| 单词 | flatten |
| 例句 | On the hillsides old crops dead and flattened. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There’s something to do with them, something like a sentence in tiny dry print on a page, flattened out, like the dates of ancient battles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Settled in that position, he flattened his palm against the back-in-the-day car’s door. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was so good that Spider promptly overmatched him and got his nose permanently flattened. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z What she thought was how the city would have been full of people going about their lives before they were burned, flattened, ripped open. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps the best- known subject is a man or boy gingerly holding a “were-jaguar”: a limp, fat, sexless baby with a flattened nose and a snarling jaguar mouth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At that point, I realized a few things: first, I had not been flattened into a pancake. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I could tell the page had been crumpled up and flattened out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I see hope as Maria struggles to hold a fork in her flattened hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She flattened up against the lockers, then backed around the comer, making sure her rubber soles didn’t squeak. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He crouched low, growling an eerie warning, ears flattened tight against his solid head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The crucial dispute between Cartesians and Newtonians was over the shape of the Earth: Newton predicted an oblate ellipsoid, or flattened, Earth, while the Cartesians had predicted a prolate ellipsoid, or egg-shaped, Earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As we drove past an acre of flattened land and the makings of a huge building, my breath caught. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It had a conical top, slightly flattened at the summit. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ernie Prang, an elderly wizard wearing very thick glasses, nodded to Harry, who nervously flattened his bangs again and sat down on his bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Coram and Sophie both spotted the pistol in his hand the moment before he flattened himself against the wall of the alley and disappeared into shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I camped out as soon as the terrain flattened out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun floated over the mountains, stained the blue sky red-orange, and flattened the lagoon until it looked like a mirror for the stars. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She disappeared again, and I heard the crackle of the oil as it heated and the sighing sizzle as she dropped the flattened discs of dough in one by one. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The meadow grasses, which just a moment ago had brushed his shoulders, now seemed flattened to a broad green bowl. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z After a moment his voice would flatten out. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The other mother stood there in the paper-gray fog of the flattening world. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The ridge disappeared in darkness behind them as the terrain flattened out. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her feathers are flattened to her body, her eyes wide, neck stretched, and her wings are lowered for flight. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya crept back away from the well, dropped to her stomach, and flattened herself against the wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z What Nandan is saying, I thought to myself, is that the playing field is being flattened ... The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Crease by crease he unfolded it, until at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as ugly and gray as little ulcers, flattened and almost valueless. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z An old seamstress took a peacoat of mine, tore the lining out, opened and flattened the sleeves, added a collar, put arm holes in and handed me back a beautiful cape. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They were too happy, precariously so, and she wanted to guard that bond; she feared that marriage would flatten it to a prosaic partnership. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Most of them flatten on the floor, and a spray of bullets inside the station takes out the lights. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I press the button that flattens its head, leaving the table hovering over me like a vulture. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The peaks of home flattened out as they approached the coast, and then, like the first time she had come to Hampton, it came into view: the James River. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Sheryl stretches out a bunch of flattened soda cans strung together. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Dropping to the horizontal girder, he flattened out on his belly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Harry watched the grass flatten in patches all around the cabin and heard three pairs of feet retreating. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Then, as the angle of incline lessened, as the mound— the hill—flattened, nearing the bottom, the sled’s forward motion slowed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z So we sat for a while just where we were and I flattened out the doughnut bag with my hand on the table top. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before they could haul her to her feet, she yelled, “Ooooh!” and flattened herself against the catwalk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His right hand was jammed deep into his pocket, his thumb flattened against his leg. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Rising incomes, flattening prices, and easily available credit have given so many Americans access to such a wide array of high-end goods that traditional markers of status have lost much of their meaning. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One of his broad palms flattens over Alex’s hip, and Alex inhales sharply, either at the touch or at hearing Henry finally say it out loud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The wind gusted cold, flattening her nightgown against her body, and Shadow became uncomfortably aware that Zorya Polunochnaya was wearing nothing at all underneath. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A flattened chick lies crooked, neck dangling off his palm. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Harry straightened his glasses and flattened his hair as Ron came spinning into view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Good afternoon, ladies,” she says again, her voice now tinny and flattened. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the road came over the crest, flattened out, and went into a forest. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I rolled the dough into a ball and flattened it again into a thin circle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I roll over and flatten him on the ground. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z No wonder she looks as if she’s been flattened by a Mack truck. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Beyond, the road flattened out and I saw woods and steep hills in the mist. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I stoop and stare at my face, my right cheek flattened on concrete. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z I flatten myself against the open door, thinking the dogs will pull the boy past me and out the front, but they don’t. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She stopped to flatten something on the ground with the sole of her sandal. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Inch by careful inch, paw by whisker, slowly painstakingly trying to make his body as small as possible, he flattened himself against the wall to get by the huge spadelike head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Big Ma’s smile soon flattened when the pastor said—his face still glazed in a smile—“You know you’re not really married unless you’re married in the house of the Lord.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Bulldozers had flattened millions of tons of coal tailings to create a black desert that stretched far down the narrow valley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He flattened his hand, and lifted off with it like it was a Dodge Gryphon, and he was making an engine noise, and then he flew his hand toward some books and landed it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie pulls out a totally flattened hat, and his shoulders sag a little. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Jaja knelt beside Mama, flattened the church bulletin he held into a dustpan, and placed a jagged ceramic piece on it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Peeta unties the cord and flattens out the circle of silk. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu had imagined the bald woman: beautiful with a nose that stood up, not the sitting-down flattened noses that he was used to. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Tony Blair’s glottal stops and flattened vowels in office were an attempt to downplay his private school background, as is David Cameron’s plausibility-stretching insistence that he’s “middle class.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The heavy slug struck him in the shoulder and flattened and tore out a piece of his shoulderblade. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He jabbed a finger at Maniac’s nose, pressed it, flattening the soft end of it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She flattened the napkin against the altar and began to write. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘You remember the time in Detroit, when he flattened Ma Gasket with a car engine?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Inches away, humans flatten their little hands against the wall of glass that separates us. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Get back!” shouted Ron, and he, Harry, and Hermione flattened themselves against a door as a herd of galloping desks thundered past, shepherded by a sprinting Professor McGonagall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Concealed by a clump of bushes, I flatten out on my belly and slide under a two-foot stretch that's been loose for years. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Without warning, coming as a complete and unex-pected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But the claw of the crane had already flattened the roof, pinning his left leg, perhaps even breaking it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z All of these interoperable banking and e-commerce functions flattened the Internet marketplace so radically that even eBay was taken by surprise. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The blast flattened buildings a mile in all directions and killed at least 2,000 people. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He flattened his back to the oak pew, so I could climb over him, and I hustled down the aisle to the back of the church. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The ground is flattening out and we’re getting down closer to river level as it all starts turning to marsh. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Fiver seemed to grow even smaller as he flattened himself on the hard earth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The mafia giant ran towards the Parthenon and stumbled inside, flattening several Earthborn under his feet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The instant he had flattened it out he saw its significance. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Kingshaw did not know which were worse, moths alive, with their whirring, pattering wings, or these moths, flattened and pinned and dead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It took some strength at first to get the huge ball to flatten out, but then it was just a matter of rolling it over and over until it was flat enough. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Harry reacted instinctively: As Kreacher lunged for the poker standing in the grate, he launched himself upon the elf, flattening him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It’s like he’s still on the side of the road watching Aurora about to get flattened. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Harry could see him now, see the red eyes, the flattened, serpentine face, the pallor of him gleaming slightly in the semidarkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The boys had stuffed so much straw into hers, we had to flatten it some so we wouldn’t slide off. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z This afternoon, I used his mortar and pestle to grind coriander seeds, first crushing them as hard as I could, then twisting the pestle in circles to flatten them and make them into a powder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With one long jump, my brother flattened our castle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of his eye, maybe fifty feet away, Leo saw Frank the grizzly bear jump from the top of a wall and flatten another Nikette. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Once, she had seen a haint raise such a bluster on the sidewalk that a living man stumbled as it spun through him, falling hard into the street and nearly getting flattened by a streetcar. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His hair had flattened out, and it fell in his eyes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He came to rest on a large maple near Sam’s lean-to and flattened his feathers to his body. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He held her hand over the board and smoothly flattened their palms against each other, interlocking his fingers with hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Nothing,” said Harry quickly, flattening his hair over his scar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I make a flattening gesture with my hands. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the floor of the thing were two poles, each flattened at one end. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tree struck him with such force it would’ve flattened me into a Percy pizza with extra olives. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He pulled till I saw the big muscles of his haunches flatten and start quivering. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Professionally, the recognition that the world was flat was unnerving because I realized that this flattening had been taking place while I was sleeping, and I had missed it. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z In the middle of the road was a flattened, bloody mass of brown prickles and white fur, with small black feet and snout crushed round the edges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It reached and nearly touched the delicious flattened balls of parboiled rice in my imagination. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Which meant that they’d been lucky at Bright Sands, and missed being flattened. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Misha held an apple out in a flattened hand, and the horse munched it up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He saw the cat stretching its head and flattening its eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, mobility, which once buoyed the working lives of Americans as it rose in the decades after World War II, has lately flattened out or possibly even declined, many researchers say. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She wanted to flatten herself to the floor and crawl away. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Suddenly ordinary people could get the benefit of computing without being programmers. ft is impossible to exaggerate how important this was to the flattening of the world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z When she was flat on her stomach, Amaroq flattened his ears and wagged his tail once. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The agent flattened himself against the rock, thumbed back the hammer of his revolver, and waited for the horseman to show. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I doze, flattened by a combination of trauma and moonshine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I tried to flatten myself against the building in case the aide had gotten up and walked toward the noise. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A little owl with a slightly flattened, hawklike head peered down at them from one of the branches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Good work, everyone, I think we’ll flatten Slytherin,” he said bracingly, and the Chasers and Beaters left the changing room looking reasonably happy with themselves. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then it became more subtle, minor disturbances :— a broken branch, a ring of flattened leaves — that I had to piece together to find a direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I groped at the door, catching hold of the frame, but he lifted me off the ground, flattened my arms against my body, then dropped my head into the toilet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He paces on the flattened grass by the ditch, remaining remarkably clean, while the driver labors to change the tire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His face seemed to flatten out, like she had hit him with a shovel. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyebrows drew together, his voice flattening out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He took it out in boxing, and he came out of Princeton with painful self-consciousness and the flattened nose, and was married by the first girl who was nice to him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Struggling to draw breath into lungs that felt flattened, he blinked and realized that the gaudy glare was sunlight streaming through a canopy of leaves far above him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He sprang into the dark passageway and flattened himself against the wall, listening to footsteps draw nearer, nearer, then pass and begin to recede down the street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I said I thought a ridge that flattened out on top and had a little depth would be easier and more practical to hold than a succession of small mountains. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z My mother said she used a laundry iron to flatten it out before pasting it next to hers in the scrapbook. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Ned broke the wax with his thumb and flattened the letter to consider the king's urgent com-mand, reading the words with mounting disbelief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The flattening of the third and seventh notches on the scale is consistent with centuries-old African melody modes, memories of which had clearly not been lost among the children and grandchildren of slaves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Ben and Matthew had flattened the back seats of the station wagon and inserted a double mattress so the children could sleep during the night journey through Georgia. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dark curls are flattened by a khaki cap, and her blue-green eyes are beaming at Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Taking a firm grip on the mitten, he flattened his ears in spirited fellowship, dashed down the slope and up to his den. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With the dragon’s broad horselike face and flattened body, it resembled the sort of zmeu that might adorn a medieval icon or tapestry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His nose is flattened and off to the side, encrusted with blood. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Still, with my mom flattened upstairs and my dad working all the time, the house did feel a tad quiet and the fridge a wee bit empty. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Below them the sides of her breasts swelled out, flattened against the mattress. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And she will accept the strangely pleasant sensation that comes when he writhes beneath her hand and flattens his eyes with a surfeit of sensual delight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She flattens her hands against the back of the wardrobe and slides open the panel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He opens it to reveal flattened caps arranged in neat rows. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Later before the sun set she was back beside him, her body flattened, spent, but her face silent and undaunted. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z A Plan I don’t have to tell Brother Khoi, who heard in the halls of bis school that my face is to be flattened flatter tomorrow. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The clues here are the so-called ‘flattened’ degrees of the musical ladder, or scale, at the third and seventh positions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A terrific, painless blow had flattened him out. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His round stomach had flattened out a trifle from the starvation winter, but he was by no means thin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But Globalization 3.0 differs from the previous eras not only in how it is shrinking and flattening the world and in how it is empowering individuals. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z We darted to a window that looked out on the street and flattened ourselves against the wall next to it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A few years or decades of tranquility may see grasses replaced by shrubs and trees which are in turn flattened by a violent thunderstorm, permit ting the grass to thrive again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It flattened out and then pulled back a little from tension in itself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The flattening of these degrees - that is, the slight lowering in pitch - betrays the origin of Blues melodies in older, modal key-families. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To the east the land was lower, the ground flattening to a rolling plain that stretched away as far as the eye could see. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This sud- den revolution in connectivity constituted a major flattening force. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She looked down self-consciously and flattened her smile into a smirk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Time was slow ’nough that I seent his nose flatten out and spread o’er his cheeks, looking like someone had slapped him in the face with a piece of brownish Georgia ham. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z When it’s nearly time for Rosie’s act, I sneak into the big top and stand flattened against a section of seats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The robot swung her flattened hand, and the sounds of chopping wood echoed across the water. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She flattened herself against the wall, hoping they wouldn’t think to look in the library passage. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “There’s going to be a pretty good horse race,” wrote the New York World Telegram, “until Seabiscuit flattens out like a rug at the sixteenth pole.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One swing could flatten any man on the island. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Upstairs, Dad has me flatten a stack of empty boxes while he puts the books on the bookshelves. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I saw the panther’s eyes tracking us, the tiger’s ears flattening just a little. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My mom flattened the bills on her lap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Again it was flattened, folded and flattened again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The fence was sheltered on three sides by a screen of scrap lumber and flattened tin cans. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was flattened against his forehead, and dripping. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Clouds of water vapor swirled around me, winds so powerful they buffeted Hyperion and flattened the grass in a twenty-yard radius. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I smoothed my palm over the cover, flattening a corner that might have bent in the fall from Fred’s window. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were deep furrows in the cheeks, the cheekbones felt sharp, the nose flattened. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I lay for a few minutes, finding patterns in the ceiling, then put on my shoes and run my fingers through my hair to flatten it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mama’s lips flattened out into a thin line that reminded me of Dinah’s. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Harry scrambled around, threw himself forward, and managed to flatten it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Other protogalaxies with weaker gravity or less initial rotation flattened very little and became the first elliptical galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This phase was just the foundation for the next step in flattening the flat world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z And as the male lion finished, he lifted his paw, to reveal a flattened line of red thread. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I know I should have jumped off the bed and stomped across the room and flattened him against the wall and punched his lights out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The figure’s flattened ears and straining muscles convey her death throes with convincing realism. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Beneath them, the blackened ruins of Stalingrad were softened by a fresh fall of snow, and around them the Soviet air and ground forces were flattening the last German troops outside the city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He half expected to see her come through flattened straight out like the coyote on Road Runner. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I flatten myself to the mob a split second before the low doorway would have taken my head off. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I flattened my ear against the wall and heard a woman’s angry voice, then another, the higher voice of a girl shouting back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes a piece of crumpled paper from her pocket and flattens it against her left palm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z To their left, Frank and Hazel used their cereal bowls to flatten out a map of Greece. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My body is tight as a spring, but I flatten my gaze and keep my expression emotionless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As you looked out across the flattened, battered city, you could see the spire of Cologne Cathedral. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I figured she was picturing me flattened like a penny on the trestle rails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then they run a steam-roller over it several times to flatten it out. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They left stuffed animals, notes, ribbons, pieces of clothing, books, flowers, Bibles, flattened pennies, poems, photographs, jewelry, tiny trinkets. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I flattened my hand against the table, spreading my fingers out. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She pounds the hamburger with the palm of her left hand to flatten it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The blast of air came like a sudden whistling gale; it took my breath and flattened my ears against my head, and I closed my eyes instinctively. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Here, the land had been cleared and flattened out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The wheels flattened his right foot, then sliced through his left leg above the knee. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Even though Luxa had flattened herself on the bat’s back, Aurora barely managed to pull out of the maneuver without scraping her off on the ceiling. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “And then, about a month ago, she suddenly went back to normal. Her face flattened out again. Back to being skinny and straight as a rail. I wondered.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The right side of her face was red, and the hair on that side had flattened. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then came along this Internet-e-mail-browser phase, and it flattened the earth a little bit more. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Eleven bodies flattened against the ground at the edge of the woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When you start to think of the world as flat, or at least in the process of flattening, a lot of things make sense in ways they did not before. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He could see their wide, flattened, shovel-pointed heads now and their white- tipped wide pectoral fins. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of boys would put a tin can on the car track and sit along the curb and watch with a professional eye as the trolley wheels flattened the can. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched as Seabiscuit’s body flattened down, his speed building, humming over the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Flapping her hands on her head for ears, she flattened her fingers to make friends, pulled them together and back to express fear, and shot them for ward to display her aggression and dominance. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The roots had flattened as he made his way here and there, seeking the shortest, safest route from place to place. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The rain dashed against her and flattened her hair lankly over her cheeks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His ears flatten and he raises a paw. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He put his hands on his head, flattening his Iocs, rocking back and forth in that way people do right before they punch a wall. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Coraline had time to observe that the house itself was continuing to change, becoming less distinct and flattening out, even as she raced down the stairs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It was as if the bed had drawn a deep breath and then gracefully flattened itself into the grass. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stomped and flattened the dirt with my foot. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z For some reason I started picking and flattening her cowlicks with my fingers like we were a couple of gorillas. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There’s the factory worker whose hands were flattened like corn tortillas by a machine. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Why did one time dimension and three space dimensions flatten out, while the other dimensions remain tightly curled up? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her red stitched smile had flattened out, like she was judging me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Dad was on the tractor, still working with the heavy road roller in order to flatten the waves out of the runway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Monday morning I’m up early to wash my face and flatten my hair with water and spit. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to talk about it,” he said, his voice flattened. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When I hear the next hiss, I flatten on the ground, not taking time to look. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Just to summarize again: The Apple-PC-Windows flattening phase was about me interacting with my computer and me interacting with my own limited network inside my own company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z With that noncommittal reply, he flattened himself and slipped under the door into the empty classroom. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Netscape was a huge flattening force for several reasons. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z One sharp tap and the bead flattened to a tiny leaf shape, with the remainder of the wire its stem. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Now Sam, flattened out on the girder, was watching them walk toward the foreman. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It would flatten one of our small houses if it ever fell down. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He was knocked down, flattened, then hauled upstairs to be forcibly searched. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On their left the stream flattened out into a large, calm, crystal-clear pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The street looked strange, unfamiliar; the compound gate was broken, the metal flattened on the ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I unrolled the carpet partway and immediately found something else: a flattened, empty box that had once contained twenty-four nutrition bars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He’s got his brown skin, like mine, and tight curls that get all flattened as he sleeps. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z But the cat just narrows his eyes, flattens his one ear, and hisses back at me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Beans cursed and stomped on the ball with both feet, flattening it, grinding it into the sidewalk. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He stiffened and his ears flattened to his skull. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She kept damp cash in her bodice, which she tied tightly around her chest to flatten her unchristian breasts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the ground flattened, a huge stone precipice rose up ahead of him, just barely visible in the moonlight. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I thought about putting a penny on the tracks for the train to flatten, then decided not to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She gazes upon his bent back with flattened ears and then seems to adjust her attitude, swinging her trunk and investigating the ground in front of her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But when Ivan's stone hit it, it bellowed out a sound like an avalanche of rocks and snow flattening a mountain forest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Some of the signs of flattening back home, though, had nothing to do with economics. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She threw herself backward against the elevator’s side wall, standing on tiptoe and trying to flatten herself so they couldn’t see her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Well, the palm trees in our courtyard were ripped and flattened from the wind of the helicopters, and looked far too defeated by war to accept my prayers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gray curls flatten again on the pillow. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z On the raised part of the near end Hazel was crouching, his ears drooping on either side of his head and his flattened fur completely black with rain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I flattened it out: Ben, I’d love to go to prom with you, but I’m already going with Frank. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z On tire surface, there is something unappealing about the idea of inducing other people to flatten their accents in order to compete in a flatter world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Typical,” muttered Mulch, flattening his ear to the cold steel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She is trying to flatten a new poster to the wall. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I flatten my back to the wall and wait. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They scrambled between the massive blue legs and flattened themselves in the mud, crawling as close as they could to his loincloth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The area had been almost completely flattened by American bombers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Our trip was between a mental hospital on the East Coast and here. We’re all schizophrenic, with defective emotional lives—flattening of affect, it’s called. And we have group hallucinations.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As though everything around him had been flattened into a neat illustration. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Without warning, coming as a complete and unexpected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t like that now, because so much has been flattened, and even from the creek, he can see everything all at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He began to unwad the crumpled paper and flatten it out as the old man watched tiredly. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He flattened out the two humps of wire, and with great care wriggled the charred scrap of paper on to one of them. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Jemmy flattened himself against the wall, and found the prince already there. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z When she winged down out of the hemlock, he ducked and flattened out in the snow shouting, “Blast off.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z About mid-day they came to a hill whose top was wide and flattened, like a shallow saucer with a green mounded rim. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She groans, flattens her hand against her stomach. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A vast meadow sloped down for at least a mile before flattening into another mile of wide green floor. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My hand flattens, almost unconsciously, letting the warmth of him seep up through my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She flattened her palms against the door and then pressed her body to the oak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We pound down the cliff top path, kicking up our own dust, Manchee’s ears flattened back, running fast. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z On the day we heard this I sat sobbing in our kitchen, flattened with shame and rage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, American bombers were pounding Japan night after night, flattening and burning entire cities. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarai found herself flattened against the wall, trying to make sense of the flow of faces, and they were all familiar but not as familiar as they would be if she had seen them recently. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had a spatula made from a flattened foodtin and with it he built a small village. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Migrants flatten themselves to avoid being hit by tree branches as their freight train rolls through Chiapas in southern Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But when he knew he heard Odysseus’ voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, getting flattened under a plaster mountain had only energized him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After the train had roared by, the massive wheels churning, we’d run to get our newly flattened, hot and shiny piece of metal. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the tops of the swells were flattened somehow. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She found him flattened out on a car track to make a miniature potsy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The vanity held a collection of hair relaxers, skin bright- eners, oils, and flattening irons. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z After all, flattened ears and a tail-wag were scarcely a conversation. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen my sisters’ scapulars and knew that the bit of cloth at the end had a picture of the Virgin or St. Joseph on it, but this scapular held a small, flattened pouch. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It finally goes through, but only after I press it against the corner of the machine to flatten it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The powerful high beams picked up sprays of broken glass in the street, as well as nails, shards of metal, old hubcaps, tin cans, a flattened pair of men’s underpants. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Wine bottles and beer cans were scattered everywhere, broken and flattened by tires. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He stomped on it with all his might, stomped again and again, crushed it, flattened it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I walked slowly, taking my time, stepping on dead wet leaves that flattened beneath my feet. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The beach at the end of this road was backed by low, rolling dunes, which flattened out to a narrow belt of sand before giving way to the placid gray water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They flattened themselves on the platform and endured the deafening sound. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Mami propped up her pigeon pea and annatto bushes, which had been flattened by the storm, and soon they bloomed again, their leaves as new and fresh as babies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A glassine bandage wrapping danced across the area between the huts, flattened itself momentarily against the small, still body of a dead NVA soldier, and then flew off into the jungle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At 1000 g’s, the beam is still straight, but trees have become squashed and flattened; at 100,000 g’s, rocks are crushed by their own weight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am still figuring out the logistics of interacting with physical things,” Marco says, flattening the raven’s wings and letting it limp down the length of his arm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She staggered through the reeds to the island ahead and flattened on the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I had looked closely at the elaborate motifs of her tablecloths and doilies and had tried to draw them on lined notebook paper or on flattened grocery bags. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The haptic chair instantly flattened itself again, then retracted so that it was flush against the wall, clearing a large empty space in the center of the room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He glared at Ivan’s family with his ears flattened back against his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z We remain flattened on the worn-out, dusty blue carpet of the bank, and Marv and I are looking at each other with eyes that argue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He turned to look with strangely guilty eyes at Jackson, who came marching toward him through the little clusters of students, all of whom flattened themselves against the walls to let him pass. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard the shots and flattened myself against the wall. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As a kid during World War II, he’d sat in movie theaters, horrified by newsreel images of the smoking rubble of European cities that had been flattened by German bombs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z No worry then but how to find a good stone, not round exactly but flattened and water-shaped, to use in a sling pouch cut from a discarded shoe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When I find some I clean it off and flatten it out and store it between the pages of my school reader. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Miles’s expression flattened out the way it always did when he was dealing with information rather than emotions. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Lucas found parts of the wire chicken run two miles from the house, flattened and wrapped around some trees. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z In some cases, spiral arms form all by themselves in a galaxy that has already flattened to a disk. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes up zero space, so there is no outer edge, no place where space begins to flatten out again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the kitchen doorway, back arched, ears flattened, stands the ugliest tomcat in the world. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She flattened the paper cup into the table, shattering their images. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And on the way he found the perfect slingshot stone, round and slightly flattened and heavy enough to carry through the air. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Milligan had even closed the door behind him, Kate shrugged and cracked her knuckles, flattened her palms against the cement, and lifted her feet into the air above her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They flattened themselves against the wall and listened. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Tucker took out Number Seven with a solid hit, but Number Seven took revenge mid-period and flattened Tucker. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Human” is feathers flattened, eyes wide, neck pulled in, wings drooped to fly. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My father put a hand to my chest, and we flattened ourselves against the wall in the shadow of an apartment building. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Howard flattened his sandwich between the palms of his hands. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I flattened my body against the brick, steeling myself against the forceful water, and prayed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I started toward the tree, but I stopped short as soon as I came around the corner of the barn, and flattened myself to the wall. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The water had flattened out some, but the wind was as steady as it had been all night. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For the second time that night, he ran to the door and flung it open—and was instantly flattened by Radar, who pounced on his chest and started licking his face from top to bottom. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The walking had been easy so far; after he had climbed over the mountain nearest Ch’ulp’o, the terrain had flattened out into endless rice fields. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Hagrid launched himself forward on top of the skrewt that was cornering Harry and Ron and flattened it; a blast of fire shot out of its end, withering the pumpkin plants nearby. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Adria had a soft spot for turtles too, but I was surprised when she ran into the empty street and picked up the flattened thing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had never seen any coins from anywhere else, but he wouldn’t have been surprised if quarters in Mozambique looked like flattened beer caps. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The two spells combined did what one alone had not: The spider keeled over sideways, flattening a nearby hedge, and strewing the path with a tangle of hairy legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Twenty-four needle jabs to my rib cage later, I’m flattened out on my hospital bed, gritting my teeth to keep from begging them to bring back my morphling drip. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z So she doesn’t like pushy policemen very much, or pushy vice principals, and probably Mr. Canton was in more danger of a flattened face than he understood. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He glided on, flattening his tall, thin, black-cloaked body against the side of the building. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While economics and the flattening of the world have pushed Reuters down this path, Glocer has tried to make a virtue of necessity. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He plucked what looked like a four-foot version of a string bean from a branch, split it lengthwise, and showed me flattened, shiny seeds arrayed along its length like teeth in a jaw. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She put another piece of paper on top of this and set the box on top to flatten everything down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He held up a small pipe with a wide flattened bowl, and handed it to Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The culprit lay in the flattened path, raised up on his elbows, staring at the damage, guilty. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Harry flattened himself against the wall as Mr. Weasley came clattering past with his robes on back-to-front and hurtled out of sight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They had ratproofed it by lining it with flattened tin cans. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the workroom, she found that they had flattened her paper bag and set out the two bologna sandwiches mama had fixed for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dig up the vegetable garden, everything that was coming up, flatten it, and cover it with dead leaves. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d have to flatten his back against the tunnel’s wall. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I flattened myself against the wall and held my breath to be less noticeable. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When he hits the pod, we take cover — ducking into doorways or flattening onto the pretty, light orange and pink paving stones—as a hail of bullets sweeps back and forth over our heads. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Because it is flattening and shrinking the world, Globalization 3.0 is going to be more and more driven not only by individuals but also by a much more diverse — non-Western, nonwhite—group of individuals. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I didn't feel so much as a twinge of pain, despite having been flattened by a train three days ago. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He felt considerably flattened by the evening’s events. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The place where he was seemed like a great field of boulders, with a flattened fortress at one end cf it—between the glass plates. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The monstrous army swarmed him, but the Maeonian drakon flattened everything in its path, sweeping its tail and spraying poison while Damasen jabbed at Tartarus, forcing the god to retreat like a cornered lion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It isn’t safe,” George says, his eyes on the bent-over tree line, in parts looking like a giant lawn mower came across the earth, flattening trees in its path. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He staggered to his feet and sucked the burned air into his flattened lungs until his head cleared. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I flattened myself on the floor as much as possible. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He handed me a flattened tin can that he’d probably been saving in his pocket for a thousand miles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Jon cracked the hardened wax, flattened the roll of parchment, read. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Ride the princess, ride she?” said the roach hopefully, waving its antennas ingratiatingly and flattening itself on its stomach before Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hanako didn’t know what to expect, but she saw that Kobe was a mix of flattened ruins and damaged buildings as well as many undamaged ones. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His dark hair is badly cut, as though the barber was distracted during the process, but some attempt has been made to flatten it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Holly jumped back, flattening herself against the velveteen wallpaper. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba appeared in the doorway at the very instant when the house snapped in half like an eggshell and collapsed in a cloud of dust, flattening him beneath a pile of rubble. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird has been flattened; its severed head is a couple inches away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Tally swallowed, trying to imagine whatever was in there, flattened and buried for centuries in the dark. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I stepped up onto the ridge so he could flatten himself against the buttress. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If Kyle was in the wrong place when a shelving unit came shooting in from the side, he’d be flattened like a pancake under a steamroller. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I flatten the sheet against the table and read the rickety letters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The nose has been flattened until it barely exists. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Magpies hunkered atop flattened prairie dog carcasses along the shoulder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had it flattened out and he had the J-3 almost ready to fly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "When I first came here and saw the suffering and ruin, it nearly broke my heart. A once-great city flattened, and the people digging in the mud like dogs. I could hardly bear it." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They ceased whispering and flattened themselves into a shadow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Maniac uncrumpled the page, flattened it out as best he could. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the hill it charged across the road, knocking over a telegraph pole and flattening two parked automobiles as it went by. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He flattened his ears to show he meant no threat, but that he would not leave. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His upper lip was flattened and his nose was sort of squashed, and through the throbbing blur of panic and noise and people, I felt like bawling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She tapped her wrist and her silver chains transformed— flattening and expanding into a huge shield. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He and Big Daddy flatten themselves on the mausoleum roof. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Uprooted trees sprawled their branches in ghastly fashion over streets and houses, flattening them and the bodies of men and women indiscriminately. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m utterly flattened by the knowledge that one stupid moment could bring down this kind of curtain. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands go straight to my hips, and I’m so about to let Stacy Chin have such a big piece of my mind, it’ll flatten her, when Julia gives my elbow a tug. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She has a way of flattening even those phrases that should have inflection built into them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There was less than an inch between the floor and the bottom of the cabinet, so that she could not walk properly but had to flatten herself out and crawl. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Almost all of those in the crowd were white, and their faces had a certain flattened, nonfrilled look, like the land in which they lived. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Each word diminished them, flattened them against the night until they were puppets, pointing fingers in each other’s faces. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z By now the smell’s so strong rhat it begins to flatten out, as if there’s no more my nose can absorb. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I could see swarms of Russians plowing into East Prussia toward the coast of the Baltic Sea, flattening Germany’s Wehrmacht, and all of us, in the process. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She has flattened most of them to her body while lifting those between her shoulders. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z With a heavy stone Constance flattened the conical brass extinguisher fitted to the top of the staff until it resembled a vicious-looking spear. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I flatten myself against the aluminum siding of a Mercury Home when a searchlight passes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I flatten myself against the ground and creep forward so I’m facing the mountains, peering through openings between the orange plastic barriers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It was flattened out like an aerial photograph. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She has the flattened soft fingertips of an old woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As I watched, they tossed her twice and her soft breasts seemed to flatten against the air and her legs flung wildly as she spun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Jemmy flattened himself against the grave-cold wall, but the prince seemed suddenly to rebel at being chased down like a sewer rat. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I rub the instrument across her stomach again, and it flattens with each stroke, the extra skin and bulk beneath it melting away, her waist growing smaller. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The couch was a threadbare blue stripey thing, with cushions flattened from long use. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The sim was well to the west by the time the slope began to flatten beneath the hooves of their horses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The sound seemed to rumble through the hills and flatten out over the valley. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I tore a strip of my winding sheet and wrapped it around my bosom to flatten my breasts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z According to Newton’s theory, the centrifugal force of the Earth’s spin should result in a slight flattening at the poles and a bulging at the equator, which would make the planet slightly oblate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was always better to drop down that way, feet first, arms holding on to the top of the ledge above, until you were quite steady, belly flattened against the wall. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z As I reload, Brutus flattens on the ground, rolls the few feet to the water, and submerges. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Globalization 3.0 is shrinking the world from a size small to a size tiny and flattening the playing field at the same time. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z They would be even more powerful if that pox epidemic hadn’t flattened their birthrate and made them so desperate for a new gene pool and breeders. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But there is something about the flattening of the world that is going to be qualitatively different from the great changes of previous eras: the speed and breadth with which it is taking hold. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Inside the bag, two flattened strips of white cotton, each banded with black and carrying a dark brown stain. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The little dust devil flattened into a trail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Inside, flattened cardboard boxes covered most of the floor, which was worn from years of foot traffic. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z At the base of the slab he flattened himself and perked his ears uphill. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He stops in his tracks and waves at us as the truck brushes right past him, only inches from flattening him into roadkill. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Their flattened accents carry up into our apartment from three stories below. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I grab my bag and rush to the door’s entrance, flattening my back against the wall. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes narrow and her enormous ears flatten against her head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I used blue painter’s tape for the diamond, flattened shoebox tops for the bases, and a balance ball for the pitcher’s mound. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The ground was littered with flattened soda cans and fast-food wrappers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Papi had left a few boards down the center of the room and around his and Mami’s bed, to stand on until the ground was swept and flattened. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In the fading light, the trees along the banks were slowly losing their dimensions, flattening into silhouettes clipped from black paper and pasted to the paling sky. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She was bloodless, detached, floating in a world where darkness descended too soon and everyone walked around burdened by coats, and flattened by the absence of light. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She watched him carefully unfold each tight crease and flatten the paper on a stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z You can buy miniature Christmas cards that say “Flowers from the Holy Land” and include a flattened burst of wildflowers. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He blocked the doors with the drums and built a fire in the floor and he made beds out of some flattened cardboard boxes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z So I flatten myself and the car starts again, and for the next few minutes I see nothing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, she told Kainene how afraid she was for Ugwu, how she felt as if she were about to turn a corner and be flattened by tragedy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d slide this awful story off my shoulders, flatten it, sketch out our crimes like a failed battle plan and shake it in the faces of my neighbors, who are wary of me already. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They flattened themselves against the wall and stood motionless. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But after I came around the corner of the final switchback, before the trail flattened out through the forest, I saw Annie ahead of me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Bigger flattened against the building, in the dark. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The kind you wouldn’t want to get flattened by. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Some got out, their bodies burnt and flattened, and went off not knowing where they were going. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z If the prospect of this flattening—and all of the pressures, dislocations, and opportunities accompanying it—makes you uneasy about the future, you are neither wrong nor alone. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z We flatten out the dough with rolling pins and press these flavorings into it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I want to flatten the ripples with my hand, want to so bad my mouth goes dry. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z On the bright side, assuming there was a bottom, Annabeth and Percy would probably be flattened on impact, so giant spiders were the least of their worries. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z From there, he sighted the advantage he needed: midway down from the mill walls, where the field began to flatten out, a purple granite slab shouldered out of the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The .38 slug had splashed off one side of Joe’s heart and had flattened against the ribs and torn out a section as big as a fist. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Defenders screamed as a watery shockwave flattened them against the battlements. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z You flattened the ball into a perfect circle, concentrating, with the tip of your tongue between your lips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z About fifty yards away from him, the grass was being flattened by the still invisible quad as it made its next charge. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And then the trail of the flattened brush widened out, and I saw him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Oh—” Stheno stepped back quickly to avoid getting flattened by the giant’s foot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They carried shields made from flattened cars, and clubs that were tree trunks with rusty spikes bristling at the end. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His features—the broad face, the flattened nose, the narrow, pleated eyes—looked so elegant. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Bernoffski, his lungs flattened, his cold white body pinned to his freshly cut lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He bent at the hip and stretched his spaghetti arms, his flattened dough hands, and his spider-leg fingers toward the camera. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From behind a pillow I tried to flatten myself down into the floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The hands flattened against the panes, framed heads, and left red prints. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he opened the bus window, put the two stingers on the lip and slammed it back down, so the prongs flattened into super sharp blades—we called those “killer wasps.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Pollard flattened down for a hard mile workout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up and poured some water in the flour and mixed the dough quickly, forming it into little balls, then flattening them into circles. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The COs soon learned of the squadron’s prowess; angry farmers came calling after the 372nd’s hundred-pound bombs flattened an outhouse and one unfortunate cow. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z A moment later, she threw herself down onto the grass, flattening a patch with her back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She turned to him, looking not at his face, but at his shoes — old moccasins he wore as if they were slippers, the leather at the back permanently flattened. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He beached the skiff, took out his tarpon gaff, and flattened every single tire—I think there were, like, eight of them—on the Carmichaels’ RV. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Once the fire was flattened, the draccus began to follow the same pattern as before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He tied the string again, and flattened the knot, as well as he could, then swung the satchel on to his back. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She didn’t try to flatten another bird—that had been sheer luck, and besides, it wasn’t exactly pleasant finding shreds of bone and intestines in her soup. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Mia had flattened the pages, the wrinkles still rippled across the birds’ wings as if the wind were ruffling their feathers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When they're flattened out and drying, I examine the contents of the first-aid kit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Deepwood’s mossy walls enclosed a wide, rounded hill with a flattened top, crowned by a cavernous longhall with a watch- tower at one end, rising fifty feet above the hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She raised an arm to point to it, and the wind flattened her nightgown against her body. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Red picked up my flattened hat and shoved it back on my head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He flattened his hand and waved it this way and that, as if mimicking the movements of a feather falling from the sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We flattened ourselves against the sides of the hut, and then Johnson peppered one side of it with the sixty. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This flattening process is happening at warp speed and directly or indirectly touching a lot more people on the planet at once. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I have to flatten myself to my locker to avoid being trampled. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I offer the Schieffer-Ardolino and Financial Times cases as just two examples of how the flattening of the world has happened faster and changed rules, roles, and relationships more quickly than social science can capture. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She flattens out the creases as well as she can and drags the floor lamp closer and places the print before her son. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Third, Roberval devised an experiment where a carp’s bladder which had been flattened and sealed tight was placed at the top of the Torricellian tube. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A few gray jays, so tame they would eat from his hand, landed nearby and started hunting for sandwich scraps in the flattened grassy area where the posse had been. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cave opening vanished and the mound flattened again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z My dad had my crumpled note, flattened out, in his lap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He pulled a crumpled sheet of newspaper from a packing case, flattened it out as best he could, then pushed it underneath the door, leaving only a corner on his side of the doorway. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “The Americans will fight; that’s what’s going to happen. You saw what they did to Japan in the big war. Got them out of our country for good! They’ll flatten those Commies in no time.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The fourth time we actually get further, building a second level before the whole thing flattens. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She hopes she doesn’t get flattened by a car before she even gets out of her own state. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Some flattened, squashing themselves along the axis of rotation where gravity is not balanced by centrifugal force. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He cracked the seal, flattened the parchment, and read. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She ran her fingers along the hood of Jalil’s car, which was black, shiny, with glittering wheels in which Mariam saw a flattened, widened version of herself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Hills flattened into nothingness, lowlands rose until they merged with promontories, and every part of Durham was revealed and intelligible in the gelid light. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After so many attempts at making the petal that was eventually used for the water pot, his hands seemed to work of their own accord, flattening here, pinching there . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I wet it and do my best to flatten it with the palm of my hand, but it's no use. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The shadows flattened as she walked, and by the time she reached the other shore they had turned into sky and vanished. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I gulped and took a step back, half expecting R.C. to flatten me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I stretched it out and flattened it with my palm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Every wrinkle was a patch of sorry to be smoothed and flattened. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z In the last photograph, a bulldozer razed the dirt to even the terrain, flattening the landscape like a popped bubble. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He flattened himself against the wall and watched the people passing by the entrance to the passage. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner was I home than more signs of the flattening came knocking at my door. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z "I am sorry, Your Exalted Majesty," the king said, flattening himself even lower to the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She flattened herself like an obedient pup as he glided down his slope and up hers. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When they rounded a corner, they flattened themselves fast against the building to catch what followed unawares moving steadily forward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rise of the Windows-enabled PC, combined with the fall of the Wall, set in motion the whole flattening process. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Something bigger than him threatened to flatten Rishi, something bigger than all of them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He took the empty bottle and the flattened straw, and sent Estha back into The Sound of Music. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosie’s ears flatten against her head, and I lean forward, looking more closely. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ropes lashed around Crusty and flattened him against the mattress. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” I agreed, and drove slowly enough so that the squirrels could run relay races back and forth between the wheels of the car without getting flattened. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They were rather soggy, but he flattened them out. “. . . when the theatre was built, in . . . 1766,” said Joseph, reading from the notes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes the ambulance workers must pry a flattened hand or leg off the rails to move the migrant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But Hester sensed her coming and flattened herself in time, and the owl’s claws just missed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Next Foremole rummaged in his kit and came up with a tin of grease and a strong thin bar, one end of which was flattened like a spatula. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I lost Worm and Dylan for a moment and then the path flattened and I came upon them just standing, waiting for me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His brown corduroy jacket was so old that its ridges had flattened out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They were thick-necked and brutal, with flattened noses and scars wandering across their arms and faces. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I flattened myself against the dark red wall and averted my eyes as the techs from the medical examiner’s office took my parents away in body bags. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Sir Fig Newton crouched low, his ears flattened. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Salim said how huge it was and I said it had twenty-four storeys and Kat said it would be flattened any day now by our dad. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Leary bounded after her prey and pounced on the dummy, flattening its armor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Halfway through, when the rice threatens to flatten your appetite, it suddenly goes away. O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z She is taking all the issues flattened out by aid appeals and rhetoric and weaving a story around them that defies you to resent Darling for her departure for America. ‘We Need New Names’: harsh vision of the African Diaspora 2013-08-24T15:12:52Z The result is a kind of flattened Cubism whose architectural clarity and spareness has an in-process look. A New Level of Ambition in Art by 3 Women 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z With a rolling pin or wine bottle, flatten the bread slices as thinly as possible. Level up your grilled cheese with crunchy, buttery, dippable Gouda roll-ups 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z She talked about flattening herself behind her bathroom door as someone entered her office, screaming, “Where is she? Where is she?” Perspective | AOC explains why Republicans can’t just tell her to forget about the insurrection and move on 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Stir to combine, dragging and flattening the miso to incorporate. This addictive, lemony gnocchi is a butter lover's dream dish 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z But you flatten the possibility of expression for young Black artists You don’t have white figuration. How Rollerblading Propelled Maxwell Alexandre’s Art Career 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Still, it’s complicated: The same hype that has broadened demand for birria has also flattened its perception. The Birria Boom Is Complicated, but Simply Delicious 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z There's a grass broom, two drums, a woven reed basket, a broken umbrella and a whole stack of flattened, empty, corrugated cardboard boxes. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z The surface of the flattened, breaded chicken breast was green with asparagus — in late fall. RPM Italian review: If only it tasted as good as it looks — and feels 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Place them on the work surface, then use the heel of your hand to flatten each round as thin as possible. Here’s a clever way to make chicken potpie with a better-for-you crust 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Seating 1,100, it somehow escaped the bombing that flattened most of the city and currently operates as a typical German regional theater. Music Review: Kurt Weill Festival: One Man, Many Different Beats 2011-03-08T13:00:06Z The uphill climb flattened out into a hostile field of gray boulders. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z And because these declarations now appear in the same fashion — on the flattening wave of a Google News alert — they have the effect of equalizing the wrongdoing they're meant to redress. Celebrities quick to apologize for mistakes but are they sorry? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z With binders, for example, she uses square-shaped seams to help flatten the chest, using the highest quality Lycra. Underwear for trans people: the torture of binding, tucking and packing is over 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Making the character so immature may help explain some of his decisions regarding Rachel and the estate, but they also flatten much of the potential for emotional complexity. Spoleto Festival USA Offers Tension and Balance 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z "The hours and weeks and months," Bono said with a distinct melancholy flattening his voice, in an otherwise empty private room at a Manhattan restaurant in which he is an investor. Bono never guessed size of 'Spider-Man' challenges 2011-06-14T06:55:46Z People who have left with their pets have held them close as they travel through flattened towns or find refuge at transportation hubs and border checkpoints. Amid war, Ukraine refugees flee with their pets despite the travel risks 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z “But if it’s a movement that ends in blowing yourself up, that seems to flatten all the understanding that would be available.” Film: The Gang That Couldn?t Bomb Straight 2010-10-23T16:08:00Z The men walk swiftly in profile, on bent legs, their palms lifted and flattened like figures from Egyptian hieroglyphs. Dance Review: From Japan, a Reminder That We Are Dust, and to Dust We Return 2010-10-06T21:44:00Z Regardless of how they're managing to cope, many on Twitter seem to be embracing the #QuarantineLife, which is encouraged by the CDC for those experiencing symptoms and also to help flatten the curve. Twitter users get creative during self-isolation amid coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Nolan and his co-writer, his brother, Jonathan Nolan, have come up with a neat premise: intergalactic travel is accomplished by passing through a wormhole near Saturn, a space-time warp that flattens distances. “Interstellar” Is a Flowery Greeting Card 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z He thinks travel demand will flatten — in about a year. Perspective | Why are my loyalty points worth less this summer? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Pat to flatten until cookies are 1½ inches wide. These easy cocoa-peppermint cookies are cute as a button 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Kind bars are a "this meeting is definitely not ending soon" item you scrounge, flattened and slightly melty, from the bottom of a messenger bag. A number of Democrats running for president are kind of weird about food 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z In this flattened landscape of false enthusiasm, something genuinely boundary-pushing and heartfelt becomes a kind of threat. Beyoncé Parodies Reveal the Limitations of Late Night 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The chicken is spatchcocked, flattened, smeared with marinade and then settled in the garlicky bath overnight, where it grows more fervent with each hour. At Chicks Isan in Downtown Brooklyn, the Grilled Chicken Stands Above 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z If you flattened out his looping pale resin forms, the loose brush work and smeared paint coursing across their surfaces might resemble second-generation Abstract Expressionism from the 1950s, except for occasional additions of spray paint. Ernesto Burgos: ‘Monotony of Type’ 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z But last week, it was mostly flattened and impatient, loud but not powerful. Review: The Philharmonic’s ‘Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The effect is a sameness that flattens Geni’s characters and ultimately robs them of credibility. Review | After an act of ecoterrorism, two siblings go on the run in ‘The Wildlands’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z |
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