Even while they were training, they were on alert in case of nighttime attacks by the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But now he is my matched enemy—my target. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

So the tribesmen lived only for the present, because the present was full of surprises, and they had to be aware of many things: Where was the enemy’s sword? The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Send your men over the river at dawn and attack the enemy’s left flank,” Bigger ordered. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is precisely in the Inner Party that war hysteria and hatred of the enemy are strongest. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

‘But in the meantime enemies have got up the Stairs. And what were you up to? You’re supposed to keep watch, aren’t you, special orders or no? What are you for?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lilya flew to her rescue and damaged the enemy fighter so badly that the pilot had to abandon his plane in the air and take to his parachute. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Abnegation are willing to die for any person, friend or enemy, if the situation calls for it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Many important men will be at the feast tonight. Such men have enemies. The khal must protect his guests, yourself chief among them, Your Grace. No doubt the Usurper would pay well for your head." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“One aircrew should bomb the target and the other ‘tackle’ enemy antiaircraft weapons.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Throughout the Orleans, Lucky Girl’s enemies would be searching harder now, sure that they were on the scent. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His enemies were afraid to go near him till they were sure he was dead and when the bird landed on him and drank his blood they knew. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Each step along the way is risky, because the enemy’s counterintelligence officers often notice some little slip that leads to capture. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sang of battles and marriages, of funerals and hangings, the whimperings of beaten enemies, of splendid hunts and harvests. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t been friends exactly—Harry didn’t really have friends, only followers; Anton and Sully basically just stood behind him and laughed at everything he did—but they hadn’t been enemies, either. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kainene would laugh and say something like, I didn’t go on vacation, for goodness’ sake, I was cut off in enemy territory. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The night suddenly became enemy territory, and I knew that if my brother was lost in this land he was forever lost. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine, Alvin Hooks implored the jurors, leaning toward them with his hands outstretched like a man petitioning God— imagine this good man stopping to help his enemy in the middle of the night at sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a short while they saw the enemy marched out of town. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It was Ucho, my longtime enemy, requesting permission to sit with me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A superfluous major on his rolls meant an untidy table of organization and gave ammunition to the men at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters who Colonel Cathcart was positive were his enemies and rivals. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But Raisa’s triumph didn’t last long, because at that moment actual Luftwaffe enemy fighter planes appeared in the air above the competition. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They did not know how far away Pearl Harbor was, but they were ready to go there and fight the enemy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We question him once a week and he refuses to answer a single question—says the Bureau is the enemy of all magicians.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the end he succeeded in forcing her memory back until she did dimly recall that at one time Eastasia and not Eurasia had been the enemy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Even if it is Pole Star, they shouldn’t know that we’re their enemy yet. None of you did anything to identify yourselves onshore.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Therefore we need only probe your knowledge and speed and stamina. We need no enemy for this. The enemy is always in the mind. Visualize him.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Gotta pay attention, kid. If you were in the field, that could have been fire from the enemy,” Uncle Jet said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They needed friends, not more enemies, yet Robb would never bend the knee in homage to a man he felt had no claim to the throne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But "the enemy just went on and on; when you got rid of one spy, another would take his place. How would you get satisfaction?" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Powhatan people, whom we have at times considered our enemies, now treat us as their own. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We could not control our enemies’ number, strength, nor weaponry. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They also tell us we should cut down the tall grass near our fort, because that is where our enemies are hiding when they shoot at us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I outlived them all as I outlived all my enemies. Of course, I can always make more enemies.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When commenting on his other enemies, Adams displayed considerable flair. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And in early July, after a battle in the mountains, I was assigned to a six-man detail to police up the enemy KIAs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men of the West were trapped, and soon, all about the grey mounds where they stood, forces ten times and more than ten times their match would ring them in a sea of enemies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If she had aided the enemy, she needed to be held accountable. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The initial danger of landing on the enemy's shore and being captured or shot was behind them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Another guy I knew really did threaten to have his personal enemies killed by hired gunmen after the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back on my first visit to the Princess Andromeda, my old enemy Luke had kept some dazed tourists on board for show, shrouded in Mist so they didn’t realize they were on a monster-infested ship. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

These methods varied by nation, but historians note that, in general, Indigenous peoples fought to capture rather than kill their enemies. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had to move now, quickly, before the stones grew slick and the rain became an enemy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The whole governance of the realm was being handed to her enemies, Queen Mar- gaery’s kith and kin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Matthias was furious; the enemy now knew he was dealing with untrained and untested soldiers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You’ll think of something,” he said easily, brandishing his stick at an invisible enemy. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d like to say I drove the enemy away from the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was best friends or sworn enemies with no filler in between. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’d been on the bus for about five minutes and already I knew who my friends and enemies were going to be. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their enemies are now dead so there is no need for the mites to spend their energy in secreting protective webbing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

To keep track of the Reich’s racial, social, and political enemies, I had put the Führer’s list to melody. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The end of the Greenwich Road was lined with British soldiers, relaxed and laughing as their prisoners—captured American soldiers— walked three to a row between their enemies through the doors of the Bridewell Prison. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The boy's going to die quickly and painfully in the first fight he's in. Though some of his enemies might also die...from laughing." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There were no road signs, not one; they’d all been taken down or blacked over to confuse the enemy in the event Operation Sea Lion was successful and the German army came swarming inland. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He had no subjects of conversation except the principles of Ingsoc, and no aim in life except the defeat of the Eurasian enemy and the hunting-down of spies, saboteurs, thought-criminals, and traitors generally. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We rode across the countryside towards Boston, and the encampment of the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘The demigods have friends here as well as enemies. It is not wise -’ ‘WISE?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could not be pleasant, either, to realize one had made an enemy of a rogue like Setma, and to wonder how soon and in what way that rogue might inform against one. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“We must be charitable with these people, Major. We have enough enemies.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the stories I love best about Lincoln is that after his election to office, he appointed some of his bitterest enemies to his cabinet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You kissed me. I never said you could, but you did. You sold me to my enemies, but you meant it when you kissed me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was powerless to harm the enemy or to help his friends. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s night; the enemy shoots and shoots; downstream at dawn, he plucks from the hay arrows to last weeks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had our internal enemies too, and we exercised vigilance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the first level, he put enemies of speed: wild dogs, cheetahs, hummingbirds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows? Is he not the enemy now?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The blindness of their limited lives—lives truncated and impoverished by the oppression they had suffered long before they had ever heard of Communism—made them think that I was with their enemies. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If each of them carried a Roman demigod...that was a lot of enemies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My brothers and sisters were my best friends, but when it came to food, they were my enemies. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick chooses a campsite about ten yards below the force field, saying we can use it as a weapon by deflecting our enemies into it if attacked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It might tell you,” Serret said in her soft voice, “how you will defeat your enemy.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I am bringing despair to our eavesdropping enemies. I am doing that right now.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You see why I must destroy the girl, Percy. She is my enemy’s daughter. I shall crush her statue to dust. But you, dear Percy, you need not suffer.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Lilya Litvyak’s greatest fear as a fighter pilot was that her Yak would be shot down over enemy territory and that she’d die there, or that her body wouldn’t be found. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The United States government wanted this deadly enemy identified and eradicated. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

‘You defeated, like, two hundred enemies,’ Piper said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The goal was to deny the enemy hiding places by killing all vegetation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that your master had enemies?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His enemies laughed at him with a harsh and chilling laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When it is fairly quiet we can hear the transports behind the enemy lines rolling ceaselessly until dawn. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In America, farmers have repeatedly traded one insect enemy for a worse one as spraying upsets the population dynamics of the insect world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes sir,” Ben said in reflex as he brought the ball up the court, eyes pinned on that rodent face of his enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and known the same women. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They learned to stalk, ambush, and kill enemies. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I returned to live among my friends and my enemies. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thickets of ironwood and sentinel and oak that had once grown there had been harvested centuries ago, to create a broad swath of open ground through which no enemy could hope to pass unseen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The five thousand marines there were cut off and could get supplies only by air, even though any helicopter that flew over took a lot of enemy fire from the twenty thousand surrounding Vietcong troops. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was more important to show the young Black Consciousness men that the struggle was indivisible and that we all had the same enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They still, despite all, marched upon the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He could skip through an enemy's legs and trip him up in a trice, while the man was still concentrating on Sigemund as his only opponent. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the young women thought they were under attack from enemy fighter planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Like, you’re invulnerable, except to an arrow made of the heartwood of a hawthorn tree, which just so happens to be the exact kind of arrow that your worst enemy favors. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The British had jailed her husband for “surreptitious correspondence with the enemy.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved through the enemy lines, and even though he seemed to be leaving Frank undefended, the enemy was completely focused on Percy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He knew I was the enemy when he saw me snickering. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, men said, but the other side of-that coin was, the enemy of my friend is my enemy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Its enemies, if it had any enemies, had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was in the Biafran Organization of Freedom Fighters, had lost his entire family in the massacres, and often infiltrated enemy camps. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Communist party could not say that I was an enemy, that I had attacked them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would probably be with his father at the forge, repairing pikes and lances and heating oil for pouring onto the enemy in case they should pierce the outer castle wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a lot of enemies, then?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment Eddard Stark wanted nothing so much as to return to Winterfell, to the clean simplicity of the north, where the enemies were winter and the wildlings beyond the Wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In all, the wiretap in "Harvey's Hole" recorded a staggering 433,000 conversations, giving America insight into the mind and plans of its main enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that everyone’s problem? That our enemies might have a few hours to reflect on the fact that they’re dying, instead of just being blown to bits?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It had been in their directum that the King had tried to drive the enemy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This enemy who tells you that you are both supposed to be worshiping the same white Christian God that—you are told— stands for the same things for all men! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spots the enemy approaching from the west. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe the elven-hoods defied his unseen eyes, and the mind of his small enemy, being strengthened, had turned aside his thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Any reason in particular you’ve decorated this fine establishment with our mortal enemies’ symbol?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Jefferson, rather than Burr, was Hamilton’s chief political enemy, followed closely behind by Adams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Fighting behind Japanese lines, he organized hit-and-run raids on enemy troops. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the north, the enemy army crashed into the Party Ponies, and our lines broke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After every battle, he ritually dips his hood into the blood of his enemies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had been singing in the sept all morning, since the first report of enemy sails had reached the castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not that managers and especially “assistant managers” in low-wage settings like this are exactly the class enemy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our enemies are the tribes closest to us because they feel we are encroaching on their land. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But creating a policy when that enemy is across the negotiating table is another matter altogether. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

First off, I don’t go through the line for anything, to avoid that vulnerable moment of coming out into the lunchroom, that moment when every head lifts and evaluates: friend, enemy, or loser. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ben, I will need your Second Sons to scout our enemies. Where they are, how fast they are advancing, how many men they have, and how they are disposed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ignored the enemy and handed Mrs. Smith my flyer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In this period, the Army and the Navy were fierce rivals, often acting more like enemies than allies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"Having been through a rather unusual experience for an SIS officer, few of whom have ever fallen into enemy hands, I found myself, for a short while, a bit of a celebrity," Blake said. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But sometime during the next few months, Will realized slowly and unwillingly that those enemies of his mother’s were not in the world out there, but in her mind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing up, it’s easier to scan the savannah for game or enemies, and arms that are unnecessary for locomotion are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signalling. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not hate the young man; I did not see him as the enemy; I did not ponder issues of morality or politics or military duty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

What have I been saying, and to whom, and which one of his enemies has found out? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even here they stood on enemy ground. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They weren’t a group of naive schoolgirls—they were a regiment of well-trained aviators, and some of them had already flown in combat under enemy fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“It is you non-Igbo who are showing the enemy the way! Hapu m! It is you people that showed them the way to my hometown!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The nest is a special thing to Axel, not an enemy at all. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was a principal source of information, especially if the nation was ever attacked by an enemy. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I get headaches because my eyes are, like, enemies, you know, like they used to be married to each other but now hate each other’s guts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the great sea with our friends and our enemies. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The congregation had been theoretically spotted from the air by a theoretical enemy. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems to me,” he says, “that the factionless are better friends than enemies.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some say there was a faint grin on his face, kind of playful, as though the Knot wasn’t his enemy at all, but an old pal just playing a little trick on him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reared up and, as he did so, realized that the enemy beneath him was crouching in a scooped-out trench the size of his own body. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the Trojans’ enemies are killed, of course. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They set a watch, but had no sight nor sound of their enemies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t use bright lights to guide them in to land, because any kind of permanent airfield lighting might have been spotted by enemy aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“No one sits out this fire fight! Never underestimate the enemy!” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If the enemy came close, they would set off the mines. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nearly half of the 180 or so major insect enemies of plants in the United States are accidental imports from abroad, and most of them have come as hitchhikers on plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The “enemy,” a Khmer Rouge soldier or a wild beast, a monster or a ghostly man-creature, comes after me with knives, guns, axes, machetes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were few Fischer tirades while playing, but Bobby continued to lose friends and make enemies as a result of his press conferences. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then the echoes died as suddenly as a flame blown out by a dark wind, and the enemy advanced again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Army had issued a warning of a possible enemy submarine landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Now this illness, our family’s enemy, has returned to claim yet another victim. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Marina Raskova’s young aviators were thoroughly excited about finally being able to do the enemy some real damage. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s just not the same anymore. My life will never be the same. It’s just inconceivable that Johnny could have had an enemy.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The heart is all that matters. Do not despair, Lord Snow. Despair is a weapon of the enemy, whose name may not be spoken. Your sister is not lost to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They would meet again, because Reyna was no longer a rival, no longer a stranger or a potential enemy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The great paradox about the French Revolution is that even as the revolutionaries passed ever more laws to benefit the poor and enslaved, those same leaders turned increasingly zealous in murdering their enemies. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There isn’t a day that goes by without the enemy shooting suicidal thoughts through my mind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Water, because of its weight, was the prime enemy, and jockeys went to absurd lengths to keep it out of their systems. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no further attack by the enemy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After the war my mother felt that I ought to visit the country that had been our enemy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Reich has also passed a new law, the Extraordinary Radio Law, intended to protect the Fatherland from lies and other enemy propaganda. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

After the glowing news—Biafran troops were flushing out the last remnants of the enemy, Nigerian casualties were high, mopping-up operations were concluding—he would fantasize about joining the army. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were five enemies linked together by a mutual instinct of self-preservation. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

For decades those feelings were held in check by a common enemy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“She’s very bright. If ... if our enemies have her, she will try to play for time. She may even pretend to cooperate. “That’s right,” Thalia said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mostly they were in debates where he scored a telling point over his enemy or whatever you call them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marines sat in the bow of our launch to provide covering fire while we disembarked; which precaution seemed of little utility, for the docks were now empty of all enemies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

No sense giving the enemy more leverage than they already had. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of the most destructive enemies of cotton is the bollworm. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Three objects, or Hallows, which, if united, will make the possessor master of Death...Master...Conqueror...Vanquisher...The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The key aim is to diminish an animal’s flight distance, which is the minimum distance at which an animal wants to keep a perceived enemy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I walk off in the other direction, hoping my enemies still lie locked in the surreal world of tracker jacker venom. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Winston had never been able to feel sure—even after this morning’s flash of the eyes it was still impossible to be sure— whether O’Brien was a ffiend or an enemy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His fields on that side of the Aras River were taken by faceless enemies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The French reacted “as if it had been a victory of their own troops over their own enemies,” the commissioners reported. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warfare, as we remarked, is the enemy of creative activity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His glance strayed to his fallen enemies; twenty at least lay there. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He had assumed his enemy would be hiding. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could have stopped Thomas. You and I are enemies, make no mistake about that . . . but I did not wish for such a thing to happen." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I am but a messenger and minstrel. But who knows? I might find myself close to the enemy. Closer than I would like,” he added with a shrug. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

They were going to protect Saratov’s bridges and railways from enemy bombers, and to guard the Saratov Aviation Factory, the very factory where their own planes had been built. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

An unseen enemy might come out of the trees at any moment. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It could blow a hole in an enemy warship, dooming it to an underwater grave. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Women and sons and uncle, he forgot them all, and he rushed among the frightened villagers, and he shouted at them, “Now for our good land we will fight these enemies from the skies!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

General Halleck had confidently expected to bag an enemy, which he had reported to the War Department as being nearly 200,000 strong. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should the enemy in the meadow decide to make any sudden move, the workmen could be speedily hauled back up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t no force in the world tough enough to make Marines extinct. Marines make enemies extinct or make them wish they were.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Thing is, the folks who lived here were at war, like it or no. We're not. Night's Watch takes no part, so no man's our enemy." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Whatever the enemy may be planning, American science will be equal to the challenge,” Roosevelt wrote to Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shook hands and ended enemies but the line stayed in the picture. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If he were to attack on the right he would draw the enemy from this position and we could then attempt the assault. Supported, of course, by General Hill.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around him, wondering where all the enemies had gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After all, if she’d keep this enemy close, by George’s logic, she’d start to appreciate all that snakes do in her garden. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the forest of her enemies surrounded her she was prepared. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone who could pass along secret information to the enemy.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you were caught harboring any enemies of the regime even if you yourself were not involved in their schemes, you would be jailed, and everything you owned would become the property of the government. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“General,” Johnston said, “I’m sorry, but if we go on down this road the enemy will view us.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flayed man was the sigil of House Bolton, Theon knew; ages past, certain of their lords had gone so far as to cloak themselves in the skins of dead enemies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Though our forces were not victorious, we quietly celebrated the fact that our MK cadres had engaged the enemy in combat on their own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Admittedly these did not include the Retrieval Squad getting hammered by a lone enemy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Behind the enemy troops, a few blocks to the east, a bright light began to shine. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If the child is killed in the process, the wizard can determine the weapon of his enemy and develop something stronger. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The pit fighters were King Hizdahr’s only reliable support, against a sea of enemies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

