| 单词 | gas |
| 例句 | The probability of all the gas molecules in our first box being found in one half of the box at a later time is many millions of millions to one, but it can happen. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They traded at a gas station on the west side that was run by Clyde’s father. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Arguments about going hungry, dying, bombs, fire extinguishers, sleeping bags, identity cards, poison gas, etc., etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The gas ignited, and flames spread quickly into a steady blaze that crept over the boxes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much there, just a church, a post office and a gas station called Papa Jay’s. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He took a cigar, leaving payment on the bar, and went to light it on a gas burner. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d been tooling through Michigan, headed for New York City, got off the turnpike for gas, got lost on their way back to the highway and had headed into the 7-Eleven for directions. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When the gas got cut off, Trey knew it was gonna happen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes giant bubbles of unburned gases rose within the column and then exploded high in the sky. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z They get up at eight o’clock, Theo turns the gas on to boil the water; Jo makes the tea; it brews while they dress. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z States had largely abandoned execution by electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and hanging in favor of lethal injection. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He’s trying to keep a distance from the gas while steering us toward the water that surrounds the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If they weren’t taken right to the gas chambers and the furnaces. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The airtight fittings, the iron walls, and the mineral-wool insulation deadened most of the sound, but he had found with experience that if he listened at the gas pipe, he heard everything much more clearly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Let’s just say I could put gas stations out of business.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Lighting the gas stove no longer took much thought, and she knew how to handle the oil- and mud-stained laundry Henry left in heaps for her to wash. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When she lit the gas, there was a soft diffused light without glare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In liquid or gas form, molecules whiz dizzily in space, moving randomly, like particles of dust. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Then came the famous British Museum Massacre. Two thousand culture fans gassed with dichlorethvl sulphide.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s an incredible gas smell, and you can almost feel the heat from the distance. It’s just unbelievable. It’s like that movie, Apocalypse Now.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “We came in ready to buy it, but I’ve got some questions now. The back looks smaller than I thought. How big’s the gas tank?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z As in the case of Cygnus X-l, the gas will spiral inward and will heat up, though not as much as in that case. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the brake pedal was next to the gas pedal, and I moved my foot in that direction and then I pressed the brake pedal very hard. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He was excited to help me clean the gas company and not have to work in the fields. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Picked this one up at a gas station in West Virginia, bargain price,” Lee said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When Burl got home from his job pumping gas, he helped us load the trap into the back of his truck and drove us to Gus and Bertha’s. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Morning begins with a trip, by car, to the Holiday gas station’s convenience store, where I buy a pop container full of ice and a packet of two hard-boiled eggs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The gases in the rumen get trapped and the rumen inflates like a balloon until it presses against its lungs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A black hole begins, like all stars, as a big ball of hot gas—mostly hydrogen. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Don’t have enough gas,” Dad said and went back to sleep. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Azar gave the rope a quick tug, and out in front of Bunker Six, the white sandbag lifted itself up and hovered there in a misty swirl of gas. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know I can’t waste any gas coming back to pick you up, right? The only way I could justify the trip to J & H Supermarket was the sale on beef.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “See? Enough heat, and time, will turn a liquid into a gas.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Later, the stars wander out of their nursery to seek their fortunes in the Milky Way, stellar adolescents still surrounded by tuffs of glowing nebulosity, residues still gravitationally attached of their amniotic gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were constantly scraping together enough money to pay for gas, to get me lunch money, to buy me a new pair of jeans and a few new shirts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But this is unlikely to be a mere coincidence; more likely, the shock wave produced by the supernova compressed interstellar gas and dust and triggered the condensation of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side was a closed-down gas station, a tattered billboard for a 1990s movie, and one open business, which was the source of the neon light and the good smell. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All-out riots called for cartridges shot out of a gas gun, which looked a bit like a sawed-off shotgun. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, once I climbed back onto the tractor, I revved the engine, jammed it into gear, and hit the gas. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Henry cranks the wheel left, as instructed, and we fishtail, until he manages to gain control, straightening out, then punches the gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t know why the gas had affected him less than it had Hazel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We live in a busy part of the neighborhood where shops and restaurants and gas stations stay open way late. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z As the solar system condensed out of instellar gas and dust, Jupiter acquired most of the matter that was not ejected into interstellar space and did not fall inward to form the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Chubs eventually turned the radio on, filling the quiet space with a report about America’s gas crisis and the drilling that was happening in Alaska as a result. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Darkness behind me, darkness ahead, the gas lamps sputtering in their glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The released gas propelled a tranquilized dart through the latex fingertip and straight into Cudgeon’s neck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The layer of muck had small holes all over it, where marsh gas breathed out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The conflict struck many people as horribly modern, fought as it was with recent inventions like tanks, airplanes, and poison gas. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The odor of the escaping gases, which at first seemed almost totally punishing, soon diminished through familiarity. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "Mines" were placed to set off firecrackers or trigger tear gas. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Even the gas supplies for heat and cooking are regulated by electricity, said Major McEvoy, and how do you think you pump water out of a well? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though gas was rationed, Haupt was supposed to drive Kerling down to Florida to pick up the boxes of explosives that the second team had left behind after landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z To him, he couldn’t have landed any closer to his original dream, because now, as a power plant manager, he gets to create electricity out of thin air—literally—using natural gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Under other circumstances, a weasel passing gas might have been funny, but Hazel didn’t laugh. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Shells, gas clouds, and flotillas of tanks—shattering, corroding, death. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Willow was gone, Mai watched as Dell Duke jerked his car out of park, hitting the gas pedal so quickly that the Ford lurched forward like a broken carnival ride. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Because I’m so awesome and you’re never going to want to run again. Just hang out at gas stations, eating cupcakes and pork rinds.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There was a gas station a few miles away. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z We stopped on the New York State Thruway for gas, within sight of a number of large tractor-trailer rigs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not normally a breakfast eater, but here I had to be or I wouldn’t see anybody unless I stopped for gas. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was not yet past the horizon by the time I took my seat at the Linotype machine, and I worked in the glow of the single gas jet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “The way I saw it, she wound up paying you for the privilege of having you in her gas station. You think she’s figured it out yet?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Someone tore back the bedding, someone else turned up the valve of the gas jet coming out of the wall. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z While the girls were sitting on their deck chairs, a man in armband and cap came over and demanded to see Fiona’s gas mask—it was partially obscured by her cape. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My heart took off like a car that had its gas pedal mashed to the floor. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The lightweight hydrogen gas should, because of Titan’s low gravity, rapidly escape to space by a violent process known as “blowoff,” which should carry the methane and other atmospheric constituents with it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her foot came off the gas and she allowed the car to roll to a hesitant stop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I stopped in Melbourne to get some gas and thought of Jim Morrison singing about how people are strange. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Dri rinsed the gas jug and filled it halfway with salt water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As if every human and every creature and every gas and liquid and speck of dirt and granule of sand and gust of air settled all at once, and all was right in the universe. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Neither of us was smelling too good: I’d gone twenty-four hours without access to deodorant, and Otto was giving off odors of spilled milk and passed gas. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Relatives need gas money, friends could use help with the rent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Nancy went into the gas station and bought Diet Cokes for everyone and a pack of cheddar-cheese crackers for herself, and she bought C. J. some peanut-butter crackers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they were gassing Jews to death in trucks and boiling their bodies to make soap, or so it was said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Even if something was burned up or left to rot away, it did not disappear from the face of the earth; it changed into something else—gases, liquids, and powders. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire in the fireplace should be dying, but it looks as if it’s been sprayed with gas or more logs added. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Doc,” he said, “on a business deal like this, would you advance two or three bucks for gasoline? I know Lee Chong won’t give us gas.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been tear gassed before and told me it was like someone rubbing an onion on your eyeballs, and then pouring hot gasoline down your throat. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Going by the gas station where they sell liquor and food. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped him off at home on my way to work at the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z After poison gas killed the announcer, she switched the radio off. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Rahel gave up her job at the gas station and left America gladly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a familiar gas station with a convenience store up ahead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Parker pulled into a gas station parking lot but kept the car running. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I don’t know that I’ve ever been inside a girls’ bathroom in a gas station before. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Sí, we will find water at gas stations. The cook said there are service stations everywhere in this state.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z If someone says, “Yo’ mama’s so dumb she sold her car for gas money,” you don’t say, “Yeah, but why? Was she properly aware of the long-term consequences?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I went over to my blankets and held the object up in my hands toward the dim light coming in from the gas lamp in the hall. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If that didn’t work, we could usually get t he parts we needed at a gas station. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran through scrub woodland to the nearest shelter in their pajamas and tin hats, clutching gas masks and ID cards. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A gas stove came into the house and electric wires and a telephone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Kenny knelt on the ground next to me, studying the gas tank and bouncing his basketball off the front wheel. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Like how she sits lobotomized at red lights long after they turn green and doesn’t hit the gas until everyone starts honking at her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Usually cattle belch a lot to release the gas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The New Jersey State Police sent a squad of troopers with gas masks to Grovers Mill. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It seemed a miracle that it could obscure my vision but not cause me to choke: The gas mask worked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For out on the bridge, Father Mike, too, had stepped on the gas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You should have thought of that when you used up all the gas in the car.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Sorry about that. It’s Rayburn. He’s got a touch of gas,” Holly whispered and pointed to the bulldog as though he might be offended if he overheard. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The other two guys passed gas in harmony. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When we look around us in our little corner of the Milky Way, we see many stars surrounded by spherical shells of glowing gas, the planetary nebulae. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The fuel is butane or some other bottled gas which can be picked up anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The X-rays are plausibly generated by friction in the disk of gas and dust accreted around Cyg X-l from its supergiant companion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening I took a rag and wiped the mower down, parked it in a comer of the garage and—a little admission here—patted it on the top of the gas tank. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The house had an oil furnace and a gas stove. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I was out with my dad, helping him with a few jobs when we ran into your mom at the gas station. I guess they went on a few dates in high school.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One of the other fellows raised his face, also masked, and said, “This is a gas.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman comes in to pay for her gas. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I put in the clutch, lifted my foot off the gas, and wiped my nose on the shoulder of my shirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He would allow the buses to be used, but he would not pay for the gas or the driver. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “My guess is that the needle injected you with a transmitter,” he says, “and the gas was an aerosol version of the liquid that alters the brain. But why...” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The gas still creeps over the ground and sinks into all hollows. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Honest mistake,” said Cap, but, rattled, I stepped on the gas instead of the brake. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “At the Jewish Community Center day school, I sometimes see preschoolers lined up with their teacher. I tremble, remembering that the Germans marched little ones just like that to the gas chambers.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Giving Stuart my oxygen bottle, I rooted around until I found another one with some gas left in it, and then we both began packing for the descent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “He laughed,” Faith said with a tight smile, stepping on the gas. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Eventually, I made it to a gas station. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z There was a gray gas can in one comer next to a bunch of gray rakes and a pile of gray rags, and a gray tire next to some gray fishing poles. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Ugwu was puzzled at first, before he realized that Harrison did not know what tear gas was either but would never admit it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he stomps on the gas and we blow the light, screech through an illegal U-turn, and then blow the light in the opposite direction as we roar off down the road. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It seems to be neither liquid nor gas, mechanical nor natural. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He hits the gas, and houses blur past us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z "Those weren't gas explosions, those were bombs. Right?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A convoy of trucks rolls by, Some truckers stop to eat or to gas up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The project neatly combined work each had been doing previously—Lawrence’s research under Swann into the photoelectric effect in gas vapor and Beams’s investigation of short-lived physical phenomena. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But then Ford says it to a woman getting her gas. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The tow truck ran out of gas at the edge of a river canyon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “What about the stupid politicians in the Western House of Assembly that the police had to use tear gas on? Tear gas! And their orderlies carried their limp bodies to their cars! Imagine that!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now there was a constant odor, and Brian took another look at the pilot, found him rubbing the shoulder and down the arm now, the left arm, letting go more gas and wincing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow has stopped and it’s a clear, cold night; the gas lamps cast circles of light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Entrepreneurs hawked anti-comet pills and gas masks, the latter an eerie premonition of the battlefields of World War I. Some confusion about comets continues to our own time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Back home in the United Kingdom, food, clothes, coal, gas, and electricity were in such short supply they had to be rationed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mother stepped on the gas, and the wheels sang still louder and the engine roared like a truck. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The gas puffed up in a thin cloud that partly obscured Bunker Six. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent Adam’s money remorselessly—new furniture, new carpets, a gas water-heater, and a large icebox. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The trailer had some sort of malfunction involving a gas leak, and they all died in their sleep. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “We should use the gas cooker for everything now, anyway. There’s no point saving the gas, since we won’t be needing it for much longer.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Other sessions had taken Chemical Agents before us; we’d see them in the mess hall at lunch with gas masks around their waists and apprehension in their eyes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the kata-kata had run through the gas for the generators, they were in the dark as much as I was. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Henry and I were given two gas cans and a lighter, and we soon figured out what to do with them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the fear that I might somewhere run out of butane gas, and how would I read in bed then? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z More gunshots and a cloud of tear gas floated by. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “We just wasted all that gas. Why are you smiling?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I said once the doors were closed and Art stepped on the gas. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Even without towing a lot of extra weight the skiff wouldn’t hold enough gas for the whole round trip. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When I take a good look across the sector, I see that red tape lines almost every block, and plague patrol soldiers with gas masks and black capes stand at every street corner. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “You understand, Alex. No one’s using money anymore. It’s all food and gas and connections.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z With no gas stations, owners had to lug five-gallon fuel cans to local drugstores, filling them for 60 cents a gallon and hoping the pharmacist wouldn’t substitute benzene for gasoline. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riot police shot rubber bullets, hurled tear gas, beat people with batons. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The van parked in such a way that no one on the road or at the gas station could see what went on between the two vehicles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Theaters put on "laughing gas evenings" where volunteers could refresh themselves with a robust inhalation and then entertain the audience with their comical staggerings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “If we had a new gas stove we could make a cup of coffee in a few minutes,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The MPs started lobbing tear gas bombs, and then, with no announcement or command to shoot, while the mob swirled frantically to escape the gas, several soldiers opened fire. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Our manager had already paid for gas and I thanked God that this was one of those times the bus started right up with just a couple of cranks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The process was endless because between each call there was a line of cars waiting to be filled with gas and oil, and all this had to be done with a stately slowness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma was the only one who managed to get a question in edgewise: “You think we just went through a natural gas explosion?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then we see if any interesting new gases come out of the soil. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “She got a blast of green gas right in the face,” Nico said miserably. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Kelton points out that even nonfunctioning air-conditioning makes us burn gas faster, and I tell him where he can shove his useful information. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It doesn’t even have a gas station, and the post office is a trailer. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I paused because what I wanted to say was so far removed from gas cookers and kerosene stoves. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Bullhead’s distinguishing civic feature is the Mohave Valley Highway, four lanes of asphalt lined with gas stations and fast-food franchises, chiropractors and video shops, auto-parts outlets and tourist traps. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The clutch, gas, and brake pedals were the same; the gearshift similar, two speeds forward and one reverse, plainly marked “1,” “2,” and “R.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z All we have at Bailey’s Wharf is a crossroads near school where there’s a post office and the firehouse, a gas station that sells bait, a video store, and the 7-Eleven. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He’d been working in gas stations since the day after his dad’s funeral, when he grabbed a job filling tires. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And here was the gas station, its attendants busy now with customers. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z At a gas station, Sookie sat behind the wheel while he waited for the pump to click off. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Most of the gas landed on the troll. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I wrote the poem on an index card and memorized it while I cleaned the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She flicks on the gas burner to warm the oatmeal, pouring a little skim milk into it and stirring. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Infants, young children, pregnant women, the elderly, the disabled, the weak, and the sick were sent to the left in a line that ended at the gas chambers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As the light began to fade, the architects lit the library’s gas jets, which hissed like mildly perturbed cats. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He said when he was in the English army in France the Germans sent gas over which made him so sick they had to take him to the hospital. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The man leaning against it wasn’t pumping gas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Joke’s on you. Maybe she’ll zone out and accidentally mix sodium phosphide with water and kill us all with phosphine gas.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Its gas tank had flames painted on it, and a shotgun holster riveted to either side, complete with shotguns. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z McMillan perceived the same purple glow as Lawrence through his welders glass, and similarly attributed it to the ionization of atmospheric gas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After another gas run and pause for lunch seventeen miles outside of Dallas—at least according to the sign they’ve just passed—they push on. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “You better take a gas mask,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan pushed his big toe down on the gas pedal and didn't dare go faster than thirty-five miles per hour. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “First week I was at the College,” he said, “they lit some kind of gas on fire. You recall that? Out in the orchard. You were little. A minikin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So if they see me, I run to the gas station across the street and wait till they get hungry and go inside. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The amusement was there because it was obvious what Emile Janza was doing—he was siphoning gas from a car, watching it flow into a glass jug. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas chromatograph on the Pioneer Venus entry probes gave an abundance of water in the lower atmosphere of a few tenths of a percent. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking around the abandoned small towns we drove through, glancing at the gas level, fiddling with the turn signal, fingers dancing on the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I can see Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Exercising extreme caution, I continued descending the tightrope of the ridge, but fifty feet above the oxygen cache the rope ended, and I balked at going farther without gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder how much gas it would take to go all the way to Chicago,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps as a result, every year more than a hundred Americans inadvertently turn their homes into gas chambers and execute themselves and their families by running generators and combustion heaters indoors. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Dell stepped on the gas, intent on inching slowly ahead. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z As we waited to pay for the gas, a big rig pulled out ahead of us, then accelerated onto the entrance ramp. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She hit the gas pedal going back up to Milagro . . . and immediately Granny Smith pulled her over for speeding. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, Dede was full of admonitions about Jaimito’s reckless driving, but now she found herself pressing her own foot on an invisible gas pedal. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I really wanted to hit the gas and roar away from him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They remind me of the burners on our gas stove at home. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My voice is wobbly, and my eyes start filling up with tears even though no one shot me with any gas. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Some civilian observers, maybe bureaucrats from the Department, stood by as several of us fired grenades onto the range using the gas gun. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you belch gas and sour food into the mouth? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As well as my electricity and gas bills and some junk mail, there’s a small envelope. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He steps on the gas hard; Lally slides to the side of the hood. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Peggy stood at the gas stove with her back to him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The tear gas had nothing to do with me or the music. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Yatzkov was at a nearby gas station and needed to see Gold right away. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To undermine their effort, one of the district commissioners ordered the warden to install two gas stoves near the women’s cells and to hire six women to cook ham and bacon twenty-four hours a day. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In the morning, after gassing up, I headed straight west along the Rainy River, which separates Minnesota from Canada, and which for me separated one life from another. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “So we siphon gas from an abandoned car.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But before she steps on the gas, Uhmma holds the steering wheel tightly with both chapped hands. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z A National Guard helicopter sprays tear gas on protestors at the University of California. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When I play with it I always think my dad is steering, eyes spinning in his head and his foot all the way down on the gas. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You will recall the cosmological conundrum with which we ended the first chapter–that the Big Bang created lots of light gases but no heavy elements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In the basements of these buildings, rooms were refitted into airtight chambers where victims were gassed to death with carbon monoxide. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There’s the click-click-click of the gas stove, and then the sizzling of fish. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Her mother, who was not yet used to driving in the city, still pumped the gas hesitantly and everyone passed them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I pray to God it didn’t puncture our gas tank. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She went back to a gas station and bought crackers with peanut butter from a machine. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius belched the gas of a dozen brownies trapped by his valve. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Based on what little we know, Ren’s being questioned by the police right now. I don’t buy the gas leak story.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He got in the car muttering obscenities, floored the gas, and the car lurched forward. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z If we turned around now, it would take us more than half a day to walk beyond El Sacrificio and up to Highway 57 on foot, but that’s where the nearest gas station was. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Now, I figured that the built-up gas in most boys’ locker rooms was enough to cause an explosion, so I wasn’t surprised when the flaming dodgeball ignited a huge WHOOOOOOOM! The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The old bus climbed slowly, and as the driver negotiated the gears, gas, and gravity, it felt as though at any moment it would roll backward. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He had tried to communicate that the national interest did not lie in simply continuing atomic bomb work, and even suggested banning atomic weapons by international convention “just like poison gases after the last war.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I seen she didn’t understand that all I needed from her was my eleven dollars to pay the gas man so I could cook. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The Eldorado was flying high above the river, wasting who knew how much gas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There are no mountains, valleys, volcanoes, rivers; no boundaries between land and air; just a vast ocean of dense gas and floating clouds—a world without a surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He took his foot off the gas pedal and looked for a place to turn around, but the road was narrow, and on either side the ditches were muddy and flowing with the run-off. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s hard not to, especially at first. I know. You keep hoping. And of course, so soon after the war there was still the nerve gas.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A hundred yards away a dump of Wellington boots, gas masks and capes was fired, and acrid smoke enveloped the line of men pushing forward to the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z By that time we had heard horrifying stories about showers spewing poisonous gas; but in this case, it was only icy water that dribbled out. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z What happened was she hid some secret papers in the trunk of a car she borrowed, and she ran out of gas on the highway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas pushes harder on the walls: the pressure goes up. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I flew against the seat belt of his Toyota SUV each time he braked, and my neck snapped backward each time he hit the gas. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It’s taking all I have not to slam my foot against the gas pedal, but then I’m used to slowing down so that everyone else can catch up. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Back in Chicago, I used to hang out at a lot of gas stations.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A trocar being a sheathed sort of ice pick instrument you stab into the bellies of foundering ruminants to let out the deadly gases. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z More lightning flashed around them, and as the storm came closer, Lee began to fear for the gas in his own balloon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Seems the gas station man was a real card and liked to welcome dumb rookies with his little practical joke. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a genie swirling out of a bottle—like a cloud of gas—I was drifting upward out of my own body. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The waste didn’t matter; like everything else, the thing ran on free gas. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In a hundred valley houses fires started burning in combination wood and gas stoves, and men, dressed already in irrigation boots, quietly ate breakfast with their wives and children. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I slam the gas harder, and now I can’t stop because I am faster than anything on earth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “And then,” she said, “one time we ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere with three cats in the car. Remember that, Gus?” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They let him use a twenty-four-foot outboard with a T-top and twin 150s—not for fishing but for towing in tourists who ran out of gas or rammed their boats aground. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Charles’ law describes the relationship of the volume of a gas to its temperature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At two, they went into the teachers’ lunch room where there was a gas plate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the cage was a roof, a freestanding shelter like those at gas stations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He's sparking the flame of a burner using a match, saying, "Good thing it's gas," and Mabel is nodding yes and I am, too. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The smoke thickens, like a blanket of fog is creeping over the freeway, and Daddy says it looks like the police are using tear gas to get the protesters to move. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Mike had climbed Everest in 1993 without gas, and he wasn’t overly concerned about going without. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Let me come to the gas station and wait with you. I tell Miss Leefolt I be late.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “We should have saved the margarine just in case the gas gets turned back on. Miracles happen, you know.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The room brightens, Miss Anderson lighting a gas lamp on the wall, a macabre grin on her face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Without a word, the driver kept his foot on the gas and the bus plowed forward, driving off into the rain-swept night. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “They’ll take you from here and put you in a concentration camp. Then they’ll put you in gas ovens and kill you.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I went down to a gas station store and bought what candles, water, and food were left. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The main obstacle for the diffusion process being developed by Urey was its reliance on uranium hexafluoride gas, the detestable “hex,” which lived up to its nickname by severely corroding every permeable barrier Urey tried. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Various detours prolonged the eastward journey; he washed dishes in an Omaha restaurant, pumped gas at an Oklahoma garage, worked a month on a ranch in Texas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The cap was gone and the man dropped to his elbows to smell the pipe but the odor of gas was only a rumor, faint and stale. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Seeking a more efficient method, the doctors also experimented with mobile gas vans in which carbon monoxide exhaust from the engine was pumped inside. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Grotes use gas lights and candles, and there’s a pump and an outhouse in the backyard, wood stacked on the porch. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As we pulled out of the gas station, Delia put on a bright, happy smile on her face and waved good-bye to the couple as Juanita guzzled down her soda enthusiastically. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “The way this room has been designed, the heat from the fire above has turned some of the poison liquid into a gas,” reasoned Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He turned and went out the gate and walked across the street toward the gas station. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He watched protestors taunting cops and smashing windows, police tossing tear gas and bashing heads with nightsticks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “The car is bound to stop sometime,” said Stuart, “because it will run out of gas.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “Well,” she says, “I appreciate you driving all this way. Can I at least give you some money for the gas?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Like billboards whose occupants wore gas masks and reminded passersby that poison gas from Hitler’s Nazi Germany was still a very real threat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “You think the paychecks you get from the gas station can support a wife and baby?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He never had a blown tire, never ran out of gas and needed twelve grinning raggle-tailed boys to help him push it up a hill or over to a curb. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled of oil and gas and nothing else. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the recent rationing of sugar, tires, gas, tea, and coffee, a big turnout of visitors was expected in the coastal towns that summer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Coming into his presence was like stepping up to a gas heater, to a row of blue fire burning in the dark, wet curve of his eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know they’ve got a good regulator. Come on, Pa. Half the county heats with the raw gas. Who’s going to complain?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “We came in here where it is easy to give gas for the pains.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z This was of course after they had already gassed each other up, talking to each other like there was no one else on the track but them. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z "I was at the gas station and I saw them. I saw you in that car, leaving." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Yet all these gases have very basic properties in common: heat them up and they expand; cool them down and they contract. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the early evenings I did my regular chores at the gas company and late evenings I worked with Mike cleaning the Standard Oil Company, which was located on the outskirts of Santa Maria. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z This additional heat also increases the pressure of the gas until it is sufficient to balance the gravitational attraction, and the gas stops contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fill-up of gas. But if you have a cabin, I might stay the night.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “It rained ash upon the living and the dead. And gasses came out that were killing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Liam hit the gas as hard as he could, slamming his palms down against the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Herbie hunkered, petrified, horrified, on his sleeping bag, watching them die like gas victims from the First World War, like Napoleonic soldiers on a Russian winter battlefield. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas flame on a stove is like a Bunsen burner. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Working with mustard gas, they found that this chemical produces permanent chromosome abnormalities that cannot be distinguished from those induced by radiation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The small businessmen, government workers, and artisans who lived here could not afford the mansions of the Refined, but most of their homes were equipped with indoor plumbing, electric lights, and gas for cooking. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Pascal’s explanation is a mechanical explanation, and its oddity is that it extends the scope of mechanical explanations from the artificial world of levers and pulleys to the natural world of gases and liquids. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Some of the game money we took in had to go to buy gas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He used an explosion to drive the air out of a cylinder through a valve; then, when the hot gases cooled, a piston was sucked downwards, raising a weight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the left side of the motor was a small gas tank, and I unscrewed the top and looked in. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z There is the hum of gas and the tick-tick of heating metal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Love, H As I drove the couple miles to the gas station, I woke up enough to wonder why Gus had left the house in the middle of the night. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Haven’t you noticed how hot it is? We think it was a bomb, a gas explosion, something.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In Key West, I earned $1,039 in one month and spent $517 on food, gas, toiletries, laundry, phone, and utilities. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed that not a single car was getting gas. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the bed, I had a tiny gas stove and a broken-down bed stand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Poor chumps got gassed and couldn't even see the Yanks coming to end this war. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Probably Mama and Jakob were taken to the gas chambers that very day. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “When I was a child, I stole a Crunch bar from a gas station,” Laura Friendly began, taking a seat on the corner of the desk. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But this all adds up: the co-pays, parking, food, gas, tolls. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the honey house was one big room filled with strange honey-making machines—big tanks, gas burners, troughs, levers, white boxes, and racks piled with waxy honeycombs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought that if I could silently pass gas I would scare off the deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I wasn’t too gassed about working at a bank, just because it seemed like it would be boring as hell, sitting behind that thick glass counting other people’s money all day. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Until a gas station attendant in New Jersey was shot, not a Muslim, but a Sikh from India, because he was wearing his traditional turban. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Of course, he meant “Danger—gas!” but he thought “RSVP” looked more elegant. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Nothing could have been further from the long, low dwellings where the eejits lived—that is, when they weren’t sleeping in the fields to keep from being gassed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A friend came to pick her up, and they got some gas in a can at a station, but when they were on the way back, they saw police swarming around the car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain things are okay to spend gas on. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I stretched my legs out as far as they’d reach and could just get to the gas pedal. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The method worked, but black families paid a heavy price and children were hardest hit: there had already been several tear gas- related deaths. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “When did I say that you should use up all the gas in the car just to buy stupid ground beef?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z If left to its own devices, a sufficiently large ball of gas would collapse under the weight of its own gravity; it would crush itself into a tiny lump. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They drank from a water hose at a gas station. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z An inmate, perhaps surrounded by empty gas cans, stooping to light a match. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It forced me to fill my gas tank and compelled me to stop and offer a ride to an old Negro who trudged with heavy heels in the grass- grown verge beside the concrete road. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Absolute zero is the state where a container of gas has been drained of all of its energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The news-team anchor- dude bellows, “Five dead in house fire! Young girl attacked! Teens suspected in gas station holdup!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Whatever was new and exciting—elevators, gas lighting, swimming pools, golf courses—the White Mountain hotels were in the vanguard. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Liam jerked the hose back and forth as the stream of gas slowed to a measly drip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko had asked the garage chief to hide the car keys in the gas cap, but instead they were inserted into the ignition, visible to anyone strolling by. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the sulfur hurtled against the envelope of the Zeppelin’s gas bag. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Two years later Messner silenced all doubters, moreover, by traveling to the Tibetan side of Everest and making another ascent sans gas—this time entirely alone, without the support of Sherpas or anybody else. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z For all its achievements, concluded the report, the movement simply “ran out of goals and then ran out of gas.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He needed Harrison to be in a good mood so he could ask him about tear gas. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In an instant, the hissing, burning gas vapor lit the grotesque scene. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The print was so small that Francie had to light the gas to read. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We had plenty of food, and even if we needed gas money, Nan wouldn’t be driving anywhere. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A few smudged windows let in the hazy glow of the gas lanterns out on the street. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “The gas station boy who stared at me through the window?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When people drove up to get gas, Lucas would wheel out from the garage as quick as he could. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ma works in a gas station, behind the register. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z "My mother said gas was a dollar when she was a kid," Bit shot back. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I only kept enough for us to buy food and gas for the trip home after visiting with Abuelita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We would attempt to say, “Correction-officer recruit,” and our name and Social Security number, during which time we would presumably learn how effective the gas was. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we could hear the hissing of gas from the broken pipes, like dozens of angry snakes, and people, trapped inside the mounds, began calling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured I could get a job at a filling station somewhere, putting gas and oil in people's cars. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z There’s the natural gas in the fertilizer and the fossil fuel energy it takes to make the pesticides, the diesel used by the tractors, and the fuel needed to harvest, dry, and transport the corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At the edge of the town he found a filling station and stopped to take on some gas. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Jomo knew what tear gas was and laughed long and hard when Ugwu told him what he wanted to use it for. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dust blew up around us as Miss Mary Lou stepped on the gas pedal and galloped zoomed down the road. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My dad grumbled about all the gas we used up. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I swear it smelled like natural gas and pu-erh tea when it ruptured, which was weird and gross. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Everyone now knew that the stories of the gas chambers were true. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Remember, take your gas can with you and return it to the boathouse. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The series of equations we needed to work described the parameters of thrust coefficient, nozzle-throat area, combustion-chamber cross-sectional areas, and velocity of the gases predicted for any particular propellant. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Trampita continued helping me at the gas company and Mike Nevel gave him two places to clean on his own, a coffee shop and a pet store. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Tested on the fruit fly, the same organism Muller had used in his original work with X-rays, mustard gas also produced mutations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I want you to say after me now so you learn it. Spark up—gas down.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z With the can bumping my leg every step, I carried it to the barn and filled the tractor’s gas tank. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “It’s different. Do you think Dupree Johnson’s daddy loved his gas station more than his family? Or Robbie Chambers’ daddy loved his doughnut shop more than his wife or kids?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She bent down with her match, lit the gas, and stepped quickly back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They crossed the river by an old concrete bridge and a few miles on they came upon a roadside gas station. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Not a lot, but it’s cash, so you can spend it right away for milk or gas or whatever. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then this girl Jacey, who said random things at moments of stress, announced, “In Brazil more cars run on ethanol than regular gas.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “When gas runs out, they just get out and walk. See, that family there. Hitchhiking. Thousands of folks are trying to leave New Orleans.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Their host, an antiquarian architect, had never truckled under to modern civilization and kept his house free of gas and electricity. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “About the gas, I mean. But be smart about it. You find a way for him to feel like he thought of it, you hear?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I pointed out that the gas company had turned off our gas. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the only legal driver,” she kept pointing out, “and besides, you and Daniel never chip in for gas.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the gas station Shadow bought a Clean-U-Up Kit, which contained a razor, a packet of shaving cream, a comb, and a disposable toothbrush packed with a tiny tube of toothpaste. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There I sat with my little gas heater at full force throughout the afternoon, watching the ships from many an exotic port steaming through the cold, dark waters of the harbor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The troopers slipped gas masks over their faces and stood slapping their nightsticks against their hands. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He faced the bullies and the guns, and the dogs and the tear gas. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She makes Ben lean out the passenger-side window to see which side the gas cap is on. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He should ask Harrison about tear gas now, but instead he said, “Let me show you my new room in the Boys’ Quarters.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They got off the interstate again somewhere in Iowa to get gas and a map. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Sun’s high in the sky and there’s a gas station a short distance away, but the lot where the RV is parked is otherwise abandoned. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Milton stepped on the gas, ignoring the scarcity not only of petroleum but of many other things as well. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He recalled asking Holmes why he didn’t install a gas stove instead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A friend helps Lourdes get work cleaning oil refinery offices and houses by day and ringing up gasoline and cigarette sales at a gas station at night. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The tear gas lingers and drifts like smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Pretty soon my head’s so far in that oven I look like I’m trying to gas myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Or he could flood the vault, right now, with gas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’d jump in the Jeep and roar off into the countryside, my foot pressing heavily down on the gas as if speed could set me free. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The fuel gauge read empty, so she pulled over at a gas station. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I roll over and try to go back to sleep, listening to the hissing gas as she cranks up the camping stove to make tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Now he had his hand in her hair and he was pulling her toward him like a gas mask. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His father, who worked at a natural gas plant for Gulf as a shift supervisor, had not gone to the game that day. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He could wait for the plane to run out of gas and fall or he could push die throtde in and make it happen sooner. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a guy named Jerome who would meet us at some gas station and we'd follow him to his place in the woods. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We had reached the edge of town, by the little gas station/grocery store where the lumberjacks had dropped us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Steve had started cussing about how he needed to get to his new job at the gas station. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The one fact to remember was that eight thousand men, white men, with guns and gas, were out there in the night looking for him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At 9:30 Sunday night, Thomas R. was at a gas station near Warrenton, Virginia, when a car drove up behind him at the pump. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Nor does he bat an eyelash when Scoob requests a gas station stop in Shreveport to deliver hand-drawn cards to a pair of workers that say Thanks for the Anonymous Tip. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “They must of drove it ’til the gas run out on ’em,” said the sergeant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly began boiling a pot of milk on her Edwardian gas stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My generator will soon be out of gas anyway—and I can hide my acquired assets in the attic behind the boxes of Christmas ornaments. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This was all a long way from Plano, and my father’s gas station. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Before the gas filled the halls of our ruined school, we regularly filled that space with another kind of combustible, invisible poison. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The 1968 Democratic National Convention turned bloody as police went after Vietnam War protesters with batons and tear gas in Grant Park, about nine miles north of where we lived. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Let’s not dwell on the past, hmm? Hop on down so we can grab refreshments while the gas is pumping.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Scythe Volta was now in the doghouse, though, because he had lobbed a container of poison gas into the burning maze. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Ralph waved at the empty street awhile; even the gas fumes seemed to be evaporating before he was ready. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z No one has so far mixed together the gases and waters of the primitive Earth and at the end of the experiment had something crawl out of the test tube. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I finished cleaning the gas company, I was emotionally exhausted. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Their clothing was stretched tight like sausage skins, and when we picked them up, some made sharp burping sounds as the gases were released. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The second piece of the blade was heating, too, and Lyra’s leafy branch sent the hot gas along to bathe both pieces in its flow and keep out the iron-eating air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He filled with gas, the sealed valve trapping it just as one pinches the mouth of a balloon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The words is so clear in my head and right now is my only chance for her to really hear me, standing barefoot and rock bottom on the gas station phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was sitting in his little house behind the gas station, about halfway toward his usual goal of inebriation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He began telling me about Hitler’s Germany, about the concentration camps, about the ovens and the gas chambers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Andromeda was not a cloud of glowing gas; it was a cloud of stars so distant that they looked like a smear rather than individual points of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They were furnished with gas lamps instead of electric lights, and multiple families shared toilets located in hallways or even, in some cases, in backyards. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z These are great worlds, composed largely of hydrogen and helium, with smaller amounts of hydrogen-rich gases such as methane, ammonia and water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their remains, and gas that is thrown off other stars, will fall toward the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are small traces of nitrogen, water vapor, argon, carbon monoxide and other gases, but the only hydrocarbons or carbohydrates present are there in less than 0.1 parts per million. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn't stop until cars and buses began to snarl and belch their way through the roads of the park, filling his nose and mouth with gas and oil fumes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally there seems to be a bridge of gas and dust and stars connecting them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the later afternoon, everyone would come home, looking tired, hardly noticing the demons who lit the gas lamps. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z As you raise the temperature of a gas, the average molecule moves faster and smashes harder into the walls of its container. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “There are bacteria in your stomach that help digest food. During the process, gas is released,” he explains. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Since the war started, gas is expensive and in short supply. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When he dropped the grenade, our movement would churn the gas up into the air, and we would see how effective the masks were. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We know now of nine large volcanoes, spewing out gas and debris, and hundreds— perhaps thousands—of extinct volcanoes on Io. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m like that theoretical brown dwarf star or gas giant planet lurking at the far edges of our solar system, way beyond Pluto. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t really understand what had just happened to him.Those dancing lights, that fireball of rage, the adrenaline pumping like pistons in an old gas engine. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But when water came out of those showers, not gas, it was like I was born again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Chubs and I were left to divide up the last of the food we had gathered from the gas station in Marlinton. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I poked around in our garage and found an old three-gallon gas can. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Slowly, with one hand still around the ferret in her lap, she returned her foot to the gas pedal and eased back onto the highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “That was Principal Brademas,” he replies grimly, leaning on the gas pedal. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Satellite camps were added, and new gas chambers and crematoria were constructed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He’d seen places like this in Michigan, of course, but he never had to do anything in them other than buy gas. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Liam disappeared around the back of the car, reappearing a few minutes later with a red gas can and a chewed up black hose in hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As it closed behind him, Meggie, Mo, and Elinor were left with Capricorn and his men—and the reek of gas and burnt paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The minivan has become a biosphere—give us gas, and we can keep going forever. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I stayed at the gas company after work until I finished my homework. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Now the plane lurched slightly to the right and Brian looked at the pilot He was rubbing his shoulder again and there was the sudden smell of body gas in the plane. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the cops started firing tear gas into the crowd. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Some of it turns into nitrous oxide, a gas that increases global warming. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then, as the postwar boom years quickened, people began coming to the Smokies by car, and motels, restaurants, gas stations, and gift shops popped up to serve them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The only notion Lyra had of the search for her was the incessant drone of the gas engines of airships crisscrossing the skies. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My father composed himself when Amy reentered the room, but when she turned to open the refrigerator door, he acted as though she were tossing a lit match into the gas tank of his Porsche. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then, whoosh, a blast of wind exploded out of the mountain, a white-hot mix of ash and gas and shards of rock. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z It filled the hall like a poison gas. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Downtown Clover started at a boarded-up gas station with RIP spray-painted across its front, and ended at an empty lot that once held the depot where Henrietta caught her train to Baltimore. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The couch faces a gas fireplace, a light blue flame burning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Lee Scoresby was attaching a coil of stout rope to the leather-covered iron ring that gathered the ropes running over the gas bag, and from which the basket itself was suspended. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Outside, a line of cars rumbled into the gas station, and I looked out the window to see what was going on. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t many cars in Key West; even the folks who owned them couldn’t afford gas. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The clays have a complex active surface, given to absorbing and releasing gases and to catalyzing chemical reactions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A single CFC molecule is about ten thousand times more efficient at exacerbating greenhouse effects than a molecule of carbon dioxide–and carbon dioxide is of course no slouch itself as a greenhouse gas. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He meant the fierce gas lamps that line the runway at intervals on either side so you can land in bad weather. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In over three years running the gas station, Baba had never called in sick. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A meal here, gas there—the one real contact was the buying of the car, and the seller needing a buyer would naturally be friendly under those circumstances. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the bodies rotted and liquefied, and the stink was like roses and mustard gas. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t mind the smell of mustard gas and roses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking this line of reasoning to its logical extreme, the purists argued that using gas was therefore cheating. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z So, she left long before she needed to that morning to avoid traffic, a missed turn, not enough gas. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He carried the toolbox and one of the bottles of gas into the galley and went forward and made a last tour of the staterooms. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z However, the particular spectral lines observed are often characteristic of very thin, diffuse gas, and not the astonishingly high density that must prevail near black holes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By being careful with the gas, I made it last most of the winter; then I cooked on the fireplace, which is a lot of trouble because it gets the pans so dirty. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Pollux knows details that would lead to disaster for a newcomer, like which offshoots might require gas masks or have live wires or rats the size of beavers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I lighted the gas mantle lamp, stuffed the debris in a little closet, and put on water for coffee. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My brain is like a universe whose gases get thinner and thinner at the edges. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then I realized what it was: a gas mask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z If the fire has crept in behind us and ignited the gas, then we’re cut off. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In a locker behind the wheel pedestal he found coils of nylon rope and steel bottles of gas and a toolbox made of fiberglass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Mark has no idea what it was, but he assumes it was a bomb set by terrorists or an explosion from a gas leak. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Through a solar telescope equipped with a filter admitting only the red light emitted by hot hydrogen gas, the sunspots appear dark. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas man had cut the gas off, and I couldn’t cook none. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t thinking about the logistics at that point—about whether it had gas, or if its engine would even start. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I was trying to open it just a tiny bit so a whisper-thin stream of gas would noiselessly escape into the air and stealthily warn the deer without Dad knowing it was me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z How she took my dad’s old gas can from the garage and took it to Zimmerman’s. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Obviously a hazardous time, with gigantic engines spewing out high-temperature exhaust gases, and terrific wind blasts as the rocket ascended. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab a couple of empty gas cans and walk to the gas station and fill them up and walk back home. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z OK, you buy the gas,’ he told me; ‘I’m going to get some food.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, no, no. Other babies can tell you whether it’s gas or a pin, or milk souring on them. But he’s a real Silsbee, and they never do, you know.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned up the gas and found a radiant Lucia and a fat healthy baby sleeping contentedly at her side. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The station wagon sputters as Uhmma presses on the gas pedal. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Any time it rained in Bali, the clouds cracked open and fat drops of laughing gas fell down on everyone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She got a city map from a gas station and plotted out our routes in advance. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Basta was walking down the nave with a gas can in his hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A plasma, a gas of charged particles, is just like a metal plate as far as the Casimir effect is concerned. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There was just one rule: We couldn’t use an ingredient that would spoil and stink up the classroom, like milk, or something that wasn’t good for us to breathe, like gas. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It explodes and consumes them in a cloud of tear gas. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And the meter was running: even as we reclined in our tents, we were using up precious gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “You spy a twenty-four- hour road trip in a minivan. Hip because road trips always are; tragic because the gas we’re guzzling will destroy the planet.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “And attack with tanks, gas, planes, and infantry.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She knows, I thought, following Martin into the gas station. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Storms are best, even when they bring lightning and he is riding on a tank car full of gas; rain keeps immigration agents indoors. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When the Nazis rounded up the Jews from ghettos for deportation to the camps and gas chambers, they usually did so without warning, terrorizing the populace into cooperating. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “But they started shooting these canister things into the crowd. Tear gas, I think.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The only control he had now was the gas valve. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bubbles of gas create little pockets in the dough. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With the little money I brought from the States I just managed to keep gas in my car. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It was during a bitterly cold spell, and our boxy gas heaters had been giving us trouble. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the unique combination of the two of them could have produced the silk sleigh: a sleek, ultralight craft buoyed by ulola gas. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Through the windows, as if in a stop-motion photograph, the place looked as if it had been hit by nerve gas, everything still and lifeless, even the people. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee and the boys began softly, “Spark up—gas down, switch over to Bat.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Goodness knows how many tens of thousands of people suffered unnecessary agonies under the surgeon’s knife because no one thought of the gas’s most obvious practical application. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was an oxidizer, which, when combined with other chemicals, produced heat and gas, necessary to make a rocket fly. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She was concerned about the reports of black smoke and gas near places she recognized. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Before leaving I also refilled the tractor’s gas tank from the pump. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The first trumpets of “Loco in Acapulco” by the Four Tops blast, and Alex finally pulls out of the gas station. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A muddy stray, nosing through a pile of trash next to an abandoned gas station. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The white pavement of Route 1 shimmered in the heat and in the fumes from gas and oil. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed my change when the waitress brought it and walked across the street to the gas station. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I sit on the curb outside the gas station. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Do you know what it does? You’ve seen the effects of jurda parem. Would you like to feel them, too? It is effective as a powder, but even more so as a gas.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He stood in a gas station parking lot, surrounded by black SUVs and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As a cloud of gas collapses, it gets hotter and denser, and hydrogen atoms slam into one another with increasing force. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He accepts Farmer’s offer to pay for his gas, and when he reaches Cange he will send a truck for Ti Jean, Farmer, and me. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Step on the gas,” Flora said to her father. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z New materials_are constantly being contributed as rocks disintegrate, as organic matter decays and as nitrogen and other gases are brought down in rain from the skies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They have gas pumps outside, human-sized, with round discs on top, lit up like pale moons or haloes minus the head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you smell any natural gas odor in there?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It must have been out of gas or broken, but they weren’t going to give it up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z While I waited for my change, I looked out the train car window through the rain to the gas station. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z No one came to the gas pump, so I went into the lunch room. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His long hands unexpectedly gripped my waist, and his foot pushed mine off the gas pedal. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Shannon gassed the joke up like he always did whenever it wasn’t about him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “How could you have not checked the gas gauge?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In front of him, the green cloud of gas floated between him and the herd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t even know if that gas station had a tow truck, though we could use the phone there. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Baba found a job off Washington Boulevard as an assistant at a gas station owned by an Afghan acquaintance—he’d started looking for work the same week we arrived. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The gas station has comic books, so I can pretend I’m looking at each one really close, because I’m a shopper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Close to home we passed a gas station that had a small statue out front that looked like a seagull over a fountain. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Lou, who was so tired he’d let Rob carry his pack, staggered into camp looking pale and distraught, muttering, “I’m finished. I’m finished. Completely out of gas.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Had a scholarship to every school in this state until he got a taste for drugs—for robbing gas stations. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mama was whispering; I could barely make out the words “there are many full gas cylinders lying around in the factory.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “The gas station, I run here in my bare feet! The kids run next door...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Around here, people just install a gas furnace and pump the gas smack out of the ground. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As the days of World War II receded into memory, so did the notion that riveters and gas station attendants and munitions experts and, yes, even mathematicians would, or even should, be female. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A few cars pulled in, were filled with gas and pulled out again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The light turned green and Ben hit the gas. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I wanted to sink the gas pedal into the floorboard and peel out of there, but he had other ideas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Under the gas lamp, Hugo greets several men. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He told about thumbing a ride to Bluefield, and, when he got there, going up to a gas station attendant and asking which way to the ballpark. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a little cupboard in the hallway where the gas meter is. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, the statistical description of a gas explains Charles’ law. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He rubs the dashboard and pumps the gas. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There is no house or gas station or shelter. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The agent neither lifted his foot off the gas, nor swerved, as—with a staggering wing-flapping whoosh—the bird swooped across the windshield and over the roof, missing death by inches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They force out the poisonous gases that cause fermentation of food and thoroughly clean, renovate, and restore the stomach so that it can digest food without all that excess gas. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Because the oxygen systems we were using delivered a lean mix of compressed gas and ambient air, 29,000 feet with gas felt like approximately 26,000 feet without gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Dicey peered down the highway and saw a small store ahead, with a gas pump out front. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up at me, eyes flickering like gas lamps. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Nazis had put me in a gas chamber. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z If we needed to stop, we found a gas station or a nice colored family to open their home to us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a large metal gas lamp hanging above the entrance, illuminating a brass knocker shaped like the head of a dog with a ring in its mouth. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Even after I reached the stairs and took them two at a time, the gas lamps’ glow lingered in my vision like spreading flames. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Plus, I had to stop every few hours to buy more gas, and that really chewed up my time even more than the bigger yards. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z These mansions had been built by wealthy white families in the late nineteenth century and included two to four bathrooms, electric lighting, gas furnaces, and steam heat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Jerk!” she yelled, and waved her white-knuckled fist at him as she popped up from the porch, but by then he was already beyond Fenton’s gas station. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When we came to the next traffic light, the driver eased off the gas a bit to look around and check the road. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The only navigational aid in his possession was a tattered state road map he’d scrounged at a gas station. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mister, he doesn’t have a car on that back lot you couldn’t buy with a full tank of gas for five hundred dollars. But don’t you tell him I said so.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He leaned on a gas pump and watched as they continued eastward. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Gassed in France and back to Limerick to work in the gas works. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Second, when gases from Earth were introduced into the Martian soil sample, the gases became chemically combined with the soil—almost as if there were photosynthesizing microbes, generating organic matter from atmospheric gases. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It said that Governor Thomas Corbett had proposed that the state’s institutions of higher learning should consider closing their budget shortfalls by drilling for natural gas on their campuses. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Several young girls, including two who lived in my yard, ran confusedly about the street, coughing and choking from all the tear gas. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The air smells like pipe smoke and fried meat and gas lamps. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If she had not sucked the ink out, she would have been sent to the gas chamber the next day, because her number was called. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “At the end of my road is the highway. Head left, and in a quarter of a mile you’ll come to a gas station. You figure it out from there.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That means turning to wind, solar, and hydroelectric systems for power instead of coal, oil, and natural gas. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When I thought about it, finding the picture was not surprising; a great many farms, especially big ones, have their own gas pumps. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Look at me, and tell me that symbol of the first inert gas, helium.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And when Katie came in and lit the gas, chasing the shadows away and paling the light in the stove windows, it was like a great sin that she committed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "I have always wanted to ride in a handicapped van. All my life, I have wanted to see how a disabled person like yourself applies the brakes and steps on the gas." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Heads began to turn and scan the dark sky for the zeppelin, whose gas engine was throbbing clearly in the still air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z For all of her street smarts, siphoning gas is something she’s clearly never done, and for all of Kelton’s survival skills, he’s useless in this particular pinch. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Sing Sing, for reasons no one could ever explain to me, has never been retrofitted with gas. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was supposed to suppress gas and kill the vermin in the stomach that made poor children hungry. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But look at these men whom You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A plume of bright-green gas billowed across the top of the monstrous horde like the spray from a poison riot hose. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see: the rain was driving into her eyes, and there was still gas in the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “They’ll know because they put all the Jews in this car, and all the Poles in that car. When we get to Dachau, they’ll just gas us and put the others to work.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Tear gas is just what the police use to shut down parties in black neighborhoods, like the club turning on the lights to tell everyone to go home. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The police countered by dispersing mourners with tear gas, police dogs, rubber bullets and truncheons. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re going to the gas chambers! Now shut up unless you want to join them.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Mercifully, the little door over the gas cap is one that opens by hand, rather than having to be popped from inside the van. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “The gas ovens I mean are no fairy tale,” Hannah said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He considered shooting a column of fire at the nearest tour bus and blowing up the gas tank, but he decided that might be a tad dramatic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the next breath, he told me that he had borrowed a friend’s car and needed to buy gas so he could drive to Gary for a business meeting. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “There are no showers. There are only the gas ovens. They will burn us all up.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned up the gas lamps on either side of the fireplace and said, “Light the fire.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The old man looked at Ignatius and then at the massive pot, the gas range, and the crumpled carts. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After Urey suggested that such gases be sparked, someone asked him what he expected to make in such an experiment. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I punched the gas pedal to the floor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That morning they had been coached on how best to protect themselves from blows and from the effects of tear gas. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z If she doesn’t have a payday, we might not ever have gas again. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “We think sewer gas is backing up into our house because of the lack of water,” she tells me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It looked like only dead-end jobs out there for someone like him, working in a gas station or on the assembly line at a nearby tire factory. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Lewis soon was providing heavy water in quantity to Ernest Lawrence, who vaporized it into gas to pump into the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Donning the hat, he said with a smirk, “Big pink thing with feathers, huh? If it doesn’t come with a carbide gas light, I’m not interested.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Remember, there are bacteria in the animal’s rumen and they produce a lot of gas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Neil then explained why he had nearly run out of gas. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Other matter, gas and dust in the outskirts of galaxies, for example, is not so readily detected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ultraviolet light from the sun converts methane to more complex hydrocarbon molecules and hydrogen gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She punched the gas and we shot up the Williamsburg Bridge at seventy miles an hour. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Recklessly, he splashed the gas over the supplies. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He had no idea how much gas cost, but he had money saved. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The small combined store, repair shop, and lunch room behind the gas pumps was as unprepossessing as any I have ever seen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes attempted, for example, to sell investors a machine that turned water into natural gas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was a machine by the gas station door. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The smell of gas and cut grass tangled in the air. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The day after next the truck would come with its poison gas, and that would be the end of all their plans. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It sounded like gas escaping from a bottle of soda. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In that space, she floated swiftly like a bird between the gas stoves and ovens and walk-in refrigerators. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A cell phone formerly in Ms. Lamar's possession was located at a campground in Monroe, Louisiana, shortly before authorities received an anonymous tip from two gas station employees in Shreveport. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z When he couldn’t find Guardsmen who had gas, Lima siphoned fuel from cars and trucks. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He was thinking hard, and I hoped he was calculating the cost of Sarah’s wardrobe and the price of gas. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom covered her head with her arms and told Dad to slow down, but that only made him press on the gas even harder. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Urey’s quarry was an atom of mass 2 that by Birge’s reckoning appeared in hydrogen gas at a concentration of 1 for every 4,500 atoms of hydrogen-1. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the high buildings above, gas and electric lights bloomed in the dusk like moonflowers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I guess my mother was homesick for Virginia, where no one talked Dutch, and there was no smell of gas or oil, and there weren’t as many black people around. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To warn us of the unpleasant odor, he tacked a sign to the bathroom door: “RSVP—gas!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He secretly connected his prototype to city gas lines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The light was dim and came from gas jets hidden behind skulls mounted on the walls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He remembered his mother’s statuesque body bending over the gas ring to stir at something in a saucepan. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All of the gas pumps were beaten in, their hoses and nozzles strewn across the concrete. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “When I was a boy,” he continued, “my dad coated me with deer gland scent so they couldn’t smell me because I couldn’t hold my gas.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But do you think there’s anyone here who can help us siphon gas?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Policemen and the National Guard retaliated with tear gas, helicopters, and bullets. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “It a deadly gas which comes from burnt coals.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It helped, too, that gas and electricity were included in my rent and that I got two or three free meals each weekend at the nursing home. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As darkness enveloped the camp, our guides handed out oxygen canisters, regulators, and masks to everyone: for the remainder of the climb we would be breathing compressed gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps there is some special inorganic, nonliving catalyst in the soil that is able to fix atmospheric gases and convert them into organic molecules. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The results depend on the initial conditions, particularly on the distribution of gas and dust density with distance from the center of the cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas pipes to the cookers had a worrying coat of rust on them. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When the gas heater began rumbling he went back to the bathroom and took a shower and he put on blue jeans and a flannel shirt. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Canisters of tear gas came arcing out from behind the bus barricade, landing among the protestors. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Church and the gas stayshun back in town are still partly made outta metal hulls and holds and rooms and such. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z When they got to Minneapolis, Park stopped at another gas station to ask for directions. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z By the way, the car was running on gas mixed with ethanol. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The store had a hand-painted sign that read: moose pass gas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The process continues until all the gas and dust has been in this way used up. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As these contracted, and the atoms within them collided with one another, the temperature of the gas would increase, until eventually it became hot enough to start nuclear fusion reactions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The picture switched to a man in a trench coat, holding a microphone and standing in front of what appeared to be a gas station. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Our gas got cut off last week, and with no gas, we don’t have heat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I told them the feeble plan I’d half-baked inside of the gas station. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was an eyewitness, a miner waiting for a ride at the gas station across the street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The flames licked out to the gas on the kitchen floor and streaked across to the wooden farmhouse cabinetry and Gran’s cheery dish towels. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He closed the door leading into the bedrooms and turned up the gas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long we began to spot signs for gas stations and boating supplies, and along the shore there were white mooring buoys. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z "I don't think there's much gas," he objected. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Like, how is it that people can even pump gas or pay bills or tie their shoes when they’re in love? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Now he regretted not taking a moment to get rid of the gas while he was in the cellar. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As I came out of class one day, a helicopter swept over campus and released a wide arc of tear gas meant for a nearby rally. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z For example, consider a system of gas molecules in a box. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “A burst of tear gas began,” recalled Sheyann Webb, then eight years old. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They reminded Percy of his mom’s gas stovetop back home, when she had the flame on low—waves of ghostly blue flames rippling back and forth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I peek inside my parents’ bedroom, and the sour smell nearly knocks me over—a mix of unwashed hair, gas, and sweat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The gas stage lights shone on the shiny blade now stained with blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea behind the gun was simple: if I held one trigger down, nitrogen gas would squirt out the two holes, or jets, in the crossbar. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z G’ma turns into a gas station and parks at a pump. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z All I could think of was Kilvin’s statement during the demonstration: In addition to being highly corrosive, the gas burns when it comes in contact with air.... The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was an Amoco gas station on the pike, he said, and the colonels were to park their cars there and wait. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been impressed by the massive amount of smoke and gas the combination had produced, but I was confused. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “What would you do, Emile, if Carlson came along and saw you stealing his gas?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You remember me? I saw you a few weeks ago at the gas station.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A spare container of butane gas for safety’s sake weighs seventy- five pounds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Julian did not wake up even when they stopped for gas in Oneonta. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Our food would be cooked on the gas cooker inside the kitchen, but the metal tripods would balance the big pots that would cook rice and stews and soups for visitors. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know you were paying for my gas.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “All you need is zero-evaporation trap seal liquid. Pour about a cup into every drain, and no sewer gas can get through.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bigger looked round the room wildly, then darted to a curtain and swept it aside and grabbed two heavy iron skillets from a wall above a gas stove. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Radio observations show two enormous clouds of hydrogen gas, enough to make millions of suns, plummeting out from the galactic core, as if a mild explosion happened there every now and then. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The doc-in-a-box is next to a gas station and a feed store. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Four hundred miles later, the Blazer pulls into a gas station on the outskirts of Dallas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z At one of them, Salvador asked the man who was pumping gas to let him fill the water bottle from his hose. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z On this slow Monday evening at the gas station, C.P. was inside working on a car hoisted up on the lift while country music played softly from a radio on the workbench. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Even the small things—my foot on the gas pedal, the amount of space I have to leave around me in the halls—require major adjustment. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Dr. Begbie hit the gas too hard and the Jeep lurched forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Slughorn lowered it into the bottle where it coiled, then spread, swirling like gas. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He filled the vault with gas, just to be sure. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was a farrier, a certified maker of horseshoes, and his trailer carried all the tools of his trade, including nearly one thousand pounds of horseshoes, a gas forge, and a 150-pound anvil. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A couple of hours in, Sasha had requested a bathroom stop, which was why they were now parked at a gas station off Interstate 5. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My day-to-day life indeed felt like a car ride where my foot always had to be firmly pressed down on the gas, but I had gotten used to the speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Many people have died in it—from suffocation and gas explosions and floods and cave-ins. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Everything else was thought to be either part of the Milky Way itself or one of many distant, peripheral puffs of gas. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The regulator analyzes the air with spectroscopy, then separates the gasses by supercooling them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As he returned to the city that evening, Koch pulled into a gas station and asked for a map so that he could pick out the doomed towns. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Other twins were murdered by gassing and their bodies dissected to compare the sizes of internal organs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When corn, oats, or sorghum containing large amounts of nitrates are ensiled they release poisonous nitrogen oxide gases, creating a deadly hazard to anyone entering the silo. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The gas station’s back lot was only four parking spaces wide, and one of them was taken up by an overturned Dumpster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then he steps on the gas, crosses the street behind me, and keeps going. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They had sent their own people to the gas chambers for money. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I had found an old junker while snooping around in the woods behind Bob Fenton’s gas station. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You’re forgetting what it costs for bait and lost traps and gas for the outboard. And sometime the lobster don’t cooperate, you know that.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I added oil if I needed it, filled it with gas, and headed off down the street to Arnold’s house. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z On the radio, at the end of the war, they said the enemy was using nerve gas, bacteria, and “other antipersonnel weapons.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In another article in Ahmad’s box, a young Mujahid was saying that the Soviets had dropped gas on his village that burned people’s skin and blinded them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I must have stopped to fill my gas tank, to walk and feed Charley, to eat, to telephone, but I don’t remember any of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I needed another nickel for the gas man and I thought you wouldn’t care. You look in my pocketbook for change many a time.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We cook cleanly and efficiently with natural gas, but we are running short of it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever they gassed us with, it had to be simulation- inducing or I wouldn’t be the only one awake. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then two soldiers with gas masks emerge from behind the house, dragging my mother between them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z One of the boys in my group had eaten some undercooked beans that had made his stomach swell with gas. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I wore one when we went up to the posts and carried an English gas mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “There were regions, open to the sweeping winds and rain, which were yet lighted throughout the night with long, blinking lines of gas lamps fluttering in the wind.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The floaters may propel themselves through the planetary atmosphere with gusts of gas, like a ramjet or a rocket. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember, move the gas can away from your kindling so you can grab it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z We talk through our visit to the gas station several times; it needs to be as well-executed as a stock car pit stop. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The mother went behind the curtain to the gas stove. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When we were about a mile from home, my dad noticed that the fuel light on the dashboard was blinking, so we stopped to get gas. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Other studies, which analyze plumes of gas or the number of gravitational lenses in a given field of view, also support the supernova results, implying that the cosmos will expand forever. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He twisted a green spigot on a gas tank. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Called “werewolves,” the young commandos sabotaged army vehicles, pouring sand into gas tanks. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The can of tear gas smokes in my hand. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I stopped to fill up my brand-new very old car with cheap gas at the broken-down station a mile from the house. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa hadn’t practiced his driving but for a few minutes before church let out, so he wasn’t all that sure he could remember where the foot brake was or how much gas to feed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And the supposedly harmless gas I took a few lungfuls of gives me a wicked headache for the rest of the day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Unsure whether there was oxygen waiting for him, Hall decided that the best course of action was to remain with Hansen and try to bring the nearly helpless client down without gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z We spent the next fifteen minutes looking for Chas around the gas station, even walking both directions away from it along the road, but we couldn’t find any trace of him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He pulled the Rambler into a country gas station, left Ben with the car still running, disappeared into the dimly lit depths of the store and returned carrying two paper sacks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone tried to gas the Four Seasons in Manhattan.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Ordinary folks just need to be able to fill the gas tank without it breaking them. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But it did seem possible that in the city, she hadn’t wanted to take in the fumes and gases, everyone else’s exhaust; that air was like garbage air. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z What pained me most was to see her so unguarded, to hear her burp after meals or expel gas in front of company without the slightest embarrassment. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "The last thing I need is a gas explosion," she said peevishly. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “They sing when mothers and their children are taken to the gas chambers.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And I gotta admit that while today had been the pits so far, I couldn't help but be a little gassed about the fact that I was chosen for the anchor. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Of course, zero space is the smallest possible volume; when a gas reaches this point, it takes up no space at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But instead of easing forward, Mom, who had never quite gotten the hang of driving, hit the gas pedal hard, and the truck shot ahead. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They idled at a stoplight, and Kendra stared at an overweight woman gassing up her minivan. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Take out for gas and bait, I’m still ahead by nine hundred dollars, and next week looks to be better, everybody says so. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I spent the night in the car behind a closed-down gas station a half mile from the border. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got enough gas for about another ten kilometers, twenty at the most.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Simply, there are swamps which contain a large percentage of sulphur and other gas bubbles that burst continually into flame. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But there’s no sign of that—none of the soldiers wear gas masks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Heating the gas is what takes most of the energy. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It broke down before he could get to the gas station and fill the tank. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, the cables, the pylons, the transformers were too close: to be swept in among them, with a zeppelin full of inflammable gas, would be instantly fatal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This purple glow was due to the enormous radioactivity of the gases. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was about a half mile away, just off Carrollton, a nearby road lined with warehouses, chain stores, and gas stations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We pushed the Grasshopper around the corner to the gas station and filled it up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Their corpses hung limply, their faces slack or stiff or swollen with gas, unrecognizable, hardly human. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mustard gas, which had been used in World War I by both opposing fighting forces, was so horrible that it had been banned from warfare in the 1925 Geneva Gas Protocol. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He scooched himself to the edge of the seat so that his legs could reach the gas and brake pedals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Think about it. There’s the value of the fireworks and then the value of them being from out of state. We’re saving you a tank of gas each way, for sure.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The electric lantern was already beginning to dim and he looked through the stores until he found some cases of white gas in gallon cans. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Another advantage was that there was no one living overhead to make vibrations on the ceiling and cause the Welsbach gas mantle to crumble into powder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Tear gas and smoke coated the air in thick layers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I’m a fool about the gas. It’s wonderful.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t matter. It’s the law. Can’t take gas into the tunnel.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The gaslight shone upon the heavy, leonine lines of his features—a mane of sandy-brown hair, eyes the piercing blue of gas flames, a firm mouth shaped around the stem of a briar pipe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You’d win the war with a new kind of poison gas!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I applied the gas, and the car went roaring up the embankment and back onto the macadam. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But that’s what people did in Nazi Germany while people were being tortured and murdered, children gassed to death like vermin. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Seven acres of unshaven men and brighteyed women in search of the perfect screwdriver, weed killer, volcanic gas grills. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Tear gas canisters dropped in our midst like hailstones. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchens are a row of gas burners and open grills set on a concrete slab beneath a sheet of corrugated metal. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A gas cannot keep getting colder and colder indefinitely; when you can’t shrink the balloon any further, you can’t lower the temperature any further. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A set of computer investigations has examined the evolution of a flat, condensing disk of gas and dust of the sort that is thought to lead to stars and planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the jar Sophie could see the faint scarlet outline of something that looked like a mixture between a blob of gas and a bubble of jelly. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas station man yelled, “I mean it. The sheriff gonna throw you in jail, all of you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I unhooked the hose from the gas pump, and holding the nozzle in one hand and the knob in the other, I was ready to turn it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The aroma was like laughing gas in the dentist’s chair—it made everything else go away. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z You could hear the report as the tower guards fired the gas gun, and then watch inmates disperse as the clouds of tear gas drifted toward the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was clear what he was doing, and what a good idea, to fill his balloon with the gas out of theirs, to escape by the same means that crippled their pursuit! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The gas station shirt is gigantic—more garbage bag than shirt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He let go of my collar with a shove and hit the gas. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “It’s really hard to siphon directly from one gas tank into another. You need a gas can like this so you can position the hose lower at this end. You know, gravity.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It works on a spring to hold the gas in. When I pull it down, some gas escapes outta the top, and we lose buoyancy and go down.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Charles, like many physicists of his time, was fascinated with the very different properties of gases. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He’s a terrific nurse: against odds and expectations, he nurses back to health a man who’d been terribly burnt in a gas explosion. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He and Latham talked it over, and New Orleans was their new destination when they stopped at the Esso station to buy gas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he left clues that led directly to the discovery of the group of elements known as the noble gases, some of which are so elusive that the last of them wasn’t found until 1962. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She and Joseph waited for the car outside beneath the warm glow from the gas lamp above the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Slopper managed a half smile that looked like he had gas and leaned away and into RiRi, who had fallen asleep near the warmth of the blaze, her belly full of stew. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the next days we heard that the train had gone to a camp named Belżec, where rumor had it people were being gassed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Far too much methane gas is entering the atmosphere already, it will choke out the oxygen and perhaps cause the entire earth to become a giant greenhouse. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Police found a gas jet with no apparent function other than to admit gas into the vault. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Pulling over into a gas station, Herbie discovered that his engine was out—out!—of oil, and he fed in two and a half quarts. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Compared to what I grew up in, it’s pretty nice. They have gas stoves, air-conditioning, electricity, TV.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He merely told him to come by King Walker’s, a gas station about two miles up the road, right around sundown. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When the flow of gas had stopped, he carefully pulled the hose free and replaced the gas cap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In school, we were taught that dust bombs or tear gas is more than enough to do the job. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Forty tear gas canisters were fired that day. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He gets a job in the gas works in Coventry shoveling coal into the furnaces like Uncle Pa Keating, shoveling coal and waiting for the day he can go to America after me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I could almost feel the fetid gas cloud escaping from the mouth of the bottle and wafting like a moist cadavers hand across my face. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Even though Baba was a manager at the gas station, the owner hadn’t offered him health insurance, and Baba, in his recklessness, hadn’t insisted. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even if the monsters ignored the mortals, that noxious gas couldn’t be good for anyone to breathe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “We bought this and we give rides to the Harwells and the Breedings. They help pay for gas. Do you still run with Joshua Harwell?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Either he would actually starve to death or become so weak that he could no longer work, and then he would be shipped to the gas chambers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Stars and their accompanying planets are born in the gravitational collapse of a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The air at the gas station is heavy with diesel and the smell of rancid deep-fryer fat from the McDonald’s next door. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, my father, whose name was also Phillip—Phillip Enright—returned home from the refinery where he was working on the program to increase production of aviation gas. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z You might be driving along at 30 miles an hour, but when you step on the gas, all of a sudden you would instantly—pop!—be driving 40 miles an hour. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When they become sizable, they also gravitationally attract gas, mainly hydrogen, in the cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls into an all-night gas station, and I get out to stretch my rubbery legs. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Mother pressed the gas pedal, and we gained speed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy looked at the clock on the gas stove. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the stack of cardboard boxes sat a gallon of white gas for use in his lantern. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z During their visit to Auschwitz, which is now a museum, Uncle Sigmund shared his memories of being assigned to repaint the gas chambers after each mass execution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z A boy—the boy from the gas station, I recognized him instantly—was holding her wrists in place, staring at her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Later, the doctors designed gas chambers camouflaged as shower rooms that held from fifteen to twenty victims at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “And the gas came out on the first turn,” I said. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he gave it the gas and the reverse pedal. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They repeated in chorus, “Spark up—gas down.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not so bad now,” he said, meaning since he had become the day manager at the gas station. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Worse, even in the dim light of the gas lanterns, Magdalys was pretty sure she recognized that emaciated trunk and those dingy feathers. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We had no guns, sjamboks, tear gas or armoured vehicles, but we soon learned how to make petrol bombs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Germans, it turned out, had poisoned the river shore with an yperite mixture—more commonly known as mustard gas. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He wondered if the woman in the gas station had been pulling his leg. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Henry backs toward one of the cars at the edge of the clot, and only after getting out to look for its gas cap do we realize he’s not going to find one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “The way I saw it in there, you never paid for the gas.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Just hold they breath and wait for it to pass, like gas. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then I imagined the boy from the gas station skating up the way he had the other day, looking for her, and dread welled inside me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The old jeep was parked off to the side where we’d left it when the gas gave out. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was with your grandfather—his brother—when he died. In the war. ‘Got a bit of gas in the head’ is how they used to say it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “There may still be some gas in there. Let the wind blow it out.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I pushed a button on the dashboard, which had a big D for Drive on it, and tentatively pressed down on the gas and we inched forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I finally did get a real job pumping gas at a station about a mile from the Corner. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It carried the gas away from his eyes and nose. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “If you heat liquid, it can turn into a gas. Some of the poisonous liquid in the caldron has become the poisonous vapors that are holding the liquid.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s on a busy part of Grand Avenue, behind a fenced-off gas station and next to a Laundromat. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We mix together and spark the gases of the primitive Earth: hydrogen, water, ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide—all present, incidentally, on the planet Jupiter today and throughout the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day we made our way toward the beach, every once in a while stopping at a gas station or store to make sure we were on the right track. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The men in the beetles were talking and the attendants were talking about the engines, the gas, the money owed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They drove silently, the only sound coming when a sheriff's deputy pulled out of a gas station and Annie gasped, repeatedly checking the speedometer the entire mile he cruised behind them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There was a gas heater which hissed companionably. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The store in Cubero was closed, and the gas pumps had locks on the handles. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Henri had taken up his post across the street at Red Williams’ gas station. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z C.P. rushed home from the gas station each night to catch Helms’s editorial at the end of the six o’clock news. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The next day Joe, still feeling awash with goodwill, bought a little gas, drove his old Franklin over to Fremont, and parked in front of the Golden Rule Dairy and Bakery. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Hells Angel grabbed a can of gasoline and walked over to the porch of the house and began to slosh gas onto the boards and railing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Yesterday we passed a line of men blinded by mustard gas—they stumbled along like a string of elephants, one man's hand on the next man's shoulder. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “In other words, every time we buy a gallon of gas, we pay a penny to keep the beach up so the whites can use it,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant gas worlds, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn—the jewel of the solar system—and Jupiter all have an entourage of icy moons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped on the gas and we raced toward Coeur d’Alene. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z We could smell gas real strong—it made me dizzy—like the gas station smells when some lady don’t know when to stop and she spills gas all down the side of her car. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He shrugged and poured gas into the tank. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m getting my gas for the week,” Emile said. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This seems to have been much more than a chill, and it is likely that some form of poisonous gases from the caves had entered the room. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “You’re burning up my gas. Sit in the cold. It’s good for you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He would lead her to the grove by the stream and tell her the tear gas was a magic spray that would keep her healthy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her bones felt warm and flexible; her joints were held together with laughing gas. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The only gas known unambiguously to be present was methane, CH4, discovered by G. P. Kuiper. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I brought him his change from paying his gas bill and he said: ‘Put it here in my pocket; my hands are dirty,’ ” John said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The motels and the gas pumps are often empty or closed: gas is rationed, so people don’t travel much unless they have to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger picked up the gas can and slowly climbed down the steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z On one pass he stumbled, drenching his jeans in a gallon of gas. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Like machine guns that fired hundreds of bullets a minute, and poisonous gas that burned soldiers’ skin and lungs. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z There was no gas chamber here either, and no chimneys burning red in the night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Pietro had come back from Mussolini’s African campaign in one piece, but, after shelling Ethiopian civilians with mustard gas, his mind was never the same. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A tear gas canister exploded, spewing a gray cloud over the scene. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody asked why nobody called the gas company to get it switched off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He lit the gas, melted the butter, poured in the eggs, and let them run all over the base of it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The night air was very cold, shivery cold, so that I lighted the cabin and turned up the gas to warm the air. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how my mom could see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I waited for Miss Volker to continue but she had run out of gas and slumped back into her chair. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My feet clomped over the same worn boards boys did somersaults on before they went off to the First World War to be gassed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z That cost includes things like fertilizer, seed, pesticide, and gas for the tractor and combine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z One therefore says that the entropy of the gas has gone up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry stomps on the gas, cursing, and rather than telling him what to do, I reach over and engage the four-wheel drive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The can of tear gas sails toward us from the cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The initial gases, and the energy sources, are common throughout the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember wondering, How long will Tsalig be able to hold his breath in the gas chamber? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you a note to my gas station so you can get ten gallons of gas. How will that be?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Though astronomers had spotted some glowing, swirly clouds, there was little reason to believe that they were anything but glowing gas inside our galaxy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I can’t remember if I said very much—if I explained about the noise and how I’d worried about it being gas. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A steady current of heated air rose all day from the mountain and was thrust to ten thousand feet; revolving masses of gas piled up the static until the air was ready to explode. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The children often greeted the buses, yelling, “Here come some more to be gassed!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "This is precisely what I would like to see. I would precisely like to see exactly how you apply the gas." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The outrage that the demonstration stirred in C.P. stayed with him as he drove back across town to the small gas station he had recently bought. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Ammonia is ordinarily a gas on Earth, as water is on Venus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the hot water hit my hair, I smelled the gas again. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Day after tomorrow, Saturday morning. The man in charge, a Doctor somebody, said they had some more checking to do in town tomorrow. They’re coming with an extermination truck—cyanide gas, I think.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Why you think I drove all the way out here to kingdom come, just to burn gas?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Plus, you had to have money to chip in for whoever’s gas tank was going to be getting you to and from the party, like, for instance, Carlos. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The policeman and the fire inspector visiting the scene agreed that it was nothing more than a gas explosion. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We decided to light the small gas stove. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Zu, did something happen in the gas station?” the voice identified as Liam pressed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z About sixty percent of Shin’s class was assigned to the coal mines, where accidental death from cave-ins, explosions, and gas poisonings was common. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z On our way home from work, we stopped at a gas station to get kerosene for our stove. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was the way the woman at the gas station would smile at us, knowing we were stealing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Tell me what you think about this—lip gloss that shoots knockout gas. The antidote would be in the lip gloss itself, so once you put some on, you’d be immune!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z To earn money for cheap beds in cheap places, I handed out circulars and swept gas stations and shucked oysters, but my real job was running my mouth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In a comer an old man was boiling hot dogs in a large institutional pot whose size dwarfed the gas range upon which it rested. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I shut off the gas and lifted the mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The thing is, I only had five dollars, not nearly enough to pay for anything — not for photos, not for food, not for gas, not for a hot dog and soda pop. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Johnny and Mirren went to the top two floors of Clairmont carrying cans of gas and bags of old newspapers for kindling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “When you and me stopped for gas not too long ago, I noticed an old poster for this Six Flags on one of the walls. Had a mine train ride on it and everything.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “When I harvest those beans I’m gonna eat those beans myself. Because those are my beans. 1 paid for the seed. 1 bought the gas for the tractor to turn over that earth.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d found the car abandoned along a side road a few miles west of East River, and picked it only because it still had a quarter tank of gas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I will be very miserly with my new gas cylinders,” Aunty Ifeoma said, smiling, when she saw me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Farm kids will strike sparks onto a fresh cow pat and watch it burn. That’s why farmers have to be careful about storing manure. The gas can build up and explode.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Did you see the size of this place? They don’t even have a gas station here. We’d have to go back out to the highway if we wanted to find a motel.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Since it was only the first day of spring, the pool was still covered with a tarp, but the stainless steel gas grills on the concrete slab surrounding it had been shined and buffed. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z People have retreated from the gunfire and tear gas. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Here you are,” said Basta, putting the gas can down at his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z With searing heat, crushing pressures, noxious gases and everything suffused in an eerie, reddish glow, Venus seems less the goddess of love than the incarnation of hell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was the pepper spray at Greyhound—he had surely inhaled enough of the gas to cause some internal reaction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The girl had fits of laughter when the baby passed gas. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z No one knew what would happen if their very hot exhaust gases touched my suit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was one major sticking point: They didn't have enough money to buy gas for the car ride home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I started the engine and pressed down on the gas to make the engine roar. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rado’s dad always made sure the gas can was full, but I checked anyway, just in case. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Billy could almost smell his breath— mustard gas and roses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That should be enough for gas . . . probably, he didn't really know. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Some stars would have no suitable planets—perhaps they would all be giant gas worlds, or tiny asteroids. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A gas bubble worked its way through her stomach. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “When they take us to the gas chambers, try to stand right under the exhaust vents.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Once the wind died down, the bus pulled over at a rest stop next to an old gas station and market. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z They were lapping up tomato soup that had been warmed on the gas stove and speculating on when the power might come on again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was small; once she had come onto the main street she could see the corner at the end with the gas station and the church. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z What did a person do if he ran out of gas? Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z With one foot jamming the brake pedal to the floor and the other just as resolutely stomping on the gas, Durham’s civic engine roared deafeningly—but it did not budge from the starting line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a small steel door that led into a second room where bottles of gas were stored. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In those days, any mention of racism brought to the public’s mind the Nazi suppression of Jewish people, the concentration camps, the gas chambers—and certainly, we protested, we were not like that. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you tell Eugene? There are gas cylinders in the factory. . . .” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He must have gotten it from a sympathetic gas station clerk; and he kind of looked like a big, reflective, black ghost when we passed him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then he said in his conclusion that women were better cooking with oil and passing gas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Next door is a spacious kitchen with a hot-water heater and two gas burners, and beside that a bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Metal, by the looks of it, like the gas stayshun and the Church back home but not nearly so banged up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Tiny gas jets allowed compressed air to squirt out under this base, causing it to rise a fraction of an inch off the surface, so that the machine floated on a cushion of air. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Refrigerators in the 1920s were often appallingly risky because they used dangerous gases that sometimes leaked. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A translator explained he was part owner of the hotel as well as a local oligarch who controlled Siberian gas and oil fields. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In all this time driving we never once thought about gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They met dawn in King Walker’s gas station for a rehash of the night they had spent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But the man shook his head and said that he couldn’t sell such a small amount of gas. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z In the great dark between the stars there are clouds of gas and dust and organic matter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And while Mama mended Papa’s shirt, he drove in our Carcachita to the nearest gas station to fill the gallon bottle with drinking water and to get more kerosene for the stove. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s late July, the Toronto humidity hangs like swamp gas over the city, and the air-conditioning at the Swiss Chalet broke down today. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Like they never run out of gas in the car and can’t fill it up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Those gases are unlikely to have escaped from Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Last week he turned off the gas, too, so we couldn’t cook.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Behind this library or music room, or whatever you want to call it, is the kitchen, a narrow chamber with a gas stove, a water heater, and a sink. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt Black Betty began to drift forward, only to jerk to a stop when Liam hit the brakes instead of the gas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z After I finished pumping the gas, I went in to hurry her along. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The pot calling the kettle black refers of course to Madame herself, since she can’t tolerate beans or any kind of cabbage in the evening because they give her “gas.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The chaplain had entered the hospital with a pain in his heart that the doctors thought was gas in his stomach and with an advanced case of Wisconsin shingles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Henry had warned her about the raw gas. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He walked across the melting snow, from the Culver’s parking lot to the gas station. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I finally pulled into a gas station to call the police to tell them my brother got shot. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Not around here, mister. If your car died you could call Triple-A. Or talk to the gas station next door about a tow.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When her mother carried the steaming cup upstairs, Abra opened the incinerator end of the gas stove, put in the letters, and lighted them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “All I know,” I say, “is that you stick the hose into a gas tank and you suck on it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He knew it couldnt have gas in it yet when he tilted it with his foot and let it fall back again there was a gentle slosh. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The scent, even stronger than the smell of the leaking gas stove, was coming from Lucky or Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Why were British cities still using gas street lighting into the 1920s, long after U.S. and German cities had converted to electric street lighting? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “There might be some electrical issues. Maybe even a gas leak or something.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Small lights are embedded into the ceiling, but I find it hard to believe there might be gas lines in this hellscape. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z That gas station man was grinning and turned toward the soda pop machine. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet there was only the muted hiss of the gas jets, safely enclosed within their milk glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Burnham heard only the hiss of gas from the lamps in his office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The meteorite itself would vaporize instantly, but the blast would blow out a thousand cubic kilometers of rock, earth, and superheated gases. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z All the planets orbit the Sun, the nearest star, an inferno of hydrogen and helium gas engaged in thermonuclear reactions, flooding the solar system with light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or we provide our own radioactively labeled gases and see if they are converted into organic matter, in which case small Martians are inferred. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were satisfied that all of the building’s inside surfaces had been scoured, they moved on to the final stage, the gas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her staff planned the best way to replicate the opening of the Martian spaceship in Grovers Mill, the bomber planes, a roaring cannon, and the gassing of New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I lit the lamp beside the bed, turned off the gas, and opened the wide windows. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I was busy soaking my shirt at a nearby communal tap so as to combat the effects of tear gas. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined another tunnel, veering back the way they’d come, but full of poisonous gas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Finally, I pull into a gas station, and the boy there—who can’t be much older than me—tells me there are some lakes up north a ways off US 150. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “He looked at us when we went to the gas station,” I said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We drove past farms, fading old houses, gas stations, a couple of sandwich shops. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Abel slammed his foot on the gas and shot up onto the grass and straight toward the bottom of the tree. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He turned the key and stepped on the gas pedal. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, except for the gas mask and a few magnets shaped like swastikas on the refrigerator. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z There seemed to be a problem with the gas lines that fed the building, for periodically the scent of uncombusted gas permeated the halls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I would hate to leave my gas stove.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Doctors and nurses administered first aid for cuts and bruises and the effects of tear gas as marchers lay moaning and weeping on couches, chairs and the floor. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d started to put gas in the mower when I remembered my cell phone. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I don’t say my mom wouldn’t drive me ’cause gas is expensive. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And when he did, it usually had something to do with rumbling gas pains in his stomach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We haunted public parks and ice cream shops, burger joints and gas stations. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I take another sip of the moonshine, which, despite Walter’s assurances, still goes down like mustard gas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I reckon we’re the best customer the gas company has. Except maybe Mrs. Quimbly. I hear she keeps that house so hot that you can fry an egg right on her hardwood floor.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Beetee secures a mask to my belt that I don’t have to wear unless there’s a gas attack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Go,” she said again, and Colin hit the gas and shot off. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “It will be very difficult to get tear gas,” Harrison said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were stealing money and goods from the gas station, and they were operating in numbers that seemed designed to intimidate anyone, like Zeitoun, who might see them or try to impede them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z At the houses and car dealerships and off-ramps and gas station signs and hamburger places and big green trees. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Climbing along the blade of the summit ridge, sucking gas into my ragged lungs, I enjoyed a strange, unwarranted sense of calm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Juanita went into the convenience store to pay for the gas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I’m going to stop and get some coffee at the gas station here. You guys want some?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You saw him. A long time ago when we went to the gas station. He was there.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z As long as they kept us together, they could herd us all right into the gas chambers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He turned the knob to the chamber above, allowing a few drops of water to hit the cubes, creating a gas that rose to the top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The war would last just long enough for the Biafran army to gas the Nigerians to kingdom come. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z By the light of the gas lamps in the street, I could see the Company. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas bill got paid, which is why the house is warm and the fridge is almost empty. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Be home by midnight. And take the two empty bottles and fill them with water at the gas station on your way back.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Aboard Freedom, not only could there be perfect mixing, but gas bubbles could be distributed evenly throughout, making a kind of Swiss cheese, or foam-metal alloy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know that right now I’m shaking in my boots that I’m here,” my mom says, “and that Lenny will see the gas mileage when he gets back and know I took his car.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z It was simmering over low fires on the gas range. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Gay advanced the spark and reduced the gas. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Atoms synthesized in the interiors of stars are commonly returned to the interstellar gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z First, it turns out that a large T-shirt in a Georgia gas station is not the same size as a large T-shirt at, say, Old Navy. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Two full bottles were waiting for them at the South Summit; if Hall had known this he could have retrieved the gas fairly quickly and then climbed back up to give Hansen a fresh tank. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Oil lamps and gas lamps and candles glowed in the windows of the houses of the village. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The table clipped her backpack, knocking the gas tank clean off. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "The same car that followed us up to Jerome's is behind us again. When we pulled into the gas station to meet Jerome yesterday, it pulled in behind us." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Stealing gas was, surprisingly, not all that complicated. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Aside from the pontoons, which were sewn of specially treated red silk and contained ulola gas, there was another bladder, this one under the craft, filled with air by means of a foot-pedal bellows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I didn’t have a problem with those cops. I had a problem with that tear gas can, and they threw it first.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t even have the sense to take my foot off the gas. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z "Sure I did. I was going to wear it tonight, but it was too big in the bust and had to be altered. It was gas blue with lavender beads. Two hundred and sixty-five dollars." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I saw her reach back and slap her hand against the knobs, twisting a dial until the smell of gas disappeared. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I gave it more gas and slowly we crept forward, and I turned out of the driveway and onto the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The cops respond to the chants with tear gas that blankets the crowd in a white cloud. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Dairy gives me gas, and gas is bad luck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I knew that in the long run, that was about as useful as duct-taping over your car’s fuel gauge so you won’t run out of gas. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And before I knew it, I was saying my conclusion, and Danny had begun his argument on why women could not make important decisions about war or about the prices of oil and gas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z At five o’clock, when the offices closed, I walked a few more blocks to the gas company, which was on West Main Street. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Their bodies gave off noxious odors, too, gases so strong they made my eyes water. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After taking a big whiff of the gas, he’d pass out. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Matt Di Carlo, a Navy veteran and CO’s son, had run a gas station and, for the present, was still doing so on weekends. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their self-brainwashing had been so complete that not long after, in the gas chambers, a lot of them were still gasping, “It can’t be due!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I slam my back foot down on the gas. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z If I held the other trigger down, gas would squirt out through the jet in the handle, in a direction opposite that of the two jets. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was easier here with a heater in every room and plenty of fuel thanks to the free gas from the oil companies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally I think to check the gas tank, which I should have done right away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Y’all think a minute. Anybody could tell a gas leak sparked here. We all seen it dozens of times. Lay off the kid and let’s get back to work.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My friends had gone, and the courtyard was steadily emptying, so I was waiting for my trick to work, when I heard behind me what sounded like gas or steam escaping in sharp bursts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I smell lunch cooking on the gas burners in the kitchens, I’m hungry and fed up and already dreading the long afternoon ahead. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Somehow he was disappointed that Carlson hadn’t caught him siphoning the gas. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas station man shouted, “Break the law here at my station, I’ll call the sheriff. You just see if I will.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem with these was they worked on gas canisters, and unless it was really cold, Keffers wouldn’t bring many in. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the course of time it cooled and acquired an atmosphere from the emission of gases from the rocks. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I get my Coca-Cola at the gas station while Dad finishes up, and we start home. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d also repay the kindly truck driver by saving their life when their gas pedal got stuck to the floor. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The moment it was dark it became bitterly cold, but the lamp and the gas burners of the stove warmed my little house cozily. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He accidentally hit a gas main that had ruptured during the earthquake. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They sold for ten dollars apiece, and the profit paid for the gas for the buses. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The thimble was a crucial part of architect Frank Burnham’s design, meant to shield the surrounding wooden walls from the superheated gases exiting the stack. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Inside, it had all the comforts, though: books, chairs, a gas stove, you name it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I went looking for a bucket—you know, to drain the gas into—but I got lost. They found me.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His car was on high ground and was undamaged, but he was out of gas. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He went to the Great War, he was gassed, he’s big, he has a job, he makes the world laugh. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z So we always rode up to the nearest gas station to use the restroom when we were swimming. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z My chest gurgles and my throat stings from the tear gas. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He sat up a little straighter as he realized where they were: right next to the abandoned gas station where he saw the stray dog that morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The light turned green, and Ma slammed on the gas for two blocks before making a sharp left at the Anacostia Library, then a right onto U Place. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Great belches tipped out of the gas pockets of his stomach and tore through his digestive tract. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At night there was the equally eerie sight of the gas flares, huge fissures of fire coming from the oil rigs where natural gas, an unwanted burden back then, was being burned off. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stine showed him the collars that formed the connections between the heaters and the gas pipes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Habib eased his foot from the gas, driving at a safer speed as light from the headlights bounced against the mist, creating a glow around the car. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Mark Oliphant developed a method of converting the water to gas with virtually no loss, allowing the lab to recycle the precious supply over and over again. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Like other spiral galaxies, it is a huge pinwheel of stars, gas and dust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, it’s just like riding a bike. Right pedal is gas to go, left is brake, steer with wheel. That’s all you need to know.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This fourth and final song allowed him to change water from liquid to gas and to solid. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But the moment she saw it my mother decided she didn’t like Curacao and she often complained about the smell of gas and oil whenever the trade winds died down. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie had been gassed in the Great War, his vocal cords all but destroyed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Amanda shrugs it off, her foot weighing down on the gas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z To the right of the car, the last fingers of a tidal creek groped among the extreme frontier of marsh grass that edged up against the backs of gas stations and hamburger stands. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He pays all the bills, and rakes the leaves on the lawn, and puts gas from the self-service station into her car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I wish, man. It was low when we left your house, but I thought I could wait a while before I got gas. I know my car.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Her job was to open up the rat’s head and figure out what the nerve gas had done to the brain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember leaving Malloy's house, running down the block, busting into our apartment all gassed up, excited to show Jazz what I learned. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I remember the awful sights in the hospital: the gas patients who in day-long suffocation cough up their burnt lungs in clots. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Violent solar storms produce brilliant flares that disrupt radio communications on Earth; and immense arching plumes of hot gas, guided by the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar prominences, which dwarf the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The tear gas was strong and forced us to scatter,” recalled Bobby Thomas, a Hudson High student at the time. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z We held our noses until the wind took the gas away. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I could see the black canisters of tear gas in the belt loops of the cops. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The first stop is the gas station, to pump up my tires. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She tipped the spout into each cage and poured a trail of gas through the room. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be a white Christmas,” said Shadow as he pumped the gas. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “The children on that program should all be gassed,” Ignatius said as he strode into the kitchen in his nightshirt. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z John had the name of a man on Depot Street who let hikers camp in his backyard and use his shower, so I went with him to a gas station while he asked directions. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His pope hat tilted sideways on his head like a gas gauge dropping toward empty. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The fire in the kitchen had taken quickly, and whether it was the flour or the gas, something had brought down part of the roof. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Lyra saw that three witches were holding a rope looped around a rock, anchoring the great buoyancy of the gas bag to the earth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The engine roars as Johanna presses the gas pedal, and we bump over the grass in search of the others. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Fact: Companies pump the bag with nitrogen gas to prevent the chips from becoming potato crumbs, proven by my experiment in the third grade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z My parents don’t smoke cigarettes, so I have to collect this paper where I can find it, on the edges of gas stations, in the weedy grass near motels. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I said, nodding toward the hand guiding the gas into our red can. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I chipped it off with the pick of my ice ax, then asked Andy to return the favor by turning off my regulator in order to conserve my gas until the Step cleared. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z After lighting the gas lamps, Frankie walked over to the counter, where a decanter sat on a silver tray. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It could not go in a gas mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Since the building’s doors, windows, and vents were taped shut, the gas had nowhere to go, and it stayed inside the building for three days. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Guardsmen in gas masks shot tear gas at the crowd. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then, in the same motion, they both pulled black rubber gas masks on over their faces. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Judith and Rose chatted, but Julie’s eyes wandered around the room and she saw for the first time a gas cooking stove, a couch, framed pictures on the wall, and curtains of cotton print. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The men went into stores and gas stations. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The gas and dust diffusely spread through such galaxies will collide and become warmed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Experts in explosives and engineering would determine that the tons of molasses in the tank had fermented and produced a gas. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z We stroll past the horse-boxes and go over to the reinforcements, who are already being issued with gas masks and coffee. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z My foot itched toward the gas pedal . . . one little bump wouldn’t hurt any of them, just that glossy silver paint job. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z So Lee put his balloon and equipment into storage and with his dwindling gold hired a boat with a gas engine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to buy an actual map at a gas station to find our way to Aunt Maureen’s. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I am not going to the gas station. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They are in fact the logos from old gas pumps of the forties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At the first signs of civilization, we veered off the road and stopped at an old gas station just south of Monclova. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I could see his leg move as he stepped on the gas. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “But if you think about it, all it needs is a tiny spark to ignite the gas,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Imagine, he told her, a Klan meeting hall somewhere within walking distance of the gas station and he had never known it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The coroner, unable to find any marks of violence, theorized that Holmes had locked the girls in the big trunk, then filled it with gas from a lamp valve. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He stepped on the gas, hitting maybe thirty, swerving crazily. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The panicked driver shifted into reverse and moved his foot to the gas pedal. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I would buy their lunches, take their suits out to have them pressed, pay their light, telephone, and gas bills, and deliver notes for them to their stenographer girl friends in near-by office buildings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark, narrow strips of ground between the stacks were clogged with the skeletons of abandoned cars and trucks, their gas tanks emptied and their exit routes blocked off long ago. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The old man was in agony because of gas. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He sucked gas from the line and spit it overboard. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver hit the gas and the tires squealed as the truck made a sharp turn and then accelerated right through a bombed-out warehouse onto a parallel alley. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The border is now empty of people and traffic, but crawling with Turkish guards in gas masks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The video was about the sea creatures who live around sul fur chimneys, which are underwater volcanoes where gases are ejected from the earth’s crust into the water. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s a hissing sound as gas shoots into his mouth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A great column of gas reaching high above the adjacent clouds, so large that it could hold half a dozen Earths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Listen to the engine, depress the clutch, shift, gas, release, steer, check your mirrors, signal your turn, look twice for motorcycles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “And if she did, I’m sure she’d need to be conservative on where to drive in order to keep gas in the car.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He had somehow persuaded a woman to come into the laundry room of the house, and then sit up on the gas dryer, which was running. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly a blue, windowless, unmarked van turned off the road and pulled through the gas station and parked next to them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam looked down at the floorboards, and all four chanted in unison, “Brake on—advance gas—switch off.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In an almost formal manner I was invited into a room with a clean chenille-covered bed, an easy chair, a gas fireplace and a table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Its main street consisted of some tired old stores, a bank, a couple of gas stations, and a crumbling hotel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I can see Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The staircase is steep, and just when I wonder if it will ever end we enter a long corridor lit by gas lamps. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It said he had forgot to use the gas feed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z To save the animal, a vet must force a hose down the animal’s throat to release the gas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Hey, Nazi, go find some more Jews to gas,” Cliff shot back, but even as he said it he stood up and moved back toward his desk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Bounced her on my hip to get the gas moving and it didn’t take two minutes fore Baby Girl stopped her crying, got to smiling up at me like she do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We would find the spare jugs of gas, the ones kept in the shed for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A man pumping gas glanced in their direction. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It closed corner groceries and gas stations and undermined schools and educators trying to instill self-worth in neighborhood kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The gas station! Ay, no. And what have you been eating for dinner? Gasoline?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was a dangerous volcano, a deadly cone filled with molten rock and poisonous gases. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z From experience I knew that no one could sleep when the police engulfed the ghetto with tear gas at night to keep blacks off the streets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was obscured by a mop of dirty blond hair, and something that looked like a gas mask covered his nose and mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita’s marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got ourselves a li’l radical, Maverick. All on the news, throwing tear gas at the cops.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I walked through gas station and motel forecourts and across restaurant parking lots, clambered over concrete barriers, crossed lawns, and pushed through neglected ranks of privet or honeysuckle at property boundaries. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he put the car in reverse and hit the gas. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The riots, gunshots, tear gas, all of it, are ultimately my fault. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In the early 1800s there arose in England a fashion for inhaling nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, after it was discovered that its use "was attended by a highly pleasurable thrilling." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She put her foot down on the gas then, making the engine roar, and drove on and away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They passed no stores, no gas stations, just farms surrounded by outbuildings and old pickup trucks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z On her shoulder, Gale barked and passed gas, which didn’t help. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Like air freshener at a gas station bathroom. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “You know how cow manure gives off a gas that burns?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “But there are two gasoline pumps at the store. There must be gas there.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The journey around Indianapolis cost about seven dollars in gas, and I knew it was wasteful, but I felt so much better after circling the city. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Although 98 percent of all the matter that exists was created with the Big Bang, that matter consisted exclusively of light gases: the helium, hydrogen, and lithium that we mentioned earlier. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The tactic lessened the individual dosages, but spread the gas all over the complex. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Even though this threatened to put his $5.5 million film project in jeopardy, he made the crucial gas available without hesitation. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Other favorite smugglers’ hiding places for booze included fake floorboards and hidden second gas tanks in automobiles, false-bottomed shopping baskets and suitcases, and hot water bottles. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In recent years, infrared observations have revealed a number of likely preplanetary disk-shaped clouds of gas and dust around some of the nearby stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were shining through all the gases, above the tubing and the tanks and ladders. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a point at which gas, in theory, takes up no space at all; Charles’ law says that a balloon of gas must shrink to zero space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Have you seen him at the supermarket? Or at a pump at the gas station? Or getting some fries at McD’s?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They breathed noxious gas and glared straight at Frank with their poisonous eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I did. But they told me the school quit buying their gas three months ago. Said the school probably switched to bleed-off gas.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As it contracts, the atoms of the gas collide with each other more and more frequently and at greater and greater speeds—the gas heats up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped on the gas, and the old tires squealed in protest. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The city is also lit by gas lamps atop the Capitol dome. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “These are the only two things I’ve purchased in the whole month except gas and food. I’ve only spent about three hundred dollars.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It looks like the gas station in The Birds. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “That truck probably doesn’t get very good gas mileage,” he said, echoing my thoughts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The driver must be a high-ranking official, for war rationing means that only important Nazis have ample access to gas and food. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Next to her, Gale ran up and down the railing, passing gas; but the strong wind off the Adriatic helped whisk it away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After the wind died down, a chemical gas was pumped in through a hose from a metal tank loaded on the bed of a large truck. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The central star has shed its outer atmosphere, producing a multicolored slowly expanding shell of glowing gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a gas ring in the fender, and a shelf where food was kept, and on the landing outside there was a brown earthenware sink, common to several rooms. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I turned the gas mantle high, lit the kerosene lamp, and lighted two burners of my stove to drive the loneliness away. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a refrigerator out on the porch. It’s gas. So’s the stove and the water heater. I’ve got everything I need.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then the crowd goes whooooop! as the other runners gallop past me, burning whatever gas they had left, barreling toward the finish line. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He said to himself, Jasus, I have all this gas in my system and ’tis a great pity to waste it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The problem with dwarf gas was that large deposits couldn’t go up, only down. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The tearoom’s dampened gas lamps and forest green walls gave the establishment a cave-like feel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Lee and Grumman withdrew to the wharf, where the gas tanks were, to supervise the filling and talk quietly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were usually nothing but a tiny cluster of sad, sunken shacks, a gas station, a dry-goods store, and a bar or two. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All you had to do was avoid staring into the gas footlights, since the light might blind you and you could pitch off the stage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The rooms here are lit by regular old gas lamps; I suppose the mayor put the electric ones outside to show off to guests and passersby. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A lamplighter scuttled along the edges of the crowd igniting the gas jets atop cast-iron poles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Only a slight hole had been made,” Geyer said, “when the gases burst forth and the stench was frightful.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As time went on, the hydrogen and helium gas in the galaxies would break up into smaller clouds that would collapse under their own gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk about ten blocks toward the gas station and past the mechanic shop. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In Granddad’s study I stood on the desk, splashing bookshelves up to the ceiling, holding the gas can far away from me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z As Harry closed the door behind them, the old-fashioned gas lamps sprang into life, casting flickering light along the length of the hallway. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That’s more people than work in coal, oil, and natural gas combined. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Lyra slid onto the cushioned bench behind a well-scrubbed pine table top as the low rumble of the gas engine shook the boat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They learned where the cheapest gas station was—at the corner of Lomond and Lee Roads, always one cent less than anywhere else; where the drugstores were and which gave double coupons. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The window was open, my bed was made up with blankets and my things hung on the wall, the gas mask in an oblong tin can, the steel helmet on the same peg. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It ignited bits of the gas tank, so that now tiny flames lap at the wet road. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All week, she’s been complaining about buying me school supplies, saying she doesn’t want to waste the gas. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Fuels like coal, oil, and gas make the world hotter. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Pipkin had cried and trembled piteously at the death of Scabious, and Acorn and Speedwell had been seized with convulsive choking as Bluebell told of the poisonous gas that murdered underground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just make sure it’s got some gas left when you’re done.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The boy did—and he and his parents went to the gas chambers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z We were somewhat nervous as we walked a path alongside a stream, gas masks bouncing on our hips. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of islanders stopped in to listen while Dave pumped their gas or put on their tire chains and made grim predictions about the weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We dropped the engine, gas and ail, to shed weight It wouldn’t start anyway now. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s funny—listening for something. I wonder whether I left the teakettle on the gas. No—I remember.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Stewart stopped at a gas station and came back with a map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent weeks at the huge Shell Haven Refinery with a special instructor who taught us all about fuel oil and diesel oil and gas oil and lubricating oil and kerosene and gasoline. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Naomi crossed to the stove and lit one of the gas burners under the percolator. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The reaction vessel is initially transparent: the precursor gases are entirely invisible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His report explains that a professor at a Chicago observatory has spotted several gas explosions on Mars. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The three of them sat on the galeria with the gas lamp off to keep the bugs down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We survived the Holocaust because of the enormous risks Schindler took and the bribes and backroom deals he brokered to keep us, his Jewish workers, safe from the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The polecat snapped its teeth and passed gas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We learned that Tad Schmitt found a bright blue vein of gas still burning when he was clearing rubble from what used to be the school’s crawl space. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But little matched the horrors of the concentration camps and gas chambers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars—billions upon billions of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He advised Papa Jay to get strong locks for his gas station, and maybe some defensive weaponry. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But sitting in front of his gas fire doing nothing bored him, and again he took up his equations. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z By 1924, when he returned for his third expedition to the mountain, Mallory had become convinced that the summit would never be reached without gas, and he resigned himself to using it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Dwarf gas had been known to cause avalanches in the Alps. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I wondered idly what kind of gas mileage the truck got . . . and shuddered at the thought. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z All the other experiments made specific assumptions about gases that would be given off or taken in by the microbes, assumptions that were little more than guesses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it green gas that did our school in? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Turned low, the gas jets offered a subdued glow, their flames contained within unusual white fixtures. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Before the Ecuadorian army could bring calm using tanks and tear gas, several people were killed. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I remembered what the man on the train had said, that you died fastest if you stood underneath one of the showerheads, where the gas came out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Grandma said she didn’t like Nehi because the bubbles in it gave her gas. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He hoisted a gas cylinder out of the boot, and Jaja helped him carry it into the flat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was dim in the shack with the door closed and a gas mask on. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They glided lower, listening with keen ears, and Serafina Pekkala soon made out the beat of a gas engine, muffled by the fog. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother Lois then said, "God is able to take the different gases from other planets and mix them to make the sky blue. You remember we told you there are other planets?" March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He went to the stove and turned out the gas under the tea-kettle, then lighted it again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The middle star in the sword is not actually a star but a great cloud of gas called the Orion Nebula, in which stars are being born. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The showers were ice cold, but Hannah was so relieved it was water—and not the gas she’d expected—that she stood under the sprinklers a long time. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening after I finished cleaning the gas company I waited for Roberto to pick me up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that what sulfur gas smells like?” she asked. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z After gassing up the car, C.P. returned to his repair work. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We follow Max to a small, white landscaping truck, where he pulls out an empty red plastic gas can and a gardening hose—the kind we couldn’t find when we were looking before. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I turned the gas down low and, after rubbing a little olive oil on the chicken pieces, arranged them on the grill among the apple branches. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Directly ahead lay a gas station, a great chunk of porcelain snow shining there, and two silver beetles pulling in to fill up. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z As I felt comfortable behind the wheel I gave the Valiant more gas. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Hermione waved her wand to ignite the old gas lamps, then, shivering slightly in the drafty room, she perched on the sofa, her arms wrapped tightly around her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Operates through the explosion of gases in a enclosed space. Power of explosion is exerted on piston and through connecting rod and crankshaft through transmission thence to rear wheels. Got that?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Hot-air horses? Dang, Jason. So basically, you held a bunch of gas together all the way to Malta, and then you let it loose.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “But isn’t it something you want to understand? All of these equations lead to a discussion of what happens to a gas when it enters a flow passage.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He got off at the next exit and we got some gas and coffee. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Lee set the percolator on the gas jet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Bog gases flared up in green pyres in the distance, as if in sympathy with Emma’s light. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a nervous type of laughing, the same kind as that of a landlady we once had after her husband died in a dentist’s chair while he was under gas. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked around the gas station—they sure were. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My one cousin works in a gas station. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The Americans’ clothes were meanwhile passing through poison gas. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor now put some water to boil in an aluminium mug over a gas flame, and into the boiling water he placed a long thin shiny steel instrument. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I have fourteen days rest, because I have swallowed a bit of gas; in the little garden I sit the whole day long in the sun. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Trenton police received desperate requests for the poison gas antidote. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She flipped it into the sink and turned the gas off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Clouds of tear gas obscure the scene as troopers rout the marchers and drive them back over the bridge. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z My entire body was numb, exhausted, as I took my foot off the gas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We have to backtrack a little farther than we would like to find the accessway to the street, and I’m just happy the truck hasn’t run out of gas yet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The guy at the gas station reported that the punctured bicycle tire was beyond repair. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes and looked down, I saw the boy from the gas station riding his skateboard, pushing himself up the slight incline to our parking lot where the gravel changed to asphalt. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We grabbed for handholds, covered our heads, hoping simply to survive until he hit something hard or ran out of gas. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The light turned and Mom pushed the gas. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Not that the truck didn’t cost me quite a bit in the gas department. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He turned to see an ancient, rusty, gas- hog convertible rolling by, with Russell behind the wheel and Piper jumping up and down and shrieking in the back seat. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped on the gas and rolled down the windows to blow out the bugs. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There were fire drills too, and assembly-point procedures, and fitting gas masks on incapable or unconscious patients. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A gas pistol wasn’t accurate over a distance but was deadly enough at close range: they’d have to neutralize it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We’re so close to the Syrian border, which boils with guards and tear gas and people clamoring to cross. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z But when young Mister Scales stepped on the gas, the roar became high pitched, deafening, and insane. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In what is also known as the “Battle of Toledo,” sheriff’s deputies used tear gas and fire hoses against Electric Auto-Lite Company strikers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z She dreaded the roar of the ignition, and placed her hands over her ears to block out the sound as she pressed her slippered feet to the gas, revving the engine. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I bought my daughter one. It don’t get hot like a gas stove.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When radium was first discovered in the late 1800s, headlines nationwide hailed it as “a substitute for gas, electricity, and a positive cure for every disease.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z That night, after he gave Spider a piece of candy he had gotten at a gas station, Nathan snuck out into the desert through his window. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At last I lighted my gas mantle and tried to read, but with listening I could not follow the words. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not tell whether the substance was liquid or gas. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My mom ran out to the gas station and bought a box of mac and cheese. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, you’re sorry. Well, with your sorry and four hundred a month, I can buy gas so I can raise my kids in the true faith. You’re sorry.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I half expect it to stay still when he presses the gas pedal, but it moves. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I maintain as much speed as I can for as long as I can, and then slam on the brakes right in front of the gas tank. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I could smell the gas from across the woods—the horrible smell of sulfur. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Now, Justin gets this stuff from the gas station. He says it's basically deodorant for your whole body." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z As we get closer to town we pass multifamily dwellings and some outlying businesses—a gas station, a corner shop, a nursery stocked with flowers the colors of autumn leaves: rust and gold and crimson. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I could feel the car start to roll back and when he shouted, “Put your foot down on the gas and pull on the stick,” I did just that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned off the gas in the dining-room, kicked off my slippers sitting on the bed, and got into bed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z As a result, six concentration camps were expanded and converted into death camps equipped with large gas chambers and huge crematoriums. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to come up with something, but ran out of gas after one word. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry you wasted your time and gas coming over here, but Jade is not going with you today.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He opened the carburetor to see that gas came through. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Using only the most abundant gases that were present on the early Earth and almost any energy source that breaks chemical bonds, we can produce the essential building blocks of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got ten minutes to get to the church, so strap up,” Mr. Ray said, mashing the gas pedal and whipping the car around the corner like it was a go-cart. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I bought a tank of gas with my last thirty dollars and drove home for Christmas. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “And even if there were,” the Savage added, with sudden contemptuous resentment, “people would kill them out of helicopters, I suppose, with poison gas or something. I wouldn’t do that, Lenina.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z True to form, he forgot to fill the gas tank. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She heated Drummer’s wash water on a gas plate in the boss’s office. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than turning left out of the Chili Bowl, my foot presses against the gas pedal, almost flying across the street and into the parking lot of Harpy’s. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A gas jet embedded in one wall would be controlled from his closet, as would other gas jets installed in apartments throughout the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Occasionally, someone would pull up to the gas pump outside and honk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If it had not been for Roberto and those driving lessons in the van behind the gas company, I would have done worse, and I would not have gotten my driver’s license. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Sherman and I stood in the dirt on the other side of the gas station for only a few minutes before someone picked us up and took us to Caretta. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Straight across from her stood a big white gas stove, and in front of it, putting the lid on a pot, was Mrs. Fitzgibbon. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He told excited Klansmen on the other end of the line to come down to his gas station to celebrate the shooting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned the gas down on our gaslight. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t made this walk since the time the truck ran out of gas. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Some scientists toyed with the idea that the spiral nebulae were not distant island universes but rather nearby condensing clouds of interstellar gas, perhaps on their way to make solar systems. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One time, he remembered, she had gone downtown to the gas and electric company because they had cut off the heat. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained about the warning signs—the rotten-egg stench of sulfur gas, the mudslides, and, of course, the pit vipers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z When rocket propellant burned, it first produced a river of gas that flowed into the convergent section of the nozzle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His energy drained like boys siphoning gas from a car. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Eventually, the gas will be so hot that when the hydrogen atoms collide they no longer bounce off each other, but instead coalesce to form helium. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “So much for your high gas mileage,” Milton cried. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He dug out the burner and the tank of gas and lit the burner and set it in the floor and then he unbuckled his belt and took off the bloodstained trousers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We roll past the gas station and the fast-food joints and bump across the median into a parking lot. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As she approached him and they started talking, the light turned green and my mother quickly hit the gas. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Daoud slammed his foot on the gas pedal and roared away. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Doc went to the labeling desk and wrote a note to Red Williams at the gas station, authorizing the issue of ten gallons of gasoline to Mack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bumpy roads and no signs, no stores, no gas stations. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Policemen with riot gear, rifles, tear gas canisters and sjamboks poured out of the trucks and formed a phalanx across the wide street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits at my head, keeping an eye on all my vitals, adjusting the amounts of the fluids and gases and drugs they’re giving me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a little drunk from the gas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He’d scoop up ash from the crater and gather samples of the gas seeping out. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius flapped off to the trolley in a dark mood and rode uptown belching Paradise gas so violently that, although the car was crowded, no one would sit next to him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman stood in front of the gas heater and picked the dirt from under her thumbnail with the third finger of her other hand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, gas cost less than twenty cents a gallon, but that was a lot then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheese smelled bad enough to gas a cat, but it was no use asking what it was for. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry I go on so long. Couldn't my husband give me the gas?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I get drunk, and I drive my wife away with a breath like mustard gas and roses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Unarmed men, women and children on a highway were attacked by uniformed men wearing gas masks and riding horses. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave it a lot more gas and we flopped back into our seats. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Trampita offered to help me clean the gas company on Friday so that I could finish work in time to make the performance at eight o’clock. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He sorted out cans for their supper and warmed them over the gas burner and they ate and the boy said nothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There is an old wood-coal stove in the barn that my mother used to use before we got gas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We have shot, hanged, gassed, electrocuted, and lethally injected hundreds of people to carry out legally sanctioned executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But then I spot what looks like a gas station. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Without it, there would be no clumps of matter and thus no stars, just drifting gas and everlasting darkness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But the engine started, and it had a fiill tank of gas, so we decided to borrow it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Now, sir, feed a little gas....Not much. Just a little bit till you get the hang of it. Go slow now!...Grandpa, don’t wiggle the steerin’ wheel so much!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z None of the soldiers have dust bombs or tear gas. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It was swinging wildly as strong winds buffeted the gas bag, and the witches pulling the rope were barely managing to hold it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we lock the water in the truck, accept their hospitality, and maybe even have these people help us siphon gas. Then we can leave.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Because British municipal governments had invested heavily in gas lighting and placed regulatory obstacles in the way of the competing electric light companies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Push in the clutch, shift, gas, clutch, shift, gas, drive. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z One day a truck appeared in the driveway and never moved again; if the region really was at war, there was probably nowhere to get gas. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The Earth condensed out of interstellar gas and dust some 4.6 billion years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the air, it’s so full of chemicals we should be wearing gas masks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m fine! I’m not doing anything. I don’t smoke crack, I don’t snort Ritalin or suck gas from whipped cream cans, and I don’t shoot up Drano.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Thus copper sits on top of silver and silver sits on top of gold because of their chemical affinities as metals, while helium, neon, and argon are in a column made up of gases. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, today, farmhouses begin to appear, and then come the gas stations and feed stores that mean a city is about to materialize. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The owner of a gas station in War, I could tell he was used to Mrs. Plunk doing most of the talking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Some bills caught up with my mom and Trey, and she had to ask the gas company for an extension. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Three hundred dollars, you said, sir? To the gas company?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They do not run the gas at night. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark and Liz had a gas barbecue, but I wanted some smoke and flavor of a wood fire. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Pretty soon he was back inside serving the rest of his sentence and a little extra for the gas station job. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I had 9 good feeling that Arnold was honest, and smart about investing, so I gave him most of the money, keeping just enough for gas for the mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “A combination of pepper spray and tear gas,” Mr. Jacobs said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter hurled herself toward the bomb, feeling the smoke attack her nose and throat like claws: tear gas. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s the only one in school that has Willard Hughes’s name crossed out on her sneakers. Besides, the smoke is so thick in there you need a gas mask.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the single sash window was a sink with one tap and a one-ring gas cooker. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There is no air in the City but there is breath, and every morning it races through him like laughing gas brightening his eyes, his talk, and his expectations. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A gas station near the freeway gets looted, and the owner, this Indian man, staggers around bloody, saying he didn’t have anything to do with Khalil’s death. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Had the island run out of gas in the few hours I’d been gone? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “We’re at a filling station. Guess you call them gas stations now.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Armpit only had one foot on the pavement when the driver hit the gas. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I give it a few more minutes before I take a break, stopping between a McDonald’s and a gas station. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The lounge, lit by the Christmas-tree lights and the gas fire, reminded me of Santa's Grotto. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I stepped onto a square of dry floor and set the gas can down. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Or perhaps blowoff is happening, but the gases lost to space are being replenished by others released from the satellite’s interior. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He got that cough in France in the war when he swallowed the gas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He said there was so much gas in his system now he could supply light to a small town for a year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Better they die by gas than by fire.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I walked to the station on the comer, bought gas, brought it back, filled the tank and mowed the second guy’s yard. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I cried and hollered, passed gas and urine. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At a gas station, Vivi enchanted a random woman to take us home with her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If he could manage to hang in at the back of the field, rowing in the midthir-ties, he figured, maybe he’d still have some gas in the tank for the inevitable sprint at the end. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Someone had pulled the stove away from the wall to disconnect the gas line. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The house settled into an eerie postmortem quiet broken only by the hiss of gas lamps and the weary tick of clocks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Unless we somehow acquired some more gas or descended to a lower camp, I knew that my teammates and I would continue to deteriorate rapidly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He twisted the cap off the gascan and he made a small paper spill from one of the seedpackets and poured gas into the bottle and put his thumb over the mouth and shook it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When I finally dozed off, I dreamed I was waxing the floors at the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Guy’s walking down the street with his boys and stops to help a lady who ran out of gas on the wrong side of town. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I bit back a frustrated scream and tried to let up on the gas, but Liam wasn’t having it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z On Christmas morning, Mom took us down to a gas station that sold Christmas trees. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By the well, servants lit bubbles of gas on fire, clad in frock- coats of asbestos. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A truck with a load of rusty gas cylinders was coming toward them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I back away, right into Garrett, whose eyes have teared up, and it has nothing to do with the tear gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I get Seven’s keys, and he grabs a gas can from the trunk. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The manual gearshift was a metal skull with eyes that lit up whenever Toby hit the gas. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But chemists do not assign a purpose or function to a collision of two gas molecules, nor do they seek an ultimate cause for the collision. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z C. P. Ellis was working at his gas station when the news of King’s death came over the radio. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They stopped for a bite to eat and to put gas in the truck, and then they went north on Interstate 25. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Maybe poison gas is something good to have.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All night they had raced the Iowa Chevrolet through thick rain, stopping twice to siphon gas, both times from vehicles parked on the empty streets of small sleeping towns. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay,” he said, but I could feel him pushing my back as we passed the boy, ushering Maribel and me into the gas station with a certain urgency. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He dropped his gas can and I heard his metal lighter flip open. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The inside of the gas station looked like it had been ravaged by wild animals, and there was a fairly good chance that it had been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The soldiers standing in my cell have more weapons than usual, along with gas masks and protective vests. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “There’s a gas station not too far from here,” Seven says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z If the volume of a gas is related to its temperature, a minimum volume means that there is a minimum temperature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But I paid for Amanda’s gas, and her mom’s van isn’t cheap to fill up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “But can your truck make it there on one tank of gas?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Playing in my grandmother’s house, I’d hear gunshots, screams, tear gas being fired into crowds. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They would be driving down a two-lane road, some back highway, the kind Mia favored: the kind that wove its way through small towns composed of a store and a cafe and a gas pump. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Woolf hustled him deftly; having begun his career booting horses through walk-up match races in Indian country, he knew how to hit the gas on a horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mustard gas as a mutagen has now been joined by a long list of other chemicals known to alter genetic material in plants and animals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then the enthusiasm of the Grail had burned the bad gasses of the air into a short-lived beauty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendrils of vast gossamer gas clouds formed, colonies of great lumbering, slowly spinning things, steadily brightening, each a kind of beast eventually to contain a hundred billion shining points. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been working at a gas station in Fremont and had the day off. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The pig stomped around and tore down half an acre of trees, belching a cloud of noxious gas. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Now when he hits the gas, we lurch forward, making sawdust of the little tree, and careen away from the school, leaving gawking people, and frustrated soldiers who don’t seem to be following us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The driver was already slamming down on the gas pedal while I was in midair, so I didn’t turn around in time to catch Annette’s eye through the window. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I do remember imagining for a moment, not the camps, not the pits or chambers of gas, but my mother’s face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I mean, Emile, you’re some-thing special. Who else would siphon gas in the middle of the day? Out in the open like this? Beautiful.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The employees spread out from one side of the room to the other, from foreground to background, a mass occupying the enormous space like gas filling a hot air balloon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Burger was the only one who wasn't seen by the guards, and he didn't step on any firecrackers or set off tear gas. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “You need the money and I need the gas. Why can’t we work something out between us?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The gases on Venus can be identified from the Earth, 60 million kilometers away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Wednesday spotted an exit sign promising a gas station, and he gunned the engine. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I walked back to the library, picked up my books, and headed for the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We stopped at a gas station on the way and picked up a six-pack of Moxie at Mr. Patterson’s request. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My uncle Henry down in Grasonville called to say he heard about it at the gas station. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z By pointing the gun in the right direction, and by squeezing the correct trigger, I could cause the nitrogen gas to exert a force that would move my body either forward or backward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Take an equal volume of any two different gases and put them in identical balloons. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The mother who was banned from the Red Lion had come without her gas mask and no replacement was to be had. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The last thing he needed was for a sudden burst of gas to alert the LEP to his presence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He had a gas plate and coffee-making equipment on a little table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She describes the narrow house, the gas fireplaces, the dank odor of the bathrooms, eating Weetabix and hot milk for breakfast, wearing a uniform to school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew I wasn’t raised to drink every day, to work at a gas station, and to get killed fooling around with people like Herman and his gas station knuckleheads. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, the pot of hot dogs, which had long since boiled out of water, was seething and shaking on top of the wild gas flames. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes answered “that he did not think gas was healthy for children.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The Amish, though they did not drive cars, used plenty of tractors, reapers, balers, and other machines, and bought their gas from Mr. Klein. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z So Saline pitched in for gas, and at 6 A.M. many mornings and 3:15 P.M. many afternoons, he squeezed himself into the front seat of my Toyota. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know how I can get tear gas?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But a corn diet causes a condition that keeps the gas from escaping. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They knew they’d be trapped by the gas and smoke if they stayed in Manhattan. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The animated dragon fizzled out a geyser of gas and shriveled into a heap of crinkled plastic. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Supernova explosions of massive early stars produced successive overlapping shock waves in the adjacent gas, compressing the intergalactic medium and accelerating the generation of clusters of galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the harsh throb of a gas engine. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s full of magic antiblast gas — guaranteed to save your bone marrow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped on the gas, wondering where I could get him some whiskey. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She unlocks the RV as she exits the store, and Scoob climbs in and sits fuming while she replaces the gas pump. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z In a notebook, Koontz wrote down some times and mentioned the gas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “He could get shot just going to the gas station,” I sometimes tried to remind people when they brought it up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The man’s head jerks up, with a start, and he puts his foot down on the gas, lurching them across the intersection. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z At intervals globes of burning gas cast a white-hot light over the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You might as well have asked them to name the atomic numbers of all the inert gases. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I stepped on the gas pedal, made a quick left, then a right, working my way through the town streets until I was sure that we weren’t being followed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The air was filled with the terrible gases and smells from the rotten egg. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After he turned east on Valley View Drive, he made his regular stop at the Sinclair gas station for his one-liter plastic bottle of Pepsi. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But toward the end, they needed a machinist to keep the elevators from the gas chambers to the ovens running smoothly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We have pledged billions of dollars in economic aid; we are working with your government on providing electricity and gas, but your country faces a lot of problems.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Water is a thousand times as dense as a gas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The pungent gas, sulfur dioxide, S02, is present in trace amounts in the lower atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The smugglers take him to a gas station, where they meet another man in the network. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I started my lessons in the parking lot behind the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z When die plane ran out of gas he should hold die nose down and head for die nearest lake and try to fly die plane kind of onto die water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked out of the warm gas station, and their breath steamed in the air. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The lights from the gas station burnished his sleek black hairdo. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And then, finally, on the corner of a busy intersection, we came to a gas station, which we knew better than to pass up. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Of course she had Phil now, so the bills would probably get paid, there would be food in the refrigerator, gas in her car, and someone to call when she got lost, but still . Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z One end of the hose was shoved deep into the belly of the SUV’s gas tank. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Dwarf etiquette dictated that gas be passed while still in the tunnel, but Mulch didn’t have time for manners. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There were long, dark wooden tables, with gas jets and taps and sinks built in to them, and there were dark wooden shelves upon which were displayed a selection of things in large bottles. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I nudge Kat, it is better to crawl out and lie on top than to stay where the gas collects most. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And you know there are forces out there that want to crush your spirit even as it expands like a gas filling all available space. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “That’s all that happens to you in the hot dog trade. Hot dog vendors and gas station attendants always get it. Holdups, muggings. Nobody respects a hot dog vendor.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pumping gas. Wanted nothing at all to do with me at first.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Why a gas, or droplets of moisture made to be deposited on fence posts? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no baggage apart from the indispensable gas mask in its haversack, and as usual Maddie wasn’t told her special passenger’s name. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Later that afternoon she drives me to town, one foot hesitantly on the gas pedal and the other, at erratic intervals, on the brake. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I mean, it was true, but I said it because I knew it would definitely add some gas to the story, which is what we both wanted. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We went in a gas station and got directions and started walking east like the guy told us, along the busy street. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The simplest of these is methane, or marsh gas, formed in nature by the bacterial decomposition of organic matter under water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It's like he felt tougher whenever he started blabbing about it, gassing his own head up, turning the story into a much bigger deal than it really was. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I thought the sun was a big fiery ball of gas!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “You know what always got me down back in our old world, Dustfinger?” asked Capricorn as he took the gas can from Basta’s hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Leroy pressed the gas pedal to the floorboard, and the speedometer dial spun around and around before it fluttered at 65. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Doc got up and went into the kitchen and lighted the gas water heater on his way to the toilet. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can get there and back on one tank of gas. And there’s a lot in that wagon. One fifty cash. Best and final offer.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It did take a little adjusting to learn to drive with my fake leg, because my ankle doesn’t flex and I have to control the gas and brake pressure by using my knee and thigh. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I could hear my breathing, could feel the rise and fall of my chest, gases seeping across nothing boundaries. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Around the first of the month, when the bills came due for the phone, gas, and electricity, Valencia would have me go through the books and make a list of everyone who owed her money. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In other words, the gas came out of the passage faster than it went in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then C. J., Nancy, and Gene drove out to the gas station, where they parked in a cul-de-sac by the highway, near some pay telephones. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps London would be overwhelmed by poisonous gas, or overrun by German parachutists aided on the ground by fifth columnists before Lola’s wedding could take place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I finished cleaning the gas company and went home, happy but anxious. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z More than twenty families from one city block raced outside with faces covered to protect themselves from the gas attack. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “She smiled. They don't think it was gas, do they? What conscious behavior can an infant have?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Pa Keating comes in the door all black from his job at the gas works. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The plane had so little gas that the engine quit a moment after our wheels hit the tarmac. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Had he followed us that day, after the gas station? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His dad said Park needed a summer job to pay for gas. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z You had to put gas in the car if you wanted it to drive. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “I’ll drive you,” he says quickly, and before long we’re on our way to the gas station on the corner of Grand and Highland. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z |
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