“It’s the best brand. Never tested on animals.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he’s finally dead now and laid to rest in some African voodoo cemetery, or worse yet eaten up by the wild animals, well, amen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Accompanying the noble few in the tombs to the world of the deceased were copper beads and bracelets, stone tablets and collars, textiles and awls, and, sometimes, stone pipes in the shape of surreal animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Army had given him a tentative diagnosis, probably the best diagnosis he would ever get, and he had been left with the unpleasant task of trying to salvage the lives of the remaining animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the narrators had joined the circle around George, as had a few of the barnyard animals, who were supposed to be clucking and mooing onstage. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I know that bad things happen to animals sometimes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I put my head in my hands and scream to let out the animal noise and some of that night. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was more scared of him than of any wild animal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank you for helping Ray, and all the animals. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Right away I had food in mind, not animal hygiene. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want the animal to drop into his face and maybe claw his eyes out or bite off his big nose. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howls, shrieks, the lash and whistle of the wind, the creak of the basket like a tormented animal, all filled the wild air with hideous noise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not soy-based, like the dehydrated meat in her SpagBol, but real animals from the overcrowded pen on the edge of the Smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Shepherds and farmers throughout history showed affection for their animals and have taken great care of them, just as many slaveholders felt affection and concern for their slaves. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my way out, I stepped on a plastic animal figurine that had fallen off the top of my bureau days before. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The forests returned and the forest animal community returned with them, including the eastern coyote, which now ranges from Canada to the Bronx in New York City. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went round each of the animals and asked them if they knew who could have done such a treacherous thing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The type of animal you eat may matter less than what the animal you’re eating has itself eaten. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When it was too cold to bathe in the river or stand outside in the rain, Shin and his mother and his classmates smelled like farm animals. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And a small animal like a woodchuck sat on each mound. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The section on animal behavior was exceptionally well stocked. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She was in training for veterinary pathology, the study of disease in animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, had just come into effect, and the window on the trading of captured wild animals had slammed shut. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is an underground traffic zone, a biological mixing point where different species of animals and insects cross one another’s paths in an enclosed air space. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals, finally fed and watered, settle in for the night. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Each of them had gone from clucking animal to oven-ready roaster in ten minutes, give or take. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The smell of the hay, the shift of animals in their stalls, the nickering of the horses brought back memories of Novyi Zem. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So long as the animals were all right, we were all right. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They think she’d been drinking. She hit her head and nobody found her till this morning. Except some animals. The body was pretty messed up.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

For 2.5 million years humans fed themselves by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping wild animals as pets, and taming them, constitute an initial stage in domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stops winding, leaving me with my hands still garlanded with animal hair, and takes the cigarette end from her mouth to butt it out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day-long battle, the animals not directly involved in the fighting had been busy too. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The animals looked at one another, unsure of what to do. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Each breath I took was soured by the scorched, sickly sweet odor of the glue processing plants, while the canal, polluted with animal carcasses from the slaughterhouses, reeked of ghastly carnage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In her words, “It looked like the animals had been dead for three or four days.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the animals moved rapidly—they obviously had a goal in mind. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am rather tenderhearted about animals, in fact.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She had never seen an adult cry like that, with such an animal sound. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the procession became even grander as deer and raccoons and birds and all kinds of other animals joined in. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She sits on a milk stool in a corner of the barn cellar, near the pigpen, and watches animals, hour after hour. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki were a hard and unsentimental people, and it was not their custom to name their animals, so Dany thought of her only as the silver. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

These shy little animals had come back soon after the Aleuts had left and now there seemed to be as many of them as before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, his career would not be with the animals; second, he’d never again eat something that came out of a pig. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“No, no. Once upon a time, yes. We used to read the will of the gods by examining animal guts—chickens, goats, that sort of thing. Nowadays, we use these.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Three times his space suit had been punctured and his skin broken and the cut smeared with animal blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Requiring that its human competitors straddle erratic animals moving in dense groups at extremely high speed, race riding in the 1930s, as today, was fraught with extreme danger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nuer tribe in the Sudan went so far as to smear stuffed animals with their mother’s urine, to give the counterfeit calves a familiar, live scent. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy is an animal to be killed on sight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This God created a world with people at the top, near the angels, and all the other animals down below, unrelated to human beings. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile, threatened by an animal already dead, still climbing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was living in Chicago when they first got Melina, and every time I came home the animal was bigger. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I am the equestrian director and superintendent of animals,” replies August, drawing himself up to full height. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“They treat us like animals,” she cried after she’d been restrained. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

No animal moved about, neither grass-eater nor predator, and the air was so still that the dark limbs and leaves of the live oaks stood unmoving against the Milky Way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dead mammals were heaped together, a grotesque pile of decayed animal parts. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody knows why the Nazca made the animal and plant figures, which seem less likely to have a direct function. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

People who ate their totems lost their teeth or went blind or became sterile or occasionally turned into the forbidden animal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end I returned to the animal hospital and had her put to sleep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But you must remember that the animals knew nothing about clothes. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Don’t look at us like we’re an alien or an android or an animal or something. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recall that Australian/New Guinean animals had evolved for millions of years in the absence of human hunters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin’s mom says, “Oh, the animal is beautiful. Powerful!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh, people began to think they were better than anything. Better than animals.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

What would it feel like to ride such a powerful animal? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wore a scapular with the images worn away by sweat, and on her right wrist the fang of a carnivorous animal mounted on a backing of copper as an amulet against the evil eye. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And horses, and a coachman, and footmen. People and animals! You’ve forgotten your lesson.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d always imagined them as huge noble animals, like lions with wings, but these things reminded him more of vicious pack hunters —flying hyenas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it’s not like I’m going to go to another animal shelter to collect more data. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most serial killers are animal lovers, I read that once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Not so: the Indo-European word ers, which later became “earth,” has evolved only one animal that I can find mentioned, and it is the aardvark. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boots began walking toward what looked like an animal enclosure. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed on where I thought the horizon was, while my ears were on guard for any sign of the animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The animals got so close that Guerra hit two of them with a stick to force them to back off. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

If you move often and lack vehicles or draft animals, you confine your possessions to babies, weapons, and a bare minimum of other absolute necessities small enough to carry. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dismissed all the tenants, warning them that if he ever caught them prowling around his property they would suffer the same fate as their animals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his worldview, as Farmer understands it, people turn themselves into animals for shifty reasons, or else local sorcerers turn them into animals as punishment, or simply for food. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When he heard that she had objected to the drawing of the animal’s claws, he tasted uncertainty, even alarm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It had worked, and the animal bounded away, saving him a trip to the local revival center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously, or going for callisthenic runs to stay slim after overindulging. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself. Remember that.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The most unequivocal evidence comes from identification of plant and animal remains at archaeological sites. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once, as I arrived on the Peak in the early morning before it was properly light, I saw the dark shape of a large animal looming in front of me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eddie caught it like it was a stuffed animal, barely a sound from the leather hitting his hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Owl,” Feathers whispers to herself, her forehead creased in a confused ponder for an animal well never see again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I considered the lay of the land and followed some animal trails. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They grew in a diamond formation: two in the center, one at the front, and one under the tail, so that the animals moved with a curious rocking motion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"So where’s Petunia?" asked Dozer after the puppies were secure on the top step of the animal shelter’s entrance. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They watched in disbelief as several dozen large, hairy humanoids passed by, dressed in tattered bits of armor and animal fur. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung stood listening at the door to those heavy animal pants. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As they walked, Valley inspected tree after tree, looking for Nightbeast or cuco hairs and poking at animal droppings and shaking her head at Seven and Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He said that he had inherited magical powers that allowed him to assume the shapes of animals. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The little girl looked at the animals, she looked up at Shadow, and then she ran off, her feet pounding the sidewalk as if all the powers of hell were after her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They could not understand, they said, how even animals could bring themselves to sing such contemptible rubbish. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The Paqo pointed low in the black cloth of the night sky, and there, in the pattern of the stars, were the ground animals. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“It looks as if we tried to squeeze all the animals into the chicken coop.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Bat!” she shouted, pointing at the monstrous animal above her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the animals just sit there and play with their toes. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, it had sounded fun, working in a zoo full of interesting animals. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the animals’ jubilant mood wilted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bullets obliterating the window of the veterinarian office and continuing on through the walls to reach the cages of the animals in back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The earliest advance over human muscle power was the use of animals—cattle, horses, and donkeys—to pull plows and to turn wheels for grinding grain, raising water, and irrigating or draining fields. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They placed some of the monkeys directly underneath bat colonies in the roof of the cave, hoping that something would drop on a monkey that would cause the animal to break with Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad I can’t remember my whole life. Maybe I love killing animals.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Millard was eating next to me, and I turned to him and asked, “Before this, had you ever heard of peculiar animals?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After such a storm, you might expect to see animal corpses scattered among all the devastation. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the morning wore on. the other animals would come to the water’s edge, drink just enough to keep them going for a day, and then go back to their search. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Salva woke often to the sound of roars in the distance and sometimes to the death-squeal of an animal under a lion’s claws. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not an animal after all—it is a company, an assemblage. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was sent with a team to collect specimens of big-game animals for the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Some people can not be fixed, if he behave like an animal then he should be treated like one, one wrote. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Hugo sat there like an animal, wet and shivering in the corner of his cage. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Trying to put a dinosaur together based on a few random bones and you don’t even know if they’re all from the same kind of animal. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“My aunt told me pigs is the dirtiest animal. She said we ain’t supposed to eat ’em ’cause it’ll make humans dirty too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

With the help of hired hands, Garfield grew crops and raised animals to supplement the income from his government position and law practice. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fact that some of the best and most respected schools no longer use animals shows that it is usually not even necessary. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It only exists in connection with those whose habits are to seek association with men and domestic animals, to bite them and to suck their blood. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Amari liked the fact that she didn’t look at her as if she were ugly or an animal or a piece of flesh to be used. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Omakayas tried to think she had won, that she had outwitted Old Tallow and made her impatient, as even the wariest animals often failed to do. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was as though we were two halves of the same animal, sutured together by a bond deeper than flesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some animals had big ears, others no ears at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My scent would hang heavily in the air and betray my presence to any animal nearby. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lizards sun themselves on the rock walls, dartling into slim crevices when peoples or animals near. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered if my arrows would go straight and, if they did, would they pierce the animal’s tough hide. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again some of the animals heard this with a certain bewilderment, but Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

These animals lie in ambush in every toy store and children’s zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

No noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last 2,000 years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. We can’t just take any dog, ma’am. We are not the county animal control. This is a private, nonprofit shelter.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was animal instinct, learned in a world where violence was always lurking and waiting to erupt. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Granted, Pondicherry was once a French colony, but no one would have me believe that some of the zoo animals had frequented the Alliance Francaise on rue Dumas. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We can make homemade dog treats and grow catnip. People who love animals will come to the sale. We’ll raise funds and maybe get people to adopt another pet.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even if animals can’t suffer like human beings, there is no excuse for the cruelty that goes on in our factory farms and feedlots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When animals fight, it is with the intent to kill and with the understanding that they may be killed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like a hunted, craven animal, which is exactly how the Empire sees me—how it sees all Scholars. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

This is what Joel means when he says the animals do the real work on his farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When I saw him, that amazing long, long animal, I finally knew, for sure, that I was really there. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When cattle, chickens, and other animals eat grass—and not just corn or other grains—they are actually healthier for us to eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m branching out into variations: maps in people’s bodies, maps in animals, maps connecting two people together. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stared, long and hard, at the animals. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The animals all caught up in this dance together, mice and men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Showing fear was the worst thing one could do when confronted by a wild animal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The animals were restless in their stalls, whickering and snorting at the scent of blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She started to whimper like a frightened animal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet the animals never gave up hope. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Listen to the child,” a deep male voice said, and we all turned around to look at the animal, who turned around to look at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In total, Weismann had serially removed the tails of 901 animals. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

León and Gene ate everything set before them like starved animals. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Other animals come here for water, too,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s a good animal— fastest four-footed creature on the planet,” he declared. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Such a dog-lover talks baby talk to mature and thoughtful animals, and attributes his own sloppy characteristics to them until the dog becomes in his mind an alter ego. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not approach the animals now, even though they sensed her presence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I just couldn’t believe that, you know? That such a nice kid would do that to innocent animals.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of the pale men then brought out objects that she would not have used even on animals. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers developed techniques such as locking animals inside pens and cages, bridling them in harnesses and leashes, training them with whips and cattle prods, and mutilating them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stank like bad toilets and dead animals. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They couldn’t keep me company as humans, so they kept me company as animals,” said Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was pitch dark on the other side of the door, but Meggie heard a rustle as she stepped into the room, as if an animal were moving somewhere in the straw. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mother claims I have the manners of a wild animal myself, as I am a tomboy, but I never fail to be respectful of my father’s garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have used seal sinew to bind the ribs together, for this is stronger than kelp, but wild animals like it and soon would have gnawed the fence down. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearing a rain forest to plant annuals is like stripping an animal first of its fur, then its skin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The primary danger to the whales is a newcomer, an upstart animal, only recently, through technology, become competent in the oceans, a creature that calls itself human. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once Roz explained the situation, the animals actually tried to help. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Mountain kicked at the animal savagely with an armored boot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So now was he supposed to feel guilty about eating food that should have gone to animals, as well as to other people? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the heat the stench of horses steamed up from the depths of the hold as though the animals were still there. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be good company for you, Matty, the way Branch was. “Do you know,” he went on, “in the place where I was a child, there were no dogs? No animals at all.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

See what your animal has done,’ the older woman cried. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is when most animals come to life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grasse needed his word in order to account for the ability of such tiny, blind, and relatively brainless animals to erect structures of such vast size and internal complexity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. He left my grandma before I was born. She says he could talk to animals and make a sculpture that was more real than the real thing.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In animals, the urge to kill is separate from the urge to eat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a boy for sure, and he has animals with him. A shepherd?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the kids were stationed behind the cardboard animals to keep them up, and they giggled and kept looking around the edges at each other. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled really hard at Otis and then he sneezed and then his whiskers went all fuzzy, and then he sighed and kind of dropped to the floor with all the other animals. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

As often as possible Sally and I would get into my old car, call all the animals, and drive out to the Langata Forest, near where Louis Leakey and his family lived. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In Room H, Dalgard picked out the sick animals, pointing to them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except the longer Ivy stared back, the more certain she was that they were not animals at all. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We sit in silence, watching team after team haul equipment, animals, and canvas back to the train. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Later, during Teddy Roosevelt’s era, much remaining communal territory was designated National Forest in which a rancher could only run his animals providing he had the money and political pull to obtain grazing permits. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could see the way he leaned back, away from the animal, and couldn’t really think of what to say. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dad told us what happened at the animal hospital, how the vet took Daisy for some X-rays and blood tests, then came back and told them she had a huge mass in her stomach. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once again it was being put about that all the animals were dying of famine and disease, and that they were continually fighting among themselves and had resorted to cannibalism and infanticide. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In human societies possessing domestic animals, livestock fed more people in four distinct ways: by furnishing meat, milk, and fertilizer and by pulling plows. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

However, a veterinarian in Bainbridge, Georgia, Dr. Otis L. Poitevint, who was called upon to treat many of the affected animals, has summarized his reasons for attributing the deaths to the insecticide as follows. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In that same instant the animal looked up and saw the boy. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news of Wilbur’s escape spread rapidly among the animals on the place. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dell grabbed Cheddar by the scruff of the neck and was surprised at how easy it was to get control of the animal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When the blades met, there was no ring of metal on metal; only a high, thin sound at the edge of hearing, like an animal screaming in pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If Ebola lives in African game animals—in leopards or lions or in Cape buffalo—it might have traveled to the Philippines that way. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a sweet little animal!” the speech therapist says. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals chased them right down to the bottom of the field, and got in some last kicks at them as they forced their way through the thorn hedge. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But he is more like her than the other animals she has met. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

So all three of them stepped out boldly—or as boldly as they could—toward the assembly of animals. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

They all think she’s some kind of saint for bringing them potato chips and animal cookies. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The king jerked the reins hard, quieting the animal, and pointed an angry finger at Ned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If nature could achieve such remarkable effects on animal populations through survival and selection, Galton imagined accelerating the process of refining humans via human intervention. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Two pale hands rested on the gray desk like pink animals. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then he’d go back to the house on the hill to tend the animals or repair the fences or study the ocean through the telescope. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Where are the implements, the bones of animals upon which these old men have fed?. . . Where is the explanation of all this? What is the matter?” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, it illustrates an enormous subject of great importance: human diseases of animal origins. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Peaches,” she said, immediately picking up a bowl and spoon; smiling at Isidore, she ate with brisk little animal bites. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, with the pretext that the animals were losing their fertility, he transferred his barns and stables. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