How many other old enemies were in this crowd? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When Obsle and Yegey both left town, and Slose’s doorkeeper refused me entrance, I knew it was time to turn to my enemies, for there was no more good in my friends. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They got separated from the fighter planes of another regiment that were supposed to escort them and provide them with protection from enemy fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Was she stranded alone in a city about to fall into enemy hands? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A Dodger steal, a seizure of enemy territory. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mulch would have been indignant had he not been busy chewing clay to eject at his enemy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl into a hole and hide, and I could tell the enemy army felt the same way. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘It will not be long I fear,’ said Éomer, ‘ere the coming of the king’s host will be known to the leader of our enemies, Saruman or whatever captain he has sent forth.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The pirates were bitter enemies of the trading fleets and perfectly willing to kill or sink an entire cargo as revenge for the drowning of their own ancestral lands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The last person to walk through those familiar rooms was my enemy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We hear also of the punishment accorded them: The enemy has chained each white Loyalist to a black man taken in flight to Lord Dunmore and our Regiment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There had been no contact with enemy fire. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The women would say, ‘Have courage and be the first to charge the enemy, for it is better to lie a warrior naked in death than it is to turn away from the battle.’” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I demanded they do better, so I made a lot of enemies.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A spell-checker can be your best friend—and your worst enemy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he pushed on through the trees without answering they knew he was an enemy and they surrounded the wood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The all-important “kill ratio” was the ratio of enemy troops to Americans killed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The pretty blond wireless operator was perched on the edge of a hard chair at the other side of the room, politely looking away from this shattered and grief-stricken enemy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was galloping around his enemy, using sword and shield, while the giant swung a javelin the size of a telephone pole and the crowd cheered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Every man in this palace is your enemy. Each one will stab you in the back at the first chance!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There would still be weeks of skirmishing ahead with small groups of enemies still in the hills and jungle, but the battle for Guam was won. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds like it wasn’t so different from being his enemy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No,” A-Gong said, “we want to remember our friends, not our enemies.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Tallmadge tells about “a country girl,” sent into Philadelphia supposedly to sell eggs but told to “obtain some information respecting the enemy.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road was narrow, the ruins so positioned that any enemy coming up from the south must pass beneath and between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And we have never yet left the enemy in command of the field. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

American troop levels in Vietnam were nearing 200,000, but the enemy was adapting by breaking into small groups and moving unseen through the rugged mountains and forests. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Capitol, like 13 during the Dark Days, finds itself completely cut off from outside help as it holds the threat of nuclear attack over its enemies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hope to become one of those athletes who recklessly threw their bodies against each other with as much energy as our warriors in the old days had hurled themselves at our enemies. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who are they mourning nowi Had some enemy slain the King in the North, who used to be his brother Robb? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Knowing what the enemy was up to became the essential task of America and the Soviet Union—and the key to the world's survival. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“George says that when you learn about things that make you uneasy, you know, ‘enemies,’ and it takes away some of their power. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Already decided I’m your enemy? That’s a rash choice, Percy. I’m a loyal Roman.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I can tell her to go. She would hardly like a prince for an enemy.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Historic enemies who had been fighting each other for three centuries met and shook hands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Gabe found himself looking down on his enemy, who was hunched over on the ground, whimpering. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Capitol’s seal on the hovercraft, the lack of any attempt to blow the enemy out of the sky, and their long history of using children as pawns in their battle against the districts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I slashed and stabbed and whirled, and I might have even laughed once or twice—a crazy laugh that scared me as much as it did my enemies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Up it horses could walk, and wains could be slowly hauled; but no enemy could come that way, except out of the air, if it was defended from above. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in there was a lady who dispensed a Death Mist that might hide them from monsters—a plan recommended by a Titan, one of their bitterest enemies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Had some enemy stormed the castle and murdered King Robert? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I ain't got time to mourn the fallen, but I need to make sure there ain't any enemies at my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The news of the baby’s illness traveled quickly among the brush houses, for sickness is second only to hunger as the enemy of poor people. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interceptor planes were kept on alert, and 10,000 policemen were assigned to guard against any acts of violence or sabotage by enemy agents. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But for Bill and Sam, during those first days on Guadalcanal, those enemies were faceless. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, nearly four years into the war, the enemy was able to launch an attack of this size, what exactly had been accomplished? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Inigo had only one problem: he could not find the enemy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Grass grew around the feet of the enemy archers. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He spun and lunged at imaginary enemies in the dark, yelling at the rocks and the sky and at the water, “Get away! Don’t mess with me!” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

If the conscience of the Scythedom fails, replaced by the avarice of privilege, we could become our own worst enemy again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Stories of how I toppled enemies, it said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel realized that until they were rested they would all be safer where they were than stumbling along in the open with no strength left to run from an enemy. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy was creeping up the hill toward them in an effort to overrun the camp. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

If Rishi wasn’t the enemy, did that mean she had to forgive Mamma? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The enemy is engaged in making war in this country, transmitting news to Berlin, and spreading propaganda and lies about the condition and morale of American military forces. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And if she, Dede, thought long and hard about what was right and wrong, she would no doubt be an enemy of state as well. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And an enemy of the state was an enemy of Adolf Hitler. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The only good thing about our punishment was that it gave Annabeth and me a common enemy and lots of time to talk. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I'm well away, I dump her to the ground and turn to face the enemy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At ten seconds per guard, she began figuring, but then stopped, because numbers had always been her enemy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He would not be the first white man to see the underground railroad, but the first enemy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Both nations scrambled to build more missiles and to devise clever, and lethal, ways of launching them at the enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Until we are destroyed to the last man, We shall harass the enemy.. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they heard him preparing to go first into the depths of the enemy warren as calmly as though he were looking for dandelions, his officers’ spirits rose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that with your counsel and good judgment, we will soon see the day when the enemy are forced to go elsewhere and leave Redwall in peace.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rishi had watched dozens of his friends—of all ethnicities—fall in love at the beginning of the school year and become mortal enemies by the end. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“That guy’s got it coming. Hanging out with the enemy and all.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Clytius stepped forward, holding his sword casually at his side as if they were comrades rather than enemies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When nothing happened, the newspapers, for the first time, began accusing him of being obsessed with an enemy that did not exist. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Every soldier would like to defeat his enemy on the field, but in this case, such a victory was out of reach. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Blackcliff we learn to classify people: civilian, combatant, enemy, ally, informer, defector. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She told me folks are thinking of us—they know we’re not the enemy of America. Know that we’re not an Other, that were the Us, too.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt about it, the enemy had faltered for a few moments, but they managed to regroup. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they had tied the VC up and threw him in the back of a jeep to take to an intelligence unit, and the captain gave Peewee hell for giving information to the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sleeping at your posts, allowing the enemy into our Abbey to steal that which we hold most dear! Is this the way you defend us?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We crouch behind every corner, behind every barrier of barbed wire, and hurl heaps of explosives at the feet of the advancing enemy before we run. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the table is my worst enemy—the binder of songs that we’ll be choosing from tonight. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I went into uniform at the time when our enemies began to recede so fast that there had to be a hurried telescoping of military training plans. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, the results of all this work are now jeopardized as the enemies of the corn borer are killed off by the sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He sat there in his worst enemy’s kitchen for quite a long time, watching the fairy flying around the room investigating everything, for fairies are naturally inquisitive, and this one was obviously no exception. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was dangerous work, for not only was there the danger of enemy fire, but also the chance that another Marine might mistake a Navajo for an enemy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chief Justice Fikeis takes out the pamphlets and fliers and clears the courtroom to protect the spectators from the enemy propaganda. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hated that, of course, so she screamed like she was being tortured by enemy spies. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He saw his enemy tumble backward into the pool, and Kino strode to the water. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The enemy\\ Honestly — who was the one who was all excited when they saw him arrive? Who was the one who wanted his autograph? Who’s got a model of him up in their dormitory?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The tribes who are our friends must have convinced our enemies to stop attacking us, and it is no longer dangerous to leave the fort to hunt or fish. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The words traitor, liar, and enemy bounce off the walls. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Perfect for making an unnoticed approach into enemy territory. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No reason to take that back up when weight is the enemy. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of one battered eye, Shirley spotted the enemy stalking them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, it all comes back to me now,’ said Frodo: ‘the tremendous roaring. I thought I was drowning, with my friends and enemies and all. But now we are safe!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the dim light he could see Leslie’s face freeze into its most queenly pose—the kind of expression she usually reserved for vanquished enemies. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then, like enemies, they fought with their hands at each other’s throats. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

If an enemy should flay me, the light would shine through my skin like lace. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He outworked and outwitted his rivals, making plenty of enemies who wanted him dead. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The enemy has landed. And now the honor and success of America depends on you.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

If he went into battle like this, the enemy would call him Old Man Jackson. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And yet Ken still struggled with what veteran spies called "seeing ghosts," the psychological habit of believing that you are being watched by the enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Daemons might touch each other, of course, or fight; but the prohibition against human-daemon contact went so deep that even in battle no warrior would touch an enemy’s daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Their arrowheads caught fire spontaneously and a flaming wave of death arced over the legion’s line, straight into the enemy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Across the meadows the enemy campfires burned low into the soft June night. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Welsh could not get beyond the outer wall of the castle, and the English inside could not tell what strength the enemy possessed. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Two centuries ago, Napoleon wrote that “a general never knows anything with certainty, never sees his enemy clearly, and never knows positively where he is.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

General Westmoreland believed that if the kill ratio was high enough, for long enough, the enemy would eventually crack. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This evidence will almost never be available in the era of colorblindness, because everyone knows—but does not say—that the enemy in the War on Drugs can be identified by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe Piper could shoot their enemies with high-velocity smoked hams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What are you two thinking? He’s the enemy. He’s a guard, and don’t think for one second he won’t shoot us if he is ordered to.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I will lie to his enemies and, if that doesn’t work, I will find a way to do something worse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was building a new life for himself across enemy lines. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Black units were always the first ones sent to the front in battle, to draw enemy fire and protect the white soldiers coming up behind them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he hear some brewing storm, some approaching enemy? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exploding shells burst in my dreams as wave after wave of screaming enemy soldiers came at me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Fire, fire! It’s dangerous, yes it is. It burns, it kills. And it will bring enemies, yes it will.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

With thirty aircraft flying in the regiment, it was possible to keep a steady stream of bombers headed over the enemy lines all night long. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“The enemy is among us,” Ignatius said wildly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could someone make so many enemies so quickly? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

So broken were the Omaha by disease that according to tradition they launched a deliberately suicidal attack against their enemies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With the onset of the Korean War, he enlisted in the army, serving as an artillery sergeant, calibrating guns being fired on enemy infantry. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And even if they were good, they could not be strong enough to defend you from powerful enemies and from disloyal subjects. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Long after the enemy had retreated from sight, Clarisse kept riding up and down the avenue with her horrible trophy, demanding that Kronos meet her battle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Voldemort was dead, killed by his own rebounding curse, and Harry stood with two wands in his hand, staring down at his enemy’s shell. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The ants were everywhere, angrily running around looking for an enemy—us! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not far enough from the enemy line to escape being picked off by one of the snipers if I attempt to get away. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the terror attacks, President George W. Bush said, "Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

This officially confirmed their outsider status and made me an enemy of the avant-garde. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We could see the enemy upon the shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated, she reads, before closing her eyes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the biggest enemy was sheer, unremitting thirst. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

In a January 1865 speech in the House, Garfield said, “This body of slavery lies before us among the dead enemies of the republic, mortally wounded, impotent in its fiendish wickedness.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We'll talk later, but it’s under control. I’m using Annabeth's shield to keep an eye on things. The enemy withdrew at sunrise; not sure why. We’ve got a lookout at each bridge and tunnel.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Fuller explained the auto had been used without his knowledge, but his enemies added this latest incident to their quiver despite the fact that Fuller was never charged with any crime. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The native man, who’d survived months of enemy occupation, didn’t even flinch. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cruz has never been my favorite person, I’ll give you that. But an enemy? There’s no sense in having those if we can help it.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If a man was mad enough to put out his own eye, he was unlikely to be gentle to his enemies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And 1 was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Our old enemies vanished with the seals and the walruses. If we meet new ones, we know how to fight.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

From this modest, cramped perch, Harvey conjured up big plans for the CIA's secret war against the communist enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two blackbirds were driving him down the sky, glittering as they attacked their enemy. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes smouldered with anger, but he could not avenge himself: his miserable enemy lay grovelling on the stones whimpering. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His sword sheared off limbs, cracked heads, broke shields asunder—though few enough of the enemy had made it across the river with shields intact. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The sharp edge can take off the enemy’s head,” she says. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I seen you do more than that, kid. You saved Horse. You protected your girl. A killer woulda let her die on the docks so he could get at his enemies. But you didn’t.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Black and brown people in ghetto communities must no longer be viewed as the designated enemy, and ghetto communities must no longer be treated like occupied zones. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Animals gather around me, enemies of old, to watch me die. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Same acronym as Radio Direction Finding, to confuse the enemy, but not exactly the same thing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The enemy stabbed him in the arm then clubbed him over the head with the butt of his sword, and Dionysus’s son went down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There’s not even a real war, not like World War II. It’s all terrorist attacks and retaliation and enemies without borders. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Bringing the helicopter in for a landing could be harrowing, with hidden enemy forces eager to shoot them down. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Why were they suddenly treating me like an enemy? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how the Hunters were doing, but the right flank of the enemy army was now between them and us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Look at the sporting etiquette, according to which Henry had to withdraw from a siege as soon as his enemy Louis joined the defenders inside the town, because Louis was his feudal overlord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Captain, take them below. Assign them hammocks on the berth deck. If they don’t mind their manners, show them how we deal with enemy spies.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The FBI was learning, but it still had only the faintest idea of the enemy it faced on American soil. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the enemy marched through the occupied streets, a few desperate Loyalists fired upon them from gables, then slid down roofs on their bellies, and fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He stood alone, with nothing between him and his enemy but the staff of yew-wood in his right hand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The magistrate was harsh with his subordinates, ruthless to his enemies, and pitiless to his people. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And here was my mother, his tribal enemy, a Xhosa woman alone with two small children—one of them a mixed child, no less. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Bear, with just the dagger held before him, remained unmoving, gazing at our enemy. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Master, these are your enemies. You must not listen to them! Let me protect you. I will turn their minds to madness, as I did the others.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Laila had seen enough killing of innocents caught in the cross fire of enemies. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was surely one thing to respect the Dark Arts as a dangerous enemy, another to speak of them, as Snape was doing, with a loving caress in his voice? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He called himself Captain Smith because he did not want his enemies to know his whereabouts. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our enemies eyed their weapons and rocked upon their feet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“The shield of Hercules. He painted me on its surface, so his enemies would see me in their final moments—the goddess of misery.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A king should never sit easy, Aegon the Conqueror had said, when he commanded his armorers to forge a great seat from the swords laid down by his enemies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He saw an enemy, and so his fury found a focus. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And, “Skip your morning jog when sweat is the enemy.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Its gates lay in ruin; but over the barricade of beams and stones within no enemy as yet had passed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The wind carried Nina farther and farther west, over the front line and into enemy territory. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The spirit was roused by the sight of his enemies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The “body count” was the number of enemy fighters killed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“My husband’s aunt says that you visit the prison at her direction, bringing tablescraps not good enough for pigs. She declared that forgiving and caring for the enemy is doing the Lord’s work.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when they had laid their fallen comrades in a mound and had sung their praises, the Riders made a great fire and scattered the ashes of their enemies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There are enemies in the schoolyard, they yell things at one another and if they’re boys they fight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was whispered everywhere that the enemy approached and all those who owned anything were afraid. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But I, whom they had officially accused of nothing, was an open enemy in their eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of our delegation joked that we were being led into an ambush on the enemy’s ground. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Months could go by without incident, he’d think the whole thing was behind him, then something he did—or one of his enemies, like Arthur H.—would get it all going again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We clambered down to the transports, and with mouths set and oars in our hands, we faced the docks and the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Joe had his own workshop crammed full of tools he had begged, borrowed, stolen, or bought from various friends, enemies, and employers down through the years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could they hope to reach Rivendell on foot, pursued by mounted enemies? The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

