| 单词 | dragon |
| 例句 | At the same time, the room around us bursts into flames, and the dragon head on the wall morphs into a red-and-gold phoenix. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While Ron told Hagrid all about Charlie’s work with dragons, Harry picked up a piece of paper that was lying on the table under the tea cozy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She couldn’t possibly know how bad dragons were. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z With her one dared peek, Pinmei could see only an opulence of the golden silk dragon robes and black furs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Cedric did this weird thing where he Transfigured a rock on the ground . . . turned it into a dog ... he was trying to make the dragon go for the dog instead of him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even with the dragon snoring behind her, the fire crackling, and her blanket around her shoulders, her eyes did not close. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I think just Ivan is good for me. Which book has the most about dragons in it?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z How the dragon knew of the shadow he had loosed, he could not guess, nor how it might know the shadow’s name. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She felt she shouldn’t be listening, but how else would they know when to ask about the dragon’s pearl? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Well. I might be. I wish my mother were here sometimes. It would be nice to have another dragon to talk to.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He’d described the way dragons flew, with special appendages on their wings. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The slender blade seemed very small and the dragons very big, yet somehow Arya felt better with steel in her hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "This is magnificent — the dragon is almost alive!" Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “He came too late, though, and this folly... buying sellswords, loosing two dragons on the city ... that was madness and worse than madness. That was treason.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tortoise, with his incredible strength, would hold back the water while the dragon dredged the land. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The dragons have started to screech and whine, but Ma ignores them and takes out the gold pocket watch instead. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I grabbed the sword and used it to slay all three of the dragons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "You will. You found forty thousand golden dragons for a champion's purse, surely you can scrape together a few coppers to keep the king's peace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the prince reached for his dragon, Tyrion cleared his throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Four-legged dragons—not vicious, bipedal wyverns like those on the royal seal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The page he stopped on now had multiple types of dragons illustrated. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “These all have information about dragons in them,” Ivan said, pulling a book from the stack and thumbing through it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z With the brutal force of his other arm, the dragon threw the tiger back — forcing it to fly in the air. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "And if he tries to cheat me, he will learn to his sorrow what it means to wake the dragon," Viserys had Vowed, laying a hand on his borrowed sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It is empty of knights, empty of dragons, empty of swords and gauntlets. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The dragon destroyed the magistrate's palace, causing chaos and calamity before disappearing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Leo’s memory was hazy, but while he’d been half conscious, he was pretty sure he’d seen a dragon land on the ship—a dragon that had turned into Frank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Heat shimmered in waves around the dragon's eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon pivots its head in my direction, then lets out a furious shriek. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hagrid had been known to befriend giant spiders, buy vicious, three-headed dogs from men in pubs, and sneak illegal dragon eggs into his cabin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z No one wanted to miss a moment of looking at a real dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The Short-Snout has fewer human killings to its name than most dragons, though as it prefers to live in wild and uninhabited mountainous areas, this is not much to its credit. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma hands the two dragons over to Sis. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Anya read one of her borrowed dragon books until the challah had risen enough, and then she stuck both loaves plus the little extra piece in the oven. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon’s perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the dragon and Hazel’s horse to distract the archers, they never would have made it up the ladder; but finally they climbed past a row of broken aerial oars and onto the deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Pendor dragon tore free and flew low and lamely to the island, where it hid, crawling into some well or cavern in the ruined town. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The golden dragons bred and multiplied, and Littlefinger lent them out and brought them home with hatchlings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Or rather, tried to feed them, for the dragons would not eat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "An immortal dragon of power cut from this stone will be a fitting sculpture for my formal chamber." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Finally, he turned back and said, “How big was this dragon?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Really, Harry thought, as he pulled the hangings on his four-poster closed, Hagrid had a point. . . they were all right, really, dragons. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There might as well have been an entry for dragon scales. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z People in books got killed by bullets, arrows, and wild dragons. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A dragon killer, he was, a rescuer of damsels, and his small sins seemed so great to him that he felt unfit and unseemly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "What good is that? There are no more dragons," the boy said with the easy certainty of youth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The dragon speaks as he likes," Viserys said ... in the Common Tongue. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “The true kings of the jungle. At least when there aren’t any dragons around.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The voice belonged to a boy, and only one boy would be foolish enough to call her name in the same woods that held a dragon and a murderous Varangian. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "Guard your tongue, Mormont, or I'll have it out. I am no lesser man, I am the rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. The dragon does not beg." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “A ravening wolf carried her off. A sudden sickness took her. Tell them what you will, but never speak of dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Viserys was seated just below her, splendid in a new black wool tunic with a scarlet dragon on the chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “How do you expect to be reborn again as a dragon if you act like a criminal?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon’s eyes darted from her hand to her face and back to her hand again, and it shifted its body as it reached a clawed foot toward her outstretched hand. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Kavi puts all three dragons in her palm and lifts them to her mouth to give each one a kiss. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z If that were so, I at least owed it to her to set her straight on dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the dragons been in a special dungeon too? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A man like Petyr Baelish, who had a gift for rubbing two golden dragons together to breed a third, was invaluable to his Hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Thus far the green dragon had shown himself to be more dangerous than the white. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only dragons and men eat cooked meat, he had said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was part of El Patrons dragon hoard. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I must needs reach the dragon queen before the Volantenes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are a riddle, Fyrian,” Luna murmured, resting her hand on the curve of the dragon, curling her fingers into the heat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I heard dragon’s blood gave a person special powers,” Dobrynya said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragon was nimble, but his large body had to constantly maneuver around trees and rocks, so it was awkward going. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It was as if some of the dragon and lion had stayed with him when he’d turned back to human. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Those ships are strangling us, and all my admiral can do is talk of dragons,” Dany said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One mastery, and only one, could he hold over the dragon. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Right then, Mr. Potter. Try this one. Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. Just take it and give it a wave.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The dragon- tooth point dipped toward the ground all on its own—like a dowsing rod searching for water. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “In this one, it theorizes that dragons aren’t magical at all but are just normal animals that ancient people thought were magical. And the legends persist to this day.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Directly beneath the familiar black dragon painting there was an ornate crystal pedestal on which rested a gold chalice encrusted with tiny jewels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Do not worry,” the dragon told her, “it is just the monkeys.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The dragon lady turns her full fury on the professor. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Then I step back and say, “I’m sorry about not delivering all the dragons, but I sure am glad you’re okay.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I trusted you, L. Roy. You swore you would keep my dragons safe.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Definitely. If you don’t, the dragon will kill the peasants. You slay the dragon, the peasants will rejoice. Peasants always love dragon slayers.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z "A hundred golden dragons to the man who gives him up." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Daisy used strength, Amelia wits, and Isabelle fell in love with the dragon, because that’s the sort of girl she was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I’ll just keep in the background and pretend to be a—ooh, maybe I could pretend to be a dragon tamer. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z There was a girl who had a dragon for a friend. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I shake my head and watch the dragons as they flick their forked pink tongues over the few peda crumbs left in the plastic bag. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Outside, coal smoke billowed like dragon’s breath from the chimneys of the workshops. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The monkeys screamed and pulled; and Minli and the dragon no longer pretended to be asleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Even though I’m mad at Kavita for stealing the dragon, I hope no one gets hurt. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “She said he was... he was the most powerful dragon of all.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Ba quickly, but carefully, put the dragon pearl back on the table before they all hurried out to see what the uproar was about. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate's imperial connection was only by his son's marriage—not considered strong enough to claim a dragon! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They named the poor thing Seymour and said he was a baby dragon. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At the feast that night he had eaten ribs of wild boar, prepared the Domish way with dragon peppers, so hot they burned his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of the good wizards from the castle—no one remembers his name—saw the Witch on her fearsome dragon as they flew across the broken land. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Let me explain: there are dragons, and then there are drakons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Around his neck, he wore a necklace with a chintzy pewter dragon gripping a purple crystal ball—a memento from some Renaissance festival. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She would slay dragons to get to her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a shame that the demoness had not gotten to know the true dragons of the sea, who were wise and benevolent. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman in the lacquered wooden mask said in the Common Tongue of die Seven Kingdoms, "I am Quaithe of the Shadow. We come seeking dragons." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Peridexions, sitting on trees which made them immune to dragons, sat unnoticed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She did know that if the tsar got his hands on either of the dragons in Zmeyreka, she’d never see them again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Your friend . . . your friend . . . ,” the boy said in awe, . . is a dragon?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z With the attached bamboo stakes, Minli and the dragon had anchored their end of the bridge to the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The dragons will come to the horn’s master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She slid her arm from underneath the dragons head and sat up. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “But it’s a dragon,” the cub said, “not a people. He doesn’t count for the rules, does he? Besides, he is funny! Big dragon trying to tiptoe like a mouse! ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It was as if he were no longer a man, but truly a dragon again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She threw open the flap and glared at the shame' faced dragon climbing out. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was hard now to stir, to face this mage-lad, this frail enemy, at the sight of whose staff Yevaud, the old dragon, winced. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A book of photographs: a dragon dance at Tet, schoolgirls in white do dais, a temple built on a tree trunk. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When she looked up, the dragon was there, its surprisingly expressive blue eyes passing back and forth between Anya’s face and her arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “You did not, for instance, see a lady in a scarlet kimono with dragons on it?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “No,” he said, a dozen times, “the dragon flies, not the elephants.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He didn't care to spend money; like the dragons of legend, he hoarded it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “The monkeys tied me up while I was sleeping,” the dragon said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z All the tyrannous giants were dead, all the dangerous dragons—some of which used to come down with a burrr like the peregrine’s stoop—had been put out of action. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That is because these dragons are not mere decoration — they hold the secret to the Dragon Gate. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Bill’s clothes would not have looked out of place at a rock concert, except that Harry recognized his boots to be made, not of leather, but of dragon hide. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "You are the blood of the dragon, little one," she whispered as her litter swayed along, curtains drawn tight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Who helped you see the only way you could beat the dragon? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My skin feels prickly, like the spikes from a dragon fruit are rolling up and down my arm. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Old?” the dragon said, and again it seemed a question he had never been asked. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z If a dragon could come pick her up right now, that would be great. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s going to grow flying dragons,” Axel says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z While I recovered, Mae and Birdie gave me reading lessons and a book about dragons. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “This particular dragon has already evinced a fondness for roast pork. And roast dwarf is twice as tasty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But it could not be called a city, for it was, as the dragon had predicted, destroyed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And Esperanza, if Matt knew anything about the woman who wrote A History of Opium, would descend on the convent like a fire-breathing dragon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about getting chased by a large dragon lady with poison swords made it real hard to relax. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There were miniature lions, pigs, dragons, hydras, even a teeny Minotaur in a little Minotaur diaper. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Anya got dressed without seeing Mama or Babulya and made sure to transfer the dragon scale from her old dress to the new one. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Harry yelled, and still shooting Stunning Spells at the advancing goblins, he sprinted toward the blind dragon. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I wish I were a dragon again,” he muttered. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z If they found the dragon up in the cliffs and it attacked, would fool magic protect Anya, or only the fools wielding it? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragon didn’t answer, and neither did Sigurd. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He paced eagerly across the hill, snakes dropping from his green dreadlocks, his dragon legs stomping down small trees. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “But you said—” “I lied. Trust no one. And keep your dragon close.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe Dyedka had it from before, when there were dragons, back when I was a baby. He talks about them sometimes.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They were princesses once, charged with saving the kingdom from a dragon, and whoever could defeat it would be queen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I had even killed something that could have been either a dragon or a demon, depending on your point of view. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The dragon offered to carry her to the freshwater stream. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z And from there the wounded scarlet dragon had crawled over Charlestown Common, crossed into safety at Charlestown Neck, and were covered by the Somerset's guns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw myself swelling like bellows on their blood, a meaningless smudge in a universe dead as old wind over bones, abandoned except for the burnt-blood scent of the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Hastily, the beggar pushed back his sleeve, but the quick glance was enough for Minli to see that he wore a gold bracelet in the shape of a dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “That’s interesting. I think I remember something about your father. He was sent up north to a village to investigate a dragon. How did that turn out?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z More golden than the king’s dragon bracelet, sweeter than a peach from the Queen Mother’s garden, and more beautiful than a Goddess of Heaven! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I nuzzle the cloak Arabella gave me, pulling it more tightly under my neck, and I cradle my waist-pouch full of dragon eggs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was like a dragon’s treasure to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then a handmade dragon approached, and the crowd screamed as the dragon opened wide its jaws to eat the damsel. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I need you to help me steal a dragon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon watched as Minli stirred the big pot of rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll tame the dragon and ride it to the ends of the world.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It had pictures stuck in it, cutout pictures of fairies and witches, trolls and dragons, goblins, nymphs, and ancient trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As she flew on her cursed dragon, the land rumbled and split. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Do you know how to get an ash dragon in DragonVale?” asks Will. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The dragon’s pearl was not the Luminous Stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z To me it was winding, and dangerous like the Chinatown dragon. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was large enough to hold five hundred men ... and more than ample for two dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “As for the dragon, I knew his name. The evil thing, the shadow that hunts me, has no name.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Now go to sleep, and tomorrow we will begin your dragon lessons.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dragons can be kindly and wise, and quite unlike the fire-breathing, malicious, greedy creatures the white demons seem to think dragons are. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon disappeared into the river with a splash, and Anya huddled on the ground, cold and wet and alone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It writhed like a fierce, black dragon with chili peppers up its snout. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Frank the grey dragon flew alongside with his passengers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The wizard clan MacFusty, who have dwelled in the Hebrides for centuries, have traditionally taken responsibility for the management of their native dragons. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sir Ewan drove the dragon from the inn by setting the ruins ablaze. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I made my mind a blank and fell, sank away like a stone through earth and sea, toward the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bare legs tightened around the dragon’s neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Green, like some famished dragon with its sights set on a delectable prince to devour. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “You should tell them the truth about dragons,” I told Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon’s magic had been so astonishing, she had forgotten all about the danger in the forest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragon was kept in an iron cage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Black Tortoise brings winter, just as the dragon brings spring,” Amah said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I watch Sis walk away with the staff in her hands, wishing I had the courage to blurt out a promise—I will return your dragon! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Finally, Trub clears his throat and says, “I’ll take the boy back to Brooklyn, Ma. We can pick up the last dragon and come straight back here.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z They brought rain, but depending on the dragon’s temperament, it could be good rain or bad rain. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Jason supposed it was no more amazing than the dragon turning into a suitcase back in Quebec. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Dragon blood’s amazingly magical, but you wouldn’t want a dragon for a pet, would you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Once she heard a few, Anya returned to read the dragon books. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He could see the green dragon ripping at the smoking carcass of the sheep, his long tail lashing from side to side as he ate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Many years passed, and, while she never forgot the dragon, his warning faded in significance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Oh,” the dragon said, “you must be hungry. Too bad we cannot get you some peaches.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The pretty black mermaids formed a dancing ring around one of the dragons, who appeared to be showing off a sultry two-step. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The deep ridge of his forehead was finished with two branched dragon horns, one on each side of his head, and the broad nostrils of his nose flared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He saw pictures of dragons and a volcano and even a little girl with hair like starlight. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, I had a dragon—a sort of governess to me and secretary to Sonia combined. She was English or rather Scotch—a big, red-haired woman.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z A sea dragon roared up from the waves with a maiden of extraordinary beauty by its side, her arm extended as if she had just caught something. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was trying to struggle back to his feet when the dragon’s teeth closed hard around his forearm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had to find out what happened to the dragons when they went to Kiev. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z His iron staff was as tall as he was and crowned with a dragon’s head; when he stamped its butt upon the deck, the dragon’s maw spat crackling green flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yet also the talk of dragons drew him with a great curiosity. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z So Ged had been warned often, and when the dragon spoke he listened with an untrustful ear, all his doubts ready. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z According to her mother, the Witch rode on the back of a dragon and lived in a tower so tall it pierced the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z For all the dragon’s talk, I had no intention of terrifying Hrothgar’s thanes for nothing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Xan was an old woman, and he was a young dragon, and he couldn’t have possibly known her when she was young, could he have? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A red fire dragon bellowed hot flames over the water dragon’s head, its ruby eyes glittering madly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Word went out that the killer’s name would be worth a golden dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wished that I were a dragon and could shoot out my anger in a breath of fire. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z "I had to snap his neck and stretch it out so he looked more like a dragon than a crocodile. Then she tried to make him fly." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The kinship of dragons is with wind and fire, and they do not fight willingly over the sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z There were even a few dragons, though these were small ones, which lived under stones and could hiss like a kettle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Another creature, this one shaped a bit like a small dragon with fuzzy wings that trailed on the ground, bustled past. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Even though the cold hadn’t bothered the dragon, he had noticed her shivering. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "I was," she answered, standing over the dragon's eggs that lllyrio had given her when she wed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He thought about those stories his mother used to tell— generations of heroes who had battled Hercules, fought dragons, and sailed monster-infested seas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was like this dragon’s hoard of worthless brass that not even Smaug’s underachieving brother would want—and with real estate being so expensive in the city, the cost of storing them was probably astronomical. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z This dragon produces a very vivid scarlet flame, though by dragon standards it is not particularly aggressive and will rarely kill unless hungry. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Kin knew Sigurd, so he probably knew about dragons, too, and maybe he’d have a use for a dragon scale. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The two of them were quiet until Anya said, “If I killed the dragon, would it be murder?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I paint a carousel of mirrors and dragons, and inside one of the mirrors is the happiest girl alive, desperate to break free. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Snow lay on the ground, and snow fell in loose gusts—another way the dragon breathes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “And as for telling whoppers, there probably never was your like. You tell some mean stories about dragons.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion had read much and more of dragons through the years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Do you think one of the mean dragons is doing all this?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I have seen—I embody—the vision of the dragon: absolute, final waste. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z For there, lying in the middle of the beach, was a great dragon, perhaps five hundred yards long. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "I know that he gave me my dragon eggs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "You fink I stayed around after this girl says there's a dragon about? Are you out of your mind?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I do have the dragons, after all, and keeping them safe is a big responsibility. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z No more dragon — Malfoy in detention — what could spoil their happiness? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I know we’re not sure about the dragon’s pearl....Do you think maybe that’s the stone the emperor is looking for?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He stretched out an arm; Hermione hoisted herself up; Ron climbed on behind them, and a second later the dragon became aware that it was untethered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A wyvern is a long-ago made-up creature with wings that is like a two-legged dragon. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z And if I could remind her of some of the true things about dragons that people ought to know but that she seemed to have forgotten, well, that was to the good. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Zmeyreka had been so named because the villagers once believed it was blessed by a river dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They sounded more and more like what Mother and Grandmother had told me about the outlaw dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “If that’s where the dragons were born, then there must still be magic there.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I wish I could fly,” the dragon said simply. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t laugh at the lost dragon. Besides, you know the rules. No moving in the presence of others.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Minli slept on and off; the smooth ride of the flying dragon made it easy for her to sleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He got some of the dragon’s blood in him, and it gave him powers.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Screeching, her dragons uncoiled and spread their wings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "They also defeated a dragon, like Saint George." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “The only dragons that I know are yours, and magic swords are even scarcer. I will gladly bring you rings and crowns and chests of gold if that is your desire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But now that he had done the latter, and was facing the prospect of asking a girl to the ball, he thought he’d rather have another round with the dragon. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Minli was so happy to see the dragon that she didn’t notice that most of Da-A-Fu’s family were surrounding them in awe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-seven species, ranging in size from dragons to Bundimuns, were to be hidden from Muggles so as to create the illusion that they had never existed outside the imagination. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya managed to catch a glimpse of the dragon's wide blue eyes for a second before the beast vanished under the water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A shield with a red dragon painted on it hung above the mantel. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z What could he do, between two enemies, if a dragon came from Pendor? A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They agreed, Hermione a little faintly, and now Harry could see the dragon’s wide yellow underbelly rippling in the surface of the water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Every part of Harry ached with the effort of holding on to the dragon’s back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “A scale from the dragon that burned you, as they say.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the top of Half-Blood Hill, Mr. D and Argus were feeding the baby dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The carriage clattered along cobblestoned streets, beneath lampposts, and past statues of dragons along the edge of the river. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There are no more dragons, Dany thought, staring at her brother, though she did not dare say it aloud. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “If the dragon girl pays a small price, the magician girl can get knowledge vital to her quest.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Even the dragons and giant scorpions ran away when she came dose. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She climbed off the dragon’s back and she could still see the monkeys through leaves and branches, their bared teeth flashing. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She wished her own father were there to answer questions about dragons. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Imagine flying through a fantasy world of dragons and elves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She led us to an elevator in the back of the store behind the giant Lego dragon. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The blood, of the dragon must not be afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He insisted that this would never happen, he would never get taken by a dragon, and he most certainly did not need rescuing, for he was Jack, Prince of Eternity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Others insisted that the dragon had carried her off to devour her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the dream it was not horses they rode, but dragons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That was before the old dragon, calm as winter, unveiled the truth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke the dragon’s name it was as if he held the huge being on a fine, thin leash, tightening it on his throat. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Wagoners cracked their whips and the scarlet dragon swung forward, sluggishly at first, heading for the town gates. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hallway outside, an old woman called a dezhurnaya, or "hall dragon," stood guard over all the room keys, which hung on hooks behind her desk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "You require passage for a hundred Dothraki, all their horses, yourself and this knight, and three dragons?" said the captain of the great cog Ardent Friend before he walked away laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He stayed by her feet, staring at where the dragon had vanished. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I shrink in my seat, just in case the teacher decides to blow fire from his nostrils like a dragon. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z As the fish goes through, its spirit enters the gate and bursts out of one of the ornaments — changing the fish into the form of a flying dragon! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Like most drakons, it was wingless, longer, and more snakelike than a dragon, and it looked hungry. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Yet if the lord of cheese could be believed, the Mad King’s daughter had hatched three living dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The resin underneath flows in the swirling shapes of dragons. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When your dragons were small they were a wonder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would have been killed immediately in Kiev if he were a dragon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When they entered, she was seated on a mound of cushions, her dragons all about her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A knight he may be, but I am the blood of the dragon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Why did they give the dragon's eggs to you? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She looked at the partygoers moving with her up the slippery stairs and through the cleft between the dragon’s tail and mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That red mouth, plus tiny curled horns on its head, identified it as a zmeyok, so named because people a long time ago thought they were baby dragons. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “With my help, and the help of these brave knights”—that description surprised Fabian and his comrades, I can tell you—“Jacob’s magic can overcome the dragon.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There are ten breeds of dragon, though these have been known to interbreed on occasion, producing rare hybrids. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So strange, like a dragon or a flamethrower blazed a trail. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The dragon Ladon was writhing now, a hundred heads whipping around, tongues flickering and tasting the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Hagrid kicked the motorbike into life: It roared like a dragon, and the sidecar began to vibrate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “What do you plan to offer the dragon queen, little man?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Instead of a dazed demigod, he was now a dazed grey dragon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Monsters stood in the grass beside the road; black iron dragons with jewels for eyes, roaring griffins, manticores with their barbed tails poised to strike, and other beasts she could not name. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I clung to it like it was a precious jewel, hoarding it like a dragon. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Ivan had talked about conflicting schools of thought when it came to dragon development, but there were some points common to both schools. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z By the fire of a dragon or the hands of a giant or the teeth of a wolf or the spear of a man. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “The dragon queen frees slaves and so do I,” he proclaimed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My mother,” the Sorrow Eater mumbled, barely noticing the enormous dragon bearing down on her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Gunters had filled countless message board threads arguing about the meaning of the painting, about what the black dragon signified or whether it signified anything at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The dragon descended on him, roaring, and all at once the poor beast was aflame, yet somehow he kept on running, screaming with every step, until Drogon landed on him and broke his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Please,” the dragons cried, shivering in the heat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z So much, also, for the alternative visions of blind old poets and dragons. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the nearby trees came the dragon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Deliberately causing mayhem in Snape’s Potions class was about as safe as poking a sleeping dragon in the eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Her brother hurt her sometimes, when she woke the dragon, but he did not frighten her the way this man frightened her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon appeared and threatened Billy, who was dressed as a girl; the angel with a sword and lantern descended from heaven. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had twelve dragons on him, and this filing too.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But there was something familiar about that orange dragon, perhaps the way her scales reflected in the sun like fish scales glistening in the water, and those knowledgeable eyes, nodding as if she knew her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “No, nor no dragons. Is not the creature a dragon?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a dragon, Hermione, it can look after itself. It’s us we need to worry about.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Could Yedsha drop off the dragon and then pick up Papa? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Overnight the Qartheen had come to remember that dragons were dangerous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She claims there is a fire-breathing paper dragon somewhere in the tent, and though Bailey believes her, he has difficulty reconciling in his head the idea of paper that breathes fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But Shelob was not as dragons are, no softer spot had she save only her eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In books a good choice is choosing to go fight the dragon. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He was taller than the siege tower—thirty feet, at least—with scaly reptilian legs like a Komodo dragon from the waist down and green-blue armor from the waist up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid left fans unfolded and dragons with accordion bodies dangling from doorknobs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is a dragon waiting at the bridge,” she said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the dragon twisting beneath her, shuddering at the impacts, as she tried desperately to cling to his scaled back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He is, isn’t he? Well, how about this, then: Can dragons understand death?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Next to it, the winged snake had legs and breathed fire, and the next step in dragon development had three heads. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z In the weeks that followed, I found out that while I had set out to reeducate the demoness about dragons, she was educating me in the demonic language. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Without Daenerys and her dragons, Dome was central to their hopes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon pitched sideways and catapulted Leo face-first into the sand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Tigers are easy to find, but I needed adult wisdom to know dragons. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To write about someone is so personal, even in a world with fire-breathing children and flying dragon services, and a lot of the good stuff between me and Hudson is there. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Dragons, dragons, dragons. Always that nonsense,” Uncle said impatiently. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not know these Volantenes, yet it seemed to him that elephants and tigers might have good reason to make common cause when faced with dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She would sooner have returned to Meereen on dragon’s wings, to be sure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragons stood out stark on his bare arms, curling up around his Adam’s apple like spikes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “This is so,” he allowed, “yet soon or late word must reach them of the dragon queen of Slaver’s Bay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She willed all her confidence into her voice—all her love for the metal dragon and everything he’d done for them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z From there the skulls ranged upward in size to the three great monsters of song and story, the dragons that Aegon Targaryen and his sisters had unleashed on the Seven Kingdoms of old. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Probably checking for the best places for a dragon to hide.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Ma said newborn dragons love sticky, sweet things,” I tell Vik. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She tried to imagine, what it would feel like, to straddle a dragon's neck and soar high in the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The dragon agreed and they made camp in the cave. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The owner of Lord Faro’s Belly would risk dragons, but not Dothraki. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The guard dragon Peleus was so big now I could see him from here—curled around the tree trunk, sending up smoke signals as he snored. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was art all over the walls, and books and books of sketches of googly-eyed dragons and hearts with knives stabbed in them and dripping fruit and all kinds of other stuff. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z However, when the stonecutter began to carve, the head that formed was not a dragon's. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She reached a glowing arm through the window and slapped the wall at the top of the dragon’s head. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A bird landed on one of Håkon’s shoulders, and the former dragon smiled at the little feathered thing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She found herself wondering why, in her last minutes of life before the dragon ate her, she was staring up its nose. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The Fireball is aggressive but more tolerant of its own species than most dragons, sometimes consenting to share its territory with up to two others. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “How far do we go before we get to Never-Ending Mountain ? ” the dragon asked. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "Ours is the house of the dragon," he would say. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "There is more of Rhaegar in you, I think, but even Rhaegar could be slain. Robert proved that on the Trident, with no more than a warhammer. Even dragons can die." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then, after about fifteen minutes, Harry heard the deafening roar that could mean only one thing: Cedric had gotten past his dragon and captured the golden egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It looks like a gaping wide dragon’s mouth. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She rid the kingdom of the dragon, and then made it its king. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He reached out a hand to stroke the dragon’s head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The shadow dared not follow him into a dragon’s jaws. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A teacup dragon sails in through one of the doors with the House Glaston flag in its jaws. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He said that dragons are the animals of the gods, if not gods themselves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You once woke up a dragon with just your voice,’ Jason reminded her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Here, Harry pulled down every book he could find on dragons, and both of them set to work searching through the large pile. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Nothing was changed, everything was changed, by my having seen the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had protested that the young prince and princess were no more than babes, his new-made king had replied, "I see no babes. Only dragon- spawn." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a sword to slay a dragon, but it would serve its purpose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "We will keep our own watch so long as we are here. See that no one enters this wing of the palace without my leave, and take care that the dragons are always well guarded." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instant scalping. . . but dragons had no hair . . .pepper breath. . . that would probably increase a dragon’s firepower . . . horn tongue. . . just what he needed, to give it an extra weapon . Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sigurd dragged her under the shade of the willow tree and said, “Hope the dragon’s hungry.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “He’d sell you to the queen for a pot of that Lannister gold. Poor man needs every dragon, with seven sons all determined to be knights.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yes,” the dragon agreed, “I can hide at the edge of the forest and wait for you.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z How Ares had ended up with a dragon for a son, Frank didn’t want to know; but as punishment for the dragon’s death, Ares turned Cadmus into a snake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A carved dragon beneath the name seemed to hold it up, supporting it on the stone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And then there was less and less to see as the head vanished and the rest curled through the fringe of the light and followed, like the tail of a powder-blue dragon, into the darkness. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “A Luminous Stone could be a dragon’s pearl,” the emperor laughed again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He didn’t actually mean he drank dragon’s blood, did he? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She even snapped at her dragon, who was as close to her heart as a twin brother. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “They don’t think and feel, like people do. They’re like dogs. Any dog could bite, and any dragon could kill.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The Usurper has woken the dragon now, she told herself . . . and her eyes went to the dragon's eggs resting in their nest of dark velvet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Kin glared even harder at the dragon on the floor and, through gritted teeth, said, “I suppose I am.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I think this is my final test, Moon Shadow: the final and truest measure of whether I’m worthy to become a dragon again.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “After that, the tsar was very angry at dragons,” Dobrynya said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “The Shavepate would feed them to your dragons, it is said. A life for a life. For every Brazen Beast cut down, he would have a child die.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When my mother started making more money and getting her independence back—that’s when we saw the dragon emerge. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "He had planned to take your dragon's eggs, until I warned him that I'd cut off his hand if he so much as touched them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As you can see, this did not leave me much time to follow my original program of reeducating the demoness about dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "Forgive me, my queen, but it is your dragons he dreams of." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “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 I said, “I have a question regarding the dragon’s teeth.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I would not do that if I were you. It is a mistake to bring your dragon out too soon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was so heavy that to take it off the fire to cool she had to ask the dragon to move it for her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They stood and watched five others die, one in the mouth of a dragon, the others thrown off into the black tarn, sinking and vanishing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z With an unpleasant jolt of the heart, he remembered the dragons said to be guarding vaults in the wizards’ bank. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Pinmei took a deep breath, and when she exhaled, the air steamed from her mouth, curving like the tail of a dragon before disappearing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was good that dragons did not cry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Some,” allowed Homeless Harry, “not many. Rhaegar’s sister has dragons. Rhaegar’s son does not. We do not have the strength to take the realm without Daenerys and her army. Her Unsullied.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yet he could not simply flee the trap: to do so would be to break his trust with the islanders and to leave them to the imminent dragon, undefended. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Anya hadn’t ever thought her hands could be as magical to a dragon as his...well, his actual magic was to her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Sit Stephan began a tale about exhausted horses and a charge against a dragon. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” Wielaf said, focusing on Håkon, “we wanted to make sure you three were all right. We thought dragons were extinct. The tsar would turn himself inside out to get his hands on you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’m that dragon. I’m very important. If Misha took me to the tsar, he’d probably be rich for the rest of his life.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Hamilton rising up as Ben-Jamin rides into battle on a one-winged dragon. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I am a very fierce dragon!” he called, his voice a tiny squeak. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “The dragon has three heads,” Dany said when they were on the final flight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Because they are greedy things,” the dragon said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Dinosaur teeth—ha! Those foolish mortals don’t even know when they have dragon teeth in their possession. And not just any dragon teeth. These come from the ancient Sybaris herself! They shall do nicely.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I watch the fire-breathing dragon tattoo on her arm slither all the way up her shoulder and wrap around her neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The dragon passed like an express train, turned a somersault, and burst over Bywater with a deafening explosion. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Exceptionally aggressive to its own kind, the Ridgeback is nowadays one of the rarer dragon breeds. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no. It a ...” I fumbled for the right word in the demon language, but all I could come up with was, “a dragonee dragon.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a long time for Minli to cut all the twine that bound the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z One hundred thousand golden dragons, fifty hides of fertile land, a castle, and a lordship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "No," he shouted, "you cannot touch me, I am the dragon, the dragon, and I will be crowned!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When he felt it was safe, the dragon tore at the sheep’s flesh with his teeth, leaning his head back and coaxing the meat down his gullet. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z ‘Somewhere to fix my dragon, first,’ he decided. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “So this is very serious. If I told you the dragon was absolutely, completely kind and good, what would you do?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Bobby’s chess dragon was not only stirring in the cave, it was lashing its tail. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His uncle Gerion thought that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, but his uncle Tygett said, “The last dragon died a century ago, lad.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We have seen barren woman give birth, stomach worm transformed to innocent babe, dragon defeated by a girl who appeared from nowhere!” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It had come as a big twist that a dragon entered the cave just as the Wicked One awoke, and he had helped save the sisters. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I'd like to buy some wings and test them out, and after that perhaps we might try riding dragons and see which is more fun.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Smiling, he seized his dragon, flew it across the board. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When they arrived, Ash followed them into the center of the Square where hundreds of people were gathered around a huge bonfire; the smoke of it rose like the breath of a great dragon. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They turned to look at the dragon horse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His spear remained in Drogon’s back, wobbling as the dragon beat his wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hadn’t there been some story about dragon’s teeth planted in the ground? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In an instant, the dragon has bounded across the turf. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, you might’ve noticed I’m not good at following rules. I’m coming back here with my dragon, and we’ll spring you. Take you wherever you want to go. It’s only fair.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “But you said that is the way to the Old Man of the Moon,” said the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Kin leaned in close to the dragon, face pulled into a furious scowl, and he muttered two words: “Yer grounded.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragons would be more docile once fed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The round ball on the dragon’s head was the size of a small melon, just big enough for her to wrap two hands around, and she clutched it as the dragon began to move. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He yammered about the evidence that dragons had no magic, and Anya listened, her pain about Papa’s absence draining away as the afternoon wore on. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I would fall, if I could, through time and space to the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a dragon!” shrieked one of the first years, losing her head completely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “You got a dragon in there?” she asks with a smirk. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn’t understand any of it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon lives in the sky, ocean, marshes, and mountains; and the mountains are also its cranium. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am the blood of the dragon. I am the blood of the dragon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They stood there in excruciating silence, and Seven wished a dragon would come and eat her alive. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “The Argo. Much like this, but we did not have a dragon.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The raven hops off by a mountainous pile of paper scales with a curling tail that looks as though it might once have been a dragon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The moment something startled me or whenever I got overexcited or spooked about any little thing blood would spray out of my nose holes like dragon flames. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The whole world lived inside the gourd, the earth a green and blue pearl like the one the dragon plays with. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The dragon’s pearl is not the Luminous Stone you seek?” the king replied, and despite his formal tone, Pinmei could hear the devastation in his voice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The stories still persisted—every now and then, someone would swear on whatever god they put faith in that they had seen a dragon in the river—but dragons were extinct. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragon Nidhogg lives in these waters, and it is always gnawing at the root from below. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She spread wings that I hadn’t noticed before—huge bat wings she kept folded against her dragon back. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Come, Fyrian,” he said, holding his top left hand out and allowing the dragon to alight on his palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hermione looked across the lake to the far bank, where the dragon was still drinking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “The one that you get all those stories about dragons from. Or did you just make up those things you told to my aunt?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one’s tried to attack me so far, except a dragon and a couple of grindylows,” Harry said, but Sirius scowled at him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "I am trying to set a price on one of the three living dragons in the world." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Of course we are,” the male lion said, scrutinizing the dragon with interested eyes. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Even the dragons had been fond of old Brown Ben, who liked to boast that he had a drop of dragon blood himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The king promised a princess’s hand in marriage to whoever slayed the dragon. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The dragon moved awkwardly on the ground, like a man scrabbling on his knees and elbows, but quicker than the Domish prince would have believed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Except I had a way of saying things with my fists and my feet even before we became Freak the Mighty, slaying dragons and fools and walking high above the world. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Heat rose shimmering through the chill air; behind, the gargoyles and stone dragons on the castle walls seemed blurred, as if Davos were seeing them through a veil of tears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My dragons have grown, my shoulders have not. They range far afield, hunting.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had the head of a Komodo dragon that Nathan had seen in one of his geography books. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The king then sent his youngest daughter to beg the dragon for mercy, and she was so lovely and clever that he was sure she would succeed where the others had perished. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When dawn broke over the city, the dark red blooms of dragon's breath surrounded the girls where they lay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "But unicorns are the deadliest, fiercest, and most bloodthirsty of all creatures, both mundane and supernatural. Their kill ratio is six times higher than a dragon's." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “And the dragons wanted to be with dinosaurs?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z "Sad, isn't it? When I was your age, I used to dream of having a dragon of my own." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It is no simple thing to slay a dragon in the sky. In Westeros, many tried to bring down Aegon and his sisters. None succeeded.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She took Prince Quentyn by the hand and led him to the pit where two of her dragons were confined. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So the tsar killed all the dragons because one of them did something terrible?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Your breath smells like you just made out with a dragon.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The kite hadn’t flown—he’d been six years old, and really it wasn’t anything more than a picture of a dragon taped to some Popsicle sticks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Da-A-Fu and the dragon grinned and together they made the borrowed lines into a kite. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she would curl up outside with her dragon and her crow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z "And speak quietly. You will wake the dragon." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Even dragons, in his experience, didn’t know much about dragons. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The wind was gusting, cold as the breath of the ice dragon in the tales Old Nan had told when Jon was a boy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the handsome man she found four golden dragons out of Westeros. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This saint has long hair and wears a red tunic and sandals and wields a huge sword above a disgusting-looking dragon with a tiny human face. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z As they resumed their journey, Illyrio produced a bag of roasted chestnuts and began to speak once more of the dragon queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I knew Luke had stored a dragon claw somewhere up here—the one that had scarred his face. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Someone knocks on my bedroom door, but I don’t pull my eyes away from the scales I’m painting onto the half dragon. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was going to be armed with his wand — which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip of wood — against a fifty-foot-high, scaly, spike-ridden, fire- breathing dragon. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Ben saw the dragon melt out of Bull’s eyes and there came a moment when Ben could have hit his father in the face with a fist that was a lifetime in coming. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were the small dragons which lived under stones and hissed Eke kettles—dangerous varmints, very. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And, just as the fish said, Minli and the dragon saw the city. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The dragon coiled before them, ruby scales shiny with water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z There is a silver dragon that curls around part of the now visible clockwork, a tiny princess in a carved tower who paces in distress, awaiting an absent prince. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Besides, though the ornate dragon’s wings that adomed die helm were splendid to look upon, they could too easily catch a sword or axe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Your father knew other dragons?” the dragon asked eagerly. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Without dragons, how could she hope to hold Meereen, much less win back Westeros? / am the blood of the dragon, she thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Never, Luna thought, has there been a more contented dragon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Why did we land here? I thought we were delivering dragons, not dinosaurs.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z And neither of us had recognized what each other harbored under the skin—deep inside him, the scaled shadow of a dragon; inside me, two souls entwined. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z If she had imagined the dragon, then so had the domovoi, and that wasn’t likely. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z ‘No doubt you can,’ retorted Sam, ‘and I daresay there’s more truth in some of them than you reckon. Who invented the stories anyway? Take dragons now.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Dressed more casually than Whitby, he had his sleeves rolled back to expose a green inked dragon curling up his right forearm, its tail encircling the letters KAT burnt into his flesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "Nothing," the master said, "only that I have painted this dragon on the ground, not flying in the sky like all other dragons. Perhaps the magistrate will see how his wealth weighs him down." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She must not be afraid; she was the blood of the dragon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That pearl was supposed to be worth the Emperor’s entire fortune. A single pearl. I suppose it could’ve belonged to a dragon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z One day Minli and the dragon came upon a body of water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She tossed and turned, dreaming about dragons and ghosts, about fire and water, about snakes and hidey-holes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then there was Sung Guo, also called Seneca Gracchus, who fought twelve Roman dragons and sixteen Chinese dragons in the western deserts of China. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He still had the scar under his eye—a jagged white line from his battle with a dragon. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll want an escort. Ten rangers, armed with dragon- glass. I want them ready to leave within the hour.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Does anyone else see a giant bird coming closer that kind of looks like a dragon?—though of course that’s impossible. Dragons no longer exist. Right?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As a dragon, he swam better than any of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She had heard that the first dragons had come from the east, from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai and the islands of the Jade Sea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lee left the room and shortly returned, carrying a small ebony box carved with twisting dragons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And who would ever dare to love a dragon? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had contracted dragon pox shortly before arriving at school, and while I was no longer contagious, my pockmarked visage and greenish hue did not encourage many to approach me. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Like the dragons living in temple eaves, my mother looked down on plain people who were lonely and afraid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The head of this scarlet dragon lay upon the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A blue flower grew from a chink in a wall of ice, and filled the air with sweetness. . . . mother of dragons, bride of fire . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If he really was the last dragon in the world—or Kievan Rus’, or the Thrice Nine Kingdoms, or wherever—it would make him a target for not just the tsar, but everyone. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And he shot into the crook of one of Glerk's arms and insinuated himself into the fleshy folds of his body, and was, once again, the happiest dragon in the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “No rain. Behind come the tigers. Ahead awaits your dragon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After cutting the dragon free, Minli’s knife was dull and the skin on her fingers and toes was wrinkled from having been in the dragon’s lake of tears for so long. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She expected the dragon wouldn’t return during the day, and this knowledge turned off whatever inside her had been keeping her awake. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “These mountains are also like the tops of other dragons’ heads,” the old people would tell me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And what can I say of the jeweled dragon palaces or of the undersea gardens? Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "I haven't seen any dragons rising over the city, so it would seem it didn't work this time either." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He watched the orange dragon sweep down and away to the water below until she was a ginger speck in the distance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z In fact, most dragons are good creatures who bring rain to the farmers when they soar up from the water and fly through the sky. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t so sure about the dragon, but when they saw how gentle he was with the children, they relaxed a bit. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z "Xaro assures me that in Qarth, man and woman each retain their own property after they are wed. The dragons are mine." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One is whole, and the other has been broken into pieces by Kavita so that she can feed the hungry dragons. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Moqorro shouted something, and green flames leapt from the dragon’s maw atop his staff to vanish in the night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A brownish-green earth dragon roared from within a dark cave, and a white air dragon cut graceful spirals above its earthbound cousin. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragon gently lowered the girl's hands with his claw. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In the spring when the dragon awakes, I watched its turnings in the rivers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya’s heart still hammered and her belly twisted with fear, and the first coherent thought she could dredge up was why the dragon hadn’t tried to eat her yet. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “You must have seen the dragon,” said the old man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Whom do you ask to help an aeronaut? The winds? The dragons?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we collect the dragon from Kavita, everyone will know that I’m serious about being Ma’s apprentice. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He told me later he had received the wound during a border skirmish with the outlaw dragons who lived in the hills of the seashore. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, when the dragon slept, Minli missed Ma and Ba. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He was old, that dragon, but his heart was young. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yer a mess!” said Hagrid gruffly, brushing soot off Harry so forcefully he nearly knocked him into a barrel of dragon dung outside an apothecary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My hands go to the length of rope dangling at my waist, and as Asher and Ren attack the Demons, I dart toward the surface and slow my board down near the dragon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She told them about meeting the dragon that could not fly and the monkeys and the buffalo boy. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "Bring me . . . egg . . . dragon's egg . . . please . . ." Her lashes tinned to lead, and she was too weary to hold them up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The black dragon hissed, smoke seeping out between his sharp teeth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A Chinatown postcard of a parade dragon from our San Francisco excursion. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z After that came a savory snake stew, chunks of seven different sorts of snake slow-simmered with dragon peppers and blood oranges and a dash of venom to give it a good bite. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Minli had the dragon place it very close to the trees where the monkeys were watching. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z One day, when the young ladies were of age to be married, a terrible, three-headed dragon laid siege to the kingdom, burning villages with fiery breath. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Their skin was sunstroke red —covered with tattoos of dragons, hearts, and bikini-clad women. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hermione screamed, but the dragon opened its mouth and belched flame again, blasting the tunnel, whose floors and ceiling cracked and crumbled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The old man had fierce tufty eyebrows of his own, rather like a dragon’s, and he was altogether too imposing a figure for me to have clambered on as an infant. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The dragon I’m struggling to control suddenly stops in midair, frozen, and then fades from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jason still didn’t understand how Leo had managed to remake the dragon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She thought of Ivan’s question: Have you ever hunted a dragon? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z That should be enough for any woman . . . but not for the dragon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nine hundred and ninety-nine small dragon ornaments perch on the ridges of those tiled roofs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Amah led a large iron pot, rolled in on a rough wood platform by two of Da-A-Fu’s uncles, in front of the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "In holdfasts all across the realm, men lift secret toasts to your health while women sew dragon banners and hide them against the day of your return from across the water." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I yank the dragon’s head down as Asher suddenly breaks free and darts away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As the sky deepened like brewing tea, Minli and the dragon looked in silence at the red line reaching to the heavens. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She started wondering how much dragon body parts could sell for. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Graphorn hide is even tougher than a dragon’s and repels most spells. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet I was teased—tortured by the red of her hair and the set of her chin and the white of her shoulders—teased toward disbelief in the dragon’s truths. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In Krakow, on Wawel Hill, there are caves called the Dragon’s Den, named after a long dead dragon. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z If she stayed on as Yedsha’s assistant dragon hunter, she could take them to places far away from Håkon, and then they wouldn’t find him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The heavy dragon marched on its thousands of feet, and now above the drums came the shrilling of the fifes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At that very moment, Minli cut the last rope and rubbed the dragon’s arm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “You mean turn into a dragon again? Honestly, Percy, I don’t want to spend the whole quest being everyone’s flying taxi.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I know how to get a scorch dragon,” says Taft. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “And I suppose they teach you that the world is flat and that there are dragons gobbling up the ships that fall over the edge.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I think it was the dragon blood,” she said, not really thinking that at all. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “He licked some off that stick I stabbed the dragon with.