With the cautious tenderness of one who strokes a notoriously vicious animal, he patted the Savage’s arm. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tons of animal manure are produced with no good way of disposing of it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The individual words are like different species of animals. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t she funny?” said several of the animals, and they laughed loudly at her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

De­spite our vigilance, Dr. Atal, the zoo veterinarian, could tell by the number of animals with digestive disturbances which had been the busy days at the zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The animals eat from porcelain plates and stalk along the table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So with human help, corn can now take genes from other plants and animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was a box filled with violins, an accumulation of stuffed dead animals, chairs without seats, books and prints. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A bluebird had been the first animal to ever speak to him, which was why his Uncle brooch was of the bird. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In addition, Native American armies had no animals to oppose to horses, whose value for assaults and fast transport gave Europeans an overwhelming advantage until some Native American societies themselves adopted them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sidewalk was lined with those little stuffed beanbag animals you see in gift shops. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She wiped her eyes and looked at the dead animal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gave him more than enough time to pitch the hay and tend to the animals on his own modest property, located on five acres just outside Tremonton. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The grinder looked a little like a hungry animal. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At the base of the devil tree, exposing its roots, was a deserted animal burrow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was an ugly animal with a pointed snout, tiny eyes, and large pointed ears. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The serval was a spotted animal about the size of a jackal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had adopted Cheddar, and then he'd let the animal fend for himself in a parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A butterfly with animal eyes on its wings. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She ignored the fallen animal as she raced for the picture. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke was pouring out the open door like a writhing black snake, and she could hear the screams of the poor animals inside, don-keys and horses and men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The animal drew shyly away from the strangers; but her curiosity got the better of her, and soon she was nuzzling Eilonwy’s hand. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Multiple ambushes cost the lives of many Spanish troops and animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’d knocked over the crib, spilling out the mound of stuffed animals within, and I couldn’t get to him before he punched a hole in Diego’s mural. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I did not want to feel, like an animal in a jungle, that the whole world was alien and hostile. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the whole time I was chasing things, I was thinking that Otis must be some kind of snake charmer, the way he could play his guitar and make all the animals turn to stone. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Africa’s domesticated animal species can be summarized much more quickly than its plants, because there are so few of them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was from one of the young animals. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Another possibility is that the rocks there contain fossils of extinct animals and plants. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I continued to read books about animals, especially African animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The house became a clutter of trunks, of animals in jars of formaldehyde, of Indian lances and sailor’s bundles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If animals existed in a world of instincts and senses beyond the conscious thoughts of the mind, what happened to people in their frantic worlds of noise and hectic rushing? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The seeds they carried fell out of their hands, and no other animal could carry the seeds because they had only feet and paws. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And I can’t exactly say when animal activists around the world began calling for equal billing for their own favorite species, adding in Year of the Otter, and the Whale, and the Penguin. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to say who is more terrified—certainly the only thing any of the animals have in mind is saving their own hides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Such cases can often be detected by analyzing the resulting morphological, genetic, or chromosomal differences between specimens of the same crop or domestic animal in different areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you didn’t know trolls were dumb animals, you’d swear the beast was grinning. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He spoke very well about the decency and comradeship natural to animals. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he traveled, the memories of those hungry-eyed animals accompanied him, darting and retreating like accusing ghosts. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But all those animals had to live somewhere. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

"Always felt that way about dogs. Always been a great lover of stuffed animals." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Big Bird is saying that Big Bird is merely a descriptive name of the type of animal he is, and that he wants a particular name. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feral pig is considered a “pest animal,” and as such is not subject to protections afforded, say, a deer, or a person. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“You understand animals. What will the tiger do?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I read books about animals, and I watched the birds and insects in the garden. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still humming softly, I placed the tines of the pitchfork into the narrow opening between the jaws of the animal trap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, we had to ready new animals for the procedure and get them organized for pick-up at five. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, we have seen that the many distinctive features of the Fertile Crescent’s climate, environment, wild plants, and animals together provide a convincing explanation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The larger-than-usual animals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians scattered among the people in the stands were also grieving. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When Charles Darwin indicated that Homo sapiens was just another kind of animal, people were outraged. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing is, I already know which animal is best. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The animal most certainly dominated her group—or was it her family? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurelia glanced unseeingly at the huge shambling animal, but she didn’t wait to see it go through its weary tricks, restoring the old carefree spirit to the great audience. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Among land animals hunted, wild boar and deer were the commonest prey, followed by mountain goat and bear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If it worked, it would save a valuable animal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I told the animal' rights people that I found a dog with a bullet hole in its head up near Judd’s house, don’t prove that Judd was the one who killed it. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its fur felt like icicles and it smelled like a dead animal, and Seven scrambled away from it as the cuco did the same in the opposite direction. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Drearily the animals on the nursery wall looked down on Mrs. Montague. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would not castrate or shear animals unless the moon was right, and they would not gather crops or save next year’s seeds unless the moon dictated. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know which animal in the ocean is a real fighter? And your mom’s favorite, Delsie?” he says, pointing at the ring on my finger. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was said that he could describe the look and nature of an animal from a single tooth or scrap of jaw, and often name the species and genus into the bargain. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At night they stopped beside a bubbling stream to water the animals, and the Xi set up small, strange tents in the spaces between trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As late as AD 1400, the vast majority of farmers, along with their plants and animals, clustered together in an area of just 4.25 million square miles—2 per cent of the planet’s surface. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With your help, I can bring rain back to this valley, and all the animals will return!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At times I thought he was more animal than human. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shepherd boy who reminded me of the handsome Acoynapa of Uncle Turu’s story played a flute to the grazing animals. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Virtually all other Eurasian societies engaged in agriculture as well as in herding animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’re not completely lacking in some small amount of animal cunning. Good. Now, beg my forgiveness.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It began in the Near East sometime about 8000 B.C., with the first successful attempts to domesticate animals and food grains. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garland said, “It’s a chance anyway, breaking free and coming here to Earth, where we’re not even considered animals. Where every worm and wood louse is considered more desirable than all of us put together.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The fire makes the room warm and with the flames dancing in the coal you can see faces and mountains and valleys and animals leaping. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The elephant birds and the giant lemurs, along with most of the other large animals of Madagascar, suddenly vanished about 1,500 years ago—precisely when the first humans set foot on the island. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We killed all the animals that were there,” de la O said, “the chickens, the water buffalo, the pigs. We did them all up.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had always been soft when it came to animals. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And then I saw my friends: Tyson, Grover, Annabeth, and Nico all tossed in a corner, tied up like rodeo animals, with their ankles and wrists roped together and their mouths gagged. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But he was lost in thought over some animal tracks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I shall write Dr. Westminster separately to thank him; his animal training techniques have so far proven invaluable. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He had shown Ugwu the small furry animal wrapped in fresh leaves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Percy noticed that there was a whole pile of mutilated stuffed animals at the foot of Jupiter’s statue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The animal was subjected to exhaustive laboratory tests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Many animals could tell the difference between hostile hunters and friendly people by merely looking at them. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before the cloning of whole animals, there was the cloning of individual cells —Henrietta’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She pushed the plunger, the poison flooded the animal’s chest around the heart, and the monkey jumped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very general system of chemical communication between living things of all kinds, plant and animal, has been termed “allelochemics” by Whittaker. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of her children was nothing but an animal. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“And animals. And people. Anything for the garden. Custom orders. Statuary is very popular, you know.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Those plow animals were the cow, horse, water buffalo, Bali cattle, and yak / cow hybrids. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was not ready for the trip up those clanging stairs to the empty roof where he had no animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mom wasn’t an animal lover like Dad and me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The more fragile the animal, the more it needs to protect itself. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When an animal began showing signs of anorexia, its condition deteriorated rapidly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had any doubt that it was not the animals but their owners who were benefiting from the law. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

They buried Uncle in a hole about two feet deep, a hole that had already been made by some kind of animal. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure there weren’t any dangerous animals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the wights had killed people—killed peculiar children, Miss Avocet had said—but the brutality of shooting these animals seemed to exceed even that evil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The animals in her stories were always smarter than humans, and capable of making complex moral decisions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was Samar, looking up at him, surrounded by an odd collection of baby animals. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Overhead the moon shone through the bars of the fire escape, and it kept pace with us as we walked inside, like some restless animal pacing in its cage. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I survived my apprenticeship as a high seas animal trainer, it was because Richard Parker did not really want to attack me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would go to thrift stores and buy old stuffed animals—faded teddy bears, ratty plush dogs, threadbare rabbits—the cheaper the better. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And he knew much about the tiny, slimy animals found at Briny Beach, which he was examining now. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I have killed an animal larger than myself! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

These domestic animals and crops were gradually joined by China’s many other domesticates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every building sported jagged spurs of metal sticking from its broken walls, like bones jutting from a long-dead animal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He kept card-board alongside the bottom bars to keep the animal from getting out, though often she did anyway and he’d have to find her on the gallery when he returned. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing much wrong with the dead animals, nothing that he could put his finger on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Napoleon, what the animals must do was to procure firearms and train themselves in the use of them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

By dinnertime all the village was talking of the strange animal that even Thomas At-the-Bridge could not identify. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instructor began to describe what was done to the animal, leaving nothing out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Several of the neighbors had watchdogs, which barked at the slightest disturbance; surely, these animals would signal if the intruders returned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I imagine the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not true. Even animals—even eels and gophers and snakes and spiders—are sacred.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Is it animal?” asked the King, “vegetable or mineral?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it was hard to tell at this point, but someday, if I didn’t go to Africa to study animals, I might be a beautiful genius tennis player. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

With this “noble” rase, he conned his own wife to look away from his obvious preference for the ‘ ‘animal” black woman. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had terrified me at first, but in time I had seen the way he spoke soothingly to the animals we brought him, stroking their fur until they nuzzled against his palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then she realized Mama was calling her, so she quickly returned the animals to their boxes and hurried into the living room. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you about locking the barn door to keep out animals? Never figured I’d have to lock out the likes of this here. ’ Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, these diseases tend to be restricted to humans; the microbes causing them tend not to live in the soil or in other animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled of animals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part they were unspeakably boring, all about life in a traditional fishing village and the enduring mysteries of animal husbandry, but one exhibit stood out from the rest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Captain Denny opened the animal with scissors and snipped out parts of the liver and spleen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals were very fortunate in finding a good supply of water under the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They had been nervous about the effects upon their own animals, or even upon their human employees. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Yet from the viewpoint of the herd, rather than that of the shepherd, it’s hard to avoid the impression that for the vast majority of domesticated animals, the Agricultural Revolution was a terrible catastrophe. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what derailed attempts to domesticate cheetahs, the swiftest of all land animals, despite our strong motivation to do so for thousands of years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, animals could talk, although they later lost the ability to do this. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mom told us that we were actually doing the animals a favor by not allowing them to become dependent on us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked no one full in the face and his head drooped down to one side like a sick animal’s. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On Friday morning, November 17, the day after Dan Dalgard had killed all the animals in Room F, Geisbert decided to take a look at the flasks of monkey cells that were ripening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved the animals up the mountain in stages, to let them get used to the climate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suspended from the ceiling were cages of live animals—a lion, several zebras, a whole pack of hyenas, and even an eight-headed hydra. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Someone had set a trap in the field, the metal kind that bites an animal until the animal is forced to chew off its own leg. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was the same pattern true of other animals—of the tortoises, say? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ali feeds the animal a cube of sugar—another custom, to make death sweeter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Bleating won’t save you, you good-for-nothing animal. No one can hear you. This whole wing of the house is empty because you are in it! They don’t even put pigs down here!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lithuania cherished its elders, and here they were, being herded like animals. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“If our staff thinks the animal can be adopted, we will put him on the waiting list.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the animals had assembled in the big barn, Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was called the Spancel —after the rope with which domestic animals were hobbled —and there were several of them in the secret coffers of the Old Ones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instruments gleam in the bright light like marvelous animals. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the crucial point is that he did not seek a special place for humankind, distinct from that of other animals. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I want to know everything about this and I’m about to launch into a series of questions, wondering if he likes animal shows too, when it appears he’s found what he’s been looking for. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely has decided to give us a break from cutting open small animals and watching boring videos to return to the scientific process. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One of the dead animals had been given the name 053. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given our proximity to the animals we love, we must be getting constantly bombarded by their microbes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are large, wild animals from the rain forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had used the power of the Uncles, of nature and animals and streams and flowers, a sacred power, for truly horrible things. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think she’s worried about the moped. People sometimes get mad when someone they care about throws himself in front of a charging thousand-pound animal wearing steel shoes.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Classifying natural forms such as plants, rocks, and animals. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They therefore continue the transformation of animals into gods that began in the Old Stone Age. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ran: “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But Sally doesn’t tell about that time he hit her with his hands just like a dog, she said, like if I was an animal. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus, when he saw the huge animal he had aroused, instead of running for his life simply stood motionless and stared with his mouth hanging open. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“What we need in here is a animal.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of insects beat the air to a pulpy soup of animal panic. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a slow process that depends as much on luck as on hard work, all the more so when the animal is an adult. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel bad that I don’t know what other animals live in the Amazon forest. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then to the corral, where the daughter of the house was working on the training of a quarter horse, an animal of parts named Speckle- bottom. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet there will always be animals that seek to escape from zoos. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over this ran aluminum roaches and iron crickets, and in the hot still air butterflies of delicate red tissue wavered among the sharp aroma of animal spoors! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Empathic response. In a variety of social situations. Mostly having to do with animals.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The animals listened quietly to Roz and thought of their own struggles to survive. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It now appeared that Snowball had not, as the animals had previously imagined, merely attempted to lose the Battle of the Cowshed by means of a stratagem, but had been openly fight-ing on Jones’s side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Hazleton Research Products is a division of Coming, Inc. Coming’s Hazleton unit is involved with the importation and sale of laboratory animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only within the last 11,000 years that some peoples turned to what is termed food production: that is, domesticating wild animals and plants and eating the resulting livestock and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I get such a feeling about that animal but it is like he is me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Many show people in various settings, and a few have animals, while some of them have cups or coins, and there are more swords. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Had all the island animals frozen to death? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The same pattern repeated itself elsewhere in the world, whenever peoples lacking native wild mammal species suitable for domestication finally had the opportunity to acquire Eurasian domestic animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My children and I will take care of the animals. Tzipporah is wonderful about collecting eggs. A real specialist. And Reuven knows just when to shoo them off the nest.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know it was all that complicated. The girl joined the zoo. One more animal—end of story.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. K’s house has a bright purple door with a line sawed through the middle, a Dutch door for keeping farm animals out, or kids in. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

You may think the animals were very stupid not to see at once that Uncle Andrew was the same kind of creature as the two children and the Cabby. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The father-in-law lost no time in ordering the hole to be filled in, burying the strange animal from sight. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I could see from the flash of our lamps, as the rays fell on them, that the horses were coal-black and splendid animals. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He made a long step, as graceful as an animal leaping, threw out his left foot and tripped Gus to the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The great difference between us and the other animals may be the qualitative difference made by speech. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second figure turned over the animal with its toe. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon they stopped to rest the animals in a canyon surrounded by red-rock mesas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once Pacific peoples spread beyond the range of wool-yielding domestic animals and fiber plant crops and hence of woven clothing, they became dependent on pounded bark “cloth” for their clothing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl said, “We don’t buy from Sidney’s or from any animal dealer. All our purchases are from private parties, and the prices we pay aren’t reported.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen those boys on the street hitting and biting and kicking like animals. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Do the animal liquors in the nerves not suffer agitation? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel, like nearly all wild animals, was unaccustomed to look up at the sky. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you are half barnyard animal, you’re my best friend and I don’t want you to die! The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No, they just take some blood and let the animals go. But I’d like to work on figuring out how to make man-made crab blood so we can leave them alone completely.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The motley conglomeration of joyful, tanked-up ruffians outside laughed until tears came; they continued to imitate animals; they sang songs and gestured obscenely at the livid dog. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He would go to war, if King Uther declared one. Do you know that Homo sapiens is almost the only animal which wages war?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals sniffed the air hungrily and wondered whether a warm mash was being prepared for their supper. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