An enemy half-blood was fighting with a son of Dionysus, but it wasn’t much of a contest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘The only hurt that it did to his enemy, I fear; for it is unharmed, but all blades perish that pierce that dreadful King. More deadly to him was the name of Elbereth.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We were going to assault a mountain with the enemy at the top.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Your other duties shall remain unchanged, ser. Should this peace fail, His Radiance would still wish for you to command his forces against the enemies of our city.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The United States took over the project in 1904 and encountered the same disease enemies as the French. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Their enemies got what they wanted, became what they visited on others. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we would stop pre-tending that we knew who the enemy was and let ourselves believe that all the Vietnamese were the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice teamwork, Sir Fig Newton. We beat the enemy.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They destroyed communication lines, supply depots, and other important enemy installations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her enemy had a face: ugly dishwater eyes and cratered skin, with a few limp locks of hair floating around her cheeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And if Masha and her crew tried to parachute out of their burning plane, they would surely be killed by the enemy’s guns as they fell. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They marched out of the keep triumphantly with the enemy colors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You are right. As long as the Labyrinth is here, your enemies can use it. Which is why the Labyrinth cannot continue.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Over the stumps and rutted tracks of the island, we saw the enemy militia land in their canoes and gain the isle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And when those enemies have gotten enough from him to then be able to attack him, you have been his brave soldiers, dying for him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I knew that my enemy breathed at my back, waiting to strike, I trusted Horatio to protect me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As I stood on the courthouse steps, I wanted to run back to my mother’s house waving the paper like the head of an enemy rightfully conquered in battle. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A sword was in her hand, and she raised her shield against the horror of her enemy’s eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“That is a story I do not like to tell. But May Castellan saw too much. If you are to understand your enemy Luke, you must understand his family.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My eyeballs searched the mob for enemies, but didn’t find none. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Several natural enemies of the spotted alfalfa aphid, an accidental import from the Middle East, are credited with saving the California alfalfa industry. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Knowing our own language and culture could save the lives of Americans we had never met and help defeat enemies who wanted to destroy us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conservatives found they could finally justify an all-out war on an “enemy” that had been racially defined years before. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I am, in fact, wounded. My constitution has been destroyed by the enemy. The enemy is the sea.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Each tiresome new thriller includes a scene in which the hero, trapped by some version of the enemy, runs for his desk in a desperate race against time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our naval bombardment went on and on, but I could feel in my bones that there were still enemy soldiers alive on Blue Beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last one, she had seen Ojukwu personally leading the battle in the Ogoja sector, which meant that the enemy had been completely wiped out there. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Boobie came home from the hospital, everyone was an enemy, an adversary, a contributor to the wreck of his senior year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re all stranded on a deserted island, afraid to signal for help from passing ships in the distance, because they could belong to their enemies. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer won the argument by insisting that without a test, “the use of the gadget over enemy territory will have to be done substantially blindly.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We’re lost. We did what he wanted us to! We should have bided our time, talked to the enemy, figured out a plan. That always works!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“To bury in your enemy’s garden,” she told them with a cackle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As a senior KGB official, Gordievsky knew well the penalty for sharing Soviet secrets with the enemy: a long sentence in a prison camp or, more likely, execution by firing squad. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was astute enough to be the first to call the left “the enemy of democracy,” never suspecting that years later that would be the slogan of the dictatorship. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious manifestations,” says a wise physician, Dr. Rene Dubos, “yet some of their worst enemies creep on them unobtrusively.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“If we do not come to Elihu’s aid, he will betray our names to the enemy,” the mayor said softly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished we were farther from the street and I was praying that none of my friends or girlfriends or enemies saw me. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the one time our Christian neighbors treated us differently, as if we Jews suddenly were their enemies. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And being called an enemy of your country, the feeling that you are hated—they probably felt that, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The first line was in the river now, but die enemy galleys were backing water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Below, we could not even hear the crack of the enemy’s rifles. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They specified, “This demonstration might be over enemy territory, or in our own country, with subsequent notice to Japan that the materials would be used against the Japanese mainland unless surrender was forthcoming.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Annabeth Chase,” she said, “when we meet again, we will be enemies on the field of battle.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He targeted the largest clump of enemies and shot a tulip-shaped arrow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have been the first time he’d gotten rid of an enemy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without its natural enemies the plant grew so fast that southerners joked they had to close their windows at night to keep it out. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The enemy was clearly not being defeated,” said Scruggs, despite American troops having been on the ground for five years. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But we had no time to gape, for I did not know where our enemy was—and indeed, I was right to worry. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Turn over the fugitive to me, and this gold is yours. Or risk making me your enemy. You do not want Crete as your enemy.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the jungle, he’d rig up vines to drop coconuts on his enemies’ heads. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your Seven Kingdoms, where your enemies await you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The same as a Piper Cub. We used them during the war as training planes and for spotting enemy subs and all kinds of things.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I came to this wild place, directed by Athena, so that we might lay plans to kill our enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into wars, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With so many pretty and decent girls around, the only thing that occurs to you is to get married to the daughter of our enemy.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But in other ways, it feels pretty real in there—the enemy soldiers dressed in Peacekeepers’ uniforms, the confusion of a smoke bomb. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He had no idea, nor could he have had, of the limitless inhumanity and evil of this new enemy. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, man. You don’t want to make enemies out of those guys. I hear Felix’s parents are some big-time lawyers with a huge office in the city.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The enemy was upon him; he was rooted helpless to the spot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy, and that enemy becomes one’s partner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the kitchen tables at night, union fathers often identified Homer Hickam as the enemy, and the boys from those families sometimes went out looking for revenge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Nico and my parents down on Fifth Avenue, fighting a hopeless battle, ringed in enemies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The enemy ship passed with only feet to spare. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The enemies’ horses would thunder up into the clearing, leaping the pig-fences, sending the cows and the pigs away mooing and squealing, and the two bands of men would charge. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, as the boat powered through the waves, there was no enemy fire at all. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others agreed—it couldn’t hurt to ask—so Sticky returned to the window and sent a follow-up question: Which enemy? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“These people” — I indicate the wounded bodies on the square—“are not your enemy!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Hunters scrounged arrows from the fallen and launched volley after volley into the enemy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

America believes itself exceptional, the greatest and noblest nation ever to exist, a lone champion standing between the white city of democracy and the terrorists, despots, barbarians, and other enemies of civilization. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"To protect the Fatherland. The enemy will stop at nothing to destroy our will to victory. Their propaganda caused us to lose the Great War." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

In modern spy talk, his warning meant there was a mole—a spy who works inside the enemy’s intelligence agency—in the Sons of Liberty! George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly a man with no rights who looked exactly like the enemy. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few enemy soldiers who refused to give up were still left in the jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Cyclops carried a massive club over his shoulder, but Percy didn’t feel that he was an enemy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

How to send flankers to the left and right, curling in a semicircle to hit the enemy from three sides and prevent him from sneaking behind you. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her father always told her that panic was a soldier’s enemy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even by the grim standards of Russian assassinations, the violence of this murder was a testimony to the visceral hatred that he had inspired in his enemies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The great loops of London have fallen to our enemies.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as a teenage boy, he and his family became the “enemy.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Begone! I will not hear you. There can be no community between you and me; we are enemies. Begone, or let us try our strength in a fight, in which one must fall.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daedalus was fighting his way out of the Labyrinth, slashing down enemies left and right as he made his way toward us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She would not want to be the enemy of these proud seraphim. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But even this was forgotten when the other enemies threatened. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When she'd run to him with her hands bleeding, he had said, "So slow? Be quicker, girl. Your enemies will give you more than scratches." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Khmer Rouge soldiers believe that eating the livers of their enemy will give them strength and power. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is the least of all my enemies. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I realized then and there that I could carry on the fight even within the fortress of the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my brother had any other enemies, surely there’d be a clue somewhere in his writing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Fatherland or death!” the guerrillas echo, all except Felicia, who wonders whether all this shouting wouldn’t alert the enemy in a real war. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believed that those sennimbaris had the power to protect their wearers from being hit by enemy bullets. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kronos was using him, and yet the kid thought I was his enemy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“She had no enemy, no one who had ever threatened her, no one she was afraid of?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The Shield forces have been summoned. We only need to hold off the enemy for a few more minutes.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Which, to me, is the wrong thing to say, because if he or it or whatever was there and didn’t do nothing, then that would make God my enemy. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“To quote Cleopatra,” Miss Volker sang out, ‘“The enemy is at the gate.’ Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am your enemy too, I should be one of them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Woundwort, feeling his enemy’s fear and helplessness, loosed his hold of the ear and rose above him, ready to bite and tear him across the back of the neck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a bad sign,” said Scythe Hideyoshi, “when our young hopefuls gravitate so openly to the enemy.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The foot of the bridge was a half-sunken enemy galley with Dragonsbane painted on her prow, her bottom ripped out by one of the sunken hulks Tyrion had placed between the quays. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To resist occupation, whether you’re a nation or merely a woman, you must understand the language of your enemy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Or black for House Dondarrion," called the man who bore the enemy banner. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My enemies want to harm the pregnancy, they do not want somebody to carry on our family name, but we will defeat them.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

So suppose the United States wanted to reduce enemy forces by 20 percent—a significant figure, though hardly enough to break their will. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a museum used for propaganda displays of various kinds—scale models of rocket bombs and Floating Fortresses, waxwork tableaux illustrating enemy atrocities, and the like. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and looked at his two enemies. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

In unison, the armies of my enemies let out a fierce battle cry and charged toward me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Every night the Po-2s dropped thousands of pounds of explosives behind the front lines, destroying enemy camps and supplies and not allowing the enemy soldiers a wink of sleep throughout the entire war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They circle the ship on opposite sides—for the moment the two enemies are united in purpose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He had not our dire incentive for the success of that Regiment—a noncommissioned officer in a hated regiment in a precarious fastness only a few hundred feet from a growing and volatile enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This time, Tonya herself managed to destroy an enemy plane with the machine guns in her tail gunner’s turret in the back of their Pe-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He liked to pretend he was a superhero creeping up on his enemies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Huntsmen of Annuvin are your enemies,” Taran said, “then we have common cause. We, too, have fought against them.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Another glimpse: the enemy crouched along their walls, all guns trained upon the head of the column. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a man to run another man down,” he said, and he felt that suddenly Louis thought of him as a stranger and an enemy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In them lies our brief hope, for in one thing only is the enemy still poorly provided: he has few horsemen.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

You gonna have to get together and you got to identify the enemy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Father God, destroy the saboteurs that are showing the enemy the way! Holy-spirit fire!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s safer. That way you know who your enemy is,” Amil said, and crossed his arms tightly over his chest. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Many of the isolated, heavily defended camps were on hilltops in remote locations near Vietnam’s western border with Cambodia and Laos where Special Forces could keep track of enemy movement. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

So over you is the greatest enemy a man can have—and that is fear. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simply put, the enemy was willing to fight longer and take more losses. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Were you not aware, Senorita Minerva, that Virgilio Morales is an enemy of state?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Southern Sudan would defeat the enemy, but it also would suffer defeat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For in the rich and moist and wanted areas of the world, life pyramids against itself and in its confusion has finally allied itself with the enemy non-life. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Visualize the banana tree as the enemy, the rebels who killed your parents, your family, and those who are responsible for everything that has happened to you,” the corporal screamed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They followed their enemies now by the clear light of day. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Worse, a good part of the south wing of the enemy's first two battle hues had been well upstream of the inferno when the hulks went up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Such speeches could provoke the enemy to crush the organization entirely while the enemy was strong and we were as yet still weak. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sailor informed us that the enemy fired upon the Otter sloop-of-war and that fire was returned from the six- and nine-pounders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Throw this on anything, and it will freeze an enemy in their tracks. Plus, it’s an excellent accessory. Perfectly understated. Very elegant. Timeless.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Examples of successful biological control of serious pests by importing their natural enemies are to be found in some 40 countries distributed over much of the world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We decided we had been Pervert Hunting, which was just like Demon Hunting except the enemy was real and dangerous instead of being the product of a kid’s overactive imagination. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Valentin would make Valya look around for the rest of his squadron while he flew, often thinking harder about his flight crews than about the enemy targets. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ripred gave them a nod and they started off, deep, deep into enemy territory. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well, I don’t deny a certain reputation along those lines. A Fflam is always valiant! I’ve slashed my way through thousands”—he glanced uneasily at the harp—“well, ah, shall we say numerous enemies.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, gathering his courage, he leaped over Gollum in the dark, and fled away down the passage, pursued by his enemy’s cries of hate and despair: Thief, thief! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Spying is when you go undercover. Be secret. Reconnaissance is scoping out the enemy on their home turf.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But if we don’t take a side, then we don’t have any enemies.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But they did believe that what they’d learned from the other island invasions had prepared them for anything our enemies could dish out. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t care if they kill your enemy or your family.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was quiet for a moment, and then he said, “Do you understand a little better now? What it’s like to face a power so alien? To face an enemy with such unnatural strength?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

An undisturbed colony of mites is a densely settled community, huddled under a protective webbing for concealment from its enemies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Annabeth Chase faces her death alone, terrified and crippled, at the hands of her mother's greatest enemy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Incompetence over Ferrara, insubordination, refusal to engage the enemy in combat when ordered to do so, and desertion.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"That was a grievous error, Lord Snow," he said at last in the acid tones of an enemy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A nightmare of me crouching somewhere listening to the enemy above. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he saw how fragile it all was, laid open to its enemies at its heart. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is strange to see these enemies of ours so close up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d hold the shampoo bottle by my side and squirt an enemy combatant as I walked by. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Moving through the night sea in enemy waters, our ships were always kept in blackout so they couldn’t be seen by Japanese planes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She thinks the church is now the enemy to fight—and feels worried that I stay back with the children—as she says—instead of going ahead with her.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For the soldiers, it was not an altogether unfamiliar experience, not unlike battle overseas—always having to be on the lookout for the enemy and ready to fight back to defend themselves. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You thought that they were natural enemies, that the lion could not meet a bird without eating it, nor the tiger the hare—eh?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The prince should be on guard against them and fear them as if they were declared enemies, because they will always help to bring about his downfall in adverse times. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In a memo, he praised her “shrewdness in the breaking down of enemy ciphers.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘I am infected with the white blindness and I am going to save my people by destroying the enemy.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are our friends the Arapaho and the Cheyenne. Our enemies, too, the Crow. Then the Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. Our relatives the Dakota and the Nakota are here, too.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Armin said "Have at you!" and the two transformed before our eyes into deadly enemies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The San Piedro Review printed a reminder to its readers that it was pledged to remain silent on military news that might comfort or aid the enemy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now we all have one thing in common—a religion that makes us enemies of the state. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I do not know how long I stood upon the bridge with fire behind me and gunshot around me and soldiers galloping away from the enemy, clutching their muskets to their chests. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the earliest account of her, the Iliad, she is a fierce and ruthless battle-goddess, but elsewhere she is warlike only to defend the State and the home from outside enemies. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who are our friends will intercede for us with our enemies. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the grove, the enemy was gone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was wounded in the shoulder, faced by an enemy who seemed to accept the death of gentlemen as a part of warfare, and now he was in an ambush. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You're accused of distributing enemy propaganda. Do you have any idea what this means for you, distributing enemy propaganda?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

These items are power-ups—temporary bursts of super speed, wings to help you fly for short periods, shields of defense that can stop an enemy attack, and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now the pilots could sit and eat on the wings of their aircraft, ready to take off at any moment when the enemy turned up to interrupt their meal. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"Open, or we'll know you for outlaws in league with the king's enemies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My pilots, flying a mission to tempt the enemy to follow. Watch.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Way in the midnight he woke Janie up in his nightmarish struggle with an enemy that was at his throat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nor will he count the heads of the enemy save with a sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If the chief had been alive, he would have been pleased to see so many of his enemies shedding so many tears on his death. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But like Mas said, “I was only ten years old. How could I be an enemy?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

According to the manual, a criminal’s secret becomes an “enemy” within him and “weakens the whole fortress of his strength.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether to believe the bird, but I’m willing to entertain the idea that maybe he’s not the enemy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He turned and started walking toward the next house, scanning the area for potential enemies. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The old man reined up and stood for a moment immobile, head turned eastward toward the enemy, the gray hat on the horn of the saddle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In effect, Mount Vernon became an enclave within enemy territory, surrounded by neighbors committed to a Virginia-writ-large version of the American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I leaped over the creek into enemy territory. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They did not know for one thing who this enemy was, nor had they anything to lose since even their lives were no great loss. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Both Po-2 crews had dropped their bombs over their target, and neither aircrew had been caught by enemy gunfire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We are so close on the heels of our retreating enemies that we reach it almost at the same time as they. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us knowing there are enemies all around. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To them, what mattered was that it gave the United States an advantage over potential enemies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the Nazis had another mass-murder program already underway: the extermination of Europe’s Jews and other “enemies” of the Nazi government. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t been so distracted bickering with the son of Apollo, he would never have allowed the enemy to get so close. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Or,” she said more hopefully, “if she’s brought us an enemy to kill.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But when he went to the Afric Queen, he was going into enemy territory. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you let your mind wander, your enemy will be right on top of you!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we don’t know, presumably from these unidentified craft,” the secretary explained, referring to the enemy boats in Herrick’s cable. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“They are the enemy!” he used to bellow. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let us embrace that element of liberty as we forgive our enemies as we forgive ourselves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Exercise dissipates tension, and tension is the enemy of serenity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I like that one. May our enemies be cooked with the condemned.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then they’d be escorted back to Engels by armed fighter planes ready to protect them if the enemy tried to shoot them down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Howard started referring to the racing secretary as “public enemy number one.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a good-natured kid, not exactly a whiz in his studies but likeable, without an enemy in the world. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is every good German's duty to report enemy propaganda to the Gestapo, to turn in anyone suspected of listening to or reading enemy propaganda. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up the bridge in plain sight, straight toward the enemy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Just wait a second, will you? Let’s just talk this out. We shouldn’t part as enemies. We’re all on the same side here.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dad also thought I should face down my enemy, and he showed me how to pass my finger through a candle flame. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He also built a death ray made of mirrors that could burn enemy ships,” Leo said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And now he was face to face with a furious enemy, little less than his own size. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

