| 单词 | electricity |
| 例句 | Electricity, to me, had always been a novelty and a luxury, and here was a vast landscape of electricity, a city of light. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On cold winter nights when the electricity was out in a storm we would sit at the fire here, me and my sisters, doing our homework. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Steadying myself, I input the code and disabled the electricity. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I shiver as if I could sense the electricity in the air. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The discussion came to an end when Mrs. Seeger offered to look up information on static electricity for the class. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z To my thinking, it was refined that she didn’t fuss at Grandpa about not having the house wired for electricity. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At home she read and painted late into the night, by candlelight or kerosene lamp if the electricity was turned off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yesterday, after I checked the stairwell, I walked over and asked. Father Franco saw her on Thursday, but she left the church. He said he figured she’d be okay since the electricity was still running.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The hairs on my shorn scalp tingle like electricity runs through them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Because there was no electricity in our home or around us, the searchlight was astounding. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “The designers of the hotel figured we only needed electricity for that and the stoves. Cursed bureaucrats!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Joe, the maintenance man, uses a defibrillator on me because the electricity from the lightning stopped my heart. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Gilgamesh stood on the first tier of the ziggurat, surrounded by a crackling cage of electricity. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I told her about the weeks I spent in the enclosure, what Otto and I ate and drank, and then about the electricity going off. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She pointed her spear and a spidery arc of blue electricity shot out, zapping the lion in the tail. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Back home in the United Kingdom, food, clothes, coal, gas, and electricity were in such short supply they had to be rationed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I know he grew up on a farm in the backwoods of Nova Scotia, where they didn’t have running water or electricity. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There were no paved roads, minimal electricity, inadequate sewerage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I feel every nerve in my arm connect to some other part of my body, and electricity is shooting through all of me, making me sweat instantly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Usually when the weather was this hot, people had their air conditioners going, but with no electricity, windows were open instead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Did you know they’d shut off the electricity to shut up Mom?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The original magnet design called for using copper for the electromagnet coils and the massive transmission bus that carried electricity to the racetracks. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Are you saying that it can be charged just by the electricity in my body?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Glass Castle would have solar cells on the top that would catch the sun’s rays and convert them into electricity for heating and cooling and running all the appliances. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The dam used the water that ran through it to turn big fans called turbines that would generate electricity. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z That was plenty, she said, to buy food for Brian and Maureen and me for two months and pay the water and electricity bills. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The trouble with this was that the laws of mechanics and electricity, before quantum mechanics, predicted that the electrons would lose energy and so spiral inward until they collided with the nucleus. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He began by saying that he was an MK saboteur who had blown up a municipal office, a power pylon, and an electricity line. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That means a migrant has crawled on top of a car, been hit by electricity, and short-circuited the system. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “It runs with electricity,” Mama explained as she slid a pan of cookies into the oven. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been there eight months, and had never been connected to water or electricity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z With electricity, Bri could keep the electric blanket and electric heater on. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Rather, he “devoured” the book: it struck him like a jolt of electricity, both paralyzing and galvanizing him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Many lived their lives with no running water or electricity. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But then the electricity would flit away again, and we were left in the candlelight and cold. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It completely encompasses the distant tree, making it glow a hot blue-white and causing the surrounding air to crackle with electricity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Power lines must be down. We might be without electricity for a while.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Papi said by the time the new baby is born we will have electricity.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When the shutter was closed and it had been lit by electricity the room had more the appearance of a setting on the stage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She had no electricity because she would not pay for the service. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The Glow-worm became the light inside the torch on the Statue of Liberty, and thus saved a grateful City from having to pay a huge electricity bill every year. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Raymie heard a rustle of something in the bushes, the hum of electricity from the streetlight, the buzz of insect wings. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z If the fighting was nearby, the electricity went out. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Fantasy crackled like electricity along the back wall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He longed for water, for anything, cooled by electricity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One month she had paid in full and then hadn’t had enough money for groceries and electricity: what a thing, to choose between hunger and darkness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In their offices in the top floor of the Rookery, Daniel Burnham, forty-three, and his partner, John Root, newly forty, felt the electricity more keenly than most. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That was another thing I had to decide about when the electricity went off: water. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The RTG houses the plutonium, catches the radiation in the form of heat, and turns it into electricity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Einstein had been fascinated by Bernstein’s People’s Book of Natural Science, a popularization of science that described on its very first page the astonishing speed of electricity through wires and light through space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If Dad happened by he’d turn the light off, muttering about wasted electricity. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, my God. Who can imagine how wrinkled and loathsome those two really are? I think I'm getting nauseated. Can’t someone in the projection booth turn off the electricity? Please!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no electricity for close to a week. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Like others there he’d passed a difficult night with no electricity or heat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We would be hard-pressed to get past this fence on our own—thirty feet high and always buzzing with electricity, topped with razor-sharp curls of steel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Compared to what I grew up in, it’s pretty nice. They have gas stoves, air-conditioning, electricity, TV.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z All Matt had to do was shut down the electricity to the fence and climb over. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had built a tin-roofed room at the back of his property, no more than a shack, with a dirt floor, no heat, no electricity, no running water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their host, an antiquarian architect, had never truckled under to modern civilization and kept his house free of gas and electricity. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z If New York didn’t have electricity or working phones, neither would San Juan. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z By having our own electricity supply, my family has made itself the unexpected envy of the neighborhood. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They hadn’t connected the trailer to water or electricity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “That was yesterday. The electricity came on. It was on today, too, but you slept through it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But it was the best he could come up with in a world with unreliable electricity. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “There’s no electricity in the house,” I said. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Sam, the first lesson is how to convert a water mill to electricity. Let’s make electricity when we finish the mill.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We only need electricity in one room,” I yell. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There, she had electricity, cell phone reception, and, most important, air-conditioning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There was no time to waste, since the electricity came and went. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Moss concentrated on the dishes as his heart began to race again, as the thought of texting Javier to confirm their first date sent an electricity through him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If anything, they were too kind, too generous, and too knowledgeable in the fields of plumbing and electricity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There is no electricity so it is dark, except for the area that is illuminated by sunlight pouring in through the glassless windows. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the first of the month, when the bills came due for the phone, gas, and electricity, Valencia would have me go through the books and make a list of everyone who owed her money. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Well, not exactly. The main reason is that I don’t like to be dependent, particularly on electricity, rails, steam, oil, coal, machines, and all those things that can go wrong.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people in Bakersfield went to the Hammer when they crashed their car or lost electricity in a heat wave and had all of their ice cream melt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Besides, I knew nothing about electricity and nearly electrocuted myself several times. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The robot awaited only the vitalizing flash of high-voltage electricity, and Powell paused with his hand on the switch. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The rover has plenty of electricity, and the med kit has a needle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m using my little flashlight Tía Mari gave me, as the electricity is out again all over the capital today. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “It’s a lantern. It’s what people used before electricity.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The mysterious electricity must have come on in the night and awakened the merry-go-round. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z His projects conduct electricity, engage motion with toothed wheels, react in concert with universal laws of physics. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was all sprawled out on my stomach, my feet on my pillows, my face so close to the TV screen, I could feel the static electricity pulling my hair toward it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z His shirt and pants were scorched from the electricity, and his skin was black where the wires had touched him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But it would not play without electricity so I did something I would be embarrassed to do under ordinary circumstances. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead of releasing it, his hand only seemed to clamp down harder, frozen in place as thousands of volts of electricity sent his body into a frenzied fit of shuddering. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If the electricity goes, chicken will keep at room temperature. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The electricity is out for power rationing when we arrive, but thankfully, there's plenty of water. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At 8:40 p.m., a third charge of electricity, thirty seconds in duration, was passed through Mr. Evans's body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As a result we were now stealing more than ever before: not only food, but electricity and water. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t have raised a spark of electricity anywhere. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Except the air around us seems to crackle with electricity. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z There had never been electricity, but I found matches on the mantel that no one had bothered to take, and there was some firewood still in the pile. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then, as Alex walked down the short flight of outdoor steps to his family’s basement apartment, the electricity went out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Loose strands of hair sprang from her head like she’d pulled a wool hat off and the static electricity still hung in the air around her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Passing neighborhoods on a major main street does allow me to peer in from a safe distance, and I’m noticing that a few areas still have electricity, which is somewhat comforting to see. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z My jaw was clenched, the muscles there seized as though the White Noise was still running through them like a current of pulsing electricity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But since we're lucky to get two or three hours of electricity in the evenings, it's usually safe to touch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The house had no electricity or running water, and the kitchen that stood apart from the house was made entirely of zinc. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It had no fences, no running water, and no electricity. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was so beautiful, with the shops, the tall buildings, the lights—electricity everywhere—and all the cars honking and streaming through the streets. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the war, Groves calculated, its construction, engineering, and electricity would cost more than a half billion dollars, making it the single most expensive component of the Manhattan Project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Even if he could, water conducted electricity a little too well. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Poor Honoria had lived in mortal fear of electricity ever since. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Both, depending on whether or not there was electricity,” I say. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Of course Father Mulrooney was so old, electricity probably hadn’t been invented when he first learned Latin. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The storm had knocked out the electricity all over the camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people still lived in simple huts with dirt floors, with no electricity and no running water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He studies in his apartment, and occasionally up at one of the libraries at Columbia, learning about the matter-of-fact aspects of his profession: electricity, materials, lateral forces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We went to bed early that night and pretty much every other night because without electricity and with even candles getting pretty scarce, there wasn’t much point in sitting around in the dark. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon afterward the electricity went out everywhere in town. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I gobbled the food gratefully as the sun dropped and night settled over the village, which had no electricity, leaving a bright spray of stars overhead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I say to him, Why can’t you go to England, Dad, so we can have electricity and a wireless and Mam can stand at the door and tell the world what we’re having at dinnertime? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Alexandra was known as “Dark City” for its complete absence of electricity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been so long since I’ve been anywhere with live electricity, with light and power after dark, I hardly remember what it’s like to turn on a light switch. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The desert had energy and electricity in the air. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “We have pledged billions of dollars in economic aid; we are working with your government on providing electricity and gas, but your country faces a lot of problems.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I didn’t actually tear out all the electricity.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A generator had been built, and electricity lighted the houses in winter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no indication of its impending arrival, only a slight electricity in the air, though Herr Thiessen is unsure if anyone, save himself, can sense it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I had both hands on the stake and was still fiddling with it when I realized another danger: At any second electricity would start surging through the fence. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know where you file that form to get help with electricity and stuff like that?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She talked on, how plants don't run on electricity or clock time, how none of nature did. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He once built a radio using crystals instead of electricity to pick up broadcasts from Warsaw and Białystok and even Kraków. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It smelled dusty and alive, a strange combination of sweat and wood and candles and electricity, as if the air still contained the essence of everyone who’d ever walked through the building. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He was a great friend of Arthur’s, and like him, had a particular interest in engines and electricity. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But for residents of Pyongyang, electricity is intermittent at best, hot water is rarely available, and travel outside the country is difficult except for diplomats and state-sponsored businessmen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Books don’t require electricity, but speakers do, and it can all end here. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t a security system need electricity, too? she told herself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you want to go back to Macún, to live like savages, with no electricity, no toilets...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z That way we’d have water and electricity in the End of Days, when everyone else was drinking from puddles and living in darkness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I avoid being alone with him, too, because my whole body sings to be near him, because every movement he makes is charged with electricity. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The walls were moist, and the air hummed with electricity and the roar of water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He formed the team that pulled down the fence — now just a harmless chain-link barrier, with the electricity off—and led the people into the woods. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I can hear a generator inside—which means the house has its own electricity source. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A third rail ran along the line, providing nine hundred volts of electricity to the trains. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I figure the scientists are working on solutions. And the government. If we get electricity back, that’ll make things better right there.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z When the hammer hit a metal plate on the clock, electricity would flow from the batteries through the clocks to the fuses, igniting the explosive. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You do know there’s no running water or electricity,” Nathan’s mom had said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Our village had no electricity, and our daytime cooking fires burned too low at night to give off any light, so each night brought nearly total darkness to the inside of our house and luak. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the wonder of electricity, in most other ways life in Narewka remained as it had been for centuries. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Every crack of thunder and flash of lightning makes the back of my neck prickle, as if electricity is dancing over my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It thrilled with the same electricity that had charged the afternoon, and I tossed and turned restlessly, waking often. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I could see that Mala had electricity; there were two lamps in the room. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “It runs on a battery. It’s electricity. And there’s a layer of plastic between the light and your head. You can try it on if you want,” said Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ignoring the shock by laughing, as I brushed the coins off quickly, I discovered that I could contain the electricity—a contradiction, but it works. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why shouldn’t they want to practice where there is regular electricity and regular pay?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “No electricity all weekend?” a man called out from the back. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z As well as my electricity and gas bills and some junk mail, there’s a small envelope. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The school where he taught now had electricity. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “So is Piedmont High,” said Moss, an electricity leaping through him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I started to add, but didn’t: and maybe, someday, make our own electricity, if we decided we wanted to. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A large generator in the compound provided electricity, and there was running water. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Need to turn some lights on,” Helen murmured when she came into the living room; but Ralph said she was wasting electricity. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The electricity was off again, but even in the basement apartment there was enough late-afternoon sunlight so that no candles or flashlights were needed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Our eyes lock and electricity rides up my spine. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The airports stayed closed and occasionally the electricity would sputter and go off. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no clean water, she said, no oxygen, no medications, no electricity. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Should we move? Get a condo somewhere? Have electricity and heat and a washing machine and one of those air conditioner things?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Still, I’m not about to let my mouth run about not having electricity. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Two plates generate heat when they smack together—heat that can be converted to electricity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Every house in the lane has electricity and we’re lucky if we have a candle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “What about the wires in the ceiling? It’s not like they’re being used for electricity right now.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He calmed himself with the knowledge that if lighting struck, the tower’s steel frame would most likely conduct the electricity harmlessly into the ground. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That bolt of electricity burned a small hole in my memory. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A year later Vincent will tell Theo, “It was indeed me, extremely tired and charged with electricity as I was then.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Hi...um...I just wanted to make sure that my family is all up to date. You know, with the forms we need to file for electricity help.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The dust particles the wind carried generated so much static electricity in the air that barbed-wire fences glowed in the midday darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We don’t want to flaunt our electricity to the neighbors any more than we already have,” Kelton’s mother says too calmly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I felt great power surging up my spine like electricity. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed the electricity for the fence had gone down with the lights. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When Amari turned the page again, there I was—my hair a mass of curly red wires that seemed to be shooting electricity. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The soldiers throw a bag over whomever they want to remove, run electricity through him, and then that person is gone, vanished. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Even the roadless North Slope had fewer wolves than it did before the gussaks erected their military bases and brought airplanes, snowmobiles, electricity, and jeeps to the Arctic. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Miig met my eyes for only a second, but I saw panic there; it stitched into his iris and brought electricity to the surface. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My nerves jittered so much it felt like my skin was giving off electricity. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z That’s almost 120 times the amount of electricity the nation currently uses. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The store smelled like sour milk, though the drink cases were still flickering with intermittent electricity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There’s no running water, and no electricity or indoor plumbing here. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z On tiptoe, I turn out all the lamps, the television, every electricity sucker downstairs save the refrigerator. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They didn’t say a word, but with widening eyes and small taut smiles they sent a charge of excitement dancing between them like a crackle of electricity. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z People all around us were fleeing to America: we heard tales of oranges the size of baking potatoes; fields of grain waving under sunny skies; clean, dry timber houses with indoor plumbing and electricity. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “When I was 8, I was struck by lightning. The electricity destroyed part of this side of my brain.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t talk now. Try to sleep. That way the time will go faster for you. Your memory will gradually come back. Don’t worry. It’s because of the electricity.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That kind of electricity might have stopped their hearts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Alex was sitting on the living room sofa, taking advantage of unexpected electricity on a Sunday afternoon to illuminate his Latin textbook. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Wind and water poured in through the open door, lit by explosions of electricity. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “For the miter saw. I brought a generator, too, so we can get power to these tools. Given any thought yet to electricity for your house?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It was cold and damp and almost completely dark, the electricity having been knocked out, so Emma sparked a flame in her hand and shone it around, until the nature of the space became apparent. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As the imps reached the cloud, electricity crackled, hurling them back. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The park men charge a small ground rent plus fees for water and electricity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And every touch sends electricity through my veins. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He’d been sure he could learn about electricity and help save the city. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The adult-size mask slid off George's face when the first jolt of electricity struck his body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There was a little charge of electricity in the air, that feeling of pressure right before a storm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z No job means no money, which means no groceries or electricity. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Except the stove hasn’t worked in weeks. Bri’s done all the cooking in the microwave when there’s been electricity. Which there isn’t anymore, in case you hadn’t noticed.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z PIH brought in engineering teams to stabilize the capital’s badly damaged general hospital, restoring its water and electricity; when medical supplies were trucked in, twelve operating rooms were quickly up and running. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Think of the electricity bill to refrigerate a 200,000-square-foot plant. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The tension holds us like a shock of electricity and then something odd happens. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Having been immersed in the development of the atom’s destructive potential, they were hoping to shift as a team into work on the generation of electricity and other such peacetime aspects of the embryonic science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The tone of his voice was like a volt of electricity in Sergio’s body, unpleasant, familiar. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z With Kathy’s family there, all told there would be eight kids and three sisters living together in a house that would likely lose electricity in the high winds. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Even the gas supplies for heat and cooking are regulated by electricity, said Major McEvoy, and how do you think you pump water out of a well? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Up close, his lightning bolt appeared as a bronze rod a metre long, pointed on both ends, with blades of energy extending from both sides to form a javelin of white electricity. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “And Zella said to tell you that if you do get the mill generating electricity, please bring a wire down to her.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z No phone, no electricity, two kid sisters depending on him to take care of them until their parents returned. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I don’t understand the electricity in my body, this panic, this sadness, hatred, emotions that manifest into physical pains. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a soda machine but no electricity, so they set a block of ice inside it and kept the sodas on that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Electrodes, which are conductors of electricity, would be placed on the skin in those areas. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The exposition went with Westinghouse, and helped change the history of electricity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At the top of each landing there was a gaslight fixture that was no longer being used now that the building was wired for electricity. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When the electricity came back on, you could hear the neighborhood cheer and clap. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z On humid evenings when the odors sat heavy in the moist air, Olanna longed for a fan, for electricity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Pollard could feel it under him: electricity pulsing up into his hands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a big room, but I didn’t see any other exit, unless I wanted to jump into the turbines and get churned up to make electricity. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It can turn that into 100 watts of electricity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Without electricity, they both knew, when his battery was gone there would be no reliable way to call out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was pinned under his dark gaze again; the hair on my arms standing on end, like a whisper of electricity had run over it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “He wanted you to know that the fence surrounding District Twelve will now have electricity twenty-four hours a day.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Living without running water and electricity was just awful. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I got it fixed up so that it runs off of electricity instead of you having to pump the foot pedal. Pretty slick, huh?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There's a few houses in the village that's never had electricity at all. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I input the code, and the buzzing of the electricity stopped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I bet most of them know as much about electricity as I do. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But they had been gone so long at Thurmond that I had stopped trying to imagine what it must have been like for them to speak the mysterious language of electricity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She held aloft a spear that crackled with electricity. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I could feel the electricity coursing through the air like I was coming alive for the first time in months, and I loved it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We had plenty to eat, running water, electricity, a fan to draw in fresh air, an elevator, a refrigerator. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, doctors and scientists were aware of electricity’s power to kill. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She leads me deep into the underground hallways of the compound, past the place where the GDs gather, to a corridor where the electricity no longer flows. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My heart stops—if that’s actually possible without a massive zap of electricity. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As I shake his, a tingle of electricity runs up my arm. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But what makes me jerk back my hand is the sound, like the buzz of a tree full of tracker jacker nests, indicating the fence is alive with electricity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Almost could turn off the electricity and let ’em light the kitchen,” Ma says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A dazzling bolt of electricity strikes a towering tree and then a lightning storm begins. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Retrieval had jimmied a hologram lead into the existing electricity sockets and were projecting an unbattered wall over the hole. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault there hasn’t been electricity since the storm and the stove doesn’t work and I don’t know how to cook,” Alex said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There was that electricity again, except this time the hornets had bilious wings because they swarmed, with texture and speed, from my heart down to my groin. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “There’s a miller in Rensselaerville who knows how to convert a water mill to electricity.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch in amazement as blue currents of electricity snake across the doors and along the walls. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I try to ignore the nervous electricity that pulses through me every second he touches me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I was stunned by the unexpected electricity that flowed through me, amazed that it was possible to be more aware of him than I already was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The gossip energy alone could power the building’s electricity for the rest of the marking period. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “No? That’s good, then. Good for you. Well, this is your home now. You’re going to like it here. You’ll see. Did I tell you we have electricity? Most days and every night?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He put on rubber gloves, to prevent static electricity from jumping from his skin to the fuses. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped straight over Kronos’s head as the throne shot tendrils of electricity in all directions. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “But let’s get a move on while there’s still electricity. We can take the service elevator to the basement to get the sled.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Inspired by his interest in hearing, sound, and speech, Bell experimented with using electricity to transmit voices. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They came back to the subject of Macún, how things seemed to be better now that we had electricity and running water was weeks away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He felt spooky and luminous, felt as though he were wrapped in cool fur that was full of static electricity. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He hangs up and stares at the phone in his hand, as if it should explain the static electricity in the air around him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They cut electricity to specific apartment blocks and then raided every apartment to see what tapes and disks were stuck inside the players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Now that Granny was dead, you’d think he’d ask the Lord to forgive him for not letting her have plumbing, electricity, and a telephone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Gordon told Melissa, who was wearing wet shoes and carrying her boots, that he was sure static electricity would not hold a mouse to a sock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how many other neighborhoods are without electricity right now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She grabbed my hands and it was like she whispered electricity into me, my insides fluttering in a weird way. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The electricity from the defibrillator starts it back up. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was no running water, no electricity, and nothing to buy but the pipes and wires needed if you wanted to live with plumbing and electricity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Living without basic amenities such as electricity had worn him down. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z If me and Jamie keep looking at each other with sparks and electricity and magic, there won’t be any turning back. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s no electricity to light the tracks and toilet huts and kitchens. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He ached to do something truly important, like finding the secret of electricity, and, as his father watched, be rewarded for his achievement. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They came looking for what their tiny villages didn’t offer them: jobs, housing, electricity, food, and schools for their children. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Before electricity made any of this possible, ‘A’ could be different pitches not just in different countries but also from town to town or even from instrument to instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A few lunged into the cloud, trying to force their way through it, but electricity flared brighter and sent them tumbling. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z My hands connect the cords, and I feel a buzz of electricity as the lights flood our neighborhood in color. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t I feel it happening, like a jolt of electricity to my heart? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The lower part of the fence was safe to touch, although the top wire buzzed and popped with electricity. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Licking my lips, electricity running through my fingertips, I drop my sweater again. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The electricity came back on around eleven that morning. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was dark outside, but there was electricity this night. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Like the McCrackens’ house that glowed bright when everyone else’s electricity was off, the greenbelts of Dove Canyon made the place a target. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The husband was constantly worried about money and kept reminding me not to use too much electricity. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I turned, tried to run, adrenaline kicking into my joints like electricity. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When the electricity was on, we ate a lot of beans. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Behind all the dark and quiet was a certain electricity, an expectancy I wasn’t used to feeling in B-block and didn’t fully understand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "What do you think? In honor of our night without electricity?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “But nevertheless, I don’t want electricity and all that it will bring—radios, TV, vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, washing machines—noise. I want to hear the birds.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge body convulses and trembles, as if electricity is traveling to the legs, arms, and fingers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The notice informed them that it was a temporary matter: for five days their electricity would be cut off for one hour, beginning at eight p.m. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It sparks wildly, streaks of electricity whipping out from it in every direction. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hugh had been at the Addis Ababa teen club when the electricity was cut off and soldiers arrived to evacuate the building. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It helped, too, that gas and electricity were included in my rent and that I got two or three free meals each weekend at the nursing home. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Hale was on the stand, he gestured wildly, dramatizing how the electricity had allegedly jolted his body. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The giant’s ankle snared the lines, and blue flickers of electricity shot up his body. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And the smell of blue electricity blowing under the locked door. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 An icebox with real ice, not electricity, to cool food. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z We had waited a whole week for the managers to fix the electricity, but they still hadn’t. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Some camps and centers have no running water, electricity or medical aid. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew there was a library on campus that had electricity, which meant I had light as well as tables to study at. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We’ve been using too much electricity and have now exceeded our ration. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Claude is not so little anymore. Even I can see his family gets more than the others: more meat, more electricity, more butter. I know how such prizes are won.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The electricity goes on and off all the time. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z That money was no small thing to Francis Gary Powers, who had grown up the son of a coal miner in Virginia during the Great Depression, in a home with no electricity or running water. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Since I did not require any facilities, sewer, water, or electricity, the price to me for stopping the night was one dollar. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Eliot found Mrs. Sen’s anxiety incomprehensible; his mother had a p.o. box in town, and she collected mail so infrequently that once their electricity was cut off for three days. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Farid said the owner had told him that Kabul had been without electricity for two days now and his generator needed fixing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was only for twelve days, and for some of them at least, there would be electricity during the day. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The hacienda accommodations had electricity and running water. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A single blue current of electricity snakes up the door closest to me before fizzling out. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The sun’s energy could be used to generate electricity, and to heat the town, and to grow crops. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa didn’t have electricity or running water and didn’t believe in hiring colored help. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “They carried electricity from a wind farm to one of the old cities.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Maybe I should stay home from school, when the electricity is on. Then I could use the washer and drier.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I still remember when the marvel of electricity reached us in 1935. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Instruction number seven said: “Attach handle ‘H’ here for manual operation in case of power failure or in areas where electricity is unavailable. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When the rovers are linked up, they share resources, including electricity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If my first shift was any indication, it is mathematically impossible for the electricity to still be on. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That winter the electricity is out more than it is on; Etienne links a pair of marine batteries to the transmitter so that he can broadcast when the power is off. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The moment I stood, electricity surged up my feet and into my body. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Last week’s blackout left us without electricity for over two hours. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I look at the straight electricity poles with cables between them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z We dug a tunnel to it, tapped it, and we had all the electricity we needed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As news broke that the Martians had reached the Midwest, the pranksters lit firecrackers in the basement and flicked off the electricity. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Lightning stirred the water into a boiling cauldron, steaming and hissing with electricity. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In this age of electricity and modem heating systems, there is no need at all to employ the sorts of numbers necessary even a generation ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z How long would it take for the electricity to fail? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We get to live here, and the electricity, phone, and suchlike paid for as part of Biddy’s earnings. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And there was a problem with the wiring that caused electricity to spray out of the shower along with the water. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was no electricity in this part of the house, but light filtered in from outside through a bank of windows, cutting bright lines through the gloom. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We had all the modern conveniences—electricity, running water, indoor plumbing, a bathtub, and a small stove. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Lightning is flashing across it like God is trying out his electricity. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z This thing electricity, I did not understand it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Be grateful you have electricity and beer, comrade. Germany has no plans for reunification before sunrise.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 I’m so busy celebrating Willow’s arrival that the implication of her being here takes a few moments to sink in, but when it does, it hits me like a jolt of electricity. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, a spring storm raged, and Cook had set out candles for when the electricity inevitably went—the lights were already flickering in an eerie and unsettling manner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Flickers of the electricity I’d felt this afternoon began to charge the atmosphere as he gazed unrelentingly into my eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Alex can feel a buzzing static electricity in London this morning, millions of voices murmuring about him and Henry and what might happen next. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But the electricity had been cut off, and the oil lamp that had once lit the dark between our beds had already been packed away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In public housing, electricity was included in your rent. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It’s easy to pick out where the wealthy sectors border the poorest ones—where the steady light from electricity gives way to flickering lanterns, bonfires, and steam power plants. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I guess they couldn’t live down here without at least a little electricity. How else would this thing work?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I shake it—and quite sure I experience close to a lethal dose of electricity. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z PG&E was willing to put up extra money for research it might be able to exploit commercially, such as studies of “the utilization of electricity on the farm,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was seven feet tall, and a half-ton of metal and electricity. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Block after block of ceiling lights snapped on, electricity pouring through them after years of existing as nothing more than hollow, dusty veins. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Before Alex had a chance to find out what the scientist’s alternative to panic might be, the electricity went out again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z For many visitors these nightly illuminations were their first encounter with electricity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Unlike fossil fuels, wind, solar, and hydroelectric systems generate electricity with no associated air pollution emissions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Low rent, a high-end security system, and steady, reliable access to as much electricity as I could afford. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Lightning strikes the fence, and the electricity runs through the metal links and then through me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Breaking up atomic nuclei, however, requires quite a lot of money and a generous supply of electricity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There was no electricity, only natural light which was stained brown, as though by the absent beer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He would have no access to electricity or a landline for weeks. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z How can there be electricity in the sky? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I felt the electricity run up and down my spine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Shin’s legs healed; scar tissue finally covered the electricity burns. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “She couldn’t move. The electricity froze her to the wires.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The North Korean government had decided that the camp, with its high-voltage fence and factories that churned out military uniforms, glassware, and cement, needed a reliable local source of electricity, and fast. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A lovely lump of plutonium so radioactive it gives off 1500 watts of heat, which it uses to harvest 100 watts of electricity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "And they say this electricity of theirs is a blessing!" whispered Dustfinger as they skirted the parking area. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z That is, after Bando and I got the waterwheel generating electricity. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Just a short walk from Hell, people were going about their business, striding down sidewalks, living in buildings that still had electricity and windows and walls. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She must be mad at me for not converting to electricity, or because I don’t like her stone-lined paths. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The machine strained the technological infrastructure of Altar, which had electricity for only six hours a day. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, it will. But not until the current has passed through it. It will act something like a fuse, in fact. Except the electricity will travel along it,” says Beetee. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I went through the gate, pausing at the far side until the electricity hummed back on. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some families lived on the lower floors, pirating water and electricity, but the elevators didn’t work. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “It’s a beautiful place. But it’s a long way from the barn. Think how far we’d have to carry food. And no electricity.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z We took over the street in front of his house, ran the electricity out of his place, set up the computer, set up speakers, and borrowed a tent, and people came. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Still...something lingered in the air, like electricity after a lightning strike. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Unlike metal plates, plasmas could be made easily with a bolt of electricity, according to Puthoff, and instead of having to pry the plates apart again, the plasma “ash” is discarded. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Yellow lights were still burning in several stores, and a juke box that had played steadily for one hundred hours finally, with a crackle of electricity, ceased, making the silence complete. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It never cools the room much, but when there's no electricity and it can't even move a tiny bit of air, I feel like a grain of rice boiling in my own sweat. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Now imagine a field a million times that big, packed with people, and imagine the electricity has gone out, and there is no noise, no light, no beach ball bouncing around over the crowd. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Other scientists thought that static electricity would cause whatever dust there was to cling to the windows of the spacecraft, blocking the astronauts’ view and causing them to crash on landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We learned about astronomy, about electricity, biology and mathematics, about music and art. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The room had no heat and no electricity. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The lines sparked and sent a jolt of electricity up the giant’s backside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 Dad was an expert in math and physics and electricity. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Kilorn doesn’t care about an extra loaf of bread or a few more minutes of electricity. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Except there was no electricity the next day. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “The city’s generators are always going down, so electricity is unreliable, and people use diesel fuel.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside the manor house there was always a faint smell from the oil lamps that were lit every evening—for there was no electricity. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m okay. The electricity went off and me and Tiger were just sitting here in the dark, trying not to be scared.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Their house in the other part of town had had electricity until 8 p.m., but here in the interior there was none. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Except for a portable television set, which they couldn’t connect because they had no electricity, Reba won nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish the Republic would hurry up and win this war already so that for once we might actually get a whole month of nonstop electricity. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He hadn’t slept well all night, waking up several times to see if the electricity had come back on or if Mami had returned. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The humidity, or maybe the electricity in the air, had made Zigzag's head even more wild-looking. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The place was minuscule, it had one small, very high-up window, no electricity, and it was always cold. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A kind of electricity seemed to be gathering inside them. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Lights burn in Claude’s windows, though the rest of the block has no electricity. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The towers were part of a windmill farm, which spanned more than eight thousand acres and was expected to eventually supply electricity to some forty-five thousand homes in Oklahoma. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When our hands connected, I swear to Christmas I felt a current of electricity jolt through me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mom said it would come in handy because we could make our own clothes even when the electricity was turned off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But who knew when electricity would get back to normal. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Petey flipped the switch on his control panel, and there was a crackle of static electricity in the air as the trap powered down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There were no proper shops, no universities, no hospitals or female doctors, no clean water or electricity from the government. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “No, Alice, no. I will not have electricity on my mountain.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was the ultimate champion for a while, until a high school guy showed up and knew how to counter my electricity move with Chun-Li’s heel stomp. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z To him, he couldn’t have landed any closer to his original dream, because now, as a power plant manager, he gets to create electricity out of thin air—literally—using natural gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Thanks to President Roosevelt’s Rural Electrification Administration, begun in 1936, electricity came to the quarter of the population that lived on farmlands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When I first went into Alex, I was drawn by the electricity and the excitement of it, but more important, I was accepted there, more so than I’d been in high school or anywhere else. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The engine was operating at full power on diesel fuel, and, Zeitoun realized in an instant, was generating all the electricity used for the station and the makeshift jail. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Running the tunnels during the war presented yet another logistical challenge, as the local power company rationed electricity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They had no electricity and bathed in the rivers. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The human body is unpredictable when it comes to conducting electricity. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The electricity went out almost weekly—power surges, the electric company said. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It's only copper wire, storage batteries, and electricity.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it had redundant solar panels, whose frequent bursts of coordinated electricity were strong enough to knock back an elephant. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve got to use the electricity while we can,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It worked on a timer: When a code was entered the electricity went off for a few seconds, long enough for an attendant to get inside. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When we had electricity, we washed the clothes and hung them on the front porch to dry. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Tesla, who did at least as much for electricity as Thomas Edison, had a quasi-romantic fascination with pigeons. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He later filed a much-reviewed affidavit describing the entire horrific process: At 8:30 p.m. the first jolt of 1,900 volts of electricity passed through Mr. Evans's body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Back when the Gibblers lived in a lopsided farmhouse without electricity. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was only one thing he didn’t understand at all, and that was electricity. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The fair alone consumed three times as much electricity as the entire city of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The electricity was out when he got home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes she looks at the eyes of her older colleagues and wonders what they did when the electricity was out, when there were no candles, when the rain came through the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He knew about the phones, the electricity, the subways. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I stare at him, fear pulsing through me like electricity. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Their messages jump from tree to tree with stolen electricity. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The electricity went off all the time, at random hours throughout the day and night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There’s an air of electricity as we all file into the gym to hear what we already know. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z One missed paycheck could leave you without electricity; one missed homework assignment could put you behind and possibly out of college. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was a little girl sitting on a swing, kicking her legs, flying back and forth, static electricity for hair, happiness for a face. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He hadn’t thought of it yet, but he had to wonder where the electricity came from in a place like the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My skin tingles at the point of contact, like he’s transmitting electricity through his skin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When the announcer on the roof of the Broadcasting Building collapsed from the poisonous black smoke, Theodore’s eight-year-old son complained of “electricity in his stomach.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z My whole body vibrates with electricity as I split the rock in two. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He was working in a tequila factory and living in a two-bedroom house that had electricity and a water well. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Fixing the electricity was the most important job in Ember, and more people worked at it than at anything else. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s a room where the electricity don’t come on anymore, and in the kitchen the linoleum is crumbling, but it’s got everything I need. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know where the electricity came from, how it was powered. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z On Saturday nights we went to the nearby town—a series of wood-framed small buildings, all without running water or electricity—wherein lived seventy or eighty people. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mom flips a switch on the line from the solar panels to the enclosure, and the electricity flicks off. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He also didn’t really remember the electricity ever going out either. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A utilities committee levied one-cent fines on wasters of water and electricity. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A full moon falling on the snow lit up the world—who needed electricity? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “I need you alive and so does Julie. Now don’t be a dramatica like Aunt Lorraine. Think about how wonderful it’s going to be living someplace with heat and electricity and three meals a day.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There’d been no electricity, not even on weekdays, since the snowstorm. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I have electricity coursing through my veins instead of blood. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Like most of the shacks, Joe’s had no indoor plumbing and his room came with only enough electricity for one lightbulb overhead and a hot plate on a shelf. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The electricity fails for an hour: it’s the diamond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I used to take a shower leaning slightly out,” he remembered, “so that if the electricity came on at that moment, you could fall outside the shower.