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z With both borrowed lines, Minli and the dragon continued their journey. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "A dragon is fear of the natural world," Freak says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The doors to the Great Hall were set in the mouth of a stone dragon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the dragon ducked underneath branches and swerved through trees, Minli understood why most dragons flew. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z There would be no son for Loraq, no heir to unite dragon and harpy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All this Ged knew well, and more, for ever since he came to Low Torning he had held in mind and pondered over all he had ever learned of dragons. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And the lion dropped the string into the dragon’s out-stretched hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I should get home, but I’ll leave those books for you to read more about dragons. You can bring them tomorrow when you come over.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Intricate dragons and multicolored clouds that matched the designs of the gold bracelet he wore were embroidered on his robes and glittered in the light. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z If you want to put tears on your tiger or dragons in your jungle, you tell your teacher that your big brother said it was just fine. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Through a fog of pain, she heard the ship’s figurehead, Festus the bronze dragon, creaking in alarm and shooting fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Iflew off on a dragon 's back Will they think he ate me? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But from this vantage point she saw the wall had been crafted in the shape of a leviathan, a giant ice dragon circling the island and swallowing its own tail. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After a while, we wandered away from dragons, for to explain about the dragons, I had to describe my home—I mean, our home. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The little dragon dodged backwards, scampering over jagged branches in an attempt to escape. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But Miss Lizzy was already talking about dragon dance or dragon stand or something. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I bet it’s a dragon,” he said breathlessly, running over to the window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She didn’t like to think about her failures—the seagull she couldn’t turn into a dragon, Coach Hedge’s baseball bat stubbornly refusing to turn into a hot dog. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This had to be Charlie, who worked with dragons in Romania. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At the top, a carving of a dragon stretched from one side of the door to the other. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Piper had used it to wake a metal dragon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Still, the deceit of a dragon was nothing in the face of the wickedness of the Witch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Rushing, degenerate mutter of noises I send out before me wherever I creep, like a dragon burning his way through vines and fog. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I listened from a distance for as long as I could stand it, clenching my mind on the words of the dragon, then, helpless as always, I went down. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The wealth was farther west, but they had dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The native territory of the Longhorn has now become the world’s most important dragon reservation, where wizards of all nationalities study a variety of dragons at close range. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, Mr. Traitor,” she growled, “I didn’t fight a dragon woman and a three-bodied man and a psychotic Sphinx to see you. Now where is DAEDALUS?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Well” — the dragon looked down at the fish with a wry smile — “either one of us would be a very strange relative to you, Fish. Why did you think I was your aunt? ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The young guardian dragon was dozing, coiled around the pine tree, but he lifted his coppery head as we approached and let Annabeth scratch under his chin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Her knees shook as they climbed the tiered staircase, the carved dragons frozen on their ramps of marble slabs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Maybe only bad kind go live here. You know, outlaw, that respectable dragon no want.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The serpent resolved itself into a neck and tail, and then the dragon’s long homed head appeared, his eyes glowing in the dark like golden coals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “A dragon’s pearl is worth the Emperor’s entire fortune.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "The blood of the dragon does not weep," she said testily. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I cannot allow you to take this dragon. It is my sacred duty.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "You woke the dragon, you woke the dragon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He pressed a golden dragon into the captain's palm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You spend your words as if every one were a golden dragon. I wonder, how much gold do you have laid by?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon s gullet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That sounds like our dragon in Romania, the zmeu, except for the paper wings.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He sent Baldwin and Haye to go get bait for the dragon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Anya said, “The tsar thinks there’s a dragon here. He sent Ivan’s papa here to find it. If dragons are good luck, why does the tsar want to hunt them?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z As they returned to the ground, the dragon asked, “What about you? Did the Old Man tell you how to change your fortune?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon won the Iron Throne without the benefit of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I lied, sweet queen. It was a thousand. But never once a dragon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After almost an hour of driving through towns with names like Black Earth, they turned down a narrow driveway, past several enormous, snow-dusted flowerpots entwined with lizard-like dragons. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Håkon lay still, silent, and then murmured, “If she knew I was a dragon...I wonder what she would have done to me.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Meereen. You’ll ride your dog for the dragon queen and come away with your weight in gold. Best start eating more, so you’ll be nice and plump when you joust before Her Grace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They passed white posts carved with grinning dragon faces and followed the mussel toward a long, raised walkway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For, as if all the earth dragons were waking from nightmares, the grumbles became snarls and the sea began to bellow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Flames broke suddenly bright and loud from the dragon's jaws, and he said, “I swear it by my name!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Along the cliffs, a white dragon is stirring to life, its movements cracking the ice that encases it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The saddle was just my size with tigers and dragons tooled in swirls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The last dragon in Kievan Rus’ had saved her life, and what was she planning to do to it? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The Sea King had changed into a dragon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Robert Graves linked these tohu to Tehomot, a primal Semitic dragon that was present at the birth of the universe and whose body became the sky and earth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Besides, we get to be heroes and kill the dragon. Its treasure is just a perk.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To get the dragon’s pearl, they would have to ask to see the king, which, Pinmei suspected, would result in mocking laughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Daenerys is the means to the prize, not the prize itself “ ‘The dragon has three heads,’ she said to me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She’d already finished most of the dragon’s mouth—its lips snarled back to reveal huge razor teeth around an explosion of hellfire. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It looked like a dragon’s treasure dumped in a tar pit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The Crow’s Eye swore this hom would bind dragons to my will. But how will that serve me if the price is death?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was most unusual, with a gold-washed blade and red dragons curled around the handle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the most valuable magic items in my inventory, looted from the hoard of a red dragon I’d slain on Gygax. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Only the . . . is allowed to wear a golden dragon . . . you must be . . . you must be . . .” “Where’s that beggar?! ” a loud angry shout cut through the chaos. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It breathes fire and water; and sometimes the dragon is one, sometimes many. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a gaping hole, high up, like soaring, flying dragons had attacked the building, leaving a jagged tear of broken glass, bent metal, and concrete. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh,” the dragon said sadly, “and I am not even a real dragon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z And the Tourmaline Brotherhood pressed on her a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon,- the coils were yellow gold, the wings silver, the heads carved from jade, ivory, and onyx. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “She was the dragon. Named Cheese. It’s kind of a long story.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I think she knew she was dying. She handed me wet rags with this tiny dragon inside.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When Fruitless Mountain, with its familiar black peak cutting into the pink and orange sunset sky, came into view, the dragon almost stopped flying. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But now, with most of the rivers cut into pieces and lakes left as grey sludge puckers on the landscape, my own history seemed like a myth along the lines of dragons. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A mage’s name is better hidden than a herring in the sea, better guarded than a dragon's den. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z His rust-red dragon legs pounded against the ice as he entered the camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A two-page spread of an illustrated dragon practically clawed its way off the page. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “What if the dragon in our woods is a nice dragon?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Those were the girls who lived in a garden at the edge of the West. With the golden apple tree and a dragon guarding it.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Um, well,” Minli said, “I don’t think my father ever knew any dragons. He just told stories about them. Most people think dragons are just in stories. You are the only dragon I’ve ever met.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z All around their bubble of stupidity I could feel the brume of the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon s words are fire and blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “In our case, it’s more that the dragon got eaten by the princess,” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The gateway to the Long Bridge was a black stone arch carved with sphinxes, manticores, dragons, and creatures stranger still. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I just said a dragon’s pearl could be a Luminous Stone!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z All she could do was speak her heart and tell the dragon what he most wanted to hear. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Silas has the kind of freckles that make you want to connect the dots to form constellations and dragons and things. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Then you showed up and you weren’t hurt. I thought maybe I shouldn’t talk about the dragon just yet. I wanted to know what happened.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Smarter than pigs, cats, and dragons all rolled together,” he said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was in the midst of it, dealing death with an axe as big as he was, fighting side by side with Barristan the Bold and Bittersteel as dragons wheeled across the sky above them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And she was hiding the dragon from him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z One of her forebears, the third Aegon, had seen his own mother devoured by his uncle’s dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He leaped into the air and pulled the Witch from the back of her dragon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A golden dragon with long whiskers and a snakelike body is painted across one wall. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Are those the dragons the red woman means to wake? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her dragons were sly, spiteful creatures who stole peoples gold and killed people for malicious fun. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven prayed that a dragon would crash through the ceiling and take her away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The old one opened his mind, but it was the new one that climbed inside, turned several circles, and settled in with a grunt—like a satisfied dragon in a cozy new lair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She lashed her horses and took off, dragging the drakon behind the chariot like a Chinese New Year dragon. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The blood of the dragon would not be herded through the bazaar by an old man and a fat eunuch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I guess. But all those romances they feed us are wrong. They make us think it’s just supposed to be hearts and wind machines and boys who slay dragons for you.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Make a fire on what?” the dragon asked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “He’s got his signed page from G. M. Pennington and dragon necklace,” Lydia said, not looking up. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I draw a dragon breaking free from its grave and finally seeing what its wings and fire are for. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "What do you mean, why? To save the Talmuds. To cure the dragon. To find the Holy Nail. To open the eyes of the king and his mother, if only a little bit." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I could travel to a faraway world and help Ma deliver those baby dragons. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She reached for the rope hanging from the mouth of the iron dragon embedded in the stone wall, and pulled. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z After the dragon and land had faded from view, Minli saw nothing except for the night around her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "About the dragons. They were coming to eat me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Yunkai’i claimed that she fed her dragons on human flesh and bathed in the blood of virgins to keep her skin smooth and supple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z First things first: Leo scanned the dragon for signs of damage. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “That explains why you are so different from the dragons my father told me about.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Aron the butcher says to me, "You believe this story? That she foretold a dragon? You think such things really exist?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She began to run. . . don't want to wake the dragon ...” A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon woman said something in her weird rumbling language. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His onscreen knight pierced the dragon’s hide with his steel blade. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I aimed the gun at the stove and pretended I was shooting at a elephant or a dragon or a tiger, or best of all, Todd! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Maybe Ma’s plan to find the last dragon will take a long time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “That means you’re the terrible dragon! You’re the one that destroyed the king’s father’s palace. What a lot of trouble you caused!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Red and orange, a dragon and his mate frolicking amongst the clouds . . . wait, dragons? Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The dragon pulled himself backward along the grass, letting the yellow fluid flow in a long, viscous trail. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z You were supposed to be my wife, to bear me children with silver hair and purple eyes, to keep the blood of the dragon pure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But a dragon could not feed a hungry child nor help a dying woman’s pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He turned into a dragon and bit a katobleps in half, then changed into an elephant and trampled three at once under his feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Well," the voice said, "there are no eyes on this dragon. The painter must have forgotten." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "You are the dragon," Dany whispered to him, "the true dragon. I know it. I know it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon twisted violently in the air, wounds smoking, the girl clinging to his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She put a shaking hand inside the bag and drew out a tiny, perfect model of a dragon — a Welsh Green. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Once Hazel started to pretend that Jack had been taken by a dragon and she was going to rescue him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “It is okay,” the dragon said, gently putting his arm on her shoulders. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z On my left was a high gray cobblestone wall with a mammoth dragon skull mounted on it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The two intact dragons were each three feet tall, their snouts pointed upward and their steaming mouths open. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “A dragon,” she heard one small boy whisper, “a real one.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z BaiMa, still a dragon horse, his mane and mustache floating like the tentacles of a squid, walked on a road of white sand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "It is only that this painting is most amazing, even for such a skilled artist as you. This dragon painting will bring great honor to the village when we present it to the magistrate." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her smooth long hair was as red as fire and soft as the ruddy sheen on dragon’s gold. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The scent of the dragon is a staleness on the earth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Once there was a man named Haiyi who was as strong as a dragon and bigger than an ox. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “If you say you saw a dragon ...” He shrugged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Sometimes we're nine feet tall, and strong enough to walk through walls. Sometimes we fight gangs. Sometimes we find treasure. Sometimes we slay dragons and drink from the Holy Grail!" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z There, he told her all about the dragons, and about everything Sirius had said, while they took another long walk around the lake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The dragon had won, and Joaquin was just a pile of broken bones and ash on the scorched ground, out of time and out of lives. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Hagrid’s always wanted a dragon, he told me so the first time I ever met him,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “But I know lots about dragons. You like dragons?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon was long, as long as the street in front of Minli’s house. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “When I was born?” the dragon asked, thinking hard. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Ged had learned all he could of dragons at the School, but it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to step right up and pluck one, except for the dragon coiled around the tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “My dragon—” “—is too far away to save you. You should have moved her to the center of the battle.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every dragon in Kievan Rus’ had died because one had hurt the tsarina. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z After a moment she added, "Please, bring me one of the dragon's eggs." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The tunic was enormous on her, but it covered everything clothing needed to cover, so she tossed the blanket away and ran after the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “So I think,” the dragon said, “my name is Dragon. Because that is what everyone called me.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I am the blood of the dragon,” she told the grass, aloud. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I mean, I don’t know what dragons believe about anything. Your faith.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The metal still bound him, and Kin lifted a trembling, chastising finger at the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I was always to think of her as the demoness who kept the dragon fire locked inside a window. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I’m guessing these are the dragons of Ares. That’s one of his sacred animals, right?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Horned toads watched the family go by and turned their little pivoting dragon heads. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the blood of the dragon, but Ser Barristan had warned her that in that blood there was a taint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are some dragons that delight in harming other creatures, even their own kin. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never even seen a real dragon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z No one wanted to miss a moment of looking at a real dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “But others—and I think this is the better theory—they thought there were different subtypes of dragons, like how there are different types of magic.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Her sweater’s fallen off her shoulder and a magnificent tattoo is twisting out of her dress and around her entire arm, a red-and-orange fire-breathing dragon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The dragon was a mile off, and yet the scout stood frozen until his stallion began to whicker in fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “His will come with knives. If they reach her first—” “Let’s hope her dragons will sniff them out and eat them,” said Gerris. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What happened when you tried to take the dragons? Tell me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "He would have dragons," said Belwas gruffly, "and the girl who makes them. He would have you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I wonder if you could give me a quick word? How you felt facing that dragon? How you feel now, about the fairness of the scoring?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mesmerized, Harry looked up, high above him, and saw the eyes of the black dragon, with vertical pupils like a cat’s, bulging with either fear or rage, he couldn’t tell which. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Tam Lin used to say that things—and people—became part of El Patron’s dragon hoard.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “So the boy turned into a dragon and found himself the king of the sea,” Old Sai said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The magistrate would forgo taxing Painter Chen's old hometown village for a year and Painter Chen would paint the magistrate a dragon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I am a prince ofDome, and the blood of dragons is in my veins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t understand her stubbornness in refusing to believe in dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Mai, as her mother reminded people, was born in the year of the dragon; and that meant nobility and power and strength. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The demigod Cadmus had slain a dragon that happened to be a child of Ares. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When she laid the whip across Dragon’s right side he veered right, for a dragon’s first instinct is always to attack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I arrive at Jax’s door at the same time as the robot, rabbit, and dragon. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z You on your dog and me on my sow, chasing a dragon across the Dothraki sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And when he did, he ate the dragon’s heart. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The eyes were where a dragon was most vulnerable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Then let’s go to the City of Bright Moonlight,” Yishan said, “and get that dragon’s pearl!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And Books, the clever Volantene swordsman who always seemed to have his nose poked in some crumbly scroll, thought the dragon queen both murderous and mad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And a dragon large enough to gorge on sheep could take a child just as easily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “At this pace, your queen’s dragons will be larger than Aegon’s three before I can lay eyes upon them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As she popped in and out of the water, cutting, she told the dragon all about her village, the goldfish, and how she had just started her journey. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "There's nothing about dragons here," I say, squinting hard at the stuff under the word. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z "I was promised a crown, and I mean to have it. The dragon is not mocked." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the frigid air, his breath hung suspended like dragon’s smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She was the blood of the dragon, and the fire was in her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon turned and gave him a chin hug. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She shoved the dragon’s face backwards, then grabbed Ivan by the arm and pulled him into the barn behind her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “But no dragons,” said Jon Connington, “so to win these allies to our cause, we must needs have something to offer them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No longer would her dragon children fly in the air with her or call her Mother. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Then, instead of taking pictures of all the Chinese people and the temples and dragons, they pointed their cameras at us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The road beneath the Wall was as dark and cold as the belly j of an ice dragon and as twisty as a serpent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I could only compare the heavy weight of Dragonwings to the light pair of wings that Father had worn during his visit to the dragon kingdom. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was so much to see—dragon’s teeth, killing machines, corpses with bare feet that were blue and ivory. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It has been known to attack most kinds of large land mammal and, unusually for a dragon, the Ridgeback will also feed on water-dwelling creatures. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon thought about it, breathing slowly, full of wrath. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on. I’ll show you the spot on the river where I saw the dragon.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z If the onager really did fire true - if it scored a hit on Festus the dragon, and Nico allowed his friends to be hurt or killed . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Because such skills are never enumerated in any of the texts on dragon physiology. It is possible that someone told you so to trick you.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Each dragon was spitting a stream of water instead of breathing fire. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I feel his presence like a teacup dragon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The angry light in his eyes was still there, and so was the scar down the side of his face, where a dragon had once scratched him. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s like wishing that mermaids and dragons and unicorns were real. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is the girl’s show, not mine. We just have to make sure the kids don’t run away. Though I would like to know how exactly she plans to fight a dragon.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Maddened by the smell of dragon, horses below reared in terror, lashing out with iron-shod hooves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I realized that to be a dragon meant more than just taking an interest in the magic of machines. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are getting close to the peach trees,” the dragon told Minli, “and they are getting angry.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She said, “When you were small, you grew affectionate for a dragon’s skull. Do you recall?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She did not understand. . . . three heads has the dragon . . . the ghost chorus yammered inside her skull with never a lip moving, never a breath stirring the still blue air. . . . mother of dragons . . . child of storm . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They had gone only a few steps before Anya blurted, “Why did the tsar kill all the dragons?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I feel like I’ve just woken from some long dream. I can follow the dragons’ ways better among the demons than among the Tang people.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me he would hold my winnings for when I was reborn again as a dragon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I was there, too—for whether these children conquered the dragon or, as was much more likely, died trying, I would not miss it for all of Christendom. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then he crept back under the cover of the trees and started to edge forward toward the place where the dragons were. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She’d been thinking it through as the spirits swarmed in: Their mural on the outside of the Tower—the dragon and the elegant, guitar-playing skeleton—reached all the way to the fifth floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Would that we had one here. A dragon might warm things up a bit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was wearing a silk vest over his shirt with dragons embroidered on it in red thread, and he was smoking a long white clay pipe. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Fishermen shouted the news from boat to boat, from isle to isle it went: Evil is averted, the dragons will never come from Pendor! A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Minli was so happy to see the dragon that she didn’t notice that most of Da-A-Fu’s family were surrounding them in awe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Would it were so. A large dragon is more fearsome than a small one.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sierra’s dragon was almost done and looking fierce. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The crown prince wore the armor he would die in: gleaming black plate with the three-headed dragon of his House wrought in rubies on the breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And so here she was, on the second day of summer break, adding a few more scales along a pair of dragon wings and worrying about crying murals. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t mind,” Kavita says while stroking the wingless dragon under its chin. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z It was another circular structure wrought in glowing white stone, but the treasury had no windows, no whimsical decoration or dragon’s scales. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This gone-away hand that never helped me over the stile, or guided me past the dragons, pulled me up from the ditch into which I stumbled. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved his catapult again, closed his hand around Tyrion’s alabaster dragon, removed it from the board. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were relics of the Targaryens, black steel with dragon scales cresting their helms, now dusty and forgotten. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Forty feet below, her dragons raised their heads. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Set against the wall was a square table and three straight-backed chairs, chairs without dragon feet. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Several tons of sinewy, scaly-black dragon hit the ground with a thud that Harry could have sworn made the trees behind him quake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He also explained that, like in the movies, occasionally one or two bad dragons can come to earth and wreak havoc on the people, though most act as our protectors. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As Dragon jumped back in surprise, the lion cub laughed out loud, obviously highly amused at the dragon’s shock. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “The queen climbed onto the dragon’s back and flew away,” insisted a tall brown woman. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A metallic purr ran the length of the dragon’s body. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was the strongest dragon of all, you see, his mother said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She should make sure the barn was closed up tight against any dragon invasion. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z There’s still part of me believes that when fog comes in on the tide it means there’s a dragon waiting inside the mist. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "Why shouldn't we rule ourselves again? It was the dragons we married, and the dragons are all dead!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Like when he thought the windmills were dragons. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The dragon coiled in front of a fireplace, the flames lighting its ruby scales. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I wonder if the gods and dragons will come help us now. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Soil and pebbles skittered across the ground, pulled towards his massive dragon feet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The rug was old and deep and Chinese, an apple-green dragon on saffron. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ser Jorah she had left behind today, to guard her other dragons; the exile knight had been opposed to this folly from the start. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The face-off lasted for seconds that stretched into eternity, and then, with the scrabbling of claws, the dragon fled to the darkness at the rear of the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The world's deliverer may snick off my head or give me to her dragons as a savory. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sierra dabbed dark green paint along the neck of the dragon she was working on. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “So . . . got any ideas how you’re going to get past your dragon yet?” said Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It’s in the tournament rules. “I was supposed to work out how to get past the dragon on my own too,” Harry muttered, so only Hermione could hear him, and she grinned rather guiltily. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The dragon did not seem to have noticed anything: It was already fifty feet away, swooping low over the lake to scoop up water in its scarred snout. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For if ever a fish is able to swim up the waterfall and pass through the gate, the dragons will shake with power. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Still, what would he think if he knew Håkon was a dragon in disguise? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The wind seemed to join their whoop of laughter and sweep them up into the sky as the dragon flew for the first time. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When the armorer opened the door, the blast of hot air that came through made Ned feel as though he were walking into a dragon's mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As Minli and the dragon made no moves to go farther into the forest, the monkeys had quieted down. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her dragons were hungry, so she chopped up a snake and charred the pieces over a brazier. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If you mean your fellow prince, he is near, with fifty men. Bring your dragon out, and he will see you safe away, as promised. Caggo commands here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dany wanted to run and hide, but her brother was looking at her, and if she displeased him she knew she would wake the dragon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 There is no more awesome sight than a dragon first taking flight. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon was half out of the river, peering around a tree at her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Perhaps she is reunited with one of her dragon children.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A young dragon had appeared in Harlem, and a dozen wood nymphs died before the monster was finally defeated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "I do not have a hundred. But you have three dragons. Grant me one, for all my kindnesses. You will still have two, and thirty ships as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As Minli and the dragon turned away, they could hear the monkeys chattering. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever seen a dragon with die flux?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Look at me, I'm a dragon," or "Look at me, I'm a wizard," or "Look at me, look at me, I'm the rain god." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The dwarf pushed his black dragon across a range of mountains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It drew me as the mind of the dragon did once. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe dragons in the demon lands are all as evil as they believe.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the high narrow windows of the Red Keep's cavernous throne room, the light of sunset spilled across the floor, laying dark red stripes upon the walls where the heads of dragons had once hung. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I drew the dragon and my heart began to beat faster. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z After the vanquishing of the dragon, there was a feast in the great hall. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Last summer, she had decided that a dragon’s life was worth the same as a human’s. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, back at his palace, the magistrate saw this error and attempted to fix the painting himself—which caused the dragon to come to life! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And she felt a pang of pity as she imagined the dragon, alone, unable to fly, endlessly struggling between trees and branches. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He killed a great dragon a long time ago. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “My wife is a fire dragon without morning coffee,” he said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She takes a deep breath and says, “Jax, I’ve always tried to be honest with you, and now I need you to be honest with me. Did you lose the third dragon?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The cream-colored dragon sunk sharp black claws into the lion's mane and coiled its tail around her arm, while Ser Jorah took his accustomed place by her side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I do not know why. All other dragons can fly. But I cannot. I wish I knew why.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It was as if all of us were afraid of attracting the attention of whatever creatures—gods, dragons, or demons—had caused the earthquake. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z During danger she fanned out her dragon claws and riffled her red sequin scales and unfolded her coiling green stripes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “So the Dragon Gate transforms fish into dragons, a wish many of us hold deep in our hearts,” the fish finished. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Once upon a time there was a dragon who never grew up. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The dragon stirred, glittering like a mountain of pennies. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Because this dragon had five gold-tipped claws, I knew him for the Imperial Dragon, for only royal family have five claws. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the rope he’d bought in Seward, quickly made a noose, and fastened it around the giant’s scaly dragon foot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You can use the scorch dragon to get the ash dragon,” says Will. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Whatever I may have understood or misunderstood in the dragon’s talk, something much deeper stayed with me, became my aura. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dragons have developed a prodigious taste for mutton since we began to pay the shepherds for their kills. Have these claims been proven?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hauling a dragon would probably slow them down by a day or two, but still. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “They swore they had seen you mounted on a dragon, flying high above the camps of the Yunkai’i. Every day we looked for you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If we eat this way every day I will be the size of Illyrio before I meet this dragon queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Every day we told each other that the dragon queen was coming back.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is never wise to tempt the dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Do you think that they will find her, ser? The grasslands are so vast, and dragons leave no tracks across the sky.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Was there a dragon? Did you see it?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Can I tell you about the dragons...and the dinosaurs...and the baobabs over supper?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Harry saw each of the dragon keepers pull out his wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She pointed at the twenty-foot oak doors, her eyes widening at the dragons that grew out of either side of the stone wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Everywhere you looked there was something startling: a stuffed squirrel, a kite in the shape of a dragon, a wooden cow with a spear piercing its side. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “You can sail a ship or fly a dragon, but cars make you sick?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Fight me, and I’ll show you what dragon blood can do.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z No. You are the blood of the dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An-, other attacker stabbed at his eyes until the dragon caught him in his jaws and tore his belly out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was heavy and light at the same time: soft rose silk and heavy, dark shiny wood carved all around with dragons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Against the stage’s backdrop is a towering screen with an ice-blue dragon’s head breaking out through it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But here was a dragon before her, tied up and crying! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z More tears, the size of lychee nuts, rolled down the dragon’s face. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The two children and the dragon in human skin stood around the crackling fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “They told Bertha they didn’t want to wake up one night to find a dragon snacking on their legs.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Now, I don’t know what you think of when I say dragon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Stop him. Bring him here. Tell him he can have the dragon's eggs if that is what he wants." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She drew her fingers along the carved dragon, unable to believe the presence of a dragon on the stone was a coincidence. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Are all of you dragons, or just him?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Over the field he drove them, pressing the plow down firmly and casting the dragon’s teeth into the furrows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Noticing she was asleep, the dragon moved slowly and quietly, even when the water from Minli’s compass splashed and trickled down his nose. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Seated on a chair before the only table in the room was a woman in a ragged robe adorned with an embroidered dragon on its front. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea how long dragons could fly without landing, nor how this particular dragon, which could barely see, would locate a good place to put down. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Hermione, how many times in our lives are we going to see a dragon hatching?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Did that mean he was a water dragon and not an air dragon? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragon’s mouth opens wider, and Jeanne cannot move back, cannot go left, cannot go right. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “It is very seldom,” the young man said at last, “that dragons ask to do men favors.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Do you know how the seer told Sigurd to find the dragon?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "The dragon feeds on horse and sheep alike." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even after Minli had disappeared, the dragon still watched from the trees. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z After I returned from my survival test, the two old people trained me in dragon ways, which took another eight years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t mind if the dragon showed up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I picked it because it had a rather stylish embossed dragon on the cover, but when I started reading I discovered it was an educated investigation into several common myths. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Until now he had said nothing about Pearl or her mother to his family, guarding their friendship like a dragon guards treasure: silently, greedily. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But my voice was drowned out by the sound of the lightning weapon firing out of the metal dragon’s mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The dragons craned their necks around, gazing at them with burning eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord jests. You will forgive me if I do not laugh. We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "He has tried, Illyrio, I promise you that. His hired knives follow us everywhere. I am the last dragon, and he will not sleep easy while I live." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The two winged dragons get jealous and clamor for her attention, rubbing against her arm like cats. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z With his spear he pinned the dragon to the ground. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But he also has breath like a dragon, so be forewarned.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Believe me,” Zoe said, “if you had dragon breath, you would chew eucalyptus too.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Only the imperial family is allowed to use the image of a dragon, Dragon had said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Is it true that dragons never stop growing?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Find these cowards for me. Find them, so that I might teach the Harpy’s Sons what it means to wake the dragon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Piper remembered last winter, flying Festus the dragon over the city of Quebec. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I got my own, so if you got the dragons, we’re all set.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Wooden clubs, stone axes, mauls, spears with fire-hardened points, knives of bone and stone and dragon- glass, wicker shields, bone armor, boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And your friend didn’t want the dragons to get attached to a human. Smart move. So where are the dragons now?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The dragon was on his back with his claws in the air and in his breast was St. George’s spear. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny red dragon’s head was spitting out flowers over the stained paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A wild whirlpool began to spin, its white waves becoming a herd of longma—dragon horses—racing to herald him in. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A demon can be the ghost of a dead person, but he can also be a supernatural creature who can use his great powers for good as well as for evil, just like the dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z From another came a dissonant piping that made the dragon lash his tail wildly from side to side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The guard dragon Peleus curled contentedly around the pine tree underneath the Golden Fleece and began to snore, blowing steam with every breath. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “And twenty points from Slytherin! Wandering around in the middle of the night, how dare you —” “You don’t understand, Professor. Harry Potter’s coming — he’s got a dragon!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And the girl and her dragon curled under the covers and were asleep almost instantly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The polished skulls of the last dragons staring down sightlessly from the walls of .the throne room while the Kingslayer opened Father's throat with a golden sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Brave men kill them, for dragon terrible evil beasts. It is known." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I am really a Dragon, as she is a Dragon, both of us born in dragon years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So she brought her army of dragons into the belly of the mountain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Just a few crumbs of peda have led to a dragon growth spurt. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Leo had never been outside the U.S. before—except for a quick dragon flight up to Quebec. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He wore a cheap dragon necklace and carried around a staff. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Who? Dray and Donna? We call them D&D. Dungeons and Dragons. He’s the dungeon and she’s the dragon. Dray is putting her in a headlock to tame that dragon.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She was a sleeping animal—a mountain cat or a dragon—and her markings of power were everywhere. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A blue water dragon twisted through waves that splashed across the page, all fins and no wings. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z To guard her people and her dragons in her absence, she chose Rakharo. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know the answers to those questions, so I just say, “I want to find Ma and make sure she’s okay. And then I want to help her deliver the dragons.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I’ll get to see all the adorable little kids in their dragon, princess, and superhero outfits. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The dragon brought his tail up, then down, and six more tentacles appeared. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Daario might whisper words of love when the two of them were as one, but she knew it was the dragon queen he loved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Then we must both be as true as dragons can be and must not try to put out the sun.