An Yi read aloud, “‘Although teachers do not hold bombs or knives, they are still dangerous enemies. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But strong as he is, there’s no fighting the enemy in his mind. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Hazel charged around on Arion, slicing her spatha through one Cyclops after another, while Frank blinded the enemies with his talons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’d made the mistake of thinking that perhaps we’d grown closer, and were no longer enemies, since she was not torturing me for the past week—but perhaps she had only stopped because of Kalinda. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Jason,” he called, “can you fly a few legionnaires across the pit? The enemy’s left flank is weak—see? Take it!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I thought you had better sense than to consort with the enemies of Rome!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘Whatever the case, when Orion rose again from Tartarus, he was Artemis’s bitterest enemy. No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The plant’s windows were covered with black paint, blocking light from escaping and making the building nearly invisible to enemy bombers. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in an era when newspapers often attacked political enemies ruthlessly, Cobbett’s attacks were particularly vicious and personal. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In her cowardice, she had let the others go on with this simplicity of conviction: They had an enemy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, the enemy’s right in front of me. He’s dug in just across that road. He’s all over that peach orchard.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone seen out of a foxhole would be assumed to be an enemy and could be fired upon. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

These enemies were not mortal, and they could not be harmed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

‘It matters little who is the enemy, if we cannot beat off his attack,’ said Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their attempt to aid South Vietnam was more than a failure: they had actually helped arm the enemy. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Alexander left his son gravely ill, with only the state of the Romagna secured and with all the others up in the air, situated between two very powerful enemy armies. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

An enraged otter would hurl itself at an enemy far larger than itself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are you still concentrated on the enemy, soldier? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“But your genes—” “If genes are destiny, then Nailer should have sold you to your enemies and spent the bounty on red rippers and Black Ling whiskey.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At night we hear again the rolling behind the enemy lines. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The face of their enemy was not turned towards him, but still he hardly dared to move, dreading lest the deadly eyes should fall on him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Luke would give anything to go back to pretending to fly missions, when they crash-landed behind enemy lines. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The dwarf had pulled the stubby axe from his belt and chopped furiously at his enemies. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

This time the enemy was more cunning: it followed only halfway up, then deliberately swayed the pliant young tree from side to side, determined to shake the cat off. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle will end when you, Aspirant Veturius, defeat—or are defeated by—the leader of the enemy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’s talking to me as though we’re friends instead of enemies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I want to be high, like in the hills around District 12, where I can see my enemies approaching. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

From behind, men from the platoon opened fire on the enemy machine gun. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

‘If he wins back at all across the Pelennor, his enemies will be on his heels,’ said the messenger. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Because of the chance of enemy infiltrators we were under orders to never, under any circumstances, leave our wet uncomfortable foxholes after dark. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When their Pe-2 was again hit by enemy gunfire in battle on September 2, 1943, Sasha found she couldn’t control the plane to glide to earth for a crash landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She has friends and enemies and nothing in between. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He knew the lookouts strained their eyes as never before, sweeping the horizon for an enemy sail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can know and be known to each other, and then we’re not enemies anymore. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But just handing her over to her enemies made him feel nauseous. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

New Jersey’s state militia was deployed to confront the enemy with seven thousand heavily armed infantry soldiers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He inspired great loyalty in his staff, and he made enemies easily and deliberately, when it suited him or the needs of his staff. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody resents this inconvenience, and everyone becomes the ruler’s enemy; and these are enemies that can be harmful, since, although conquered, they remain in their own homes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Only to my enemies,” said the person who called himself Bolverkr. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Watch that temper, that's discipline, too. Learn to demolish your brotherly opponents with ideas, with polemic skill. The other is for our enemies. Save it for them. And go get some rest." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the enemy agents weren't at the parade. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Poirot, I am a rich man—a very rich man. Men in that position have enemies. I have an enemy.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Please, your Majesty," said Shasta to King Edmund, "I was no traitor, really I wasn't. And I couldn't help hearing your plans. But I'd never have dreamed of telling them to your enemies." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I want to take Papi’s advice and not have anyone as an enemy, but it’s still hard to be in the same room with her. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That meant they could be sent across any terrain, including enemy lines, and still arrive almost instantly. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By the time Percy had recovered his wits, the enemy was everywhere. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He talks for more than a minute, assuring listeners that the enemy won’t be able to resist the militia’s weapons. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We anchored at Dominico...a very fair island...inhabited by many savage Indians....They are continually in wars, and will eat their enemies when they kill them, or any stranger if they take them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Three times already the Whigs had tarred and feathered enemies and carted them through the streets of Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he added in a bitter tone: “Because I must tell you one thing: you and I are still enemies.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I knew that when my letter became public knowledge back in America, many would be astounded—loved ones, friends, and enemies alike. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, I circled the toilet, studying it like a Klingon Warrior sizing up his enemy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But the men a little bit older closed in on the enemy faster than predicted, and then there was the final holocaust of the Bomb. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the banner, sitting in a seat of honor, was an old enemy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

During this period, Nixon called for a “war on drugs”—an announcement that proved largely rhetorical as he declared illegal drugs “public enemy number one” without proposing dramatic shifts in drug policy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The good soldier will always engage the enemy and retreat only if retreat will lead to victory.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our guns open in full blast and cut off the enemy attack. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not heard words spoken for so long that they sounded strange to me, yet they were good to hear, even though it was an enemy who spoke them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But also they were outlaws, enemies, untouchables, doomed with absolute certainty to extinction within a year or two. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He is supposed to live in a continuous frenzy of hatred of foreign enemies and internal traitors, triumph over victories, and self-abasement before the power and wisdom of the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He believed what his Nazi education had taught him: that the leader was always right and that Jews were the enemies of Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the stones are labeled with enemy names, as with the unfortunate i-Earthquake. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Percy realized this scrawny, funny- looking scarecrow of a kid might be a dangerous enemy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I stared at him as I lay abed and I knew that he considered me a clever and sworn enemy of the party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I will fight that battle when the enemy appears on the field," the king said stubbornly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My brain couldn’t process everything I saw, but I knew if I were the enemy, I’d be running. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I remembered something she’d told me in the woods: If you are to understand your enemy Luke, you must under- stand his family. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Look—‘Male feeds female and young, and leads enemies away from den at risk of his life.’” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Shasta only a second before a whole line of the enemy were on horseback again, wheeling round to meet them, swinging towards them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She blames the sun for this, for the false shadows it casts in her house, and she tightens the shutters against enemy rays. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t exactly Bemie Madoff. My mother was honest. Honest people can have enemies. My mother said whatever she believed to be the truth.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

After all, Hamilton reasoned, the government would not automatically cease functioning if an enemy army captured the capital. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“My ‘silly’ disguises are useful for other reasons, but yes, Constance, it would be unfortunate if some enemy from my past recognized me, but I couldn’t recognize him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Very. To his enemies. But he’s not a threat to Camp Jupiter. You can trust him.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Royalty, ” the king said, “has many responsibilities. And one of them is not becoming involved personally with even the distant relatives of one’s enemies. Put him down, Pea. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

While Hitler attacked his enemies, Shin said Kim worked his own people to death in places like Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was largely because of his habit of marching troops all over the Shenandoah Valley in an illogical and inexplicable fashion that Jackson earned a reputation among bewildered enemy officers for wiliness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just about every Marine could be seen picking up equipment and personal items left behind by the enemy as they pulled back. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their mortal enemies, the Saxons, were from Germany. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

To this was added even his own army, for while besieging Aquileia and finding the capture difficult, disgusted by his cruelty and fearing him less, seeing that Maximinus had many enemies, the soldiers murdered him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And in wartimes there’s always secrets that need keeping from the enemy.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their enemies have blinded them with too much oppression. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I seem to recall saying find me a whoie, not make me an enemy." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He grew up under the clouds, won glory of men till all his enemies sitting around him heard across the whaleroads his demands and gave him tribute. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

A beautiful French spy escapes murderous Gestapo agents in Paris; in the North Sea, British navy sailors brave a suicide mission against enemy submarines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She had not told the carver about her enemy, and even saying the name made her apprehensive. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no natural enemies out of the water, the penguins were easy to catch. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Still, the White House announced that the enemy offensive was running out of steam, that casualties at Khesanh were light, that we would never give up the marine base there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“But enemies can become friends. A week ago, would you have thought Romans and Amazons would be fighting side by side?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Well, Rick thought, in real life no such magic bells exist that make your enemy effortlessly disappear. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

One of those dots is the mother of public enemy number one, I think when I hear a faint wailing behind me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

What had grown up between them had been something fiercer than affection, an understanding that they were both soldiers, that in another life, they might have been allies instead of enemies. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He'd felt safe in the darkness,- when you could not even find your own hand in front of your face, it was easy to believe that no enemies could ever find you either. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself doing things I could not do—charging an enemy position, taking aim at another human being. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw her as their enemy not only because of her position but because she and her husband owned the Arkansas State Press, a newspaper that was the sole voice for our community. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The zombie line thickened in the center, forming a wedge designed to break through the enemy host. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The others halted, just within the doorway at the hall’s end, and turned, unable to leave their leader to face the enemy alone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Father replied, “You might look to verse twenty-eight there, sir. ‘From the point of view of the good news they are treated as enemies of God.’” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer seemed to say that diplomacy, charm, and sound argument backed by hard data could unite all factions against their common enemy, TB. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Once, when the 46th Guards arrived at a new base for the first time, they didn’t immediately cover their Po-2s with the camouflage nets that hid them from enemy spy planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“After bombing and having escaped the enemy’s fire, I couldn’t pull myself together for ten or fifteen minutes,” said Nina Raspopova, another 46th Guards pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The enemy as they run cannot do much before they are within forty yards. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been with them to that other world; they were in it now, the high clear world of the last man in line, and all the enemy coming. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Know thine enemy was Artemis’s motto, so he immersed himself in the lore of the People until he had compiled a huge database on their characteristics. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My knowledge of the original game’s mechanics, levels, and enemies would definitely come in handy, but the game play was going to be completely different, and it would require an entirely different set of skills. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Splayed across its face, suitable for stomping on, was a bas-relief of a naked, disemboweled male corpse, apparently a defeated enemy, blood welling from his side. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn't easy, but eventually the order got relayed up and down the . ranks of centaurs, and they started to pull back, letting the enemy flee. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Abbot had issued strict orders that no missiles or weaponry be discharged at the enemy in retreat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was beautifully done, superbly done, under fire, in the face of the enemy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Po-2s didn’t usually fly in daylight because their slow speed made them easy for enemy aircraft to chase and shoot down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They might have been enemies, but the thought of a world without the Beauty in it made the seas seem a bit smaller, a little less grand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was time, he said, to acknowledge the truth: “Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If having magic makes me a magician and magicians are the enemies of the supernatural world like Elsie suggested...then what's going to happen to me now? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The commander of the front himself sent a telegram to the regiment, congratulating the two pilots on their fearlessness and airmanship: they had turned away forty-two enemy bombers, and shot down four of them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Merely it became known, with extreme suddenness and everywhere at once, that Eastasia and not Eurasia was the enemy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When Rush applied for a position at the medical faculty of Columbia University in New York City, his appointment was blocked by another enemy of his cure, Alexander Hamilton. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It's an old Army tactic, marching in a row and mowing the enemy down as you move forward. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The enemy was on all sides, blocking them off completely. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Our purpose is to deny the enemy his brain.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gave the protected lanes to the host country and her closest ally, the worst lanes to her prospective enemies. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

An enemy intent on the Eyrie would have to fight his way from Stone step by step, while rocks and arrows rained down from Snow above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I thank Heaven it is not the Plague you have had, for that enemy has slain more men than battle, besides the women and children it has taken toll of. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He became that person you wanted on your side so you could unleash him on your enemies. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They’d hidden an important map here—something they didn’t want falling into enemy hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Desperately he tried to turn and stab his enemy. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Americans with the minigun held off until the enemy was close to the wire, then opened up with the weapon, spitting out thousands of rounds per minute. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Several of the guards on the wall had been injured, and sometimes the yeomen could tell that an arrow had struck home in the enemy’s camp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I shot an enemy soldier last night,” the medic said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

These banners were powerful symbols for each side, so much so that during the war soldiers willingly risked their lives to capture an enemy’s flag or prevent their own flag from being taken. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But he spent small thought on this, for he was looking about him now with every sense alert, looking for that enemy, the shadow, which would be waiting for him somewhere outside the magic walls. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The general of the air army that they flew with thought that the joke was on the enemy, and said that the new mother should be given a medal. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was in tenth grade, like Jamie, and they were sort of friends, sort of enemies. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“But must you join them in buying from enemy territory?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our visitors say that within the Powhatan empire, there are tribes who are our friends, and some who are our enemies. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But I expected that because she and I were open, ay honorable, enemies. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this enemy was too powerful for Lupa, Camp Jupiter didn’t stand a chance. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She would say, “Heavenly father, I command you to bless Uju’s mentor. May his enemies never triumph over him!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I need. I need to find an enemy. Then I need you to turn him into a snake.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘You cling to the fantasy that you can make your enemies love you. You cannot, Reyna. There is no love for you at Camp Half-Blood.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Remember, teams, you have only one goal—take your enemy team’s Artifact before they can take yours!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Oh, they just killed people right and left, he claimed, and then they’d put the skulls of their favorite enemies into their household decor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A word of command has made these silent figures our enemies; a word of command might transform them into our friends. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy is pressed and begins to move troops there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it possible that mistakes by inexperienced sonar operators could account for the reports of enemy torpedoes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He wanted to sweep down on the enemy and destroy them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan dreamed of one day taking up a gun himself and fighting the enemy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And who wanted to wear a suit made by an enemy? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Bob, it’s a long story. I didn’t want you to be my enemy. I tried to make you a friend.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The enemies fell like tall grass cut by a scythe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had become almost like friends, or like enemies that respected each other. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are some who are with the enemy, but most are with us.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Ride with me against my enemies, and you shall have all my son promised you, and more," Lord Tywin told them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They said she was a monster and a class enemy.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if Daario has betrayed me and gone over to my enemies?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At Fort Sill, his captain made note of Nathan’s faith and vouched that he’d serve as a hospital cleric or chaplain, decently removed from enemy lines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choice of phrase caused much mirth when the will became public on the death of Halifax in 1715, not least to Newton’s bitter enemy Flamsteed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dr. Thorn’s mouth twisted with distaste when I said the name of my old enemy—a former friend who’d tried to kill me several times. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the time I’d spun the dial left and right and left again for the third time, I decided that the combination lock was my sworn enemy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

That was not because chiefdoms were more kindly disposed toward defeated enemies but because the greater economic specialization of states, with more mass production and more public works, provided more uses for slave labor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be your enemy,” he says quietly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If enemies had crossed the waste to destroy these cities in ancient days, they might well come again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nor did he ever fight behind enemy lines in Angola. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Better, I think, to sneak up here at dawn and send the nest into my enemies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The goddess Hecate danced in her wake, setting fire to their enemies with two blazing torches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A large male edged forward to check for enemies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that’s an odd thing. When I was a youth, friends laughed together and spoke in peaceable voices. Only enemies stood glaring and yelling, with their fists doubled. But then, times change.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But I had to stand eventually, and when I did, I knew that my best friend had become my worst enemy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever someone makes out a guest list, the people not on it become officially uninvited, and that makes them the enemies of the invited. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were aware that the struggle was intensifying, and that the efforts of the enemy were similarly increasing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman who traded across enemy lines brought a chicken. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At least we were no longer the enemy. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Trap the enemy inside, cut off from supplies. Make it impossible for them to send out their hovercraft.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It is one thing to criticize, and that we can accept, but to attempt to break a strike by calling upon the people to go to work directly serves the interests of the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was exhilarating to know that the tide of the war had turned, even though there was still a long way to go before the enemy was defeated. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In any encounter on the open sea, their battle lines would envelop the enemy fleet on both flanks, driving them inward to destruction. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Unsleeping the Lord Odysseus lay, and roved in thought to the undoing of his enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the east on Park Avenue, Jake Mason and some other Hephaestus campers were leading an army of statues against the enemy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Mothers and soldiers are enemies of freedom. I am doubly occupied.” Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A fireball launched into the sky from behind the enemy lines. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When British radio technicians on the ground spotted incoming swarms of German aircraft, they were able to tell their pilots where to find the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I broke through the enemy line and leaped into the black chariot. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"To investigate me. The nurses went through my wallet and found the Lord Lister card. They reported me as a potential enemy agent!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“By altering what he sees—making him confuse enemy with friend.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dread was round him, and enemies before him in the pass, and his master was in a fey mood running heedlessly to meet them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“But who is the enemy? Just tell me that much, Thérèse. Which side are you trying not to hate, white men or Africa?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelton doesn’t even acknowledge his offer, as if water is the enemy that got his brother killed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They worshiped everything living and everything dead, for voodoo embraces death as its company, not its enemy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the whole point. People don’t look for you when you’re dead. Old enemies don’t try to settle scores. People don’t come asking you for stories,” he said acidly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jessie was curious to see what the enemy was up to today. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The NSA had instructed him to patch up fraying relations with Britain’s intelligence community—and also to lay the groundwork for spying on America’s enemies, as well as some of its closest friends. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had been down this road before, and Longstreet was immovable, and there was no point in argument when you did not even know where the enemy was. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They—the enemy, the fetterlings, the Maafa, Uncle C, and whoever else—they wanted to win, but I wanted it more. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

On the second level belonged the enemies of strength: anacondas and rhinos and crocodiles of over twenty feet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, no fighting ever occurs except in the disputed areas round the Equator and the Pole; no invasion of enemy territory is ever undertaken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Her cup overflowed with love for everyone and everything around her, even the enemy. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After all, even apes will pick up a stick to knock down a banana or a stone to throw at an enemy. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Talking to enemy statues now? Futile. You have roughly two minutes of life.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And if you’re on our land—without permission—then you are our enemy. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“That’s the stuff, Mi Vida. Get rid of your enemies when you can. I don’t like Tom either, and dinner will be better without him.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He forbade it. He did not want his enemies to know that he was dying. With the realm so troubled, he feared that if the Lannisters suspected how frail he was . . ." ". . . they might attack?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

