| 单词 | crown |
| 例句 | “Maybe ’cause you don’t always have to win a pageant to wear a crown.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The braid drew in and made the sides of the crown. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z This way and that turned the dark head helmed and crowned with fear, sweeping the shadows with its unseen eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “It looks just like a shining crown,” she announced dramatically. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The way up was steep and stony, the summit crowned by a chest-high wall of tumbled rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And they crowned him king of the island. He was the best king they ever had.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The battlements and crenellations were crowned with snow and hung with icicles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only Melisandre kept pace, bearing the great standard of the fiery heart with the crowned stag within. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She listens to the wind sift through the filigree of the crown of the gazebo, and the walls of the maze hold steady around them, Paris murmuring below, the drowsy purr of a Saturday morning. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She reached under the wedding crowns and the hair braids to come up with something Chapter Eleven hadn’t seen: a silver spoon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Davos could make out Fury well to the southeast, her sails shimmering golden as they came flown, the crowned stag of Baratheon blazoned on the canvas. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I pulled up the brim and took it off and looked at it, smoothing the crown. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “University talk again. A husband crowns a woman’s life, Ifeoma. It is what they want.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She just stared down into her lap, weaving tiny little crowns out of grass and flower petals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Grandmother lay in bed, looking gaunt and frail, her white hair spread around her face like a basilisk’s crown. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It’s as if she’s stepped down off the wall, the walls: the same round raw potato face, the hulky big-boned frame, the glittering spectacles and hairpin crown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Ghost tosses the crown to my identical twin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Texas sun pounds down on the crown of my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And, anyway, they were Marshall’s and he was all for it when he found out the crown was to be for him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin circlet comprising dangling gold and jewels crowned her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “We do not swear to the king, but to the crown,” someone cries. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Curiously, every pair but one left with the crown in hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When the woman returned half an hour later with a stack of books piled in her arms, Celaena laughed as she swiped the note that crowned the column of leather. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the throne now sat Notus—a bronze-skinned old man in a fiery Greek chiton, his head crowned with a wreath of withered, smoking barley. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Finally the keystone was lowered into place to lock the ribs together at the crown, the highest point of the arch. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Was it war that made him grow so fast, she wondered, or the crown they had put on his head! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Years past they had been forced to sell their last few treasures, and now even the coin they had gotten from Mother's crown had gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No, it would be like carrying the crown jewels through a mine field. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Morris sent two canvas bags containing “410 Spanish dollars, two English crowns, 10 shillings sixpence, and a French half crown.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure what I expected, it wasn’t like she wore a crown and sat on a throne giving out royal orders. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To his parents it’s as if he is deliberately wearing a crown of thorns, giving himself pain. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Just needed some elbow grease and then it would shine and sparkle like a crown. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was a crown on her head, with a star on top. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And indeed it had — for Venus was now just perceptible by the spurs of light that crowned it to either side as it passed into the ring of the sun. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “A list of potential brides. Any one of them would be suitable to take the crown. And all, I’ve been told, are quite capable of producing heirs.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “But what he say about the chipped one? He said they might be able to put a crown on it? Like a king? That would be sweet.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Side by side they scaled the last height to where the diminishing pile was crowned by the last broken rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She haunted his thoughts, made him wish to do grand and wonderful things in her name, made him want to be a man who deserved to wear a crown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And you could see a once, not only from her crown and robes, but from the flash of her eyes and the curve of her lips, that she was a great queen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The whole hill was crowned with dazzling light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His crown had come from her, could he hold it in her absence? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the stars flamed in the sunlight, for they were wrought of gems by Arwen daughter of Elrond; and the crown was bright in the morning, for it was wrought of mithril and gold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then—as a crowning absurdity, my salvation that moment—came the man the thanes called Unferth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Here at last the snow crown began,- Sky's weathered stones were rimed with frost, and long spears of ice hung from the slopes above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mila always had hers braided perfectly around the crown of her head, and today she was carefully sliding tiny flowers into the plait as she followed Verusha. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Put on your bridal crown, Freya, and pack your things,” he said. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It moves down the rows, cutting the baby greens at the same point just above the crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Way I saw it, Mr. Paine was saying all people were the same, that no one deserved a crown or was born to be higher than another. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His traveling companion, Charles Kalme, repeated his win of the previous year and was crowned the champion once again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The crown prince wore the armor he would die in: gleaming black plate with the three-headed dragon of his House wrought in rubies on the breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Those flames on her crown are the warmest thing about her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His hats were black, round of crown and straight of brim, and uncrushed as though he still left room for a coiled queue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked in last, wearing my crown of thorns. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He sent to the rest of the Brigade to form around the hill to the right, below the crown. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will assume the burden and the honor of the crown,” Dain says gravely, and in that moment, his nakedness becomes something else, some sign of power. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, Lancelot,” she sang as she stitched at the shield- crown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It sat among the tall mountains of the world like a gem on the crown of a king. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m a king. See my crown? I’m a king just like I always wanted to be. I’m a king because I want to be one. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z "I have told you, all is settled. Trust me. The khal has promised you a crown, and you shall have it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They took the other crown away from me, and now they are stealing this one as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And of course Marshall’s hieroglyph was the double crown of Egypt because he was already the boy-pharaoh—and that’s what he liked to be best. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear on my crown that the pup shall live.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He places a half crown like the one I received as victor on my head, but it’s made of a heavy black metal, not gold. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With my luck, I would be the person to break the original crown. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Windows exploded, beams crashed, and trees split, their crowns ablaze like torches in the hand of a cruel giant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Vanessa Williams and each Miss America I see crowned year after year on television. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The owl’s pure-white plumage was broken only by a few brown bars on the wing and some dark spots on the crown. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But none was so regal, so striking, nor so handsome as the man who wore the crown. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The Crown: “The biggest, most precious crown belongs to a humble queen.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, he had no doubts about crowning himself immediately—he didn’t even wait to find out if Wayna Qhapaq had left any instructions or last wishes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I eye her every move, from the way she stands with her Miss New Jersey crown perfectly balanced on her head to the way her eyes smile as she’s answering questions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She wore the sunset as a flaming crown. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then I would heat my coffee and sit comfortably on my back step and contemplate wood and water and the quick-rising mountains with crowns of conifers and the fir trees high up, dusted with snow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Smiling, the Sun took off his crown of burning light so that the lad could look at him without distress. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she took Celia to the foot of the hill crowned with the Church of Saint Lazarus. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet now the banners that flew from its battlements were golden, not black, and where the three-headed dragon had once breathed fire, now pranced the crowned stag of House Baratheon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Spiked on a pole atop the bridge is the severed head of a traitor—a man who betrayed the crown of England and paid for it with his life. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "And Joffrey . . . Joffrey is ..." She finished for him. ". . . crown prince, and heir to the Iron Throne. And I was only twelve when my father promised me to your brother Brandon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Flowers weren’t available at sea and so the koumbaros, a guy named Pelos serving as best man, switched the king’s hempen crown to the queen’s head, the queen’s to the king’s, and back again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the party was over, Mami really wanted to save that crown, but her little brother Edilberto found that sweet crown and sucked off the sugar rosettes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z On her head was a wide straw hat with a tiny crown; long jet-beaded hatpins held it on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the smart move. Once the crown is on your head, nothing’s going to get it off.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Now she realized, for the first time, that the silver woman was crowned. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Forget that she sometimes wore a diamond crown and that I’d flown to London on the presidential jet; we were just two tired ladies oppressed by our shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then like country folk without any cares, we lay in the meadow, surrounded by tallgrass, and wove garlands of white daisies and purple columbines to crown each other. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A thick, dark green forest of oak and pine crowned pink-orange sand-rock plateaus that extended north and south beyond Nathan’s vision. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A buzzing noise was coming from the crown. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I felt his fingers’ light touch run along the crown of my head, feather-soft as they came down to cup my cheek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Atop the Red Keep's battlements streamed the boy king's banners: the crowned stag of Baratheon on its gold field, the lion of Lannister on crimson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Estermont thinks the flaming heart ill-chosen and begs to fight beneath the crowned stag as of old. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was chattering about costumes and rehearsals and the crown she would wear on her hair. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For now, she had to find out who stood between her and the crown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s the famous quadratic formula, which is the crowning achievement of high-school algebra class. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She is the opposite of what you might expect from a person who sells pageant crowns. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had now no hat and his thick brown hair was crowned with autumn leaves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a white-topped cap, and above the green shade or the peak was a crown, an anchor, gold foliage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Later that day, another tribute is killed in combat and a third gets eaten by a pack of those fluffy squirrels, leaving Haymitch and a girl from District 1 to vie for the crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And she wanted, more than anything in the world, to be a little princess wearing a golden crown and riding a high- stepping white horse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I sold our mother s crown to keep you fed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “While you were busy becoming the most famous student in Pakistan, your rival stole your crown at home!” he said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then she opens her hand, and I stagger back with the crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was the crowning aquatic glory of Paris, indeed, of the entire civilized world. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood over her, beautiful in blue wool and black leather, his golden curls shining in the sun like a crown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her son's crown was fresh from the forge, and it seemed to Catelyn Stark that the weight of it pressed heavy on Robb's head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I noticed her hair wasn’t in the usual crown of braids. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A garish gold crown had been secured between the lion’s ears, and its eyes had been replaced with bright silver dimes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "No," he shouted, "you cannot touch me, I am the dragon, the dragon, and I will be crowned!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her crown is bent and broken and her sash is too faded to read. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "Before the day is out, dozens of villains will deliver up false claims. Only my crown will convince Papa that you are the genuine villain." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Vendors sell dolls in her likeness, fitted with a tiny version of the queen's crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A silver candelabra, an emerald necklace, and even a diamond-encrusted crown. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Another man in a straw hat without any crown was at the wheel. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, tossing my head, which felt light without its heavy crown of hair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I don’t stay for the crowning of the winner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On one, she embroidered a cross of bright blue yarn and on the other, a golden heart crowned with brown thorns. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Prince Dain, about to be crowned the High King, does not have time to indulge in the petty sport of pretending to take me into his service just because a callow younger brother wishes it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sisters would almost always be dressed in white from crown to toe. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Euergetes, himself but newly crowned, rushed to Antioch at the head of a large military force. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Shooting the king, even if he’s not wearing a crown, is no small thing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Prince Blockhead! You should wear your crown to fend off woodpeckers." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Jesus is showing His heart with the crown of thorns, the fire, the blood. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There flowered a White Tree, and that was for Gondor; but Seven Stars were about it, and a high crown above it, the signs of Elendil that no lord had borne for years beyond count. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown, thought Tristran to himself, remembering the old nursery rhyme. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Two maidens with braids of silver held the royal crown. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Grover picked up a beautiful crown made of gold, silver, and jewels. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the days that followed his crowning the King sat on his throne in the Hall of the Kings and pronounced his judgements. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He’s already going through enough, hanging on a cross, crown of thorns on his head, without having to listen to us too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly a pale light appeared over the crown of Weathertop behind him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z That she, Petra West, had just as much right to the Miss Teen Dream crown as all these other girls? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Her hair is parted down the middle and graying at the temples, braided and wound over her head into a flat hair crown crisscrossed with hairpins. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was a tiny woman and her hair was pure white, and someone had braided it into a complicated crown on top of her head so that she looked like a fairy godmother. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Three stars with the crossed swords and crown above. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A bond bigger than any crown pulses through the five of us, and, for the first time since the start of this pageant, I know it’s me who has the upper hand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He squeezed his eyes shut against the tears still crowning. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And he told me, and I have to say, Alaska left us with the crown jewel of pranks, the Mona Lisa of high-school hilarity, the culmination of generations of Culver Creek pranking. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A stone merman rose from its waters, twenty feet tall from tail to crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I fine-tune her hair, placing a nice wave in the strands, adding a shiny gloss like Padma's black hair, and thickening it in the crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Slat wasn’t much, just another house in the worst part of the Barrel, three stories stacked tight on top of each other, crowned with an attic and a gabled roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I know it’s just costume jewelry and that none of this is real, but that doesn’t stop me from feeling the weight of the crown like a responsibility. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He was dressed in olive-drab trousers and a leather jacket, and he wore a cowboy hat but with a flat crown and the brim curled and held to a peak by the chin strap. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that if once he went beyond the crown of the pass and took one step veritably down into the land of Mordor, that step would be irrevocable. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She dipped slightly and let last year’s winner place the crown on her head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And the tall, slender Children's Tower, where legend said the children of the forest had once called upon their nameless gods to send the hammer of the waters, had lost half its crown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Too-dark blood was pooling in the grass under Mama’s head like a crown. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "He will go as soon as he has his ten thousand. My lord husband promised a golden crown." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jongintaba, he argued, would not only be a fine custodian of the crown but an excellent mentor to the young prince. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Galton knew that the crowning achievement of the law would be its ability to accurately predict a real pattern of inheritance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In truth, the soldiers barely looked at me as I passed through an entryway crowned by statues of Mary and Jesus, plus other saints whose names I did not know. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "I was promised a crown, and I mean to have it. The dragon is not mocked." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The only part that seemed really to rouse him and hold his attention was the account of the crowning and marriage of Aragorn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z High towers that people built, and strong places, and havens of many ships; and the winged crown of the Kings of Men was held in awe by folk of many tongues. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I like that it’s not too shiny or too prissy like the newer crowns, and yet, it has a presence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Ahead he glimpsed a pale white trunk that could only be a weirwood, crowned with a head of dark red leaves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Soft mouth, curls draped around her shoulders, a jeweled hair comb instead of a crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The girl holding it is wearing a colorful crown made with real blue and white flowers, with matching ribbons tied at the back, trailing down her long, wavy hair. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Everything looked the same: the narrow cot, the colorful picture of Jesus’ bleeding head crowned with thorns, a palm frond nailed above it, the simple table and chair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The arms were divided down the middle; on one side was the crowned stag of the royal House, on the other the lion of Lannister. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He combs his flaxen strands meticulously from the lower left side of his head to his right temple, then swirls them round and round on his bald crown, securing them with a greasy pomade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A glistening crown pendant dangles from a gold rope chain. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Shining golden and ruby leaves crowned the trees. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He turned around to grin shyly at Gilly and then, as though carrying the crown of England, came down Mr. Randolph’s walk, the sidewalk, and into Trotter’s gate. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He hissed, revealing a crown of spikes around his neck like a basilisk’s. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And with that, he picked up the crown from the grass; it was as heavy and as soft as lead. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A young girl was crowned Strawberry Princess; the hakujin put on a salmon bake; the Volunteer Fire Department played a softball game against the Japanese Community Center team. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But this was no mountain where John lay, here, no robe, no crown. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The figures were all robed and had crowns on their heads. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z For my crown, for my throne, for you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After half an hour’s plodding climb Strider reached the crown of the hill; Frodo and Merry followed, tired and breathless. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z That evening, in the latrines, the dentist from Warsaw pulled my crown with the help of a rusty spoon. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Islands rose out of the steel harbor waters with sheer cliff sides, reaching to uneven summits, and crowned with austere, soaring firs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The soldiers had on broadbrim hats with the crown of the hat shaped into a cone. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the main office sat a priest in a long burgundy robe wearing a giant pointed hat, or crown. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The Doge and the Senate, delighted, offered to give Galileo tenure in his post at the University of Pisa for life, with his salary doubled to 1000 crowns a year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Long hair, often braided into crowns, was stylish with Russian women of the time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Which of you will crown me? Crown me and live.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There’s a life-size sculpture of Zephyr, the Greek god of the west wind brought to life by Francavilla, a crown on his head and one foot on a cloud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The modish bonnet with curling white feathers seemed to her uncle a crowning affront. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Whenever she didn’t like my tone, she would clip the crown of thorns violently, scattering a spray of leaves and red petals in the air. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z First of all, Emma wanted to say, I dressed up as a scientist in a lab coat for Halloween in kindergarten, when the other girls were wearing princess crowns. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Jammed over one ear was a gold crown, clearly designed for a human head. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Hold still,” I say, and straighten his crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Their crowns entwined and crisscrossed and whispered with rain, and bowed and shifted as troops of monkeys passed through them like currents of wind, leaping from crown to crown, crying their untranslatable cries. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She runs a hand over her hair, braided, as always, into a tight, silver-blonde crown. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She stacks it on top of her cart like a crown on top of her canned goods. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Where the crown jewels get dropped down sewers and flushed down toilets. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I could ask him to give up being crown prince in favor of his sister. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She wore a crown on her head because she was the queen of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dain, about to be crowned the High King, has the power to grant me a place in the Court, the power to gainsay Madoc and make me a knight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s very odd-looking. What are those, hands? And why does the heart have a crown?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Could any king hold on to his crown? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Even if it means a little extra food for my family, the idea of Peeta being crowned victor is unbearable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A servant reaches to remove the comb from the crown of Charlotte's head. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She had to don her crown again and return to her ebon bench and the arms of her noble husband. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind Atahuallpa came two other litters and two hammocks, in which were some high chiefs, then several squadrons of Indians with crowns of gold and silver. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Because in the world I lived in with Lucy, no one cared about crowns or sashes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He loved Maer, too: “My life has been very happy and very fortunate, and many of my pleasantest remembrances are mingled up with scenes at Maer, and now it is crowned.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird is about three feet tall, with a red crown on a white head, and a charcoal-gray body. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The snowflakes were melting on her cheeks, but her hair was wrapped in a swirl of lace that Satin had found somewhere, and the snow had begun to collect there, giving her a frosty crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The hands clasped together symbolize friendship. The heart is love. And the crown stands for loyalty,” I explain. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She stayed up all night waiting for me just to see me with my crown, sash and flowers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Already it had put forth young leaves long and shapely, dark above and silver beneath, and upon its slender crown it bore one small cluster of flowers whose white petals shone like the sunlit snow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Your brother Robb has been crowned King in the North. You and Aemon have that in common. A king for a brother." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "It seems they believe that Lord Stannis must win, and wish to share his victory. They call themselves the Antler Men, after the crowned stag." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I know when I find it, crowning the top of a slender bush. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Tell me true,” Ser Barristan said, “did you ever love her, even a little? Or was it just the crown you lusted for?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sure, she sells other stuff, but it’s the crowns that make this place a landmark. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I look at Yolanda and shrug at her crown of braids. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Now this might seem like no big deal, but the cubic zirconia pageant crowns are guarded more safely than the bank across the street. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As he neared, she saw that Stannis wore a crown of red gold with points fashioned in the shape of flames. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’ve spent all my own promises; now I will begin spending the crown’s. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Shoot, if I had a crown like that, I’d never take it off. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was on his right side, just below his rib cage, about the size of a half crown. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I truly hope so. I hope the King is so upset he jumps up and down on his crown. This war is not over, not by a long shot.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She released one hand from the phone and placed it, very briefly, on the crown of her head, then went back to holding the phone with both hands. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z And I stayed to the crown of the road, hoping not to meet anything oncoming. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Joff wore plush black velvets slashed with crimson, a shimmering cloth-of-gold cape with a high collar, and on his head a golden crown crusted with rubies and black diamonds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the center of the floor was a massive grand carousel, brightly lit with a top that looked like a gilded crown or something. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It would mean getting the crown somehow and putting it on Oak’s head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The hobgoblin king had fled into the night with his queen, leaving his wrought iron crown to clatter to the ground. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z These were the crowns of podocarpus trees, or podos, the largest trees in Africa, nearly as large as California sequoias. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The diamond might make me rich, but a crown would make me queen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Did you see how sparkly Miss New Jersey’s crown was? I wonder if those were real diamonds,” Maricela says. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She was crowned with braids and vines and what he first took for butterflies but quickly saw were orchids, with a single long white feather at a jaunty angle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “If you don’t give me your crown, it will cost you much more!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Hernan Cortes, who conquered Mexico, Pizarro was born into the lower fringes of the nobility and hoped by his exploits to earn titles, offices, and pensions from the Spanish crown. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The people in this arena weren’t crowned for their compassion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After the crown is placed on her head, she takes her ceremonial walk down the runway. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Without waking his sister, he climbed off the shelf, and shy of squatting on the crown of a hill in a new sun, he walked a little farther back into the cave. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Another team, from Crown Elementary, is wearing little fake crowns on their heads. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Inside is my brother, poised with a snowball, and Grace Smeath crowned with flowers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I saw them all glittering and glowing, and there was a little princess wearing her own crown and riding on a little white, tippy-toed horse.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The hobbits stood now on the brink of a tall cliff, bare and bleak, its feet wrapped in mist; and behind them rose the broken highlands crowned with drifting cloud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He sits facing out—rosy-coloured pot-bellied, crowned and smiling—three hands holding various objects, the fourth held palm out in blessing and in greeting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Far below, on the opposite bank, a shiny crown hovered in the air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, dressed as the god Dionysus-Osiris, wore Greek robes and a crown of ivy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z On top of her dark curls she wore a crown bearing the word Peace. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I stare at the chipped crown molding wrapped around my bedroom. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The Virgin Mary is showing her heart and it would be a pleasant heart if it didn’t have that crown of thorns. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It is no easy thing to wear a crown, Catelyn thought, watching, especially for a boy of fifteen years. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The television lights beamed down on his crown of hair, which was tinted the color of peach pits. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Sprawled across the throne, he had his chin propped by a hand, his golden crown glinting in the soft light. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As Elsie and I are lifted up through the Bureau, Mischief has been giggling nonstop in the background saying, “I’m helping a real-life magician escape! It’s my crowning achievement!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The gold spoons on the table and the jingle bells on the juggler’s cap, the strings on the minstrels’ guitars and the crowns on the king’s and the queen’s heads. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The hairpin crown was an optical illusion: it’s just hair, graying and cropped short. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He ran his large, freckled hand across the side of his head, where his hair was shaved close, and then through the tousled crown, where Mother lets it grow longer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Planted along the grass at the road’s edge were two lines of hornbeam trees, odd-looking things with perfectly symmetrical close-leafed crowns, more like children’s drawings than like real trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Madoc woke in a rage, only to find that his moment for seizing the crown was past. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I would give up my crown if he asked it of me, Dany thought... but he had not asked it, and never would. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The branches were strong all the way up into the crown of the tree, which stretched fifty or sixty feet into the sky. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She must do what was necessary to save the crown—and her future. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The tiny white flowers were fun to braid into crowns to put on the goats’ heads. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Running over the bottom edge of the crown so that when Balekin had lifted it, his hands had been smeared red. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the gloom of the hut, the big man lifted out a golden crown. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z They promised me a golden crown and gave me this. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "No. The King's under the law, for it's the law makes him a king. Hast no more power to start away from thy crown than any sentry from his post." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The moon was almost full, the night so clear that she could see the mountains, their peaks crowned with snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Take this crown from me, bury me in my ancestral soil. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “One: the original. Sometimes it goes on display at city hall. Two: the one given to the winner. Three: held in reserve in case crown number two goes missing.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "Robb has broken fealty with the Iron Throne and crowned himself King in the North. There's war." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She gave the crown a final tug down over Marshall’s ears and turned to face the altar of Set. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His tail flopped over the back of the chair, and from one of his ears dangled a jewel that looked like a small crown. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At Queens- crown, one had come out of the darkness to save Jon’s life. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Help me find my crown. Oh, and some clothes to wear, something light and cool.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Arthur Ashe played like a man possessed; and had Connors not been at his best, Ashe would have been crowned the champion. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on it was a plump guy with curly red hair and a crown of laurels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A dozen serpents swam free - each one lime green with a frilled crown around its head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ned Stark reached out his hand to grasp the flowery crown, but beneath the pale blue petals the thorns lay hidden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I paint a crown of starfish and golden hair, all jumbled together because the body and the mind are all part of the same being. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There were hollows in his crown where jewels used to be. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even at war, soldiers of the crown hardly merited that term, which belonged to ancient battles and bloodcurdling cries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her long veil dusts the floor and her crown glitters. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The region was ruled by the Duke of Florence, Cosimo de’ Medici, who had also been crowned Duke of Tuscany by the Pope in 1570 for his part in successful military campaigns against the Moors. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z King Joffrey followed on a tall grey palfrey, a golden crown set upon his golden curls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "He will give me a crown," he repeated, his voice growing sharp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘The King of Gondor and Lord of the Western Lands,’ said Gandalf; ‘and he has taken back all his ancient realm. He will ride soon to his crowning, but he waits for you.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I’m—very curious,” said the King, pushing the crown on one side and scratching his head. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z "He says you shall have a splendid golden crown that men shall tremble to behold." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Okay, Miss SmartyPants. Why then would the water python attack when ye grabbed the crown?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Our neighborhood was mostly Jewish then and my mother was always saying, “They killed Christ! They pushed in the crown of thorns!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “The crown wants me to be there!” he lies quickly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Buried from root to crown in frozen snow, they huddled on the hill like giants, monstrous and misshapen creatures hunched against the icy wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Notched into a cut of red clay crowned with oaks the road appeared to stop short off, like a cut ribbon. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Evans knocked, and a tall tea-colored woman, crowned with a bush of black hair, opened the door. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z They had crowned her with a simple circlet of dark bronze, yet she looked more regal in bronze than Stannis did in gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The Drowned God makes men," old King Urron Redhand had once said, thousands of years ago, "but it's men who make crowns." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Justice Strauss had on a dreamy expression, as if she were about to be crowned queen, instead of just having some powders and creams smeared on her face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z My eyes were drawn to his face, which bore a terrible, raw-looking scar that reached from his crown to his jaw. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Their features were vague through the gauze of her veil, but Nina glimpsed the tattoos on their forearms: a feral cat curled into a crown—the symbol of the Dime Lions. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Or maybe it had happened at homecoming while Grace was squeezing a baby out of her body and he danced, wearing a cheap plastic crown. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Charmion was reaching with a shaking hand to adjust Cleopatra’s crown. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “And she has a crown. Made of the thinnest of ice.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Claudius not only wears my father's crown, but he weds my father's wife!” he said in a tone of disbelief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I dropped my ax when that wave hit me, but at least I managed to hold on to the crown. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “What if someone tries to take the crown?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “None of that, now. Save the tears for your victory walk. Otherwise it looks premature and the judges will think you’re cocky. Or emotionally unstable. Or premenstrual. None of that will get you a crown.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She held her crown in her lap and polished it idly on her skirt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I nudge Pollux with my elbow and point out a small black bird with a crown. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Voting Rights Act has been called the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to get to stand on the same stage that Vanessa Williams was crowned on. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Baron Rothschild’s private secretary, a large-nosed Jew in tight boots, affably beamed upon the world, as if his master’s name crowned him with a golden halo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “The king was overjoyed. ‘They have been sent to crown my old age,’ he cried, and called the queen, his ministers, the palace staff, and, indeed, the entire population to see them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z In the Aurora’s light she saw a great bird, a beautiful gray goose whose head was crowned with a flash of pure white. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I’ll morph it into a crown for the queen Dad says I am. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and thought of Rosa: her perfect face, her milky skin, her mermaid hair, her honeyed eyes that caused such havoc, her hands clasping the mother- of-pearl rosary, her nuptial flower crown. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She fixed her a crown of braids, leaving most of it tumbling long, and wove in vines and sprays of orchids, sprigs of fern, and the one white feather. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “The crown jewel from the train car princess,” I whispered, smiling. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I smile, but I feel like crying, remembering Papi’s marshmallow crown that Mami reminded me about when we were in hiding. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I had lost my crown for nothing. a few days before the Poles left, I had a novel experience. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The King’s Huntress was in the middle of the group of riders, and she too was flinging out sparkling gold coins, and her horse’s headdress was plumed in a crown of red feathers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But that crown wasn’t anything to sniff at—twisting spines of diamonds that looked like branches glowing with new frost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Chief Powhatan was asked to kneel to receive his crown. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z With him was his lady, slender and young, bright as new copper, her black hair crowned with opals. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z On his head was a mock helm fashioned from an old tin bucket, with a rack of deer antlers strapped to the crown and hung with cowbells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His picture—never really inspected—had been of clean-eyed young men and immaculate girls, all in academic robes and converging on a white temple on the crown of a wooded hill in the evening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The travellers reached a low ridge crowned with ancient holly-trees whose grey-green trunks seemed to have been built out of the very stone of the hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He gave Lupita a quick look from her crown of braids to her black sandals, grunted, and said, “Come on then.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Precious stones of astonishing size and brightness stared from their crowns and hung in chains round their necks and peeped out from all the places where anything was fastened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She remembered her mother, dressed in a paper crown and red velvet cloak, blowing kisses across the flames to her father, dressed as a joker with gold and silver baubles hanging from his cap. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the crowning indignity was a little flap, like the tongue of a shoe sewed on sideways, that served as a fly at the front of the trousers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was no secret that King Robert had left the crown vastly in debt, and alchemists were seldom mistaken for altruists. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I still had my crown for Short-Circuit Scientist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The loathsome demon stood three times as tall as a man and had the head of a dragon crowned by three horns. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "I think he means for you to have a crown, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He also wore a small crown and a robe with the letters of the alphabet beautifully embroidered all over it. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He wore a new Stetson hat with a flat crown, a tan Norfolk jacket with a belt buckle of mother-of-pearl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Joffrey was prominent among them, his raiment all crimson, silk and satin patterned with prancing stags and roaring lions, a gold crown on his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “She’s cute at first,” I said, “but trust me, it wears off once she crowns herself the pope and declares the bathroom ‘religious grounds.’” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Her father called it a crown of glory. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Besides, kings who lost their crowns oft lost their heads as well, and she could see no reason why it would be any different for a queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What should have been the crowning moment of Bernard’s whole career had turned out to be the moment of his greatest humiliation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Thalia swatted the crown out of his hands. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z You could see clearly that it had a head and a neck and a nose and even an Adam’s apple, and some scrubby trees were growing atop it like a crown of wild hair. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “His Grace is not an easy man. Few are, who wear a crown. Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At length they came to the crown of the hill. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z My mother has fit in her old pageant dress every year since she was crowned. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z With a gleeful chuckle, Hold-Your-Nose Billy dropped the ransom note and the golden crown into a dirty linen sack. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z They followed him and found a rich bed with a crown of silk on it and a part-drawn sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That morning, she had taken out Lefty’s wedding crown, cutting it away from her own so he could be buried with it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “A mixture. The Dutch settled most of the land up and down the Hudson. There are a lot of them still here and they don’t much care for the English crown.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I was picturing someone in a crown and an ermine-trimmed scarlet robe, like Old King Cole. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Look! The king has got a crown again!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And the soldiers wore the girls’ hats, one a tiny yellow straw boater with a bunch of daisies on the crown, the other a white knitted half-hat to which medallions of blue cellophane adhered. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A crown of red gold, Varys says, its points fashioned in the shapes of flames. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And she’d sing along with the soulful a cappella choir about going down to the river to pray and wearing the golden crown and the good Lord showing us the way and whatnot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We will bring an invitation to Chief Powhatan to come to James Town to receive gifts from King James and to be crowned. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The Prince of Dragonflies loved Jenny of Oldstones so much he cast aside a crown, and Westeros paid the bride price in corpses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are not ambitious for a crown, are you, my sweet love?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was a hole in the crown of Xavier’s head, and she could see that his brain was gone, too. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Did your mama send you in for something? I just got the new crowns in.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The ancient crown of the Kings of Winter had been lost three centuries ago, yielded up to Aegon the Conqueror when Torrhen Stark knelt in submission. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The teachers didn't go into much more detail, which is surprising, because that was the year District 12’s very own Haymitch Abernathy won the crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her slightest gesture, her faint scent of fresh laundry and soap, the light in her eyes and the grace of her delicate neck crowned with untamable curls—I loved everything about her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, but Jack did not fall down and break his crown.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “The winners will face each other in a final duel. Whoever wins will be crowned King’s Champion. Is that clear?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My idol wished always to be first in the telling, to regale others with the story in its fullness, from beginning to end, from miller’s hut to crown and castle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His Roman badges - mural crown, centurion, praetor - glittered on his shirt collar. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The shine of the crown has worn off, and we are slammed. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Arthur loved his Lancelot so much that he wanted him to have a splendid setting, in which his crowning achievement could be done. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black hair is tied to a crown festooned with more pearls, appearing like webbing above her head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Judith is at least twenty years Mallory’s senior, but both their smiles are as glittering white as the crown brooches on their cardigans. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Long cream-colored banners whip through the air, flying Eldred’s symbol—a tree that is half white flowers and half thorns, roots dangling beneath it and a crown atop. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The king’s Asian empire, alas, proved even more ephemeral than Alexander’s: within six months all his appointed governors were deposed, and Seleucus II was crowned in Babylon. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “I could do without the crown,” she said, touching the golden circlet on her head, weighty as the anvil on which the blacksmith hammered the horseshoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "Those men will help me to my crown," she said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the distance, its crown rose over the others like a mother standing over her children. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The summit of a hill stood out above the water, crowned with a clump of trees, mostly oaks, whose bare branches looked mournful against the gray sky. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For a moment it seemed to the eyes of Legolas that a white flame flickered on the brows of Aragorn like a shining crown. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Don’t you want to be Mommy’s good little girl and blow kisses and get a crown?’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Socrates first leads Gorgias up the garden path, enticing him to agree that “rhetoric is the artificer of persuasion, having this and no other business, and that this is her crown and end.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Your grandmother was the Keeper of the Forest,” said the fairy queen, who wore a crown of clover and sat upon a throne of holly leaves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Neither does wearing a crown make you a real princess—not anymore.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “What is a king without a crown? That’s a riddle, but one to which we all know the answer: no king at all.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z High up above the tall cliffs were steep slopes upon which trees climbed, mounting one head above another; and above them again were grey faces of inaccessible rock, crowned by a great spire of stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Basilisk means Tittle crown,’ which is a cute name for something that’s not very cute. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She looked far too young and sprightly to have worn the crown for over forty years. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "Nay, lad," said King Lune, "thou art my heir. The crown comes to thee." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Moments later, hundreds of voices reverberate around me, filling me crown to toe. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Its top was crowned with a circle of weathered stones, a ringfort of the First Men that had stood desolate and abandoned for hundreds of years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Night came on and the half-seen heads of the mountains westward were crowned with stars, but the East was dark and blank. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "I swore I would never treat with you while you wore your traitor's crown. Would that I had kept to that vow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Laila kissed her daughter, aiming for the forehead, finding the crown of her head instead. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Long, two stories high, and crowned with a giant clock tower at its center. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the mortuary, her friends from the casa de santo dressed Felicia in her initiation gown, her crown, and her necklaces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Queen Mab’s crown was magically and wondrously wrought so that it passes only from one blood relation to another, in an unbroken line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z From the overarching metal frame crowning each machine, wooden harnesses, carrying hundreds of warp threads drawn from a massive beam at the back of each loom, clanked up and down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One girl emerges with a purple velvet cape and crown. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “What do you think about stealing a crown? Right in front of the kings and queens of Faerie?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To distract her, I explain about Balekin’s banquet, about how the Court of Shadows is going to help me get the crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Below the window I watched the crowns of people’s heads passing beneath new straw hats not yet unbleached. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was tangled with weeds and seemed to be growing through a rusty crown; his skin was greenish, and his long beard trailed over his throat and down into the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The black crown, which now appears red-hot, casts strange shadows on my dramatically made-up face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I needed him and he wasn’t there. He got crowned homecoming king the night she was born. He wasn’t even with me in the room.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The crown spared him for two nights before he returns to England for his own damage control tour. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She gives me a look of deep concern as a pixie boy, newly indebted to Madoc, braids her chestnut hair into a crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He wore an iron crown and held a leg of lamb in one hand as a king might hold a scepter, and his eyes followed Dany with mute appeal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A name was written on a scrap of fabric affixed to the crown —James. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why would you want to help me? For the crown?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One man, pulling an anchor off Naushon, hooked an old crown that had been buried in the muck for a century. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “How nice that would be,” said Azaz, straightening up and adjusting his crown. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “More children,” said Mr. Fukida, and grinned so that his gold crowns glinted in the sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I am a rat, but I will have something beautiful. I will have a crown of my own. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z By the time I removed my crampons to walk the last hundred yards to the tents, the sun felt like it was boring a hole through the crown of my skull. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel smiled at him, a strange smile—strangely, she thought, loving—and touched him on the crown of the head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He pushed his way across the yard to where his nephew stood, his dung-encrusted crown askew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My brother has not changed," their young king told them as Brienne unfastened his cloak and lifted die gold-and-jade crown from his brow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the center of the glade, on the grass some distance from them, was an ornate golden crown, which glittered in the afternoon sunlight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Theon consoled himself with the reminder that it was only a prince's crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even Eunjoo smiled and sat in the fragrant soft grass to make a flower crown. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Fine, I thought, let him ship the crown jewels. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Hello, Princess Laney,” Benny said as Laney adjusted the crown on her head. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The blue gem embedded in her stone crown pulsed in the faint sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It has crown molding, a marble fireplace, and grander rooms than they have furniture for. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z About a year ago Francis repeated to me a rumor—which we subsequently found was complete romance—that Julian had been appointed royal tutor to the little crown prince of Suaoriland, somewhere in East Africa. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And each mannequin, of course, was crowned by a glorious pair of wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That’s why I feel that this crown is really for her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A flower crown of red, orange, and yellow roses and peonies sits atop her wavy, black hair. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was crowned with a knot of old and twisted trees, about which lay a broken circle of boulder-stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His finger seems to instinctively trace the tattoo on his forearm—an A with a crown over it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The king seated himself in the right-hand throne with a golden crown upon his head and a jeweled sceptre in one pale hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Rings, we would make from them, and crowns and necklaces, stains from the bitter milk on our fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare down at the crown of his nappy head. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shall remove your gold crown, that’s all,” he said, clearly indifferent. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, of a sudden, the clouds parted, he felt the sun like a crown of glory, and he was in a peaceful field. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z If the queen did not think her eldest son was fit for the crown, she could pass it to another child, or even to a nephew or cousin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And standing on either side of the pixie are two knights in his livery, one with scarlet hair braided into a crown on her head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She caught glimpses of feathers and crooked paper crowns, rose-hued cheeks and deeply rouged lips, gowns of rich red and gold velvet. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Long, two stories high, and crowned with a giant clock tower at its center. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And Davos saw the crown of the child's head push its way out of her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now the king ascends a gangplank of raw timbers that leads from the platform up to the top of the arch whose unjoined piers tower over crown and wharves and river. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You like?” she asked, patting the crown of her head. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He hunched down and tried to move toward the exit, but someone else stepped up, an older man with a crown of white hair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like a cross. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no room in God’s army for the coward heart, no crown awaiting him who put mother, or father, sister, or brother, sweetheart, or friend above God’s will. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “It was the most intricate braid I’ve ever seen, twisted in and about and around itself like a crown. Whoever gave you that braid was Talented indeed.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When I visited Felicia the following day, she was dressed in her coronation gown, her crown, and all her necklaces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But Imrahil said to Éomer: ‘Is it thus that we speak to our kings? Yet maybe he will wear his crown in some other name!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Fire leapt from one tree to another, igniting the crowns of leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘This crown of leaves could be yours! You can wear it on your head! Think of the glory!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Certainly. A wonderful idea, Miss Miggery. Princess, take off your crown and give it to the serving girl. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z If I gave up my crown, he would not want me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But it was to Father the crowning touch in Mrs. Gandhi’s dictatorial takeover of the nation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z After three days’ delay, during which the crown prosecution stood over for the production of the witness from the prison-ship, the witness came, and completed the easy case. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Now, it is time for me to hang up my crown as Manifest Huckleberry Queen of 1917 and trade it for the hardscrabble life of a journalist. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Probably more of a coward. Very well, Jude, kingmaker. We will gamble with you. Put the crown on a head other than Balekin’s and I will help you keep it there.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Backs turn just a little as I pass, and I realize that I might as well be walking down the ghetto street with a bright gold crown on my head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I stiffen from the soles of my feet to the crown of my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And with that, Oak puts the crown down on Cardan’s head, to rest on his brow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She pardoned them alL Her eyes were brighter than her crown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary crowned with dying sweet flowers on the first day of May. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They painted circles and dots on her head and cheeks—white for Obatala, reds and yellows and blues for the other gods—and crowned her with the sacred stones. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The favorite—Ivy—wears a glistening crown on her head. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I can. I do. And I promise we will thwart Balekin. We will get the crown of Faerie,” I tell him heedlessly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We passed the afternoon in delicious solitude and hiked back down in the fading light, a withering crown of yellow blooms encircling my black hair. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Then surely the High King would relent and put the crown on the head of the prince with the most power, the one with the military on his side. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “How about plays? Have you seen The Ghost and the Goosegirl or The Ha’penny KingV' Chronicler frowned. “Is that the one where the king sells his crown to an orphan boy?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was as if he were a king and someone had knocked his crown into the dirt. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Her skirts fly out behind her, her leather riding breeches are dyed red, and her thin crown flashes in her dark, braided hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Lannister men. The lion of Lannister flew over the ramparts, not the crowned stag. And they had taken the city by treachery." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Two shillings. I offer you a crown and two shillings.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Grandma told us we got stars in our heavenly crown if we made gifts for each other from scratch. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I hold my breath as she places the crown on top of my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Sourmelina had cut the ribbon between their wedding crowns and placed her husband’s inside the coffin, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lord Sawane had rebuilt in stone, for now a small square keep crowned the hill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was Mullet Fingers, trying not to giggle, the daredevil owl perched calmly on the crown of his head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I am struck suddenly by his height, by the arrogant sneer he wears like a crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had coasted along the lower wall of the orchard—turned its angle: there was a gate just there, opening into the meadow, between two stone pillars crowned by stone balls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Now, in her black uniform, with her shining braid encircling her head like a crown, she’s as beautiful as winter’s first snow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We unbraid Grace’s hair, which falls down her back in coarse brown ripples, and wind the chains around her head like a crown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It seemed worthwhile, if absurdly so, to have endured all they’d endured for this one crowning moment, for this act of defiance that would end the suffering of all indignities. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Girding his brows was a red-gold crown with points like twisting flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She blinked at the wreath; it was so lovely, a crown fit for a woodland princess. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As the alpha female’s daughter, she would be the crown princess out there in the enclosure. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Roots knob out of the ground and the crown reaches for the sun, tall and healthy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z No wonder he took a few rhinestones for the crown jewels. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The warmth moves from the bottom of my toes to the crown of my head and the very tips of my fingers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And she took off her crown, and plucked from it one of the little scarlet flowers that, while she wore them, remained as fresh as if they had just been picked. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore shimmering wings, and the same flower crown that she’s wearing now. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They gasped at the thin golden crown that settled in his black curls like eggs in a thrush’s nest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They would be covered from their boots to the crowns of their hats with dust. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z His iron staff was as tall as he was and crowned with a dragon’s head; when he stamped its butt upon the deck, the dragon’s maw spat crackling green flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I studied, Djo, and learned about things that hap-pened long ago and far away: the Roman Empire, the crowning of Charlemagne, the siege of Paris. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z People watch with mild interest through the glass wall of the Stratosphere crown—well-dressed people eating escargot and drinking radiation as their restaurant slowly revolves—and I realize I’m part of the evening’s entertainment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "The Thirteen shall set a crown of black jade and fire opals upon her lovely head." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Well actually, I did pretend to groan, but inside I was as thrilled as if I’d been crowned Sylvan’s Peach Queen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had dressed her in the white gown and crown of wax orange blossoms that were being saved for her wedding day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Oak was grown and ready, he could return, aided by the power of the Greenbriar crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Last of all, he donned his crown, a band of cold iron slim as a finger, set with heavy chunks of black diamond and nuggets of gold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I answered them coolly, overly briefly, the unimpeachable crown prince of the situation. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My crown of thorns was woven of thoughts of my boy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A crown of finger bones circled his greasy black hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In fact, I was pleased with what was happening to him: my gold crown was safe. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Tourmaline Brotherhood pressed on her a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon,- the coils were yellow gold, the wings silver, the heads carved from jade, ivory, and onyx. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Like as not, he was sitting a warhorse right now, clad in bright armor, his crown upon his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s not the crown, but it is a crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It had been at Edmure's insistence that Robb had given the river lords leave to depart after his crowning, each to defend his own lands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His hair is a black tuft at the very crown of his head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Me. Except I would be a terrible king, and I would hate it. Besides, Balekin is unlikely to put the crown on my head. He and I have never gotten on particularly well.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was the size of a fat cigar and had little levers in different colors circling its top, like a crown. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We pass an indoor garden, a marble bathing onsen, and a series of offices, until we stop before a white door marked with a white rose snaking through a four-pointed crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Volantene honors were most common, little coins no bigger than a penny with a crown on one side and a skull on the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Axes cleared the debris, and two armed guards entered the room, followed by the king with the golden crown and the spear-shaped beard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The slim, sad girl who wore a crown of pale blue roses and a white gown spattered with gore could only be Lyanna. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z An hour later, all is right with the world—the football captain and cheer squad co-captain are crowned Homecoming king and queen. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z With the fighting dragging on, Henry IV was not crowned until 1594, a year after he had once again declared himself to be a Catholic, and even then the conflict with Spain continued. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I was beginning to picture myself travelling first-class all over the globe with my Famous White Mouse Circus, and performing before all the crowned heads of Europe. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Lee had told him that there were mountains in the south so high that even his balloon could not fly over them, and they were crowned with snow and ice all year round. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She pushed her head forward to get a better look at a woman in a glittering bikini with a crown of feathers on her head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He was in crimson samite, his black mantle studded with rubies, on his head his heavy golden crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kyla asked me, spinning the knot of her scarf to the crown of her head and fanning her long black hair over her shoulders. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It could have been some kind of hair band, but Gregor had a bad feeling it was a crown. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the guards stepped forward, and Faramir opened the casket, and he held up an ancient crown. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “And you are not going to tell me who this candidate is nor how you’re going to get a crown on his head?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nicasia’s hair is the blue-green of the ocean, crowned with a diadem of pearls. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Now it was soft, and dirt had settled into the notches where the pale straw fibers crossed each other, especially in the crown. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And not long after that it was he himself who had the task of crowning our present Queen in Westminster Abbey with half the world watching him on television. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Balekin lifts the crown and sets it on his own head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stand straighten “That I better straighten my crown and remember who my grammy is.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Below the jagged line of bone was a spongy crimson mess of brain, several inches across, reaching from the crown almost to the tip of his ear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She calls it her “loungewear” and, second only to her Miss Teen Blue Bonnet crown, it is her most prized possession. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He held up the coin, studying the woman’s profile, with her wavy hair and crown. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Once again Frightful almost sent me through the crown of the forest by digging her talons into my shoulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Well, if this isn’t the crown of all!’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her hair was up in a fancy crown of braids. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The pneumatic pads pumped to cradle her crown. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The arms were divided down the middle; on one side was the crowned stag of the royal House, on the other the lion of Lannister. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She cooked meals where she made three separate eternally boiled vegetable portions for everybody and would giggle in the corner at Christmas with a small glass of sherry and a paper crown on her head. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The Cactus: “Oh, what a regal cactus, crowned with purple prickly pears.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Unless a new source of coin could be found, or the Iron Bank persuaded to relent, he would have no choice but to pay the crown’s debts with Lannister gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There's just one crown, though, and you can hear the crowd's confusion -whose head will he place it on? -until President Snow gives it a twist and it separates into two halves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Southeast celebrated kudzu festivals and crowned kudzu queens. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I thought you did not want the crown! Only yesterday, before we wed, you said you would forswear Denmark’s throne.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My mom has moved her crown, which sits in a glass case, from the center of the mantel to make room for Lucy’s urn. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I wonder what he will ask us for, now that he has helped give Cardan a crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Good. Came to see Prince Dain win the crown with my own eyes.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The crown of golden roses girded his temples, jade stag's head rising over his forehead, long black hair spilling out beneath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “She went to a Renaissance Faire upstate. Isn’t her crown gorgeous? She got to wear this whole costume. See?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Finally, he tipped the crown off his head and flung it to Prince Brat. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z And every time a new king was crowned, they added on a new wing to the alien castle, which was why I had to build it so enormous. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In front of them marched Octavian, purple robes over his armour, Imperial gold jewellery glittering on his neck and arms, and a crown of laurels on his head as if he’d already won the battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When she died Dionysus took a crown he had given her and placed it among the stars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that crown on Oak’s brow and flinch from the image. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was the king of Syracuse who asked Archimedes to determine whether his crown was pure gold or had been mixed with lead, a task beyond the abilities of all the scientists at the time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The cow opens her meaty wet lips, curls her sandpaper tongue around the bunched clover like a fat rope, and rips the mouthful of tender leaves from its crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Two aged crab apple trees, bent with the wind, stripped of leaves but still heavy with berry-sized red fruits and bushy crowns of white-beaded mistletoe, stood sentinel on either side of the front door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I had a vague idea that being Christian had something to do with worshipping Yesu, a God who wore a crown of thorns. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A crown of steel he bore, but between rim and robe naught was there to see, save only a deadly gleam of eyes: the Lord of the Nazgûl. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He would stay with Drogo until the debt had been paid, until he had the crown he had been promised. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Of all her whoppers, this was Grandma’s crowning achievement. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When they had disappeared over the crown of the ridge Jody walked up the hill in back of the house. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When the crowns had been cooled in the river Aslan made Frank and Helen kneel before him and he placed the crowns on their heads. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Either you’re not allowed to talk about it because it’s unseemly for the crown, or you choose not to talk about it because you want people to think you’re cultured. Which one?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We take turns taking Polaroid pictures with Miss New Jersey as she holds her crown above our head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She wore a crown of red gold with points in the shape of flames, a twin to that worn by Stannis. “... you may rise, Lord Snow. This is my daughter, Shireen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the boy raises his hands away from his chest, he lifts a crown over his head and places it down on top of his messy hair. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A perfect cube five feet high, the altar in our camp was capped with a triumvirate of carefully selected pointed stones, above which rose a ten-foot wooden pole crowned with an elegant juniper bough. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In their midst, watching and laughing with his young queen by his side, sat a ghost in a golden crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I have no idea how to arrange my hair any differently, so I leave it as is—braided in a crown around my head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And when they placed that first crown on her head, Taylor found her calling. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Social life, whether it was the crowning of a May queen, the eulogy to a dead president, or an all-night dance, could be held nowhere else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He spoke of them with such love and emotion that a woman in our group had crowned him “the shoe poet.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z To my right and ahead the church spire towered high, crowned with a red light of warning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am no kin to you, no kin to the crown.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A crown of steam wreathed his shaggy white hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The open, sunny, fresh-aired summit of Greylock is crowned with a large, handsome stone building called Bascom Lodge, built in the 1930s by the tireless cadres of the Civilian Conservation Corps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Although her subjects gather at each new coronation to renew their fealty, authority still rests in the crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Balon Greyjoy is not a man to be trusted. He wore a crown himself, remember, if only for a season. He may aspire to wear one again." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She expertly tapped off a little crown of shell from her egg. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She kissed the crown of my head, over and over again, until it was wet where her tears had trickled down and run into my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The peasants would crown as emperor a farmer who knew the earth or a beggar who understood hunger. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Traitors," Joffrey was babbling excitedly, "I'll have all their heads, I'll-—" The dwarf slapped his flushed face so hard the crown flew from Joffrey's head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This made the chief take one quick tripping step, and in that moment they placed the crown on his head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z How frustrating it must be to come so close to your goal, to have Oak and the crown in one place, to have the lords and ladies of Faerie assembled. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of them sat on her hat and pretended he was a decoration for the crown. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I think of Locke’s mother and the singing bird in the acorn, of Eldred on his throne, head bowed by his own crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The High Septon's crystal crown fired rainbows through the air every time he moved his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On my way into church, I saw Sister Monroe, her open-faced gold crown glinting when she opened her mouth to return a neighborly greeting. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The third was taller than the others: his hair was long and gleaming and on his helm was a crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Though he was not yet five-and-thirty, only a fringe of thin black hair remained on his head, circling behind his ears like the shadow of a crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tony grabbed him to keep from falling, causing his own crown to come tumbling off. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He flew, hopped, climbed to its crown, and looked down on the vast valley the river had carved. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z If the Roach and the Ghost climb through, I can explain the crown’s location. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sept. 18.1 asked Mama could I get a Castle Clip and she said no that hair was a woman’s crowning beauty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the crowd I hear a lady say, “You know they recently crowned a black girl for the first time at the Miss America pageant.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Sisters who love and trust one another, who work together until it’s clear that there is a favorite sister chosen to be the best and wear a pretty crown. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z If the all-around win was considered to be the jewel in the crown, the team medal was the crown itself—the main reason we were there. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z However, while the light of the stars on the Queen Mother's crown was brighter than all the lanterns combined, it was the peach she held in her hands that everyone stared at. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a skillful and steady incision, like drawing a curved line with a pencil across the crown of the head, a fluid and graceful curve. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She had pictured it differently,dose to shore, crowned with a beautiful white house. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “The crown was on the last pedestal,” I say. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Marian Anderson had been applauded by many of the crowned heads of Europe. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He said Congolese boys wearing crowns of leaves around their heads were invulnerable to Belgian bullets, which passed through them and lodged in the walls behind them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Still far ahead, and still high above, Frodo, looking up, saw, as he guessed, the very crown of this bitter road. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "Tomorrow," Cain says, "after Veturius's execution, we will crown the Foretold." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A gold ring with a small diamond cut into the middle of its crown caught the light every time the boy moved his hand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z This was a contest judged by our mother, in which the holder of the darkest tan was awarded a crown, a sash, and a scepter. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She saw Dorian’s face and the crown that sat upon his head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And the King of Adarlan had ripped the crown off her father’s head and stripped his title from him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She takes a deep breath, and pushes her crown into her perfectly styled hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It meant no crown, no sons, no wife . . . but it meant life, and life with honor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Doctor Gordon’s private hospital crowned a grassy rise at the end of a long, secluded drive that had been whitened with broken quahog shells. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Bobby believed, they said, that the Soviets were so enraged by his winning the crown from Spassky and thereby diminishing their greatest cultural achievement that they wanted him murdered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mandy claps, jumps lip and down, and hugs a few of her friends as if she’s just been crowned prom queen in a bad TV movie. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Like crowns, quartz crystals jutted out of the sides and the ceilings and even the ground, which made it difficult to walk on the path. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It had been to bring back the Old Way more than for the empty vanity of a crown that Lord Balon had staged his great rebellion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the men traced the path of the bullet—it had entered just below the crown, on a downward trajectory—there was no longer any doubt: Anna’s death had been cold-blooded murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Representing the marriage of old-world traditions with the apple-pie aspirations of the new country, she took crown after crown. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was here that the Lia Fáil stood, the rock at the center of the universe, where the fairy kings and later the human Ard Rí were crowned. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He rode to the gatehouse with his crown on his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If they win this game, they actually have a shot at being crowned champions. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The rosebush clusters bloomed joyously, their blushing white crowns illuminating the darkness we had endured for so long. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And worn places on the floor where fires had once burned, and several boulders standing around the entrance-one with a kind of V-shaped crown. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hat had a wide straw brim and a crown completely blown out, as if whatever was in her head had exploded many times. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Xaro would have sold the crown too—the Thirteen would see that she had a much finer one, he swore—but Dany forbade it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But that wonderful chaotic sphere of shoelace that Otto had created, and in so doing saved my life, still crowns it on top. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z If I had unhorsed Rhaegar and crowned Ashara queen of love and beauty, might she have looked to me instead of Stark? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Fern had a crown of daisies in her hair. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She wore a black dress, and her black hair was braided and pinned on top of her head in a kind of crown. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "One of the king's own. A horse can always find his way home, can't it? That fine beast will make for the castle stables, note and crown. No questions asked!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z With the crown passes the oaths of all those sworn to it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On sidewalks turned to satin figures move shoulder first, the crowns of their heads angled shields against the light buckshot that the raindrops are. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "My father has donned the ancient crown of salt and rock, and declared himself King of the Iron Islands. He claims the north as well, by right of conquest. You are all his subjects." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z True, there was no blue dress, no crown; her dress looked black. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Was I really the only one to leave the crown behind? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The stack of clippings is thick with grainy photos of Mom in her crown and dress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid of heights,” said Louisiana, who was still wearing her crown and her sash. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z "A poor choice of words, what is meant is—" "What is meant is what is said. The boy will give me a crown. And what is given can be taken away." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z While the “Checkers Speech” has become famous for that crowning moment, the whole speech is a rhetorical classic. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Then she handed the crown to Sherry Sparks, who looked regal in it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She was young and tall, dressed in white and silver, with a net of silver crowning her hair that fell straight down like a fall of black water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Just under the crown of the arch dangled a pair of feet. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seen of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Every step I take toward the crown causes something to slam into the door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I could almost feel the star being added to my heavenly crown for this gesture. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "The pup says nothing about a reward. Only that you speak for him, and I am to listen, and give him my sails and swords, and in return he will give me a crown." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Each was connected within an intricate framework of oddly-angled corridors and intersecting staircases that wound from the belly of the building to its deepest depths to the crown of its sky-viewer and back again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They have not spared my life to crown me victor but to make my death as slow and public as possible. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His mom has signed off on them going public with the truth, which is incredible, but there’s no reason to expect that from the crown. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You look so beautiful with that crown on,” my mom said. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The sky was the color of wet slate, and the wind ripped through the crowns of the trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But Beowulf said: "No, I am no usurper. I do not want the crown while anyone lives who has a better right to wear it." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide to begin with the night Peeta and I were crowned victors of the Hunger Games, and Haymitch warned me of the Capitol’s fury. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I could picture Fay, dressed or undressed, at will, with her crisp blue eyes and her blonde hair braided and coiled around her head like a crown. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When this boy, son of the captive Princess of Corniculum, awoke, the flames evaporated, leaving him unscarred; some years later, as this prodigious conflagration foretold, he was crowned King of Rome. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The bird hopped up onto the fawn’s rump, raised its head, ruffled its crown and neck feathers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “So, we’ve got the intro singing number, the evening gown, talent, bathing suit, interview, followed by a final dance number, and then the crowning. It all comes down to the dance number,” Shanti said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “The only dragons that I know are yours, and magic swords are even scarcer. I will gladly bring you rings and crowns and chests of gold if that is your desire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had brilliant gold hair braided into a circle at her crown, with wisps catching on the cowl and poking wildly out of the plait. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Sunlight caught in his crystal crown and spilled rainbows across Myrcella's upturned face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he reached out both trembling hands and placed the crown upon the lion's head. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When the crown was high enough, Ma held the braid loosely again as she kept on sewing around, and the braid lay flat and was the hat brim. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can so,” Mila said absently, weaving another tiny flower along her crown. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She never wore a kerchief, instead preferring to style her graying hair in a braid around the crown of her head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Faces floated in the air—the judge's face crowned with that mockery of grey wool—the cold dead face of Mrs. Rogers—the convulsed purple face of Anthony Marston. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The improbable appearance of the small crown of the head. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sweat dripping down his face, covered in soot foot to crown, blacker than an African devil. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I’m having trouble with my head,” said Violet placing her fingers on the crown of her hat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The big man took off his flat black hat and fished a paper from the crown. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Her yellow costume and gold crown looked beautiful. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounded by a crescent of basketed strawberries, she received her crown with a bowed head from Amity Harbor’s mayor, who wore a red sash from shoulder to waist and carried a decorated scepter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the end she tried a dozen gowns before she found one she liked, but she refused the crown that Jhiqui offered her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fourth holds a golden crown covered in jewels. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z With the silver crown thing in her hair. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The galvanized bucket remained perfectly still on top of her head—a great, levitating crown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The king's seat sat empty at the head of the table, the crowned stag of Baratheon embroidered in gold thread on its pillows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Deepwood’s mossy walls enclosed a wide, rounded hill with a flattened top, crowned by a cavernous longhall with a watch- tower at one end, rising fifty feet above the hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Him with a crown and all and a golden cup! Well, what are we coming to?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Hyacinth was feeding Franz when a disheveled Jessie came downstairs with her signature bed head, followed by Laney wearing a glittery crown. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He felt a dribble of sweat slide down the crown of his shaven head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This crowning of Powhatan must truly be a bad idea. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It might fall anywhere: on the crown, on the tip of the ear, on the upper arm, on the elbow— The elbow! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Rising four hundred feet over the night-time sprawl of modern Athens, the sheer cliffs were topped with a crown of limestone walls. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, Beatrice, we shall behave in a manner befitting the crown,” Henry says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Grammer was a rodeo star who had performed at Madison Square Garden and been crowned the steer-roping champion of the world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I gather Oak close to me and put the crown into his hands, so that he can see it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He is wearing a richly worked gold and red oriental costume reminiscent of Balthazar’s in Jan Gossaert’s Adoration of the Magi, but without the crown and scarf. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I swallow and grip the crown more tightly. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z By midday Daenerys was feeling the weight of the crown upon her head, and the hardness of the bench beneath her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You missed a lively council. Stannis has crowned himself, it seems." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Imagine that it’s your duty to retrieve the crown,” said Hanuman. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I see myself covered in expensive jewels, a shimmering moonstone crown atop my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z On either hand the land dropped more sharply; a broad flat dotted with small cabins whose weathered roofs were on a level with the crown of the road. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A veiled woman wearing a crown walks alongside the palanquin with her hand resting on the glass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The crown gleams in his gnarled hands, glowing as if sunlight emanated from the metal itself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "I wish to be crowned within the fortnight. Today I shall accept oaths of fealty from my loyal councillors." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I walk up to the front desk, where a middle-aged man with a bald patch on the crown of his head sits, sorting through a stack of paper. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The Virgin Mary is in some of our Sunday school papers, but never with a crown, never with a pincushion heart, never all by herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His hair was of sullen brown, and he wore on it a crown of mesarthium shaped as a wreath of serpents swallowing each other by the tails. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Even in the dim light, her silver evening gown and large crown sparkle through the darkness. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Inside that one,” he breathed, “is another very small box. It contains the crown jewel of the Amber Room.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Root canal. And a crown. Now that’s a sign you’re getting old—bad teeth. Jesus. Anyway, the article got me thinking.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z No vows to the crown matter now, and watching him murder his own family hasn’t left anyone feeling safe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sky was cloudless, the jagged mountains rising black on black until the very top, where their cold crowns of snow and ice shone palely in v the moonlight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how a son of Neptune can drown. I can breathe underwater. But the crown of the legion—” “That’s got to be the eagle,” Hazel said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Beside the entrance, the king's armor stood sentry; a suit of forest-green plate, its fittings chased with gold, the helm crowned by a great rack of golden antlers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But usually you receive a letter made of heavy paper, stamped with the king’s crown seal below a short thank- you for your child’s life. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z The ceramic piece was the suffering face of Christ wearing a crown of thorns made from sharp nails. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And they had at one point worn a crown. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Beyond, he could see the manor house against a dark forest which crowned the hills far, far away. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Cutting out the lining and crown to lower their riding weight, most jockeys rendered the skullcap useless. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “To prove that we truly deserve to be crowned champions.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I handed over the poster I’d spent the most time on, a big bass with red lips, eyelashes, and a crown covered in glitter and stick-on jewels. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z When Charles saw Lenny reading it, he said, “I bet you half a crown that you do not get to the end of that book.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The school with the little crowns won round two with seventy-nine points. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A silver tiara studded with crystal rhinestones crowns my hair, which is pulled tightly back in a thick bun. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowned stag was there, yes . . . shrunken and enclosed within the heart. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The turret is crowned with a steel dome and is used primarily to range larger guns positioned farther below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The brother was tall, had a three-inch crown of hair on top of him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z "The kingdom of Orléans is ruled by queens; the crown is passed down through the women of your family. Queens ensure the proper governance of the kingdom and maintenance of its well-being." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In many countries the king’s son inherited the crown, but this was not the law in Denmark. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even her hair was the same: piled in the same careless bundle right at the crown of her head. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "We found this on the captain of your household guard, Sansa. It is a letter to my late husband's brother Stannis, inviting him to take the crown." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She tied them around the ends of the plaits, then pinned the plaits on top of Hannah’s head like a crown. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it’s pretty impressive, this circular glass crown atop a sleek concrete spire. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Kronos pointed his scythe at a dracaena with green armor and a green crown. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Inside was the letter Robb Stark had given him, paper as good as a crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A dusty gold crown glinted on his withered head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The lights came up and the man of honor was then invited up on stage, where he was given a gold laurel wreath to wear as a crown. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Tell me, was it a bit of genius or a severe case of overthinking that led ye to drop the crown before retreating up the staircase?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They all wore demon hats, with the crowns pushed up full and high and the brims down flat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I answered that I could not because without that crown 1 could no longer eat. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of his pale head was the helm of darkness: a crown that radiated pure terror. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The prince wore a golden crown upon his neat hair, and she had to concede that he looked rather regal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Torn from a nearby tree by the constant wind, it was crowned with a thicket of leaves. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If God was giving stars in crowns in heaven, as Grandma always promised, I’d earned two or three. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were among the crowns of a group of trees surrounding the tower of an old oratory: exactly where he’d thought they were, though it all looked different from high up in a tree. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They crossed the crown of the hill, had a brief glimpse all the way out across Pennsylvania, woods far away, a line of batteries massed and firing, men moving in the smoke and rocks below. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She floated on the ripe blue cloud an artist had painted crowning a yellow city. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He had a curious, heavy growth of fur on the crown of his head, which gave him an odd appearance, as though he were wearing a kind of cap. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is showing us that the crowning ceremony angered him, and that his power is not diminished by it. We will see what else he plans to do.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Yes, Alex,” Henry says archly, “believe it or not, the children of the crown don’t only spend their childhood going to tea parties.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The wood stood all round the hill like thick hair that ended sharply in a circle round a shaven crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The anthem's playing yet again and we rise as President Snow himself takes the stage followed by a little girl carrying a cushion that holds the crown. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I have come to challenge you for the crown.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Captain Newport frowns, but he is still determined to obey the orders from the Virginia Company: Chief Powhatan must be crowned a prince under King James. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And it isn’t Santa Barbara because she doesn’t have a crown on her head and a tower behind her back. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mine, as the victory will be mine, and in time the crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Raymie was not surprised—she was only happy—when Louisiana won the contest and was crowned Little Miss Central Florida Tire. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He was wearing an unusually battered fedora—the brim drooping, the crown riddled with moth holes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Closer, crowned with her own sunrays and dressed like a classical Greek, the Statue of Liberty welcomed them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nipper’s toes clutched and moved on his scalp, and for a strangely wonderful moment he felt himself crowned. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z But he had not seen the crown that had come up on an anchor fluke. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to support the crown jewel of Clover City.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The four-story circular crown has a revolving restaurant and a lounge with live music. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Captain Newport has also brought orders from the Virginia Company to place an English crown on Chief Powhatan’s head, making him a prince under King James and making all of his people English subjects. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Sure, I pictured myself on that television screen, wearing a bomb-fancy dress, tearing up the stage with some grand, powerhouse song, and in the end having the crown placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As if the statues were wearing crowns of light. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her heels caught the beast square on the crown of its head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Diamonds spell out “Law” at the bottom, like the crown sits on top of his name. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She wore heavy gold earrings and a crown on her black curly hair ringed with the fangs of snow tigers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When Effie eventually knocks on the door to summon me to dinner, I get up and take off my suit, fold it neatly, and set it on the table with my crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "So the boy would give me a crown again," he said, "and all I need do is destroy his enemies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I thought every contestant would get a little trophy, and the winner would get a crown and the money. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Dad stood up and looked down over me with his hand on the crown of my head as if he were saying a prayer in church. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z These two kids are here for my walking service, the crown jewel of my business. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The legacy girls with mothers and sisters who have been crowned. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Our hour on the lagoon last evening proved the crown of a charming day,” she wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "Robb will set aside his crown if you and your brother will do the same," she said, hoping it was true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It opened southward, leaning back into the slope of round Dol Baran, the last hill of the northern ranges, greenfooted, crowned with heather. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her night-black hair was twisted back in two braids that she had pinned up around her head to look like a crown. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Paine knew how to stir up the pot; he went right after the King and attacked the crown on his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A year later, King Christian IV was crowned and soon began to make his presence felt. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Harry whirled around and Griphook tightened his hold around Harry’s neck: A tall, thin wizard with a crown of bushy gray hair and a long, sharp nose was striding toward them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Marshall sniffed thoughtfully as April got him into his crown and robe and tried to make his baby-round eyes look long and mysterious with the eyebrow pencil. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The white king took off his crown and threw it at Harry’s feet. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Finally lava began to flow, and as a crowning punishment, ash fell on the villages close to the volcano. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The last letter I received from him drew from my eyes human tears, and yet filled my heart with divine joy: he anticipated his sure reward, his incorruptible crown. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z High up, the podo tree flares into a vase-shaped crown, like an elm tree, and the downhanging limbs are draped with bundles of evergreen leafy needles and are spangled with ball-shaped fruit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And to crown it all, the air conditioner drew its last breath halfway through the dance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to go into how, but he’s of the right bloodline. Your bloodline. He can wear the crown.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Franek, the foreman, one day noticed the gold crown in my mouth: “Let me have your crown, kid.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A crown of roses circled his head, angelic and pure, and there was a banner curled below his neck, sitting across his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Offer it up and think of the sufferings of Our Lord on the cross, the crown of thorns, the nails in His poor hands and feet, the wound in His side. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The person coming out of the trees was dressed in armor, her golden hair braided around the crown of her head. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z In a few minutes he emerged, dressed in striped overalls and a white cap which had “Ford” printed on the front of its crown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Here a leader of the Jacquerie had been writhing in his chains, as he was crowned with a red-hot tripod. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a black velvet doublet with the crowned stag of Baratheon worked upon the breast in golden thread, and a golden mantle with a cloak of black and gold squares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The childish painter had put a picture on the wardrobe here too, of a castle and town and a queen, wearing an impossibly tall crown, walking in the garden. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z His hat was off today, showing a bald spot on the crown of his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A realization strikes me like lightning—the crown isn’t what we came for. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I turn to Taryn and close my fingers over the cool metal of the crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Wishing it were otherwise will not make it so. King Robb must make his peace with the Lannisters. He must put off his crown and bend the knee, little as he may like it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My father sent her to the dentist, who fitted her with gold crowns. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them stood low crumbling cliffs, and chimneys of grey weathered stone dark with ivy; and beyond these again there rose high ridges crowned with wind-writhen firs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “No. My mother and younger brother. My girl. They were all dead two weeks after I was crowned victor. Because of that stunt I pulled with the force field,” he answers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Smith framed the view from the marble statue of George Washington on the lawn to the top of the dome, crowned by a statue of Freedom. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For an instant, the deep red clouds that crowned the western hills reminded him of Rhaegar’s children, all wrapped up in crimson cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This was Theon's hour—his plan, his glory, and in time his crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The friar and I walk through an arched doorway, a crown and stars painted across the top of the face, and then he leaves me on my own. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The last three pages of the album were devoted to boys in Greek tunics, crowned with laurel, playing among false Hellenic ruins, with chubby bottoms and heavy eyelashes—repulsive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even figured out that the only way not to trigger the crown’s death curse was to move when it rested on no one’s head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It caught on a point of his crown and hung there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The helm beneath his arm was the head of the merling king, with a crown of mother-of-pearl and a jutting beard of jet and jade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "He has neither crown nor gold nor favor of the gods, only a piece of pointed steel." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Somewhere below all that, I knew, were two long braids of hair, tied with crumbling black ribbons, and a wedding crown made of ship’s rope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Fern kept touching Vonetta’s crown, where the braid was fat and flat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “What? My ration of bread so that you can have my crown?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon the black surcoats were embroidered in white a tree blossoming like snow beneath a silver crown and many-pointed stars. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She had no crown, but around her waist was a strange belt made of interlocking gold links, like the pattern of a labyrinth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fulness of his strength. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He could see it still: a crown of winter roses, blue as frost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That was actually the crux of the meeting—I’ve tried to refuse my share of the crown’s money. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The first High Queen, Mab, had her smith forge a crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it will be a merrow, and he will give her the gift of breathing underwater and a crown of pearls and take her to his bed under the sea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “There is no High Monarch now. There is no one but us and a crown.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “For what they give you to eat, kid . . .” I found another answer: my crown had been listed in the register during the medical checkup; this could mean trouble for us both. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Stitched into the dress and in ropes at my throat and forming the crown for the veil. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Over their heads a dozen golden banners whipped back and forth in the northern wind, emblazoned with the crowned stag of Baratheon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His head was balding, and around the detailed crown of curls, he wore a circlet studded with large jeweled insects. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The red damask walls of the queen's tea salon display her royal emblem—a six-pointed crown with a glittering ruby and chrysanthemum in the center. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Through fading eyes, Celaena saw a crown of stars glittering atop Elena’s head, her silver armor shining like a beacon in the blackness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He doesn’t see the paper ring from a White Owl cigar that sticks to the crown of his cap. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been crowned princess of the Strawberry Festival in 1941. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Melanie reached over absently to help Marshall with his pharaoh’s crown, which had slipped down over his eyes while he was touching his forehead to the floor. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z This evening she wore a bird’s nest for a crown, and an elegant green bird was perched in it, singing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You’re playing the great game of kings and princes, of queens and crowns, aren’t you? Of course it matters. Everything matters.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lola sits at the table, her black-and-gray hair pulled back in a low bun and a crown of flowers topping her head. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He was about to walk over to the crown when the star touched his arm and said, "Wait. Do you hear drums?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z This made a little mat, and Ma said it was the top of the crown of a hat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Sums in excess of one crown for passage to the city.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I’m not giving up my crown over usurped. You’ll have to do better.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z To crown her beauty, a floral wreath appeared on her head, transforming her into an Aztec princess. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She smoothed out our clothes, a wasted effort, and helped me twist my hair into a crown. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Picture that Miss America crown on Mama’s head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Maybe the crown was there and I couldn’t see it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Unless—unless somehow Oak could be crowned and spirited away from Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But all her mind could see was a crown and throne, and the prince who would sit by her side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I feel like one of those saints the Doctorita is always praying to, like the Virgin of Banos in elegant robes and a giant crown who does miracles for desperate people. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the bright crown of the earth, the heavens were always dark. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I swung the binoculars back toward the burning house at the moment when the roof caved in and the final golden crown of flames rose up through the air. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It’s a kind of crown,” said Terry Boot. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Although he was champion, he was without a convincing portfolio, his right to wear the crown left in doubt by Bobby’s shadow. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She has the same knuckly red hands, the same metal-rimmed glasses, the same hair crown as Mrs. Smeath, only hers is all gray, and the hairs on her face are gray too and more numerous. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A hasty mural on a wall in Mexico City of Alex’s face in blue, purple, and pink, a crown on his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulders with guano layered on them like icing; and a steep slope up to the shattered rocks that crowned the bastion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had a curious thick growth of fur—a kind of topknot—on the crown of his head. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a new ruler will make a new crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Behind him the broken tower stood, its summit as jagged as a crown where fire had collapsed the upper stories long ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crown was almost an exact replica of the Miss America one, with its four points dripping with sparkly rhinestones. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z His skin, unmarked and smooth, radiated golden light, and his black hair flowed from under a helmet crowned with three pairs of horns. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "I need no crown but truth," he told her, removing the fool's helm from his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Before her walk she would have flaunted her baldness beneath a golden crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Daddy once said that’s a King Lord tradition—they crown their fallen comrades by putting a folded bandana on the body, as if to say they’re going into heaven repping their set. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She had a crown on her head, and everyone she had ever known came before her, to bend the knee and say their courtesies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As the High King’s general, Madoc was away often, fighting for the crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For instance, in 1975 I was crowned Little Miss Central Florida Tire and received a check for one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She expanded her stomach like a balloon on the inhale and imagined stress leaving from the crown of her head on the exhale. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I remembered the man I’d seen in my dreams, with the golden crown, the pointed beard, and the cruel eyes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She went upstairs, got one of her Egypt books, and showed the rest of them that the tenpins were shaped exactly like the inner part of the double crown of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Brienne brought the king's gauntlets and greathelm, crowned with golden antlers that would add a foot and a half to his height. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I look down at the crown pendant hanging from the gold necklace. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Indians were just Indians with big crowns of feathers, hopping around in circles and hitting their hands to their mouths. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She was pretty and tidy looking with her crown of braids, just like yesterday. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She wears a plum-colored pantsuit and waits in the wings across from me, guarding the crowns. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He is dressed head to toe in black and silver, the velvet of his doublet so thickly embroidered with patterns of crowns and birds that it looks as heavy as armor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We each were given a party cracker to pull, inside of which was a paper crown, a noise-maker, and a miniature tin toy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then tottering, struggling up, with her last strength she drove her sword between crown and mantle, as the great shoulders bowed before her. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Not only was she crowned Homecoming Queen, she was also voted Miss PHS by her classmates. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The silver streak down the crown of his head almost glows as the night-lanterns sail over us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She had light hair braided in a crown about her head and a serious face that a few freckles failed to relieve. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z On the last page, he drew a man wearing a grass skirt and a crown of feathers and wrote, Our traditional suit but many people wear real clothes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She’d stuck a fresh peony at the front of the crown to dress it up. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was at least ten feet tall, for one thing, and dressed in black silk robes and a crown of braided gold. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He throws the crown, but not to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They watched till the end when a golden girl from Texas won the shining crown and took her tearful walk amidst flashing bulbs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Inside were the two wedding crowns made from rope and, coiled like snakes, the two long braids of hair, each tied with a crumbling black ribbon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You will crown me. Speak the words of the ceremony.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I clip the pin I bought onto the collar of my shirt and fall asleep, picturing the Miss America crown being placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “And I hate you. I hate you. I don’t care about your golden crown. I don’t care about your long white robe. I seen you under the robe, I seen you!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Toys and harps and kittens, cakes and crowns and butterflies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Go,” the Reader had urged, as the captains were bearing her uncle Euron down Nagga’s hill to don his driftwood crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had great difficulty coping with his imperiousness: “I want to play chess!” he’d demand, with all the pomposity of a crown prince talking to a servant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z |
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