West Africa eventually did receive Fertile Crescent domestic animals across the Sahara, and later accepted Islamic influence, including Arabic writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen dead animals before, dead frogs, dead rabbits, but this raven is deader. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it isn’t Judd’s at all, and he’s such a liar he’d say it was, just to get himself still another animal to be mean to. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered laborers hired by the city, called scavengers, to clean the streets of decaying garbage and dead animals, since their vile smell might well be causing the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It is the same for all the animals on the farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He probably had not heard an animal sound for more than a year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He spoke softly, like he was talking to a frightened animal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the boy’s eyes was a restless, darting, animal flicker that Roy had seen before. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they were harming no one. Why waste your money on killing animals who don’t need killing?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Horses and animals, lost or abandoned by their owners, roamed helpless in the streets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nor should we forget the cruelty to animals who are used just so that we can satisfy our human desire for knowledge. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I headed outside to feed the animals and gather eggs. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mom, who had Maureen in one arm and her sketch pad under the other, pointed out that the animals had traded freedom for security. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

An animal might not question it, but a human would see hands had manufactured it quickly enough. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I haven’t seen a cow, or any animal, for that matter, except a stray dog and the occasional hardy bird, since leaving County Galway, and I look forward to seeing them again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There were lists of scientific classifications for plants and animals, and even more lists for words I’d never encountered. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“At least you worked with animals. I have a friend—nice guy—who was made entirely of ice cream. Hated hot weather.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Loki walks in the sky with shoes that fly, and he can transform his shape so he looks like other people, or change into animal form, but his real weapon is his mind. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The performers and animals are lined up out back, ready to start the Spec. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The times it did, the animals would nose at their wire walls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when a whole crowd of animals came rushing toward him, he turned and ran for his life. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Aristotle declared that most insects did not come from other insects, but from dew, dung, dead animals, or mud. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Until now the animals had been about equally divided in their sympathies, but in a moment Snowball’s eloquence had carried them away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Soon we were smacking each other with more than just pillows: the stuffed animals on Ximena’s bed, towels, our rolled-up clothes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was not long before we had a collection of animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even animals, in Descartes’ view, were just automata. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He concentrated, instead, on studying barnacles, writing papers on geology, dissecting sea animals, and tending to his family. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This is the moment the chickens passed over from looking like dead animals to looking like food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For a week, while I’m pasturing the animals after school, I write the story out in script form in my notebook. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some Gethenians, I thought, are like such animals, with deep bright eyes that do not change expression when you speak. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That the crowd has been...on the side of the animals.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And she had to have something clean to drink, because the water they floated on would be full of stirred-up dirt and dead animals. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was very boring, but I could earn my own money and be independent while I tried to find a way to work somehow with animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to have an animal; I keep trying to buy one. But on my salary, on what a city employee makes—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Eurasia and the Americas also differed with respect to plant food production, though the disparity here was less marked than for animal food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On an animal this big, the skin would be pretty thick. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell what kind of animal, and I really didn’t want to know. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“God provides for every animal his means of sustenance,” he wrote. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was caught by a lion, crushed across the chest in the animal’s great jaws, and saved in the instant by a lucky shot from a friend. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the animals came back, they were saddened to see that the water had been so dirtied. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The article described the animal attacks in grisly detail and included a list of victims. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then there was a deafening roar.The pigeons swirled into the air, and all the animals, except Napoleon, flung themselves flat on their bellies and hid their faces. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild, she wrote. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some are bought for zoos, particularly by wealthy Arabs who like to keep private collections of wild animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he left the apartment, he felt as if he were wearing a great animal of a winter coat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be it an animal or something else, you always shoot from the north to the south. Because, you know, north represents death. You could wear it, but whatever. Stay in here and mope.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If he had to spend a whole year on this island, he had no intention of living like an animal. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I...I take notes on things. The woods. The animals. Changes.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And she set a chair in the front-room window and every evening I would sit there with my toys and stuffed animals and books and I’d wait. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humans just couldn’t love unconditionally like animals could. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had tossed and turned all day, prowling the bed like an animal seeking sleep, oblivion. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had the air of a game warden pointing out an animal in the grass. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some microbial communities extend so deeply into the affairs of higher forms of life as to seem like new kinds of tissue in plants and animals. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few places it developed independently, as a result of local people domesticating local plants and animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some sorts of animal he passed over altogether. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The thick seal fat that kept the animals warm would provide valuable calories in the men’s diets and keep them from freezing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There were lighter animals for hunting, hawking, and riding, and others still smaller, like the jennet Robin had ridden. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I search the ground for animals and birds that might have been trapped or killed in the fire, providing me with ready-cooked food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle had always shared the animals and birds he shot with everyone in the group. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama sold our pigs, leaving the chickens as our only animals. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At the lodge, I gave a little concert one night, in the main room, with my relatives and the dead game animals mounted on the wall as my audience. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to figure out what was going on, when I realized that on striking the river the animal had again turned and was coming straight toward me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the baby bites,” Edgar said, tossing a chicken bone to the floor as if he were an animal in a zoo and not the son of a well-respected member of the banking community. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I threw my pillows over my disgusting face and then piled all my stuffed animals on top of the pillows, like I was inside a little cave. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the bookshelf, the wooden animals and books were presents from her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Fine. You’ve got one minute left to make this deal. He’s a good animal, but I’m not paying twenty talents for him.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Game was scarce, forcing Franklin and his men to subsist on lichens scraped from boulders, singed deer hide, scavenged animal bones, their own boot leather, and finally one another's flesh. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ducked her, jumped up, and went to his bed, where he grabbed a small navy-blue blanket that was jumbled up with his stuffed animals. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He saw a room full of monkeys, and every one of the animals was looking out at him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among Garden City's animals are two gray tomcats who are always together—thin, dirty strays with strange and clever habits. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew faces, places, and minute details of plants and animals—a stamen here, a paw there, the rotted out tooth of an aged goat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun thought of the trainers now, how these guards too had been trained to deal with a certain kind of animal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His dad had showed him a time line of when different animals had evolved on Earth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is Charlotte. I have two sisters, and we just got a new puppy named Suki in July. We got her from an animal shelter and she’s so, so cute!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Some two hundred animals had been found lying together in a jumble. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Many of the animals believed him.Their lives now, they reasoned, were hungry and laborious; was it not right and just that a better world should exist somewhere else? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I felt cursed like the biblical king Nebuchadnezzar, stripped of power and pride, and driven into the wilderness to live like an animal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His grey fur morphed into a cloak of woven animal pelts. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We live in the same habitat as the animals we eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The night crouched above the houses, dark and cold, like an animal that eats little boys. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s usually the smaller animals that are dangerous around here. Like barracudas. Those things are nasty.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She asked Papa to seal the base of the tent by piling extra dirt, about six inches high, all around it outside so that animals, especially snakes, could not crawl underneath during the night. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The animals reassured him on this point immediately, and no more was said about the pigs sleeping in the farmhouse beds. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

With their cables and harnesses, they looked like carousel animals. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I froze, too terrified even to scream, then realized that it was just some small animal that I had frightened—a fox, perhaps, or a rabbit. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, when the terror caused by the executions had died down, some of the animals remembered—or thought they remembered—that the Sixth Commandment decreed “No animal shall kill any other animal.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Our clothes won't exploit people, destroy rain forests, or harm any animal on the planet. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He saw the heads of animals— boars, crocodiles, elephants, oxen, birds. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of wise and confident, the man looked cold, commanding, intimidating, like some regal animal of prey. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he saw me he gave a loud, clear wailing wraaaah—a spine-chilling call that is used to threaten a dangerous animal. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

During those first few weeks, warders from other sections and even other prisons came to stare at us as if we were a collection of rare caged animals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed, but it was cruel work, and the animals could not feel so hopeful about it as they had felt before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“A Jew is an animal. A Jew is a bug. A Jew is less than a bug.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“They has to be tamed. Just like wild animals.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

An animal trainer who, in a fit of anger, bit his wife’s ear off. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is based on the false idea that humans went out and forced animals to be domesticated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to fall into a trance state or become an animal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The balance is delicate and government veterinarians have found that repeated small doses can gradually deplete an animal’s supply of the protective enzyme cholinesterase, so that without warning a minute additional dose will cause poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a dried-up marsh pocked by the footprints of animals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the people and animals who were sacrificed to feed the Masks,” said Tendai. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When winter came, we fed the animals—we had an ox, and now and then a chicken—gathered wood and brush for heat, slept, and tried to stay alive. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Every animal deserves a second chance. Now let’s go meet Tater.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Had I been raised with the tradition of stuffed animals, I would have hugged my bear or stuffed dog or rabbit, salting the ragged fur with my tears all night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately he heard the other animal close behind. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole animal, resewn and restuffed, had the same shape but a different bearing, the backs and necks straighter, the ears perkier; the eyes shone now with a knowing glint. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he was far too interested in the animal to pay much attention. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amsterdam was home to fantastic collections of animals and insects from all over the world, and to gardens and hothouses full of exotic plants. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Off the trails, we surprise animals—a gray fox, black-tailed deer. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The animal cried out—kicking its legs frantically as the people shouted, Hailli! The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Ever since the animals had first appeared, Uncle Andrew had been shrinking further and further back into the thicket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The police, who struggled to maintain their hold on the shepherds’ taut leashes, gave attack orders to the animals. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The birds and animals see, hear, smell, and feel approaching danger long before I do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been imagining wild animals for a while now, but these sounds were more intense. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A bush baby, or galago, is a small, squirrel-like animal related to a monkey. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like the way I can shoot at an animal in almost complete darkness and still take it down with one arrow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lorenz, as I said, took the animals he wanted to observe home with him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Can anyone fathom the workings of a drunken man’s mind? All I can tell you is what happened. The animals were out of their cages.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

All of the animals I had drawn before were alive. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The fugitive bulletins made them a requirement in his line of work—Homer maintained a thorough collection—and current affairs generally upheld his theories about society and the human animal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If the hosts are animals, you kill them and incinerate the carcasses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept an eye out for Cape buffalo, a dangerous animal to encounter in the forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave her stuffed animals ranks and put them through basic training. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The forest animals fell silent, and from their hiding places they watched as a sparkling monster stomped past. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Had a brand of animal cleverness, the kind you see in pigs sometimes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She keeps the volume low—Fifi goes kinda nutty barking if an animal is injured and cries out in pain—but the insane little beast watches it like she’s obsessed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Baba Joseph always worried that he had not left enough food and water for his animals, but now he could relax. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do any animals live here, do you think?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went over the evening in her mind, moving from scene to scene like a sniffing animal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked about, but there seemed nowhere even for an animal to crawl into in this dismal country. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After all, she was a hunter used to waiting at the dens of animals. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As Jackal had said, it was not a big hole, but they both just managed to get through and found themselves standing in the animal pen. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Under such conditions of diplomatic peace, all animals are content and we can relax and have a look at each other. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean that maybe in a fit of drunken insanity some of them re­leased the animals.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without turning around, I reply, “A large, round rubber animal you bounce around on. You hold on to the ears.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have no animal parts stuck on him, nor no parts of other people growing out of him that would invite staring, he had something worst. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay,” Natalie said, her hands out as if she were backing away from a dangerous animal. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Given Penelope’s tender feelings about animals, she did not think she could bear to see her pupils tear one limb from limb without becoming extremely upset. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Sensible that I should speak and join the frolic, I opined that I should like to hear their especial call, having never heard human imitate that animal’s cry. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The livers of these animals were gray, eroded, nasty looking. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Blackjack emerged from the wheat field, moving with surprising stealth for such a large animal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, but that wasn't a rat—the animal's muzzle wasn't pointed enough. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Arranged all in a row were several of these animal bushes—fantastic creatures as tall as the house, standing guard against the woods—including a winged griffin, a rearing centaur, and a mermaid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Half hidden in the shadows, it looked larger than any animal I had ever seen, big as a loaded wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Our ancient, animal nature says: Bolt when you see danger coming. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But going into a containment zone to perform a necropsy on an animal that had died of an amplified unknown hot agent was something a little different. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your parents couldn’t afford such an extravagant animal, so they bought a donkey instead. You named him Habib, which means beloved. And loved him you did.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When it was all over, the remaining animals, except for the pigs and dogs, crept away in a body. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was colder here than up in the main castle, and would have been quite creepy enough without the pickled animals floating in glass jars all around the walls. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

An animal to pain the eye and chill the heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’d heard rumors of rain in the river valleys west of us, and those tales aroused the deepest thirst you can imagine—the thirst of dying crops and animals. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We nomads live in an area with dangerous animals and poisonous snakes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The survivors around me—people and animals who had been trapped within its planks—cheered weakly as they clung to their own pieces of flotsam and kicked toward the shore. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After they all got off the ark and let the animals go is when it happened. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is right about that: the virus was then unknown to science, and as few as two or three not-visibly-sick animals could have started the outbreak. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earsplitting, unnatural animal sounds, and I realize they’re coming from me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The rain floods the village and the water rises to Pa’s waist, drowning many animals. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No less pertinent is that there is just something deeply and unquestionably wrong about killing an animal that is so sweetly and dopily unassuming as a moose. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kapu and the little wolves came cautiously up to the huge animal and sniffed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors had laughed at what they felt was our childlike interest in the fate of the animals. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how fast she ran, or how well she hid, or how many animals helped, she couldn’t escape the sound of the hunter’s stomping footsteps. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, though, you don’t want to study animals or work with them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows why this happened, but from that day onwards people and animals just had to look at one another and guess what the other was thinking. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And that maybe someday these animals will overtake us all? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But comparing a farm like Polyface to a concentration camp is to ignore reality—the reality of domesticated animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s what people have, son. The community’s been hit right hard, and your father was trying to help out. Couldn’t stand by and watch animals suffer.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever she had a chance, she slipped outdoors to work in the vegetable garden or to tend to the animals with her father. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You find yourself a great big lifeboat and you fill it with animals? You think you’re Noah or something?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The animals all asked Dog how he remained so well in the midst of famine. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“These animals...screechers...they’re as much a part of things as you and me.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was useless to turn and fight; this was no stupid bear who could be intimidated, but a creature as remorseless and cunning as the cat himself could be, to other smaller animals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals were shocked beyond measure to learn that even Snowball could be guilty of such an action. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Never had the farm—and with a kind of surprise they remembered that it was their own farm, every inch of it their own property—appeared to the animals so desirable a place. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

What about the Asian elephants still used as work animals in Southeast Asia today? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that the child, Mary, would want to bring her favorite animal to school is more than understandable, and is akin to wanting to bring our dog or cat to school with us today. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And anyway, I wanted to watch wild animals, not animals in cages. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He went running, naked, towards the stream, looking like some kind of pale animal, among the trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They had just noticed this when a cry of despair broke from every animal’s throat. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Precisement! The body—the cage—is everything of the most respectable—but through the bars, the wild animal looks out.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe these animals do not have enough of a nervous system to suffer pain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For example, there is some experience of hunting wild animals in every human culture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They eat small animals, insects, certain cactus thorns, and the shells of sunflower seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you can best contribute to animal welfare by learning about their behavior and sharing what you have found out—by speaking, writing, painting. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

One encyclopedia had a sentence of praise for us: “The common rat is highly valued as an experimental animal in medical research due to his toughness, intelligence, versatility and biological similarity to man.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen dead lizards and possums and raccoons, but he’d never seen a human animal, like Sounder, dead. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many animals and human species could previously say, ‘Careful! A lion!’ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Motley collections of stray animals have always populated racetracks, and being the social creatures they are, horses usually befriend them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched a dog and a horse and a man yawn and wrote that it “makes me feel how much all animals are built on one structure.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

