| 单词 | cricket |
| 例句 | And the crickets and frogs are too enthusiastic, chirping and cheering for my success. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Children believe such things to this day, and think that they will only be able to bowl well in the cricket match tomorrow, provided that they are good today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Its black skin glistened with silver markings and tiny crickets hopped about and, in the silence of the damp underground that made her think of a grave, she screamed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Chester leaned his black little head up against the bars of the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mario had cleaned off the cricket as much as he could, he hunted around the floor of the station for a matchbox. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a thought occurred to him: perhaps the cricket was hungry. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to fall asleep to the sound of crickets and owls. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He had special praise for Chester’s “phrasing,” by which he meant the neat way the cricket played all the notes of a passage without letting them slide together. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In a world of crickets and wind and cottonwood trees he was almost alive again; he was visible. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z My mother always loved anything that normally grows or lives out of doors— anything—lizards, trees, cows, caterpillars, birds, flowers, crickets, toads, ants, pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z But the accounts of old cricket matches are inclined to be boring for those who did not actually play in them, so we must leave it unreported. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to think outside the box— most men use football teams as passwords, I think, but Tom isn’t into football; he quite likes cricket, so I try Boycott and Botham and Ashes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was well along in August by now, and just the time of the year that crickets all over the world like most. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t sound much like a cricket, but Chester got the idea. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The cricket chirped And jumped into The gray ambush of grass. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps someday your cricket will play as well. I prophesy great things for a creature of such ability, Mario.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The crickets and cicadas had faded for the year, leaving the night quiet and undisturbed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But on the other side it was straight crickets. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You got cricket?” he asked finally in a voice so soft that Mario could hardly hear it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sure the cricket looked much happier, now that he could stay. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I utter a trio of low whistles that sounds like a cricket; it takes a few tries before John hears it and turns around. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And as we continued to swing, looking at each other while crickets played their fiddles in the grass, I slid my hand sideways up toward the place where the Object’s legs joined. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was small for one who had lived so many suns and moons, but quick as a cricket. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I search the bushes for frogs, crickets, grasshoppers, or anything else that can be eaten. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After each new piece, the people applauded and congratulated the Bellinis on their remarkable cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Chester was lying on the floor of the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Noel Duckworth was hunkered down in the stern, his cricket cap pulled tight on his head to keep it from blowing away. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A few crickets down in the cellar begin their song: a rhythmic kree-kree, evening in August, and Marie-Laure hikes her tattered stockings and goes into the kitchen and tears another hunk from Madame Ruelle’s loaf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Chester Cricket’s new manager, Tucker Mouse, was pacing up and down in front of the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A simple cricket, no longer than half my little finger—which is rather long because I play the piano—but a cricket that is able to chirp operatic, symphonic, and popular music. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was watching a cricket match when your dad called.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It got so quiet, I could hear the crickets outside, beginning their nighttime song. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At her request we powdered the down over her lips and throat, penciled definition into her brows, and walked her to the banks of the fish pond where our children played cricket in the afternoon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Maddie’s Wellington joyrides were not exactly clandestine, but they weren’t exactly cricket either. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z If she had died, if Odenigbo and Baby and Ugwu had died, the bunker would still smell like a freshly tilled farm and the sun would still rise and the crickets would still hop around. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I pictured myself lying flat on the floor, still and silent, listening to the sharp chirp of crickets in the field. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The land was drier than elsewhere—making people less prone to malaria—and it was here, on the unused green fields, that some of the best cricket was played. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z A Captain of any game, whether it was football, cricket, fives or squash, had many other duties. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally, the crickets and birds sang in the evening before the sun went down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And then for some reason I started looking up into the cloudless sky, touching Mong’s tooth necklace and listening to the cricket sounds again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We ride along the river until the sun dips behind the trees and the crickets begin to sing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I looked in front of us at the bushes where the crickets were hiding and thought for a sec. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z None of us had any toys or books, so we played hopscotch and cricket in a gully. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The cricket had been sitting next to the edge of the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When a pause came, Mario said meekly, “My cricket would never do anything like burn up our newsstand.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The continuing thrum of the crickets was my only answer. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z How can children gather for a game of cricket if a bomb could go off under their feet? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t find a cricket cage anywhere. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It made a high rasping sound like a cricket and sent a shower of metal fragments to glitter in the light Eye trained on the gate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Shaggy like Chewbacca? Broken Roman nose? Barbarian eyes? Masculinity wrapped in cricket whites?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “This is my new pet. He’s a cricket.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of rain mingled with the sweet scent of honeysuckle, and crickets chirped in the huckleberry bushes along the edge of the woods. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Navid had started teaching me how to do the cricket, which was a level of difficulty slightly higher than that, and I was getting better every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In the afternoon Beatrice would change into a cool frock and a shady hat and watch Giles play cricket. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Their whispers, the cries of little children seeking lost parents and tired of walking, and the wails of hungry babies replaced the evening songs of crickets and birds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He’d been born and raised in Honolulu but had spent four years of his childhood flying kites and catching crickets in Indonesia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mario broke off one corner and held it out to the cricket on the end of his finger. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was meant to be for breakfast tomorrow, but he decided that meeting his first cricket was a special occasion. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A little maple tree in the swamp heard the cricket song and turned bright red with anxiety. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t ready for three Hawker Harrier Jump Jets, close enough to the ground to hit with a cricket ball. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The cricket jumped down into the palm of it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mario was bending over the cricket cage, fascinated by the way Chester moved his wings when he played. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I abandoned the crickets and went back to the goodness of the earth. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The waiting guards said nothing, but their eyes bulged like crickets’ as the children passed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He watches a cricket game on a little TV. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Oak is in cricket green, dancing around in front of the carriage. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could hear the crickets in the woods and an owl hooting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And then the crop of crickets appeared and Frightful hopped all over the meadow snagging them in her great talons and eating them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The crickets and the frogs were in full swing with a loud game of Pete and Repeat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Only sound besides Ernie’s snoring was about a million crickets, and a million frogs playing Pete and Repeat with the crickets. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then I let the stories live inside my head, again and again until the real world fades back into cricket lullabies and my own dreams. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It was almost like the spongy wood of his old tree stump— and felt much more like home than the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He just sits on his stool, a blue broken cricket husk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The cricket was such a natural musician that he not only chirped the tune—in a few minutes he was making up variations and spinning them out without ever losing the rhythm of the waltz. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Gatsby, looking a little, not much, younger--with a cricket bat in his hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The final stage of breaking to the cricket standard was by mock combats. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If a lightning bolt struck the dinghy, we’d be roasted like crickets on a radiator. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Olanna slapped at the crickets; their faintly moist bodies felt slimy against her fingers, and even when they were no longer perched on her, she still slapped her arms and legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Petey got up from the bed and went to the window, listening for the hoofbeats of the mare, but all she heard was the incessant rasp of the crickets. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The bed springs sounds like them crickets used to back home. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Her features would slacken, her face become vacant, and her fingers would click like crickets at dusk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She could still hear the hum of cars, but mostly it was crickets and breezes through the tall grasses of the cornfields and the big front yards in need of mowing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z From City Hall he rode his bike to a bait shop and, using a stash of leftover lunch money, bought a box of live crickets. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Also foolish as a cricket when he was excited. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In her hand was a small clicker or cricket which she snapped when she wanted the class to stand up or sit down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I think it was another species of cricket that was meant. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Even my brother, the captain of the cricket team, that local god, approved. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you’ve got all that, why did you want to sleep on the two dollar bills in the cricket cage?” asked Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Summer is over and gone,” repeated the crickets. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of evil. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to hear things, even if all they could hear was the clank of armor and the singing of crickets out in the wide elfin fields. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As Petey drove them home, windows open, hot wind tossing their hair, the song of the crickets seemed to reach a furious crescendo. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Outside, Amil was awful at cricket as usual, his skinny arms barely able to make a solid hit or throw, but this was just a party game, nothing serious. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They thought it was a very good piece for the cricket to learn because they had heard it first at night, and also because Chester was quite a little person himself. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He enjoyed the individual chirps of human beings almost as much as those of his cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z That there’s such a thing as crickets, these little bugs that hide in bushes at night and make crazy sounds together, who knows why. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z With the money Pa gave me in my pocket, I approach a food cart selling roasted crickets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The only things on TV were cricket where nobody scored and a western where nobody shot anyone. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Once Mr. Smedley got used to the idea that he was listening to a concert given by a cricket, he enjoyed the performance very much. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Little things—a cricket on a stem, the veined branches on a leaf—are magnified, brought from the background in achingly clear focus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The cricket was the first to realize what had happened—and what was likely to happen if they didn’t put the fire out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But now, only a few night birds and insects broke the silence—crickets, an owl, some other bird I had no name for. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Papa, can I go down to Chinatown and get my cricket a house?” he asked. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside my open window, frogs and crickets made the silence more profound. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The men are playing cricket. Master Smith plays that too. The women are playing tennis. Mrs. Smith plays it too, on Tuesday and Thursday.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Over this ran aluminum roaches and iron crickets, and in the hot still air butterflies of delicate red tissue wavered among the sharp aroma of animal spoors! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The country’s ten thousand dead had gone unmoumed and uneulogized while the boys went on singing English songs and playing cricket, moved only by reports that reached them, three weeks late, from the British Isles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing to do at Big Ma’s than watch the chickens fight over a cricket. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The kids who played cricket were a mix. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z No traffic came along the dirt road, and it was quiet except for the crickets in the rocks and a few evening insects buzzing past his face; in the distance dogs were barking. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she listened to the crickets chirping from gardens. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And then—the glory—so that a cricket song sweetens his ears, the smell of the earth rises chanting to his nose, and dappling light under a tree blesses his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nearby he heard the hoot of a great horned owl and the incessant chirp of crickets. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had probably interrupted her in the middle of her own quiet time when the boiler and presses were off and the cool night flew against the windows in moths and crickets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z South Africa was also banned from Olympic competition, international track and field, swimming, World Cup soccer, cricket, rugby and a dozen or so other sports. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With the crickets chirping through the open window, Priscilla “Petey” Willis sat cross-legged on her bed in-the dark of her room, waiting for Finn to appear like some sort of magic trick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mario was so busy feeding his cricket that he didn’t see them when they came up to the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do Afghan hounds read Musical America?” asked the cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Allen was also listening for the reassuring noises of animals: the whine of mosquitoes, the whir of crickets, the scurry of rats in the underbrush. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The place was full of ticking, like crickets in September grass, and I could hear a big clock on the wall above his head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t think a cricket’s tiny chirp could carry so far, but when all is silence, the piercing notes can be heard for miles. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, I stood there, looking out at the marsh and listening to all of her sounds: insects buzzing, crickets singing, bubbles popping on the surface. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z That old quiet moss smell would linger in the air, and bees would come, and crickets, and herons build their nests in the deep dark woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Gold ingots, ivory chopsticks, even prized crickets were secreted away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z That even in the wintertime, the crickets sing us to sleep. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Joel says the chickens get about 20 percent of their diet from the fresh grass, worms, grasshoppers, and crickets they find. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Animals and birds and more dang crickets all wanted a piece of this Chicago boy who was invading their turf. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Afterward, Papa would turn on his record player, and all the kids would have a cricket game outside until we came in exhausted and lay our heads on the floor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The rhythm was very tricky and it took the cricket a few minutes to catch on to it, but once he had it, he never lost the beat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z If I'm going to swing a stick of wood to thwack a round object, I'd rather it be the flatter rectangle of a cricket bat. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The cricket lifted his wings and drew them lightly together. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Lili looked tortured as she watched the boy squirming in the grass, obviously terrified of the crickets, lizards, and small snakes that might be there. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I told him crickets were considered lucky in China. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Yes! That would be great! We could play like we used to—out in the open. You could join in our cricket games, and—Naima? Naima! Are you listening?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Whenever the cricket shows up after that, he is just a ghost. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Jam slid her hands into her pockets and listened to the crickets hidden in the grass, her earphones floating unused around her neck. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Since there were piles of papers all over, and since he was very small himself, the cricket found lots of good hiding places. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished on a butterfly that landed on me, on a camel-shaped cloud, on a cricket in the house, and a lightning bug glowing on my ring finger. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I would like to buy a cricket cage, if you have any,” said Mario. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z "Badminton. And a bit of cricket. That's India's national sport, sir." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I woke up to a cricket chirping near my ear, and when I sat up, a horde of them skipped away, like a handful of clay pellets hurled into the tall yellow grass. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The dry earth was ticking under the sun and the crickets rasped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So they sat in a circle, staring at each other as the light faded into dusk and the crickets began chirping out in the forest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They would bring out a blanket, and Mama would make popcorn, and they would listen to the crickets. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But through his sleep he could still hear the cricket’s silvery chirping. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There were also abominable creatures haunting the reeds and tussocks that from the sound of them were evil relatives of the cricket. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The only furniture was a bench carried in from the village cricket pitch—again, the youthful Leon and his terrible friends from school. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Right now, Luna set it just so, and the cricket began to turn the pages of a book. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Mario had noticed that the cricket took to hiding after each recital, and it worried him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z No hum of bayou crickets or the bleating of frogs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Beyond the trampled chain-link we could hear bird songs and the hum of crickets, but no bonobo calls. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When he jumped, His paws landed on a cricket. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We ate on a path between tall cane, feeling small as crickets. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d sit up listening to crickets and frogs and on some nights to the radio at his bedside. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Everything was silent except for the chirp of the crickets and the full foamy toss of the wind in the trees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I can’t leave you like this, Xan,” he said as Luna made a cricket grow to the size of a goat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Too bad there aren’t five other crickets like Chester,” whispered Harry Cat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember he was the first person to teach Amil how to play cricket in the front of the house, how to throw and bat and catch. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dev told her stories about his childhood, when he would come home from school and drink mango juice served to him on a tray, and then play cricket by a lake, dressed all in white. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then she began stopping by the cricket game every week, and I started walking her and her friends home. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One day we are playing street crickets: it is like cockfights, small-scale. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared astonished at the cricket cage and then at his mother. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall, handsome, and muscular, he was a fine sportsman, excelling in track and field, cricket, rugby, and soccer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay awake in the dark next to Emily, listening to the crickets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Above the cricket, towers that seemed like mountains of light rose up into the night sky. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The cricket jumped up and knocked against the bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly. Flies, bugs, grasshoppers, choice beetles, moths, butterflies, tasty cockroaches, gnats, midges, daddy longlegs, centipedes, mosquitoes, crickets—anything that is careless enough to get caught in my web. I have to live, don’t I?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Not a leaf moved; there was nothing to be heard but the torches crackling and the chirping of the crickets. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Didn’t guess we played cricket, did you? Then there’s swimming, and volleyball. Some fellows go out for everything, though,” he told her anxiously. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z As the sun sets and the oppressive heat breaks, he hears crickets and frogs begin their music and join the migrant chorus. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As the cricket chirped, the whole scene came back to Mama: the still, warm night, the moon shining down on the velvety Bay of Naples, and Papa singing to her. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Though day, the crickets called in the grass; my mother’s singing rose from the camp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We have tried wireless, but the noise is such an irritant, and we prefer to store up our excitement; the result of a cricket match played many days ago means much to us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Before Chronicler could raise his piece of firewood, the thing skirted sideways around the bonfire and sprang at him, quick as a cricket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The cricket would catch his breath, have a sip of water, flex his wings, and begin a new selection as fast as he could. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The gunfight went on into the evening, interrupting the songs of birds and the chants of crickets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z From all over the camp came the same clicking, as if crazed crickets had invaded the place. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a scorer’s pavilion at a tournament, with a real scorer inside it, who made marks mi the parchment just Hke the mark for one run which is made by the cricket scorer today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hear crickets singing, and smell the grass, so we must be in the country, and it must be night. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We just breathe to ourselves, and while Jamie watches me, I watch the crickets leaping away from the stone fire pit next to us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The window was open and the chirrup of the crickets washed in harsh and strong. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After my first few days the food service worker who had been delivering the special hospital meals took pity on me bouncing off my yellow walls like a cricket trapped in a box. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Sounded like a bunch of crickets were singing to high heaven. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At least with a pair of them, we can play a cricket match. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was still dark when I woke, all around me the rush and hum of crickets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I nodded again and tore myself away, like a cricket escaping from a spiderweb. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise of crickets and cicadas filled the dark air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The outermost layer was shedding, like a molting cricket, brown slices curling up from the surface. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The moisture attracted crickets, who filled the long low room with their tiny songs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jimmy could actually see that, a thousand ants against one cricket. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Mario, who brought up the rear of this sad parade, thought first for the safety of his cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z So Charlotte sang a lullaby, while crickets chirped in the grass and the barn grew dark. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Sai Fong got a tiny saucer out of the cupboard and put a dab of each course on it for the cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t think of anything more calming than the sound of crickets and the rustle of the fig tree. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The cricket was a similar move; my body weight was still balanced on my elbows, which I’d tucked into my torso; the difference was that you moved around in a circle. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Then he slipped the cricket back inside the matchbox and took him over to one of the lunch counters. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When we near it, I see some boys playing cricket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The cricket poked his head out of the matchbox. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And as if sleeping wasn’t hard enough, the crickets and frogs were out too, and for the first time their chirping was annoying. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Something moved at her feet, and she closed her cupped left hand over a cricket. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I felt as insubstantial as the ghost of a cricket. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He was very interested in watching Chester, since he had never seen a cricket drinking from a glass before. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The boats in the bay were part of it, and the string section of crickets in the baking grass, and the ice melting in our lemonade glasses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "How come you don't know anything about cricket? Did you come from some foreign place where you played some other sport?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I stood on our roof looking at the mountains, at the alleys where we used to play cricket, the apricot trees coming into bloom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mama’s first suspicion was that the cricket had sneaked out and smuggled all the money from the cash register into the cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, when the darkness was weighed down with singing crickets and Rosaleen was snoring right along with them, I had myself a good cry. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And so began the most remarkable week in Chester Cricket’s—or any cricket’s—life. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Her cries, as faint as the chirping of a cricket in the vast black night, were lost in the darkness. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was almost dusk, that magical time of evening just before the fireflies come out, just as the crickets start up their all-night racket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "Sort of. Can you explain cricket's rules? I've watched you play from our apartment. It looks pretty complicated, but I learn fast." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The next day, as we return home from the market and pass the boys playing cricket, a ball comes flying at us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The only sound was the cricket, chirping, chirping. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “So the Lakota leaders, like Spotted Tail, knew the odds were against us. It was like one cricket trying to fight off a thousand hungry ants.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Again, the crickets and frogs lulled him and his mind drifted into another storm and burst of Petey, and again, only the sound of strange footsteps kicked him out of his dreams. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There are no children playing cricket in the alleys. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My heart feels as if it's a cricket ball, rising up one minute only to head straight to the ground a minute later. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Of course it’s true. What’s so peculiar about that? You ought to see where my cousins the crickets and the katydids keep theirs.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Then we snuggled into our sleeping bags and said good night—and after that, all we could hear was the loud screech of cicadas and crickets. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z On a stand beside her was a cricket cage just like Chester’s. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep heard the crickets, and they felt so uneasy they broke a hole in the pasture fence and wandered up into the field across the road. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The cricket took a downhearted leap into the cage and settled himself for whatever might come. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They played cricket, swam in the pond, and even organized a few games of hide-and-seek for the smaller children in the village. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to bother you, but I have a problem with my cricket.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The world around us remains tranquil and asleep; all that can be heard is the chirping of crickets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We played cricket day and night in the alley by our house or up on our roof, which was flat. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “They don’t drown? Seems like it would be easy for crickets to just drown, raining this hard.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She slumped in the bunker and ignored the crickets. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Muttering with rage, Mama Bellini picked him up by his antennae, tossed him into the cricket cage, and locked the gate behind him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Frogs and crickets chirped and warbled all around us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The crickets in summer, the trees whispering on the breeze. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My cousins and the neighborhood children crowded around me and Amil until we took them outside to the best spot for cricket. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But then, said, 'No. No, you had really much better be playing cricket in the sun, Edmund, something of that sort. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I take a sip of water and I listen to the crickets chirping sex, sex, sex and I wonder what her life was like before these last three days. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was a cool October night filled with the sounds of chirping crickets and the whoosh of passing cars. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z "I'm not sure—I don't know much about cricket, actually," I confess. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z After a minute’s silence, he looked down at Amy, who sat on the cricket at his feet, and said, with a caress of the shining hair... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The pastures, fields, and scrubby groves they crossed were vigorous with bees, and crickets leapt before them as if each step released a spring and flung them up like pebbles. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The cricket beat frantically against her palms and she let it down again. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He wasn’t quite sure what crickets liked, so he decided to try him out on everything. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And how at night the bush crickets had sounded like creaking stars and amplified the fear and gloom that hung over the Ayemenem House. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the crickets always win, long after the frogs stop croaking and the owl has found its way home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The music, small as the chirping of a cricket, filled that silence. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no sound, not even the honk of a frog or the chirp of a cricket. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of a book. Has there ever been a cleverer cricket?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He thought the chicken would calm as he carried her—Charlie carried all his chickens around—but her frantic clucks added to the chorus of crickets and the crescendo of the owls: Who? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Instead of the humming motors of cars driving on the pavement outside his bedroom window, he heard the sigh of the midnight breeze and the chorus of chirping crickets. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We went to sleep to a cacophony of crickets, their chirps floating through the windows. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He had thick, tawny hair and big blue eyes, a warm smile, and a cricket bat over one shoulder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He lifted his paw, and this time the cricket made a quick getaway. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She looked out into the dark night, her eyes narrowed, either in thought or maybe in an attempt to figure exactly how far away the crickets were. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A chorus of crickets sings in the darkness just outside the walls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The crickets are so small they don’t see Lally and me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba’s cricket match is still going, but he’s sleeping on the couch with his cup of chai still balanced on his stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The cricket prepared to fling himself into the first wild strains of the jig, but suddenly he dropped his wings and said, “I’m just not up to it tonight.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Without knowing what he was doing, the cricket began to chirp to ease his feelings. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, when the cricket was finished, Mario said, “Goodbye,” and told him not to worry, and went off to the grocery store to see about his job. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt formal and polite from all the bowing, and he was glad that his cricket had been able to make the two Chinese gentlemen so happy. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the cricket cage, through a grate in the sidewalk, the chirping rose up to the street. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm convinced it was the product of a subtle magic, the alchemy of moonlight; the school a flower-studded wasteland, the rocks sunken, the dry winds hidden, the lost crickets chirping to yellow butterflies. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he regret my existence when we were watching cricket matches together? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z All we could hear were the crickets and frogs and our own crazy panting. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Then he folded a sheet of Kleenex, tucked it in the box, and put the cricket in. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Lynnie had always thought crickets and even crows were good luck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “So sorry,” he said to Mario, “no robe small enough for cricket.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t drowned the night before and Genie felt unexpectedly relieved, like he wanted to make a ribbit or a...or a...whatever sound crickets make, himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The crickets talk in code; the night takes on an electronic tingle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited without sleeping, listening to the aroused crickets in the endless hours of early morning and the implacable telling of time by the curlews, more and more convinced that he had been deceived. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He trudged along, the night air filled with the song of crickets and the calls of frogs and the Who? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And that evening, while he was playing, a brown leaf, the first leaf of the fall, blew into the station and landed right next to the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For, through the twilight sounds of crickets and sighing trees, a faint, surprising wisp of music came floating to them, and all three turned toward it, toward the wood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Cicadas and crickets sang farewell to the sun slipping toward the west. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cricket began to make frantic signs that the mouse should look up and see what was looming over him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very old friend here—know everything about crickets.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The discovery enterprise is no more universal than cricket or baseball or soccer; it is peculiar to the post-Columbus world, and it can only survive within a society which fosters competition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Secretly the cricket was very anxious to perform for them, but he had to have some encouragement first. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z One lonely cricket tried to start singing, but none of its companions joined in, so it stopped to let silence bring night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A few months later Miss Mitten was killed by a milk van in Hobart, across the road from a cricket oval. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “A cricket!” said Mario, and held Chester up for the music teacher to see. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The celebrity was just at that moment having himself a big yawn in the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The cricket chirped an alarm just as the man was about to pull it down. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell her, “Being with boys is more dangerous for me than killing a cricket or having a bird fly into the house.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The sound of the crickets in the darkness. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mario made a pile of old magazines and put the cricket cage on top of them so everyone could see better and hear more clearly. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends we lounged barefoot in drawstring pajamas, drinking tea and smoking Rothmans, or set out to watch cricket at Lord’s. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Tucker jumped up beside the cricket and looked him all over. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For a full minute, the class practiced rising and sitting in unison as she pressed the lever of her cricket and appraised the harmony of ebb and augmentation of her new charges. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Otherwise you’d have had nothing but echoes and crickets to accompany you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Wrapped in a green lotus leaf, the brown, glazed crickets smell of smoked wood and honey. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear the crickets and some frogs, but nothing else. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we sat there in silence, breathing in the cool night air and listening to the crickets under the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I would hear their echo in the chirp of crickets, in the squish of peaches dropping into a glass jar, in the metallic chink of an SKS being cleaned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I could see his internal smile, as wide as the skies of Kabul on nights when the poplars shivered and the sound of crickets swelled in the gardens. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I tried to picture it: Taliban men fighting in the alley where we played cricket. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He dropped the bill and leaped over to the cricket cage, where Tucker Mouse was sleeping peacefully. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside her open window a cricket was singing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It takes longer to position your cricket to turn the page than it does to actually turn the page on your own. Why not simply turn the page?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Sai pulled off about a dozen leaves and put one in the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be a million crickets singing around us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z So behind the motorcar came a dozen or so rickshaws, bouncing up and down like crickets following a large shiny beetle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Coming? Coming?” she heard far away, somewhere else in the house, and she heard the stairs shake under their feet and a cricket stir on the lawn. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The cricket seemed to know that something was wrong. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the evening music of birds and crickets would commence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Leftover cigar smoke drifted from men’s suits, and at each stop the roar of frogs and crickets filled the car. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The room was roughly the size of our house, and was elaborately decorated with posters, pennants of various white soccer and cricket teams, rock stars and photographs of Clyde in various stages of development. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just as marvelous for his mother to be singing as it was for a cricket to chirp familiar songs. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z During the next few days, other papers besides the Times began to run articles on the cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey didn’t want to think about that party, didn’t want to think about the crickets, didn’t want that humiliating night spilling over, tainting this one or any other. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The crickets seemed to take up the conversation then; their loud shrilling seemed so close, although they well might have been miles away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The air was cold, heavy, wet, and filled with the sound of crickets. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If we couldn’t afford a proper cricket ball, we made one out of an old sock stuffed with rubbish; and we drew wickets on the wall in chalk. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But when he got nearer the newsstand, he was even more surprised to hear the strains of the Grand March from Aida coming from the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A cricket chirped, a catbird scratched the leaves. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He was all angles and bones and papery skin, like a cricket. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When Aunty Ifeoma woke me up, the room was dim and the shrills of the night crickets were dying away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I heard a cricket, and I heard some kids yelling for someone to pass the ball. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The cricket seemed to like his new home. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It bolted the log whole, like a frog getting a cricket down into its gullet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As I started my trot out yesterday, I gave Shep that quick cricket salute. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I listened to the frogs and the crickets and the cicadas. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The sounds of tractors, bicycle bells, and children playing cricket in the street filled me with a sense of calm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z For a while the two who stayed could see the cricket waving, but then the train rushed away into the darkness of the tunnel and was lost. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mild night, full of strange scents and the chirping of crickets. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She was very familiar with the story of Pinocchio and even knew that the cricket was killed with a mallet in the beginning of the book. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And crossing the streets would have been a problem too for a cricket raised in Connecticut. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And that made Genie think of the crickets. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “The crickets, where do they go when it rains?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When he saw Mario, his chin dropped and he said, “Ah!—is little cricket boy.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The only other sound was the creaking of the rocking chair, which went very well with the cricket’s song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z At five o'clock in the morning the noise of the toads and crickets outside the wall woke him up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mother played along nicely, Father looked on stonily, and Ravi was mercifully absent because of a cricket match, which did not prevent him from commenting at great length on the event. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The cricket had just finished his most beautiful concert. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even a cricket could be heard, and the gods kept their silence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was just a darkness beyond the swamp, at the heart of the abandoned rubber estate, from which the sound of crickets swelled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It is beginning to get dark, and the air is filled with the chirping of crickets and cicadas. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Every afternoon, I walk to the market with Patti, and after I help her carry our groceries upstairs, Lakshman knocks on our apartment door and we run downstairs to play cricket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There were birds outside, and some kind of cricket, and Mary was breathing quietly in her sleep nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As soon as I had the jacket over me the smell of the spice and soap and the sound of the crickets and toady- frogs outside made my eyes get real heavy. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Good because I didn’t feel so pressed in, so enclosed, but bad because of the crickets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Below us, crickets chirped in the tangled weeds under the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was a clear night, with crickets and a million stars. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And some snakes weren’t venomous at all and spent their days eating crickets and mice and finding a nice sunny rock to lie on. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Zuckerman, at work in the kitchen, heard the crickets, and a sadness came over her, too. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Mama Bellini, by the way, turned out to be the best friend a cricket ever had. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere off to his right a cricket was chirping, a curiously homey sound. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crickets and owl, too: They all kind of fit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Only male crickets could produce the sound, drawing the one wing against the other, all to attract a mate. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But they went anyway, on summer nights after supper, when the crickets smelled the coolness and started singing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Where the sun shined all day long, and at night, crickets sang song after song. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And he looked up and laughed outright, for Jo’s prim manner was rather funny when he remembered how they had chatted about cricket when he brought the cat home. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When they get home, they yawning, crickets is cricking. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Along the shrub-lined trail, I begin to raise both arms and turn around, around, dancing down the meadow path to a cricket chorus. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He knelt there patiently and waited until every last little cricket had vacated the box. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to keep very still, but my heart felt like crickets scratching to get out of a cage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Plenty leaves on tree. I save all for cricket.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Me, I am down on my knees, praying to my own cricket to keep the strength. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When we didn’t speak, Aileen hummed so softly and warmly, I thought of the cicadas and the crickets singing at dusk in the dust and hayseed of Uncle Earl’s farm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He liked to watch as the birds swooped back and forth, scooping up crickets and dropping them into the gaping mouths of their chicks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But then, one day, some kids are playing cricket on the lawn and he gets smacked in the head with a cricket ball. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z That is how you make a cricket’s strawberry soda. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But mostly he liked to eat the crickets. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Even the song of the crickets did not make Wilbur too sad. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He could almost feel the cricket, snugged away in his matchbox bed, in the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I like to hear about cricket and boating and hunting,” said Frank, who had not yet learned to suit his amusements to his strength. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A single cricket chirped in the bathroom all night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The individual parts played by other instrumentalists— crickets or earthworms, for instance—may not have the sound of music by themselves, but we hear them out of context. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came over three nights ago, we sat out on the porch swing listening to the crickets. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Can you imagine being the ghost of a cricket? Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The boy took Chester out of the cricket cage, balancing him on one finger. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved bugs, all bugs, except for crickets, sawing away no matter what was happening around them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Gradually the night air filled with the buzz of crickets, and Roy smiled to himself, remembering the boxful he’d released there. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So the crickets rush at each other and begin to fight. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while they finally gave up as a cricket started calling for night to commence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The people standing around were astonished to see, through the fumes and glare of the fire, a cat, a mouse, and a cricket, running, jumping, to safety. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sai Fong put the cricket cage in the middle of the table and then went back and forth to the stove, bringing over steaming bowls of Chinese food. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She slid out of her swing and went over near the cricket bushes to make her call. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z All is quiet except for the rhythmical chirping of crickets calling out to each other. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So the two friendly creatures just stood there together and listened to the crickets for a while. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It made him think of crickets in the woods at night. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z When no animals are caught, we roam the fields for grasshoppers, beetles, and crickets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sharing a rudimentary bedroom with Barack, listening to the stereo sound of crickets in the cornfields all around us, the rustle of animals we couldn’t see. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Outside, the crickets shrieked with rhythmic, piercing monotony. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The llano was so quiet I could hear the drone of the grasshoppers and crickets in the grass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia wonders how she will speak to this granddaughter, show her how to catch crickets and avoid the beak of the tortoise. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z More crickets and a pair of inchworms fell out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But you have to remember that people can't be good at cricket unless they teach themselves to be so, and Oat jousting was an art, just as cricket is. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He peered down through the bars of the cricket cage and exclaimed with delight. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in the bunker, while playing with the damp soil that crawled with crickets and ants, that the child had told Ugwu his name. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They walked on, silent among the crickets and fireflies. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Only thing making any sound was the crickets chirping away in the bushes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The flag was whipping in the wind, and I could hear the white noise of traffic in the distance, but it was otherwise quiet, the cicadas and crickets silenced by the cold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “You said I could have a dog,” said Mario, “but I never got him. And I never got a cat, or a bird, or anything. I wanted this cricket for my pet.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Ajay had always been fast and agile in ponds and on the cricket field, but that didn’t seem to matter much in their village. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “How can you say that? I was just minding my own business, looking for crickets. They wanted to trade a cricket for my cap, and when I said no, they just took it.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mario pulled out a Kleenex and laid the cricket on it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Easier to find were the dikonko, edible locusts and crickets, whose plump abdomens were shrunk translucent like balloons half-filled with water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The evening light slanted through the silvery leaves and the air was full of the noise of crickets and cicadas. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They surfed the radio dial trying to lock on to the artificial moon’s beeping, its sound like an otherworldly cricket. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Night noises closed in all around them, crickets and a gentle breeze, leaves bumping into each other on their branches. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Laughter floats in through the window—maybe Junaid is out there telling the cricket boys something funny about me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Van Helsing, instead of his little black bag, had with him a long leather one, something like a cricketing bag; it was manifestly of fair weight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I was at field hockey practice, and he was playing cricket.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Do you see, Glerk?” she said, showing off her mechanical cricket, made of polished wood and glass eyes and tiny metal legs attached to springs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I could hear the sour histling of the cicadas in the trees around the house, the crickets in the field. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I think the field cricket would taste excellent if you were starving. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why can’t he have the normal interests of a boy his age? Look at Ravi. All he can think about is cricket, movies and music.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He could barely hear her over the crickets. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z We rode a long time in the glow of it, everything silent except for the crickets and the frogs who were revving up for twilight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked the way crickets changed the music. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He came inside the newsstand and sat on the stool so his face was just a few inches away from the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The voices of children playing cricket in a nearby open field floated over to us. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Richard knew that she would hurry to the classrooms to find some of the children and begin hunting for lizards or crickets. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Roy walked back to the gate and opened the container of crickets and held it up to the fence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the shelf was dusted, he picked up the tissue in his two front legs and polished the cricket cage so its bars shone. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t mind me. I’m happy as a cricket here,” answered Jo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She listened to the crickets while watching her son play, muttering his lines to himself as he went in a circle around the field. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The crickets yelled their chorus outside and the wind cackled in the dry cornstalks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A shiver of pleasure went over Mario as the cricket ate from his hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Lets the music of the woods outside—chirping crickets, hooting owls, wind in the leaves—fill his head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Oriana chooses a blush pink for herself and a cricket green for Oak. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For a while I watched the lights from the sky play around the trees and listened to the crickets singing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, Jo, I think your harvest will be a good one,” began Mrs. March, frightening away a big black cricket that was staring Teddy out of countenance. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Lally’s cricket needs encouragement, so Lally is yelling. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year—the days when summer is changing into fall—the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Long after the dogs have lain down losing the battle against sleep, the crickets keep going as though they know their song is our lullaby. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It was a clear night, and she could hear the crickets and the frogs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The cricket wasn’t asleep though—he had been waiting for Mario. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing scarier than going to the outhouse in the spooky nighttime with the crickets chirping,” Vonetta said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I sat in the grass and listened to a cricket chirp nearby, totally at peace. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He shot and cooked rabbits and birds, but he could also eat scorpions, snakes, cockroaches, worms, slugs, beetles, and crickets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in his fifties and lively as a cricket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “How many nights till frost?” sang the crickets. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Never would have thought we played cricket, would you?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z At night, his delicate snores reminded me of a baby cricket, just learning to croon to the night. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Eventually, thankfully, Ernie yapped himself out and fell asleep, snoring so loud he drowned out the crickets and the frogs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In the morning, the sun rose and the cricket song gave way to bird song and an old woman came walking down the dirt road and tripped right over Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z People collected around the news-stand—some drawn by the chirping, and others because they wanted to see the cricket they’d read about. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The thick walls shut out the clamor of the castle, and he could hear birds singing, the murmur of crickets, leaves rustling in a gentle wind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Knightly exercise was as much an art as cricket is, and perhaps the only way in which Lancelot did not resemble Bradman was that he was more graceful. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been feeding him all the things he liked himself, but now it occurred to him that what was good for a boy might not be right for a cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon air was warm and still, and the shade of the tree was drowsy and murmurous with crickets. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I returned to my room, my head full of crickets and gunfire. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The rolling chirp of the crickets passed through the early-morning air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He held the matchbox up at the level of his chest so the cricket could see out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, Soraya sleeping next to me, I lay in bed and listened to the screen door swinging open and shut with the breeze, to the crickets chirping in the yard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He fed the cricket his breakfast—leftover asparagus tips and a piece of cabbage leaf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer was cricket season but that would involve having a hard, heavy ball aimed at my body at significant speed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Finally it was decided that since the cricket was Mario’s pet, the boy would have to replace the money. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while all you could hear was crickets cricketing and the swing creaking...back and forth, back and forth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon was a cricket now, and sat on Lyra’s shoulder, too tired to leap or fly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Around her, the urban wilderness churned with cricket calls and the gentle swoosh of trees. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Except for the cricket cap and neck scarf that Duckworth wore in the coxswain’s seat, he coxed an awful lot like Bobby Moch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then it was drowned out by sounds from another conjured remembrance—crickets, then gunfire, then silence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Eyes that looked worried grew soft and peaceful, tongues left off chattering, and ears full of the city’s rustling were rested by the cricket’s melody. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The crickets were crazy loud, which was a good thing because otherwise it would’ve been weird with neither Genie nor Grandpop saying anything. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “How is the food coming, Tucker?” asked the cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, they fell quiet and gazed up into the boundless starlit expanse while the owls and crickets sang their night hymns all around them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And he is quite good at chasing down the cricket ball when we kick it out of bounds. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he’d stand yelling at me to come back and look at all the yellow ants and centipedes and crickets and stinging scor-pions that went scurrying away, hunting new hiding places. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not me. When my cousins visit from England, they always complain that there’s no cricket on American TV.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Chester was a curious cricket, and as long as he was here in New York, he meant to see as much as he could. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Only sound is crickets and peepers and the hush of warm summer wind. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Another explosion came and the earth vibrated, and one of the naked children crawling after crickets giggled. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I see we’ve all become very fond of our cricket. But aren’t we letting our imagination run away with us a bit?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight was too terrible and beautiful for a cricket who up to now had measured high things by the height of his willow tree and sounds by the burble of a running brook. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mario gave the cricket his usual breakfast of mulberry leaves and water, which Chester took his time eating. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mustafa has a cricket bat in his luggage, which meant giving away half the clothes he brought with him to make room for it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She lived above her shop that curved around a corner of Stretford near Lancashire’s cricket ground. How we embraced Christmas 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z There was, however, a kit bag full of cricketing whites; hence the transference of Titipu to a typical village green. The Mikado 2010-07-15T20:45:00Z Coming across a notice in a newspaper from 1794 announcing a horseback cricket match, Horne sets out to recreate that historic moment. Dispatches 2010-07-26T05:45:00Z Many years ago, my grandmother took me to McDonald’s for lunch, and the toy that came with the Happy Meal was a cricket that chirped when you spun its wings. Riff: Dealing With Your Own Cultural Irrelevance (at Age 28) 2011-11-13T08:48:07Z Surprisingly, they had no problem with the Jiminy Cricket image — a green cricket dressed in a blue top hat and black tuxedo, holding a red umbrella by his side. 2010-01-15T21:13:00Z So, 14 years old, I passed my O-levels, I watched cricket, I basked in that post-exam feeling that life was gloriously empty and held only pleasure. Old music: The Mighty Wah! – Come Back 2013-01-24T07:00:00Z Dry for years after a traumatic divorce, she tends bar at a cricket club and fondly recalls her long-ago dancing career. Movie Review: ?Come On Eileen,? a Debut Feature by Finola Geraghty 2012-03-23T04:11:55Z On a cricket tour of Bangladesh, he met some local musicians in a Dhaka hotel lobby who got him play guitar in exchange for some match tickets. Rock against religious fanaticism 2010-04-22T21:20:00Z But the name stuck and the Allahakbarries cricket team was born. Howzat? 2010-05-07T07:12:00Z "It is to the eternal credit of this august, nay, July institution that a record about cricket should be afforded the same opportunities as its less niche compatriots," they said in a statement. Allen and Dizzee lead Ivors nods 2010-04-20T10:04:00Z Because bowling in cricket is not unlike pitching in baseball, he reasons, there must be a huge reservoir of undiscovered talent in a country where cricket is the most popular sport. In ‘Million Dollar Arm,’ Baseball Talent From Overseas 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Home to Aussie Rules in the winter and cricket in the summer. Getting the buzz on Melbourne: A coffee lover’s guide 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The videos will show a variety of zoo animal ambassadors munching on the crickets while staff relay information about wildlife. Zoos continue Valentine's Day tradition of naming cockroaches, animals after exes and loved ones 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Groucho Marx on cricket: 'What a wonderful cure for insomnia.' From the Observer archive, 27 June 1954: Groucho Marx goes to cricket's Mecca 2013-06-22T23:05:12Z Earlier this summer, for example, I learned the rules of cricket watching a match on a wide screen at a bar in Guyana. A Low-Brow Day in Harvard’s Backyard 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Now, as the lengthy cricket match proceeds, he hears people in the crowd telling him to “pay attention,” which is precisely what his father was unable to do. Kids Searching for the Complicated Truth 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z We rest here for a day to acclimatise before heading up on to and across the glacier, playing cricket at nearly 4,000m and reading in the sunshine. My Himalayan journey – trekking to Shangri-La 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z These brothers are handsome burgeoning cricket stars; many observers think they will become the Peyton and Eli Manning of their sport. Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z As she lifted the lids, fabrics fluttered and revealed motifs of skulls, playing cards, cricket cages and tangled necklaces. At the Met, Honoring Kimonos and a Scholar of the Same 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The cricket ground, a green bubble in the very centre, disappeared under a shopping centre in the late 1990s, remembered only by an insulting statue of a batsman. The tragic battle for Hastings 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z As a student in the late 1990s, I’d come up with a group of friends to watch a cricket match. In Leeds, England, searching for the city’s many owls is a real hoot It truly is a pain when work gets in the way of cricket. Downton Abbey: it's just not cricket 2013-06-07T14:59:01Z When it opened the first performance I saw by the company in 1987, it — as we cricketing British say — “hit me for six,” because the dancers immediately swept me up in its power. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-15T22:27:24Z Because the multiplexes are so empty, not even the crickets came. Box Office: The Help Is the Boss of Conan and Spy Kids 4D 2011-08-21T05:20:00Z And therein hides the magic, because for many of its fans cricket is almost a philosophy, a way of life embodying a certain sporting spirit that can be carried into other areas of life. Readers recommend: songs about cricket – results 2013-07-25T14:52:05Z This man's excitement and the talent of the second-generation Bairstow warned me to strive for balance, to hope that the current horrors will pass, to believe in cricket's future. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2010 and WG's Birthday Party by David Kynaston 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z Julius Caesar may have invaded Britain but he also played in 194 first-class cricket matches for Surrey. In praise of … people like Harry Potter 2012-06-21T22:30:54Z The only moment when I truly felt myself drawn into how the cricket crisis really felt was when the title music for World Series Cricket on TV came on. Count Arthur Strong; Howzat! Kerry Packer's War – TV review 2013-07-09T06:00:08Z And there are breaks for cricket songs by reggae and calypso musicians, most notably Lord Short Shirt’s “Vivian Richards,” a lilting, evocative tribute to that legendary batsman. | 'Fire in Babylon': A Look at West Indies Cricket 2011-07-21T23:39:12Z Electronic devices no longer chirped through the night like "evil crickets." What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months? 2011-01-18T17:01:22Z Part of its charm is that the sounds of the environment — birds, crickets, the wind rustling through the trees, the patter of rain — mingle with the artful tones the musicians produce. John Cage Recital? Take the A Train 2012-08-08T15:24:32Z The three founding fathers of Pakistan cricket were a Christian, a Parsi and a Muslim, in keeping with Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan as a secular state. Balls of fury 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Watches and cricket caps, motorcycles and diamond rings. Russell Crowe's divorce auction: what's under the hammer 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In Greece, the sole cricket ground is on Corfu, dating from the days when the Ionian islands were under British rule in the 19th century. Pakistan's street cricketers bring game to life in Greece 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Two teenagers who play cricket — a hugely popular sport in India — look promising. Summer movies ofter action and adventure options for kids The bread, made from flour ground from dried crickets as well as wheat flour and seeds, contains more protein than normal wheat bread. Finland baker launches bread made from crushed crickets 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z I know that soon the sun will go down, the crickets will sing, the potato chips will disappear and everybody on the hillside will be rapt, swept up in the unfolding story. 'Measure for Measure': Pop the cork and settle in for the latest free Shakespeare in Griffith Park 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z "It's the first proper celebrity cricket team," he says. Howzat? 2010-05-07T07:12:00Z Flights to St Lucia for the cricket World Cup in 2007 … I had been pondering it and when I was made redundant, I had time for the trip, if not the money. Drunk online shopping: readers’ regrets 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Well, the cabbies' shelters are like this; from the outside they have the air of little cricket pavilions that have been - somewhat oxymoronically - urbanely rusticated. T Magazine: Fare Grounds 2012-11-28T16:00:38Z “Million Dollar Arm”: Jon Hamm stars as a sports agent who recruits cricket players to play Major League Baseball in this new film. Celebrating Norway, U District, West Seattle | Weekend Preview 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Her younger brother, Gordon, hopped on stage like a cricket and shimmied in his pint-size cowboy boots. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever. Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z He has more than 42 million followers on Twitter and also owns the Kolkata Knight Riders team, which plays for the Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket competition. Bollywood superstar’s son denied bail in drugs case 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z "Films and cricket are the two most popular forms of entertainment for the south Asian community in Britain and films are hugely popular," said Ms Ray. How did Bollywood reach Birmingham? 2013-06-28T05:20:36Z The "mad genius" line came to mind on Monday though, as it was the anniversary of the most hare-brained scheme ever concocted on a cricket field. Marion Cotillard to star in next Dardenne brothers film 2013-02-26T17:34:48Z I said: ‘The only thing in my car is my cricket bag.’ Malcolm McDowell looks back at "Clockwork Orange" and Stanley Kubrick stealing his pay 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z As well as school subjects, he is also very good at yoga and cricket and basketball – he is dribbling very nicely. India's 'child Picasso' puts on his goggles and takes aim at the canvas 2012-07-03T13:40:55Z The author said he spent two years doing "nothing but watch cricket" as research for the novel. Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize 2012-06-08T14:58:40Z Life here moves at a different pace: at night, there are no streetlights, just the chirp of crickets and the giggling of neighborhood teens huddled in a grassy area in the middle of town. Resting in Peace in Transylvania 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z The same goes for a box of live crickets. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Meanwhile onward steams Britannia, ruling the waves, playing cricket, eating sandwiches, waging foolhardy wars, nicking bits of Africa and so forth. From Hell: in a handcart, From Hell: a ripping yarn turned into a yawn 2010-05-06T07:46:00Z The over, the most expensive in the history of first class cricket, was struck from the official records, though the ninth-wicket partnership of 182 is still a record for the club. Marion Cotillard to star in next Dardenne brothers film 2013-02-26T17:34:48Z “People, all people, Americans, whoever, are at their most civilized when they’re playing cricket,” the novel’s Trinidadian protagonist muses. When Cricket Was a Symbol, Not Just a Sport 2011-07-17T02:00:06Z He captained the school cricket, rugby and football teams and also took part in school plays. John Hurt: Profile 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z If you fancy something a little lighter, how about crickets covered in brie? Invasive species for dinner? Restaurant serves up Florida's most reviled breeds 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z His work contains little reference to recent discoveries of neuroscience – he once described his method as working "from the bottomless pit of the armchair" – but it is littered with examples from painting, music and cricket. Brian O'Shaughnessy obituary 2010-07-14T17:13:00Z A: About the crickets: Although they might look scary, they are generally harmless. How can I keep the crickets out of my old, damp garage? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z They also come in handy when I scratch a lotto ticket, Or hang a picture, dig a booger, shish-kebab a cricket. Style Invitational Week 1102: Let’s get Sirius: Think up a new radio channel 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z At sunset, a symphony of crickets mesmerizes, as the fading light bathes the surrounding river and towering palm trees. Next Stop: A Pocket of the Past in Battambang, Cambodia 2011-12-15T21:22:50Z Mr Khan then went on to star in short clips for BBC Comedy, talking about topics such as the general election, cricket and Christmas. Citizen Khan: an Asian sitcom star is born 2012-08-22T19:30:01Z Take a close look around the cheerful dining room for signs of cricket. | Eat Here 2012-07-11T13:00:55Z Among the helpful definitions provided is “Boring: What outsiders, especially Americans, find cricket.” ‘Selection Day’: Two brothers and an obsessed dad seek a ticket out of poverty 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Yet they are not all unique to Pakistan; nor should they obscure its gifts to cricket. Batting for survival 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z They also watched excerpts from the TV show Top Chef in which crickets and ants were cooked and eaten. Are kids ready to eat insects? 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Gratified by a good lunch at Lord’s with MCC, England’s premier cricket club, he invited an English team to play a German XI. Herr Howzat? 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Photo: Carl Recine/Action Images The first live cricket I ever experienced was a village match involving our local club – of which my father, though completely uninterested in cricket, was for some reason president. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z It seems they will not be happy until long-form cricket is dispensed with and this one-dimensional hybrid has taken over. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2010 and WG's Birthday Party by David Kynaston 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z He’s a good-natured goof who will crack “Boron? BorING!” during chemistry lab and still soldier on when met with crickets. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: short on drama but lots of fun – first look review 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z No Wags, only the very occasional crowd shot of a WG Grace lookalike and the focus almost entirely on the cricket. The Zoo; Horizon: The Truth About Personality; England v Australia – TV review 2013-07-11T06:00:08Z Conservatism is a common trait of cricket fans. …is writing about life 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Like that of a woman in Massachusetts named Ashley who was inundated on her @theashes Twitter handle because that’s also the name of the emotionally charged cricket test matches between England and Australia. Perspective | I am a theater critic in New York. Not a hair salon in Dublin. Let me explain. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Out of the Ashes, a really nice little film about the Afghan international cricket team, almost made me well up. Edinburgh's festival of non-discovery 2010-06-21T15:50:00Z I returned to the cabin and stretched across my bunk, dozing off to a sound I had never heard in real life: crickets. My city kid summer camp nightmare 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “It’s shaped like a cricket stick,” she says, her posh voice charged with innuendo. Telling a Different Story About Africa 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z The cyclical nature of business on the Hill meant busy weekdays but crickets on weekends and whenever Congress was away. Johnny’s Half Shell review: In Adams Morgan, Ann Cashion is really cooking again 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z His last big movie role was in a cricketing farce called Save Your Legs! in 2012. Hounds of Love: why do comedians make such chilling villains? 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Maybe we were lucky, but the only serious injury was a girl who broke her arm while doing a handstand in a cricket field. Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The recording consists of quiet sounds from cars whistling by in the distance, ambient street noise, crickets and chirping birds. Music Review: John Cage Centennials at Symphony Space and the Stone 2012-09-06T22:01:20Z It insists that some neighbors who testified mistook the sound of the cricket bat striking the door for gunshots. Pistorius trial: witness testifies about screams 2014-03-24T13:04:00Z Amid the estate’s rolling hills is a beautiful cricket ground considered one of the finest in England. Music Review: Garsington Opera’s ‘Olympiade’ by Vivaldi, in England 2012-06-24T22:11:06Z I heard the soft drumming of shoes on the dirt accompanied by a symphony of chirping crickets, croaking bullfrogs, and humming insects. I ran an overnight ultramarathon on blistered, bloody feet 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z And, once the cool kids are eating cricket chips, well . Perspective | Eating bugs can help the environment. So how do we get past the ick factor? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Nature sounds abound: cicadas, frogs, crickets, rain, thunder, leaves, footfall. Retreating for the Summer, but Not Heading Backward 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Another, more weathered sign is still painted in the stones across from a school where boys in uniform were practicing cricket beneath blue suburban skies. A Beatles Tour in England? You Know That Can’t be Bad 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Every author can tell you the story of the time they did an event and it was attended by crickets and dead air. 10 things you don't know about authors on book tour 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Some found their own ways to remember Mandela, from celebrity cricket matches to art exhibitions. South Africans celebrate Mandela, rue broken promises 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z What followed were 10 hectic days of planning for what would become the “One Love Manchester” benefit show, held on Sunday at the Old Trafford cricket ground, just miles from where the attack occurred. How Ariana Grande’s Manchester Benefit Came Together So Quickly 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z A cricket columnist in Mumbai, an atheist, worries as he watches “young women in all black follow the young men in all white.” Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z I hate all short forms of the game, one-day cricket as well. My Meltdown: Richard Thompson 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z I turn on the TV and flip between the baseball and the cricket – frequently, because absolutely nothing is happening on either front. Tim Dowling: I’m American, I can handle a heatwave. Right? 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The newcomer bought one of the houses on the edge of the cricket ground. You changed me: how my English teacher taught impeccable writing 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z If cricket is a slow-moving mystery to most Americans, then sumo — in which bouts are usually over in a matter of seconds — is a puzzlement of a whole different order. 2010-01-21T04:32:00Z To the traveler forced to surrender his cricket bat at an airport security checkpoint: I have located your valuable sports gear. The weird afterlife of banned TSA items 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But at 19 she dropped out of college to marry the Pakistani playboy/cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, who exuded charm and exoticism. T Magazine: The Unlikely Activist 2013-05-29T15:00:48Z How Cupid, a large cricket and Queen Elizabeth are dragged in as well, I leave for you to discover. Review: In ‘Fairycakes,’ the Woods Are Campy, Dark and Daft 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z The production will take on a particularly site-specific quality at Bard’s bucolic campus, where the audiences exiting the theater may hear actual crickets. ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reimagined at Bard College’s SummerScape Festival 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Indian restaurants and grocery stores are common, weekly cricket games are held at county parks and nearly a dozen Indian temples dot the area. India's 'Bollywood Oscars' in Florida for U.S. debut 2014-04-25T18:36:36Z Her taste for cataloguing can knowingly flirt with the absurd, as when she surrounds a dead cricket with 12 recordings of noises it made. In the galleries: Strangely familiar objects for the eyes and ears 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Some of the more delicate works in the show — a rocking chair, an approximation of the cosmos on a period table, a cricket cage — he carved from human bone. | Damn White 2011-01-07T21:00:41Z Convincing people to regularly tuck into antelope and crickets is another matter, however. Invasive species for dinner? Restaurant serves up Florida's most reviled breeds 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z It sounds like something that goes wrong in cricket. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: What's That in Your Pocket? 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z In this program, the naturalist Paul Keim will explain how a variety of creatures, including frogs and crickets, use sound as a navigation aid. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The way the cricket bat taps a ball, and makes it sail an improbable distance, becomes, in Stoppard’s hands, a metaphor for writing. ‘Tom Stoppard’ Tells of an Enormous Life Spent in Constant Motion 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z We don't want the car infested with crickets. How can I keep the crickets out of my old, damp garage? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, the book was published to the sound of crickets, Ms. O’Neill said. Whatever Happened to Just Being Type A? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The title refers to a team talk given by the then Pakistani cricket captain, Imran Khan, halfway through the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Batting for survival 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z A statue of Warne outside the cricket ground became a focus of public grief. Celebrities pay tribute to cricketer Shane Warne at service 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “We all grew up watching her and suddenly to hear that she is no longer with us is hard to digest,” said cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. India's Bollywood legend Sridevi dies at 54 of cardiac arrest 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z She chose green paint for a cricket made from a pipe wrench and a mason’s trowel, he said. Greenwood sculptor sees art where others see junk 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z If cricket flour is a minor ingredient in baked goods and protein bars and chips, are we doing either our diet or our environment any real good? Perspective | Eating bugs can help the environment. So how do we get past the ick factor? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z As immediate as it is a keeper, Don't Hold the Wall grabs from the near east and the southern hemisphere; crickets chirp in the background, and a sped-up helium sample quacks like it's 1999. Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience – review 2013-03-17T00:05:18Z Just down the road, to use an Antiguan directional, is a cricket stadium also erected by Mr. Stanford that overlooks a dusty gray field that was empty each time we passed it. Jamaica Kincaid’s Antigua 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z In this poignant, pensive novel, a Dutchman living in New York after the 9/11 attacks seeks relief from his loneliness by playing cricket. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In the video they're adequately attired for British cricket in yellow rain macs. Readers recommend: songs about cricket – results 2013-07-25T14:52:05Z As I opened a few boxes, I found crickets everywhere — at least they weren’t locusts — and noticed that several older volumes without dust jackets were starting to feel sticky — a bad sign. Perspective | When book storage is limited, people get desperate. Don’t make the mistakes I did. 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z For example, I knew that Grenadians were mad about cricket, and that the Spice Basket runs a museum dedicated to the English sport. Spice and everything nice on Grenada “Selection Day” is a cricket novel that maintains a running critique of that pastime. Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The noodles were topped with about a dozen small crickets and mealworms, which customers then dipped into soups flavored with crickets, grasshoppers, or silkworm powder. A dash of bugs with that? Insect-topped noodles sell out in Tokyo 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z His one book was, for its time, a revolutionary exercise in modernism: non-fiction organised in the epistolary style of experimental 18th-century fiction, and daring to pay the same attention and respect to crickets as churchgoers. Richard Mabey: in defence of nature writing 2013-07-18T13:00:02Z Nottingham Playhouse is quick off the mark with its autumn season opening with Michael Pinchbeck's The Ashes, about the infamous bodyline cricketing tour of Australia in the 1930s when England were accused of unsportsmanlike behaviour. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-26T15:02:48Z In a desperate move, he goes to India to scout cricket players who could be baseball pitchers. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z Seasoning this complicated soup are curious allegorical interludes about the relationship between a cricket and an ant. Theater Review: ‘The Golden Dragon,’ by Roland Schimmelpfennig 2013-05-21T21:38:22Z He also kills a talking cricket with a hammer. ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Review: Puppets and Power 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Recovering from a stroke, Gram is another woman on the mend — and she is also convinced that someone is trying to sabotage her cricket farm. A 12-Year-Old Gymnast Heals After a Coach’s Sexual Abuse 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Second place receives a battery-operated “Instant Audience” gadget that, at the push of any of four buttons, will supply you with several seconds of “applause,” “crickets,” rimshot” or “boo.” Style Invitational Week 1260: What lies (are) ahead for 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Little wonder that English cricket, constantly interrupted by rain, cultivates ironic detachment and a sense that the game shouldn't be taken too seriously. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z Then there is the fascinating, but creepy, woodland dioramas from the Victorian Walter Potter, who used stuffed squirrels, mice and birds playing cards or cricket or holding tea parties, in scenes created in glass cases. Style: Outsider Art Finds Its Place in Fashion 2011-01-10T13:50:04Z Mr. Atkins said that the idea had been kicking around after he watched “Begotten,” a 1991 experimental horror film with hard-to-decipher figures doing ritualistic and violent acts to a score of cricket sounds. As if Becoming a Vampire Isn’t Bad Enough 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z First they took away live football, then they put a stranglehold on movies, grabbed Test cricket and nicked 24 and Lost from under the noses of the BBC and Channel 4. Sky Atlantic: will you subscribe? 