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sheed glanced behind the machine, didn’t see any sort of pipes for water or power cords for electricity. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z By the time they reach Amelia Court House, on April 4, electricity sizzles through the ranks. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z What the children learned from the notes was this: The Institute on Nomansan Island generated all its own electricity using the power of the tides—an endless source of energy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt the electricity enter my hand, shoot up my arm, and land like a ball of hornets in my aorta. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A moment later, the buzzing of the electricity started back up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We got all the electricity we need, grow and raise most of our food, get clothes and such. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The Shaba Province, incidentally, roars with waterfalls, more than enough to generate its own electricity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When the telephone went off, so did the electricity, and the furnace wouldn’t run without electricity. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But I had never, ever touched someone and felt like this: like I was holding electricity inside of me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Here is the thing about my grief: It's like a very messy room in a house where the electricity has gone out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z McMillan spoke to Governor David B. Hill, who asked the state legislature to consider whether electricity might somehow replace hanging. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Live wires carry electricity above the trains for 143 miles north. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z What if the electricity doesn't come back on for days? We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Getting down to the level of quarks–the particles that make up particles–requires still more: trillions of volts of electricity and the budget of a small Central American nation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mami sometimes turns off the air-conditioning when the electricity bill has been too high or when the calendar says it’s supposed to be fall, regardless of what the temperature is. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Most of them worked in factories, or did, before factories shut down owing to a lack of electricity and manufacturing supplies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Next thing, I yank my hand away from the line like I been shocked with electricity. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If she hadn’t written the note, she could have gotten back to the building, taken the elevator up to twelve, and been in their apartment before the electricity went out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Her dreams seem to her mere sparks of color and electricity, cut off from the current of her life. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Even more so when the electricity came on two hours after her last sale. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His words were exactly what made me worry, as I wandered the ghetto beneath moonlight instead of streetlights because the electricity was out, back to the loose place in the barbed wire fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Since recently we have electricity, but it costs so much we use it little. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “She went to the basement for some reason, then took the elevator up, only the electricity went out while she was in it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Our shack—like most shacks throughout Alexandra—had no heat, electricity or plumbing, and we had no stove, so my mother had to keep the brazier indoors, as she had done all previous winters. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With no electricity or windows, it was always dark. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They will be like electricity and rainbows arid nonstick frying pans. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And when the boyfriends come, I discover what was so important about the electricity. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “The human body produces at least one hundred watts of electricity a day,” Hideo replies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The electricity of that transition sent a chill through Moss, and he watched as the whole room changed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I bet Evelyn’s monitoring all the electricity usage—it’s the best way to figure out if people are meeting in secret.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Take the candle and check the stairwell. Maybe Bri got home last night after the electricity went off and spent the night in the stairwell.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The sails themselves were not canvas at all, but solar sheets, designed to feed electricity into the system and add to the power available already from roof skin solar cells. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “But I still don’t see why an asteroid would knock out the electricity. Or why Mami would be called to the hospital.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Maybe there is just bad electricity in the air, because, that afternoon, Annabelle’s mood gets worse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I think you need electricity to make one work.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “But right now, we can’t turn it on because we don’t have electricity.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The result: excessive economy and the prospect of having the electricity cut off. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I connected a couple of wires, and now Eagle was receiving electricity from Columbia. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Our camp had no electricity and no running water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When the familiar ding didn’t happen, he remembered there was no electricity. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he leans forward in the dining-room chair as if expecting electricity to shoot through it, and finishes the bottle in one sitting. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They said ticket receipts were barely enough to pay for electricity to light the field. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z After using the toilet—Aunt Rose had indoor plumbing, thankfully, even if she didn’t have electricity—Ophie tiptoed downstairs to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The electricity supply from Dunkirk must have been cut, but round the edges of some heavily curtained windows they saw the ocher glow of candlelight and oil lamps. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There’s no plumbing and no electricity, but the fireplace still works and there’s a woodpile in the corner that my father and I collected years ago. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He discovered so many elements not so much because he was serially astute as because he developed an ingenious technique of applying electricity to a molten substance–electrolysis, as it is known. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z How could the people who owned such rich farms, such beautiful furniture and gardens, modern bathrooms, and electricity to run refrigerators have ever needed to come take over the Soviet Union’s peasant huts? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I studied it, the way her smile seemed to crackle with her own brand of electricity, and felt something inside of me shrink in defeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He couldn’t remember the last time there was electricity over a weekend, so he couldn’t wait until then. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “What I was thinking about was not a mill, but electricity. If I could build that dam up a few feet higher—there’s a good flow of water. It could run a small generator.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Yep. Through dead eyes, no doubt about it. Not a spark of electricity in that brain; the camera is running on its own battery.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I raised my eyes to meet his and felt a jolt of electricity all the way down my spine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The pews were decrepit, the bills were once so in arrears the electricity was nearly turned off, and the padre hadn’t installed air-conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach 120 degrees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Tonight I start with three kids who live in a castle and don’t have electricity, and I go from there. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z What if these instructions were for fixing the electricity? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I reach the fence he shrieks to warn me about the electricity. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When radium was first discovered in the late 1800s, headlines nationwide hailed it as “a substitute for gas, electricity, and a positive cure for every disease.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Moments tick by, our hands clasped, electricity jolting wildly through me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I can hang out with Sahil without all that electricity crackling between us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He used to think he could use electricity to invent a movable light, if he studied hard enough. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z |
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