These include not only all of the genres of music, the verbal languages, and accents, but also the mechanical, digital, human, and animal noises, and all of the ambient sounds around us. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“An eejit is a person or animal with an implant in its head,” said Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In return we loved him with a silent ferocity that only animals can match. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then we eat the plants, or we eat animals that have eaten the plants. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“He’s being picked up in the morning by animal control.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The animal was panting, wild-eyed, kicking furiously, but the witch’s hands were merciless. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals were left to themselves in the barn. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Napoleon called the animals together immediately and in a terrible voice pronounced the death sentence upon Frederick. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As it charged, the alaunts closed in, seizing it fiercely by the shoulder or throat or leg, so that what surged down on the huntsman was not one boar but a bundle of animals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if I've wounded an animal with an arrow, it's better to get a knife into it, too, before I approach it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Guys were gawking at her like she was an animal at the zoo. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The lives of some domesticated animals could be quite good. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In short, plant and animal domestication meant much more food and hence much denser human populations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through most of this, Kathleen had seemed to enjoy the foreignness of it all, the exotic food and animals, and even during those periods of boredom and discomfort she’d kept up a good-humored tolerance. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked with animals too and, having studied in France, he even dabbled in the new practice of embalming bodies before they were buried. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know that he was an animal we had yet to imagine could exist. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Table 5.1 summarizes, for these and other areas of local domestication, some of the best-known crops and animals and the earliest known dates of domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did they make me feel like an exotic animal, but they also messed up my hair. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You’re already familiar with nouns from the animal kingdom that can stand for one critter or many: fish, deer, moose, vermin, elk, sheep, swine. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed the smaller animals how to arrange the kindling, and she showed the bigger animals how to arrange the logs. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The thought of the big animal sent a shudder down Cole’s spine. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At Silsbee’s Cove there were no women, children, or farm animals about, except a couple of weaned calves in the calf pasture. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their meat was never as tender as the flesh of the animals that hadn’t anticipated death. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody thought to lash bungee cords to the animal’s legs, or maybe equip it with a parachute. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to find me inside my cave of stuffed animals, so I waited a little more, but even after ten minutes she still didn’t come in after me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She neighed again, and all the animals broke into a gallop and rushed into the yard.Then they saw what Clover had seen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In contrast, a domesticated animal is defined as an animal selectively bred in captivity and thereby modified from its wild ancestors, for use by humans who control the animal’s breeding and food supply. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she had another animal pelt lying next to her, and then I realized it was a live animal—a deer with glittering fur and silver horns, its head resting contentedly in Artemis’s lap. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You know Mr. Peale. He always does things in a unique way. You’ve heard of the collection of animals he has?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the list were horses, because every farm needed working animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Even as taxonomy—the classification of plant and animal species—flourished, inquiries into the origin of living beings were relegated to the forbidden sidelines. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They had been credited with attempting to stir up rebellion among the animals on neighbouring farms. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Can it be blasphemy to hate what’s wicked and cruel? It’s not only Julius. It’s everything. It’s the circus. It’s the animals. It’s the Christians!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cursing, Joff spun the wheel to winch back his string, but the animal was gone before he was loaded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Behind you, your mother and your grandmother scrape an animal hide clean, then hang it to dry in the sun. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I kicked like an animal until I connected with something that made him howl. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Taking care of the animals kept us very busy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the elders would go out and hunt the forest animals, too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this evening, only a handful of people stood at the rails, silent and watchful, like animals before a storm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Do sit down,” he said, and at the familiar command the three animals behind him sat obediently. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, a parade of bizarre animals ventured out into the open. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the depression caused by the sagging of the floor, pieces of animals manifested themselves, the head of a crow, mummified hands which might have once been parts of monkeys. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

At the graveside Snowball made a little speech, emphasising the need for all animals to be ready to die for Animal Farm if need be. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Armed men took to the streets to hunt down the animals. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

By the end of the seventeenth century, preformation was considered the most logical and consistent explanation for human and animal heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t look like a wild animal!” the child would yell like its mother. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we go on like this we’ll be devoured by animals.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever the thing was, it was steadily working its way through Room F. By now, fully half the animals in the room had died. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know for a fact that all the animals he had pictured there had babies called a “calf.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Cavalry soldiers, ninety-seven Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Sioux Indians, another fifty Cossacks and Hussars, 180 horses, eighteen buffalo, ten elk, ten mules, and a dozen other animals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was powerful, lean, and lived surrounded by ferocious animals more wolf than dog and fiercely devoted to her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s about right. Just a bunch of animals here, making money for you big bosses.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Imagine living on plankton all those years! We use it only for animal feed.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ribosomes inside the mitochondria are similar to bacterial ribosomes, and different from animal ribosomes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie was sitting upstairs with Mo, watching him remove a book from its mildewed binding as carefully as if he were releasing an injured animal from a trap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But until that happens, it is desperately urgent that we try to give those animals being used today much better places to live, much better care, much more respect, and much more love. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Again thinking of man as a part of the animal kingdom, he realized that “Jealousy probably originally entirely sexual.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By making a picture of an animal they meant to bring the animal itself within their grasp, and in “killing” the image they thought they had killed the animal’s vital spirit. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was a world, a pocket of the past where extinct animals could walk. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Not for what they wanted to do with him, but for what they did to the earth with their machines, and to the animals with their packs of dogs and their guns. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before animal domestication, the sole means of transporting goods and people by land was on the backs of humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The animal had bolted past Sergeant Amen as he opened the cage, and the sergeants had immediately run out of the room and shut the door behind them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wild animal that feels that it no longer has any reason to live reaches in the end a point when its remaining energies may actually be directed toward dying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phenomenon of laughter is unknown to animals; though it is possible that dogs and elephants may have some inkling of it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet look like animal paws in sandals, heavily calloused with thick nail- claws and coated with dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I agree that you didn’t tell us the whole truth. No way would I have gone into the woods if I knew there would be dangerous animals.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The ways in which domesticated animals have diverged from their wild ancestors include the following. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I asked for Barbie dolls, children’s beauty and nail supplies, stuffed animals, a new bike, and Rollerblades. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There were more mounds of rubble where some houses had been; others had lost their fronts or sides, revealing their insides like gutted animals. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother would sometimes be a large animal, barely real in the dark; then she would become a mother again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the wreckage of the hull, which was resting against a big rock, was teetering and threatening to collapse on top of the tangled animal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A few animals rummaged for food, and Tally watched in silent horror as a stray rabbit was taken by a wolf, the short struggle leaving only a patch of blood and for. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Not because she needed something else to care for—no dog can take the place of our baby girl—but I read this thing about emotional support animals." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thus, many wild animal species reached the first stage in the sequence of animal-human relations leading to domestication, but only a few emerged at the other end of that sequence as domestic animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

During the winter, the cows and other animals come off the pastures and into the barns. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Generally he wore a gray business suit if he was working in his office, or a white lab coat if he was working with animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a photograph on the mantle of Bruce holding a rifle in front of a giant dead animal. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Birds and animals such as rabbits were nowhere to be seen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Roz dropped down from the tree and waited as the frightened animals slowly returned. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The soul, Descartes claimed, is unique to rational human beings; animals have no soul and no capacity to reason. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, at the time, women who followed any sort of intellectual pursuit—especially a study of “noxious animals”—were deemed abnormal. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She probably would have been enthusiastic if we’d offered to make mittens for the animals. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His head turned instantly Many animals intensely dislike being disturbed while they are eating. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But no one would seriously describe this evolutionary process as domestication, because birds and bats and other animal consumers don’t fulfill the other part of the definition: they don’t consciously grow plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mack said, “Doc, you got any need for any kind of animals now?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lived daily with the birth and death of every kind of animal, and we were expected to get used to it, or at least the boys were. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The animal control building comes into view on the right. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And out of the end of his wand burst, not a shapeless cloud of mist, but a blinding, dazzling, silver animal. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The little animal fell to the ground and the mother began to lick it, leaving it as clean and shiny as waxed wood, coaxing it with her muzzle to stand up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn’t expect. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

During those rare moments when I sat alone in my room among my stuffed animals, I daydreamed about Vince and what it would be like to be his ordinary girlfriend and have real dates. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These seem to me like the inscriptions I used to read about, carved on the stone walls of caves, or drawn with a mixture of soot and animal fat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither dared confront the thought that man is a thinking animal in whom the intellect directs the urge to hunt and the ability to kill. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He went to the corral and marked the animals and plants: cow, goat, pig, hen, cassava, caladium, banana. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In Kangik she would live as her ancestors had, in rhythm with the animals and the climate. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside lay eight antique rings, all carved or shaped like animals. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes this morning, but they were blank and unfocused, the eyes of a newborn animal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

An animal inhabits its space, whether in a zoo or in the wild, in the same way chess pieces move about a chessboard—significantly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that. They rout up the forest floor and destroy the plants and the animals that live among them. They’re smelly. . . .” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unknown to her, a strange animal lived in that hole, and he soon felt the warm tears falling upon his skin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

One manual I had read said to watch what the birds and animals were eating in order to learn what is edible and nonedible in the forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal was in the middle of Fitz Hugh Sound, swimming through the cold black water more than a mile from the Canadian shore. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the testing can cause the animal a lot of pain. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

With one final yank, I wonder if I’ll wake up as a balloon animal, pinched off in the spots the suit covers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They depend on animals to eat them and spread their seeds, so they have evolved to be noticed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He said that no animals were allowed at either shelter. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When Nesci Brothers men start moving Benzini Brothers animals and equipment into their tents and onto their train, even the most fervently optimistic among us can no longer deny the obvious. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Bones of domestic animals were important raw materials for artifacts of Neolithic peoples before the development of metallurgy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In these four areas the onset of food production provides little or no evidence for the domestication of local plant or animal species, but also little or no evidence for the replacement of human population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Jews were chained to the carts like a team of draught horses and whipped like animals. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He gets halfway to the animal and realizes there is nothing to be done. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My life turned to Hollywood oddly enough, and it proved a strange place to live and a surprising place to run into an animal that could and did change my life. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They fell on the town all through the night in a silent storm, and they covered the roofs and blocked the doors and smothered the animals who slept outdoors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought immediately of the moon snail that Fred showed me in Folly Cove and I wondered how nature could make that perfect pattern in two different animals, for different reasons. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It brought some comfort to every member of the family to know that the big animal lay stretched at the foot of Jethro’s bed, his sharp ears alert to every sound outside the cabin. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal’s body cavity was a lake of blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then one of them would throw a bone back over a shoulder into the bush, and the watching animals gazed hungrily after. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine her to already be animal, without needing three days to get there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Shiloh lets me go through first, he follows, and then we’re both together, like a six-legged animal, pounding along up the path, legs bumping, Shiloh leaping up to lick my hand. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina is perched on one of the horses, her long legs crossed and her hand around the pole holding the plastic animal upright. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Looking him directly in the eye—in a way in which no other animal would dare—the hare calmly walked over to the place where the lion kept his food and began to help himself. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He rejected the notion that animals and plants suffered sudden annihilations, and believed that all the principal animal groups–mammals, reptiles, fish, and so on–had coexisted since the dawn of time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And if they could talk to animals, and the animals could talk to them, what didn’t they know about human beings? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turquoise, macaw and parrot feathers, seashells, obsidian, flint, and animal hides were among the many items traded among all the peoples who were part of this trade network. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But he had performed a mass sacrifice of approximately fifty animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the troop was close to the sleeping cliff, the animals spread out and applied themselves to digging in the soil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bring him a bowl of food every time I go animal watching, and he always shows up. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We are still animals, and our physical, emotional and cognitive abilities are still shaped by our DNA. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the phone down like it’s a dangerous animal. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The trees are columns of slick, brindled bark like muscular animals overgrown beyond all reason. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s well documented among animals, notably our closest relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though we had plunged suddenly into mid-country peace, yet I knew that here, somewhere close by in the night, there was a zoo with its dangerous animals. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night when it all happened to him—and those poor animals—he knew Jenny was crazy. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cecile’s gaze roamed from the hanging sheets, up the broken pecan tree, to the animals, the garden, and then out beyond the pines until I was sure she was staring off into her mind. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She smelled like roses and clean animal fur—a weird but somehow intoxicating smell. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

No one had bothered to feed him since Captain Longfellow— who, like most Englishmen, was kinder to animals than to people—had dropped him on the pier along with all the other baggage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal magnetism was coming from behind him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Homo sapiens long preferred to view itself as set apart from animals, an orphan bereft of family, lacking siblings or cousins, and most importantly, without parents. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the word animal includes all living creatures except for plants. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

More snarling rose, and then a scream, high and animal. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wall of wood and mud allowed only a trickle of water to pass through, and it had turned a narrow stream into the wide pond that many animals now called home. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were other animals in the house besides the parrot. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time that they were alone on the deserted fields behind the garage he pulled her mercilessly into an animal state that left her exhausted. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In that way, I was like any smart wild animal. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I get up slowly so I don’t startle it, but it seems like a different animal than the one that faced me a few seconds ago. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Though I knew nothing about animals, she said that when I grew up I would go to Africa and study them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The animals weren’t the only ones who could forage to survive. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I always liked to see a fight between bulls or bears or wild boars or almost any wild animals. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, he looked round the basement, turning his head like an animal with eyes and ears alert, searching to see if anything was amiss. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His teeth looked sharp and white as an animal’s. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three Dauntless-born initiates stand among the other worn and dirty animals. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To keep warm, they crouched around the blaze and laughed, and Timothy saw the little letters leap like frightened animals when the flames touched and engulfed them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man shouted at the animal and then, when it still didn’t answer, he lost his temper and kicked it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were simply animals in these...appropriate vehicles. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But somehow neither the words nor the tune ever seemed to the animals to come up to Beasts of England. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And of course it means that billions of animals are doomed to live out their lives on factory farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In new territory, out of reach of the restraining hand of the natural enemies that kept down its numbers in its native land, an invading plant or animal is able to become enormously abundant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The carcasses of burnt and butchered animals dotted the ground, under living blankets of carrion crows that rose, cawing furiously, when disturbed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In an attempt to discourage wild animals from eating the other half of his food while he worked, Tree-ear had taken to hiding it closer to the house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Moon Girl’s right. You don’t want to tangle with those monsters. You never know when their animal side will try to take your arm off.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I just don’t see any point in having animals like that running around on earth. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually the animals decided to hold a meeting. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly bursting into light and the vision of eight hundred eyes that had gathered to see them prevail, they spread out thoughtlessly, the layup lines forming without conscience, animals of habit. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals were so disturbed that they could hardly sleep in their stalls. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He screamed the tortured cry of an animal in pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, members of most solitary territorial animal species cannot be herded. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

However, there are growing examples in animal research demonstrating that animals do indeed use music, and that monkeys and other animals use musical patterns and can hear abstractions in music as well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his belly, his chin resting on his hands, looking at Barbarossa as if he were some strange animal who had just crawled out of the canal and crept into Ida's house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, however, Snowball and Napoleon butted the door open with their shoulders and the animals entered in single file, walking with the utmost care for fear of disturbing anything. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they sucked on lollipops, watching us the way they watched the animals. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Being denied its “freedom” for too long, the animal becomes a shadow of itself, its spirit broken. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The farmers would put out scraps for the animals, and she’d jump for it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I suppose even a simple slogan can be twisted into whatever shape we want, like a balloon animal—we can even make it loop back around on itself, becoming a noose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Psychologists are still teaching animals to perform various tasks by punishing them with electric shocks every time they make a mistake. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it was like he’d thought about it and come to a decision: that he’d continue with the animals as the mood took him, but if I came in, he’d stop and put them away. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other two now allowed him first access to any newly killed and bleeding animal provided by the cat, and he lived solely on the fresh bipod that could be licked from the carcass. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That persistence of Chinese writing in Japan and Korea is a vivid 20th-century legacy of plant and animal domestication in China nearly 10,000 years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bullfighting is a cruel sport where innocent animals are tormented, tortured, killed, and have their ears cut off. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was a UN mandate that calling an animal endangered worked like clicking ruby slippers, and meant they’d have to drop everything and whisk us to safety. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Where I come from, nearly all the animals talk." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

My mother was less sure, seeing the injury, but the pair of them went to work on it, grinding up herbs and coaxing brews down the animal's throat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t a hope of fighting them off, and he didn’t want Maria’s last image of him to be of a terrified farm animal being dragged off to slaughter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human and animal foragers are constantly prioritizing and making effort-allocation decisions, even if only unconsciously. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As you can see, most of those kernels wind up being fed to animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond the ring of their firelight, there was nothing except animal sounds and insects, the black wildness of the jungles and swamps, the swelter of the interior. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once the animal was up on the table, they all gazed in awe. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boy tsched his mule—for nothing, apparently, because he had to kick his sides with creamy heels before the animal obeyed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually the plans grew into a complicated mass of cranks and cog-wheels, covering more than half the floor, which the other animals found completely unintelligible but very impressive. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t like seeing all those animals and birds and fish behind bars and glass just so a lot of people can stare at them. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stacked more meat into his canoe and went in search of the other animals left behind. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Her chest rose and fell with animal breathing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I inspected them to see that they appeared normal. On occasion, with some of these shipments, one or two animals were injured or had skin lesions.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can't stop looking at Rue, smaller than ever, a baby animal curled up in a nest of netting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The animals watched as the robot glided across the meadow, surrounded by a warm glow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He likes to compare people to animals, and he always observes the world like it’s so new and exciting. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The eyes of some animal peer at me from the neighboring tree -a possum maybe -catching the firelight from the Careers' torches. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I mean, who really cares about dividing decimals or contrasting the parts of plants, animals, and one-celled organisms when you’ve had the kind of morning I have? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though she were telling them they had done wrong to approach this human animal, and should now stay away from her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was fascinated by the ordered ridges of stone that had once been the soft body of a sea animal. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Germs thus acquired ultimately from domestic animals played decisive roles in the European conquests of Native Americans, Australians, South Africans, and Pacific islanders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The number of animals that needed to be dealt with was staggering. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A love for these animals wells up in me suddenly, a flash flood, and there it is, solid as an obelisk and viscous as water. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In order to feed himself, he had to devote a large part of each day to stalking animals. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want not to be walled up in slums, in the ghettoes, like animals. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among all the world’s large creatures, the only survivors of the human flood will be humans themselves, and the farmyard animals that serve as galley slaves in Noah’s Ark. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later on that morning, the animals came up from the pasture—the sheep, the lambs, the gander, the goose, and the seven goslings. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

