| 单词 | electric |
| 例句 | She kissed him and that seemed to please him; his face lit up, almost as much as before—before she had shown him that the toad was electric. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A portable electric fence kept them from roaming. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, Mr. Aaa, seated in his library sipping a bit of electric fire from a metal cup, heard the voices outside in the stone causeway. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood just poured onto the floor from the cut end of her nose and she stood there shaking with her eyes wide open like she stuck her finger in the electric socket. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Every part of him—every muscle, every joint, every sinew—went board-straight, like he had received a great electric jolt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The electric engines were so quiet that one could hear avalanches grumble down immense blue slopes on the far side of chasms twenty miles across. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, like an electric switch being clicked on, he was aware that the room was filled with pale daylight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mark is leaning forward to help when Misty suddenly screams and leaps to her feet as if the water carries an electric charge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The cracked yellow walls were lined with electric lights in wire cages, posters for old shows, and photographs of actors who had appeared in the theatre over the years. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In each room he found a desk, an electric typewriter, a telephone, and a mess. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no electric lamps on the walls but plenty of torches for the taking. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It often seems to me as though it were the vibrating, shuddering air that with a noiseless leap springs upon us; or as though the front itself emitted an electric current which awakened unknown nerve-centres. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom also bought some electric heaters and a refrigerator on layaway, and we’d go to the appliance store and put down a few dollars every month, figuring they’d be ours by wintertime. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time Shin crawled through the electric fence, there was a well-established human smuggling network with tentacles that reached deep inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It was probably the electric shock treatment I had right before we went out. I should have rescheduled.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The streets were strung with red and green electric lights because of the holidays. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We sat naked on wooden benches while an electric heater, buried under a pile of stones, heated the dry room to very high temperatures. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric hum lingered, then it flashed again as another fly went straight into it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Rose hissed like a recoiling snake, her hand reaching to cover RiRi’s eyes in anticipation of Miig dancing an electric jig, sizzling like a piece of frying meat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He had my monthly bills—phone, electric, and oil—on the coffee table. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all guns, it has precision, guided by magnets and electric currents, and can accurately shoot a target three blocks away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I tell him to line up the electric brooms and turn them all on at once. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z These mansions had been built by wealthy white families in the late nineteenth century and included two to four bathrooms, electric lighting, gas furnaces, and steam heat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead, they flitted around the electric bulb above the door, making surprised thuds when they bumped against it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I even touch your nose with mine to recapture the electric current that used to flush through my blood whenever I did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She nods, so I give that some thought and finally tell her, “It’s electric. From stepping into your lane until you cross the finish line...every cell of your body is charged.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because of the electric fence that seems to separate us even when I’m in his arms. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z That morning I wake up to the buzz of an electric razor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The electricity went out almost weekly—power surges, the electric company said. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Always, their ranks were made up of humorless civilians culled from the lowest species of southerner that could plug in an electric clipper. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after taking office as AEC chairman in 1953, Strauss expanded Project Sherwood, an Atoms for Peace program aimed at developing electric power reactors based on nuclear fusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jim Clark points a billy club and, beneath the club, an electric cattle prod at a voting rights demonstrator on the steps of the Dallas County Courthouse. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Houseman watched the electric clock on the studio wall, fretting that Welles had slowed down the beginning of the program too much. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Many are terrified when they first hear the noise of an electric washing machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Normally the underside of the green roof was lit by a tangle of golden reflections, and their faces were lit upside down-like, thought Ralph, when you hold an electric torch in your hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Never more turn off the switch of that electric light. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The dark electric scent hung heavy in the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The beds are covered with ancient electric blankets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The lights were brighter than the ones back home, and I kept looking for the utility poles that the electric wires hung on, but I couldn’t see any. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And yet hasn’t the little shell in which he and Volkheimer sit gone electric? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Sylvester was surely at her desk, typing, the giant jar of candy corn in front of her trembling slightly from the hum and clatter of the electric typewriter. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z But as he watched Berendht fidget at the podium, he was electric with anxiety. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Congress’s rejection of funds to develop a supersonic transport in 1971, the world’s continued rejection of an efficiently designed typewriter keyboard, and Britain’s long reluctance to adopt electric lighting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A humming noise alerts me to the fact that the electric current has been switched on. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The jersey which he held up, was electric blue, with gold letters across the front, DEFENDERS. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z This hallway is lit by electric lights, and I take the time to watch Mr. Gideon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z On earth, astronomers are hindered by electric lights and radio signals that pollute the night sky, but on the back side of the moon astronomers could view the universe without interference. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmhouses with electric lights burning in the windows. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He loathed the clatter and smoke of steam launches; he wanted electric boats designed specifically for the park, with emphasis on graceful lines and silent operation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Like I was an electric robot,” hoots Zion. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The boys helped short-circuit the electric fence and open the front gates. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Her toenails were painted electric blue, the tips chipped. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was no electric light down here, no heating either, or any other comforts, only the quiet tombs and the mice scurrying over the cracked flagstones of the floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z People cut down the trees and put up electric poles that zap them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We were working so close to the camp’s electric fence that I could smell the singed air and feel the voltage it shed vibrating in my teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Across the armrest of Cool Papa’s watcher’s chair lay the old guitar that had once cried and twanged hot electric chords and sometimes a ghost note out into the night. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Prompted by some obscure modve, he would lure his victims into this room and then throw an electric switch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Very soon we left the electric lights behind and could see only as far ahead of us as our kapo’s carbide headlamp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It was unbelievably damp and heated only by an aged electric heater. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He said that if he was executed as scheduled, he wanted me to get the prison to play a recording of a hymn, “The Old Rugged Cross,” as he walked to the electric chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It had been three days since he had crawled through the electric fence, and he was still only about fifteen miles from Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Sipping a highball after dinner, hearing the rushing of water in the electric dishwasher in the kitchen, I brought up a question that had puzzled me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The wait was electric, for Chicago was a prideful place. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They watched me fit an electric miner’s lamp over my head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I gesture toward the desk, where an electric kettle rests next to packages of Top Ramen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There were families in the barrio with running water inside their houses, electric bulbs shining down from every room, curtains on the windows, and printed linoleum on the floors. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z That’s what people say when invisible feelings vibrate in the air, like ions do just before an electric storm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But Desdemona would already be moving away, heading for the safety of the kitchen, where the oven was electric. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When it landed, it unleashed a blast like a power chord on an electric guitar magnified through the world’s largest speakers. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In Providence, residents phoned the electric company, asking it to switch off the lights “so that the city would be safe from the enemy.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Men I didn’t know climbed the oak trees with coils of small electric bulbs and meters of extension cords. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The pile was growing there: a Polaroid camera, a transistor radio, an elaborate electric train set—and several sealed envelopes containing cash. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tension between them buzzes like an electric fence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z At the time the electric-execution law was passed, questions persisted about whether electric shock would always prove fatal. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Guenever saw him, and he saw her, the old electric message went between their eyes before they spoke a word. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Why were British cities still using gas street lighting into the 1920s, long after U.S. and German cities had converted to electric street lighting? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Once the electric undercarriage failed, and she had to earn her keep by taking her turn at the hand pump so they didn’t have to crash land. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was summer and from a high ceiling was suspended a huge electric fan that whirred. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But word leaked out in the summer of 1795 and then spread, as Madison put it, “like an electric velocity to every part of the Union.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Because if my condition did have anything to do with a bad electric blanket, there must be a lot of other people who bought that same electric blanket. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Air conditioners poked out from the windows in the white section, but back here there was nothing but electric fans moving the hot air from one place to another. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The arched entrance is twenty feet high and electric with gaudy imagery. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She went into the kitchen, where there was an electric stove and a refrigerator that no longer worked and was used to store glasses and dishes so Poppy couldn’t get at them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He took apart light bulbs; he took apart the electric outlets on the wall to see how the wires inside wound together and, in the process, got a painful, vibrating jolt all through his body. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was more dramatic than Faye had anticipated, quiet and electric. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Some kind of electric field throws you back on the roof." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They made their way past beer gardens illuminated by bright strings of electric lights, full of people singing gaily, dancing polkas, and hoisting steins of beer in their direction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She has electric light in the house and her own lavatory in the backyard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At that moment Salmakia came in through the back door, landing her dragonfly on the table in a shimmer of electric blue. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z From far away, it might pass for an electric meter reader. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He picked up his electric pencil sharpener, examined it as though he did not know what it was, then seemed to remember. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We couldn’t go on with the electric sheep any longer; it sapped my morale. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I plow through the crowds in my electric chair like a power mower in thick grass. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z An electric coffee-pot was perking on the table by the time he had his clothes on. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I thought to myself that anybody who could get Grandpa to buy a car would have a bathroom in no time, and maybe even electric lights and a telephone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That electric cord looped out our window, seven stories above the sidewalks, and right into the window of the Jenkinses’ apartment next door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She got up and flicked the switch on the electric kettle. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Alex watches her text Henry about a hundred heart emojis, and he sends her back a short video of himself and Catherine drinking champagne while Bea plays “God Save the Queen” on electric guitar. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was an early device used to detect and measure the magnitude of an electric current. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There’s something forbidden about the whole thing that makes the electric currents burn stronger, and I want school to be over forever so we don’t have to come here at all. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were so many vivid currents of feeling between them that the very air felt electric to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Physicists concluded that light was not a particle, but a wave of electric and magnetic fields. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Electricity, he said, could operate threshing machines, ploughs, harrows, rollers, and reapers and binders, besides supplying every stall with its own electric light, hot and cold water, and an electric heater. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z When everyone sees her, the thrill of collective excitement is so electric, I almost expect each person’s hair to stand on end. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z They came in all colors, black, brown, electric yellow, vivid red. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He then lamented that the law no longer authorized the execution of children because he just couldn't wait to put this fourteen-year-old boy in the electric chair and kill him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z All the way from Hoboken he’d gazed out at the marvelous sights: electric trams pulling pink faces up Albany’s hills; factories glowing like volcanoes in the Buffalo night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was—there is—a drilled well near the house, about sixty feet deep, with an electric pump. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A naked electric lightbulb hanging from the ceiling came on, and Elinor, looking pleased with herself, took her finger off a dusty switch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But in fact, I had no way of slipping past the electric fence—and no idea where the hell I was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The sky was as dark as if a mighty storm were threatening, but there was none of the electric tension that comes ahead of a storm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Poachers were even harvesting trout at night, using large electric lamps. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The word had an electric crackle to it; saying it aloud produced the same feeling you got when you grabbed a snake in your bare hands. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The air turned electric—literally, as Jason started throwing off sparks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had lived in Santurce, and I could tell her about things like electric light bulbs and shower nozzles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They were crazy about something called Kamikazes, and liked to dye their Margaritas a horrifying electric blue. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z About the small electric chairs that were just his size, and Hell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There were pieces of cement and splinters of wood flying in every direction, and the air was electric with the flash of gun muzzles and the sparks from the bullets. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Everybody I’d met or seen at Fullbrook had had an air of knowing confidence, or if not that, then a loud, bright, electric joy, that made me want to pull back and get some space. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I like the sound of this Capricorn less and less! OK, let’s get this over and done with. I want to go home to my books, real electric light, and a nice cup of coffee.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I walked slowly down the hall, surrounded by my shouting and jostling classmates, seeing only the beautiful soldier, feeling only the electric tingle of her soft touch on my head. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Police boots stepped back from the rim of a pool of urine spreading from him, the bright, bare electric bulb reflected in it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody was playing with the clocks, and not only with the electric clocks, but the wind-up kind, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I took out my dad’s electric clipper and buzzed off my whole head of hair to shorter and shorter lengths until I thought it would be easy to shave with an electric razor. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch his face as he hugs her back, the way his eyes close and lose a lot of his electric Dylan-ness. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z So when they decided to start mainstreaming us into the regular classes, the electric chair was really helpful. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Rural families typically made the radio their second electric purchase, after the clothes iron. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She nods and explains that the mild electric currents might help speed up the healing process. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He bowed again and started to sit in a normal chair next to the heavy three-legged oak electric chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In less than a second Salmakia had spun away and leapt off the branch, directly onto the back of her electric blue steed and up into the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Fifty-eight phone calls and not one hint about anything unusual that might have happened because an electric blanket had stopped working properly. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We pushed aside curtains that were like pavilions and felt over innumerable feet of dark wall for electric light switches--once I tumbled with a sort of splash upon the keys of a ghostly piano. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She sat before an elegant telephone and an electric typewriter. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Faxe sat cross-legged, not moving, but charged, full of a gathering force that made his light, soft voice crack like an electric bolt. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A little electric shock flared through me and I sat quite still. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The ceiling extends far above my head, the light cast down by a cluster of those same electric lamps, conspicuous in their constant glow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Ordinarily you would whip through a skull with an electric bone saw, but you can’t use a bone saw in Level 4. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because of the electric fence that seems to separate us even when I’m in his arms. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The electric lights cast them in alternating pools of glare and shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the stable buck’s room a small electric globe threw a meager yellow light. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z We know what sword of Damocles hangs over his head—an electric razor for the military school crewcut Mundín would have to get. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The news ran through the ship like an electric wire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Maddie thought it must be like having a little brass peg in your mind, like the hinged switch on an electric hall light, and when you flipped it you turned instantly into another person. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In each room, in addition to an electric fan, a metal table, and folding metal chairs, there are camouflaged microphones, concealed tape recorders, and, set into the door, a mirrored one-way observation window. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The slap was just as jarring as the electric shock—even more so because Rowan wasn’t expecting it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And as if to seal the deal, instead of learning to play electric guitar, I’d gone and chosen the cello. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Unless something could be done, he would languish on death row until he turned twenty-one and became legally old enough to take the short walk from his cell to the electric chair. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z There was even a football stadium with electric lights. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Milkman fished for another cigarette and watched dawn eclipse the electric light over the sink. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z On the bureau an electric fan turned its face slowly from one wall to another, and as the breeze from it passed Jake’s face he thought of cool water. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I still have my electric sheep and I still have my job. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I know our barbed wire entanglements are strong and almost undamaged;—parts of them are charged with a powerful electric current. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Lamps and electric poles look half their size. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Bed—without canopy—dresser, closet, electric light, television, radio, electric clock, books. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Over the stove the old electric clock was five minutes early. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are three guitars in the corner, one electric, the amp still plugged in from the night before. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As I get ready for bed, and then turn off the lights and pull up the feather quilt, I'm not thinking about my electric blanket and how much I miss it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m distracted by the electric currents and trying not to show it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Before the backhoes and work crews descended in 1952, there were no sewers across its 5,500 acres, no running water, little electric service, and no police or fire departments. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There I was, at the table beside Burt, confused and open-mouthed as I tried to run the maze with the electric stylus. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Some have huge scissors; some have electric clippers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had emerged from that crimson twilight into the common electric glare with a self-consciousness intensified to the pitch of agony. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing an electric guitar, slung around his neck on a strap. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You haves grand electric lights. It don’t seem natural why you all the time sitting in the dark like this.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z With a whir and whoosh of its electric motor, a shiny robot the color of the storm troopers in Star Wars scooted across an intersection between bookshelves. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z "Sorry to bother you at home, but I'm doing a survey about your experience with a Sears electric blanket." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She could almost imagine the electric lights of Zimbabwe, but when darkness fell there was not a shred of light in the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Although it grew out of swing and the pioneering electric guitar figures of Charlie Christian, early rock and roll announced its intention to go light on improvisation and heavy on rhythm guitar. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The siren noise had been made by an electric guitar, which slowly wound down and transformed into a flurry of notes and chords. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We arrived around sunset, and already there were more electric lights burning in the city than I’d ever seen at one time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was brightly lit with electric bulbs—here the large sized ones, strung unshaded—and beneath them were rats at work everywhere. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The team laid an electric cable along the floor throughout the building, strung with outlets, like a cord for Christmas-tree lights. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The next impression was of an electric energy, a force, almost a fluid of energy so powerful as to be stunning in its impact. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Or target the electric grids of Batalla or the airfield bases, cut their power and shut them down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z An electric cat: it lay in the plastic dust-proof carrying cage in the rear of the truck and panted erratically. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The only sound was the power hum of electric lines and dynamos, still alive, all by themselves. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway to the ceiling, seemingly in midair, were five gigantic electric chandeliers, the largest ever built, each seventy-five feet in diameter and generating 828,000 candlepower. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But now...electric energy still pounded up my spine and down to my fingertips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “And I can do grits. We didn’t have electric current out where I lived. But I’m ready to learn right. On a real stovetop.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z So deliciously soft, so warm and electric that inevitably he found himself thinking of the embraces in Three Weeks in a Helicopter. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Fault was found with my reading and writing; it was claimed that I was swelling the electric bill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belts. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no dark corners—no possible sliding panels—it was flooded with electric light—everything was new and bright and shining. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And in front of the window is an electric piano. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A thick red carpet sucks at the soles of Werner’s brogues; electric bulbs burn in a chandelier above the table; roses twine across the wallpaper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Once when she was excited and caught her shirt-tail in the electric fan he acted in such a kindly way that she was not embarrassed at all. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It didn’t take them long to learn where the electric fence was strung. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Shin’s success in crawling through an electric fence designed to kill seems to have been a function of luck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Jimmy was behind the counter, running a hunk of ham back and forth in the electric slicer really fast, the way he liked to. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z That night the Voice of the People offices were routinely burglarized, the three rented electric typewriters and the enlarger stolen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The inches of air between them turned electric. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Alone in the room, with no family or any people of color present, the terrified child sat in the oversized electric chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He bought him a Japanese toy truck one year, an electric locomotive and train track set another year. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Rishi felt that familiar guard come back up around his heart, like some electric fence. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He claimed it was a waste of power to use the electric lamps just for him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The air was full of sharp smells, evergreen sap and wildflowers, the electric smell of churning water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He took his bride on a train ride electric enough to pop their eyes and danced on into the City. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We've decided to use the manual chair today since the electric one, even with the car ramps, is a little too heavy for Mom to handle on her own. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Rats running electric motors that ran belts that ran small circular saws, lathes, drills, grindstones, and other tools Mrs. Frisby could not name; rats hammering, welding, cutting. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And when Luke needed money to pay the electric bill last year, after days calling it “camping” so the twins wouldn’t worry, Coach paid it without question. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In the first draft I had Bigger going smack to the electric chair; but I felt that two murders were enough for one novel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They had electric torches—both men walked up and down the length of the bus inspecting the damage and cursing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “They were turned off by the electric company. We’re behind on a payment.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But that only makes my hair extra-frizzy, as if I stuck a finger in an electric socket. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was his bed in Ilium, and the electric blanket was turned up high. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Goodbye to the three electric lights in the ceiling that seemed always, no matter where you sat, to cast the shadow of your head over the page you were writing on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The locomotive was a diesel electric and there were eight stainless steel passenger coaches behind it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I’m tearing through the streets of New York City on my electric board, my rainbow hair streaming behind me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she turned the electric hedge trimmer off and said, “I’m afraid you’re going to have to say that again. I’m a little deaf.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis had to turn off the electric fence to get him out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I fill the electric kettle in the bathroom sink and then make myself Top Ramen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Our mess tent, a cavernous canvas structure, was furnished with an enormous stone table, a stereo system, a library, and solar- powered electric lights; an adjacent communications tent housed a satellite phone and fax. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like sunlight, and it wasn’t like electric light, or lamps, or candles, or any other light they had ever seen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The parlor car, packed with businessmen behind their newspapers, commuting homeward after their workdays, was electric with Malcolm X’s presence. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Her words went through me like an electric current. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z No cook-fires shone beyond the trees, and there was no trace of the electric lights Grandmother had described. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From the kitchen ceiling the electric fan spins continuously, carrying these familiar aromas all around our house-—even into our bathroom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d also known of at least another dozen showdowns in which one took the Dead On Arrival ride to the morgue, and the other went to prison for manslaughter or the electric chair for murder. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In six months a dozen small towns had been laid down upon the naked planet, filled with sizzling neon tubes and yellow electric bulbs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Lonna was one of the waitresses in bathing suits who drove electric carts around the golf course, serving beer and other beverages to the players. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain is sharp and sudden, beginning in my shoulder and spreading outward with electric fingers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I tried to win back my mother, pointing to ask her about a small park, a bird flying above us, a long electric streetcar that passed us sounding its horn. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Defense leaders, taking the attitude that “anything can happen,” warned islanders to be on the alert to black out electric lights on extremely short notice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But then these electric currents start shooting up my arm, and he is rubbing my palm with his thumb, which makes the currents go shooting through the rest of me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On Saturdays we used the electric lights so that last-minute Sunday shoppers could look down the hill and see if the Store was open. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Triggering the device, a portal opened, an electric blue rectangle. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Closer at hand, silent electric launches glided through the lagoon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I take the box, trot down to the parlor, scoop up all Dad's notes and diagrams plus the information sheets about the electric blanket, and toss them into the box. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The rover has an electric heater that pushes air with a small fan. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric lights, the various mechanical pieces spread across the worktable, the shelf of neatly labeled solvents—the tinkerers laboratory is a completely different world than the one I was used to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With electricity, Bri could keep the electric blanket and electric heater on. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “You know, it could be the electric wiring inside the walls. It could smolder for a while in there and then burst into flame.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the kind the nuns have, with an electric cord that plugs into the wall. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We were frozen by fear of the strap and frozen by the Jackson Five and the most electric song ever played, sung, or danced to. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z And it hurts using an electric razor on your head hair! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric engines hummed and vibrated, and after a long pause, the doors opened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Among the elite in Pyongyang, one of the most coveted signifiers of status is an electric rice cooker. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z My heel had been injured after I’d climbed out on a branch over the electric fence and dropped back into 12. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Turning on the electric lights, Jinjoo immediately searched for food in the kitchen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Next to her the electric toad flopped and rustled in its box; she wondered what it “ate,” and what repairs on it would run. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He doesn’t want to come home and find me reading in the kitchen with the electric lightbulb blazing away. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Natalie’s eyes pass over me, the way an electric fan moves on its course. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Her electric spear was strapped to her back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he jerked upright as if an electric current had been applied to his limbs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I could smell the hot odor of the locomotive’s electric motor. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This time, however, he was judged too frail for doctors to apply electric currents to his brain. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For instance, if a black hole is spinning or has an electric charge, mathematicians have calculated that the singularity is not a point—a pinpoint hole in space-time—but a ring. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It felt like an electric jolt flamed a trail from my elbow to my face. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z But he was the most electric personality I have ever met, and I still can’t quite conceive him dead. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay put an electric heater in the hallway, but it only takes a bit of the chill out of the air. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z One of the petroleum companies, Conoco, that was exploring for oil, agreed to build a big sanctuary for the chimps—a patch of forest with an electric fence around it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I discovered now that my head was encircled by a piece of cold metal like the iron cap worn by the occupant of an electric chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine standing in a field at night and trying to decide how far away two distant electric lights are. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Now listen to the same phrase played by an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar with twelve steel strings34 and an acoustic guitar with six nylon strings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Five years feels like a lifetime when one day bleeds into the next, and your world doesn’t stretch any farther than the gray electric fence surrounding two miles of shoddy buildings and mud. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Soon a kettle began to whistle softly on an electric heater, and Az poured the boiling water into an antique pot, releasing a floral scent into the room. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He dominated a room not just with his size, but with an almost electric presence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was an electric gate at the end of the driveway. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A gas stove came into the house and electric wires and a telephone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But outside the electric fence, an encampment has grown. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When I heard my name called, I felt myself tingle with a mixture of fear and excitement, as if a tiny electric shock had gone through my body. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The welding torches of men working on the steel cofferdam flickered on and off, glowing orange and electric blue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They’ve given me a small electric fan, which helps in this humidity. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Clara grew like a wild plant, despite the recommendations of Dr. Cuevas, who had brought from Europe the novel idea of cold baths and electric shocks for the treatment of the insane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The air between them is electric as he leans in, gently brushing his lips against her neck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He leans forward, a shine in his eyes that I’m pretty sure ain’t entirely from the electric lights. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He saw the milkman turning into the close, the lights of his electric cart pallid in the dawn glimmer that was already filling the sky. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a quick flight to Detroit, where the little electric car met us as we disembarked and drove us to the gate for Amsterdam. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Instead, he took the electric torch from the rucksack and switched it on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z From underneath the cap, a ponytail made of electric wiring hangs out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I liked it as soon as I saw it because, unlike our tent, it had wooden floors, electric lights, and heat. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His black hair shone under the electric light. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “The discussion is excessively electric. We sometimes emerge from it with tired minds, like an electric battery after it’s run down,” Vincent tells Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z While electrician at Auburn prison, he designed both the first electric chair and testing procedures for it that involved large slabs of meat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He, too, informed the court that he had been assaulted while in prison, and subjected to electric shock treatment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She added, “You are just getting into my confidence, and if I tell you you will send me to the electric chair.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z About being put on an electric chair called the Throne and given shocks so they would tell who else was involved. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z For a moment things got riotous, with everyone shouting and mimicking touching electric fences. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This would light the stalls and warm them in winter, and would also run a circular saw, a chaff-cutter, a mangel-slicer, and an electric milking machine. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Calpurnia in her electric coat was the envy of her friends and neighbors. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It’s really quite a good deal, though, for the inside of the trailer is nice, it’s a house trailer, furnished, with some of the electric sockets working and a lot of living space. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric animal, he pondered, could be considered a subform of the other, a kind of vastly inferior robot. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Piper’s dad had once taken her to the Aquarium of the Pacific and shown her an electric eel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I felt electric just at seeing her again, at sharing the air with her, at anything and everything. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Otherwise, Claudia would have worried for fear the driver could hear her heart, for it sounded to her like their electric percolator brewing the morning’s coffee. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But most important, we noticed that there was an electric light in the tractor shed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The diesel and electric motors were in the stern. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z We walked on in edgy silence, tension humming through us like an electric current. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The mynah lifted on a rise of warm air as it coasted over the garden wall, over the snapping electric wires and broken glass and machine guns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a dead silence while the electric clock chimed eleven times, and then the robopsychologist said, “Very peculiar,” and the corners of her lips moved downward. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A tin roof of a building hung from the branches by electric wires and the wind swung it back and forth like a mighty ax. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Up near the front we found several large cardboard boxes, and when we opened them we found that they were full of electric motors of assorted sizes—replacement engines for broken or worn out toys. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Never a day’s trouble in his life, my boy. He brought me a present home from the war, he brought me an electric coat.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The second time I got through it a little faster, because I remembered—to some extent—which corridors had electric floors and which did not. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s like watching someone caught in an electric fence, twitching and squirming and very stuck. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It was all she could hear before Juan’s thrash of electric guitar exploded across the song, blotting out the rest of the lyrics. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The shine of the electric streetlights lay pale here and there on the ceiling and on the higher parts of the furniture, but underneath around Gregor it was dark. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Its developer was Ernest Lawrence, who had shared his boyhood fascination with electric gadgetry with Merle Tuve, his schoolmate and friend from across the street in a compact South Dakota town named Canton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Encircled by an electric fence with imposing metal gates, Emalia now had a sinister look. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She frowned, still looking a bit wobbly from her electric shock treatment. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was beautiful, fresh-faced, and the smile was everything—wide, shy, electric. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Its electric doors whooshed open and a glut of passengers spilled out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She wants to switch from gaslight to electric light someday so that she’ll have a little red light under the statue forever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Where the well-to-do folks live? They have their own stores, paved roads...You've probably seen the path that leads to the side of town, lined with electric street lamps?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The last time he had played the electric guitar in front of anyone was in front of his father, before his father decided not to hand him the snake. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My head felt light and electric, like when I was back on the line. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The office space next door was empty and had been vacated some time ago; the electric power was cut off, and ceiling panels were falling down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The body is alive with electric barbed wire. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He threw the door wide so my cell was lit by the blazing electric bulbs in the interrogation room and uttered in disbelief, “Eva Seiler?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The electric company had turned off the streetlamps long ago when the city couldn’t pay its bills. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny electric stings felt like a sleeping limb waking up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They were a wild and homeless lot, culturally lost, spiritually disinherited, candidates for the clinics, morgues, prisons, reformatories, and the electric chair of the state’s death house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Hocked wallpaper, moss green with gold, in a pattern of sinewy trellises; a matching moss-green carpet; and on the walls, electric torches. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z For many years before the revolution, Jorge had traveled five weeks out of six, selling electric brooms and portable fans for an American firm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was damp with a thin mist of rain, brightening the trees and grass into an electric green. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Correctional officials had plugged the electrodes into the chair incorrectly, so only a partial electrical charge was delivered to Mr. Dunkins's body when the electric chair was activated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The best thing Grandpa did for her when they got married was buy her an electric washing machine, but whatever joy it had once given her was long gone. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Down at Pier 57, the Great Wheel pinwheels and flashes through brilliant color patterns: electric violets, neon greens, siren reds. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Somewhere an electric fan whirs to life, runs awhile, and shuts down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “DD’s been asking for a lot of that electric stuff. There’s a big market for electronics, you know.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z A low, humming electric tone runs through the arena. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z The electric train was there waiting, all the lights on. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I tried unsuccessfully to relax, but the electric current that seemed to be originating from somewhere in his body never slackened. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The vigil light no longer contained oil but was an electric bulb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Durham Commercial Club celebrated its hometown in 1913 with this forty-by-fifty-foot sign, its confident message spelled out in colored electric lights. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It's the information that came with my electric blanket when it was new. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only bright things in the whole landscape were the brilliant red-and-yellow and electric blue of the dragonflies, and their little riders, and Will and Lyra, and Pantalaimon, who was hovering kestrel-shaped close above. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This strange fact is caused by an electric charge which surrounds the spacecraft, and which in turn is caused by the great friction produced when the spacecraft hits the atmosphere at high speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a gray Pierce Arrow, equipped with two bulb horns and an electric Klaxon, which Dad would try to blow all at the same time when he wanted to pass anyone. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think they had electric cooling in here,” Nailer said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Psychologists are still teaching animals to perform various tasks by punishing them with electric shocks every time they make a mistake. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But you can't just ignite wood with a small electric spark. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In one movement, I swing my electric board to the ground, jump on, and slam my heel down as hard as I can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His voice ceased and I saw the strands of pale blue smoke drifting across the mirror and heard the electric lighter snap back on its cable into place behind the back of the seat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I yank the knife out from his belt, reach for the electric grid box, and pull it open. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He occupied a cell that measured nine by fourteen feet, with a narrow barred window high in its outer wall and a single electric lamp, which guards extinguished at nine o’clock each night. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The walls and marble columns were hung with electric lamps that bathed the rooms in plentiful golden light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Yet Hoover—that “slender bundle of high-charged electric wire,” as one reporter described him—was growing increasingly impatient. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was all done by the glancing light of electric torches and we didn’t dare fire at anyone now, for fear of hitting one of ours. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Usually everyone jumps right in, but the only sound in the studio is the electric hum of the fluorescent lights. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then it came to her: She was looking at an electric light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When he pulled his hand from the brown cardboard, he wasn't holding no electric blue dopeness. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They show up here in their electric cars with their kale salad and complain about how our town is too backward to ban plastic bags. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She kept them warm under electric lightbulbs and sang Greek songs to them, but the silkworms weren’t fooled. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The electric bulb suspended from the ceiling burned with ugly sharpness in the dawn. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Okay, fine. We need to talk. Mess hall. Ten minutes. I’ll tell the others. And please, Percy . .. change your clothes. You smell like you’ve been run over by an electric horse.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I feel the prickling course of electric currents, the cool pads warming against my skin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The electric clock on the wall had whirred, for a very long time, and Kingshaw had just lain there. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The electric current freezes me in place on the ladder until the doctor injects the tracker into my left forearm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “And my kitchen?” he asked, gesturing to his electric kettle and a milk crate on its side that held cocoa mix, the box of Noodle-o-Pak Spicy, and two boxes of assorted-flavor instant oatmeal. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The electric fan cooled the thick, hot air. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They could place him in the electric chair right now, for all he cared. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The electric light made high lights on the dull oiled leather. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But the trick was this: If you went through the wrong door, the room you entered had an electric floor, and you got a shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He comes in with a vintage-looking electric guitar—I don’t know brands, but it looks like something the Beatles would have had—and plugs it into his amp on a chair before we file in. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He used to straighten his tie and adjust the angle of his hat in the rearview mirror before pulling his sample fans and electric brooms from the trunk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In a stumbling, broken run, the prisoner threw himself on the high-voltage electric barbed wire that lined the fence. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the walls, relays clicked, memory tapes glided under electric eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped closer to his electric heater to warm up my toes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Very true, Rick thought as he opened the gate to his little pasture and approached his electric sheep. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long before we saw light up ahead—like regular electric lighting. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z One day in A-block, I found my first example: an electric heating element, maybe eight inches wide, such as you’d find on the surface of a kitchen range. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes fell on Dad's electric shaver box. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Having a drink and an unrushed meal together has always been our pathway back to the start, to that first hot summer when everything between us carried an electric charge. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Money to install water pipes, or to repair the electric wires that had gone down in the storm and hung like limp, useless, dried-up worms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The electric lantern was already beginning to dim and he looked through the stores until he found some cases of white gas in gallon cans. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Every hallway and room, it seemed, was lit up with electric lights; Ophie had never known anyone who actually had electricity in their house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Bri had spent the morning in the apartment without being able to use the electric heater or the electric blanket, stuck in the sleeping bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z One time, he remembered, she had gone downtown to the gas and electric company because they had cut off the heat. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our kiss was electric and soft, and tentative and certain, terrifying and exactly right. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z We had an electric stove, and on the rare occasions when we ate by candlelight, my mother fit them, and when the charcoal grill was to be lit, my dad did that. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At night the billboards four cheerless electric spotlights bathe his apartment in a strange reflected glare. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Can you really turn the mileage back with an electric drill?" young Michael asked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z As a result, the police became more savage: prisoners were routinely beaten and we soon heard reports of electric shock, suffocation, and other forms of torture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric heater, the heating pad, and the electric blanket. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Neon green and gold, shiny black and electric blue. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z All that space, moreover, was to be lit inside and out with electric lamps. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the electric chair years, he complained that he could smell flesh burning after the midnight executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But with another scheduled execution fast approaching, condemned prisoners were talking about the electric chair constantly when Walter arrived. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z These could easily happen while Iponga held his electric clippers to your head. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The gloves felt electric, like I was wearing lightning on my hands. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Not if I was wearing the safe-suit, and if I was careful. And the generator is easy. You can make one out of any electric motor—with a little tinkering.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And again there are mornings when ecstasy bubbles in the blood, and the stomach and chest are tight and electric with joy, and nothing in the thoughts to justify it or cause it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z An electric razor is still charging near our parents' toothbrushes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Drinks are flowing, voices are loud, the crowd on the other side of the partition is electric. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Our centrifuge had a huge electric motor and a fifty-foot arm with a simulated spacecraft on its end. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The other was large, round as a coin, and a vivid, electric blue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a long electric cord, the one from my mother’s vacuum cleaner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We had an electric fan, but we only used it on Sundays because it sucked down electricity so fast. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Fortunately, he was saved by the arrival of Carlos in a little electric cart. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z An electric current seemed to course through Harry, jangling his every nerve as he stood rooted to the spot. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I thought I had escaped the monsters, that I’d left them locked up behind an electric fence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They kept moving and flashing their electric torches into our faces—or where they thought our faces were—occasionally blinding us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Even at the best of times it was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The track shifts in one smooth measure—the sound of electric violins, cellos, and a deep, reverberating beat fills the space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s a brand-new, limited-edition electric skateboard, sleek and light, painted in elegant black and white. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I take off the protective glasses and look past the electric saw machines and wood planks for Tommy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “But the last time Mr. Crane found money to help us out, the school board went and used it to put up those electric lights on their football field. Out of spite, I think.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But when the White Lady said: “Now I want you to be sure and handwash all the clothes first, then put them in the electric machine to finish up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He has a very black beard so that he has to shave twice daily, and he owns one of these electric razors. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A traveler from Germany recalled that simply by turning an electric dial on the wall by his bed, he could request towels, stationery, ice water, newspapers, whiskey, or a shoe shine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I take my usual trip to the bathroom sink for water, and then plug in the electric kettle at my desk and set the yellow bowls next to it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor the electric light went on, blinding after the darkness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z With its gorgeous classical buildings packed with art, its clean water and electric lights, and its overstaffed police department, the exposition was Chicago’s conscience, the city it wanted to become. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They went to Irvington on Tuesday morning, August 27, 1895, aboard an electric trolley, a new kind of streetcar that drew its power through a wheeled conducting apparatus on the roof called a troller. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We walked up Tottenham Court Road and found this shop that sells electric pianos. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She has an electric stove and washing machine now. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The Mac in electric blue Chuck Taylors runs over to your bench during the break. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I hear a loud buzz coming from the second fence, an electric charge. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Roses and electric shocks, the khaki of Deltas and a whiff of asafoetida—wedded indissolubly before the child can speak. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The bare electric bulb in the corridor illuminated the whole dormitory in a pale creamy glow. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The next stop was the airport parking lot, and then a bus took us to the terminal, and then an open-air electric car took us to the security line. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I pedaled until the meter said the batteries had a full charge, then sat down in my chair and switched on the small electric heater I kept beside it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I felt for the electric light switch on the wall and turned it on. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was electric cable, the heavy, black kind used for outdoor wiring and strung on telephone poles. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And off and on, all night long, I keep thinking about my electric blanket. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the loud electric guitar mimics the sounds of “O say, can you see?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Behind the mourners from school days’ past sat the throng of people who had heard and loved his electric blues guitar licks. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Every day the newspapers are filled with reward notices for the return of stolen typewriters, Persian rugs, electric clocks, fabrics, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This is not the blue white light of day but a yellow electric light. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a hole in the far wall, and an electric fan had been placed in front of it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He even rearranged the shelves of the kitchen downstairs and removed the gaily colored crêpe streamers from the electric fans. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “A way out? How? The only way out is through an electric fence.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It was rumored that Valencia was some sort of heiress and had paid for the million-dollar house in cash, much the same way a normal person might buy a belt or an electric skillet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The electric charge singed the seat of his leather pants. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She is resigned to warming dinner for herself in a little while, changing into her nightgown, switching on the electric blanket on her bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ma usually shaved my head herself with our electric clippers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z However, there are two kinds of electric charge, positive and negative. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The anticipation in the air was almost visible at this moment, blazing, electric. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “So human!” they were saving of the voice from their electric tabernacle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “An electric razor? We’re black. Do you know what these things do to our skin? Do you see anyone around here who can use an electric razor?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I think of the knife, spoon and fork as an electric current. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric eye door swung open before her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Voices and laughter, cigarette smoke and strange sweet smells I don’t recognize wash through sudden bursts of music and electric light. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally they reach a gate, and he sets her down on a curbstone and pushes an electric buzzer, and she can hear it ring deep within a house. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Because while the electric lights of downtown make for some nice sightseeing, I can also see the Trial stadium looming off in the east. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She filled an electric kettle, and while she spooned instant coffee into two mugs Lyra stared at the Chinese pattern on the back of the door. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I must say that I admired the efficiency with which she whipped the material back and forth under the massive electric needle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The database notes show the entire history of my doomed electric blanket. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “She wants electric lights and an electric stove.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know much about electric motors and pumps,” I said. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z What little I did make, reviewing an album or a book, covered approximately two electric bills every year. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “But where would we get an electric motor?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I want to cry, just think- ing about the extra hours of sleep, the clean mattress, warm showers, indoor toilets, electric lights. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z An electric light was on the other side of the room and he went to it and pulled the chain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was all staticky from the invisible electric current that seemed to run inside her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The air around us feels charged and electric, like if you were to strike a match, the air, the car, Violet, me—-everything might just explode. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He tiptoed back to the bed, slipped matches into his pocket, detached the plug of the electric lamp by his bed and picked it up, winding the flex round it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They were always ready to start striking with their billy clubs and jabbing with electric cattle prods. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z This proved futile, and when I decided eventually to rise, it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the comer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Lethal electric fences, however, use a continuous current that can make a person lock on to the wire as voltage causes involuntary muscle contractions, paralysis, and death. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Had he killed Mary and Bessie and brought sorrow to his mother and brother and sister and put himself in the shadow of the electric chair only to find out this? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast he rested before the electric fan in his underwear. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I passed the electric fences of Pulefin Farm in early afternoon, all track and trace behind me soon covered by the snowfall. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t it like the electric wires that one sometimes heard in the city? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He switched on his electric blower, and his suit puffed up around him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes had a wide-open look of astonishment and his waxy skin gleamed in the electric light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Our Subaru seems out of place next to all the hulking SUVs and Mercedes and Tesla electric vehicles cruising up the main drive. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z For example, if the electric charge of the electron had been only slightly different, stars either would have been unable to burn hydrogen and helium, or else they would not have exploded. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember a lesson from my psychology class about an experiment in which volunteers were asked to torture people who were in another room by pressing a button that supposedly delivered an electric shock. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In the high buildings above, gas and electric lights bloomed in the dusk like moonflowers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Not the electric guitar he played in his band. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He lived on the Flanders side of the Dodendraad electric fence that had been built to separate occupied Belgium from Holland. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There were welding tools, soldering irons, and electric drills. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z So when Santa gave me an electric guitar for Christmas, I figured I was ready to join the after-school rock band. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “The FBI and Army Intelligence never reported picking up any rumors about electric rockets,” Robert said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On one wall, flashers and safety overrides blinked to indicate that there were electric malfunctions and topside failures, probably from having the conning deck go under. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Some carried cattle prods that could deliver a painful electric shock without leaving a telltale mark. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric mechanism, within its compellingly authentic-style gray pelt, gurgled and blew bubbles, its vidlenses glassy, its metal jaws locked together. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I feel like I swallowed electric butterflies and they are lighting up and swirling all around inside me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He ordered the builder of the Electricity Building to double his workforce and to put the men to work at night under electric lights. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Sunbeam electric frying pans are the Army’s tool of choice for a decon job. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The centerpiece was a tall vase filled with exotic flowers of vivid, electric blue. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Only then did the boys notice the basement windows of that house glowing with electric blue light. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was bothered, too, by the noise of the few steam vessels that Burnham, over his repeated objections, had authorized to travel the exposition’s waters alongside the electric launches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Our cars are on either side of the electric divide, but my Corvette is flashing victoriously. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Earlier that day, I’d asked Ali to set up the kursi for us—which was basically an electric heater under a low table covered with a thick, quilted blanket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Only later did I realize that the true cause of this malady was hard, merciless shivering, my muscles contracting as mechanically as if by electric impulse, all night long, every night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My electric skateboard beeps once, snapping me out of my reverie. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Theory dictated that if the supposed disintegration were occurring within the nucleus’s electric field, the production of protons and neutrons would diminish as the targets got heavier. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I enjoyed looking at the countryside, all colored for me by contrast with Haiti’s—the electric power wires, the irrigated fields. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Then Father showed me a device which he called an electric light. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At home I got through the bad episodes by lying on the couch and drinking water brought from my parents, turning the electric blanket on to get warm and sweating it out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It was a thick, lush blanket of color—luxurious purple and electric blue and sunshine yellow and cheery red. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “The El Cheapo Marines use this candlelight because they hate spending a dollar or two on electric lights.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked into a store one day and hauled out a floor lamp without paying for it, and another time he tried to take an electric train he had seen in a showcase. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I paint it early in the morning, when the ice in the parking lot is an electric blue, and in the sky up above, the rendering sails burn red. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Lovers who kiss up here may find their lips crackling with electric sparks.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want electric heaters. I like the fire.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can’t afford an electric refrigerator. We got to keep this one.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Each woman swallowed a rubber tube so that doctors could test her stomach acids, and her reflexes were tested by electric shocks applied to her arms. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z We had an electric hot water heater, a shower, tub, all that; but of course they all stopped working. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Their other relatives had modern electric bread ovens now, but Sitti refused to touch them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Now the electric lights worked only in first class, and even then sporadically. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And when the door opens, electric lights paint the walls a garish, thrilling pink. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The compound walls, topped by coiled electric wires, were so high I could not see the cars driving by on our street. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But there is no open here, only razor wire and electric fences, where all our truths are trapped. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z If we vote “guilty,” we send the accused to the electric chair. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His body slammed against the straps holding him in the electric chair and his fist clenched permanently. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Some of these tipos are armed with electric things to stun people. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The hands of all the four thousand electric clocks in all the Bloomsbury Centre’s four thousand rooms marked twenty- seven minutes past two. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Edlefsen’s rudimentary ion detectors, something was going on inside the flask, but whether it was protons accelerating in resonance with an oscillating electric field was by no means clear. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The lifeguard sets down her binoculars and reaches for her electric megaphone. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We heard an electric hum behind us as the jet’s staircase retracted and the hatch closed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z On Saturday nights they played at a dance hall in nearby Blyn, where a farmer had turned, with the addition of some strings of electric lights, his chicken coop into Sequim’s most popular dance venue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The street is empty, the windows dead, the electric signs switched off. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Same ceremonial suit, midnight blue dotted with a thousand tiny electric bulbs that twinkle like stars. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then I noticed that the old lady who lives at number 39, which is on the other side of Mrs. Shears’s house, was in her front garden cutting her hedge with an electric hedge trimmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But the luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Someone—the door—why doesn't the door-voice tell us—” Under the door-sill, a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Van Hopper’s voice pierced my dream like an electric bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Everything feels shocked, like the time I stuck a paper clip in an electric socket just to see. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He saw a large shadow and felt a fury that was not his own pound through his body, violent and brief as an electric shock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She loved the way Claire’s hand felt in hers, how her skin could sometimes feel like the softest, most electric thing that Maya had ever touched. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Right at the bottom of the AM dial, just when you almost couldn’t turn it any further, we’d pick up strange signals, rhythmic electric pulses that could only be one thing: UFOs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He stuffed his waymarked map back through the opening in the bulkhead, followed by a pocket-size electric torch. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And she hurried across the landing to the electric light switch. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z My electric chair is a lot heavier than my manual chair, and it’s almost impossible for Mom and Dad to lift anywhere. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z His musical efflorescence was tragically brief, but this is the man who turned the chord-strumming, jobbing electric guitar into a high-wire, virtuoso lead instrument, from also-ran to star turn. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The electric fence was the outer ring, protecting the world from us freaks. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, Papa,” I said, and pressed my pencil to the paper, feeling an electric tingle go up my arm. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Frantic winged insects flitted around the electric bulb. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He could get down with his electric guitar in Washington Square Park and make the crowd holler for more. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I could tell she just got back from the beauty parlor because her hair was frizzed like she had just rammed her fingers into an electric socket. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z A few years after that, the whole place burned down when he fell asleep under an electric blanket, but he built it back up again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I knew I’d never spend the money or listen to the radio, and the electric train would never trundle down its tracks in my room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z After a brief trial, an all-white jury sentenced Reeves to death in the electric chair. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z With a slightly rheumatic grunt, he climbed into bed and turned out the electric light. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He also got two black sweaters he might actually wear, some Avon cologne in a bottle shaped like an electric guitar, and an empty key ring—which his dad made sure everybody noticed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The decon team brought thirty-nine Sunbeam electric frying pans to the monkey house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Take Richard upstairs and show him your electric train,’ the mother said. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked through the Smoke, past cook fires being extinguished with shovelfuls of dirt; windows coming alight with candles and electric bulbs; and a handful of young uglies pursuing an escaped chicken. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A beat-up-looking electric guitar in the window of the pawnshop next door caught my eye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit lived behind an electric stall door that Smith had designed and built himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From my vantage point at the laundry room window, I could see a thin stream of electric vehicles crawling along the cracked asphalt, carrying goods and workers into the city. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Once we got closer, I found my squad, that electric blue standing out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sometime near daybreak the feeble light from the electric bulb that had helped them through the night flickered out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As if the electric buzzer’s light lit up my head instead of the scoreboard. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z George didn’t really believe in the electric fairy anymore, and sometimes she didn’t even know what she was wishing for, but counting telephone poles had become a comforting habit. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She noticed that just inside the entrance an electric fan whirred quietly, aiming inward, pulling fresh air into the room from somewhere out in the woods. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He could not stand here all night like this; he might go to the electric chair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Twelve electric elevators would carry visitors to the building’s upper reaches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Such a far-off and remembered odor comes subtly so that one does not consciously smell it, but rather an electric excitement is released—a kind of boisterous joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I didn't get a gadget that makes Garfield-like speech bubbles over my head, but I did get an electric wheelchair, and our school began something called 'inclusion classes' I thought that was funny. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Her father told her the lights were activated by electric switches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z An electric atmosphere excited the great, shifting masses of black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Her marido was from a nearby barrio and worked for the electric company. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A single yellow electric globe dropped from the ceiling. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He barged past Ifemelu into the flat, into the kitchen, and reached up to the electric meter, yanking off the fuse, cutting off what little electricity they had. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Two mugs in front of a full electric coffeepot. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Even though Papi didn’t live with us, he often came to see us and once showed up with strings of red and green electric bulbs, which we tacked around windows and doors. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z After dinner, Dad washed the dishes and I dried them while I waited for my electric kettle to reach 180° Fahrenheit, which is what I liked for steeping my genmaicha. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He zooms his electric chair around the raggedy old snowman, tossing Velcroed stars and bells at it, asking, “Snowman go zoom zoom?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The brooding spirit of the trees surrounded him like the coils of an electric dynamo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Nile perch and nkyende and electric eel dragged from the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And he never closes his bedroom door, so I have to listen to the screams of an electric guitar from across the hall when I’m trying to paint. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As if reaching for an electric fence, he cautiously extended his fingers toward the Spirit Bear’s shoulder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The mundane details of life impressed him too — the neatly made milk cartons, the spring-loaded window shades, the electric iceboxes everywhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be a couple of hours before the plane arrived—the reception committee were laying out the flare path—electric torches tied to sticks. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z There was no heat or electric light either. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Having given it some thought, I then declared my love for IBM typewriters, the French word for bruise, and my electric floor waxer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I hit the floor of the boat hard enough to see stars, except they looked more like bits of electric static. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I laid Helena on a bench in an austere hallway bright with electric light, and two of the policemen searched my knapsack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Got one of them to hold an electric torch for me while the other made a tent with his jacket to hide the light. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He was surprised at how loudly his voice crackled around the room, as though it were electric and sparking up the paneled walls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Funny. It’s hydrophobic. The electric charges in the molecules won’t let water stick.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “We’ll get him on his feet so’s he can walk to the electric chair by himself.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I did the ordering and the inventory and he upgraded the accounting system, brought in new electric cash registers, streamlined the vendors—modernized it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But outwardly, I smile and hoist my electric board on my shoulder. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Up more steps we went, and another elevator, until we came to another huge chamber, this one lit with electric light again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z There ain’t no electric lights, just good old kerosene lanterns set into a nook here and there, and I grab one to make my passage easier. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I jump back as an electric shock makes my ear sizzle. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z There were bits of old speeches floating about, as well as recited lessons, gunshots from old wars, babies’ cries, auto horns, waterfalls, electric fans, galloping horses, and a great deal of everything else. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z His body was alive, vibrant, singing like an electric wire as he dressed in preparation for the trip to Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric launch carrying Burnham, Dora Root, and the foreign dignitaries cut silently through the lagoon, scattering the white city reflected upon its surface. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After Roan’s death, electric lightbulbs began to appear on the outside of Osage houses, dangling from rooftops and windowsills and over back doors, their collective glow hollowing the dark. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I never got used to that feeling—no one ever does—but I did experience it many times, and eventually learned what it was: electric shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t one of these big sets that they advertised on TV, but it was electric, and he knew his dad had put more money into it than he should have. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He heard the great whirring of fragments in the air, saw air bursts in bright electric sparks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He should have known enough to fence that swamp off before this, he said, with an electric wire. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z At one end of the town stands a stark old stucco structure, the roof of which supports an electric sign— DANCE—but the dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She shook away the electric feeling his fingers left behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z After that, I brush my teeth, using as little water as possible, and shave with an electric razor. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrival of the electric chair in 1891 marked the beginning of the grim period for which Sing Sing grew world famous: as a center for executions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve got enough evidence on him to put him in a dozen electric chairs.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I could feel it again—that weird energy, like an electric bass line trying to get out of my skin. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They'd asked us for bread and the best I could give was a glass eye—not so much as an electric guitar. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He got a job as an electric meter reader, and then he saw an ad in the newspaper for openings in the El Paso police department. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One such evening Burnham led a tour of the fair aboard an electric launch for a group that included John Root’s widow, Dora, and a number of foreign emissaries. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They had children, who called him Papa and for whom at Christmas he bought electric trains. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The rooms here are lit by regular old gas lamps; I suppose the mayor put the electric ones outside to show off to guests and passersby. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z "Oh. I... I'm so sorry, Mr. Borden. I hope you don't mind me asking, but this is pretty important. Do you think your daughter's death had anything to do with the electric blanket?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanley wondered if this was how a condemned man felt on his way to the electric chair—appreciating all of the good things in life for the last time. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “But...what about the other families? Are they happy with the electric lights, and the gourmet meals, these big houses?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They did have an electric suctioning device, but where and how would they charge it? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z With a swift wing beat she alighted above a transformer on an electric utility pole. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “All right,” I said, and I felt something electric slide down my spine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a current of electric hatred between the two of them that only violence could ground. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Those Chicagoans lucky enough to be able to afford the latest technology had electric fans to keep them cool. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He could fix the delicate electric motors in the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The only used drawer in the bureau contained a jar of Vick’s Vaporub, Kleenex, an electric heating pad, a number of white nightgowns, and white cotton socks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He was leaning casually against the shabby pine desk, which is all the permanent furniture in that room, flexing his bony hands in front of the electric heater. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The small businessmen, government workers, and artisans who lived here could not afford the mansions of the Refined, but most of their homes were equipped with indoor plumbing, electric lights, and gas for cooking. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The room sang, its air electric with the ringing; surely someone would hear and come help. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When he touched me, it stung my hand as if an electric current had passed through us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then I throw my electric skateboard down and jump on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I remembered his eyes, the way he’d looked at me, and my skin felt suddenly hot and electric. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He felt along the wall with his fingers for the electric switch and could not find it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I threw every last jar on the table, until honey was spattered everywhere, flung like cake batter from electric beaters. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about an exact electric duplicate of your cat? We can have a superb handcrafted job by Wheelright & Carpenter in which every detail of the old animal is faithfully repeated in permanent—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I whisper, "My dad's poking around with these wires that are hooked to the machine I found in the basement. He's testing the electrical parts of my electric blanket control." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A gray bird flew above them, above the electric wires for the streetcar line, and perched on the metal cornice of a roof. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I had only to go next door to the Cigarmaker and use his electric talker to call them up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We go to tie up Mr. Prentiss Jr. with his own rope and find that the electric shock has blown the wooden stock right off of his rifle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z When Lourdes was a child in Cuba, she used to wait anxiously for her father to return from his trips selling small fans and electric brooms in distant provinces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d been too busy gloating over the twins’ delight at the neat little oil camp house with its running hot water, electric lights, and fancy appliances. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I could feel Red’s electric blue eyes boring into me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They were able to talk to Billy by means of a computer and a sort of electric organ which made every Earthling speech sound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z So Chacko hired a van to transport the body to the electric crematorium. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The office, furthermore, was quickly going cold, giving up its electric heat, and he sat for a moment with his hand in his coat pocket and considered the snow whirling past his window. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m suddenly giddy and grinning, feeling electric, like a sunbreak bursting through a storm cloud. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He looked up at her, under the electric light. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Barbara called the oil-burner man, and she made Billy go to bed, made him promise to stay under the electric blanket until the heat came on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As day turned into night and soft music began, the gentlemen of Manifest took their ladies’ hands and escorted them onto the open-air dance floor lit by a canopy of electric lights. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He leads me down the stairwell, two flights down, until we enter the basement where execution rooms, electric grids, and storage chambers line the halls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I was the guy who skateboarded down waterslides and shot a Super Soaker at an electric fence. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I’ll get money some day for a house or a flat with electric light and a lavatory and beds with sheets blankets pillows like the rest of the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As it was, the electric point just about shocked my teeth out of my mouth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The two men constructed an instrument that included batteries, coils of wire to carry electric current, and a telephone receiver. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then an idea came to him so suddenly it felt like an electric shock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She meant that their keepers were making the electric clocks in the dome go fast, then slow, then fast again, and watching the little Earthling family through peepholes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At night it fell past the electric lights in sheets so thick they were nearly opaque. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Whatever came next was drowned out by the electric grinder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The state had done nothing to modify the electric chair since the disastrous Evans execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She found Thalia’s eyes distracting: electric blue, intense and alert, so much like Jason’s. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Our conversation was singularly dull as we each wondered how to bring electric rockets into it,” Charlotte recalled. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an electric heater as well as a well-stocked fireplace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t use the word nonsense” Mom calls over the electric motor of the treadmill in the den. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then all three left the apartment together, something they had not done for months now, and took the electric tram into the open air outside the city. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Each one is either behind a keyboard, a drum set, an electric guitar, or a microphone. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The trash can was full of banana peels, and the electric percolator bubbled into the tiny glass nozzle on top of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They finish, wash their hands, turn on both electric dryers, and then leave. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The blood looks as if it has been buzzed in an electric blender. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat on a wooden chair near an electric hot plate, her arms folded, boiling water in a battered aluminum pot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z ‘They got little electric chairs there—just your size. And when they turn on the juice you just fry up like a piece of burnt bacon. Then you go to Hell.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The second note lies obscurely under a streak of ketchup, or catsup, but the third is electric. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He stands back as the shorter, squattier of the two holds up something resembling Dad’s electric drill. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Slow, like a convict on the way to the electric chair. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The electric lights in the windows of the hospital, men and women running in and out the front doors in a hurry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The electric lamps are still beside the chairs—I left them there for looks, even though they will not light. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He used an electric current to stimulate an amphibian’s calf, then employed the galvanometer to measure how long it took the electrical current to run along the sciatic nerve. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There’s this electric tingly feeling radiating through my whole body and my brain has gone fuzzy and I actually think I can hear my heartbeat. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The rate of energy loss in the case of the earth and the sun is very low—about enough to run a small electric heater. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For dinner that night Trotter fried chicken so crisp it would crackle when you bit it, and she beat the potatoes into creamy peaks with the electric mixer. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z These were the questions knocking around inside Curly’s head as the image on the TV screen dissolved to electric fuzz before his disbelieving eyes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Zu had been sitting right behind him, moving in time with the music, her entire body rocking out to the wailing electric guitar. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z One day the power failed at the central electric plant in Buna. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay down again on the cot, on his back, and stared at the tiny bright-yellow electric bulb glowing on the ceiling above his head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The night got chilly fast, so Grover and I collected old boards from the ruined house, and Thalia zapped them with an electric shock to start a campfire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He was feeling hungry, and when Mrs. Little opened the door of the electric refrigerator to get something, Stuart slipped inside to see if he could find a piece of cheese. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z A brilliant greenish light as bright as the brightest electric bulb was shining out of its tail and lighting up the whole room. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z White electric ferries made their way back and forth, shuttling fans over to the west side, where an observation train awaited them, its thirteen white-skirted flat cars outfitted with bleachers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The ladies on the block got him to fix their electric lights or sewing-machines when something went wrong. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The pixies were electric blue and about eight inches high, with pointed faces and voices so shrill it was like listening to a lot of budgies arguing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The electric lights in the ceiling are far apart, and the silence in the huge space is oppressive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I slam my boot down on my electric skateboard. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Do you think Mr. Powell will like this? It’s a little electric, but purple is his favorite color.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Bessie switched on her electric stove, emptied a bottle of milk into a pan and set it upon the glowing red circle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And electric strength had come to him now the horizons were kicked out. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z And she doesn’t have a birdhouse or electric wiring to distract her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He talks a lot, which I’m fine with, and he’s not good at maintaining eye contact, which sucks because I want to stare at his electric blue eyes. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Felicia’s hair springs from her head like electric wires, and she swings her arms in great arcs, as if her chaos had a rhythm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Gone was Charming Bobby with the electric smile. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Miss Huey began to talk in a low, soothing voice, smoothing the salve on my temples and fitting the small electric buttons on either side of my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He’s sweaty and red, and his eyes look electric blue. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The troll had been temporarily blinded by the electric light and was thrashing about in the center of the floor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z You can feel it: it’s like the hum of electric lights, the change in atmosphere as the train pulls up to the red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Armpit’s father worked in the daytime as a meter reader for the electric company. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The electric hallway lights were also still on, so it was easy to make out the figure standing in front of Mrs. Caruthers’s bedroom. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I watch the clock, electric and round, at the front over the green blackboard. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I think, I hope he does, and the thought alone sets off the electric currents and sends them shooting through me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then I pull off the electric blanket and the sheet. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The hum of the electric motor deepened by fractions of a tone as he turned the nuts. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d heard something, and now Reynie and the others heard it, too—down in the main passage, growing louder by the second, an electric whine, a shifting of gears.... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A sort of electric thrill ran through the cafe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Or maybe he’s not thinking of me at all; maybe his mind has wandered to his car or his electric bill or the movie he watched on TV last night. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s...okay. He works a lot. Mom got him an electric razor for Christmas.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Above them, suspended from a wire, a tinplate clockwork aquaplane with wooden pontoons and a rotating propeller makes an electric, hypnotizing orbit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The electric clocks on street corners are dismantled, public phones are stripped down to the last wire. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The platform is high above the ground and the electric generator trills and crackles beneath the winding tracks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were bookshelves; on one shelf an electric clock hummed quietly to itself. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She barks to alert Mom or Dad if Penny gets too close to an electric plug or the front door. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Joel disconnected the electric fence from its battery and held down the wire with his boot to let me into the paddock. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then I let it play until the instant the electric shock had happened, when Zero suddenly stood in front of me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The electric lights in the little room flickered and buzzed, then they went out. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A few cells down, to my amazement, a young Latino inmate was out on the gallery cutting an older man’s hair with electric clippers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded at Hatsue, too, for just a moment, and then he sat down beside the electric heater again and took the coast guard notes between his fingers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They were furnished with gas lamps instead of electric lights, and multiple families shared toilets located in hallways or even, in some cases, in backyards. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The electric illumination, the engulfments of dark wash and sounding black fell down, shutting in, forever. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The huge crowd was intimidating, and besides, he was used to playing electric music with his band. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Air pressure is supplied by an electric motor that sucks air from the outside and passes it through virus filters and then injects it into the suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the icy water would shock his skin like an electric fence, but this morning he needed desperately to calm Bis troubled thoughts. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The bootblack knelt down beside the one at work and started on Mike's free shoe that shone already in the electric light. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z At first, it looked like a typical maintenance tunnel, with electric cables, warning signs, and fuse boxes on the walls, lightbulbs in wire cages along the ceiling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I pull the electric blanket over me and crank it up a notch. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, the well-being of those who would operate the electric chair probably never entered the minds of its promoters. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric thimble moved like a praying mantis on the pillow, touched by her hand. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of him was an electric fan, or what was left of it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “What about the electric chair? Anybody seen that?” a girl wants to know. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z An electric scale sat on the counter between them, and occasionally Mother would use it to weigh dried leaves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I looked out through the windshield, to the electric fence and the dark, familiar forest behind it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He went completely savage and the Gamemakers had to have him stunned with electric guns to collect the bodies of the players he'd killed before he ate them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And for the first time in his life he had access to an electric dream-making machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Repeated them until they became his blues riff and he could hear Wah-Wah Nita’s hot electric licks whine in between his lyrics. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Nielsen’s is the first place in the county to carry upright electric vacuum cleaners, blenders, freeze-dried coffee. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Hampshire hairstyles ranged from dreadlocks to electric blue Mohawks to shaved heads. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “It’d be cool to have electric body parts, you know? Like your hair.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I was made very uneasy by that silent electric tension, by the sense of being drawn in, of becoming a point or figure in the pattern, in the web. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But Britten was jotting something on a pad, his face pale and hard in the yellow glare of the suspended electric bulb. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had never thought of this before, the similarity between an electric animal and an andy. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The morning of the fifth night Shukumar found another notice from the electric company in the mailbox. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I followed him around as he showed me all the things his parents regularly bought him: toys, bicycles, go-carts, pinball machines, Ping-Pong tables, electric trains. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On and on she rambles in a voice as shrill as the electric blender. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Really? And was it part of her plan for Johanna to nearly kill her? For that electric shock to paralyze her? To trigger the bombing?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With a buzz, the electric clippers switched on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the sound of the gun, Louie’s body, electric with nervous energy, wanted to bolt, but Louie made a conscious effort to relax, knowing how far he had to go. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Condemned inmates have limited opportunity for exercise or visitation and are held in disturbingly close proximity to the electric chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It is a long time before I see electric light again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Because British municipal governments had invested heavily in gas lighting and placed regulatory obstacles in the way of the competing electric light companies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That hair was jet black, so black that it didn’t even have lighter highlights, and electric with curls spilling over her shoulders. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The current that rushed through me was terrible and electric. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Like eggshells it crushed the buildings of the North End yard of the city’s paving division....To the north it swirled and wiped out practically all of Boston’s only electric freight terminal. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A crackling arc of electric blue lightning snapped from the doorway to the silver ring on TimeStar’s hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad also bought an electric washing machine that we kept out on the patio. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It had an electric stove, but the wiring was not exactly up to code, with faulty connectors, exposed lines, and buzzing switches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The deflections occurred only when the alpha particle happened to strike this kernel directly or come close enough to be deflected by its electric charge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Cow paths had been transformed into paved thoroughfares, railroad tracks crisscrossed the valley floor, and electric lines snaked over the ridges and connected up to a vast switchyard hulking with transformers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The key closed an electric circuit that activated the Electro-Automatic Engine Stop and Starter attached to the giant three-thousand-horsepower Allis steam engine at the Machinery Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Most of the houses around us were no better than the ones in Macún, but there was running water into the kitchen and electric light bulbs in the middle of every room. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Parrots really respond to electric guitar, she thought. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A synthesizer, it seemed, or maybe an electric organ. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched him remove a heavy engineer's watch from his breast pocket and squint at the dial importantly, then turn to check it with an electric clock that glowed from the wall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Embedded in the stone, neck first, was an electric guitar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They bought an electric refrigerator on the installment plan, and Antonapoulos would suck the cubes of ice constantly and even let a few of them melt in bed with him as he slept. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Carter Cowboys had been saved from the electric chair. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I would snuggle into Papa’s arms when harmattan thunderstorms raged outside, flinging mangoes against the window netting and making the electric wires hit each other and spark bright orange flames. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Everybody should go on home and get a good night’s rest, turn up their electric heaters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Enough,” Duncan Priest said, “to get you sent to the electric chair, miss. For being an axe murderer, I mean.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The energy was electric, the sound absolutely deafening. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Culebra burst back in as one: guitars, bass, drums, and keys a single, relentless electric roar. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He straightened as if I’d just given him an electric shock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z What I didn’t know was that the hippie’s own quarters were properly heated, and that the students who had lived there in the past had come there well armed with space heaters and electric blankets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Winter is when you use an electric blanket. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Men set up booths, hung strings of electric lights, and put the final coat of paint on the new gazebo. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Awaiting Kemmler in the chamber were twenty-six witnesses, including six doctors, the district attorney who had prosecuted him, and many journalists; they were arrayed in a semicircle around the electric chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked around, and it hit me that if you replaced the electric heaters with a coal stove, this squat on the Lower East Side looked pretty much like the house on Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It started as a hollow buzzing in my ears... an electric saw... for away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As though responding to an electric shock, Selena’s brother pulled back his uninjured hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Downstairs, Yoyo found her father setting up a brand new electric typewriter on the kitchen table. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The world's experts in decrypting Enigma, the British had created banks of powerful electric machines—called bombes—to help with the work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The electric currents start shooting through me, just like before, and there goes my balance again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Abbey takes piano lessons on a portable electric keyboard that my father bought from a consignment shop in Key Largo. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “No motorcars, very few telephones, not many electric lights. Even though it was the beginning of the twentieth century, you still very much felt the influence of the nineteenth century.