El Patron said easy targets were opportunities to frighten enemies you weren’t ready to tackle just yet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the tallest Half- Blood Hill, Thalia’s pine tree stood with the Golden Fleece hanging from its branches, magically protecting the camp from its enemies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Fire is not your friend. It will kill you if you don't respect it. And its smoke will give you away to your enemies!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She unclenched her fists and all three girls approached the enemy. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So now I have become an enemy," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led the digging while Hazel explained to the bird, as well as he could, how they lived, their ways of protecting themselves from their enemies and the kind of shelter they could provide. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this sweeping international epic, black and white American soldiers protect each other under enemy fire in the African desert. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At night I cradled his head on my lap and read him the Scriptures: The Lord is my rock and my fortress...the horn of my salvation...so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All went well that day, and no sight or sound had they of the enemy waiting to waylay them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But I hope we don't have to be enemies.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Food was scarce; in a nation at war, much of it occupied by enemy troops, it was difficult to grow and gather crops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

‘I last saw him fighting on the ground behind the wall, but the enemy swept us apart.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That’s the problem with walls: they don’t just keep the enemy out. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A mighty cry for vengeance went up, and without waiting for further orders they charged forth in a body and made straight for the enemy. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We stood among the decaying, rotting vegetation and faced our enemies. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were homing birds, exclusively male, that were released into regions where the Capitol's enemies were known to be hiding. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Besides increasing advisors, he had authorized the spraying of highly toxic Agent Orange and other defoliants to destroy enemy cover in the jungle, as well as rice crops in areas controlled by the Viet Cong. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Hecate mentioned a formidable enemy in the House of Hades—a witch who couldn’t be defeated except by me, using magic.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the dais, Lord Wyman attacked a steaming plate of lampreys as if they were an enemy host. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For instance, in rocky terrain, he would wedge a branch under a heavy stone and make it roll down a mountain toward his enemies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, as always, there were urgent messages to be sent in our code when we were out in the field with the enemy close by. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was lonely and eerie, straining your eyes and ears in the dark as you watched for possible enemies. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In May, she made a triumphant flight on purpose into enemy territory and back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Or whither does your senseless curiosity lead you? Would you also create for yourself and the world a demoniacal enemy? Peace, peace! Learn my miseries and do not seek to increase your own.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not having the enemy in the same house with us feels peaceful in comparison. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy seems to be staying put for now. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm terrified of my enemies, so I kill them all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The alternative view, which I advocated, was that stay-at-homes allowed us to strike at the enemy while preventing him from striking back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That woman is worth ten times whatever your wealthy father is worth. A thousand times what you are, whatever your enemies may foolishly think.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Come to the city pier, we stepped forth upon enemy soil and charged our muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “If we do not withdraw, and if we do not maneuver in the face of the enemy, then we must attack. There is no other alternative.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“We have not seen the enemy on this side of the town,” whispered Robin hopefully. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She and Katya were both granted the special status of okhotnik, or “free hunter”—a fighter pilot who could use her initiative to go searching for enemy aircraft or ground forces to attack. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Carroll was in the process of getting us out of there safely despite the fact that we had run into more of the enemy than we had expected to, when he was wounded. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only twenty feet separated him from the enemy now, and he tried to remember the ground between. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, he was neither taken prisoner by his enemies, who had fled, nor by his auxiliaries, since he triumphed with troops other than theirs. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But if the legion mistakes Tyson for an enemy—” ”I’ve got it!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They would conquer his enemies for him, or do anything he wished. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

MacArthur's replacement, General Matthew Ridgway, managed to turn the tide against the enemy, with both sides settling once again along the 38th parallel. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even his enemies loved him, because Atticus never acknowledged that they were his enemies. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“We had to think,” he later wrote, “about initiatives that we could undertake to show the enemy that we were still serious about our commitments in Vietnam.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Prisoners and enemies of the state would be transported to Archeon, the capital, and killed in front of a Silver crowd. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Ides of March It was only a matter of time before Caesar’s enemies in the Senate took action. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’d like to take your head for a trophy, but someone wants to see you. And I never behead my enemies in front of a lady.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

At six foot three inches tall, he intimidated both enemies and allies with his imposing stature and sharp tongue. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’re enemies, no matter how many jokes he tells or how friendly he seems. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We come into the world and we have to go: but we do not go merely to serve the turn of one enemy or another. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I think that the enemy brought his own enemy with him,’ answered Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He looked about seventeen or eighteen, and for a second, I had the uneasy feeling it was Luke, my old enemy. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were enemy bombers, approaching a railway station filled with trains and soldiers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Osage chief stated that his people “had no choice, they must either sign the treaty or be declared enemies of the United States.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But beyond the Wall, the enemy grows stronger, and should he win the dawn will never come again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But another enemy fighter shot her down and killed her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We saw quick glimpses of the enemy lines: heads and rifles now raised, watching the futile approach, waiting for a moment to fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Is there any other kind? his own worst enemy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have served some. And fought some, too. This is a sight to frighten Lord Faa. If they are flying to the aid of your enemies, you should all be afraid.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Communism was the declared enemy of God, George recalled thinking. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another colonel in the area meant another rival, another enemy, another person who hated him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They had taught us that in battle you must never give away to the enemy either your weakness or your location. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the plane taxied down the runway, the enemy suddenly let off a burst of rocket fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He imagined enemy horsemen thundering over the grass towards the castle, hundreds of them, bunched tight together at the front and widening out behind in the shape of a fan. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She had been taught that the Matabele, traditional enemies of her people, were as cruel as hyenas. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this was affirmed by our own star, Ardsley himself, who said that when he saw a Mica cheerleader giving comfort to the enemy, the heart went out of him. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“You seem to know a lot about our enemy’s plans, Percy Jackson.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They are brave with their friends; with their enemies, they are cowards. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Insects have many natural enemies — not only microbes of many kinds but other insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It would have been pleasant to think that all the deaths were the work of a single enemy who might be caught and killed, but Dany suspected that the truth was otherwise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was no line of protection between us and the enemy ambush. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the insects have targeted their enemies on the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We were not yet ready to engage the enemy on its own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thousand enemies outside the house are better than one within. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But if this was the case, why didn’t the Capitol fire on the enemy? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

These crimes included the torture and murder of twelve million people—six million Jews and six million non-Jews who were deemed enemies of the Reich. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The blood of our victims and enemies was fresh on our arms and clothes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They soared away over the river before the enemy could even react. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing was to be left for enemy use. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And not by some faceless enemy, some random shot from far away, but by an enemy I could see and hear. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A patrol has to be sent out to discover just how strongly the enemy position is manned. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your only hope flying a Po-2 under enemy fire was to stay low, stay quiet, and stay unseen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Turn back now if you know what’s good for you,” he warned imaginary enemies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Down here, on his own, far beneath the surface of the earth, he couldn’t make an enemy of his imagination. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Beetee’s glad we find the plan hard to follow, because then our enemies will, too. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He glared his “enemy” down for some time before turning back to me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't absorb the fact that we were now liberated, even as our enemies, the vanquished German soldiers, streamed past us by the hundreds. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“We’re taking her to her father, the king, and there are enemies after us.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I do not know her story, except that she was obviously colluding with our enemies. I have never met many of the dark beings who lurk in the inhospitable corners of Fablehaven.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Do you even know who the enemy is? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

For horsemen went wide about westward and came up on the flank of the enemy and from behind, and they were destroyed or driven east into the hills. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“To let us know an enemy was out there watching.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She still had the smile, but the glare in her eyes made it clear that I’d man-aged to make an enemy my first day. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He sprang up and at the men as a dog springs at an enemy. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“And these, mine enemies, are all knit up in their distractions.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Unlike our enemies, our men had never fought in this kind of terrain before. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stated that anyone who surrendered or was captured by the enemy would be considered a traitor to the Motherland. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t altogether surprising, therefore, that Dudley kept running his hand nervously over his backside, and walking sideways from room to room, so as not to present the same target to the enemy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Between them they shot down thirty-eight enemy aircraft, in addition to destroying targets on the ground and escorting dignitaries. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He described an enemy plane downed by a Harrier, cartwheeling right over his head till it crashed into the sea. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was standing in the Inner Court, shouting for his enemy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know how to tell him that he had not killed any enemy or that he did not think that he had. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

What enemy was at work on the other side of the hedge? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today we might make new friends or fall prey to new enemies. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“And I had my share of enemies, too. Children despise superior minds, you know, especially in leaders, who must often make unpopular decisions.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old feeling, that at bottom it did not matter whether O’Brien was a friend or an enemy, had come back. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Because yesterday we were chasing a broken enemy. They’ve been heavily reinforced. They’ve had all night to entrench. And my boys . . . lost many friends yesterday.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If an enemy sovereign was slain, as apparently happened in Mutal, the conquerors often didn’t emplace a new one; kings were divine, and thus by definition irreplaceable. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Before the wall’s foot the dead and broken were piled like shingle in a storm; ever higher rose the hideous mounds, and still the enemy came on. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Customers are in fact the major obstacle to the smooth transformation of information into food and food into money—they are, in short, the enemy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when an enemy did strike, it wasn’t Mrs. Coulter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But when Monster Slayer was done with destroying enemies, he became ill himself. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘My king, I bring word of the enemy!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe it means you’re sympathizing too much with the enemy. Personally, I don’t feel the least bit guilty for sending a bunch of bullies on an emergency trip to the bathroom.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I almost walked in here with coffee from the enemy.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

If the khal died at the hands of some enemy, they lived only long enough to avenge him, and then followed him joyfully into the grave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was no point in having a permanent enemy among the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This practice of taking and displaying the heads of enemies was a part of European military tradition. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s still near, an enemy pacing impatiently outside the gates. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was bothered by the people who cheered him in neighboring villages, and he imagined that they were the same cheers they gave the enemy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The enemy before them seemed to have grown rather than diminished, and still more were pressing up from the valley through the breach. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You claim Juno intends for us to work with this—this other group, Camp Half-Blood. Yet the Greeks have been our enemies for eons. They are known for their deceptions.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A young man with a marvelous wide mustache said, “General Pender begs to report the enemy is falling back.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With Great-Bridge fallen, nothing stood between their town and the rapacity of the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A crescent of enemy spearmen had formed ahead, a double hedgehog bristling with steel, waiting behind tall oaken shields marked with the sunburst of Karstark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This new, halting relationship between two old enemies would demand more of the CIA and KGB, as America and Russia asked hard questions about each other's intentions—and motives. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the white guys in my company yelled over to me from where he was pinned down by enemy fire on the north slope of Motoyama, a ridge in clear view of Suribachi. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Frost Giants and the Mountain Giants who lived in Jötunheim were the enemies of all that is good. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne crashed off the kitchen table, her glasses shattering on the floor, but she came back across the room, running blindly, going into battle against a blurred enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the Mexica did not view the goal of warfare as wiping out enemies to the last man, they did not hunt down the last Spaniards. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Leo wondered where it led: probably to the girl’s secret lair, where she roasted her enemies so she could eat them at her dining table on the beach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Treason against the Fatherland—what was I doing working for the enemy, the English? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“He has sworn that he will not speak until all of His Grace’s enemies are dead and evil has been driven from the realm.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A score of genuinely brilliant military leaders who also confronted a superior enemy force—Hannibal, Robert E. Lee, and Napoleon come to mind—were eventually defeated because they presumed that victory meant winning battles. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I want all possible knowledge of the enemy strength. Ride forward yourself and observe. And be careful.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Captains bowed their heads; and when they looked up again, behold! their enemies were flying and the power of Mordor was scattering like dust in the wind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With enemies you can feel hatred, and anger. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The enemy is here, General. We did not want the fight, but the fight is here. What if I ask this army to retreat?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You all knew that. What was done was an act of war. An enemy in civilian dress is a spy. Spies, when found, are executed.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They rallied at the doors of the Empire State Building, and the enemy army was momentarily thrown into confusion. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He said something about a British airborne division seizing bridgeheads and two American airborne divisions stopping enemy troops from moving into the Cotentin Peninsula. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If he were my enemy, I knew that I could never kill him, now that he had been my friend. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed unreal to him—the sudden appearance of Celia, the old man, the furious battle between his two enemies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he encountered a wave of enemy resistance to this attack, he stuck to his position without regard for his safety or reputation and gallantly invoked the law of supply and demand. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were still enemies on the ground, making it a hot LZ. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"I stood in the vestibule of the enemy's house, having entered by stealth," Lamphere recalled. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just chuck it down on the beastly old enemy, what?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Though I had yet to see a live enemy soldier, the Japanese were still there and a constant danger. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are other colors, pink for instance: pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, which must be why it’s used for baby girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She offered ardent prayers to them perpetually, but not one of them would do anything to make Venus their enemy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And besides, there are no greater enemies on earth than the Germans and the Jews. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had, first, given himself an outrageous beating and thrown some rags on—like a household slave— then slipped into that city of wide lanes among his enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bijan traveled to enemy territory to vanquish the boars, he fell in love with a princess, Manijeh, who was the daughter of his country’s greatest enemy. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"Even if they could bring an army through the mountains and past the Bloody Gate, the Eyrie is impregnable. You saw for yourself. No enemy could ever reach us up here." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Was she trying to ruin me, or was this a trap set by some secret enemy of the movement waiting outside the door with cameras and wrecking bars? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

No fewer than four of the codices treat the story of 8-Deer Jaguar Claw, a wily priest-general-politician with a tragic love for the wife of his greatest enemy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one’s own body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Allen stayed awake all night, talking to the Lord and listening for the enemy. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Old men helped them, or instructed the young men to grab weapons and meet the enemy. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “Longstreet proposes that we move our army to the right around the enemy flank and interpose between Meade and Washington.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated all Trojans, of course; she never forgot the judgment of Paris and she had been Troy’s bitterest enemy during the war, but she felt an especial hatred for Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also killed non-Jews whom they considered “enemies” of Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Bobby’s fears were thought by some to be incipient paranoia, and although it was highly unlikely that the KGB was plotting against him, even paranoids can have real enemies. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Could longer working hours mean that the enemy was working overtime, preparing for war? their bosses wondered. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘These are but herdsmen. They are not enemies, indeed they are not concerned with us at all.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Face to face with the enemy, on grounds of his own choosing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been more like a very demanding trainer, always pushing, always insisting Haymitch and I run faster, eat more, know our enemy better. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why then, Minerva was an enemy of state. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy tried to summon the waves, hoping he could push the ships apart or even capsize the enemy vessel, but nothing happened. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nor did the farmers foresee that in good years their bulging granaries would tempt thieves and enemies, compelling them to start building walls and doing guard duty. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn back to face the enemy and start limping my way toward the seventh hurdle. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“White Harbor is not strong enough to stand alone. You need His Grace as much as he needs you. Together you can defeat your common enemies.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Standing between the snake women—I could swear he was looking straight down at me—was my old enemy Luke. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had been imprisoned at Fort Lincoln, in an all-male camp for enemy aliens. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

For them there was no yesterday or tomorrow, only the living moment of today; their only task was to annihilate the enemy that confronted them in any manner possible. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In October, Joe published a paper in which he wrote that negotiations with the government were not armistice talks in which we could dictate terms to a defeated enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although young and inexperienced, she knew an enemy when she saw one. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time there had been rumours—circulated, he had reason to think, by some malignant enemy—that there was something subversive and even revolutionary in the outlook of himself and his colleagues. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to make an enemy of the chief of police?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Never mind a hundred enemies; he was disarmed by a single monk and beaten with his own sword. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Frederick shouted to his men to get out while the going was good, and the next moment the cowardly enemy was running for dear life. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Not just to fend off our enemies but to fit in. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Greeks and Romans slowly pushed back the enemies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Admittedly the enemy on this occasion was not Napoleon. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

This lantern would be bright, clearly visible to enemy positions onshore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Using this information, it was his task to devise a strategy for flying the bomb over enemy territory, releasing it on target, and getting away before the massive blast killed everyone in the plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the Long Knives tried to find cover from the enemy guns and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was an ancient defence of the Dwarves against any enemy that might capture the First Hall and the outer passages. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Piper brought out her new horn of plenty and, on Percy’s direction, willed it to spew Diet Coke, which came out with the strength of a fire hose, dousing the enemy deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Here man has a cruder enemy even than himself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, during the war I read a lot about flying, especially about our fighter planes, which were shooting down the enemy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen ’em both in vids, of course, before they were outlawed, and I see them all the time in the Noise of men cuz what else do men think about except sex and enemies? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The enemy, he says, is "confined to a comparatively small area," and the military will prevent them from escaping. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

All the sniping between Vonetta and Fern over Miss Patty Cake was now aimed at their new enemies: the real food that we would eat until we returned to Brooklyn, and me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was called off the bench to pinch-hit with two outs in the ninth, two Dodgers on base after walks, and the enemy leading by one run. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

