| 单词 | dock |
| 例句 | While Frank and Percy ordered, Hazel wandered down to the docks and asked some questions. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Still, though, there were those tourists, he thought, as he walked down Hill Street toward the docks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s a photo he recognizes as one of the ones they took for Pez in Texas, June and Henry lounging on the dock together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Even in the prisoner’s dock it’s always interesting to hear people talk about you. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He tipped his hat toward her and sauntered off, leaving Petty Officer Lac standing dumbfounded on the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The praetor sat next to her on the dock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Accusations that might even be false, I thought, remembering what we’d seen at the dock the night before. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Royal did not go to war, but he went away that summer to work on the docks in another town. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He headed for the agreed-upon meeting place—a thin dock on a canal lined with butcher shops. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z No one ran to the docks to stop them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He loves the docks and wharves, which remind him of popular Japanese art prints that he’s begun collecting. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As she reached the end of the dock, she heard her name called. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two different pools and a beach that spread out in a long white arch with a dock at the far end. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Later we got in trouble and our allowance was docked for the price of the Kleenex. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then she sat on the edge of the dock and held the boat steady with her feet while her grandmother lifted the motor up and rocked it into a resting position inside the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man takes a long time lowering himself from the dock to the skiff, but I know better than to rush him. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I moved beside Fred, budging my way into the front row to see the shark’s body being pulled by the hoist from just below the dock. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When we got back to the dock at my house, Digger was itchy for revenge. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z As soon as the motor started she pushed the boat away from the dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Over by the docks, a familiar voice shrieked over the wind: “Kill them! Kill them all!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We talked for a little while longer, and then I decided I ought to head for the ferry dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Still standing on the dock in front of everyone, Cole. smirked as he undressed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Through that window he could watch his Western Star graving in the graving dock. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re late to his class, you get docked in a very big way: thirty points off the midterm. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Neel grabbed the rope before the nauka could drift away and secured it to the dock. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z To her right, a long pier jutted into the lake, and there were other docks farther east, wooden fingers reaching out from the town. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We need to get to the docks. I need to see if any of my father’s ships are there.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z At the dock, they took turns fishing and swimming. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “You seen a young girl hanging around the docks tonight?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Horses!” her mother had gasped when the carriage rolled up to the dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The scratching sound they’d heard back on the docks—someone had carved these words into the wood while she and Archer were inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Often they headed to the beach or docks. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z It is early on a December morning as we walk from the orphanage to the docks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Would he be in the varsity boat when it passed this dock? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Argentine sightseers crowded the docks to see the world-famous explorers, and showered the crew with invitations to dinners, dances, and cabarets. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z None of the other slum dwellers, none of the other scavengers and dock laborers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z On the docks, we were met by more armed guards and a small crowd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The more sugar was planted, the more mills were built to grind it, the more docks were hammered into place to ship sugar, the more enslaved people were brought from Africa to work the plantations. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Some ships are docked at the palace pier—alive with light and late-night merchants and markets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She picked up her bag from the dock and hustled everyone ahead of her down the dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We crept some feet forward toward the dock and there waited. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As they neared the docks, Haldon Lac rehearsed what he would say when they brought in Hatchet and his men. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Our boat the Mary Rose has sunk at the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We reached the shore and loaded the bags and the shovel into the skiff just moments before the officers came over the bluff and headed for their own boat, tied up at the dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I hope your family will come to visit us again and make happier memories. Can I give you a ride to the dock?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z When the Warden tried to buy gasoline for the Viking funeral, a man on the docks talked him out of the idea. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z This time, instead of pushing off with my hands, I used my gun, pointing it up at the Agena docking collar and squeezing the trigger. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Assassin kicked at the bits of splintered wood on the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Down at the lake, on the edge of the dock, Ida Nee was twirling her baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z His chair fell to the dock with a thud. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As I watch, a small explosion flashes from the launch port and one shuttle dock rail skews to one side, while the other completely detaches. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He swam out from under the dock and called up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He signaled to Wylan, and they continued to make their way past the boats and ships moored along the dock, keeping as low as possible. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ricketts’ was located in a quiet residential area many blocks away from the docks where the pestilence had first struck. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Meeks declared as they passed the last of the tall ships at the end of the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I jostled up against a dock- worker and was cuffed away before I could get my hand all the way into his pocket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Holly swiveled horizontal and pointed the docking nodes at the lights. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He made his way out toward the floating docks, swimming slow and off the main marked path through the water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The men nodded and carried the chest toward the beautiful carriage with the golden horses at the end of the dock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had almost decided to set by the time Turner reached the dock. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We walked to where our pier joined the dock with many other piers and curved bridges attached to it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ropes appeared as if conjured, thick ropes used for tying ships to the docks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept one arm around Chubs’s shoulders and used my free hand to reach up and grab hold of the dock’s algae-slick supports. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “But this time, not only the fields were destroyed, but the warehouses down by the docks in Eames. This is going to be big money, and I intend to go in heavy.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Owen had taught him to sail from the dock before he let him sail in the open. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The Apollo machinery was being designed with two separate spacecraft, which would rendezvous and dock with each other while in orbit around the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked like a tug nudging at a clumsy tanker in a narrow dock. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “The dock’s tore up right smart, but folks got their homes.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Jimmy jumped back up on the dock, too, and I saw Carl place his fingers on Ben’s neck, checking for a pulse. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The shuttle rotates away from the launch port and is lifted back to its docking unit. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “If they are, they got a lot of nerve docking in New York Harbor looking all pirate-shippy like that.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The day was an excessive warm one; the dirt itself smelled of heat when we landed; and, as if distempered, the skies began a sickly-warm drizzle as we formed upon the dock. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When we reached the dock, the man who had fished me out of the water lifted me out of the boat with his fishy-smelling hands. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She spotted the snake guys slithering along the docks, winding through crowds of mortal tourists who paid them no attention. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As soon as his dad and Boots had woken, they were taken to the dock where Gregor had made his escape the first night. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The rope swung out to hang over a mile of empty space as the wall and dock retreated out of range. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They were the last to arrive that summer, and most of us were on the dock waiting for the boat to pull in. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Most of the boats were moored at docks that stretched out into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re standing in the dock, English is the difference between getting off with a fine or going to prison. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They opened the door and led me into the dock. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The schooner exploded, knocking Inej off her feet and showering the docks in flame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The main dining room was on the second floor, in a modern addition that jutted over a loading dock in the back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The trashman lifted the basket with just a little more effort than usual, hauled it to the river dock, and plopped it into his boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Either the O is docked out in the harbor islands somewhere or mission is aborted. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z To change our orbit this time, we used the rocket engine on the far end of the docked Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As Elizebeth later explained, the Atlantic coast alone, “with its coves and inlets, its chopped waterline, with its many secluded spots where boats might secretly dock and unload, created a problem which defied description.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A red jib was set and the skipper was carefully trying to steer it toward the dock. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z People had dogs that barked, and they had docks. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Get this mighty fish to the dock before Mr. Nagahachi goes home for the day. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The scenery was altered in only one regard: the long summer of drought had dramatically lowered the level of the lake, exposing brown earthen banks and leaving the floating dock high, dry, and useless. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To bypass the locked circuit, start the engine, steer the boat out of dock under the pier-lamps and so off to Orgoreyn, having never run a motorboat, seemed a silly desperate venture. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z His pale blue eyes stared at everything that went past, taking in the docks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We approached his dock with trepidation, expecting an ambush, but found no resistance, and indeed an old slave left to lead us to the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Make it back here, then head for the docking cave and pray that Mary Lou and Tane got control of the yacht. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was no ocean, no dock, nothing nearby at all, just streets and parked cars and darkness and snow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Now that she noticed, there were countless chained slaves working the docks, lifting and sweating, holding parasols and pouring water, eyes on the ground or the sky—never on what was before them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the loading dock, under a gray tin roof, women sort red and green tomatoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Summer was the busy season on the docks along the Chicago River. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Any hope Turner had that they might slip in quietly was gone when he saw the score or more of lanterns down by the docks, and the crowd of people watching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z While we were doing our warm-ups, I kept hanging on the docks to scan for her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The trashman shoved the boat away from the dock with his bare foot and they were off, down the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Hundreds of people swarmed the docks, even at this early hour. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There was the dock the Hartshorn had tied to, and there was Bellingham’s building. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Call, you go down to the dock. As soon as the ferry docks, Captain Billy’s going to have to take her to the hospital.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no more than a half hour left, and I still have to get through the dock traffic and up to Blackcliff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A stiff breeze came in from the north, and I remember how the little fourteen-foot boat made sharp rocking motions as we pushed off from the dock. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As the island got closer, Jason saw docks bristling with sails. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When they pulled up alongside the Manhattan, Pocock found that the dock was a jumble of offices, storage sheds, stacks of cargo, and canopied gangways for passengers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The oarsmen came leaping aboard, sturdy men with great arms, while longshoremen rolled water barrels thundering out the dock and stowed them under the rowers’ benches. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Give ’em part of the profit to tow me and the big fish back to the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the marina, the boys again helped Garvey and Edwin carry the stretcher to the end of the dock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Her cell phone, docked on the dashboard, started chirping. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “We snuck down to the dock last night after the Coral Queen closed,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “First, we’ve got to find out where we have docked. Let’s take a bearing on this place.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Set back on the land were pens for cattle, sheep and hogs; and around and about were sheds and houses belonging to the men who worked the docks and shipped the livestock. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some fifteen minutes later, our launch set forth on its final leg, leaving dock and bloody ground behind. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The boys pulled on the bow mooring line until the boat was only two feet off the dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finally got the shell onto the dock, the boys trooped back onto the Manhattan, their serge coats soggy and their straw hats starting to droop, and waited for the formal disembarking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The rows of houseboats sit anchored near faded wooden docks, and each one’s a little different. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z My muscles were so stiff that it took me three times as long to pull myself onto the dock than it normally would have. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The Princess Andromeda, Luke’s demon cruise ship, was docked at that beach. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The half-men surveyed the dock workers with a calm detachment so much like Tool that they could have been brothers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The second most important unknown was the question of rendezvous and docking. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ty is plugging his iPod into the dock to get ready to wake the hall up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z On the way to the docks, we talked about school and sports. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It floated on the water, and the breeze tugged it out away from the dock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Yes. The sellswords were supposed to help us get the dragons chained up so we could get them to the docks.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well I don’t know how you’d have heard that. As the news was fresh last night and we just docked down here ten minutes ago.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So when the ship docked at the harbour in Piraeus, on the outskirts of Athens, Piper resisted the urge to breathe a sigh of relief. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A second before, Papa had been standing on the dock above them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He could smell the sea, hear it washing against the docks and the faraway shores, calling him to wilder waters, to bigger monsters, and to stories yet to be earned. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z On the morning of the play, he backs the truck up to the loading dock that leads backstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The river laps calmly at the nearby docks, the masts of dozens of small riverboats bobbing gently up and down like a forest of dancing spears. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s deputies were waiting on the dock at the end of the day. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We drank our coffee out of paper cups, and through the square ferry windows he pointed out the dry docks and the skeletons of new submarines. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Fox had the better vantage point, but Lac saw a boy about his age scoop up a slight, black-haired girl and go running past them down the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A pair of bravos passed in rumpled finery, leaning on each other as they staggered drunkenly past the docks, their blades rattling at their sides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She also used to say a watched dock don’t tick, and I was definitely watching the clock. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Down on our dirt road by the river there are just boats and wormy-looking docks and dock houses and whatever else you build on a flowing river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z One day thirty ships arrived, thirteen of them from the West Indies, but no one was available to stop them from docking or discharging passengers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z As I began working my way toward the docks, I heard Abbey call out, “Be careful, Noah!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When he reached the nearest gondola dock, Frank turned back into a human again, stabbed a few more katoblepones to keep them angry, and took off running. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On the other side of the road, to his left, the houses were also handsome, though less expensive and on a smaller scale and with no docks or boats or gardeners. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z With no clear plan, they ran for the docks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But the dream still floated, still beckoned, as beautiful and elusive as the green light at the end of Gatsby’s dock. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the docks, the sidewalks were mobbed with tourists shopping at the T-shirt kiosks, overflowing from stores, and lounging across acres of outdoor café tables, like pods of sea lions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was no doubt that she would have been called to the dock for this shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He met Gene Johnson at the loading dock, where they went over Gene’s script. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The shark would have looked powerful swimming in the ocean, but it seemed freakish hanging in a loop on the dock, bunched up in some places and stretched out in others. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Once when I was about six I did a cannonball off the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She remembered that the cargo boat was still docked. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It shouldn’t be hard to find where the merchant ships were docked. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “I did some work at the docks in Juneau. At any rate, if it can make a polar bear smell good, just think what it can do for you.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m bone-tired from cranking on that winch but too excited to go to bed yet, so I go out on the dock and stand there under all the stars and admire the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I promised myself a secret visit to the docks later, as soon as Polly arrived to distract Mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody knows how that one got started, but Dad told me it’s been around the docks since before Grandpa Bobby’s time. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Our custom improves because business by the docks declines. It’s the talk of fever. People are afraid to venture out by the river.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” I called as I stepped onto the dock, “bread is actually bad for ducks.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He could feel his father’s footsteps on the dock. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Dicey led her family out to the end of one dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Almost didn’t. There’s a Nazi on the dock who doesn’t like me much.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They swim in the dark water, under the moonlight, weeds catching their limbs, out to the neighboring dock. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The Coral Queen was dark and the docks were quiet, but I didn’t take any chances. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They snaked it over to the dock and connected it to something that resembled a giant rust- freckled egg. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The horn blows and the Oasis pulls out from the dock, heading, as far as the authorities know, for Istanbul under a false flag. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z No wonder the docks had been mostly empty. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z We determined that we should make our way to their dock and steal whatever boat we might find. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z My brother and I stand at the end of a ramshackle dock beside a long blue craggy lake. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The yacht slipped into the secret docking cave. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When he put off and motored for the docks the gulls followed on high with their breasts opened to the wind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z While we ate, R.C. talked about how many fish he’d caught, his work down on the docks, and some raunchy stuff about girls he’d known. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Down by the dock, the lights shone over the black water. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Finally, far up the dock, someone spotted a baggage chute descending at a sixty-degree angle to street level. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then, up on the dock, she spotted Riker himself, his long cloak and smug smile. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I’m easing in along the shore, about a hundred yards from the Crofts’ big floating dock, when a boat pulls away from the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They chugged into the dock, tying up at the far end. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was rather as though, after being in makeshift wet dock for days, the Queen Mary had just sailed out of, say, Walden Pond, as suddenly and perversely as she had sailed in. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z At her dock on the River Thames in London, Endurance became a major tourist attraction. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She turns the boat toward the shore and suddenly I can see my Liars waiting, not on the dock but by the weathered wooden fence that runs along the perimeter path. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A half-dozen flat-bottomed boats were being rowed to the docks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred yards ahead, tied to the end of the longest dock, was a makeshift raft with a simple mast and a square canvas sail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I was fishing off the edge of the dock outside our cabin the day we were going to head back home. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When the ferry tied up at the dock, I was tempted to stay on board and wait for the return trip. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The dock that was used by the rangers was sturdy and long, reaching into the deep water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z On the dock, while we were drying ourselves off, she said, “I’m darker than you.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He craned his neck to look back down the dock and then again along the waterfront. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They waited among their bags in the cold while their hakujin neighbors stood staring at them where they were gathered on the dock between the soldiers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The dead men must have been loading it for the trip to the docks when they were attacked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The man in the boat says his name is Tim Boyle from Mayo God help us and we docked there at the right time because there’s a bit of a party and we’re all invited. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My wanderings even led me down along the piers and docks where I read plaques telling about the old sailing ships that used to put into port there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It had two wooden docks set fifty yards apart, which was a regulation distance according to federation swim rules. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The trio walked quickly, and Nailer almost lost them twice amongst the thump of workers and crew on the floating docks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Morris's son, Dave Golner, who lived in Connecticut, found us as we were being processed by immigration after our ship docked at Boston Harbor. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I fixed boardwalks and lifeguard chairs and the dock struts rotting away in the saltwater marsh. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to talk to Sookie. Let’s go down to the dock.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I shouted at Tilly because she was tap dancing at the edge of the dock, getting ready to jump in, and I didn’t want her to come. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There wasn’t anything special about it—just a white-and-silver dock face, a black leather strap—but as soon as I saw it I realized that this is what I’d seen him tinkering on all summer. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z His sharp duds weren’t the only thing that set Johnny Cakes apart from the other fishermen at the docks. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them were down at the dock. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Her boots scratched against the wooden dock, and she lowered herself into the boat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They had weathered the storm in trees and docks inland from the cape. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We walked down to the water, and for a long time I sat cross-legged at the end of the dock while Tilly sniffed around in the marsh. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Perhaps this was why the human traffickers had picked this dock in the first place. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I drew several spaceships entering and leaving his cavernous nostrils, like they were docking at a spaceport. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z In the Abbey kitchens, Cornflower carefully wrapped Matthias’s food in fresh dock leaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mom finally put her foot down and insisted it was okay for me to quit, scuttling Stephen Kellner’s dreams of me playing professional soccer before they even made it out of dry dock. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The reckless water, the frenzied wind, the snow, the downed trees, the boats dashed against their sunken docks—it was harsh and beautiful and disorderly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Half the stalls were empty, and it seemed to her that there were fewer ships at dock than she re-membered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the boat docks, baby Rocky is asleep. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Heard the Mary Rose sunk at the dock. Figured your dad would call me.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Details are still sketchy: Two down at the docks. At least five in midtown. Three in the Claw.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He slip off the loading dock, fell down on the drive. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Root didn’t have the energy to discipline him, but he made a mental note: when this is over, dock Foaly’s pay for a few decades. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Our fleet of small craft being almost come to the docks, the fire from the ships ceased. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I took a rake and a couple big garbage bags and headed on down the hill behind the three-car garage to the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z "We have to save for when we dock." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He followed the road past the handsome houses with their docks and wooden shingles. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumors of a fever near the docks snaked through the city. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of that time, we spotted a modest house and made our way toward its dock, where we hoped to find a suitable boat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Her grandmother untied the painter, pulled the boat around until its stern was near the dock and jumped in herself, dropping the line into Dicey’s lap. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We followed the dock toward the shore, where the pipes, now joined by many others, disappeared under the cement sidewalks leading to San Juan. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They snapped in the breeze as the ship cast off and slipped away from the dock. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally, we rounded the tip of Manhattan and steered up the Hudson where, without incident, we docked at the 79th Street Marina. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When they had settled on the seats, Percy concentrated, and the boat slipped away from the dock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He slipped downstairs, out the back door, and made his way to the end of the dock where he watched the barge pass by the house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “They will want to keep you here when the ship docks. You will be fire, almost.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z So Father phoned the police and arranged for a squad car to pick them up on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the dock for a long time, gazing at the lake, oblivious to the rain, thoughts assembling themselves, connecting with other thoughts and drawing together in new ways. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Buzzing with excitement to test my hypothesis, I slipped the iPod into her speaker dock. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Turner was standing at the end of the dock, alone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I think of Namontack walking along the docks—the same docks I left so many months ago—and seeing our world for the first time. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Man on the dock said the tail can move faster than the eye can see, but this one is going slow, gliding along as easy as can be. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I fledged in San Francisco, climbed its hills, slept in its parks, worked on its docks, marched and shouted in its revolts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They had just begun construction on the house, but they had left a canoe onshore, and their sailboat at the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z After a long time spent searching the docks, Zoe finally stopped in her tracks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Peering through the crowds, Sefia spotted a few tall ships at the end of the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A pair of elegantly dressed women knelt by the strange man who had come in from the landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘If anyone asks, you took us around the island and showed us the sights. You dropped us at the docks in Pylos. You never saw any giant warship.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “No way. Saw one dock once; they had a whole bunch of half-men for guards. Wouldn’t let beach trash paddle close.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I cried out, faking labor, and fell to my knees on the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All that, Ulbrickson knew, had to start here on this dock, with the boys who were now wandering off into the waning light. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He strode to the dock, leaped into the boat with Neel, untied it, and slowly, easily, began rowing across the river. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “That other dog, the one who leapt off the dock and hurt himself?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen docking, sir!” cried a soldier on the wharf. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad was right, should have left her sunk at the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When the door opened we stepped out onto a loading dock. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He goes on to describe the harbor full of crowded boats leaving the docks. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z September 29, 1977: Salyut 6 is the first space station equipped with docking stations on either end, which allow for two vehicles to dock at once. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Though the property was on the lake, there were no docks or boats in sight, only a mansion-like clubhouse, two paddle tennis courts, and a swimming pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There would be one southbound and one northbound cargo barge the next day both departing the dock at two o'clock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In contrast to the unattractive side street outside the window of Bókin, the library’s window provided a view of the fishing trawlers docked in the bay, and the mountains just beyond the water. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We wandered along the cruise line docks, pushing through crowds of people arriving for vacations. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She headed back down the dock to the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl crossed there and made her way down to the docks, then through the Ragman’s Harbor and past the half-sunken spires and domes of the Drowned Town. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were beds ringing, docks smiting in belfries, standards floating—until the whole air above them seemed to be alive. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z No wonder the Underlanders didn’t bother to post a guard on the dock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As the shape drew closer, into the pale wash of the dock lights, I recognized the blue dinghy and the spindly silhouette of my sister at the helm. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As the boat evened up with the end of the dock I jumped off and hooked a line around a cleat, but the wood was rotted and the cleat bolts ripped out of the dock. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When I did, I noticed that part of the docking apparatus, a metal ring, had come free and was dangling loosely. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As they thumped against the dock, lyroshi seamen leapt down to tie up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The barge would leave the dock beneath the mountain in little over an hour. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It made me think about Akeelma and what was waiting for her once the boat docked. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The idea that the ambush on the docks might simply be the end of her had shaken him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He slipped beneath the docks, bobbing in the salt water, and listened. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A few of them sauntered along the dock, bending over to hoist long, yellow-spruce oars, getting the feel of them, contemplating their considerable heft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They bob next to the docks, and I watch as crates of chickens are carried on board. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She half runs down the stairs to the dock and disappears inside the storeroom. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s sister, Empress Marie of Russia, took photographs during the royal inspection, and afterward, the eager fans who mobbed the dock gave the crew teddy bears and other mascots to carry south. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Manit passed the piers where the big fishing boats docked under hazy Amber orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Ten peculiar children and one peculiar bird were made to fit in just three stout rowboats, with much being jettisoned and left behind on the dock. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The dock housed not only the Army Transport Command but representatives of the Farm Security Administration and the Federal Employment Service. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Still, standing on the dock, he looked like the same man I’d known my whole life. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon, they made it to the Alameda docks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Jesper fired at the two men leading the charge down the dock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was glad for the peace of the docks, but they seemed almost too still after the noise and chaos of the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I ate lunch and took care of some bills I had to pay. About five I headed down to the docks.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We’re just putting clear tape over the address when the docking bay door opens again and a mom with a screaming kid comes in. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z All the docks looked the same—all the boats and ships and piles of cargo. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I guess he knew we’d have such things close to hand—every dock on the creek has drums and rope and an old plank or two. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z What if they snuck on the boat when it was tied to a dock somewhere and ducked into the cabin to rifle through drawers looking for money or valuables they could sell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She said, “I wanted someone to know me. I thought it would be like when you’re finally tied to the dock.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I made a beeline for the wood dock I had discovered the afternoon before, needing to find some way to wash out the jitters racing through my heart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When the boat docks at Fort Mason, Piper has the laundry in three fully stuffed bags. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Astonished fans and journalists gathered around them on the dock, peppering them with questions: Was the University of Washington in the District of Columbia? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Through them, I could see a small T-shaped wood dock at the other end, and, beyond that, several wooden cabins. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z At the dock, we all had to go through a line and talk to some men in uniforms. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the empty basket still in my hand, I walked along the short path to the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “That Japanese whaler. The one seized by the port authorities. Is she still tied up at the docks?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A sliding door on the opposite side of the boathouse from the dock began to open, letting in more light. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Must have fallen in off the old dock,” Dad said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I told them the parts that mattered to them, about Mr. Kendall appearing near the dock and then visiting the pawnbroker. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Immigrants waited it out on the dock until the lumberyard owner showed up, then demanded that he fire the blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Our spectral host lifted his hands from the dock, thus giving himself over to the directions and exhortations of the tide; and with that, he was swept away into the darkness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He and Hatchet are leaving port this morning on a ship called the Tin Bucket. She’s docked at Black Boar Pier now.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sitting on that rotten dock, with the sinking sun lighting up the pond, was the first time I’d ever missed a new episode and now I was going to be late for the rerun. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Turning the wheel all the way to one side, she pedaled backwards and slid away from the dock. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Leo docked the ship at a pier in Charleston Harbor, right next to the seawall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was to the dock now, almost to the place where his father’s nauka was secured. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Wild plants like sorrel and dock are rich in this vitamin. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the boat had cleared the dock and was headed downriver, the captain announced over the loudspeaker that all passengers were to assemble in the lounge. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Argo II was docked at a busy wharf. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Argo II was already pulling away from the dock. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The business section crowded as close as it could to the bay and looked out over the docks, as if that was where its real interest lay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamilton reversed the engine and sputtered back to where I could leap aboard, grab the line, and leap back onto the dock, where I looped it around a solid piling head and pulled it snug. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I pull it out and walk it back and forth along the dock to measure it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The freight handlers in the railroad yards had shed their overcoats, and sailors from a training ship docked at the wharf carried their naval jackets as they walked along the streets. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He walked on and found two cedars across the road, and beyond that the town docks were mostly swamped and under water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She says she remembers meeting it at the dock and following while six men helped my father roll it on a dolly to our house, for there were no trucks or cars on the island. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Miriam Mann worked for Jim Williams, running the numbers for the “rendezvous” research that would allow two vehicles to dock while in space. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Two more stood on the next boat dock over, just in case we tried to escape that way. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Around the corner of the building, a big delivery truck starts up and pulls away from the school’s receiving dock. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The British army was hardly marching down Wall Street, but ten ships had docked downriver on Staten Island. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawn was just breaking the sky into pale gray, illuminating the floating docks and the distant mist-shrouded structures of drowned Orleans. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As the Soyuz spacecraft docked with the Salyut space station, the three cosmonauts made their way on board. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z He thought he’d be running down thieves in the Barrel or patrolling the harbors, getting first look at cargo coming in on the docks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I remember the first time I saw Captain Smith on the docks at Blackwall, how strong and brash he seemed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He gathered , up the garbage in the cooler and put it on the dock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "Thanks, man, I gotta go. Get back to work 'fore they dock me." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Another figure had joined the bald goon at the end of the dock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Huddled on the dock, they draped arms over one another’s shoulders and talked through their race plan, speaking softly but with more assurance, accelerating their advance along the rough road from boyhood to manhood. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “In a short while, I gonna be sending a man down to the docks to round up a crew.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The docks had been packed with sailors from all over the world, lugging crates and barrels and shouting out in languages he’d never heard before. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z She had a very powerful computer in that back room, the kind I had, homemade, no machine ID, untraceable, the kind you never dock to an Ethernet cable, to keep yourself invisible. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The moment it was close to the dock, he sprang up. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “We snuck down to the dock last night after the Coral Queen closed,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “And that will be converted to the shuttle dock.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Across the street, on the stone docks, was a row of overturned fishing boats draped with nets spread out to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I turned and saw him standing at the top of the dock. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day in Lifesaving 101, Mr. Staphopoulos had all the students stand on the dock and flex their toes and isolate their objectives. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z They tied up the boat at a private dock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A pregnant child upon the docks doth cost less than a fine dress she might wear two years later; and luxury is earned by being wrested. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A schooner, a catamaran freighter, and a yacht, all of them lying across a bridge at a separate dock. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The dock swayed, and Cole grabbed blindly at the air to stop the world from moving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I seen you do more than that, kid. You saved Horse. You protected your girl. A killer woulda let her die on the docks so he could get at his enemies. But you didn’t.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The men hurried along the dock and jumped onto the boat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Staying close to the walls of houses and courtyards, he followed the distant bulky figure around a corner and into the thoroughfare, then along the thoroughfare to the beginning of the docks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Matthias was there again, standing on the docks with her, she could see it in his eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For a while I mope around the Mary Rose and the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z With eyes and ears and mind bewildered he followed the Harbormaster to the broad dock where Shadow was tied up, and the Harbormaster brought him to the master of the ship. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z We walk in silence to the harbor where the small motorboat is docked. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z By the time the apples were harvested, hundreds of ships crammed with expensive British goods crowded the docks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Our revenant rowed to the side of a dock and held it with one hand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Finally they turned right on Columbia, followed the steep descent to the waterfront, scurried hastily across railroad tracks, and made it safely to the docks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We decided that instead of giving testimony, I would read a statement from the dock, while the others would testify and go through cross-examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The trashman also got very quiet as he pulled alongside one of the docks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z You never saw him backing a truck into the loading dock. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I turned off Gran’s church choir CD and searched the kitchen for a docking station. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They were walking uphill from the dock, some moving slowly and painfully, all of them pale and gray. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z This spectacle arrested us with its strangeness; for the landing parties had been ordered to fire merely the docks and buildings by the water, not the town itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Tonight her Saints were kind—two men were firing on the docks with their backs to her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Fishermen sometimes shot duck loads at them, but for the most part the gulls were given free rein on the docks; their gray white droppings stained everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “The double shifts and docked wages, all because of your fancy scheme. And here you are, sitting nice and cozy, probably counting your money.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The ferry pulled away from the dock at 10:15, right on time. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Its sharp-pointed prow lifted it at an angle from the stone floor of the docks, and though its shelter concealed him he could still watch the doorway easily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z All the anger in me has been building and building, and I want to swing around and dock Darrell in the face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Once one of the sacks writhed and wiggled its way off the wagon and into the street, but we got it back on and down the path to the Captain’s dock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their resultant offspring took off into Massachusetts forests when Phineas’s ship docked, and their descendants continue to infest the region today. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the docks, their pursuers had reached another boat, but they were out of range now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Longshoremen, or fences for them, would come into the bars selling guns, cameras, perfumes, watches, and the like, stolen from the shipping docks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They waded carefully through the waters, following a stream of struggling bodies that waded, swam, and splashed forward toward the far docks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He used to work on the docks, back before he realized he could make more money taking “odd jobs,” as he calls them, on the roads between Baltimore and the outer settlements. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He drove beneath a canopy of elms, then along a stretch of open shore, then past the municipal docks, where a woman in pedal pushers stood casting for bullheads. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I held tight as I took each step and pulled myself up onto the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The water deepened, and they finally came to floating docks, where they were able to pull themselves out of the water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A policeman is sitting in the dock, below the judge’s chair. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “I told you we were all going to be down at the dock.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hanging out on the loading dock while everybody else hustled their butts off. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Two teenagers engaged in a snowball-throwing contest from the dock at Port Jefferson Harbor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But there could be no secrets from Fin; she had been roused by Sister Nara herself, bearing a candle and urging her to come down to the dock. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So the woman let them in and stood back, with her squirrel daemon perched silent on the wooden dock. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The officer stood alone at the foot of the dock, surveying the deserted town as more boats splashed toward the landing spot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a small dock and a really low bridge connecting the wide path that comes from the center of Carbonel Downs to the river road that goes along on the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “And the answer is no, she’s not. Nor has been for weeks, stuck in dry dock in Portland after a run-in with a shoal. But home soon, I expect.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As she fiddles with the iPod dock, I fiddle with the pen. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Without taking further notice of Ranofer the two left the courtyard and started down the street in the direction of the docks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They pinpointed the ship that was carrying the drugs, and customs agents raided it as soon as it docked. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All along the dock, there were vast pens of barrels covered with seaweed and hundreds of bales of cotton waiting for the mills. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He had stopped to buy a sausage from a cart alongside the curb near the ferry dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Got the winch rigged at the deep end of the dock, to pull the Mary Rose free of the shore. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the dock was a tiny boat, like a dinghy, covered in a purple tarp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Scattered along the river bank were docks and wharves with skiffs and rowboats tied up to them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Get back to soil and there would be people and he could tie her up to a dock in a marina and call his parents and they would come to him and bring him food. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I docked my phone to my laptop and downloaded everything I’d stolen from Barrone when I put my Nokia on the diner table next to her BlackBerry and let it sip her drive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Old crates were stacked on a loading dock. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Hands took him then, hands pulled him onto the dock; and the man jumped into the water and untied Derek and took him as well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I heard Dad hauling in the anchor and Mom zipping her windbreaker and Abbey asking if she could steer back to the dock, but still I couldn’t take my eyes off the sky. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There was also the night at the deli, when I'd been bitten and stung by insects, and the day when I'd been beaten up at the docks. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "The Ares 3 pilot, Major Rick Martinez. As the probe approaches Hermes, he'll take over and guide it to the docking port." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And Alex watches helplessly as he turns and starts hauling himself out of the water and onto the dock, pulling his shorts back up shivering legs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Watch me,” I say and he gets smaller and smaller in the shimmering and fading light as the boat pulls away from the dock and starts making its way downstream. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Ged slept that night aboard Shadow, and early in the morning parted with those first sea-comrades of his, they shouting good wishes cheerily after him as he went up the docks. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Nailer stared at the distant docks and the bustle of nighttime Orleans. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As we approached the marina, I could see that the Coral Queen was dark, though a light shone in the ticket shack at the foot of the dock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As a matter of fact, I was having a fine time on the dock trying to impress a couple of good-looking ladies with telling them about the journey I was to be taking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Five days out of Gig Harbor, the Ocean Queen docked in Petersburg to take on fuel and water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were sturdily attached by metal collars to the splintery boards of the dock. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Today, the docks were empty of commerce, the wide squares untenanted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And Laika came skittering proudly down the dock carrying something that looked like rope in her teeth. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They reported to work in vast factories that had appeared almost overnight—at least they seemed to be factories, but there was “no receiving dock and no loading dock,” Parkins reported. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He instructed that he should leave lanterns burning upon the dock early in the morning, so that we might land there and pursue the bargain under cover of darkness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Thirty minutes after leaving the dock, the boat was over the deepest part of the lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat moved slowly away from the dock, aiming for the deep streets of the Orleans. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In the small group of people waiting on the dock at Fort Mason, there’s only one woman who could be Teresina Capone. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later sailors pushed the boat away from the dock. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The salt sea was at her back, and to the south was the fish market and the docks and the swirling torrent of the Blackwater Rush. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My Lord,” he said rather despondently, “a statement from the dock does not carry the same weight as evidence under oath.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some men were gathering on another dock, and he went to see what was going on. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They circled overhead a half-dozen times in arcs that took in the entire breadth of the docks, then settled on the swells to seaward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z About sixty feet below was a landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As the ferry pulled away from the dock, the band switched over to jazz tunes and some of the students poured out onto an upper deck and began to dance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I stood quiet as an image, and he went by me and away toward the docks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The watchman made a frantic attempt to douse the flames with a dock hose, then ran from the marina. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As the nation baked under the unrelenting sun, and violence spread along the docks and waterfronts of the West, the national political dialogue also grew heated that summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A crowd of American soldiers had joined Nate on the dock. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z As if dropped from the stars, a third man had materialized under the dock lights—and he was pounding Luno into a sweaty lump of Jell-O. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z At the opposite shore, we sat on the edge of a dry-rotted wooden boat dock and dangled our feet over the Mars surface of the dead lake, which was nine feet below us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He was staring at the Argo II, docked between the pillars as the sun set behind it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A crowd of people had already gathered by a loading dock on the side of the building, under floodlights. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A man is in the dock, accused of murdering his wife. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Jefferson seemed to think that, once unmoored from British docks and unburdened of European baggage, the ship would sail itself into the proverbial sunset. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “We haven’t heard about it,” said Beverly, who was still on her back on the dock, staring up at the sky. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson stood on the floating dock, listening to the lake water lap at the shore, watching them go. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They clambered out of the City of Seattle, onto the floating dock, and reenacted a universal ritual of winning crews: the dunking of the coxswain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z James and Dicey carried it down to the end of the dock and lowered it noiselessly into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to where the Argo II was docked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Huddled under the loading dock, Lupita heard nothing but the small night wind and the noise of the wet weeds brushing against one another. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But the way Hatchet talked about Archer on the dock made it seem like he thought he was special. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Those left behind on the dock were frantic to come on board. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A couple of times she noticed me hanging on the dock, and she waved, and I waved back, and it was this secret between us that thrilled me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The feeling of desperation was so physically present I could have shoveled it off the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I want to be the first to see Al Capone’s mom waiting at the dock at Fort Mason. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked around at the docks and the dozing men and the water and the shacks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing voices, he managed to look back at the dock for a moment. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned and walked up the dock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As loud voices approached the dock and a plane droned overhead circling to land, Cole watched the white patch of hair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Goods from around the world would pile up on English docks, while the people of Europe spent their money on products theyd sell to one another. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There was a dangerous wooden dock, an old minnow tank, a flimsy tar paper boathouse along the shore. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Caroline, meantime, had skipped quickly around the narrow deck and jumped lightly to the dock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Birds wheeled over the fishing docks, and a long golden pennant flew from the cupola of Nero’s pale-pink palace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Faster and faster he went until he came to rest with a jarring crash on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Two summers later, a dozen or so blacks struck a deal to work on a lumber dock. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Redbeard, whom Lac had seen less than an hour before, lay on the dock, blood at his ankle and at his chest, staining his scraggly beard a deeper shade of red. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They made this part of the docks feel like a labyrinth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then he pushed her gently backward until she was sliding well away from the dock, jumped aboard, and pushed the tiller sideways. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The dock smells like sardines and it’s pretty deserted—unless you count the birds, which I don’t because it makes me think about Natalie. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It resembled a loading dock of some kind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin looked brown just under the surface, unlike the slate-gray color of Sookie’s shark that hung on the dock, or the one that washed up on the Cape. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As the ship made its way up the river, throngs of Germans rushed to docks and quays along the way to watch her pass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But both Caroline and I obeyed, leaving the little scene on the dock behind, making our slow progress up the narrow oyster-shell street between the picket fences that enclosed each house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the boat docks we step off the gangway and ask a cabdriver to take us to any nearby motel. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them had ever been radical—even at a time of protests, sit-ins, marches, riots—but now they owned two houses, four cars, a small boat they docked at the marina downtown. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I waited in the chimney, shivering, still tormented by the departure scene on the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The trip to Newcastle took about five hours, and when we arrived there, we needed three more taxis to take us from the station to the docks, where our boat would be waiting. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He appears sometimes, smiling and standing on a dock in Newport. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Flat water and docks were on one side of their van, and a cluster of skyscrapers on the other. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We walked along the bustling harbor until the docks ran out and then followed the rocky shore toward the headlands to a sandy cove. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They were attached to a metal wheel that was affixed to the dock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Up the creek, a couple private docks extended out into the water, then there was a long strip of riprap near a construction site. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Laughing, the fishermen in orange waders emerged onto the wharf from the docks below. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I can tell he don’t like me staring at him, so I go sit on the end of the dock and wait for him to finish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "Impounded," the dock manager told me when I asked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A soft whir churned the water behind the boat as it swiveled into place at the dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z "I can dock without nose vents if I have to." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He thundered toward the docks, leaping over cars, barreling through intersections. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The guide grumped and started down the dock, leaving the others to follow after. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was swimming so quickly that he almost revealed himself when his father climbed off the dock and into a skiff. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Past the docks: tall buildings and long straight streets. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Above her, a circle of neon lights marked the docking zone. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The logic that belonged to the real world had remained behind, like luggage on a dock. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We hit the dock running and never looked back. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The War Relocation Authority moved into musty offices at the old W. W. Beason Cannery dock, just outside Amity Harbor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He signed on as a merchant seaman, and in 1953, when he was nineteen, his ship docked at Norfolk, Virginia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Head east to the next dock, board at berth twenty-two,” Kaz said. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Within two weeks we were on the dock to see Caroline off to Baltimore. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking about rowing on the dark water makes me tired and I lie back on the dock for just a little while, with the current humming around the pilings. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A black bus with open back doors backed up to the loading dock, and one by one our handcuffs were unlocked and we shuffled aboard, filling up the bus benches front to back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z At the end of the dock was the sailing ship Valerie. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The Locktons and Charles walked to the land end of the dock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When Schultz was not hiring, there were occasional jobs to be had at the docks, loading and unloading ships. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z For example, if you engraved one brick with the rune ule and another with the rune dock, the two runes would cause the bricks to cling to each other, as if mortared in place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In Woods Hole, the port town, Mummy and I let the goldens out of the car and drag our bags down to where Aunt Carrie is standing on the dock. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The grandfather would take a huge breath and then use the dock posts to push himself down under the surface. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Through the smoke we saw other launches put in from other brigs and sloops slipping toward the embattled docks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They are oddly shaped, each a six-inch square block, much larger than a home computer, and each is connected to its own battery dock. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z ‘Go out and get me two good, big dock leaves. They will do very well for ears.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk along the docks, past the dark hulks of ships bobbing slowly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There were years in my childhood that it seemed like every other house had a huge Winnebago or some other kind of RV docked in its driveway. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And lying on the dock near the boathouse was a key. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "Finally on the day we docked at Southampton, the very day before I was to start boarding school..." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z In the hours after Pong leaped from the cliff at Nok's feet, he had clung to the cargo barge as it puttered slowly upriver, making stop after stop at every tiny village dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Next door, on Fred’s dock, Joyce and the kids were on their feet, jumping up and down and waving as they saw the nose of Joe’s boat out ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I learned that the walled complex of buildings near the docks was the Temple of Tehlu. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bigger than any tuna I ever seen brought into the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Tilly ran up on the dock and nuzzled our legs, her big, wet body practically knocking us over. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Instead, we knew our affection would revive when we saw one another on the dock the following June, salt spray in the air, pale sun glinting off the water. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Tall marsh grass obscured my view to the right, but as soon as we had motored around it, I glimpsed the remains of an old dock—a place where J.T., Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Ida Nee was still down on the dock, marching back and forth and twirling her baton and talking to herself. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She’s staring at the toddler, who is walking across the dock, holding tight to his mom’s hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z After delivering the Commandant's first letter to the couriers' office, I head to the smoke-choked streets near the river docks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “If you hear something, come to Bellingham’s house in the night, across from where your ship docked this morning. I sleep in the shed room. Tap on the window and I’ll awake.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It would take too long to dock his boat at this distance and walk through town. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Once I remove them from their power docks, they will only stay viable for thirty minutes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He was standing at the end of the last dock in the marina. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Since Kalinda is still wet from her swim by the docks, she starts sneezing and coughing. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The trash baskets sat near the river dock, on the other side of the guards’ storage hut. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Each month it arrived and remained at dock only a day, long enough for the unloading. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t return to work at the ferry docks, because she wanted to be a stay-at-home mother. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The gray tide swirled around the room and fled out across the landing dock and into the sky. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “After Cole eats, let’s get him down to the dock. I’ve got help coming.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Down the beach about a hundred yards. There’s a secret docking cave.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It brought back bad memories As soon as they left the dock, Hazel’s stomach started to churn. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The morning sky draped cold shadows over the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He told them to wear civilian clothes and to show up at the Institute’s loading dock at 0500 hours the next morning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship was tied up at a long dock, one of many that jutted into the river. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Nita looked out at the ships against their floating docks in the distance. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She was putting her face in his chest and beginning to cry, and without saying more, they turned and walked off the dock together, the crowd carefully not touching them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I scan the throng of men milling around the docks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyons had told them to wait for him at the cafeteria loading dock because he knew the security camera back there was broken. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The stream of Masks that now swept onto the dock appalled him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The ferry sauropod navigated between huge armored warships and around a steamboat before docking alongside an ancient wooden frigate with cannons poking out of either side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “So what are we larking about here for? Let’s get to the docks!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “The Tin Bucket docked at Black Boar Pier two days ago,” Fox whispered. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They loosed the skiff’s sail and it pulled away from the dock. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We marched to the little dock at the south wing of the island, and prepared to get in a bayou boat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Safely away from the bustle of the dock, in the shade of a large tamarind tree, a clearing marked the site for Gupta’s new house. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the dock was a rowboat tethered with a sparkling silver chain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z James directed her to a huge marina, where lights burned in many buildings and in many of the small windows of the boats tied in rows along the docks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A fierce and breathless struggle had broken out on the dock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it. I’ll see you back at the docks.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The docking itself went well, with just a slight bump as Columbia nudged Eagle, but then Eagle gave a wild lurch and for a couple of seconds I thought we might have real trouble. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Johnson and now Officer Trixie escort her to a small storage room under the dock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Groups of young men—mostly immigrants, a few blacks—roamed the docks, looking for jobs as cooks and sailors on ships, or work as stevedores loading and unloading goods on the docks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “By the way”—she lowers her voice—“we’re divvying up the earnings at the dock tomorrow and you are getting exactly nothing.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy pointed at the rope, and it untied itself from the dock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When Vera looked at him, she saw a man standing in the dock—a young man with fair hair and blue eyes and a bewildered frightened face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Breathlessly, Sefia and Archer pushed their boat away from the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One morning, when we were sitting in the dock, a note was passed down to me from the other end. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I plug my iPod into Spike’s dock and play it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “No, but I can tell you how much money squid fetches per pound at the dock.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When they finally stopped rowing in the iron-cold dark of late afternoon and returned to the dock, they had to chip ice off the oarlocks to get the oars out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We traipsed from one side of the basin to the other, up and down the charter docks. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It took months for Bonnie, who worked in the chilly inspection dock, to secure the two uniforms, a boot here, a pair of pants there. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But when they returned to the station, Lee went at once to the docks and looked for a ship that could give him passage to the mouth of the Yenisei. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, how do we get this ship to the docks?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She peered down at the boys on the dock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We passed the turtle kraals, the pens at the dock where they kept giant sea turtles like a herd of cows. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z We clambered down to the transports, and with mouths set and oars in our hands, we faced the docks and the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A cold wind follows courtiers through the doors leading from the Royal Game Salon dock. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The walnut linen chest that Madam had fussed over at the dock was set in front of the clock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Our two houseboats are twenty feet long and ten feet wide and are docked side by side. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone slipped, and Cole’s leg scraped against the edge of the dock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They walk along the path and it sways gently, like a dock on water. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They sped by a pack of sea lions lounging on the docks, and she swore she saw an old homeless guy sitting among them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We reached the water, though well upriver of the dock. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The layout was simple: The dock was divided into zones, just like a parking lot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Alex doesn’t know what to say, so he watches Henry walk the long line of the dock, disappearing into the darkness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He walked me off the dock and up the beach after practice. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I pushed it along the dock until it floated behind the houses and there was nothing in front of me but black water, and in the distance, mountains. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I imagined her on the dock, between us and the shark, sizing it up before figuring out how she was going to lay it out on the ground. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The path led up to a dock built of weathered gray wood. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sorrel and docks brushed against his legs, and damped through his jeans, very quickly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Her eyes flutter closed, and impatiently, I eye Serra’s docks, still a half mile away and crowded with sailors, soldiers, horses, and wagons. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We freaked out a homeless guy on the ferry dock when we landed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But as I rose to my feet, a car came bouncing down the dirt road toward Dusty’s dock—a police car, with its headlights off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The gulls scatter to the dock posts and wood pilings at the water’s edge. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, inkfish!” said Jak, jumping uncontrollably up and down on the dock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Behind them came dozens more, traipsing off the dock. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z For three months, we live slow, uneventful lives with our boats docked in the same spot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I hang out by the dock until the tide goes slack. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z While tracking them through the docks, I lost sight of Laia a few times altogether. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Howard and Smith came down to the docks to see the horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was delighted when the lowly U.S. customs officers on the Manhattan dock failed to cringe at his aristocratic bearing and pedigree. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Johnny and Mirren met us at the dock, pink in the cheeks and full of summer plans. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They began trotting down the dock, back toward the Current, Marmalade chuckling every so often under her breath. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A few docks down, Marmalade was waiting for them, perched on the rail of a houseboat and kicking her legs over the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I smiled, proud of my thoughtfulness, conveniently forgetting it was Grandma who had sent me down to the dock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Several days later, another mob gathered to drive blacks away from the docks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The limos swooped in a tight pattern to settle on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They chewed through whole paragraphs describing the naval base, the destroyers and submarines docked at the pier. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m just crazy, crazier than the man that spits at tourists by the docks. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Around another bend and a flock of turtles sunning on stumps, Grandma pulled for the remains of an old dock. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “The docks. If we work at the docks, we can make money and keep an eye out for her people.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z At the dock, Mom waited for me under an umbrella. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Down the shoreline a fishing boat pulls up to the dock at the seafood restaurant, and a man in a long white apron rushes down the gangplank to meet the boat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he’d killed those men in the forest, two more on the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z How would they make it to the dock? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The trees and brush had overgrown the path down to the T-shaped wooden dock, and where there weren’t plants in my way, there was a rope, along with a sign that warned DO NOT ENTER. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The varsity poured it on for the last thirty seconds, just managing to pull even with the freshmen as they reached the floating dock at the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I remember you two from the dock,” he said, tracing two interconnected circles on the tabletop, his finger leading into one and out of the other, over and over. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Sure it will. Trust me. I’ve been here a million times,” she said and patted the dock next to her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z At the end of the dock was a high chain-link gate and the fence that surrounded the ranger station. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z From where we stood, you could see down the grassy slope behind our house, on past Dad’s shop and the dock, to the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I give Mr. Woodwell a hand getting from my skiff to our dock and it’s amazing how light he is, for a grown-up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion saw more ’snappers sleeping in the slips where half a hundred ships might once have docked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An old shoe was lying on the asphalt in front of the loading dock, where the ambulance had been only minutes before. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She glanced over her shoulder at Archer, but before she could say anything, Redbeard leapt out from behind a crate and grabbed her by the collar, dragging her painfully to the center of the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Your inference is that he left a line behind, then replaced it with that new one—exhibit B, right there in your hand—replaced it when he got back to the docks.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And for a city that had been so poor before Hitler's rise to power, the sound of work, of hammers ringing along the docks, building ships and U-boats, is beautiful, too. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Marines sat in the bow of our launch to provide covering fire while we disembarked; which precaution seemed of little utility, for the docks were now empty of all enemies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Ropes flew on their own—releasing the dock ties, weighing the anchor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A crew-cut man marched by to where a van was docking into a delivery bay. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The kayak rested on the sawhorses by the DiAngelos’ dock, the day Digger tried to get us to smoke. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The convoy drove to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque and from there flew to Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard, near San Francisco, where the cruiser USS Indianapolis was docked, ready to take sail west. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got back to the dock, Mom came down in the cabin and said have you got over being a smart mouth? and I said no. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The cabin came with a small sailboat tied to the end of the dock, so I was teaching myself to sail. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Flat water and docks were on one side of their van, and a cluster of skyscrapers on the other. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s a while before we see much of anything, but finally we make out the dock and then little specks of color that seem like they are people. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z All the time, Rabscuttle looked after El-ahrairah, brought him fresh dock leaves and kept the flies from his wounds until they healed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For an instant, I saw myself pushing her off the dock into the water below, but I blinked twice and the vision vanished. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Or worse—perhaps Nazi leader Erich Koch was standing on the dock right now, waiting for me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z With the help of his friend Tony, who was taking another break on the loading dock, Jake led his two teammates through the hotel’s industrial-sized kitchen and into the greenroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I sit by the River Shannon near the dry docks sipping Mrs. Finu- cane’s sherry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Because a witness making a statement from the dock does not submit to cross-examination or questions from the bench, the state-ment does not have the same legal weight as ordinary testimony. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure. It’s nothing. Let’s get these eels done and get out to the docks. I don’t want to miss the first work calls.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His father’s face flashed into view below dock level. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z So after a rapid breakfast, our cavalcade left the Grand Hotel in three more taxis and headed for Oslo docks. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Ice on the house on Palmas Street, ice on the tamarind tree, ice coating the ships on the dock and the sparrows in midflight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z While passengers shouted encouragement from the rail, the men chased the birds across the roof, back to the dock, onto the rigging of the ship, and back to the warehouse again. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Bribery or violence was my choice if I dealt with that fisherman still at work in his boat in the inner dock: a faulty engine seemed not worth either. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They’d barely made it out alive, and already they were headed right back into the thick of it all: the docks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As the Giulia blew its horn and moved away from the dock, a few hundred strings of yarn stretched across the water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Down the dock a bit an older man stared at him for a moment, then turned away. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed the end of the Agena with both hands, but it was hard to hold on, because the end of the docking collar was tapered and slippery, and my pressurized gloves were awkward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The lake had been formed and dug to a uniform depth of nine feet, with small wooden boat docks fingering out from its waterless shores where the most desirable concrete slabs had been poured. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We were to do no more than destroy these haunts for snipers; this done, our work was complete; the docks should be secure; we were to return and await further orders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Stonetown Harbor had always been a busy port: ships steaming in and weighing anchor at all hours, countless stevedores and sailors as busy as ants, and the docks piled high with cargo. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z By the late 1970s, the Soviets had come up with a version that had two docking ports. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The ferry docked and we humped our bags into the little town. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She walked back along the docks to the sidewalk and entered a grocery store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I've got crab pots set down by the dock,” their grandmother said. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The summer of 1958 came, and with it, floating ships of clouds that lazily drifted by, docking sometimes in the afternoon to produce a shower to loosen the dust off the houses and the cars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You left me dry in the dock the other day,” she said with a mock-serious glare. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I sit on the edge of the concrete dock, rough beneath my thighs, my toes scraping the edge of the water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We plummeted toward the docks, but the centaurs hit the asphalt with hardly a jolt and galloped off, whooping and yelling taunts at the Princess Andromeda as we raced into the streets of downtown Miami. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z This is the dock guard tower, a popcorn stand on stilts where somebody’s dad sits with enough firepower to blow us all to smithereens. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The docks of the island were only a hundred yards away now, but a dozen more eagles were soaring overhead, each carrying a Roman demigod in its claws. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had rented a room at an inn near Imre’s docks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Eleanor!” he shouted, and when she looked up he let go a bouquet of red roses, which sailed gently toward the water in the wind and landed in the waves below the dock pilings. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Finally she nodded and they went back through the shallows and down along the dock bridges, making their way back into the Orleans as dusk fell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Then a face rose almost to the surface of the water, right at the end of the dock. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A steel dock half collapsed and submerged in the bay. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z People flooded the docks, rifles in their hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A few blocks from the stadium, they pulled into the crescent-shaped driveway of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, where incoming and outgoing Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses docked. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Commercial ships docking in Alexandria were searched by the police—not for contraband, but for books. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Back along the shore, gulls soared through the mist above the docks, and down, so far below that it made me dizzy, crowds were moving. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The floating dock and its anchor moved and swayed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Byrd’s on the dock behind Axel, her tan pants rolled to her knees, a huge hat hiding all but the smile on her face. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Since we hadn't hooked up with Rik, we didn't have a dock space reserved for us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It's the first thing he's said since the ship left the underground palace dock. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But he was running along the docks, like Paul Revere, bringing the news, and didn’t have time to explain. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The remaining flat in the house was occupied by a Polish dock walloper, his wife and their four kids. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "In case the probe can't dock with us. If something goes wrong, it'll be my job to go out and grab it." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She was determined to see a shooting star before they docked in New York. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Figures in tricornes walked through the streets, gathering by carriages with curtains closed, and the smell of the docks hung over the squares. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The band of rebels stepped forth upon the dock, and the second launch lit off from the shore, hanging close, lest Clippinger should reappear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Have Abel meet me down to the docks,” he said. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the afternoon he would inspect the ships in the docks. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The only way I was going to be able to suck the information from Bobbie Lyles’s hard drive was to dock to it with an external drive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z People gathered at the docks and yelled: “Go home, Redcoats!—or made fun of the “Lobsterbacks” stiffly marching to their camp on Boston Commons. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The next dawn, Willis was at the dock with him, loading in a jug, some cheese sandwiches, and some corn muffins, then casting him loose, waving him out into the incoming tide. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The boat guy said he’d meet them on the dock that extended from the far end of the beach. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A pitched battle raged for days along the docks and waterfront streets of Smith Cove, injuring scores on both sides. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He held the boat close to the dock while the Tillermans climbed out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The dock was surrounded by anchored nauka bobbing in the current. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Above the mantel, a little bronze Hermes flew around the second hand of a ticking dock. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I wind my way through the city, across Execution Square, past the docks, and down to the Weapons Quarter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he turned and shuffled up the dock toward his old rusty pickup. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I touched it and, in the faint light from the docks, saw red on my fingers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They walked together down the hot street and along the dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The snake men led them through an iron storm grate at the docks, straight into their underground lair, which smelled of rotting fish, mould and snakeskin. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The dock kept ticking in the other room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Two motor patrol boats, tied and locked securely, bobbed in the water as Baba’s nauka bumped into the dock. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z We cut across the island to get back to the harbor, twisting and turning down the rabbit trails, until we reached the bluff overlooking the dock where we’d landed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Tanin’s eyes narrowed at a flicker of movement on the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The master roared his orders hugely, and Shadow was untied and towed clear of the docks by two laboring rowboats. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The point was to hit a mooring buoy at first, then a piling on the next dock. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Halfway across the dock, three giant eagles descended in front of them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It nosed along the foot of the bank, put up a partridge and bounced after it and then began to scratch about in a clump of dock plants. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he declined to do so, the immigrants gathered together, several hundred in number, and bore down on the black workers, pummeling them right off the dock. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When he saw it coming to rescue him, Leo should have run down to the docks, whooping at the top of his lungs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Just a kid, he lost his footing on the slippery dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The Agena appeared motionless to me, therefore, as I stood in the open right hatch of the Gemini, peering up at the Agena’s docking collar, ten feet away at the most. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie and I huddled on the docks, smothered in layers of wool and fur, as we watched passengers stream down the gangway of the SS Christopher Columbus. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "If the probe can't attach to the docking port for some reason, Beck will open the probe and carry its contents to the airlock." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Got lines fixed to tie her alongside the dock so she don’t drift away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z At the docks, surrounded by armed guards, we were hustled into a windowless truck. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But just in case, I come up on the far side of the dock, out of sight from the porch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They were all on their backs on Ida Nee’s dock, staring up at the sky. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “All aboard for Manhattan docks!” a voice called out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Tail docking and beak clipping would disappear overnight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Father threw open the door to the landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On the shore, shot punched holes in walls; docks staggered; and as we boarded our launches, we perceived figures retreating among the chaos and confusion of the piers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When their nauka returned to the dock on their island, Neel was relieved to see that nobody was waiting for them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Gram climbed down into the boat and held it steady against the dock while the little children jumped in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We hit the dock running and never looked back. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Accusations that might even be false, I thought, remembering what we’d seen at the dock the night before. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Yet, he built the spanning bridges and the grand mansions, the sturdy docks and stout factories of the South. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then both Dad and I jumped into our boats on either side of the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z With Professor Matthews in the dock, the defense ended on a high note. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny leapt off the boat and threw his own vest on the dock. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Figure each mile could be worth as much as a thousand dollars, if I can get the fish to the dock before it goes bad. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Inej broke into a jog, heading for the loading docks at Fifth Harbor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Someone shouted, “Watch your back!” as a cart full of electronic equipment was wheeled past and out to a loading dock. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z All I had to do now was dock with Eagle, transfer Neil and Buzz back into Columbia, and head for home! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As the ship was worked out of the dock and piloted out to sea, I wildly waved goodbye to India. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They walked through the town and down to the docks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Together we threw our streamers as the ship began to pull away from the dock. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the wharf, he leaped to the dock and the children followed his example. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, as her eyes searched for her family, Dicey didn’t worry about the dock being empty. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z "And we estimate it would take four trips back and forth. But that's all an edge case. We don't anticipate any problems with the docking process." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The docks at Cape Town were swarming with armed police and nervous plainclothes officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Down at the dock, Jason’s friends were working on the Argo II. The main sail had been repaired, the rigging replaced. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The other kids spread rumors about her—the witch’s child who lived in the old shack by the docks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The liars don't come to the dock when we pull in, and neither do Aunt Bess and Granddad. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Later he was convinced there was a sea monster under the dock. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But before the throwing was complete, the emissary’s ship docked. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He was almost out of breath when he reached the dock, but there was Baba, mooring his nauka. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z We just sat there not saying a word, looking up at the sky and waiting for the docks to quiet down. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z On the dock I saw that our boat had been fitted all around with huge steel plates. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The rebels become bolder, and now patrol the docks of Norfolk by day without apology or shame. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I had not run a boat but rowed one on Icefoot Lake in Kerm; and there was a rowboat tied up in the outer dock between two launches. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But I can make my way there from the docks.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I got up and kicked the snake carcass off the dock. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We docked in Imre a few hours after dawn, and I went straightaway to Devi’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The children lay on the dock, letting the hot sun dry them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I notice those visitors on the ferry docks, down the road from Mister Lochana. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z One wondered if high tide, with the wind behind it at fifty-five knots, might not swamp the town docks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Art Moran was standing with one foot up on a piling, talking to half a dozen fishermen, when Ishmael Chambers arrived that afternoon on the Amity Harbor docks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When it was finished, Pocock paid eight of the boys a dollar each to deliver it to the docks in Seattle, so it could be shipped south. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He goes, “I leave the rest to you,” and he and Mr. Woodwell sit on the dock and watch me fill the seams with tubes of caulking compound. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I saw them at the Brooklyn docks, they were chained up...” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z By now we’d drifted to within fifty feet of the dock, which made us an easy target. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Johnny threw himself flat on the dock, reached in and fished her out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get down to the dock, Jimmy, Annie and Piper are already there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We are still docked at the beach in Edmonds, waiting for the full load of passengers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z From there, I couldn’t see the man, but I went, regardless, as far down the dock as I could to wait for the ferry. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps I would see him at the docks, sketching a ship or sea gulls. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A red, white, and blue welcome banner unfurled at the end of the dock: Welcome Pastor Buckminster! Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She could barely thrash her way through a few strokes, forget passing the deepwater test necessary to go off the diving boards that towered at the end of the right dock. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Some 120 sailors from the USS Nantucket, docked at the North End Wharf, raced across the pier and waded through the thick molasses, looking for survivors buried in the wreckage. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Dicey sat on the edge of the dock, hanging her feet over the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She was almost as tall as her grandmother, but now the woman loomed above her, standing on the dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The drowned are lined up on the dock beneath canvas tarps. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of fishermen standing on the concrete freighter docks with their bait buckets and tallboys, the baseball game on the radio. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I drag the tub of line and the keg along the dock and lower it into my skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "The docks are no place for lady's finery." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Down along the docks lining the Delaware, cargo was being loaded onto ships that would sail to New York, Boston, and other distant ports. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was like tugging a boat in to dock on a thin line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then he saw the giant warship in its dry dock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Seagulls cried above the town dock and settled on the spars of ships just off the wharves; the heated air smelled deeply of sheep and tar. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But the docks echoed with the cries of enslaved Africans bought, sold, and branded in the burning sun. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I looked down, and there was my friend the cow serpent, swimming next to the dock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He smiled and kind of waved when our eyes met and then he walked down to sit next to me, our legs hanging over the side of the dock. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Neel caught sight of Baba—his own father—striding to the dock. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Now we were stuck on the ferry dock with not much money, no friends, and no luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Yai stood on the dock with one foot resting on the rim of the boat, holding it still. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Hamilton headed toward the orange bumpers at the end of the dock. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We worked our way down to the docks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the two vehicles swung back in line, and then the docking latches pulled them together in a tight grip, and all was well again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Granddad docks the boat and ties it up. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z And by the time we reach the dock on Bainbridge Island, Seattle has faded far into the distance. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She pointed down the docks, just a little way off. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Roll after roll until the distance from the ship to the dock was aflutter with paper ribbons—red, yellow, blue, green. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, we docked at the naval base in Crist6bal, Panama, and I was rushed to a hospital, although I really didn’t think it was necessary. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, she thought as the shadowy Manhattan docks emerged from the mist. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t like the green canal between the dock and the Clara Belle, but I quit looking down and planted my foot on the side of the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The Queen Anne’s Revenge lurched away from the dock, and by the time the pirates arrived at the water's edge, we were already underway, sailing into the Sea of Monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They all stepped back as Turner guided Lizzie, woozy but with her eyes open, up the dock ladder, Mr. Newton reaching down to take her hand and bring her up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We rarely walked in or out of a building’s front door when we could be rushed through a service entrance or loading dock on a side street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "On the day we docked, Gopal said that I had chops." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The transport rolled into a parking garage at the base of the circular tower and descended a series of concrete ramps until we arrived in a large open area resembling a loading dock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was no dock on this side, only the fortress. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He noticed her on the docks at Alligator Pond, a fishing village on the south coast. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It had its own dock, and its gleaming white stone facade looked less like a pleasure house than a mercher mansion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Four stories tall, the Merchant’s House dominated the docks and wharves and storehouses that surrounded it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The beach, miraculously, was empty, a small, cup-shaped bay where no ship could have anchored—no docks, no port. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Put your weapons on the dock. No funny bus—” All around the Romans, Charleston Harbor erupted like a Las Vegas fountain putting on a show. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Teeth chattering, he crawled out from under the dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They were silent the rest of the way back to their grandmother’s dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced through a window at the supply boat that was moored at the dock. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The chaos of Ketterdam was unchanged—ships unloading their cargo at the docks, tourists and soldiers on leave pouring out of boats, laughing and shouting to each other on their way to the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Once the engine was running, I adjusted the radar controls on board the boat while my father reached over to the dock and cast off the lines. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Then come down to the dock,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then U.S.-registered pleasure boats would haul the cargo up to Florida, where it was easy to unload into trucks at any backyard dock along the intercoastal waterway. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Hundreds of boats docked at the moorings along the canal and there were constant comings and goings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t mention that night on the docks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The probe drifted gently to the docking port. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He drops us off at the Grey Island Inn, a long rectangular three-decker with a view of the ship docks and the Jersey shoreline. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A seagull landed on the dock and stepped toward the door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Like always, Tony was on the loading dock, taking a break. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They flew to a piling on the dock, and then to a roof of a warehouse. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I get out and cross the dock and make my way back to the settlement and search around till I find a piece of wood flat enough to use as an oar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z And following my story’s thread back to where I left off, I see the Jean Bart dock in Athens. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They pulled into the front of a long dock, and Tom took a line from the bow and wrapped it around one of the posts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Overnight, hundreds of such, and sailors and ropemakers, wharfingers and dock hands, had been thrown out of work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two hundred perfectly good traps stacked on the dock right now, all licensed and tagged, not doing nothing since my dad quit fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Brown smiled the same smile he had been used to use when he docked Tristran a morning's wages for five minutes' lateness. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We left the rest in the icebox to chill and headed to the docks. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while I went up to a group of kids sitting on a little dock. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They tossed their shorts and sneakers on the end of the dock and leaped into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In the gray light before dawn, Thor met Hymir on the dock. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then he left for the Amity Harbor docks, and she never saw him again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Gene Johnson, the Ajax of this biological war, paced back and forth across the loading dock among a pile of camouflaged military trunks—his stockpile of gear from Kitum Cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited still, while he settled into a more relaxed cross-legged position, and even when he packed up his rattle and a docked feather. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A soldier at the end of the dock picked up his musket and stopped the two men carrying the walnut chest. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Three hours later, just after nine o’clock, the Carpathia docked in New York City in a thunderstorm. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “I just remembered. The gorgon’s blood—maybe it’s starting to heal my mind. The Sea of Monsters. Hylla... she welcomed us at the docks, took us to see her boss. Hylla worked for the sorceress.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One boy about my age got off a boat and just sat right down on the dock and stayed there, all huddled up under his coat, too tired to move. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The shuttle slips off the dock onto the launch railings with a clunk. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When I looked again, I saw him headed back the way he’d come, and I knew I’d have to be careful not to run into him again when I returned to the ferry dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There was a photo of four children in bathing suits, with their legs dangling from a dock. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I never realized how much bigger a bluefin tuna looks when it’s alive in the ocean instead of dead on the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In under a minute, the boat is chugging toward Serra’s docks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask a million questions, but just then the kitchen dock chimed the half-hour. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When the ferry docked on the other side, we got off on the upper deck; which meant we had to walk down this long, curving ramp that looks like a poor man’s Guggenheim Museum. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Once we got away we made for the docks, snuck up and watched from the shadows while they transported them on a brachy.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I wanted to dock a point because the whole place reeked of designer perfume, but Annabeth ignored me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Dolphin rounded to, her top sails were furled, and with a great creaking of lines and shudder of canvas, she came to rest alongside the Wethersfield dock. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He led the way around the main building to a small loading dock in the back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I walked back to the docks so deep in thought that I nearly fell through an open cellar hatch in the sidewalk. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He was happy to gather the stinking, sticky rinds and cram them into the trash baskets by the river dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Finally he collapsed on the edge of the boat dock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z One of them, the heavier one, whose stomach had ripples of fat on it, jumped lightly onto the dock to pick up a hose that was coiled there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we dock, Meng finds a bus station and buys our fares with the Vietnamese money he has saved from his last trip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A steamship appears, and up on deck a lifeboat is curiously rocking; but then the boat docks, stern first, and we’re up on dry land again, where the film unspools, back at the beginning . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When a sudden storm battered the other boats at the dock, his had been the only one spared. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We walked along the dock connecting our house to the main pier from which many other piers and bridges stretched to houses in the water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Even the native schooners were quiet against the docks inside the channel. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They would be weighed, measured, at the railroad station or at the dock, and this information would be compared with the descriptions of all other known runaways. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I slipped down out of the couch and into Columbia’s tunnel, removing the docking probe as I went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time for transposition and docking, the maneuver by which we would attach Columbia to Eagle, nose to nose. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a sailor once, but when I was born, he gave up the sea and worked on the docks in New York. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I backed the boat up into the slip, turned off the motor, wrapped lines from the dock around my cleats, and threw Ben’s coat and life jacket up on the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z They all looked to the man standing, gun smoking, across the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Marcus had given it to his brother as a goodbye present while they stood on the dock in Nantucket, before Billy had stowed away. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z More important than the crab houses, however, are the boats, tied along the docks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like that I was walking toward the dock, knowing for certain now that someone was watching us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The docks crawl with laughing drunks and sailors stinking of sweat and salt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As my body swung around the end of it, I plunged my right hand down underneath the docking collar and found some wires to hang on to. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything must be removed to create space. Carry the furniture out onto the dock. Take the tablecloths up to the arbor on the sundeck. They’re organizing a hospital ward up there.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He rampaged up and down the dock, shaking his finger at the boys as they sat in their shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Vaulting over the rail, Tanin ran down the gangplank to the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Whitecaps roiled among the capsized boats and caused them and the docks to surge and roll, and the tops of the cabins and drum reels and gunnels were loaded down with snow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Check to make sure Rose ain’t leaking—nope, dry as a bone—and then drag traps out to the end of the dock and lower ’em into my skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When I reached the dock, the ferry wasn’t there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A wagon drawn by two thick-necked horses stopped just beyond the end of the dock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Down at the dock, Hedge yelled, “Try it now!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I am,” I said, hurrying past him and down the gangway onto the dock, where I stopped short. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When Rabscuttle came back, he helped El-ahrairah to disguise his horrible, maimed head with two dock leaves in place of ears, and after a while they slept. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I scampered across the street to a shed on the docks and ducked behind it to wait until he reappeared. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Now it was again a green light on a dock. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Captain Campbell turned as the men tossed thick ropes from the dock to the occupants of the next boat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was upended on the ground beside a long private dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At exactly one minute to noon, one of the Supply Droids, designation SD-03, powered itself on and disengaged from its charging dock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Hartshorn docked in New York the next morning, just after a sailor brought down some old biscuits for our breakfast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After docking the boat, he insisted on buying me a cheeseburger. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked at boats moored close together in marinas, or alone at the ends of long docks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned my head and spotted Luno stomping back and forth under the dock lights, hollering furiously at the two bouncers on the top deck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Before the boat docks, the captain lowers the gangplank, hails a legionnaire patrolling nearby, and relieves him of his horse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She takes us down to Havensight Dock, the dock where cruise ships let tourists on and off. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Soon after noon, the boat docked at a wooded glen upstate and the Democrats got off the boat and took over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama liked to set up shop near the docks and the village center. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z This shark was so large that it had to hang over the water, away from the dock. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It got very hot in the office, and that evening, when I left, I was glad to walk back slowly along the docks. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Down by the dock, June and Nora are embroiled in what looks like an improvised jousting match, charging at each other on the backs of inflatable animals with pool noodles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “She wants to take a little walkie on the landing dock.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I lurch my way toward the riverbank, using tree trunks to keep me upright, till I make it to the dock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Joyce dangled her legs over the edge of the dock. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z While Ridgeway waited at the docks for smugglers, the magnificent ships from Europe dropped anchor and discharged their passengers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Some alt rock was blaring from her paint-covered Bose docking system. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We walk down the stairs to the dock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He let it shine for a few moments in the dock light before he slid it back into its scabbard. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Guarding against complacency, Ebright allowed himself, when his crew reached the dock, only a gruff “You looked good out there for a change.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A couple of hurricane lanterns stood at the end of the dock, and Turner figured Willis had been about to light them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When she was ready to go, Taisin offered to help with the boat and began to walk toward the dock, leaving Kaede with Con as he inspected the boot and the dagger one last time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z From where they sat it seemed that this other part was given over entirely to boatyards and docks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It took them two hours to reach the docks in Alameda. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The hunting club had kept the steps in decent repair, and used the jetty as a dock for their boats. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Ella glanced at the downtown docks, only a few hundred yards away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Can they get us on a ship tomorrow? I can have Ruth at the docks by sunup.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I smile a little and head over to the iPod dock. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Just after nightfall we finally come to another settlement, another one with docks on the river, another one abandoned. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Plus the water flowed with enough force to hose streets and docks clean and to flush open clogged sewers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The kids were swimming close to the dock. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z When she swung open the door, they stepped out onto a little dock cluttered with broken barrels and empty crates. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They marched one coffle of these paired prisoners across the docks of Norfolk, that the Loyalists on board their ships could see what fate awaited them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I think that ship sank in dry dock for both of us. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As fast as the bullets tore through her body, she healed herself, and the shells fell harmlessly to the dock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On the dock, with the bright moon behind me, I once again saw my shadow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to go stand in the dock, unable to speak or understand English, and everyone in the courtroom was going to assume the worst of him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Gitney — that is, 03-01 — reading of her arrival in the papers, went to the dock to greet her, and being impressed with her bearing and mental acuity, offered her a place in his home. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The docks were already crowded with sailors and fishermen preparing for the day. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z She concentrated on keeping an eye out for any of Riker’s Kidnapping Club goons and followed along as he guided them away from the docks and into the hustle and bustle of downtown Manhattan. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A wide wooden ramp ran from the sliding doors down to a long dock floating parallel to the shore of the Cut. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They wrestled for the hose, spraying one another, shooting the water over onto the dock, laughing and cursing each other. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Together the two girls walked down the length of the dock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There was no way to leave the Coral Queen without being spotted under the dock lights. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t even think of it when some of the guys down at the docks said Miyamoto’d been out on Ship Channel Bank last night—same place as Carl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I rose and said, “My Lord, it is not I, but the government that should be in the dock. I plead not guilty.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, all the men on the docks started buying from us. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I drag a plank out of the woodpile and set it on the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "Hermes will have their EVA specialist, Dr. Chris Beck, suited up and ready the whole time. If necessary, he will literally grab the probe with his hands and drag it to the docking port." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ending with the big man and the pawnbroker and how he’d seen me on the docks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He always remembered this dolphin, a magnificent ivory-white animal shining on the dock like porcelain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He shot a venomous glance into the melee and dove into the stinking dock water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The wind hurled the sand ship keening over the dead sea bottom, over long-buried crystals, past upended pillars, past deserted docks of marble and brass, past dead white chess cities, past purple foothills, into distance. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Tilting dangerously back and forth, Cole felt himself lifted onto a stretcher and carried up the dock to a waiting van. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He ran to the edge of the dock and wheeled around. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The Governor’s barge glided toward the prison dock, its teak paneling gleaming in the sunlight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “No letter for you, I’m afraid,” Mr. Johnson said as he came down the dock, the mailbag slung over one shoulder. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Or a deck from a dock,” screamed Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z At that, Ged bowed his own head, and turned and went back to the docks of Vemish and sailed out, not looking back. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The shuttle clanks as we shift off the dock and onto the launch rails. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He sank into the waves and swam under the floating dock. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “You are prepared to lose your identity and live out the rest of your life as a waiter or a dock worker?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z After the first week, I began to go down to the ferry dock to wait for the mail each morning. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The gangways were lifted around 12:20 p.m. amidst the wails of the unworthy on the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “You can dock me if it’ll make you feel any better.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the parents had once been fishermen—not crabbing around the docks but out on the river, with boats and nets of their own. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I was wondering what we were supposed to do when a young woman paddled her canoe to shore and docked it right in front of us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Finally, I get up and go over to her iPod dock. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z On the water, there appears to be a city of houseboats with many hundreds of them docked closely together. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw no one until they reached the dock, and the first man they saw there was Tony Costa, guarding the gates. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Lew saw' the old Plymouth trying to dock at the curb, scraping its hubcaps against its moorings before finally coming to rest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought he might want to eat back at the cabin or even the dock, but we wandered until we found Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Once they docked, Cleopatra had Apollodorus roll her up in a carpet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the square there by the docks, we formed, an operation carried out not without some error, we being little acclimated to the choreography of street-fighting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The whole team scurried away from the loading dock and back to the parking lot outside the motel lobby. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Behind, on higher ground, stood a splendid theater, a compulsory feature in any Greek city, and to its west, the Emporion, a complex of docks and customshouses where every ship was inspected. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z His own car was parked in town near the docks; he’d left it there earlier that same morning when he’d gone to the harbor for the launch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His father was coming through the crowd at the end of the dock. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We crossed the gravel lot to the dock where the fishermen stood. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I’m thinking maybe I should jump up and yell “hurrah!” or something when I hear footsteps coming along the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "Just take a line and jump on the dock and catch a cleat." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They roared northwest through the bend at Krum Elbow and continued another two miles alongside forest and cliff until they came to a dock marked “Hyde Park Station.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He wades into the water and swims to the dock when his shoulders grow too warm, the sand free of stones or growth, smooth and yielding under his feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Every hour of every day a tractor trailer pulls up to the loading dock to deliver another fifty tons of corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We returned to the front of the boat, just in time to see the dock moving away from us. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I brush my teeth, take a shower, and start back to the room as Ty is kicking up the volume on the dock. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The Captain was tending crab lines on his broken-down dock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If we hadn’t seen the ships, big ones with curled Russian lettering, moored to the docks like Gullivers, we might have come back another day. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the dock, I climbed down the ladder and got into the little dinghy we kept tied there. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He kept pulling, still not able to think or do anything but stroke, pulled to the edge of the river until the raft nudged against the dock, bounced, and then the paddle dropped. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Trying not to think of the bobbing boulders, he lit his oil lamp from a torch by the dock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We want to get the boat away from the Beechwood dock before the aunts catch us. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Marching up the side of the mountain, from the beach where the Princess Andromeda was docked, was a great army. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Once a week, after payday, they would wait on the boat dock and wave down the fruit boats heading to the floating markets in the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “You can’t never leave me behind,” the boy says, standing on the dock, book in one hand, knife in the other. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He was running along the docks, trying to keep even with me, so I dove beneath the surface. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They have a new lounge and supply room by the loading dock. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z So let us say that, in the dock, there stands one Yogi Bear, accused of stealing a picnic basket from the table at a campsite in the Jellystone National Park. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He remembers my father, how he spent his wages and his dole while singing patriotic songs and making speeches from the dock like a condemned rebel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But as I stood in line at the gangway, I forgot to be so careful, and when I glanced again down the dock I saw him there, standing square and tense, looking right at me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Ships sat docked along the pier, a mess of rope and netting with sailors calling to each other, too busy to notice the royal procession. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There are no boats docked by the pier, which is a huge waste, like an empty parking lot. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He reached the dock just as the Valerie was sailing away. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z By now the crowd upon the dock was positively leaning in his direction. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Obediently, he pressed his hand to his shoulder and looked at the blood on the dock, the corpses. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I told her you called out her name every time you visited the dock girls. Shut her right up.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I looked across the dock, imagining the scene. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She pushed long wet strands of hair off her face and stared to the distant ships and their docks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Diving at five hundred miles per hour, they saw the docks, and tied up there, as the briefers had told them, were four torpedo boats and one bigger patrol ship. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She had to look away, and abruptly she was conscious of the crowded dock. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When the boat pulls up to the dock, that baby is crying so loudly, Mrs. Mattaman can probably hear him on Alcatraz. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In July, Queen Alexandra made a royal tour of inspection of Endurance at the dock in London and presented Shackleton and his crew with an inscribed Bible. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z His one concession to the temperature was that we work indoors and not on the dock in the sun. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a big wrap-around porch and stairs leading down the hill to the dock, and all the windows facing the water have been flung open, the curtains drifting out on a warm breeze. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As they neared the splintery gray ship that must have been the Tin Bucket, they ducked behind a stack of crates to survey the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z "The docks are dark and distant, and the streets are not safe by night. Men." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After a while, she climbed out and sat on the dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and boys were fishing from the docks, and sometimes we could see people out in boats seining. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Swift knew there were blacks wandering the streets and docks looking for work. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As soon as she stepped out of the tent onto the frozen shore, she saw a small dock scarcely twenty feet from where they had set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The crowd on the dock, doffing their hats and waving them over their heads, began a thunderous chant: “Ray! Ray! Ray! For the USA!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z C. J. arrived at the loading dock of the Institute at five o’clock in the morning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove all night to Cape Town, and arrived at the city’s docks in the late afternoon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Have my toast and cereal and then run for the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The wind blew their carefully combed hair all out of order, and the salt spray covered their bodies, so they arrived at the dock looking as they ordinarily did, except their grandmother. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll take this ledge out and swim down to the shore, be waiting for them when they come. As soon as you can, make a beeline for the docking cave.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Down at the dock,” she said, “there’s a lovely old boathouse that we’ve never cleaned out.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Nailer drew deeper under the dock, listening to the tramp of feet. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The citizens watched keenly where we wended; for we did not return to our warehouse barracks; but we were mustered upon the docks, where boats and transports were in a readiness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In July 1975, the United States and the Soviet Union had their first joint mission—a Soviet Soyuz capsule docked with a US Apollo module. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z He followed Baba up the dock as fast as he could, trying not to wake her. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Gat ducked a bucket into the cold seawater and rinsed the dock clean. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z In Silvester the Second a famous magician ascended the papal throne, although he was notorious for having invented the pendulum dock. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Johnny took her up in his arms and strode up and down the dock patting her back soothingly and singing her a lullaby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I made my way to Evesdown docks and got a seat on a barge heading downriver. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the dock at Fred Rantz’s house, Harry and his kids and Joyce sat eating peanuts and tossing the shells into the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But no one had ever made a space rendezvous or docking! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We were more than a hundred yards from the docks when Mom stopped the car. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She sat with her hands folded in her lap, watching as our boat drew closer and closer to the dock. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran down the dock, zigzagging around baskets and barrels and coils of ropes. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z If I waited until then to slip away, we’d have less than thirty minutes to run the dinghy back to Rado’s dock, grab our bikes, and race home. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You have a secret docking cave and you couldn’t afford to give my mom overtime and dental?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Finally, one of the loaders said I should try outside past the loading dock. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z More robot arms and clasping grabbers will shuttle the sealed box down the line into the cargo hold of a truck waiting outside at the loading dock. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Home is a rickety old dock and an outhouse with a half-moon cut in the door, and the bright orange flowers my mom called “outhouse lilies.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z An army truck took Fujiko and her five daughters to the Amity Harbor ferry dock at seven o’clock on Monday morning, where a soldier gave them tags for their suitcases and coats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Whatever it was, they picked us up just as we were coming out the back door to go down to the dock. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The Warthog tusks were oudined briefly against a patch of cloud in the dock lights. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw a huge ship in a dry dock, workers scrambling to finish the hull, a guy with a blowtorch welding a bronze dragon figurehead to the prow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Occasionally, though, and with enormous relief, they communicated with one another on the docks at dawn. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And I’ll put in to his dock and tell him the smelt are running or the mackerel are in, or if the stripers are feeding. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The oars extended with a sound like machine-gun fire, and the Argo II turned from the dock, heading for the island in the distance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead I headed south a bit to where a few docks, a seedy inn, and a handful of houses perched on the bank of the wide Omethi River. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was running so fast I practically slipped and fell off the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Toward the waterfront, one could gaze upon the firehouse of Fire Boat 31, docked in one of the busiest wharves in America. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Darkclaw, send those ferrets out for more dock leaves, will you?” he ordered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At the dock, I watched as the old ladies and men started climbing aboard a large boat our family had rented. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the winter, the manatees are all around us and sometimes dolphins swim up to the dock. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On the eighth day at sea, Lefty Stephanides, grandly, on one knee, in full view of six hundred and sixty-three steerage passengers, proposed to Desdemona Aristos while she sat on a docking cleat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They guided him to the dock and up the ladder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As we push off the dock, Lelia reminds me that whenever a boat departs the land a hundred hearts are broken. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we were on the dock, we were jostled from line to line. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time she’d visited Bellhaven for a mission, the reek of fish made her gag if she got too near the docks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Slowly the dock crept forward and eclipsed a pattern of buildings far below. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “See? There’s a landing dock at the top.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At 1:00 a.m. on February 20, Lier-Hansen parked his car under a clump of trees about a mile from the ferry dock. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I got to the end of the dock, she asked, “What was it like where you moved from?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Brother Yam kept a schedule of the boats that docked at the base of the mountain in case a sick villager needed to be transferred to the hospital in the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A small patrol boat, burning biodiesel and kicking up fumes, moved between huge sailing vessels, carrying pilots out to ships that waited to be guided in to dock. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z After swimming back to the dock, he’d sat down in a folding chair, opened a can of root beer, and watched the Coral Queen go down. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Anyhow, that’s where I go, and when I get there, Captain Keelson’s long rowing boat is at the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It sounded as if he might be trying, but none of them came to the dock. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not talking about the rescue,” I said, “I’m talking about what happened on the docks—about Luno and the gun.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Tomorrow morning at fourth bell, get to the river docks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z |
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