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But Jessie awoke to the sound of the electric garage door opening. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She plays electric, which is interesting; she always seemed more acoustic to me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The street was crowded with the bicycles of people coming home from work and with electric trolley buses blowing horns and crammed with passengers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The spider Mercer gave the chickenhead, Isidore; it probably was artificial, too. But it doesn’t matter. The electric things have their lives, too. Paltry as those lives are.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She couldn’t have imagined the likes of an electric range, or a land where women concerned themselves with something called waxy yellow buildup. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I am shaking so much, my landscape scene is electric with spastic motion. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “We have survived this long without electric cool and I have no intentions of setting one of those tacky contraptions in my window.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Myers also told Nagi, “They threatened me. They want me to say what they want to hear and if I don't then they tell me, ‘You're going to the electric chair.’” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She got up to see why and was surprised to see that Papa was using an electric lamp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When Bobby looks at the script, he notes a scene in which the stage direction says, Justin is electric in this scene. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The nurses know him from last time, with Helen, they know all about him, everyone knows; he’s the last to approach the electric glass doors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She touched his arm, and a tiny electric shock passed between them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Even though I am in the electric chair, we set it to manual so she could push me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Then I walked flush into the vibrations of the voices and felt an electric tingling along my spine. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he suggested they pass the night at his apartment with its electric heat and hot water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As soon as the room was dark, there was the same electric spark, the same restless craving to stretch my hand across the short space and touch his cold skin, as yesterday. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lacking wood for the stove most of the time, she took to turning her electric iron upside down, plugging it into the one outlet, and cooking their stew on it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But now her eyes shone and her cheeks were rosy; it was possible to believe that if she touched his arm again, he’d get an electric shock. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then she looked meaningfully at the window over by the sink, like Dracula’s electric eyes might be staring in, out of his terrible fanged face. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a drum kit set up, as well as a few acoustic and electric guitars. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I hop off my electric skateboard, pull out its straps, and swing it over my shoulder so that it bumps against my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was the very first time I’d ever sung a solo in public, and my leg was shaking at first, but once I powered through it like Imam Malik taught me to, I felt electric. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The bulbs along it had gotten brighter, and instead of giving a steady light, they flickered— because they weren’t electric bulbs at all, but gaslamps. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She saw the pink room, long highways, TV sets, telephones, and electric lights. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks—already in the infant mind these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched as the man ahead of me had letters and numbers carved into his skin in black ink with an electric needle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The electric melody built up in my fingertips, and when I couldn’t hold it in any longer, I let out a whisper. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "And the colored stripes tell time, which is very handy if your electric clock stopped. Each stripe burns exactly one-half hour, more or less. Twelve stripes, six hours." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Carlos: Yeah, but my parents probably read their electric bill. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The lamps that laced every building and walkway produced the most elaborate demonstration of electric illumination ever attempted and the first large-scale test of alternating current. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That electric bulb is too dim, surely, for you to be reading by.' it is perfectly adequate, thank you, Miss Kenton.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Nathan screamed loudly as the electric sensation turned into burning, raging, fiery pain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The partners rode the growth of the electric utility industry to wealth and influence in the postwar economic boom. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My fingers long for a fat paintbrush to stroke color across the white backboards: bloodred, electric blue, tangerine — blistering colors. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In the four thousand rooms of the Centre the four thousand electric clocks simultaneously struck four. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Fittingly, in June a switch is thrown, and electric light illuminates the exhibitions for the first time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I think back to the night of Mayor Carrs dinner party—the electric lights on his house, the newspaperman who was mysteriously bitten. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The electric current freezes us in place, and this time I'm glad because I'm not really sure Peeta can hang on for the whole ride. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z All the lights were going on in West Egg now; the electric trains, men-carrying, were plunging home through the rain from New York. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She supposed she didn’t really need an imaginary electric fairy to go through with her and Kelly’s plan, but it seemed safer that way. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z In midaftemoon they took one of the last electric streetcars that still existed in the city and went to have fried fish at a stall in the market. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was little, her grandfather had told her that if she counted a hundred telephone poles in a row, an electric fairy would grant her one wish. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I went to the side of the run-down house and pretended to get a reading from the electric meter. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Off to the right was a set of tracks with a big yellow electric locomotive sitting on it, some cars behind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The sense of the Coming’s imminence was like an electric tension in the air. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Only luck and a low-voltage electric fence had managed to keep him alive. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z You could break right through an electric fence if you were strong enough to handle the current for a second. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My whole body feels electric: chest and stomach and everywhere below. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "Yes, Renee, I'm calling about a possible problem with my electric blanket." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The flies were on the ceiling now and on the electric light bulbs that hung on wires. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Mark slipped out the window several inches—a thunderbolt of pure terror flashed through him like an electric shock before his progress stopped again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Something unpleasant is in the air around this place, like the electric charge before a thunderstorm. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Supreme Court ordered Duke to carve up his tobacco octopus, but the resourceful businessman had already diversified into textiles and electric power generation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One man had managed to ignite the end of a stick of wood by holding it against the electric burner on his stove. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a warm August evening, just turning dark, and my dad got on his bike to go pay the electric bill. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But instead, when her father’s time with the navy was over, he went on the road with two of his flashy electric guitars. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I was already starting down the sidewalk when I heard the toot of a horn and the buzz of an electric window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z To Flora, the doorbell sounded like the electric chair. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Across its pages swarm boyhood drawings, inventions: an electric bed heater he wanted to build for Frau Elena; a bicycle with chains to drive both wheels. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His master’s voice acted on Buck like an electric shock, He sprang to his feet and ran up the bank ahead of the men to the point of his previous departure. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing as I had regularly petitioned my parents for an electric fence, the business with the guards strikes me as the last word in quiet sophistication. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “We could have electric heaters. I can’t write well with mittens on.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jess was torn between two — one a long, strapless, basic black number, the other a knee-length electric blue with spaghetti straps. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I found an electric guitar shaped like Apollo’s lyre that was so sweet I had to pick it up. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There were hot showers, exercise facilities, electric lights, and a spacious dormitory, complete with extra-long beds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Did that explain why they had books and electric lights and wires and an electric motor? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Junior from the Big Store arrived the next day with an electric hot-water heater. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The ornate sign reaching to the sky like an electric peacock feather. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It showed the wheel of a small electric motor connected by a belt to a larger wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We saw a distant flash of electric blue, which was followed by a slow deep rumble. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I read about that in Introduction to Psychology; that, and the chapter on caged rats who’d give themselves electric shocks for something to do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But inexorably, every thirty seconds, the minute hand of the electric clock above his bed jumped forward with an almost imperceptible click. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been told by the twins that Henry disliked electric lights, and here and there I saw kerosene lamps in the windowsills. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Fear coursed through her body like an electric shock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Weaver sat on the front with a lever to control the power to the locomotive’s electric motors. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was not an erotic love, but a love of shared madness, of conversations that were electric and boundless, of ambitions that ran beyond realities.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There were big electric fans droning in the windows to keep the birds cool, but it was just as hot as I remembered. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Our bare arms touched as we ate, our thighs, and it felt like heat lighting, it felt like a quick brush against the electric fence at Klauson’s Ranch, like the promise of something more. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Outside the plate glass the world in the mist had become a pencil drawing executed in a dozen different grays with, here and there, a smudge of electric red or pure white. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The man was like an electric shock—nothing to hold on to and you don’t know what hit you. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z One of the dancers, a guy in electric blue with an enormous package, presses play on a boom box. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma’s Christmas play was sure to have a packed crowd, because it would be the first entertainment held there at night, and everybody was anxious to see the electric lighting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I watch her for a long minute as she struggles to pour the boiling water from an electric kettle on her nightstand into a mug. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I take the knife and slice through all the wires on the bottom of the electric grid. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Northwards, beyond and above the trees, the Internal and External Secretions factory glared with a fierce electric brilliance from every window of its twenty stories. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnham had awarded the boat concession to a company called the Electric Launch and Navigation Company, which had produced a lovely electric vessel of exactly the character Olmsted wanted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A bright electric bulb glowed above our heads. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of those tests, he sat in a special seat as they zapped him with electrical current—an electric chair, of sorts— and studied his neurological responses. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Silena’s shroud was hot pink, but embroidered with an electric spear. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Mancinis don’t have an electric clock in their bedroom because it would never tell the right time anyhow. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “No,” Rick said, once again closing the panel covering of his electric sheep; he straightened up, turned, and faced his neighbor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Some prisoners were tortured with electric cattle prods as punishment for violations of the prison’s rule. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The electric lights detracted, but when the sun rose the display would show at its best advantage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I watch the fringe disappear in the rearview mirror, distinct from the abandoned buildings around it only by that string of electric lights draped over the narrow street. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As the observation train drew back upriver again for the start of the varsity race, the atmosphere grew electric, the dusky sky crackling with static. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We’ve been hanging out, doing our best to escape the claustrophobia of living behind a guarded electric fence—gabbing, taking circuitous walks around the camp, meeting other kids who have nothing to do. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Julius jumped back, away from those scimitar claws, sweat standing out all over his body, every nerve electric with the urge to flee. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day she had seen old Hardman going about the house with a wicker basket, replacing electric bulbs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z An electric air pump varoomed to life to inflate an enormous movie screen that rose beside her like a giant gorilla balloon outside a used-car lot. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He’s wearing his too-large electric guitar, playing as loud and fast as he can while the drums and bass jar the flimsy walls and low particle board ceiling of the tiny church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z All over Kabul, electric fans sat idle, almost mockingly so. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I close my eyes for a moment, focusing on the electric pulses. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The man Jack’s eyes were accustomed to the dim moonlight, so he had no desire to turn on an electric light. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He could’ve been some psycho with an electric carving knife who’d dismember our bodies and wouldn’t get caught until our teeth clogged up the sewer or something like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “He’s in the dining room,” he replies and directs me to a large room hung with red drapes and dimly lit with electric sconces. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It grew louder, angrier, and suggested the high-velocity spin of flywheels or electric turbines turning at impossible speed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z |
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