They are the enemy to bitterness and regret, and sweeten this exile we have brought upon ourselves. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Laleh had demolished her meatball sub, leaving gallons of sauce spread around her mouth: a conquering Klingon warrior drenched in the blood of her enemies. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If his plane was going down, Louie was under orders to fire his Colt .45 into the bombsight to prevent it from falling into enemy hands, then see about saving himself. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the Wallace in me still makes me want to face the enemy on my feet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The goshawks followed screaming, until the two enemies disappeared under a clump of mountain laurel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“If you were going to fight a war on poverty,” reflected Fuller, “how could you have the enemy on the board?” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The army had moved all day in enemy country and they had not even known what was around the next bend. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're at war! We can't permit such defeatist talk. Complainers and grumblers, doubters and agitators—they only serve to embolden the enemy." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘If we were real orcs, we ought to be dashing back to the Tower, not running away. The first enemy we meet will know us. We must get off this road somehow.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

None of us yet had learned that white people expect you to look into their eyes—the way you stare at an enemy when you are about to attack. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early said slowly, “To move this entire Corps, in the face of a fortified enemy?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Abbey creatures fell silent and drifted away from the heap of stones which blocked the hole, a fitting headstone for a mass grave of the enemy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a type of nightmare where the ground’s your enemy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The way I heard it was in the old days long time ago they had this Scalp Society for warriors who killed or touched dead enemies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"A dead enemy is a thing of beauty," he announced. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And so, here are the words that the princess spoke to her enemy. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He fired a rocket at the spot the enemy boats were reported to have been seen. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now she was in the worst possible of situations: she was in enemy territory and had no way to defend herself, or even to kill herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“You are each competing for the title of my Champion—my right-hand sword in a world brimming with enemies.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As he gazed at it suddenly Sam understood, almost with a shock, that this stronghold had been built not to keep enemies out of Mordor, but to keep them in. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They said it was hard to look at those people and think of them as enemies. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to secure a friend, and not to make an enemy, so I thanked him, gave the address at Dr. Seward’s and came away. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“The blow to morale was more of our own doing than anything the enemy had accomplished with its army. We were defeating ourselves.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Frank, Percy, and Hazel waded through the enemy, plowing down anyone who stood in their way. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But by aligning herself with the temperance movement, Anthony gained some new enemies—in the powerful liquor lobby, which now linked the women’s vote with a threat to their industry. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

My only enemy was the clock on the dash-board, whose hands would move relentlessly to one o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“This whole time, I thought the Taliban was the enemy of America. But didn’t the Afghani family we set up the apartment for have to escape and come here because of them?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We glimpse things that are happening to our friends or enemies. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Senator Trueba was his ideological enemy, but he had often had him in his house and knew his poetry by heart. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scouts reported that no enemies remained upon the roads east as far as the Cross-roads of the Fallen King. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was relieved that I had friends among the masters to balance out the enemies I’d made. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes such an experience bound one person to another; just as often the shame of one’s powerlessness made all witnesses into enemies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He saw the first light of dawn a dusky rose in the east, the sun coming up from the direction of the enemy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy does not know where to move troops now, or to move any at all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because my parents are the enemy; they’re the opposite—the people I love most in the world, and I want to protect them, even in a small way. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They were being sent out as bait for the enemy to lure them into an attack, to flush them out of hiding. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the enemy was large and formidable, such as a hippo slipper; sometimes it was one pink, defenseless eraser. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I won over a goodly number of fighters, I built up my army enough to attack fiefdoms and to pursue the enemies I had seen in the water gourd. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, if you think about it, the dude was really my enemy. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dawn approaches without anything happening—only the everlasting, nerve-wracking roll behind the enemy lines, trains, trains, lorries, lorries; but what are they concentrating? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A prince is also respected when he is a true friend and a true enemy: that is, when he declares himself to be on the side of one prince against another, without reserve. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Something about how three cigarettes was enough time for the enemy to know where you are. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the woods on the right, the Hunters sent a volley of silver arrows into the enemy line, destroying twenty or thirty dracaenae, but more marched behind them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It is unbecoming to go on hating an enemy like this once a conflict is over. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Seeing the enemy as a human. A general’s ultimate nightmare.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was an American, after all, and the Russians were the enemy! Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Each soldier was paired up with a dog to track enemies through the jungle, search villages, and walk point looking for booby traps or snipers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We had brawled plenty by then, to the point where I viewed her a little bit like an enemy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Stop bluffing, Colonel. You can’t court- martial me for desertion in the face of the enemy. It would make you look bad and you probably couldn’t get a conviction.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, having defeated the last of his own enemies, Octavian could afford to be generous. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It troubled me deeply to think of enemies so determined to kill us that they would give up their own lives. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two stayed alert for problems from the enemy or even other Americans. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Stamp out any thought among your men that they are getting shells from the enemy. Far from it. My work is absolutely first, then comes the broadening of the rowing game.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the absence of warning or explanation, we watched carefully, lest the enemy burst out upon us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Soon or late, some enemy would march on King's Landing, and die last thing he wanted was willing traitors within the city walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A captured spy in enemy territory, plotting her spectacular escape. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes she is. She’s my enemy. Then, when I didn’t know it, and now too.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm the only student whose mask hasn't melded to him yet—something my enemies enjoy pointing out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Yet I had learned what it means to have an enemy, too. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear Juana whispering the old magic again, and he could hear the evil music of the enemy. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told them she was going on afia attack, to trade across enemy lines, and that she would be back by late afternoon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our arrival was not unseasonable, we issuing forth to the side of the conflict, so we might outflank the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, most of the enemy seemed to be armed with some kind of fiery weapon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A known enemy is less dangerous, less able to surprise. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the hostage crisis still fresh in the country's minds, we were public enemy number one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the first time Annabeth had faced an enemy she couldn’t defeat by force. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I was on the Coventry. There was enemy fire...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My father, being the accountant of the Somoza family, was automatically considered an enemy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sir Mador got up and began doing some wild swipes at the enemy with his sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the guys were looking around, their weapons moving, shaking almost as if they were alive, looking for an enemy to fire upon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so we arrived in enemy territory, and they set me down at the enemy’s door. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He sent out scouts as well, to make certain no enemy took them unawares. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Anyone who implies that Lord Darlington was liaising covertly with a known enemy is just conveniently forgetting the true climate of those times. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But believe me, in real life when you are eye to eye with the enemy you’d rather shake their hand than shoot them.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Shove a palm trunk under that and if an enemy came look!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thou preparest a table for me in the presence of mine enemies. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last thing I remember was dying, so why am I on this wall? Are we enemies? Have you got names? I’m the Dread Pirate Roberts, but you can call me ‘Westley.’” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It said that Turner was hit in the back after our position had been exposed to the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would later recall the lesson he had learned in that bloody valley: “There is nothing more necessary than good Intelligence to frustrate a designing enemy, & nothing that requires greater pains to obtain.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their enemies were routed and did not return. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When one enemy was defeated, two more stepped up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In Europe, when our enemies saw they were losing a battle, they would often surrender. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that they did was to keep alive in him the belief, or hope, that others besides himself were the enemies of the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If this enemy approached let him approach, seeing that nothing could be worse than it now was with them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Every town that we took had been destroyed by the enemy as they retreated. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day the track of their enemies led straight on, going north-west without a break or turn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As Jonathan watched, the enemy troops continued to pace themselves to the beat of the drum. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though if an enemy were so rash as to try to enter that land secretly, then it was also a last unsleeping guard against any that might pass the vigilance of Morgul and of Shelob. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Basta, let go of that poor fairy!” he called to his old enemy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You can hope there ain’t a sortie tonight, Prince O. Or if there is, you can pirouette after the enemy to fright them.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But the other two he brought away, through the enemy, past the city gates, out into the country, his father on his shoulders, his son clinging to his hand. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico stood at the edge of the group, eyeing the passing pedestrians as if they might be enemies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At first, a guerrilla army picks off enemy outposts and interferes with communications, but then, if it gathers strength, it must eventually move from hit-and-run attacks to a massed engagement with the enemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To that end, one must know the enemy’s purpose before adopting a strategy to undermine it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Is the enemy coming then?’ asked Merry anxiously. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They ask people the following question: Imagine you are a general surrounded by an overwhelming enemy force which will wipe out your 600-man army unless you take one of two available escape routes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All we’ve done is try to keep the demons at bay. Nothing more. And look how you’ve ruined our efforts. How could you lead our enemies here?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The scene looked like something out of a war movie—only there was no enemy fire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The Hunters are your enemies. Forget them and Artemis and the monster. That’s not important. You just concentrate on finding and saving Annabeth.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kuda scowled fearsomely, as though enemies were present right in the room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy surged forward, some against the Deeping Wall, others towards the causeway and the ramp that led up to the Hornburg-gates. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The return to the landing zone was a repeat of the morning’s march, stretches of quiet interrupted by bursts of bullets from unseen enemies. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This was a fish built to feed on all the fishes in the sea, that were so fast and strong and well armed that they had no other enemy. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Percy couldn’t fight off that many enemies forever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I actually think his response is probably appropriate,” I said as a burst of gunfire from Isaac killed an enemy who’d peeked his head out from behind the burned-out husk of a pickup truck. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Lera was supposed to fly a routine patrol, searching for enemy planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When the 586th arrived in their Yaks, the enemy planes dropped their bombs in a snow-covered field instead of on their populated industrial target, and beat a hasty retreat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Indians in Canada did not have the wheel or telephones, and ate the hearts of their enemies in the heathenish belief that it would give them courage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The Greatest Emperor, scourge of our enemies, commander of a host most devastating. And the Empire shall be made whole.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Your man is about to exact revenge on the enemy, you know.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I bit her hand and we rolled, kicking, scratching, hitting, fighting as though we were strangers, deadly enemies, fighting for our lives. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his first encounter with the enemy and he didn’t know whether his company was running toward them or away. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘Hippolytos, do you wish to kill your enemy Hermes and become the messenger of the giants?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Amazon and Roman lines swung toward the enemy like the Doors of Death themselves. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

While the goal of violence is to defeat and vanquish the enemy, the goal of Satyagraha is to convince or convert the opponent. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’d been met with small arms and machine gun fire, but no enemy bombs or shells were falling among us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desiring control until the end, he was particularly emphatic that none of his “enemies” attend his funeral: those who he felt exploited him or with whom he’d established feuds. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They excelled at their job of making sure the enemy didn’t get a wink of sleep, but that meant that they didn’t get much sleep either. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I cannot rely on plague to save me from my enemies. Set Pretty Meris free. At once.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to bomb enemy defenses northeast of Stalingrad, near an important tractor factory. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Army wearing a special shirt that was supposed to ward off enemy fire. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For tens of millions of years these enormous, intelligent, communicative creatures evolved with essentially no natural enemies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurum snarled and snapped in frustration, unable to hurt the enemy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“My enemies are all around me, within the city and without.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each man will make it his duty To kill ten of the enemy before dying. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘They’re expecting an attack now. The Mist doesn’t work well against alert enemies. Do we run?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Why thinking like our enemy would ever matter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There was no profit in frightening the islanders or making an enemy of their sorcerer. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Heart pounding, adrenaline burning through me, everyone is my enemy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Of course, the fact that white people are harmed by the drug war does not mean they are the real targets, the designated enemy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The belief was that a nation could deter a "first strike," in the parlance of nuclear strategists, by making sure that the enemy understood that their strike would never succeed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If we did, would that make us your enemy?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did he tell you anything about this enemy of his? Did he, for instance, say why his life was threatened?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Abnegation, normally so placid, speak to one another in tense whispers and glare across the room at the faction that has become our enemy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Frank pointed his sword forward and, from the golden eagle standard, tendrils of lightning swept across the enemy, turning several hundred monsters to toast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He could slice Open a mountain With that machete, And with the wave of his arm Send our enemies tumbling. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat by our fly, casting looks across the channel, up toward the hillside where the hundred cook-fires of the enemy light up the night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But that would be the least of it—an enemy of Kyrria could put the curse to more awful use. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Troops of enemy infantry approaching from the front!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I am a military emissary caught in enemy territory masquerading as a civilian. I count as a spy. The Geneva Convention doesn’t protect me.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“When your enemy is coming, you don’t gather clouds. You gather knives.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The MAD principle argued that a first strike against the enemy would almost certainly fail to destroy its entire nuclear arsenal and would lead to an immediate cycle of retaliation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His instructions to Hardman seem to point to a definite ‘private’ enemy of the identity of whom he was well aware. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The defendant wasn’t no friend of my son’s. Isn’t that obvious? They were enemies.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Dream is the enemy of all art, courageous thinking, and honest writing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Your silence is all the answer I require, ser. Your king brings us only enemies.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the past, Piper had had a lot of trouble making her charms work, because she always ordered her enemies to do what she wanted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He would have welcomed a fight — with not too many enemies at a time — rather than this hideous brooding uncertainty. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The plan was that Nadya and Katya would drop their bombs while Marina and Olga, flying two minutes ahead of them, would have the terrifying task of purposefully attracting enemy fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then he had little more to say, asking Ged nothing of his voyages or of the enemy that had hunted him here; nor had the Lady Serret asked anything of these matters. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Both camps put together were a minuscule dot in a sea of enemies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He would talk with a disagreeable gloating satisfaction of helicopter raids on enemy villages, the trial and confessions of thought-criminals, the executions in the cellars of the Ministry of Love. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under enemy fire, it crashed at the same time as Katya landed, and she and her horrified aircrew watched it burn. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The potential enemy is assured that if the limit is transgressed, nuclear war will follow. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely, thought I, we are not marching straight into the enemy fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The other rabbit made no reply, but his look was not that of an enemy. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She charged after the enemy, yelling insults and daring them to cross her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some of us looked out the windows to see if the enemies were close by. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

An enemy on an island is an enemy forever, he’d been fond of reminding his son. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last Aragorn stood above the great gates, heedless of the darts of the enemy. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They form close friendships, hunt together and fight shoulder to shoulder against baboons, cheetahs and enemy chimpanzees. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exhausted army of his enemies, who had diced the night before, now spent the hours of darkness sleepless again, standing to arms or in their councils. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Originally, Archimedes had designed it to pluck enemy ships out of the water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Mujahideen, armed to the teeth but now lacking a common enemy, had found the enemy in each other. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance,” Domingo said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In actuality her head was crystal clear, but it would do no harm for the enemy to believe her still out of action. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She was an enemy who caught ghosts like butterflies in a net, and he was a man with his dead love in his arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They’d gotten so many phony messages sent by Japanese soldiers who spoke perfect English that they thought it was just an enemy trick. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was deep in enemy territory with no allies but a drüskelle who’d thrown her in a cage only a few weeks earlier. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The announcer was saying something about the Isle of Wight and the Normandy coast and Royal Air Force bombers attacking enemy coast-defense guns and United States Air Force bombers attacking shore defenses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His look is fierce—as if the mere mention had summoned his enemies before him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama and Papa let him stay with the tsarevna because the tsar specifically asked for him, and they don’t want to make enemies in the castle.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They used that advantage to settle scores with neighboring tribes that were their traditional enemies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

So we're enemies again, which is just the way I like it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

They found few of the enemy before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“And the Commandant deserves to know what her slaves are doing. Not telling her is tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy. I’m turning them in.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The object of the game is to shoot the enemies crawling up out of the tunnel toward you while dodging their fire and avoiding other obstacles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any enemies you can think of? Someone who would want to hurt you like this? Maybe a former employee? An old business partner?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the enemy were already in flight, Thistle could be sent back with a message to Groundsel and Vervain to bring everyone up immediately. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, if compensation hadn’t been paid, Jesus would have turned into an ngozi and made his enemies suffer anyway. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, my dear sir, that man is not crushed before Spring, he will become the most formidable enemy America has. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Surely no enemy could attack without being seen by the Watch.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

What could he do, between two enemies, if a dragon came from Pendor? A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Wolf, you have done much evil so that all folk are your enemy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bombing and marines were not having any noticeable effect on enemy momentum. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He used words like enemy fire and Attack HQ with a casual coldness, as if to make up for his crying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

How fearful she must be now—if she is alive—that the Youns, our enemy, have invaded Kampuchea, and as a result, stopped the Khmer Rouge from killing more Cambodians. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1920 Australian entomologists were sent to North and South America to study insect enemies of the prickly pears in their native habitat. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Emanations from Leaden George will make deep impressions on the enemy!” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been heads of enemies erected on poles for decoration, and their king had built himself an underground treasure chamber which was also a subterranean passage for escape. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way Kaan would both acquire a dominant position in the Maya realm and destroy its enemy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Those rules said that prisoners of war, enemy soldiers who had surrendered or been captured, had to be fed and housed in a humane way. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks slyly around for signs of an enemy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

No engines in the sky, no enemy voices; so Lee thought it might be safe to light the fire, and after a struggle he got it going and brewed some coffee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lines liken Shaka to a great bird of prey that relentlessly slays its enemies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hans Ree, a Dutch grandmaster and an accomplished journalist, summed it up this way: “It is undeniable that Fischer had real enemies and that they were extremely powerful ones.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not that we were enemies or anything like that. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But it was growing harder to distinguish who the enemy was. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As Matthias contorted himself to negotiate the tree root, he poked the point of the blade at his enemy’s head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

