| 单词 | cord |
| 例句 | Maybe there is some creepy ESP that passes through the umbilical cord, and she’ll never be free of it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z With a collective ruffle of fabric, the twenty-eight Witchlings pulled out their crystal amulets, which hung from black cords around their necks, and held them in front of their faces. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Zu took off at a run, blitzing down the aisles of extension cords and buckets. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I dismantle the original lights, bending back the nails that hold the power cord. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Once hooked up to the scoring machines using a body cord, points register when any part of the blade makes contact with either the metal mask or the lame. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He’s here because his stepdad beat him with cords and hangers when he was a kid. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The mulefa made many kinds of rope and cord, and Mary Malone spent a morning inspecting and testing the ones Atal’s family had in their stores before choosing what she wanted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He slipped the cords off his wrists, and fished out a packet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But the house has two fireplaces, one in the living room, one in the dining room, and there was about a cord of wood in the woodshed, already cut. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The yo-yo attached to Alex’s belt spun, trailing out thirty yards of specially designed advanced nylon cord. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Holly primed the wings’ motor, pulling the starter cord over her shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I just wish he did not fix these cords so savagely tight. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She put on the mask, which was tied with a silken cord so thin she could barely see it, and at last she took out her moonstone ring and slipped it on her right hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My tongue is a piece of leather in my mouth, my vocal cords brittle paper. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z From the other end of the car, I heard the porter shout and I looked up to see him yanking the emergency cord that run along the baggage rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cord was cut through, and the metal wires inside the cord were split apart at the cut section. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He cut the cords on Gollum’s wrists and ankles and raised him to his feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There are still mounds of bodies waiting to be buried, like cord wood or piles of matchsticks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He played with the cord of his eyeglasses. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Nye undid the cord; the knot, he was unhappy to see, was not the same as the half hitch that the killers had used when binding the Clutter family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Aaron gets both of her wrists in one of his fists, fumbles off the cord belt of his robe, and starts tying her hands together with it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She clipped one end to Moss’s collar, then snaked the cord behind him and put the transmitter in his back pocket. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a good deal easier than the cord on the punt, though about as thick. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There she deftly used the nick in her beak to cut the spinal cord. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The phonograph she had borrowed from her niece sat on the mopped linoleum in the center of the room, the cord rising to the chandelier, where it was plugged in. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom always said that it was because Teddy saw me first, and because I cut his cord, that somewhere deep down he thought I was his mother. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But whenever Tessie spoke about the umbilical cord, when she claimed that she could still feel me out there somewhere, Milton found himself wanting to believe her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It drew up tight on the heavy cord and he looked at it in disgust. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS’s arms are bound in vicious, luminous cords. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I add, because my scientific brain knows that room-temperature water is much better for vocal cords than cold or hot. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z His face was lean and brown and corded as jerky and his old eyes were brown, even the whites were brown and deep set so that they looked out of holes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning we’d open the doors, run an extension cord out into the street, set up a table, and play music. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Kaede began to creep down the slope, the rope snaking between them like an umbilical cord. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I held each dog as the doctor injected nembutal into its veins to make it unconscious; then I held the dog’s jaws open as the doctor inserted the scalpel and severed the vocal cords. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I lifted my hands to my throat, expecting to encounter a tight cord. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z After checking with four doctors, I discovered that the trouble was up in my neck, where a bony growth on my spine was pushing against my spinal cord. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A bartender brought a phone into the room with a long extension cord. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She then plugged in a cord and said in the same crisp voice every time, “Hello, Central, what number please?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Inside under the deck was a space that held some rolled sails and what looked to be a two man rubber raft rolled and tied with bungee cords. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A cord is a string or cable, like the ones found in the human anatomy: spinal cord, umbilical cord, and vocal cords. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Three times Sam struck with all his force, and at last one single cord of all the countless cords snapped and twisted, curling and whipping through the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He runs an extension cord out onto the landing and plugs it in. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Bailey is the one who has hair braided in big thick cords and pinned back into a maze of rows that make a full bun at the back of her head. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Nathan grabbed it along with its charging cord and ran back into the store. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Maya wrapped the phone cord around her whole fist this time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He suffered a stroke while alone at his home in Clanton, Alabama, managing to drag himself to the telephone, grab the cord, and pull the receiver off its cradle. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She now carried with her a brocade pouch suspended from a red satin cord. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was drab in the fresh, hot morning sun, and a pair of silk stockings hung limp and withered from the cord of the windowshade. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Five were in the first bag—they proved to be the hardest to get—and the bag was tied tightly with cord I found in the kitchen drawer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold water could actually hurt a singer’s voice—tighten the cords when they need to be loosened. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Thin cords shot from Lupin’s wand this time, and next moment, Pettigrew was wriggling on the floor, bound and gagged. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He held out a tattered leather cord, and the breath caught in my throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The plastic swords bent under her, but they provided some extra bulk to the knots in the cord, so at least she could keep a better grip. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They cut the cords that tied us together. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Frantically I jerked on the starter cord, and this time the old engine gave an encouraging kick before sputtering out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z At last he mastered her arms; Grace Poole gave him a cord, and he pinioned them behind her: with more rope, which was at hand, he bound her to a chair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He was corded muscle, scars, but only two tattoos—the Dregs’ crow and cup on his forearm and, above it, a black R on his bicep. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Before she could take much more in, the man in the sledge cut through the cord around her ankles, and hauled her out roughly while the driver shouted at the dogs to make them still. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she saw the Wart, she began wagging her whole body, grinning vacuously, and panting in her efforts to lick his face, in spite of the cord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack points to three large computer screens on the desk, attached by a wad of tangled cords. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “And I need the knife for the cord.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He chose a white nylon cord, as strong as wire and not much thicker. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The tote bag was tied to my waist with a length of cord. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The yo-yo rotated on his belt, pulling in the cord. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I stood and tugged the cord that ran above the seats. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Then he disappeared into the gloom of the forest, with the unfortunate hound trailing behind him at the other end of the cord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She retied the cord that held it bunched at her neck, then wiped her sweaty hands carefully on the woven cloth of her garment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Grover tried to corral them away from the monster just as the other cord on the spaceship snapped and the exhibit crashed to the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As I grasped hold of the cord, my fingers closed around warm flesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At 3:30 officials from the International Olympic Committee, draped in gold cords and wearing tall silk top hats and coats with long tails, walked out onto the Maifeld and formed a double cordon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My throat hurt constantly, vocal cords taut to snapping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cut the cord between us myself. That’s why I had a knife.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Cord on cord of oak and ash were stacked to make tall, crooked walls between the trunks of trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Daddy turned to look at the electrical cord again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We took the bus home, and I showed Calista the cord to pull when she wanted the driver to stop. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Hugo wore a thin leather cord around his neck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But the spinner is all apart with some of the rings under the table and some under the sink, and the cord is near the stove. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It had done a little growing, then stopped, but the surgeons feared its close proximity to her spinal cord, so they left that one be. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Most practical people would have cut the cord right there, would have broken away from Bodega like a rancher shoots a horse with a broken leg. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She slashed the onager’s spring cord to disable the weapon, then kept moving. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I spun the spiral phone cord around my finger, tighter and tighter with each ring. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I was the guy who, when someone tripped over the cord, caught the falling lamp. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “My cord broke halfway through,” I said stiffly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Chronicler unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a dull ring of metal hanging from a leather cord. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Single bulb lamps hung from long cords, creating yellow puddles of light on the polished brown linoleum tile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But they all sounded like witches’ brews: the plasma of chickens, puree of calf fetuses, special salts, and blood from human umbilical cords. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Pushing air across my vocal cords is hurting more and more, and I know it can’t just be me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In this way, with my vocal cords as my instrument, I glide through the verses, wavering slightly at first, but getting stronger as I continue. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He had fed an extension cord through a crack in the screen door, connected to a box fan that blew at his feet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He made a show of puttering around, checking the cords that held the tarpaulin tight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That’s when Mother realized the umbilical cord had wrapped around the baby’s throat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sheed glanced behind the machine, didn’t see any sort of pipes for water or power cords for electricity. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He ripped at the cord again and sat back for a quick breath, looking across the track to where Dandelion was waiting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With the quilting thread, I tied off the cord and snipped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then one day, three months after I was gone, the signals coming over my mother’s spiritual umbilical cord stopped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With a muted thud, the receiver bounced on the carpet, dangling from its springy cord. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I switch the fuel hose over to the next tank, squeeze the primer bulb, and yank on the starter cord, thinking, pleasepleaseplease start. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Patty looked for an extension cord from one of the many still unpacked boxes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He pushes into Henry and feels the tight cords of his shoulders start to release, like how Henry describes unfurling a sail. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One man was swiftly lashing cords around her, around her limbs, her throat, body, head, bundling her over and over on the wet ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z His hands are dirty, and he swipes away long cords of black hair spilling in front of his eyes with his forearm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I wrapped the phone cord around my fingers, trying to feel the connection between us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z As I twirled the spiral phone cord tight around my finger, my confidence thinned with each ring. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The next day I sat in the kitchen with Viola and watched her punching down the bread dough, the cords working in her forearms. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The sound of my ten-year-old brother running about his room pulled a cord within my consciousness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When he left her room, after pointing out a cord on the wall that she could pull if she needed anything, Kira looked again at the robe displayed on the table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore her turquoise mittens with a long cord connecting them, running up her sleeves and across her back to keep them together. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Did you trip on the fan cord again?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Suspension cords whipped around, and I skidded halfway back to Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Emma worked the phone, Horace fished our last few coins from his pocket, and Millard paged through a chunky phone book that dangled from a cord. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I looped the cord around my wrist, using my teeth to knot it, and took a deep breath. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The mask dangled between them, the cord twined in their fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not think that the ashes of a burned cord are going to tell us where Loki is.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She began to pull at the tight knot she had put in the bathrobe cord, and said, “Intense cold is one of the symptoms of shock.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The king had untied the cord at his throat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was all they had time to say before Mr. Marsden stepped on his stool and pulled the cord that set the room to roaring and shaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She run straight to her mama and stick out her chin and then she jerk the phone cord hard as she can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His gaze falls to the yellow headphones around my neck, then follows the long cord to the tape deck on the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Johnny, who had never even seen a sash cord in all his life, got a hammer and screwdriver and took the whole window frame out of its case. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It had felt like a strong cord stretched across the trail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Bast bent to pick up the iron ring by its broken cord, knotting it together again with quick fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Knowing I only have one shot to get it right with this tool, I wrap the cord around my shoulder, position the circular saw between Noah’s shoulder and my own, and turn on the power. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Her initial courage was failing a little, and she began to twist the lute string with the cord on the cake boxes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All slow like, I pull the cord that lifts up the blinds. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Why, hell, when the railroad puts a branch out here, I could lay it down neat, broke up and seasoned, right beside the track, for a dollar and a half a cord. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The letters were corded and strong against the golden satin material. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They glance at the stripes on his collar patch and sleeves; the cords in their throats tighten. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He recognized the symptoms of some type of meningitis, an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The Captain yanked the starter cord two or three times and the motor finally coughed and then hummed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A silvery cord raced across my ankles and fastened to the tree next to me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Next to the door was a cord and Prosper gave it two strong tugs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Again I tried the starter cord, and again nothing happened but a sad sputter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘When the sun comes up, we haul in the extension cord until the next night. The building won’t see nothing.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I plug the cord into my phone, slip them over my ears, and turn on the film score from the Disney movie Up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The cord had twisted itself into a bit of a knot, and for a second or two I actually panicked, thinking it might be irreparably tangled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Sherm would carry the microphone, spooling out the cord the way Mr. Partridge taught them, and Emily, pretending to be Bridge, would carry the mike stand. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “You can let the cord go, hand, and I will handle him with the right arm alone until you stop that nonsense.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Boston Corbett, one of the men under Baker’s command, has fired a bullet that slices through Booth’s spinal cord and paralyzes him from the neck down. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z When he was a week old he could climb lamps by shinnying up the cord. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z As soon as he felt the cord tighten, SEEf woke with a roar, which shrank to a purr when he saw Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was so sick that they had to stab a needle into his spinal cord. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand appeared and frantically pulled at a cord. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The same symbol was embossed on a carved wooden charm that dangled from a cord attached to the journal’s spine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Otto was getting heavy on my back, and wherever his weight rested my muscles were becoming tight cords. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She slipped Reyna’s silver ring off the cord and put it on her own finger. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Some were carefully constructed scenes; one or two had attempted something artistic: a silhouette of a girl backlit by an enormous movie screen; a close-up of a tangled telephone cord wrapped around a receiver. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now there was something else on the leather cord: a red coral pendant Percy had given her when they had started dating. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He pulled a cord and out dropped Stuart onto the window sill. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “I should think it would be,” she said, and measured the cord and cut it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She showed him how it was firmly knotted onto the cord that hung around her neck. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She'd caught up to me, even with the added weight of RiRi’s roll attached to her own with a fraying bungee cord. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A lamp has been mounted above my divan bed so that in the future, when I hear the guns going off, I’ll be able to pull a cord and switch on the light. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The team laid an electric cable along the floor throughout the building, strung with outlets, like a cord for Christmas-tree lights. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hands and feet they tied with a cutting cord behind him, so his bones ground in their sockets, just as Laertes’ royal son commanded. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The bullet entered King’s right jaw, traveled through his neck, severed his spinal cord, and stopped in his shoulder blade. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a sudden sweep, he cut the cord. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul got the job and worked twelve-hour days threading cords into automobile tires for less than five dollars a week. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I handed him my yellow rip cord, yelled “Airborne, Jumpmaster!” and turned my body to face the open door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “That’s some story,” Beth says as she pulls the cord to turn on the overhead lightbulb. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z An inmate had rolled endless yards of toilet paper into tight cords before weaving the cords together into the noose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No ma’am. Pride is a sin. And ’cording to the Good Book, it goeth before a fall.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Marks on the neck can further reveal whether the killer used his bare hands or a cord. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He shoved the top sweater away—and there, hidden beneath it, still attached to the cord, was something that almost made Finn’s heart stop. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He slipped the light-pen into the pocket of his shirt and removed his black-framed reading glasses, which hung in front of his chest on a thick cord. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I twist the cord tighter, my fingertip turning purple with backed-up blood. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow noticed a small microphone dangling above the embalming table by its cord. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Not only is it the big kind that isn’t a cell phone, but it’s got a loopy spiral cord that’s connected to the wall. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z For this killer or killers: * Carefully cut the telephone cords of the home’s two telephones. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I take hold of the starter cord and pull, praying my outboard motor will fire up on the first go. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Summer gave a piteous whine, his legs kicking against the cords that bound them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He spied the drawn window shade on the east window, with its shade cord and ring, like a trapeze, and it gave him an idea. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z All we had to do was pull the cord to turn it on and off. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I feverishly resumed hauling on the starter cord, one hard pull after another. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And if your microphone cuts out or you trip on a cord in front of those five hundred and fifty people, that’s more scary. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Scipio frowned while he fiddled with the cord of his sack. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am coming,” said Wang Lung, braiding his hair quickly and smoothly and weaving into the strands a tasseled, black silk cord. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The cat-o’-nine-tails was generally made of six strands of hard, waxed cord, sometimes metal-tipped, that were attached to a hickory handle about a foot and a half long. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It missed the spinal cord by a hair, missed the medulla oblongata, and traveled through her head just underneath the brain, missing every major vein, artery, and nerve. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mama wrapped the phone cord around her hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The punt cord had been drenched through with rain, pliant, slippery and fibrous. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad fiddles with the TV and all the cords, and manages to get the ancient DVD player up and running. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I nod, because the feel of his heartbeat is doing funny things to my vocal cords. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I shut my teeth together, vocal cords cut, they hurt so. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She put on the bark cord of mourning and refused to cut her hair anymore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tug pult the string and from the tree on the other side a bowie knife tied to a piece of cord swung down at the spot where the pouch had been setting. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z We both glanced at the bright lamp he had just plugged into the end of a big, thick orange extension cord. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z While I changed into the kittel, Meir knotted lengths of blue and white cord into the tassels found both on tzitzis and on the corners of a prayer shawl. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Acrobats dangled from cords over the canal, lithe bodies garbed in nothing but glitter, while street performers played their fiddles, hoping to garner a coin or two from passersby. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I see a short strap with two long cords fastened to both ends. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day when we came back from the Center, we found a radio in our room, the cord wrapped around its plastic body. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z With the receiver wedged against her shoulder, the cord stretched across the kitchen, she cooked, cleaned, and strained tinctures of goldenseal and blessed thistle, while having the same conversation over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His black robes were tied at the waist with a simple white cord. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I swear it’s like his fist goes through my stomach and out through my spinal cord. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s still five dollars a cord, and there’s three thousand cords in that little grove alone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The box was corded, the card nailed on. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When we were setting up, Joe realized he’d left the cord to his guitar in his locker and had to run back to find it, which cut into the time we’d been given. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Coaxing a fresh blaze with a blowpipe, he found tongs and with them held a portion of the collar carefully to the blast, his corded, brown old back gleaming with the heat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The old woman pulled the bell cord and got out of the seat, trying self-consciously to avoid any contact with the anatomy of Jones, who watched her writhing through the detachment of his green lenses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The fabric of her dress was made of tiny cords. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So far there were two short extension cords, a couple of rolls of burlap-looking twine, and some metal rulers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I closed both hands around the lamp and the fuzzy cord and gripped them tight. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The tape player rides on her hip, and the cord of the buds has a short in it, so the speaker annoyingly shuts off in one ear unless she settles it just so. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The cords were “almost as hard as a piece of wire,” Burr wrote. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The shovel snagged what appeared to be a length of cord. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He took the telephone cord between his fingers, just under the transmitter. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Nico felt as if he was standing on the goddess’s throat - as if the entire length of Long Island resonated with her vocal cords. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The lion jumped onto the aircraft, and the cords holding the plane began to groan. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The space behind it was so dark that he had to strike a match to find the light cord. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He saw short cottony hair, dark skin, and an amulet hanging from a leather cord around her neck. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Adèle seemed scarcely to need the warning; she had already retired to a sofa with her treasure, and was busy untying the cord which secured the lid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A braided cord of black leather wound around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Jaime removed the cord from around her neck, held her upside down and dangled her in the air, and with two resounding slaps introduced her into the suffering of life and the mechanics of breathing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached for a black cord pinned to his sheet and buzzed the nurse’s station. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Butterfly-collar shirt only halfway buttoned, and peeking out from beneath it was a small drawstring pouch hanging from a cord around his neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He had somehow managed to twist himself up in the phone cord. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z An old wall phone hangs upside down by its wires on the left as you enter, the receiver dangling by its curly cord, a symbol of Sing Sing’s chronically broken phone system. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn unplugged the charger and tugged on the other end of the cord, which went under the back of the dresser. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From her waist cord hung her cornucopia - the magic horn of plenty. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then, as though some retaining cord had reached its limit, something yanked him back into the cellar beneath the Hotel of Bees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She herself invented a wonderful door-opening device made out of wires and springs and pulleys, with heavy weights dangling on cords, and soon every door in the house had a door-opener on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Once he tied the rudder off with a piece of cord so he could go below and get a drink of water but as soon as he drank he returned to the cockpit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The cords in the king’s neck stood out sharp as swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A mislaid rope may be called a lost cord, but the familiar musical phrase is lost chord. climax/crescendo. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The rats would swing the cord round and round, gaining momentum until, judging the right direction, they loosed the cord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I recoiled inwardly as though the cord were part of me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Men I didn’t know climbed the oak trees with coils of small electric bulbs and meters of extension cords. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She had no weapon, just the cornucopia on a leather cord over her shoulder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They removed the brain, eyes, and spinal cord and dropped them into a jar of preservative. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So she applied more force, the motors in her arms hummed a little louder, and the cords snapped. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z To my right, the zip line snaps, the wire cord whipping back and shattering the windows below me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He yanks the cord hard enough to break the leather thong. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Instead she twirls the cord around her finger. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z While the dwarfs were hacking and wheezing, he grabbed his tool belt from Akmon, calmly summoned some bungee cords, and tied up the dwarfs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He held aloft the scrawny red body so raw and naked and cut the cord with kitchen shears and wrapped his son in a towel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Books have been thrown down the stairwell, along with papers, cords, bottles, and what might be pieces of antique dollhouses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wasn't paralyzed, indicating that his spinal cord was intact. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a bestial, lunatic cry, surely ripping the boy’s vocal cords to shreds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Using every last bit of strength she had left, she pulled the cord. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z His neck stretches into tight cords as he screams, "See how the Jew twists my words? See why Jews can't be trusted?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Then she looked past him to the extension cords. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The umbilical cord flew with the red flag and made us laugh. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She traced the veins that corded down his arms and the lines that crisscrossed the palms of his hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The article began by describing Bohr’s becoming entangled in his microphone cord, drawing a pained high-pitched squeal from the loudspeaker. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Baca connected extension cords into electrical outlets inside the cafeteria that Mrs. Hidalgo ran out to where we were setting up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He clicked his fingers, and the ends of the cords that bound Lupin flew to his hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Everyone, of course, already wore the bark cords of mourning, the men around their heads and the women around their necks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s one more thing to remember when I’m grown, to tell about the Congo: how the mango fruits hung way down on long, long stems like extension cords. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She nimbly tied a knot on the cord that had connected the baby to its mother’s blood, then quickly she bent and with her teeth she bit off the loose end. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1965, people weren’t sure whether pulling on a rubber cord was going to help the heart any or not; in fact, even the astronauts weren’t in agreement on the importance of physical conditioning. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever she closed her eyes she saw the nets and the two faces there among the cords, Dustfinger’s and the other face, blurred as an old photograph. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I said, “Maybe your vocal cords actually are broken. You should go to a specialist.