That includes interviews with the four or five laboratory workers who cared for the animals, which have since been destroyed as a precaution, and any other people who were near the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has to strike them and sink in and be confirmed by other voices before they begin to sound like a herd of wounded animals, moaning, shrieking, calling for help. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know much,” said the Wart, “about the animals and earth.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m allergic to animals with fur. I get hives all over my arms and legs.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As the gray and silent army marched past, led by Jody, the animals stopped their feeding and their play and watched it go by. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

That reduces the stress on the animals from too much heat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It proved to be a bony, underfed, and dispirited animal; but it did not look like dying just yet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The weapons wrapped themselves around the animals’ legs and brought them down to be killed by volleys of sling missiles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not making anybody a balloon animal today,” Agent Jones said to himself. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He began to pace back and forth like an animal in a cage, pausing only to point a finger at Violet. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

We thank him for providing food, and even though his death gives us life, it is hard to thank even an animal enough for that. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nowadays, among fields and woods, the noise level by day is high—too high for some kinds of animal to tolerate. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each of those areas, food production was initiated by some of the same suite of domestic plants and animals that launched it in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the animal over and showed the boy the small neat hole where the bullet had entered. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My daughter has an unnatural fondness for animals," the queen says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies! But there is no animal." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Of course, if diprotodons had been the only large animal to disappear at this time, it might have been just a fluke. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yassuh,” Noah replied, pulling the animal into a more controlled gait. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal has another original use for its urine: in hot, dry weather it will cool itself by relieving its bladder on the ground and stirring up a refreshing mud bath with its paws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a year I arranged for a priest to come and bless unions, animals, and machines, baptize children, and say a belated prayer for the dead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the attack had started, he’d disappeared in a flood of demons and animals. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For several hours Frightful bobbed her head and looked from one strange animal to another in this world of ancient survivors. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Moreover, this animal can smell the identity of identical twins, and will follow the tracks of one or the other as though they had been made by the same man. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chest felt as if a huge and ugly animal were sitting on it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the third Sunday after Snowball’s expulsion, the animals were somewhat surprised to hear Napoleon announce that the windmill was to be built after all. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A clear blue sky cast its light over the oasis.The sand next to the water was marked with animal prints, and the metal chest was still hidden under the grape arbor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicknamed “Mendel’s bulldog”—an animal that he resembled both in countenance and temperament—Bateson traveled to Germany, France, Italy, and the United States, giving talks on heredity that emphasized Mendel’s discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is really important for animals that we speak our minds when we see something wrong. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And even with the animal—you mistook it for something dangerous.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have journals full of sad poems, and they didn’t smile from ear to ear when Ivy taught them how to draw cute animals and glass girls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A giraffe stretched his long neck out over the heads of the other animals and let a little boy in a sailor-suit tickle its nose. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They wore jackets and leggings of animal skins. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Eye tried to pry the animal’s jaws open, but it was much stronger than it looked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked more human now, less like a caged animal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She began to attack it ferociously, gnawing on it with the side of her mouth, dancing around it as if it were an animal she had successfully brought down in a hunt. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What, the lion’s fur? Isn’t that, like, an animal rights violation or something?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“In animal coloring and camouflage,” Mr. Lyons practically yelled, “what characteristic is usually indicated by bright, vivid colors?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the animals sat facing them in the main body of the barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Since she was self-sufficient, relying on her garden and animals for sustenance, she didn’t know anyone in town. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It looked like a cross between a vampire pig and a black bear—an absolutely massive animal with thick, matted fur and teeth that extended below its mouth. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But behind her, hanging on the wall, like emblems in the Renaissance, or those heads of animals, moose or bear, you used to find in northern bars, is another face, covered with a white cloth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was examining the fence and the way the wire was buried underground so animals could not crawl or dig under it, when from the corner of his eye he saw something move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Tang people had surrounded the bull, slapping and shouting and even cutting at him with knives, trying to drive him back to join his brother animals. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teenage boy and the man are as close to wild animal observation as anything I've seen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Lelia decorates the studio with colored butcher paper and animal posters and cutouts her students make. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be just my luck, of course, to be savaged by an animal with a flea collar and a medical history. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that sooner or later the strange animal would appear and that they would then all be in danger. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Behind it, and behind the enormous wall, they had huddled at night in wooden shacks, together wife their domestic animals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the animals were reacting, so the danger had to be small. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear the way she rambled on about the animals, pretending that they talked?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

There were sweaters with animals on them, shirts with stripes and shirts with squares, dresses in colors as varied as Grand-grand Uncle’s paints. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the animals plunged their muzzles into the water, hunting parties attacked, forcing the startled bison to flee into a dead-end gully. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t exactly sure what animals were producing such noisy grunts, but they became louder. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The animal in front of you must know where it stands, whether above you or below you. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard an animal bellow like that, with such fluctuations in tone and pitch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Transportation, ploughing, grinding and other tasks, hitherto performed by human sinew, were increasingly carried out by animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked cautiously at the dried animals hanging on the walls, the heaps of withered herbs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I’m like an animal who’s been locked out of his nice, safe cage.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a fleeting second he thought it might be a thief, but then he discounted that, because robbers in a place like this were as unlikely as wild animals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little animal’s noise fell away to an occasional disgruntled squeak, but he ran from shoulder to shoulder to keep watch on the cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sharpe could not abide music; something in its vibrations agitated his animal spirits and contributed to his peevish disposition. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A furry animal the size of a field mouse, but with eyes and ears as big as a chinchilla’s, scurries over my left boot to nibble on leaves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The food inside was exposed to animals and the weather, ruining it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sub-Saharan Africa has fewer candidates, 51 species, just as it has fewer species in most other plant and animal groups—because it’s smaller and ecologically less diverse than Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You surely don’t mean,” said the Jackdaw to the Badger, ‘ that you think it’s a talking animal! It didn’t say any words.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

You have to take the animals out of it, get right to the point. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was dressed normally, but he had these huge furry mittens on his hands, like animal paws. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

With every bang the animals jumped and looked alarmed, but they were not to be distracted from their main business of roaring in each others faces. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We avoid thinking about, or having anything to do with, the slaughter of the animals we eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The swift-footed animals that were my compass have left me behind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My body’s thinner than it’s ever been and my battle against hunger is so fierce that sometimes the animal part of me gives in to the temptation of buttered bread or roasted meat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So his conclusions about the human body were mostly based on studies of other animals and were incorrect in many ways. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In some ways this is not surprising: the New World had fewer animal candidates for taming than the Old. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sight of the dying animal brought back the memory of the creature she had killed in Ento, and for a moment she thought her stomach would turn itself inside out. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The lion says these guys are animal smugglers!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It took us a while to straighten out our sleeping bags and put the stuffed animals back where they belonged. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If the sand was too fine for the animals’ hooves, they sought a way where the sand was more substantial. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of him, each of Eldred’s six heirs are said to have some animal characteristic, a thing that is not unusual in Faerie but is unusual among the trooping Gentry of the Courts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Getting animals used to the presence of humans is at the heart of the art and science of zookeeping. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

With savage scorn I’d refer to the ‘animals’ playing football or baseball. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t we say, “There’s no place like home”? That’s certainly what animals feel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As in Africa, in the Americas the spread of native crops and domestic animals was slowed by constricted skies and environmental barriers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course man was an animal—he was not a vegetable or a mineral, was he? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the awkward animals, the ones with their two-legged lurching and their odd smell, brought her back. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The animal reared, trumpeting, and plunged ahead, the press shattering before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We needed to keep all our belongings around us, the water, the food, packed tightly in bags and jugs so no animals or people would steal it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Two warriors had come after her and Mama, chased them down like animals. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Most animals are whatever color God made them and have to stay that way, but Leon is whatever dern color he wants to be. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It showed an owl, Athena’s sacred animal, with an olive branch on one side and a Greek inscription on the other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In no time, I've cleaned and gutted the animal, leaving the head, feet, tail, skin, and innards, under a pile of leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even if poor, the men were decent, worthy of respect, accomplished in the manly arts of riding and pistol shooting, but not reckless with either animals or firearms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They keep us bottled up here like wild animals, he thought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on the sea-coast, within a foreign vessel’s reach, not an animal, not a fruit tree, had been left. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s say you want to remember ten animals: elephant, giraffe, cow, duck, bison, echidna,* sheep, praying mantis, ladybug, and tabby cat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In a forest, or wood—any kind of natural area—all the different kinds of plants and animals make up a whole, wonderful, complex pattern. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

What if Matt stole the animal and sent her a ransom note? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just going to run for it when suddenly, between him and the desert, a huge animal bounded into view. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They heard a branch snap somewhere in the bushes, as if a large animal was creeping about. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And if ever they could, the animals would return the favor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The baskets fitted so tightly the animals could hardly wiggle as cages of tsetse flies were placed over them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The resulting artificial habitat was meant only for humans and 'their' plants and animals, and was often fenced off by walls and hedges. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was my four-year-old self, playing near the fields as my brother and the other boys slung stones at the birds and other animals that might try to eat the people’s precious crops. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Normally, no one would have kept domestic animals in such a lethal place, but the creatures had a very special purpose. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large plants and animals did not colonize the land until the last 10 percent of Earth history. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the modern availability of synthetic fertilizers produced by chemical factories, the major source of crop fertilizer today in most societies is still animal manure—especially of cows, but also of yaks and sheep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to vanish off the face of the earth, but viruses never go away, they only hide, and Marburg continued to cycle in some reservoir of animals or insects in Africa. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Fish and Wildlife Service has found it necessary to express serious concern over this trend, pointing out that “parathion treated areas constitute a potential hazard to humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She moved with a feline, predatory grace, and I understood why the lion was her sacred animal: It was all about languid power. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I helped him construct a sturdy stick barricade around the periphery so the jungle animals and village goats would not come in and wreck our tender vegetables when they came. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bucks her head, her knotted blonde hair whipping at her back as she cries out, a keening, animal wail. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Next, I carried in a garbage bag containing my stuffed animals. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She screamed, a long and shrill animal screech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She touched one with a bare foot, as if the plait were some sort of unknown animal. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first Kaede thought it was another wolf, and her dagger was in her hand before she realized it was not a wild animal. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Or how my tongue would tie in the initial attempts, stiffen so, struggle like an animal booby-trapped and dying inside my head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to look the doctor in the eye, to make him see me, like if he knew I was a hurt animal and not a practice dummy or something, he’d be nice to me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I made a little hole through the pile of pillows and stuffed animals and peeked at the clock on my wall. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The variety of wild animals thus tamed is far greater than the variety eventually domesticated, and includes some species that we would scarcely have imagined as pets. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eurasia’s native cows, sheep, goats, horses, and pigs were among the world’s few large wild animal species to pass all those tests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I suppose I can’t force you, Mikayla, if you feel this is against animal rights. You can sit in the hallway by the lockers and fill out a worksheet.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As she arranged the animals in a line on the floor, she frowned. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fellows holding up the cardboard animals were ready, and Red was ready. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed absurd to spend my nights in such cramped quarters with an animal who was becoming roomy in his needs, when I could have an entire island. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Left to its own devices, it had grown knotted and wild, like a circus whose animals had forgotten their tricks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some animals, there is no dilemma at dinnertime. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For that is what animals are, conservative, one might even say reactionary. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can help by buying products that have not been tested on animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

My voice caught in my throat like a trapped animal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The note said that during the night two of the animals had “gone down.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On December 6, the whole place began to quiver underfoot like a giant animal trying to shake fleas from its back. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To all animals, even pollywogs, the family has a distinctive aroma, as distinctive as a clan plaid. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough they drowned porpoises and dolphins, but they also occasionally caught mythological animals. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were all aboard, the animal started walking, pulling the wagon up the road in the same direction we had been heading. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Antonio,” my mother called, “hurry and feed the animals! Make sure they have enough water! You know your father will forget them while we are away!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then we would be like the dumb animals of the fields,” Florence replied. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards Squealer made a round of the farm and set the animals’ minds at rest. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He was a regular visitor who read the labels and descriptive notices in their entirety and approved of every animal he saw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You know full well, Stark. This girl of yours attacked my son. Her and her butcher's boy. That animal of hers tried to tear his arm off." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain said, “Take that animal back and tie it some place, Sergeant, then come back.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of limiting the number of animals, cities could make ordinances to keep people from hoarding chickens in living rooms. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Keep her then, but keep her safe. If these animals think they can use her . . . well, sweet sister, let me point out that a scale tips two ways." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The freeway billboard has a drawing of Mack in his clown clothes and Stella on her hind legs and an angry animal with fierce eyes and unkempt hair. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

For one thing, though Tommy carried on with his animal pictures, he became cagey about doing them in my presence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark underbelly of the human animal was turned loose on that vehicle. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The next thing Marly liked best about the Fair was the place where the animals were. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Granted, coaching suburban kids in a sport that they enjoyed was a completely different animal than teaching art history in a struggling inner city high school, but the difference between the students was glaring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know whether it was the correct one, or if it was made by people or animals, but it went in the right direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tunnel looked big enough for a good-sized animal to crawl through. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That is the best way to try to help save the wild animals that remain. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s gaze had locked on an illuminated tent set across the Night Zoo’s grounds; other beastkeepers were already heading toward it with animals in tow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then came a screech, not human, not animal, but worse than either, and he knew it was that loathsome monkey. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I’m right. You want a story without animals.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not necessarily true. And the word is extinct. When an animal completely dies off, every last one of its kind, then you say it’s extinct.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There have been rumors that wealthy people in the Philippines who own private estates in the rain forest have been importing African animals illegally, releasing them into the Philippine jungle, and hunting them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But cats and dogs and horses are mammals, a special kind of animal. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that there had been a strange animal there and that he had had to play his drum to keep the animal dancing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Except for the bacteria and worms that might still be alive in the remains of the animals, there was no other life left on the lifeboat but Richard Parker and me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used everything I could on that animal. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again the newly self-titled overlord of crime had outsmarted a couple of mere animals. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The animal noises in the dark forest, the branches snapping and singing, reminded her of their flight, and then of Lovey disappearing into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But both those careers had to do with dead animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once the animals were inside the trap, it was easy to drag the gate across the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They thought this would cause the animals to sleep as well, allowing the hunters to sneak up on them with ease. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It took me a moment to recall that Violet and Plug were the animal part of my legacy from Uncle Chester. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Roz first stomped across the island, the animal squawks and growls and chirps had sounded like nothing more than meaningless noises. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On it were hand-stitched all the streets and houses and gardens and yard animals and businesses and municipal buildings and creeks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He magicked the sickened explorer of animals back to bed, and glad enough he was to be there. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could make out the bulk of a large animal, crouched on a huge branch, dose to the trunk of the big tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the sun of Naples might be conducive to learning something about the biochemistry of the embryonic development of marine animals. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Moonlight streamed through the window and she could see the odd shapes of the half-finished clockwork animals scattered around the room. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

An arsenic-contaminated environment affects not only man but animals as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She ran, an animal endowed with contraction and extension; she ran; I have forgot my mantilla. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Some of them can kill an animal thirty times their size. Don’t you think that would be an amazing feeling, to have a weapon like that inside you?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His blow glanced from the jacket of animal skins, but the Huntsman lost his footing and dropped to earth. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It affected only animals that had access to contaminated food or water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They will kill the things they fear all the animals the people will starve. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those were things she had truly missed at the Academy: the warmth of animals, and the simple honesty of their energies. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All the animals trusted her, she was so quiet and friendly. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was pulled by animals whose feet made a hard, clattering sound against the ground. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I mean compared to other animals, of course. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We trudged over a low rise, through a nearby field, to a little brown shed with a rectangular animal pen beyond it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The lyrics contain many references to animals, foods, perfumed oils, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Those extinctions eliminated all the large wild animals that might otherwise have been candidates for domestication, and left native Australians and New Guineans with not a single native domestic animal. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Penny wakes every morning asking for her "Doodle" - a soft, brown stuffed animal that might be a monkey or maybe a squirrel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