After the battle was finished and the enemy was set beyond the doors of stone, survivors found Lanre’s body, cold and lifeless near the beast he had slain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As far as Allen could tell, it was a complete suicide mission, the ten of them being dropped into the jungle next to a battalion of hundreds of enemy soldiers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, jockeys would not allow themselves to admit to their injuries because that would open the door to their ultimate enemy: fear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guerrilla warfare, he explained, was not designed to win a military victory so much as to unleash political and economic forces that would bring down the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How big a fool are you, old man? If there are enemies in this wood, a fire is the last thing we want." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Nelson,” he would say, “what do you have against us? We are all fighting the same enemy. We do not seek to dominate the ANC; we are working within the context of African nationalism.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would fain ask the reader,” Carey demanded, “is this the language of an enemy? Does this deserve railing or reproach? Is it honorable for Jones and Allen to repay evil for good?” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He was called the Masked One, for the unearthly silver mask he wore to scare the hell out of his enemies. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then once more, orc-fashion, he leapt aside, and as Sam sprang at him, using the heavy bundle as both shield and weapon, he thrust it hard into his enemy’s face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He arranged them on his desk, facing them to the enemy. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She is an enemy who wants me dead. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The enemy had been attacked on both wings; he had reinforced there and would be strongest there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mentally I was completely prepared to fire my weapon and to destroy any enemy that was anywhere near me,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

With the cod gone, the sea urchins on which they fed had no enemies left. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

American strategy in Vietnam was to rely on superior firepower to kill enemy troops faster than they could be replaced. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Misery owns me now, but then great Ares and Athena gave me valor and man-breaking power, whenever I made choice of men-at-arms to set a trap with me for my enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Discovering, while scuffling with an enemy at a circus, that adults would give quarters to fighting kids to pacify them, Louie declared a truce with the enemy and they cruised around staging brawls before strangers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it’s like to be so delicate, to look at a plate of food and feel like it’s your enemy. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

How to look white people boldly in the eye and see them as peers, not the enemy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had commanded them to wake her at once if the enemy returned, and well after midnight3 serving girl touched her gently by the shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If a particular method or tactic enabled us to defeat the enemy, then it should be used. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy army was closer now, entrenched only a few hundred yards outside the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“She was already the boys' enemy. I just added myself to the list. What did you expect me to do, let her get away with it? She called him bald-headed, for Pete’s sake.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Doors are for those who lack enemies. Even the most accomplished climber cannot find a foothold here.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Whatever it was, its fall has dismayed our enemies.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Many and many times she has penetrated the enemy’s lines and discovered their situation and condition, and escaped without injury, but not without extreme hazard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1960, the CIA was totally unprepared to "run" an informant in the capital city of its mortal enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Could any of their intelligence about the "main enemy" be trusted, at this critical time? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Meaning maybe the friends of the jerks are only pretending to be their friends. Maybe they recognize the enemy and they’re keeping him close.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When enemy planes were spotted, air-raid sirens wailed, warning Germans to black out their windows. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He backed into the wisteria and was grabbed by powerful hands.“Let me go!”Matt shouted.“I’m not an enemy! I’m El Patrons clone!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams was shocked that an enemy soldier was so strongly against the war he wished he could march in the streets of North Vietnam’s capital city. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Around a million Americans saw combat or were frequently exposed to enemy fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I had never had a serious enemy—someone who would go out of her way to get me hurt or killed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the chains hanging from the ceiling, dangling the skulls of his enemies on hooks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All nine flight crews survived the June 2 battle, and while they’d been in the air they shot down four of the enemy fighters themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Not only did we have a great view, but we were fully exposed to the enemy fire that started the exact instant the two of us got there. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once El Patron would have roared with laughter when Tam Lin described how his enemies in the U.S. and Aztlan governments had been disgraced or met with strange accidents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy was close enough for us to hear the sounds of their mortars firing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Short found herself being hoisted aloft to face her old enemy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I knew she was my enemy and I did not mind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We are preparing to meet the enemy,” he said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The church directed soldiers to crush “enemies” in their midst—people who questioned or did not follow church doctrine, women who were suspected of witchcraft, and commoners in general. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Was he still wandering around, looking for his enemies? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always known who the enemy is. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her parents must have been captured, once, held in iron cages above seething fire pits while their enemies gibbered around them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As with most quests in the OASIS, playing as a team made it easier to defeat the various enemies and complete each of the levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s cruel,” he told himself, “a murderer...an enemy.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t think of another attitude that could be depended upon to give greater comfort to the enemy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Have we ever had an enemy worse than ourselves? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The enemy’s center line had been charred to oblivion. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And with that, I ran back the way I had come to meet the enemy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The tail gunner’s cockpit at the back of the plane stuck out and made an easy target for enemy fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The British had no way of knowing it, but the candles and the soap were made from the fat of rendered Jews and Gypsies and fairies and communists, and other enemies of the State. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe destroyers fighting it out with enemy submarines. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, he said he liked to take his enemies one at a time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was terrified, but now that her mother was free, she felt like she could confront her enemy at last. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was my competition, which probably made him my sworn enemy or something. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When two more Luftwaffe aircraft began to chase them, Aleksandr escaped into clouds while the two enemy fighter planes collided in flames. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Keep your friends close and enemies closer,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tamara and Raya had the advantage of height and the sun behind them, which would dazzle the enemy pilots if they looked in their direction. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Kainene had mentioned it once, wanting to trade across enemy lines, but he did not know she had already decided when to go. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The whole of the big pasture, including the windmill, was in the hands of the enemy. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The dust which had contaminated most of the planet’s surface had originated in no country, and no one, even the wartime enemy, had planned on it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He assured his audience that as soon as the enemy sanctuaries had been eliminated and NVA military supplies destroyed, American troops would be withdrawn. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

In his head he heard only the dark music of the enemy. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some saboteurs have been arrested and all of them are non-Igbo minorities. I don’t know why these people insist on aiding the enemy. But we will overcome. Is Kainene there?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We share a common enemy, but does that make us friends? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday,” he said, his voice solemn, “we saw the best of ourselves. Working to fight a common enemy. Caring for each other.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He said, ”The enemy, he’s sitting, guess a half mile from where we is. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Katya died like a true Soviet fighter pilot, first filling an enemy fighter with bullets before using expert flight techniques to put out the flames that were engulfing her own plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In Russia Kat once lay for two days behind the enemy lines before he could make his way back. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way to the creek bed, they forced the enemy , back, sweating under their winter jackets. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When a strong enemy threatened an agricultural village, retreat meant giving up fields, houses and granaries. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the cover of the trees, the enemy was gone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I guess that does make sense. But be careful, okay? I mean it. Your brother had a lot of enemies.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even with the help of the weather and vegetation, though, Gilgamesh was struggling to hold the enemy back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I should have been wary, though. I knew that I had enemies. There were jealousies, al-ways, and there were rivals. It was a way of life here. Perhaps it still is.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The general Soviet sentiment, often shared by the women soldiers themselves, was that although women had done their part to drive out the invading enemy, their real role was to nurture, not to kill. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow he would go to war, and his enemies would be the Pandavas. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy screamed and threw hand grenades and emptied their weapons as they ran forward. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Braddock and his men knew little about the area, they had not tried to gather any intelligence on the enemy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the enemy go: endless lines of marching Orcs; and troops of them mounted on great wolves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“The enemy seemed to have been totally unprepared for it.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Putting Percy in the Fifth would make him less of a threat, and Octavian liked to keep all his enemies in one place. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

These two resolved to try to pass through the enemy under the cover of the night and reach Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid it might be more enemies, but Kronos’s forces looked as confused as we were. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I might have been his perfect enemy, but I would not be his perfect victim. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Magnificence,” murmured Reznak mo Reznak, “we cannot know that these great nobles mean to join your enemies. More like they are simply making for their estates in the hills.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yet since that far cry they had seen and heard no sign that the enemy had marked their flight or followed them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then if the messages fell into enemy hands, no one would know what it was all about. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soviet Communists saw the West as their prime adversary in the battle to win the hearts and minds of oppressed people everywhere; America viewed Stalin's government as an enemy of democracy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And now Hancock was coming this way with an enemy corps. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thor said nothing, just hauled the line in, hand over hand, his eyes fixed on his enemy. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I advocated that we should remain seated, as it was demeaning to have to recognize the enemy when he did not recognize us as political prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now one, finding an empty snail shell he likes better than his own, creeps out, exposing his soft body to the enemy for a moment and then pops into the new shell. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since Glerk had last confronted an enemy. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“There’s another official report that says you were stabbed by an innocent girl in the course of extensive black-market operations involving acts of sabotage and the sale of military secrets to the enemy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then Frodo felt himself falling, and the roaring and confusion seemed to rise and engulf him together with his enemies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union and the United States were allies in World War II. But that’s because they were fighting common enemies—not because they liked each other. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time she was fighting a new enemy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of enemies nor of any challenge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He takes the nonburning end into his mouth and there he is, best ruddy dog in the universe, ready to carry fire to the enemy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The more divided we are at home, the less likely the enemy is to negotiate at Paris,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Blue Team had their databases and matrixes and methodologies for systematically understanding the intentions and capabilities of the enemy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ahead, the first line was within bowshot of the enemy,- flights of arrows flew between the ships, hissing like striking snakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bells so his enemies would hear him coming and grow weak with fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I told my daughter, Use your horses to run over the enemy,” she informed one shopkeeper. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed and pantomimed gutting an enemy while Frank listened, his expression polite but queasy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In addition to taking slaves and booty, wartime victors in central Mexico often burned their enemies’ codices, the hand-painted picture-texts in which priests recorded their people’s histories. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His father led the enemy, so he slew him once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Lord of Light, we offer you these false gods, these seven who are one, and him the enemy. Take them and cast your light upon us, for the night is dark and full of terrors." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For the guys in the squad, it meant killing the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The hammer smashes the enemy’s skull; the machete cuts them. When you have to protect yourself, make whatever you have into weapons,” Met Bong shares with us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you know—you probably do know—that in enemy territory the life expectancy of a w/op, or W/T operator as they say in SOE, is only six weeks? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The tabloids waxed nostalgic for the good old days of WWII, when the enemy all spoke a foreign language and the army went somewhere else to fight. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thor was about to tell her, but before he could speak Tyr said, “His name is Veor, Mother. He’s my friend. And an enemy of the enemies of Hymir and the giants.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then he whispered, “He has made some enemies.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The superpower conflict seemed to take a sudden, more ominous turn: a kind of calculated standoff, in which "winning" now depended on guessing correctly at the enemy's strength and intentions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For one hungry, wretched German soldier come five of the enemy, fresh and fit. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy was closing in on the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’d thought his trip to Alaska had been pretty exotic, but now he was in the heart of the old Roman Empire, enemy territory for a Greek demigod. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You shall rule and name all these creatures, and do justice among them, and protect them from their enemies when enemies arise. And enemies will arise, for there is an evil Witch in this world.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The enemy watched cautiously as the girls returned to face them. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isn’t this just another way to kill our enemies? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They’d done all they could to keep her isolated, safe from some nameless, faceless enemy. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But when the Japanese took over their island, our enemies made it into another military fortress. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a way of determining if enemy fighters were hiding inside—a lot safer than walking into a potential ambush. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He told everybody he was going to demonstrate a disarming technique: how to twist the enemy’s blade with the flat of your own sword so that he had no choice but to drop his weapon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If worse comes to worst, and you end up being extraordinarily uncooperative, I could probably sell your blood to someone to recover my loss. Everyone has enemies.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Speaking even when our enemies tried to confuse us by getting on our frequency to scream loudly in our ears and bang pots and pans. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the left flank, Grover and his nature spirits were regrouping, entangling the enemies with bushes and weeds. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘Then you know Gaia is the real enemy. We need your help to defeat her. The war isn’t between the Greeks and Romans.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I'm the commander of this ship, and you're an enemy frigate and you've just started firing at me, and now I'm coming back...' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They were pests—enemies of man, beasts of the Devil. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“No,” A-Gong said, “we want to remember our friends, not our enemies.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But perhaps we are our own worst enemy,” commented Habib quietly. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“When there were friends in the sky, the attacking enemy fighters seemed less terrible,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

With enemy soldiers patrolling the streets, Doha’s mother kept him close to home. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each cohort was an island in a sea of enemies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Each stone he had come to know now as a separate enemy, and he knew each rut by which he might evade a stone and so use an ounce less of his life. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The noise his crew was interpreting as that of enemy torpedoes, Herrick suggested, could actually be coming from the American ship’s own propeller. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They, in short, are not the enemy, any more than our fellow islanders of German or Italian descent. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You shall have work for your steel soon enough. The enemy is moving, the true enemy. And Lord Snow’s rangers will return before the day is done, with their blind and bloody eyes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“What? Do you now pity your former enemy?” he asked. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was the end, for a long time, of the CIA's confidence in its ability to infiltrate the main enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Holly became the LEP’s foremost expert in the Artemis Fowl cases, and was invaluable in the fight against the People’s most feared enemy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Big Bill also had a lot of enemies. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Our enemies had learned that American soldiers love to take souvenirs. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did such dangerous things as laying charges on the hulls of enemy ships or placing explosives to clear paths through reefs. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caputo got a spot and felt the chopper climbing quickly to get above the range of enemy rockets. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Yet his attack suggests that he hesitated as he tried to define the nature of the enemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If he had become employed by their enemies, they would have had no defence, and if they had kept him on, they would have been obliged to obey him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the things the enemy always did to you. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And from that moment, Hassan and the doctor were sworn enemies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In addition, a prince can never make himself secure when the people are his enemy, because there are so many of them; he can make himself secure against the nobles, because they are so few. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, I couldn’t relax because I was crammed into that dimly lit room among my enemies, and I knew I had to keep watch every moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it, and still—I’m letting the hook pierce me like some dumb fish that’s been hooked a billion times before and still hasn’t figured it out yet that hooks are the enemy. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel tried to settle her stomach by thinking of pleasant things—the euphoria she’d felt last night when they’d won the war games, riding Hannibal into the enemy keep, Frank’s sudden transformation into a leader. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sometime they will meet their enemies and go down beneath them to defeat and death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said quickly: “Why, yes, I appreciate that point. Enemy or enemies—it doesn’t matter. What does matter is my safety.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were seen at the enemy camp three days ago. And you were talking with one of the troops there.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mothers of Ireland are always enemies of the first pint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We’re not best friends or anything, but we don’t feel like enemies, either. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The war—and our enemies—were far away, like Charlie now in France. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

All the mice took a solemn vow never to harm another living creature, unless it was an enemy that sought to harm our Order by violence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He said that his enemies were conspiring with the generals to launch a coup d’etat because they would rather see democracy dead than be governed by him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way we built up a list of people we knew to be in on the plot—guardians and students whom we declared our sworn enemies. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father has enemies within our company. When we got caught in the storm, they were pursuing us. Everywhere we went, they anticipated us. If they catch me they will use me as leverage.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the day her enemies had waited for. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Another clue that mass incarceration, as we know it, would not exist but for the race of the imagined enemy can be found in the history of drug-law enforcement in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

These are paranoid delusions on a societal scale, explainable in part by our need for enemies, and in part by our memory of what things used to be like. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In South Africa, faith in the Holy Trinity exists quite comfortably alongside belief in witchcraft, in casting spells and putting curses on one’s enemies. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Most of the enemy soldiers now wore white bands around their heads, the same kind of headbands worn by Japanese warriors for hundreds of years. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their weapons were the tradecraft of spies—the dead drop, the brush pass, the one-time pad—and their missions almost always had the same goal: to obtain vital information about the enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He that blows it at need shall set fear in the hearts of his enemies and joy in the hearts of his friends, and they shall hear him and come to him.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Whenever he felt the sharp pangs of homesickness he had come back here to his old enemies, where he didn’t feel quite so out of place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Speed, strength, beauty, pale skin, eyes that shift color; and then Jacob’s criteria: blood drinkers, enemies of the werewolf, cold-skinned, and immortal. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had completely forgotten that he was wearing the flag of the enemy, the sign of Ghohg, strapped around his neck. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I started off saying that war was about destroying the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the enemy was checked, and for the moment driven back, great forces were flowing in from the East. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Sacrilege! Perhaps the wild god favored us with a blessing. Or perhaps Grover’s music was so awful it scared the enemy away!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The falcon...my dear, you have a deadly enemy.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Papa Acevedo’s eyes seemed to glare off at some impossible enemy, and his colors had faded into an almost see-through wash since yesterday. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They rest their rifles with telescopic sights on the parapet and watch the enemy front. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did they fight the Inka, they followed the old adage about the enemy of my enemy being my friend and actually furnished supplies to Pizarro. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They saw, as they imagined, their enemies in flight, and they rushed after them in disorder. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The rat picked up the cutlass and swung it, slashing wildly at his enemy’s thick fur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In peacetime you are plundered by them, in war by your enemies. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Being the new kid in school, Roy didn’t need to be making those types of enemies. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his grave Westing would stalk his enemy, and through his heirs he would wreak his revenge. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he pulled the gun from the man’s hands, Better Joe berated him in their own tongue, over some protocol or gesture necessary for quieting a murdered enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I see no enemy to a fortunate issue but in the brow; and that brow professes to say,—‘I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some tiny soldiers in the enemy camp were merrily playing Fox-and-Geese on a frozen pond. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hessians kept a few paces apart, their muskets ready, their bayonets fixed as if they were advancing on an enemy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In this task we must not be enemies.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It had pointed to an enemy and supplied a plan that promised to lead, someday, to prosperity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I will stab my enemy an unnecessary number of times, making some of the blows feeble and ineffective, and I will drop this handkerchief where no one can miss it.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