2011-01-05T14:38:23Z Soccer and cricket were identified as the sports most threatened by criminals seeking to rig the gambling market but tennis, basketball, motor racing and badminton were also affected, according to the report. Crime gangs launder $140 billion through sports betting: report 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Research is what derails a book, but all I had to do was watch cricket and hang out with drunk old men, so that wasn't too strenuous. Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize 2012-06-08T14:58:40Z O'Neill wrote "Netherland," a beautifully written novel about a lonesome Dutch financier who becomes friends with a circle of Third World cricket players in New York City. Novelist's cosmopolitan family history reads like an intriguing novel 2010-10-07T19:32:00Z You’re willing to try them because your friend tried them, because it becomes a social dynamic: Try the cricket chips! Perspective | Eating bugs can help the environment. So how do we get past the ick factor? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z There are top-level meetings with the nabobs of English cricket to attend. The Duckworth Lewis Method: 'Cricket forces you to sit on your arse, which is healthy' 2013-06-22T23:05:08Z It's an autobiographical tale, covering his attempt to freeload his way through an England Test series in India by masquerading as a cricket journalist. This week's new comedy 2011-02-12T00:05:45Z In one track, “El Pecheche,” you hear crickets in the background and two bottles clanked together for percussion. Playlist: CDs by People, Places & Things, and Anibal Velasquez 2010-04-30T19:54:00Z "Mmm, how nice does that look?" said Alex Campbell, picking up a plain roasted cricket, just big enough for its legs and wings to be clearly discernible. Grub's up: maggots and crickets on menu at Britain's first 'pestaurant' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z But clearly it is not Pinchbeck's final bow, because at the end of the week his new play about a local cricketing hero opens at his local theatre. This week's new theatre 2011-08-26T23:06:09Z It’s striking that Schmidt chose cricket to put a spin on the boy-as-athlete motif. Kids Searching for the Complicated Truth 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Family conflicts aside, you described summer on the Cape as a fantasy of bliss, a place to lounge on hammocks, eat lobster and steamed clams, and enjoy the sound of the crickets. Why Paul Theroux Loves Cape Cod 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The cricket match is introduced mainly to provide some humour and narrative excitement, and to foreshadow a second visitation from Britain – a gunboat sent to forestall the implementation of the Fixed Period law. David Lodge: rereading Anthony Trollope 2012-12-14T22:55:04Z Satisfied with my haul, I walked through the Karnatak Sports Ground, where organized teams were playing games of cricket. Mumbai, a City Both Uplifting and Heartbreaking 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Late at night, standing in the parking lot of chipped and broken asphalt, listening to crickets in the trees, the actual Vegas Strip seems a million miles away. Inside the hottest gay bar in the most homophobic state in the nation 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z All-rounder "Barrie was not built for cricket, or any other sport really," admits Telfer. Howzat? 2010-05-07T07:12:00Z Shorter formats, such as Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens, could aid the development of traditional sports in new territories. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z But he would doubtless appreciate its emphasis on fair play, and his homeland Argentina - whose cricket association celebrated its centenary last year - boasts one of the stronger international teams outside the former British colonies. Queen's, Pope's cricket teams to meet at Windsor 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z If there is an overall point to all of the cricketing reflections, it is that a sport synonymous with a very English, stiff-upper-lip sensibility can in fact become a psychologically revealing exercise in itself. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-07T11:00:00Z I mean, we did actually eat the crickets, but this is just fascinating. Sitting down with "Bellflower's" creator 2011-08-02T20:03:00Z Suggest your favourite songs about cricket below, and someone will sift through your choices in order to assemble next week's Readers' recommend playlist. Readers recommend: songs about cricket 2013-07-18T21:00:00Z "Witness the amount of famous rock'n'roll stars who love cricket." The Duckworth Lewis Method: 'Cricket forces you to sit on your arse, which is healthy' 2013-06-22T23:05:08Z May, 60, is an avid fan of cricket and was introduced to the program, “Test Match Special”, by her father, a vicar, who often listened to it on the radio when working from home. On cricket homage, Britain's May challenges robotic jibe 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Led by Ramachandra Guha, cricket writers have produced illuminating studies of the Indian game’s socio-political context in which not only cricket, but also India, is the subject. Batting for survival 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z It was their school cricket coach who told them about the "Million Dollar Arm" competition. 'Million Dollar Arm's' real stars make wild pitch pay off 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z As the light fades, the sound of crickets joins the soft piped-in music. Review | The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm, under a new chef, calls for a road trip 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The best exemplar of the species is probably E. W. Hornung’s Raffles, who was educated at the best schools, plays cricket for England, moves among the upper classes and discreetly purloins their jewels. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z In the final scene, when Joe plays cricket with Jess and her Punjabi father, I saw a vision for my future. In My Sari, Kissing the Soccer Coach 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He wanted me to be interested in football and cricket,” he recalled. Andy Griffiths, the Down-Under Kids’ Author Known for His Butt Jokes, Now Builds and Builds on His Hit ‘Treehouse’ Series 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z On a recent morning, along the tree-lined path leading to the boathouse in North Brooklin, where E. B. White wrote much of that book, the crickets — or rather, their distant progeny — were at it again. Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The weekend of events in the Sri Lankan capital will also includes a business forum, fashion show and a cricket match by Indian and Sri Lankan movie and cricket stars. Sri Lanka to host Indian film awards 2010-04-20T15:01:00Z “It seems like a good time,” Mr. Redden said in a telephone interview, using a cricket analogy: “20 years is a good innings.” Tastemaker Wanted: Lincoln Center Festival Director to Step Down 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z And all the while a blanket of nerve-twanging noise — chirping crickets, yipping coyotes, even children at play — seems not to connect but to isolate the brothers from the rest of the world. Review: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Go Mano a Mano in the Riveting ‘True West’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Punch turns his stick into a cricket bat and swats the stinking brimstone back at the Devil. “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Besides, cricket requires even the top players to do things they're not very good at. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z That was why English cricket followers took him to their hearts. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z “It was a great role, and crickets,” she said, meaning silence. Daryl Hannah directs first feature, wants more women in film industry 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z But he also wants to remind us that “it’s not the skricket of the cricket/but its silence that is clairvoyant,” that it’s always worth pondering “what would that letter after Z look like.” Books Of the Times: Five Poets Seasoned by Life 2011-05-29T22:06:07Z Today “cricket is not only an escape from reality, but an integral part of the commercial world.” …is writing about life 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Not merely mischievous, the original Pinocchio murders the talking cricket that tries to give him wise advice and later abuses his ghost. At Shanghai Disney Resort, Mulan, Mickey and Dumplings 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z In keeping with cricket's strong colonial-era heritage, the other players are Catholic seminarians or priests from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka who are studying or working in Rome. Queen's, Pope's cricket teams to meet at Windsor 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Over the week, Shamsie has covered traffic, cricket, women's rights, the origins of the city's name and the forlorn, little-used local airport. The Essay ? Karachi Postcards | Radio review 2010-03-19T06:45:00Z Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; In Ireland, Chasing the Wandering Soul of Yeats 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Like the cunning British scheme to sort out the French, put a stop to their silly revolution, by making them all play cricket. TV review: Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip – An Emotional History of Britain; Cuckoo 2012-10-02T21:35:01Z Through a door left slightly ajar, I could see the sun starting to set, and hear the crickets starting to chirp. Eero Saarinen’s Michigan 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z No current BBC producer could boast such a CV, ranging from Muffin the Mule via Test cricket to the consecration of Coventry Cathedral. Barrie Edgar obituary 2013-01-17T15:41:47Z AT that point, crickets sounded appealing to me — I needed to find somewhere to put the finishing touches on the piece I was planning to read at Litquake. A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z “On January 8, Abdou Mahamane was Driving through Niamey...” is set in Niger and describes that country’s great influxes of crickets and locusts. Books of The Times: The Weird, Wide World of Bugs in Hugh Raffles?s ?Insectopedia? 2010-03-24T23:08:00Z The show is led by a vivacious 6-year-old girl named Rani who loves cricket and traditional Pakistani music. US terminates funding for Pakistani Sesame Street 2012-06-05T11:57:09Z The epitome of that sensation was an eloquent, tender version of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon," with echoes of crickets and nightbirds and Wilson's sultry voice evoking romance on a warm summer night. Review: Cassandra Wilson works magic at Jazz Alley 2010-06-04T20:11:00Z It's hilarious but, as the chaps themselves might say, just not cricket. The Duckworth Lewis Method – review 2013-07-10T18:45:00Z It was only the occasional cricket match that reminded me I was alive, with the Butley Flower Show match an annual highlight. Digested classic: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon 2010-05-07T09:12:00Z At birth, in 1947, Pakistan inherited little of British India’s cricket infrastructure or tradition. Batting for survival 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z A leading force in world cricket, Pakistan is a mere also-ran in soccer, where it ranks just 159th in the world. Pakistan ball maker to fulfill World Cup dream 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z On Thursday he was joined by an uninvited guest: a large cricket. Dance Review: Rob List’s ‘Play by Ear’ at the Chocolate Factory 2012-10-05T21:16:01Z The answer is: the creators of all those literary characters played together on the first celebrity cricket team more than a century ago. Howzat? 2010-05-07T07:12:00Z The chirping of crickets is only occasionally disturbed by passing cars or pedestrians. SD festival drawing filmmakers to middle America 2012-09-29T10:46:04Z He adores cricket and can happily spend days comparing and contrasting different match reports. Rafe Spall: from fat to fit 2013-01-19T09:00:00Z Karunatilaka is now writing his second novel – not about cricket, but also set in Sri Lanka. Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize 2012-06-08T14:58:40Z As the novel begins, Arthur Withers notices something odd during a village cricket match. Review | Who is ‘The Clockwork Man’? He may be literature’s first cyborg. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Imagine a panel of American sportscasters debating the ins and outs of cricket, and you get a sense of “Diana’s” grasp of its subject. Review | In time for Thanksgiving, Broadway serves up a turkey: ‘Diana’ the musical 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z As the evening progressed, the hill behind the readers fell further and further under shadow, and crickets began to chirp, stage left. A reading in the Batcave thanks to 90x90LA and the Griffith Park Storytelling Series 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The musicians napped on mattresses in the back of the bus, improvised roadside cricket matches and gathered for post-concert music sessions in hotel rooms or spartan dormitory halls. Dayanita Singh’s Hands-On Photography 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z On such mornings I was be found with my head buried in Horse & Hound or perusing the cricket fixtures for matches where I might maintain my batting average of seven in the upcoming season. Digested classic: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon 2010-05-07T09:12:00Z With this novel McCracken has, to borrow a term from cricket, bowled a googly. Elizabeth McCracken’s First Novel in 18 Years Has Whimsy to Spare 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Cooked and flavored crickets are on the menu, too. Spare Times for Children for July 3-9 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest players ever, once said, “Life without cricket is unthinkable,” and now O’Neill seems determined to prove that fiction without cricket is unbearable. In Joseph O’Neill’s ‘The Dog,’ a depressed lawyer in Dubai won’t stop talking In one instance, the instruments recreated sounds of nature — raindrops, the chirping of crickets — under a darkening vocal line. Music Review: ‘NYFOS: Next’ Makes Passionate Case for Art Tunes 2014-04-02T20:16:38Z He credits the crickets in his diet with what he describes as better energy and gut function. Would you eat insects to help save the planet? These companies are betting yes. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z She also received a personalized cricket bat and a professional portrait. World’s oldest cricket player turns 110: ‘I’ve been so lucky in my life’ 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Among other things, residents try to pass themselves off as aficionados of cricket, and the sport may never recover. Town Conspires to Make Impression in ‘The Grand Seduction’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z That tale starts in the 1960s, with cricket beloved throughout the Caribbean. When Cricket Was a Symbol, Not Just a Sport 2011-07-17T02:00:06Z A stuffed bunny digs a grave for a dead cricket. Kyle Loven: A miniature world of loss and hope | Performance review 2012-12-06T21:58:25Z It's like an idiotic bit of cricket analysis I once heard. Why are the English obsessed with ghosts? 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z Three-four day cricket or Test cricket is the only real stuff. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z I, on the other hand, am firmly rooted in a world of cricket, Radio 4 and the Guardian. Family life 2012-06-15T23:05:03Z But on an intermittently sunny day here in late June, they presented a particular problem for West, who plays the veterinary surgeon Siegfried Farnon and was preparing to shoot a cricket sequence. ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Returns With Even More Creatures 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z The traditional British fare fell neatly in line with the label’s aesthetic codes, with many recurring sportswear staples — like the cricket sweater, rugby shirt and hunting jacket — going back to the company’s founding in 1926. London Men’s Wear Shows Reflect on Race and Masculinity 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z In the end, his film came out in 2010 sharing the same scruffy, adrenal energy as its inspiration while adding a sub-plot about the cricket world cup. Pusher returns – again 2012-10-11T19:00:01Z Pakistan's implosion, the fact that it is now an itinerant Test team, is another part of the many-sided crisis facing cricket. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2010 and WG's Birthday Party by David Kynaston 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z Former England women's cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint said: "These were tongue-in-cheek comments and we are blowing something enormously out of proportion here." Andy Gray and Richard Keys have finally met their Waterloo. I'm glad 2011-01-30T00:06:24Z This phrase is one of many cricketing idioms in regular use in English. 5 everyday sayings that you may be using incorrectly 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z When I Look Up even features the chirp of crickets, lulled into a torpor by Johnson's sleepy good vibes. Jack Johnson: To the Sea 2010-05-27T22:55:00Z I know that Nascar is awesome in the same way I know that cricket and Tolstoy novels and contemporary dance are awesome. Making Pit Stops in Charlotte 2010-10-06T03:30:00Z He rubs his elbows together like a courting cricket; she twirls her Spanish skirt, self-absorbed. Dance Review: Misnomer Dance Theater at Joyce SoHo 2011-12-12T23:21:34Z People play miniature golf and cricket here on sunny days. Walk, hike and bike the civilized sights of Victoria 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Global teams will play for the International Cricket Council Women’s World Cup in England and Wales, June 26 to July 23, with the final to be held at the historic Lord’s cricket grounds in London. No Olympics or World Cup, but Plenty of Sports to Cheer On 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The sound of crickets and rushing water fills the darkness. Nature With Chirps, but No Tweets 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z While the sun set at our aerie, mountains’ shadows stretched languidly across the forest and crickets chirped. Old fire lookouts offer sleepovers with history, panoramas and unexpected comfort 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z He focused on sports — cricket, rugby, hockey and the like — in high school and went on to drama school in London. Matthew Goode Makes Mark in ‘The Good Wife’ 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z If cricket seems an unconventional delivery system, Karunatilaka offers the world a subversively funny, spot-on portrait of one tiny nation addressing its tragedy with humor, kindness and quiet, unwavering courage. 'Pradeep Mathew': The story of a country, told through cricket 2012-05-02T19:31:05Z In The Authors XI, each writer contributes a chapter about one fixture, interspersed with reflections on some aspect of cricket, such as broadcasting, books, or social class. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z Sometimes there were things to watch: the pinched armor of a vanished cricket, a floating maple leaf. Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z It was initially limited to white colonizers — 19th-century cricket clubs were essentially part of the vaccine against good English stock “degenerating” in the colonies — then becoming popular among the colonized too. When Cricket Was a Symbol, Not Just a Sport 2011-07-17T02:00:06Z At every turn, the authors’ warmth for Pakistan and its cricket shines through. Balls of fury 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But there was a chill in the late-summer air, and of course there were those depressive crickets, with their sadness-and-change routine. Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Hannon and his fellow Irishman Thomas Walsh wrote a concept album about cricket last year, in time for the Ashes series. Meltdown 2010: An Evening of Political Song; the Duckworth Lewis Method; Seasick Steve 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z Of course, there are crickets, cicadas and birds. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z Evenings are alive and teeming; alight with swarms of stinging insects and cicadas screaming over the subtle symphonies of cricket song. Don’t write off Mississippi: Before you dismiss us as “a garbage state,” listen to the queer Southerners you’re leaving behind 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z This turns out to be a recording of crickets slowed down by Tom Waits, an approximation of what they might sound like if they lived as long as humans. Robert Wilson takes a walk with angels in Norfolk 2012-08-22T17:00:01Z Too often, it must be said, they invited this; corruption, including bent umpiring, ball-tampering and, more recently, the blight of match-fixing, has been increasingly evident in Pakistani cricket, as in Pakistan. Batting for survival 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z About how to serve, which involves more rules than cricket. ‘Cork Dork’ Sniffs, Swills and Spits Through the World of Wine Experts 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z To make younger people feel cricket must be a go-ahead kind of a sport, to play a few bars of Crazy in Love, perhaps? The Duckworth Lewis Method: 'Cricket forces you to sit on your arse, which is healthy' 2013-06-22T23:05:08Z “Her favorite foods are crickets and applesauce,” it continued. Rare hairless opossum dropped at wildlife center gets ‘winter wardrobe’ of sweaters to survive the cold 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z A Brussels start-up is hoping to stir a culinary revolution in Belgium by pushing crunchy crickets as a protein alternative to meat. By Jiminy: Belgian start-up puts crickets on the menu 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z It’s about cricket, but don’t let that deter you. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z This is a cricket novel that maintains a running critique of the sport, and a moving novel about fathers and sons. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Though thankfully smaller than the grasshoppers I’d encountered in the fields of Pennsylvania as a kid — more what I think of as cricket size — the chapulines had readily discernible legs and eyes. My first taste of flesh 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z Speaking to the Guardian, Karunatilaka said it was a "huge surprise" to win – although the fact that the Sri Lankan cricket team lost to Pakistan on Thursday had made him quietly positive, he joked. Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize 2012-06-08T14:58:40Z One year I was captain of the cricket team, and the lead in the school play. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z These include dance, film, visual arts, music and even sports; Beckett adored rugby, boxing and especially cricket, as did the playwright Harold Pinter. Northern Ireland Town Embraces Beckett Festival 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z South Asians and West Indians, dressed in whites, have their cricket games on either side of the expressway. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, a Borough?s Backyard 2011-08-25T23:54:43Z Panesar charms the English cricketing public because he is a throwback. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z Even the Ashes, cricket's oldest and most keenly contested prize, originated in failure, when the Sporting Times ran a death notice for English cricket in 1882, following the first home defeat to Australia. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z "The creation of role models is essential for the health of English cricket," he writes. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2010 and WG's Birthday Party by David Kynaston 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z The Lehigh Valley Zoo in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, is hosting a Valentine’s Day Bug Off event where zoo guests can name crickets after their ex and watch them be fed to zoo ambassadors. Zoos continue Valentine's Day tradition of naming cockroaches, animals after exes and loved ones 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Graham enjoyed watching boxing, Scottish rugby and English cricket. Ranald Graham obituary 2010-09-16T18:14:00Z At the Phoenix Farms supermarket, where Stavros lectures his son to buck up, a cricket falls on his desk. ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: A Prayer for the Prey 2014-05-07T03:16:30Z “Have you ever tried to kill someone with a cricket bat?” another man thinks. Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z This is partly due to Felix Hayes's riotously funny performance as "Jimmy" Cricket, an upper-class, kindhearted twit in cricket whites who brilliantly replaces the talking cricket in the original. The Adventures of Pinocchio ? review 2011-01-05T22:45:00Z I said, `Well, I've got my cricket gear in the car. McDowell's cricket gear inspired `Clockwork' thug 2011-05-19T16:21:11Z But the home of cricket is the place where the pair have come to unveil their manifesto for cricket and music to a watching world. The Duckworth Lewis Method: 'Cricket forces you to sit on your arse, which is healthy' 2013-06-22T23:05:08Z When the sounds of crickets cease, profound silence completes “a stunning experience for the senses.” From Easter Island, a Pianist Emerges 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z A posse of Britain’s most interesting critics rallied in support of the novel in their reviews, taking turns whacking it up into the air as if they were the batsmen on a mighty cricket team. Books of The Times: ‘Quesadillas,’ by Juan Pablo Villalobos 2014-02-27T22:39:35Z Despite all his energy being bowled into making the action as TV-friendly as possible, employing everything from multi-coloured cricketing whites and aurally adhesive ad jingles, Packer still finds time to unleash spittle-flecked invective on underlings. TV highlights 15/07/2013 2013-07-15T06:00:06Z He wanted to know exactly how many crickets both you and another character ate, apiece, because how else could he be certain who actually won an imaginary contest in your fictional movie? Sitting down with "Bellflower's" creator 2011-08-02T20:03:00Z He was sure cricket was a good game once you learned about it. From the Observer archive, 27 June 1954: Groucho Marx goes to cricket's Mecca 2013-06-22T23:05:12Z Finally, on the desk that serves as the store’s countertop are copies of Men’s File, a beautiful young British magazine devoted to stylish masculine pastimes: motorcycles, surfing, cricket, topless women. | Self Edge: Jeans Made to Be Tough Enough for the Demanding 2010-04-13T22:37:00Z The foliage sways in the breeze, casting glimmering shadows that dance on a nearby wall to the chorus of crickets chirping, leaves rustling and crows cawing. On Craft & Folk Art Museum's golden anniversary, 'Paperworks' is a cutting-edge gift 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The long stretches of gentlemanly inaction that you find in cricket have been engineered out of baseball, while anything as tedious as a 0-0 draw is unheard of in American football. Sports writing just isn't our field 2010-06-15T09:59:00Z But his obsession with cricket led to one of the great moments in his work. ‘Tom Stoppard’ Tells of an Enormous Life Spent in Constant Motion 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z As he looked around for jobs – he applied for one on the island of St Helena, another as curator of the cricket museum at Lords – his lawyer stuck by him. The arms-to-Iraq court case that became serious miscarriage of justice 2012-10-15T06:00:32Z Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves confides that he's a closet cricket fan. Keanu Reeves: 'I wont move to the UK' 2011-01-14T11:58:13Z Perceived as an awkward, sometimes aggressive, threat to cricket’s erstwhile-white custodians, Pakistani cricketers were often viewed with suspicion or disdain. Batting for survival 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The Cavaliers' It's a Beautiful Game simply wants us to love the sport of cricket, encasing the names of dozens of its most famous exponents within a gorgeous melody. Readers recommend: songs about cricket – results 2013-07-25T14:52:05Z The farm raises about 100 million free-range crickets every six weeks in facilities they call condos. Would you eat insects to help save the planet? These companies are betting yes. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The company buys its cricket flour from the Netherlands, but said it was also looking for local suppliers. Finland baker launches bread made from crushed crickets 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z There ensues a classic Italian "mad scene", worthy of a Donizetti opera: Luciano sits alone, in an empty apartment, contemplating a cricket. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z The book is really an anthology of the best moments in Pakistani cricket. Balls of fury 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Over the low rumble of the ship’s engine, I heard a choir of birds chirping and the sound of crickets screeching. Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon — on a cargo ship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z What do they know of cricket who only cricket know? The Top 100 Cricketers of All Time by Christopher Martin-Jenkins 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z Finley is a specialist in French song and he evoked the apparently untroubled worlds of the peacock, swan, cricket, guinea-fowl and kingfisher all with apparent cool, though these are more complex works than they appear. Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 2010-05-19T21:45:00Z The play is about class as much as it is about sport, and there is plenty here to appeal to an audience uninitiated into the mysteries of cricket. The Ashes, Tyne, The Moment Of Truth: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-06-22T05:00:20Z In their preppy white outfits daubed with black spots, they look less like canines than a cricket team that had a brush with Jackson Pollock. | 'The 101 Dalmations Musical': Dogs Real and Not Flee Cruella at Madison Square Garden 2010-04-11T22:04:00Z But now, national burger chain Wayback Burgers is taking a major step towards normalizing bug protein by adding Peruvian chocolate-flavored cricket powder to a limited-edition Oreo mud pie milkshake, starting July 1. The bug revolution is nigh: Burger chain to serve cricket powder milkshakes 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Most insect songs, for example in crickets and kadydids, are produced by stridulation – rubbing two body parts together. New to Nature No 9: Sinotympana incomparabilis 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z The bread, made from flour ground from dried crickets as well as wheat flour and seeds, contains more protein than normal wheat bread. Finland baker launches bread made from crushed crickets 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Along with regular features on cricket matches and debate societies, the paper, called The Marlburian, ran lists of alumni who were wounded, taken prisoner or killed, as well as obituaries and poems of remembrance. A Debut Novel Creates a World From Pages Taken From the Past 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Here’s my signature 3️⃣ layer bug pizza with a cricket powder protein shake. Would you eat insects to help save the planet? These companies are betting yes. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Miners lived in company houses, sent their kids to company schools and played cricket on company fields. Pigeons: Nuisance Animals, or Expert Accomplices in Diamond Smuggling? 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z One of his sons played in the cricket team and he would often come along to watch him. Roger Lloyd Pack: Your memories 2014-01-17T12:16:06Z We cricket fans are very keen on details, and CM-J describes a career arc with superb economy, often wonderfully dry wit and without, somehow, repeating the formula. The Top 100 Cricketers of All Time by Christopher Martin-Jenkins 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z Wisden, which happily seems to be surviving in an age when a wealth of cricket statistics are available online, does not scream about the crisis. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2010 and WG's Birthday Party by David Kynaston 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z |
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