| 单词 | grounds |
| 例句 | Pap& hadn’t broken with this woman but merely moved her off the grounds and into town. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All through the Abbey and its grounds creatures stopped what they were doing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But he was able to develop on observational grounds something akin to the modern cosmic perspective: What a wonderful and Amazing scheme have we here of the magnificant vastness of the universe ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He gestured at the patchwork of broken children across the grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z How the work in the grounds was planned. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Luther Martin, on the other hand, came out against the Constitution on the grounds that the protections afforded slavery render us contemptible to every true friend of liberty in the world.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The wind,” the Tribune observed, “seems to have a grudge against the World’s Fair grounds.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He is resting peacefully in the slave burial grounds and we made certain he had a Christian service and paid fifteen dollars for a marked grave. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He missed his children dearly as he walked around his old childhood home and its grounds. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way home from school today she called a meeting on the parade grounds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved quickly between other enclosures, but when they reached the grounds’ border, her steps slowed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The fair remained open, informally, on October 31, and many men and women came to the grounds for one last visit, as if paying their respects to a lost relative. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If the children were made to scream at the sight of a rose, that was on grounds of high economic policy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hema was now completely ablaze, a great fiery heap spreading fast to other parts of the Night Zoo’s grounds. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then I made the coffee, like I always used to after dinner, throwing in an extra scoop of grounds tonight for the work ahead of us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He lived alone in a rundown cottage on the grounds of the Riddle House. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As he described the session later, “quite strongly negative things on moral grounds were being said.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Some archaeologists have criticized these conclusions on the grounds that passenger pigeon bones would not be likely to be preserved. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Standing on the wall next to her was a large black cat, identical to the large black cat she’d seen in the grounds at home. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Harry could hear movement through the corridors all around: running footsteps, shouts; through the windows, he could see more flashes of light in the dark grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Life Is Life meets on the grounds of the arboretum in a nearby Ohio town, which shall remain nameless. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The guard identified 135 ex-convicts and removed them from the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z With no one on the grounds the least bit interested in watching a claimer, the horse proceeded to work six furlongs in an unbelievably fast 1:11%. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the first race approached, somewhat more than seventy-five thousand fans had packed the regatta grounds, the largest crowd ever to witness an Olympic rowing event. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She looks around the parade grounds, then starts walking back to the road like I’m not the person she’s looking for. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington opposed the scheme on several grounds, but confided his deepest reasons to Henry Laurens, president of the Continental Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Return to the warm valley, to the green grounds he could no longer light with his mortal vision? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The Profile House at Franconia Notch had its own private railway line to Bethlehem Junction eight miles away; its grounds held twenty-one cottages, each with up to twelve bedrooms. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m afraid this is grounds for a family meeting. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The barrier fence that surrounds the grounds is made of wrought iron at least ten feet tall, and I wonder how Jackson was able to scale such a high fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The map shows invisible people. He must’ve left the grounds, then.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At five to three they left the castle and made their way across the grounds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The place was huge, a thousand kids on sprawling grounds with tennis courts, sports fields, and a swimming pool. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Charles took it upon himself to make the house and the grounds so beautiful that Emma would love it as much as she loved Maer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no fence around the school yard and the school grounds were grass and not cement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A few other students are gathered inside the grounds, joking and talking nervously. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your great men often are; and therefore I shall not take him at his word, as he might change his mind another day, and warn me off his grounds.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z You have established the facts, indicated the grounds of dispute, and now you set out to make your case in earnest. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The first goes away the moment you walk out of the school grounds and the second is forgotten as soon as the ship enters port. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you imagine a dude from the grounds crew with a mustache and those orange ear protectors counting a wad of cash at the bottom of the stairs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was closely on the watch—as Blackberry had advised him to be—for any signs of disaffection or rebellion, but he could see little grounds for hope in the expressionless faces that went by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was freed—on the grounds that he was no longer a sorcerer. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Ishmael remembered following his father one afternoon as he roamed the grounds of the Strawberry Festival in search of photographs and winning quotes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He grabbed his winter coat and soft, peaked brown trench cap before rushing out of the service quarters on the factory grounds where he lived with his father and younger brother. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Some people are asking for your removal on the grounds that you are incompetent,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the school grounds and in the woods and in backyards and in every corner of the county, pumpjacks continue their slow rhythm, humping at the earth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The only case in which the Court overturned a conviction on the grounds of discrimination in jury selection was Neal v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Despite the Proclamation of 1763, squatters moved into the Ohio Country, settling on the farmlands and hunting grounds of the Shawnee Nation. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Grateful the service was finally over, Dorian Havilliard strode by himself through the castle grounds. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jinx ran away from the festival grounds and into the woods, fear rising in him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The rats in the ditch were ordered to continue pressing home the attack until Cluny and his party scaled the walls from behind and fought their way across the grounds to open the Abbey gates. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Appalachian Trail Conference doesn’t recognize speed records, on the grounds that that isn’t in the spirit of the enterprise, but that doesn’t stop people from trying. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He planned forays to public gardens and parks and the grounds of the old Paris exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was smiling, that perfect Gray smile, the same one that had followed me across Thurmond’s grounds. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She remembered the way the boy had looked at her, the scary focus she’d seen in his gaze as he and another boy ran across the zoo’s grounds. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Number of additional ankle twists on the rocky grounds of North Dakota’s hills and buttes: four, maybe more. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They had just entered the grounds when he spoke, unable to keep his thoughts to himself any longer. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z That cliff and all the property the DiAngelos now own was all part of our stomping grounds. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z At last, one evening, the map showed my father entering the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They lived on the grounds in bleak, single-sex barracks that contained hundreds of concrete bunks separated from each other by only a few inches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If Tisias lost his first case, however, then Corax would waive his fee on the grounds that his instruction had been useless. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z So I excused myself on the grounds of pain and fatigue, as I often had over the years when seeing Kaitlyn or any of my other friends. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z This time Francis and I got out of the car and walked around the grounds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But Fawkes’s perch stood empty, he was still crying his lament to the grounds. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Huh. It kind of reminds me of the codes etched into the Kryptos sculpture located on the grounds of the CIA’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They had left the Hogwarts grounds completely; they had obviously traveled miles — perhaps hundreds of miles — for even the mountains surrounding the castle were gone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Courts also had rejected claims that crack sentencing laws were racially discriminatory, largely on the grounds that the Supreme Court’s decision in McCleskey v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As the day wore on, Holmes bought them chocolate and lemonade and root beer at one of the Hires Root Beer Oases that dotted the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Decisions were made on technical grounds—who could be saved?—and not emotional ones. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He would have to manage the delivery of supplies, goods, mail, and all exhibit articles sent to the grounds by transcontinental shipping companies, foremost among them the Adams Express Company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Get a grip on yourself, lad. All right, I can see you’ve got grounds for suspicion, but credit me with a little decency.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One day he called her off the croquet grounds. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Determined to live, the next morning I force myself to walk the hospital grounds looking for food to steal to fill my stomach. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A bell rang across the grounds, and they hurried to finish their food. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z At last the term ended, and a silence deep as the snow on the grounds descended on the castle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds—pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On this assumption, the conferees thought it likely that radioastronomy would be the generally accepted mode of interstellar communication, on grounds of speed and economy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your parents were told what time to pick you up, but if anyone has a problem with a ride, let me know. I won’t leave the building until everyone has safely left school grounds.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The lack of rain and the fact that the park’s waterworks were not yet completed meant Olmsted could not plant exposed portions of the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The prisoner who had fought back crumpled to the ground, dead from a bullet to the brain, and the assaulted officer was hurried away from the assembly grounds. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The federal court system has effectively immunized the current system from challenges on the grounds of racial bias, much as earlier systems of control were protected and endorsed by the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This house, a large, ram bling gray stucco with a picket fence surrounding the weedy grounds, stood away from the street, perched on a ledge that dropped fifty feet down into the river below. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z What not to feed chickens: Avoid desserts, citrus peels, coffee grounds, moldy food, and junk food, and limit scraps to a small portion of your chickens’ meals. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had I won my right to the school grounds than a new dread arose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The police searched him and found a handful of OxyContin in his pocket. Since he was on school grounds, that was all the excuse DeShields needed to give him the boot.