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A gigantic dragon was tethered to the ground in front of them, barring access to four or five of the deepest vaults in the place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z An iguana is a large lizard, and looks fearsome, very much like a miniature dragon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She sheathed her swords and turned, pounding down the hallway on her enormous dragon legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I told Miss Whitlaw about Father’s being mad, and I hinted a little about how he behaved like a dragon sometimes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z That was how it was done: graciously and slowly, so you didn’t arouse the lightly slumbering redneck dragon over in the poor white neighborhoods. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, Ben. I dare not loose the dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A giant’s laughter could put to shame a dragon’s roar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mounted on the dragon’s back, she oft felt as if she were learning to ride all over again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He spoke, as did Ged, in the Old Speech, for that is the tongue of dragons still. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Man, if you can turn into a dragon, why don’t you just turn into a dragon every time? That’s the coolest.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Right — these dragons,” said Sirius, speaking very quickly now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But then she thought of Drogon far away, and the dragons in the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I always meant to watch over you," the dragon said sadly, "but now I cannot. So I looked at your future in the Book of Fortune." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He sent his eldest daughter to beg the dragon for mercy, but the dragon listened to not a word of her pleas. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The dragons—bigger than the last time I saw them—strain against the plastic, whining pitifully. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He didn’t know whether it was safe to go to Madam Pomfrey — would she recognize a dragon bite? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “We beat a Viking and a bukavac. Plus, we have a dragon.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He put his hands on his chest, as if reminding himself that he was a human now, not a dragon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But the fishnet was strong and well woven, and since the monkeys were too greedy to let go of the rice, Minli and the dragon entered the peach grove and continued through the forest. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Lower and lower the dragon flew, in great spiraling circles, honing in, it seemed, upon one of the smaller lakes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She soon fell asleep, her head on the dragon’s ball and her hand holding her rice bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes. Even a stunted, twisted, ugly little boy can look down over the world when he's seated on a dragon's back." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Eight sons I had, little wizard,” said the great dry voice of the dragon. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She heard Ivan’s ragged breathing from behind her, but she didn’t want to look back and take her eyes off the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Well done, all of you!” said Ludo Bagman, bouncing into the tent and looking as pleased as though he personally had just got past a dragon. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "A hundred golden dragons to the man who brings me its skin!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Baba," the stonecutter's son said finally, "that stone does not want to be a dragon. It wants to be a fish." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Yanna almost shrieked, the words trailing behind her as she burst forward, running faster than a flying dragon, to meet the visitors. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Like how a dragon isn't really just a big slimy fire-breathing monster, it's a symbol of nature or something. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, Link’s mom heard him yelling at us, and she’s a complete dragon, so she gave him a piece of her mind. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While Doreah brushed her hair until it shone like spun silver, she thought about the moon, and eggs, and dragons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The hero leapt onto his back and drove the iron spearpoint down at the base of the dragon’s long scaled neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The faucets are gold, and the spigot is shaped like a dragon’s head. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time the slave soldiers of Yunkai’i had faced the dragon queen’s Unsullied, they broke and ran. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Out flew a red-golden dragon — not life-size, but terribly life-like: fire came from his jaws, his eyes glared down; there was a roar, and he whizzed three times over the heads of the crowd. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “No, but they...they told me to warn you. One of them said something about a dragon. Papa, I’m so scared!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Only the blood of the dragon would ever know the secrets of the fortress the Dragonlords had built, he vowed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “So . . . found out about the dragons, have you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z So now they had something else to worry about: what might happen to Hagrid if anyone found out he was hiding an illegal dragon in his hut. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Is there enough of this for the dragon?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “The man who was with Mr. Whitby. Gregory. He called himself Gregory. He had a dragon tattoo on him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The dragon leapt to his feet, spun around a few times, and then dashed from the clearing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “So of course there is more than one dragon pearl. Though the dragon pearl that makes the moon is by far the largest.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The heat of the incinerator wrapped around Inej like a living thing, a desert dragon in his den, hiding from the ice, waiting for her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Feasting on juicy peaches, Minli and the dragon walked through the woods for many days. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The bronze dragon figurehead glinted in the morning light. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Over at the pine tree, Peleus the dragon dozed under the Golden Fleece as if nothing had happened. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So while everyone climbed up the tree, two knights were to stay hidden near the sheep and, when the dragon came, jump out and startle it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He tried to turn into a dragon, with no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And no matter how far the dragon flew each day, come nightfall some instinct drew him home to Dragonstone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Dragons. These same stories have reached Oldtown. Too many to discount. A silver-haired queen with three dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After all, I only had puny softskin muscles now to power my wings, while he had the muscles of a dragons body. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "From the sea. Beyond the sea. The Seven Lands, he said. Sunset Lands. Where men are iron and dragons rule. He taught me this speech." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Well, lucky for you, when you’re a dragon, you don’t have it.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He didn’t use fire much, being a river dragon, so he was out of practice. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I could see smoke from the dragon guardian at the pine tree, the glitter of the distant Fleece. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The dragon tipped up his great tusked head, stretched his neck, sighed fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “But this dragon’s pearl is not a Luminous Stone.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But the orange dragon kept flying without saying a word. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Time was that there were dragons all over creation, but now no one has seen them in an Age. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately, friend dragon,” A-Gong said loudly so that all could hear, “you are too large for us to show you proper hospitality inside our home.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, well, there’s more to being a dragon than just flying,” Father said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a lion in it too, and a dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When she had her handmaids char the horsemeat black, the dragons ripped at it eagerly, their heads striking like snakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I was on my knees before her, swearing my allegiance, but she mistook me for my brother, Jaime, and fed me to her dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon’s scales shimmered and glistened; he was a gigantic mountain of luminous colors and light. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If perhaps it was a secret hour in which men rose like giants from dragon’s teeth and, while the women slept, clustered in their kitchens. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I fled down alleyways as dark and stifling as the gullets of dragons, through sizzling sparks and palls of smoke, under clotheslines fluttering with singed sheets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Yet now the banners that flew from its battlements were golden, not black, and where the three-headed dragon had once breathed fire, now pranced the crowned stag of House Baratheon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If it was a dragon, she could tell Yedsha about it, and hopefully it wouldn’t take him long to figure out how to trap it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The blood of the dragon does not weep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had killed a human in order to save a dragon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He brought the whip around and laid a lash across the dragon’s face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every day she goaded Fyrian into making atrocious choices or she played tricks on the poor dragon, making him cry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “If you are not Aunt Jin,” the fish said to the dragon, interrupting Minli’s thoughts, “why are you swimming across the river? Why don’t you just fly?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “The seer told Sigurd to seek the village of the river dragon!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Tallish and slim, I should judge, but it’s difficult to say. The kimono was embroidered with dragons.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z And in some patches you could see the stars, but I liked to think that they were not stars but the eyes of dragons watching us from above. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Make sure you can see my dragon necklace in them.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Not all men are meant to dance with dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “About dragons bringing rain to men? And about their being able to change their size and shape?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance the volcano began to shoot flames and smoke like a furious dragon. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These doors are banded with steel, and there are shields and dragons carved into their surfaces. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z ‘Look! Fire, red fire! Are there dragons in this land? Look, there is another!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then he tapped the picture of the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z We sat in the fields, from which the dragon had withdrawn its moisture, and sharpened those hoes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d be back soon, and the dragon would be gone, and it probably wouldn’t come near her again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “A big one, in case we got both dragons. And Quent was going to ride one.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I think the Ku Klux Klan chose the dragon as their symbol because it is scary. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was menace in their hate and fear, and when Lazlo saw it, the feeling inside him was like the blast of fire rising up a dragon's throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The loathsome demon stood three times as tall as a man and had the head of a dragon crowned by three horns. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He had wanted to drain the little dragon’s blood to make himself stronger. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Thus far both dragons seemed to have a taste for mutton, returning to Daznak’s whenever they grew hungry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “But you meddled with her dragons, and now they think you are their mother,” Vik tells her. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The people around here who dress up in bedsheets and call themselves dragons are very real. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With golden dragons spilling out of both hands, Mord had fallen to his knees and promised that he would do just that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sierra filled the whole dragon wing as the sky became a hazy orange around them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “The lost dragon must be returned to me,” Sis says solemnly. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z But now, her memories came tumbling toward her—a kindly old man, a decrepit castle, a clutch of scholars with their faces buried in books, a mournful mother dragon saying good-bye. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They found her on the carpet, crawling toward her dragon eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The old people sent me out into thunderstorms to pick the red-cloud herb, which grows only then, a product of dragon’s fire and dragon’s rain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In quarries I could see its strata, the dragon’s veins and muscles; the minerals, its teeth and bones. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The king took out the plates of delicate pink shrimp dumplings, savory noodles and pork, dragon’s beard bean sprouts, emerald green chives, and a bowl of white jade tofu soup. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I held the dragon lighter steady as she lowered the tip into the flame. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As she hesitated, the dragon turned his head toward her, his impenetrable black eyes piercing her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Battles against giants and dragons, battles against black wolves with red eyes, battles against armies of men led by great wizards. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The barest sprinkle of dragon bone scrapings, like minuscule white petals, for power. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Young Griff arrayed his army for attack, with dragon, elephants, and heavy horse up front. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Surely there could be nothing worse than dragons coming? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “He didn’t want anyone else in the kingdom to suffer as he had. So he ordered the destruction of all dragons.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z You are the blood of the dragon, you can make a hat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Very good,” he said, plucking up his dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The first time he had come this way, he had been on horseback, sword in hand, and the Targaryen dragons had watched from the walls as he forced Jaime Lannister down from the throne. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As she descended the city’s hill, something Håkon had pointed out bounced around in her head: the tsar had wanted the dragons alive, just like how he wanted the Nightingale alive. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She saw an enormous dragon hovering just overhead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Minli had always thought it would be thrilling but scary to meet a dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The entire Hephaestus cabin scoured the valley, finding bits and pieces of the Argo ITs broken hull, but no sign of Festus the dragon or his master. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I don’t see how a flimsy butterfly is going to help us transport a fast-growing dragon, but Ma and Sis must know something I don’t. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Dragon hide, blood, heart, fiver and horn all have highly magical properties, but dragon eggs are defined as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Prince Viserys weren’t the only dragon, were he? Are we sure they killed Prince Rhae- gar’s son? A babe, he was.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t be surprised if you turn out better than Charlie Weasley, and he could have played for England if he hadn’t gone off chasing dragons.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z "The tortoise and the dragon are now my servants," the king's father said to him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Seth stood near Dad clutching his painting of the dragon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They loved each other dearly, so it was with great sadness when, one day, the dragon told her they must part. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then, just before Shavuot, the celebration of receiving the Torah, her sideways life flipped completely when Håkon, the last dragon in Kievan Rus’, appeared in her village and saved her life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The magic of this land only imperfectly captured the magic of the dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of the sink he built a small bar out of discarded lumber and covered it with scavenged tiles: blue- and-white arabesques; Neapolitan checkerboard; red heraldic dragons; and local, earth-tone Pewabics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tiptoeing, she put her bag and the dragon’s stone on the table and went into her room. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Even though she only saw the trees and shadows, she knew the dragon was hidden there. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Just the sight of them drove the dragon queen to her knees,” he boasted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So there are two things we have to do: deliver the dragons and find Ma. Which one do you want to do first?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “When I was there on the beach and in the dragon kingdom, it was more real a time than this.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Harry’s and Ron’s were the size of dragon eggs and full of homemade toffee. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His father’s pale bare head bobbed above the crowds of laborers, an apparition of evil with his red dragon tattoos running up his arms and curling about his neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My words-of-the-day—like “stupendous” and “wyvern,” the dragon—are of no help. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course, not all dragons are evil, as I later discovered the demons think they are, for they can be good to you as well as bad. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in front of the dragon’s mouth is a singer with short, artificially blond curls and clothes in neon shades of blue. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Per his custom, Painter Chen did not dot the eyes of the dragon and gave the unfinished painting to the magistrate. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her dragons had grown too large to be content with rats and cats and dogs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon held the Sorrow Eater in his hands, extended as far from his body as they could be, as though he found her repellant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Many of them were embroidered with golden dragons or phoenixes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra’s dragon mixed with several of the skeletons and mermaids from Club Kalfour. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He could not carve a dragon from this stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The thought of bedding her terrified him almost as much as her dragons had. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before the smoking carcass could strike the bricks, the dragon’s teeth closed round it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maybe if he’d seen the dragons for the first time on Tuesday, he would have passed out cold in front of the whole school. . . but maybe he would anyway. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She couldn’t have imagined the dragon, could she? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I unzip the bag and a wisp of smoke rises from the mouth of the wingless dragon. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “You have to infer the whole dragon from the parts you can see and touch,” the old people would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany clutched the dragon’s neck with all her strength to keep from sliding off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We would talk about any number of things, and Miss Whitlaw encouraged me to write short paragraphs about dragons, which she and Robin then corrected. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z As the compass pointed across the water, the dragon swam the inlet with Minli riding his back. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Prince Gallant kills the dragon but loses the treasure and the girl.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A dragon that will suck you into the fog so hard, you’ll never get out. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Especially ones where princesses get eaten by dragons and everyone dies in the end.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Behind them, palm trees swayed before a burning red sky, and beyond that churned a wild ocean full of beautiful dark-skinned mermaids and swirling dragons. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Right as I yank out my own length of rope, the dragon finally breaks free from the ice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We ’11 see these dragons and all the wonders of the world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Very far out in the Western Reach, where dragons are as common as mice.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “My mom said he fought dragons,” Frank remembered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With an unmistakable bellowing roar, dragon fire burst from the exhaust, white-hot and blue, and the motorbike shot forward like a bullet with a sound of wrenching metal. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It changed shape as I watched—from a dragons head to a circle of black flames to a wreath of human bones. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The smell of the dragon lay around me like sulphurous smoke. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Babulya said softly, “That’s a difficult question. To answer it, we have to answer another question. Is a dragon an animal?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z From a smoking tower, a great stone beast took wing, breathing shadow fire. . . . mother of dragons, slayer of hes . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When I struck the final killing blow, the dragon crumbled into digital dust in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For the birth of her beloved grandchild was just as the dragon had told her, the greatest joy and sadness at the same time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His human hands blew away into dust, revealing his dragon claws. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When I was small, much younger than I am now, Pa told me that in a certain Chinese dialect my name, Loung, translates into “dragon.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The inked dragon curled around his right forearm, its tail encircling the letters KAT branded into his skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had seen the image of a red dragon flying off a paper as they had rushed pass. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the sun fell and the moon rose, the dragon showed her how he could make sparks by scratching his claws against a stone, and they built a small campfire. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Iam traveling through years as well as leagues, Tyrion reflected, back through history to the days when dragons ruled the earth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He saw no sign of dragons, but he had not expected to. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Wise, but unkind. But what dragon is this? You did not tell me you had been talking with dragons since I saw you last.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Pa’s tales were often about the Buddhist gods and their dragons coming down to Earth to fight evil and protect people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon and the blacksmith stared at each other for a heavy moment, and then Håkon tried to run. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I brought my dragon books. So I could teach you.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z For years she had lived in terror of Viserys, afraid of waking the dragon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As the Boreads raised their swords, the dragon’s metal skin grew warm under Piper’s hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The scales there were just as tough as those along a dragon’s back and flanks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ged had not saved a little child, though he had slain dragons. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The dragon came down between the Domishmen and the door with a roar that would have sent a hundred lions running. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And there were songs beyond count of villages and kingdoms that lived in dread of dragons till some brave dragonslayer rescued them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m a dragon killer for the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z By sheer force the dragon clawed and fought its way through. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Unusually for a dragon, it dwells in valleys rather than mountains. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the most beautiful type of dragon, it has iridescent, pearly scales and glittering, multi-coloured, pupil-less eyes, hence its name. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were some things more important than dragon hunting, and baking challah was one of them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But didn't all the dragons from the fairy tales get slain? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On his breastplate was the three-headed dragon of his House, wrought all in rubies that flashed like fire in the sunlight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her hair was in curlers, and her bathrobe had a dragon on the stomach. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Ninety-nine days later, the magistrate came to collect his dragon and, instead, found a stone fish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “You could write about dragons too,” Tony said, now knighting a small boxwood bush. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With a joyous roar, the dragon jumped up and the figure became clearer and clearer. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Something has happened to the string,” the dragon gasped between heaves. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Bronze, they were, brighter than polished shields, glowing with their own heat, burning behind a veil of smoke rising from the dragon’s nostrils. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Can you wake the dead, girl? Your brother Rhaegar was the last dragon, and he died on the Trident. Viserys is less than the shadow of a snake." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was the blood of the dragon, she would not be afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Although the use of the Old Speech binds a man to truth, this is not so with dragons. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The walls were lined with metal shelves six stories high, decorated with war banners, painted shields, and the stuffed heads of dragons, hydras, giant lions, and wild boars. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Finally the king reasoned that a maiden might melt the dragon's heart and succeed where warriors had failed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Knife held the Scout knife up to admire the dragons before shoving it into his belt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “What does the tsar do with the dragons?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The white dragon lay coiled around a pear tree, his head resting on his tail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I was little I somehow got it fixed in my head that fog came from dragons. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “That could be the last dragon in Kievan Rus’! Or even the last dragon in the world! Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The skulls of dead dragons looked down from its walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You are a very young wizard,” the dragon said, “I did not know men came so young into their power.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Now Tyrion was promising to pay the bearer one thousand golden dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And if the gods are good, you will not dream of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the dragons, what am I to do with them? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His sinewy, broad back was more like a dragon’s than a horse’s, and he had enough strength to carry a legion of men. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was furious to be presented with a fish when he had commanded a dragon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Like a sword in sharpness but five times the length of any sword, the point of the dragon's tail arched up scorpion-wise over his mailed back, above the tower. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Most of the birds directed their attention at the dragon, who shifted uncomfortably. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The tsar wants the dragon brought to him, but you’re telling me the dragon is good. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then something clicked in the back of Frank’s mind: Mars had said the tip was a dragon’s tooth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was also growing bald for a dragon: He was so old that the scales at the top of his head had begun to flake off and expose the soft, golden skin beneath. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I am the blood of the dragon, she told herself as she took the stallion's heart in both hands, lifted it to her mouth, and plunged her teeth into the tough, stringy flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She cared for the goats and cared for the chickens and cared for her grandmother and her dragon and her swamp monster. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The living room walls were decorated with a bunch of gruesome hunting trophies—stuffed deer and dragon heads, a gun case, a sword display, and a bow with a quiver. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In that animation, hanging on the wall behind Anorak, you could see a large painting of a black dragon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He leveled his lance, aiming right between the dragon’s eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The dragon gave one last hiss and stretched out flat upon his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Elsewhere teams of slaves were raising ramps of stone and sand beneath their mangonels and scorpions, angling them upward at the sky, the better to defend the camp should the black dragon return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Make me a dragon again, Lord, as you say I once was.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She threw open the door. ". . . the dragon . . ." And saw her brother Rhaegar, mounted on a stallion as black as his armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Ba said, “we are like the dragon waiting for a sign of his pearl.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I whispered, “I think the dragon is near.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “But, you . . . the dragon sputtered, “your fortune, your parents . Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They were flanked by three incense burners whose basins were surmounted by animals nearly alive in their detail—roaring lion, fierce dragon, wise tortoise. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He didn’t often get compliments on his taste—one of the inherent hazards of wearing a dragon necklace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “If he can make me a dragon, then I can do the same to myself. If I peel my human skin off, I can use magic. I can save you all.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Arch is the best fighter of the three of us,” Drinkwater had pointed out, “but only you can hope to wed the dragon queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay at home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Then,” the dragon asked, “what are we going to do?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z There might go another baron at full tilt after some dragon or other, and bump! down he might come, while the horse cantered away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon looked down at his own snout. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It was like watching a fairy-tale dragon, stabbed and bleeding, fighting for its life. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The dragons are no more, the giants are dead, the children of the forest forgotten with all their lore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If you could capture the animus, the soul in another form . . . Well, you’ve told me about your automatons, Uncle. Bulls, eagles, dragons, horses of bronze. Why not a bronze form for a man?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Your dragon is doing fine. He and A-Gong were talking to each other when I brought the pot, and he even said thank you for saving him from the Green Tiger’s poison.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "Forty thousand golden dragons to the champion. Twenty thousand to the man who comes second, another twenty to the winner of the melee, and ten thousand to the victor of the archery competition." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon nodded, pleased to have found himself a name. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A dragon sitting on the head of an old woman. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z One of them caught the dragon’s claws across the back of her forearm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He had passed the banes of a dragon, he swore, so immense that he had ridden his hoise through its great black jaws. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At the back of the room there was a large folding screen with Chinese dragons painted on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z And instead of a fierce dragon to slay, a huge, curious goldfish mouths the end of the wizard’s hat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Must have seen it in a book, fire-breathing dragons, only I got it wrong and thought the dragons were breathing fog. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Ma loaned me this. And the man who wrote it is the one who sent the dragons from Madagascar.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z "You will not fail me tonight. If you do, it will go hard for you. You don't want to wake the dragon, do you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Something else she knew for certain: The tsar had done something to the rest of the dragons in Kievan Rus’. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Why didn’t the marble dragons bite her in the neck and the winged lions chase her out of their city? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She had no dragon with her, and her raiment was hardly queenly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z King Hizdahr shifted on his dragon throne, his face stony as he did his best to appear concerned but unperturbed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Saint George killed the dragon. They just made it puke." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But instead of a horse’s lower body, it had the body of a dragon—at least twenty feet long, black and scaly with enormous claws and a barbed tail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Frank, this is Festus. He used to be a full bronze dragon, but we had an accident.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Above them all the dragon turned, dark against the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The city will be destroyed. It has nothing to do with you, but you must not be there when it happens," the dragon said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Before they left, Minli and the dragon circled over the Village of the Moon Rain. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, she pushed through the doors of the gate, leaving the forest and the dragon behind her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to turn me back into a dragon. Maybe he's the one Lena talked about. The one who would do anything to change me back.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Almost he stared into the dragon’s eyes and was caught, for one cannot look into a dragon’s eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She decided that if she slept in the barn, she ran the risk of being eaten by a dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Across the room, the painting of the knight charging the dragon was complete. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “They’ll just have to stand back and let the dragons do their stuff.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was sure Cedric wouldn’t have asked that if he had seen the dragons himself. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When the steel struck the flint, such men were rare as dragon’s teeth; elsewise the world would not have been so full of slaves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sigurd followed her eyes back to the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Gospodin Yedsha is paying me, and if I help him catch this dragon, we’ll have enough money to stay here. I care more about us than I do about a stupid dragon!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Her red eyes remind me of what Khalil said when we were little, that his momma had turned into a dragon. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Flying on the dragon made traveling much faster. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She said, “I didn’t foresee it all. But the dragon I did. Also, I foresaw a sickness in the land.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z King Hizdahr had replaced the bench with two imposing thrones of gilded wood, their tall backs carved into the shape of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was halfway through the title piece explaining how the myth of the dragon in all likelihood evolved from the much more mundane draccus when a scriv appeared at my elbow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He glanced up at the dragon, now high in the air, surrounded by rings of storm clouds like the circles of an archery target. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Of course, my favorite Lego creation in the main room was that enormous green-and-gold dragon that stood twenty feet tall against the back wall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Everyone knows a golden dragon is always and only worn by kings, said the buffalo boy. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The dragon shook his head and opened his mouth to say something when they both heard a strange sound next to them in the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I have never seen another dragon. I always thought if I could fly, I would finally see another like me.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z His only other friend, Festus the dragon, had been reduced to a figurehead when his control disk had gotten destroyed on their last adventure. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful knife with a gold-washed blade and red dragons curled around the handle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He threw the dragon into the flaming hole in the earth, stopping it up like a cork in a bottle. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “But dragon, they do good thing, too. Bring rain for crops. They king among all. . . all reptile. They emperor of all animal.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he summoned the dragon: “Usurper of Pendor, come defend your hoard!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “She’s turning into a dragon?” he said, his voice a mixture of incredulity and hope. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was hard to relax with Hermione next to you reciting the twelve uses of dragon’s blood or practicing wand movements. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t want him to be a dragon again. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There’s Jena, all blond hair and lanky limbs in her blue, fitted Warcross armor, its dragon scale texture tailored to match the level. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But me, I think instead of writing about baseball or football, I’m gonna write about a knight who slays a fire-breathing dragon.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It would take me all night to describe the dragons’ kingdom and all the great creatures that live there. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Minli said, again thinking that this dragon was very different from any dragon she had ever heard about. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The dragon was orange, the color of the inside of a ripe mango. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She dodged one set of slashing fangs and tumbled under another, weaving through the dragons heads as she ran in our direction, gagging from the monsters horrible breath. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She’d always thought of dragons as being ancient somehow, but a child dragon made sense. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "A trader from Qarth once told me that dragons came from the moon," blond Doreah said as she warmed a towel over the fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had felt as safe as a king in the center of his realm, protected by lions and dragons—and by the water all around them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of these safe areas must be kept under constant wizarding supervision; for example, dragon reservations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya wasn’t sure if dragons were capable of blushing, but to her, he looked a shade of deeper red. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z All the other dragons are born with only four. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They came because they were bored, and the dragon on my shoulder interested them more than I did. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s magic of the mind, if not of the dragons,” Father said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “But what about dragons that wouldn’t attack someone? Do they get destroyed too?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "You don't suppose there are any dragons about, do you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Lena said I’m the last, but maybe she just meant the last free dragon. I could find them. Let them out.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Pa told me the dragon visited him many times, and each time it gave him messages about our births. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Few men can guess what a dragon knows and how he knows it, and those few are the Dragonlords. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The dragon was at least twice as long as Anya was tall, and a deep red that reflected the lantern’s light like a vest of rubies. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He strained and clenched his fist and thought about dragons so hard, beads of sweat popped up on his forehead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Send me against my uncle, and I will bring you back his head, and the head of this false dragon too.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had never met a baby before, at least not that he could remember, but that did not stop the dragon from loving them all to bits. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Slay the dragon or go feed the hungry peasants.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Big dragons, small dragons, dragons of middling size. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z "I knew where they was going now, didn't I? Didn't he say Lord Bertulf's? So what reason on God's green earf could you give for me for sticking around after hearing there's a dragon about?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I saw her in the park a few months later, looking more like a red-eyed, scaly-skinned dragon than my mommy. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Lydia was saying something to Travis about how many calories a dragon would have to eat per day to be able to breathe fire. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Stick figures waving from in front of the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, on top of a mountain, on the back of a dragon. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There were riders too, a score or more, but they turned and fled at the first sight of the dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked down at the clutch of eggs and spotted the gold one, gleaming against its cement-colored fellows, residing safely between the dragon’s front legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I was proud of Father for wanting to be a dragon again, and even prouder of the fact that he was now so close to achieving his ambition to fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “They do the tsar’s work. I hope that poor dragon escapes them all.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "Keep your hands off me! No one touches the dragon without leave:" Dany glanced anxiously up at the high bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She couldn’t believe that a shield with a red dragon on it was a coincidence, seeing as the dragon in Anya’s barn had been red. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Have I crossed half the world and seen the birth of dragons only to die with them in this hard hot desert? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Will that cart be big enough to hold a dragon?” he asked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately, friend dragon,” A-Gong said loudly so that all could hear, “you are too large for us to show you proper hospitality inside our home.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Warriors burst out of the river, riding the waves on huge sharks and dragons and sea horses. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For a long time she could not stop getting in the bed with her children and told herself each time that they might dream a dream about dragons and would need her to comfort diem. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z At least thirty wizards, seven or eight to each dragon, were attempting to control them, pulling on the chains connected to heavy leather straps around their necks and legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The green dragon closed his teeth around the meat of her hand and nipped hard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t cry,” Minli said, patting the dragon, feeling more sorry for it than ever. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, Anya advanced to the rear of the barn, ready to stab the dragon in the face if it came for her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z As the other spears closed in, the dragon spat fire, bathing two men in black flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Carve me a dragon from this stone," the magistrate ordered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Only Argus and the nature spirits. Peleus the dragon is still guarding the tree.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z After all, Pa always told the story about his birth and the dragon to everyone. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z "I have three dragons," she said, "and more than a hundred in my khalasar, with all their goods and horses." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She kept telling herself it was a dragon but then telling herself there was no way it was a dragon, and back and forth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Even the air in the alleyways tasted of snow, and only the wings of the carved angels and dragons high up on the rooftops felt any real warmth from the pale sun. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It would have been kinder if the dragons had devoured him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The tsar kept Alfhercht and his brother in there for two years. Alive. Do you think...maybe the other dragons are still alive too?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was also to live by the spirit of dragons, and Father felt that no dragon would let such an act go unpunished. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a beggar queen and you were Xaro of the Thirteen, Dany thought, and all you wanted were my dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You woke the dragon," he screamed as he kicked her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon keepers lowered their wands and walked forward to their fallen charges, each of which was the size of a small hill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The silver clouds embraced them and then parted as the dragon flew through, as if he were rippling the sky; the pale moon looked as if it were smiling at them with a soft glow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Or suppose they were to come across one of the really big dragons? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya stuffed the rest of her bread into her mouth and mumbled around it, “What do you know about dragons?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Harry had never met either of them, but knew that Charlie was in Romania studying dragons and Bill in Egypt working for the wizards’ bank, Gringotts. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Frankie grins and points up to a figure standing high at the top of the dragon wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And all she can say is, “I saw a dragon.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I discovered that the dragon had put a charm on me: no weapon could cut me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z With the dragon’s broad horselike face and flattened body, it resembled the sort of zmeu that might adorn a medieval icon or tapestry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Not a chance. A sirloin steak doesn’t try to reason with a dragon.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “A dragon,” she heard one small boy whisper, “a real one.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Now he’s out of his bed, his hand still closed like a dragon’s jaws on mine. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I sewed him a dragon shirt to protect him, even leaving in my needle, said Lady Meng. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On her sleeve there clung, winged and taloned, a dragon no longer than her hand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Inside the clouds—inside the dragon’s breath— I would not know how many hours or days passed. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That's how it started, really, how we got to be Freak the Mighty, slaying dragons and fools and walking high above the world. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Three bronze dragon statues stood in a row, aligned with the holes in the roof. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z All the talk had been of the gold and gems and slaves that would flood into Volantis once the dragon queen was dead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My father told me that when his grandfather was a boy, it was not impossible for one to see a dragon or even a longma. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Maybe the emperor would want it so he could be transformed into a dragon,” Old Sai suggested. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “You can make it up to me by laying down some primer and then painting something cool over there to go along with this dragon.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But within the frail, birdlike body of Mrs. Rappaport was the spirit of a dragon capable of tackling the heavens and earth. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The dragon crept forward until she looked back at it, and then it stopped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “He saved our lives. He’s a good person—er, creature. Dragon. He’s a good dragon.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She saw his face wrinkle with disbelief when she talked about the fish and he shook his head when she told about the dragon, but he didn’t interrupt once. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z If I were not the blood of the dragon, she thought wist-fully, this could be my home. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Magistrate," a third voice said, one that seemed a little kinder, "it is only a minor flaw. If we just dotted in the eyes, the dragon would be finished." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I played like a sack of dragon dung,” said Ron in a hollow voice when the door had swung shut behind Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “There’s a dragon in the river. I saw it in our barn. They want to catch it.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They formed one undulating mass of red, the head of a dragon rising from their midst. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “So the dragon was just allergic to cheese?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z As a humped convolvulus rearing its dragon’s head from an icy lake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Alone he could never have built the city, but when the dragon was dead Athena appeared to him and told him to sow the earth with the dragon’s teeth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet dragons have their own wisdom; and they are an older race than man. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m trying to sound determined, if only to convince myself that I’ll be okay, but I feel like I’m about to face a dragon and I’m without a sword. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Dangerous? Will the dragon come back for it?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “And no dragon would dare shake your house, old man.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “That fishnet will not stop the monkeys from taking the rice,” the dragon said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Just hope he’s still fine after he’s faced this lot,” said Charlie grimly, looking out over the dragons’ enclosure. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The creatures returned to the attack: botched beasts, belonging to ages before bird or dragon or man, long since forgotten by the daylight but recalled by the ancient, malign, unforgetful power of the Stone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The animated dragon fizzled out a geyser of gas and shriveled into a heap of crinkled plastic. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Wisps of smoke spiraled upward from the dragon’s nostrils. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Painted across the front of the chipped, marred shield was an intricate red dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “That man was not taking the stone for a dragon spirit,” Minli’s mother cut in. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Well, it’s not complete silence—Hector is spinning the whirring dragon on his baby seat while he eats Cheerios—but it’s pretty close. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z If I were a dragon, I could fly to Westerns, she thought when he was gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, the phoenix, the centaur—these and more are represented in Muggle works of that period, though usually with almost comical inexactitude. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Daenerys is not dead. She was riding that dragon. I saw it with mine own two eyes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They will say they want the dragons dead, the king restored.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Amah led a large iron pot, rolled in on a rough wood platform by two of Da-A-Fu’s uncles, in front of the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “As soon as your dragon friend is well,” Amah said, “Da-A-Fu will take you there. And then you can return to your parents.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her finger traced the long sinuous curves of the golden dragon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He must run, as the dragon had said; but where? A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “This cannot be your secret. The dragon is broken. Its fire is gone.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It requires a territory of as much as a hundred square miles per dragon. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship sailed along more smoothly than a dragon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The tiny dragon perched on the branch extending over the door of Xan’s tree home, opening his multicolored wings as wide as he could and arching his long neck toward the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z On Culture Day, Susan had stood before the class and wrote her Chinese name on the board and spoke of folding paper into birds and dragons dancing down the street. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z ‘One trouble after another!’ said Frodo, looking nearly as much alarmed as if Pippin had declared the lane was the slot leading to a dragon’s den. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Huge “giant’s” bones resided next to jars of pickled “dragon” embryos. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They are only stone, even II- lyiio said so, the dragons are all dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The tethered dragon let out a roar, and a gush of flame flew over the goblins: The wizards fled, doubled-up, back the way they had come, and inspiration, or madness, came to Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But the dragon had adopted the strategy of running away, leaving its weapon hanging in the air behind it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The next day he awoke with dragons fighting in his skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I thought it was a dragon scrabbling at the surface with its claws, just about to break free. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin, of course, said she did not believe one word of what I wrote or said about dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The current project was a dragon battling a knight on horseback amid a fuming wasteland. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z So I told him, after Fluffy, a dragon would be easy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Her skirt seemed to gather in a distorted picture of the dragon in the window—or not really distorted, but an image that was alive. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon that compelled the boys I knew, way back, into extravagant theater of ownership. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The dragon watched her, then said loudly, “Ivan, I can make a spider out of water. Come over here and see.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They still needed to ask about the dragon’s pearl! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The first pedestal holds a painting of a giant sea dragon crushing a large wooden ship. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “The tip is a dragon’s tooth,” Mars said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Only the imperial family was allowed to use an image of a dragon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It looked like a black dragon devouring everything it touched. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z When a Fifth Avenue bus passed, it was a double-decker, and I made notes comparing it to a huge yellow-and-green dragon, which it did not look like at all. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Matt knew, of course, who was being referred to with the dragon story. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The woman was a slave who raised her hand to her mistress. The older man was accused of fomenting rebellion and spying for the dragon queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Slowly, the painting came to life: The dragon stretched its long neck as if waking from a thousand-year sleep, blinked a few times in the glare of the streetlight, and then looked directly at Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t want your tsar’s reward, and I leave no dragon alive.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “So write your own dragon story. I dare you!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The flapping of enormous wings echoed across the black water: The dragon had drunk its fill and risen into the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His dragon body wasn’t built for hugs, but he made it work. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z If the magical realm has dragons, maybe Mama felt the same way. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Minli and the dragon had sat in the clearing and made camp for the night. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The dragon’s ruby eyes glinted as if he was pleased with himself. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But one day, an evil Witch rode across the sky on the back of a dragon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He hardly dared to hope, but he might even be able to build a new control disk for a certain dragon friend of his. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The air grew hotter and damper, as if they were plummeting into the throat of a massive dragon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was something about his posture and the look of his eye that reminded me of dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever could he do against this great scarlet dragon? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Tattooed dragons ran the length of his arms and sent their tails curling up his neck to twine with the faded patterns of his own long-ago light crew tattoos. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They parted, she to the palace to weep over her treachery to her father, he to the ship to send two of his comrades for the dragon’s teeth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, some of us can’t turn into dragons, so we have to build our own.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wonder if this business will ever expand to fictional thrills, like running away from dragons, fighting a Cyclops, and magic carpet rides. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "No," Tyrion admitted, "not me. I seldom even dream of dragons anymore. There are no dragons." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No dragon chair can replace a dragon no matter how elaborately it’s carved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lessons were to stop at midday, giving all the students time to get down to the dragons’ enclosure — though of course, they didn’t yet know what they would find there. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Neatly folded on the top of the case was a thin scarlet silk kimono embroidered with dragons. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon said nothing and stayed in a neat coil by the fire. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I was speaking to the dragon,” the fish said, “but you must not be Aunt Jin either.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The Prime Minister had hoped beyond hope that dragons and sphinxes would be the worst of it, but no. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On top was a bronze group—St. George killing the dragon. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When he opened his mouth, he didn’t speak or make a sound Anya expected from a dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Yet it was from their lips that he heard of the black dragon’s return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The head bounced past him, leaving spots of blood on the purple marble floor as it rolled until it fetched up against the foot of King Hizdahr’s dragon throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had a dragon’s body and a woman’s face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And an old witch in the tower, and a dragon in the drawing room.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, he’s done bad things. He made magic use illegal, and he called for the extermination of dragons.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Ivan never went anywhere without the staff Kin had made for him last year, so he was pretending to fight the dragon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z First, however, Cadmus had to fight and kill a terrible dragon which guarded a spring nearby and slew all his companions when they went to get water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dress, to her dismay, hung on a chair near the fire, behind the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It clouded over, as if a dragon had breathed on it, and then it cleared. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Her fingers itched to know what a dragon felt like. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z No one had seen the dragon but him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My arms loose and flapping in the wind, I pretend that I am a dragon flying high above the city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as they rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The tremendous forest of Sherwood stretched round the tent-forest further than the eye could see—and this was full of wild boars, warrantable stags, outlaws, dragons, and Purple Emperors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That would be like the prince charging up to the maiden’s tower, so mad with desire that he forgets his sword and is slain by the dragon before even getting near her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If we do not act, Hizdahr will kill the dragons and open the gates to the queen’s enemies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If Id had a dragon, I would have taught the world the meaning of our words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I peer more closely at the plastic bag and realize something is wrong—there are only dragons in the bag! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z But Pauline, it turned out, was no dragon. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Trusting to the fact that Hagrid wouldn’t miss him, with the attractions of four dragons and Madame Maxime to occupy him, he turned silently and began to walk away, back to the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "I must tell you this," the dragon said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Later Yen taught us, ‘After life, the rational soul ascends the dragon; the sentient soul descends the dragon. So in the world there can be no ghosts. This thing must have been a Fox Spirit.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Playing with other children in the park, she had several times started to cry, and once or twice to throw things; she had lost a doll this way, and a dragon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked three times around the lake, trying all the way to think of a simple spell that would subdue a dragon. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Do you? In Qarth, you were seldom seen without a dragon on your shoulder... yet now that shapely shoulder is as fair and bare as your sweet breast, I observe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The kite! Its background blends into the clouds! Looks like it's just the dragon flying up there! What a beaut you picked! I’ve worked out how to do a double loop!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Death comes out of the dragon’s mouth,” Septon Barth had written in his Unnatural History, “but death does not go in that way.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon was right; just as he’d said, the fishnet could not keep the monkeys from the rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “There is a sickness. It’s in the dragon.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I know that, Mama. Bad things happen, and sometimes there’s nothing we can do. But this time, there is something I can do. I want to help Ma return the last dragon.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “It has been centuries since White Harbor has seen any wildlings, and the ironmen have never troubled this coast. Does Lord Stannis propose to defend us from snaiks and dragons too?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon smiled, seemed almost friendly for an instant. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the last of the Targaryen dragons, perhaps the last dragons anywhere, and they had not lived very long. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes we pretended we had to be quiet to hide from dragons. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The bronze dragon spread his wings, and they soared into the unknown. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Vik and I draw closer to get a better look at the dragons. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She spun in a circle, trying to discern some way to find the dragon in his cave, but there was nothing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z There was no sound but the slow, deep beat of the rotting heart. . . . mother of dragons . . . came a voice, part whisper and part moan . . . dragons . . . dragons . . . dragons . . . other voices echoed in the gloom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As she let the door flap close behind her, Dany saw a finger of dusty red light reach out to touch her dragon's eggs across the tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I shove the peda in my mouth and then dump all three dragons from the tin into the little bag. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z While unicorns and merpeople are only too happy to stay within the territories designated for their use, dragons will seek any opportunity to set forth in search of prey beyond the reservation borders. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Who had decided to go for a stroll at one o’clock in the morning, and stopped Sirius from telling him how to get past a dragon? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His fellow drinkers were talking about dragons now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nowhere in the stories and myths did anyone ever say dragons could speak. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Whatever their excuse might be, I had none, I knew: I had seen the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember what Ma said about not giving the dragons marshmallows. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “What good are dragons that cannot be controlled? Even the Unsullied grow fearful when they must open the doors to feed them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I do not know, Monsieur. It was far down the corridor, and she had her back to me. She had on a kimono of scarlet with dragons on it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z "You are the blood of the dragon, and the dragon does not fear." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That night, I dream of running on top of giant egg rolls, swimming in steaming egg-drop soup, and battling a giant dragon. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Blood and noise would only serve to call the dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yellow smoke curled above the dragon’s long head, from the nostrils that were two round pits of fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The dragon dove down and skidded to a halt, sending sprays of gravel in every direction. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He asked a bit about the sorta creatures I look after ... so I told him... an’ I said what I’d always really wanted was a dragon ... an’ then ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z His voice fell short in the sound of breakers beating on the ashen shores; but dragons have keen ears. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Ged’s heart leaped in him, and he clutched his staff, standing as still as the dragon stood. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Sad to say, Yunkai has no faith in your promises. They keep plucking the same string on the harp, about some envoy that your dragons set on fire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yet even as her dragons prospered, her khalasai withered and died. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “One dragon hurt the tsarina, but what have dragons done otherwise? Who else did they hurt?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z If I can just gain control of that dragon... Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As Ron and Hermione emerged, spluttering and gasping, from the depths of the lake, the dragon flew on, its wings beating hard, and landed at last on a distant bank. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The crowd laughed until the tears rolled down their cheeks while the cymbals clashed—the dragon’s copper laugh—and the drums banged like firecrackers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "And King Harren learned that thick walls and high towers are small use against dragons," the tale always ended. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I opened the stove and was met by a blast of hot air as if from a dragon’s cave. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "I am the blood of the dragon," she whispered aloud as she followed, trying to keep her courage up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dragon let out another hoarse roar, then retreated. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “How can a dragon be more enormous than Simply Enormous?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Falconer took the right-hand prong, and we walked another several blocks before we stopped under a sign which depicted St. George slaying a rather pitiful-looking dragon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The dragons look harmless, and they purr happily as they eat the crumbs Kavita is sharing with them. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Their snorting of a many-headed dragon filled the glow of noon with a pestilential vapor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was just like Mom and Dad’s bed, with a mirror in the headboard surrounded by carved dragons. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But my dragons are roaring in the darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the king—they never got to ask the king about the dragon’s pearl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But it is not a source of good fellowship there, or amongst the dragons, who also prize it highly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was gold, with a dragon on one face and a king on the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yanna slowed and looked behind them, the covered pathway stretching beyond them like a dragon’s backbone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Stella fixed them both with a steely glare, then said in her best royal voice, “Both of you must go and slay a dragon for me. Begone!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. But not forever. Just until the end of the day. So, midnight, I guess. Then I’ll be a dragon again.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z All attempts to go back to sleep failed, so I lay there with the BiPAP pumping the air in and urging it out, enjoying the dragon sounds but wishing I could choose my breaths. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “But it is very common,” said the dragon, “for cats to play with mice before they kill them.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A large fountain stood there, with a detailed stone sculpture of Adventure’s three duck-shaped dragons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I kept my promise, Sis—your dragons have come to no harm. It’s destiny!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Ask the Good Masters of Astapor about my dragons if you doubt them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then the dragon opened its mouth, and light and heat washed over them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each evenfall as the khalasar set out, she would choose a dragon to ride upon her shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At the sound of it, the old dragon held still, utterly still. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But the dragon's appearance made the magistrate realize Painter Chen's real identity. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Over the lintel was affixed the ancient dragon’s skull, its browning sockets gazing down the corridor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the subway ride home, I keep my nose in one of my new books, about Cimorene, who is dealing with dragons—because I Don’t. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The Master Hand looked at the jewel that glittered on Ged's palm, bright as the prize of a dragon's hoard. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The closest I came to seeing a dragon whole was when the old people cut away a small strip of bark on a pine that was over three thousand years old. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two dragons like the first rose up from the base of the highest tower. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “He mentioned this plateau to me, and the altar. I knew Sigurd planned to use the dragon’s blood to make himself more powerful, and...” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Once, the grass whispered back, until you chained your dragons in the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dragon watched the pitchfork, eyeing it with what Anya could swear was something close to scrutiny. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The dragon kings had wed brother to sister, but they were the blood of old Valyria where such practices had been common, and like their dragons the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Anya rolled over and reached under her mattress, where she had stashed the dragon scale. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Not only are three tiny dragons peering out of the tin—Kavita is feeding them. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He lights the cigarette, inhales deeply, then makes the smoke come out his nose like a dragon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Castles are harder to burn, I guess, but dragon flames make a really good picture in a storybook. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were three dragons when I left Brooklyn, but there are only two in Ma’s hand now! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The most serious damage would probably be in that area, where the dragon had courageously grappled with Gaia while they blowtorched the sludge out of her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z |
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