| 单词 | crow |
| 例句 | And well she might recall it, for the crow’s head was double the size of her own. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Tall pines pierced a pale morning sky, and a bunch of crows argued noisily in the top branches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He had posted guards around Mole’s Town, both to keep his crows away from the wildling women and to keep the free folk from slipping off southward to raid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was thinking about all of this when someone whistled and the crow—that same crow—went flying past me in a burst of shiny feathers. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The crow cackled and took off after the noisy parade of trucks, circling overhead as if daring Finn to follow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Outside the window a crow flew past, filling the bathroom with a frantic catv-caw, and Rosaleen stopped, waiting for it to die down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Around this pleasant round face, her hair—as yellow as a crows foot— curled in short ringlets. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z As is the custom with crows, Bongo chose her name after her first flight. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z High John spoke again in that language of dancing slaves and hidden meanings, and the giant black crow cawed and flapped into the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I beat you carrying a lunch pail and a book!” he crowed victoriously. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A scholar named Thomas Cole, however, published an ingenious speculative essay in 1991.2 Corax’s name—giving extra piquancy to the judge’s joke—means “crow” in Greek, and Cole starts out arguing from common sense. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Mama and Grandma were pleased and contented with the crop, but Deydey was jealous of the amount of new corn he saw the crows devouring. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She would do just about anything to see her mama smile like she always did when she crowed, “King me!” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In April Ulbrickson had all but crowed to both national wire services that this all-sophomore crew was great—“potentially the greatest crew I have coached,” he’d said, in front of the whole world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even the crows seemed restless, lighting on first one tree and then another as if the branches were hot to the touch. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then they settled back down again, and a crow or two landed and went along for the ride. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Fly or die!” cried the three-eyed crow as it pecked at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Piercing the quiet country morning, a rooster crows loudly and scares baby Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His crowing at the break of dawn had woke Ma up too. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Do you think there might be crows somewhere? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A tall grandfather clock sat at the foot of the stairs, pecking away at the hour as if a crow trapped inside were trying to break loose. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think Mutto knows what he’s talking about. It probably wasn’t even a pigeon. It was probably just a crow.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Hello,” Luna said, fixing her gaze on the crow’s bright eye. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There was a big dark shape huddled on a branch, with crows swooping around it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Tyrioii saw no bodies, but the air was full of ravens and carrion crows; there had been fighting here, and recently. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A crowd of crows had gathered around the gate by the time Melisandre and her escort arrived, but they made way for the red priestess. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Kaz tapped his gloved fingers over the crow’s head of his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The crow’s nest is now on the inside exactly what it appears to be on the outside: a barrel, three feet wide, just large enough for a lookout to stand and scan the horizon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A month or two later, a crow landed on the shoulder of an old woman who was sitting making rope in the shade of her house. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Red, our rooster, woke me at daybreak, crowing his fool head off. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The crow took to the air and flapped around Bran's hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After a time, she was too tired to run fast and her shout came out a croak as hoarse as the crows’. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She aims at a crow and pulls the belt back. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “You will have to find another crow,” she said, very gently. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The woman with the crow voice, her that threw the picture at me, stood up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Already a brutal-beaked carrion crow was tearing at the face of one of them, and Will could see a bigger bird circling above, as if choosing the richest feast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The shadow crow messed with my hood, and I rubbed his beak before climbing aboard. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A woman shrieked and shrieked; she was a crow shattering the air with her harsh calls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The only story of interest was on the cover: crows in record numbers were infesting the town. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “You crows have rangers. So do we. Them I left in camp in case we were attacked before we all got out.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The crow landed on his hand and began to eat.- A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Just as Osh woke, perhaps at the cry of a crow nearby. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He moved in his bed, expecting to see the stuffed crow, or something else, to find something in the room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Caw,” said the crow, but what he meant was any number of unrepeatable things. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her crow dæmon kept falling down and scrabbling up again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A crow was spiraling down with him, just out of reach, following him as he fell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ceiling-high windows around her grandfather’s bed made the room feel like the crow’s nest on some urban pirate ship. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A flock of crows swooped past the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After a moment or two, I said: 'More like swallows than crows, I would have said, sir. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z At which Bernabe rolled his eyes, half in frustration, also half-lovingly, as he sarcastically crowed: “Welcome, ball fans, to the World Series of Darkness!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a thing farmers put in fields to scare crows.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A crow cawed, and then all was still. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand how this can all fit in the crow’s nest.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The crows had stripped the flesh from the man’s face, and a feral dog had burrowed beneath his mail to get at his entrails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The crows would surely avoid it and the crops would be protected. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It stopped for a minute and crowed, just like in “Old MacDonald,” so I guess it was a rooster. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z A single crow called from the edge of the road. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The beady eye of a crow stares back at me, its wing feathers pressed to the side of the pot, its fat body covered with boiling water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z "Will you sing it again? You have a nice voice, nicer even than the birds," I say as a crow starts cawing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Wise words. I’d not want you crows to peck me to death.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If a body had flies but no crow, it might still be alive, especially if it also had no newspaper over it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “A murder! A murder of crows! Can you believe it? A bunch of trees, you’re a grove. A bunch of raccoons? A gaze.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Later, when I saw all the other women in the yard, I realized that they wanted to make them look like crows, like men. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z His laughter startled a flight of crows from the tall brown grass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The little I knew of crows from following them in Central Park, they always have something to say. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "I wasn't sure when we first came, but now I am. The crow sent us here to break your chains." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Local farmers wanted to hang dead crows around the town on public buildings to frighten the others away; ornithologists said that it wouldn’t work, that the living crows would simply eat the dead ones. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “The crows are feasting while you stand here and jabber!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The gold rooster logo crowed from the upper right-hand comer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the crest of the field, some way off in the distance - perhaps a good mile or so as the crow would fly - was a small village. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The story was that when he was a boy in Japan, he was attacked by giant crows, one of which tried to steal his nose. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The navigator never takes his eyes off the crow’s nest, just above him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z My friends, a crow was sitting there, its eyes black and shiny as lake stones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Pull down the other two,” he commanded, and four of the crows hurried to obey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And crows can't fly!" erupted the big outlaw with a blast of garlicky breath. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z There are quite a few in the valley; also squirrels, and a few crows who seem to have had the sense to stay around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z "If I had magic powers, why would I hunt crows for breakfast?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z A murder of crows had gathered on one of the trees, cackling and flapping. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Nightmares, not just featuring the crows but the feelings I had in the simulation—terror and helplessness, which I suspect is what I am really afraid of. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z "The black crow is a tricksy bird. I trust him not." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "If the crows eat it, I bet we could." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I knew that having to eat crow when you were once proud and right was like swallowing a hunk of tough, chewy crow meat that wasn’t about to go down easy. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “And she’s with that uninteresting crow. I despise that crow. Luna loves me best.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z All birds hate raptors and crows, and ravens attack them constantly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "Don't speak to me of heads, Uncle. Cersei has mounted Ned's On a spike above the walls of the Red Keep, and left it for the crows and flies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crow’s feet round his eyes were beaming. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it’!” he read aloud. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The two naturalists began hooting, grunting, squawking, squealing, crowing, mooing, growling, snuffling, quacking, snarling and mewing at one another, until they were red in the face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The other kids treated her like a total pariah, crowing that her mother was a “hoor” and calling her “lice girl.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With the sweep in California, recent victories in Poughkeepsie, and now talk even of future victories in the Olympics, any Seattleite could suddenly stick out his chest and crow a bit. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Me too, cousin,” each of the other men crowed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The roosters were crowing and the dawn was not far off. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The message traveled swiftly, and crows came flocking to the tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Come harass the falcon,” the raucous crows called to each other. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z One thing trees and crows have in common—in fact, one thing all the natural world has in common—is the rule that we’re not supposed to talk to people. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But Finn didn’t like movies, and he thought the crows were nothing but jokers and thieves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I go to the crow’s nest to ponder the obstacles and consequences to getting this particular boss key. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The old woman throwing stones at crows who cawed and derided her was his old woman—and they his crows. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The other societies illustrate the important point that distance as the crow flies is not an appropriate measure of isolation for humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on his left shoulder were blue- black crows feasting on his corruption. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “I do. Any time. Just ask for Jeremy. Any of the crows can find me. And now, if you will excuse me...” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Jared crows as he crosses the room to his seat. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The crows and Axel have found their way to safety. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Near the fire, on a tree limb fashioned into a crude perch, crouched a heap of shadows which Taran realized was indeed a large crow. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I probably would’a overslept, but the sound of a chicken crowing had raised me up early. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Under the sea the crows are white as snow, I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Luna held her crow close to her chest and ran as fast as she could. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You bloody crows are starving us to death.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For every crow there were a hundred flies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But azan rang out, and then the morning sun was falling flat on the rooftops and the roosters were crowing and nothing out of the ordinary happened. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The other demons laughed and jeered as feathers flew and Nergal shoved the struggling crow man in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s silent, no voices of children; only the monotonous cawing of a crow, and behind it the sea sound of distant traffic. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked like crows, but puffier and shinier and much, much bigger. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Three crows hear the alarm and fly out of the woods to harass the goshawks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And of course the crow was right, and of course Luna knew how dangerous the woods were. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This time there is no field; there are no crows. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I stood on the back of a giant bird—a crow, I think—as big as a private jet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He wept and pleaded but the crow had no pity. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Annabeth said, which I somehow understood was Greek for ‘Go to the crows!’ though I had a feeling it was a worse curse than it sounded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z To Vonetta, they cheered for her, and she was set to show and crow. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It so happened that Hazel had never seen a crow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But humans are slowed by ecological and water barriers that crows can fly over. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Scatcherd stands at the front of the car, holding on to two leather seat backs, the arms of her black cape draping like the wings of a crow. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I’m easy to spot, as my granddaughter Alba says, because I have the unmistakable appearance of an angry old crow and I always wear my mourning clothes and carry my silver cane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He also had a friendship with a crow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a pirate, standing up there with the crow on his shoulder. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The crows had eaten most of its face, and something else had been at it as well, something much larger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We got them, sir!” she crows, all but doing a little jig as she presents us like trophy bucks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It crowed like a rooster from across the room and was so annoying that Ivy wanted to smash it against the wall. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A hundred thoughts flew into her mind like a flock of upset crows. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Oho! You don’t want to lose your bargaining weapon,” I crowed. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about other birds? Doesn’t a high-up nest make it easier for a hawk to get a baby crow?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He thought that the corn might be some kind of crow's food store, in which he was seen as an invader. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The scald crow on his shoulder lifts black-tipped wings and beats the air. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Now her daughter’s pet was frightened, and even if he had eaten all of the berries she worked so hard to pick, Mama loved the crow and never meant to scare him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Strange voices echoed down the yards, and free folk were coming and going along icy paths that had only known the black boots of crows for years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “She was an old crow, anyway. Who the hell needs her.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Also, it is nighttime and crows are not nocturnal.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Stooping and harvesting tomatoes, she tries to settle her nerves by escaping into the safety of memories, when her skin was smooth as milky tea, her hair black as a crow's wing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He snarled something I didn’t quite catch to Old Familiar, and the crow cawed once and began to turn. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His standard showed a crow in flight, its black wings spread wide against a storm-green sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he's in the studio, he “crows about everything” and can sit for hours with a bit of string or an old paintbrush. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had no idea what he was going to do, and if the crow had ignored him he would probably have been at a loss. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Since you want to talk. Tell me why you don’t have the cup and crow on your arm.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cockerel crows the next morning when it’s still dark. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Three crows sat on the edge of the fountain, clacking at one another. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They’d strike up a conversation about the crazy crow in the big oak tree. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Through the window, I could see Kilvin waving his arms like a farmer shooing crows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her crow hunted mice these lean days with more savage intentions than when merely keeping them away from his family of humans. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I’d imagined the cane would be as big as a tree trunk with crows and owls and lizards Uving in it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in drab black, with his mariner cap pulled low and his dark hair framing his lean face, he resembled a bedraggled crow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A rooster’s crow drifted through the window above my bed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z CO told me to shut up!” he crowed, completely jazzed, as I walked away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The crow wiggled away from the girl’s grasp and soared upward, circling over her head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The camera would cut to a field of ragged crows and then to a freckle-faced woman who sat in a sunbeam examining her knuckles. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I sat there, crisscross applesauce on the spine of a giant crow, staring at the unconscious form of the girl who’d had my back from the start. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "Tell me the hen doesn't peck when the rooster crows," said Chucha with heavy sarcasm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Fiver and Pipkin, limping behind the others, and conspicuously undersized and tired, were being attacked by the crow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the pale, oyster-colored sky of twilight a flock of crows flew, sharply black, and whirred over him, cawing loudly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Only the strongest, smoothest, wildest hero ever. Rides a crow the size of a Cadillac truck—no, a stretch limo! He even has his own walk-up music—they say drums play when he walks.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Saint Gabriel's bell rang eleven or twelve times; the crows made me too uneasy to keep count. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There are no crows to scare this far out to sea, however. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The one that counted was on her right: a crow trying to drink from a near empty goblet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Oh brother, you never saw such a bunch of motley angels as we got hovering over this town,” he crowed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as he slipped into sleep, a rooster crowed. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z "When I was little I almost died of greywater fever. That was when the crow came to me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bartender is much too free with the cocktails, and the thought of climbing to the crow’s nest just makes me more anxious. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The crows sailing overhead perhaps watched me while I took this survey. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "We are four-and-ten to two, crows, and eight dogs to your wolf," she called. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I heard you tossing and turning all night, Mr. I’m- not-nervous. And I heard how early you got up this morning, even before the rooster crowed. Even before the spring sun.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the wall, a rooster crows. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When he first saw the crow, he took no notice. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z A flock of crows watched from the oak tree, perched on the branches like mourners in a church. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z His crow dæmon opened her wings and uttered a soft “Kaark.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z One large crow in particular would not leave the rabbit alone. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z This went on for a long time, so that even though I didn’t want to, I fell asleep, and next thing, a rooster was crowing and I woke up next to Delsa. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The crows spread over the corn with cries of greed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Standing around them were torchbearers and servants, and various animals like crows and lions wandered in the background. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At which point, Rosie let out a huge squawk, like a crow. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The crows of Japan are famous for being mean. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Todd crows as he hands them to her. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Hummingbirds! Which, let’s face it, are pretty much just overdressed flies. But a bunch of us crows together, guess what we get to be called?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And the crows flap harder, a roar in my ears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z ‘All because of a pack of crows! I had looked forward to a real good meal tonight: something hot.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The maester's ravens were paying court to some of the corpses, while the crows from the broken tower attended others. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They called it “eating crow,” and with good reason. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Now you know, the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bull crowed with delight, a self-indulgent but euphoric eruption that silenced his wife’s catcalls for the moment. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowledge, in its essence, was a glittering jewel—and the madwoman was a crow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I suspect we may have some crow newbies in our future. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Or a chickadee who was raised by crows. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I grit my teeth and hit the crow again with my hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Said the great soldier then: “Rejoice inwardly. No crowing aloud, old woman. To glory over slain men is no piety. Destiny and the gods’ will vanquished these, and their own hardness. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Caw,” the crow said, though it sounded more like, “Don’t do anything stupid.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z In between the crowing contest, the backwards bicycle race, and all that, you’d see folks gathered together, talking and laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That busing judge can bus all he wants,” Milton crowed, reading about the decision in the paper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In no time, the place was a ghost town with only a few scrawny dogs riffling through garbage and crows watching from the rooftops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when the Current was in port, he’d climb the mainmast and stand in the crow’s nest while the sun sank, and as the waters turned golden and dark, he’d listen to the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The children crowded around, and Miss Peregrine lifted her beak and crowed at them to show that she was tired but all right. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Once again she felt the surge of power as the crow’s broad wings beat down against the air; this time it lasted longer for they were going higher than before. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Bran looked at the crow on his shoulder, and the crow looked back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I cry out, more frustrated than pained, and hit the crow with both hands, but it stays in place, resolute, one eye on me, feathers gleaming in the yellow light. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Every afternoon, the clouds would gather like a flock of crows, and it would rain. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Still cringing away from the crow, I look up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As he knocked he got the weirdest notion: that he was being buffeted by black wings, as if an enormous crow was flying through him, out into the hall and the world beyond. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z That girl could more likely grab hold of the feet of a passing crow and bid him fly her to safety. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are they crows? I keep forgetting to ask.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Britain crows as he approaches with red cup in hand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Scarecrows weren’t made to scare the crows, they were made to scare the corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When he was gone, Muthu skipped over to the dumpster and shooed away a couple of bedraggled crows that were hovering above it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Does the captain ever come to the crow’s nest?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The crows descend in a single mass, diving toward the earth, hundreds of beady black eyes shining. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In a dead tree, split in two by lightning, were perched three huge, black birds, too big for crows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "These were brave men. I will not leave them to the crows and shadowcats." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But I have not always had them. I know what I speak of, boy, and though you may think me a dismal old crow, you’ll do well to heed my cawing.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “That isn’t overcoming cowardice! Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life, and in real life, I am not getting pecked to death by crows, Four!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z According to the story, Arthur threw his arms into the air like a boxing champion and crowed, “Got me one!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It hopped to a lower branch, and turned to avoid another crow, and I saw it was mottled brown, with reddish tail feathers. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Olive threw her arms around Bronwyn’s neck and crowed, “You saved me, you saved me!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Mother asked, her eyebrows rising like crows’ wings. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z In Tall Andras s field the mommet flapped its loose fabric arms and the crows, made timid by it, called out harshly and went to other fields, other crops. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Outside, there was a racket of crows, startled by some passerby in the street. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Once, after she heard one of my dreams about a crow and a crab, she got quiet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A dozen crows, disturbed, rose cawing around them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The crow gave her the same choice: drought, flood, or war. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the rooster, who was insane, crowing again and again to the rising moon rather than the sun. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She saw crows with their darting black eyes, perched on branches above. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The black-guard of crows rose from the pine trees on the dunes with merry cheers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s never given much thought to options other than a crow’s path ahead of him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Why did I have to crow, “Who’s brave enough to go out there with me?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The big spearwife narrowed her eyes and said, "If the crow would join the free folk, let him show us his prowess and prove die truth of him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Upon hearing this, Will and John broke into great laughter and patted him on the back, crowing out the motto, tilting comedically, embracing him until he too laughed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see anything when I got back to the crows’ tree, not even a blur, and I felt pretty sad. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z When the ravens came the crows would scatter, only to return the moment the larger birds were gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even her hair, which had been as black as a crow’s, grew colorless in scruffy patches on her skull. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Said the raven to the crow. Come with me. I need you to raise the men of Harlaw.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not that crows take off their feathers in the sun either, and these men were just a flock of crows: robbers, carrion-eaters who liked to plunge their sharp beaks into dead flesh. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He fought rats, magpies, gray squirrels and, once, a crow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We sail above the battle, and he drops me into the crow’s nest, just moments after the navigator gets there. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The city’s newspapers loved to crow about the startling increase in the number of workers employed by Chicago’s industries, especially meat-packing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But I did not think it likely that the adult crows would venture down the steeple into the church, or that they would even realize where the baby had fallen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z "What are you doing to me?" he asked the crow, tearful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I watch the sardines,” murmurs Madame, “and the termites, and the crows . . .” Etienne summons a doctor who prescribes rest, aspirin, and aromatic violet comfits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Not that I'd actually eaten a black crow, but with my words stuck in my throat and my eyes cast down, I knew what eating crow was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When the silence was broken, the people scattered like crows. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “You wanted warriors, didn’t you? Well, there they are. Every one worth six o’ your black crows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Silver stopped short in fear and the crow seemed to dance before him, its great black wings flapping in a horrible commotion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In a far tree line crows scrawked; there was no other animal noise. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet here is Aimee Polloch, my friend since first grade, marching through our front door as loud as a summer crow. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Newsreels before and after the feature crowed about American exploits on the battlefield. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z High John stood on Old Familiar’s back as the shadow crow cawed and flapped above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Ms. Kellerman is never going to believe me when I tell her a crow ate my homework.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And when that tree was in bloom, it was a regular aviary of crows, mynahs, babblers, rosy pastors, sunbirds and parakeets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His face emotionless, Capricorn strode past them all as if they were nothing but a flock of crows that had assembled at his command. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The crow had tricked him into flying, but when he woke up he was broken and the world was changed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wanted you crows to think he had it in his power to blow your bloody Wall down about your knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well, are you really afraid of crows?” he says, half smiling at me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He blew nigh the top of his head off with an old musket that they had for scarin’ the crows with. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Its handle was carved to look like a crow’s head, with a cruelly pointed beak. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "Happens I have better things to do than tend to the comings and goings of crows." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crow, on the other hand, couldn’t keep himself quiet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They crowed and squawked until I was sure that he would hear them in the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In the cart sat a hideous blackbird, big as a man, shaped like a man, with head hung forward like a molting crow. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The crows who have seen them do not describe any youth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m so proud of myself I like to crow. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Few folk looked in their direction, pretending that the noise came from the throats of the crows circling overhead. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Bongo says she’s too classy for a label as common as “crow.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was the largest crow he had ever seen. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z From far away on the north side where the Italians lived and kept chickens in their yards, came the crowing of a rooster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He had a heavy coat on and was leaning on his crow’s head cane—he looked almost like himself again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were just a bit smaller than crows, moving in migration in large, sometimes huge, flocks. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The crow was black and shiny, as a crow ought to be, but when Luna squinted and looked at it aslant, she saw another color, too. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The crow’s nest folk don’t seem to like when I hang around too much. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The crow hopped across the bare rock and leaped upward, arcing toward the girl’s shoulder. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The smart crows and redwing blackbirds knew when their chances of getting a bite of corn had improved! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Like a crow, Ada liked shiny things, and with them she had transformed her dull, ragged coat into a sparkling work of art. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “As well make peace with wolves and carrion crows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a young crow from a late nest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Sacrabani was isolated from the start, a white crow in a flock of black, a grain of wheat among the rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was full of birds, crows mostly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crow, meantime, was enjoying an attention it evidently did not usually receive. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Caw,” the crow said, and meant, “I think we should turn back.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The crow landed on her shoulder and climbed into her hood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The caw of the crow echoed through the trees like a bell. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The crow demon thrashed his wings and squawked as the god's jaw cracked open wider and wider. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I think owls are secretly a bit jealous of crows. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The racket echoed from the house and the woods, setting off a flock of crows. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Kaz stood with both gloved hands resting on the carved crow’s head of his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That morning, he learned that roosters really don’t start crowing at dawn. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I have come to despise the crow’s nest almost as much as the captain does. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I was serving Mr Farraday morning coffee in the breakfast room when he had said to me: 'I suppose it wasn't you making that crowing noise this morning, Stevens?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She reached out a hand and grabbed a fistful of air, crowing, “I got one now!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard nothing but a squirrel chattering on a branch and saw nothing but a crow winging from one tree to the next. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He was two feet from the crow’s nest when he felt a hot blade of pain sear through the flesh of his thigh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He knew at once that the crow was not real, that it was stuffed and dead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Grasshoppers jumped around our feet, bees buzzed, a crow cawed in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Like a tiger chasing a kitten,” he crowed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "Black crows, oft as not. Killed me one too," she said, shaking out her hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sailors scattered to the forecastle, the galley, the crow’s nest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The crows did not see her and returned to their nests. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Red winged blackbirds also came flying out of the south, and flocks of crows, and a bird with a yellow body and a scarlet head, which I had never seen before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly there’s a gray streak of coyote, a jaw snap, and the crow is dead. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You cannot have her. I spit on your faces and curse your names. Leave my home at once, or I shall tear out your eyes and throw them to the crows!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Caw” her crow should have said from his perch at the window. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Not even roosters crowing and men clomping right by his ear wake him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As soon as I stepped off Old Familiar with her in my arms, the giant crow cawed and took off, disappearing into the shadows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Will the red bird yield herself to the crow?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The baby Francie crowed with delight as her grandmother held up the cruet and the sun shone through it and made a small fat rainbow on the opposite wall. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of crows flew by and landed on a tombstone not far away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Inej hadn’t taken on the crow and cup, the tattoo carried by any full member of the Dregs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I feared the crows and jays who wait on my mother would have long ago pitched you from their nest, but you are safely fledged, I see,” he said teasingly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “This is so cool” Adam crows as he dashes forward to get a better view. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The crow had promised him that he could fly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Behind me, black crows rise from the trees, flying west against a fading sky, calling to one another. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the morning, I got up when the rooster crowed or when I heard the clatter of dishes as the women downstairs made breakfast for the men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A crow flies silently into a tree across the stream and, after checking the land and sky, drops to the ground near the coyote’s prey. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time the guards waved their spears to chase away the kestrels, gulls, and carrion crows paying court to the deceased. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Our table a crow’s nest turned upside down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z One afternoon, while we were searching for food in a deserted village, a crow fell out of the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Are you coming with me or what?” she said to the crow as she left her home and slid into the green. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This place was scarred and broken, more ruin than redoubt, a haunt of crows and corpses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A crow sigh is unmistakable, like a groan from a tiny cranky old man. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In the depression caused by the sagging of the floor, pieces of animals manifested themselves, the head of a crow, mummified hands which might have once been parts of monkeys. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “This is exactly what we needed!” he crows. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Well, jeepers crow. I told that man to stick with his gold envelope. But it didn’t matter how much I told him, he gave it up anyway. People just never listen.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Three monster crows sat in a row, where Moran had last been. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You’re right,” said Artemis, the crow’s feet deepening around his eyes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The great cavern that opened on the abyss was as black as pitch, black as tar, blacker than the feathers of a crow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A crow cawed and thunder clapped, and everyone in Isihlangu froze in time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Capricorn's men climbed the steps and sat at their master's feet, Elinor among them like a pigeon with ruffled feathers in the middle of a mob of marauding crows. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When the crow was hungry, it would land on the veranda and walk in doors, and Monet would feed it scraps of food from his table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had come up here and seen it for himself, the day he was chased by the crow. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Yet she knew she could not leave the foolish crow there to be killed—and killed he surely would be before sunrise—just for want of a few minutes’ work. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The crow stared at me and I stared back at him, and looking into his eyes was like looking in a dark mirror. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even Pantalaimon was active, changing to a crow so he could flap his wings and make the fire burn faster. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Caw,” the crow said, though Luna knew he meant, “That is a very stupid idea. You don’t even know where you’re going.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Andeg stole and hoarded bits of bright cloth and shiny metal shards, he wasn’t a human, he was still a crow, and she couldn’t change that. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He pulled a wooden toy that he had carved himself from his pocket—a little crow with spiral eyes and a clever rattle inside its belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Ma was still crying with happiness, the goats bleated, chickens crowed and clucked, and neighbors began gathering to share the joy. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A crow had once taken Mors for dead and pecked out his eye, so he wore a chunk of dragonglass in its stead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is a nice thing to believe that a crow is watching over you. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She shook the quilts once underneath the letter boxes where she lived, then once again at the mouth of the alley, causing the crows who were feeding on vegetable peels to scatter in several directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But before he could reach the donkey—one of the creatures which he loved the most—a shiny blue crow fell from above to perch on the donkey’s unprotesting muzzle. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘Gibbets and crows!’ he hissed, and they shuddered at the hideous change. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The giant shadow crow cawed as they soared above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Right before I walked into the office of the Good Night, Sleep Tight, I saw a crow sitting on the roof, looking down at me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then, there was a rush of air, as the great crow came beating down, and wheeled about his head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Every crow and every spider in Black Swan Green was waiting. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They crow so mournful, so hopeful, they wake the dogs. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Elodin shouted, waving his arms in the air like a farmer trying to startle crows out of a field. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The carcasses of burnt and butchered animals dotted the ground, under living blankets of carrion crows that rose, cawing furiously, when disturbed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A crow, startled by my small commotion, alighted from a branch to the right, cawing his displeasure, a staccato of anxiety stitching the night a darker blue. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The giant crow landed near a familiar forest with the golden fence and gate running around it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Grandpa told stories about things they saw, like coyotes, crows, a whitetailed deer, and hawks. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Hooded crows feasted on the innards of a dead horse in front of an overturned wagon. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "You have three. The crow gave you the third, but you will not open it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he flies off to the crow’s nest. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But after a few moments she said, “Aha!” and picked up a single black crow’s feather. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, the bartender calls me up to the crow’s nest to make me my cocktail. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As he watched, a large bird—he thought it looked like a crow but it seemed larger—flew from the top, real forest, and the reflection-bird matched it, both flying out over the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it already! It’s Romulus and Remus, the twins who were raised by a wolf,” Baron Hoover crowed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As she finished the second strand, the crow, who was staring toward the house, suddenly cried out: “I see the cat!” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t believe everything you hear from a crow.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She had seen men hung from trees and left for buzzards and crows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The place where the crow had pecked him was still burning, but there was nothing there, no blood, no wound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Four crows flew out of the woods and chased the red-tailed hawk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Chronicler staggered back, crying out in alarm before he realized it was nothing more than a crow beating its wings into flight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As I looked around, a cloud of crows flew over me, straight for the woods in back of the barn, cawing their heads off. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He listened to the constant parade of sounds outside, footsteps, bicycle bells, the incessant squawking of crows and of the horns of cycle rickshaws in the lane so narrow that taxis could not fit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The crow must have felt her grow tense, for suddenly from ahead she heard his voice: “An updraft,” he said. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “My father was a God-fearing colored man. He didn’t turn into a crow like some demon. No sir!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Even the crows on the roofs were arguing. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It was a crow, full-sized, spiraling over her head and alighting on the nearest tree. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “The future of this favored section of Virginia is made,” crowed the local newspaper. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Runt pounced on top of Pax, crowing at his successful ambush. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She should be telling me about signs, about how black crows are freedom birds, symbols for slaves flying back to Africa. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “What if I don’t want to visit the crow’s nest?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When an author wanted a character to be awoken at dawn, Colin figured the author just used the literary tradition of the crowing rooster to make it happen. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I stepped into the woods, looked around, could not see the crow, but noticed a big stick nest in a scrabbly pine. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Until the crow landed on his back, and he gave a muf-fled gasp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the distance, she heard the caw of a crow, over and over. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When crows want to be loud, they can be extremely loud. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The crow demon wasn't giving up, and Idiptu had to beat him in with his fists until, with a puff of black feathers, he disappeared all the way into Nergal's belly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Let go o’ me, you bloody crows,” he roared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What made me keep on climbing in face of such discouragement, I don’t know, but I did, and that noon I had crow eggs and wild salad for lunch. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z By the road it was thirty-two miles away, but as the crow flies, it was only twenty miles. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had thought the three-eyed crow would be a sorcerer, a wise old wizard who could fix his legs, but that was some stupid child’s dream, he realized now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Shun the crow’s nest and your enlightenment will be sweeter than its poison intoxication,” the captain tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When the men came to a body, the crows usually walked away. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Accompany me to the crow’s nest,” he says in one of his rare social moments. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Let them crow all they want,” I went on, “I’ve got my handsome rooster in San Jose de Conuco. And my two little chicks,” I added. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dark he could pretend that it was the three-eyed crow who whispered to him and not some grisly talking corpse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A pair of crows had built there, and one of the babies had fallen out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A man might drop a coin on the ground and never find it again, but a crow will find it in a flash. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Wings flap next to my ear, and the crow’s talons dig into my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Going to visit your gram, eh?” she crows. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She carefully took it, thanked her crow, and laid the twig aside. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “You flatter yourself, crow. I never broke a sweat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Day after day passed, and Edward was aware of time passing only because every morning he could hear Ernest performing his dawn ritual, cackling and crowing about being king of the world. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z That night I dream that I am in a field, and I encounter a flock of crows clustered on the ground. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I heard a crow cawing somewhere and I looked up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The crow turned again, struck at Bigwig and missed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The rope lattice of the ratlines narrows as I near the crow’s nest, making the climb feel increasingly treacherous. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I understand your anger, Elias. You feel pain, sorro—” His words fall upon my ears like the incessant caws of a crow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A few yards away, a crewman in a blue jumpsuit climbs to the lip of the crow’s nest, spreads his arms wide, and leaps toward certain death. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A pair of crows sat on the low wall that enclosed the cemetery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The crow pushes its head into my mouth and I bite hard, tasting something foul. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The lendri, the dog, the crow, the marksman—they had been lucky to escape them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the crow did not object, Taran gently stirred the feathers around its neck and ran a finger under the bird’s sharp and gleaming beak. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I woke for good long before it was light and heard roosters crowing and stayed on awake until it began to be light. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Also, as soon as I carried it outside I heard a raucous sound, looked up, and there were two big crows flapping overhead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I lie awake most of the night, excited, a bit scared, wondering, waiting for the first rooster crow to signal time to go ashore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Roosters had begun crowing up and down the road. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I shovel a handful of the fresh snow into my mouth, listen to the muffled stillness broken only by the cawing of crows. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z You cried when you saw a crow, anyway, a stupid old bird! I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Nearby some crows were pecking at a body crushed beneath the tumbled stone, but he lay facedown and Bran could not say who he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Except for crows, birds did not come to the ghetto. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana spent a final peaceful moment on the hillside overlooking Milagro, listening to the magpies’ chatter and to roosters crowing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were chasing crows and adroitly maneuvering among the tree branches. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “She couldn’t have got back sooner than this, Cynnie. Don’t you remember? The crow said it was a mile to the tree. It might even be farther.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Not the misunderstood kind of witch who only wants to heal with her chants and herbal remedies, but the creepy kind who cuts off crow heads and eats children and small pets. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "In the dream I flew down with the crow, but I can't do that when I'm awake," Bran explained. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The crow looked even less real, now, but much larger. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I feel a wiggling in the grass, a crow forcing its way under my arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But as the crow flies—that was only twenty-nine miles across the island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Lynnie had always thought crickets and even crows were good luck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Erastis thinks I’m not ready, but look at what I can do!” he crowed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They had grown up on farms in Kansas, twenty miles apart as the crow flies, but had not known each other as children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The little boys crowed in delight and filled their little pockets with everything they could find. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He had known it since last night, he realized, since the crow had led him down into the crypts to say farewell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The black figures were not crows but people of a different sort. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna’s mother scooped up Xan as tender as could be, and instructed Antain and Luna to hang on to her shoulders, as the crow hung on to Luna. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This crow was a friendly, intelligent bird that liked to perch on the roof of Monet’s bungalow and watch his comings and goings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Angels and crows passed each other, one leaving, the other coming. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A barrage of frightened crows explodes from the underbrush, cawing and dark against the sky. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He’d scaled one of the masts up to the crow’s nest and was still staring out through his spyglass. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We started off, with Little Arliss crowing at what a fine ride he was getting on the dragging hide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the rustling of the leaves and the cawing of a crow high up in one of the trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was her custom to read your letters aloud to us and crow over them, thinking it a feather in her cap to be writing to royalty, such as yourself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Whistling women and crowing hens never come to no good end.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No,” Kaz said, fingers drumming on the crow’s head of his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "He is a warg," said the Lord of Bones, "and a crow. I like him not." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crow’s nest swells before me, envelops me, and I find myself splashing in bitter liquid. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The guards were talking loudly, but she was too far away to make out the words, especially with the crows gahhling and flapping closer to hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I killed Daddy. I stuck him in the butt,” Karen crowed in triumph. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote words on the board: gaggle of geese, bee swarm, whale pod, wolf pack, and murder of crows. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The monstrous creatures take on a more definite shape— they are birds, crows, with beaks as long as my forearm and wings so dark they seem to swallow all the light. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Too rancid and gristly even for the crows, it was crawling with maggots. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z From the edge of the camp, a rooster gave a few halfhearted crows. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z During the day several crows cawed at us when we walked to our car. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The crow sped toward her, flying in a tight, fast twist, all black feathers and black beak and panicked cawing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They helped outsiders find their way into the sanctuary and violate every limb of her body by standing on top of her, crowing in victory, and dirtying and polluting her bosom. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Reed squinted at the crow’s nest and walked to Aly’s side. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was, in crow circles, a sign of great affection. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She looked down the fence and saw that it was no hen at all, but a young crow, flapping in the grass, acting most odd. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They were like a maddening chorus of crows, squawking in Matthias’ ear: Traitor, traitor, traitor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Luna had instructed the crow to stay out of sight until she could figure things out, and the crow had complied. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The late moon arose before the first rooster crowed. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am the most excellent of crows,” the crow meant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Listen to the story and learn from the crow’s mistakes, for the crow did not see the fox’s sneer, but only heard his deceptive words.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I never heard of crows nesting in a steeple before, but I suppose they change their habits when there are no other birds around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z There the poor carp would flop until they dried out and died, then later the crows would swoop down and eat them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes a second for my eyes to adjust to the deceptive dimensions of the crow’s nest; tiny from the outside, huge on the inside. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The few men were very old or very young; the rest had been chained to that gibbet and left for the wolves and the crows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Luckily I don't have to hunt crows for breakfast anymore," she says to me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “I defy those crows to come out here this year!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And, “Always crowing about their kid with the straight A’s at that hoity-toity school. Well, they’re not crowing now.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And with that, High John the Conqueror soared into the sky on his giant crow, hooting and hollering as he cut through smoke and flame to confront the swarm of brand flies racing toward us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I think of facing the crows again and shiver, though the air is warm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Why not? If every woman had a direwolf, men would be much sweeter. Even crows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Stone the crows. Listen, Alice, how would you like some hours in the kitchen here? Not washing up. I mean, preparing food.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He thought of the golden man and the three-eyed crow, remembered the crunch of bones between his jaws and the coppery taste of blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then she looked back, for at that moment a black object plummeted from the sky, and she recognized her friend Jeremy the crow. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A good half-dozen of his men were following him, like crows following a peacock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They'd come in last night with Conwy, one of the wandering crows who roamed the Seven Kingdoms collecting men for the Wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She added: “I don’t understand just what he meant by that. Jeremy—the crow—says it means the side where there’s no wind. But what good would that do?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Of course not. I wear it. Sometimes. Right now, it’s in the garden, on the scarecrow. Scares the devil out of the crows, too, apparently.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I grab the parrot’s limp body and hurl it from the crow’s nest, watching it arc across the sky like a feathery fireball, until it is taken by the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "Strike hard and true, crow, or I'll come back and haunt you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he sat, gathering his gown around him, his crow dæmon in her usual position on his left shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He was a small man, his long hair black as a crow’s wing, his skin the color of rich red clay. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was a pied crow, a black-and-white bird that people in Africa sometimes make into a pet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then, a crow darted down from one of the branches, a streamer of paper in its mouth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The crow crawled out of the girl’s hood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They tilted their heads in unison, first pointing their beaks at the girl on the ground, then following the erased crow, then looking back at the girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As Old Nan told the tale, he'd grabbed the crow in his fist and bitten its head off, so they named him Crowfood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few bold crows flocked near, cawing at their backs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Sleek black crows strutted among the students, hoping for a morsel of bologna or cheese left unguarded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The roosters were already crowing as they left to spread the news to all their friends in the area. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A crow flew into the aspen grove without saying a word. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave a narrowed eye to the crow, wrinkling her lips into a frown. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But a few seconds later—so fast does the crow fly—they were gliding to earth a yard from her front door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Heat pressed against every inch of my skin—a dry blast so hot that my sweat evaporated before it made it out, and yet the shadow crow made it with little effort. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For some reason I thought them stupid and then found initially from parrots, mynah birds, crows, and ravens that they are indeed not only not ignorant and stupid but in many cases smarter than people. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “He said, aye. He said he would take us to this three-eyed crow too. That river we crossed this morning is the same one we crossed four days ago, I swear. We’re going in circles.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Half a dozen crows were pecking around her potatoes and winter vegetables. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Many creatures were sacred to him, chief among them the dolphin and the crow. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Hie crows came in the blue dusk, with the evening stars. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Just in time,” said the crow, and she heard the angry scream of the cat as he leaped at where they had just been. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I went as the crow flies, straight through the hills. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally one said, “We heard stories. The crows burned all them that yielded.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A crow stole some soap that bubbled in its beak. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she would curl up outside with her dragon and her crow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Now that you mention it, I was chatting with the crows earlier. They were wondering why you guys walk like you’re wearing diapers.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z No. The crows report this: the road is closed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I could see a squirrel up in one of the birch trees, a big crow looking at me from a boulder along the river. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To Colin's mind, the rooster crowing at dawn was nothing more than a literary and cinematic trope. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “The big crow can peck the little crows,” growled a voice behind him, “but has he belly enough to fight a man?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It all appeared to my eyes and ears like a flock of crows screaming at one another in a crowded field of new-threshed wheat. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The crow circled a few times, and then dived into the thick foliage of the beech trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Her father, on the path below, took a step forward, and his crow dæmon raised her wings once or twice, but he stayed where he was. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Soon, another crow was doing the same, and another, and another. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And the crow was sitting right on the boy’s shoulder. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I have all my remembrances of him and how he loved my mama,” she crowed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The animals were in the southeast corner, mooing and crowing and baying. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He twisted his own face, practicing, pushing his lips up against his nose, and then flapped his arms, the way the cloth of his mommet might flap in the wind to frighten away the crows. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They sounded more like crows than like children. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The wildlings outnumbered the crows by five to one, judging by how little black he saw. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Far off, a rooster crowed, signaling that the day would soon begin. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I'm happy to because then I don't have to look at the dead crow. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps this was only the first of a whole battalion of crows, that would rise up and swoop at him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Ravens soared through a grey sky on wide black wings, while carrion crows rose from their feasts in furious clouds wherever he set his steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A rooster crowed his wake-up call into the clear air. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They sought other cabins and wigwams, where there was not a frightful crow to bother them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Werfel yelled, and he and Spurge hopped out of the cart—narrowly avoiding the huge swinging beak of the vork, which carked like a monstrous crow. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The crow dived again, and, as it rose, Kingshaw felt the tip of its black wing, beating against his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Another thing I had in common with crows: our habit of prizing the poorest of riches. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He clambered easily to the top and perched there like an enormous crow, scanning the land in the direction they had traveled. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “You can’t even tie a decent knot,” he crowed triumphantly, freeing one arm. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps that was how those young crows felt as they nestled in their warm and sturdy nest, yearning for the sky. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He was corded muscle, scars, but only two tattoos—the Dregs’ crow and cup on his forearm and, above it, a black R on his bicep. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Bando looks up when he hears the crow and hails me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The crow, terrified by the noise and dust and commotion, sprang skyward. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A flock of crows storms toward me, an advancing army of outstretched talons and open beaks, each one squawking, filling the air with noise. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I assume I am his enemy until I see a crow sneaking toward his nest intent upon eating the eggs. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have stood there for a while, considering the cutaway road and the perfect metaphor it was, if a murder of black crows hadn’t shown up, cawing their stupid heads off. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The little square looked like a tree full of crows. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one ever trusted Rattleshirt but fools. Snow’s not that. If his sister needs saving, he’ll send his crows. I would.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, in a moment, there was silence, only silence, everywhere—the very birds had ceased to sing, and no dogs barked, and no rooster crowed for day. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The crow flew up ahead, as though he already knew where they were going. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They work varied shifts, because the crow’s nest operates twenty-four hours a day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There are different kinds of wings, the crow said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The two bears startled a bit at the crow’s angry charge, but then shrugged and ignored him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The crow, who had been watching all this activity, turned a beady glance on his owner and flapped his wings with such vigor that Gurgi roused himself in alarm. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Quickly she scrambled over the edge of the strong, revamped crow’s nest and started down the tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Bands of displaced peasants roamed the razed countryside, fighting the crows for gleanings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "It was a green dream, so I knew it was true. A crow was trying to peck through the chains, but the stone was too hard and his beak could only chip at them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My flesh will feed the wolves and carrion crows, she thought sadly, and worms will burrow through my womb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Strange bird sounds answer me: ca-caw of crows, whoop of owls, knocking woodpeckers, and a whistling nightingale. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Davy Mountain. Between Coalwood and Welch by the way a crow flies. Or a rocket.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Andeg flew down suddenly, as though he, the little crow, had to protect her from her brothers! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z His crows, his black vultures, had set fire to the homemade chicken run and the one-room cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Y’all best hang on,” High John called back, and then the crow gave two powerful flaps and rose in the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A shadow crossed the ground in front of him, and Tall Andras looked up and waved his arm at the crows that circled the field. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Or my worst. Every man o’ them has killed a crow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Upon reading the letter and the poem, he crowed with pleasure and, forgetting me, hastened to find the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Kaz watched the tide of people flowing past the portico’s black columns, beneath the watchful eye of the oxidized silver crow that spread its wings above the entrance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On the table were what appeared to be the remains of an autopsy performed upon a large bird, possibly a crow. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z High above him, two crows wheeled in the sky and cried out. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Plant it too close to the surface and a crow eats it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a castle made entirely out of food, except that on the highest tower of all a carrion crow was sitting, with an arrow in its beak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you name him. Don’t you do that, till he’s past two years. It’s ill luck to name them When they’re still on the breast. You crows may not know that, but it’s true.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were so loud and crazy with their cawing and flapping, he knew what it meant to be surrounded by a murder of crows. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “And it’s mine!” she crowed, holding it up in the sunlight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The dead are not superstitious, not as a rule, but they watched her as a Roman Augur might have watched the sacred crows circle, seeking wisdom, seeking a clue. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Omakayas had never heard a crow make such a sound before, and she knew it was a special sign of affection. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The crows hulked their shoulders, spiked their feathers, jerked and dipped their shrieking beaks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "It was just a lie," he said bitterly, remembering the crow from his dream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was still dark, although the crowing of a rooster told her dawn was not far away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeremy answered: “Sir, I am a crow. My name is Jeremy. And I have brought a friend. I hope we have not disturbed you. My friend needs your advice.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He would have crowed, if he weren’t so hoarse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The settling of the wood floors, the wind astir in the jasmine, the deep released fragrance of the earth, the crow of an insomniac rooster. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She liked Gothic details: mist hanging over a silent lake, gnarled roots heaving up from the earth, a solitary crow in the branches of a bare tree on the shoreline. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She found a pebble and plunked it into the water, crowing happily at the splash it made. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Finn fell asleep draped in Kittens and dreamed that the corn walked the earth on skinny white roots, liked to joke with the crows, and wasn’t afraid of anything. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I heard you the first ten times, crow. A man’d think there was no trust between us.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Directly below him, in an oak tree, a crow congress had convened. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrambled up, and ran on, and this time, the crow only hovered above, though not very high up, and still following him, but silently, and no longer attempting to swoop down. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I thought we were going to glide down, but High John grabbed my collar again, and without another word, he stepped off the crow’s back, pulling me with him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I was cheered up when a letter arrived from Luria that the situation might be smoothed over if we appeared to eat crow. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z All you could hear was a crow calling somewhere up river and the distant sound of cars along the highway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the woods, a crow called and another answered. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The crow was sitting on the fence, pecking ineffectively at the string with his bill, cawing softly to himself, a miserable sound. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Corvids” is a fancy name for birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The rooster that crowed the loudest usually received the first blow. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z "I broke no oaths. Stiv and Wallen flew down off the Wall, not me. The black crows got no place for women." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Happy birthday, my little Jupey-Jupe!” he crows, stopping to smile as the room fills with the fragrance of Axe Peace body spray. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The giant crow cawed once and flapped its enormous wings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z To Vonetta, they cheered for her, and she was set to show and crow. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There were crows, sharp and black against the sky, wheeling in a circle over the field. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I heard a man died of the fever in the middle of the street, and three black crows flew out of his mouth,” said Jeannine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t, he said aloud, but the crow, rapidly, picked out the donkey’s eyes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The crow was still quite high, soaring easily, to keep pace with him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z After a while the boy said: There’s not any crows. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sam thought they were a kind of crow of large size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z My attention was on High John as he laid Ayanna down on the broadest part of the giant crow’s back and secured her with rope. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Caw,” the crow said, swooping back over the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Ten miles away as the crow flies, the radio beeped three times in the Crown Victoria of Utah State Trooper Bart Rindlisbacher. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It isn’t until they reach downtown, just before the exit ramp to the highway, that Axel spots a few crows gathered on a phone wire. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They turn right and left, past a walnut tree like a giant charred toothpick jammed into the ground, past two crows picking at something unidentifiable, until they reach the base of the ramparts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The hardness in his gaze was new, and the eyes were smaller and narrower, and in the corners were the firm prints of crow’s feet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Down the valley a couple of crows were calling. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But it was soft and clear and much sweeter than the cries of the gulls or the crows or the talk of the pelicans, which sounds like the quarreling of toothless old men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like you, crow,” he growled, “but I never liked the Mance neither, no more’n my sister did. Still, we fought for him. Why not fight for you?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The man’s crow dæmon was showing a vivid interest in Balthamos. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Roosters were crowing before I went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He quit when the roosters started crowing at daybreak. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When the captain retires for afternoon tea, or whatever a man like him does with his free time, I climb to the crow’s nest, to get as far away from the Abyssal Serpent as possible. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t until the town roosters had already begun to crow that he finally drifted uneasily into dreams. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gulls and crows in equal numbers follow a tractor through its wake of dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Much older and more solemn, the lawyers in dark suits who in other days had flapped about the colonel like crows had returned. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The pain was an axe splitting his head apart, but when the crow wrenched out its beak all slimy with bits of bone and brain, Bran could see again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In consequence, as Smith later crowed, the hapless Mayflower spent several frigid weeks scouting around Cape Cod for a good place to land, during which time many colonists became sick and died. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I should scream, like any rational human being would, but when I open my mouth again, I just crow with joy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He tied strips of fabric and foil along the lengths of them; the encyclopedia said that crows didn’t like movement or shiny things. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s Hugo,” Seth crowed from inside the handcart. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A flurry of feathers erupted out of the cornfield, and a crow squawked and flapped awkwardly away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “The ranger saved Sam and the girl from the wights,” Bran said, hesitantly, “and he’s taking me to the three-eyed crow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That was worth Vonetta crowing over her job as our saver, and boy, did she crow. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I think I should turn into a crow or something and fly around, keep an eye out for Roman eagles.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Why won’t this three-eyed crow come to us? Why couldn’t he meet us at the Wall? Crows have wings. My brother grows weaker every day. How long can we go on?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An old crow cawed her thanks and flapped ahead with two smaller crows following after her, joining the rest as we started to walk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Digging and curious, crowing at the tiny scuttles and sand beetles living in the old shoes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But when he got back, the crow had gone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The black-and-white crow sat on the roof and watched them as they went inside. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The crows had eaten their eyes, and sometimes their faces. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But he knew this first mile or so, from before, from the day the crow had followed him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z At first, Piper thought it might be Frank in crow form. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She lay in bed staring up at the coffered ceiling until she heard the first rooster crow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to run, but my feet are firmly planted and refuse to move, like the crow on my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Dustfinger had been right: In their close-fitting black suits they really did look like crows. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Luna heard the crow’s warning, but she couldn’t slow down. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was used to having his Wraith around—feeding the crows outside his window, sharpening her knives while he worked at his desk, chastising him with her Suli proverbs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Clarence the crow is starting to trust me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I seen them too, the dead ones. Even crows are better’n that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are three old aunts who all squawk together like crows at dawn. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Are you really falling! the crow asked back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Caw,” the crow said, though it sounded more like I don't think you should go down there. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z "Hundreds and thousands. More than you ever saw, crow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But already the crow was making off, flying low with slow, heavy wing beats. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The navigator says a view from the crow’s nest will bring me “comfort, clarity, charity, chastity.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was a rustle, and a crow flew away, grinning. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z James crowed as they trudged up the sidewalk after school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z "Hack off their heads, we'll send them back to the Wall. Leave the rest for the carrion crows." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her voice was small and sweet—not her usual get-to-the-point crow tone. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I had seen crows and one other raven in traps but never with this kind of rage. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z No. "If I went away ... to Grey- water, or to the crow, someplace far where they couldn't find me ..." "It will not matter. The dream was green, Bran, and the green dreams do not lie." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Like on their first day at sea, when he had climbed up the huge ladder into the crow’s nest. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The distant roosters began to crow and the air changed and the dawn was coming. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z And from the trees, a murder of crows, cawing their displeasure at the ruined world. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The crow spoke one last time and flew off. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He wanted to climb the broken tower and feed com to the crows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He is stooped, spindly, his long hair full of sticks, with a scald crow perched on one shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even the same crows perched on the fence near the livestock pens. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Winging the heavy air in a straight flight a crow, maybe, would have flown but a furlong from their hiding-place to the black summit of the nearer tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "The crow is the raven's poor cousin. They are both beggars in black, hated and misunderstood." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The crow looked down and saw her in the grass. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A crow sat nearby on a tilting tombstone. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The stone flies, and the crow thuds to the ground. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And Jason at the helm of his own ship, a crow on its pennant. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z "You get out of our fidd now, and take these sneaks and stabbers with you, or we'll stake you up in the corn to scare the other crows away." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was trying to calm the crow, who was obviously terrified. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It reminds me of the endless field in my crow nightmares. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “If some crow wants to slip a knife between my ribs whilst I’m spooning up some supper, he’s welcome to try. Hobb’s gruel would taste better with a drop of blood to spice it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Long ago enough, I guess, for their insides to start rotting and the crows and foxes to call all their friends and family around for a party. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A crow swooped down over it, but Ms. Griegson waved it away, and it went back up in the fir with the other crows. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z A bird crows overhead like Go ahead, dummy! so Scoob clears his throat. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z James crowed as they trudged up the sidewalk after school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It would have been perfect except for that ornery crow calling away: car-car-car. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z This place, Soldier Island, was really no distance at all as the crow flies. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Then, there was a single screech, and the terrible beating of wings, and the crow swooped down and landed in the middle of his back. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z This man’s daemon was a crow, very like the Master’s raven. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Their rooftops had been his secret places, and the crows atop the broken tower his special friends. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The next thing Sam knew, a rooster was crowing to the dawn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And he flew off into the darkness, the last crow to get home that night. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Squashed crows that had tried to eat the squashed frog-shaped stains in the Universe. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The roosters were crowing in the chickenhouse and a gray rim of dawn lay on the east. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If you were a crow could you fly up high enough to see the sun? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I was now on a level with the crow colony, and could see into their nests. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Kingshaw was rocking to and fro on the floor, holding his arms up over his head to keep out the dreadful caawing of the crows, and the sight of the puppet faces. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She let the crow nestle on her lap. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Kingshaw remembered how he himself had been, the day the crow had come after him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “I knew it, Twinkle!” she crowed, holding her rolling pin above her head in a victory dance. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Breathing in the warm, musky fragrance, I remembered Piatra Neamt, the taste of cheese blintzes, and the crowing of roosters in the morning. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She knew about thunder gods, earth-makers, wise crows, sly coyotes, and shadow souls. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “You are three men of sin, whom destiny has belched up ’pon this island,” Cymbeline crowed, rolling her eyes at the disturbance. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Maybe his guardian bird, the crow, would return and speak to him again. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She said this in a voice so authoritative that the crow fluttered down immediately. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I leave the crow’s nest, and burst in on the captain to voice my complaint, telling him that Carlyle’s headless body just walked the plank—but the captain is unfazed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z On the walls the crows muttered round the heads like courtiers round a king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All I can see of the ship is the mainmast and the crow’s nest poking through the fog, but the sky above it is clear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Aye, I might have. And you crows might decide to close that gate. A few fighters on t’other side, well, that way the gate stays open, don’t it?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I spit and clench my teeth to form a barrier, but now a fourth crow is pushing at my feet, and a fifth crow is pecking at my ribs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He came to a deeper rut, and recognized it as the place where he had fallen, and where the crow had perched on his shoulders. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The crow, who was very young indeed—in fact, only a year old—said wearily, “Because it was shiny.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But it didn’t matter what the crow thought. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The crows cawed and wheeled and beat their shiny black wings against the wind-whipped clouds. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Har! A task I’m well suited for, crow. On your way!” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His weeding was turning up bugs and worms, morsels that the crows wanted, he knew, and it put his seedlings at risk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So later in the spring, when all the birds except the crows left the island and flew off to the north, I had these two for friends. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z High John squatted and patted the crow’s neck feathers. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The dream had been deeply disturbing, more so than any of the other crow dreams. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was tall and broad, and there were crow’s feet around his eyes, laugh lines around his mouth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They made fun of his tantrums, his outdated cane, and his apocalyptic predictions, and said he looked like a crow in his mourning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s taken quite a fancy to you. It’s just as well. I’m simply not up to keeping crows any more, not up to it at all.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Above us, a nest full of young crows cawed for theirs, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “The food’s for fighters. Help us hold the Wall, and you’ll eat as well as any crow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Been that way since the Civil War, the old-timers crow. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd of crows beyond the gate had swollen to two score by the time they emerged from beneath the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The crow’s nest is a small circular tub, high up on the mainmast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There were carrion crows wheeling in the air above the gray battlements, and Will felt a jolt of sickness as he realized what had drawn them there. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Flocks of crows squabbled noisily over each head, thick as flies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I hope it’s the crow, don’t you?” said Silver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z People believed the words of the tortoise, the crow, and the prophet. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The crows had been at them, but their crimson cloaks still showed bright against the sandstone walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The priest was an immense, gray-bearded man, wearing a black cassock, with a crow dæmon on his shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Bodies floated in the moat, islands for the crows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a large cage—perhaps four feet high—and inside was a strange-looking bird: black, as big as a small crow, but with stripes of color on its side. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z ‘There was a door south-west of Caradhras, some fifteen miles as the crow flies, and maybe twenty as the wolf runs,’ answered Gandalf grimly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He motioned me forward, and I reluctantly inched closer and looked over the side of the giant crow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The tree was black with crows all cawing at once. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “What possibilities!” he crowed, as if he hadn’t even heard me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "Not a day's ride from here, we found two Lannister scouts feeding die crows where the Freys had strung them up. Most of Lord Walder's strength remains massed at the Twins, though." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He threw away his sword as dozens of crows rose shrieking and complaining to flap about the corpses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “He’s about as ugly a crow bait as I ever saw,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Just three nights ago she had dreamed of Daario lying dead beside the road, staring sightlessly into the sky as crows quarreled above his corpse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z |
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