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The official led the way deeper into the palace grounds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Every dawn he left his quarters and inspected the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps he glances around, and then you see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red, mixed with black specks, as if he has been chewing coffee grounds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The river came through those hills and there were old Indian grounds there, holy burial grounds Jasón told me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ONE AFTERNOON, I’m pasturing the cow on the colegio grounds, walking along the concrete wall of the school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I dug through old copies of Sports Illustrated to look for pictures of major-league ballparks’ outfields so that I could study the patterns the grounds crews left behind in the nap of the grass. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The trees and the road opened up all at once to reveal the grounds of a temple. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I then immediately applied for a two-week remand on the grounds that I had been transferred to Pretoria without being given the opportunity of notifying my attorneys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an unyielding homage to ancient Greece and Imperial Rome, the birthing grounds of civilization. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I scrupulously avoided discussing with him any matters of a political or sensitive nature on the grounds that he might also have been an informer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This need fer coffee is an evil hold on me, Matt,” she told her husband on the morning after the last of the coffee grounds had been boiled until they were worthless. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Ravenel, South Carolina, was so far removed from the proving grounds of American basketball that it seemed impossible to Ben that excellence could be found among the homegrown boys. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Prince selected the location—the farthest corner of the castle grounds, away from everything, so the roars wouldn’t bother the servants—but the Count designed the entrance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And as Booth left the White House grounds, he spoke to companion and co-conspirator Lewis Powell: “That is the last speech he will ever give.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Drum’s course took him back to his wintering grounds on the Chilean shore. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We coordinated with the Secret Service to make sure our tilling wouldn’t disrupt any of the sensors or sight lines they needed to protect the grounds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was swimming in grounds and little flecks of pink tissue, but it was piping hot, which was the main thing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I marched past the rows of tents set up on the grounds outside of the fort, trying very hard to ignore the men and boys who stared as I walked by. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Full of living things—unlike the empty grounds I'm used to. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He should take off, try to blend in with the stragglers leaving the school grounds. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He watched Tayo look around at the hogan and then back down at the Ceremonial grounds and city streets in the distance. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There was no point, she decided, in exploring the garden and the grounds: they didn’t exist; they weren’t real. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It was a nice big house, one of those older ones with the large porches, in a nice neighborhood and the grounds was big. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had happened when the car the two of them had been flying to Hogwarts had crashed into a tree on the school grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The trustees’ discovery that they had unwittingly funded a weapon of mass destruction was not regarded in the boardroom as grounds for pride. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Bracing himself against the weather vane, Matthias shielded his eyes and peered down into the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Out on the execution grounds, in the moments after Shin’s mother and brother were killed, Shin’s father had tried to comfort the boy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The same conclusion follows on theoretical grounds if the no boundary proposal is correct. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A lawyer might have told the Lackses they could sue on the grounds of privacy violation or lack of informed consent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Father bathes in the private office and Mother in the kitchen behind a fire screen, while Margot and I have declared the front office to be our bathing grounds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The halls had the vague animal smell of damp mortar, and the grounds were overgrown with grass, bramble, and weeds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z On that night an enormous freighter had plowed right through the fishing grounds, throwing before it a wake large enough to knock even a big man overboard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But tens of thousands of spectators, most of them German, began to flood into the regatta grounds, huddled under black umbrellas or wearing rain slickers and hats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At last they reached the entrance hall, slid back the lock on the oak front doors, squeezed between them, trying to stop any creaking, and stepped out into the moonlit grounds. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Despite the rain he jolted around the grounds to direct planting and sodding and every morning at dawn attended Burnham’s mandatory muster of key men. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then she gave an account of how the dinner ended with the twins’ note, and the search parties going off into the grounds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Whomping Willow was a very violent tree that stood alone in the middle of the grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Aware of the architects’ increasing emphasis on size, Olmsted shortly before the meeting had written to Burnham suggesting ways to enliven the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I followed it, expecting soon to reach the dwelling; but it stretched on and on, it wound far and farther: no sign of habitation or grounds was visible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As the cheese bus entered the school grounds, Wes asked if he could get her phone number. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They knew that old Frank’s devotion to the house and grounds amounted almost to an obsession, and it amused them to see him limping across the garden, brandishing his stick and yelling croakily at them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We turned into the grounds, moving cautiously, and from beneath some bushes we watched the windows. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Leaving the castle grounds by a roundabout way, I looked back, expecting to see a spy set upon me by my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z After the crowd onshore watched Baker dump a weighted object into the river, the ship traveled around a bend to the site of the old jail, on the grounds of the Washington Arsenal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z On the first day of the new school year, Harry had tripped Conor coming into the school grounds, sending him tumbling to the pavement. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Elsewhere on the grounds four other men died and dozens more suffered all manner of fractures, burns, and lacerations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They wove through a neighborhood where the homes became increasingly larger and the grounds more vast, until the residences disappeared entirely behind gates and ivy-covered walls. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Hunger was tormenting us; we had not eaten for nearly six days except for a few stalks of grass and some potato peels found on the grounds of the kitchens. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to contain their curiosity, the defenders questioned the limp, half-awake fox as they carried him across the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My father has taken her out to the parade grounds to give my mom a break. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The catering truck had arrived, and tables were being set up all over the grounds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Each schooner carried a bunch of wooden dories stacked on deck, and when they got to the fishing grounds the men got into the dories and rowed away, looking for cod and haddock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z After he had been diagnosed with cancer, a newspaper campaign calling for his release on humanitarian grounds had influenced the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw the tiny figures across the grounds stop. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Realizing the danger of this new device, Constance ordered all but a chosen few to leave the wall for the safety of the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The fragrant grounds pattered down into a scarlet box that was shaped like a scoop at the back. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no trace of Utgardaloki’s stronghold or the grounds it was in. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He had fooled every single docker and newsman on the grounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You both have an hour to leave school grounds,” Cain says. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Electrodes in the olfactory bulbs of salmon will fire when the olfactory epithelium is exposed to water from their spawning grounds, whereas water from other streams causes no response. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We unanimously decided to tender our resignations on the grounds that we supported the boycott and did not enjoy the support of the majority of the students. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your voice couldn’t have carried all the way down to the grounds!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “But if I see so much as the twinkle of a weapon on any of the medics, I might be tempted to detonate a few of the mines I have planted in the grounds.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Now they were standing looking out at the misty grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Given our father’s characteristic air of superiority, I secretly expected him to live in a manor house surrounded by grounds and serviced by a liveried staff. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In all ways possible he maintained the life of an eighteenth-century squire, even to providing special walking sticks for his guests as they accompanied him around his grounds. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z There was silence in the grounds and from the castle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She imagined the whipping post on the other side of the grounds, no doubt the sole survivor in this wreckage. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There were restaurants, advertised as cafés, and opera houses and polo grounds. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He turned and pointed to the city dump east of the Ceremonial grounds and rodeo chutes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The boys of the neighborhood took me to school the first day and when I reached the edge of the school grounds I became terrified, wanted to return home, wanted to put it off. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bagman asked as they went down the stone steps onto the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Without even perfunctory regrets at the man’s passing, he accused Luthuli of being a patsy of the white man, mainly on the grounds that the chief had accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Although I think hitting a child would be valid grounds for expulsion in other schools, I agree such extreme measures aren’t warranted here. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Silently they tramped through the grounds, the castle lights growing slowly larger. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A week before, he’d help lay the pipe for a new Parade Oil bleed-off line that ran straight across the school grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She emptied the grounds from the pot and put the coffee on the stove to boil again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As a rule, we objected to having our pictures taken in prison on the grounds that it is generally demeaning to be seen as a prisoner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When dressed, I sat a long time by the window looking out over the silent grounds and silvered fields and waiting for I knew not what. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Most of the Manifest townspeople could be found strolling the grounds of the homecoming celebration, enjoying these days of Indian summer. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, after about a minute, he stood up and strode away, not back to the castle, but off out into the dark grounds in the direction of his cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With any luck, the centaur hadn’t run a seismology test on the manor grounds, or his ruse might be discovered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Hailsham was going to close any day and there were plans to sell the house and grounds to a hotel chain. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He likes to play around with color, and he even includes bits of eggshells and coffee grounds that have dropped into the paint. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The girl who plays Hangman with me on the church missal until Mom glares at us and Dad grounds us for a week for not respecting church property. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 Szilard circulated a petition arguing on moral grounds against any deployment of the bomb at all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That name floated above my avatar’s head whenever I was on school grounds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know what time it is when we walk across the parade grounds to the west stairwell. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s at Bag End, or was; but he don’t go outside the grounds now. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When the Birmingham jails filled up beyond legal capacity, the school buses delivered the arrested children to the Birmingham fairgrounds—the grounds where Kiddieland was located. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After inspecting the grounds, Tawny asked Roz to remove all the dried brambles and weeds and leaves from the garden area. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We did not venture much out of the house and its grounds into the city that surrounded us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the kitchen I found coffee grounds spilled all over the table and burned toast in a pan on the cold stove. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Krum called after him as Harry sprinted away from the forest and up through the dark grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Adolf Hitler had entered the regatta grounds, followed by a large entourage of Nazi officials. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When they first move into the house, the grounds have yet to be landscaped. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Imagine that 30,000 years ago one tribe defeated its neighbour and expelled it from coveted foraging grounds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If I got caught, I'd have a criminal record that could be grounds for deportation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z To make sure he studies hard and stays out of trouble, please, do not let my son off the grounds except to come home. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To get to it, I'm allowed to walk across the grounds from the building where our cells are. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But as they were leaving the court grounds to find transportation, we were all once again rearrested. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounded by an ever vigilant crowd of baboons, she could hardly be safer finding new hunting grounds. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The grounds of our elementary school were quite small. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The Nations lived in a small cottage on the grounds of Harewood’s Anglican church. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Once he reached the school grounds, he had to navigate the rings of vehicles parked on the lawn. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t appear at the staff table at mealtimes, they didn’t see him going about his gamekeeper duties on the grounds, and Professor Grubbly-Plank continued to take the Care of Magical Creatures classes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As he lay there, he became aware suddenly that the grounds were silent. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We took a picnic of wine and pastries to the grounds of the Villa Borghese. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Giant searchlights—the largest ever made and said to be visible sixty miles away—had been mounted on the Manufactures’ roof and swept the grounds and surrounding neighborhoods. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, he and his moles were carefully monitoring the earth in the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I wanted to, but my—” “But your wife didn’t want to because she was scared, right? The guidebook said it was best to stay on the resort grounds.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z After the Civil War he came to Harpers Ferry and built himself a house, which is on one of the camping grounds used during the war. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Dr. Zamborska says that the chemicals it takes to keep the pool, golf course, and grounds lovely would fertilize the wheat fields of a small nation. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumbled piles of debris that had once been fixtures and conveniences inside the prison lay scattered all over the grounds. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The priest who delivered Holmes’s last rites was found dead on the grounds of his church of mysterious causes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She turned right, drove past the parade grounds with its flagpole, and parked her car near a massive, almost windowless building made of concrete and yellow bricks that covered almost ten acres of ground. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The SIM had come to the door to say they had been called by the embassy because there were intruders on the grounds. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z When I get back up to the parade grounds, Jimmy is at work on his machine and Theresa has my extra glove. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She clicked her tongue and he sped into a trot, crossing over the little bridge near the house, heading south to the archery grounds. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Located near the Taedong River, its grounds lie at the entrance to Valley 2, not far from the hydroelectric dam and factories that make glassware and porcelain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Francie dreaded the drinking periods—not on moral grounds but because Papa wasn’t a man she knew then. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was early afternoon and the grounds and buildings were deserted, since everyone was at sports. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The grounds were crosshatched with downed branches, but otherwise the property was undamaged. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The grounds came to life with teeming swarms of Guerrilla Shrews armed to the teeth with rapiers, cudgels and slings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “You know better than that, Pri. If it involves two students within a few yards of the school, then fighting is grounds for suspension,” Ms. Stanley says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Buried in the grounds of a farmhouse near the East Anglian coast, just where someone had told them to look. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, fine, on the parsonage grounds, there also grew a yew tree. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Around the house and grounds, which stretched away on either side of the hill, ran a low compound wall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There was never any fighting on school grounds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He closes his eyes, grounds himself with his fingertips on the cool surface of his desk, the feathery little edges of papers there. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Once, we did take on Tía Flor, who indicated her large house, the well-kept grounds, the stone Cupid who had been re-routed so it was his mouth that spouted water. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Servetus reached his conclusion largely on theological grounds, not through dissection, and presented them almost as an aside in a theological treatise. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But he also truly disagreed with Charles’s theory on both scientific and religious grounds. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Just to the left of the low building was a graveled driveway that appeared to lead outside the grounds. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When I reached the red borderline that marked the edge of the school grounds, I glanced around to make sure no one was watching me, then stepped across the line. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Harry glanced out of the corridor windows as they passed; the sun was already sinking over grounds carpeted in deeper snow than had lain over the Burrow garden. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Half the fleet was spread out before him, running hard for the fishing grounds at dusk and throwing wide silver wakes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "Stannis has landed men on the tourney grounds, and there's more coming across. Hie Mud Gate's under attack, and they've brought a ram to the King's Gate. The Imp's gone out to drive them off." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone was walking across the temple grounds toward him a little too fast to be an ordinary temple visitor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The grounds were very dark now; the only light came from the distant windows of the castle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We believe it only on grounds of modesty: it would be most remarkable if the universe looked the same in every direction around us, but not around other points in the universe! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not point out that he left the grounds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The old man himself walking around his grounds, beating the side of his shiny boots with a riding crop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She left the palace grounds and continued down the sloping avenue, and when she neared the sounds of the crowd in the City Square, she went on. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All around her Retrieval Cleaners scanned the grounds for any trace of the siege. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It is done by simply passing the bits around from mind to mind, until something like natural selection makes the final selection, all on grounds of fitness. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit and wait, cringing at the sound of glass breaking, things smashing as his gang ransacks the house and the grounds. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Fawkes’s lament was still echoing over the dark grounds outside. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Teachers could take their students on a virtual field trip every day, without ever leaving the school grounds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z No lying or stealing, and no insubordination to civil authority, except on the grounds of religious obligation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As the president strolled from the White House grounds, one man took notice. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Production of young birds on the New Brunswick breeding grounds is definitely reduced, and adult birds that have been analyzed contain large residues of DDT and heptachlor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I got a bad taste in my mouth, bitter, like coffee grounds in the last sip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Verwoerd said the creation of the bantustans would engender so much goodwill that they would never become the breeding grounds of rebellion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From this forest they would fly off by twos to their ancestral breeding grounds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Bare shrubs framed the front walk and snow-covered trees dotted the grounds. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Lots of people thought Captain Kidd might have buried loot on the Elizabeths, well within his stomping grounds, but no one who had gone digging for treasure out here had ever found any. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Her eyes are all on the potential combatants, readying themselves on the grounds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Did he erect his Castle close to the Fair grounds so as to gather in these victims by the wholesale...?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the bodies are dry I sweep them into a little heap—like coffee grounds—then put them in the trash. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I move silently to the wooden gate leading to Blackcliff s grounds and ease it open. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Because this new system is not explicitly based on race, it is easier to defend on seemingly neutral grounds. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The feedlots are also breeding grounds for new and deadly bacteria. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Generally this meant being restricted to the grounds, as we were now, like any new class in its first week. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have assumed personal control of the active work within the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We stayed outside the festival grounds, but we made sure to talk to everyone heading in and out. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Scattered on the grounds are clusters of small houses with sloped roofs. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Just talking to Fletcher in his shop provided enough grounds to string him up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure you should be roaming the grounds. I don’t know if it’s safe.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Cornelius Fudge, sweating slightly in his pinstriped cloak, was standing there staring out at the grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I crossed the grounds and held my palm to the temple stone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The searchlights from the watchtowers sweep the grounds with swaths of light while guards patrol on foot, guns and Tasers at the ready. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Burnham of course knew of Olmsted’s achievements: Central Park in Manhattan, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the grounds of Cornell and Yale, and scores of other projects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Katrina would stay in camp, as she refused to hunt on moral grounds. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It was an odd and vain wish, but no one could think of any grounds to oppose it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Same day—Wednesday, May 8,1935 We go to the parade grounds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was on a hunting expedition, right here on the grounds of Ashton Place. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She filled the percolator with water and coffee grounds, lit the oven with trembling fingers, and cut lard into flour for biscuits. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, just as Mr. Curtain was finally going inside, a couple of Executives came out for a leisurely stroll over the Institute grounds. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Family pictures show Marcy at Sunday picnics on the grounds of the state hospital, always in a colorful summer dress and holding a cloth parasol. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z One of the eight dogs was quickly eliminated on grounds of disobedience. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She has a test next period that she can’t skip, so we stay on the school grounds. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Herons are able to avoid the dangers of migration, plus they can be one of the earliest to arrive on the breeding grounds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So a week or two after I die, you all have dinner on the grounds at one of the churches, or if they aint in favor, have it at the ball park. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to replace the filter and put new coffee and water in, but for talking about Khalil Mr. Lewis gets coffee made from day-old grounds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As soon as we were alone, he swung me up into his arms, and carried me across the dark grounds till he reached the bench beneath the shadow of the madrone trees. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Neylan originally opposed Sproul’s version of the oath, on the curious grounds that it would simply encourage its targets—the radicals assumed to be swarming over the university—to commit perjury. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "If we want food, we better head back up to my old hunting grounds," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The archery grounds were actually a wide field where Dyedka took the goats to graze during the warmer months, after they exhausted all the grazing nearer to their house. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z On June 17 a small fire occurred in the Cold Storage Building, a castlelike structure at the southwest corner of the grounds built by Hercules Iron Works. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His stomach twisted as he imagined it, watching Ron and the others becoming wizards while he stumped around the grounds carrying Hagrid’s bag. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to ask Mr. Kasigi about bullfighting anymore. I object to it on moral grounds.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The grounds were graced with raised beds of mixed bouquets, and the full perimeter of the property was edged with azaleas, which fit the house like a gilded frame fits a beautiful painting. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As he passed the window, he noticed activity in the grounds near the fountains. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Probably he had said to someone to give something the old college try, and that had finished him; that would probably be grounds for expulsion at Harvard. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Its leaders believed that white South Africans could be persuaded, on moral and humanitarian grounds, to end segregation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z From their bathroom window, I have a bird’s-eye view of the grounds of the embassy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “You’re going to see so many new things and meet so many new animals and if there are any squirrels at your wintering grounds please tell them that Chitchat says hello!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I opened the door to a chauffeur, and past his shoulder I could see some police constables dispersing to various points of the grounds. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Again their request was rejected on the grounds that the hall had a standing policy of not renting concert space to black artists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Very well, Butler. Time for you to do what you do best. We appear to have intruders in the grounds....” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It investigated the discovery on the grounds of three fetuses; a Pinkerton detective “assaulting visitors” at the Tiffany Pavilion; and a “Zulu acting improperly.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Everyone was inside, in class, except for a few students clustered—just off school grounds—at the nearby traffic triangle, smoking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Had all four of them been out on the grounds tonight? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It takes ten minutes to get to the west stairs on the parade grounds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood there looking over the grounds for a while, then she held out a little bag to me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everywhere the best ornamental grounds that we see are those in which vines and creepers are outwitting the gardener. We can’t have little vines and weeds enough.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A false claim would have been considered criminal activity and would have been grounds to deny our adjustment-of-status application and deport us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In fact, Walter told the court that he had personally opposed its adoption on the grounds that it was premature. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond her, far across the grounds, Harry could see Hagrid helping Madame Maxime to back two of the giant horses into their harness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The man was hurrying across the grounds, toward one of the entrances. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “We were just talking about the night when Mr. Crouch turned up on the grounds,” said Fudge. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The grounds are sloping, white tiles carrying the sounds of their feet as they run. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They went out onto the grounds in the afternoon; the snow was untouched except for the deep channels made by the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students on their way up to the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Explore the manse and grounds as you like, but on no account stray beyond the walls. It is best that no man knows that you were here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The entire thrust of the colonists’ justification for independence was to reject that designation on the grounds that they possessed all the rights of British citizens. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’m allowed to walk across the grounds,” he said pointedly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As it turned out, there were ample grounds for the volunteer’s despair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tell the old man I’m headed out to the tuna fishing grounds and he’ll rope me to a chair and call my dad, or worse. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But whenever you’re reading a whodunit, or watching Law and Order reruns on a Sunday night, you find yourself sorting through candidates to be the criminal on the grounds that they are “too obvious.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We slip up the cellar stairs and out to Blackcliff’s funereally quiet grounds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Although elected President of the College of Physicians in 1654, he had to decline the honour on the grounds of age and ill health. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Several more fires had broken out over the grounds, and the air was punctuated with the sounds of not only animals, but beastkeepers too. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Blue Bill and Oksi stayed around the good hunting grounds of Delhi with Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She began taking baby-sitting jobs for some of the doctors who lived on the grounds of the hospital where she was training. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z How many would there be time for, as he rose and walked through the castle for the last time, out into the grounds and into the forest? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t return to his room, but made his way out of the main palace and across the grounds to the old church that was now the Chrysopoesium. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z You are saying Ruth and Sarah are to be dismissed on the grounds that they are Jewish?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I take the long way through Batalla, through the sectors side roads and abandoned buildings, not stopping until I’m a good distance outside of military grounds. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Abbot Mortimer and Constance the badger meandered through the grounds together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As always, she slept out upon the grass in the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z To that may be added that if you’re truly desperate, it can be the grounds you fight on long after the battle is lost. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When he stepped out of the hospital door the grounds overwhelmed him: the cropped shrubbery, the edged lawns, the undeviadng walks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly Harry became aware that this was the first time that he had been alone with her since those stolen hours in secluded corners of the Hogwarts grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At the time of my visit, the Nisqually had been annoying state authorities for decades, tenaciously pursuing what they believed to be their right to fish on their ancestral fishing grounds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z On Dedication Day even the press was polite enough to overlook the stark appearance of the grounds and the unfinished feel of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I called to Clement, nervously scanning the sanctuary grounds. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Construction delays elsewhere on the grounds were especially frustrating for Olmsted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Invention, as I mentioned above, has as its etymological root the idea of “coming upon” the available grounds for argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A long walk in the grounds seemed indicated, during which — if they had time — they might discuss the match. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Snow was falling thickly upon the castle and its grounds now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I now knew it was grounds for expulsion, and I couldn’t risk that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z White lived with his family on the prison grounds. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The gate between the rampant wolves was wrought iron, bearing the symbol of the sacred ash and bordered by a high, spiked fence that circled the Ice Court’s grounds. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Once he lifts his pencil and stares into space and says, “Lesser spotted woodpecker,” and Werner hears a bird’s distant thrumming travel across the grounds and through the wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “There will not be a brick on the grounds,” Burnham said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It is not, however, visible from the grounds.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Celaena didn’t hear him, and though they talked for a good hour afterward meandering through the grounds, she couldn’t get her heart to calm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Burnham looked forward to evenings on the grounds when his lieutenants and visiting architects would gather for dinner at the shanty and converse into the night in front of Burnham’s immense fireplace. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Antigone rebels, on the grounds that there is a higher law than that of the state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were shouts, and four, then five, men in camouflage were running across the grounds towards us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first time I had ever left the school grounds without permission. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z What Priddy needed was a blanket legal order that would authorize him to sterilize a woman on explicitly eugenic grounds; one such test case would set the standard for a thousand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He hoped for an opportunity when Garfield left the grounds on horseback, in his carriage, or by foot. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Military police manned all campus entrances, patrolling the comings and goings of everyone on the grounds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z After years of living in the country illegally, I had a sneaking suspicion that my tacky taste in jewelry would not be grounds for deportation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Shrimp, too, depend on inshore feeding grounds for their young. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If, say, you were somewhere you shouldn’t be in the main house or the grounds, and you heard a guardian coming, you could often hide somewhere. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This may be grounds for suspicion by the reader and a prod to self-improvement for the writer, but it is not a failure of consistency or logic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Assigned to cover the opening ceremony, Herbert decided to scout the grounds ahead of time to get a more detailed sense of the fair’s topography. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the early years, Lynds was allowed to punish as he saw fit, and a whispered word, a look askance—the slightest infraction— was grounds for a whipping. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry roared; the night was full of hideous yells and blows as the giants wrestled, and he seized Hermione’s hand and tore down the steps into the grounds, Ron bringing up the rear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The creamer mixes in and the coffee turns a light brown with some dark coffee grounds rising to the surface. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z All around the school grounds were the towers that his daddy called derricks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He filed for a patent, which was denied on the grounds that no living organism could be considered an invention. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Biologists might have blanched at trying to describe the “gene molecule” on purely hypothetical grounds—but what physicist could resist taking a ramble in weird, risky territory? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The tourists got to see what they wanted; from the grandstand at the Ceremonial grounds they watched the dancers perform, and they watched Indian cowboys ride bucking horses and Brahma bulls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Once the grounds were fertilized, it was time for the plants. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It became so bad, Principal Jenkins said he would give detention to any student caught littering on school grounds. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Percy, realizing what Harry was trying to do, stopped clinging to the body and helped; together, crouching low to avoid the curses flying at them from the grounds, they hauled Fred out of the way. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It was a most beautiful sight one obtains in the descent of the car, for then the whole fair grounds is laid before you,” Gronau said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Olmsted’s memory was not so destroyed that he did not realize he himself had designed McLean’s grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As they entered March the weather became drier, but cruel winds skinned their hands and faces every time they went out onto the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sitti gathered the empty teacups in front of her so she could read the grounds. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z By the time Joe and the boys had limbered up and paddled to the starting line, at a little before 5:15, perhaps twenty-five thousand people had entered the regatta grounds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even though I'm glad to hear this, it doesn't hit me until after we step inside his little cottage on the edge of the grounds that this is what we needed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Those are the humpbacks after herring. They’re following their instincts. Every spring they migrate up from calving grounds in Hawaii.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I opposed the May Day strike on the grounds that the ANC had not originated the campaign, believing that we should concentrate on our own campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There isn’t anywhere but here. This is all she made: the house, the grounds, and the people in the house. She made it and she waited.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Some argued for nonviolence on purely ethical grounds, saying it was morally superior to any other method. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the enormous parade grounds just outside the walled city, gymnastic and athletic performances took place. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t seem like it would, but I decided to forgive Isaac on the grounds that he was going blind. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He lay on top of orange peels, coffee grounds, rancid bacon, and rubber tires. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z As William battered at Purple with all his might, Jewish refugees were being turned away from the United States, on the grounds that they were not the kind of citizens America wanted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He climbed a pile of coffee grounds, but near the top the grounds gave way under him and he slid down and landed in a pool of leftover rice pudding. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Robbie grew up with the run of the nursery and those other parts of the house the children were permitted, as well as the grounds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The other eleven kids started looking around the motel grounds, searching for a brightly painted tree stump. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Wiener has proposed, on intuitive grounds, that defects and misinterpretations in such a communication system may be an unexplored territory for psychiatry. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The earliest herons to arrive on the breeding grounds have an advantage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Out on the grounds, someone is splitting wood, and Werner listens to the ringing of the sledgehammer against the wedge and the quick, frightened breaths of the boys all around him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Instead of conferring with the general in the visiting area, I was taken to his residence on the grounds of Pollsmoor itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Antigone who symbolized our struggle; she was, in her own way, a freedom fighter, for she defied the law on the grounds that it was unjust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry and the Weasleys spent a happy afternoon having a furious snowball fight on the grounds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Rooster Jim helped the children out of the wagon when we reached the picnic grounds. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He arrived at this conclusion, not on so-to- speak rational or sceptical grounds, but entirely on the interpretation of ancient authority. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the roofs were painted, and there weren't any statues or fine carvings around the grounds. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He thought of including some first-aid materials but decided against them on the grounds that he didn’t have any, though it would be good to get hold of some one day. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z African American leader Booker T. Washington shared this view, opposing suffrage on the grounds that giving women the vote would undermine their moral and domestic influence. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The Basque established their secret sacred fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland twelve hundred years back. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The rest of Blackcliff’s slaves live and work on the main grounds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His sister had insisted that Joffrey strip Blount of his white cloak on the grounds of treason and cowardice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I used the coffee grounds to blot texture into the hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But this was the big day for judging cattle, quilts, and cookery, so the grounds were packed, though it was a nickel to get in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z An unmarked helicopter was waiting on the embassy grounds to airlift us out, and there wasn’t a minute to spare. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z When he stepped out of the trailer the grounds seemed empty. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He, Ron, and Hermione left the castle together on Saturday and set off through the cold, wet grounds toward the gates. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They left the castle at noon the next day to find a weak silver sun shining down upon the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I then made application for the recusal of the magistrate on the grounds that I did not consider myself morally bound to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I had no representation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They scanned the darkening grounds excitedly, but nothing was moving; everything was still, silent, and quite as usual. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She hadn’t noticed before, but far more animals were out of their cages tonight, and the grounds did look like they’d gotten an extra bit of grooming. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “His body decays in the marble tomb in the grounds of this castle, I have seen it, Potter, and he will not return!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “We’ll find out soon enough. We’re stuck inside today. Commandant said any slave out on the grounds will be killed on sight.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Washington laid claim to the honor on grounds it was the center of government, New York because it was the center of everything. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z One day as he was strolling peacefully about the grounds, he discovered two tiny babies that had been abandoned in a basket under the grape arbor. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The fourth contained a row of French windows looking out onto the spacious theater grounds below. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong spent most of his time inside the temple grounds, but when he turned thirteen, Father Cham began taking him along more often on his visits to the village and surrounding countryside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Fischer was besieged with calls and cables, and photographers and journalists staked out the grounds in hopes of just a glimpse of him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Nok paced beneath the tree, letting her eyes wander the temple grounds. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z When night fell, the manager of the property patrolled the grounds with three big German shepherds. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It was as if we were committing a crime, and it was necessary for them to stand outside school grounds. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Koffi's heart hammered in her chest as she spun around, eyes searching the grounds of the Night Zoo until she found who she was looking for. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “They spray the grounds with pesticides and stuff.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Even my faithful Jasper has gone to the happy hunting grounds, and Manderley is no more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z To his gardener it looked like he wasn’t doing much at all when he walked about the grounds observing the flowers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once every month, a big white van would come down that long road and you’d feel the excitement all through the house and grounds. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This confederacy incorporated six widely dispersed nations comprising thousands of agricultural villages and hunting grounds in what are currently known as New York, Pennsylvania, and Quebec. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I wake to the click-clop of their boots as they patrol the grounds at night. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z One afternoon, as we were searching the grounds, my brothers found a gun. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I change into the blue shift I packed in the woods outside Madoc’s grounds, despite being so tired that my joints hurt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So Rowdy and I walked the three miles to the powwow grounds. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And another time I had imagined living in a lodge in the grounds of Manderley, and how he would visit me sometimes, and sit in front of the fire. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Once, at the public picnic grounds, a small girl had tried to beat him to death with her enormous teddy bear. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “But how do you keep... them... from wandering off... from leaving the grounds?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They found new and fertile grounds for mirth at his expense one evening when a group of them noticed Joe eating a meal in the cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If I practise certain religious observances, then there are grounds for thinking the statement is true, but it is difficult to see how one could ever prove it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “This is might fine hunting grounds right here on this step,” the woman said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In less than an hour the guests had left, and servants began to clean the detritus of revelry from the eerily silent grounds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Elizabeth admired her cousin’s cleverness and courage as he welcomed the men and gave them permission to search the house and grounds. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z You have to remember that until that point we’d never been beyond the grounds of Hailsham, and we were just bewildered. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Many whites who supported Jim Crow justified it on paternalist grounds, actually believing they were doing blacks a favor or believing the time was not yet “right” for equality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The second issue was rejected by the High Organ on similar grounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many enemy aircraft were destroyed on the grounds, but others took off to attack our ships. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Hotels hired extra security to patrol the grounds and beaches. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The first stop was the south-east corner, where Foremole and his crew had a monotonous task: night and day they monitored the grounds for sounds of tunneling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I opened the glass-door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or breeze, through the grounds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Each had gone on to its own ancestral wintering grounds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z At noon recess I went into the school grounds and a group of boys sauntered up to me, looked at me from my head to my feet, whispering among themselves. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But the migratory birds were preparing for the long journey south to their warm wintering grounds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Leon and Marshall were leaning over a map they were drawing of the grounds for the inspectors benefit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One of the places I regularly visited with these junior officers was known as the “gardens,” a series of smallholdings on the edge of the prison grounds where crops were grown for the prison’s kitchen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Small creatures rubbing sleep from their eyes in confusion were dragged out into the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And the indignant hum erupted as soon as they’d entered the grounds of last year’s fair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And only minutes before he saw them on the execution grounds, Shin had believed he would be shot because of their recklessness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Out on the parade grounds we circle the cement once. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Others use an espresso pot, which uses steam to drive water up through the grounds: the pot is a pressurized steam system, which is why it requires a safety valve. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Hoagland wasn’t in there now, though he was around, as always, lurking about, snooping somewhere on the grounds. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A cold and annoyed guard left the gatehouse to let them onto the grounds. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He had already told me in no uncertain terms, “Don’t ever leave the school grounds without permission.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It tipped downwards in earthy showers, back into the trench in the Abbey grounds whence it had first come. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “And I’ve always opposed it. On the grounds that it would lower department morale.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Curly went off to his trailer while Officer Delinko resumed patrolling the grounds. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Far, far, below, the Abbey grounds looked like a spread-out pocket handkerchief, the great wall representing its border. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z General Electric alone had fifteen carloads of exhibit materials stored on the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The sound grew in anguish, and it filled the night sky as it spread across the castle grounds, over the walls, even into the Great Square beyond. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The Court justified this insurmountable hurdle on the grounds that considerable deference is owed the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But though this explanation makes sense on engineering grounds, he said, it doesn’t make the long-ago actions of the moundbuilders any less mysterious. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What worried me as I left the King’s House and walked through the Palace grounds, however, was not my failure, but Estraven’s part in it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “What are you talking about?” said Ron, but Harry, sprinting across the grounds toward the forest, didn’t answer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Feeling too queasy to eat, Harry waited until Hermione had swallowed her last spoonful of porridge, then dragged her out onto the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z On the grounds were the ruins of a castle where the wicked king, Henry VIII, had shut up one of his wives. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly four in the morning, and the deathly stillness of the grounds felt as though they were holding their breath, waiting to see whether he could do what he must. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Sixteenth Street entrance was one of the most dangerous areas of Central High’s grounds. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We stored them in the musty shed across the parking lot from Scanlan, stacked atop one another from September through May, nesting grounds for spiders and the occasional rat or garter snake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z This round, which is about the arrival of summer, actually has two “melodic ostinati,” which are known as “grounds,” at the end, which can be sung along with the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Of course he knows. We had to ask him if he minds the Azkaban guards stationing themselves around the entrances to the school grounds. He wasn’t happy about it, but he agreed.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “I filtered the fourth distillation through a mixture of charcoal, eggshells, pecan husks, and coffee grounds. I think I’ll put it up in oak for a while and see what happens.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The mine was lit up, big spotlights playing around the grounds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Parents had to give permission for students to be off school grounds with anyone who works for the district. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Two weeks before the end of the term, the sky lightened suddenly to a dazzling, opaline white and the muddy grounds were revealed one morning covered in glittering frost. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Who, for example, would object to the term ‘the digital revolution’ on the grounds that it is not a singular and discrete event, localized in time and space? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The burning library and farmhouse illuminated the grounds. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If he was seen to accept Bolton’s feigned girl as Arya, the northern lords who had gathered to bear witness to the match would have no grounds to question her legitimacy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dumbledore was standing at the window looking out at the grounds, a long, black traveling cloak in his arms. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The floodlights in the towers weren’t sliding lazily over the grounds like usual. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Reds, browns, yellows...they give the grounds a warm, cozy look. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Neither Ron nor Hermione felt like going, however, so they and Harry wandered onto the grounds, still talking about the extraordinary events of the previous night and wondering where Sirius and Buckbeak were now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Ellen was a Swazi, and though tribalism was fading in the township, a close friend of mine condemned our relationship on purely tribal grounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I retreated before he could take a closer look and continued deeper into the grounds. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I left the school grounds with a small group of my friends, but since I lived the farthest from school, I had to walk the last two blocks alone. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Not passing a studio is grounds for expulsion, and we decided to just put you on probation.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The grounds were still smoking from the fire. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The palace grounds beyond looked distorted, as if we were peering through frosted glass. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My father was consulted and recommended Jongintaba on the grounds that he was the best educated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We see the miracle of nature’s control at work when the cod move through winter seas to their spawning grounds, where each female deposits several millions of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There are no a priori grounds for thinking that this is a good way to conduct intellectual life. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He found them during his first six months at the White House, before June graduated and Nora transferred, when he was alone, with nothing better to do than these little investigative projects around the grounds. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Du Barry and the Beauty Minister lead us forward onto the imperial grounds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Snow was still thick upon the grounds, and the greenhouse windows were covered in condensation so thick that they couldn’t see out of them in Herbology. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When the bell sounded from the castle at the end of their lesson, the three of them dropped their trowels at once and hurried through the grounds to the edge of the forest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z A mosaic on the floor showed an exact map of the palace grounds and the surrounding ocean, but the mosaic moved. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When his classes let out at two, Wash ran to the grounds of the New London school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like I had plenty of time, though, and the languid pace and midday heat sapped my will to do anything more taxing than wander the grounds in dreamy amazement. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Arthur wandered the picnic grounds in bow tie and suspenders, a porkpie hat pulled low over his forehead and the enormous weight of his camera slung from a thick leather thong around his neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Joe Mondragon and Jimmy Ortega drove over to Bloom’s house early, loaded Orangutan and Sunflower into a trailer, and dropped them off in a pen at the rodeo grounds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad pulled over and asked me to cross the temple grounds. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His coarse, bawling voice called out through the noise, and continually he was lounging from one place on the show grounds to another. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z From the looks of the grounds, tom and muddy and littered with bits of dinted armor and broken lances, they had been at it for a day or more, but now the end was near. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I hear that you are wont to throw off your skirts and swim! That you run about the castle grounds rousting with boys!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The sound of fighting comes from the practice grounds as I cut toward the back of the property. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I made a detailed sketch of the prison grounds with particular emphasis on the exact location of the prison hospital and the gates leading out of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After our thirteenth birthday, we moved on from using our teacup dogs and the stray teacup cats that lurk on the grounds to enlisting our servants as subjects of our beauty work. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes straight forward and was relieved when I finally was free of the school grounds. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And now everything was cool and dark: The sun was barely visible over the horizon as he glided alongside Snape, up through the grounds toward the lake. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Odd Fellows’ band wheezed away, pumping out a steady supply of festive waltzes and marches that could be heard all over the grounds. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Over her little corpse, we stood, a country maid and a Spaniard grounds man. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Face to face with the enemy, on grounds of his own choosing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I passed along the grounds, black-and-white magpies and longtailed red birds scattering as I went. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Having said this, I still believe there are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Fifty-seven cadets cross the grounds and jog up the snowy path into the forest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The home economics cottage was on the edge of the school grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If you hurried through the parade grounds trying not to get shot, he would shoot at you on purpose. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z From their position at the top of the lawns overlooking the grounds, they had a clear view of the smooth black surface of the water — except that the surface was suddenly not smooth at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “He’s coming,” said Professor McGonagall suddenly, gazing down into the grounds. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He settled himself on the floor with his back against the wall, listening to a fly buzzing in the sunny window, his mind across the grounds with Hagrid. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Now that I was off school grounds, I could use my avatar name once again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Because what she does always comes as a shock, exactly like an electfic jolt, that grounds itself permanently in my memory. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I'm allergic to cat dander and I'd like to buy a banana or something. Don't you think that's grounds for a lawsuit?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Please follow your Heads of Houses out into the grounds. Gryffindors, after me.