| 单词 | crushed |
| 例句 | It was like someone had crushed my chest in a vise, spinning the handle until every ounce of air and courage had been squeezed out of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Baba gave us each a weekly allowance of ten Afghanis and we spent it on warm Coca-Cola and rosewater ice cream topped with crushed pistachios. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Her legs are crushed, and I think she’s in shock. She really needs a doctor.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z All day, and the next, Two Strike’s legs moved up and down, her feet, in clean new makazins, crushed the tough hulls. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Back on the bridge, my father’s head had been crushed against the steering wheel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All I could picture was Mom’s glum face after finding out about Dad’s pricey plane ticket, and Dad’s crushed expression when he’d admitted that he didn’t know when he could replace my broken phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In I went, pushing the door back so the hinges cried out, devils, their thumbs crushed, their pointed noses tweezed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And she kissed him, gently, on the mouth, with lips that tasted of crushed blackberries, then she stood up and walked back into the gypsy caravan behind the stall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I’d had almost no vodka—not like what I’d had at the parties I'd gone to junior year—but still, I threw my cup down and crushed it under my foot. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Surgeons had operated repeatedly on his crushed leg, rebreaking it and resetting it, but it would not heal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The dead hollow lay just feet away, its tentacles splayed like starfish arms from beneath the boulder that had crushed it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Its legacy reached back to the thirteenth century, but now lay crushed underfoot. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The smell of sea and rot and crushed humanity was strong, much stronger than in the ship-breaking yards. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the heaviest thing I’d ever felt, as if I were being crushed under a thousand trucks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Percy had to roll to avoid getting crushed by his large hairy rear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He died on the A10, his skull crushed beneath the wheels of an articulated lorry. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw the President and his lady right up close and we saw the packed thousands below in crushed and snow-dabbled ball gowns. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They packed so many of us in I was crushed between three other men and the wall, but it was like that for everyone. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Using our branches, we cleared the algae and removed empty beer bottles, crushed cans, and paper. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Let Him get busted up inside so He feels He’s worth no more than the bugs I crushed under my boots at school. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I could see how much it meant to him and how crushed he would be if I turned him down. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z After a rain the driveway was crawling with worms, and Joe crushed every one of them under his heels. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But when they lifted her up, they saw that the back of her head was crushed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It’s just me, the graffiti, the smell of crushed cigarettes, and three tears. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He crushed aspirins in a cup and dissolved them in water and put in some sugar and sat and lifted the boy’s head and held the cup while he drank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z First came the sound of leaves and ice being crushed underfoot. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My dread of getting crushed by a falling serac, however, was at least as great as before. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The grass was crushed in places, burned to stubble in others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Just chuck it down its—” Suddenly Leo was crushed against Hazel, and the world turned sideways. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The envelope was still sealed, but crushed like Big Ma had been holding on to it for hours, waiting for us to come home. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Yossarian reached out instinctively for balance and then launched himself forward In a prodigious dive that crushed the three combatants to the ground beneath him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Water, Argo, and a bit of crushed lavender. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It led her into the Wood, and she saw the path winking far ahead of her like crushed diamonds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Earlier in the season, the Grizzlies had crushed the Bears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They’d left manure and hoofprints on graves, crushed flower arrangements into piles of stems, ribbon, and Styrofoam, and knocked over several tombstones, which now lay flat on the ground next to their bases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Whenever I think of my sister’s crushed organs, I want to scream in a field of flowers until I’m hoarse. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I carried the glasses with me for weeks, until one evening I crushed them underfoot in rage and despair, shattering the glass into splinters, because he wasn’t coming back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He stomped on it with all his might, stomped again and again, crushed it, flattened it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z But my dream of a bigger world had gotten crushed right along with the moped. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I opened it to see the word crushed on the top line, so I decided not to read the rest. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He crushed his body with his mind until all the shaking was squeezed out of it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And the thought of losing Ma crushed me up inside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “This is the first I've heard of it I thought the revolt was crushed last year?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have never experienced that. Yes, you have scraped your knees in falls from your bicycle. Yes, you crushed your finger in a door last year.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z You can get crushed ice or shaved ice, even, if you have that kind of preference when it comes to ice. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I dream about, but when I wake up gasping, I hear the sound of crushed bones in my ears—is it the TV? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A force stronger than his own will had to intervene, like the car that had crushed his knee and put him in a wheelchair in 1988. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The butterfly fell out of its glass box; one wing was crushed under a bottle of glass beads. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As a prelude Joe and his freshman crewmates took on the varsity crew in a football game of their own and were unceremoniously crushed by the older boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Thus the high hopes that had given comfort to the North during the spring were almost crushed by early fall. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A waiter knocked and came in with crushed mint and ice but the silence was unbroken by his "Thank you" and the soft closing of the door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z All those words he loved and all those names he made up were in him, but it was as if they had gotten crushed in a Cuisinart. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now imagine that the book, turned sideways, is crushed once again by the giant hand. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She carried the chips in her apron pocket, and when no one was about she crushed the soft lime between her teeth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The chaise longue on which Baby Kochamma reclined had crushed peanut shells stuffed into the crevices of its rotting upholstery. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he catches sight of the crushed fender and the dent on the hood. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I crushed the body in my hug, then hurled it in their faces, turned, and fled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached out wanly for the vial of eagles’ blood and crushed it in his hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I especially liked the ones with tiny bits of hot peppers crushed into the meat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Saturday, my last night at the 6, and I refuse to spend it crushed in my room. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I shouldn’t be surprised she said no, I’m just as crushed as the first time. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The back end of Mami’s car was crushed into the back seat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z To his horror, he saw Ryan reach into the pocket of his parka and pull out a crushed crash helmet and a little red motorcycle broken in two. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “No machine,” he said, “when it’s been crushed to powder, puts itself together again and ticks, but those dry bones rose up and marched and how they marched. Why?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z With that image, any thought I had of going back to Würzburg is crushed to dust. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There’s purple light everywhere, and crushed bodies, and, wow, it’s hot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It felt thick and richer in some places, more like crushed velvet than silk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Each time he told her he had to return to Chicago, she seemed crushed, delightfully so. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A jagged piece of iron tore open the skin and crushed the fingers of one of his hands against the fence. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m worried her little fingers will get crushed and scoop her into my arms, quickly sitting her on the bench next to me before she starts to wail. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z These human waves were rolling forward and would have crushed me like an ant. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a long last draw from the cigarette and crushed it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Hi, Miles. He’s fast asleep. I crushed those pills up in his dinner like you said.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Some toss out crushed fast-food bags and half-filled drink cups just to give us a little more litter to pick up. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z It’s full of bears and model boats, plus Gat-like piles of books, empty bags of potato chips, cashews crushed underfoot. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z In the darkness and rugged terrain of the quarry bottom, Dad’s foot was crushed by a tree limb. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He crushed some sheets of newspaper lying on the hearth and picked up a few sticks of kindling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z To Hugh—at that point, at least—Matt was only a rat to be crushed underfoot. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden wheels made crisp, crunching sounds as they crushed the weeds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I cut through the crowd toward him, and as I walked past, I crushed his bare feet with my sandal. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z But just before the truck rolled over my body and crushed me like an ant, it skidded to a stop. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He smiled and lifted one of her shoes, pulling a crushed but unburned flower from the sole. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Actually, Leigh’s coming over next week and I want to make a chocolate-hazelnut cake for her and the family. You can get the crushed hazelnuts for me.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Within a week, the German army had all but crushed the Polish forces. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Like tattooed roadkill only with a long black beard on one end and crushed black boots on the other,” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But somehow Tick’s sacrifice had crushed whatever thin shell remained between him and sorrow. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The sky peeked through the leaves in brilliant blue, and she could smell the rich scent of the earth beneath her: crushed leaves from last fall, acorns slowly decaying into soil. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was caught by a lion, crushed across the chest in the animal’s great jaws, and saved in the instant by a lucky shot from a friend. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When she dares look outside, the people are paintings, outlined in black, their faces crushed and squarish. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His legs and pelvis were crushed under the stone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Our rocks and pebbles, the sand and gravel you see: these were Ymir’s teeth, and the fragments of bones that were broken and crushed by Odin and Vili and Ve in their battle with Ymir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The floor was made of crushed ant-heap, the hard dome of excavated earth above an ant colony, and was kept smooth by smearing it regularly with fresh cow dung. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had finished them—which he did in a humiliatingly short time—he surveyed the lotus root, wiping it on the mat of crushed grasses and wondering how he was going to cut it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Once I’d wolfed it down, I retrieved an old plastic Star Trek lunch box I kept hidden under the van’s crushed dashboard. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But staring at my parents’ expressions right now, I saw they didn't look disappointed; they looked crushed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I nodded and something really big and bright in me crushed to nothing in an instant. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For a terrifying moment, Frank imagined they’d all be crushed under tons of earth—a disappointing way to die, after all they’d been through. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s crushed, as if she wants me to understand and I won’t. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Miig crushed the tins as small as they could go so we could bury them along with our other minimal garbage by the latrine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Jason pulled Nico to one side as another gust of wind toppled a column that would have crushed him flat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They loved her very much and didn’t want to see her get crushed. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t the chief interest of being in charge that you can enjoy the crushed or giddy reactions of your subjects? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Everything you touch will burn and multiply, but the copies are worthless—and if you continue to handle the treasure, you will eventually be crushed to death by the weight of expanding gold!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The door to the Boys’ Quarters hung half open on crushed hinges and he pushed it back and remembered the shirt he had left hanging on a nail on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I have to keep my sentimentality in check or I won’t be able to go on—I’d be crushed by the weight of memory. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I heard she called it off when she heard about his temper. He was crushed.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A horrified A. P. Hill realizes that his army is being crushed, and he jumps on his horse to try to stop the disaster in the making. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They crushed the ship between them with a resonant boom, sending debris flying. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My body was a knot of raw nerves and nausea, my lungs crushed against my rib cage like a prisoner in an iron maiden. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A week later Betsy was crushed to death beneath the wheels of a coal wagon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The creature tried to pull up, and that crushed her fingers between the loop and the horn. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He looked up as he crushed the cumin with his mortar. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I felt around the bottom of the bag and touched some keys on a ring, resting in a pile of dirt, or maybe crushed leaves. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A chunk of ceiling collapsed and crushed a waterwheel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I get sacco beans, which are pinto beans marinated in oil and vinegar and crushed red pepper. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And now the town of Manifest was crushed under the weight of that love. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Her hair is matted and bloodied, pressed into the hollow of her crushed skull. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I could smell her next to me, the sweat and the algae from the moat, her shampoo like lilacs, and the smell of her skin like crushed almonds. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Venus has a very dense but unbreathable atmosphere, and a human on its surface would be crushed by the pressure. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother had rushed Emma to town, too, but the flesh had been crushed, and there was nothing they could do. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Cherangani Hills appeared in the distance, a line of mountains on the edge of the Rift, humpy and green, crushed under an indwelling sweep of rain clouds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z However ferociously they fought, however cruelly they clawed or bit or crushed to deaths—humans and each other—there was an innocence in it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And now where you have roads of asphalt for the passage of rubber tires, then the roads were of crushed stone for the passage of oxen, and mule teams, and horse-drawn wagons. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She crushed the air right out of me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It could have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon’s car and crushed it into a trash can — but at the moment it didn’t look in the mood. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “With crushed ice, rum and melted dark chocolate.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His pitiless and hate-filled eyes locked with mine as he threw the daisy garland to the floor and crushed it with his foot. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For the first time in days, Tree-ear grinned as he crushed the petal back into a fistful of clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The light veers behind him and illuminates the capsized workbench, the crushed case of their radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mother crushed the leaves between her fingers, breathed in the fragrance, and smiled. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z One of the shamblers gets caught underfoot the wrong way, and its head is crushed by the others. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Or perhaps the person touched a crushed insect, or perhaps he or she was bitten by a spider. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The store manager found him, huddled on a pile of crushed boxes and Barbies, sobbing. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “The king sent hundreds of ships. The big battle is coming any day. Washington and his army of traitors will soon be crushed.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The scent of crushed verbena is in my nose. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His harsh, raspy voice reminded Mariam of the sound of dry autumn leaves crushed underfoot. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Jostling arms poked her, bulky bodies bumped her and crushed her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Wearing soft, loose clothing of vampire-bat wool, he swanned around his palaces with a bowl of palm wine or chicha, a sweet, muddy, beer-like drink usually made from crushed maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We moved closer to investigate and found three blue eggs, two of them whole and the third one crushed and leaking yellow liquid, like a broken yolk. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But they felt to Hannah, all crushed together, like cattle going to be slaughtered for the market. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They crushed her breasts and cut them off but when they rolled her over hot coals it was more than she could bear so she expired, giving praise. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And because—tell you what—if you land on a kid like Calvin, it feels like you have crushed a little pile of twigs and feathers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He crushed a leaf in his fingers, and it gave out a sweet and pungent fragrance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I know how crushed you’ve been. And what happened with Noah and CSA...well, sometimes a good person makes a bad decision.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If the gravity were much less, there might be tall, spindly shapes that would not be tumbled or crushed by their own weight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook his hand, winced as he nearly crushed it, then grinned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel my sixty years or the pain in my old crushed bones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rising to my full height—a spectacle in itself—I looked down upon the offending policeman and crushed him with a comment which, fortunately, he failed to understand. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One bullet has crushed the Adam’s apple and sent the remains of it to the back of the throat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The undiminished zoo of particles presses on the outside of the plates, and without the full complement on the inside, the plates are crushed together, even in the deepest vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But as he had neglected to fasten the other end to anything, it didn’t really do any good, and Wilbur landed with a thud, crushed and hurt. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z An ancient propane tank attached to one of the crushed trailers detonated in a small explosion, causing the crowd to scatter and dive for cover. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when “should be” gets crushed by what is. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z However, this time line shows valiant efforts by union workers that were crushed by industrial corporations with the backing of local, state, and/or the federal government. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I know if I can’t get free I will be dragged into the narrow space between the copper planks, and crushed—digested by the pitch. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Sheriff Nagelman took one last puff of his cigarette, then crushed the stub under his foot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The stone was coated with crushed red carcasses and a few feebly waving legs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Devlin crushed his cigar to a pulp, but being a businessman through and through, he knew when he was defeated. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z To anyone who met him, he appeared to be just another poor soul crushed by the din and filth of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We crushed the many empty liquor bottles littering the yard into “diamonds.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The crushed oyster shells underfoot rattled the wagon so that I could feel the vibrations in my teeth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Fueled by rage or curiosity—who could tell—he cared not at all that I could have crushed him with the lightest swat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z One migrant was crushed between the train car and a bridge the train was crossing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It, too, had been trapped in the ice since the previous year, and although not crushed it was badly damaged. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Kino moved sluggishly, arms and legs stirred like those of a crushed bug, and a thick muttering came from his mouth. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He crushed the cigarette under his fingers and started wheeling across the room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Screaming like that meant you had been broken, completely shattered and crushed, and there was no way you were a threat after that. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The problem with retelling the story was that it made me relive it, and I didn’t want to remember the feeling of coming close to having my ribs crushed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The center of the mortar bowl was stained a golden brown from all the spices that had been crushed in there. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her footsteps crushed the fallen leaves and the dry branches, producing a light crunching sound, the only noise in that vast sleeping space. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nils finally came around but Lelia didn’t say much and he said he had to step out for more crushed ice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He crushed her in an embrace, asking, “What are you doing here? Why didn’t you tell us you were coming?