King Lune was the kindest-hearted of men and on seeing his enemy in this regrettable condition he forgot all his anger. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, a point upon which our enemies would attack us violently. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The president wanted his enemies to think that America's defenses were impenetrable. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They did not yet understand how long that reach truly was—or how dangerous an enemy Fabyan could be. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know the man, but a cliff-ghast was an enemy always. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood that the enemy had won and he probably thought about Miguel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorrel said, “We got most of our wagons from the enemy. Many of the guns. Their artillery is very good. But ours will get better.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hurled themselves upon the enemy, sparrows and shrews siding them against their larger adversaries. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I challenged my enemy to another fight, but he would not respond. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stock hath been polished by the enemy’s hands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He bitterly regretted his foolishness, and reproached himself for weakness of will; for he now perceived that in putting on the Ring he obeyed not his own desire but the commanding wish of his enemies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the north end of the reservoir, the enemy vanguard broke through the woods—a warrior in golden armor leading a battalion of Laistrygonian giants with huge bronze axes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re just conducting war games. In war games somebody has to be designated as the enemy. When you get older, you’ll get to be Marines. You’ve just got to prove yourself worthy first.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

How badly I wanted it to lodge deep in the heart of my enemy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Monsieur, in my experience when a man is in a position to have, as you say, enemies, then it does not usually resolve itself into one enemy only.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take care, lad, or you shall end up like me, stripped of any respectable rank and warming your shabby old hide at the fire of your enemies.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are not like the Indians, who are only enemies while at war, and are friends in peace. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And do you also believe that I am so very, very wicked? Do you also join with my enemies to crush me, to condemn me as a murderer?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sharpevilie, I said, for all the heroism of the demonstrators, allowed the enemy to shoot down our people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old king chatted of his plans for Freawaru, how he would marry her off to his enemy, the king of the Heathobards. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy was closing in and England was a long way off. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Most of the thirty thousand enemy soldiers, she says, were just conscripts and Indians. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

For the one who introduces them has as his enemies all those who profit from the old order, and he has only lukewarm defenders in all those who might profit from the new order. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic,” he exclaimed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Quick as a snake Shagrat slipped aside, twisted round, and drove his knife into his enemy’s throat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Apparently these spirits did - which meant more enemies who could beat, stab or decapitate him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I have enemies all around. Who better to do my work than someone utterly grateful for being granted not only a second chance, but also wealth and the power of my name?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had not felt the wand spin like the needle of a compass and shoot golden flames at his enemy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“So they’re lying about your—our history. That doesn’t mean they’re the enemy, it just means they’re a group of grossly misinformed people trying to . . . better the world. In an ill-advised way.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Either she, or the leader King Bull Sparra, is going to kill me. Evidently she looks on anything that can’t fly as an enemy.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He walked as if each step he took was driving a hated enemy toward a precipice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew if I defied her now, we would be enemies, but I didn’t care. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I led my army northward, rarely having to sidetrack; the emperor himself sent the enemies I was hunting chasing after me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The enemy has shown his hand. He’s killed Rider. He’ll be expecting a replacement. Somehow we have to trick him.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

That meant “We have conquered all our enemies, all over the world.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And made enemies of others,” Volta pointed out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘Ambassador of Pluto, son of Hades... whatever you call yourself, you’ve been named an enemy spy. I’ve got orders to take you in for execution.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Our archers shot a volley, bringing down several of the enemy, but they just kept riding. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the strip winners and losers, enemy and friends were clearly defined. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain saw a man on his knees before him, facing the enemy, arms clutching his stomach. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth used her invisibility cap to sneak behind the enemy lines. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Druzmilla would have to pretend to hate him, or she and her children would be suspected of helping an enemy of Ghohg escape. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He started at the beginning—how Hera had been his babysitter and placed him in the flames; how his mother had died because of Gaea, who had identified Leo as a future enemy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the radio, at the end of the war, they said the enemy was using nerve gas, bacteria, and “other antipersonnel weapons.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here he was, face-to-face with his enemy, but there was no need to be concerned about dying—the Soul of the World awaited him, and he would soon be a part of it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me your contacts, and I will filter what I pass on to the English. Tell me, and you have confessed to your countrywoman and given nothing to the enemy.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Someone in our second squad was killing that enemy soldier a third time. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless they saw no sign of an enemy that day, nor the next. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They convinced themselves that Adams was the enemy, and then all the evidence fell in place around that rock-ribbed, if highly questionable, conviction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now, our enemy had gathered us all together under one roof for what became the largest and longest unbanned meeting of the Congress Alliance in years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chemical aimed at the fire ant had killed off the enemies of the borer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"A thousand lovely knights," she said, "but not the sort my enemies need fear. And my bullocks cannot carry me across the water, I—why are we stopping?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I am an Italian. I will not communicate with the enemy.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Horses. They hate horses—natural enemies, or something. I wish Arion was here!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The searchlights were combing the sky and the antiaircraft guns were firing as usual as the Po-2s approached the enemy lines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Piper didn’t look dangerous, but if the need arose she could dual-wield Celestial bronze blades or shoot her enemies in the face with ripe mangoes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"You and I may have the same enemy," I say. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Indeed, his determined support for Muggle rights gained him many enemies in subsequent years. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The important thing was to outthink the enemy, find his weakness, let him have his moment of exultation. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He told his brother to hurry and promised to hold off the enemy until Shoto had the Jade Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been hit by gunfire from a German fighter and, with an engine on fire, managed to escape the enemy plane by hiding in a storm cloud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Every time Amazons swarmed beneath them, demanding their surrender, Hazel made a crate of jewelry explode, burying their enemies in a Niagara Falls of gold and silver. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was only lately that he was having small moments of clarity, of illumination, and seeing himself for the first time as the closest of Mary Ann’s enemies, the kindest of her assassins. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets were still mostly empty as we merged onto the highway, but Babou drove as if he was dodging enemy fire, pulling off one evasive maneuver after another. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Prison had robbed me of my freedom but not my memories, and now I felt some enemies of the struggle had tried to rob me of even those. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do they know that were not the enemy?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t scared for myself. But I thought cats and mice were enemies.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making enemies was the last thing Thomas wanted, but still. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The need to evade their enemies probably caused the Aché to adopt an exceptionally harsh attitude towards anyone who might become a liability to the band. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if she should learn the truth about the body in the boat and become Maxim’s enemy too—what then? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But many rabbits go all their lives without seeing a fox and probably only a few actually fall victim to an enemy who smells strongly and cannot run as fast as they can. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cheer went up from the campers, but our enemies weren’t done yet. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There is a rumour that the enemy are going to put tanks over and use low-flying planes for the attack. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The planes gained altitude steadily and were above nine thousand feet by the time they crossed into enemy territory. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

How did I make an enemy within an hour of arriving? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At any second, with no notice, either side might decide he was the enemy. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

While he had arrows he aimed and shot, and every shot brought down one of his huddling enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cavern reverberated with monstrous roars—dozens, maybe hundreds of enemies coming from every direction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At that point I began to sing a freedom song, the lyrics of which say, “There are the enemies, let us take our weapons and attack them.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted desperately to take part in the fight against the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

What Command didn’t know was how deep the enemy had dug into the island. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I really do not think that America, adolescent and cocksure, a stranger to suffering and travail, an enemy of passion and sacrifice, is ready to probe into its most fundamental beliefs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And directly between those forepaws, in the very jaws of his enemy, sat Tucker Mouse. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Lords of Minas Tirith still fight on, defying our enemies, keeping the passage of the River from Argonath to the Sea. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If there was an enemy U-boat out there, I wanted to see it and join the people in shaking a fist at it I was not frightened, just terribly excited. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the town was occupied by an enemy force, and everyone was uneasy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For the enemy was flinging into the City all the heads of those who had fallen fighting at Osgiliath, or on the Rammas, or in the fields. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The crawlers would make better friends than enemies, and humans shouldn’t go around insulting them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stretched across the Hudson was an enormous iron chain that blocked enemy warships. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the drug war, the enemy is racially defined. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They forgot El-ahrairah, for what use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy’s warren and paying his price? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But eventually, these too gave way in his mind to simplicity: the enemy would simply say, “Oh, yes, I remember killing him; I’ll be only too delighted to kill you too.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His enemies made much of the deception, labeling Lincoln a coward and refusing to believe that such a plot existed in the first place. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In daylight, the Po-2 was an easy target for enemy fighter planes because it was so slow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

No doubt the Augurs told the legionnaires that for this night, we are enemies and they are to kill us on sight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was reading about Mr. Gandhi’s prison experience and how he quieted his fears and directed his thoughts so that his enemies were never really in charge of him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stewart had listed twenty-eight of the enemy as killed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became a primitive killer lusting for the blood of his enemy, and up to this moment he had had no enemies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was music viewed as frivolous on this side of the river, but I would only make more enemies by playing while my bunkmates tried to sleep or study. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly in the pursuit we reach the enemy line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I now knew the limits of my caring, the reach of its powers, etched by an enemy old as Virginia. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

J. Robert Oppenheimer made many enemies with his persistent critique of US nuclear policy and the rush to the Super, but none as implacable as Lewis L. Strauss. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly believable that the Masks would want to turn their enemy’s son to evil. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Besides this, the enemy will in all likelihood burn and lay waste to the surrounding country upon their arrival, just when the spirits of the defenders are still ardent and determined on the city’s defence. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Hitler's just huffing and puffing about the Jews. He knows how to play up patriotism by giving people a common enemy." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Baby was with the younger children, crowded near the banana trees, listening to Papa Oji telling a story of how he shot down an enemy plane in Calabar with his pistol. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had been responsible for the doctrine of Might which was the Table’s enemy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a child he had often thought of killing himself, but those were sentimental reveries born of a wish to punish his father and mother and other enemies. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made friends with some and enemies of others, and had played or fought with all of them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy was driven half-way up the lot when sirens sounded. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were few engagements with the enemy at that time—the rebels, we suspected, had little powder and less spirit—so the most numerous deaths were from distempers and disorders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The trouble is that we are seldom aware of the protection afforded by natural enemies until it fails. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The survival mechanism has become the enemy, as in such illnesses as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis that can attack organs, joints, even the brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Zero was no longer an enemy to be avoided; it was an enigma to be studied. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At sunset time he hypnotised me, and he says that I answered as usual “darkness, lapping water and creaking wood”; so our enemy is still on the river. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In certain situations you could do incredible things, you could advance toward enemy fire, but in other situations, which were not nearly so bad, you had trouble keeping your eyes open. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would sigh, and say, Laila, my love, the only enemy an Afghan cannot defeat is himself Babi took his seat at the table, dipped bread into his bowl of aush. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The family song was alive now and driving him down on the dark enemy. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blue- plumed ally from Apollo raced past me like a deer, leaped through the creek, and disappeared into enemy territory. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Aye, ’tis an eerie feeling to be out in the cheerless dawn, not knowing at what moment an enemy may appear out of the fog,” agreed Brother Luke. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Thatcher fixed her stained-glass blue eyes on that pillock and pointed out that the enemy cruiser'd been zigzagging in and out of the zone all day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She came close to snapping—flying at her enemies in a rage and getting herself killed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Was this magic something her parents had wanted to keep from their enemies? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It makes us the mortal enemy of two mortal enemies. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Really? And am I supposed to take your word for this? You could be walking me straight into an ambush. My family is not without enemies.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She wondered why they passed so close to their enemies the wolves, then recalled how swiftly they could run. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men, and larger animals such as wolves, usually have an idea of their own numbers and those of the enemy and this affects their readiness to fight and how they go about it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m relieved to hear that. Heaven knows what opposition we may have to face even at the outset. We may have some ‘enemy within.’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Roman was supposed to destroy her enemies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Also, each accused terrorist is considered an "enemy combatant" and denied some legal protection. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The ditches prevented enemy tanks from entering German territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Any noncommissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, than they are to us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make such a climb required both strength and planning, so the Prince made those marks in his brain: my enemy is strong; my enemy is not impulsive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“In combat your enemy won’t be stationary,” he said now, looking the boy in the eye. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He said they were the only two enemies he knew of.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, frustrated at again having no real chance to confront the enemy, the Americans marched into a nearby village. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The third button brought up a grappling hook that could be used to lock onto an enemy’s chariot or push it away. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were a duke and duchess, very important and wealthy, who had been cheated out of their estate by a political enemy and thrown into prison. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“In ancient times, two great Roman roads met here. News was exchanged. Markets were held. Friends met, and enemies fought. Entire armies had to choose a direction. Crossroads are always places of decision.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The same way you avoid meeting the eye of an old lover at a formal dinner, or that of an old enemy sitting across the room in a crowded alehouse late at night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Polyneices could murmur a few words: “My brother, my enemy, but loved, always loved. Bury me in my homeland—to have so much at least of my city.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted so badly for this school year to be wonderful, and all I’d managed to do was make enemies and look silly in front of the whole class, every day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That is just it—it is impossible—quite impossible—that an honourable, slightly stupid, upright Englishman should stab an enemy twelve times with a knife! Do you not feel, my friends, how impossible it is?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What victory, comrade? Have we not drive the enemy off our soil—the sacred soil of Animal Farm?” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A miniature hurricane of water and ice vapor churned around him as he waded through the enemy, knocking Roman ghosts away, deflecting arrows and spears. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He waves me forward, motions me back, tells me to keep my head down so the enemy won’t blow it off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boys’ groups divided into platoons for war games, and they hunted down the “enemy.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we’re both home, she just glares at me, like I’m her worst enemy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They’d initially welcomed the Argo II, since any enemy of Boreas was a friend of the South Wind, but they seemed to have forgotten that the demigods were their guests. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Dinka and the Nuer were enemies—had been for hundreds of years. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after the enemy aircraft had flown away, Katya landed the damaged Pe-2 in a small field just inside Soviet territory over the front line. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

With a shock he realized that he was standing alone, and that the entire line of enemy troops was rushing at him and at no one else. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mice, as far as I can see, have only two enemies, humans and cats. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

My mother had decided she wasn't going to leave anything valuable or useful to the enemy if she could help it. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But now and then a lonely fear would fall upon her so that she seemed surrounded by a tree-tall forest of enemies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was still no sign of any enemy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst enemies that the mind can imagine will be there that day. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

During what became known as “Lord Dunmore’s War,” the Shawnees battled enemy forces that wanted to wipe them from the face of the earth. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

If the series of events had been planned by an omnipotent and unforgiving enemy it could not have been more effective. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bronn drew his longsword, and suddenly the enemy was there before them, boiling over the tops of the hills, advancing with measured tread behind a wall of shields and pikes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember having had an enemy since kindergarten, when Katie Austen took a crayon and drew mustaches on all the pictures of Grandma Beetle in my copy of Just a Minute. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the Wampanoag were rivals and enemies of the Narragansett and Pequots to the west and the many groups of Abenaki to the north. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Bring your campers forward to this position and wait for my signal. Were going to drive the enemy back to Brooklyn.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Scuttlebutt around the base was that the Third’s job would be to take Bougainville, an enemy air base in the Solomon Islands where the Japanese were dug in deep. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I can see no sign of the enemy,’ he said, ‘and I wonder very much what that means. But I have found something very strange.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The enemy is an animal to be killed on sight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the code talkers who had been on the Canal, I also learned more about our enemies. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the enemy army advanced down Fifth Avenue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually some enemies drove them away from the fertile shore. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

These soldiers all wore the same stern, tense expressions and handled their bayonetted rifles nervously, as if they were in the camp of the enemy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even accused Father Antonio Isabel of complicity for having marked his sons with indelible ashes so that they could be identified by their enemies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Concealment was no longer possible, and they could only hope that no enemy or spy was observing them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Though we were not facing real guns or real tanks, this battle would be even harder, because our enemies, the rotten ideas and customs we were so used to, were inside ourselves. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I wish Merry was here,’ he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The men stood with their braceleted arms around one another’s shoulders—men who not long before had been the bitterest of enemies—and I watched it all, wringing my fingers, smiling rage. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

One enemy, the rest strangers...this is not good, for cripe’s sakes, plus it’s midyear, so everybody has made all the friends they want already. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon cut him off with, “Tell me something useful. Tell me of our enemy.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Said Minister Wilfred X of the Detroit mosque, “We would be ignorant to get confused and go to arguing and fighting among ourselves and forget who the real enemy is. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused then lashed out at her enemies, all of them. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next moment he did not, confused anew about whether the Hessians were his friends or enemies. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the enemy had exploited our surrender didn’t mean we were wrong to surrender. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The death of one of their band had roused the enemy to even greater violence and frenzy. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

What if the enemy should be camped on the other side? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Uncas, standing ready to die before the Delaware, when an enemy warrior tears off his hunting shirt revealing the bright blue tortoise tattooed on Uncas’s breast. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, though, he needed answers to the kinds of questions that a general needs as he prepares for battle: Where are the enemy soldiers? George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unarmed and defenseless against enemy fighters or antiaircraft fire, the U-2 was purpose-built to house powerful cameras designed for the CIA by Edwin Land, the founder of the Polaroid Corporation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A courier from Early: The enemy was falling back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done, Percy loaded the enemy’s weapons back on the pirate ship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The terrible danger is that we have grossly underestimated their value in keeping at bay a dark tide of enemies that, without their help, can overrun us. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The sisters take no position in war, but must try to hold charity in their hearts even for the enemy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But many of the strongest and most desperate got out on the west side, and attacked their enemies fiercely, being now more bent on killing than escaping. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Most of them, they think it was some battle. A siege, a burning tower, an enemy with a torch. One fool asked if it was dragonsbreath." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Even when enemy bullets grazed Roosevelt’s elbow and another knocked off his glasses, nothing slowed him down. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Blacks were their historical enemy, and, outside of the factories and except on election day, whites of means simply had no use for them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The voice that had screamed out the death of enemy pilots in the Pacific. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our spirits become sick from contact with the enemy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z