An even greater number probably died from human violence, animal attacks, hunger, thirst, and disease. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like every other animal on this planet, we’re descended from a single-celled organism that lived millions of years ago. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Uganda was one of the biggest sources of these animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones — and South Africa treated its imprisoned African citizens like animals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he worked on the animal in the loading chute, but the bull stood still and never fought while Romero worked on him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They use animal blood. And they never give you the smell of death. I do admit this was the deadest guy I’ve ever seen. I mean, he was really flat.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Euthanasia of the animals with a minimum of suffering. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the humps moved and swelled till they burst, and the crumbled earth poured out of them, and from each hump there came out an animal. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

In Lingala, animal is just the plural form of meat — which tells you a lot about the state of wildlife conservation in Congo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When this happened, the girl almost entirely forgot about the strange animal and all the unhappiness which it had caused her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The root of the word is that for zoo, because the zodiacal constellations, like Leo, are mainly fancied to be animals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen the commercials on television for the aquarium—it’s supposed to have sharks and turtles and penguins and a million other sea animals. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This was my first serious observation of animal behavior. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He is surrounded by a smell, his own, the smell of a cooped-up animal in a dirty cage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truly domesticated animals differ in various ways from their wild ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She liked it better when she could be all alone with her friends the animals. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I used to think that you were the only animal who would ever care about me,” she said to her son. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without fungi to break things down, the earth would soon be covered with a blanket of dead plants and animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Caged animals squabbled with us through the bars. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In contrast, four species of big mammals—the goat, sheep, pig, and cow—were domesticated very early in the Fertile Crescent, possibly earlier than any other animal except the dog anywhere else in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nanabozho didn’t think much about the muskrat, because he was so small, just a little animal, too weak. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The air was hot and humid, pungent with the odors of sweaty wool, sawdust, and animal dung. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Moss was eight, and his father took him to watch the judging of the animals, and Moss remembered crying because they were all too rough with the pigs and the sheep. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bill and I decided that if we couldn’t catch any animals to eat, we should try for an edible plant of some sort. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, I didn’t have any stuffed animals, so I had to borrow one.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

What he was not interested in was hypnotism and prehistoric animals, as some pop-culture articles indicated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then the animals would stop breathing forever. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Almost half is eaten by animals and turned into beef, chicken, fish, or pork. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When I draw it, I’m going to make my skin see-through and what you’ll see is that all the animals in the zoo of me have broken out of their cages. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Blake glanced into his old room and saw my stuffed animals littering the bed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The odors of the laboratory animals, dogs, monkeys, mice, spin me back into memories, and it is difficult to know whether I am experiencing a new sensation or recalling the past. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Imagine a creature so unlike other animals that scholars once believed it was a plant.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She turned her attention toward the Boss, and her posture suddenly transformed into something animal, crouched and coiled like a cat ready to spring. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

With a last regretful glance at the dying animal, he unhinged his jaw and finned off to the southeast. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It looked like a dead animal sprawled on the floor. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boar’s severed right tusk fell at my feet, while the disoriented animal charged into the sea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If you are interested in animals,” someone told me, “you must meet Louis Leakey.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach flipped and my whole body cried out, a sound that was more like the yelp of an animal than my own voice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sierra wasn’t sure if all the cars had just vanished from the road and all the night animals had agreed to shush at exactly the same moment, or she was making the whole thing up. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“We only could include the animal if we saw it with our own eyes. So it’s not really a complete guide to Cape Ann.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The evil behind the abductions of people and animals and the pillaging of their homes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Animal rights supporters say that raising farm animals is a form of slavery. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Like I’m a dangerous animal in a zoo. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Corn has muscled out most of the other plants and animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Eilonwy still stood, though a third animal crouched in front of her. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t caused an animal a lot of suffering. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not just dropping them like an animal in the woods.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The oats taste like congealed animal fat in my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And up a little farther was a short row of carnival-type stalls, the kind where you can win a stuffed animal if you throw a baseball into a basket. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

All plaques hold important facts, like the wild turkey sign, not only about the animal in flight, but about conservation efforts to help them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And, indeed, compared to other animals, humans are born prematurely, when many of their vital systems are still under-developed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could be the set of all fourth graders who draw animals on their homework papers.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In contrast, the wild ancestors of most Southwest Asian crops and animals were absent from western Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two-legged animals were running about over their heads and making loud noises with their mouths. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Albert stretched out his arms to strangle the dripping animal, slipped on the water, and fell backwards. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Chet mustered up the courage to make a noise that sounded like it could be an animal. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The ken- nelmaster once told her that an animal takes after its master. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But on the edges of the plans he made other drawings, sometimes trees, sometimes faces or animals or bugs, sometimes just figures that you couldn’t make out at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did he always feel the need to bring home every piece of furniture he found, like they were stray animals?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t steal—it’s leftovers from lunch, mostly little bags of potato chips or animal cookies. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Terror—true, animal terror—fills the girl’s face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Although initially created by God, animals still had a chance to perfect their forms in the changing natural world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The man went inside with our passports, after we’d explained about the picnic and he’d glanced into the car and seen our daughter asleep, in her zoo of mangy animals. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some fairly large animal went leaping up the broken stone hill, or maybe a small animal and a big little avalanche. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals had really opened their mouths to pant; he thought they had opened their mouths to eat him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I think Pa just liked the way the Wildcat growled and rumbled like a crouching animal about to strike. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Overpopulation has deforested three-quarters of Africa, yielding drought, famine, and the probable extinction of all animals most beloved by children and zoos. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys halted, but the animals kept on coming. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, an animal wasn’t the audience she wanted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, Tommy even brought out his notebook and doodled away for new animal ideas while I read from the bed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are not designed to kill, but to frighten animals and people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In some of the weapons associated with the animals, images of plants have recently been recognized. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal glared at her as if to ask, what are you up to? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

People went into Level 4 areas all the time at the Institute, particularly the civilian animal caretakers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first few minutes the animals could hardly believe in their good fortune. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have much technology, but they had a pond, and acres of land, and animals. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“But he’s a very good boy, and he’s a good worker. He cleans the animal cages at the research lab. He will be like a brother to you.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

No animal wants to get close, much less munch on the reeking, exotic, wine-colored blossom. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Afterward, seeking the company of animals, I enter the menagerie and tour the perimeter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Especially useful contributions have been made by ecological geographers, cultural anthropologists, biologists studying plant and animal domestication, and scholars concerned with the impact of infectious diseases on history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That sign says do not feed the animals. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I own an animal now, he said to himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

For birds and animals, as for poor men, winter is another matter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long the other animals began to arrive and make themselves comfortable after their different fashions. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Some infant chimps are sold to animal dealers. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If some big animal runs through here and catches a paw, it’ll be hoisted up into the air in a big hammock.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Rebeca’s firm character, the voracity of her stomach, her tenacious ambition absorbed the tremendous energy of her husband, who had been changed from a lazy, woman-chasing man into an enormous work animal. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But Aureliano José knew then what he had to do, because he was no longer a child but a barracks animal. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hyenas attack in packs whatever animal can be run down, its flanks opened while still in full motion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t there another way to work those types of spells besides using things from animals?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She actually bared her teeth like a wild animal, and Matt watched with interest to see whether she would manage to sink them into the man’s neck. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has pushed other plants and animals off the American farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The little animals took no apparent notice of his approach. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Inka masonry amazed the conquistadors, who could not understand how they put together such enormous stones without mortar or draft animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was Zeke that cried out like a wounded animal, trying for a few precious moments to push the much heavier woman off him as she tore away a great chunk of flesh. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They could not sleep, tormented by the uproar of the animals. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, when an animal gets sick, the Salatins try to figure out what is going wrong in their system. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Although Verwoerd thought Africans were beneath animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And people are different from animals because they can have pictures on the screens in their heads of things which they are not looking at. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a long moment, man and animal stared at each other. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Feed: Like all animals, chickens have complex dietary requirements that must be met if they are to remain healthy and lay well. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was a man well versed in the ways of animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As far as plants are concerned, we’re just one of thousands of animal species that unconsciously “domesticate” plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought she was some kind of wounded animal,” said the third person. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

New Yorkers knew the Central Park Zoo was home to dangerous wild animals, and the article played to the fear of them. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I wanted him to bring home actual stray animals, so imagine my disappointment whenever he’d come home with a chair.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As we settled in the living room and Farmer watched Catherine play with her stuffed animals, Didi called to him from the kitchen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s a way of saying who the animal’s father is.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She felt better the next morning, but she got a nasty surprise when she made a tour of the animal traps. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She inserted a needle into the animals’ leg vein and drew the blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found a second animal that also had droopy eyelids, with that certain squint in the eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing my ground quite well when visions of bears, lions, and all kinds of other animals started flashing across my mind. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pushed open the door, Miss Turner leaned over and said to me, “Sam, we have some very good books on plants and trees and animals, in case you get stuck.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sit there like a fool, making small talk and boring observations about stray animals, hoping I don’t embarrass myself with my limited Spanish vocabulary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Griffith approached the problem by focusing on the microbe: Why was pneumococcus so fatal to animals? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here, then, we seem to be on the verge of that fusion of human and animal identity that distinguishes the earliest historical religions of Egypt and Mesopotamia. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’ll bring him to animal control 1st thing in the morning. I’d like to give Lucy time to say good-bye.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then Branch chased a small rodent or nosed about an opening in the earth, frightening whatever small animal made its home there. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were favored animals, not starved, but well furred, the golden hair tempered with black guard hairs. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like the animals really did have shf. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful animal, and had Celaena not known better, she would have thought it purebred. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the village everyone seemed to be staring at her now as if she were an exotic animal in a zoo. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few terraces still have animals grazing at this hour. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The legend that the herbicides are toxic only to plants and so pose no threat to animal life has been widely disseminated, but unfortunately it is not true. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Overwhelmed by pain, he lay there in the fearsome stench for hours, listened to the men and animals die, and learned what warfare meant. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those lands became productive not only for European settlers but also, in some cases, for Native Americans, as soon as Europeans introduced suitable domestic animals and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Other animals are similarly endowed with signaling mechanisms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamps had been lit now and there was a deceptive normality about the big stone rooms with their colorful murals, animal skin rugs, embroidered drapes, and comfortable gilded furniture. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the following springtime animals were drawn to the young plants that sprouted. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Over time the acids eat away at the rumen wall, allowing bacteria to enter the animal’s bloodstream. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When we hunt animals, then also can we be killed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gentle father—an artist, so uncompromised in his own peace—looks like a terrified, wounded animal now. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The question awakes inside me an animal rage that won’t be satisfied by sharp words or insults. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"Old Nan says the children knew the songs of the trees, that they could fly like birds and swim like fish and talk to the animals," Bran said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re not the only one who wishes to gawk and gape at our resident caged animal. I am considering charging admission.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We passed all kinds of tame animals, A sea turtle napped in a stack of beach towels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Spanish armies traveled in a porcine cloud; drawn by the supper trough, the lean, hungry animals circled the troops like darting dogs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It might have been monkey meat— people in that area hunt monkeys for food—or it might have been the meat of some other animal, such as an elephant or a bat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giant animals moved about inside the mountains dimly, like shadows, huge, terrible shadows. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, silence fell as the huge animals left the water and went foraging for grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning, a civilian animal caretaker put on a space suit and went inside to feed the monkeys and clean their cages and check on their physical condition. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they never will learn,” he added and laughed, as though he had somehow scored a personal triumph over the electrocuted animals. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has no interest in seeing animals in pain or their blood. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Across the small room, the twins’ mattress was on the floor, a mess of blankets and dirty stuffed animals. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“And even if we sold it, you couldn’t possibly pay the price. What kind of animal do you have at home?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He taught me to beware of water holes because they attract animals and people. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This overwhelming musk of animal waste and chemicals—almost like the odor of salt water and unwashed bodies. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She settles back against my pillows, against my worn stuffed animals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had a sheep dog to help him and a horse to ride all day long behind the grazing animals. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She said no word, but he heard her panting as an animal pants which has run for a long way. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One of the animal caretakers was very sick, might be dying. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny went to the larder and found bread and sour milk for the animals. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 23 he had seemed so uncharacteristically narcotized in starting-gate drills that a bystander had remarked, “You’d swear he was a dull-witted lead pony instead of the high-strung animal he is.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the raffling of the mule, Petra Cotes and he bought some more animals with which they managed to set up a primitive lottery business. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We want a story without animals that will explain the sinking of the Tsimtsum.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sprinted across the grass and mashed through a bed of peonies and lunged toward me like a crazed animal. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This of course raised the subject of deer and something Granddaddy called the food chain and each animal’s place in the natural order. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

One of them flicked a peanut at the animal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were strong and healthy, and they could stand on their back legs and eat the leaves from the shrubs that other animals could not reach. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The cops and the FBI would hunt him down, rescue the two stolen dogs, send the other mutts to the nearest animal control center, and haul him off to jail. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was likely saving any number of new people and animals and homes, and in the midst of it all he’d gotten overwhelmed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There were magicians in the forest also in those legendary days, as well as strange animals not known to modern works of natural history. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flowers, candles, stuffed animals, and cards were in the pile, but more than any other item, there were books. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They slowly honed their hunting skills, and began going after large animals around 400,000 years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were covered with pictures Celia had torn out of magazines: movie stars, animals, babies—Matt wasn’t thrilled by the babies, but Celia found them irresistible—flowers, news stories. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My room was a place for my stuffed animals to live and a home for my huge brown Raggedy Ann doll, the one Grandma India made for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But old Grandma always used to say, “Back in time immemorial, things were different, the animals could talk to human beings and many magical things still happened.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the hot necropsy zone, under the tarp, they sacrificed the animals and dissected them while wearing Racal suits, taking samples of blood and tissue, which they froze in jars of liquid nitrogen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs he found the animals waiting patiently by the door for their early morning run. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s had a bad time, mi patron. For six months they’ve kept him like a wild animal.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In walked a sturdy blond woman wearing khaki shorts and a green T-shirt with the animal shelter’s logo on it. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We fold foods that will not spoil into pieces of animal skin. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always she kept an eye out for hiding places—logs, roots, stones, things to scurry under if she should meet a larger animal who might be unfriendly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Several domestic animals yielded animal fibers—especially wool from sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas, and silk from silkworms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the mere mention of food, my stomach growled like a wild animal. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Catching his horse by the bridle, Ser Dontos tried to mount, but the animal would not stand still and the knight was so drunk that his bare foot kept missing the stirrup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some ethologists go on and on asking questions about one particular kind of animal. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the Party slogan put it: “Proles and animals are free.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The boy observed in silence the progress of the animals and people across the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lurvy sat down under an apple tree and lit his pipe; the animals sniffed the familiar smell of strong tobacco. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the World Health Organization, spraying in Venezuela, is reported to have reduced cats to the status of a rare animal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most members of agricultural and industrial societies are domesticated animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This frightened all the smaller animals, who feared that the lion would eat them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The mill starch can be used in animal feed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

After the long chase, I figured the animal was winded and would stay in the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiger is a fascinating animal at any time, and all the more so when it is your sole companion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the bush came the strange animal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

These animals, in turn, were being jammed together in cages, exposed to one another, passing viruses back and forth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that there was no animal stronger than the lion, with the exception, perhaps, of the elephant. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There he dipped a wooden javelin into the blood of a sacrificial animal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I collapsed to the ground and groaned the way I thought an animal might. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The young bounced around the adults, ambushing one another, rolling in mock battle, and shrieking for protection when an older animal lost patience and bared its teeth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place smelled of clean hay and wood, and not of animals, although he could hear chickens nearby. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded from babyhood by familiar farm and domestic animals, fruits and trees and vegetables. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s under constant threat of ruin through the loss of his animals. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When the sirens cried out to warn us of bombers, my neighbors and I jumped to our feet and scurried to the deep caves to hide like wild animals. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The screech owl is one of Hades’s sacred animals,” Nico said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Foragers knew the secrets of nature long before the Agricultural Revolution, since their survival depended on an intimate knowledge of the animals they hunted and the plants they gathered. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One method is to examine a map of the geographic distribution of the crop’s or animal’s wild ancestor, and to reason that domestication must have taken place in the area where the wild ancestor occurs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Human beans is the only animals that is killing their own kind.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those birds being eaten by the other ones, those were birds Crab killed just because all the other animals in the woods had outsmarted him? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Trujillo was doing all the crazy things of a trapped animal. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that day I found Edmond in the lower barn feeding the animals and I played with Ding while he milked the goats. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh aye? My boys’d turn you into mincemeat if I gave 'em the nod. Still call 'em beautiful animals then, would you?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