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z So that evening after dinner, the three of them left the castle once more and went down through the frozen grounds to Hagrid’s cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z People lacking a union obviously, people without grounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Coffee grounds, chicken skin, bat guano, and some kind of old fat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The tombwalk was a relic of the old palace cemetery, cut off from the rest of the grounds by the construction of the astronomers’ tower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So it was that he trailed Carl to the fishing grounds at Ship Channel Bank. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Happily he let out that for years organic chemists had been arbitrarily favoring particular tautomeric forms over their alternatives on only the flimsiest of grounds. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I trample over a wooden bridge that crosses a small garden river, an offshoot of the Golden Palace River that runs the perimeter of the palace grounds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Caesar had no pretext on which to leave the grounds until Sunday. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The garden arcades and grounds are abuzz with movement as the palace prepares for the royal birthday party. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One is to provide grounds for confidence that the writer has a history of reading edited English and has given it his full attention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Though I want to help her, I hold back, scanning the darkened grounds around us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They had scoured the area until the light became too bad to continue, returning after fruitless hours spent searching Redwall grounds and Mossflower Wood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Members devoted themselves to innocuous good works—sending get-well cards, planting flowers on the project grounds. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was the same part of the wall that led, shortly, to the Zoo, in the farther corner of the castle grounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Most of the lawns on the university grounds are overgrown now; the long grasses stick up like green arrows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I believed their arguments on physical grounds, but I did not like the mathematical way in which they calculated the emission. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A monstrous sycamore stood in the middle, so large that it shaded the entire grounds. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Every trainer on the grounds believed Pollard was finished, and no one wanted to be responsible for crippling him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Reynie did take a route that made it difficult for him to be seen from the Institute grounds, but if he was spotted, he’d invented a good explanation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There was always an Easter-egg hunt on the church grounds, and a parade of people in special hats. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I roam around the grounds until a balding man in a brown robe appears. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In 1987 he filed a lawsuit in federal court to halt Axel’s research on the grounds that it violated the 1975 National Environmental Policy Act, because it had never been proven environmentally safe. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mass incarceration is now off-limits to challenges on the grounds of racial bias, much as its predecessors were in their time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z According to Desdemona, my grandfather collapsed right after overturning his coffee cup to read his fortune in the grounds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nobody saw him go, which was fortunate; it was strictly against the rules for kids to leave the school grounds without a note. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is all over the grounds, about all sorts of business, and Mr. Burnham & every head of Department is constantly calling for ‘Ulrich!’ The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The very last rays of the setting sun were casting a bloody light over the long-shadowed grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Inkatha refused to sign on the grounds that the phrase an “undivided” South Africa implied that a federal system was off-limits. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the weather turned cold, my father managed to tuck a few pieces of coal from the factory furnaces in his pockets, even though it was forbidden to take anything from the factory grounds. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “There’s hens all over the grounds,” Hamish told her as she sat down with the boys. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I kick a soccer ball around with Marv at the local grounds on Thursday night and watch him get drunk afterward at his place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I walked around the grounds once again, as if the earth would speak to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Bram Fischer stood up and asked the court for a remand on the grounds that the defense had not had time to prepare its case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one half of a pair that was carrying a body in from the grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As we walked the grounds, listening to Dr. Pérez, I was impressed by what Cuba had done about AIDS. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Harry’s mind wandered a long way from the marquee, back to afternoons spent alone with Ginny in lonely parts of the school grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There are even sites where fences and obstacles were erected in order to create artificial traps and slaughtering grounds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Such places, the watersheds of the great coniferous forests of spruce and balsam, of hemlock and pine, provide the kind of spawning grounds that salmon must have in order to survive. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Upon what terms would I be allowed to remain upon the school grounds? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The true climax occurred after the grounds closed, however. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Harry heard a weird rushing noise, as though Flitwick had unleashed the power of the wind into the grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “She’s cute at first,” I said, “but trust me, it wears off once she crowns herself the pope and declares the bathroom ‘religious grounds.’” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Ruth had discovered that summer a lovely old church about half a mile from the Cottages, which had behind it rambling grounds with very old gravestones leaning in the grass. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people make it by dripping water through a filter containing coffee grounds: they are relying on gravity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “If I’d seen how far he’d gone downhill, I wouldn’t have stopped the process. Why? On what grounds? We didn’t know until he got to Boston that the cancer had invaded the vertebrae.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I stop right in front of the school grounds, right where my dad would usually drop me off, breathing hard. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “This is an outrage, Judge. I retract my bid on the grounds that I have been tricked, manipulated, and lied to. This man is a charlatan. He told me he worked for the government.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At the palace gates, the guards were tending to a line of wagons waiting to enter the grounds, and they did not notice when she slipped between the wagons and into the outer courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "We have no grounds on which to hold Mr. Franklin," said a police department spokesman in a statement. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In days gone by, these men held Hypereia, a country of wide dancing grounds, but near them were overbearing Kyklopes, whose power could not be turned from pillage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time to pick, he decided, and then if necessary to make his own fog run to the fishing grounds off Elliot Head—a run he preferred to make alone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was not in any of the lower rooms; he was not in the yard, the stables, or the grounds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Four of the five Levittown pools have met the same fate, with their grounds converted to “passive recreation areas.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z You may excuse me on the grounds of being a kind brother, which I hope I am. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Adding to the temptation to avoid race is the fact that opportunities for challenging mass incarceration on purely race-neutral grounds have never been greater. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They are pictured on the grounds of the Coronado Hotel near San Diego, standing in the pale light of a winter afternoon. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s just wait until we’re off school grounds, okay? Why don’t you walk behind me for a while. I think it’ll just make things easier.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When she reached the iron gates to the palace grounds, the guards asked for her invitation, and she said, “Is not every eligible woman invited? You must let me through.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As Shadow ran he saw Constance dash across the grounds at an angle which cut him off from the stairs up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In contrast to the lush growth within the nurseries, the grounds of the park had been scraped free of all vegetation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "We have no grounds on which to hold Mr. Franklin," said a police department spokesman in a statement. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Royal had spent the day with him, walking the grounds and talking. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I turned and watched it recede from the rear window; the sun caught its treetops, bathed its low-set buildings and ordered grounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Vincenzio refused, on the seemingly reasonable grounds that there were plenty of jobs for doctors but very few for mathematicians. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I am free to leave the convent grounds if I wish. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A guard waved the bus through, and soon they arrived within the prison grounds. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Some would argue for the third possibility on the grounds that if there were a complete set of laws, that would infringe God’s freedom to change his mind and intervene in the world. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He drove me around the grounds in his own car, and pointed out the recreation hall, hospital, school, administrative offices, and the two-story brick buildings he called cottages where the patients lived. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He slunk swiftly across the grounds to one of the small doors in the massive outer wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z This was a task made much easier by the way the grounds were laid out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That was how she spent her first two weeks in the house—exploring the garden and the grounds. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “I found out how she was listening in on private conversations when she wasn’t supposed to be coming onto the grounds,” said Hermione in a rush. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Jane and Michael, holding their tickets, walked on into the Zoo grounds. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I ponder that for a moment, and while I do, I realize we’re not taking our usual path to Madoc’s grounds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In Paris Olmsted went to the old exposition grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z These are grounds of hope for others; for ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The house was not quite a mansion, but the grounds were fit for a king. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Fed up with all the rotten publicity, the Miccosukees announced that they intended to sue Dusty for embezzlement, and evict what was left of the Coral Queen from their “tribal grounds,” meaning the marina. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time I steadied myself and made certain my toe wasn’t broken, I had so much adrenaline pumping through my veins that it was like I’d snorted a cup of coffee grounds. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They had taken away her physics books and the piles of dusty spiral pads full of lecture notes that had ringed her room, and she was confined to grounds again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We signed in, were given two very small, stiff towels for the shower, and trudged off across the grounds to see what we got for our $11 apiece. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, we’d had to persuade the National Park Service and the White House grounds team to tear up a patch of one of the most iconic lawns in the world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some men who could have avoided the army enlisted, and others objected to the war on moral or religious grounds and took the walk up Golgotha which normally comes with that. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z For the first few nights, I patrolled the grounds of the compound without incident. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We walked the grounds a bit while you were upstairs, and toured the lower rooms. Was there something in particular you wanted to show us?