| 单词 | flies |
| 例句 | At Riverbank, he lived in a damp windmill, where he did experiments with fruit flies and African violets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The camshaft flies around the factory until a man unhooks it, attaches it to the engine block, growing eccentric now with fan blades, pipes, and spark plugs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was the spider who could not coax any flies into his web. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “But then the second it gets personal, it all flies out the window. I’ll never forget that I said that.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Now that Stef and the flies were gone, the sense of urgency had left the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On his black T-shirt was a dead white pig with flies buzzing around it and the words OFF THE PIG in white letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinner over, I put the remains in the plastic bag that served as a tablecloth and tie it up tightly to discourage the flies that have free access to my essentially screenless abode. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The hangar on her mech’s head flies open, and out shoots Hammie in a blur of motion, suspended in the rain in a flying leap. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Her father owns the optometry school where Billy was going. He also owns six offices around our part of the state. He flies his own plane and has a summer place up on Lake George.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was stiflingly hot and noisy and buzzing with flies. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel doesn’t stay for this rescue, he flies from the room with the suffocating glossy lights, and away from the injured bird. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The swarm of flies around me grew thicker, buzzing in my ears, biting my skin. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Do you ever feel guilty about the way cats torture things? Bugs, mice, flies?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When the door flies open, I tumble out of the guardhouse and land on a patch of earth that's more mud than grass. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The bracket flies loose on the first try. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Now he rushed out of the outhouse and inhaled fresh air, rubbing the areas that still tickled from the flies. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He has on his old jacket again, his baggy pants, his squashed felt hat with the fishing flies stuck into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, a blue-clad figure flies with familiar grace out of the mists, silver braid shining, descending upon Red Platoon like a falling star. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Their floors were always collaged with stray bits of paper, and trapped flies waved for help from the gummy killing fields of their tabletops. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My shirt was completely stuck to my back by this time and I was feeling brutal—dizzy, sick to my stomach, my thoughts slow and sticky as flies in Vaseline. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In Battle Mountain, we’d had lizards to eat the flies and cats to eat the lizards. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Everything dies, all around, trees, plankton, lichens, mice, whales, flies, mitochondria. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When flies began to gather on the foxes, the rodents lost interest and wandered off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I know how a fly perceives the world, I’ve seen many flies’ eyes, through microscopes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The remaining hullbeasts leaned back and belched forth a mass of brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When the body flopped onto the pile, the whole wagonload of flies jumped into the air like lice from a walloper. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “But don't get robbed on your way home now. All those tourists out there with their cameras and bulging wallets attract thieves like flies.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The raven swoops over the red velvet seats and up into the balcony where it flies in curious circles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Above their heads the frozen wheels, barrels, hooks, flies, cams, gears, and all the other intricate parts of Fry’s giant clock. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I barely have time to knock before the door flies open. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Maria did not realize until later in her life that these “false changes”—moth cocoons that produced flies or wasps instead of moths—were caused by insect parasitism. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The baskets fitted so tightly the animals could hardly wiggle as cages of tsetse flies were placed over them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The flies were zipping into openings at the bottom, but they couldn’t get out again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Appleby was a good pilot and a superhuman ping-pong player with flies in his eyes who never lost a point. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “When our rocket flies—really flies—I’ll tell him then,” I promised halfheartedly. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My hand flies to my neck— there's no pendant to grab. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The sills were dusty and the corners were spun thick with spiderwebs studded with dead flies. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I dive across the table, trying to wrestle it back, but the lid flies off, chocolate milk shake absolutely covering the both of us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I walked to the dump, just a block or so from our house, wrinkling my nose as I got close, swatting away flies, and making sure I didn’t step on anything in my nice shoes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was but a quarter of a body torn from the rest: unseeing, gaping head and lolling arm with shoulder and ribs to join them, impaled upon a stake, and much busied with flies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Unless it’s crazy cold outside, our back door stays open with the screen shut to keep out the flies. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “If it kills the flies,” she said, “it can’t be very good for us.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The hob studies my face, then flies off into the night. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My hand flies to my shoulder, hungry for an arrow, but, of course, my weapons are stashed in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "Get two or three rods with reels, and lines, and some flies." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Our hoverplanes are initially ignored by the commanders in the Nut, because in the past they’ve been little more trouble than flies buzzing around a honeypot. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Now the girls and Ernie and even Horse fell off him like flies. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed the effect of the brand flies’ poison still lingered in the sky god’s system. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Brand flies were sniped out of midair, each hit punctuated with an insult. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Hummingbirds! Which, let’s face it, are pretty much just overdressed flies. But a bunch of us crows together, guess what we get to be called?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I kept quiet somehow, wiped away silent tears, beat away flies and mosquitoes, heard the whispers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Her head flies up like a scared animal’s. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The flies scattered for a heartbeat, and then circled back to settle on him where he lay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He later devised a better, table-top instrument and studied how flies could climb up glass. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z By day you have the flies, by night you have the fleas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Any other insects she found nearby, such as flies, wasps, or beetles, she also included as part of its plant-insect community. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It seemed easy; but there were flies and mosquitoes, magic ones. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you like some sugar to get your flies round again?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I’m glad there’s someone else in this house who flies into the same rages as I do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then she takes off and flies around the moon, and I get that feeling like I've just gone over one of those hills in a car, at just the right speed. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I didn’t like my hair short; flies and mosquitoes bothered me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I look up at Gomo and something flies out of my mouth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I whack the ball so hard it flies up over the boundary, and I score six runs with just that one shot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z We can calculate reliably the path a rocket will take as it flies from the earth to Mars. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He could hardly believe what he was seeing, and although he detested flies, he was sorry for this one. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “It flies before him,” the Master Patterner said, as they kept vigil. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z As with flies, the bacterial mutants proved revealing. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Strands of Feathers’ wispy hair flies in the wind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A bug flies up out of the weeds. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z This would get the little fish riled up, they’d bump at the flies and try to pull ’em under and would raise a ruckus that’d make the big fish wonder what the commotion was for. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He had flies buzzing around his pink eyes and his ribs showed through his white fur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But fifty dead fruit flies and two inchworms and a caterpillar? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Young one, stand up, or else squat yonder, at the other side, unless you wish your eyes put out. The sand flies and it will cut flesh as well as stone.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies, old Argos lay. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The third time I do this, it flies at my face like its gonna sting me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In the morning the cab was full of sleepy flies and I sprayed it and Charley had another attack. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys and girls were about my age, and were as thick as flies around a sorghum mill. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was covered with flies, all crusty with dried blood, might be why no one else had touched him, but under them he wore this studded jerkin, looked to be good leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The thing that I couldn’t handle about the outhouse was the flies. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There’s a knock on my door, and it flies open not even a second later as Barb busts in holding an armful of pudding cups for me to take my medication with. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It was a Jackboot, grinning down at us—and we were gone, fast as flies, One-Arm one way, me another, the Jackboot’s laughter fading. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The flies around the pile, crawling over the bodies, into and out of the wound, buzzed in delight. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z By the road it was thirty-two miles away, but as the crow flies, it was only twenty miles. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother let her look through the microscope at wiggling creatures that lived inside the tsetse flies and made them deadly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No flies fly into a closed mouth, I remind myself. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mama sighed and continued sweeping up the broken glass, dead flies, shattered frames, and Mo's flowers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "Too bad for you, you stupid flies," said Jessie as she plunged the bag into the lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The knife flies from Chandresh’s hand, blade over handle, spinning in perfect revolutions through the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They lie there, as if no longer of this world, so weak they cannot swat away the flies sitting on their faces. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no difference when they were swollen and covered with flies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Hold up, did Grandpop just pour dead flies in that coffee can? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Arwin chases Cody to our work area, and loose straw flies. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He modernized the dairy, which was just an old shed filled with flies and manure, and forced the cows to produce enough milk to meet his needs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There was a door south-west of Caradhras, some fifteen miles as the crow flies, and maybe twenty as the wolf runs,’ answered Gandalf grimly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z By the time the program was considered complete at the end of 17 months, 3 % billion artificially reared, sterilized flies had been released over Florida and sections of Georgia and Alabama. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The flies hadn’t harassed the Indian when he owned it, as Ridgeway reminded him from time to time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mark flies in, throwing his body at the man. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When the rest of you is killed, the angel comes out and flies off to Heaven. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We will have to take an airplane that flies in the sky to get there. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The slightly meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom’s hollow stalk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There were armies of flies of all kinds buzzing round their ears, and the afternoon sun was burning on their backs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was good for the mule as the dust had a way of keeping the flies off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I tossed these flies at the fishing spot and one of ’em still had enough life in him to fly ’bout a little, but that didn’t last long and he soon plopped into the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The wing sounds of approaching parasitic flies warn the larvae of some sawflies to herd together for protection. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Perhaps if you spin a web and catch a couple of flies you’ll feel better.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The images of Africa on American TV were all the same: There were the ads for charity groups showing a white lady holding a starving black child, flies landing all over the kid. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Swarms of flies followed the carts, so the dung slaves had flies tattooed upon their cheeks, to mark them for what they were. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He watched flies buzz in circles above the burial places. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Again, the door flies open before I can knock. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was forced to endure the unwelcome attention of inquisitive flies and insects that buzzed about and walked across him at their leisure. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Simple, stupid, brutal curiosity, the same thing that motivates boys to see what flies might look like without their wings. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Better bring them in. Draw too many flies out there.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad says as he flies her around the room in his arms. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It pauses, like it’s looking at me, and then flies toward the red-faced man in the suit, who wipes a handkerchief across his brow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I was dreading going outside to use the toilet, getting drenched running out there, water dripping on me from the leaky ceiling, wet newspaper, the flies attacking me from below. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z ‘Your head is full of squashed flies,’ the Giant said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hot day and there were many flies in the room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The sun square was on the floor now, and the flies whipped through it like sparks. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it on to the fire with the rest. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z As the sun climbed over the trees, black horse flies started attacking. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Richard remembered how dejected it had looked when Kainene bought it—half-finished with layers of green mold on the unpainted walls—how the flies and bees clustered over the fallen cashews had nauseated him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The fruit flies were more out of control than ever, thanks to the lemonade the boys had dribbled on the countertop. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z When he was home his siblings went wild, buzzing around him like flies. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The roll of crackers flies several feet away, bounces off the car, and thumps to the ground. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Spit flies out of my mouth as I do my lip trills, but Mrs. Walton tells me not to worry. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Inside the house, lights flashed, and people came and went through all sorts of doors and windows like flies on a hot day. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As if a strong wind has swept through the cathedral, the locked door inside me flies open. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Otis dumps the rest of the meat at the tree line, leaving it in a heap that buzzes with flies. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We sit on the log bench and he fills my palm with seed, and even though it is only for the briefest moment, a sparrow lands and flies away with a beak full. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Even the yak is motionless, despite the flies that buzz mercilessly around his ears and eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I look skyward and see the wall stretches into a tower, atop which flies a proud American flag. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The days were warm and the bodies were cold and the flies were singing and drinking at the eyes and boils of the children. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z From the back, a loud whisper broke the silence: “Close it, or you’ll trap flies!” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Davy Mountain. Between Coalwood and Welch by the way a crow flies. Or a rocket.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I kick it so hard, it flies halfway to the moon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Olanna stared at the beggars clumped around the walls of the palace, their bodies and begging bowls covered in flies. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Muthu motioned at the cloud of flies that hovered around us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "They're not first-rate flies at all. I only thought if you fished them some time it might remind you of what a good time we had." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Seeds, flies, same size, same thing, Genie decided as he tapped a few apple seeds out of the cup into his palm. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Polly knew at once that it was the Cabby’s wife, fetched out of our world not by any tiresome magic rings, but quickly, simply and sweetly as a bird flies to its nest. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z All the time, Rabscuttle looked after El-ahrairah, brought him fresh dock leaves and kept the flies from his wounds until they healed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a red rain slicker and a canvas fishing hat pinned with wet flies and nymphs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The touch of the policeman’s hand was still there—a touch that made his flesh jump like the tremor of a horse’s flank when flies light on it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I duck out of the way just as the bright yellow ball flies past my face. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Once they got there, Nathan opened the door and immediately several juicy, fat flies flew into the open air. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was amazing how fast they came, but when he built up the fire and the smoke increased the flies almost magically disappeared. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The falcon flies off the boy’s fist, and kills rabbits and pheasants when the boy needs food. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Consequently, the alleyways became a stinking cesspool, swarming with flies the size of rats, and rats the size of cats. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The most striking examples of variation involved flies collected from the same region that possessed two radically different configurations of the same genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s bad enough in the winter when everything flows over and seeps under our door but worse in the warm weather when there are flies and bluebottles and rats. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I saw webs clotted with dreams like fat flies. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My head flies forward—a result of being pushed from behind—and I swing my throwing arm. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I throw my head back, amazed by how high it goes, how far it flies. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The three of us eating on cement blocks, waving away flies that supposedly puke on you every time they land, wearing the exact same clothes and stupid white shoes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I figured it might fit me well enough, so I chased away the flies and cut it offhim. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And there are many wasps, and flies as well, whose very existence depends on the destruction of the eggs or larvae of other insects through parasitism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ten miles away as the crow flies, the radio beeped three times in the Crown Victoria of Utah State Trooper Bart Rindlisbacher. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And wherever the huge ships lay, scavenge gangs like Nailer’s swarmed like flies. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The bracket flies into the wall and down to the floor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Oh, God,” he says, and then he jumps out of the way and the door flies open, unhinged. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Mam says there’s one good thing about fleas, they’re clean, but flies are filthy, you never know where they came from and they carry diseases galore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The blue restaurant signs were old and autographed by the flies of many past summers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The wine, the food, the sun, the sway of the litter, the buzzing of the flies, all conspired to make Tyrion sleepy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A cloud of fruit flies rose up in the air and settled again. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z But I’d roll it up tight as I could get it and whack at the house flies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The air inside the hut is still and hot, vibrating with flies. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Charming! But in civilized countries,” said the Controller, “you can have girls without hoeing for them; and there aren’t any flies or mosquitoes to sting you. We got rid of them all centuries ago.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Clouds of flies drifted over us, their buzzing a faint background droning. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Then the bowl flies away and the silverware, as I recall, and then the table starts to go, and then the film ends. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Smiling, he kicked the boy’s head, watched the flies scatter, and said, It’s like with that old TV show—Paladin. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to hunt down flies that found their way into her room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was a pocket for fishline and flies; another pocket jammed tight with first aid equipment, a snakebite kit, a small whetstone, and other necessities of outdoor life. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The door opens and Lily flies into my arms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Don’t they say that time flies when you are happy?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A swarm of flies exploded from the heap’s surface. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z About fifteen minutes later, the office door flies open, and Jay storms in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z After all, if the roosters were dying like flies, could the bunnies be far behind? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As Celia pounds the card table, the head of her hammer finally gives way and flies backward, tearing a hole the size of a fist in the movie screen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were dead bodies everywhere and flies were feasting on the congealed blood on them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It’s so thrilling that I laugh and it flies away. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Meat sellers slapped sides of beef to dislodge flies and show off their wares. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A tattered American flag still flies atop a pole in the center of the camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z United States scientists have had some encouraging early results with the melon fly and the oriental and Mediterranean fruit flies in laboratory tests in Hawaii and field tests on the remote island of Rota. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He mixed flies from two “races” in the same cage. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He could feel the flies buzzing and crawling around his legs and feet, and he was afraid that the men searching would hear them and find him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You won’t get to meet him before he flies back to his family.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “In this country, even flies are pressed for time,” he’d groan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “No,” he said, a dozen times, “the dragon flies, not the elephants.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Inside the mansions of the rich, the bottles of champagne remained unopened, lobsters languished on their silver trays, and pastries swarmed with flies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot went to sleep at once—but the buzzing of the flies kept Sir Lionel awake, and while he was awake a curious sight came by. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because he’s got flies in his eyes,” Orr explained with exaggerated patience. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had patches of honey on his shirt, which were attracting a horde of flies and causing him to swat incessantly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, the emergency lights flickered on and off, buzzing like boxes of trapped flies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z At one point, my host lets the bird out of its cage and it flies directly at my face. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her other hand fans his body, chasing away the black-green flies that wait to lick his scorched flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole greenhouse came to life as vines tangled poxies, gigantic Venus flytraps gulped down demons, and trees swatted the waves of flies filling the air. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The Galápagos-in-a-carton experiment had demonstrated how a population of interbreeding organisms—flies, say—evolves over time.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And the man who cranked the sugarcane press gripped the palm fan that he ordinarily used to chase away flies, agitating the air from every conceivable angle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The flies had chewed on all of us equally by now, but JoJo’s bites weren’t healing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The flies crawled upon it, and here and there the sharp points of gravel pressed up through the flesh. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How could I ever forget guys who looked like toads and rats, and a giant made of a billion flies? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Inside, when they entered, the twilight stank and was loud with flies. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The flies left his mouth like tiny words. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A bee flies from one blossom to another, burying half its body in the petals, emerging coated with pollen, intent on its task. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is intensely shy, nests in bramble and thorn, eats large insects and fairies, flies only in heavy rain and otherwise remains hidden in its tear-shaped nest. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And when it flies back over the ledge, it buries itself in her head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, without warning, the whistle of a rocket flies near us and hits our shelter! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth hung open, and flies were gathered in the stubble of his beard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The men of the Golden Company were outside their tents, dicing, drinking, and swatting away flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The crowds will be thick as flies today.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were a grip of flies in the backyard, by the way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She learned that golden retrievers are not ponies, peas taste funny, dead flies on the floor are a no-no, but candy is really good. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He paid the old man and left, opening the screen door only enough to squeeze out and closing it quickly so that no flies got in. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She sighed, irritated by the smell and buzzing flies. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Back in the huts, the water would sit uncovered for days, attracting dirt and flies. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z We splashed through shallow puddles, startling flies from their perches atop piles of rotten food. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She flicked them off with her fan, as if they were no more than flies buzzing about her head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He snorts and stutters and his spit flies around the room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not as complicated as it looks. Good plane like this almost flies itself.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Chestnutt grabbed the pencil in her mouth again and began sketching more flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Should I be afraid of flies? Your Brazen Beasts will keep me safe from any harm.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jenna’s father thinks my father is lazy since he only flies three times a week and is back by dinnertime. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Genie put the truck back upstairs, then grabbed the paper bag and headed for the inside-outside room, where he poured the bag of flies into the empty coffee can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A slight breeze offered some relief from the insidious and torturous swarms of biting flies, stinging bees, and disease-spreading mosquitoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The knife flies once again, this time piercing the word “stage.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The blood was runnin' all over my clothes and the flies was after me, and I went back inside to try and stop it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The effect of radiation on the mutation rate in flies had two immediate implications. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The flies and mosquitoes bit at us mercilessly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Jessie was surprised how easy it was to catch the fruit flies that floated up from the bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The flies settled all over the old man’s skin and began swelling up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All the while the flies gnawed on us. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Finnick flies by me, his skin shadowy with medicine, leaping through the undergrowth like a deer. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, he leaps, lifts off his haunches, and flies. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The flies were equally as unpleasant as the stench. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The heat, the flies, the shouts from the crowd... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A flock of pigeons flies over us as he takes both of my hands in his. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He remembers the acrid odor of flames, the buzzing of flies, children crying, the taste of dust and blood on his tongue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bats were hunting among the flies and moths attracted to the soapwort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thus flies foul our fearless night owl,” she might say, the words forming so punctiliously on her lips, her head raised and neck straight and her eyes fixed on our teacher. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion pictured how his sister’s head might look up there, with tar in her golden hair and flies buzzing in and out of her mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If cats have mice to eat, they don’t chase flies,” he said. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The door on the driver’s side flies open, and a guy hops out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z While Chou fans the flies off Geak, who is asleep beside her, I pace the ground in front of our hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With her eyes on the floor, she told me, “‘Rosamund, when you die, they bury you, but your soul flies to the stars.’” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z On the floor under the web, the spider had dropped husks of flies and yellow jackets. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But those people sure dropped like flies once those suckers stuck in ’em.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As I fastened the last strap, out there in the hot sun with the mules snorting and stomping and twitching off green flies, he finally said it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When she flies, she is still a crossbow in the sky, and she still “waits on” above my head until I kick up a pheasant or a rabbit. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The next year, nevertheless, flies were resistant to DDT and chlordane. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I play out the plan for the hundredth time and then I hear a creak on the loose floorboard outside my door and my remembered heart flies to my throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z An eagle can learn to swim before it flies. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Grandpa Tweedy was sitting on the porch swatting flies. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If a body had flies but no crow, it might still be alive, especially if it also had no newspaper over it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Then she flies past the rows of gangly bird of paradise, past the pawpaw tree with ripening fruit, and loses a sandal taking the three front steps in an inelegant leap. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Appleby, you’ve got flies in your eyes,” he whispered helpfully as they passed by each other in the doorway of the parachute tent on the day of the weekly milk run to Parma. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Ugwu did not understand how Master could be so unperturbed, how he could not see that the flies were not normal at all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On leaving the old nest, the swarm normally flies only a few metres and settles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My wounded hand flies to cover my mouth in horror at the curse, as though to stop a scream, but I don’t scream. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He lets out a laugh and the bird flies. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Much of the drive was through woodland infested with tsetse flies. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Genie picked up another clump, questions flying all over the place like those flies on the...poopidity. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Lineages and families—kingdoms of flies—were established and extinguished. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But for now, in a fragile peace dominated by the buzz of flies, they immersed themselves in experiments on genes and chromosomes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At the edge of the blackened field they ate the salt pork and the beans Boseman had prepared, the dry flies screeching in waves. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They were all going to wind up in it as sure as flies wound up in molasses syrup, though. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The squirrel flies about four feet down to the earth. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In the heat of the day Kino relaxed and covered his eyes with his hat and wrapped his blanket about his face to keep the flies off, and he slept. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are the other white people we had in Africa so far: Mister Axelroot that flies the plane. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She refused to kill the flies that always filled the house; she said they were nature’s food for the birds and lizards. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Hemophilia—like white eyes in fruit flies—is a sex-linked genetic illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I finish reading the third chapter of Lord of the Flies, which, it turns out, is not about flies at all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He had Orr’s word to take for the flies in Appleby’s eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And the helicopter flies away, and I have no idea when it will be back with water to keep other people from finding their way into bags. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It flies near the bed and I catch it and throw it back. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Yeah. For flies. They love that blue light. Every time you hear that buzz, that’s another fly going bye-bye, off to fly heaven.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My mother told me once that I slept just like her sister, with my mouth open wide enough to catch flies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Can’t go another step without rest. Must have nap. It’s cool under the willows. Less flies!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She flies against the rain, eyes fixed on the horizon, hoping to see the hulking form of the RV coming to save her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Dylan’s knees push off—he flies backward, then swings forward, his hands grasping the rope lower. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z For example, to punish one slave he'gagged him; locked his hands together; rubbed him with molasses Sc exposed him naked to the flies all day, and to the mosquitoes all night.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It streamed down his face and neck like jungle flies with crawling feet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Letting the flies live, in her view, was the same as buying cat food, only cheaper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I think no. Now is not the season for tsetse flies. There is hardly any sleeping sickness at all in Kilanga right now.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Glue a few flies to the other end of the straw, a fly lollipop. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He flicked at flies with the official staff of his office—some sort of stiffened animal tail that ends in a silky white tassel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He screams and flies over a sandy spit. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She came close to him, stepping carefully over the bird-spattered floor, and brushed away the flies buzzing at her face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In a test on an island in the Florida Keys in 1961, a population of flies was nearly wiped out within a period of only five weeks. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then there’s the malaria, and the new-monia and the snakes, plus the mosquitoes and the flies and their maggots—all joinin’ us to keep us company while we sweat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But now when summer comes our family gets on a plane, flies to Africa Hawaii Chicago. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z If Dobzhansky had capriciously trimmed the wings of all the flies in one box, he would have affected their phenotypes—the shape of their wings—without ever touching their genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was proud he wasn’t lazy like his own daddy, who spent the summer days on his porch swatting flies and even had him a pet hen to peck up the dead ones. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He'd sit at the kitchen table with his flyswatter, watch the flies darting from wall to wall, buzzing here, buzzing there, harried and rushed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z People said that at least his mother wouldn’t have to grieve for her son in a room with flies on everyone’s face. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He sounds exhausted when he calls in the morning, and Alex holds the phone close and promises he’ll try to find a way to see him before he flies back out. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A mushroom flies off his pizza and hits the side of her nose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps if you spin a web and catch a couple of flies you’ll feel better. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She emptied all three bags of flies into the big cooler, then hunted around until she found two green inchworms and a fuzzy gypsy moth caterpillar. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Now they faced months at sea—the terrors of the Cape—the grilling passage through Sunda Strait—a layover in Batavia—where men died like flies. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not loved at all. And yet I do nothing but good. All day long I catch flies and mosquitoes in my webs. I am a decent person.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Hope flies from his chest, flutters around the room, beats against the window. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z On both screen doors the flies sat rubbing their legs together, waiting to get inside. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z One moment he is telling me my head is full of squashed flies and the next moment his heart is melting for me because Mrs Clonkers locks us in the cellar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All this surprised me, so I asked him: “Are you not going to keep flies any more?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And the final excuse flies out the window. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The dog was mangy; his exhausted eyes ran with a sea-green matter around which gnats and flies clustered. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z "This city is dead, Khaleesi. Nameless and godless we found it, the gates broken, only wind and flies moving through the streets." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s like whatever is circling around in my head bugging me just flies out in the wind and gets left behind on the track. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “The boat dumped a rotten carcass or a spoiled haul, right? The flies piggybacked on the dead fish until they picked up Stef’s scent.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not every day that he flies someone halfway across the world for an interview.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "Eventually the buzzing begins. It sounds like a thousand flies are breeding in your ear canals. It drives the victim insane—insane and consumed with an unquenchable rage. Some can resist it, but not many." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flies buzzing above the bowl. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So I stepped over all the sunflower seed shells that had piled up between my feet like a mountain of dead flies, and walked, not on the track, but just beside it, on the grass. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Flies with heads and tails make eggs with heads and tails, which make embryos with heads and tails, which grow into flies with heads and tails, and so forth, ad infinitum. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I went as the crow flies, straight through the hills. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven eyed her toad, who was sitting happily in his travel tank eating a ceramic dish full of spicy flies. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He also had the Baggie of flies, because no one else would carry them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I can hear her saying to me, “I don’t want some kids to find me swarmed with flies on a Saturday morning in Jefferson Park.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Harry had a sudden and vivid mental image of a great swollen spider, spinning a web around it, twitching a thread here and there to bring its large and juicy flies a little closer. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Taller than a man when full-grown, it has the power to create storms as it flies. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you see how the paper floated when it was burned? This is how that balloon flies.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Just like his sister, he’s cute enough that he looks like he flies out to international modeling gigs after the last school bell rings. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The parrot flies across the room and returns with a small leather sack in his beak. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "Gigantic clouds of flies," she said, showing me a video clip on her phone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Now that every turn in the weather whistles an ache through my bones, I stir in bed and the memories rise out of me like a buzz of flies from a carcass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All that night helicopters flew over the working- class neighborhoods, humming like flies from another world. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They still grossed Genie out, but every day he got more used to it by shaking the flies into his hand with one eye closed and pretending they were seeds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Another tried to push his brother—maybe they were brothers—out of the way so that he could have a bite of a dead bird that they were both competing with a hundred flies for. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They were not as active as the small yellow flies that sometimes flew away from the lamp and too close to my eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Only a little sad. Time flies quickly; things always happen sooner than one expects. And yet,” he murmured, almost to himself, “it troubles me. I fear the Horned King may have some part in this.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Some microbes don’t wait for the old host to die and get eaten, but instead hitchhike in the saliva of an insect that bites the old host and flies off to find a new host. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a clack of his beak, the flies were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There are a lot of dead flies around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In a delicatessen, black flies swim over a half dozen tables. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When I hear someone shout, my heart flies into a frenzy. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z From afar, they were no larger than flies as they wheeled and flapped above the thatched roofs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If she were a man, they would have called out to her and extended their begging bowls, and the flies would rise in buzzing clouds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Genie wasn’t exactly sure what Grandpop meant but followed anyway, mason jars and bag of flies in hand, as Grandpop headed for the door. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He lurches forward, knocking me back, and the gun flies out of my hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z All day I slaved away, scrubbing down her porch, sorting buttons, picking dead flies from her screen door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In the winter of 1926, acting on a whim, he exposed a cohort of flies to an even lower dose of radiation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z What it wanted was the fruit flies’ molasses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I spooned the mush into my mouth, quickly fanning away several large flies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We can never seem to get rid of the clouds of flies. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Though I could feel small flies land on me and was distantly aware of mosquitoes drilling the air around my ears, they’d stopped bothering me much. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Those unevolved, backward rules were the flies in the Langley buttermilk. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Afterward Matt discovered a writhing mass of worms living in the meat, and he watched them grow and eventually turn into buzzing flies themselves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had become one of those hot, grey days when there seem to be twice as many flies as usual. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Ship ashore!” and a few moments later, “She flies the British flag!” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As deadly smoke fills the streets, thousands of people try to escape it, but fall “like flies.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Those first hours are associated in my memory with one sound, not one you’d guess, not the yipping of the hyena or the hissing of the sea: it was the buzzing of flies. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Eighteen screens of African children with flies around their large eyes and no clothes on. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The flies are so excited and intoxicated that they fall on the pools of blood and die. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Blood has seeped through the heavy bandages, which are crawling with flies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Equatorial Africa’s tsetse flies, carrying trypanosomes to which native African wild mammals are resistant, proved devastating to introduced Eurasian and North African species of livestock. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Strips of meat, buzzing with flies, hang from the windows of butcher stalls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then the belt flies through the air and hits Marcus in the arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “And yes, I suppose there are a great many flies and beetles and crawling things—but they didn’t bite or sting, did they? You aren’t afraid of a fly, are you, George?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The sun shone hot on his open, glassy eyes and flies hovered over the dried blood that covered his chest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The memory ends abruptly as Boomer flies up to me, skidding to a halt just as he reaches my chest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She never washes the jam jars or mugs and there are flies in the sugar and wherever there is sweetness. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My cap flies off in one direction and the wig in another, and I crash to the ground, landing on my glove, shoulder, and side. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z We ram it, doing fifty, which was probably overkill, because the gate flies off its hinges. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Swarms of flies buzzed overhead, pulsating with anticipation. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When we stopped during the day the flies, which had been following the car, dived down on us in search of blood. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Quick as he had once done at Roke, Ged took the shape of a great hawk: not the sparrowhawk they called him but the Pilgrim Falcon that flies like an arrow, like thought. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A sword hangs by his side, and his cape flies as he walks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The giant iron monster opened its mouth wide—wider than a mouth should ever, ever open—and it bellowed, allowing a maelstrom of brand flies dripping with green venom to erupt from its mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The flies come buzzing around the corpses and lay millions of eggs on the bodies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth tightens and opens and spit flies everywhere. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In my mind, my spirit leaves my body and flies around the country, looking for Pa. I see a big group of people kneeling around a big hole. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Dumpster has four wheels and attracts flies.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The one who had stirred up the bone ships, the iron monsters, the hullbeasts, the brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A cloud of fruit flies rose into the air and then settled back down. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Russ says, and then he turns so quickly that his sparkly gold cape flies up into the air. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a caterpillar and its pupa would surprise Maria by hatching into a swarm of flies or wasps instead of the moth or butterfly she expected. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His grin falters as his hand flies to the pendant now dangling just below his collar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Where the iron touched his skin it felt like knives and needles and nails, like the searing pain of frost, like the sting of a hundred biting flies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even when he flies off the handle, at least he’s fighting for something close to his heart. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With darkness, the flies disappear and the mosquitoes appear to feast on our flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she can say anything else, the door flies open down the hall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Some said they grew from old things—flies grew from old meat, moths from old wool. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The knife flies again across the room, over furniture of velvet and intricately carved wood, passing perilously close to a crystal decanter of brandy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Don't speak to me of heads, Uncle. Cersei has mounted Ned's On a spike above the walls of the Red Keep, and left it for the crows and flies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Everybody thinks a trout is hard to catch because of all the fancy gear and flies and lines sold for trout fishing, but, honestly, they are easier to catch than any other fish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if the bowl of black flies had been poured out onto the streets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “The person who cut it used it for bad medicine, but it did not work because my uncle burned the shirt immediately. That day, there were many flies near his hut.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But up flies a loud bit of his sermon to block it out and I look up into his eyes and suddenly I don’t wanna know. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But the Terrible Things covered them with the curl of their terrible nets and the porcupines hung in them like flies in a spider's web as the Terrible Things carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At one stall, flies swarmed up from an open gutter onto the skinned carcasses of goats. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The air was thick with flies and cries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I think it would have improved if she’d gone after flies with almost anything except a catcher’s mitt. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We walked to the cotton candy stall slowly, people swarming around us like busy flies. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Close your mouth," Falconer said, "before your soul flies out." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Mother and Father share a glance, a brief look that flies over Jenna’s bouncing head. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There’s a sharp sizzle and the stick flies back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It made her think of rot—of old garbage left out in the sun, buzzing with flies, crawling with rats. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z I nod so hard, my hair flies up. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They were generally hungry, they slept on straw, they drank from the pool, they laboured in the fields; in winter they were troubled by the cold, and in summer by the flies. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Mopane flies circled her face, landing to drink moisture from her lips and eyes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They listened, and the loudest noise was the buzzing of flies over the spilled guts. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He poured for them from a flagon of blackberry wine so sweet that it drew more flies than honey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only their scratching pens, kids' stomachs, flies entombed in the strip lights, and distant cries of free kids ruckled the silence. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The men talk a little more about the harvest, while the two mishu women swat at flies and battle against the wind to smooth their hair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Close your mouth before flies get in,” Momma says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The orange trees, the presence of so many trees around him, the hum of flies overhead, the abundance of green, brought back memories of his parents’ house in Wentnor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In Philadelphia itself an increasing number of cats were dropping dead every day, attracting, one Philadelphian complained, “an amazing number of flies and other insects.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Noah laughs so hard that spit flies off his lips. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Then he glanced down at his forefinger, crawling with flies, and popped it in his mouth and sucked the buzzing insects off. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The smell of fermented fruit was overpowering, and a haze of escaped flies lifted off the tables like a buzzing veil every time Morgan moved. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z How flies and other insects detoxify the organic phosphorus chemicals is less clearly understood. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We’re supposed to do a report on germ line cell mutations in fruit flies instead. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z This enzyme occurs only in flies that possess a genetic factor for DDT resistance. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Iorek struck again, twisting to one side, slashing, snarling, crushing, while bullets flew about him like wasps or flies, doing no harm at all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Nowadays, Bloom only used artificial flies for bait. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Over there,” I yelled back with some relief, and pointed to where War Chief was trying to catch flies in his mouth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Toward the very end, the sores all over his face and mouth attracted flies. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the evenings she lay in his stall and talked to him, while Benjamin kept the flies off him. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I bend down, and he flies into my arms. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It consisted of catching and destroying tsetse flies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiny black ants were scurrying over the shattered melons; the flies were rubbing their feet on fragments of pulp and rind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fare, bad smells, mosquitoes, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He was catching flies and eating them, and was keeping note of his capture by making nail-marks on the edge of the door between the ridges of padding. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z If it wasn’t the heat, it was the flies; if not the mice, then the people. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Swarms of crane flies, one of the few insects that can survive the cold, darkened the tips of the mosses. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a half second where the frog flies through the air—ridiculously, cartoonishly—and then there is a noise, a terrible noise. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “That gives the larvae a chance to fatten up nicely, the way the hens like them, but not quite long enough to hatch into flies.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “A mockingjay. Just a glimpse of it as it flies by. The same one every time.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The No-Pest Strips, she explained, released a poison that killed all the flies. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The flies were walking on his shreds of ears, but he seemed not to notice them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What if the children kept coming like the millions of flies constantly buzzing around them? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z When it hits one of the batteries flies out and we both watch it roll under the couch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We brought her fresh flies straight from the web. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Both of these flies waren’t accustom to being wet and started whirring and splashing and skimming ’cross the top of the lake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The white-eyed or sable-bodied flies that Morgan and his students had discovered in New York had been fished out laboriously by hunting through massive flocks of insects over thirty years. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She swayed back and forth, her eyes looking up to the ceiling, one hand moving by her side, seeming to slowly swat away invisible flies. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It gave off a smelly smoke that protected our cows from biting flies and other pests. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But beyond the light movements of birds and the first buzzing of the flies immediately around them, they could hear nothing but the continual susurration of the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried not to look at the dead flies stuck in the goopy puddles on the ground. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z I have forty-three more sols before Hermes flies by. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those old ladies seem to be dropping like flies,” he said, and pressed more tobacco into the charred bowl of his pipe. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He reached under the small table and grabbed the can that held the...dead flies. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “So, a liquor crate, some of them dead flies, a straw, and a mousetrap.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My husband, similarly burdened, and troubled more than I was by flies and insects, had also to stop frequently, so our going was slow. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The flies began a strange, repetitive drone, which rose and dropped with a harsh, military rhythm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She remembers this infant landscape, the waving haze of fronds through the tom netting that someone fastened to her face to keep out the flies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One day I was visiting my friend Carla when I noticed that her house didn’t have any flies. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Already sunlight was slanting across the yard, and in the stillness the flies buzzed about a patch of dung a few feet away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z New larvae were born, matured into flies, and died in that carton. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He keeps feeding them with his flies, and the number of the latter is becoming sensibly diminished, although he has used half his food in attracting more flies from outside to his room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Fruit flies had transformed genetics by virtue of rare mutants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Leathery patches of skin hung off his face, among patches of raw red flesh seeping with pus and crawling with flies. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A rare white-eyed fly appeared spontaneously among the typically red-eyed flies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z So she flies out of class, and sits at the other end of the lunch table. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My only hope is that one who flies down a stair rail as beautifully as you do can overcome his scruples in this matter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The priestess in her tom robes, impaled upon a stake and attended by a cloud of glistening green flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not one of them reached out to slap away the fat flies. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Old Familiar cawed and hunted brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Wagons and carriages rumbled down the streets, stirring up clouds of flies from the manure left to broil in the July sun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Kropp seizes a branch, I heave him up by the leg, he cries out, I give him a swing and he flies over. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Small pieces of fiberboard were impregnated with the two chemicals and were distributed by air over the entire island chain to attract and kill the male flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Their eyes floated from one body to the next like flies, landing, sticking briefly, and drifting on. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Lenny flies Hector up into the air to make him cackle a few times, and then hands him back to me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z No more birds or buzzing flies or grandfather clock marking time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The flies were on the ceiling now and on the electric light bulbs that hung on wires. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Even a cursory look confirmed a striking result: the newly born flies had accumulated mutations—dozens of them, perhaps hundreds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I’m sitting on my horse blanket in the corner, brushing away the flies that have been tormenting me all morning, flitting from scab to scab. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His bedroom door flies open, and Zahra slams on the light, a steely expression of rage barely concealing the sheer terror on her face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He lay the bag of flies between them, and before he could take a sip of his own tea, Grandpop ripped right into the story. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Dangling from a ceiling hook was a piece of meat as large as I had ever seen, spotted thickly with flies. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Momma would be mad as flies in a fruit jar if they woke her up this time of day. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z White seat stuffing flies in all directions, and for once I just don’t care. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When you see someone waving her arms, the first thing you want to know is whether she is trying to attract attention, shoo away flies, or exercise her deltoids. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Luckily, squirrels didn’t seem to be interested in flies, so at least the bait was still there. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The clouds above darkened, and not with flies but a swelling storm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “A window has been left open. A squirrel flies in the window. The heart of an old woman rejoices!” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Women are on him like flies on honey, and he takes them and turns them so they work with their bodies. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as numerous were the vermin, a plague of flies and mosquitos that stirred through the sweltering July air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Attempts to restore control with dieldrin met with little success, for in some places the flies developed strong resistance to this chemical 'within only two months. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Some people stand and line the walls like flies on a humid summer afternoon. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Shanna heads off in a different direction with the girl who usually flies for Britain, and the three people who came in another car are already in line for the Tilt-a-Whirl. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z With this, Axel feels free, and flies for the door. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The hullbeast raised his arm and easily swatted aside hundreds of brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You worry too much. I don’t want some kids to find me swarmed with flies on a Saturday morning in Jefferson Park.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He attacked it with his aunt Margie’s hot iron, hobbled it in a silk stocking every night, and slathered it with so much olive oil that flies trailed him to school. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The words were in the air, buzzing with the flies: “Trains...” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Mrs. Arvydas was swatting flies away with her silk handkerchief and losing her balance in the process. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She swept three dead flies from the sill into the basin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “They go from the big boxes to those little white boxes there. Every little white box has five pigeons. Somebody pulls a string and a door opens and one pigeon flies out.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He amused himself by trapping flies under a glass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Regular flypaper was sticky and smelled like things flies liked, so they got drawn to it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Why he’d want us to read a book about flies is beyond me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Her mouth was still swollen where Kino had struck her, and big flies buzzed around the cut on her chin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Some flies were on the berries and he brushed them off. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Rations among the Army were reduced to salt-pork, now rank with flies and greening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “As for me, I would like to see the flying bird with my own two eyes before I die. They say it flies, it’s huge. I don’t believe it.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Its pine floors creak, windowpanes rattle, flies buzz near the ceiling, curtains flap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He brought Stef’s face to his chest to shield it from the flies. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Morgan approached these questions by studying yet another model organism—fruit flies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Come on, before the flies come in,” Mom says in her singsong voice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The question flies from my mouth before I have a chance to regret it, but his eyes still dance. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He did not see how so many flies, more than a hundred fat greenish flies, could have come in through that crack to buzz together in a dense turbulent cluster. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sheed said, “You were like a bird that flies into really clear glass?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When it flies back out and right into his hand, he starts laughing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We huddled in the corner on some mildewed feed sacks, trying to ignore the smell and the heat and the flies. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He flies off to check in the ear of another sailor. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Nhamo observed Dr. van Heerden as he picked up dead flies with a pair of tweezers and put them into bottles. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For he knew that no pigeon flies after sundown, and wherever Nipper was, he was there for the night. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Though there were plenty of flies and mosquitoes, I had a chance of avoiding ants and snakes and leeches. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She gets a lifetime of being stopped by the FAA for random bag searches every time she flies. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In late April when the mosquitoes, flies, and gnats come out, Kainta shows me how a layer of bear grease mixed with a powder of red puccoon root keeps the bugs away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The can had gotten low, but Genie figured he could divvy out the flies fairly, four or five apiece, and each of the Jackson Five would get enough. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later, the police officer flies down the stairs, his feet barely landing on the steps. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Like this is her chance before her son flies off, she lets go of the other surprise. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He collapses on the ground and it flies into the abyss. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z For all the banter that flies back and forth between Volpe and his students, it is a collaboration that seems based on respect. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The dry flies cut out their noise, leaving an opening in the night for a question. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We’d just rounded the final curve, heading toward the thinning cloud of brand flies near the tram entrance, when a scream split the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It flies over the fence, and the Shark fans yell even louder. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z They passed over cool green pools full of algae and lily pads, the white flash of egrets and the whir of flies and mosquitoes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Frightful doesn’t have such a word in her vocabulary, but then her ancestors were never pestered by flies as were Slats’s. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We can slap at the flies and the fleas and kill them but there’s nothing we can do about the neighbors and their buckets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The flies began to torment them, and the air was full of clouds of tiny midges that crept up their sleeves and breeches and into their hair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The blerry flies were after me, I can tell you,” he exclaimed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Before those new queens emerge, the old queen flies off with some of the workers to form a second hive.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Tired of mutant hunting, Muller wondered if he could accelerate the production of mutants—perhaps by exposing flies to heat or light or higher bursts of energy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They were on her like flies on a stink worm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He dropped the flaming wreckage to the ground and began to swat other Sixer gunships out of the sky like bothersome flies. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This place, Soldier Island, was really no distance at all as the crow flies. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not crazy. Yossarian’s crazy. Just tell me if I’ve got flies in my eyes or not. Go ahead. I can take it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thunder rumbled above and there was the distant whine of the vast clouds of flies, but this little patch of Manhattan echoed with Belet's laughter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His father fished with flies that he tied himself at home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A peppery cloud of flies hovered over the flopped arms and legs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Around sunup, she flies off and leaves her eggs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Gerris pointed to where a corpse slumped against a brick wall, attended by a cloud of glistening green flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Those flies in the kitchen, sah, they are a sign of bad medicine from the dibia. Somebody has done bad medicine.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We are moving fast, bumping along, and dust flies in the back in a red cloud, lit by the taillights. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was getting hot, and he thought about flies buzzing around their faces as they slept in the weeds along the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The rain, the flies, you are robbed of your moment, and nobody should be robbed of that. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The parrot flies off, not wanting to watch, and the captain, before he gives the order to do the deed, leans close to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They were covered with flies, millions of flies, their buzzing providing a white-noise background to the screams and the wails. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She’d look so pretty with a little shovel and flies tattooed on those sweet pink cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dany brushed the flies off his chest, smashing one as he would have. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “When a bee flies, a soul will rise,” he said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the buzz of flies in the air, the lazy afternoon humming. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z This hill was Mwala wa Nyenje, meaning “The Rock of the Edible Flies,” named after the cliffs at its summit and the fat delicious flies that lived in its trees. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Old Familiar dipped and swirled, snapping brand flies out of the air like they weren’t moving, the prince-turned-slave-turned-god standing atop and swinging his ax like a scythe through a field of wheat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Now other laboratories of the Department are taking up the problem, testing chemicals against stable flies, mosquitoes, boll weevils, and an assortment of fruit flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Swarms of flies had attended their slow dying, and the stench had lingered long in the plaza. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But then he looks at me funny, and my hand flies to my mouth. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z At home we dared not open the back window adjoining an alleyway, for fear of being overcome by the stench, or worse, being invaded by the giant flies and rats. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The brand flies buzzed in irritation, and a few peeled off from the sky god’s head like wet leaves and fluttered weakly to the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Stubborn flies quickly formed a lid for it until a group of boys rolled the barrel away and set fire to its contents. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see the ceilings dusty with flies, the ugly maroon walls, the bottles and sticky spoons. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Spittle flies from the sheriff’s lips as he speaks, and as she fights to maintain her sense of calm she still flinches away from the sheriff’s crazed words. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The decision to hunt for variation in wild flies proved critical. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Some boys buzzed around the locker room like sleepless flies, banging on the metal lockers and walls; others shadowboxed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z After Saturday dinner, Mr. Lapham as usual prepared for a snooze, stretched out in the one armchair in the shop, with his basket over his head to keep off the flies. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My eye flies to the narrow bathroom window. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The insects buzzed round his ears and suddenly a little cloud of flies flew up, disturbed from a projecting stone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “A bowl that flies! Small wonder that you preferred it to my own.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Thick white smoke from the bleaching palm oil filled the kitchen, and in the stuffy mix of the fumes and heat and flies, I felt faint. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He had to know what birds ate dead flies and not birdseed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In the confusion, a single black bolt flies from a shadowed alcove and sinks into the wooden table right in front of Cardan. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She sees the deer, who flies and lands and splats, his eyes flat and blank. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The flies were fed, cleaned, and watered in that enclosed space for generation upon generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When the fly eggs hatched, its larvae fed on the moth pupa, pupated into flies, and flew away. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The egg flies far past the clearing and disappears into the thick of the park’s trees, where they line the banks of a tiny stream overgrown with bamboo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tiny dead flies were stuck to the windshield, and the van was parked outside an iron gate. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “If it comes to swords, see where Hother’s banner flies and put Mors on the other end of the line.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In one of the train cars, giant hunks of meat, covered in flies, were piled almost to the ceiling. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Many workers have noticed the tendency of resistant flies to rest more on untreated horizontal surfaces than on treated walls. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It flies down the rocky stream bed and forcibly cracks against a boulder. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They had grown up on farms in Kansas, twenty miles apart as the crow flies, but had not known each other as children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the smoldering remains of the Justice Building in District 13 and just catch the black-and-white underside of a mockingjay’s wing as it flies across the upper right-hand corner. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There were dizzy bees and bow-tied fruit flies turning somersaults and humming in the air. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of a white stool with a seat there was just a seat on a piece of wood with a great big, open, black hole underneath with the sound of flies coming out of it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Slavers catch lies the way spiders catch flies,” he says. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As new flies had been born, selected, and bred, the gene frequencies had changed, resulting in populations with new genetic compositions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z My orderly had cut paper into strips and tied the strips to a stick to make a brush that swished the flies away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Spit flies out of the Director’s mouth as he speaks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It started by saying that “anything that creeps, crawls, swims, or flies is a possible source of food.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The seat was empty, with a few flies buzzing in the stench. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s a pathetic one: “Here goes a good offer, Lord. If that bird on that tree over there flies away within ten seconds, Jeffrey is cured.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the flies before he entered the outhouse. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My hand is smeared with blood when I rub her where the flies have landed. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z An hour flies by while I feverishly try on everything in my closet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The day was miserably hot and muggy, full of flies, mosquitoes, and the bad smells of soapmaking, the outhouses, fish someone had caught, unwashed bodies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z All of the sun bugs, the flies, the dragonflies, the wasps, the hornets, went home. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I emptied what was left of the dead flies in the water and emptied the live flies on a rock. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “We shouldn’t be bleaching any more palm oil. We should splurge on vegetable oil for these last few weeks,” Obiora said, still swatting at the flies. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He tries to pour the customer a bowl of cereal, and it all flies horizontally from the box. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her words stuck in the air, like flies caught in a spider’s web. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, the spread southward of Fertile Crescent domestic animals through Africa was stopped or slowed by climate and disease, especially by trypanosome diseases carried by tsetse flies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was nothing like a fruit fly and wanted nothing to do with fruit flies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the jungle he had not been able to endure the flies that had crawled over Rocky; they had enraged him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knew her by name, even the most obscure outcasts—a lady with swollen feet and a cloud of flies around her, a strange drooling man with a lisp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They hurt them, of course, and infuriate them: like stinging flies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I took the large pan of potatoes that she was handing me and a knife and a wooden bowl, and I worked silently, sometimes peeling, and sometimes driving away the bothersome flies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Boys weren’t allowed inside the Gore house, but they buzzed around it like flies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As we walk down the Midway toward the Mess, one of the Director’s shiny red drones flies above us, slows down, and follows. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Later in the morning a banana peel flies over the hedge from the Divino yard into our yard. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The chest cavity is caved in beneath the black clothes, home to hundreds of the black-green flies feasting on the body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not much! flies are poor things, after all!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When we entered we saw with amazement that he had spread out his sugar as of old; the flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Later, Joe learned how to fish those streams, and how to tie his own flies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The distinction between the two “races” of flies by virtue of a single chromosomal inversion was the most dramatic example of genetic variation that any geneticist had ever seen in a natural population. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z High John and I sprinted up the ramp, kicking aside battered and deformed brand flies, and slid to a stop next to Thandiwe. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I hear a squeal from Manchee that don’t have no words, just pain, and off he flies into a dark corner. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They were amber in color, with wings like flies. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I rush through the backyard we all hated because of relentless mosquitoes and fruit flies, then hop the fence. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A naked lightbulb hung from the ceiling, right next to three or four dangling spiral strips of flypaper so thick with flies that you couldn’t see the sticky yellow surface underneath. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “A big grey one. She has a web across the top of Wilbur’s doorway. She catches flies and sucks their blood. Wilbur adores her.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes quickly and there was the head grinning amusedly in the strange daylight, ignoring the flies, the spilled guts, even ignoring the indignity of being spiked on a stick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The other societies illustrate the important point that distance as the crow flies is not an appropriate measure of isolation for humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Otto and I’d stopped to eat a fruit lunch, swatting at heavy flies and bolting down globs of mango before I filled my water bottle from a nearby stream. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z That was the start of them, the flies. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching as their cream-colored Buick flies through the guardrail and over the side of the bridge to avoid old Mr. McPherson’s red truck? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass,” she murmured, running her finger down the list of ingredients. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It was so peaceful I didn’t even bother to swat flies or gnats. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The book flies open and swings dangerously at SCORPIUS/HARRT, who has to dodge out of the way. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The flies were buzzing around his sweating face and shoulders. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He lay on his back, staring blindly at the ceiling as flies crawled across his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Like flies in a Venus flytrap, they were immediately swallowed up by the crowd of more than fifty men. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Blood flies swarmed about his corpse and carried his ill luck to the living. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The only factor that prevented horses from spreading beyond West Africa was trypanosome diseases borne by tsetse flies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And with that, High John the Conqueror soared into the sky on his giant crow, hooting and hollering as he cut through smoke and flame to confront the swarm of brand flies racing toward us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The beaches are clean where once they festered with fish guts and flies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Spit flies out of the Director’s mouth as he speaks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z All he ever did was sit on the porch and swat flies, and like I said, even had him a pet hen to peck them up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Not from our world,” she said, “nor from this. Filthy abominations. There are thousands of them, breeding like flies…. Who is this? Is this the child Lyra? And who is the boy?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was hot and stuffy and buzzing with flies. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It is when confronted by the overwhelming signal of free molecules of endotoxin, evoking memories of vibrios in great numbers, that the limulus flies into panic, launches all his defenses at once, and destroys himself. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And down to the rocks come the black flies to eat anything they can find. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Hear the chatter of their Noise as it flies up the river at us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He clears his throat, and it’s harsh, like he’s got something stuck in his pipes, and some spit flies out of his mouth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As Groucho Marx said, “Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo,” and it’s hard to imagine him saying it in Esperanto. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “My uncle is a pilot. He flies big planes that drop bombs. Can you turn it on?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A moment later she found the chipped blue plate and lifted the napkin she’d draped over the top to keep flies off of the tortillas. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The bird flies off across the room and lands on Oslo’s head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Mountain clouds burst, scatter as the plane flies through them. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m not so sure you do, but I do know you’ll chase anything that runs or flies.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Nathan was expecting a flurry of flies to harass his face but was surprised when he opened the door to the outhouse. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I flinch as a little piece of spit flies out of Mr. Dixon’s mouth and lands on my arm. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I feel a flutter through my chest as it rises, and a force as it flies out of my mouth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “You come help me with these fancy contraptions, let Old Familiar take care of those poison flies, and my ax will handle that giant over there, sure it will.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But as the crow flies—that was only twenty-nine miles across the island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Lightning bugs blink; fish splash, leaping for moths, flies. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He turns away and I drill the lock until the door flies inward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They did not have families to hold their hands and swat away the flies when they became too weak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Forty leagues and more it was, as a bird flies, from Edoras to the fords of the Isen, where they hoped to find the king’s men that held back the hosts of Saruman. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Food bad enough to kill you with it Roaches here, mice, flies, lice and even a snake or two. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were islands in the Worm where lovers kissed, but in the Plaza of Punishment they peeled the skin off men in strips and left them hanging naked for the flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She is short, and her white hair flies like her hands on the piano keys as she tells us about the four parts of a choir. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z In summer’s late sunshine I often sat under the chinaberry tree in his yard, surrounded by the bitter aroma of its fruit and lulled by the drone of flies that fed on the berries. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the real flies sticking to my fingers and lips, not the wind blowing through the cornstalks, not the voices overhead of kids carving pumpkins. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She filled that bag and two more with flies, then hurried to the garage. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She shoos them out the door like pesky flies. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Yells at her so full of fury that spit flies out of his mouth as he enunciates every single word. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Anatole said the Congo people don’t like owls because an owl flies around at night and eats up the souls of dead people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The ribbons were speckled with dead flies and a few that made feeble attempts to pull loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “It was worth a diamond ring to get you out of there. Drawing a crowd and getting ready to draw flies,” said Hagar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He has the sugar of his tea spread out on the window-sill, and is reaping quite a harvest of flies. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Our people say that after aku flies, it will still fall to the toad,” Father Amadi said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In the first place, he’d get to swishing his tail and stomping his feet at flies and maybe scare off my game. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Roaches here, mice, flies, lice and even a snake or two. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The policeman leads me across a yard where flies swarm over a rubbish heap. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z From bacteria to elephants—from red-eyed flies to blue-blooded princes—biological information flowed through living systems in a systematic, archetypal manner: DNA provided instructions to build RNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z One night I had pulled up at a trucker’s park where huge cattle trucks put up and cleaned their beds; around the park there was a mountain of manure and a fog of flies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding the first bag upside down, she unzipped it, expecting the flies to fall down into the lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z In some cases this is obvious: a kite won’t help me understand how a bird flies, or a steam engine how a muscle works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Apparently the blackflies, sand flies, and tsetse flies have not yet become resistant to chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The stone flies, and the crow thuds to the ground. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z As the hullbeast reached for my friends, as fetterlings stormed after me and brand flies circled the silver gem lights like vultures, the drums pounded harder and harder, and I stopped running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Hazel could sense that there were many all about, taking flies and moths on the wing and uttering their minute cries as they flew. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Russians and the Americans ran to the base of the ladder as the policeman descended with his discovery: “Two dead flies!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was Zeus’s Messenger, who “flies as fleet as thought to do his bidding.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it will be okay,” Josiah said, poking at the dead flies with the toe of his boot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She smelled him when he was old and unbathed and the flies blackened his eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In some areas of Egypt, flies had already become resistant to DDT by 1948; BHC was substituted but was effective for less than a year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I knew the crispy sensation of tsetse flies crawling in my hair. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking of hands, mine were busying swatting the flies that swarmed all over. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The souvenir pamphlet noted that even a full load of passengers had “no more effect on the movements or the speed than if they were so many flies”—an oddly ungracious allusion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The cube flies from my hand, high into the sky, and it seems to hang there for a moment, almost suspended, free, and then it falls, disappearing from this world and joining another. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Mosquitoes, gnats, and flies followed the wagon, drawn by the smell of the sweating children and horses. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A flypaper roll entirely free of flies curled down from the ceiling not far from a sack that hung there too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff flies back, but I am frozen in time and space. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Nhamo was amazed to learn that flies could get sick, just like people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be no large stoneflies, no mayflies, no caddis flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I could have done without the flies and the primitive theaters, but I wouldn't have minded growing up with a houseful of servants. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I waren’t swatting flies just for the sake of killing ’em, and sometimes I got a little too strong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z These are the larval stages of caddis flies, stoneflies, and mayflies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Or, we just forget about the basket and just put some flies on a fishing hook, and go fishin’ for birds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I don’t mean to ask it—I really don’t—but before I can think better of it, the question flies out of my mouth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I look around for flies, but there are none I can see. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I knew I had to act with her because she was attracting flies and I was keeping her spirit from moving on. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She slapped a fly away from her face and thought how healthy all the flies looked, how alive, how vibrant. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He scared up rabbits, barked at terrapins, caught gnats and flies in his mouth, and every few minutes looked back to be sure I was still coming along behind. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His method of tidying was peculiar: he simply swallowed all the flies and spiders in the boxes before I could stop him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z By scoring thousands of flies under the microscope, he began to catalog dozens of mutant flies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll always remember you,” she said, tapping it with her fingers, the black nails bouncing up and down like flies. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose that was a faulty comparison. It’s not for flies. It’s for mutant moles.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Since a lunar module flies only in space, high above the earth’s atmosphere, the designers didn’t have to make it streamlined, which is the reason it looked so awkward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was back to the rocks, to chewing on grass stems, listening to the sluck of water and brushing away mopani flies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sudsy foam no longer flies from the tops of waves, which are now only sharp little peaks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Malik marches up to Curtis and shoves him so hard, Curtis’s hat flies off. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For every crow there were a hundred flies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I look at the ceiling light fixture, opaque yellowish glass with the shadows of two or three dead flies caught inside it showing through as if through cloudy jelly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Now on the eve of the event, my committee members are dropping like flies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “My uncle flies a big plane that drops bombs,” Billy said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z At his face there were already many flies and gnats. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The back door stood wide open, and flies buzzed gaily in and out of holes in the screen. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The phone flies from my grasp —he has it in his hand before I can raise myself to my knees, before I can take a breath. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They emerged and flew about in the way of flies, in great, lazy orbits except when they came close to each other, when they spiralled together with dizzying speed and a burst of buzzing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The horse- guard wasp hovers above herds of grazing cattle, destroying the blood-sucking flies that torment them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even so, the toll on flies was terrific, frustration the inevitable state of affairs from the moment he entered the creek until the end. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The latrines that ringed the encampment were overflowing and swarming with flies, and she saw faint greenish fuzz on many of the sharpened stakes that protected the perimeters. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Do not spit on the floor of the home. “Do not allow any flies in the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His face is red, and spit flies out of his mouth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When the creepers shook the flies exploded from the guts with a vicious note and clamped back on again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Mom practically flies off the couch and grabs my arm. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z People whisked into the cars like flies disappearing into the mouths of frogs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Looking around, my head flies in every direction, searching for another—there! Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He looked at her through the sagging screen that had a fluffy ball of cotton stuck in the middle to scare the flies away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The air of the place carried no flies, no butterflies, no bees, no insects of any kind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We waved off the flies and tried some of the flesh. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Flocks of crows squabbled noisily over each head, thick as flies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Or maybe it’s a parlor, the kind with a spider and flies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Her caribou had been so infested with the larvae of nose flies it had not been able to eat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, is that it? Give me their names, Milo. Give me their names and I’ll see to it that they go on every dangerous mission the group flies.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Me, Maria Virginia Farinango, world-famous lock picker, the expert who flies around the globe, opening locks in the nick of time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The two are basically the same thing, so as soon as Galileo had a telescope he could use it to study flies, for example. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The two flies saw each other at near the same time and frozed their moving, trying to see which one was toughest. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Out it flies, delighting in its new-found freedom, its dark hooded beak and tiny head drooping like its sex between arching wings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He had barked the same note when angry or when being brought his dinner, when lazily snapping flies, or when tearing an intruder to shreds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like flies they hovered; like flies they settled. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I rush out to talk to her, but she flies down to her room and closes her door. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “A pie made out of shoes and flies and molasses?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It flies through the air and lands on the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When he was done he covered the two piles with grass he tore from the lake shore to keep the flies off and went back outside. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope it flies away, I say and lean way over to pinch him on the arm. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I was getting flies to use for bait. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Spiders’ webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the car ahead of us brakes, and as we brake, too, the car behind rams into us, and the trunk flies open. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The morning flies buzzed close to the ground and the ants dashed about in front of the steps. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The list of diseases and their insect carriers, or vectors, includes typhus and body lice, plague and rat fleas, African sleeping sickness and tsetse flies, various fevers and ticks, and innumerable others. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He swung his leg, kicking them down like a fungo-hitter batting out flies. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like an architectural historian obsessed with only one building, Lewis had been studying the construction of fruit flies for nearly two decades. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He chattered about everything he saw—the blue sky, the birds, the flies buzzing around the horse’s ears. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As he took the tea tray into the study, he said, “Sah, those flies are telling us something.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Rather than mutants, he had created vast flocks of dead, and then infertile, flies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If I were hungry, I would happily hunt anything that runs or crawls or flies, even relatives, and tear them down with my teeth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of Hamlet, made desperate by his father’s ghost, passed over us as a hawk’s shadow flies darkly over an open field. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I lean left, redirecting my bike’s trajectory, but before I can even turn, a truck flies by, nearly running us over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Her lunch flies out of her hands, and she lands splat on her butt on the floor. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And not only flies—I slapped a mosquito on my neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Tsetse flies carried a sickness that killed cattle, horses, pigs, goats, and donkeys. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany saw one man sprawled in the dirt under a black cloak, but as she rode past his cloak dissolved into a thousand flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In Colorado, a giant stone fist rose out of a mountain and swatted some Party Ponies like flies.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She flies all by herself in a small plane across the ocean. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We’d wrapped her in the windsurfing sail to keep the flies off her, but they kept coming anyway, more and more of them. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he flies off to the crow’s nest. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Still, those guys are not flies and mosquitos. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The sun was getting hot and the flies were beginning to come out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He is a pilot, and he flies his own plane. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I spected—some kind a stirring—but it’s just a regular old hot Friday with flies buzzing on the screen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Full disclosure: If you knew how scared I was, if you saw me shaking right now, white as no cloud that ever flies over Jankburg’s dreary hills, you’d know I didn’t want to let on. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There were no flies now and the air in his face was delicious. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Nothing on it today, they don’t leave the bodies hanging as long in summer as they do in winter, because of the flies and the smell. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He flies into the air and lands in the lane with a loud thud. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z When we four went into the Domestic Sciences tent, Grandma remarked, “I said there’d be flies.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I had her sitting on this porch all day, swatting flies, with her radio going full-blast from morning till night. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Tom had beautiful tackle and made his own flies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Eye upended the glass, and the ten flies zapped out to circle in the center of the room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In five days the populations of orangutans, zebras, hyenas, rats, flies and cockroaches had been wiped out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet their coats were sleek, their tails were clean, and they had remarkably few flies on them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Only Clover remained, and Benjamin, who lay down at Boxer’s side, and, without speaking, kept the flies off him with his long tail. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Then, as we were turning onto the main road into town, I saw a black horse out in a field, eating grass and swishing its tail at flies. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Why did some cocoons produce flies or wasps instead of moths? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Brand flies? Did you say brand flies? Tristan, we need to get out of here. We need to go right now!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Smith watched, his eyes following the colt as he careened across the track, running as a moth flies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stomach knotted up every time she thought of her last glimpse of her mother and father—dead, unburied, and covered with flies. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly a station wagon whose right back door flies open when you take left turns too quick, gets honked at every time it inches up a hill, and leaks black oil all over the street. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The door flies open and Supreme rushes in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Where I come from,” the snake girl said, “the punishment for treason is being covered in honey, bound to an open boat, and floated out into a stagnant pond. The flies eat you alive.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Even though the ears were dried and shriveled, they drew flies when it was hot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They gave off a hum, sounding more and more like a cloud of flies swirling around my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Victims tried to peel the flies off, but whatever type of poison those flying iron monsters carried, it was potent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z All this flies through my head in a second before I can stop it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They rushed in on us, two squad cars with headlights off and cops in the front and back, engines roaring, tires squealing, while we scattered like flies into the junkyard nearby. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly. That’s what happens when people die. Their spirit flies up into the blue sky,” said Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When I get to the bottom, I kick the sand out of sheer frustration, and thanks to a gust of wind, some of it flies right into my eyes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Even the bothersome flies would be better company than these two at the moment. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The paper lifts and flies, soars like a feather, landing softly on Carlos’s stomach. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Cameras and mikes hover around us like flies. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His yellow eyes stared lifelessly at the clouds, and flies collected on his open mouth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The flies are awful secret police that tear us as if we were carrion,” Hal tells her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It's like saying that come Christmas, a magic dustpan flies in from the North Pole, led by eight flying cinder blocks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We had left the back door of Aunty Ifeoma’s kitchen wide open although flies buzzed in, circling over a pot of old soup. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Kill the flies and you starve the cats,” she said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My recollection of the landscape flies through my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Under the surface, she turned the bag inside out, swishing it back and forth so that all the flies were washed off into the lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I finally catch it and she lets go and the poker flies into the yard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z With the morning came the flies thickening on the corpses. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The surface was swimming with dead bugs: fruit flies, worms, and a soggy brown caterpillar. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The hot, humid air of the forest buzzed with tsetse flies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s peaceful alright,” Florida said, “except for these dang mosquitoes and flies.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z And then the ball flies down to our end of the field and he blows me my second kiss. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Between 1910 and 1912, Morgan and his students crossed thousands of fruit fly mutants with each other to create tens of thousands of flies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A crow flies silently into a tree across the stream and, after checking the land and sky, drops to the ground near the coyote’s prey. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Poet tells us that impatience belongs to small things—fleas, tadpoles, and fruit flies. You, my love, are ever so much more than a fruit fly.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “The flies were thick and the stench was overwhelming,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Mama sits on the porch fanning away flies. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “There’s four”—she gulped, hand to her throat, and recovered—“four dead horses in there. And millions of flies...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In poor neighborhoods garbage mounded in alleys and overflowed giant trash boxes that became banquet halls for rats and bluebottle flies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Several flies dive-bombed us as we got closer, and I swung my loaner kierie like a two-handed sword, batting them back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z So I picked the top crust off and ate that first while I stirred my finger around trying to find the shoes and flies. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The free ride may be provided by mosquitoes, fleas, lice, or tsetse flies that spread malaria, plague, typhus, or sleeping sickness, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Her blue coat flies behind her, flapping in the cold, running, running away from me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A cloud of angry flies rises from it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The hours of waiting piled up like the flies that buzzed in the camp. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Will watched the great insects charging fearlessly up at them, for all the world as if the harpies were flies and they could snap them up in their jaws, big as they were. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When Muller first tried exposing flies to X-rays, he killed them all. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The mosquitoes were thirsty and flies flew around Genie’s face, buzzing so loud he felt like he had stuck his head into Grandpop’s radio. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When he’s close enough for me to see the white arm hair, I shift my upper body to the left, legs sturdy, eyes on the blur that flies past me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The flies are nearly as bad as the rats. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “The flies, sah. It means somebody has done bad medicine for this house.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Yolanda pulls up at a cantina, its thatched roof held up by several posts, its floor poured cement, and in its very center, a lone picnic table over which a swarm of flies hover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He picked up an old newspaper and fanned himself for a while, then swatted at some flies. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Back at the shelter the flies were on the meat and he brushed them off. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He sawed off a good chunk from a carcass hanging on the gallows, causing the swarm of black flies to circle once, then land again. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Yes! The flies like it, too, and I like the flies; therefore I like it.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z From eleven to twelve he planned to stand still and watch flies on the boards, watch bees in the clover, and watch swallows in the air. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “You have done all this before. Every other new bird I put in here flies into the wire before it learns it’s not free.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Eighteen miles and sixteen minutes away as the falcon flies, the repair work on the Margaretville Bridge was nearing completion. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z During some witness testimonies, Guiteau made a show of ignoring the speaker on the stand by reading his newspapers and brushing away flies around his head. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The thought of a pie made out of shoes and flies was amazing me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Their motions are more truthful than the stars,” he tells me, “because common flies have compound eyes.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Another earth-shattering explosion—the impact shakes my board violently, and snow flies all around me, making me squint. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The dirt, to start with, the piles of rubbish, the dust, the dogs, the flies. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair flies about, and her eyes are wild. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Mountain swatted men like flies, but most of the time he did not even seem to know the fly was there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We poison the caddis flies in a stream and the salmon runs dwindle and die. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The other part is looking at those marks and applying the judgment needed to ensure that the narrative that flies by your mind’s eye will be recognizable to an independent reader. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The war was as removed and far off as two flies battling to the death in the arch of a great high and silent cathedral. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, oh, how ’bout this: How ’bout we get a sticky pad, like the kind you use to catch mice, and you put flies on that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He shook the fruit bowl and noticed how few fruit flies took to the air. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I spring back in surprise and an embarrassing garbled sound flies out of my mouth as my brain catches up to the fact that it’s him, that Brian’s standing in front of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Big fat flies begin biting Isabela’s face and neck when we approach a clearing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A thousand years later, the canals were choked with reeds and mud, and pools of stagnant water gave birth to swarms of flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She motions the slave-girl close, then backhands her so hard that blood flies from her mouth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Without looking up from her business, she said, “‘Rosamund, when you die, they bury you, but your soul flies to the stars. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z All lives! all red blood, with years of life in it; and not merely buzzing flies!’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z John Faulkner, of the Lick Observatory in California, has suggested an interpretation of these remarks which flies in the face of the Newton legend, but closely matches Newton’s known character. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “And small children, small defenseless children, dropped down like swatted flies. This is murder, cold-blooded murder.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If you left a bowl with even a few grains of rice, you would find it covered with hungry flies so thick it looked like a living bowl of black bean soup. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Note: The straw connected to the trigger makes it so that when the bird eats the flies and sets off the trap, the arm doesn't snap down on the bird’s neck. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z For the second time, the door flies open, and Fred rushes in, stopping short when he sees me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There were mountains of manure and over them mushroom clouds of flies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z After while, we on a long, bumpy road with pasture on both sides, cows flapping at the flies with they tails. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And so Bono and I, Clippinger and Olakunde lay that night in the mud of the marsh, flies thick upon our heads, roots around our fingers, guns lain in leaves 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 Picture of a skinny, miserable, rocking child, flies near her mouth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Seeing us all on the floor, Ma’s tiredness just flies out of her body. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Officer Shrift wandered through the crowd, suspiciously muttering, “Guilty, guilty, they’re all guilty,” and, on noticing Milo, brightened visibly and commented in passing, “Is it six million years already? My, how time flies.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They even lost their cattle to disease borne by tsetse flies in the forest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the United States, DDT resistance among flies had become widespread in the Tennessee Valley by 1948. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I hear only the buzzing of flies feasting on the human corpse. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s either that or haunting the aisles of Publix, warning the baby moms how fast it all flies by. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z At about ten o’clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows, and in and out of the beam flies shot like rushing stars. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened mine and there were a dozen flies in it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A swarm of bothersome flies buzzed in front of his face and landed on the tips of his ears, on his cheeks, on his shins, on his elbows. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z No fields of cowslips will rush into that opening, nor mornings free of flies and heat when the light is shy. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Billywig’s wings are attached to the top of its head and are rotated very fast so that it spins as it flies. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d found him at the bottom of an irrigation ditch, badly burned, flies in his mouth and eyes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z How could they sit there without twitching a muscle, even with the black flies buzzing under their bonnet brims? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z No one else was moving very fast except to wave away flies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I saw the little fish part ’round one of the flies and all the sudden there was a goldy-silverish flash shooting out of the lily pads. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He creates a new navigational chart based on the movements of flies swarming around the barrel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I wanted to swat them away like flies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Dad says, "Bingo! That plane is invisible to the radar. But does the plane make a shadow when it flies between the earth and the sun?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Capricorn had obviously swatted fairies as carelessly as other people swat flies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The thatch roof and cracked unpainted walls bothered Ugwu, but not as much as the cavernous pit latrine in the outhouse with a rusting zinc sheet drawn across it to keep flies out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “English? Anyone?” he shouted, standing among hundreds of people, all picking over fruits and vegetables and swatting away flies as they walked slowly along the narrow, cart-filled street. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Fat flies rise from stinking holes where dead bodies rot beneath smoking ruins. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She is passing Rockford High when a Hostess truck flies by so fast that it spins her pack and almost topples her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They were cloaked in a haze of flies, and the stench coming off the demons made the nearby leaves curl. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They are helpless in this grim fighting area, they fall like flies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The smile flies off his lips faster than a door slamming. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But others, probably overcome with smoke, escaped the worst of the flames and now lie reeking in various states of decomposition, carrion for scavengers, blanketed by flies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On this wintry morning, a rumor flies through the convent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You coming in, or am I just holding the door open for the flies?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The crepe flies into the air, flips, and lands in the pan. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Spittle flies from his mouth, and the distraction is just what I need to end this whole mess. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Nyame looked at Leopard, then at Python, before rubbing his forehead where the brand flies had been fastened. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Three steps from the door, it flies open. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mama’s head snapped up, and she swatted the words away like tsetse flies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Indeed, Africans might be poor, but we know how to swat flies. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “You,” said Akimi, pointing at Kyle with one hand while swatting at the foul air and buzzing flies with the other. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z In the air of the room were flies tumbling and singing, marrying and giving in marriage. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Front Two: Operation Baldy: Wherein Lara flies solo in a retaliatory mission so elegant and cruel that it could only have been the brainchild of, well, me.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z |
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