These examples demonstrate that the sole missing ingredients required to sustain food production in large areas of the Americas were domestic animals and crops themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, once the excitement died down, Hazel decided to visit Coach Hedge, since he could talk to animals. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The company of men long dead seemed to suit him better than that of the living, and his boar seemed happy rooting amongst the graves, well away from other animals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could kill the doctor more easily than he could talk to him, for all of the doctor’s race spoke to all of Kino’s race as though they were simple animals. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

An animal whine of unequivocal desperation and absolute hopelessness rose in his throat as he ran and ran and ran. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean small pieces, little strips that I meant for the gaff’s hook that, when dried by the sun, looked like ordinary animal flesh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For four weeks of that hot summer he lay blind, and deaf, and mute, though at times he moaned and cried out like an animal. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only meat I'd shot was a squirrel that had practically run over my toes in its quest for acorns, but the animals would still be afoot when the snow buried my other food sources. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At some point, we both got really sleepy, but nobody wanted to break the spell that encircled our little couch amid the rainbow-colored animals and crayon boxes. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time he stopped after singing a new piece, the animals shouted, “More! More! More!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Living like an animal; thinking like an animal! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To a large extent, the physical form and the habits of the earth’s vegetation and its animal life have been molded by the environment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Is this the honor we gain from following Gwydion? To let ourselves be tracked down like animals? Or do you fear them too much?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

This sent the rest of the animals into a panic—the chimps screeched, the cats roared, and the zebras yelped. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And he tells us of the great respect his people have for the spirit of life that is in all things—people, animals, plants, fire, water, wind.... Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

All of the sentinel animals remained healthy, and the blood and tissue samples from the other animals, insects, birds, Masai people, and their cattle showed no signs of Marburg virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“No animal likes to be cooped up too long. Your father and me are going back on the hill to clean the leaves out of the spring.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to show you,” he said, “that no animal, no matter how big or wild, is dangerous as long as you know what you’re doing.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Republic has thousands of underground factories for the animals. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The animal was blacker than the fiercest of rain clouds. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I take in the claw marks from some wild animal, the back paw he holds slightly above the ground, the prominent bones in his face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Boldly enough the animals sallied forth to meet them, but this time they did not have the easy victory that they had had in the Battle of the Cowshed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone was awake now, manning the catwalks or struggling with the frightened animals below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or, conversely, the android could be regarded as a highly developed, evolved version of the ersatz animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, cut it out. I find her to be extraordinarily annoying. All that pet psychic garbage. If she can communicate with animals, how come she can’t hear me telling her to knock it off?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Standards made of painted animal skins flapped everywhere. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She arranges all of her stuffed animals around us in a circle, everyone facing the TV, then presses PLAY. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I inspected the descriptions of the animals at the zoo. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ron ran to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about cruelty to animals from the surrounding crowd. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Thus, questions of the animal origins of human disease lie behind the broadest pattern of human history, and behind some of the most important issues in human health today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of water animal that came up to the sand to ... to do what? lo do something with the sand, to play and make a pile in die sand? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beast was going at a good clip, and it was no small animal; it was an adult male that looked to be about 140 pounds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people were gone, vanished with their scant possessions and whatever animals they may have had. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When we catch animals, we eat everything—feet, tongue, skin, and the innards. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now she should have heard the barks of the other animals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The villagers called it Fruitless Mountain because nothing grew on it and birds and animals did not rest there. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t touch me, godspawn,” he snarled, and snapped at her hand like an animal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I liked him a lot — great with animals.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Crab eaters are used as laboratory animals because they are common, cheap, and easily obtained. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this one volunteers at an animal shelter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The importation of plants is the primary agent in the modern spread of species, for animals have almost invariably gone along with the plants, quarantine being a comparatively recent and not completely effective innovation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He would look at it intendy, as if it were some great fellow animal he had been running with that had col­lapsed unexpectedly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Taylor M. Martin is an animal doctor, an ornithologist, a veterinary surgeon. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Me and you, we might be equals, but I’m more animal.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I know just how the minds of animals work—just the kind of games they like to play. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work; it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“What kind of animal makes scratches like those?” she asked Chaol, but didn’t need to hear his reply to know that his guess was as good as hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were not dogs, or ponies, or any other kind of four-legged animal. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When they had harvested the most conspicuous and abundant animals of the farm fields, Mole led her to more distant fields. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Horace took his fingers out of his ears and tried to distract Esme by making shadow animals on the wall—a crocodile snapping its jaws, a bird flying—but she hardly noticed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was afraid the stable boys at the Afric Queen struck at him, bullied him because he was timid, so he took upon himself the feeding and care of the animal. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what I did in summer while I lived under his roof, I knew that when I could, I wanted to work with animals, whether Dad liked it or not. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sea is very clear and the bottom becomes fantastic with hurrying, fighting, feeding, breeding animals. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “His grandfather loved animals more than he loved people.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

An animal scent he didn’t recognize but feared. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then he came to the part about the animals who had escaped from the burning newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That you might have been better off if your animal had been a snake. Your danger then—or assumed danger—might have sent you home before you ever met the patroller.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Dolittle’s parrot, Polynesia, tells us that in order to learn animal language we must have “powers of observation.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The animals in the other cages gave them bored looks, as if to say, I'd kill you, but it would take too much energy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As required by law, he had tested the chemical on laboratory animals and submitted the results with his application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The nearest animal looked up incuriously and then turned back to the grass. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But he had never changed from one animal to another in his sleep before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought it was some kind of an animal. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Too amazed and frightened to speak, all the animals crowded through the door to watch the chase. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The most intensely social animals can only adapt to group behavior. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the food he put on the table came from hunting—despite the fact that he was uncomfortable killing animals. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get back to the front yard and let that poor animal be.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as he officially quit work that evening, Rick Deckard flew across town to animal row: the several blocks of big-time animal dealers with their huge glass windows and lurid signs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You realize,” Phil Resch said quietly, “what this would do. If we included androids in our range of empathic identification, as we do animals.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The leash trembles in his grip as he walks the beautiful animal around the table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was going to be difficult to find a horse, because most farmers were not interested in overworking their animals—for any price. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw only the huge black animal leaping around its white master. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the animals heard, from the direction of the farm buildings, the solemn booming of a gun. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I wonder about Dutchy—if he’s sleeping in a barn with animals, eating only pig slops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

These foragers talked about the plants and animals and fungi they had seen and met. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The carter flicks both bullocks with his whip, the animals strain forward, the cart gives a lurch. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear to frighten the trembling animal away. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The man came at him on all fours, as if he had transformed into some kind of rabid animal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

You can see in that one frame the animal and the butcher and the oak tree against the sun-filled sky and the pig-plowed earth. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There is temporarily a marked increase in sugar content, making the plant more attractive to many animals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If her grandparents owned a million things, maybe they wouldn’t even have thought to save those stuffed animals. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A 15,000-year bond has yielded a much deeper understanding and affection between humans and dogs than between humans and any other animal. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ants are more like the parts of an animal than entities on their own. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there are still some farmers who treat their animals decently, in the “old-fashioned” way. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I was aware too why the animals had emerged again, and of all the possible layers behind Tommy’s apparently casual query. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Strange that there are no animals around the ranch,” my father said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at it for a moment too long and began to think of the frosty remains of small animals I’d find in the woods just as the spring snow thawed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dogs howl with fear when witch animals come around. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the least, we can say that China was one of the world’s first centers of plant and animal domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was an amateur naturalist, fond of birds and animals but not of humanity in general. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Duke of Vaal beating his son like an animal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On top of this the horse chewed up vitamin blocks as fast as Onofre could pitch them in, and of course the animal was always licking away at a salt block. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows swayed and shifted, furtive animals racing across the cracked white walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"He is not a mount to carry you into battle, true," Varys replied, "but he will serve, and attract no notice. As will the others. And the stableboys see and hear only the animals." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thore were no birds, no insects, no animals, and no wind. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Its door, dangling on one hinge, had blown open, so the earthen floor was covered with leaves and animal droppings. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t actually sure that was what one was supposed to do when calling down celestial animals, but at least it looked good? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Roza edged away from the fireplace, from the horrible painting over it, like an animal sidesteps a snake. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, they’re these cute, pudgy animals, and picturing one with an attitude, all surly...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here was a difference with his animal cousins: Animals do not blush. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just imagine trying to herd an animal that bolts, blindly bashes itself against walls, can leap up to nearly 30 feet, and can run at a speed of 50 miles per hour! Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Trolls eat raw flesh and are not fussy in their prey, which ranges from wild animals to humans. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You see what the problem is, Tim. Those two men who brought him in have sworn it was Sam who stole the animals.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother, Jeer, had been born in Africa and loved to tell her daughter and her friends stories of her childhood in a small village by a river and all the animals who lived nearby. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The animals grew tame and lost their ability to fend for themselves in the wild. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The hound took it with a growl of appreciation, his teeth sinking deep into the flesh of the animal he had chased. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Now I was getting ready to hunt and kill a wild animal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Such sentimentalism may seem ridiculous considering what I had witnessed in the last days, but those were the deeds of others, of predatory animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Blanca soon discovered that she was bored making utilitarian objects, and that it was far more amusing to make statues of animals and people. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dark eyes looked at us like a captured animal. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the Arctic peoples had been thrown into panic, and so had the animals, not only by the fog and the magnetic variations but by unseasonal crackings of ice and stirrings in the soil. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, imprinting in an animal’s mind the artificial connection that if it does a certain action, say, roll over, it will get a treat can be achieved only by mind-numbing repetition. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A host of tiny animals in a forest of invisible trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a very old form of animal speech. But he says his name is the Ophiotaurus.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He looked around miserably, like a trapped animal searching for a way to escape. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “We have to save the animals!” and wouldn’t let my legs move. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I said white rats like the ones my teacher had, Harry and Hermione, were very clean animals. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know what questions to ask him about his world of farming and pasturing animals. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never thought of this before, the similarity between an electric animal and an andy. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Baby animals played on it throughout the year. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I watch because of that look of acceptance in the animal’s eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment I couldn’t imagine ever wanting to eat one of these animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

An animal—a rabbit?—moved through the bushes by the summerhouse. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Speeding down this fast lane, Homo sapiens soon far outstripped all other human and animal species in its ability to cooperate. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if humans can make new varieties of plants and animals, must not nature do so also? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Many of these animals,” the Society warned, “occupy only small areas and therefore might readily be completely exterminated.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

None of Ob’s whirligigs were farm animals or cartoon characters. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, all the animals that used to be able to fly could only walk and all the animals that used to walk could now fly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The end smacked me in the forehead and fell across my outstretched arm, which was pointing at the walking, talking animal in front of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then he went outside, to pens where the animals were kept, and he came back into the wedding feast leading a large, extremely irritated billy goat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Serran summers are always blistering, but the heat in the Weapons Quarter takes on an animal esurience. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Men, and larger animals such as wolves, usually have an idea of their own numbers and those of the enemy and this affects their readiness to fight and how they go about it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Ebola blood, and it had run everywhere inside the animal: there had been a lot of internal hemorrhaging. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took it in turns to sleep in the big bed, to make the supper, to set snares in the wood for small animals, to draw water up from the deep well behind the house. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, she looked Meggie up and down as if she were being asked to admit a dangerous animal to her house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She watched animals, birds, and insects which disguised themselves as leaves or twigs or other animals to escape from things that could hurt them. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Abandoned animal pens, encrusted with months of dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then there would be an election to see which stuffed animal would be elected ruler of the world. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“My daughter is dying,” he moaned, and the wind snapped at his pitiful, animal cry. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would lie out on sandbanks or float just below the surface of the water, carefully watching the animals that came to the river to drink. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

If that isn’t enough to give an animal paranoia, I don’t know what is. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the animal came closer, Rainie said, “Why, it’s Old Blue. How did he get loose?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would tap her lingers while I prayed, and seemed vexed by the number of animals for whom I asked safety. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Earth used to be inhabited by plants and animals of which there is today no living trace. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll then consider how the ancestors of microbes now confined to us transferred themselves from their original animal hosts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I lay there in the strange house, I felt like a newly caged animal that rushes about looking for the open door that isn’t there. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just one shrill blow and you will see your animal shudder with malaise and repair at top speed to the safest, furthest part of its territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought humans were more intelligent than other animals because of our hands, a very Ionian idea. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the witch just shook its head at the others in their stinking animal skins, fur and feathers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In experimental animals the chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides freely cross the barrier of the placenta, the traditional protective shield between the embryo and harmful substances in the mother’s body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were small plastic animals from the library that the staff use to make people tell stories. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often we’d see a pen full of red cows or even stranger animals. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

People talking about people talking about animals like they people. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The phenomenon has been ob­served with big cats, bison, deer, wild sheep, monkeys and many other animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I picked it out and had Zahra approve it last month. I’m not an animal.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This animal will soon be fit for nothing,” he muttered to himself. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broken, dirty arbors served as a refuge for wild animals and a garbage dump for the neighbors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scale attached to the rig gave the weight of the animal: 190 pounds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Scene three quickly follows, in which men and women occupy centre stage and most large animals, along with many smaller ones, are gone. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Straw was laid down outside the doors of the farmhouse, and the animals walked on tiptoe. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I gulped the oatmeal she had prepared and ran out to feed the animals. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the hoisting of the flag all the animals trooped into the big barn for a general assembly which was known as the Meeting. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

After the animals had been tended to, the riders shared a simple supper of salt pork and cold white beans, washed down with ale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They are swiftly-moving animals and not easy to get hold of. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were stories of Roz nursing sick animals back to health. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We took them from the trafficker. But we don’t have the resources to take care of people, much less animals. We let them free out back.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attentions of the officers, to whom her uncle’s good dinners and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

We would sit at his feet listening to his jíbaro tales of phantasms, talking animals, and enchanted guava trees. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I knew that they let them off because they thought of her as something less than them. Like if the GPs had beat up an animal.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She handed Jonas a thick animal hide to put in his suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It is at your wild animal you look?” he asked. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I instantly picture meadows filled with wildflowers and animals roaming free. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That is why enclosures are cleaned, out of concern for the intestinal health of animals, not to spare the eyes and noses of vis­itors. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It bore her no malice, this animal, it was indifferent to her misery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the end, the measure of who we are can be seen in the shapes of our balloon animals. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Now, no one will have to be scared anymore. We can let the animals out of the house and go outdoors again! ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t even on par with animals, but something low and demonic, a blight on the world, an abomination. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With the domestication of animals and edible plants, people won a decisive victory in this battle, assuring our survival on this planet. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain rose into the clouds, and the animals descended the ramp. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But again the projectile landed way off its mark, and the animal didn’t flinch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them were sitting in Ginny’s room, with all her stuffed animals. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The class gathered in a circle to get a better look at the animal, who seemed delighted with the attention he was getting. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Huge, dripping slabs of bloody whale meat meant for dog food hung from the rigging out of reach of the animals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

