| 单词 | hedge |
| 例句 | “That dork cuts her hair with hedge clippers.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z It bordered the Bakers’ backyard, with a wall of hedges separating it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But as they drew near to the further gate, Frodo saw a dark ill-kept house behind a thick hedge: the last house in the village. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He frees the train of the gown from the hedge. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Instead of answering “Coming!” and running to her, he dodged under a hedge, scraping his knees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We walked in silence down a winding gravel path lined by a row of low hedges. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Manicured hedges and a fish pond added character to the yard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Tidings’s voice drummed up the stairs, sounding as commanding as General Robert E. Lee’s at Gettysburg: “It’s nine o’clock! Visitation’s at three! Let’s move-move-move! Where are the hedge clippers, Mama?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the yard was an ocean of green grass, punctuated only by a clothesline, a barbecue, a hedge along one fence, and an assortment of fruit trees and vegetable patches. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I was already disappearing behind the hedge separating the Bernoffskis’ yard from the Connellys’ when she called out, asking if I wanted a drink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In the conflict between Glanvill and Webster the Society hedged its bets; Webster, however, was never elected a fellow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the dark garden beyond the hedge a fountain was playing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Here the Egyptian sheets smelled like hedges, the pillows like water fowl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were on the bridge above, no farther away than the height of a hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The dense hedge walls that comprised the maze were ten feet tall, making it impossible to peek over them, even if you stood on top of one of the benches placed throughout the labyrinth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The hedges under the windows were trimmed so perfectly, I doubt I could have found a single leaf out of place. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The woman will never find the old house behind the hedge of towering hibiscus at the bend of the dirt road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the hedge and hydrangeas that separated the road from the stairs, they could see the tan car had joined the parade inching down the street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene grabbed the hedge clippers, which he was allowed to use but I wasn’t. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “She said she’d wait for you at the center of my hedge maze.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Over the hedge and hydrangeas that separated the road from the stairs, they could see the tan car had joined the parade inching down the street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Their land was originally unprotected from the East; but on that side they had built a hedge: the High Hay. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Thinking of the way he looked at me when he was drunk in the hedge maze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A large painting of horses jumping over a high hedge hung on the third wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The hedge and the distant trees seemed to leap forward in the brilliance of the flash. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They found Bluebell by the hedge at the bottom of the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d just imagined the excitement of jumping great hedges, the challenge of trying to keep up with the best riders, and the thrilling sound of the hunting horn. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He curled the hedge apple behind him and let it fly a little harder than planned, knocking the smaller jack out of the circle. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was like these huge hedges of red all around us, with these beautiful marble patterns running through them. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s that their hedging is a choice, not a tic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I walked around the hedge to the iron grate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He vaulted over the dog, crashed through a cherry hedge, and then disappeared from view. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He on the other hand talks little: no more hedging or jokes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he found a new route and started to jog along it, his wandlight waving, making his shadow flicker and distort on the hedge walls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Other riders Sansa did not know; hedge knights from the Fingers and Highgarden and the mountains of Dome, unsung freeriders and new-made squires, the younger sons of high lords and the heirs of lesser houses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z ‘Silly!’ he said to himself, as he opened his eyes and wondered why he was lying down under the hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The houses we drove past had sunflower hedges, and the palm-size flowers brightened the foliage in big yellow polka dots. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll be back,” said Ron as they watched the gnomes disappear into the hedge on the other side of the field. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z For 37 straight minutes, we all looked under cars, behind hedges, and around the buildings of the school district administration headquarters for the missing hunk of Cheddar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He leaned against the hedge, gasping for breath, and looked around. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes a writer has no choice but to hedge a statement. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z On the grass behind the hedge rested a large pie tin full of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Any adversary who is unscrupulous enough to give the least charitable reading to an unhedged statement will find an opening to attack the writer in a thicket of hedged ones anyway. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As he spoke, he led me to the shelter of the tall hedges bordering the garden labyrinth I had often seen from my window. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He looked at the hedge and wondered about Chinyere, what she had thought of him, if she had survived. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then Zola joggets out of her house and bellows into the hedge, “Stop that racket, you artichoke!” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z When he sees her, quick he busies himself clipping a sorry-looking hedge. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "Oh, that. I—ah—I stumbled and fell into a hedge." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Soon we were entering a countryside of green fields and high hedges with not a soul in sight. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanging dark and steady against the green of the Bernoffskis’ cedar hedge. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Now, I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass, like a coarser sort of spiders’ webs; hanging itself from twig to twig and blade to blade. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z When God bragged about how faithful Job was, said Elijah Muhammad, the devil said only God’s hedge around Job kept Job so faithful. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He had left him in the shelter of a thick hedge, sure of his course for the big warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good roots they keep there,” said Hazel, as they passed them and reached the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a great hedge on inflation,” he says with authority. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond it a rutted lane ran between low well-laid hedges towards a distant clump of trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s quiet in this area, there isn’t a lot of traffic, you can hear things like that very clearly: car motors, lawn mowers, the clipping of a hedge, the slam of a door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We made our way around the back of the manor house and entered through a snow-covered garden hedge. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There’s plenty of cover for rabbits—standing corn, hedges and banks—but no real woodland: just great, open fields of light soil with big white flintstones. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the field far below he could see a gang of gnomes sneaking one by one back through the Weasleys’ hedge. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z However, hedging his bets in case things go bad, Booth says he wants the letter back if he finds Matthews before ten tomorrow morning. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Her strength was in analyzing financial markets and managing the billions in her exclusive hedge fund. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The place in which he found himself was absolutely flat In the human world we seldom see flatness, for the trees and houses and hedges give a serrated edge to the landscape. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and dashed back through the nearest gap in the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother’s usual line is that you should do these favors when asked, so why is she hedging on this one? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The other went through the hedge and was out of sight. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In the hedges, in the flower beds, and one in the dry birdbath. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A pair of mourning doves hunted for food near a shaggy boxwood hedge, cooing to each other in their soft melancholy voices. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Some young squire or hedge knight, like as not . . . though by the vehemence with which Lord Hoster had opposed him, he might have been a tradesman's son qr baseborn apprentice, even a singer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z May came in with a burst of bloom in hedge and field. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The hedges had gone wild and the lawn was a riot of weeds and flowering plants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I agree with your mom,” a groggy Sheed said, pushing out of the hedges. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The land rose and fell gently, and the fields were bordered by hedges and trees. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The scrap of song came from a woman’s throat, and Joe thrashed and beat his way up the incline and through the hedge, a tangle of muscadine vines, Virginia creeper and hibiscus rusty with age. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them, which was named Foxwood, was a large, neglected, old-fashioned farm, much overgrown by woodland, with all its pastures worn out and its hedges in a disgraceful condition. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He would look up in the middle of trimming a hedge and say, “That is good meat,” and then walk to the goatskin bag tied behind his bicycle to rummage for his catapult. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z From time to time the sound of voices, squealing laughter, arose from beyond the trees and hedges. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was under the hedge, crouched down, crying. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Night-lanterns shine bright as the watching moon; the glow clings to the curved hedges arched over us, and skims the surface of the palace river ahead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He pointed to the dinged-up bicycle propped against a brown hedge. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But for the most part, these traces were obliterated, with the hedges running wild and native trees—slippery elm and tamarack—outnumbering the quince and Japanese maple. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The ammonia reek of human urine rises from a nearby oleander hedge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Company camped beside the Stone, but they slept little, because of the dread of the Shadows that hedged them round. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I finally decided to walk up to the house and check it out and had started to creep out of the hedge when I saw it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z As they passed the primary school with its trimmed hedges of whistling pine, Ifemelu suddenly imagined that she was indeed pregnant, and the girl had used expired test chemicals in that dingy lab. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Quietly we crept up the narrow walkway to their hedge. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Here and there hedges have sprouted up, tall as Windsurfers, to partition the property parcels. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Over the hedge another man was staring boldly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Not many,” I say, thinking of the lazy, hateful look Cardan gave me by torchlight in the hedge maze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Each man was hedging his bets on the hereafter by preparing his private papers for posterity, the one place where they knew their prospects of immortality were assured. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Accustomed to the forest, he made his way silently out of the grove and over the hedge. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain had washed the lawns, and the grasses and hedges shone emerald green. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, thoughtfully, I took up catching the hedge apple again, One, two, three..., but I wasn’t really paying attention to my counting anymore. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z After three or four pheasants had fallen into the hedges, I said, “Can I try?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then she retraced her steps, back under the hedge, along the dusty yellow drive, around the back of the shops, back to her house. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He thought of Warings, surrounded by the high hedge, dark and inaccessible. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Voices from the classrooms reached across the hedge. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The houses they passed were all fenced off or hidden behind towering hedges, so he could barely see any of them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Shop signs swing toward the heat from their brackets; a potted hedge comes sliding across the rubble and capsizes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I was not comforted by my rhyme, and feeling a little too out in the open, I veered off the path and into the hedge for some cover. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A gigantic cathedral with a labyrinth but not the cool kind made out of hedges. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Thick hedges created a rectangular perimeter along the property line. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Swearing loudly, she hurled them across the garden and into a gooseberry hedge. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A a spiral of hedges that don’t stop moving. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Over on the evening side, a hedge ran down the length of the field toward the iron road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Green hedges, dazzling with red wild roses appeared behind my eyes, stretching with a gentle curving to an infinity empty of objects, a limpid blue space. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no pretense at hedges here, no pretense at separation or privacy, just low buildings side by side amid a scattering of stunted shrubs and cashew trees. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “This is like the hedge maze in the Triwizard Tournament,” said Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I want everyone the other side of that hedge,” he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The uneven shadow of the hedge had faded and disappeared. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the high-road there had been a gay west wind blowing in my face, making the grass on the hedges dance in unison, but here there was no wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Much exhausted, and suffering greatly now for want of food, I turned aside into a lane and sat down under the hedge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He even claimed to have been there on one of his higher flights, and to have seen the everlasting fields of clover and the linseed cake and lump sugar growing on the hedges. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There was a tall hedge in front of one of the gardens, with a low wall at its foot, and she sat there tucked closely in under the privet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They reached an open area, and Kendra saw the tall hedge that surrounded the pond with the gazebo boardwalk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A wicker love seat protruded from a hedge. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He’s not someone who keeps power tools in the basement or shakes off work stress by making a risotto or trimming hedges. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Now, don’t you worry about costs,” he hedged. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m skeptical, so I climb down and move to the side of the house, crouching behind a hedge where I can see him at the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The crazed creature had cut a swathe through the middle of a vineyard, turned a stone wall to rubble, and left a guard dog gibbering under a hedge. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The white walls and towers of the Convent of Santa Clara rose out of bougainvillea hedges dense with violet and crimson flowers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Education topped her list of ideals; it was the surest hedge against a world that would require more of her children than white children, and attempt to give them less in return. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The roadside hedges were gone to rows of black and twisted brambles. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Glass lampposts sprouted up between the hedges bordering the path. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Paradoxically, intensifiers like very, highly, and extremely also work like hedges. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For a time, I drove in near-darkness between high hedges, then found the road beginning to climb steeply. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z There were fountains, flowers, hedges But something wasn’t quite right. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Before she reached the supermarket she cut across a fence into some wasteland and along an old drive, then crawled under a hedge. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Strauss apparently hedges his bets, giving the first necrophiliac kiss arguably the most dissonant chord that had ever been heard. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z With the bicycle Zane had found parked against the dying hedge outside, he could be at the pawn shop in less than an hour. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The hedge is destroyed, the rails of the light railway are torn up and rise stiffly in the air in great arches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She follows cables and pipes, railings and ropes, hedges and sidewalks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The lane curved to the right and when they rounded the corner, it was to see the very edge of Ogden’s frock coat vanishing through a gap in the hedge. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were on the opposite side of the hedge of plants along the bank and the whole river looked different. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the hedge, she could see the Jamaican nanny of the neighbors’ children, walking down the driveway, the one who always evaded Ifemelu’s eyes, and did not like to say hello. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Their dark slate roofs and tall hedges gave the buildings an atmosphere of solemn dignity, like matrons sitting shiva. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Just before I reached the hedge I remembered something and turned around. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He walked very slowly through the long grass beside the hedge, sending up sudden clouds of white butterflies every so often. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Before we quite entered the town, we turned off the road and down a narrow lane to a substantial house surrounded by a high hedge. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Mundín followed me through a path in the hedges and then lingered by my side as I sat on a patio lawn chair pretending great interest in my book. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: The hedges want to kill us too? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Anyhow, we found a track with a good, thick hedge along one side and we decided to follow that. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother and one sister landed on the bonnet of the car, someone else was catapulted out on to the road and at least one small sister landed in the middle of the hawthorn hedge. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Heavy posts, reeking of creosote and paint, towered up as high as the holly trees in the hedge, and the board they carried threw a long shadow across the top of the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see through the thick hedge that covered most of the eastern edge of the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z White primroses huddled beneath the trees, and cyclamen with their green and silver leaves were scattered among the hedges and outcroppings of rocks like strange cups of snow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The world he saw through that window was not his own: the ground was closer here, and the landscape was not green fields and hedges but a desert of rolling dunes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Dark though it was, Sophie could see that they were in a country of green fields with neat hedges in between the fields. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But then it hadn’t, and anyway he loved the dog fennel and the silver poplars and the hedge of lilacs on the south that separated Jenny’s well-drained kitchen garden from the dooryard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on!” said Greyback to his men, and the prisoners were shunted through the gates and up the drive, between high hedges that muffled their footsteps. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry knew instantly that this was what had been watching him out of the garden hedge that morning. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Naturally a war of this sort was Hkdy to be hedged with etiquette, Just as foxhunting is hedged with it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But hardly had I settled down, the dry, dog-day smell of the hedge in my nose, when they stopped before the house, leaning upon the fence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved silendy between the hedge and window to watch the tea parties from deep shade. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The dogs came out, barking the moment their heads were free, and struggling as you’ve seen them do when they are getting through a narrow hole in a hedge. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z When I got there, I was forced to sit to rest me under the hedge; and while I sat, I heard wheels, and saw a coach come on. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was hedged in low stone fences and went up hills and down hills and around hills. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t much like the idea of getting lost deliberately in a hedge maze, but I smile as though nothing could ever delight me more. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z While thus fascinated by the pitiable clean space hedged around by neglected tufts of wool, the man turned a hard, belligerent face to him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Were they talking about someone working for the hedge fund? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Shoving through the hedge with Needle in hand, she slid into a water dancer's stance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The animals chased them right down to the bottom of the field, and got in some last kicks at them as they forced their way through the thorn hedge. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z In the ragged hedge on the opposite side of the field the boughs of the elm trees were swaying very faintly in the breeze, their leaves just stirring in dense masses like women’s hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Tiny leaves on the hedges ripple individually, distinctly in my peripheral vision. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Six isn’t exactly a lucky number,” I hedged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the ragged hedge on the opposite side the boughs of the elm trees swayed just perceptibly in the breeze, and their leaves stirred faintly in dense masses like women’s hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He looks like he’s just been dragged backward through a hedge. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He laughs and tosses his mask into the hedge. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I took off running through the backyard paths and behind hedges. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z However, their hopes for that night were disappointed, for the rain returned before dusk, settling in on a northwest wind and carrying up the hill the sweet-sour smell of flowering privet from cottage hedges below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Chaol coughed, suddenly very interested in the berries in the hedges. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s not that good writers never hedge their claims. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Outside the sun hung low over the privet hedges. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then she turned the electric hedge trimmer off and said, “I’m afraid you’re going to have to say that again. I’m a little deaf.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a space in the hedge, and here, the trees were different, a separate group of them, inside the main wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z With one bound I follow him and fall into a ditch that lies behind the hedge. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Garden-lanterns linger above the giant geometric hedges, and blimps carry small candles, gliding along the intricate maze. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Thistles and goldenrod have grown up around it, like a thorny hedge, out of the mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Approaching the house on foot, he slipped unnoticed through a hedge into the backyard. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They rustle in the ditches, they tug and hang on the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the last minute, he had hedged, introducing himself as C. V. Anderson, vice president of the local Klan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He wailed and went down, and Citra raced across the sand, leaped the hedge, and grabbed him by the shirt with both hands as he writhed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Folklore’s a piece of it,” I hedged quickly, eager to save face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Later in the morning a banana peel flies over the hedge from the Divino yard into our yard. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Unlike the white high school, Lafayette County Training School distinguished itself by having neither lawn, nor hedges, nor tennis court, nor climbing ivy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They started before dawn one clear August morning, going due north in groups along the banks and hedges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when a brushfire grows out of control, fire authorities set a backfire—a controlled burn—that hedges the amount of destruction a wildfire may cause. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “No, only a gate at the entrance and hedges to keep out curiosity seekers.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z After all, Montaigne never gave an example of heavenly inspiration, of divine intervention, without hedging it about with doubts and difficulties. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Hazel reached the hedge, crossed a narrow turf verge on the other side and found himself looking straight down a long, shadowy aisle between two rows of beans. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "Lord Gyles will take him to Rosby, and conceal him there in the guise of a page. They plan to darken his hair and tell everyone that he is the son of a hedge knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the eastern side, in the angle of two piers, there was a great door, high above the ground; and over it was a shuttered window, opening upon a balcony hedged with iron bars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her world was bounded by green hedges and the sky and she knew nothing of what lay beyond these. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z It came from the hedge along the side of the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dusk was really falling outside now; the marquee beyond the windows towered ghostly white over the hedge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It twisted and turned tortuously, over small hillocks, through hedges and across fields. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Celaena walked between the hedges, and couldn’t help the smile that spread across her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Hailsham was full of hiding places, indoors and out: cupboards, nooks, bushes, hedges. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The ruffians came tramping along the East Road, and without halting turned up the Bywater Road, which ran for some way sloping up between high banks with low hedges on top. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I fired at him through the hedge as he ran across the field. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They ran on and crept through the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a flat, wet clod of dead leaves shot clean through the gap and landed clear of the hedge, close to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they had come through the hedge they saw Fiver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about the hedge,” said Mama, touching Tidings on the arm affectionately. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Viserys told her tales of knights so poor that they had to sleep beneath the ancient hedges that grew along the byways of the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At last the shattered motor-car was driven out of the second hedge and stood sideways across the road, blocking the highway. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiver, however, came over to where Blackberry was lying against the stem of a blackthorn in the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dandelion had no sooner gone than Hazel became aware that something else was moving in the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I crane my neck to see around the hedge. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Behind them the mists in the flat fields were now above the hedges; but the water before them was dark, with only a few curling wisps like steam among the reeds by the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He bounded across the yard at top speed, jumped the neighbor’s hedge, then hit the ground and kept on going. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Tía Mimi's hedge of bright red ginger shielded us somewhat from the sight of the eyesore palace and of the dictator strolling of a Sunday afternoon with his three-year-old grandson in a minuscule general's uniform. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A hedge wizard had told him there would be a bountiful spirit summer before the cold set in, he claimed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He stooped and set it down behind a low hedge, which continued to prevent her from seeing the object. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Grass continued for about six feet beyond the hedge before stopping abruptly at the perimeter of the forest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The other rabbits were beginning to reach the hedge as Bigwig hopped down the bank and crouched on the verge of the road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He let go of the gnome’s ankles: It flew twenty feet into the air and landed with a thud in the field over the hedge. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The Forest drew close to the hedge in many places. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The dog was not twenty feet away on the other side of the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I thought of the ficus hedge that bordered our yard, and the distant skyline of Los Angeles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He did not mind writing garden club features, school board reports, horse show notices, golden anniversary announcements—he pruned them as carefully as he pruned his hedges, rounding them toward perfection. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “At least one new family has built a hedge to avoid people seeing them as they pass by,” said Wade Green, seventy- two, who has summered here for years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They started down a faint path toward an archway in a tall, unkempt hedge. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z ‘Is there a storm coming? If so it’s going to be the worst there ever was. We shall wish we were down a deep hole, not just stuck under a hedge.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He stopped every now and then, and caught one of the boys and threw him over the hedge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A few moments later there came, from close behind the plant hedge, the sound of a fairly heavy splash: but what creature might have made it there was no telling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tillermans stood on the sidewalk, separated by a briar hedge from this scene. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Very soon they came upon traces of blood which the rain had not yet washed away, and these they followed toward the ash tree in the hedge to the west of the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sheared off the tops of the hedge that borders Phoebe’s yard. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z On top of it, some fifteen feet above the river was a sheltering rock formation, its entrance blocked by hedges of old hibiscus. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Lio came out of the hedges, the ball in his hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The word comes again, like a hedge in front of me, but pushing from behind, too. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The air smells like wet grain and hedge trimmings; in the lulls between their footfalls, she can hear a deep, nearly subsonic roar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The two spells combined did what one alone had not: The spider keeled over sideways, flattening a nearby hedge, and strewing the path with a tangle of hairy legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A twenty-foot-high hedge ran all the way around the edge of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When he was halfway across the field, Hazel became aware of a hrududu approaching very fast on the other side of the further hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved farther along the hedge, away from the tent and Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now that he had a better start, Dandelion kept in the open and ran down the field to the hedge beside the road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘A plain road, though it led through a hedge of swords,’ said Boromir. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But I think it’s like rising, growing even taller and seeing sights over a hedge, colors you’ve never seen before. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And he was taken with the hedges, plants, and flowers, including the purple magnolias up against the house. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no trees to give shelter overhead, only the forest hedging the camp. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was tucked into a thorny hedge near Mrs. Sharpe’s house, and torn along the bottom. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Tall hedges grew on both sides of the gate, their thorny branches hiding any view of what lay beyond. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z One time when he’s up in the air, he catches sight of me lurking behind the hedge. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Locke holds my hand as we move through the turns of the hedge maze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’d tended quietly to his apples and rhododendrons, his chinaberries and mulberry hedges, his rows of vegetables and flowers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s outside the small bedroom window. In the hedge.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It all seemed very weedy and rank somehow, and thorns and bracken were invading the beds down near the bottom hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Bonello turned off and followed him and then Piani worked his way out and we followed the two ambulances ahead along the narrow road between hedges. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She trotted across the lawn to the low hedge beneath the attic window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The wand spun around once and pointed toward his right, into solid hedge. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But Ofglen has hold of my arm, she tugs me with her, and now we’re in the second line, with only a thin hedge of bodies in front of us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z People walk the paths of the gardens below, and the wind sings anthems in the hedges, and the big old cedars at the entrance to the maze creak. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A pair of Dobermans peered nervously from a gooseberry hedge. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The buildings were old and covered with vines and the roads gracefully winding, lined with hedges and wild roses that dazzled the eyes in the summer sun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Where we have hedged fields and parklands, they had village communities, moorlands, fens and forests of enormous size. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The yew hedges muffled the sound of the men’s footsteps. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Well, we was rootin’ about by some hedges, Chief,” said Scumnose, “and we found a whole tribe of dormice fast asleep. So we pounced on ’em and tied them up in a bunch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Portions of the hedge were nearly hollow, a green shell of living branches, leaving enough room to crouch comfortably. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The edges of the grass were clipped very short and neat around the gravestones, and the hedge was straight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I’ve been around the block enough times to know when someone’s hedging. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The last person they passed was a sturdy old gaffer clipping a hedge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He hoped Chinyere would slip under the hedge and come over; they never planned it, she just appeared on some days and didn’t on others. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t rush him; I circled and hedged, watching him closely, to let him think he was pulling what he wanted out of me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The hedges and the acres and acres of lawn were covered in a network of spider web that caught the dew in beads so that it glistened white as frost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wove garlands of fragrant gillyflowers and fading hedge roses, draping them about me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They fly noiselessly beneath the bridge trestles; they have beasts with them on chains; their beasts leap out of the boats and sprint past the massifs of flowers, down the rows of hedges. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Lord Petyr's fa-ther had been the smallest of small lords, his grandfather a landless hedge knight; by birth, he held no more than a few stony acres on the windswept shore of the Fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On one such night, Ammu, aged nine, hiding with her mother in the hedge, watched Pappachi’s natty silhouette in the lit windows as he flitted from room to room. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The hedge maze is taller than the height of an ogre and formed of dense, glossy leaves in a deep green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was like a flasher in a hedge. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of us the road was narrow and muddy and there was a high hedge on either side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Twisting and slashing, he fought his way through the pack and backed up under the low branches of a hedge. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was on a brick path that led away from the conservatory, and on either side of the path hedges grew to the height of her shoulders. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure if it was a trick question, and seeing how I didn’t want to derail our rock-a-thon of love with a wrong answer, I kind of hedged, although what I said was true. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Seeing him, the dog yelped and thrust its weight against the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A blackbird dropped down onto a privet hedge and, finding no satisfactory foothold, flew away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It seems right to hedge, even though I remember exactly. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “No, the most useful maps are grounded in reality. Mazes can be real, too. Made from hedges in a garden. Mostly, though, they’re artificial, imaginary.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The lane was bordered on the left by wild, low-growing brambles, on the right by a high, neatly manicured hedge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The streets we drove past were like tunnels darkened by the hedges on each side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The light, as it grew, began to show the upper field, while the distant hedge and brook remained dark, linear shapes below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched her walk to the hedge that separated the two compounds and slip underneath it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We’d reached a spot where the hedges were high on both sides, and the ground was covered in frozen cowpats, when Ruth suddenly stopped a few steps behind me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When they came to Bill Ferny’s house they saw that the hedge there was tattered and unkempt, and the windows were all boarded up. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Later that day, Ira was cleaning up the station yard when he found a green bathing suit, a pair of white sneakers, a pair of white socks, and a shirt in the hedges. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z A single pedestrian wanders down the sidewalk, and a gardener is carefully trimming a nearby hedge—but aside from the faint clip-clip-clip sound of his shears, it’s quiet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I can remember coming out from a hedge into the open and I know I was really hoping that the elil would come and make an end of me. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Philip walks off, hands in his pockets, and all three of them watch his retreating back until it starts to disappear behind the tall hedges. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z With that he stood, stepped over the hedge, and was gone. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The house—or what remains of it—is grand: twenty French windows in the facade, big freshly painted shutters, manicured hedges out front. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The scrubby vineyards and the crumbling stones become things of no account, for if I wish I can give rein to my imagination, and pick foxgloves and pale campions from a wet, streaking hedge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They watched it clear the further hedge and disappear into the wood beyond the river. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They could only be traced for a few yards, but appeared to lead to a hole in the hedge. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He had seen the shed before, lots of times, through a gap in the tall hedge that ran round the garden of Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z In place of walls, some palaces were surrounded by thorny hedges. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Deep inside the hedge, there’s a nest of twigs cupping three speckled eggs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z What he thought of as the sky was the horizon, usually broken by trees and hedges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And so we ran, loping past paddock and hedge. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As a hedge against bad times, however, Kiowa also carried his grandmother’s distrust of the white man, his grandfather’s old hunting hatchet. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The hedge had grown wild in the sixteen years since Hagrid had taken Harry from the rubble that lay scattered amongst the waist-high grass. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Near forty men took part, freeriders and hedge knights and new-made squires in search of a reputation. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The hedge shook as he tangled with the hound. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It is out there in the privet hedge that lines the avenue. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was gone and Bigwig’s fur was blowing in the whack of wind that followed it down the hedges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He ducked too late, and curses came from behind the hedge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘Back it out of the hedge,’ my mother said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Young men and women mingle, eager to enter the labyrinth of hedges and begin the game. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Dedd had appeared with her shears to work on the hedge and keep her eye on “things.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking he was feeling sick again, I pulled up almost immediately, hard against a hedge. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the path, we take turns poking our heads out past the edge of the hedge’s leaves. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In time the saplings and hedges on the perimeter would provide shade and character; now they spoke of fine intentions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Finally, we turn and cross over to our house through the hibiscus hedge, carrying the bookbags of supplies the García girls left for us to use. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z At last they came to a narrow gate in a thick hedge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a back patio that overlooked the beach on the other side of a low hedge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Remove that protective hedge,” the devil told God, “and I will make Job curse you to your face. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Bushes and hedges are trimmed with a precision that seems almost silly. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The lawn outside the American embassy in Islamabad was neatly mowed, dotted with circular clusters of flowers, bordered by razor-straight hedges. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I ended up in an open field, standing in dry stubble by a black hedge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I got up from behind the hedge in the waning moon, wet and shaken in the hot air and started out looking for Jack, still turned around in my direction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z No one jeered at him or noticed him because he had crossed the street and was walking close up against the hedge on the other side. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Once through the hedge he turned south and, keeping close beside it, led them down the slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The high hedge curved with them, running off into the distance beyond the pair of impressive wrought-iron gates barring the men’s way. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They jumped over the low place in the hedge at the bottom and took to the fields, passing into the darkness like a rustle in the grasses. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The cart track crossed by a brick culvert and climbed the opposite slope to a five-barred gate in the thorn hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was dragged to the side of the road, hoisted like a sack of grain over a low hedge, and flung on my back in the grass. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I drop the sketchbook out the window into a hedge. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was a hawthorn hedge, draped with beaded cobwebs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They kept on down the muddy road, the hedge on either side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The wide schoolyard, enclosed by a trimmed whistling pine hedge, was cluttered with long buildings as if they had all sprung up at will, unplanned. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I skirted fields, and hedges, and lanes till after sunrise. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The only alarm came when they startled four partridges, which whirred away over the hedge to the west and sailed down, spread-winged, into the field beyond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The second subsection reviews three issues: the problem of focusing on a description of professional activity rather than an exposition of subject matter, the overuse of apologetic language, and the disadvantages of excessive hedging. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z James and Maybeth began the slow task of trimming back the honeysuckle hedge. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped unwillingly out of the toasty truck cab and walked down a little stone path lined with dark hedges. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He jumped over a low place in the hedge at the bottom, and took to the meadows, passing into the night like a rustle of wind in the grass. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At the same time, the nobles hedged their bets. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I ran into the ditch and through the thorny hedge to where they stood. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A square hedge divides Tyler’s front yard from the next. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma turned it into a lush maze of dwarf hedges, rocks and gargoyles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But handsome is as handsome does, as we say in the Shire; and I daresay we shall all look much the same after lying for days in hedges and ditches.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Dany would have given much and more for a nice thick hedge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Humming the catchy chorus of “Ten Tap Tim,” I crawled through to the other end of the hedge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From the cover of the hedge beside the lane they turned and looked back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw her the next day across the hedge, hanging out clothes on the line, she said “Ugwu” and nothing else; she did not smile. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But her childhood friend and university acquaintance, Robbie Turner, was on his knees, weeding along a rugosa hedge, and she did not feel like getting into conversation with him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Soon there’d be damp mornings and the big spiders would come in the hedges—the ones with a white cross on their backs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Three women appeared from around a nearby hedge, clustered in conversation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ben saw his sister fall into a hedge that bordered the classroom window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He cradled the hedge apple gently in his hands. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked down at the hedges and the apple tree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A man, taking care to keep still, was leaning over the hedge and watching them intently. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped across the street in back of the Jamisons’ hedge and studied Arnold’s house. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z There was a high hedge of hazel on either side and you could see clusters of ripe brown nuts in their green jackets. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She wielded an enormous pair of hedge shears in her bright-orange gardening gloves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the hedge, the Bull shook his head doubtfully. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At one stage Prosper thought he could hear footsteps behind them, but when he turned around it was just a bird, fluttering out of an overgrown hedge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Had the pandemonium in the ballroom roused his curiosity enough to scale the hedge and look inside? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “So the poor knight is to be left sticking in the hedge, is he?” asked Mr. Brooke, still watching the river, and playing with the wild rose in his buttonhole. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls over a night-lantern and ties its tail ribbons to the hedge behind us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Every hedge is squared as if by a plane, every path is neatly paved without a crack in sight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Over the fields and hedges and rivers they went, and after a while a frightening thought came into Sophie’s head. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The resulting artificial habitat was meant only for humans and 'their' plants and animals, and was often fenced off by walls and hedges. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same moment they became aware that the hedges on both sides, just above their heads, were all lined with hobbits. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I brush myself off, but the train of my dress snares in the hedge. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His mother, bleeding from a shotgun pellet, made her way along the hedges in broad daylight, with Woundwort limping beside her. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z No other houses were visible, although patches of light from windows showed through high hedges or trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a rustle from the hedges below and then saw Auri scamper up the tree like a squirrel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I put out my hand to feel the dark mass before me: I discriminated the rough stones of a low wall—above it, something like palisades, and within, a high and prickly hedge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Sunlight filled the orderly garden with its trimmed walks and hedges. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Lionel felt sleepy also, so they decided to lie down under an apple tree in a hedge, after tying their horses to sundry branches. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z New leaves oozed from twigs in the hedges. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Strawberry came through the hedge by the crab-apple tree, looked about him and made his way to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A little distance up the road, past the hedge of lilacs and under the silver poplars of the dooryard, Jenny stood at the gate, waiting for them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She will miss this glorious light warming the inside of her skin and jeweling the trees, the grass, the lily pond beyond the hedge. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He hedged at first, but finally admitted that she was a girl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Celaena smiled to herself, running a finger across a neatly trimmed hedge. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The grass and the bursting hedges were gilded by the level rays of the sun. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Yes, earlier this week actually. Adiah really did a number on the hedges.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A drunk, urinating in an alley outside Saint-Servan, a mile away, plucks a sheet of paper from a hedge. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They followed the line down the field and reached the hedge beside the carrot ground and the source of the brook. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One time, he was at school for a rounders match and he whacked the ball clean over the hedge and into the glebe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Rowan made a beeline to him, pulling him aside behind a topiary hedge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As he topped the bank, the beam of a torch shone up the lane and picked out his red eyes and white tail disappearing into the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Castle was on a pair of stepladders clipping his hedge that divides his front garden from ours. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “There’s a hedge maze to our left,” Nina said. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I hedged, fearful of getting into a religious argument. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We reach beyond the lavender patch into a thick green hedge. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She wheeled the mower into the sun and returned to the garage where she armed herself with heavy hedge clippers. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They came to a small green gate half-buried in the hedge on the right and almost hidden by the overhanging hazel branches. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The old, on the other hand, are shrewd, “sour-tempered,” crabbed with disappointment, and have “many opinions but no knowledge”: they never leap wholeheartedly into a thing, but always hedge around it with “maybe” and “perhaps.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The walls of fences and unpassable hedges rose around him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Calm as still water, she took the Bull by the arm and drew him back behind a tall flowering hedge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We went down a narrow curving road shrouded by hedges, and parked beside a clump of sycamores. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even if we didn’t,” he hedged, “Minya’s got enough for all of us.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She could hear the gentle lull of her father’s voice and that of John Churchmouse, blending with the hum of nocturnal insects from the meadow and hedges on this balmy summer night. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Choosing a thick part, he went through the hedge and crossed the road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A gigantic cathedral with a labyrinth but not the cool kind made out of hedges. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He came out of a hole along the hedge—one they hadn’t noticed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel crossed the road without waiting for Pipkin, who caught him up under the hedge bordering the near side of the little lane. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t even noticed them, but now I think about the random passerby on the sidewalk, the gardener working on the hedge. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sun was almost out from behind the clouds and the body of the sergeant lay beside the hedge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He pointed out a high iron gate and beyond it a big mansion with lots of flowers and the hedges all cut to look like animals. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Raising his chin, he passed within inches of me, through the hedges to his side of the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Stumps and dead boughs were rotting in the shallows, the remains it seemed of old thickets, or of a hedge that had once lined the road across the drowned valley. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The hedges dividing the fields were no problem to the Giant. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, she would hedge and say she meant her own Mami. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their sheep killed hedges, snipped valleys bare, and their pigs nosed up the very roots of what might have grown. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s something coming up the line of the hedge,” replied Speedwell. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There are shattered mailboxes, cars that have jumped curbs into hedges, and the kind of random debris that one generally doesn’t find in a turnkey community like this one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We have to get over a hedge; it is higher than we are. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Merry and Pippin climbed up the path that came in from the west, and looked through the opening in the great hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I crossed a high hibiscus hedge through an unlatched gate and came upon a muddy backyard, strewn with logs and stumps like a carpenter's yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Over this the Road crossed by a causeway; but where it pierced the hedge it was barred by a great gate. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Beyond was a thin hedge; and beyond that, a green field between two copses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It had sailed over everyone’s heads into the dark hedges where it landed with the thrashing sound of breaking branches, and then, the surprising cry of a startled couple. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Below him, two figures slowly wove through the hedges. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then I noticed that the old lady who lives at number 39, which is on the other side of Mrs. Shears’s house, was in her front garden cutting her hedge with an electric hedge trimmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Neatly trimmed boxwood hedges created a path lined with young betony plants, lavender, day lilies, and honeysuckle. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence many annual plants have evolved to hedge their bets by means of germination inhibitors, which make seeds initially dormant and spread out their germination over several years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun had now risen high enough to look over the high hedge: it gleamed on the tops of the birches and lit the northward side of the dingle with a cool yellow light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then he looked about him, as if the hedges might have ears. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They planted it with trees—hazel, alder, birch, and dogwood—as well as privet hedges and holly bushes. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They make for the hedge maze in the northwest corner of the gardens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Near the top he slipped through the hedge and brought them down into the lane. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved along the hedge, feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it was quickly growing dark, curiosity won over caution and I made my way into the hedge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then it rushed madly across about twenty fields, breaking down all the fences and hedges in its path. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “The grass is thick there. We’ll tie her up and go across the field, behind the hedge.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He tried to understand the attraction of certain hedges. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to go under the hedge in two journeys in order not to spill the water from the jug. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z They came finally to a gap in the hedge on the left-hand side of the road where there was a five-barred gate. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They crept along under cover of the hedge towards the big dwelling of the mouse folk. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “You hev hedged Ma’s question, Cousin Wilse. What about the right and wrong of one man ownin’ the body— and sometimes it looks as if the soul, too—of another man?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The blackbirds whistled it in the hedges, the pigeons cooed it in the elms, it got into the din of the smithies and the tune of the church bells. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Had she suspected that Minerva and Lio were in the hedges, and her shot was an easy way to flush them out? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see thatched roofs just beyond the hedge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What enemy was at work on the other side of the hedge? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I emerged from the hedge and made my way to the northwest corner where the apple tree stood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But beyond the hedge, Mundín had run into a captive audience. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z White cherry trees and silvery buttonwood hedges lined the marble walkway, and security on this side of the bridge seemed decidedly more relaxed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The fairy balanced on a twig protruding from a low hedge beside the pool. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was all familiar, the scent of the hedges and the earth and the air, so much cooler and moister than in the south. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Beneath the arches of the peddler’s colonnade the scribes and money changers had set up for business, along with a hedge wizard, an herb woman, and a very bad juggler. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We rumble past privet hedges and under topiary arches to arrive at secluded lakefront homes where girls wait with satchels, standing very straight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Candice didn’t notice the older man in the yard until he stood up from behind a hedge of red tips. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A new thought had occurred to her, inspired by the irregular hedge looming off to the side of the road. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Kendra looked back, understanding why Seth had called the disheveled barrier of bushes a hedge. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Birds were zooming in and out of the hedges singing and squawking and probably wondering what we were doing here since the wild world had been mostly theirs for months now. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie leads us between some giant hedges and the apartment walls. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It’s three stories and made up of perfect red brick, and it’s surrounded by grass and hedges. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a tiny, beautiful restaurant with white tablecloths and bay windows opening onto a cottage garden—hedges and trellised roses, nasturtiums bordering the flagstone path. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Why did you stay in the hedge and leave him to crawl about in the open?” he asked. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch through the hibiscus hedge as workmen carry boxes into the Garcías’ house. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z A goldcrest was swinging on a branch of the hedge. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Around the hall were broad grassy horse yards fenced with high hedges, firepits, and hundreds of round earthen houses that bulged from the ground like miniature hills, covered with grass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That's when my own simple deduction is confirmed—because, on closer inspection, I can see Garrett’s bike behind a dead hedge near the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mary turned sharply at an intersection, a place where a hedge ran along the right side of the road, blocking the view of anyone who might be following them. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The spell breaks and I try to re-see the rabbits, so tame through having never been hunted, that played in the hedges and along the road. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We ducked down behind a hedge until it passed and then the brake lights came on. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He watched more alertly as the cat approached the spot again, just an empty patch of grass between the hornbeams and the bushes of a garden hedge, and patted the air once more. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the bank sloped up towards the hedge, there seemed to be no way of getting through. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The dogs scattered and left Down on my knees, I peered back under the hedge. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The hedge maze covered several acres of land behind the mansion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One day, I was walking up Main Street, caught up in my own little contest of tossing a hedge apple into the air and catching it, hoping to count to two hundred catches without dropping. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They emerged into a clearing, surrounded by trees and hedges with their branches so densely intertwined they hid their treasure completely from the outside world. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He took hold of the sergeant’s legs and pulled him to the side of the road so he lay beside the hedge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z There were hedges that, in the summer, the gardener shaped like animals, and a swimming pool with emerald- colored tiles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The hedges were overgrown and the labyrinth had turned into a dense thicket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The gaping holes in the hedges had closed up, and green branches snaked across to meet each other. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He rolled across the sidewalk and into the hedge as Mary continued driving. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When all the afternoon’s adventures had been told, the family felt inclined to go visiting in a body, for each found something very attractive in the big house on the other side of the hedge. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the world waits a multitude of sanctuaries—gardens full of bright green wind; kingdoms of hedges; deep pools of forest shade through which butterflies float thinking only of nectar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I am just paranoid enough to hedge my hope, and that could be something that saves us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon he and Ron escaped Hermione’s baleful presence again, and under the pretense of scouring the bare hedges for nonexistent blackberries, they continued their ongoing exchange of news. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And when the nine dogs of Napoleon’s own bodyguard, whom he had instructed to make a detour under cover of the hedge, suddenly appeared on the men’s flank, baying ferociously, panic overtook them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z And, to the utter amazement of the assembled family, Beth walked deliberately down the garden, through the hedge, and in at the Laurences’ door. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re headed the long way down the driveway, past the hibiscus hedge, Mami cautious in her spiked heels and tight dress that make walking on the dirt shortcut path too difficult. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Tlo’s car!” he cried out, and sure enough, I saw the flash of white through a break in the hedge. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the archers followed them, a wordless presence hedging them in. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When they finally do make it through that impossible hedge, using a blowtorch from one of the dead Careers’ packs, they find themselves on flat, dry earth that leads to a cliff. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On May 4 Seabiscuit and War Admiral were brought out on a grassy lawn before a pink flowering hedge to pose for an army of photographers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He swung a leg easily over the center bar of his bike and leaned the contraption against a dying hedge. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But then there was something else, a noise unlike anything a squirrel or rabbit would make in the hedge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z While kombucha cases and ample vegan options may signal to shoppers that this isn't your average American grocery store, they alone don't hedge businesses against the grinding gears of capitalism. Whole Foods' CEO wants to reconnect to the chain's core values. After Amazon deal, is that possible? 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Broadcasters are hoping to hedge their bets by finding production partners to split the costs. No summer vacation for network TV; it has big plans instead 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z I’d been given directions by a local – through a hole in a hedge and down to a shingle shore. ‘I launch naked into the unknown’: writers on the joy of wild swimming 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Keating, 35, is a managing director at Napier Park Global Capital, a hedge fund in London. Kathryn Andersen, Jared Keating 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilson, who founded the hedge fund Wilson & Associates in 1969 and earned a fortune in the stock market, died in 2013. Less Money Prompts Cuts at World Monuments Fund 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z She is laughing madly, but her glee seems less an expression of authentic joy than a clamoring hedge against alienation and anguish. Thwarted ambition and a state of limbo in work by Suné Woods at Papillion Gallery 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Years later, Mr. Geffen bought the house and planted a tall hedge around it. Brooklyn’s David Geffen Comes Home, With Cash to Spare 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Unlike The Big Short, hedge funds do not issue MBSs with rotten mortgages they made; that was investment bankers. ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 1 Premiere: Money and Sin 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Clear on its face but dotted with leaps like “incredible” and “very,” then hedges like “sort of” and “slightly.” The boring journey of Matt Yglesias 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z This dancing around and hedging, figuring out ways of saying it that aren’t really saying it, so that people in recovery know what I am talking about — all the code words. Challenging the Second ?A? in A.A. 2011-05-06T22:42:58Z Saul’s distress at the contrast between Allison’s ardor toward her hedge fund lover and thinly veiled disinterest in bed with him is painful to watch. ‘Homeland’ Season 5, Episode 9 Recap: It’s Going to Be O.K. 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z After obtaining a teaching certificate, Ms. Wertmüller hedged her bets by enrolling simultaneously in law school and a Stanislavskian drama academy in Rome. Lina Wertmüller, Italian Director of Provocative Films, Dies at 93 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z While We’re Young” and “Mistress America” both had moments that felt, to me, like generational hedging—a middle-aged director’s effort to refocus on youth, possibly for reasons of professional, not just personal, anxiety. Noah Baumbach, Kicking and Screaming Into Middle Age 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z David Barrett, 54, a hedge fund manager turned computer scientist, is the creator of several of New York City’s Twitter bird alerts, marvels of near instantaneous crowdsourced data. Young Urban Birders, Open Your Hearts to the Treetops! 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Kolhatkar, a staff writer for The New Yorker and a former hedge fund analyst, expertly synthesizes an enormous amount of material, including court documents and hundreds of her own interviews. Review: ‘Black Edge,’ an Account of a Hedge Fund Magnate and Insider Trading 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z |
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