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There was something wrong with her vocal cords as well, and she was only able to speak in a kind of raspy whisper. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Air from the frigid New York Harbor blew at us, and I put my hood up over my head and tightened the chewed cord. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His laptop is set up on the breakfast bar with a USB cord plugged into his camera. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I yanked the power cord out of the tower to shut the thing down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She knotted a string around the pulsing cord. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A friend, a boy his own age, was heaving the cord. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She kept pulling until the invisible fishing line turned into wet, knotted cord. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The will of the Watchers was broken with a suddenness like the snapping of a cord, and Frodo and Sam stumbled forward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Faro, following the instinct of all dogs, sat down and chewed on the cord. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z My mother used to say that the umbilical cord attaching her to her children had never been completely cut. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He said, “You saw her snip the cord.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When I finished, I wound the cord and placed the vacuum in the storage room. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She tugs a cord on the wall, then turns to me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He tugged a cord tight and knotted it before he answered. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Peeta unties the cord and flattens out the circle of silk. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew to put newspapers under the sheet and to tie off the cord with string. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The phone cord unwound from my finger, leaving crisscross indentations. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z From these bars they now hung pulleys wound with strong, thin cord, and at the ends of the cords they fastened hooks, which they slipped into the oval-shaped holes in the block and pulled taut. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It grew almost to the ceiling, wrapping itself around the cord to the blinds, all the way up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Standing on platforms, they were painting the webs and cords sage green. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He offered to repair a broken sash cord in one of the Tynmore windows in exchange for two voice lessons for Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Tad stood up and stepped over the cords and the stretcher and everything else in the middle of the floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I kept thinking the rest of my sentence would emerge from the air passing through my vocal cords, but nothing happened. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A long black cord dangled near her feet, unplugged. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A little lower, and it would have cut through his neck, spinal cord, or carotid arteries; a few inches higher, and it might have entered his brain. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In addition to the cord, I had found some cans of tuna and sardines in the kitchen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya squinted at the coin, strung on the end of a cord. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z We sat on the number five bus, headed downtown, laughing at some girl whose mother was known to reach for anything—cable wires, extension cords, pots, pans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She began to pace, squeezing the coiled phone cord in her hand. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You look dried out,” he said, as he pulled the pail back up by the cord attached to the handle. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Maddie flipped the keys and plugged in the cords, and he gave her posting orders over her own telephone. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The starter cord was a three-foot length of rope that wrapped tightly around the engine’s flywheel. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z To her left, several electrical cords wind along the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She tried to move her arms, but they were restrained by cords. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He fiddled with a little tablet on a cord around his neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He need cast no finding-charm to know this: he knew it, as certainly as if a fine unreeling cord bound him and it together, no matter what miles and seas and lands might lie between. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Small,” I said and busied myself cutting and tying off the cord. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stiff ocean breeze blew the hats off and there was much laughter when the boys pulled the skimmers back by the cords. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For weeks at a time Harriet swung a broadax in the woods as part of Ben’s crew, cutting half a cord of wood a day just like a man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His face turned red, and Bran could see cords in his neck bulging as he strained against the weight above him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The tingling and pain in his feet hadn't disappeared, and the doctors guessed that his spinal cord was damaged. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As they were cutting the umbilical cord, he moved his head from side to side, taking in the things in the room and examining the faces of the people with a fearless curiosity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The keepers he put on a stringer, a woven cord with a three-inch nail tied to its end, anchored with a rock on the riverside. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “If you braid the cords with the twine and any wire Z and Frankie get, it might be strong enough to lower Kaitlin down after we finish with the stretcher.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He had a black silk cord tied around his left forearm, and now he was tugging at it with his gloved right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It had started the cut to smarting again so when I went to wash I hung the vest on a chair and lowered the light cord so that the bulb would be drying the splotch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a tug at my belly and looked down to see one of the physicians pull the cord which was attached to the stomach node, jerking me forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he pulls Werner behind this makeshift bunker, unscrews the base of a grenade and yanks the pull cord to ignite the five-second fuse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Inside there was one length of braided cord—red and gold, just like the one Father Cham had given to the baby girl at the school. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Women looked like great sea snails—the corded wood, babies, and laundry they carried were the whorls on their backs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Miles was there, the valedictorian’s golden cord slung over his shoulders. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z So I help Mom get the cover off the oscilloscope and find the power cord. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Just saying it gave me immense relief, as though a cord had loosened from around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On one side was the wall of a building and he slumped against it, panting, the corded vein in his forehead inflamed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z If in this wandering narrative I seem to have cut the cords of family joys and sorrows, of Junior’s current delinquency and junior Junior’s new tooth, of business triumph and agony, it is not so. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Having no cumin or cecily for sealing the cord, she spat on her hand and rubbed the cut end. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But something unspoken passes between the two men when he tightens the cords at the side. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She resumed digging, and presently she excavated the package— square, wrapped in thick brown paper and tied with a strong cord. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I have dangled from a cord a hundred miles above this planet; I have been privileged to go beyond this planet’s moon, briefly, into the black void beyond. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Annabeth turned toward me, she was holding a leather pouch—like a Native American medicine pouch on a cord braided with feathers. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The bulbs dangle from a cord strung along the old streetlights. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Annnnnnnd the cords of muscle in his forearm look on the verge of popping through his skin. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Maya wrapped the phone cord around her finger. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Standing in the dark corridor, illuminated by the torchlight dancing in the sconces, was a short woman in a simple white dress, which was fastened around her waist with a simple blue cord. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z My throat began to ache and my voice dropped, roughening into a deep crackle, as if my vocal cords had turned to sandpaper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I reached up and tugged the yellow cord, and the bus hadn’t even stopped before we were running to the front, lurching and swaying with that giant hunk of metal. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One lightbulb hangs from a long cord and swings a little after Dray pulls the door closed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was suspended underneath the plane by a single thin white cord, twisting around and around as he was carried ever farther into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He stumbled into workbenches, knocked over toolboxes, and tripped on electrical cords. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If he could move that out of the way, he could see where the cord went. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Maddie turned back to her switchboard and coolly plugged in the front cord. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Do you want to cut the cord?” she asked Dad. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Reek could see it in his mouth, the curl of those thick lips, the way the cords stood up in his neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I understood it all—the cable wires, the extension cords, the ritual switch. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They could use X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs to locate the bullet, reveal the damage to his ribs and vertebrae, and show that his organs and spinal cord were uninjured. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On the wall there are markers of many colors, most of them dried out, hanging from rubber cords. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He gestured at Mike, who reached in his pouch and fished out a lead probatio tablet on a leather cord. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Five people had emerged from the darkness of the Berg, dressed in outfits that sent a chill racing down Mark’s spinal cord. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The boys wore straw katies with a cord attached to the brim and the other end to their coat lapel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time me and Rondell got back up to the counter Mong had old dude gagged and tied up in telephone cord. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They were all still laughing when the temporarily blind William Spiver stepped on the cord of the little shepherdess and tripped. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z This mantle had a heavy silk tassel, like a curtain cord, to join it across her breast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He seized them, looped the chain across the wolf’s throat, and pulled, the veins in his neck cording from the strain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Being careful not to make a sound, he stole across to the lamp by the bookshelf, shinnied up the cord, and climbed out onto the shelf. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Guitar hanging round his neck with a red silk cord and a grin hanging from his ears. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Father Cham reached into a pouch he kept tied at his side and pulled out a long woven cord. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Around her waist glittered a cord of gold Labyrinthine links - the belt of the Amazon queen. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We had both seen the boxes in which our parents kept the dried cords of all their children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pima’s mother shrugged, her corded muscles rippling under her tank. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She finds the cord for the cassette player, plugs it in. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The overseer came in, nodded good morning, and pushed a low wooden stool under a cord dangling from the assembly of wheels and belts above his head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z From a cord around his neck dangled an amulet of some sort, and he felt its importance but could not remember why. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z When Mr. Popper telephoned the City Hall to see about a license for Captain Cook, the penguin did his best to disconnect the telephone by biting the green cord. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Tick and Temp chewed through the cords around Boots’s pack. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Maddie pointed to her headset and the front cord she was about to connect. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They fastened the page from the Book of Fortune onto Minli’s chopsticks and attached an end of the red cord to the kite. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She moved around as she talked, playing with the cord. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I had a penknife, a ball of cord, an ax, and $40, which I had saved from selling magazine subscriptions. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the plug out of the wall socket and carefully wound the cord in circles. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Rocket! Don’t play with electrical cords,” Finn said, reaching for the cat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Not the kind the nuns have, with an electric cord that plugs into the wall. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the other men, shuffling into position, checking the cords that connected them to the static line. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Leo had lashed himself to the console with a bungee cord harness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was only then that I saw the badge hanging around his neck on a silver cord, and the bright red Ψ stitched there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My hands were clenched into fists so tight the cords that held my bones together could be seen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Two factors finally prompted Ernest to cut the cord with Yale. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes the microphone sat on the table before you, at other times a smaller, cylindrical microphone was hung on a cord around your neck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I twirled the twisted phone cord in one hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Miss Katona lifted the glasses that dangled from a cord around her neck and peered at me through them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When the bus arrives, I breathe a sigh of relief ’cause if I swallow one more drop of frozen air, my vocal cords might go into a state of hypothermia. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I smack my forehead; there’s totally a charging station with retractable cords in the dugout, but even going back to charge for five minutes would add fifteen to my mission. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Leo rolled on his back as five golden cords shot from the Neptune statue’s fingers. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I squeeze the two extension cords in my hand, ready to connect them and flood the whole place in light. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z When things had setded again he pulled at the mike cord once more and at last jerked the cord free. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He groped forward, sweeping the air with his open palm for the cord; he found it and jerked on the light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to know who the old woman was who cut the baby’s cord. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he’s winding the phone cord around and around his hand, as if he means to strangle his fingers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I pictured a string, a bungee cord connecting me to the world from the small of my back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I walked to the middle of the cord and pulled it laterally. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy’s in the fields and Mother’s at a doctor’s appointment in town, so I stretch the black, twisting phone cord to the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And all of it pressed in on me as I pulled the brim of my cap down tight and yanked the cord to start my motor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Cecilia was getting to her feet without any particular hurry, and was retying the silk cord of her dressing gown. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The heavy sword hanging from his shoulders by a length of cord thumped against him as he urged his legs forward: the breath rose ragged in his throat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The headphones’ cord is wrapped tightly around the player. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z As an army of workers cleared the stage, unhooking power cords, removing instruments and equipment, Armpit and Ginny were unsure of what they were supposed to do or where they were supposed to go. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She spoke loud into the receiver as if the cord wasn’t long enough from Autauga County, Alabama, to Brooklyn. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The distance awoke a longing in her like a cord pulled suddenly taut: She wanted so much to go back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “With that connector cord, you can also save longer things you want to write—like stories or poems—on the computer!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z In the dining room, I see the old-fashioned phone in the center of the round table and notice there’s no cord attaching it to the wall. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z At last the evening bell rang, and Mr. Marsden pulled the cord to end the day. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘The cord hurts us, yes it does, it hurts us, and we’ve done nothing.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I was surprised to find a rabbit already struggling against the cord. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A container of IcyHot, a bag of little black specks, five or six heavy-duty bungee cords, a screwdriver, a socket wrench, and a small sledgehammer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In the center of the tent there is a man in a tuxedo, suspended by one leg that is tied with a silver cord, hands clasped behind his back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She let it lie there all the way to her stop, but couldn’t resist scooping it up as surreptitiously as possible when she stood to pull the cord. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped up, grabbed some scissors off the counter and cut the cord on dude’s hands. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The mainsail he wrapped around the boom and tied with three short pieces of cord. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Looped neatly over pegs beside each marionette was an array of dowels and paddles, strung together with thin black cord. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His wrists, legs, and ankles were tied with cords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He remembered an attempt to tie him to a dresser so he could be beaten with an extension cord. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside again, he spent a bungling five minutes sloppily tying the cords holding his suitcase together, and, when that was more or less accomplished, he hoisted the suitcase with a grunt and began walking west. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To which my mom, the receiver still in her hand, the coiled cord stretched across the room, said, “We could afford them if you would let me get a job.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Dragon stared at the ripped page from the book and Minli looked at the red cord in Dragon’s hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He tore off the paper that was attached to the cord and carried it inside to the table, where Ellen had lighted a lamp. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I untied the cord of the canvas bag and got up, discovering sore muscles as I moved. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Imagine someone reaching straight into your chest, past the bones and blood and guts, and taking a nice firm hold on your spinal cord. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then they backed away, one of them holding a trip cord which would close the trapdoor after the rats were inside. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The principle of twisting and winding hadn’t caught on in their world, so all the cords and ropes were braided; but they were strong and flexible, and Mary soon found exactly the sort she wanted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z After cutting the umbilical cord, the midwife began to use a cloth to take off the blue grease that covered his body as Aureliano held up a lamp. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z So he crept into his mother’s bedroom where she was still asleep, climbed the lamp cord to her bureau, and pulled a strand of Mrs. Little’s hair from her comb. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z A strange tassel hung from the top of the book—a worn leather cord, frayed and tied back together in several spots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She can hear him unplug a radio, then tangle himself in its cords. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It is the ash of a cord that has been thrown into the fire and burned. Cord just like that ball of nettle twine in the corner.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z ‘Those cords have cut me like wires; but my feet are getting warm again. I could stagger on now. What about you, Merry?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then, as quickly as he could, he tied the end of the nylon cord around the bolt of the harpoon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The cord was as good as half through already. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I unknot the cord from my belt and hers, and stuff it into her hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I spoke to a great crowd at Yankee Stadium, telling them that an unbreakable umbilical cord connected black South Africans and black Americans, for we were together children of Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands connect the cords, and I feel a buzz of electricity as the lights flood our neighborhood in color. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I jumped at the window and yanked the cord. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z His hands were chained behind his back, and around his neck was a wet leathern cord attached to a device the king had brought from Tyrosh. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Laced and silent in his small bed, he tried to tie the loose cords in his mind. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My vocal cords feel like dried, crackled rubber bands. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I pulled the game cabinet out from the wall and saw that the power cord was unplugged. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A pregnant woman is just a glorified human incubator, Apollo argues, an intravenous bag dripping nutrients through the umbilical cord into her child. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I strained against the cords, overwhelmed by a sense of impending doom. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I noticed that he had his key on an elastic cord around his ankle, and I also noticed that he had a key chain ornament that looked like a giant molar. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a long electric cord, the one from my mother’s vacuum cleaner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Just as my fingers closed around the braided leather cord, Grigori landed atop me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Being a volunteer meant that in exchange for a possible spinal cord injury, we could each save the equivalent of four American dollars. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Finn bent down and saw that Rocket was lying upside down, his paw swiping up toward a cord plugged into the wall behind the dresser. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z First, the scar on his face ran across his left eye, and over this eye he wore a black patch, fastened by a cord around his head. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z With a piercing scream, Taylor jumped forward, circling the blow dryer over her head by its cord. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But in the tiny Gemini that was not possible; about all Frank and Jim could do was pull on a heavy elastic cord. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She goes to the door and pulls on a cord. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In 1944, he became entangled in the cords as the machine went into action and was strangled. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Samuel Hamilton delivered all his own children and tied the cords neatly, spanked the bottoms and cleaned up the mess. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Whimpering, I tried to shake them away, but then a thick cord coiled around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was the only way to put enough force into pulling the starter cord. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow the management’ll spot that orange cord hanging about and they might say it’s not safe.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He was shirtless, and though mostly covered by the quilt, the arm that rested over it was corded with lean muscle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I tie the cord tight; the pants hang on my hips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A tarnished amulet hung from a cord around her neck, though it was too dark to distinguish its details. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Tug the cord if you need her. In fact, Lena will be up with your supper in a few minutes.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “What are we going to do with this?” he asked, holding up the piece of umbilical cord that had been closest to the baby. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep it and a charging cord hidden in Harold’s trunk next to the spare tire. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I squeezed the twisted phone cord and thought of my new lipstick. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Some inventive rat had devised a fearsome weapon: chunks of iron grave-railings from the churchyard, strung to lengths of cord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It’s hooked up to a long extension cord. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Their branches were corded to hold back the glory of their spreading and probably to make shipping easier. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie had been gassed in the Great War, his vocal cords all but destroyed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Did you have a girls party to go to today? Why all the hairstyling?” she says as she picks up the iron and winds its cord around it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She stretched a flap of tarp over the top of the crate and tied it down with an elastic cord from the hem of JoJo’s sweatshirt. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He also remembered getting beaten with an extension cord when he was taking a bath. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She yanked the cord again, and then again. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z What must it be like to be dangling up there, held only by a few cords? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Werner holds the field light in his mouth and gathers what he can: a small hammer, three jars of screws, eighteen- gauge line cord from a shattered desk lamp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I landed on my back, my helmet flying, saved only by the lamp cord attached to the battery on my belt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She was watching Sherm drag a bundle of microphone cord toward the stage, measuring with his eyes how much they would need. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The hooks were attached by a yard or so of leather cord to a bell-shaped iron weight. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Around their necks, on white cords, hung those silver whistles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And ’cording to the only folks who was there to witness the whole fuss, the word kept tumbling outta me o’er and o’er for more’n half a day. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He pulled the rip cord of Snowden’s parachute and covered his body with the white nylon sheets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The huntress wore a dark green shirt, the sleeves laced together with a brown cord from elbow to wrist, and brown breeches with shining boots, but she did not carry a mask. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Wolfgang never had to worry about tripping over an electrical cord. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, really? And weren’t you planning to cut off some of my fingers?” asked Dustfinger, tying the cord around Flatnose’s legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It began to roll and twist, lengthening and thinning, until it looked like a long black cord knotted at one end. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His ankles were tied together, but not his hands—or, rather, he’d managed, God knows how, maybe in rage or pain, to break the cord binding his hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in his usual place at the dining table, the phone against his ear, with the cord stretching behind him from the kitchen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I stretched the cord into the pantry, pulled the string on the single bare bulb. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As soon as I pull the light cord, I see a stack of Mom’s nursing uniforms on a shelf, perfectly folded into neat Dad-squares, with one of her plastic name-tag pins resting on top. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The old men looked at their stalklike legs, dwelled on the cords in the backs of their knees and remembered old dance steps they had not done in twenty years. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I coiled the phone cord around my finger and stared down the hall at the front door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The basement has bumpy gray walls and a few lightbulbs hanging down from the ceiling on neon-yellow cords. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Two of the creatures were fitted with bridles and stirrups of braided cord. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z No blood trails, I tell myself, and manage to pull my hood up over my head, tie the cord under my chin with uncooperative fingers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He had a piece of cord tied tightly around his waist, and this was attached to the top of a tiny wire cage. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Whenever one of the missiles landed intact on the rubble pile, she would seize it, standing in full view as she whirled the corded iron round and round, releasing it in a blur of speed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Kira remembered that she had tied it back that morning, as she often did, with a simple leather cord of no value. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The simulation is using her vocal cords, but robs them of the natural fluctuations of human emotion. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m trying to keep my tone light, but my vocal cords go all husky and weird. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But Wormtail, who had finished conjuring the ropes, did not reply; he was busy checking the tightness of the cords, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, fumbling over the knots. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When she was alone Tessie tried to feel something coming in over the umbilical cord, but there was nothing, not even a sign of distress. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Scruffy yanks an electrical cord out of its socket. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The problem was not finding something to bind it to; it was finding something to bind it with—twine, string, any kind of cord. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A single lightbulb dangled from a cord in the ceiling. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Ellidyr rolled on his side and strained desperately against the tight cords. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z But you didn’t hear Granny complain about having to trim wicks, clean smoked-up lamp chimneys, and fool with kerosene when other ladies could just pull a ceiling cord to get light. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Around her neck hung a pendant like a miniature maze, on a cord set with rubies that made Hazel think of crystallized blood drops. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And yes, a big letter is called a capital because it’s important. chord/cord. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Dr. Philobosian had severed the cord of flesh, another, spiritual connection had grown up in its place. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then Wayne got out, walked back, and pulled the starter cord on the generator. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Here is a mallorn-leaf of Lórien, and there are small crumbs on it, and a few more crumbs in the grass. And see! there are some pieces of cut cord lying nearby!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then, taking the drill and its new cord outside, I connected it to the modified rover charger and fired it up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He cradled my hands against his chest while Meir bound my wrists together with the braided cords. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And in perfect time, Lee Scoresby leaned over the side of the basket and pulled the cord on one of the bags of ballast. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Acting on the word’s suggestion, he seized the bunch of knotted cords from its nail behind the door and shook it at his tormentors. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Blankenship got out a cord and flipped on the amp. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I tried to pull the starter cord, but it wouldn’t budge. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They had been behind German lines before many times—living like woods creatures, living from moment to moment in useful terror, thinking brainlessly with their spinal cords. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z All this came in a kind of singing along the invisible cord, a singing such as whales do, crying out to one another in the deep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In his pocket might be a newspaper with a squib: “Oak cord wood is bringing ten dollars a cord in Los Angeles.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She replaced the cap, flicked a tiny lever, placed one foot on the mower, braced the other firmly in the grass, and yanked the cord quickly. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then I went back to the rover and tied off the cord to the roof- rack bar on the high side. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn tilted sideways, his eyes even with the top of the drawer, so he could see the cord winding down from the back of the drawer and into the middle pile of sweaters. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Frankie said, grabbing a couple of extension cords off the ground. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “And she’s donating her favorite cord skirt and a pair of shoes.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She tugs a series of braided cords that dangle along the wall, and a tapestry lifts back, revealing a complete wall of rose-porcelain portraits set in a curling network of brass tubing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Once he’d got the cord stowed away tidily in a big paper bag, he peered out the window, looking left and right, as he’d been doing for the previous quarter of an hour. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There was a length of cord in Dustfinger's pack, strong if not particularly thick. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Whenever I thought my parents weren't looking, I'd climb on a chair and pull the cord, just to see the light appear and disappear as if by magic. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z When the banks disappeared and small shops in between rickety houses came into view, Ruth pulled the cord. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z At least ten times a day, she’d take the box out, re-arrange the fireworks and look long at the pale red tissue and white corded stem and wonder about how they were made. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He placed the arrow against the cord of the bow and waited. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Each subcommittee handled a specific duty, such as obtaining five hundred cords of wood before winter set in, cleaning the streets, or distributing cash to those in need. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “You should take this one,” she said, passing me a navy dress with white braided cords arranged across the bodice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Joey helped Zed plug in the world’s longest extension cord from his camper to our garage. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In one hand he carried a gleaming brown guitar with a long scarlet cord and tassels. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I grabbed the little cord that calls the nurse and buzzed and buzzed nonstop until a lady came charging in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached behind himself, hacking blindly at the cord, but only succeeded in becoming more entangled, both in the rope and the oilcloth that had been draped from the scaffolding above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Hel frees the cord while I grab the harness and strap myself in—I’ll have to carry her down. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Chronicler reached out to take hold of the cord, his hand trembling slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Doreen came flying out of the kitchen, the cord of the phone snapping the receiver out of her hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z That electric cord looped out our window, seven stories above the sidewalks, and right into the window of the Jenkinses’ apartment next door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Other boys were jumping rope, jerking up and down like mechanical jacks-in-the-box, or straining on leather floor mats until their neck cords popped, or slamming medicine balls into each other's stomachs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I locked my eyes on Rose, on that bowed cord of vein and muscles that curved from her earlobe down her neck to her collarbone, and took a quick step to the right and forward. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It reminded her of the time she’d been plugging a frayed lamp cord into the wall and her finger had landed on bare wire. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “They couldn't start him breathing. The cord was caught around his neck or something.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z My lungs burn as I gaze up at the light from the hole that I fell through, the thin cord from the oxygen concentrator a guide to the surface. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Much of it was decorated by rolling or pressing a cord on the clay while it was still soft. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I rip the cord from the wall, roaring out, “What are you doing with all our things?! What are you doing with the TV?!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Even more wires and cords dangled down from the metal scaffolding that stretched to the roof. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The dragonflies were still asleep, tethered with cobweb-thin cord, their wings damp with dew. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The cord would be long enough, so I didn't unplug it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The word mustered inside her, air swirled around in her lungs, her vocal cords vibrated, her lips readied. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Careful not to fall, I untie the cord and place it in a pocket of Papi’s sweater. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad is great, but he’s an inventor and he’d probably tune out while he sketched gigantic catapults and estimated the tensile strength required for a bungee cord to send a one-man glider into orbit. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He took away the thick, coarse rope and gave her a thin, woven cord that whistled when she spun it out into the cold air and snapped a twig with its tiny noose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As soon as the umbilical cord was cut, they would both be thrown into the truck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Ashima’s initial glimpse, before the cord is clipped and they carry him away, is of a creature coated with a thick white paste, and streaks of blood, her blood, on the shoulders, feet, and head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "You know I'm not a Nazi. But I must stand by my country," says Gerhard as he pulls the cord and makes a tight knot. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Even before he pulled the trigger again and got a click instead of a bang, young Luther had dropped the receiver, leaving it dangling by the cord. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There was a noise of organic crunching as windpipe and spinal cord were crushed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Reading glasses hung around her neck on a brightly colored, woven cord, the kind from a global imports shop. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her last words were lost in the empty air of the gym; Miles had shot across the bottom of the bleachers and ripped her microphone’s power cord from its extension. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She held like this, held, held, shivering, the cords in her neck stretched, sweat dripping from her face, her fingers crushing Mariam’s. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Nobody thought to lash bungee cords to the animal’s legs, or maybe equip it with a parachute. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z So he went moodily back to his bedroom and set about making a lanyard with his cotton cord. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The cloaked man was now conjuring tight cords around Harry, tying him from neck to ankles to the headstone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The TV was connected to an orange extension cord that was plugged in on the other side of the room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z In the gap left by the half-closed door, I could see a telephone cord stretching from a wedge of cluttered desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was a silver cord dangling from the ceiling, and as she pulled it, the curtains parted and revealed a mirror. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The vocal cords refused to work, but I could snap my fingers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a telephone on the wall, the old kind with the curly cord attached. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She learned that the toilet was fun to splash in and that lamps will fall if you grab the cord. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z They are calling her Swiss, because the word Swiss was written on the small knife they used to cut her umbilical cord. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I tied up my possessions with a length of cord and returned to where the men waited. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally I grabbed the phone off the front hall table and carried it as far as the cord would permit, which left me at the entrance to the living room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It had grummets and was laced down at the edge with cord. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Soon she was bound to the demon by flaxen cords. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The phone cord wound around my hand, making its way up my arm toward my elbow. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z One of the windows was slightly open and a cord ran from it and across the porch to vanish in the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I unwrap the cord and slip the yellow plastic headphones over my head, pushing the tiny speaker nubs into my ears. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It doesn't take long for a thought to get from your brain to your vocal cords and out of your mouth, but it does take a moment. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Finally, she dropped the whistle, letting it bounce from its cord, and yelled, “Whoo! Listen up, team. We gotta come together, lean on each other, and let Coach show us the way!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The temples were not much larger than apples, but when Diana asked her to move one, she felt as though someone had tied a gigantic field stone to the end of the leather cord. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m on the floor, leaning into the front of the couch, winding the cords of my new earbuds around my fingers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z And the farther away she got, the faster it spun, like there was an invisible cord unreeling from it that stretched between us, and if she went too far it would snap—and kill me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I wrapped the phone cord around my neck,” I said, picking at a loose thread on my jeans. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I reached up with one hand to tear at the fingers that strangled me, but instead of warm flesh, my nails sank into unyielding cord. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z After bracing my heels against the transom of the dinghy, I locked both hands around the grip of the starter cord. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Before I even cut the cord, I put my mouth down and breathed into her tiny one. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The machine was heavy, maybe eighty pounds, and was suspended from the ceiling by a thick rubber cord. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Tight, rigid cords of sickly green veins webbed across the boy’s body and limbs, like ropes under his skin. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At one point, she beat Sonny so badly with an extension cord, he ended up in the hospital. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z On the sandbank she found not one but five of the precious wheels, and passing the cord through their softening centers, she swam heavily back, pulling them behind her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z One morning my dad was heading out on a tarpon-fishing charter when he spotted Mr. Carmichael whipping the dogs with a bungee cord. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I take a few more breaths and then I reach up and take the knife from her fingers and cut the cord Aaron bound her wrists with. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z We stood in the shadows of a ropewalk and observed the men dragging their cranked engines up and down the long corridor, twisting fibers into cord. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He chewed the jerky as carefully as the mare chewed the grass, pushing against cords of gristle with his tongue, feeling the slippery fibers give way between his teeth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t feel close to them, but he did feel connected, as though there was some cord or pulse or information they shared. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I am strapped with warm bungee cords—like octopus tentacles. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z We roll across the studio, careful to avoid cords and wires, and enter the area where the competition will take place. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a good idea; one the cords in my neck tightened up and made me give a cry. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The paralysis was accompanied by destruction of the nerve sheaths and by degeneration of the cells of the anterior horns of the spinal cord. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I showed Abbey how to use both hands to yank the starter cord, which was tricky. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I resumed twisting the cord around my finger. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Helene grabs the bow from me, takes aim with the corded arrow, and a second later, one of the legionnaires rappelling down goes limp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He did not truly feel good because the pain from the cord across his back had almost passed pain and gone into a dullness that he mistrusted. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A naked light bulb burned on a cord swinging from the ceiling, casting sharp shadows on the wall behind the mantelpiece, and in the corner where Calpurnia sat. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Looking for a bit of distraction, I started testing out the elasticity of the phone cord, seeing how many times I could loop it around my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The cords are crossed over and back, binding us as one. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z In spite of having the sunless complexion and slight build of a yeshiva student, Sender clung onto the cord as tenaciously as a terrier, even going so far as to bare his teeth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z All linen was swept aside to be washed, but she carefully wrapped the useless cord and the afterbirth and laid the package at the feet of the Virgin on the small altar. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The children wore their horns strung on cords around their necks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I think that man wanted to kill me. Did you see how he was playing with that black cord?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She yanked the already stretched telephone cord a few feet farther so she could keep talking while digging through her closet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He was trying to cut the cords with his gold blade but having no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Alex felt himself almost being torn in half as he was yanked out of the Jeep on the end of the cord. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z From the south-west corner of the wall, moles had marked the exact run of the tunnel with two lines of cord and pegs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He pulled his black silk cord tight between his hands. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Dr. Nawaz had told me that would happen, on account of the breathing tube they had slid through his vocal cords. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The cord snaked in through our window, which was cracked just enough to let it pass under. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The long curly cord snakes around and around her thin body, like a rope tying her to the stake. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I find myself tied with a rawhide cord to a small pole at the end of the train car. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Uncle D and JimmyTrotter managed to rig up a clothesline, tying cords from the bent-but-planted pole to the remaining sturdy branch of the pecan tree. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She pulled her old Mac laptop out of the drawer and wound up the power cord. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z LeVisqueux attached a pulley to a pinion he’d staked into the cave floor, then looped a cord through the pulley’s wheels. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I dig a beetle larva out of a decaying log and put it on a thornbush fishhook I made and tied to a fine cord of deer tendon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Taking a baby out before its umbilical cord has dropped off? What can they be thinking of?” whispered a woman. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They carried the pile of stiff tarry netting to the riverbank and spread it out on the grass, and Mary showed them how to knot a new piece of cord where it was worn. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Pretty much everything he needed, plus a laundry cord he could use as a belt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Thin, snakelike cords burst from the end of Snape’s wand and twisted themselves around Lupin’s mouth, wrists, and ankles; he overbalanced and fell to the floor, unable to move. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Somehow I struggled to my feet, leaving the black receiver dangling from its cord. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He indicated a purple cord hanging against the wall near one of the beds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The slave who had seized upon the stays of our ship stood, and, casting a glance toward the mob awaiting him upon the shore, began to climb, his knees clasped around the cords. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Outside lights were fixed to their poles, or to the roofs of houses; inside lights were set into the ceiling or had cords that had to be plugged in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Vengeance ought to be spoken through gritted teeth, spittle flying, the cords of one’s soul so entangled in it that you can’t let it go, even if you try. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It’s almost dark when I fasten two cords to a strap of leather I cut from one of my moccasins. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He crouched down and began to nibble and gnaw at the thick cord. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t move: his face was knotted with anguish, and the muscles of his neck stood out like cords. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He moves to the window shaded by Venetian blinds, pulls the cord to open the slats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he handed the boy the pistol and sat in the sand and began to unlace the cords of his shoes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I motioned for him to make a slight turn, but he cut the wheel so hard, it swung the cord attached to his truck. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The other end of the spear had a nylon cord attached to it for retrieving. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while I wanted a drink of water and found the bell on a cord by the bed and rang it but nobody came. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Craig, who was suddenly interested in girls, had started taking his phone calls behind closed doors in the bathroom, the phone’s curlicue cord stretched taut across the hallway from its wall-mounted base in the kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He reached for the holophone cord, but Ear and Eye grabbed his hands. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Here, Diana, we also found a couple more small extension cords,” Rashid said behind him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The fingers curved around her neck, strumming the delicate cords there. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mary took some flat bread and cheese and some sweet, thirst-quenching red fruits, wrapped them in a cloth, and tied a cord around it for one of them to carry over a shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Wait till you see this'.” Deftly he snapped open the blade on his pocket knife, cut the cords holding the suitcase together, and the two halves fell open. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I rushed to the cupboard, the spiral phone cord stretched flat, and read the name from the bag. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “It depends on how long the American cord is….” Theresa’s little gnome face scrunches up like she’s thinking hard about this. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d laid the same one on his old man countless times, despite knowing it would mean the belt or the replacement power cord for the dryer that hung purposefully in their trailer’s kitchen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But there must have been some steel cord in her throat, for Cathy’s voice could cut like a file when she wished. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If her spinal cord was damaged, I’d just made it worse, but what other choice did I have? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I slip off the headphones, wrap the yellow cord tightly around the Walkman, and tuck it in my jacket pocket. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Do you dance to the sound of the bagpipes, or lace up the cords of your armor? Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He reached over and yanked the bell cord, then nudged Nunu, who put away her picture book. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Everyone, boys and girls, wore a secret cord to protect his or her fertility. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in the stalled motorboat yanked frantically on the cord to his engine, and the two mud hens sought supper at the bottom of the lake, tails bobbing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie used his hold on the cords to reel me closer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I took out my knife, cut the cord and put my arm under. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Like a madman, he was slashing at her with his whip of small cords. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Genes, phenotypes, selection, and evolution were bound together by cords of relatively basic laws—but it was easy to imagine that these laws could be misunderstood and distorted. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Who is to say she should not have run to the forest with her hair and umbilical cords flying, and knelt to deposit each of these three at the base of its own pine tree? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They stripped the Suli and Kaelish girls down to their underclothes, then bound all the girls’ wrists and ankles with cords from the curtains and gagged them with torn pieces of their prison clothes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Once she felt how the earth shook after Pap tore into a tree, she didn’t have no choice but to marry him, ’cording to her. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Adina swirled the hair dryer on its cord and let it fly, whacking him in the head and knocking him out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Like fish caught in a net, struggling against the cords that trap us, trying to squirm free, not realizing we’re already dead. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Another is to take a third length, such as an extension cord, and tie it to the end of one of the ropes so that it will be long enough to reach the other rope. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The twenty rats strained on the cords, and the block rose an inch. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Blue Eyes screamed as his blade tore at the corded muscle of her neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Many tests are done, and while there’s damage to my vocal cords, it doesn’t account for it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. disappeared into the kitchen and then returned with the telephone receiver, its long, coily cord stretching into the living room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He wondered whether to pull the rip cord of Snowden’s parachute and cover him with the nylon folds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The midwife held the cord taut and told me where to cut. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled this baby into the light of life, so I will bury the afterbirth and the cord that once linked him to eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The medical team’s main concerns — damage to my spinal cord, airway, veins, and arteries — have been allayed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was a cardboard box, unwrapped but tied with cord. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto yanked the cord that zipped their blinds to the top of the window frame, flooding the room with bright sunshine. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I twist the phone cord around my finger. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got a good signal in this building,” he panted as he plugged in the cord and attached the antenna. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The cord that came through the window was tied to a brass bell and the bell was fixed in a rough wooden jig that had been nailed to the window molding. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The room is dark apart from a domed metal lamp hanging from a long cord, which casts a concentrated pool of light on the table’s center. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a steampipe overhead, and knotted to it, dangling from it, was a piece of cord—the kind of cord the killer had used. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z At the gate there was a bundle of switches tied together with a cord, the symbol adopted by local ruffians as a warning of punishment to follow. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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