| 单词 | heap |
| 例句 | Ahead, on the western horizon, clouds lay heaped and brilliant, riven with chasms of darkness, their tops drawn out in the high-altitude winds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And there they stood in the dead city, a heap of boys, their hiking lunches half devoured, daring each other in shrieky whispers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z All day the cat lay still in his cave in the dung heap. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Maps for Section Two lay in a messy heap. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She made her way through the trash heaps and then caught her breath when she reached the Tower wall. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A heap of tiny pale green clams no larger than quarters soak in the deep porcelain sink. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She set them in a pit in the middle of the fire and heaped live coals around the balled mound of mud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We all go stumbling as best we can, each with different strides, pulling each other and bumping along the whole way until we finally fall in a heap near the screen door, laughing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Climb in” said Turner, but he had to lift her front leg for her, and once she was in, she fell into a loose heap in the bow, and her eyes closed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A single sweep, and a third of it lay, a writhing heap of thorns, in a pile twenty feet away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a pile of sticks, about the size of a heaping plate of spaghetti. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She shakes her head to clear it, pulls her bags into a neat heap, wipes her eyes and nose with a corner of her T-shirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Haven’t you noticed there are junk heaps everywhere? Plenty of other places we can work. And other waste mart men.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wish I could be more like my friends, but it sure seems like being brave gets people in a heap of trouble. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Finally, they collapsed into a heap, panting with exhaustion. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She had a heap of appallingly dirty mats that Tendai assumed was the babies’ bedding. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Singer handed him the card and stood quietly, his arms heaped with packages, his weight resting on his heels. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Packages and bags and tied rolls and bundles are heaped everywhere. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Defenders piled it in heaps at the edge of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The policeman leads me across a yard where flies swarm over a rubbish heap. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She releases me, letting me fall to the floor in a heap. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Tied up along its shores was every conceivable kind of watercraft— Chinese junks, tugboats, rickety houseboats, old schooners, and barges heaped with jumbles of industrial cargo. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As he neared the trash heaps, two guards who had been sitting on the ground got to their feet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Hrothgar had had sleeping chambers built for the most important ones, far away from the smoke and bustle of the kitchens, with great curved couches comfortably heaped with skins. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back by six for supper, which Ma Charles was only too glad to have Big Ma heap on his plate. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I could see into the basement where mangled parts of children’s bicycles lay in dusty heaps. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She lay under the tree, covered in a heap of broken branches and pinecones and needles. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Otto tried to get back up but didn’t make it to me; again he staggered, heaping on the floor and staring at me in dull confusion, wondering at his body’s betrayal. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The airdrome had been bombed eight months before, and knobby slabs of white stone rubble had been bulldozed into flat- topped heaps on both sides of the entrance through the wire fence surrounding the field. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Big, heaping plates of meat and potatoes and gravy, and steaming black coffee. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She had known Manny practically her whole life—they all had—and now he was just a heap of lifeless flesh and bones slumped in a barber’s chair. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Books, except the Koran, were burned in heaps, the stores that sold them closed down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Would they find a heap of ashes waiting for them at the farmhouse? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "We don't do this every day. Some days we clean out the jakes and pile it on the dung heap." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The room was hung with silver and gold garlands and heaps of white hothouse camellias. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a red heap of seething coals and heard the upward hum of the draff. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Great disorderly piles of books were heaped so high that Elinor could hardly make her way through the ruins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Our school uniforms lay crumpled at the top of the heap. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “She just took in a heap of sewing that she has to finish quick. Marla Kay from church has a sewing machine, but she said hers is jammed up bad.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “That will do,” he said, and the tape measure crumpled into a heap on the floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But Pinmei did not notice, for moonlight also fell upon a small, fragile figure crumpled in a heap not far from her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They fled in confusion to the ships, and the wall they had built to defend them went down like a sand wall children heap up on the shore and then scatter in their play. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The receiving blanket fell in a soft heap beside his chair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The thought of a kid, of any of us, turning against our own kind made me want to smash the shelf we were leaning against into a heap of metal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As one of them—a puny man heaped with lavish fur and silk—turned to glare at her, Pinmei could see they were as scarred as the servant. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I felt like I might fall in a heap on the ground. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Yes it is. There’s no substance. Look—” I say, dragging my fork through the gravy-covered heap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Henry’s clothes lay in a heap on the floor where he’d left them that morning. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to share this summer world with Lindsey when she came, all of what was best about Miles City in July spread out before us like a picnic table heaped with pies. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Phil helps me into my seat, then wanders into the back and reappears with two heaping plates of food and places them on the table. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She padded toward him with a bucket full of kitchen scraps, her sandals squeaking, moving toward the compost heap, and on her return trip she’d passed between the rows of raspberries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But in the wintertime Pa filled and heaped the washtub with clean snow, and on the cookstove it melted to water. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Next time you be much warmer nestled in the dung heap these cold days,” she told him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby suddenly released her in a heap on the ground as he calmly but swiftly reloaded the gun. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The She Elephant grunted and swept aside a heap of chicken heads to make room for him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The pickings from their rubbish heaps had become richer in consequence, and for the first time Tree-ear was able to forget about his stomach for a few hours each day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Jackie and I kept spinning, spinning, until we fell down, laughing in a heap. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “One area in the heart of the city was just a desert of ruins. Only the street remained, running empty and purposeless between heaps of fallen masonry.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On a long table, also heaped with old books and papers, the proprietor was writing tireless prose in purple letters, somewhat outlandish, and on the loose pages of a school notebook. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The smaller silver Volkswagen was on its side in front of it, a heap of twisted metal that I barely recognized. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I struggled out of the compost heap and over the last wall, dangled in limbo as the third chime bonged, then dropped onto the drive that runs down the side of Mr. Rhydd's shop. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Whatever claim this woman had on him, still he was my son; I could not let her heap all the blame on him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing the supply of arrows was not endless, the badger looked to the heaps of rubble and stone along the parapet edges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the crowd goes insane I realize I’m still standing—and Mimi’s lying in a crumpled heap on the ground. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Our destination turned out to be an empty stretch of road cut off by a pile of stones and logs heaped in the middle of the path. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The damaged chalk phantom had collapsed to the ground in a muddled heap and was crawling forward like an injured dog. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The gold was soon heaped so high, a man might not see over it to where the sun slipped into a sea flecked with black and white birds, the gulls that had followed them home. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The rooms, piled above each other like roughhousing siblings, faced a trash heap. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Still, it doesn’t seem right to heap all the blame on one person or one family. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Dicey had watched him learn to turn around in a circle, patiently practicing, tumbling over his own feet, falling in a heap, sitting down in surprise. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z "That there's a heap of building. Where 'bouts?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The gut had disappeared under the foot of water flooding the yard, bringing with it the same floating dump heap we had seen swirling about the front yard. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We were surrounded with heaps of orange flowers. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Much of the thick, leathery skin along the trunk had come loose and crumpled in a heap about the massive foot: Senor Saguaro had lost his pants. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I darted into an alley and into the shadows and deep into a heap of rubble. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She saw him glance sideways at her as she passed; then his attention returned to his plate, heaped as it was with food, and to a lengthy joke one of his friends was telling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Behind her is a crumpled heap of crinolines and lace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She looked cautiously at the dried animals hanging on the walls, the heaps of withered herbs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every inch of his body ached and his muscles were rubber, but somehow he managed to make it on his own, falling to the floor of the cockpit in a heap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There were stalls with rugs and stalls with heaps of spices: gold turmeric and precious orange saffron. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The foxes watched the soldiers run down the hill, sweep their beams of light over the heap in the field, then go back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The chamber, Taran saw, indeed seemed deserted, of inhabitants, at least, for the room was even more heaped up and disorderly than Dallben’s. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She stepped back and saw the corpuscule slump to his knees and then collapse into a heap. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But had he not abandoned himself to the impulse he would now be a heap of mangled flesh. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He shouldered his coat off and let it fall in a heap on the rug. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He heaped them all up, all the dry twigs and branches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Snow whitened the wheat-tawny countryside, heaped the streets of the town, hushed them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “She did all the work. Well,” he said, heaping his guest’s plate, “it’s good to see you, Don. You look just the same. Haven’t changed a bit.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Speedily more join the heap, papers, magazines, letters. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiller passed around tin plates, which Sairy heaped with eggs and bacon and warm biscuits. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It was just in time—another step and Reynie might have collapsed into a useless heap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z To Alyce it sounded all the more frightening and strange, as if a goose had spoken, or an egg, or the dung heap in the yard. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, happy eaters sat at booths and tables, their plates filled with food foraged from a dozen different cuisines in heaps of each person’s favorites. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z His bones unknit and clattered to the asphalt in a heap. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She hurries José back to the car, where they find a heap of guavas the other boys left behind on the shoulder of the road. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z That is to say, my mother responded willfully to the respectability heaped upon her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Virgil took a heaping bite of cereal and said, “Do you believe in fate?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In equating physical beauty with virtue, she stripped her mind, bound it, and collected self-contempt by the heap. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He plowed his fingers through the heap of plastic soldiers in the battered cookie tin—identical except for their poses: standing, kneeling, and prone, all with rifles pressed hard to their olive-green cheeks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z While the other monks tore ivy from stone, one busied himself collecting the fallen vines and heaping them in a pile. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It pulled taut just as the mob reached it, and they went sprawling over it and into the mud, a tangled heap of flailing limbs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The Abbey creatures fell silent and drifted away from the heap of stones which blocked the hole, a fitting headstone for a mass grave of the enemy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mixed in with the usual heap of bills and catalogs was a funny postcard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Soon the Art Lesson came running from the house, Doña Charito leading, cousins on stockinged feet, the old woman in tow, towards the muddy heap in the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z All the pails and buckets were heaping full of dripping, golden honeycomb. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A dry wind rustled, and around him the heaps of bones broke. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Connor rummaged through the junk while Zion and I tried to read some old documents we found stacked in a giant heap in one corner. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They dragged boards and other materials down from the scrap heap by Miss Bessie’s pasture and built their castle stronghold in the place they had found in the woods. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Tonight she settled for the warm rotting of a dung heap, where she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Miranda remembered a heavy aroma of incense and onions in the house, and a pile of shoes heaped by the front door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z On Friday nights, he is a host for a Bible-study and dinner party for seventy or eighty Christian students, who serve themselves heaping plates of pasta before breaking into study groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z There’s a heap of horse blankets in the corner, and the four kids sitting there are huddled in them, having wrapped the blankets over their shoulders and tucked them around their legs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Now here they were again, nearly grown girls, sitting in a heap on the pavement. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The moment she had put her foot on the step leading up to the porch, she saw her ripeness mellowing and rotting before a heap of red velvet scraps on a round oak table. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “May all your children fall sick! May you outlive every one of them! May the gods heap misfortune on your head!” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When they made compost heaps and tried to conserve every little ounce of living matter, I laughed at them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Or a little boy who has to pick through the rubbish heap to earn money for his family. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The bottles were lined up on the same shelves in the hospital; the pumpkins were heaped in the corner of the cookhouse where they belonged. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw two kids younger than me working on a snowman, except it was so cold, the snow wasn’t packing and it looked more like a snow heap with branches sticking out for arms. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The morning’s snow was melted except for dingy heaps along the gutters; it was raining now, a cold, small rain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z For the first five minutes, nobody says a word while we open milk cartons, apply heaping amounts of ketchup to our plates, and take our first bites. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Boxes of garbage and piles of junk were heaped around wrecked porches. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “The slag heap next to the east entrance,” says Prim patiently. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The child was curled asleep on a sheaf of ripe com, with gold and swords heaped round about him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The clear jar lay on top of the heap, its sides still smeared thick with the creamy prize. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Joost glanced uneasily at the bowls of red grapes and heaps of burgundy velvet on the worktable. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z While wading through the water, they’d found heaps of coins lying on the tiled bottom. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He recoiled against a heap of music when part of the wall slid open and threw up a cloud of dust that made him choke. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He steadied it on his palm and thought back to the battered cookie tin he’d found at his grandfather’s, the one with its heap of soldiers guarding the surprising photo. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When black youth find it difficult or impossible to live up to these standards—or when they fail, stumble, and make mistakes, as all humans do—shame and blame is heaped upon them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When the can was heaped with crumpled paper, he dropped the leather cover—empty now, limp, like the husk stripped from an ear of corn—on top and kicked the can under his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t scream at her, or heap distain on her, order her away from her cabin or set her dogs on her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Will I be Al, standing over a man’s body, knowing I’m the one who put him on the ground, or will I be Will, lying in a helpless heap? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “And I was in it a week ago and the week before that, and I just drove through it now, and it’s a heap. See the broken pillars?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In some cases, the medical system may intensify the outbreak, like a lens that focuses sunlight on a heap of tinder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Femurs, shinbones, skulls—the dismembered fossils of many hundreds of people, heaped up in no apparent order. crack. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m going to jump right back,” announced the Humbug, who took two or three practice bends, leaped as far as he could, and landed in a heap two feet away. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z By sundown, when the stores were closing, their pockets were filled with cash and the car was heaped with salable, pawn- able wares. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She scooped a hole in the dung heap and laid the cat in it. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her profile hovered protectively over her work, a confetti of cucumber, eggplant, and onion skins heaped around her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Emilia sat nestled in heaps of bundles on the back of our cart, her pink hat a blink of color among the endless blacks and grays. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I force it into my lungs in big heaps, but it doesn’t clear the clamping feeling in my chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Curiosity can get a gal like you in a heap of trouble. You best learn to keep your mouth shut,” Clay warned. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A second later, Axel is in a snotty heap, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z This time he did not zigzag between rubbish heaps but strode purposefully toward a small house set apart from the others at a curve in the road. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z By noon the coroner was able to throw wet planks down and probe with a crowbar among the sodden heaps of charcoal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he released me and I fell to the ground in a gasping heap of snot and tears and blood. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It fell, in a heap, on the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A fire burned at the edge of the street, heaped with books and scads of papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z So Phylo rolled it in to stand beside her, heaped with fine spun stuff, and cradled on it the distaff swathed in dusky violet wool. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Orange light pools at the horizon, like heaps of glowing silk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat at the gray folding table in the kitchenette, a heap of tom paper scraps in front of her. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He played King of the Mountain on garbage heaps. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I went in the first load, with Mama and May and a back seat heaped to the ceiling with dishes and lamps and bedding. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I must appear as a heap of a man to her, unpleasantly lumped on the sofa. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He crashed down the stairs, three at a time, landing in a crumpled heap on the landing below. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The smell drifted up the slope with the breeze; heaps and pools of green-black-brown-white dung lay among the broken beams, the scattered thatch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Four days later, I saw his naked body, eyes wide open, stacked in a heap of corpses. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We were served heaping piles of meats, bread, and cheese. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They caused no flurry and piled up a limited heap of information. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All four of us landed on the ground in a big heap. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Food stands line the street, with blue and orange awnings and wooden stools and plastic chairs and heaps of salads and steaming meats on display. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Our host has graciously provided two more heaps of moldy straw.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Hagar tossed a branch to the heap on the floor and rubbed her fingers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, that ain't so bad, them little ones is a heap of work." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt my knees get all loose and floppity, like I was gonna fall into a heap right next to the wagon. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z At the end of an alley, when my route was cut off by a heap of crates and half-rotten lumber, I climbed a ladder to the roof. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Quietly, I shouldered my gear and crossed over to a heap of boulders that overlooked Jorgenson’s position. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The rubbish heap seemed to come alive as I walked through it, sucking at my slippers like a hungry beast. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Susana plucks some dangly earrings and a heap of gold and red beads and a long ribbon from her jewelry box and sets them on top of the wardrobe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I was a Negro, the whites judged me fit for the junk heap, while the Negroes treated me with great warmth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She jumped down with the largest children, and they all started forking garbage from a heap into the cart, right on top of the inner tubes, Werfel, and Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Outside lay a heap of garlands, roses, lilies, chrysanthemums; evidently others had been before me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid down the tree, landing in a rough heap on the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then the torches switch on and every man strikes at the heap, which scatters with a rush. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In another, heaps of stained cloth, bent nails, and bones had been sorted into even piles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Johnny saw redcoats going down in heaps, but one, more persistent than the others, a sergeant, still hung to his bridle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Irritated that the draccus seemed to be taking its sweet time making an appearance, I heaped more wood on the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But by the time he got to the trash heaps, his torch had gone out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a dung heap, a bunch of logs covered in mud, sand, and moss. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Well, yes, and I have proof in heaps. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Vonetta sat in a small heap of herself, looking smaller and smaller, letting that Ankton girl sing “Your sister is a baby” merrily, merrily, merrily. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a heap of rags, a few bars of soap, and a carton of baking soda in the indoor lavatory, Miss Larsen tells me, in case you want to freshen up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I had no doubt that she would, but I heap on the praise anyway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Blacks around the country were yearning for a newspaper like the Defender that celebrated their success stories and exposed the injustices heaped upon their race. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I saw a bullet-pocked sign half buried at an angle in a heap of debris. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t mean to be cruel, she doesn’t know she’s just relegated me to the dust heap along with crank telephones and whalebone stays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear knew every potter in the village, but until recently he had known them only for their rubbish heaps. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Room had to be made for the treasures Hrothgar had heaped on Beowulf, chiefly gold and horses. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z So I heaped pine needles and soft branches in a bed, rolled myself underneath the canoe in my blanket. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The bald knight nodded slowly, still eyeing the dung heap. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ heart laughed when he saw his leaf-bed, and down he lay, heaping more leaves above him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Smokestacks fume and locomotives trundle back and forth on elevated conduits and leafless trees stand atop slag heaps like skeleton hands shoved up from the underworld. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Large women in bright head scarves sat behind heaps of vegetables outside the Portuguese store. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To this day you can find piles of sugar cane heaped in tropical markets—offering buyers a refreshing treat that is somewhere between a candy bar and an energy drink. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The pumpkins and the squashes were piled in orange and yellow and green heaps in the attic’s corners. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps,” Theodora said, “we should make notches on a stick, or pile pebbles in a heap, one each day, so we will know how long we have been marooned.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z A small wickerwork basket stood beside the heap of trunks, spitting loudly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z All that was needed was a heap—no, three heaps—of sugar, and some hot cream and— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She gathered a heap of rocks by the cave mouth because she could hear the barks of the baboons in the distance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked around triumphantly, pointing to the neat white hills of rice and the husks in a rustling brown heap. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z "Uh-huh," I said, looking at the rusty heap stuck behind all the others. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They moved me tenderly, as they would a sacred mummy, and placed me on a heap of luxurious weavings in a private room. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In the farthest corner there was a heap of rags she took for bedding, and that was all she could see. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Nan reached over and plopped a handful of mini-marshmallows and a heaping spoon of brown sugar in my bowl when his back was turned, but I still didn’t eat a bite. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They crowded the floor; they heaped on the bed; they peeked out of the two small drawers of the nightstand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Grammy laughs loud as she scoops a heaping glob of yellow mustard into her bologna bowl. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Mama came out of her trance and bustled around, grabbing many bread items and placing them on a plate in an overflowing heap. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Those nonbitter almond seeds are the only ones that ancient farmers would have planted, at first unintentionally in their garbage heaps and later intentionally in their orchards. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There burnt the Sun of Massachusetts Bay above us, the Eye of God too, & the Kelp was around us, & the grassy heaped Hills was before us, where grazed dumb Beasts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And in the shadows where the sand disappeared into darkness, she saw a heap of skulls. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she saw a glint of metal in the heap of rug fragments. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z God Save the King had taken her unawares, she was still holding a plate heaped with chicken in aspic. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the trash heaps there was nothing at all— that is, only the vast Unknown Regions, where the darkness was absolute. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It used to be that no one went to the trash heaps but the trash collectors, who dumped the trash and left it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I turned it over into the wastebasket, the small heap sparkled like diamond dust. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Close to me, a broken body lies under a heap of smoking rubble. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Some exuberant revelers piled the paper into heaps and set them on fire, the bonfires further enhancing the primal joy of the outcry. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A heap of blackened rubble has replaced the Justice Building. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z To her left, at the foot of the steps, stood two drum-shaped iron braziers, rusty brown, with wood heaped up in them: pale, freshly cut firewood, log upon log. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The thatch had been ripped from some, where others stood there was now only a heap of mud with their owners’ possessions studding them in a kind of pitiless decoration. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The burger lasts longest, especially if it’s heaped with gut- puckering jalapenos, but by midnight my stomach is growling again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Rubble heaps are the remains of friends’ houses, of the corner shop where we bought ice cream, of our local bakery. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z June waved her hand at the heap of a house, her mouth open and eyes wide. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Presently the heap broke up and figures staggered away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When the music comes back on, waiters appear with appetizers and plate after heaping plate of mouthwatering food—biryani and kebabs and tandoori chicken and samosas. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Tyrion found Penny asleep in a comer of their tent, curled up on a thin straw pallet beneath a heap of soiled bedclothes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bull-dozed earth is heaped in ridges and slopes beyond the trench. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Before too much glory could be heaped upon his brother, Pierrot added, “We heard you talking at the pool.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “He says to tell you that you have been consigned to the dung heap of history while people like him ride in their limos down the superhighways of life. Something like that.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I offer Jaimito another spoonful of mashed potatoes, eyeing their plates heaped with rice and meat and rolls, this fancy food I’ve spent my life craving. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had been given to understand that those castles were ruins. Dismal places, bleak and cold, hardly more than heaps of rubble. At Eastwatch we heard talk of rats and spiders.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Get up, then, girl. You do put me in mind of a dung beetle burrowing in that heap. Get up, Beetle, and I may yet find something for you to do.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His wooden cases gleam, their paper-lined trays heaped with pastries and breads and cakes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher--shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange with monograms of Indian blue. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z In one case the arsenic came from the slag heaps of mining operations, in the other from rock with a high natural content of arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His soldiers reduced the forest to a heap of kindling. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved the potato heap so I could best lean against it and push with my legs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It showed a small group of tents in the foreground, dimly outlined against the low horizon, and beside them an untidy heap of wooden boxes and a sledge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was a barbarous thing, a blind clayey hole with folding chairs for the family teetering on one side and raw dirt heaped on the other. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Nina tumbled down after her, landing in a heap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Scout the area. See if you can find a better lodging for us than this heap of rubble. Trail back to the west. I think we passed a big place on the way.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We make small talk as we go, and Max nods and smiles, wearing a hat and coat I found in a trash heap and washed four times. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Such problems turn real objects—heaps of grain, barrels of wine—into abstract shapes so that mathematical principles can be applied to them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the cave floor what looked to me like nothing in particular turned out to be an ancient midden: a refuse heap. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He glanced over and saw the puppy sound asleep, curled into a mound of undyed yarn heaped near the door, as if the soft pile were a mother to doze against. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z On one side of it is an enormous hole in the ground, with large mud piles heaped around it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I tug a pretty long board out of the heap. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Rafik, however, had opened every case he brought and was living in a heap of toys and treasures, a neon battery-powered yo-yo, a skunk puppet, and a harmonica. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Foraging in the woods and rubbish heaps, gathering fallen grain-heads in the autumn—these were honorable ways to gamer a meal, requiring time and work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She heaped a mound of it in the middle of my plate, where it quivered, its watery edges green where they met the blue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My foot catches on a branch and I topple over in a heap. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mama shakes her head at the heap of things on the floor that we have to squeeze into our suitcases. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Leaning against the wall, you slide down in a heap and your soul fills with tears. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Psyche, left alone, sat still and stared at the heap. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually we were allowed to pick a few clothes from a heap of discards. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It had been his greatest worry—how Crane-man would eat while he was away Of course, his friend could always go back to rifling rubbish heaps and foraging in the woods. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Cursing, Bernabe stumbled through heaps of mud and refuse in order to get a closer shot, but the raven scrambled frantically away. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His place was built the old way; it was a birchbark house, but it was quite warm in winter because he knew how to heap the sides with snow and he was an excellent trapper. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I grabbed a heaping plate of fried okra and sat down next to her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “You’ve probably got heaps to do around here,” Henry had said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A few yards in, a tumbled heap of rocks blocked the way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His legs melted from under him and he ended up in a heap on Mrs. Holton’s stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I gathered all my news of Joan into a little, bitter heap, though I received it with surface gladness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In the plate-glass windows there are heaps of bath towels, overstuffed sofas and chairs, sheets in modern prints. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We made fried pork chops or heaping plates of spaghetti and meatballs and sat around talking about Welch, laughing so hard at the idea of all that craziness that our eyes watered. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We fill supermarket cases with their flesh, all slick and gleaming on heaps of ice. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He gazed at his men, churning the village dung heap with their arms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Our mothers appear with two heaping plates of food and two mango lassis. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z A woman followed behind carrying a basket of laundry—pants and shirts and shalwar kamizes piled in a heap. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Would you like something to drink?” said Ear, throwing a towel over the heap of dirty dishes in the sink. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Back and forth they went until the floor was full of sawdust heaped as high as the barrier in the doorway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw them in a heap on the old ash pile and went back for more and more. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the aged King heaped a car with splendid treasures, the best in Troy, and went over the plain to the Greek camp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The lorries stop, we climb out—a confused heap, a remnant of many names. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The black heap convulses and then sinks down. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A swarm of flies exploded from the heap’s surface. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They passed through the ruined tunnel and stood upon a heap of stones, gazing at the dark rock of Orthanc, and its many windows, a menace still in the desolation that lay all about it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Come down and we will take you home and lay you softly into the dung heap, deep, deep, deep into the dung heap.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Both kids were curled in a messy heap together, snoring soundly, black hair mingling with brown, arms in a tangle, mouths open. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Milkman heaped dirt over them and packed it down with the back of his shovel. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried the heap of leaves, pressing them to my nose in anticipation, breathing in their strong scent, a scent that seemed sweet at one moment and pungent the next. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Little children pulled wagons heaped high with toys and pots and books. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She spread the map on Mr. Turner’s desk, his neat stacks of documents tumbling into heaps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A half-dozen cans of paint, a bag of brushes, some buckets, a heap of cardboard, and several large tarps waited in a pile underneath the bent rim. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And even those who could manage a visit to the Market could not afford the heaps of goods that Antain’s mother piled into her basket. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Quickly they searched the bodies of the Orcs, gathering their swords and cloven helms and shields into a heap. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The others piled forward in a helpless heap and began cursing him again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They had been heaped together before being set on fire, so he dug through with his hands, to see if the flames had missed any underneath. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And if he sees such looks in Tokyo, what might he not see in the eyes of those who survived the leveling and the ash heap of Hiroshima? Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It can’t compare to Christmas, when they hang stockings on the fireplace mantel, and set out cookies and milk for Santa Claus, and receive heaps of presents, and stay home from school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “We were lying in a tangled heap on the floor when Ashish walked in.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They fell in a heap at Cluny’s feet, where they lay shivering and protesting their innocence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z With two burly hands, he lifted the twisted heap of a bicycle off the ground and threw it into the bushes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Down streets, through alleys, my palm pressed over my nose to block out the nauseating odors rising from trash heaps. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He proudly displayed the little heap of bloodstained yellow feathers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z What will he do after he pulls me out of this disgusting rubbish heap? Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Villagers turned from the spectacle of the dung heap to see little Jeanne, carried like a willful calf in the arms of the weasel-faced knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Tree-ear had been trotting along the road on his early- morning perusal of the village rubbish heaps. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z News of a wedding, for example, meant that the bride’s family would be preparing much food in the days preceding the ceremony; their rubbish heap would merit special attention during that time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z This is one reason many lawyers make heaps of money. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Did you know there are children who are forced to work in the rubbish heap? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The fire had collapsed into a heap of smoldering coals. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Luke helped himself to an enormous heap of whipped cream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z A porter trotted at their heels, pushing a wheelbarrow heaped high with provisions: salt and flour, fresh-churned butter, slabs of bacon wrapped in linen, sacks of oranges, apples, and pears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The heap of stones before us was not very large; nor, to our proud eyes, very small. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z My dementor robes end up in a heap on the floor. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is life extension, a kind of loan allowing you to take the assaults heaped upon you now and pay down the debt later. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And then she felt her cheeks heat because she’d thought of just what they were doing in that tangled heap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Lighting the gas stove no longer took much thought, and she knew how to handle the oil- and mud-stained laundry Henry left in heaps for her to wash. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her torn dress and undergarments, her shoes and her little red socks were thrown on an ash heap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The dung heap is where our little Jeanne is always hiding. Isn’t that so?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They tackled their respective heaps of homework, whispering, laughing, and joking till the librarian stood over their table, saying, “You will please keep your silence or I will be forced to ask you to leave.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She left the creature where it lay in a crumpled heap atop piles of jewels. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The bowl is heaping and I tackle it with the ferocity that I think a last meal deserves—shoving it all in me as if it owes me loot. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z But her heart ached when she thought of the tiny hairless bodies in those strong jaws, so she buried them deep in the dung heap and left the cat to do his own hunting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in a heap more trouble than she had realized. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z After gathering the remaining fragments of Lee’s body into a single heap, the bear lifted the flower in his mouth and dropped it in the center of them, as humans liked to do. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Without the illusory balconies and colonnades, there was nothing but a heap of rubble on a barren hilltop. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Victor went down in a heap, hitting the back of his head on the ground. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening, just before sunset, Amari stumbled over a fallen log and toppled to the ground in a heap. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I even said hello to a rat that crossed my path, running from one garbage heap to another. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then he reached in and pulled, and the rest of the guts tumbled out onto the ground in a heap. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At one end, heaped high against the sloping ceiling, were the folders and exercise books from the last months of his preparations for finals. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When it stopped, the man slung me over his shoulder and dumped me into a heap of hay in a barn. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I made it nearly a quarter mile before the darkness and my dazzled vision betrayed me and I ran headlong into a horse tether, crumpling to the ground in a painful heap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Fans brought heaps of flowers, and a woman stepped forward and braided ribbons into Seabiscuit’s mane while he posed for the inevitable photographers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get in!” she cried to Roger, and scrambled over the leather-bound rim of the basket to fall in a snowy heap inside. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I push away a small section of the heap of surprisingly dirty red stones and then peel back a corner of the torn plastic liner. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He picked up Priam’s breastplate and helmet from the heap of costumes left by the actors and contemplated them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As violent crime began to fall dramatically, New Yorkers were more than happy to heap laurels on their operatic, Brooklyn-bred mayor and his hatchet-faced police chief with the big Boston accent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z By lunchtime I was knotting the garlands into neat circles and tossing them onto the heap of garlands as quickly as Tanu and the others. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There are hash browns, sausages, and heaping baskets of thickly sliced bread. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You distinctly said the west, because then I said, ‘Next to the slag heap?’ and you said, ‘Yeah,’” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I take a heaping pile of pamphlets and leave him to it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I pointed at the soggy heap on the floor. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A heap of coils slide to the floor, and he cuts the rest of the hair on my head about two inches long. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A big heap lies on the floor: school clothes and dresses and torn blouses all thrown together with panties and shoes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z There was a little heap of shells under the stone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A little to the left of the shoe I saw a vague heap of blue cornflowers on a white ground and this made me want to cry. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Finally I come upon a garbage heap, outside of a cantina. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Eliza stood patiently while the men heaped food on their plates. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the heap of their bodies, I found my saddlebags. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The cookstove is cold, and the fireplace has a heap of ash, but no embers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She went down in a heap, upended over a pile of finery brought down from the attic. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And they heaped white stones upon it, to show how much they had loved him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z And most nights Mrs. Grasso sent one of the kids down to invite her and Papa to join them for heaping plates of pasta or bowls of garlicky soup with chi chi beans. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Each week the autumn grew colder and wetter, and the inn, although dirty and drafty, was much cozier than any barn or dung heap to be found outside, so she remained, empty of heart. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the windless dusk, sullen heaps of smoke pump upward through the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The modem Pharisees are trying to heap destruction upon Mr. Muhammad, calling him a demagogue, a crackpot, and fanatic. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Muriel, the goat, could read somewhat better than the dogs, and sometimes used to read to the others in the evenings from scraps of newspaper which she found on the rubbish heap. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Every day a team of people methodically sorted through the trash heaps in search of anything that might be at all useful. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I strip and throw my clothes into a heap in the corner; tiny particles of dust rise into the air and drift soundlessly back to the ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Waiters were dragging groaning Gondwannans to a heap in front of the Starlight Room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The waitress came back with heaping trays of food— cheeseburgers, fries, onion rings, and chocolate shakes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And just when Holly had mentally consigned herself to the scrap heap, she felt it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She could barely move about or speak, but she gathered her strength, and after a long moment she said, “Boy, you’all are gonna get yourselves in a heap of trouble. You know better.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They make my English collapse in a heap. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another flash of light, and Ron fell in a heap onto his mattress. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “May it be mine,” the reaper prays, “beside Demeter’s altar to dig the great winnowing fan through her heaps of corn, while she stands smiling by with sheaves and poppies in her hand.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been saving my book since Christmas, waiting for a long stretch of time that didn’t include bickering sisters, a heap of chores, and homework. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When they reached the top Robin fell in a heap onto the platform with every bit of strength gone from his legs and arms. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He remembered how once, long ago, sniffing over a farm rubbish heap with Fiver, he had come upon a similar object—large, smooth and flat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We should work hard to improve the prisons in our society—take up the unfinished work of Thomas Mott Osborne and transform these scrap heaps into repair shops, to paraphrase the great reformer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they drove away to deposit the crop in the potato barns with earth heaped high about their sides to prevent freezing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in the tent, lying on one of the lower bunks beneath a heap of blankets. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z ‘Will colored Americans suffer still the indignities that have been heaped upon them in the past?’ Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His aunt, Uma Maima, presides in the kitchen all morning, harassing the servants as they squat by the drain scouring the dirty dishes with ash, or pound heaps of spices on slabs that resemble tombstones. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With timidity, I placed the three volumes of Locke upon the heap of clothes, which little library rested there rocking atop the frock-coats and shirts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The table was littered with the heaped remains of what must have been a great feast. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The bricks of the chimney, which collapsed in a charred heap, provide a point of reference for the rest of the house. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That wipes away a whole heap of bad feelings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He smelled woodsmoke and passed a stack of old lobster traps, blown over and the staves broken in, then a heap of firewood guarded pitifully by some old barrels, also broken. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It seemed to take a thousand years for Mama to fall to the ground in a crumpled heap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He had played with the infants until they fell asleep in a heap of bandages. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Anyway, it all heaped itself upon The Goober and he found it hard to sleep at night. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond them the tribe and the twins were a loud and writhing heap. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I drop all my bags in a heap, then I plunk myself down on the asphalt. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Then she slumped to the ground in a heap. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z When I turned back, the field in front of me was covered in heaps of every color—Yellow, Blue, Green. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Throughout the first few scoldings, Tree-ear had braced himself, ready for the pummeling that would surely follow, like those he had endured when caught raiding a rubbish heap. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And I see them standing by our round dining room table, this time heaped not with food but with silver gifts—flatware, tureens, platters, trays, gravy bowls, and brandy snifters. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Mosca's blanket was thrown in a heap just covering his old radio... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Philobosian spotted a refugee picking through chicken bones and potato peels in a heap of garbage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Wang Lung measured unwillingly into the skin of his uncle’s robe a small heap of beans and a precious handful of corn. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Under roofs of bent wood and stiffened leather, the wagon beds were heaped high with old weaponry and armor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ice cream heaped as high as the Himalayas. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had all the appurtenances—the black hat, the white moustache, heaps of old eastern money. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She darted around obstacles—broken furniture left for the trash heaps or for scavengers, stoves and refrigerators that were past repair, peddlers sitting on the pavement with their wares spread out around them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The world was made up of suckers and fools, and today Garvey was at the top of the heap. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The slices we cut off are heaped together in the middle of the floor. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He went into the house to check on Calamity and the kittens, kittens he found sleeping in a messy, boneless heap at the bottom of his closet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z With much “Hurr-ing” and “Arr-ing,” they waded busily in, bulldozing the enormous heap of rock and rubble off the top of the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Now that she piled them up in a basket and threw them into the washing machine on Friday evenings, she had come to see this, the heaping of dirty underwear, as normal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Inside, meat hung above tables heaped with onions and potatoes—a bonanza for his taking. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I run behind him and grab on to his arms, pulling him backward, and backward, and backward again—until we both fall onto each other in a heap. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z She walked around the fence corner and went in the intimate gate with her heaping plate of mulatto rice. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He heaps praise on those he judges to be good. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Dejectedly Matthias sat down on a heap of rock and rubble that had been there since the invasion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She heaped sugar into the tea, having diagnosed herself as suffering from hypoglycemia. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s been a year, and it takes a heap to keep those Bergs afloat. My guess is they’re bringing it in.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Out beyond the trash heaps, a figure appeared. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From the doorway, I see Nat’s soft purple blanket in a tangled heap. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A heap of stones, planks, rubble, boards, and roof tiles lay there instead, illuminated flickeringly from inside the building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Beyond, waiting, rose a titanic heap called Moxie Bald Mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They worked methodically, keeping the withered flowers in a neat heap and piling up the wire frames carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, one by one, the flames gave up their colour and dropped, until at last there were none left—only a glowing heap, ashen-edged. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I should be drunk with gratitude that I, an ignorant girl who’d crawled out of a scrap heap, should be allowed to study there, but I couldn’t summon the fervor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour and me collapsed in a heap on the edge of a graveyard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A short distance away, at a week-old grave, some men were stripping the withered flowers from the wire frames of the floral pieces heaped on the grave. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Handkerchiefs flew out like soiled white doves, worn shoes, ladies' combs, a cowbell—a junk heap. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Lots of familiar faces came with me to start grade five, including David and Robert F, plus a heap of new kids too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Miss Lilian had us trapped between the fence and a thicket of bushes and vines heaped with snow. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “I’d rather you worked your guts out on your dust heap.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “There are chunks of paint off the wall around the door and strands of duct tape on the windowsill. And you left the drop sheets in a heap in the garage.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Scattered across the landscape below were countless islands of forest, many of them almost-perfect circles—heaps of green in a sea of yellow grass. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Jeanne’s mother whispered so loudly everyone could hear it: “She likes to hide in the dung heap!’ The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid’s husband and children brought everything into the dining room, provisions for a lifetime move heaped all over the floor and furniture. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She pours a fresh heap of bread crumbs on the plate, their color and texture reminding her of sand on a beach. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And with that, he sprang forward...only to drop in a green-plaid heap at the children’s feet, where he promptly began to snore. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then his mother came out on the back porch and struck the triangle, and all thoughts fell in a heap. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Disgusted with myself, I spare her no more attention than I would a heap of trash. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They run over and under one another and sleep in heaps, and sniff one another with their quivering noses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was in a heap more trouble than I’d ever been in my whole life. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I’d rather dig in the garbage heaps with the rats for my meals. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I write Bully and hand it to Finch, who rips it into a hundred pieces and throws it on the heap. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Harry reached for his glasses and put them on, squinting through the semi-darkness to the foot of his bed, where a small heap of parcels had appeared. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I learned to jump over the puddles and trash heaps and to avoid rot and mess, to keep my plastic sandals clean. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The adviser heaped huge taxes on the Egyptians to ensure that Ptolemy’s debts would be paid in full. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After a bit, he opened it again and stood there, wrapped in a blanket, his clothes on the floor in a heap behind him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Guess Mr. Lemoncello never throws anything away,” Haley remarked as she scanned the heaps, looking for the #12 mentioned on her bonus card. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z To his left, a marble altar was heaped with fruit and gold offerings, no doubt for the gods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Nimbly he would kick out with his long powerful legs and send them all sprawling in a heap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Suddenly alone, Claudette started life as a Yellow Jacket feeling she was at the very bottom of the social heap. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Carrying my lantern and two large plates heaped high with food, she was heading for the doghouse. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She winced when he put two heaped spoons of sugar into his extremely milky coffee. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Figs heaped along the quay, not loaded in time, begin to bake, bubbling and oozing juice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z James didn't even look for a job, started hanging around with Major and Hollis, believing them when they said the white man would never let him build anything but garbage heaps. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “That place is just a lawless heap of rocks, a no-man’s-land.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of a closet, there was a large cardboard box that had once held a refrigerator and would now hold the three children’s clothes, all piled in a heap. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Abel maneuvered his flashlight beam across a heap of inert, silent fish. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But I can see he's surprised when I divide the rest of the stew and rice and hand a heaping plate to him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He could not cease shaking, though he was heaped with blankets and it was high summer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Min picked up the rest of the box set and tossed it too on the rubbish heap. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was piling in heaps on sidewalks, on roofs, gathering in patches on the bark of straggly trees. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His preparation was to dig a trench, heaping the earth in a long ridge beside it to hold the blades half-bedded. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled a heap of straw out of his pack, ate some of it, made a pillow out of the rest, and was snoring in no time. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Soiled rushes covered the floor, whilst a heap of straw in the comer passed for a bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The silver-haired man added several heaped spoonfuls of sugar to his coffee, stirred it briskly. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Metal arms labored mightily at the rubbish heap brought down by the last blast. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A whole heap uh men seen de same thing you seen but they got better sense than you. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Working on the assumption that the troll and human physiques were basically the same, he rained blow after blow on the dumb creature, reducing it to a heap of quivering fur in so many seconds. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There were heaps of milled corn and steaming vats of cabbage soup. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He lay curled in a small heap of blanket inside the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Around the church, there were two soccer fields, and in the middle of one field they noticed a heap of burned mattresses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It gave a tired bounce, shook itself and fell in a heap. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother finds me slumped in a heap by the open window in the morning, my head resting on the sill. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Then his chin dropped down on his chest and it ’peared he was out cold, ’cepting he didn’t fall in a heap! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Instead, I grab the cushions from the couch, toss them around the floor, pull out drawers and scatter clothes in heaps, jump on her favorite polka-dot dress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Show him the pieces from the rubbish heap! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They hunt through heaps of rubble, eating what they find. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Jake tapped one of the book heaps cluttering the work desk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z So .. . get on your way!—and end in a heap on the floor, candlelight dancing across us, laughing like we’ve lost our minds. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Often, in the morning, the dress would be in a heap on the floor; the chain straps always slipped off the metal hanger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And the people were troubled in their minds; for the heaps of carrion were too great for burial or for burning. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It consisted solely of heaps of stones—which were handy for throwing down the hole—together with a few rusty Genoese cross-bows with their bolts and a pile of turfs for the unlit fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With that she took a great quantity of the smallest of the seeds, wheat and poppy and millet and so on, and mixed them all together in a heap. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I crawled through the opening and landed in a heap on the floor two meters below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The rubbish heap was still there, breeding its multigenerational population of feral dogs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The roofs of the cabins were heaped with snow, and dirty mounds of it were piled up on the sides of the streets. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But she didn’t scold him, though that took a heap of self-control. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I set the glass in a heap on the table, then picked up my small table-book and plumbago pencil. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A milkweed plant was growing by a heap of rubble. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The dead mammals were heaped together, a grotesque pile of decayed animal parts. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z One old woman held on to an ankle jutting out from a heap. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Sacks and barrels were heaped by the potbelly stove, near a cot with a threadbare blue blanket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They sat at tables spread with crisp white linen tablecloths and gleaming silverware and crystal stemware and platters heaped with hot food. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was still food left, sizzling on the wooden spits, heaped on the green platters. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z That night, we burned and pulverized sheep’s bones, doused the powder in a rendering of vinegar, and heaped the blot with the concoction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 And when she woke up a second time, some moments later, it was dark and the engine was still throbbing reliably, and she was heaped uncomfortably among the tumbled cargo. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She endured the persecutions heaped upon her by the Government with exemplary fortitude and never wavered from her commitment to the freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A sailor ran through the heaps of refugees, instructing everyone to put on life vests. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Miguel’s knight took a pitchfork in the butt and wilted into a heap of pixels. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z But after a couple of weeks living at Mama’s, I got used to the sorrows heaped upon my heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Min picked it up and tossed it on the rubbish heap at the side of the yard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Ally? What junkyard did you find that heap in?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Dotted across the hillside were the remains of his digging efforts: stones and dirt cast aside in sloppy heaps. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z And yet those very same employees who once heaped praise on him will be too busy eulogizing some new figure to stop and examine their sense of judgement. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I needed to get back to my clothes, which were lying in a heap on the floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Cluny fell from a fair height and sprawled on the dusty road in an undignified heap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Now not even a heap of bones: only a few ashes to show that once a man has lived. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the waste heaps and the mist, there lay the first town of the dead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Gathering a blanket around her shoulders, Alice crawled to the fire and put another log on the ashy heap, stirring it until she found a few red embers, and put the saucepan on to heat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His wife found him the next morning collapsed into a bloody heap of towels. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The trunk was filled, the back seat seemed a glittering dump heap; unnoticed, unmentioned by even his grandson, the ailing old man was all but hidden under the shifting, dangerously chiming cargo. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dirty Mexicans. I heard a man at the oil festival say there were heaps of dirty Mexicans in San Antonio.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z House after house ignited and burned to the ground, leaving behind blackened foundations and charred heaps of wood. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Plan is, we will haul that heap out of the root cellar site. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Out on the floor there was a round table heaped with books. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And it hadn’t been a heap of rags after all; it was a gray-bearded man, chained to the wall, whose eyes glittered in Pantalaimon’s luminance, and whose tattered hair hung over his shoulders. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The archipelago was “black, dismal-looking heaps...of broken lava, forming a shore fit for pandemonium,” the captain wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z What they found instead was a midden heap, a pigsty, an empty sheepfold, and a windowless daub-and-wattle hall scarce worthy of the name. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A pile of necklaces, bracelets and rings from her pockets was heaped at the side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I ran to the bedroom door and saw Mr. Loomis: he was on the floor, sprawled in an awkward heap, holding to the bed and trying to get up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They pushed him over the side and he collapsed in a heap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Although every night I leave a bowl heaped with rice on the counter for her, every morning I find it sitting untouched. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Stripping off my clothes, I let them fall to the ground in a filthy heap. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Blood spilled over the sand as the Tidemakers collapsed in two very solid heaps. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nammy hesitated a moment, and then she said, “Went off to the trash heaps just a minute ago.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Smart enough to use the heat from the dung heap, I see. What can you do?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned this only after I mentioned that I’d miscarried to a couple of friends, who responded by heaping me with love and support and also their own miscarriage stories. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There is a wavering expression in her eyes, like she is a heap of leaves about to be scattered by the wind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z On the other hand, I yield to no one in my distaste for the self-styled dog-lover, the kind who heaps up his frustrations and makes a dog carry them around. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A photo of me sprawled on the shower floor—bound and green, wearing only a gray alien mask—had spread virally through SnowFlake, each new person who shared it heaping on derision. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A .22 rifle leaned against the fence beside him and on the ground lay a little heap of fur and feathers—rabbits and small birds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On the plate there were eight eggs, twelve sausages, sixteen rashers of bacon and a heap of fried potatoes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These they heaped against the trunk on the far side of the tree from the prisoners. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The huge head, its center marked by a heap of stones that may once have been an altar, occupies the highest point. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Anton collapsed back into a heap on the cot, and a few seconds later the sounds of his snores filled the room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She found her way down to the cellar of her house and sat in the darkest corner on a heap of burlap sacks and waited while the hurt waves swept over her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The air in the room was full of the sweet, cloying smell of whiskey, and every corner was heaped with mementos of trips to England and South Africa. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Platters were heaped with food and carried in by pages and esquires. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He studied the small heap of light blue cloth still held in place by the machine’s presser foot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The walls of the throne room had been stripped bare, the hunting tapestries that King Robert loved taken down and stacked in the comer in an untidy heap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The old man turned away and went towards a heap of fallen stones and rock at the foot of the cliff behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The next morning we woke up in a heap, tangled together every which way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The little heap of library books marked ready to return, and the discarded copy of The Times. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “These junk heaps are only geared to one speed. Do you think they’re equipped with selective flexors?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z After a few seconds,Toad obeyed, collapsing to the ground in a heap, lying there like he’d been shot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z 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 She saw what she thought was no more than a pile of discarded bedsheets on the floor—but it was her father, in a bloody heap. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Butterflies flew in and out of the bunches of field flowers now loosened from the top of the bier and lying in a small heap at the edge of the grave. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When animal droppings and garbage and spoiled straw are piled up in a great heap, the rotting and moiling give forth heat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Not far away was the largest garbage heap I’d ever seen. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Occasionally it shifted, and the twigs collapsed into soft, ashy heaps. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He was naked, lying as if in a swoon on a heap of filthy rags: his arm was flung up, shielding his head, and across his side there ran an ugly whip-weal. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Troy was a heap of ashes by now. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z You remember the image: a menacing, glistening heap of firearms surrounded by the mayor, the police chief, the neighborhood activists. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Now there were guards posted at the trash heaps to make sure no one poked around. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We went out for breakfast, where I ate a bowl of oatmeal with a heap of brown sugar that melted into syrup over the hot mush. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I certainly do know heaps of stories, but I learned most of them from Gramps. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Filthy clothes and blankets heaped in piles on the ground. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath were heaps of dry leaves, enough to cover many men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned, still running, and headed for the scrap heap. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z An apron lay in a heap in the middle of the floor. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She collapsed in a heap on the floor. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He gently placed it on top of the heap in the little red wagon. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The prophets must have gathered wood earlier because a great heap was already present at the center of the bare knoll. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “A bit treacherous! A bit treacherous! My brother Phlegm was ambushed by a crowd of dwarfs disguised as dung heaps! He’s still in traction!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As I close the door, I worry that he’s pressing himself too hard, and just that little bit of concern is enough to make me realize that I’m in a heap of trouble. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Most of my clothing was on the floor in dirty heaps. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I’m not headed for the trash, I see now, but for a small, skinny dog wandering the heap. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “The old dung heap ruse. Disgraceful. One of the reasons I don’t associate with the Brotherhood.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Here and there an islander tried his hand at milling sawlogs on his own, leaving fragrant heaps of sawdust and mounds of cedar bark at roadside. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Pilate scraped the eggshells together into a little heap, her fingers fanning out over and over again in a gentle sweeping. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The packages were heaped in the corner where she had left them. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They flung him to the floor in a battered heap. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Gerald hung up the phone and sat down in a heap on the floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Gaining the ramparts, she ran along, dodging the heaps of rubble. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I took the writing tablet, the case of pens and pencils and the bundle of rubles off my desk and placed them amongst the heap of items we had thrown into my case. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And all about, stone, cracked and splintered into countless jagged shards, was scattered far and wide, or piled in ruinous heaps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It tore the logs of the raft apart as a great wind scatters a heap of dried chaff; it flung Odysseus into the wild waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the children who worked in the trash heap. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I couldn’t stand it any longer, I looked back and found a heap of cut ropes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The still heap of salmon troubled Art in a way he could not readily articulate, and so he looked at it wordlessly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the roads froze, and snow gathered in heaps on the rooftops, piled halfway up frost-caked windows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When she saw the heaps of scorched magazines and newspapers, she began to moan and shake her head. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed a fish from a pile of others heaped in a large wooden pen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Without a word, she lifted the lid, revealing a heap of postcards. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “It’s that heap of rotting coffee beans on Ball’s Wharf, I tell you,” Mr. Carris said to the other men. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow my fumbling fingers release the buckle and I fall to the ground in a heap, still snarled in my sleeping bag. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He’s imagined it containing everything from his granddad’s ashes to the bones of some beloved pet to heaps of glittering jewels. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Piled in a windrow in one corner of the room was a great heap of clothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It had a thin wooden door, and when I went inside, I found heaps of garbage and feathers and bird droppings. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She put another small heap on the first rock, and then one on each of the easier jumps all the way back to the shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I walk into the kitchen, I found Lizabeth in a heap by the refrigerator. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We get in the long line and get our usuals, a Caesar salad for her, a burger and milk shake for me, and a heaping plate of french fries for us to share. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Two jaguar cubs lay dead in a heap in the corner. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The creature collapsed to the ground in a heap, dropping Ivan. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Soon he had become a formless, unidentifiable heap of something that smelled of rot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Everything of any value had been stripped away and only the rusting carcasses remained, heaped one on top of the other, waiting to be fed into the crusher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The tailwind had stiffened further, slicing up the length of the lake now, piling more rough water into heaps of whitecaps at the north end. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In Pappachi’s study, mounted butterflies and moths had disintegrated into small heaps of iridescent dust that powdered the bottom of their glass display cases, leaving the pins that had impaled them naked. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I place one hand on the wall to steady myself and I turn back to the classroom, where kids are pulling heaps of paper out of their desks. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Most of the time, they waved off our exploits as childhood fun, but one time we got into a heap of trouble. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Queen scraped the remains of her cat into two heaps, one of them a neat pile of warm bones, the other a miscellaneous lump which softly steamed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And when it died into nothingness, Herbie collapsed into a huddled heap of motionless metal. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z When he wouldn’t nap, Mia lay next to him in the center of their parents’ bed, blankets heaped around them in a chenille nest, singing him songs and patting his cheek until he dozed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Why hadn't she noticed the dark heap lying so still in the corner? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Mace found a heap of sacks and with Nettles help stuffed them to make up three mattresses. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I could take solace in their presence or I could fall down in a heap, lamenting what I’d lost. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I’m from New Orleans; I love to cook and entertain, and my mother had just sent us a crate of avocados and black-eyed peas, and—oh, a heap of real nice things. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, the boy began to walk round the writhing heap of snakes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was May Belle yelling from the other side of the scrap heap. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Someone help! In another moment I shall probably be a broken heap.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I spotted my jeans in a smoking heap of clothes right by the giant’s feet If I could only get there 1 knew it was hopeless, but I charged. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A dead man passed us in a hearse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds and by more cheerful carriages for friends. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “What is it?” he asked as he reached the dressing table, which was heaped high with what looked and smelled like dirty laundry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Ma hovers around us, heaping rice and yellow lentils on our plates. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A raw dirt alley confronted me, heaped with stacks of slates and wooden boards like grave cairns. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I plop them in a heap on the table; Monica sweeps them into a tray like an airport security worker. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The humped outline of the vast heap of earth emerged from the empty green like a powerful prairie ship. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When she looked inside, instead of a steaming heap of fine white corn, she saw only three lone kernels, the ones she had placed in the pot day after day. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z When he had them heaped on the sand in a pyramid—he had never felt so rich somehow—he suddenly realized that he did not know how to eat them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Against her heap of pillows she lay, exuding woe vapors, but in a kindly way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They listened to the wind rustling the heaps of trash—because now that Tendai had time to rest, he saw that the hills, the ground and everything was a mass of packed garbage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When Cholly was four days old, his mother wrapped him in two blankets and one newspaper and placed him on a junk heap by the railroad. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The used plaintain leaves I stacked in one heap—they would do for the bullocks. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Cuvier was already dazzling people with his genius for taking heaps of disarticulated bones and whipping them into shapely forms. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I’m a tinker and a peddler, and I’m more than both. I’m an arcanist, you great dithering heap of idiot.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I thought I would faint, and crouched back in a heap on the thwart. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The animated dragon fizzled out a geyser of gas and shriveled into a heap of crinkled plastic. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Ferula was waiting for them in their new house, which still smelled of paint and fresh cement and was filled with flowers and platters heaped with fruit, just as Esteban had ordered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached up and undid the clasps that held his cloak in place, and the heavy white garment slithered from his shoulders to fall in a heap on die floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Orcs were piled in great heaps, away from the mounds of Men, not far from the eaves of the forest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And the heap would roll down the slope and lodge against the fence, like the scarecrow rolled along a bean row until it caught in the brambles at the edge of the garden. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed out of the snow heap as if he had'not noticed it, still calling out, “I say. I say!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a peanut butter sandwich and a heap of guavas. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time a scatter of sparks burst out and went exactly where Iorek directed them: into a heap of shredded twigs and dried grass. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead he is making constructions, out of things he gathers from junk heaps or finds here and there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “That wonky old heap in the forest,” said Pitchfork. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Tidbit, copying the two girls, bowed as well, but he leaned too far and fell over in a heap. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the face of Mrs. Van Hopper in the restaurant the day before, her small pig’s eyes darting to the neighbouring table, her fork, heaped high with ravioli, pausing in mid-air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He smelled rancid as usual from working with vegetables, but more so that night, as if he’d fallen into the compost heap. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys chose their way through defiles and over heaps of sharp stone. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He put in a good- sized piece of rope that he’d found at the trash heaps and had been saving for years and a bottle for water. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Bat Lady sat on a couch that looked as though it had been ready for the scrap heap during the Eisenhower administra-tion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She chopped up old termite mounds and used the clay to make pots, firing them in heaps of coals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Our desks and chairs were stacked in the back of an open truck, our textbooks smoldering in a heap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Within moments it was little more than a heap of thatch, wattle, and clay. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The empty shell clattered to the floor in a massive heap. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We spoon chili into mismatched bowls from the cabinet and heap them with sour cream and pre-shredded cheese. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At this point one of the remaining lads from the bus collapsed in a shivering heap and Mitraillette sort of stalled. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We crouch behind every corner, behind every barrier of barbed wire, and hurl heaps of explosives at the feet of the advancing enemy before we run. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I waved the group onward and when everyone advanced I ran to the snow-covered heap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In his cupped palms he carried a small heap of fresh jasmine. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I'm picking my way around the heaps and piles and sagging shelves. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We rocketed up and away in the net, the tension that had been holding us down suddenly released, and soaring over the lip of the wall, we collapsed in a heap on top of it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Gold, silver, and copper coins jingled over the flagstone floor, clinking as they gathered in heaps under the benches—more and more and more of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I remember the smell of burnt straw; I remember broken fences and tom-up trees and heaps of stone and brick and pottery. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He heaped the last of the tomatoes into my brother’s mouth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She had stood at the edge of the trash heaps and gazed into the darkness beyond the city—the Unknown Regions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of the monkeys that were dying in Room H had become essentially a heap of mush and bones in a skin bag, mixed with huge amounts of amplified virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They found a big trash heap and a multiroomed building with no pottery and a few maize cobs under the pounded clay floor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Hermione started shifting heaps of parchment around on her table, looking for the book. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He only lights his cigarette and, two seconds later, a bullet rips through the front of his skull and he crumples in a heap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She saw the loathsome masks stacked in a heap against a wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Snow spilled from its doorways, collecting in giant heaps on the sidewalk. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My shoes—all Keds, all white—are piled in a heap in the back corner. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandma heard a faint scratching at the door, and when she opened it there was Grandpa, lying in a heap, his brains dripping out of his head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She sat on the heap of skins that he used for sleeping while he poked the ashes into a red glow and then added a thick piece of oak branch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tanisha’s version of later is starting to feel like a heaping load of never. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I tell here there are heaps of spots in Manderley that would make very jolly pictures.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a panel he’d done around two years ago, of a boy of about ten or eleven making paper flowers out of a heap of crumpled pages while rain poured outside his window. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She was filling her bucket from the coal heap on the other side of the roof. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Beetle soon acquired a new name, the midwife’s apprentice, and a place to sleep that smelled much better than the dung heap, though it was much less warm. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Magazines and old newspapers were stacked in heaps everywhere. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Armpit’s wet towel lay in a heap on the floor, next to the terry-cloth bathrobe the hotel had provided. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Fangor plowed into Shed, and the rats landed in a heap. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And its deck was already loaded up with baskets and crates heaped with corn and potatoes and cherries. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Ma put her wooden cheese hoop on the board, spread a clean, wet cloth all over the inside of it, and filled it heaping full of the chunks of salted curd. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside in the entry way he made his bed—raw oxhide spread on level ground, and heaped up fleeces, left from sheep the Akhaians killed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was about to leave, but even as he swung the flashlight around, the beam picked up something lying in a heap on the ground. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Now and then a couple of children might go there to play, scrambling up the side of the heaps and tumbling down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A heap of smoking rubber tires polluted the air. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The rest they sliced and skewered, roasted with care, then took it off the fire and heaped it up on platters. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I stitched the marketplace stalls heaped with turmeric and cinnamon and cumin and mustard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A few iridescent blue beetles scuttled away, and the head of an emerald-green lizard emerged from a heap of tiny coins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The man lay back with his head pillowed on a heap of cut grass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At once, the whole moth, already years dead, disintegrated, collapsing into a soft, formless heap of dark dust. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Four pennies and three farthings and—and that’s all,” sighed Michael, putting his money in a little heap. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He tore a down a chunk of drywall and tossed it onto the heap with the rest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z During the night Mama had unpacked all our clothes and heaped them on our beds for warmth. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Solely to look after the Divinos and keep them from heaping misery on the other people types and giving them a pinch from time to time? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z When they had cut enough to make a pile, they slid the cut stalks off the slats, into neat heaps on the ground. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The furniture lay in heaps of splintered wood and feathers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma heaped a plate high with the golden pieces, and covered all the rest neatly with cloths. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The lumber and tools lay in a careless heap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My food was ready, heaped into bowls that I’d covered with foil and put in the refrigerator. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Behind it he fumbled among the little heap of silver and he counted out nine pieces. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Remember the vision I had “What I’ve got up here might just save those chaps a heap of trouble. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The first night, he was at the top of the garbage heap, and so he was able to look up at the stars and find comfort in their light. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Magdalena says the trash heap near the old airport was their bodega, and their home an abandoned shed near the runway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tumbled heaps of broken tiles and stones stood more than knee high in the street that Dustfinger chose. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The king clapped his hands once more and the waiters reappeared carrying plates heaped high with steaming squares of all sizes and colors. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z In between, Spoon Man knocked back two heaping plates of food, plus several kinds of dessert. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She stared at the letter, then handed it back to me carefully, gripping it with her fingers as if it were a dinner plate heaped with food instead of a sheet of paper. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A few minutes later the saucepan was heating almost the last of their clean water, and he went to search among the heap of fence posts for something to mend the paddle with. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When it was done the bride stood naked, her bridal finery a heap of white and grey rags, about her feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A compost heap on the far side’d let me vault over the wall. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But I was pleased also, because I did not want to see Mrs. Milgrom wind up on the bottom of a heap. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Had the emerald-green lizard that scurried out of the heaps of coins found its way outside? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The carts had been heaped with our belongings; my mother had been alive. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As Frodo left the barrow for the last time he thought he saw a severed hand wriggling still, like a wounded spider, in a heap of fallen earth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I’m going to write you a regular volume, for I’ve got heaps to tell, though I’m not a fine young lady traveling on the continent. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You care a heap more about them than about grown peoples, don’t you?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Bulldozers rolled up the green forests and heaped the resulting trash for burning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the same instinct: rummaging in junk heaps, pawing through discards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The undone knot lay in a coiled heap at Maniac’s feet. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A heap of folding chairs filled up one corner. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Empty, all but one—in which a small heap of congealed white dust lay. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too many to remember. Behind the school, on the slag heap, you name it,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As her belly popped out, I grew more and more furious that I’d have to wash heaps of diapers again, just when Jaimito had gotten potty trained. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There lives my old friend Doctor St. Martin, a gentle, learned man, a Cajun who has lifted babies and cured colic among the shell- heap Cajuns for miles around. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wood, not even painted, old-looking, about ready for the junk heap. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The practical, pragmatic part of our upbringing wouldn’t allow me to put much stock in the gentle, well-intentioned platitudes people would heap on us a few days later at the funeral. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The fire still crackled and glowed, throwing shadows across the bundled heaps on the floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The stuff on sale looked really good: heaping boxes of bloodred cherries and apples, walnuts and apricots, jugs of cider in a claw-foot tub full of ice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She spooned porridge into her mouth, found it to be bland, and scooped four heaping mounds of brown sugar into the gray mess. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There were heaps of fresh-baked white bread on the tables, gobs of butter, pots of marmalade. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They wandered through the student union, and dragged a tray together along the cafeteria ledge, and ate french fries heaped in a cardboard boat among students chatting at circular tables. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When Sam saw the new notebook, he said, “Now that’s something I can help you with, too. Surveying’s a lot like navigation—only it’s a heap easier.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the kind of cook who would heap up your plate with such as ham hock, greens, black-eyed peas, fried fish, cabbage, sweet potatoes, grits and gravy, and combread. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a whole heap littler than Ah thought.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “All impurities burned out and ready for a glorious flux, and for that—more fire. And then either the slag heap or, perhaps what no one in the world ever quite gives up, perfection.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The bull-necked man would sag to his knees, the boy thought, and crumple into a heap on the floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This time he doesn’t care how the house, how the pile of guests’ shoes heaped by the doorway, might appear to her eyes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Here and there one sat upright on an ant heap and looked about, with ears erect and nose in the wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Rounding the path past a row of small cotts, she approached her own location and came upon the black heap of ashes that had been her home. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he began to burrow out of sight under the loose heap of potatoes. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The water bounded from the mountain-top, tore leaves and branches from the trees, poured like a cold shower over the straggling heap on the sand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The same yellowed awards cluster the walls, the same books spill off the bookshelf, and the same old toys are heaped in the toy basket. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a pile of rubbish in one corner of the room: cardboard boxes filled with mildewed papers and decaying curtains in a heap beside them. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “I hear about you two talking and you’ll be in a heap of trouble. You understand?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When, however, Pentheus only heaped insults and threats upon him, Dionysus left him to his doom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She led him through a narrow doorway into the back, which was cluttered with crates, boxes, and heaps of clothes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were mounds of cans, heaps of clothes, rows of jars and bottles, stacks of light-bulb packages. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I seem to have no ability to stop my own forward motion and simply propel myself onward until I trip over their prone bodies, just one more on the heap. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gurgi, meantime, had returned with a huge armload of straw from the chicken roost, and the companions gratefully began heaping it on the clay floor. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Some went to and fro bearing cups and pouring drink; others brought food on heaped plates and dishes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then we heaped his barrow, lifting a gravestone on the mound, and fixed his light but unwarped oar against the sky. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the tower had fallen, and the flood surged and foamed against the great heap of stones at the entrance to the street. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “We will plunge to the floor a broken heap. This deranged mariner will be crippled or worse.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The other twisted in midair and landed in a heap on the ground, shaking its head in confusion at Omakayas. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Women sat behind bright cloths heaped with mangoes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s a huge, motionless heap on his back. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I dropped her in a heap next to the pine tree and turned to face the bulls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he did as always, he heaped blame upon himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad sat down in a heap on the floor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Would she collapse then in a heap on the rug? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And tho this heap of wreckage is pretty pounded, if you look at it right, it might be an old Prentisstown house that fell right outta the sky. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Unbeknownst to us, an inmate from some nearby cell—we never found out which one—was tossing lighted matches at the heap. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A dead dog was lying on a rubbish heap; a woman with a goitre was looking for lice in the hair of a small girl. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen was the worst and I guess even army guys like to spend lots of time in the kitchen and the big table was covered with heaps of paper. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She actually falls to the ground in a heap. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then she turned her eyes down the counter and saw Colonel Meecham stirring the grits that Hobie had insisted on heaping on his plate. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Blocking up the streets and leaving heaps of dung for the likes of us to contend with,” said Gerris. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he caught sight of us still in our feathers and war paint, Doc said he was the “heap big medicine man.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But the bus is a lemon, always breaking down, and after they’ve poured heaps of money into repairs, some thieves steal it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He sees spare lengths of rusted rails heaped in piles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I hold my breath so I don’t collapse into a heap. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Now, imprisoned with the weight of my childhood ever more dismally heaped upon me, I longed for that earlier stint with the arms spread wide. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They rode past heaps of sun- washed rubble where houses had fallen in, and elsewhere saw the faded scars of fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was a room in one of the homes where twenty or thirty people were lying in a heap in complete silence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z My father likes to sift through street castoffs and industrial junk heaps for treasures. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the heaps of bags surrounding us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian suggested casually, as he watched the four men in streaked fatigues shoveling heaping bladefuls of the copper- red earth back down inside the grave. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Nothing else was out there but the trash heaps, great moldering, stinking hills that stood on rocky ground and were lit by a few floodlights high up on poles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Dad takes in a heaping forkful of squash and chews it like a furnace. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Their incentive was not heaps of money, but preventing Count Olaf from doing something horrible to them in order to get heaps of money. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Wednesday heaped his plate high with several kinds of breakfast meats. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There were heaps of things that I could do, little by little. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I tried to remember exactly where he lay, but it looked different without the confusion of grave diggers and heaps of earth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was packed dirt with a forlorn little heap of soil here and there where some burrowing animal had got in. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy lay in a crumpled heap, barely moving, but Thomas was frozen by indecision, afraid to get involved. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When it was time to go, Naomi went over to the long table that had been heaped with food earlier. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She was right, and soon’s I knowed it, my legs quit working again and I fell in a heap at her feet. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The officer looked at the socks on top of the heap I was holding. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Later I saw her by the supper table, her keen eyes searching the food, and she heaped a plate high with salmon and lobster mayonnaise and went off into a corner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned the bag upside down, and wads of currency slapped out, making an impressive heap. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Max’s blanket is empty, left heaped in his spot on the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Their numb families mourned in silence, with pots of stew and nourishing foods heaped into their kitchens, while the comforting arms of neighbors circled around them to ease their bereavement. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Soojin describes the heaps of red, white, and blue decorations her mother has been collecting since Independence Day. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Diggers and tractors sit alongside heaps of ripped-up earth and sacks of building materials. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I moved over to that corner of the bin and scooped the potatoes out of the way, heaping them behind me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Contrite, he brought her a plate heaped with spaghetti. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw our attackers clearly now, climbing over the mangled heaps of white shelves. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Crane-man’s normally placid expression was replaced with a frown of worry when Tree-ear stumbled into the space under the struts and collapsed in a heap on the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He lay in a shallow depression and heaped piles of dry leaves over himself until he felt warm again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He is perhaps best known for this quote: “We will turn this prison from a scrap heap into a repair shop.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk the train stops and Neumann Two leads Werner on foot through rows of ruined houses, beams and bricks lying in charred heaps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For the next two days, Shin scavenged around the outskirts of Bukchang, eating whatever he could find on the ground or in garbage heaps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t puddle into a heap and wail. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She picks up her charm necklace, tangled in a heap on the top of the dresser, and rubs the gold chain between her fingers, trying to loosen the knot. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Felicia approaches the bleached, crumpled heap that will be her husband. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Angrily Matthias slammed his dagger point deep into the edge of the rubble heap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Otis dumps the rest of the meat at the tree line, leaving it in a heap that buzzes with flies. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was a bad thing, he decided, getting used to all that good food that Sairy and Tiller heaped on the table. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Let us be dissatisfied until slums are cast into the junk heaps of history, and every family will live in a decent, sanitary home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Years later, I’d fall in love with a guy who, like Suzanne, stored his belongings in heaps and felt no compunction, really ever, to fold his clothes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Warmth, Saturday, Wander, You, Best friend go up, while Cold, Sunday, Standstill, Everyone else go into the heap. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “At the sacred threshing-floor, when they are winnowing, she herself, Demeter of the corn-ripe yellow hair, divides the grain and the chaff in the rush of the wind, and the heap of chaff grows white.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He left it there in the moonlight, a heap of varnished wicker and splintered wood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wake-up call for all of us: As refugees in America, we were at the bottom of the heap. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As I tossed our rubbish onto the heap, I saw something move. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Once or twice I stopped to watch, admiring and envious while the stones broke obediently to the right size under their skilful blows and the knobbly heaps before them grew. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The floors were filled with heaps of ashes; no solid form of a body was inside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The cows and the horses and the sheep watched her as she ran herself out, as she fell in a heap at the top of a hill. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Back in Battle Mountain, we had stopped naming the Walls family cars, because they were all such heaps that Dad said they didn’t deserve names. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Once free, he slid down to the floor, where he lay in a heap. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Folsom was right. An inch really does make a heap of a difference.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z No matter how kind the Matsikas were to him, they would awaken one morning and find him missing from the heap of grass clippings he preferred as a bed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The intruder let out a cry as he hit the ground in a heap. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure Achren hasn’t any idea all this is here,” she whispered, pointing to heaps of otter-skin robes and great earthen jars overflowing with jewels. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I dashed to the wall and bounded onto the compost heap. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And so I shall never have opportunity to have my leather wrecked by college, but I do owe a great debt to Miss Leep for saving me from the elementary discard heap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had returned to their heap of the night, again grunting and snoring and groaning. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Eomma gave them all dried squid to eat, and they told their parents of their adventures until they were finally too tired and fell asleep in a large happy heap of bodies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I saw in the heap a part of the charred cover of Famous Short Stories of England and America. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He skidded sideways and slammed into the corner of a barn, then fell in a heap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After I was done, I placed my hands on the heap of mud and quietly wept. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I heap the plates with food and set them on the table. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not move, recalled nothing, and had no idea where she was or what had caused the intense pain that had reduced her to a heap of raw meat. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I hate to be the bearer of evil, but I know y’all had a heap rather hear it from me than somebody else.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They usually ended up in a heap with Mom, because she had the bigger body, and they were cold, too. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Before we knew it, she’d brought us plastic trays heaped with double cheeseburgers, vanilla shakes, and XXL servings of French fries. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In these ash heaps lay a lost and delightful world, the world of my childhood, the world of sweet and irresponsible days at Qunu and Mqhekezweni. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He sent the deweys out for his liquor and spent most of his time in a heap on the floor or sitting in a chair staring at the wall. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “A heap of flowers there if the weeds weren’t choking them.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A server took away the remains of the pig and replaced it with a heaping pile of crescent-shaped, fried chebureki. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When we get home, I run upstairs with my bags of books and clothes and throw them all in a heap onto my bed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z If he had hoped to heap scorn on me, it hadn’t worked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was littered with cracks and broken boulders and tumbled heaps of rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We. We’re going to fix up this rickety heap. You and me.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson heaped praise on all three crews and ended by saying, to cheers, “With support like this we’ll win at Poughkeepsie and then it will be on to Berlin and the Olympics.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You’re not dead. No need to call the bailiff to cart you off. Now out of that heap and away.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hatsue turned down between strawberry rows and upended her bucket on the compost heap, glanced at the moon so that its blue light caught her face, then returned to the house by a different route. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Gale swings into the doorway, landing in a heap on the floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They turned to stare at the door and the books toppled everywhere, everywhere in heaps. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirteen miles today; but if we try to keep up such a pace among these cut, heaped, crevassed pressure-ridges we shall wear ourselves out or come to worse grief than a bellyslide. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Trash is heaped near the main entrance steps—plastic cups, fast-food wrappers, broken beer bottles—all partially hidden underneath a thin dusting of snow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When her bra lay beside Rishi’s bed, her jeans and underwear on top of them, all in a tangled, warm heap, she looked up at his slightly blurry form, trying to read his expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I consider the dazzling clothes and shoes and heaps of delicious white rice that so much money could buy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I ended up tossing the book on the heap of gifts in the corner of my room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll be in heaps of trouble when your parents find out,” he said. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z As I said, some of the blame should be heaped on the overly centralized Inka command structure, a problem that has plagued armies throughout time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He dragged it out of the heap of fence posts, hauling it loose from the ones it was stapled to, and began to work on the paddle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The wings had been hacked off and tossed aside in a heap. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He doesn’t so much sit in the chair as fall into it, like clothes heaped onto the floor at the end of a long day. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They lay in a silent, shocked heap on the floor, arms and legs so tangled Dimple had no idea whose limbs were whose. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Dell then maneuvered around his heaps of junk, and took a seat on his patio furniture, which he used indoors in his living room. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Beside this heap he put another of all the bones, dressed up with cunning and covered with shining fat, and bade Zeus choose between them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the fire, on a tree limb fashioned into a crude perch, crouched a heap of shadows which Taran realized was indeed a large crow. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Their fingers and faces were covered with sticky chocolate, and they lay together all in a heap. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He heaped piles of dirt into the corners of the house and hummed a song under his breath. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The wagon slowed to a creaking halt before us, all wind-shorn wood and rusty nails, its bed heaped with green squashes and baskets of peaches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The top half of him lay beneath a white heap of soggy cotton. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She left her bundles in a heap and came running. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Bessie stared at him sleepily as he climbed across the scrap heap, over the fence, and into the cow field. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I wasted no time in stepping out of what had been Sarah’s—Norah’s—scrubs, leaving them in a heap on the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was warm inside the drapes, under the great heap of furs and blankets that covered him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Newly picked greens lay heaped on the table with a thick mutton bone near them, ready to add to the pot of water that was already simmering over the fire. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I'll sometimes have dinner with a group of happily cured cancer patients, but for the most part I tend to keep to myself, ignoring the great mound of social invitations heaped upon my desk. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I hoped Chandra was right, but I could not help remembering a stall in the bazaar where Chandra and I had sorted through a heap of mismatched earrings. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There, at the entrance, just barely lighted, her father’s makazins were heaped with Mama’s. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Hmm,” she said finally in a squeaky little tone and spooned two heaping measures of sugar into her cup. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "A leg of lamb would be pleasant," he said, from the heap of soiled straw in the comer of his cell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was candlelight, and there were bunks with quilts and blankets heaped on them. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He shaved his down to a powder with a straight edge razor then dipped a heaping spoonful into a cup of hot water and stirred it up with sugar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Her hips were free—now, look out!—here she came, her skirts tearing on the rough edges of the boards, arms flailing—and they were all in a heap on the ground. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to think the mountains were made of dirt: heaps of dirt piled high. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Another bang — Crookshanks flew into the air and back to the earth in a heap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Elbow macaroni with heaps of butter and salt. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I forge ahead: "We could remove the red lava rock heap. There's dirt under there. I checked. Think of it a courtyard with sunflowers." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Like if I had a broken leg, and I'm in a heap in the stairwell, and I'm losing consciousness— what then? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel that the things I had in mind, such as the pseudo-elegant heap of tin in which we were riding, had any very great value. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z His mother wanted to say more, Will could tell, but she knew better than to heap compliments on him that felt like obligations. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Mama motions to the space outside the door, and I drop the comforters and blankets in a heap and mop my brow with my sleeve. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Ashima regrets that the plate on which the rice is heaped is melamine, not silver or brass or at the very least stainless-steel. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z When I looked back in the side mirror, the SUV was on its side in a smoking heap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Freedom and justice for all, the greatness of America, but a man living in a country sending satellites into space could still land up a heap in a doorway. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced resentfully at a pile of mutilated stuffed animals heaped in the corner of the porch. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I don’t think I have ever done something I know one hundred percent is going to land me in a whole heap of stinky trouble. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z All around were heaps of snow and tall trees garbed in white. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They swerved over to the heap of leaves. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The smell of Wynn cooking up a heap of bacon and eggs wafted through the air when I entered the kitchen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Trading in her dress was somehow different from burying her shoes in a heap of sand and walking away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I squeeze into the shadow of rubble heaps and ruined buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The old man’s memory was nothing but a rubbish heap of details. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Heavens, no. I’m going to sing jazz on the radio and make heaps of money. Then, when I’m thirty, I shall retire and live on a ranch in Ohio.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I followed, still sorting through a heap of feelings, and not sure if I’d ever untangle them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Like a sinuous black lizard he slithered past slumbering creatures and around rubble heaps, never once making a sound. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He released the Sorrow Eater,who fell in a heap on the rock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z |
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