However, during the days the villagers held animal fights there, and sometimes even weddings and funerals. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible that markets could be found for such quantities—or that so many animals existed—but so it was, incredibly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her form was blurred, made from Mist, and she was trailed by two smaller wisps of smoke, darting at her heels like animals. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather keep an animal as our main character,” I say. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When we destroy a wild area, we may be destroying a whole species of plant or animal that is not found anywhere else. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the cars, Angelo trotted over to see the animal, excited and eager to hear our story. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was a wonderful building, at least seven stories high, landscaped with topiary bushes shaped like animals and a waterfall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“As a veterinarian, I have certain responsibilities with regard to the transportation of dead animals, sir. I can’t just knowingly ship a dead animal with an infectious disease across state lines.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany knew just enough about horses to know that this was no ordinary animal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He said you didn’t . . . hunt people. He said your family wasn’t supposed to be dangerous because you only hunted animals.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Boys who should have been covered in wolf skins, protecting the new growth from hungry animals, had nothing to guard. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Frank’s ability to turn into a bunch of different animals didn’t seem so awesome—not if it came with a big catch like that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d forgive him because he was a dumb animal and didn’t know any better. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I add, “There are lots of rare animal species that live on Madagascar.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Faded holy cards for Saint Cecilia, patron of music; Saint Francis of Assisi, patron of the animals; and Saint Benedict the Moor, patron of dark peoples; Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They hurdled flowers and stuffed animals, pounding down the brick-laid sidewalk until they reached a wall of people lining up to board a bus. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There is considerable overlap: a naked goddess wreathed in flowers, with a couple of dogs standing by; biblical people with or without clothes, plus or minus animals, trees, and ships. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pomp hath informed us that at midnight on Christmas Eve, the animals are reputed to speak, as they did around the manger. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In addition to the lack of hot meals, they slept on the filthy ground where state fair animals had been previously housed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He looked more like an animal than a man. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The killer animals, like bear and panther and bobcats, knew this and came to the Licks at the same time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was then the Laguna people understood that the land had been taken, because they couldn’t stop these white people from coming to destroy the animals and the land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What is the point in providing food and shelter for an animal that just soils your furniture, makes your home smell bad, and ultimately dies?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To help animals like Braviary and Ray and even the golden eagle Maxwell. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He also said that this was not just a human gift, that everything on the face of the earth had a soul, whether mineral, vegetable, or animal—or even just a simple thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are the largest animals* ever to evolve on the planet Earth, larger by far than the dinosaurs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fell upon each other with knives and sticks and fought like animals. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember well, for instance, the blind animal terror which ensued when some townie set off the civil defense sirens as a joke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The most unexpected feature of this list of African domestic animals is again a negative one. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And then,” said Scooter, “the animals move in.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A dark shape—some kind of animal—was wedged halfway under the boat and tangled in a fishing net, one of those big nets they use on trawlers to catch everything at once. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She discovered that all the different animals shared one common language; they just spoke the language in different ways. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be dreadful. But the doctor is right. You can stand anything. We’re wonderful animals that way.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The book met with mixed reviews—some people were, of course, angry at the argument that humans and animals have a common ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scariest was about the gambit, an animal that had four mouths. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Someone has written a book about the intelligence of animals. Border collies are smartest." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl felt sorry for the strange-looking animal and offered to allow him to try on her clothes for a short period. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Not only was the current swift, but the waters were laden with all kinds of debris: tree trunks, brushwood, drowned animals, and once the bloated corpse of a man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, as regards domestic animals, we’ve already seen that those of sub-Saharan Africa came from Eurasia, with the possible exception of a few from North Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not a cat? An animal with some panache? Some pizzazz? Some dignity?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

First and most directly, domestic animals became the societies’ major source of animal protein, replacing wild game. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was too old for stuffed animals. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He spoke more now, but mostly to the animals. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was awe-inspiring to be so near to this animal. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, Mary Lou's brothers were running around like crazed animals, jumping over the furniture and tossing footballs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There were millions and millions of things to learn—more than I ever imagined a person could learn about a single animal. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A Patronus is a magical charm, a projection of all your most positive feelings, and takes the shape of the animal with whom you share the deepest affinity. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this one was sick because normally the animals did not like fire. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sister's breathing in the dark room was like having a powerful, tamed animal at the foot of her bed ready to protect her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

For example, two-dimensional animals living on a one-dimensional earth would have to climb over each other in order to get past each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time mutation lets animal diseases jump to people: avian influenza becomes human influenza, bovine rinderpest becomes human measles, horsepox becomes human smallpox. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In a flash he was gone, bounding through the weeds in pursuit of whatever small animal might cross his path. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wondered if Pond felt this way about his animal friends. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then— miraculously—the animal stretched out in the bag and fell asleep. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It paws the dark shore like an animal about to charge. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think we’ll be called next year? The Granger Sea Lions or some other animal Bergner is trying to save?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The fights were a blur inside her, but she had seen enough to know what had happened to him, what he had done, why the story was locked up inside him like an animal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She gestured for Koffi to follow her across the rugs on hands and knees as the animals and beastkeepers trapped inside the burning tent continued screaming. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m soooo hungry! I want a fat little dog for dinner! Will it be you?”—Nhamo thrust the panga at one of the animals—“Or you? Or you?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the wind, I visit my animal friends. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When the animal caught the scent of death, he screamed and reared, rolling his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I hate it when people say that! I hate Australia! Naming that ridiculous animal after me. For that, Percy Jackson, my son shall destroy you!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the sport of aging cowboys, too slow and heavy to dismount to wrestle down and tie the animal as they did in calf roping and team tying. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be ridiculous. Of course they did. They starved, or they died of thirst. Wild animals ate them, sooner or later. That was the point.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“You told me to stay in my rooms the other night. And those scars look like bite marks. They say Verin and Xavier were killed by animals.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When animals reproduce, they produce variants that differ from the parents.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But I warn you, Miss Lumley! If they behave like wild animals at my party tomorrow, I will implore my husband to set them loose in the woods again, where they belong!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I take a seat some distance from the tent housing the abandoned animals, watching it with increasing desperation. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In a very little while the animals had destroyed everything that reminded them of Mr. Jones. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The crowd mills around the menagerie, viewing the animals on their way to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Scorched fences marked where cattle had grazed; it was not possible the animals survived. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was going to and fro among the animals. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

This is a statement about the way humans can be so ruthless, so cunning, so savage that we’re no better than wild animals when you get down to it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I told her, “Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were out in front of him, as if trying to coax a wild animal into letting him approach. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The race was wild, replete with broken rules and injured animals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Matt clutched the pillow the way he’d hugged stuffed animals before he was too old for such things. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the animal myths have the ring of contemporary biologic theory, if you allow for differences in jargon. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Sunday morning, when the animals assembled to receive their orders, Napoleon announced that he had decided upon a new policy. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see,” the animal salesman said, groping for a pen and pad of paper. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope an animal urinates on her head,” Kelly whispered to George. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He raised his shoulders pridefully and walked to the little animal still lying on the ground. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Down in the barn cellar, the animals, too, went to sleep early, all except Charlotte. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

What a great idea!’ cried the other animals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe had his magnifying glass, and they gazed into the strangest worlds, with funny little bugs tumbling around in the moss like animals in a jungle. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lynnie and Amber would think I was being a baby if I was worried about a stuffed animal. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of our animals, which had left the village when their owners had died, joined the wild pack that roamed the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were not he and the animals already well known to one another? The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them become pets who entertain children, children who learn to love and be kind to animals. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

For a lot of it, especially after that day he asked me about his animals, there seemed to be no more shadows left from the past, and we really settled into each other’s company. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herold received his pharmacy training from Georgetown College, and he is fond of spending his leisure time with a rifle in his hand, hunting animals. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to her, clutching his rake, worried that she had discovered a dead animal, or a snake. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

No one could get anything done with that animal grabbing his hand or jumping up tolick his face. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The solitary gray animal loped along the shore, stopping every dozen strides to look around and sniff among the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the barricades, the reporters dashed over, microphones extended, as if they were hoping to interview the animals. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We went through the “Non-Whites Only,” but once inside, whites and blacks walked along the same paths to see the same animals. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only two of our animals did—the hedgehog, whom I freed when it was fully grown, and Mrs. Kip. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Animal Hero, Second Class,’ and half a bushel of apples to any animal who brings him to justice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Even when he was below deck, in his cabin working, Nat could feel hatred staring at the back of his neck, as though an animal stalked him in the night. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was covered in scratches, like he’d been attacked by a small animal—a really, really mad hamster, maybe. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And why do you have a dead animal wrapped around your neck?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The cows could graze at the bottom, and I could keep a lookout for thieves or wild animals. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the final Burda pages, there were many pictures of stuffed animals. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had never heard anyone scream that way—an animal sound. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

You wanted to dissect the animals quickly, before the spontaneous liquefaction began, because you can’t dissect gumbo. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poked the animal bone with my finger. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But a new kind of society also appeared in some places, based primarily on the exploitation of animals: tribes of pastoralist herders. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humans evolved to eat meat from wild animals, animals that ate little or no grain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was screaming and fistfights, little kids left alone at night, and animals being hurt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Have seen him feed small animals nobody else paid any attention to, but I was never deceived. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that made me wonder how long the animals could last before they drowned in the open air. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I am not an animal. I do not eat or breathe. I am not alive.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Once when Mr. Hathaway said people were and animals weren’t, Liyana raised her hand. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And in many ways the animal method of doing things was more efficient and saved labour. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Pa said he must go to town to trade the furs of the wild animals he had been trapping all winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trees like muscular animals overgrown beyond all reason. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cow groaned, something coughed, a sheep bell clinked once as the animal changed position. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between them they had pieced together the fate of his charred note, and the course of confusion which had enabled three disparate animals to disappear without trace, and with perfect timing and perception. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals located a rich stand of wild grapes in a dell partway up the hill. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals had now reassembled in the wildest excitement, each recounting his own exploits in the battle at the top of his voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And that’s exactly the balance in the meat of wild animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“A major manufacturer of androids,” he said thoughtfully, “invests its surplus capital on living animals.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everything had a battered, trampled-on look, as though the place had just been visited by some large violent animal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Ser Wylis was only a few eels short of not being able to mount his own horse; she pitied the poor animal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No animals died to make this cigarette, but for once I don’t like the way it makes me feel, like Em being polluted, like I’m being poisoned. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They left knowing—all but Antain—that it was not a matter of if the child were eaten by animals, but rather that she surely would be. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Weaning is the hardest time on a ranch for animals and ranchers alike. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But other than that the animal just paced around in the corral back there, sort of like an appendix, and just as useless, too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing Heathcliff can ever do to make these Earnshaws think he’s good enough. And he tries. He goes away, educates himself, becomes a gentleman. Still, they think he’s an animal.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Plants whose fruits are tasty get their seeds dispersed by animals, but the seed itself within the fruit has to be bad-tasting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to take her. Please! You know my dad doesn’t do animals. I’m afraid they’ll kill her at the shelter if no one wants her.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Octavian stood to one side, thin and pale, his eyes red-rimmed from sleeplessness or anger, a string of sacrificial stuffed animals around his waist. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Your alarmed animal must associate its increasing nausea with the shrill cries of the whistle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers had been using this phenomenon for millennia—breeding and interbreeding animals to produce natural variants, and selecting these variants over multiple generations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was given a switch to drive the animals from vegetable gardens, should they be tempted. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

On it were six crudely carved wooden figurines of animals—a heron, a crocodile, a jackal, a serpent, a dove, and a hippo—one familiar for each god. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They danced and wrestled each other, and they rolled on the ground like wild animals, shouting and laughing. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals no longer screamed when they saw her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached the cliff, the animals had left the reef and gathered along the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mosi pulled at her ropes like a crazed animal, broke free, and ran across the deck to the place where her child had disappeared. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our tools for diminishing flight distance are the knowledge we have of an animal, the food and shelter we provide, the protection we afford. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sam came around the table and took the scroll horn his hand, holding it as if it were a wounded animal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, some to the zoo, probably. Others to an animal shelter where humans will try to find them homes.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The lyrics retain images of early American life: the one-room schoolhouse, the rural environment, no industrial noise and automobiles, and the prevalence of animals. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He was warm, and covered in something heavy with a doggish animal smell. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was more akin to a wild animal than a boy of twelve. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And always I remember that this huge area had once been much more settled and was now abandoned to the creeping forest, the animals, the lumber camps and the cold. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um...out of the healthy animals that we recover or are surrendered, we find homes for 95 percent of them.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning and every afternoon, the animals busily groomed one another’s fur. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Other opinions suggest it’s an angry spirit. They say it tortures animals, especially cats. That’s the sound the students hear, late at night: tortured cat’s guts. Quite a terrifying sound, I understand.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But how can they just decide that we’re animals? They don’t even know us,” I said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ancient Anasazi potsherds mingle in the sand with rusty tin cans discarded by tum- of-the-century stockmen, who grazed and watered their animals in the canyon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The possibility of being eaten by a wild animal was a primal fear. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There were billions of conscientious body cells oxidating away day and night like dumb animals at their complicated job of keeping him alive and healthy, and every one was a potential traitor and foe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“One doesn’t want Marcus to develop an exaggerated, unmanly fear of wild animals,” she said. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Only Gypsies would keep an animal like that in the middle of their camp!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Keenan stands just behind me, shifting from foot to foot, an animal ill at ease. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

However, the irony is that humans, like the animals in Animal Farm, do not work equally. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Yes, turtle doves and swans aren’t the only animals that mate for life. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Marched off the porch, right out into the dead of night, where supposedly the animals were wide awake and walking around like human beings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of a young girl taped to the pole, and sympathy cards and tiny stuffed animals were scattered around it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Growing up, I’d had a lot of interaction with wild animals—elephants, rhinos, cape buffalo, hyenas. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the landscape, the air, the trees, the animals, the water, the rain, all seemed to be part of something bigger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Maddy, Emma, and several other kids would play the barnyard animals, and most of the rest of the kids who had tried out would be narrators. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The queen looked like one of her caged animals being whisked off on a conveyor belt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sam liked the spectacle of the human animal up close, as well as his access to the workings of the town, once the drink loosened tongues. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think,” he inquired, as they were dressing up in the darkness, “that it was clever, the way I explained about our bein' here, I mean to drive the animal?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked with the children, about the cats and the farm animals. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was an animal and he didn’t play by the rules. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could eat any other part of the animal, though. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard,” I asked, “have you ever heard that ghosts will take an animal form when they are angry?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the drain pipe the animals watched Paul put out the fire. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rita threw a chunk of bread from her backpack at the animal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

During the rebellion, the Capitol bred a series of genetically altered animals as weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected Aurelia to show her girlish weakness by pleading like this for any of the participants, and certainly not for mere disposable animals. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It felt good to be free of the animals. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the hunt succeeds, the hunter may ask the dead animal to forgive him. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one that had dozens of little brass clockwork animals. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They also get great satisfaction from the care they give to their land and their animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“They don’t treat them like animals. They bury them,” I corrected, trying not to scare her any more than she already was. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had learned something that night from that very raccoon bossing Jessie C. James—to animals, might is right. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their smells were strong, musk and hay and dung, but it was as if someone had just carted the animals off, leaving the mess for someone else. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he got his one chance to speak, he tried to turn the whole hunt around into a kind of new, improved prayer meeting with animal shooting at the end. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he befriended any number and species of animals: dogs, white mice, eagles, lions, boa constrictors, wolves. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The animal could attack or try to escape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m out, too. If you softhearted cupcakes are going to stroll through Venice without even whacking those furry animals on the head, forget it. I don’t like boring expeditions.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All day the boy played the drum, keeping the strange animal dancing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon was now an animal whose name he couldn’t quite find: like a large and powerful ferret, red-gold in color, lithe and sinuous and full of grace. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When tiny ground squirrels popped up in front and zipped through the brush, he didn’t flinch, nor did he ever raise his gun as if to shoot the tiny animals. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was called every low-life and every animal we could think of, and then some. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered Papa talking about Stalin confiscating peasants’ land, tools, and animals. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was glad to have Frank at his back, big and strong and able to turn into scary animals in case those possessed tourists somehow broke through the hatch, squeezed inside, and followed them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But walking in the woods, my body relaxed and I moved easily, like an animal that belonged there. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I grab the small stuffed animal and hold it against my chest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Doc was collecting marine animals in the Great Tide Pool on the tip of the Peninsula. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panic overtook them, and the next moment all the animals together were chasing them round and round the yard.They were gored, kicked, bitten, trampled on. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

If the animal had died of Ebola, this was not a clear case. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat from the animal shelter, Clarence, would be in the first day’s scenes too. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Looking across the valley, they watched for elephants, and they saw rock hyraxes—furry animals the size of groundhogs—running up and down the boulders near the mouth of the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up the animal in one hairy arm and thrust the other before him to ward Nhamo off. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those animals which must drink moisture get it at second hand—a rabbit from a leaf, a coyote from the blood of a rabbit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her that the birds and animals all had languages and if you listened and watched them you could learn about their enemies, where their food lay and when big storms were coming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like watching one of those nature shows about weird animal species on TV that her dad always got obsessed with. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Among wild plant and animal species, only a small minority are edible to humans or worth hunting or gathering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hedgerows along country roads and bordering fields provide food, cover, and nesting areas for birds and homes for many small animals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But I do want to leave, in the desperate way that an animal wants to escape a trap. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The second-largest rain forest in the world, wildlife everyone else gets to see only in the alphabet animals that hang over children’s cribs. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Is death the end of life for those animals? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Much ot this work was of a kind that the other animals were too ignorant to understand. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It gave a sound like a dying animal. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashamed that he had been handcuffed, stripped, caged, treated like an animal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Some animals will only eat a few things,” I said. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Some people look at pictures of animals and scenery and feel an overwhelming sense of joy. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The huge white animal looked frozen on the shoreline, as motionless as the stones under its giant paws. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I sit beside the playpen and pick up some stuffed animals—a smiling sheep, a yellow owl—and bounce them toward Penny before tickling her. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a feeling of helplessness with a sick animal. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even have a stuffed animal,” Armpit said aloud as he walked out of the classroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he rounded a bend, a small furry animal leaped in front of him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the family reached the tree there was no strange animal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And humans had the cassava roots all to themselves, since pigs, porcupines, and other animals wouldn’t touch them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z