| 单词 | courtyard |
| 例句 | The travelers walked through the courtyard and into the great hall. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They finished lunch and went outside into the overcast courtyard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z One morning as I was running a teacher’s errand, I saw someone named Renshaw walking across the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Our neighborhood is gray and white and black cement; you have to peek through metal gates into hidden courtyards to find trees and flowers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Pursues him through tents and watches him pay for his tea in the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I showered quickly, changed, and met the family in the courtyard. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The high-voltage transformers in the courtyard also were showing their age; Brobeck appraised them as “equipment Marconi would have recognized.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z You step into a bright, open courtyard surrounded by striped tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I scramble out of my bed, through the open-air corridor, and into the back courtyard, guzzling the cool night breezes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The two were on their way down the stair as Ranofer entered the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On one side of the courtyard is an open-air kitchen. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A trace of a sardonic smile was all the recognition I got when we passed in the courtyard outside the massive Salle Richelieu of the Sorbonne. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z So I sat about the courtyard and the stable, and like a good prentice, I waited. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It roared into the courtyard like a sudden storm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They walked across a courtyard paved in white stones, past a fountain shaped like a horse and rider, and toward a grand glass conservatory, lit from within by hanging lanterns. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They surrounded the courtyard in a U and opened onto it through four green doors. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Their horses kicked it up when they rode into the courtyard, and it floated into Kaede’s nose and throat and made her cough. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “If we go out the kitchen door, there’s a small courtyard, then the back side of another corner apartment unit. Were looking at an overview of the four streets that meet at the intersection.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z To his left was a window that looked out onto the courtyard. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A white horse stepped into the courtyard where I was polishing my armor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One night of uncertainty, when Pilar Ternera was singing in the courtyard with the soldiers, he asked her to read the future in her cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The policeman leaves us with a policewoman, who sits with us in the courtyard when our food arrives and shows us some funny videos on her phone. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Doha sat up in shock to see his friend Kitae running into his courtyard to scream the news. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But I see when Schillinger sees her, darting across the courtyard in the frost. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Our pegasi set us down in the outer courtyard, in front of huge silver gates. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Through the tall window I could see, across the courtyard, the chimney looming high above, steadily emitting black smoke. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And from the branches of this tree I can see directly over Wenamon’s wall and into his courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I hurry away, double back again, slip through the passage at Mickiewicza 7, skirt the overgrown courtyard, and pass through the front door of my apartment building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As I sat I heard a sound in the courtyard without—the agonised cry of a woman. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We were each given individual cells on either side of a long corridor, with half the cells facing the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He reminded me of a young peacock I once saw that acted as if he had just claimed the entire courtyard by fanning his still-short tail. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Through carved archways they could see spacious courtyards filled with greenery, and there were great buildings that looked like palaces, for all that the steps were cracked and the doorframes loose from the walls. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man in the courtyard had been telling the truth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Moss nodded his head and the six of them sat down in the yellowed, dying grass of the courtyard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Their supper was served in a cozy dining room with crowded bookshelves on every wall and a window overlooking the courtyard. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Once through the arch, Shasta found himself in a courtyard which was also a garden. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bessermann is in the courtyard, nicely dressed with a bag over one arm, having a friendly conversation with Mrs. Krajewska. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was the month of Hathor in the Season of Growing, and the air was cool despite the heat from the hooded furnaces that lined the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The courtyard had been constructed over a landfill, and in order to start my garden, I had to excavate a great many rocks to allow the plants room to grow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The courtyard was surrounded on both sides by arched colonnades. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’m dragged through the church’s back door, which is only ever used by the priest and the choir during service and leads out to the courtyard and classrooms. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Auri scampered down into the courtyard and in a few minutes returned with a delicate porcelain teacup for me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Many of the flat stones that paved the courtyard had cracks across them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The soil in the courtyard was dry and rocky. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They appeared ten feet in the air, hovering over a restaurant courtyard that Reyna recognized. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When I finally appeared back in the courtyard, Janina could not stop laughing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The three of us were crossing an open outdoor courtyard, passing a group of kindergartners in the middle of their recess, swinging from a set of monkey bars and running around the wood-chipped play area. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He purchases a cup of tea and stays in the courtyard, watching the bonfire for a while before wandering back into the paths amongst the tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We arrived in a small courtyard with a miniature mosque that had been fitted with absurd arched windows made of painted glass. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It does not take him long to find the proper vendor in the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She points to a small temple a few feet away with a water tap in the courtyard, where people are rinsing their feet. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z This skinny older man zigzags across the courtyard. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Behind the school was a courtyard with a water pump and a toilet. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Rats wriggled under the door, coming and going between his cell and a small, walled courtyard outside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z An afternoon pounding rocks in the courtyard might seem like forever, but suddenly it is the end of the year, and you do not know where all the months went. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They brought all the prisoners into the courtyard at dawn and forced them to watch, because this was also a personal matter between the colonel and his prisoner. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wants to know what's happening with the "big dirt patch in the courtyard." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I fly into the courtyard and around the back in the dark, and if Mrs. Krajewska sees me, it’s probably only a blur. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She crossed to a slender set of doors and stepped onto a balcony that overlooked the central courtyard of the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He left it and crossed the courtyard to the farthest corner where his sleeping mat was spread under a straggling acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Unlike the foolish dog, it never showed itself in the courtyard when others were there, but would come only to me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be a score of little courtyards, half of them abandoned and overgrown. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They are ancient paper lanterns, translucent, unlit, strung across the courtyard, too fragile to move — though when he sees Ralph, his father, still a brave man, tries to speak. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Reek listened to the vanes turning on the old windmill as they rode beneath the gatehouse into a grassy courtyard where stableboys ran out to take their horses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I push my way through the revolving doors and out into the courtyard, and then I just stop moving. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z There were about four hundred people in our courtyard and backyard and around our pool, and more people were inside the house. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Tom nodded gloomily and returned to wiping glasses; Harry, Hermione, Hagrid, and the Weasleys walked through the bar and out into the chilly little courtyard at the back where the dustbins stood. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She finished her meal as a group of Chinese tourists shuffled past the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And our porch overlooks the courtyard, where kids play and stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly the First Craftsman’s bellow rang across the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He stared out at the courtyard where a stray dog sniffed around an overflowing trash can. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It starts with the bonfire but...bigger and there’s nothing containing it. Like the whole courtyard is on fire, there’s a loud noise and this heat and...” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath and the air brought her the sweet scent of peaches that were drying in the courtyard to be used in preserves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do care for you. I missed you when you were away. I was in the courtyard every evening looking for you.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Torchlight flickered within the courtyard, and there was a mumble of voices. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The Centurions monitor us from beneath the arches that line the courtyard, hands on their whips as they await the arrival of Blackcliff’s commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They sat down, all four of them, on the cushions around the low stone table in the courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Behind the bathhouse was yet another courtyard, floored with smooth black stones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the palace gates, the guards were tending to a line of wagons waiting to enter the grounds, and they did not notice when she slipped between the wagons and into the outer courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, it was nothing like that couple out in the courtyard. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Staying close to the walls of houses and courtyards, he followed the distant bulky figure around a corner and into the thoroughfare, then along the thoroughfare to the beginning of the docks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Around 12:30 p.m., prison officials led him from his cell to the courtyard and up the scaffold steps. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, between classes, in the lunchroom, I called out to others just to see if they would respond. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Just like the prison and the embassy, the gatehouse in the drüskelle sector was built around a courtyard so anyone entering could be observed and fired upon from above. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I wait for Kalinda in the shade of a barren mango tree in the courtyard, away from everyone else. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We lock eyes across the long courtyard, and I am struck for the hundredth time at how different we are. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was a morning of brilliant sunshine and we’d all just come down to the courtyard after a lesson in the main house, when I remembered something I’d left in the classroom. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The concert took place on Christmas morning in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped out into the palace courtyard, which was filled with a great many carriages and lit by hundreds of globe-shaped lanterns hanging high overhead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he wanders through pathways and concourses and walks in loops around the courtyard with Marco in tow, who is taking notes whenever Chandresh finds something to comment upon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He nodded and then carefully moved the wheelbarrow across the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned with a shipment of enormous boxes that were piled in the far courtyard, between the chicken coop and the woodshed, until the winter was over. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped out of the kitchen and into the courtyard before Chuck could offer to join him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I wandered among them, entranced by the narrow streets, the iron-grill balconies, the green plants and vines glimpsed in lighted flagstone courtyards. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Graça Machel ushered us through a courtyard shaded by trees and into the house, where in a wide, sunlit room her husband sat in an armchair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The dawn drums fall silent, and boots march lockstep toward the courtyard, accompanied by the clank of chains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He nodded over at a lady from Moscow who had run away from her husband and who never came down to the courtyard, but watched from a window three stories up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The only thing I can think to say is: "Please water the plants in the courtyard. Especially the pittosporum. I'll be over to check on the garden as soon as I can." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If anything, the courtyard felt a little cooler than it had a moment before. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Surveillance in the courtyard had become careless and sporadic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is that your bowler hat in the courtyard?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For the first time she noticed that in the center of the courtyard was a fountain from which a horse and rider reared, and water plumed out from the horse’s mouth. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hornet stood up and crossed to the window, so she could look down into the courtyard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Janina was screaming as I raced down the stairs to the courtyard and the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z At noon, the bell would clang for lunch and another metal drum of food would be wheeled into the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned to the servants filling the courtyard. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Masks are returned to the baskets in the courtyard and by the gates, jumbled piles of empty eyes and ribbons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A lone shape was sprinting across the courtyard of the Glade toward the exit through which Gaily had just been taken. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We walked into a large courtyard where dozens of warriors and dracaenae were preparing for war. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A few days later, in an attempt to clean out her courtyard, Petra Cotes exchanged the rabbits for a cow, who two months later gave birth to triplets. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But as Mr. Frank’s class drew to an end, we could see Madame, directly below in the courtyard, parking her car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So she let us use the courtyard at her apartment complex. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They circle the courtyard, heading back to the bonfire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At that moment a gosling waddled close to the dog, who had been cringing in a corner of the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Branches muscled through the earth, growing in fast motion until a full-sized olive tree shaded the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Through the hanging smoke, Lefty saw other streetcars letting off other workers, hundreds and hundreds of gray figures trudging across the paved courtyard toward the factory gates. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It isn’t like the church’s courtyard, with ancient cobblestones and bird droppings. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A breeze ran through the courtyard, fluttering the leaves of the young pea plants and blowing cool across my cheek where Madam struck me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d come to this particular courtyard because the wind moved oddly here. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jesper said as they raced over the roof, catching glimpses of the elegant courtyards below, each built around a burbling fountain and dotted with rustling ice willows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One person ran across the courtyard to the burning cow. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, talking to Mrs. Wojcik and her little dog. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But I waited in the courtyard, under a plane tree. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The three of them were chasing a raggy-tailed rooster around the courtyard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he first arrived and was being processed, he saw prisoners milling about freely in a grassy courtyard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Nico pointed to a small stone building on the west end of the courtyard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I returned to the courtyard, Raizel had already taken up her post by her mother. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He neither spoke nor beckoned to me, only stepped back out into the courtyard, knowing I would follow. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A fountain played in the courtyard, the water rolling and falling from a statue of a mermaid in ecstasy, her mouth wide open. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The station commander approached the gate of the courtyard to observe us, and then came over and berated me for standing with my hands in my pockets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His gasp echoes through the courtyard, and every student falls silent, united in a shared, if brief, moment of pity. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was fully dark by the time I made it to the isolated courtyard with the apple tree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the tumult that gathered in the courtyard to drink coffee, tell jokes, and play cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There was a slaughtering of so many cows, pigs, and chickens for the endless parties that the ground in the courtyard turned black and muddy with so much blood. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When the big earthquake happened, I was in a courtyard—our house with its two floors was on one side, and another bigger house with its wide three floors was on the other side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The Christopher Columbus was built out of three old houses, strategically connected by a series of back courtyards, corridors, and specially constructed bridges. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They are led through four metal doors into a courtyard, then into three small cells. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Tanu and I had moved out of the widows’ house and now had a room of our own with only one small window and no courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z All day long she sent it screaming through the house and across the courtyard: “Koly, we need water!” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Twinkling orbs of every size and color dangled from banyan trees in the courtyard. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There was a courtyard behind them, open to the sky, and stars hung in the night sky above. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z True, the clan was far away and there was no courtyard to gather in, but that was all the more reason for them to recall the glow of reunion under the stars. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When we got to the courtyard, we ran into my mom, who sat waiting on a bench. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The guards whirled, rifles pointed at the walkway that led to the courtyard, seeking the source of the sound. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He bought them some furniture and gave them some money until José Arcadio recovered his sense of reality and began to work the no-man’s-land that bordered the courtyard of the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At five in the morning he chose the squad by lot, formed it in the courtyard, and woke up the condemned man with a premonitory phrase. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Padre de Jesus was in the passenger seat, another man was driving, a third jumped out from the back, unlocked the courtyard gates, and closed them after the truck pulled in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, ducking out from our house into the courtyard. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Surprised that you have feelings? Ha! Well, your parents were perfectly acceptable people, I suppose, and yet, I don’t think the Residents’ Committee will be honoring them with a plaque in the courtyard.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I mean, I was really furious by this time, and I started walking down the path from the top and out across the white gravel courtyard. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z For a week the dead prisoner remains strapped to the stake in the courtyard, his flesh frozen gray. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The whole sky became light and then more thunder came, and she ran out of the courtyard and down the road, going so fast and hard I could see pebbles kicking up behind her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes never left the courtyard below, following the ever-changing wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If you have a magnolia in a moonlight courtyard, do you paint its flowers? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The room I shared with the lieutenant Rinaldi looked out on the courtyard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The Commandant drops her arm, and the courtyard is silent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He found her in the courtyard, in the water up to her waist, trying to float the corpse of a horse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z One morning, after breakfast, Kathy, Walter, Eddie Daniels, and I drifted over to the garden at the southern end of the courtyard where we appeared to be having a political discussion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No child in the alley would dare to climb into his courtyard to steal his mulberry leaves. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Our clothes clung to us, and under our feet the dry dust of the courtyard softened into mud and squeezed up between our toes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “What’s happening to Julius?” was his first question as soon as they were able to creep away to their favorite courtyard and be alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Eventually we pull up to a two-story apartment complex with a fountain in the courtyard. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The two were standing in the cloisters of the Orkney palace at Camdot, looking out at the hawks who sat beneath the sun, on their blocks in the green courtyard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a courtyard that lay deep under snow, surrounded by a low wall, and as Iorek pushed open the gate they heard a bell ring somewhere in the building. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Severo had to pay for all the damage and ordered the dog tied up in the courtyard, but Clara had another fit and the decision was indefinitely postponed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the rain began, all that Petra Cotes had done was to clear her courtyard of dead animals. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Aggo showed her a courtyard overgrown with twisting vines and tiny green grapes, and Jhogo discovered a well where the water was pure and cold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Anise stays behind, waiting for me in the courtyard. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Neither did I. Next morning she came running at me in the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo finished by papering the house from the front to the kitchen, including bathrooms and bedrooms, and threw the leftover bills into the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I hurried to the alley and walked down it into the gloom of a cluttered courtyard. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The only pieces of the sky I see are flecks through the small, high win- dows, and a patch above the courtyard where I wash clothes, surrounded by walls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Welsh had a machine for catapulting stones, most of which thudded harmlessly into the courtyard. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I recall once working in our courtyard on a sunny afternoon, while some men from the general section were working on the roof above me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia and Tam Lin sat in the courtyard with glasses of champagne to celebrate Matt’s new status. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One day Janina and I heard a commotion in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The other Grievers had already gathered in the courtyard and followed their companion toward the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Our apartment building in Chesterfield was one story, shaped like a U around a courtyard. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z At the time, some of my comrades jested that I was a miner at heart, for I spent my days at the quarry and my free time digging in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the courtyard stood a fountain. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He half considered climbing in his window to avoid Suheyla, but he couldn’t do that, so he went in by the green door and found her in the courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The girls were awake and looking at the courtyard, the well and the two big ambulances in front of the farmhouse, with three drivers at the well. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He filled the canteens and some of the wine ran out on the stone paving of the courtyard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z After inspection we would work in the courtyard hammering stones until noon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The swimming fish in the sparkling water, the trees with the jade-green leaves, the courtyard with patterned walkways—all real! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The only greenery in the apartment complex was in the courtyard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Through the outer courtyards and along the corridors we went, going with the crowd to whom this was evidently a nightly routine, and into a large vaulted chamber with arched entrances opening on three sides. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening, when I should have been asleep, I crept out to the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The door was stout, and painted green; it gave access to a passage straight through to a courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He’s not in the lobby, and he’s not outside in the courtyard. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z After prayers, I followed the rest of the congregation into the courtyard, where refreshments waited for us, courtesy of generous and well-off members of our community. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I made, during the day, several trips up to the compartment and back out in the courtyard, each time exploring a little further than before. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They had entered Zau’s shop, not his dwelling, which must be beyond that inner courtyard wall. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As I headed for my seat, I looked out the window, which faced the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Breathless, he reached the courtyard gate and pressed his ear against it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z At nightfall the nuns were exhausted, unable to move, give another order, and still the troop of tireless adolescents was in the courtyard singing school songs out of tune. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Eventually I came to rest on a stone bench in a wide courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At almost precisely eight thirty, there came the sound of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I had been down in my pantry working through the supplies sheets, when I had heard somewhere above my head the unmistakable sounds of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Was the courtyard built for just that purpose? he wondered. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She glanced out at the courtyard that led to the embassy’s ringwall gate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They say he’s got fat peacocks strutting around in a courtyard, protected by high walls, pecking up grain from silver plates inscribed with Moorish designs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered my shirt and cloak, laid them carefully over one arm, and left the courtyard, ignoring the silent crowd around me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One day, as I was being led away from the courtyard after exercise, I saw Andrew Mlangeni. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the song, they were the only two left in the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z We were gathered around him in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z There, cross-legged on a square of jute, she recorded inventory for the cosmetics shop that her cousin Haldar owned and managed at the mouth of our courtyard. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Despite a few crowds and tour groups, there’s a hush in the courtyard, and everyone whispers or speaks softly in this grand space. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z In twenty seconds we were back in the courtyard, leaping over dead Mr. Crumbley, diving down the dry well. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There were many more guards and many more guns pointed at her than the first time she’d come through this courtyard, when she’d stepped off the prison wagon with the rest of the crew. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Far below, on the ground, in the courtyard of the abbey, the cobblestones were shining. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The pavilion and courtyard had painted walls and floors of colored sand and clay; heavy sculptural objects, including several of the trademark heads, studded the area. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “About the— the—” Even now that she had made up her mind, she couldn’t quite bring herself to speak the forbidden word in the very courtyard of the corporation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The courtyard stands silent, empty except for me staring at a puddle of blood where a boy once stood, chilled by the knowledge that if I’m not careful, I’ll end up just like him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I got back out in the courtyard and I tore up that chicken, using my hands. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At least one of the courtyards had been completely isolated and could only be accessed by climbing through a window. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After school Fiona’s rolling me across campus in the direction of the courtyard when she says, “I just realized something.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They crossed the cobbled courtyard and used the residents’ elevators to come upstairs, which was strictly forbidden by the cooperative’s bylaws. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Out in the front courtyard, I saw my mother kneeling, scratching the stone pathway with her fingers, as if she had lost something and knew she could not find it again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the hotel courtyard was taken up by circles of old men or women sitting on cinder blocks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z From the courtyard talk she'd learned that the upper chambers of the Tower of Dread housed three dozen captives taken during some battle on the Green Fork of the Trident. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had intended to bring us a teapot with water and then return to the courtyard; but as the Nazis approached, some sort of survival instinct clicked in. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z However, when I reached the courtyard tonight, I saw lights through the windows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As they rode into its courtyard, a boy ran out to help Tyrion down from his horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So, with the emperor’s laughter still echoing across the courtyard, Pinmei grabbed the needle and yanked the Iron Rod off the Black Tortoise of Winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Elbows flew as everyone scooped the mushy rice and black beans topped with avocado picked from the tree in our courtyard. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I looked down at the courtyards below and saw hundreds of wounded mermen lying on makeshift cots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It spiralled sideways, whisking Jason thirty feet across the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The old lord kept mostly in his own apartments, coming forth mornings to pace up and down the snowy inner courtyards of the castle-keep like an old sorcerer who has been brewing spells all night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z One morning, a few weeks later, the chief warder, instead of handing us hammers for our work in the courtyard, gave us each needles and thread and a pile of worn prison jerseys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The dogs circled the courtyard, keeping their distance from the Athena Parthenos, which radiated hostility towards everything Roman. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He sidestepped it and continued into the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Her hands ball into fists at her sides, but before she can teach the Snake a lesson, the sergeant-at-arms marches into the courtyard. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The courtyards were littered with uprooted trees, broken bits of walls, and dead chickens. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I put in the sun that beat down on the courtyard and the clouds that gathered before the rains. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Sender frowned, glancing across the courtyard where Lev was engaged in deep conversation with other stiff old men. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Two quintains had been erected in the courtyard, each a stout post supporting a spinning crossbeam with a shield at one end arid a padded butt at the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Walden Lake Elementary was the most beautiful school I had ever seen; it even had a fountain in the courtyard. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On Sunday, Ford and I are in the courtyard again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Kaede had the impression that additional wings had been added at random, creating a maze of connecting rooms that opened here and there into sky wells and broader courtyards. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As they were about to burst from the gatehouse archway, six guards came running into the courtyard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Tile corridors with arches that looked onto a large courtyard with beautiful gardens connected the buildings in the oldest part of campus. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Then Hazel—Hazel from the past—stepped into the courtyard. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We rounded a corner and turned into a small courtyard where several women were gathered, some as young as I was. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z For many, the only certainty was the stars, and the ancient astrological conceit prospered in the courtyards and taverns of fear-haunted Europe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d suspected someone was listening to me practice from the courtyard, but it had been nearly two span before I caught a glimpse of her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dinath would often accompany me on my jogs around the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During break, I search for Rabiya and find her in the courtyard, eating a plate of biryani that a white-haired uncle is passing out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Then she returned to where she had been standing at the opposite side of the courtyard and raised the bow again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She passed a tall span of glass windows that overlooked a sunny courtyard; she passed the balcony on which she had stood with the huntress. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Carriages drove past the open courtyard, taking people to the cities to find work. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They came out into the courtyard where a last silvery daylight still hung above the soiled, trodden snow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Doha was sitting on the wooden porch of his house with his sister, eating corn, when his friend Gunwoo ran into their courtyard in tears. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And swimming through the streets, hanging out in the courtyards, practicing combat with tridents and swords in the arena were dozens of mermen and mermaids—honest-to-goodness fish-people. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He let the dipper crash back into the water jar and started for the small washing trays at the front of the courtyard, darting a glance toward the wiremaker's bench as he passed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They fell to work to lug the corpses out into the courtyard under the gateway, propping one against another as Odysseus ordered, for he himself stood over them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll get to wear my First Communion dress and shoes all over again and lead the whole school from the dark courtyard into the lit-up chapel. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Pooh lies flat on the courtyard, her hands cuffed behind her back. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z One evening Raji came to the courtyard while I was reading the poem about the homeless bird. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The doctor is still shouting, hammering his fist on the door, and there are other voices in the courtyard, too. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And the hot bricks of the courtyard were crisscrossed with bamboo paths. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He greeted Rebeca in the dining room, tied the dogs up in the courtyard, hung the rabbits up in the kitchen to be salted later, and went to the bedroom to change his clothes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He walks back to find Poppet and Widget, wondering if they might want to head to the courtyard for something to eat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Abnegation who are dressed in gray leave the dining hall in a pack and cross the courtyard to the guests’ dormitory. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby pointed beyond the arches to a courtyard, where there was a small grove of real trees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The ground slopes, and there’s this concrete ledge that curves around the courtyard. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Having completely abandoned his domestic obligations, he spent entire nights in the courtyard watching the course of the stars and he almost contracted sunstroke from trying to establish an exact method to ascertain noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The two other men who were in the courtyard scuttled out of their way. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why did no one think to put benches in the courtyard?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Peers into the courtyard where knots of people eat and talk in the blue smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I love the way those columns lead into that courtyard. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We enter the courtyard, and as Fiona pushes me along the sidewalk, I see the first signs that she’s been a busy bee. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Odysseus, now alone before the palace, meditated a long time before crossing the brazen threshold of the great courtyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The lights that adorn the tents are dark, but in the center of the courtyard the bonfire burns brightly, glowing and white. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But Safer’s mom doesn’t ask me about that, because right then the dogs both start barking up a storm in the courtyard. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A painted cart piled high with trunks rolled into the courtyard, pulled by a weary nag in bright trappings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She said I could sit in the courtyard and eat it with my two little half-sisters, Number Two and Number Three. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He had poured that slim little ingot, now lying yonder in the courtyard beside the drawplate, from just such sweepings as this. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Whipping him without mercy, she chased him to the back of the courtyard, where Arcadio curled up like a snail in its shell. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z What’s more, the iron grate was on the opposite side of the small courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The gate swung open and Tree-ear stepped inside the royal courtyard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I put a foot over the threshold, then another, and another, until I was hurrying down the stairs, out the front doors, and into the quiet courtyard, where no children played. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mina leads me through the back exit, which leads to a small courtyard, and then through a gate belonging to a neighboring building. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was for that reason that he hounded Úrsula to tell him where in the courtyard the gold coins that they had found inside the plaster Saint Joseph were buried. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The rain pounded the roof, and there was a fire in the courtyard lit for Sunday dinner. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Once we were within the cover of the old hospital courtyard, its overgrown vines and shady trees, each of us took turns downing as much of the schnapps as we could. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He turned back into the courtyard and the beautiful house and took the stool he had before. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew what the smell was, but despite what the Jackboots said, there were really no pigs, and therefore no pig flop, in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z When the carriage came to a stop at last and the footman opened the door for her, they had arrived in the courtyard in front of Quinn House, which loomed dull and stony before her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He hurries back to the courtyard, where he finds Tsukiko waiting for him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We stepped out of the limo in the moonlit courtyard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The next morning, the authorities placed an enormous bucket in the courtyard and announced that it had to be half full by the end of the week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw Claudius enter the courtyard with some of his councillors and guards. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As the summer days grew hotter and hotter, Chandra and I would stand in the courtyard every afternoon, looking up at the sky, waiting for the rains to cool us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “If I stand beside you, my lord, they will surely know it is I. If they see me in the courtyard, they may think I am but one of the stableboys. I shall stay here.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The houses were three stories tall and exactly alike, with square, smiling courtyards hidden behind their front gates, and small kitchen courtyards in the back. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day, she would wake the rooster who slept by the fountain in the courtyard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Revolted, Esteban ordered them to take the child away, hose the courtyard down, and kill the dog. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the courtyard seemed to be holding their breath, A pinprick of light appeared in the Governor's palm, like a hovering firefly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then he put the blanket over his head like a cowl, brushed his dripping mustache with his fingers, and went to urinate in the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s my blank stare—that I’m looking past them, staring at the little dead girl that looks like my sister standing in the middle of the courtyard. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “No, but—” “The courtyard alone can fit forty thousand people.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When everyone was settled, Thomas found himself upstairs with Newt, Alby and Minho, and they were finally able to finish their discussion from earlier in the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z For on each bough hung a picture of a clansman, a reminder of the courtyards so far away. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z We walked out to the exercise courtyard, where these inmates were placed in large chain-link cages to exercise several at a time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My remembery called up the feel of being locked in the stocks, of my face being burnt, of him watching me from across the courtyard; him watching out for me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The tamarind tree was doing well and one day would shade the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally someone passes through the courtyard, mostly other priests, but I remain quiet. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Finally, the monkeys scampered into the snow-covered courtyard and over the wall, sputtering outraged noises. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Across the courtyard I could see the matchmaker’s servant through a yellow-lit open window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I left the courtyard walking on my own two feet with my head held high. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I see a boy, taller than Father Rico, across the courtyard. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z At Broussard’s, I had supper in a superb courtyard under the stars—huitres variees, green salad, white wine and coffee; the same meal I had there in past years. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We held hands in the hallways, on the stairs, in the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The street and open courtyard were filled with umbrella-covered stands and stalls, flaunting jade-colored cabbages, curled cucumbers, purple eggplants, and tangy oranges. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Another object followed; this time Ranofer heard the chunk as it hit, and the dog howled and made off across the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z With light steps I made my way through the outer courtyard and the gates, descended through the meadow, and crouched amid the rushes by the brook. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When he leaned over the balustrade to take another look at the fountain in the courtyard, his guide turned around impatiently. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The next time she followed me into the night I stopped in the courtyard and told her to go back. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Its graceful ivy-covered colonial buildings and tree-shaded courtyards gave it the feeling of a privileged academic oasis, which is precisely what it was. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I arrived in the courtyard, a large and varied crowd of gentlefolk, servants, and shopkeepers was already waiting for the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I escape the courtyard, and for the rest of the week I avoid him. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Minli followed the rabbit through the round opening into a white courtyard and over a polished stone bridge that seemed to grow from the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When the men came back, we would build two more to enclose our courtyard and a third one to begin a second courtyard. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The figure that blocks his path near the edge of the courtyard is transparent, appearing like a mirage in the glow of the bonfire and the gently swaying paper lanterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She seems distracted, so as they walk down a quieter passage away from the courtyard, Celia asks if anything is bothering her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The courtyard was of stone blocks and all the trees were dripping with the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Ash's step mother was not wearing a mask, and she looked extremely vexed as she herded her daughters out toward the courtyard and the carriages. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When we reach Tatarska, Max looks carefully to the right, left, and across the street, craning his neck up at the roof while we walk around the courtyard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The village itself has courtyards and public squares. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The teachers herded us into a narrow, sandy courtyard where, I heard a veteran schoolgoer say, morning assemblies were held. announced the principal in a loud, excited voice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The school bell rang loudly over the courtyard, and the students’ voices rose to drown it out in frustration. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The monkeys ran off into the darkness, and the old man began to pick his way through the ruins of the courtyard, with Pinmei and Amah following. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Slowly, on feet that wanted badly to run the other way, Ranofer walked into the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Then, by the ankle bone, Odysseus hauled the fallen one outside, crossing the courtyard to the gate, and piled him against the wall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The week after our contest bombed, Mr. Ali and me had gone outside to the St. Nick courtyard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z They were greeted with cheers at the castle gate and followed across the courtyard to the inner gate and to the keep by the cheering crowd. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Everything in the courtyard shudders for a moment, scarves fluttering despite the lack of any breeze, the fabric of the tents quivering. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The cabinet, table, and chairs splintered to pieces as they crashed to the concrete courtyard. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Farmer came out to the courtyard, weaving through the usual large crowd. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The two children kept on turning round and round to look at the different sides of the courtyard. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He walked through a courtyard, knocked on a door, and entered a small office. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a swirl of lunging leathery wings, and a malevolent yowk-yowk-yowk resounding in the snowy courtyard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The light emanates from a large bonfire in the center of the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Once they left the lawn area and stepped onto the hard gray stone of the courtyard floor, Newt broke into a run, heading for the western wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There was no roof overhead; they were in a sort of courtyard. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The crowd had thinned down to less than twenty students, and the courtyard was far quieter than it had been an hour before. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One day, Kathy, Walter, and myself were talking in the courtyard when they suggested that I ought to write my memoirs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In this school Alba learned to eat boiled vegetables and burnt rice, to withstand the freezing courtyard, sing hymns, and give up worldly vanities except those in the realm of sports. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They left their arms in the courtyard and began to file out with lowered heads. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus pulled into the courtyard of a military regiment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Faced with the dingy, familiar courtyard, all the eager hopes of the day vanished beneath a torrent of blackest fear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z That’s the day when our teachers would invite parents to school and announce the rank of the students in each class—from top to bottom—out in the courtyard. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I can see him, Djo. I can see Lally like he was, preaching in the courtyard Okay, Djo. Can you go on? Do you want to tell more?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Clara, who at the time was just a skinny child, came out to meet me when 1 stepped into the courtyard, took me by the hand, and drew me silently toward the dining room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the courtyard, Raizel stood next to her mother, studying a rugelach as though concerned it might crawl off her plate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But Alby didn’t answer or slow down, and as they got closer to the box Thomas could see that dozens of kids were running around the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z After a while, even Walter began to take a few turns around the courtyard in the morning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She read her books in the open courtyard sitting on the inlay tiles of the fountain, one foot dangling on each side, with an eye always on the horizon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She drank a second cup, glad that it was lukewarm so she could gulp it down, then she made use of a reeking seatless lavatory across a cobbled courtyard behind the cafe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He had no errand in the courtyard at all, but merely invented one that he might find out whether I put his precious wineskin into Gebu’s hand and tell me to wait for another tomorrow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Outside the window, there had been a garden, like, I guess you could call it a courtyard or terrarium? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I run down the hall and shove open the doors that lead to a small courtyard. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The only cow in town, hidden within a neighbor’s courtyard, let out a loud Moooooooo. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Seconds later, sandals rasp on the courtyard stone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The authorities had decided to build a wall in front of the isolation section because they had discovered that the prisoners in isolation were able to communicate with us in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You best hope not,” Cook said when I’d voiced my worry in this very courtyard last night. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But when I stepped into the courtyard, I saw I was too late. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Students with new notebooks and sharpened pencils in hand ambled about the courtyard, kicking up dust, chatting in groups, waiting for the class captains’ whistles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But Monday morning when he sees me from across the courtyard and leaves Merryl’s side to come talk to me, I feel my cheeks flush. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Silt swirled through empty courtyards with abalone floors. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We ate dinner in the courtyard that night. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But all I see are the twinkling lights in the courtyard and a town car in the distance, disappearing into the night. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z They dragged the man, who offered no resistance, out into the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We crossed a courtyard where there were lots of old people chatting in little groups. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z By the time it pulled up in the courtyard there’d be a crowd waiting—mainly Juniors, because once you were past twelve or thirteen it wasn’t the thing to be getting so obviously excited. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards dragged Inej through the courtyard, past gaping onlookers, and out the ring wall gate as the bells continued to toll. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The belltower courtyard fills up slowly, with groups of younger students arriving first, followed by the Cadets, and last, the Skulls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Say nothing to your sass, but come to me each evening when she is talking in the courtyard with the neighbor women. I’ll help you to learn to read and write.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z So out they went into the courtyard, where Sticky and Constance now sat on a stone bench under the elm tree, while Kate and Reynie sprawled on the ivy-covered earth nearby. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Where does Maa Kamala get the money to take in so many girls? There must be twenty out there in the courtyard.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z From there, the building unfolds into a grid of long hallways, lined with lockers, that come together to form lonely interior courtyards. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He hauled the three huge wooden vats into the courtyard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Bailey and Poppet continue to walk around the bonfire courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Minutes later, we arrive at the belltower courtyard, where a platform has been erected for my beheading. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As we got close enough to see the multicolored array of butterflies flittering in the courtyard of our grandmother’s house, Juanita answered, “Not so many different kinds in one place.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z With that he pivoted and, followed by the Count, hurried from the courtyard, leaving Yellin in command. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Some family with an immense house—one floor, thirty-four or -five rooms around a Spanish-style courtyard—had invited soldiers from Fort Bliss to come for a Christmas party and dinner. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Any minute now guards would be storming into the courtyard, and they’d have to leave off this insanity to defend themselves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My grandparents go indoors with our policeman while I wait in the courtyard for Rani. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z With a start, she realized Brum had deliberately led her around the courtyard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The courtyard lay empty in front of him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘You knew we would land in that courtyard. How?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They decided to hide in plain sight, sweeping and cleaning the courtyard, looking busy and useful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was chilly in the courtyard, and from the color of the sky above she could tell that it was just barely after dawn. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Max in the courtyard with his hands out. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ranofer flew across the street and into the courtyard, closing the gate as silently as possible behind him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z All around the courtyard, spirals of ash swirled into the air. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Her whole life, I had watched her climb trees and scale stone walls in the courtyards in town with ease. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z All my cousins would gather in the courtyard between my house and Geoffrey’s house to kick the soccer ball—made from plastic shopping bags we called jumbos, which we then bound in twine. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Starr, we were thinking we could get shots of you and Diane walking and talking around the courtyard,” John says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Everyone in that courtyard must have glared at Ali Shekari for hurting a little kid—but reader, please, he did nothing wrong. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Let’s go,” Jesper said, and they crossed the courtyard to the gatehouse. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The abundant crepe myrtles and pink bougainvilleas that dotted the courtyard were also as beautiful and lively as I recalled. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But Druzmilla was yipping to the donkey, and they were rolling out of the courtyard. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z This was in the castle courtyard, and when the Prince appeared, the Count was, as usual, with him, although, not as usual, the Count seemed preoccupied. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And this time, instead of slamming the gate and stumping noisily across the courtyard as usual, he had slipped as silently as his hulk would allow up the stairs and into his room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, the bonfire sputters and sparks in a sudden cloud of black smoke, causing those patrons closest to it to jump back, coughing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s been ages since I’ve had lunch in the courtyard, and the closer I get to it, the more I do not want to go there. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There was a shout from the courtyard below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There is even an entire separate room for yoga and meditating, with wide windows looking out over the courtyard. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The ground split open down the centre of the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Violet rushes into the courtyard with Mike and is followed by staff from the park. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Ranofer shrank into the darkest corner of the courtyard, wishing he could disappear into the bricks of the wall. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The sunburned man in the cage yelled back, and soon the courtyard was filled with shouts and filthy language, the kinds of words my mother never wanted me to say or hear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His blood was everywhere now, staining the snow of the courtyard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Izzi and I sneak across the courtyard, our eyes flicking nervously to the windows of the Commandant's rooms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The old ladies clucked in agreement and then they all left me in the middle of the hot courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At 8 we assembled in the courtyard outside of our dormitory for “observation,” standing at attention as the girls arrived from separate dormitories. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a wide arch leading to a courtyard between the two wings, and on the left under the arch there was a large doorway reached by a few broad steps. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The outside windows had to be small, for reasons of fortification, but the windows which looked inward to the courtyard were big and sunny. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked up the back steps, from the courtyard where the bakery and adjacent tavern kept their waste bins. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the afternoons, however, we sat in the courtyard while Pita lay out in the sun on a wrought-iron bench, recuperating among the myriad of colorful mariposas that abounded in that heavenly place. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Each morning, a load of stones about the size of volleyballs was dumped by the entrance to the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime all of us Spaniards were waiting ready, hidden in a courtyard, full of fear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The place was a labyrinth of courtyards and walkways and illogical structures. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z After a while the smell of food roused her, and she hurried out into the courtyard. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z They chased him as he galloped around and around the courtyard with Somkit clinging onto his back like a baby monkey. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Moments later the courtyard erupted into a melee of flung snowballs, scurrying children, and peals of laughter. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z All of us then paraded into the courtyard, smiling, laughing, crying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad enough for the bandicoot’s company, but I did not think I wanted to spend my life sweeping goose droppings from the courtyard and talking to a rat. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She and the man spoke together quietly as my friends and I nervously surveyed the deserted courtyard. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I ran after her, across the courtyard, down the middle of the moonlit streets to Stawki Station. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z My blood still burning, I shove through the mess doors and find myself in the belltower courtyard before I even know where I’m going. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Halfway there I had a stroke of luck and spotted Mola crossing the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even Sass forgot her scolding and stood a little apart in the courtyard letting the rain fall on her as if it were washing away some of her sorrow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The guests would gather in the courtyard in front of the regent’s house and he would open the meeting by thanking everyone for coming and explaining why he had summoned them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost at once the people began moving to the courtyard which opened from the assembly hall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn toward home, flying over the bridge, across the market, and up, up the hills until my feet hit the frozen dirt of the courtyard of Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A week before the party, they prepared the banquet: half a steer roasted in the courtyard, kidney pie, chicken casserole, various com dishes, eggfruit, and the best harvest wines. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were standing in the shadowy arcade that encircled the cobblestone courtyard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The next image is parking outside of the stone walls of my grandfather’s courtyard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Ranofer found himself sitting up on his mat in the courtyard, staring blindly into the dark. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When the bombing stopped, we returned home to Uncle Shepsel shouting in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Over the centuries it had grown slowly in all directions, engulfing smaller buildings and courtyards as it spread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ruined walls bordered a square courtyard about the size of a tennis court. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The battered French girl and I were taken together down through the cellars and out to a little stone courtyard that must once have been the hotel’s laundry. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Two dogs were fighting ferociously in the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The road turned into a wide courtyard lined with magnificent buildings. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Just as she managed to push the door open, the carriage rolled into the courtyard, and the carriage lantern shone into the dark doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a woman I knew, the mother of a friend, came in, and I went back inside the courtyard to greet her. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Bored, I stifle a yawn and stare out at the empty courtyard, the cold winds and the forecast of snow driving everyone inside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The instructor explained how the goat followed its buyer to a courtyard, where other Gondwannans waited. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When the hot weather came, I worked on the quilt in the courtyard, hoping for a little breeze. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z If I don’t end up in that foul hotel courtyard with my head in a tin washtub it will be a blooming miracle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z As we assembled in the courtyard, a barrage of catcalls began raining down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jealous?” said Malfoy, who didn’t need to shout anymore: Half the courtyard was listening in. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But each time they only got into another courtyard. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z It seemed impossible that he could be inside that long black box that was lying in the middle of the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow Lily down the same path as last time—through the heavy wooden gate, the cemetery, and finally through the church that leads to the inner courtyard where I am to meet Ethan. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The swallow led them to another empty courtyard, then over an arched stone bridge of the same color as the frozen water beneath. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Out in the courtyard, they bought a snow cone and split it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then we are across the training field, up the hill, and inside the central courtyard. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Or it had tricked its owner into letting it play in the courtyard, and then leapt over the roof of the new wing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in their small courtyard, Jinjoo paced along the outside wall. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The fog had lifted and there were stars glittering above the high-walled courtyard. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of migrants mill around in the courtyard. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Eric led them through the darkened corridors—where every other torch had been extinguished and the tapestries looked woven from black silk—and back to the courtyard they’d come through. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But one night, when nobody in town wanted to hear about the rabbit raffle any more, he heard a noise by the courtyard door. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A swing-set frame sat in the middle of our courtyard, but there were no swings. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She led Victor past the columns and into the courtyard from where a steep and impressive staircase led up to the first floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The walls rose very high all round that courtyard. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The other students drain out of the courtyard quickly, still discussing the whipping. “—only thirty lashes, what a weakling—” “—did you hear him gasping, like a scared girl—” “Elias.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The courtyard is lined with hundreds of people: students, Centurions, and families—including Helene’s. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was a shout from the courtyard below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He and Werfel walked into the courtyard of the palace. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The University School was built around a central courtyard. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She went back to the window, Needle in hand, and looked down into the courtyard below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When one of his companions announced Hamlet's coming, my brother hastened to the courtyard and I followed upon his heels. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Lily and Snape were walking across the castle courtyard, evidently arguing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She gazed across the courtyard—past the panicked tourists and fighting demigods—to the edge of the battlements, where a large mortar pointed out to sea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I send Helena out into the courtyard to play, hoping her friends will help her forget her fright, and take a walk around the block. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Certainly,” he said, pointing to one of the courtyard’s outlets. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Occasionally, we did have a chance to talk as we sat next to each other on the ground of the prison courtyard sewing and patching up shabby old mailbags. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the two of us sitting in the courtyard, chattering away under the mango tree, without Sass there to scold, and with no worries about Hari. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The inmates whose cells surrounded the courtyard were shouting obscenities at us through their windows. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They quickly began sweeping the courtyard as if their lives depended on it, which, in fact, they did. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I came to the courtyard in the morning before opening bell, and all I saw were backs of heads. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z We were just coming out of the third den when we saw three men appear in the courtyard. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed below to where two groups of people had entered the rotunda from the gatehouse courtyard and were shaking the mist from their clothes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Through the bars we could see rows of cells in a ring around a dark courtyard—at least three stories of metal doors and metal catwalks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Her head is turned in the direction of the courtyard, as though something pulled her attention away from her brother at the precise moment the party was halted. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I think he wanted to say more, but just then, Bessie started mooing from across the courtyard. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As the lift swooped them back down through the banyan branches to the courtyard, Somkit was quiet—a sure tip-off that something was wrong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The moon had risen, and rice was simmering on the clay stove when Neel spotted him coming into the courtyard. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z All traces of the wedding had disappeared, and the house and courtyard were bare and unfamiliar. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Melyngar’s hoofs rang on stones as a courtyard opened before him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I let the front door slam, round the corner in the courtyard, and Mr. Krajewska is at the well. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We had just sat down cross-legged on the floor, the pick-up-sticks between us, when we heard voices in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Like most of the buildings in Ketterdam, the Exchange had a sharply gabled roof to keep off heavy rain, so the guards patrolled the rooftop via a narrow walkway that overlooked the courtyard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, half a dozen riders of the Fairy Hunt awaited them, along with riding horses and packhorses loaded with canvas-covered gear. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And the walls of the corridors were similar to those that surrounded the Glade, the ground made of the same massive stone blocks as in the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z On towers all around the courtyard, bands of musicians played a vast, slow tune on quacking horns, blaring trumpets, and thundering drums, while below, the spiral moved to their beat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Anya let Ilana pull her through the kitchen, bustling with even more people, out a back door and into a walled courtyard. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Celia feels it before she hears the applause echoing from the courtyard, the shift that suddenly spreads through the circus like a wave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, Ranofer sat hunched on the rough pavement of the courtyard, trying to stop the bleeding of his nose. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I’m standing in an open-air courtyard surrounded by enormous sheets of glass panels. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The undertaker led the way out of the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I take a step toward my right, looking over their shoulders, past the entrance to the courtyard and the park beyond. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Instead I saw them all lined up in the courtyard, frowning and cross. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Littlefinger led him into a tower, down a stair, across a small sunken courtyard, and along a deserted corridor where empty suits of armor stood sentinel along the walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By the time I navigate the treacherous hidden trail and scramble up to the Commandant’s courtyard, the school is still and quiet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Down they went through the great echoing hall, down the winding stair at the other end past the empty kitchens, and out into the courtyard. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He was aware again of voices, of the clang of tools around him in the mud-walled courtyard, and the sharp, hot odor of metal mingling with the soft afternoon breeze off the Nile. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z At first it was just a dark spot on the bamboo mats that covered the courtyard bricks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes went immediately to the far side of the courtyard, where Ruth and three of the secret guard were standing together, their backs to us, gazing intently towards the South Playing Field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We were playing soccer in the courtyard while I waited for my mom and sister to come down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z By December he had returned to his parents’ house in Alipore, carried through the courtyard and up the red clay stairs like a corpse, hoisted on the shoulders of his four brothers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The morning ritual went on, each worker accepting his portion from Ranofer and carrying it to the courtyard to begin his task, while the scribe kept strict account of every grain. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A vault of stars hangs overhead; the collective breath of the cadets mingles slowly, nightmarishly above the courtyard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We could pry a board loose and see out of the south window down into the courtyard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Twelve of the fire performers quietly enter the courtyard with small platforms that they set up along the perimeter like numbers on a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sunset was fading quickly, and by the time I made it down the apple tree most of the courtyard lay in shadow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Before the summer I had often squatted in the courtyard with the servants while they ate, so I went out now and joined them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We crossed a dirt courtyard, where pieces of clothing hung like pennants from a wire, and entered a dilapidated hut like all the others. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We quickly washed beside the courtyard faucet and swallowed some dal. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And the other will be slumped in the courtyard, surrendered to the idea that it’s all one long river of blood. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I added the feathery leaves of the tamarind tree that stood in the middle of our courtyard and our cow under its shade. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I saw myself once again sweeping a courtyard and carrying heavy jugs of water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z On the morning of the festival, my family gathered in the courtyard. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I arrived at the Trappist monastery with its two thousand acres of wood and farmlands and entered the courtyard as the monks were chanting Vespers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an enormous house with a pool in the courtyard. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Behind him in the courtyard stood an elegant carriage drawn by a pair of matched white horses. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After that he could organize lessons under the courtyard’s scabby mango, teaching literacy to any guard or fellow prisoner who felt like improving himself on a given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some mornings I walked out into the courtyard and every living thing there, the seagulls and wagtails, the small trees, and even the stray blades of grass, seemed to smile and shine in the sun. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pale, miserable boy still made no effort to resist, letting them drag him across the dusty stone of the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z From the courtyard, she could hear the other slaves shuffling toward the wooden building where they slept. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The main courtyard was filled with warriors—mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, the men and boys eat under the stars. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Carrying the Epsom salts and a piece of the baklava wrapped in cellophane, I came out of the house and walked along the portico past the courtyard and bathhouse to the guesthouse behind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the middle of the cobblestone courtyard, a dozen shaggy cow creatures were sniffing around the mossy base of an old stone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Wednesday morning the bake sale table is missing from the courtyard, and at lunch there’s only one person staffing it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In those years, this was the only time we were permitted in the courtyard on Sunday, except for our half hour of exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer pushed open the third door on the left and slipped into the courtyard, his bare feet silent on the rough pavement. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z This was far more strenuous than the work in the courtyard, and after our first few days on the quarry we fell asleep immediately after our supper at 4:30 in the afternoon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One hot December afternoon, toward the end of my first year at school, the principal interrupted classes and summoned everyone to the courtyard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the sunlit courtyard, people talked in scattered groups, perhaps weighing the moves of Fortinbras against the king’s defense. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Yes, I told myself as I led the horses into the courtyard. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He sold everything, even the tame jaguar that teased passersby from the courtyard of his house, and he bought an eternal ticket on a train that never stopped traveling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Well, the palm trees in our courtyard were ripped and flattened from the wind of the helicopters, and looked far too defeated by war to accept my prayers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And the ten remaining girls in my class lingered in the courtyard every day after school in case these were our last chances to be together. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Eomma! I’m hungry! Give me food,” Doha shouted as he burst into the outer courtyard of his family home. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Half a dozen leaped into the courtyard, silent and graceful. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There were my brothers playing at soccer and our courtyard with its tamarind tree and me at the well. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z While 7-Building’s yard contained a running path, benches, vegetable gardens, and a great view of the Hudson River, the SHU had a bare blacktop courtyard divided in two by a chain-link fence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was pouring into the broad courtyard of the goldsmith’s shop, flooding ovens, benches, crucibles, with a radiance that made even the washing vats seem things of beauty. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Buildings lined the walls and across a wide stretch of open courtyard Tree-ear could see the grandest of them all—the palace proper. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z In the courtyard outside a mulberry tree was growing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Chandra was busy in the courtyard carrying water from the well to the small vegetable garden, where squashes and melons were creeping about, looking for room to grow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I washed at the courtyard well and brushed my teeth with a twig from the neem tree. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When we get through the courtyard and around the back, the door jerks open. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z ‘That doesn’t look very safe,” said Polly, pointing at a place where the vail bulged outward and looked as if it were ready to fall over into the courtyard. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The singing in the courtyard went on for a while, then it went away. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I said, “It’s dirty. Lots of pigeons and dark courtyards. Everybody’s pale.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Never had Gebu behaved so innocently, never had a man seemed so devoted to his own courtyard and nagging wife as Wenamon. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He’d found himself in the courtyard of a burned-out mansion in the middle of the woods, wearing shorts, an orange T-shirt, and a leather necklace with a bunch of strange clay beads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Close to dawn, when the circus is emptying, they are taken for a walk around the tents and into the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Fire licked the bricks and roof above one of the windows of a room facing the back of the courtyard, scorching the walls black. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Last night, she even sat listlessly with us in the courtyard for our evening meal. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She can watch the wind shift the drifts of snow trapped in the courtyard behind me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I felt my way through the sleeping bodies and waited in the shadows of the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z At that moment Amar emerges into the courtyard behind George, and someone in the crowd screeches, “There are more of them!” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z With his new money, the man had built the fourth wing to his house, and in the courtyard he grew a stand of bamboo. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After a supper cooked over the shared stove in the courtyard, they separated to go to their rooms for the night, Kaede with Taisin and Shae, Con with Tali and Pol. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He takes us to the hotel courtyard, where some camera operators and other show people are setting up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There wasn’t room in the small apartment to wash, so I scrubbed the quilt and blankets in the courtyard behind the cooperage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As far back as I remember, he had always been in that courtyard, peddling weed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The crests above the door lintels still have bumblebees carved into the oak; the ivy-covered fountain in the courtyard is shaped like a hive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stayed near the back of the group as we made our way across the courtyard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Kaz tracked Nina’s gaze to the top of the ring wall, high above the courtyard, where five men had been impaled on spikes like meat skewered for roasting, backs bent, limbs dangling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After dinner, Arturo pulled bucket after bucket of water out of the well in the courtyard to fill up the enormous bathing trough in the laundry room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I pace the courtyard, trying to calm myself. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When we returned from the quarry that afternoon, instead of washing up, which I normally did, I strolled over to the far end of the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized The Fountain by the courtyard in front of it containing chairs, striped umbrella tables, and—yes—a fountain spurting water from two crossed jugs into a blue pool. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, a burly no-nonsense sergeant entered the courtyard and commanded us to return to the cell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s an old man coming into the courtyard!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When I finally look up, the courtyard is a jumble of people and voices. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I forge ahead: "We could remove the red lava rock heap. There's dirt under there. I checked. Think of it a courtyard with sunflowers." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Someone, he couldn’t tell who, obeyed Newt’s order; he was being carried across the courtyard, through the front door of the Homestead, down the shattered hall, into a room, placed on a couch. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The first thing he thinks when he reaches the illuminated courtyard is that it smells the same, of smoke and caramel and something else that he cannot place. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had returned the hide to its place and was starting for the courtyard with the bowl when the deep, gentle voice of Rekh the goldsmith stopped him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When I came to school next day, there was something different about the buzz in the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Hark! in the courtyard and down the rocky way the roll of heavy wheels, the crack of whips, and the chorus of the Szgany as they pass into the distance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Her daughter guides her to an indoor courtyard, suffused with winter light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Breaking away from Vetch who would have held him back by main force, Ged strode out of the courtyard, not looking back. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Neel smiled, yawned again, and stumbled sleepily across the courtyard to the pump. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Maa and I would wash our hair by the courtyard well and dry it in the sun. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “They built a courtyard in front and in back of their house. It’s behind the gate with the pictures of the lucky children on the door.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Just then Nana shuffled in with her sandals flapping, in her froufrou of starchy petticoats, to announce that a group of men were out in the courtyard unloading a dead man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When a defense attorney alleged that the government had committed fraud, a prosecutor shouted, “I’ll meet the man who says it out in the courtyard.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the courtyard a couple cooing on the bench beneath the palmetto saw us coming and bolted, so that’s where we sat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I waited until he fell asleep and then I got up quietly and went outside, down the stairs and into the dark courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sweet scene, a courtyard filled with students clad in white and blue. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When it cleared, raw winds swept down from the north, whistling through corridors and hall, sending up whirls of dust in the courtyard, billowing the tapestries that hung on the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Every night when we crawled back through the hole to the ghetto, she ran for the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They arranged some type of work for us to do in the courtyard, but it was merely a fig leaf to hide their capitulation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth crosses to the window, pretends to watch a robin hopping about in the courtyard. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z With no further advice or instruction she walks off down a black-and-white striped path, a thin curl of smoke trailing behind her, leaving Bailey alone in the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He stood now with his harp, holy and clear, in the wall’s recess, under the window, wondering if he should flee that way to the courtyard altar, sanctuary of Zeus, the Enclosure God. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His worst dream started in the courtyard of the Sonoma Wolf House. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Mist receded to the edges of the courtyard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As he continues to walk around the circus, Bailey’s path leads back to the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She peered out the door into her little courtyard. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z We were out in the courtyard and we were all in high spirits. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, when the moon had climbed high over the courtyard wall, Gebu came home again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They rode into a courtyard, where the princess dismounted. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He saw her memories of childhood—roughhousing with her brothers, running around their courtyard home, begging their mother for rock sugar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She heard the shards of tile, torn branches, and slivers of wood pounding against the stone courtyard like the beating of drums, but nothing touched her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Usually I saw her in the courtyard before school, but that day I didn’t. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z That's what the guards say when they escort a prisoner to the low redbrick execution chamber in the courtyard, where the guillotine waits. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z One by one, my family members made their way out of their apartments and to the center of the courtyard. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My friends had gone, and the courtyard was steadily emptying, so I was waiting for my trick to work, when I heard behind me what sounded like gas or steam escaping in sharp bursts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The maid led the two boys through a dark entrance hall into the courtyard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I took in the people in the courtyard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She stops, staring at the unmoving form of a Mask, one who escorted me to the courtyard. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Before she could reply, the butler began herding them out the door and into the wagon waiting in the courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain that no one would be successful Odysseus left the contest and stepped out into the courtyard where the swineherd was talking to the keeper of the cattle, a fellow as trustworthy as himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the courtyard outside my recovery room window is ablaze, the entire space filled with the twinkling holiday lights from the park, twisting around the lampposts and the trees. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, I haunted the busy outer courtyard of the castle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The sitting space in the courtyard is filled now; we rustle and wait. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He went out into the courtyard and stood under the trees to wait for her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked quickly across the courtyard, everything in him wanting to run the other way. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In an instant he was inside some stranger’s courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z At once there was ah enormous mulberry growing in the middle, of the courtyard, with its luscious blue fruits ready to patter down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The best parts of the days were the afternoons, when Chandra and I had the courtyard to ourselves for our baths. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Out through the door in the wall of the courtyard they went, into the street, Robin leaning against Brother Luke, and the jennet picking her way sedately over the cobbles. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The giant poinsettias in the courtyard looked like flaming torches. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Inside their large courtyard, the belongings had been thrown into a pile and destroyed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bedlow walked straight through the room and out the door on the opposite side into a courtyard large enough, it seemed to Lyddie, for the whole of their mountain farm to fit inside. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Later, when we were able to go into the courtyard to serve ourselves, I would go out into the courtyard and jog around the perimeter until breakfast arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The courtyard was dead silent, save for the hooves of the horses. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The small courtyard rang with the sound of their voices. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Behind the open market was a towering wooden building with four separate roofed sections and fenced- in courtyards. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of students filled the courtyard to overflowing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As they walked past a small gate at the back and into the courtyard that led to his mother’s chambers, Olanna remembered the trepidation she used to feel coming here. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were sitting with Ron in a sunny corner of the courtyard after lunch. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He crossed through the courtyard and entered the orchard, followed by all the inhabitants of the house as well as the foreign midget, who was smiling scornfully, these poor savages, oh God! The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There must have been fifty people packed into their outer courtyard. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A porter in a black overcoat and bowler hat showed me around the college, leading me through Great Court, the largest of the courtyards. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Very soon he was being hurried across a courtyard to another part of the house. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of us are eating lunch in the courtyard at Lena’s spot, so that we can plan in peace. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z With my father and Laertes I stood among the crowd inside the courtyard of Elsinore, awaiting Hamlet's return. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He grabbed one from the pile in the corner and followed Rupa outside to the courtyard. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Guiltily Ranofer broke into a run, but he entered the courtyard to find the morning weighing already over, and everyone scattering to the first tasks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was the hottest part of the day, and the prisoners lay dozing or chatting in the shade on the other side of the courtyard. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I gaze out the window, watching the snow fall in the fluorescent glow of the courtyard lights, the hallway finally dead silent after Will’s hour-long reprimanding. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Ranofer stood alone in the dark courtyard, holding his piece of bread. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z After a few months, breakfast was delivered to us in the courtyard in old metal oil drums. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The villagers dragged them out into the courtyard, where they tried them next to the beheading machine. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He staggers off, wandering back in the direction of the bonfire courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You’re a boy. You get to lie around listening to stories. I have to scrub the floor, wash clothes, sweep the courtyard and—and—air out the babies’ bedding. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The mukhtar opened his stores to hand out a generator and diesel drum to every inner courtyard in our district. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I went into my own room and drew the curtains, but there was little to notice; my window opened into the courtyard, all I could see was the warm grey of quickening sky. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Nico made a muffled sound of protest as they soared over the walls and into a courtyard where more tourists were milling around, taking pictures. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sturdy Victorian bricks tower into the night, framing the courtyard, and Alex thinks, Oh. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He could play games with the boys in the courtyard, shooting at a mark, hide-and-go-seek, and duck on a rock. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In keeping with Discovery Day, the whole courtyard has been outfitted like one of Columbus’ ships. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarcely knowing where he stepped, he blundered his way to the far end of the courtyard and spread his sweepings on a sun-warmed sheep hide to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The keep was close to the gatehouse between the inner and outer ward, so there was great excitement in the courtyard. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, by the well, was a bull. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I was not thinking when my legs lifted me up and my feet ran me across the courtyard to the yellow-lit room. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was keeping very still near a window looking down onto a section of the courtyard where I’d been standing only moments before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s ushered into a courtyard encircled with razor wire, where eight or nine other Germans sit in their high boots holding battered canteens, one dressed in women’s clothes in which he apparently tried to desert. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I hurried down a set of stone steps into a quiet sunken courtyard and pushed open a carved oak door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The woman pointed at a house that fronted onto the courtyard, then drew a stained coverlet from the tub at her feet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Carousel rides, Widget wants something to eat, so they head for the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I barely knew the kid, hut we were the only two in the courtyard at that moment, and I had to, so to speak, touch the stove that I knew was hot. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In that courtyard we hosted countless weddings, birthdays, engagements, anniversaries, and every other kind of party you could imagine. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She could not determine their nature, but they looked so suspicious to her that in any case she burned them in a bonfire she built in the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Me! Me!” men and boys cry out from the courtyard. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He stole across the courtyard, which was dingier than ever in the cool morning light. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z We went to the courtyard well and drew water to wash my hair. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I got furious if I saw the children circling the kitchen to steal bread, if the hens were noisy in the courtyard, if sparrows invaded the cornfields. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I studied the courtyard, with its marble flagstones, several of which were broken. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “We will not travel through the lands that she has taken for her own,” he explained as he led them through the palace to the outer courtyard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I look around the courtyard, thinking the cops are going to come in through the breezeways and arrest all of us for murder. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I was taken past the chapel and into another courtyard, then up a spiral staircase. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z From the prison’s courtyard it rose, a yellow silk bubble escaping the earth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Another field crossed—a lane threaded—and there were the courtyard walls—the back offices: the house itself, the rookery still hid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When I passed under the Huangs’ stone-and-wood gateway arch, I saw a large courtyard with three or four rows of small, low buildings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A day after the old man spoke in the courtyard, Mr. Milgrom whispered to me in a corner of the room. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Helmuth walks without stumbling, down the long corridor, outside into the courtyard. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She has seen the woman in the courtyard—she can see the things no one else can see. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was an elegant villa with lakes dotted with orange fish and moon gates that led to courtyards lined with trees. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On the left side of the courtyard stood a line of columns holding up weathered gray arches. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The two of them stood in the courtyard to see us leave. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Ira comes forward from the courtyard where she has been standing, she is holding her son by the hand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When Kaz looked up, he saw guards stationed all along the roof of the courtyard, rifles aimed down at the prisoners. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I chased after a lot of the youngsters in the courtyard, their parents watching from the ring of park benches that circled it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He was looking eagerly ahead of him as they entered the courtyard. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When I awoke, I thought I was back in the courtyard under the blinding lights, but it was only the sun in the window. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I made some excuses and wove through the crowds that were dancing in the palace courtyards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I saw a little restaurant in the courtyard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only an emissary, remember? I shall be in the courtyard if you need me.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Minli took one step into the walled courtyard and then stopped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Doha wasn’t that interested and was about to go back out when Police Chief Song entered the courtyard and headed straight for Doha’s father. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The courtyard was about the size of a basketball court. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I put myself at the courtyard well, where I was sent many times each day to get water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Our windows overlooked the stables, not the busy courtyard with its many diversions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Every sense alert, he watched Gebu walk across the courtyard, open the gate, and go out. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It’s never seemed so long, this courtyard, not even when I’ve run a hundred sprints across it in the dead of summer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Neel, Ma, and Rupa were in the courtyard, and they all leaped to their feet at the sight of him. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Now he has his back to the courtyard and is facing a pillar, his forehead touching it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I know bits of The Flower Drum Song, which I sing as we traverse the courtyard and mount the steps to the bathhouse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I finally dared to look again at the courtyard, I found that someone had tom the sign away. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Every Sunday, people gathered for church in the courtyard. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “We will wait for night in the courtyard of the Hall of Imperial Longevity,” he said, standing and causing all the attendants to rush forward in a flutter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the months went by, her sad moods drove away her friends, and the courtyard was now empty in the afternoons. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Presently I heard Pilot bark far below, out of his distant kennel in the courtyard: hope revived. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They drilled each other constantly on the architecture and procedures of the Court, the layout of the ringwall’s three gatehouses, each built around a courtyard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At some point in the remodeling of Mains, one of the courtyards had become completely isolated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lily opens the opposite door, and we exit to the courtyard. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She flew into the courtyard to find mold on compost. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I ran out back, through the courtyard that separated the house from the servants’ quarters, and upstairs to her room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We turned away from the courtyard and walked around the University aimlessly for a while. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Each morning before classes began, we all lined up in the courtyard by grade, then recited the national anthem and the Lord’s Prayer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I inched around the edge of the courtyard. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Inigo began to leap around the courtyard, the great blade flashing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She showed him to one of the green painted doors that opened off the courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I put in Sass chatting with her friends in the courtyard and Sassur reading from Tagore’s book of poems. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We were in the courtyard when I showed her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She led them through another gate to the inner courtyard and past the side hall, her finger pressed to her lips for silence. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I turn for one last look, one last smile, before stepping into the empty courtyard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hornet's heart was beating wildly as they crossed the courtyard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The young man wipes his hands on my apron and goes to the curtained window of my bedroom, where there’s a full view of the street and anyone who might approach the courtyard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I took the bowls to the well in the courtyard and scoured them with ashes and sand. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Janina wanted to walk down to the courtyard with me, but her mother said no. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Ghosts skulked around the edges of the courtyard, apparently intimidated by the Athena Parthenos. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Happy possibilities were still racing each other through Ranofer’s mind when he heard the gate crash open and Gebu’s heavy footsteps start across the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They seemed to be shooting at random into the courtyard below. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She rifled through the wagon until she found Pol’s bow, taking it out to the courtyard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Curtis’s grandma’s apartment faces the courtyard, and I’ve got a clear view of everything. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z By now people were falling all over the courtyard, falling and staggering to their feet and falling again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z That dude Concrete down in the courtyard seven stories below had probably understood them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It was little more than a large rectangular courtyard surrounded by warehouses and shipping offices. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The undertaker and his two helpers carried Mrs. Milgrom down to the courtyard, where a cart was waiting. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z One Saturday, after returning from exercise in the courtyard, I noticed that a warder had left a newspaper on the bench at the end of the corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In one letter Raji wrote that he had planted a tamarind tree in the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z With his friend beside him he stepped confidently out the courtyard gate, into the long shadows striping the Street of the Goldsmiths. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She led me through the curtain into a small interior courtyard, the heart of that labyrinthine structure. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They stepped past the eunuch into a pillared courtyard overgrown in pale ivy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At dawn I had to scrub the flagstones in our courtyard for Mum Olga. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Three teachers, with Missus Wilhelmina right up front, come hurrying into the courtyard. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A sudden rustling, like a startled animal down in the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The courtyard was where we had our meals and where we slept on warm nights. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z That night in the courtyard I heard many stories like mine and many stories like Tanu’s. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Each time a group approached, they’d stop at the edge of the courtyard and stare in disappointment at the statue. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then they gathered humans and animals in the courtyard, poured gasoline on the little brick houses that had once been Trueba’s pride and joy, and set fire to them and everything inside them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see all the way through the house to the back courtyard, where the figure of a young girl sat on a bench, a small pond of fish at her feet. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A monster of a mango tree grew in the courtyard of Namwon Prison. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It reminds him of the spun-sugar flowers sold by vendors in the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Citizens were afraid to leave their homes, or even to venture into their courtyards. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z This new structure was a one- story rectangular stone fortress with a flat cement courtyard in the center, about one hundred feet by thirty feet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinmei flew forward, the power of it shoving her to her hands and knees, still clutching the needle, its point wedged into the mosaic stones of the courtyard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At the north end of the pavilion was a sunken rectangular courtyard fenced on three sides by a row of seven-foot basalt columns atop a low red and yellow adobe wall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Coverage continues from the courtyard behind the apartment where we took shelter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When I was taken to the courtyard with the others, we greeted each other warmly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked the length of an alley to a small courtyard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In the belltower courtyard, Cadets lunge and parry with staffs as a Centurion circles them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I remember the Commandant’s whip and Barrius’s blood staining the courtyard stones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Beyond it is a small courtyard with vines growing in it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The Prayvaganza is to be held in the covered courtyard, where there’s an oblong space, a skylight roof. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked there in the round courtyard with the Governor’s wife, who used her with great kindness, knowing the nobility of her blood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the inner courtyard around the altar were the women and children and one man, the old King. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They zigzagged through narrow cobblestone walkways, past courtyards with potted hibiscus trees and white stucco buildings with butterscotch trim and wrought-iron balconies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Doris Crockford shook Harry’s hand one last time, and Hagrid led them through the bar and out into a small, walled courtyard, where there was nothing but a trash can and a few weeds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z By our third year, services were held in the courtyard, which we preferred. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I run back across the camp to the old courtyard, where all the inhabitants have been ushered out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I will not forget,” she told him, and then the footman stepped back onto his perch, and the small white carriage rolled away through the crowded courtyard and vanished through the main gates. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Unaware of the commotion in the courtyard, she was led by instinct directly to the corner where the cage had been set down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Some twenty people had gathered in our courtyard. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the gates I saw the courtyard and I was surprised. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Curving pathways along the perimeter lead away from the courtyard, turning into unseen mysteries dotted with twinkling lights. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thought about that day in the courtyard of Namwon, when the Governor had stood before him and handed him a Gold orb just like this. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Everything, including the courtyard, was given a thorough cleaning. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z With our bowls of porridge in hand, I led Walter and Kathy over to the south end of the courtyard as though I wanted to confer with them privately. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the pathways ended, they curved into others or circled back to the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She beckons him forward, leading him around the bonfire to the other side of the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The garden in the courtyard looked the same as it did my freshman year. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I jump over a puddle of—well, I don’t want to know what it is—and emerge into a kind of courtyard, where a tall, gangly boy has a gun pointed at George. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z "You can't see it from this window, but it's across the courtyard in the back." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We crossed the fountained courtyard, staring up at the minarets and the huge, pointed archway that towered above us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They were boxlike in shape, with no courtyards inside them, as if the demons hated fresh air but liked being shut up in something like a trunk. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When it grew dark, we heard a man's voice in the courtyard, saying, "It's safe now. You can come out." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I exited the palace and entered the courtyard to face a sea of fetterlings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Strange I hadn't noticed it before, the bodies strewn in the courtyard. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At this, those who were still standing helped the dead men get up from the courtyard floor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Each evening we sat cross-legged in the courtyard threading beads in the last light of the day. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Chapatis were given out, and we were shooed like chickens from the courtyard out into the city. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When they emerged in the enormous courtyard, they found the college almost deserted. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Now he took the blade up again and walked to the window, where he stood for a moment, looking out across the courtyard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The light from the courtyard shines on his face. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z My beloved was interrogated to the tune of a broken rib, taken to Léopoldville, and imprisoned in the rat-infested courtyard of what was once a luxurious embassy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And then we’re in the courtyard, passing the radio glow in the window, and I unlock the door of Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Doha was shocked to see so many people standing inside his courtyard. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z There was no need to ask which way to go: the tracks of the sledge led straight out from the courtyard and over the plain, and Iorek leaped forward to follow them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As always, word spreads through the courtyard like wildfire: someone named Enrique has a phone call. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z By the time we’d crossed the courtyard and reached the grass, we were a very different group from the one that had stood about excitedly waiting for Madame to get out of her car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I can say anything, Adam takes my hand and leads me out a back door and into a little courtyard. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He decides to walk into the circus, through the courtyard with the bonfire and out the other side, and then attempt to work his way back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I repeated this a dozen times, dropping the leaves off the roof, watching as the wind took them away in a mad dance back and forth across the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Around the courtyard, ghosts and ghouls rose to their feet and drew weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We walked briskly around the courtyard in single file. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with some other cousins and neighbors, we split into teams of five, then hunted one another in the maize rows and across the dirt courtyard that separated our house from Geoffrey’s. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Probably a thousand goblins, courtiers and diplomats and civil servants, were spread out around the courtyard, and all of them were dancing in strict rhythm in a great spiral. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z We go down a long corridor, and into a courtyard hung with lanterns. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The authorities never explained why we had been taken from the courtyard to the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not have recognized in this tall, imperious man the little boy with chestnut curls who had played in this same courtyard many years before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see how stark and empty it was from up here; windowless keeps, crumbling walls, courtyards choked with broken stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I came to the courtyard, crossed it, and stood under the shelter of the balcony. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The courtyard was littered with clothing, broken crockery, shoes, books, and various personal items. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead of slinking about and hiding in corners, it began to appear openly in the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z This one shows a huge bonfire that took place in the courtyard outside the university library in Berlin. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Poppet asks as they walk away from the Paramour toward the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their rounded arches frame a square courtyard and a garden that is brown and shriveled by frost The November air bites my skin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I waited for the daily walk, which I took in the courtyard, or for a visit from my lawyer. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z They follow Celia happily as she leads them back to the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I squeal, I can’t help it, and run outside to the courtyard to taste him in private like a cat with a stolen pullet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Open pools smoked day and night in a dozen small courtyards. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Clara’s adolescence passed calmly in her parents’ large house with its three courtyards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The women were on one side of the courtyard and the men on the other. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As we passed beneath the shadow of the gates into the courtyard, my disappointment deepened into a fearful dread. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As he moved across the courtyard, the distinct smell of firewood and some kind of meat cooking made his stomach grumble. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z People were packed outside the kitchen craning to see into the back courtyard. “. . . jumped out the bathroom window ...” I heard. “. .. through the awning of the courtyard blood ...” I looked around in a daze. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Neel, come quickly and eat,” Ma called from the courtyard. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Round paper lanterns hang in the courtyard, the shadows dancing over their white surfaces like silently howling faces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A scrawny cow, looking like a pile of bones, was slumped down in the middle of the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z One half he ate, the other he knotted into his ragged sash as he hurried out of the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One hot summer day when Popo was already very sick, we stood outside watching a village funeral procession marching by our courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed no longer, but took his heartache home, and found the robust suitors there at work, skinning goats and roasting pigs in the courtyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes before midnight, Chandresh positions himself by the edge of the courtyard for the lighting of the bonfire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One of the Burgess sisters spots Chandresh and approaches him, carefully navigating her way through the crowded courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They stepped out into the immense courtyard with red walls and columns, carved green and gold. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The star-filled tunnel has been removed, only a single curtain separates the courtyard from the entrance now. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A crowd was gathered in the middle of the courtyard around the steel doors through which Thomas was startled to realize he’d arrived just yesterday. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know what they have planned, but I’m no coward, so I go right down that aisle out the back door and into the hot courtyard. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They went into the courtyard, into a sun so burning that the heat of hay-making seemed to have been nothing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Oil and flames were flung across the courtyard, and flowers of fire bloomed from the frozen earth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z With trumpets blowing in the courtyard, the dignitaries of Church and State began to filter up the stairs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly ahead of them, Nina saw a vast, silvery tree at the center of a circular courtyard, its boughs spreading over the stones in a sparkling canopy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A few minutes later the voices of men were heard greeting the master of the house on his return and Theseus entered the courtyard. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian snarls at me as I step into the front courtyard. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Stop, you little rat!'' Victor bellowed after him. His voice boomed through the huge house so loudly that two maids came running across, the courtyard. “ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When Ash opened the door to Ana’s room, she found her stepsister awake and sitting at the window looking out at the courtyard, dusted with snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Liberty High is laid out like a wagon wheel, with the courtyard as the hub. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There was a courtyard, and high steps, and gateways, and at every point bears in armor challenged the incomers and were given a password. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Thaya Jaan shows us the parts of the complex where there was a calligraphers’ market in olden times, and we pause by the huge square wudu fountain in the center of the courtyard. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Gawaine came back from the courtyard, where he had been putting the peregrine on her block. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We cross the bridge, which is now lit by white Christmas lights strung up throughout the courtyard. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z As he glanced upward, he realized the courtyard was like a well for the sky — the stars and night seemed to flow into it endlessly. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z We assembled in a courtyard and had what was very much like a picnic, with food sent in from the outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If only I could climb aboard a boat and sail far, far away, and never see this courtyard or the Street of the Crooked Dog again in all my life. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Celia looks from the twins back in the direction of the courtyard, where the light from the bonfire gleams along the edges of the tents, casting dancing shadows of patrons across the striped fabric. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the courtyard around his church lots of boys hanging out, talking, playing with an old soccer ball. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered up a handful of leaves as I made my way to the roof of a livery overlooking the pennant courtyard near the Archives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We all met to count up everyone in the courtyard where the guillotine is. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Rekh watched him speed back and forth between shop and courtyard, and finally stopped him, smiling. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Eight dogs, each with thick gray coats shading into white bellies and paws, had been led into the courtyard by a thin, spry Xi woman. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When they turned into the narrow courtyard outside the main entrance of Bayside Press, all the city noise seemed to hush. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We catch up to the Amity in front of us as we cross the courtyard to the dining hall and disperse among them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They tromp into their room, dripping and without speaking to me, not even one look that might mean “I saw a crazed Jewish woman yelling in your courtyard.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Kaz peered past the dome to the embassy’s open courtyard and the ring wall gatehouse beyond. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From the two windows in the main room we could look out on the courtyard we had come through the night before. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Hints had been as thick as fireflies in the courtyard garden. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He rushed out into the courtyard, she following him and beseeching him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "I've had a phone call—a lead I need to follow up on—so maybe you kids can get some rest out here in the courtyard." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Could he be climbing over courtyard walls, creeping into rich men’s houses, prying into their storerooms and treasure chests in the dead of night? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Then he was coming home; then he was in the far back courtyard, with the servants, breaking a rooster’s neck. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaped off the catwalk and soared across the courtyard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When you enter the apartment complex, it feels like entering the courtyard of a dead king and his decaying cement kingdom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The flames are a radiant, flickering white, like the bonfire in the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their window overlooked our courtyard, the concrete floor painted peach, where our mother cooked meals when the weather allowed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Are you guys eating lunch in the courtyard?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They rode into a grand, circular courtyard, over paving stones set with a mosaic of gold and green in a pattern of swirls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Father Hughes soon preached to us in the courtyard and we found his sermons splendid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The less elegant crowded through the main entrance and into a kind of courtyard. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We played pick-up-sticks in the dust of the courtyard and then went wandering about the streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I heard her screaming in the courtyard as they took her away. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A footman opens the door, and I see the whole courtyard, filled with music and voices and merriment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nok and her parents stood in the temple courtyard, a sprawling jackfruit tree shielding them from the afternoon sun. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We skirt the bright courtyards around the mosque, avoiding any light that might expose us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The courtyard with its benches and cracked cobblestone ground is spattered with black-and-white bird droppings and filled with green-and-white uniforms and brown legs and shiny loafers, running and screaming and pushing and jumping. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He told her to go back into the courtyard and follow the gravel path around the perimeter; it disappeared through a high stone archway that opened into another, smaller courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Silently, the clay figures floated from his hand, drifted in the air, then settled to the ground at opposite ends of the courtyard. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z In the exact middle of the courtyard, the still-gaping hole of the Box lay open, as if inviting him to jump back in and go home. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At last I found daylight at the edge of the courtyard and turned to look back. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They stood in the courtyard of an old compound, like a monastery. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As they walk around the courtyard, Poppet insists he try a spiced cocoa that is both wonderfully warming and slightly painful. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the middle of the courtyard, a full-grown elephant—could that be Frank?—rampaged around the flagpoles, scattering Roman warriors. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She reached the center of the courtyard and her three forms merged into one. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I would awaken to the sound of the cuckoo in the tamarind tree that shaded the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Ten minutes before they were due to leave, Aurelia slipped away to her courtyard to feed her fish, and while she was there, Julius arrived with Boots. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The shirt was no good to me wet, so I told a hearthless lad that hung about the courtyard to keep it on his back for me till I returned. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It must have been the lunch break because as we stepped into the courtyard there were about twenty students loitering around chatting in little groups. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just after a sandstorm and all the men were standing around him in a U-shape in the middle of a very dusty courtyard. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A pariah dog would slink into the courtyard from time to time in search of a morsel of food. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But in the following days I was often sad, as if I had moved across the ocean, not merely across the courtyard of Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When he and Somkit were little boys, lying on the concrete of Namwon’s courtyard and gazing across the river, they had dreamed of this very thing: walking under the glow of a million lights. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Annabeth and I were on our way out when I spotted Hermes in a side courtyard of the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was an odd and wonderful sight to see this courageous woman peering into our cells and strolling around our courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our building was only two stories high, although it was almost as tall as the one across the courtyard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z By the end of the week, Pita got up and hobbled about the courtyard of Hacienda Dorada, clapping and laughing at the girls as they chased mariposas around the wide, robust bougainvilleas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He did not like to have the other widows see him struggling with his reading, so we sat in a corner of the courtyard with only Maa Kamala to keep an eye on us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I broke many pairs and ruined many stockings running across the cobblestone courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I forgot myself and climbed the slope, then walked along the ridge, letting the wind take me as I stared out at the expanse of crooked streets and stone courtyards. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Classrooms, hallways, courtyard, lunchroom—everywhere I went I heard her disparaged, mocked, slurred. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He wandered away again, out into the courtyard, fingering the half loaf in his sash. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I climbed on top of a little stool and looked out the window into the courtyard below. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Without taking further notice of Ranofer the two left the courtyard and started down the street in the direction of the docks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And then I heard voices in the courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They rest, play dominoes, wash laundry, and hang it on lines that crisscross the courtyard. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In fact, I began to sense a greater underlying pattern to the way the wind moved through the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They passed through another elaborate gate and courtyard, their footsteps the only sound in the emptiness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After that several weeks went by, and though I was there in the courtyard each evening waiting to greet him, Raji did not return. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Out back there was a little courtyard with stone columns and an ancient-looking coral stage that was part of the building structure. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But I slow down, make myself trudge past the well and into the courtyard, shoulders hunched, like I’ve had a long night at work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As Lord Odysseus prayed there in the grove the girl rode on, behind her strapping team, and came late to the mansion of her father, where she reined in at the courtyard gate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They form up in the center of the courtyard directly in front of the stage, just as Cook said they would. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Time seemed to slow as I approached the center of the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As Newt leaned over to get a better look into the Box, the faint bleating of a goat in the distance echoed across the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I look up from the middle of the courtyard. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He laid the papers in a clutter in an old courtyard and set them afire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They walk together back along the winding paths, making their way across the courtyard toward the gates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The courtyard was no place for a person who was shy of being touched. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Is it because you are a mambo—a Vodou priestess who held ceremonies in the courtyard of a Christian NGO building? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The courtyard where the wedding was to take place had to be carefully swept and a ceremonial fire readied. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z This was a pond in our courtyard and I often poked a stick in the still water to make the turtle swim out from underneath the rocks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The courtyard lay in deep shadow, but he could see that the pavement was strewn with bodies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Ethan is not in the courtyard as promised, but after several misdirected attempts, I eventually find him at the lavanderia, the ancient washing basins next to the gardens. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The palace was as big as the city on Mount Olympus, with wide courtyards, gardens, and columned pavilions. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Long ago,” Elodin said conversationally, not taking his eyes from the courtyard below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Before the windows go completely dark, I catch a glimpse of the main courtyard leading out to the security gate. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sass did not even have the energy to scold me when I let the ghee boil over into the fire or forgot to sweep the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I sit with Heather, as usual, but we are off by ourselves in a corner by the courtyard, not near the Marthas. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He gave a lazy grin and looked back down toward the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Just after dark, Kyle and his teammates put on their opening ceremonies costumes and headed out to the motel’s central courtyard. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z All of us met one afternoon in the courtyard, without guards watching over us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At roughly the same time we finished working at the quarry, one of the warders had the idea of converting our courtyard into a tennis court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A crowd of several hundred spectators ringed the courtyard, which was illuminated by colorful strings of party lights. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It took an hour to maneuver through the courtyard as he arranged treatment for the most serious cases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Rich men had guards about their courtyards, and light-dozing hounds, and servants who slept across the storeroom doors. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Across the courtyard, Piper shot Jason a worried glance. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They stood in a vast courtyard several times the size of a football field, surrounded by four enormous walls made of gray stone and covered in spots with thick ivy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Hazel had never thought of it as actual smoke, but as she watched it curling around Arion’s legs, floating through the broken arches of the ruined courtyard, the hairs stood up on her arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z By the time the dawn drums beat out, the courtyard is full. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We were permitted out in the courtyard at all hours during the weekend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their voices rise and some words drift across the expanse of the courtyard. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z For the first time in a long while, Shirley thought of the courtyards. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But when we reached the courtyard Haldar and his wife would not have her in the flat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the end, I spotted him through sheer luck across a crowded courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As a result of their efforts, the screens bulge toward the courtyard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the western edge of this courtyard, extending from the back of the kitchen, ran a white, translucent tunnel, something like the tubes that conduct football teams onto the field. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Each evening I waited in the courtyard hoping he would appear, hungry and eager to open a book. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I walked down the alley to a courtyard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been a circle of stones in the courtyard of the castle, once upon a time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The water would flow into the paved channels in the courtyard to feed the apple trees and the grape vines. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I grumble, and I’m feeling very frustrated as I hobble toward the courtyard to eat the lunch Mom packed me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We were so tightly packed into that narrow courtyard that some children fainted from excessive heat and stuffiness. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s made out of big chunks of yellowish stone, and has a steep roof, and is shaped like an L around a big courtyard with fat pebbles set in the ground. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They walk together to the circus afterward, past red-roofed buildings glowing in the dying light, going their separate ways only once they reach the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I scanned the windows around the courtyard but could not find the face I was looking for. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Avoiding his mother’s sympathetic eyes, Doha finished eating quickly and raced out of their courtyard and ran for the main road. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I tiptoed down the stairs and into the moonlit courtyard and into the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “It isn’t Lavender!” said Hermione impatiently, as another couple of girls appeared in the courtyard and Ron dived behind her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Invariably he waited until Ranofer was asleep, then in the night secretly poured it out on the pavement of the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Standing outside this morning in the courtyard between the buildings at St. Nick, I shoved half of a hot dog in my mouth. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He walked along a pillared gallery and through a pointed arch, and found himself in a tiled courtyard where a woman was washing clothes at a well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And there, there—now just passing into the courtyard—was Robin’s lovely mother, the veil of her coif floating and mingling with that of the Queen whom she attended. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They came to a collection of huts set around a neat courtyard. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She reached out to me and we hugged on the bench in the courtyard and walked home together. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The man's house is a bloated hodgepodge of arches and columns and courtyards. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We turned the corner of the building into a kind of courtyard formed by that building and two others. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The courtyard turned into something like an antechamber to an operating room. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a drinking fountain and bathrooms in a small courtyard surrounded by a hedgerow. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The cramps in Alba’s stomach were growing stronger, and she thought that if nothing was resolved by the morning she would have no other choice but to use the hole in the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Reyna worried how the tourists would react to a forty-foot-tall statue of Athena in the middle of the courtyard, but the Mist must have been working overtime to obscure the mortals’ vision. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z From where we’re kneeling we have a good view of the entrance to the courtyard, where people are steadily coming in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When the drums of breakfast porridge were wheeled into the courtyard, the warders commanding the work crew ordered the men out of the yard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Amah was standing in the courtyard and my mother and the other ladies were now coming through the moon- gate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Baby went across to visit her and run after the goats that wandered in her courtyard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Another note contained directions to a small courtyard off the library. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Marco stops abruptly in the middle of the next block, just outside a large gated courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “All of those decades—over a century!—of history. When you stood on the courtyard in the rain, you felt like the gods were singing in the heavens.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Marco takes Chandresh’s arm and pulls him into a quieter corner, standing with his back to the courtyard to provide a modicum of privacy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see through the thick hedge that covered most of the eastern edge of the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her gold eyes darted around the courtyard uneasily. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The courtyard rang to the song of swords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, my mother climbs to her feet, peering through the dust and smoke at the dais. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With nervous, darting looks, I scanned the courtyard. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Doha’s own courtyard was lush, with pink peonies and golden forsythias, magnolia and plum trees, and azalea bushes that bloomed to a man’s height. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z While I went about my usual tasks, she spent most of the day in the courtyard with Sass, so Sass could brag about Chandra’s good fortune to the neighbor women. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It is easy enough for him to slip away from Chandresh in the crowded courtyard just before midnight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We did the only thing we could do: we buried it in the garden in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you haven’t got the guts to finish them, then leave them in the courtyard for me.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The air had died in the cypresses in the courtyard, in the pale trappings of the bedrooms, in the dripping archways of the garden of perennials. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He chooses another direction to leave the courtyard, circling away from the bonfire again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We staged spontaneous "shows" of our own in the courtyard behind our building, and I mimicked a comedy routine with a hat teetering on my head. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The Queen led them out of the Hall of Images into a long corridor and then through a whole maze of halls and stairs and courtyards. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I run straight back out into the courtyard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the evenings there were fireflies in the courtyard, and he could hear the cries of the nightjars as they circled overhead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Now she rose languidly and walked slowly through the heat to the fountain in the center of the courtyard of her apartment. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She ushers us through a heavy arched wooden entryway, through an empty courtyard and up the stairs to a door. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Moistening his lips, the boy drew a long breath and padded across the courtyard toward the storerooms. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He had known Kaede since they were children; he could remember her in pigtails, chasing him and her brother across the broad palace courtyards. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was suggested the children study Morse code in the dining room, but the afternoon was so beautiful, and the shady courtyard so inviting, they begged to pack lunches and study outside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His ramrod attention was better than my own in the courtyard, and he was only sitting. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z After eating, we’re free to go outside to the courtyard for the last fifteen minutes of the lunch period. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Slipping out of the courtyard so his mother and Rupa wouldn’t spot him, he hurried to school. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I had swept the courtyard so often that every inch was familiar to me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the courtyard remained busy with drug activity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The guards immediately saw this and threatened us, but we would not increase our pace, and we continued this go-slow strategy for as long as we worked in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked into the tiled courtyard of the Masjid ar-Rahmah and looked around. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The sight of Hatsue’s face in profile elicited in him the smell of pine needles strewn in the courtyard outside the tearoom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Golden light covered the rooftop, spilling over the edge of the roof into a thin slice of the courtyard below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On her left, she saw a long, narrow stretch of grass in the middle of a kind of courtyard of houses. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of them, flanking the courtyard, plants and trees slept under their thick blankets of snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She pulls it back and the space is flooded with glowing light from the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z People began to pour from the Eolian and the other buildings around the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There are a couple of outhouses, a little courtyard, fields, an outhouse off to one side. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “He must be determined to hide what really happened if Dumbledore couldn’t get it out of him,” she said in a low voice, as they stood in the deserted, snowy courtyard at break. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Today, after our courtyard rosary, I cornered her behind the statue of the Merciful Mother. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better to have a single perfect diamond than a sack of flawed stones. We’ll make a showcase of her, put her in the courtyard or something.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I will walk up low stone steps past stone lions guarding and into a courtyard where a fountain plays and the queen waits, weeping, for the princess to return. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The last time someone deserted, the courtyard was covered in frost. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I then take a seat next to the timber bamboo in the courtyard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Twice a week the results of the state basketball tournament were posted on the plywood roadrunner in the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The two journalists walked slowly around the courtyard, surveying us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He glances back in the direction of the acrobat tent, he can see the top of it from the courtyard, rising taller than the surrounding tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Halfway across the courtyard his feet tangled in the unfamiliar sandals and he stumbled against Rosa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Cedar Grove Projects there’s graffiti on the walls and broken-down cars in the courtyard. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Some of the houses have their doors open to the air and I glimpse hens, a cat, a couple of men, in the inner courtyards. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was something vulpine about the way the woman sat in her comer by the courtyard, something reptilian about her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Detecting the fence, how far it is in every direction, where every tent sits, even the darkened courtyard and Tsukiko standing within it, is almost effortless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Really I’m waiting in the courtyard, looking for those boys. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Hundreds of migrants, mostly men, mill about the large courtyard of the yellow church with orange trim. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Around the courtyard, ghosts were forming a mob - hundreds of glowing Romans carrying spectral clubs or stones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hastily he spread a scrap of clean linen over the mold and hurried across the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I waited until the last of the students had left the courtyard, and Stargirl and Dori were performing for no one. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In the courtyard of our school stood a five-foot sheet of plywood in the shape of a roadrunner. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There, at the south end of the courtyard, was a work crew from the general section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The image shows the two of us talking in the courtyard about some matter that I can no longer remember. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor of the courtyard looked like it was made of huge stone blocks, many of them cracked and filled with long grasses and weeds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z On the other side of the courtyard, Faris stands taller and wider than everyone else, his eyes bewildered as a lost child's. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z So I walk across to the courtyard, where it’s always quiet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, just after our wake-up call, I heard a sound in the courtyard that made me uneasy: it was the thud of picks and shovels on the ground. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On another day the nuns got all excited because Colonel Aureliano Buendía had urinated under the chestnut tree without being concerned that the schoolgirls were in the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was late in the day when the carriage finally pulled into the courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We go through another secured door and enter a courtyard that has the largest pool I’ve ever seen in my life. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The girl was then pulled with difficulty from the stage, dragged across the dirt courtyard, and forced into the back of the wagon that Polly leaned on. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But with the gate out of operation, the courtyard battlements were as deserted as the rest of the building. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In one of the buildings surrounding the courtyard was a door marked with the number 109. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars had come out over the silent courtyard, revealing the rubbish-strewn pavement and peeling walls in all their ugly reality. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The courtyard and the house were suffering from serious neglect. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The swarm of kids pours into a small courtyard, where a volunteer hands out slices of lukewarm pizza from a box. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Pinmei looked around and saw they were in the outer courtyard of a rich mansion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I grabbed her out of my hood, aimed at the giant bronze woman in the courtyard, then threw the best spiral I’d ever tossed in my life. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The defectors in the courtyard are nervous in his presence. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The line was so long that it wound all around the big, grassy courtyard, all around the tall barbed-wire fence and snaked all the way down the wide, tarred road. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z From every door, dozens of children spilled into the courtyard, yelling and jostling each other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I shut my eyes and pictured Grandma standing on the windowsill, looking down into the courtyard. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally we heard another voice in the courtyard. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The school at Ruelle Vaillant had open classrooms around a courtyard, the courtyard surrounded by high walk topped with broken glass. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The buildings they passed on either side were dark, and some of their courtyard gates were wide open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "This is the solarium courtyard to inspire your arcana. I encourage all favorites to walk in it daily. Very therapeutic." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A handful of people had gathered in the courtyard, where a priest was waiting. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We have finished the interior courtyard walls, and now we're working our way around the outside of the building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The man brushed past, almost dropping his torch in his unsteady progress along the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Almost from the beginning of my sentence on Robben Island, I asked the authorities for permission to start a garden in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came out again those waiting in the courtyard did not need to be told what he had done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But he felt like he’d left some part of himself in the courtyard below, something he hadn’t even known mattered, intangible as mist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The ruins themselves weren’t that impressive: a few stone walls, a weed-choked central courtyard, a dead-end stairwell chiselled into the rock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Across the courtyard from there stood wooden pens holding sheep and pigs and cows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The chaotic courtyard of the cathedral was packed with people and vendors' booths. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The Ohio State marching band tramped into the courtyard to create an open-book formation while blaring a brassy version of “Paperback Writer” by the Beatles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He sat in the far corner of the courtyard munching some leftovers Maa had given him and listening to the poem, a dreamy expression on his face. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He made a bonfire in the courtyard of the dolls of Remedios which had decorated their bedroom since their wedding. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He stopped trying to decide, and in a sort of exhausted calm trotted the rest of the way down the gloom-filled street and into the familiar, barren courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Not long after Walter left, I was walking to the prison hospital with Sobukwe when I spotted Nana Sita in the courtyard about twenty-five yards away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a mango tree with fragrant flowers in the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They saw an archway leading to a lighted courtyard. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The courtyard is full of ants, the bushes full of wasps and dirt daubers. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Everyone—students and teachers—ran out to the courtyard and looked up. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the way of dreams, they walked into a black tent but entered a large bright courtyard, open to the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A GD in the courtyard notices him and nudges one of his friends. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Ranofer groped for it and, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles, stumbled across the courtyard still half asleep. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On the day of Mr. Hynning’s visit we were called into the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The caretaker came across the courtyard and told me that the director was asking for me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The Long Walkway ended in a courtyard flanked by red-columned buildings, their dignity belied by the distinctive noise of snoring. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then came the night we returned, sacks full, and found a lineup happening in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They looked in her direction when she entered, and one said to her, “The servants’ entrance is to the left of the courtyard; you’ve come in the wrong way.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They bolted past the entrance to the colonnade and into the circular courtyard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He woke the next morning just in time to see Gebu cross the courtyard and let himself out the gate, with the bundle of shentis under his arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Her evil uncles appeared on a cold early morning, right after Aziz walked into the courtyard and found her mother dead. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I busied myself by studying the shadows on the ground, the corners of buildings, and how, as people crossed the courtyard, their shadows imitated everything they did, just as younger children imitated older ones. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Crimson sill-lanterns sit in each window and cast their bloody light over the courtyard. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Most of the courtyard was cobblestones, but a small, neat garden took up a significant part near the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I wasn’t ashamed exactly: but it was a bit like that earlier time, when we’d all waylaid Madame in the courtyard as she got out of her car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z With a feeling of panic rising in her, Ash began to run toward the courtyard, realizing that she would need to overtake them in order to arrive home before they did. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Too bad my mother never met Mother Smith, I thought as I beat a rug for the third time in the courtyard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Voices in the stairway, in the courtyard, said: “There is a quota. The trains must take five thousand Jews every day.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z But last week, I was standing in the courtyard after lunch and Jennifer S. walked up to me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We were ordered to strip and then line up against the wall of the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I found him staring at me across from my uncle’s courtyard, hu-huing, “See, she cannot turn away. She is already mine.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He called down from the window to the courtyard: “Jews! Repent! It is not too late! Come with me! Save yourselves!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A man pulled me by my rope outside to the courtyard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in the grey suit walks on as though he had not paused, making his way through the curtains of velvet that separate the courtyard from the world outside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As they approached the stage, a sudden commotion broke out near the courtyard gate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z While the child played in the courtyard, he waited in his hammock, trembling with anxiety, knowing that Pilar Ternera would have to pass through there. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She set the alarm clock for five, only to wake to the sound of Farmer’s voice, singing up to her from the courtyard below. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He rode his bicycle through the courtyard, chasing chickens and other children, laughing over which ones shrieked the loudest. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet helps me hobble out to the center of the courtyard. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then he relaxed with an explosive sigh and looked out at the nearly empty courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This courtyard is a garden of grass and roses, a gazebo with benches and a sleepily rotating fan. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Restless, she went to the windows overlooking the courtyard and unlatched them, curling up on the window seat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The awards were made on Parent’s Day, before a packed audience in the school courtyard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We washed the courtyard; we exorcised the house with smoke and red paper. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They built barricades with sandbags and paving stones that they pried loose from the main courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fjerdan words Jesper didn’t understand crested over the courtyard in a shimmering, perfect tenor that seemed to catch upon the black stone battlements. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then he had been straight and strong, standing there in the courtyard as the men rode forth. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Standing in the courtyard is kind of like being a mouse at the bottom of a concrete garbage can, high walls all around and daylight up there somewhere. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the side of the courtyard, he squeezes his arm around the quiet kid’s face until it turns bright red. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The silver limousine of a Nordic ambassador was waiting in the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The building was shaped like an L around a small courtyard: three stories on the long side, the top floor, with its gabled windows, crammed under a steeply raked roof. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Shaded by the elm’s branches were an ivy-covered courtyard and the stone steps upon which they were to wait. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z That morning, as Herbert passed the crumbling brick tenement buildings and treeless courtyards, he watched out for Reds. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She sailed over the heads of the Cyclopes and ogres, landed in the centre of the courtyard and pushed her way into the circle of giants. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He kicked Ranofer awake each morning on his way out of the courtyard, tossed him a copper to buy bread or jerked his thumb toward the storeroom to indicate that there was food laid out. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When they had reached the other side they came out through the arches and found themselves in another and larger courtyard. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z A few hours later I found Carmen in the courtyard, really fired up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z High and shrill, the barely human shriek echoed across the stone courtyard; every kid in sight turned to look toward the source. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z According to Wylan’s plans, the stables were adjacent to the gatehouse courtyard, so they would have to backtrack through the holding area. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Many believed the attack was related to a string of racially charged conflicts and controversies at the school, most notably the hanging of nooses from a tree in the school’s main courtyard. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Take your friends to your room. You know the courtyard is not a playground.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I stand up, balancing on the edge of the roof, and peer at the courtyard seven stories down, just for a moment imagining the weightlessness, the absolute abandon of the fall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We could see out into the bright courtyard, where Madame was still sitting behind the wheel, rummaging in her briefcase. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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