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Probably she had crushed her hand while swinging round one of the big kaleidoscopes on which the plots of novels were “roughed in.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And then the soldier was stumbling sideways, his helmet crushed by William’s fist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I crushed its head and picked out its small brain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A whirring began that snapped and cracked with static, and suddenly I seemed to be crushed between the floor and ceiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever he said, the swift answer crushed him like a bludgeon. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She looks so crushed, I plop down in the chair and consent to eat one pancake. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “People were fighting savagely...being trampled and crushed.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon, while I’m playing spit with Armelio and getting crushed, Smitty pops in and tells me I have a visitor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z After their father died, crushed beneath a plow with his insides strewn across a field like a trail of damp red blossoms, Jordie had sold the farm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So maybe President Snow will prefer keeping him alive, crushed and heartbroken, as a living warning to others. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” I replied, and crushed the ten-dollar bill into the palm of my hand. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The white wooden houses of Paramaribo stood in orderly Dutch fashion along streets paved with crushed seashells. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was so relieved to see him that she ran across the crushed oyster shells to meet him and caught at his hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood vanishes, it is pounded, crushed, torn to pieces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z All the Eyes must know about it; they’ll have squeezed it, crushed it, twisted it out of enough bodies, enough mouths by now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a rumor that he crushed a communist’s windpipe with his hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Indeed I saw the ground strewn with dusty ribbons and crushed flowers wilting in his heedless wake. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Every time I got to the part where I mixed the crushed pills in their drinks, I would run to the toilet and vomit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He crushed it, and another took its place. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Servants picking up empty bowls and dishes, while others brought in white creamy kheer with crushed pistachios. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z For a split second Frank thought he’d be crushed under the weight of the massive assault rifle, but the gun changed in midair, becoming smaller and thinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His whisper comes in her left ear; his breath smells like crushed insects. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I added some crushed berries for good measure, and then I heated the mixture over a candle flame, reducing it to a thick, heavy syrup. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But I myself was crushed under the weight of other bodies. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The normal way to lose an arm, leg, or whatever in Milagro was by having it mangled in tractor sickle bars or crushed beneath a horse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And with all these angers there was an added agony when hopes for an end to the war were crushed as the year progressed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Ruby crushed her third aluminum can and went into the house for a towel, saying, “I’m gonna take a bath.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The crumpled green roof of a compact car covered the crushed opening where the windshield had been, but the damage to the van’s front end didn’t extend beyond the cab. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And so it was that in the giddy, sultry world of their embrace, the real Lazlo—fast asleep in the city of Weep—turned over on his pillow, crushed the moth, and broke the dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Daley seemed so small next to that podium, as if the world had crushed him down in the last couple of weeks. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Abra saw that she had crushed their highest treasure, and while she knew the weaknesses of men she still liked them, and, besides, she was a lady. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Frank watched as the god picked leaves and roots and crushed them in a mortar. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The filth, stink, and bleakness of the camp crushed his spirit. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Yanking the cigar stub out of his mouth, he handed it to the servant, who crushed it under his sandaled foot. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Mark poked his head around the man and saw that there was a large spot where the bushes had been trampled and crushed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The crowd pushed closer, and Benji thought they might be crushed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z If, my dear sir, that man is not crushed before Spring, he will become the most formidable enemy America has. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I must have been on a fairly large dose because when the craving for it hits, accompanied by tremors, and shooting pains, and unbearable cold, my resolve’s crushed like an eggshell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Though it was difficult to see from far away, he made out something glittering and silver packed into its small chamber, bits of what looked like crushed leaf. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Scattered around it were faded wreathes and crushed bouquets of plastic flowers, which made the place seem even sadder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Everything crushed in on me at once. Sure made me feel better—don’t feel bad about crying. Ever.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His face was crushed in, and a huge area of dried flesh was missing entirely from just above his left eye. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He was crushed by darkness and the look of the country and the million odours on a wind that iced his body. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was lying on the floor, currently being crushed by a demon with the head of a wild boar. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He reached out his finger and crushed it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I paced the floor holding my wide-brimmed Mexican hat against my chest to protect it from being crushed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Grace and Kojo grabbed shovels and moved load after load of crushed stone up and out of the way. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the agent noticed all the refuse that had been left behind, pieces of waxed paper and tinfoil, discarded Baggies, a few aluminum bean dip cans, empty cigarette packages, and some crushed coffee cups. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With Eliot’s help the newspapers were crushed with all the peels and seeds and skins inside them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He retied her sash and crushed the bow to just the right shape with his fingers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She felt crushed by what had happened to me but she was going to endure it for my sake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I look at the mess of food crushed all over the kitchenette, crunched into dust on the linoleum. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The cutters worked brutal, seemingly endless shifts during the harvest—for the hungry mills crushed cane from four in the afternoon to ten the next morning, stopping only in the midday heat. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I remember our life in tents and logging camps, the scent of cut lumber and gasoline and crushed grass and rancid cheese, the way we used to sneak around in the dark. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her house was crushed in and her sleeping skins were torn and strewn over the grass. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in front of him, crushed against the trunk of the palm, I could feel the rain, which was now jabbing into me like the punches of a nail. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I get crushed most of the time, but I have won a few. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then, as a strange dispassionate afterthought, he hit the snake with the stick, breaking the serpent in two or three places, and crushed its head under his boot heel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He tucked them one under each armpit, and crushed them fiercely to his sides; a great stifling hand was clapped over each of their mouths. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He crushed the berries against the roof of his mouth with his tongue and drank the sweet juice as it ran down his throat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything in its path was crushed beneath its hull or charred beyond recognition as it entered the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The train's wheels crushed the blooms as it slowly passed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If you picked up just a few of the fallen leaves and crushed them in your hands, you could smell their pungent scent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I crushed them with the bottom of the pill bottle and then pounded them into finer particles with a scissors handle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z If any man fell, crushed by a stone hurtling from above, two others sprang to take his place. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And in the end, we are crushed by it... Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The top section of the tree had crushed a piece of George’s split-rail cedar fence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z By the spring of 1944, with the Nazis’ South American spy networks all but crushed, Elizebeth was eager for a new challenge. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” and Jo nearly crushed the small flowerpot with the sudden squeeze she gave it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember feeling weightless, like I was being crushed, fried, and hosed down all at the same time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He then grabbed the can and crushed it between his hands. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z There was a noise of organic crunching as windpipe and spinal cord were crushed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “A little girl was crushed underneath one of the wheels as she was helping her mother drag a box of canned beans.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He gazed at the crushed rose petals in her hair, at the pearl and sapphire choker at her throat, at the sparkly crimson polish on her toes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She wore a ferocious smile and pushed her way through the milling people, holding a fistful of clippings high in her hand to keep them from being crushed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The tent smells of tar and kapok and brown paper with cheese grease on it, and crushed grass. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But now, looking across at the huge dignified houses, the hundreds of rooftops, she can see no traces of bombings or craters or crushed buildings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My heart jumped to see him, and my body felt all over again how it was to be crushed against the rough material of his clothes, his heart beating straight through my backbone. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Valentina was worried that if the hatch to Marina’s cabin was crushed, Marina would be stuck in the forward cabin even if she survived the landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I looked down, trying not to believe that my last hope of seeing Tyson alive had just been crushed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a grinding sound as the car was crushed until it was no bigger than a rolled-up carpet. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He opened it and crushed it against his own forehead. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Ignatius!” his mother cried, circling his oily head in a clumsy pink woolen embrace that crushed his nose. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in elementary school, our field was scorched, and you had to watch out for pieces of glass that were sometimes crushed in the dirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The pain was beyond the bailiwick of crushed aspirins or oil of cloves. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The treads of the huge tyres in front were caked in and out with mud and manure and crushed straw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Only a few leaves were crushed, and the roots are fine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My rock crushed his scissors, so he scrubbed the pots and I dried. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Frankie could still see Kaitlin’s pale face and hear the way she told Z it was all going to be okay, even though her legs were crushed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I board the elevator and press 16, crushed into the corner by a group of kids and their moms getting on behind me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They wrapped their huge coils around him and the two lads and they crushed the life out of them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Supper was a fistful of acorns, crushed and pounded into paste, so bitter that Bran gagged as he tried to keep it down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One swing crashed into a group of three, sending them flying back into the crowd, and the return blow crushed two more. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The front left side of his truck looks like a crushed beer can. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There was the thirst I had when I watched clear, sweet juice trickle from sugar cane being crushed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the crushed maize into a clay pot with water to soak overnight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Doris could barely take the news, so I knew Jazz would be crushed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “See the rings where the pile of the velvet isn’t crushed.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry crushed his bean with the flat side of the dagger. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But now I see that I have been crushed without knowing it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We tore the grass to shreds, crushed the neatly manicured bushes, stomped the flowers, and cracked one of the house’s windows with a rock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled her arms tight against his chest and crushed his face into her hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z With my fingernail, I scrape at the dried blood and bits of crushed tooth and gum stuck to the metal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He crushed out his cigarette and lit another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The sound of branches and twigs breaking, of the flowers being crushed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z First Cap gets crushed by the entire football team, and the coaches practically have to carry him to the nurse. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z And I guess I will have to tell Calvin our Caves of Lascaux got all crushed. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I wasn’t really wanting to think about us crushed together right then, or about us in a big group, where she might go insane again, so 1 just looked like, Yeah. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes lingered over the crushed bakery box, cake and icing oozing out the seams. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It wasn’t sunrise or a crushed moth that had broken this dream, but Thyon Nero pitching pebbles. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Once the germ has been removed for oil, the kernels are crushed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Pasiphaë laughed with delight, knowing that any moment they would be crushed or bitten to death in a pit of snakes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I remember the smell of crushed ferns in the creel and the delicate sweet odor of fresh damp rainbow trout lying so prettily on the green bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ivy crushed her pillow against her chest, tracing her finger over one corner of her notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They lived on crushed acorns and raw fish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “This was ... different. For a second it felt like it was Christmas morning, watching a guy get crushed to death.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z So before shoving off, cursing softly under his breath, he canvassed the area, collecting the garbage, which he crushed and buried in his pack. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His father had been crushed by a slate fall about a dozen years back on a section where Dad was the foreman. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Stooping, he gathered a handful of the leaves and crushed them with a little mud in the palm of one hand. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z To make the water potable, the Maya laid a layer of crushed limestone atop the sediments, effectively paving over the salt. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then one night he crushed his cigarette and instead of saying good night leaned against the doorway. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She crushed the clay between two rocks and made a thick paste with water to smear over the outside of the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His head is pinched in on the sides where the ears should be, like someone used giant pliers and crushed the middle part of his face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z William turned and threw his arms around Jacob, who was nearly crushed to death. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He lifts me off the ground, and I’m being held, crushed, by the biggest hug. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Teleki’s association with the Hungarian uprising against Austrian rule in March 1848, a revolt that was crushed by Imperial armies and followed by a punitive policy of Germanisation, led to him being sentenced to death. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Holt's eyeglasses had been crushed in an American air raid, so Blake read the entire book out loud, over weeks and months of confinement in a small Korean farmhouse. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I had a feeling she would have been crushed to be excluded completely, and this gave her a way to stick around and still feel like she belonged. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The children decided to follow a narrow, well-kept track of crushed stone that zigzagged up a tall hill by the dormitory. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Hitler was about to be crushed—unless he could pull out an atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a crushed look about him which spoke of the deep hurt he had suffered more than any words could have done. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia overturned the tureen with the sacred stones and crushed Felicia’s seashells under the heels of her leather pumps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the wet moss and crushed grass near his hand was beautiful. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z If he struck at Asmodeus, he would be crushed to death against the walls by the powerful lashing coils of the adder in its death throes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The doctor prescribed a glucose formula, crushed aspirins in a mortar, and told them to wrap the child with quilts and covers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z On the table, with candlesticks around it, was a big white cake and a box of chocolates, and beside these a basket with a magnum of champagne peeking out of crushed ice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That was not all—Augustus Seward had been stabbed and his brother, Frederick, was unconscious from a crushed skull; brave Sergeant Robinson had endured multiple stab wounds. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Cool Papa’s hat would get crushed in the small bag, but it had survived so much. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Whether I die now or ten years from now, my parents will be crushed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He picked up one of the heavy leaves and crushed it in his hand to powder and let the powder sift through his fingers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Root’s death had crushed Burnham, but it also freed him to become a broader, better architect. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This necklace that had almost bought my heart and mind now had one bead of crushed glass. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I, too, fought; but I fought because I felt I had to keep from being crushed, to fend off continuous attack. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He runs out the door to meet me, proudly waving a section of paper chain five links long and two-thirds crushed. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He smoothed out his crushed hat, creased it in the middle and put it on. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It crushed him; he knew at that moment that he was not even important enough to be properly insulted. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The wife’s head was crushed by the tree, and she died. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Until the Mountain crushed my brother’s skull, no Domishmen had died in this War of the Five Kings,” the prince murmured softly, as Hotah pulled a blanket over him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Here and there an animal had been crushed beneath a cage. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't want to be crushed, but it's possible they are talking about me, not the ugly, exposed area that is now the centerpiece of the courtyard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I sweep away the crushed glass and tangled ribbons. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I miss you,” Isobel says as he leaves, but the sentiment is crushed by the clatter of the beaded curtain falling closed behind him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Inside the case, on a bed of crushed maroon velvet, lies a stunning black bow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I set the marble mortar down, the bottom of the little white bowl stained with crushed spices. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This morning, past the Cedar Falls train stop, Annabelle runs on a friendly path of crushed rock bordered with trees, all bright green and yellow with baby leaves unfurling. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The men had deserted their camp, but there were plenty of signs of their passage: upturned earth, broken twigs, crushed leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Walker was crushed, a pile of black shirts burying him so you couldn’t even see him anymore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "She used to be able to understand. We'd sit for hours----" He broke off and began to walk up and down a desolate path of fruit rinds and discarded favors and crushed flowers. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “But then I heard the stupid lie you told, and I was crushed. Completely crushed. Do you know that my own mom won’t believe me unless you tell her yourself that you lied?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Holly tried to warn him, tried to make some sound, but the magic hadn’t yet reinflated her crushed lungs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was like she was too ashamed of the matter—too crushed by it—even to be angry or to want to get me back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He stares steadily at me as the juice from the peach he crushed in his hand runs through his fingers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We are not beaten, for as soldiers we are better and more experienced; we are simply crushed and driven back by overwhelming superior forces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Qottab are these little pastries filled with crushed almonds and sugar and cardamom, then deep-fried and coated with powdered sugar. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Working with them from day to day and knowing that they knew I had lied from fear crushed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As fantastic as the technology was, no one wanted to be crushed like a bug if it went haywire. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He sliced a few more chilies, and I twisted and pressed the pestle into my coriander powder even though it was fully crushed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As Gilling’s wife walked through the door, Galar dropped a huge stone on her head, and she fell, her skull half crushed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The curbs and sidewalks were crushed in many places, showing where the National Guard tanks and halftracks had been. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “The monk . . . was of so great a girth . . . that the girl would have been crushed beneath him. ... Thus she mounted atop him ... and he penetrated her from beneath....” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When all of the ingredients had been combined and crushed into a fine powder, she drew a small knife from her pocket and bent down to hold it in the hottest part of the flames. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I wished I could spend the rest of my life as a child, being slightly crushed by someone who loved me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z From my basket I drew out a handful of leaves, which I crushed in my fist to release their strong odor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If Stanley and his father weren't always hopeful, then it wouldn't hurt so much every time their hopes were crushed. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Like the world is crumbling and their souls are being crushed.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z On the word time, she crushed her boot down on the Coke can. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd crushed the cake into a sticky mush in his hand. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Bigger crushed his cigarette and took out another one and offered the package to Gus. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I held Arthur’s big Broadway dreams in my hands and crushed them. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Salads of sweetgrass and spinach and plums, sprinkled with crushed nuts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Grim reminders of it were strewn along the road: burned carcasses of old Soviet tanks, overturned military trucks gone to rust, a crushed Russian jeep that had plunged over the mountainside. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But she was crushed by the news of Lotho’s murder, and she would not return to Bag End. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She crushed the cookie and scattered the pieces around her feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “We need to make a plan. How are we breathing? If we’re under the ocean, shouldn’t we be crushed by the water pressure?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wonder how pistachios crushed with rosewater syrup and sweet cheese would taste. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” she said, “I feel so bad about that. Rachel must be crushed.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z One conductor stepped on my bare toe, crushed it, as he trampled past. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I work for hours, obsessively, frenetically, unable to stop cutting into the stone, Grandma and Mom chanting at me with every hit: You crushed his dreams. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The overpowering craving to touch him also refused to fade, and I crushed my fists safely against my ribs until my fingers were aching with the effort. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He had been a fool, a drunken fool, when the man he cared for was crushed with grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As crushed as I was, my dad was in disbelief. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The small skull crushed, and then the mouse stiffened and quit squirming. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z That’s what you get for trying to stand on your own two feet—you end up getting crushed! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The small glimmer of hope he had held that she might be mistaken is crushed in three simple words. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ares seemed to hunch down even further, as if crushed by the weight of the anger against him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The substance inside was made from the dried and crushed bodies of luminous deep-sea fishes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I looked out the window and saw the calla lilies had fallen and turned brown, the daisies had been crushed down by their own weight, the lettuce gone to seed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When the cigarette was gone and its light crushed in the ashtray Bones was excused. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Fried bananas rolled in crushed nuts, dipped in coconut, and topped with caramel sauce. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The air crushed in around me, pushing my body deep into the snow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then a ten-foot section of roof collapsed and crushed him flat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When the rodents migrated, they could stop trains—the wheels would get jammed with their crushed bodies. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Ginnie Sue scraped the meat into a bowl, mixed it with mayonnaise and Cheez Whiz, then crushed a handful of potato chips and added them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I felt around the bottom of the bag and touched some keys on a ring, resting in a pile of dirt, or maybe crushed leaves. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Around him soft bright moss curled up the yellow birches, lichens roughened the rocks, and crushed needles let go their piney scent. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Because these were pieces, I carefully recorded each entry using an ink I'd made from the crushed bodies of ticks and mosquitoes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He threw them on the ground, and crushed them beneath the heel of his shoe. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I helped Sohrab to his feet, swatted the bits of crushed grape that had stuck to his pants like barnacles to a pier. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Looks flustered and silly, doesn’t it? Listen up: it’s one of the most dangerous animals in a zoo. Just one kick and your back is broken or your torso is crushed.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m crushed between them and I can’t breathe, but it’s a good feeling. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I was buried, crushed, under the soul of the goddess. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The room is redolent with burning rosemary and crushed herbs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The roof of the classroom block was crushed into a jumble of wood and metal and dust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dimitri crushed the program he was carrying into a wadded ball, and tossed it at the young man. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The go-cart sped into the street, where it was first crushed by the Cadillac, then demolished entirely by the Ford, which blared its horn loudly and screeched to a stop. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, crushed somewhere at the bottom, is her map. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I dropped the crushed pods into the pot, filled it with water, and waited for it to finish damming. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He had specified both the cut and the fabric to his tailor — it was his preferred uniform for giving tours because it did not get crushed during his long hours behind the wheel. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And yes, these are all the scents that, until five minutes ago, made up the Fragrance of Possibility but now reek of crushed dreams. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But this is the story of explorer Ernest Shackleton, and his twenty-seven men who survive years in Antarctica after their ship is crushed by ice, and she can’t help but get swept up into it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Packing and balancing them was an art and, every year, scores of men across the South were crushed and killed by unstable loads. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "M'lord, begging your pardon, Her Grace said those as didn't meet their numbers would have their hands crushed," the anxious smith persisted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Here was the crushed grass where they had all lain when he had gone to prospect. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When Pike threw me to the ground, my body was almost too numb to feel my father’s lute being crushed underneath me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I dropped the shingle and crushed it out with my boot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Flour and coffee in the floor and canned goods half crushed and rusting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In the weakening amber of Volkheimer’s field light, he stares at one crushed plug after another. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Closer to Eddie!” the photographer shouted as they crushed around me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My father pressed his fork onto his plate and crushed a lima bean. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z In the end, the state prevailed: the strike was suppressed and the union crushed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath our feet there lay men, crushed, trampled underfoot, dying. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, where such a short time ago he had played with such power and joy, she spotted his beloved drum, crushed and in splinters in the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the debris of the tower and the crushed bodies they battered the doors with it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the letter to Mr. Morris and crushed it in his hand. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They are redolent of roses, of dandelions, of crushed herbs and currants. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was resistance to them everywhere, which the Communist Party crushed ruthlessly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In Europe, untold numbers of native species were crushed against the impassable barrier of the Alps and its smaller cousins and fell into extinction. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It kept up a slow fire of indignation and a trembling trouble of grief, which harassed and crushed me altogether. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When it fell back it looked as if it had been crushed in a huge fist. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Her cooks had prepared them a magnificent meal of honeyed lamb, fragrant with crushed mint and served with the small green figs she liked so much. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hachiya tripped over something, looked down, and saw it was the body of a soldier, crushed under a fallen gate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariam, who’d had a queasy stomach all night, boiled some water and made herself a cup of green tea sprinkled with crushed cardamom. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The furniture inside was the color of crushed almonds. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She opens her purse and unwraps the partially crushed wooden house and says in her best French, “My brother had this. I believe he found it here. During the war.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Slowly, carefully, the boys approached the scene of suspended destruction, where things that were crushed, thrown, or knocked over took their sweet time hitting the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She rode her chariot straight into the Titans army and crushed everything in her path. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Ralph, looking with more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Living in Faerie, it’s impossible not to notice that everyone else smells like verbena or crushed pine needles, dried blood or milkweed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I feel like my skin is coated with crushed glass, ready to shred me to smithereens if I dare close my eyes and drop my guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Inside the main entrance, people were crushed up together. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was eighteen, she got into a bus accident that broke her spine, crushed her right leg and foot, and made it impossible for her to have babies. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The bed sat on four squat lion’s paws, as if the weight of it had crushed the lion underneath. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Steel and stone all crushed and crumbled like wood. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Only later did he find out that the guard continued to whip him three more times before dropping him on top of the crushed food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This crushed her crush, and perhaps also made her overlook Curt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z However, Cleopatra’s hopes were about to be crushed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z An ordained priest now, he presented a dignified, benevolent figure, but by the second hour of the reception it was clear he was crushed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The chips are mostly crushed, but the burn and tang of the salt and vinegar sates me as I gulp down the Coke. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She smelled of sandalwood and the crushed green gram that she used instead of soap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In her birdish state, she detected no fewer than nine different spices and a hint of dried apples and crushed zirin petals. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hope, so long crushed, rose up in my breast. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I cannot envision snow because the only two kinds of ice I have ever seen are either the blocks we use to cool our meat or the crushed ice we use for snow cones. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave me another plastic spoonful of crushed ice. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “I want six loaves and a pie not too crushed,” she screamed out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Curley sat down on the floor, looking in wonder at his crushed hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba crushed an ice cube between his teeth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Though crushed against many other people, I am lonely to the bone. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z A row of them—trucks, vans, sedans—parked in the crushed grass. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Until moments ago it was destined to disappear from his life altogether, but he has salvaged it by chance, as his father was pulled from a crushed train forty years ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It got crushed in the middle, and whoever tried to peel the labels off stopped because the red and gold paint came off too, leaving silver scratches that rust. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Chubs’s grip on the letter nearly crushed it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The ship was being crushed like a nut, and Shackleton knew there was nothing he could do to stop it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z When several moments had passed, however, without his being sent, flung, or crushed, Sticky opened one eye. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The thought to bring Nina a cup entered his head, and he crushed it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The left side of Pollard’s chest was crushed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rear length of exhaust pipe had been crushed, too. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She turned around and laboriously searched out the plants crushed by her feet. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There had to be other options other than having her legs crushed or bleeding out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Despite the late addition of chopped fresh mint to a blend of melted chocolate, egg yolk, coconut milk, rum, gin, crushed banana and icing sugar, the cocktail was not particularly refreshing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her big toe was crushed and oozing blood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Big steel trolley freight cars were crushed as if eggshells and their piled-up cargo of boxes and merchandise minced like so much sandwich meat. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She contemplated a few pulpy grains of crushed root clinging to her fingertips and resisted—for the twentieth time—the temptation to see what they tasted like. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z An Orc seized Pippin like a sack, put its head between his tied hands, grabbed his arms and dragged them down, until Pippin’s face was crushed against its neck; then it jolted off with him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Something had crushed the grasses and weeds beyond down into a little nest. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A minority was not to be crushed by a majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or on a road somewhere, crushed, nothing of him moving except a wing waving with every passing tire? Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The lyrics mean “the rock crushed my hand, grandma,” and is meant to assure the child that there are always people to take care of them in their lives, either in their family or village. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z An overwhelming sensation crushed my chest so that I could barely breathe. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Then she crushed the flea or louse between her nails. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Michael is still sitting on his bed, crushed, the weeks they could have had together spiraling through his head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In the old days of his librarians’ slippers his toes would have been crushed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Yes; I feel now that I was right when I adhered to principle and law, and scorned and crushed the insane promptings of a frenzied moment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In ballet studios, open trays of crushed resin are usually set aside for the dancers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps he should have crushed some leaves of oleander, or chopped up nightshade root, and somehow found a way to sneak the poison into Trademaster’s food. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But it crushed me with hopelessness, for I wanted to write of the people in my environment with an equal thoroughness, and the burning example before my eyes made me feel that I never could. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m impressed with my catlike recovery, but sticky egg white and yolk drip down my fingers because in my effort not to fall, I’ve crushed the egg in my hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Under the crushed hood lay the tattered, glistening remains of a giant silk cocoon—the trap that Annabeth had tricked Arachne into weaving. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And then they die, slowly crushed between two walls of ice. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were sitting in his room, leaning against his bed, trying to pretend that Park didn't have his arm around her for the first time since she crushed his cassette tapes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But if he gets caught despite NOT reaching out to us, Noah will be completely crushed. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And on that day, I showed Second Wife the fake pearl necklace she had given me and crushed it under my foot. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Atoms would literally be crushed together, their electrons forced into the nucleus, forming neutrons. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Maybe I should tell Adam about my grandma—how she lives with three cats and how she once tried to feed me a can of crushed sardines and fed the cats macaroni and cheese. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Well, a hundred tears or one,” the woman said, obviously cross to have her account disputed, “when her tear fell on the wall, the part it touched just collapsed—as if crushed by her sorrow.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The AT&T thing really crushed him, the wound torn open again. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The old man held him with his left hand and his shoulders now and stooped down and scooped up water in his right hand to get the crushed dolphin flesh off of his face. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I landed in a bed of crushed flowers, breathing heavily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “If they wash loose, they will be crushed among the boulders!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t figure out if he was trying to bring the mood back to a lighter tone, or if he was just trying to make up for getting crushed by Shannon. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Guten Tag, Fräulein Engel,” he said cordially, and she dropped her cigarette and crushed it out with her foot and straightened her back and her coat collar all in a rush of practiced panic. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Then, arching her back to accommodate the lumpy pack—it would be a disaster should her water gourd be crushed—she slid through. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The men scrambled out the way, no one wishing to be crushed by a fallen king. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had crushed his finger in the door, he had quickly, gasping into the speaker, notified his mother; she had hastily requisitioned relief-of- pain medication which had promptly been delivered to his dwelling. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z No recent photographs, no hospital records, no death certificate, just the accident report from the state highway police: Dr. Sidney Sikes suffered a crushed leg and Samuel W. Westing had severe facial injuries. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She crushed the parchment to her chest and whispered the words to herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The creature’s wings were crushed flat against its body at first, but soon they opened, and Doon saw what his green worm had become: a moth with light brown wings. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Scavenger birds peck at the oozing matter that leaks from my crushed skull. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When everyone else is crushed by it, by the loss, the pain. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His face lit up and he rushed toward us, and soon I was crushed in a big group hug. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I have to roll up the jeans four times, and when I belt them, they bunch at the top like the neck of a crushed paper bag. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A caveman owned one spearhead or many spearheads; he had eaten one crushed lizard or many crushed lizards. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “The rings the beer cans made would have crushed the plush of the velvet down...and the plush of this velvet is crushed up.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They left a son in the dark earth of Colorado, crushed into the tilled earth by a spilled tractor. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The bones in my hand are crushed. I’ll never be able to use it again.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If the plane crash-landed nose first, which could easily happen in an emergency, Marina would be crushed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Sugar crushed people, and yet it was because of sugar that Gandhi began his experiment in truth—so that every individual could free him- or herself. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z To amuse myself, I plucked fleas from the straw and crushed them between my fingers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z For weeks the house smelled of crushed onions, fresh oregano, and cilantro. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Men of both sides fled before him, but many he overtook and crushed to the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then he saw their footprints going up the hill; he could see the pebbles and rocks they had knocked loose and the dry grass crushed under boot heel prints. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The man was led out, walking unsteadily, with head sunken, nursing his crushed hand, all the fight gone out of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His other arm crushed the air right out of my chest. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The second car was crushed to half of its size. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In the first Volley, Mares spun, Legs broken, Skulls crushed, & the rest charged the far Wall of the Paddock & leaped it or crashed through it & coursed up the Hillside away from us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The old GMC pickup was crushed around them like the shiny metal coffin the Veterans Office bought for each of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I was being crushed by two unrelenting forces: the uneasy suspicion that I might not be a normal female and my newly awakening sexual appetite. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed, which turned into a long-drawn-out gargle, ending with another glob into a crushed tissue. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t drown or get struck by lightning, mangled by machinery or crushed in landslides. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The old man laid the crushed pieces on the counter and said, “Fix it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Of course I was crushed, but I knew better than to say anything or try to plead with Coach. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Bronwyn was on the table, Caul’s throat in one hand, his weapon crushed to snow in her other. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Word was he’d once crushed a man’s skull with his bare hands, wiped his palms clean on his shirtfront, and kept right on drinking. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Bunches of them are already crushed and strewn around like weapons after the war. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Roy was crushed—the pictures taken by her stepbrother were worthless. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z An insect crushed itself against the windshield, leaving a yellow, mucous smear. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He looked all broken up. I don’t think he will be good for another race. Horses, mister, can have crushed hearts just like humans.