnels would make it impossible to find the secret chamber. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She ran across the chamber and wrapped her sister in her arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She glared at him over her shoulder before she strode into the bathing chamber, Chaol close behind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every night she shrank from the moment when she and Judith must make the dread ascent to the upstairs chamber with only the meager comfort of a warming pan. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z As well as nine symphonies and much chamber music, he wrote over six hundred songs before his death in 1828. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She opened the chamber to check for a round. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Complete darkness, not a hint of the silver world outside, the windows tightly shut, the chamber a tomb-world where no sound from the great city could penetrate. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z John Evans and Arthur Jones had recently been electrocuted in Holman’s execution chamber. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He looked around the chamber, untroubled by the deep darkness, seeing it as the dead see. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z This last blow overcame her, and she knelt by Beaufort’s coffin weeping bitterly, when my father entered the chamber. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber opened onto what the archaeologists believed “was likely the chief executive’s office for conducting statecraft,” the Andean equivalent of the Oval Office in the White House. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter’s cry resounded through the little chamber at the top of the adamant tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The arched passageway took them into another chamber. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The catacombs are tomb-black, but I know where we are: in a burial chamber that hasn’t been patrolled in years. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "This way, my girls. Here's the sleeping chamber." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I can see the room. It’s the treasure chamber! I can see one of the rock pillars.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The Queen of Lothian had taken to her chamber, cutting off communication with her guests, and Pellinore broke his fast alone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But I thank you for this at least, that I need not keep to my chamber. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At length, the captives were led into a spacious council chamber. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The Lord Commander reached up to pinch its beak shut, but the raven hopped up on his head, fluttered its wings, and flew across the chamber to light above a window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On August 18, 1920, members of the Tennessee House of Representatives gathered in their chamber to vote on the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘It was in the very hour that Faramir was brought to the Tower that many of us saw a strange light in the topmost chamber,’ said Beregond. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He already smelled the incense drifting down the hall from Kaori’s room, which she called “the spirit chamber.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In the silence forced on them by being next to Arthur’s chamber, but in passionate tenderness, they had done their best to make it up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Moved with a strange excitement, I hurried back to my chamber and dressed in my costume of a poor madwoman. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I lay like a still and silent effigy on a tomb in the blackness of Hamlet’s chamber while questions coursed through my brain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And when the sound of his final shot stopped echoing in the suddenly silent chamber, Celaena’s stomach turned over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Finally I pick up the rifle, slide the shell into the chamber, and throw the bolt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z ‘Put him right up in the top chamber.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They reached the end of the hallway, where the round submarinelike door led back into the chamber below the Berg landing pad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z For a minute, everybody just watched them pattering around the chamber. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She shifted upon the pool of crockery, sending up a great clanking throughout the chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Take, for instance, that commodity prized by every chamber of commerce throughout the land — the good will of vacationing tourists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There is chamber after chamber, Legolas; hall opening out of hall, dome after dome, stair beyond stair; and still the winding paths lead on into the mountains’ heart. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "I must check that your rooms are secure before you retire. New protocol after those dead roses were found in your bathing chamber." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Katherine appears in the doorway to the sleeping chamber, clutching her wrap tightly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I even get to perform a little chamber music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As I stepped up to the altar, the humming of the computers ceased, and the chamber grew silent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z ‘Call her!’ he said, and he passed silently from the chamber. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And the monkey had the chamber open—a glass door on heavy hinges, and he was reaching inside—and there was the lock of hair: held between rubber pads in a metal clasp! The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I nosed out, in my childish games, every last shark-toothed chamber and hall, every black tentacle of my mother’s cave, and so came at last, adventure by adventure, to the pool of firesnakes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z By the lantern lights the two mice made their way back from the lonely chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I go to the arched windows of Mother Ermentrude’s chamber and peer out into the night There, wooded hills, lit by the moon, slope gently beyond the convent walls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When Justin appeared, they went down the same hallway as before, but this time, when they reached the chamber where the elevator and the stairway led down, Justin paused. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z To the boys, he said, “Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Gitney will be working in the experimental chamber until later this evening. Tell the cook she need not prepare them anything. They wish no intrusion.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a dazzling flash that lit the chamber and the passage outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Candles were lit in their chamber, for only a dim twilight came through the windows; the air was heavy as with approaching thunder. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The chamber was empty but there were eight rounds of flares fitted in a plastic container, short and squat and newlooking. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z So instead of going down as they had before, Justin led the way across the chamber, where, as Mrs. Frisby had noticed, the tunnel continued. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I removed the remaining volumes to my own chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But I rode to the foot of Orthanc, and came to the stair of Saruman; and there he met me and led me up to his high chamber. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I reach the end of the hallway and open the door to my execution chamber. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As I dumped and washed out the chamber pot, I gave thanks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The alarm was as loud here as it had been in the main chamber. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She demanded, “He shall not die in that chamber. Philosophers require a whole retinue of devils for their removal from this world. They are the grandees of the infernal kingdom.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps Hill House has a tower, or a secret chamber, or even a passageway going off into the hills and probably used by smugglers—although what could smugglers find to smuggle around these lonely hills? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z While the others were unrolling blankets and making beds against the walls of the chamber, as far as possible from the hole in the floor, he crept to the edge and peered over. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was not hard to imagine the test: I would be placed in one chamber, my food in another. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The courtroom, an unpretentious chamber situated on the third floor of the Finney County Courthouse, has dull white walls and furnishings of darkly varnished wood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let's design and sew a privacy chamber for the locker room," she says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad offered to drop the chamber of commerce lawsuit if he’d just go away, but no dice. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Unferth slapped his side as a sudden illumination came into the dark chamber of his thought. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge’s was the one with the narrowest entrance passage and only two rooms beside the burial chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The floor beyond the opening sloped down to a central chamber. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They skulked in an empty chamber off the entrance hall, listening, until they were sure it was deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Through the outer courtyards and along the corridors we went, going with the crowd to whom this was evidently a nightly routine, and into a large vaulted chamber with arched entrances opening on three sides. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think someone told me a story about a secret chamber at Hogwarts once . . . might’ve been Bill. “And what on earth’s a Squib?” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It was a huge chamber, the walls—half naked rock, half polished steel—lined with computer equipment, electronic meters, machines that blinked and flickered with a life of their own. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I followed them into a bath chamber decorated with mosaic tiles. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We entered the room at the end of the hall, a windowless chamber lit by gaslights. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They brought her food and water, emptied her chamber pot, and took away her shift for washing every few days, leaving her to huddle naked under her blanket until it was returned to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I did indeed, but it took me a moment to recall what it was—the helmet I had used as a chamber pot. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The chamber was infernal in its heat and rank in its scent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With its oiled wood panels on the walls, it reminds me of the chamber at Elsinore where the king received his visitors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Whatever Edlefsen had seen inside his little chamber, Livingston concluded, it was not resonance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Izzi says his name, it's like lamplight flooding a murky chamber. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then a door which opened by means of a large wheel; a hiss of air, and a brilliantly lit chamber with dazzling white tiles and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It took up most of the tiny cell, far smaller than my chamber at Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She almost asked Percy to do the honors with Riptide, but before she could, he said, “Bacchus mentioned something about my voyage being harder than I expected. Not sure why—” The chamber groaned. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When the king came to Gertrude’s chamber to dine, I was given the honor of attending them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A giant statue of Zeus stood on the round chamber at the top. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I can’t be sure, but I think my numb body shifts so hard I hit the inside of the chamber. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Gabrielle releases a deep sigh, then slides off her chaise and leaves the chamber. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Kate led them into an even larger chamber, lined with more aquariums. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Its light shone across the floor and illuminated the circle of the door to the chamber, maybe a dozen feet away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Against the far wall of the chamber sat piles of jewels and weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was not till after I had withdrawn to my own chamber for the night, that I steadily reviewed the tale Mr. Rochester had told me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She made it to the bottom of the stone steps and edged back in the open chamber, her heart thumping. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Both her arms are folded around my shoulders, fingers locked tighter than Daddy’s chamber door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I throw myself around the corner and click a bullet into the chamber of my gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z His father rose from his throne and pointed at the map painted on the far wall of his council chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Journalists assigned to an issue often cover the coverage, creating the notorious media echo chamber. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Nazis had put me in a gas chamber. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “They also found a burial chamber, didn’t they?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When he had dug his great chamber and his four emergency exits and his waterproof deluge room, the gopher began to store food. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was up in his chamber, red-eyed and defiant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Laertes and I would peek through the broken panel of his chamber door and see him bent over a small pile of money and papers, shaking his head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Crouching near the corner of the cellar, I scanned the cold chamber for signs of food but saw none. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know that he was digging. I saw him only when he came to leave food every morning and take away my...chamber pot.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When he was done he tossed the empty flagon aside and half-rolled and half-staggered to the floor, groping for a chamber pot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She popped some more shells in the chamber of her shotgun. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Smaller tunnels branch off the main chamber, like a massive glowing version of Lita’s fire ant colony sculpture. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Babylonians claimed this was the chamber where their god slept. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Mark ran back out into the main chamber to check the door again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I followed Dr. Thorn inside, through a huge chamber full of mastodons and dinosaur skeletons. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The next day the police discovered another hidden chamber, this one at the cellar’s southwest corner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In elementary school, we used those same chamber of commerce maps to learn about north, south, east, and west. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We found ourselves in the middle of a circular chamber with eight tunnels leading out, and no idea how we’d gotten there. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Something was inside its chamber, packed in too deep to see. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Apparently they were bound to this chamber even in death. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I failed to answer, a stocky female avatar stepped out of the shadows and into the chamber’s flickering torchlight. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But as the intense six-month program began, she experienced problems in the pressure chamber and with the centrifuge. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Sierra found the press, stripped two little cloves, and placed them in the metal chamber. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “It’s a kind of chamber. There’s a tunnel here, too.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t believe a word Ignatius says,” Mrs. Reilly called after them as her son dragged Mr. Levy through the door into the musty chamber. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The team had discovered the red chamber of the virus queen at the end of the earth, where the life form had amplified through mothers and their unborn children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As Russia advances in space exploration, testing may include a 500-day stint in an isolation chamber. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z But it still hadn’t made it into the chamber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He bade me return to the dance and take up my fiddle again, and so I stepped out of the chamber, he kneeling beside my mother to minister to her. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the Queen’s audience chamber, Eilis knelt down and asked for the return of the princess. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, then, Penelope the Wise, tall in her beauty as Artemis or pale-gold Aphrodite, appeared from her high chamber and came down to throw her arms around her son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He carefully removed the bandage on his shoulder, threw the foul-smelling thing in the chamber pot, and replaced the lid before washing his shoulder clean in the hand basin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Without any real expectation I reached underwater for the distillate pouch that was clipped to the round buoyancy chamber. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The duke only nodded, bowed, and strode out of the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She and her sisters led Minos out of the chamber. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I did not realize the trend of my subconscious thoughts until duty took me to the death chamber again and I stood on the edge of the rubber mat, within reach of the chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They reached the end of the passageway and saw before them a brilliantly lit chamber, its ceiling arching high above them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I forget whether you said you saw anything when you opened your chamber door.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “My girl, what news from the queen’s inner chamber?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Joe spent much of his second year in the hospital, coughing up blood in an isolation chamber. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The dean of the university spoke, as did the president of the chamber of commerce. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So I went in, thinking of a bride going into Bluebeard's chamber after being told not to. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In winter it would be a chamber of ice. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It is Jocasta, not Juliet, who dwells in the inner chamber. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In his chamber the doctor sat up in his high bed. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In the top chamber, a huge curved mirror made of polished bronze reflected sunlight during the day. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He rolled from the bed, found a chamber pot, and commenced to filling it, with a groan of pleasure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her chamber was even brighter than the attic, but the windows were closed and the smoke thinner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came the worst vision: she saw herself with Jason and Percy, standing waist-deep in water at the bottom of a dark circular chamber, like a giant well. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That night the Company was again summoned to the chamber of Celeborn, and there the Lord and Lady greeted them with fair words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Kojo dashed back across the chamber as fast as he could and dove behind the first pillar of stones. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “What are you doing in my sleeping chamber?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They found themselves in a chamber of water, deprived of the sun that had brought them there. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Wet dirt, filled chamber pots, birch tar used to treat expensive Russian leather, scorched hair, sea brine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She imagined a bright light flashing from some hidden chamber of her heart, pulsing in time with the spirits’ lights. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z As the lady limped to her chamber and the master disappeared down the stairs, I picked up the tray that held the last of the dishes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber occupied the place where hearts would go in a true body, so that was what they called it, but that was just their own term. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The beeping stopped, and a silence as deep as outer space settled on the chamber. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The suffragists in the chamber broke into applause that lasted two minutes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Two hours later Uncle Dap presented himself in the King’s chamber. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Council of Guardians would probably not be meeting today in the big chamber where her trial had been. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With each step away from the chamber, the weight on her shoulders lifted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The chamber itself filled him with odd forebodings he could not name, which eluded him like shadows. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The pattern was still a muddle—Wilkins was still hampered by the quality of his sample and the dryness of his chamber—but Watson was instantly gripped by it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Best of all, the Levy family played chamber music every afternoon, thus broadening Shirley’s cultural horizons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The next morning, I woke with nausea so bad, I had to scramble across the floor for the chamber pot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Rows of long stone benches filled the entire chamber, reminding Leo of one of those mega-churches they always advertised back in Houston. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Daddy can stay locked away in his chamber of inner demons all by himself. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Chuck whispered, but his voice echoed throughout the chamber with a raspy edge. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then evening comes: they fade and twinkle out; the torches pass on into another chamber and another dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was no gas chamber here either, and no chimneys burning red in the night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The chamber echoed to the sound of the black river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he lay down in his own inner chamber where his dear faithful wife had smoothed his bed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I stop briefly by the entrance to the shambler wheel chamber, but the door is locked. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She dared not try to unbolt the great front door but instead tiptoed cautiously through the cold company room into the back chamber and let herself out the shed door into the garden. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes to the sound of wailing and pounding outside my chamber door, Then Elnora burst in and seized me in her arms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Kuda seemed to accept his big brother’s promise, because he immediately began to explore the chamber. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But I wanted to see it shatter—my reward for all this work—so I got up and carefully shuffled toward the edge until I could glimpse the floor of the gloomy chamber below. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Once you load a rifle,” he explained, “and have a shell in the chamber, you always keep the barrel pointed toward the ground.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly the answer dawned on Sam: the topmost chamber was reached by a trap-door in the roof of the passage. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He turned the knob to the chamber above, allowing a few drops of water to hit the cubes, creating a gas that rose to the top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They rose and left the chamber, making their way to the kitchen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “If the passageways are that confined and narrow, how did the cabin boy ever drag the pirate’s treasure down to the chamber in the first place?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Back in the Cavendish Lab in Cambridge he built an artificial cloud chamber–a simple device in which he could cool and moisten the air, creating a reasonable model of a cloud in laboratory conditions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He says,You have a great way with a chamber pot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then the far door of the chamber was flung open and one of the king's guards stepped into the room, a cup of ale in one hand and a sword at his side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Servants help Sabine back into the bathing chamber for an ice bath. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “The path down to the double rock pillar chamber is simple. When you reach the four forks in the paths and crawl spaces and have to make a choice, remember: right, right, left, left.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Her red velvet shoes felt flimsy and thin against the wetness of the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The “rain room” was the chamber off the kitchens they’d designated for Feral’s cloud summoning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Strong arms lifted her up and rushed her into the bathing chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was strapped to a yellow contour chair in a white chamber aboard a flying saucer, which was bound for Tralfamadore. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s just say, I’d rather spend the remainder of my life in a medieval torture chamber rotating from Head Crusher to Knee Splitter to The Rack than see that look on Dad’s face again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There had been heads of enemies erected on poles for decoration, and their king had built himself an underground treasure chamber which was also a subterranean passage for escape. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, a miniature rainstorm formed at the top of the chamber. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I busied myself for an hour or two with arranging my things in my chamber, drawers, and wardrobe, in the order wherein I should wish to leave them during a brief absence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I marveled at the choice; it was an echo chamber of a word. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It came from everywhere, booming and echoing throughout the chamber. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Ku’oosh showed him an old enamel chamber pot with a lid. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The silk sheets were cool and slippery beneath her, and when she shifted, her skin slid across them with a whispering noise that sounded abnormally loud in the hush of her chamber. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Partially because I was freezing in the chamber and partially because I was upset that Commissioner García, of all people, had clapped for such a ridiculous argument. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My ears burned hotter than a matter/antimatter reaction chamber. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Then something came into the chamber — I felt it through the door, and the orcs themselves were afraid and fell silent. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The chamber filled with the sound of a full orchestra. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So she went up to her chamber softly lit, accompanied by her maids. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In her chamber, Buttercup heard it, and it frightened her, but she had not the least idea what it was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Damp, foggy winds blew through the castle’s every hall and chamber and whistled in the ramparts, sounding like faraway screams. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Darkness swallowed the feather bed and its two occupants, and filled every comer of the chamber. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The corridor ended in a circular chamber with two black doors on the far side, and to her right, an archway revealed another corridor that turned a corner to an unseen destination. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the foreigners, the one with die silver helmet like an ornate chamber pot, waved an intoxicated greeting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The golden monkey leapt for Father MacPhail, but not to attack: he scrambled up and over the man’s shoulders to reach the complex heart of the wires and the pipe work, the resonating chamber. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In that chamber was a presence...cold, heavy, and powerful. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A group of businessmen from the chamber of commerce had tried to persuade Arthur to run for the Washington state legislature. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I just don’t feel at home without my chamber pot,” she exclaimed, and it was the first item to find a permanent place under the divan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z On the other side of the barricade was a chamber the size of a basketball court. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I know I’ve looked in that chamber before,” he said calmly, rethinking his moves. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A wave of warmth rolled from the chamber to the far walls of the basement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the chaos of the chamber, only those sitting closest to her could hear her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The moment the light of Indra fell upon the clay, the entire chamber began to quake. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Following the installation of Cooksey’s chamber, the next project was to bring the beam out of the vacuum tank and into the open air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z ‘We don’t have them on us, but -’ ‘No insurance cards?' The statue shook her head. An exasperated sigh echoed through the chamber. ‘I suppose you haven’t prepared for your visit, either. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Some would ultimately pass, but most would get quickly picked off in the Republican-controlled chamber, downed by partisanship and a cynicism passed off as practicality among his new colleagues. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At this point another member of the kyorremy, the upper chamber or parliament that Estraven heads, pushes and squeezes a way up close to him and begins talking to him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Roughly she dragged the mouse by the lead from the chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They just lie there and groove, but after a while they start hearing—you won’t believe this—they hear chamber music. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Aragorn strode on through the inner court, and mounted to a high chamber in the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "Find Sansa and bring her to the audience chamber. Her voice may be needed." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And yet each time her father refuses, a voice echoes up from a chamber of her memory: They’ll probably take the blind girls before they take the gimps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the china chamber pot would be awfully cold. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was supposed to be waiting in a burial chamber much deeper in the dungeon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Piled around the chamber, wooden crates were labeled props, weapons, and costumes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My mother did not issue forth from her chamber for any but the most necessary engagements in the rest of the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Too bad you didn’t just take Max up on his offer, Four. Well, too bad for you, anyway,” says Eric quietly, as he clicks the bullet into its chamber. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Instead he said, “Would you be so good” as to light the fire, empty the chamber pot, fix my dinner? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We go to Jerome’s on Main Street—as head of the chamber of commerce, Dad never lets us buy anything at the Shadbush County Mall, which is outside the town limits. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Though it was difficult to see from far away, he made out something glittering and silver packed into its small chamber, bits of what looked like crushed leaf. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Is there any armour in the chamber,” he asked, “that I might cover my body withal?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the chamber was intensely hot and stuffy, Gwystyl shuddered and pulled his robe closer about his shoulders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Behind this library or music room, or whatever you want to call it, is the kitchen, a narrow chamber with a gas stove, a water heater, and a sink. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Inej left her tiny chamber in the Slat and headed downstairs by way of the banisters. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It swung open to expose a small chamber filled with bones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z From a far chamber, I could hear the conversation of vital men, men on whom depended the colony’s well-being. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Only the ten-by-six-foot chamber known as "the bubble" offered total protection from prying KGB ears. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Well, now, that very chamber pot is full since this morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The She Elephant lumbered back to the round chamber. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As I took a sip he carefully slipped a brass and copper shell into the chamber of his deer rifle and pushed the bolt forward and over. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the end they came to the inner chamber, where Morgan le Fay herself lay stretched upon her bed of glorious lard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The prison had made arrangements for me to go back to the death chamber in about an hour to be with Herbert before the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On January 11, 1871, Woodhull, now thirty-two years old, took a seat in the House chamber, waiting for her chance to speak. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Without even waiting to see if he’d hit the man, though certain he had not, the agent triggered open the chamber, bapped out the spent shells, and quietly, almost calmly, reloaded the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which queen were you?” she said aloud, her voice reverberating through the still chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I whip back to Bill, who is now frantically chambering his next bullet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Tanaka smoked one or two cigarettes a week on the back patio, but she failed to consider that Kaori’s bedroom window was usually downwind, which meant the smoke blew right by the spirit chamber. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The tunnel was so interminable that she was unprepared when it abruptly ended in a vast chamber as large as a cavern. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He hurried from the chamber and ran to Hen Wen’s enclosure. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z All was quiet until we reached the end chamber, and then the air pressure dropped and the temperature fell and the storm screamed into full-throated being. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I emptied that chamber pot and did your messages for three weeks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She was hard as iron, saying that her nuptial chamber should not be subjected to the stench of the sea-bottom that accompanied this penniless wretch. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Later, he was shown a large round chamber at the hub of a network of tunnels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The landing pad in the central chamber was rotating open once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The stairs ended in a long chamber lined with uncurtained windows. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the tower chamber, the prince fixed him with a scowl. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I wandered through a series of tunnels that led me into a giant, cavernous chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For this is the state’s execution chamber; when a man is brought here to be hanged, the prisoners say he has “gone to The Corner,” or, alternatively, “paid a visit to the warehouse.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that revolvers of this particular model had a penchant for accidental discharge when bumped or dropped, so he loaded it with only five cartridges and kept the empty chamber under the hammer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For Scarlett the chamber was once more swallowed by the darkness. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z As long as Dr. van Heerden was away, the cows didn’t have to spend the day in the underground chamber. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "They keep a chamber for me, and the young lord is like a brother." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cramped into a comer of the building under the eaves, the chamber was fortunate in having two windows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her stepmother’s face darkened with anger and she pointed down the hall toward Ash’s chamber. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the rear chamber, Emma held her flame to the wall and showed me something I’d never noticed before: a long list of dates and initials carved into the rocks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z How could one girl in a Bubble Wrap ankle cast remove this huge statue from its underground chamber? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He thought for a moment, then added, “But why was your father in Claudius’s chamber?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She handed me a chamber pot, a blanket, and a mug of water. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his duty to wait upon the Lord, and wait he did, forgotten it seemed, standing by the door of the unlit chamber, mastering his own fears as best he could. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They hurried out of the chamber and didn’t speak at all until they had climbed two floors up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But they also had subscriptions to the Philadelphia Orchestra and its Sunday chamber concert series, as well as season tickets to the Phillies. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He crossed the room, pulled back the heavy tapestries, and threw open the high narrow windows one by one, letting the night air into the chamber. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The entire back wall of the building collapsed, sending a cloud of silt and algae through the chamber. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The red-and-white boxes were the same ones he had seen in the underground chamber. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The patterns of their breath were disjunct, and hissed in the experimental chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘I will bring down this chamber!’ the giant thundered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I’m in!” called Grace, her voice echoing off the high ceiling of the treasure chamber. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z His bedchamber was a small cell off the queen’s apartments, originally slave quarters; his furnishings consisted of a bed, a chamber pot, a wardrobe for his clothing, even a chair should he want to sit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There he was put into a cold, bare chamber, fast asleep, and left until the enchantment wore off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The word seemed to echo through the chamber. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You admit that I could destroy your sacred chamber!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And with the restroom “death chamber” sealed off and walled up, offering no visible reminder of the bombing, it was almost as if it never happened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They all posed side by side—the company V.P., the mayor, Mother Paula, Councilman Grandy, and the boss of the chamber of commerce—for the television crew and the news photographer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he accelerated an alpha particle through the chamber to seed his make-believe clouds, it left a visible trail–like the contrails of a passing airliner. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Amazed and abashed she stole back to her chamber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she ejects the magazine and fires the bullet that’s already in the chamber into the sky. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We began cooking their breakfast, somewhat constrained for space, with so many in so small a chamber, and the fire burning large within the hearth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There Pippin, staring uneasily about him, saw that he was in a wide vaulted chamber, draped as it were with the great shadows that the little lantern threw upon its shrouded walls. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A chair was positioned next to the bed, and a chamber pot, empty, rested under that. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he bade them make a bed in the chamber and lay Faramir upon it and depart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The lich let out a long, disturbing cackle that echoed off the chamber’s stone walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was an enormous, echoing chamber, perfectly spherical, all smooth, curved metal, with a narrow walkway wrapping around its circumference. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He scampered from the royal chamber with the news of forgiveness, went spinning down the circular stairs like a tee-to-tum. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As if her words signaled the next stage in the assault, the giant stone double doors to the chamber shuddered as something crashed against them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The next chamber was so dark they couldn’t see anything at all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z His face lit up when he saw Gregor, and he waved him into the chamber. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Tall windows were framed by pale yellow drapes, pulled back now so that sunshine flooded the chamber, throwing soft spotlights onto the blue carpet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z "See that he's given a comfortable chamber and a hot meal. Send him a new pair of boots as well, good ones, courtesy of King Joffrey." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The distant voices and faraway footsteps he kept hearing echoed through the chamber, like the voices of ghosts trapped in the walls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The room was an old, damp lecture hall buried in the innards of the college; it resembled a dreary accountant’s chamber in a Dickens novel. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Face to face with the cartoon of my own infant anxiety, I lifted the latch, and opened the door, and beheld the secret chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside the castle, in the royal chamber of the Pele Tower, King Lot and his consort were laid in the double bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Through a grand arch lay a grander chamber beneath the central dome—a rotunda where hundreds of scythes greeted one another, engaging in casual conversation around an elaborate breakfast spread in the center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Ignoring the foreman and the police officer, Mr. Muckle proceeded with great enthusiasm to introduce some local big shots—the mayor, a city councilman, and the head of the chamber of commerce. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Melanthios, rummaging in the chamber, could not hear them as they came up; nor could he see them freeze like posts on either side the door. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning he and Elaine were summoned to the Queen’s chamber. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She scanned the chamber, hoping to see something that might help. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead of returning to the dance, I went to my chamber, undressed, and prepared to retire. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Armed and armored, the old knight waited, sitting in the gloom of his small chamber adjoining the queen’s apartments. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z States had largely abandoned execution by electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and hanging in favor of lethal injection. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With feet both heavy and light, she left the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Alone in my chamber, I slid Horatio’s dagger from its sheath and fingered the sharp point. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She had her meals brought to her there, and chamber pots as well, and a small hard bed to sleep on, though it was said she had scarcely slept at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Paul Aebersold constructed a removable wooden chamber as a “treatment room” next to the imposing machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If the chamber hadn’t been close to the surface, he would have passed out from lack of air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he was out through the door my mother, clad only in her skimpy underwear, came into the kitchen, chamber pot in hand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Ned shrugged, opening the lower chamber of his miner’s lamp and dropping in a small handful of little white cubes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At night, after Ash had washed the supper dishes and banked the kitchen fire, her stepmother called for her to come to her chamber. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was because the sound in that room was the same sound she’d heard in that dreadful glittering chamber at Bolvangar, where the silver guillotine had nearly parted her and Pantalaimon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in some kind of oil reservoir, maybe a leaked pool, or some secondary storage chamber, or.. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The following day, Celaena approached the glass throne, casting a wary glance about the council chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Tell the girl there are bedbugs in my chamber.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When he made his great chamber for the storing of food it was under a rock so that it could never cave in no matter how hard it rained. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z How much simpler life had been in Chungking, when all she had had to do was lift Precious Coins’ legs over a chamber pot. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Yes, she did, a voice echoed through the chamber. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Aru caught a glimpse of a chamber full of glass birds. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I lingered some minutes, being unaccustomed to retiring from a chamber without permission or direction; but our hostess having disappeared, I passed above-stairs to see what strife had occasioned such an outburst. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Here, Jane!” he said; and I walked round to the other side of a large bed, which with its drawn curtains concealed a considerable portion of the chamber. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He broke open the vacuum chamber and pulled off the tungsten grids by hand. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The chamber was so sparsely furnished that it required very little searching. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The rooms were deserted, the curtains drawn, the furniture covered in white sheets so that each shadowy chamber they passed looked like some kind of forgotten seascape cluttered with icebergs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Shake hands in confirmation of the word. What cold fingers! They were warmer last night when I touched them at the door of the mysterious chamber. Jane, when will you watch with me again?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It opened direct into a large chamber, with other smaller doors at the far end, and a hearth and chimney at one side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z That's what the guards say when they escort a prisoner to the low redbrick execution chamber in the courtyard, where the guillotine waits. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I hauled water from the well, boiled it, threw it out the back door, and started again with a clean chamber pot. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was ready with a freshly designed vacuum chamber, eleven inches in diameter, when the new magnet arrived on July 3. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Awaiting Kemmler in the chamber were twenty-six witnesses, including six doctors, the district attorney who had prosecuted him, and many journalists; they were arrayed in a semicircle around the electric chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I showed my dad ReelTok screaming about Chokecherry, and now the chamber of commerce is threatening to sue him. Let’s get out there.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “You have disappointed the queen by not returning with the herbs, and now she has me to thank for the fragrance in her chamber.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sister Nara opened the doors, and the moment that Kaede entered the Council chamber, she knew something was wrong—she could not have been called there merely to be dismissed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The color photographs of the earth are more amazing than anything outside: we live inside a blue chamber, a bubble of air blown by ourselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All of this was greeted with shouts of support by the black people in the chamber and by icy and uncomprehending stares from most of the whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z How delightful to see Your Majesty in your audience chamber earlier. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Now that it was free, the Athena Parthenos filled the chamber with magical energy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In a corner stood a clay chamber pot, disguised as a decorative cabbage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z If ever she found a bottle of brandy in his chamber, she was to take it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got there, my mom hurried into the chamber, where she’d make her final plea. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As she finished casting her spell, a giant stone wall appeared, completely covering the chamber’s only exit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A second torture chamber, worse than the KC-135, was the centrifuge. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day of our arrival, Father and I improvised a chamber pot, sacrificing a canning jar for this purpose. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I listened with envy as his boots shuffled up the stairs and clumped into his chamber. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The other two had to suffer the walk of shame, as they exited the chamber and went back to their old lives. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He walked across the Hall and opened the door into the chamber. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As Yakov’s father dragged me to the front of the chamber, I searched for an exit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had to be carried to her chamber, her skin the color of an old beeswax candle. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I think if I hadn’t been talking about using the chamber pot I would not have understood him at all. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora climbed up into the nook with fresh rations and a clean chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She knew this ancient chamber was on the verge of collapse. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z While the twenty-seven-inch accelerator was still on the drawing board, Lawrence and Livingston worked intently to improve the performance of the eleven-inch chamber that Livingston had built for the old magnet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We finally arrived back at the central chamber, which was in chaos. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Off the big chamber and one step down was a smaller room designed as a dressing room. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She preferred not to use her phone in the chamber because she wasn’t sure how the world of the hereafter felt about such things. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Why had he been in the queen’s chamber, spying on her and Hamlet? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This guy Rowley from the chamber of commerce, who wants to sue me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Frenya shut the chamber door and put her back against it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When Fleur Delacour too had vanished into the side chamber, silence fell again, but this time it was a silence so stiff with excitement you could almost taste it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Nothing like this has ever happened in our town before,” added George Rowley, owner of Chokecherry Real Estate and president of the local chamber of commerce. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The silence was interrupted seconds later by the grind of a motor, and then the Berg was moving on the tracks, jerking back to the central chamber. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In an instant, I see his finger poised over the trigger and hear the bullet slide into the chamber, and I fire. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The clash of metal on stone echoed in the empty chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I was in a king’s courtroom—a big white chamber with marble columns and a wooden throne. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A movement caught his eye and Alex looked beyond the assembly line and through a huge window into the chamber next door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The chief elder stared grimly around the chamber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was a quaint hideaway in a round chamber, stocked with shining rows of Tusker-beer bottles and French aperitifs and obscure African brandies. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At a small chamber, he gave the order to halt. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, then, Odysseus laid him down and slept in luxury under the Porch of Morning, while in his inner chamber Alkinoos retired to rest where his dear consort lay. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He opens the door and disappears into the bathing chamber beyond. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In fact, the cave at Lascaux was discovered purely by chance in 1940 by some neighborhood boys whose dog fell into a hole that led to the underground chamber. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber in front of him, where the landing pad rotated before lowering down into the ground, was empty and vast. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I would have got past Mr. Rochester’s chamber without a pause; but my heart momentarily stopping its beat at that threshold, my foot was forced to stop also. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Bod, his voice echoing in the chamber room. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z One half of the chamber’s interior was occupied by a hollow semicircular electrode shaped like the letter D and known forever more as a “dee.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Petty items like furniture crowded the spirit chamber, so Kaori kept it sparse. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Well, back to gun safety,” Dad said, and pulled back and down on the bolt and removed the unused shell from the chamber of the rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Kit was thankful when she and Judith could escape to the cold sanctuary of the upstairs chamber. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z One evening she called me to her chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A ramp led deep down into a vast underground chamber lit by candles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And then a huge boom sounded throughout the chamber as the mechanism above them slammed shut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z One shared the queen’s bed every night, to ascertain she had no other company; the other two slept in an adjoining chamber with the septa who looked over them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As Frankie’s words echoed in my head, I turned and looked back into the chamber. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She says she has to look in on Mr. Sliney he’s so old and feeble he forgets to call for the chamber pot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was a large square chamber with a high ceiling, filled with dozens of massive stone columns. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They had survived the chamber pot and the night riders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One day, hearing a crash from her chamber, I entered to find her in a frenzy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We started walking down the long chamber with all the cages on both sides, and the only other people there were an attendant hosing out the gorilla cage and some woman holding a two-year-old baby. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I felt desperate to use the chamber pot, but first I had to face the hideousness that awaited outside. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The walkway that encircled the abyss in the center chamber was about four feet wide, and as they inched along, it creaked and groaned. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “If you’ll notice,” he says, holding a hand up to the skies, “Jupiter and Pluto are perfectly aligned in relation to earth. It’s the Jovian-Plutonian gravitational chamber. Where everything floats indefinitely.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were fifty men, most of them young, clustered in the dingy gray chamber. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He turned and absented himself from the chamber, his body betraying signs of considerable inward turmoil of spirits in his irregularity of movement. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now Robin heard the sound of Dame Ellen’s feet shuffling along the passage to his wall chamber. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Instead of the cavernous chamber with its oversize hearth and red velvet curtains, the room in which Roza awoke was small, simple, neat, and so familiar. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He ate it anyway and within half an hour was sick to his stomach and had to sit on the chamber pot bucket kept in the small compartment beneath the front bunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was just a week old the Fates had appeared to his mother, Althea, and thrown a log of wood into the fire burning in her chamber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber itself was round, about the size of a helicopter pad. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was pitch-black and smelled horrible: Harry had just made out a chamber pot protruding from under the bed before Bathilda closed the door and even that was swallowed by the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z How could that bullet have gotten into the chamber? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The audience seated in the chamber was a conglomeration of Durham’s various racial factions; there were contingents from UOCI, the BSC, the Klan, and the White Citizens’ Council. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She pleaded for “our right to the Avenue,” and she convinced the local board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants’ association, and other community groups to back her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z His mood was as black as the chamber, and Bywater said nothing to lighten it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The heart of the citadel, that great spherical chamber where only Minya could still go, had served, all this time, as a...a vault. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Everyone went down into the chamber, the bodyguard continued typing, which was filled with drifts ofgold coins. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they headed down the stairs and to the left of the chamber where that poor old Grisha amplifier had tested him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The hammer fell and sparks danced out of the chamber with a fizz! Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Surely Edmund had seen me flee the king’s chamber on the night my father was killed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They entered a chamber where an old woman sat with her hands chained, flanked by guards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She did not ask to come out, but was pulled out of the chamber at ten hours. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a “chicken switch” in the testing chamber for the candidates to flip if they wanted to come out early; a couple of the women took advantage of it. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Presently Penelope from her chamber stepped in her thoughtful beauty. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to think I must be in an underground chamber, lit by blinding lights, and that the chamber was full of people who for some reason were holding me down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Half the village, it seemed, then pushed into the chamber to see the cause of the turmoil. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the wind was rising, clawing at the shutters of his chamber. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They slipped out of the chamber and slinked along the walkway. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I get one good glimpse of the stairwell, a large, cylindrical chamber with tall plaster walls and tiny windows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z At this the good old woman left the chamber to tell the maids her bidding. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to sprint for the exit, but then stopped in the middle of the chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In spite of his protests, the unhappy invalid was confined to his chamber for three mortal days. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As he made to leave the chamber, however, Doli took him by the arm. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z See how one chamber grows out of another; see how the court is tight with wall and coping; no man at arms could break this gateway down! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z How you could play chamber music outdoors Chester didn’t understand—but it was New York and anything could happen. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I must sound phony as an echo chamber, but Joan didn't pay any notice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Another cry echoes from the adjoining chamber, joining the first in a gentle chorus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In that dusty chamber in the mountains it seemed a thousand years ago and on the other side of the world. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I follow the new woman in charge down the hall, and we turn and enter what is the judge's chamber. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Or, if he comes in, you chamber, he flinches, you put down the knee, switch feet into a swing kick.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I remember wondering, How long will Tsalig be able to hold his breath in the gas chamber? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z One of my friends had formed a chamber choir that was to sing carols during dinner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He being settled and falling swiftly into a shivering sleep, I quitted the chamber and repaired downstairs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Which, of course, meant there was also another way out of the chamber. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z About the size of a melon, the hollow chamber felt unnervingly light in one’s hand, air blowing through as though it were a sun-bleached shell. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Particularly small children who don’t know how to wake at night and use the chamber pot. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But what if there’s like...a torture chamber inside?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I saw chamber pots that flushed clean without servants having to empty them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued straight through, into an inner chamber, just missing a network of steel girders and maintenance ladders. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z They entered a low-ceilinged chamber, and as they did, the light flickered under the weight of the darkness. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The Garden Club displayed strawberries and fuchsia baskets, and the chamber of commerce awarded trophies for a float competition. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Because Uncle Charley, his father, his grandfather—they’ve all been down in the cave and found the treasure chamber. They can find the two rock pillars. But the fire pit isn’t there anymore!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z On August 6,1890, he entered the new AC- equipped execution chamber at Auburn prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. 03-01, noting my sorrow, took me into the experimental chamber and sat me upon his knee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She slid out of the chamber like one of the lumpy treasure sacks, bouncing along over the bumpy cave floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She came to the circular chamber inlaid with the image of the stag, and she went to the black doors in the far wall and knocked on them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I didn’t put a bullet in the chamber and you didn’t—then who did?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The chamber of commerce should sue. I’m going to put it to a vote. No one has the right to lie about our town.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When the messenger left, she and her trusted servants retired to her chamber. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Six guards appeared in the doorway behind them, joining the dozens already in the chamber, swords at the ready. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “The final approach to the treasure chamber,” said Mr. Lyons, “is a very tight squeeze. You will need to crawl.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Bod saw as the dead see: he saw the steps, and he saw the chamber at the bottom. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Matthias and Dunwing pushed hastily past the scrap of sacking that served as a door to the King’s chamber and began their search. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As she increased the wetness of DNA in the chamber, the fibers seemed to relax permanently. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z "Ah, you are in Maegor's Holdfast, my lord. A chamber over the Queen's Ballroom. Her Grace wanted you kept close, so she might watch over you herself." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The ride back to the Red Keep was uneventful, but at the Tower of the Hand he found a dozen angry trader captains waiting in his audience chamber to protest the seizure of their ships. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So now she held the light, as he swung open the door of his neat freshly painted chamber. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she found her fur-lined coat, and they very quietly left the chamber and made their way down the dark stairs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z That was Mama’s tiara locked away in Daddy’s chamber of nothingness. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The candle flames stood straight and tall in the dark room, quivering only when the banging shook the chamber. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Smoit stopped in the middle of the chamber, threw back his cloak, and hooked his thumbs into the enormous bronze belt which strained to bursting about his middle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Not till later, when she and Judith undressed, shivering, in the chilly upstairs chamber, did Kit dare to venture a comment. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z An octopus, when you drag one from his chamber, comes up with suckers full of tiny stones: Odysseus left the skin of his great hands torn on that rock-ledge as the wave submerged him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That sound attracted the attention of its neighbors, and a whisper began to spread throughout the chamber, a moving wave of voices that Kaede realized, with a sinking feeling, she had heard before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Farther on, the passage opened into a round chamber. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Geyer and Cuddy descended a steep set of steps, more ladder than stairway, into a small chamber about ten feet long by ten feet wide and only four feet high. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He started from scratch, replacing Edlefsen’s lumps of metal and sealing wax with a vacuum chamber fashioned from brass in the shape of a flat cylinder four inches in diameter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dallben interrupted his meditations to be present at the feast; though soon after the festivities, he withdrew to his chamber and was not seen for some time. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He called back into the chamber with the two inert bodies, “I understand, sir,” and shut the door behind him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He showed her one of the marble columns that ringed the circular chamber. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A massive table of carved stone filled the chamber, as it had for centuries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes, as we’d been told at the Academy, an officer could stop a fight just by turning on his PA system and loudly sliding a shotgun shell into its chamber. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, the chamber groaned, and the cavern ceiling exploded in a blast of fiery light. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Percy remembered his dream of the dark chamber, the evil buzzing voice of the monster called Her Ladyship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Bod could feel the Sleer listening to Jack’s words, could feel a low susurrus of excitement building in the chamber. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He looks around the chamber as if seeing it for the first time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Bod thought about the man whose hair had turned white after he had discovered the chamber, how he would never return to the graveyard or speak of what he had seen. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I hope when we find my mom, she creates a thermal fission chamber and crams the Chancellor inside.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His footsteps echoed in the chamber inside the hill. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z "I better go. I'll spend my first year on the Wall emptying chamber pots if I keep Uncle Ben waiting any longer." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They found a new, empty cart each time they visited the chamber and rolled it slowly back. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When she returned to the hospital the next day, she put on a swimsuit and entered the sensory deprivation chamber. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The son of the subject, an African male of sixteen years, demanded entrance to the experimental chamber; this being denied, he forced the door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Scythe Volta led Rowan to the central chamber of the cellar, where Goddard and the other scythes waited. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Gunfire and cries of agony still rattled the chamber, but Thomas did his best to ignore them and follow instructions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Now Malachy has to use the chamber pot but he wants to sit on it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z To prevent urine and feces from coming into contact with the boy’s wounds, he carried the cell’s chamber pot to Shin and hoisted him up so he could use it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "Yes, of course; off to the bathing chamber first," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mark shined his light and noticed that the group between them and the door of the chamber was the smaller of the two, maybe eight people total. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They passed through a series of anterooms, into the high central chamber under the onion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This tide of crockery lay thin upon the floor of the next chamber as well. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The old woman threw a handful of dried leaves onto a brazier, filling the chamber with fragrant smoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The chamber was filled with a soft light; its walls were green and silver and its roof of gold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The curtained bed occupied a dais in the center of the chamber. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “My father stopped dragging his feet about drawing up your contract. You’re to sign it in his council chamber tomorrow.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A door slammed overhead as Madam flew out of her chamber. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, with a great deal of joyous bustling that in fact accomplished little, the enchantresses hurried to straighten up the chamber. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The mayor, Councilman Grandy, and the man from the chamber of commerce stealthily retreated to their limousine, while Leroy Branitt plodded off to his trailer in search of a cold beer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was a stirring in the rear of the chamber. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Through the marble choir screen at the back of the room is a second, deeper chamber, this one filled with church relics. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The walls of the chamber made a crackling sound like ice in warm water, and dozens of gems streaked toward the giant, punching through his armor like buckshot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One can imagine the reaction of the mayor and city council members as some 100 poor black people walked into the chamber of city government. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Just then, as if on cue, the cavernous chamber’s walls shuddered. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z But no one answers, and when I turn the knob and enter, I find her chamber is empty. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Gitney, one night, called me away from my new duties serving refreshments in the parlor; he instructed that I was to come and see him in the forbidden chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So she described it, sitting in her chamber among her maids—while her true lord was eating. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At these words there was a cry and part of the inner end of the chamber fell in with a crash. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Soon, a decorated gang was brought to the magistrate's chamber and filled with water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The stairs spiralled downward about sixty feet before opening into a chamber as large as Bunker Nine - which is to say, ginormous. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Atelier de reparation, thinks Werner, a chamber in which to make reparations. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Walking to within fifteen yards of a pregnant cow, Joe bolted a bullet into the chamber. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So at length they came to the private chamber of the Lord of the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Tobias puts the bullet into an empty chamber without looking up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Through him, a few of the orchestra played at small dances held by officers and Tories, or accompanied suppers with chamber music. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Rad Tab called the process “snouting,” after the pig-snout shape of the tube that was to carry the beam from the vacuum chamber and out into the air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I dragged myself in and helped her use the chamber pot. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Is it true the chamber pots in easterly Rock are made of solid gold?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the dark chamber there was a coming and going of maids. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When the chamber was clean, Madam told me to open the windows again and let them stand open all afternoon to make sure there was no lingering pestilence in the air. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z From where I sat, I could see most of the chamber below. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “They run out of kerosene after a while. When that happens, let them cool, fill the fuel chamber and turn them on again.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Robin was to have a chamber in the keep. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "Someone put dead roses in the bathing chamber." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The documentary showed a sign over the door in the death chamber, which the rabbi had passed under many times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I used it to make sure the area was clear, then jumped down through the trapdoor and landed on the dusty floor of the hidden chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Even if her plan succeeded and she defeated Arachne, she wasn’t sure how she could make it out of this chamber alive. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Silently the lady made her way to her glowing upper chamber, there to weep for her dear lord, Odysseus, until grey-eyed Athena cast sweet sleep upon her eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow these plaintiffs would have to find the steel to speak freely and the composure to think clearly while seated in a pressure chamber. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z "The smiths are in your audience chamber, waiting your pleasure," he said as they crossed the ward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Duke,” the king said, his voice echoing through the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Put the extra dirt in a cart and pull it back to that chamber. Someone will get rid of it for you.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The chamber was fitted between the pole faces and immediately fired up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Somewhere beneath all of that daintiness, chambered in all that neatness, lay the thing that clotted their dreams. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The blade’s image zoomed straight through the doorway, down a spiral stairwell, and into a dark, cylindrical chamber like the inside of a grain silo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The ion particles would fall out of phase, they said, or would crash into the walls of the accelerating chamber, or would collide with stray air molecules in their way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Tom Bombadil! and with that name his voice seemed to grow strong: it had a full and lively sound, and the dark chamber echoed as if to drum and trumpet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The gold skirts of her dress were the only sound in the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A bellow of laughter resounded beyond the chamber, and in another moment a giant, red-headed warrior rolled in at the side of Adaon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Franklin adjusted the humidity of the chamber using an ingenious apparatus that bubbled hydrogen through salt water. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I proceeded along the passage to my mother’s chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Another time, she told a servant to show me how to clean a chamber pot: “Make her put her own nose to the barrel to make sure it’s clean.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Luke gave Robin his blessing and went with him to his chamber. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Across the rotunda, the doors of the conclave chamber opened and the scythes began to file in. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When I opened the door to my chamber, I saw that my blanket was slashed, and tom, and the clothes I had mounded beneath it were thrown about the room. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They consisted of a bedroom with an attached bathing chamber and a dressing room, a small dining room, and a music and gaming room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He made his way cautiously through the chamber, then set off through the door to the hall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Cora heard Ethel descend the stairs, and when her host returned she handed Cora food, a jug of water, and a chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For the Gamow Bag to function properly, an attendant must continuously inject fresh air into the chamber with a foot pump. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Much to our amusement, Mrs. van Daan was carrying a hatbox with a large chamber pot inside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The whole chamber thrummed with energy, an echoing boom, boom, boom that reminded Hazel of a heartbeat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Hand's private audience chamber was not so large as the kinjg's, nor a patch on the vastness of the throne room, but Tyrion liked its Myrish rugs, wall hangings, and sense of intimacy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He looked worried, and when I walked into the chamber he grabbed my hands and asked if we could pray, and we did. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Three staircases and several halls later they arrived at a large chamber filled with loaded shelves. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Until then she must see that her son was securely guarded in his chamber where he was still suffering from his wound. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber at the top of the steps was dark, smoky, and oppressively hot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could see the chamber growing lighter than ever. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I will prove my power is greater than Mithras. With a single strike, I will bring down this chamber.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At last they set to work, but Eurycleia climbed the stairs to her mistress’s chamber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Burn rushed out of the chamber to escape opponents who wanted to beat him up. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z "An immortal dragon of power cut from this stone will be a fitting sculpture for my formal chamber." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Livingston took the opportunity of Ernest’s absence to make a subtle change in the vacuum chamber’s design on his own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was in a dim, narrow chamber filled with water, with no way back up the giant’s long, smooth throat; no rope, no ladder, no footholds. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We spoke on the phone shortly before he was taken into the execution chamber. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then I banked the fire, locked the doors, and took her back upstairs with a chamber pot of warm water and a lantern I’d found in the barn. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Matthias stood reverently, gazing upon the calm features of his own legendary hero in the silence of the small chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They used her Uncle Nicolas’s books, the dishes, the boxes, the furniture, and the drapes of bygone days to arrange their astonishing nuptial chamber. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As I wrote and blotted many phrases, lamenting my dull wits, Gertrude appeared at the door of her chamber, looking fretful. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Traitor Knight,” boomed the voice, “come out of the Queen’s chamber!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurried through the jam-packed chamber, mumbling apologies as I squeezed through, until I reached a clear space against the wall and bent over, my hands on my knees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At the Rad Lab, Wilson contributed ingenious improvements to the cyclotron, among them a rubber gasket allowing probes to be inserted and withdrawn from the chamber without compromising the vacuum. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He led her across the chamber, past a row of tunnels leading off into side passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And inside the small chamber, kneeling before a darkness so black that it seemed poised to devour the world, was Cain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In a few more minutes the hall widened abruptly into a large oval chamber. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z His head came out in the middle of the floor of a large round chamber. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The next chamber we entered was the dining-room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When he returned to his chamber he called for the Warden, and heard all that he could tell of the Lady of Rohan. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Nielsen is a member of the chamber of commerce, and conversations often include discussion of initiatives and plans for stimulating business in this “unruly” economy, as he calls it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z This time the execution chamber is not empty. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z On a night when the moon gazed down like an evil eye, the young prince appeared in Jemmy's chamber. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He could sense the Sleer writhing and expanding, hear a noise like the scratching of a thousand dead twigs, as if something huge and muscular were snaking its way around the inside of the chamber. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The servant scurries to an adjacent room, leaving us alone in the chamber foyer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He stepped back into the chamber and shut the door behind him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At five o’clock in the morning, Blanca awoke with an upset stomach from the cloyingly sweet smell of the flowers with which her father had adorned the nuptial chamber. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "No need for you to worry about her, little darling. Go on and change. The staff await you in the bathing chamber." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The main space was one huge chamber with a circular rotunda, sort of like a capitol building back in the States. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "The servants will take you to a bathing chamber," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The entire chamber had been transformed for the great moment when the Stormbreakers would be brought on-line. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When Cleopatra realized Octavian’s aide had broken into the chamber, she tried to stab herself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her voice boomed through the speakers and filled the chamber. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At the north end of the chamber, a large crystal door was set into the wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A thunderous, splintering boom erupted through the chamber as the ridderak shattered the wooden door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A broken piece of mirror reflecting the moonlight was the only illumination in the King’s chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Alec and Mark ran to the opposite chamber and hid in the very back, disappearing into the gloom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z 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 A hush fell over the chamber as Scythe Curie, the Grande Dame of Death, came forward. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z All the while he was running through the streets in bad weather I thought he was looking for her, not Wild’s chamber of gold. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A smaller limousine delivered the Coconut Cove mayor, Councilman Bruce Grandy, and the chamber of commerce president to the construction site. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother’s solution lay in the bottom of the trunk in our chamber. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Company retreated to the other side of the chamber. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Beneath the surface is a magma chamber that is about forty-five miles across–roughly the same dimensions as the park–and about eight miles thick at its thickest point. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Faber opened the bedroom door and led Montag into a small chamber where stood a table upon which a number of metal tools lay among a welter of microscopic wire-hairs, tiny coils, bobbins, and crystals. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was a roomy chamber with a pleasant, earthy smell. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And they did so, and lifting up the bed they bore it from the chamber. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He placed the responsibility for fashioning a suitable new vacuum chamber in Livingston’s hands, and then vanished from the laboratory to go “angling for funds and other support,” Livingston recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She reached the Prince’s chamber, said good night to the Royal Family, and went directly to the wall display of weaponry. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her voice echoed across the chamber to reach even those in the back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Harry had been down to Washington Square to hear an open-air concert of chamber music. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He nods to a closed door in the corner of the room, one I’d assumed led to a torture chamber. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One day not long after the queen’s lecture, I caught Cristiana in my chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He lifts his head, and I click the bullet into its chamber, raising an eyebrow at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Six tons of pure glistening amber, a jeweled chamber that glowed like golden fire. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the dark inner chamber the God and Goddess were seated on their thrones, freshly anointed and garlanded with flowers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He really didn’t want to go into the chamber. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z An hour later, Russian speech could be heard through the microphone in the tap chamber. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The king's command traveled like an echo from guard to guard up the stone stairway to a small chamber in the drafty north tower. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “And—” “And when he found Mondragon irrigating that beanfield with the dead sow off in a corner he stopped and ripped off a chamber load 4t our hero from a distance of about thirty yards.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, there was a rap on the door, and Mr. Sharpe sidestepped into the chamber and bowed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Facing them, way across the chamber, were the white pieces. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But that was a long time ago and now it’s Mr. Sliney’s chamber pot, which is no harm because she’s paid for this and he’s harmless. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleansing fumes he sent through court and hall and storage chamber. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the meal was finished and the story ended there were three friends instead of two in the little green-walled chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Helen the beautiful came down from her fragrant chamber attended by her women, one carrying her chair, another a soft carpet for her feet, and a third her silver workbasket filled with violet wool. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the chamber was* the great table from which it took its name, a massive slab of carved wood fashioned at the command of Aegon Targaryen in the days before the Conquest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t want no rounds in the chamber until after we hit the area,” Simpson said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He towered above all in the chamber and his beard flamed around a face so scarred with old wounds it was impossible to tell where one began and another ended. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Groggy and naked, he stumbled his way across the darkened chamber. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At her bidding, I brought them ynnt and delicacies in her chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Every day they were driven into the underground chamber Nhamo had seen, and a huge fan blew their smell through the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed him down to the parlor, where we kindled a fire for the ease of the academicians, who were retiring from the experimental chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Two or three termites in a chamber will begin to pick up pellets and move them from place to place, but nothing comes of it; nothing is built. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the best way to prevent a mishap was to be sure to visit our chamber pots every night before we got in bed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pearson’s work created an echo chamber that seemed to be driving Grand Dragon Samuel Green crazy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z All I could find was an ancient chamber pot that had been the drinking bowl for the cat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The lights of the chamber flashed off the silvery surface—a wicked- looking dagger, gripped tightly in his fingers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "There," whispered the eighty-first lord, and he fell to the stone floor of his chamber, and he breathed no more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Frost, the man Jack, whoever he was, was forced away from them, pulled back until he was spread-eagled, arms and legs wide and flailing, against the side of the chamber wall. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z On some level he noticed the walls of the chamber, people screaming and yelling, readying to attack the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was a simple stone-walled chamber about as large as my bedroom—and it was completely empty. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Instead, I stood in a massive rectangular room—an audience chamber, from the looks of it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The results of this were inconclusive, beyond the extraordinary discomfort it apparently occasioned the subject, who protested weakly as we placed her in the steam chamber the first several times; eventually falling silent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It worked just like a stove-top espresso machine: the pressure of steam in a chamber from which there was only one exit drove the water in the container upwards and out. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As the experimental chamber lost its humidity, the DNA molecules relaxed and tensed—exhaling, inhaling, exhaling, like life itself. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He’s fed up, he’s finished with the climbing, he’s going to use his mother’s lovely chamber pot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They were dumped on the floor of a gloomy chamber, shucked out of their clothes and left a pile of rags to put on. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z This was a demoniac laugh—low, suppressed, and deep—uttered, as it seemed, at the very keyhole of my chamber door. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They came to a gentle rise, where the main chamber widened to more than a hundred yards across—wider than the length of a football field. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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