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But one need not oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds to feel shaken by the notion of a private sadness being converted into a public good. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Archduke Francis Ferdinand, described by an escort as being “half-boor, half-tightwad,” roamed the grounds incognito—but much preferred the vice districts of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Clummer was creeping over the grounds around the castle; sky L_Jand lake alike turned periwinkle blue and flowers large as cabbages burst into bloom in the greenhouses. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The grounds contained a swimming pool and polo fields and a golf course and five lakes with islands. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As I approached the school grounds, I remembered my promise to Paul. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Afterwards it was dinner on the grounds, and we talked some more. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As a result he could count on being tailed to the fishing grounds: if a man wouldn’t speak he was followed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Some of the kids at PM are, though, and we do have a nondenominational chapel on the grounds for kids who don’t go home on weekends. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z What maharaja’s son had such vast, luxuriant grounds to play about? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was said they were mostly not on the school grounds but “on call as the situation warranted.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnham immediately went to Margaret’s father to break the engagement, on grounds the courtship could not continue in the shadow of scandal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The cleanliness of the grounds also fell short of European standards, as he had feared it would. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I saw us walking slowly, silently, toward a far, verdant part of die convent grounds, where suddenly, and without sin, I would put my arm around her waist. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z For her own good: round-the-clock care; nice grounds; arts and crafts classes; tennis courts; a friendly, unintimidating staff, no one in a uniform. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Harry soared around the perimeter of the grounds, looking around for the Snitch and keeping one eye on Harper, who was zigzagging far below him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We came in along the Hudson River and I stared at the sweep of clean-kept homes and grounds. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We may presume that Neanderthals were not pleased to see their traditional hunting grounds turned into Sapiens-controlled slaughterhouses. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right. Everyone, lock and load. V flight pattern. Establish a perimeter inside the Manor grounds.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Two gray-clad figures were running across the Night Zoos grounds amid the chaos, one glancing over her shoulder every few strides. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “If it were merely a fine house richly furnished,” said she, “I should not care about it myself; but the grounds are delightful. They have some of the finest woods in the country.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Achieved at too great a cost on spurious grounds.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The Board shall maintain a separate building on separate grounds for the instruction of all blind persons of the colored race. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The Prince picked the spot himself, in the quietest, remotest corner of the castle grounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, the Tokyo District Court issued an injunction to stay the deportation order on the grounds that a passport violation was not an extraditable offense. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Taped to the bottom was a hand lettered notice that said that the circus would be in town for two nights only, on the grounds of the elementary school. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even without the fair he faced an intimidating portfolio of works in progress, chief among them the grounds of Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I asked endless questions about Grandpa’s pension, but information was always denied me on the grounds that I was too young to know what was involved. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard was wheeling all over the grounds, singing out, “What a race! What a horse! It was perfect!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig, rejected on the grounds that he might quarrel in strange company, was inclined to be sulky at first, but came round when he remembered that he could go on looking after Kehaar. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we go out to the cremation grounds instead and bury bone shards? Or we can play Catch the Beheaded Thing! I’ve always liked that game.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Construction of the sheds for the stock exhibits at the south end of the grounds had yet to begin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I arrive at the grounds out of sorts, slightly late, anxious, and hungry. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was overruled by the match committee on the grounds that he’d failed to appear at the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The captives ate at their own table in the Hall of a Hundred Hearths, and could often be seen about the grounds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His voice echoed across the grounds and off the high stone walls of his mansion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts grounds never looked more inviting than when Harry had to stay indoors. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z On Sunday, which was the first Sunday in August, we drove the Cadillac to the Presbyterian church out at Hebron for the annual reunion and dinner on the grounds. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Confined to the Birthing Unit and its surrounding grounds for over a year now, she had not needed any kind of transportation. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was located, of course, about a hundred yards below the tennis courts on the Dancing Trout grounds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I let the cow out and lead her by a frayed rope down another dusty road to the colegio grounds, where she grazes on the grass near the avocado trees. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We immediately drew up a petition protesting the unfit conditions and demanding our immediate release on the grounds that our detention was illegal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They are in the Packard, passing the amusement grounds of Electric Park. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he shouted to his invisible children scattered about the grounds, “You help your mother today and no yappin’.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Parole board officials maintained that their ruling was based on the grounds of Hale’s advanced age—he was seventy-two—and his record as a good prisoner. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Or the fog might lift and I can make a deal with one of the tuna boats out on the fishing grounds. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She drew a map on the floor and showed him where the wintering grounds of the caribou lay. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked until the lush grounds of the estate melted into the main road. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Our examination of the grounds will not take long.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Civil rights advocates offered no balm for the wound, publicly resisting calls for class-based affirmative action and dismissing claims of unfairness on the grounds that whites had been enjoying racial preferences for hundreds of years. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Sandals flapping, Matthias dashed out into the grounds, nearly colliding with the Abbot and Constance, who, like everyone else, were heading for the gatehouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “That’s all very well, but how are we going to scale the wall into the Abbey grounds? If Cluny has captured Redwall, he’s bound to have sentries posted upon the ramparts.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Walking back to the school grounds from the railroad station in the descending darkness we overtook a lone figure sliding along the snow-covered edge of the street. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It shrunk across the grounds toward the first level of the Zoo of Death, where Count Rugen sat fiddling with some knobs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Telemarketing, one of the first refuges of the suddenly indigent, can be dismissed on grounds of personality. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The foragers could either run away, abandoning their hunting grounds to field and pasture, or take up the ploughshare themselves. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was. Of course, we could never really go anywhere, so the entire fleeting romance took place on school grounds.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In the old days they fished from schooners, big wooden ships with white canvas sails that took the fishermen far offshore to the Grand Banks fishing grounds. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Come noon, we arrived at the Rappahannock and walked along the road by its banks until we came to a house where the grounds were not full of activity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Sanford, the Supreme Court immunized the institution of slavery from legal challenge on the grounds that African Americans were not citizens, and in Plessy v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This meant an automatic suspension if the incident was on school grounds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The parade actually leaves the school grounds, where it loops around for a block before coming onto the track circling the football field. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The next morning Louis took me to watch as the leopard, in his trap, was loaded into the truck for the long drive to his new hunting grounds. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Closer you get to the coasts,” Clarence whispered, pointing east, west, and then north, “the more water’s left that can be drunk. The middle grounds?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He hurried me up the walk, through the grounds, and into the house; but we were quite wet before we could pass the threshold. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The Governor’s palace is guarded by brutes — Negroes and Shawnee Indians—patrolling the grounds — frowning out at the people. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She looks around at the scraggly grounds, the overgrown bushes, the abandoned houses. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He has been criticized for doing so, on the grounds that this is not really an explanation at all, since the new science and scepticism towards witchcraft represent merely two sides of the same coin. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They despised any leader from among their own number, refused to follow or even listen to him, on the grounds that he was no better than they were, that he should stop putting on airs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why, uh, I stopped off at the supper on the grounds in Prairie Lea the other night. They saw me on the road and invited me to visit for a piece.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z As they sweep the grounds, I sense them reaching out to me, trying to seize me with their illuminated tentacles, trying to expose my face to the light. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z All the children of the Gentry, regardless of age, are taught by lecturers from all over the kingdom on the grounds of the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Trouble started as soon as Shin walked from the execution grounds to his school, where he had a private meeting with his teacher. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Even among fishes that range widely in coastal waters, many depend upon protected inshore areas to serve as nursery and feeding grounds for their young. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Crane wanted a fresh coat of paint on the trim of the house, which sat proudly on the edge of the school grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Brij on the grounds of religious tolerance and me on account of I’m a conscientious objector. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We cut through the parade grounds, where Annie, who had the day off from school, and Theresa are huddled over something. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And now she was very conscious that she ought to have prevented them.—She felt that she had been risking her friend’s happiness on most insufficient grounds. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Booth crossed the Capitol grounds, racing under the shadow of the great dome. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to arrive at a theory of heredity via experimental means, Darwin was forced to conjure one up from purely theoretical grounds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The grounds, in places, bore signs of the geometric Victorian trimness which had been their original form: drained fish-pools; the long white colonnades of skeleton pergolas; rock-bordered parterres where flowers no longer grew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Finally, this is not an argument that affirmative action should be reconsidered simply on the grounds that it is “unfair” to white men as a group. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z |
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