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cutting cane was hard work, but it was nothing like what came next: Piles of freshly cut cane had to be fed into the ever-turning mill wheels, until they were completely crushed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Though the bindings on her pink-and-yellow gown crushed her ribs, and the pearls and diamonds around her neck strangled her, she kept her chin high, poised. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My hopes crushed, I wipe my forearm across my nose, dragging snot all over my cheek. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I know, I could still feel them pressed against me, like I was being crushed by a stone wall. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Blood ran from her nose where Sadna had crushed it, but she didn’t seem to care. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Nearby some crows were pecking at a body crushed beneath the tumbled stone, but he lay facedown and Bran could not say who he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She couldn’t tell; she was hurled this way and that, crushed onto a hard surface which then began to lurch and bump like a sledge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z You pointed at the river that glittered like crushed glass far below us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Trays of gauze, minty mouth swabs, cups of crushed ice, and stacks of white towels. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Waking up was horrible, because for a disoriented moment I felt like everything was fine, and then it crushed me anew. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Her arms became heavy and she forgot all about her aching feet and crushed ribs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His gaze wandered to the ripped-up grass under the splintered branches and crushed boughs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z On top of the cheese put your crushed potato chips-don’t be stingy with the potato chips. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z One man had been blinded by a blow to his head in the battle by the Wall, another lamed when his falling horse crushed his legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He crushed me,” he said to no one in particular. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Tractor trailer didn’t see him and crushed his lungs fore he could move. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And then you looked down at the second wing, which was crushed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I walked to the edge of the pile, and after a quick glance around to make sure I wasn’t being watched or followed, I turned sideways to squeeze through a gap between two crushed cars. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The clansman's hand was so big he could have crushed the maester's skull like an eggshell had he squeezed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He opened the window and with his fist crushed the crusty footprinted snow in front of it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The wind will blow them across the ocean thousands of them in giant boats swarming like larva out of a crushed ant hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Washington and his army of traitors will soon be crushed.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z That they could be sharing such a moment and lose it in an instant because he rolled over on his pillow and crushed a moth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Even bruised and dead, she was pretty, pinned under the pile of her bed and the weight of all the stuff that had crushed her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z You know, a big bunch of us on the teacups, with you and me crushed together from the centrifugal force. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the stream bank she sets out their drear picnic, which is only dense, crumbling bread daubed with crushed peanuts and slices of bitter plantain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses had a snow-beaten look, and many were crushed and deserted, driven to earth by the winters. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Buddy opened out a newspaper and covered the smear of blood on the floor where the rat had been crushed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The car, with Alex inside it, would be crushed beyond recognition. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It was worse than being crushed under a train. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But I have a crushed heart for someone else. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At 1000 g’s, the beam is still straight, but trees have become squashed and flattened; at 100,000 g’s, rocks are crushed by their own weight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the narrow street the dark houses of the village gave us some shelter from the wind, but the water of the Bay was already washing across the crushed oyster shells. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew how much this had meant to her, how crushed she was, though she was trying not to show it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It turned out, however, that Blackavar, when not crushed by humiliation and ill-treatment, was a good cut above the ordinary. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Marly had never seen Mother look so crushed and so hurt. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He was running toward them, his face set into a grim mask, the tube of glue crushed and empty in his hand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Aaron immediately handed his water bottle to Ghost, who pretty much crushed whatever was left in it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Then he raised up the stone, and saw that it had crushed Herbor’s skull. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Stifling our laughter, we’d hand the crushed coppers across the counter at the company store for candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His touch was gentle, the water warm and soothing."This is like to sting some," the maester warned as he wet a cloth with wine that smelled of crushed herbs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Another time, as the train slammed itself to a slower speed, Tool almost crushed them, his whole bulk smashing them against metal and leaving Nailer’s head ringing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He plucked the cowboy hat off my head and crushed it between his palms. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cal doggedly lighted bill after bill until all were burned, and then he crushed the black chips down to powder and waited for Lee to comment, but Lee did not speak or move. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Their ankles were crushed when their feet became caught in the starter’s webbing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The point that crushed most was that the FBI had supplied a dossier of evidence identifying the lynchers, and the Pearl River County Grand Jury had decided not to look inside it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Other pumpkins had been crushed, and the seeds were scattered all over the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z We tore the grass to shreds, crushed the neatly manicured bushes, stomped the flowers, and cracked one of the house’s windows with a rock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was fascinated by the dark doorways of private homes crushed between shops and restaurants. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My father’s skull, on one side, was crushed in, I was told later. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Darkness crushed them, and bad smells, and motion. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He was spreadeagled on the stone terrace on the east side, his head crushed and mangled by a great block of white marble. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The two cohorts crushed them like a vise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Now he got his head up from the wood and out of the slice of fish that his cheek had crushed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The delirious man with the fever and the crushed toes sank to the floor and wept in pain while other men tripped over him and hurt him more in their blind, milling, agonized stampede. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Which is the first time I notice all the other crushed cans, they're everywhere, the whole place is like a trash can or a big ashtray or something. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Big country bumpkin, eh, Chief? One more word from you back there and she’d have thrown that table and crushed us.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z ‘Name the terms,’ said Gandalf steadily, but those nearby saw the anguish in his face, and now he seemed an old and wizened man, crushed, defeated at last. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Finance-based protestations were crushed before they could be raised, by the clear statement that his tuition would be taken care of. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The heaviness that has settled around my heart is getting to the point where it is slowly being crushed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z One would’ve crushed the Athena Parthenos, but the statue’s glowing aura acted like a force field, and the car bounced off. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Like eggshells it crushed the buildings of the North End yard of the city’s paving division....To the north it swirled and wiped out practically all of Boston’s only electric freight terminal. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And the very same day, a man loading finished bolts of cloth onto the railroad cars in the Lawrence mill yard had been run over and crushed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The BMW screamed as two walls of solid steel relentlessly crushed it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I see you crying like a crushed snail, the way you cried when I helped you pull out your first loose tooth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z On the night table beside the ash tray overflowing with crushed butts stood the empty bottle, but the last thing I remembered before the curtain came down was watching myself take the second drink. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She was pacing up and down the patio, but as soon as she caught sight of me, she stopped, flicked her cigarette onto the paving stones and crushed it beneath her toe. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The other was of his short black hair and how it felt rough and soft at the same time, like crushed velvet. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z With one foot she crushed a struggling man on the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘You are a pest, son of Jupiter. You will be crushed!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Many of France’s neighbors worried that similar revolutions might spread to their countries and wanted the new French republic crushed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z People lie in sleeping bags, surrounded by car tires and orange life jackets, empty food packages, crumpled papers, water bottles and crushed cans. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z But if the dove were crushed, they must turn back and give up all hope of the Golden Fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Lem crushed Nat’s hand and pounded his back and bellowed with cheerful profanity, “I knew there was one man in Salem who wouldn’t think I was a ghost.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He held a crushed Stetson hat under his arm while he combed his long, black, damp hair straight back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Johnny appears at the door, stepping gingerly over the crushed glass. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Montag's hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion, with an insanity of mindlessness to his chest. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the way he would crumple, crushed under the weight of my words and his own self-loathing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the middle of the road was a flattened, bloody mass of brown prickles and white fur, with small black feet and snout crushed round the edges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She crushed it in one fist as the horrified mother looked on. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She knocked them off and crushed them under her bare feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This is the woman who crushed my parents under her steel-bottomed boot, who brought the Resistance to its knees by killing the greatest leaders it ever had. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At the battle of Cajamarca recounted above, 168 Spaniards crushed a Native American army 500 times more numerous, killing thousands of natives while not losing a single Spaniard. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No one seemed concerned about Edward, though I explained over and over that he was the hero — how he had pulled me out of the way and had nearly been crushed, too. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I could see the ribbon of crushed grass all the way back to the figure of Atlas, who looked peculiar, bent under the weight of absolutely nothing. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z A wooden step complains beneath his weight; it sounds to her like a small animal being crushed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I held my overskirt out in front of me to keep the raspberries from being crushed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows it shouldn’t be a big deal, but this just feels like another brick added to the pile of changes he feels he’ll eventually be crushed beneath. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Now we won’t be the first one to get crushed by the monster,” I say and Chou nods in agreement. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the stick she crushed the glass to bits and scraped dirt over them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Our parents never did find out about those blue eggs, just as they never knew about the turtle we found on the road one day, after a car had crushed it. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The spreading moss is crushed by deep plum and sparkling gold as he pulls her away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A second ago, my chest hurt like I was being crushed by a boulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her momentary glee at the adjustment is crushed by the pain that follows as the ring continues to close around her finger, the metal burning into her skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he’d taken the pomegranate from my hand, crushed it against his forehead. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And hearing his voice I opened my brief case and searched for my dark glasses, my Rineharts, drawing them out only to see the crushed lenses fall to the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And there, at the base of the impregnable anchor, where smooth mesarthium met the stones it had crushed two hundred years ago underneath its awful weight, was the solution to Weep’s problem. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The loin I would brine overnight, to keep the lean meat from drying out on the grill, cover it with crushed peppercorns, and then grill it fairly quickly over olive wood. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She wiped her eyes and said in barely a whisper, “I feel like a broken drum—hollow, crushed, unable to make a sound.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The stacks were so dense around the pile of crushed and charred trailers that it was too dangerous to try to clear them out with one of the old construction cranes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She moved her clumsy shoe a few centimeters and deliberately crushed a twig. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He put his arms around Lee’s shoulders and nearly crushed him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If Jess and the twins hadn’t been deep in that hole, they all would have been crushed. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z His chest would be crushed by the weight of the mower, a broken rib would puncture his left: lung. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He got up and crushed his cigarette upon the window sill. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He reached into his bag for the pack of peanut butter crackers that Train Ear had crushed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He pulled out a crushed box of matches and some small candles. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Even after the Titans were conquered and crushed, Zeus was not completely victorious. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The lead rat sprang forward and crushed Tick’s head in its jaws. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘The Earth Mother shall deliver me, but you shall be crushed!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Yet he could not have been so humbled unless he had shared and accepted the vision that had crushed him, the common vision that bound us all together. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My straw hat had been crushed and forgotten. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if there’s another variation in which Johnny is hurt, his legs and back crushed against the rocks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Twenty-six horses and two grooms died, crushed beneath the falling roof or smothered under the snows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As we cowered behind her, she wobbled and nearly slipped backward off the rocks, which between her weight and the door’s would’ve crushed us all. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The three folders had gotten pretty messed up in my bag, all folded over and crushed by clothes and some of the food we’d swiped. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z This, he was certain, was the man who crushed the heads of china dolls. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z When the Howards arrived by special charter train from Del Monte, they were told that their son was dead, his skull and spine crushed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was crushed, all the air pushed out of me, and I couldn’t feel anything. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This was crushed with a rolling pin and sprinkled on top of the fried bits just before eating. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Egyptians crushed cut cane and captured the juice, they boiled and strained the liquid, let it settle, then strained it again. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Daliwonga’s response was that he was trying to restore the status of his royal house that had been crushed by the British. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wipes a tear With a crushed Kleenex And waves a hand Over her nose, The fumes of the chile Lifting toward the ceiling. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Every few weeks—especially when they were younger—they’d come on a Sunday morning and find empty plastic bottles of vodka, crushed cigarette butts. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z There they were, spoken at last, and the irony crushed her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z More than 150 people had been hurt—carried away by the river of molasses, trapped in crushed buildings, struck by flying metal when the tank exploded. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z He put on his glasses and hunched over and fished through his papers, his beard crushed on his chest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And other sounds came to them on the pummeling wind—the roaring beat of an engine, the creak and howl of great masses of wood being crushed together, human cries. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The game of Twister collapsed into a mound of crushed bodies, bent arms, and wriggling feet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And then I knew that the vanished scent upon the handkerchief was the same as the crushed white petals of the azaleas in the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I should be crushed that less than a month into my junior year of high school, my latest girlfriend kicked me to the curb like a pair of too-small shoes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z We make a shopping list: flour, eggs, ghee, marshmallows, chocolate chips, crushed graham crackers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Opinions differ on whether he choked to death while laughing or was crushed by the crowd. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Vanilla with chocolate sprinkles and crushed Oreos, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and that nasty cherry on top, which looks better than it tastes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When the creature rolled, these arms folded and maneuvered to avoid being crushed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She opened the double doors and we rushed ahead in a wave, goaded from behind by boys who crushed against us with their chests and knees. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Putting his hand on my shoulder, he said to the store clerk, “He’s all of ten years, but the boy crushed as much cane as I did.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped on the monkey bars and crushed them, but he didn't seem angry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And then, thinking of her mother, she saw herself as small, weak, and helpless, and she began to cry, suddenly, crushed as much by outrage as by shock. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, an old city that was razed, burned to cinders, and crushed into the ground, even the roads disappearing, the earth left to run wild over the wreckage. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He straightened, but she crushed her body into his, even though it still aggravated her wounds to do so. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "Every time I look down at my hands, I'll always see them being crushed." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He crushed the paper into a hard wad and tossed it into the waste basket. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped thinking about fresh, cool air; I just wanted to breathe and not be crushed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A splash, a labored beating of wings, and Zerubabel was in a gull’s beak, its pale, pink shell already crushed, its tiny pincers loosely dangling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z This—being crushed inside the wave—lasted much longer, and it wasn’t happening in slow motion either. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Autopsies showed Fannie died of a crushed skull and suffered three gunshots, two to the side of the head and one in her back. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The rainwater would seep down gently and the delicate membranes would not be crushed or broken before the emergence of tiny fingers, roots, and leaves pressing out in all directions. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Go to the Ufizzi in Florence, the Louvre in Paris, and you are so crushed with the numbers, once the might of greatness, that you go away distressed, with a feeling like constipation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dead as dirt. The cart crushed ’em, Chief.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z For a minute, I thought that my sister was right: I was going to get run over and crushed. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Nat crushed the note, hurled it on the floor, then picked it up, smoothed it, and put it away in a book. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds as if artists like Byrd are being crushed by the weight of the world around them; their music is a cry of anguish, a lamentation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “The queen has been troubled with sleepless nights of late. She wakens and cannot return to sleep, and her pulse beats fast. The barley water with crushed poppy no longer brings her ease.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Charon was poling us across a dark, oily river, swirling with bones, dead fish, and other, stranger things—plastic dolls, crushed carnations, soggy diplomas with gilt edges. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At the summit of the hill, the mighty blocks of stone lay as if crushed by a giant fist. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z In this case, the state was far more powerful than we, and any attempts at violence by us would be devastatingly crushed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tariq crushed his cigarette with the heel of his good foot. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Re-reading rule number 6, he realized that a crushed finger fell into the category of “unrelated to training.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z My chest feels like it’s being crushed by a giant fist. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Scipio stamped his foot so forcefully that he crushed one of the little soldiers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z To make us all feel crushed and frustrated. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When the hydraulic lifts let the cars down, the air escaping from the pistons sounded like screams of people being crushed. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Several nights later, I dipped a ball of crushed ice into a can of gasoline, let the oil coat the ice in a thick layer, and lit it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They were much softer than the gut cherries and apparently were being crushed a bit with their own weight. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The crushed bones of kings or warriors or wisdom keepers? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On average, a man died in the mines every day, often crushed by coal cars or killed by explosions. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z She looked glum after that, and I felt sorry that I’d crushed her hopes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z |
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