| 单词 | herd |
| 例句 | But as quickly as the recognition registers, a steel door slides over the soldiers' faces and we are...a herd of goats. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Thorn herded us outside, and I tried to concentrate. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She liked to sit by the train window and watch the thick woods sliding past, the grassy plains unfurling, the cattle swinging their tails as they were herded by bare-chested nomads. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Went down by the road to herd the girls again.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Arrows zing through the air—the Martials are shooting out the lights, hoping to leave the festival-goers in darkness so they can herd us easily. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One face sticks out of the herd crowding around me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We wove in and out of the herd—so many people, mostly strangers, but everyone there for the same reason. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The first drive was forgotten, the black, herded woods, the glaring rhododendrons, luscious and over-proud. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I’d heard tell of those orphan trains that brought in city kids to be picked out of a herd on a church stage and brought home like a new steer. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘Your father begged on the roads, and your mother’s roora was a basket of stale millet! My roora was a herd of fine cows.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Grabbing his coat, I yelled, “Someone’s let the cattle through. We’ve got to herd them back!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z They rushed into the salon and herded the wedding guests out. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Blacks saw Bacon Street as just another instance of being herded into ghettos—overcrowded, isolated from the rest of the city, and lacking in public services. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A herd of pigs came squealing out of the greenery behind the savage and rushed away into the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The bigger the monster herd got, the more mortals would get pushed aside, knocked into the water, or trampled. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the wild, turkeys and pheasants follow bison herds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His herd stopped, too, as one, whinnying and stamping as he paced back and forth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I knew that I didn’t have a great chance of getting myself out of this alive, less with Otto and Songololo, and much less with thirty bonobos herding alongside me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The dwarfs were herded off, pig and dog and all, as the spectators hissed their disapproval and pelted them with stones and rotten fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a lively wind, and the great landscape was mottled with cloud-shadows, moving, Mary thought, like the migration of some herd of unimaginable beasts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Many, like Dona Maria, “la curandera,” were caught, herded, and hauled away in the Border Patrol vehicles. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they herded the hairy creatures en masse into gullies or entangling bogs, driving the animals to their doom with shouts, dogs, torches, and, possibly, shamanic incantations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There's an old man who keeps a small herd of goats on the other side of the Seam. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The mothers gather their children and herd them along the branches, and the troop moves out, leaping through trees, searching for fruit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire herd was now looking their direction, making foghorn growls and stamping their hooves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Before Salva had begun going to school, he had helped look after the entire herd, and his younger brother as well. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed the turtle kraals, the pens at the dock where they kept giant sea turtles like a herd of cows. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z A great black bird was flapping and hopping a little way behind the herd. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently the evil rancher was anxious to break in a new herd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With parts of the forest cleared by fire, the herds could roam the East. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Auntie was against it because Pinkie had black-out spells, and she said, “The whole herd of sheep could wander onto the tracks and get hit by the Santa Fe Super Chief before Pinkie woke up.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She ushers them through intersections and herds them onto streetcars until Bailey begins to feel like one of his sheep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Within moments, a herd of jockeys packed into a room at the mill and showered $5 worth of nickels and dimes on the girl in question. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were herded into an already crowded cell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then he saw them: crouched silhouettes moving forward, a herd of men. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She felt like she had spent her entire life watching out for Lauren, herding her from place to place, telling her to hurry up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They shared stories about the old days cowboying, and the operative accompanied Hale as he inspected his herds of cattle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Couldn’t raise a decent herd of sheep or cattle, couldn’t even till crops except maybe to feed your family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Harrison followed closely behind, holding Abby’s hand, and their mother herded the group forward. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Why, you’re a herd of buffalo! Now raise your hands above your heads, please.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z On the way, we stirred up a herd of deer that crashed away through the underbrush and disappeared in two seconds flat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A hunter may address a herd of deer and ask that one of them sacrifice itself. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if the people ceased to be people and instead became an enormous herd of panicked, stampeding two-legged creatures. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was filled with men and boys milling around like nervous cattle herded into a goat pen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Outside our walls, the Yunkai’i devoured our crops and slaughtered our herds,” the cobbler went on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And this is all after we were herded out to the work site. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A vast herd of horses appeared below them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now the Mount Elgon herd has withered to one extended family of about seventy elephants. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “From top to bottom. Papa always built well. He said he wanted a house that could hold a herd of thundering elephants—that was what he always called Mama’s folks. He never liked them much.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Fern herded the lone chicken back to the flock, she stayed close to her chickens, her dog, and her cows. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Huge herds of reindeer and other large herbivores roamed the plains and valleys, preyed upon by the ferocious ancestors of today’s lions and tigers, as well as by our own ancestors. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The East-mark is my charge, the ward of the Third Marshal, and I have removed all our herds and herdfolk, withdrawing them beyond Entwash, and leaving none here but guards and swift scouts.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I stand on my toes and look over people’s heads at all the soldiers moving the giant herds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I gave him a horse the day he set out, a red stallion with a fiery mane, die pride of my lord father’s herds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There must have been, what, six or seven left in that herd.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The teachers herded us into a narrow, sandy courtyard where, I heard a veteran schoolgoer say, morning assemblies were held. announced the principal in a loud, excited voice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They herded us into the lines, and she pawed at my arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What do you think, there’s little herds of them running around the ranch?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z That same evening a bull separated itself from the herd and came up to my mother’s hut. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The drovers they brought here to oversee the Negro patrols and fortify the border think the Negroes in your part of town should be taking all the risk to herd the dead, not them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We were herded into long lines to be inspected, interrogated, stamped, and then set loose among hundreds of other immigrants, speaking languages that sounded to my ears like the braying of farm animals. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn allowed himself to be herded over to the steps. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They slammed into a herd of wild centaurs that were attacking the Third Cohort. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z After that we inspected two new dams with water building slowly behind them, and at several drinking stations communed with a small herd of recently purchased cattle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be found curled in the straw of stables or else sheltering in the midst of the herd it protects. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth pities the Polish Jews who are herded onto trains, shipped back to Poland, but feels sorrier still when Poland doesn't want them back. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Bristle and Pax herded him into the cool dark of the reeds and soothed him until he understood that he was unharmed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We were herded into a long room with a bar at one end. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This restrains male aggression and enables humans selectively to control the herd’s procreation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We woke up before the sun, hitched the oxen to the wagon, herded the cattle out of the Platt’s pasture where they had spent the night, and started off again on the road toward Peekskill. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her footsteps sounded like a herd of giants compared to theirs, and she feared that Pol had been wrong to invite her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The girls started whining, and she herded them inside. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Ilya said, herding them into the dry spot between the walls of water. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z In Helmand, Zabol, Kandahar, villages turned into herds of nomadic communities, always moving, searching for water and green pastures for their livestock. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z To his left, golden hills rolled inland, dotted with lakes, woods, and a few herds of cows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z For many summers after the Aleuts had gone the herd of otter left Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time for the cattle to go out and graze, so the new cows went out with the rest of the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z A sinkhole that could swallow a herd of goats and still groan for more. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Outside the city walls they camped with their vast herds, raising palaces of woven grass, eating everything in sight, and making the good folk of Pentos more anxious with every passing day. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At half-past eight, Dicey herded everybody back into the mall, to use the bathrooms they had found earlier. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, the boys herded the cattle and goats into a kraal surrounded by thornbushes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, in the flickering heat, in the immense distance, a herd of zebras graze. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Indigenous peoples who lived on the Great Plains also used fire to extend those vast grasslands to make more grazing lands for buffalo herds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Observations on several flocks of sheep and a herd of beef cattle are indicative of the poisoning and death that threatened livestock as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s no more possible to pen two such herds together than to pen two males of a solitary species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Windy herded them into a booth, then brought over menus. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma herded us into the tall saw grass and we dropped down out of sight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A herd of elk had walked down the mountain road onto the main street in the village, meandering past stores as if they were souvenir shopping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They herded the hastily formed Volkssturm platoons into parks and gave hurried instructions in the use of the machine gun and Panzerfaust. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As the kapo herded us the rest of the way to the tailor shop, my face burned with shame. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They multiplied, and by the time I was born there was a whole herd of wild horses on the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For a long time I was held hypnotized by the thundering herd, then with a cry of resolution exploding from my throat I rushed into the melee. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We stare at the ceiling, and Pomp sings songs beneath his breath he learned while herding. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To suggest that directing team owners is like herding cats is to give cats a bad name. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They stood raggedly, and the soldiers herded them toward the two stationary boxcars. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After an hour or a week or a second, the creachers start thinning and we come out the other side of the herd. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He told the man what had happened, about the herd boys coming by and giving me the stolen gum. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Most of our families were still poor because of the government livestock reduction of our sacred herds. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly the bear got to its feet and permitted itself to be herded up the lake bank and back to where it had come from. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of his young men were afield, pasturing herds in other woods; one he had sent with a fat boar for tribute into town, the boy to serve while the suitors got their fill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The other indents and I were herded off the transport, where a squad of stun gun-armed security guards was waiting to take custody of us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Far from the herd, she stopped by a pond and made her bed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They spared fertile females and young lambs in order to safeguard the long-term vitality of the local herd. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When Grandpa-down-the-hill was a young man, there’d been herds of livestock spread across the mountain, and they were tended on horseback. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z What did she know, or need to know, of fancy wedding manners, or moving a herd of lambs through the desert? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When they slept, guards and dogs watched over them in herds. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And everybody ran everywhere, yelling and screaming as the bees continued their attack, and the grackles—joined by other birds—kept trying to herd them. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A herd of roe-deer in a European zoo stepped out of their corral when the gate was left open. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept his collar up, like a criminal, like those men in newscasts being herded into court. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd stood its ground, and then more policemen arrived, shoving and herding us back out onto the midway, where our view was soon blocked by emergency vehicles. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then we were herded back to the cottages, where the staff locked away our loot and doled it out later. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In front of him, the green cloud of gas floated between him and the herd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Encircling the property, contentedly grazing on the rich land, was a herd of at least fifty cattle and perhaps five hundred sheep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nok herded the twins behind their brother, to wait their turn to be introduced to the Governor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A herd of bare feet pounded against wood planks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She seemed to understand totally the bewilderment and fear that so often overwhelms young children who for the first time in their lives are herded into a classroom and told to obey orders. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Once he had a herd go in and eat those very flowers she was after. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The oldest were making for the storerooms where the clothing was kept, and herding the younger ones with them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But how many German-bom naturalized Americans were herded behind barbed wire? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When the footprints were covered, the goose turned to herd the pale daemons together. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Some fellow traders had told him about the herd boys passing out gum in the villages, and this made him very angry. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Frigate birds soared overhead, and a pod of dolphins rolled past us, herding mullet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Some of the graves had offerings of food as well: tortillas, bowls of chili, bottles of soda, fruit, and whole herds of tiny donkeys, horses, and pigs made out of pastry or sugar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his brothers, along with the sons of his father’s other wives, would walk with the herds to the water holes, where there was good grazing. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dvorah herded them all into the sitting area in front of the sideboard. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Coyotes, or smugglers, mistook him for a paying customer and herded him along with their clients toward four boxcars, their doors open. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They crowded downstairs in a flurry to hail a whole herd of taxis and head north. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Within twenty feet or so of the gate, the cameras started clicking, a noise that sounded like some great herd of metallic beasts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A good cow is always at the front of the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, when he emerged from the barn, Smith was enveloped by a herd of agitated newsmen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The herd of cows and calves, who were lying in the waves and scratching their backs with their flippers, stopped to watch the battle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The smaller re-wilded breeds that people were living on, hamsters and cats, hadn’t herded this far into the bush yet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It has to strike them and sink in and be confirmed by other voices before they begin to sound like a herd of wounded animals, moaning, shrieking, calling for help. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z No animal in Joe’s herds, or in Milagro for that matter, except for the sheep, were ever allowed into any structure that resembled a shed or a bam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw herds of humpbacks, breaching grey whales, schools of dolphins leading the ships to port. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Smasher chased the chickens a little to keep in practice in case there should ever be sheep to herd. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Some kids were harder to guess, but we were a herd of dress-code violators, and the man on the stage was corralling us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z This made for a very unstable and confusing situation in the herd. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a herd was very colorful on the green prairie. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The second stranger, the sheriff of Westing county, herded them back to the game room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He raises an arm and points down the road, which disappears under the feet of the herd crossing it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Rabbits scurried away in every direction as they advanced, and presently they saw a whole herd of fallow deer making off among the trees. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The group, or herd, or gang, was about a dozen strong, and they were moving, as Lyra said, on wheels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Yet from the viewpoint of the herd, rather than that of the shepherd, it’s hard to avoid the impression that for the vast majority of domesticated animals, the Agricultural Revolution was a terrible catastrophe. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they quietly move to the opposite side of the herd. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine having to worry about running leukocytes, keeping track, herding them here and there, listening for signals. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge open fields with herds of dairy cattle grazing in them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she herds us outside the house for the photo shoot from hell. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They herd us into an assembly that is supposed to be a “democratic forum” to come up with a new school mascot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She came storming home in the middle of the morning and herded Abby upstairs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z They herded me over to their transport truck. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cow monster herd prowled cautiously just beyond the archway. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A small, bedraggled boy was coming up the hill toward us with a small herd of goats following behind him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He works at it, oversees his herd and adds to it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He dodged around a herd of goats, using his horn liberally. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of slaves still toiled on vast estates in the hills, growing wheat and olives, herding sheep and goats, and mining salt and copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lithuania cherished its elders, and here they were, being herded like animals. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We would stay out with our herds of sheep overnight and in the worst weather. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Other species are slower, less nervous, seek protection in herds, stand their ground when threatened, and don’t run until necessary. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Naomi herded the twins in front of her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The season had been brief; the flash of bird wings, the thunder of migrating herds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to direct team owners is like herding cats. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z On they came, reckless of their loss as they approached, still bunched and herded, within the range of bowmen on the wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He woke to the sound of one of the smaller cows in the herd being attacked by a hyena. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The van stops, the back doors are opened, the Guardian herds us out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If a herd of horses were charging at her in any other situation, Aru would have turned and run. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z To give myself a little peace, I waited for Mr. Kennel to pick up his book, then I headed for the school door, knowing I could get inside before he called in the herd. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Children sent out to herd goats were snapped up by evil traders, loaded onto camels and taken to far cities where they suffered horribly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Ash's step mother was not wearing a mask, and she looked extremely vexed as she herded her daughters out toward the courtyard and the carriages. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z These poor people are being shipped off to filthy slaughterhouses like a herd of sick and neglected cattle. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A herd of baby strollers parted the mass of bodies and ripped our hands apart. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As Lillian wandered about the empty rooms of the house carefully making mental notes about furniture placement and room arrangement, Colonel Meecham herded his children to the front porch for a morale check. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The blood of the dragon would not be herded through the bazaar by an old man and a fat eunuch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Every February my classmates and I were herded into assemblies for a ritual review of the Civil Rights Movement. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, most continue to accept Seton s basic thesis: the Americas seen by the first colonists were a wildland of thundering herds and forests with sky-high trees and lakes aswarm with fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The words were packed together in an unintelligible lathered herd. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Move it, move it, move it!” instructed Ripred, herding them all from the open bank and into a tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The most conspicuous such examples are the failure of both farming and herding to reach Native American California from the U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then a few more boos joined in, and more until the crowd sounded like a herd of cattle. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She moved on and found herself getting closer to a herd of those grazing creatures she had seen the previous evening, whose movement had puzzled her without her knowing why. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There were enough adults now to herd the boys to the building. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z After the German army had passed through an area, the commandos rounded up the Jews and herded them to the outskirts of town, where they were forced to dig mass graves. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the tunnel, a herd of wild grocery carts ambled past. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Young men and older boys were posted around the large horse herd to keep watch. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They tell of the great herds of the Fulani, who peddle their hides even upon the Slave Coast, whence my mother was dispatched. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Gerta, may I speak with you a moment?" she says suddenly, her eyes round, as she positions her body between Papa and me, practically herding me into the washroom. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Two of the cow monsters peeled off from the herd to chase Nico and Hazel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At first light blowing their fire up, they cooked their breakfast and sent their lads out, driving herds to root in the tall timber. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Jackson approached the group and herded it away from George and Kelly. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “My father and I herded sheep on the Aqua Negra ranch,” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sammy pulled Hazel out of the way as the little ones—who acted like they were on Sammy’s payroll—herded Rufus along with them so he was carried inside on a tide of kindergartners. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A boy passed them on the way, herding a flock of sleek nanny goats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t be interested ... no, surely not. You got a mighty herd already.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Note, though, that these weren't the huge herds of bison celebrated in the nineteenth-century West. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z While most solitary territorial species thus haven’t been domesticated, it’s not conversely the case that most herd species can be domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When a scouting party spotted a herd, Ne-kah-e-se-y and the other hunters raced on their horses across the plains, the hooves pounding the earth like drums, the manes whipping the riders’ sweating, gleaming faces. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You could keep a whole herd of goats in there, she thought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With that, he bowed and scraped himself out of the room as a vast herd of ladies from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children came streaming in. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The road that led to Treegap had been trod out long before by a herd of cows who were, to say the least, relaxed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For the physical I was herded into a large room along with thirty or so black men, mostly migrant workers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in 10, he’d worked on one of the beef ranches, maintaining the genetic diversity of the herd with the implantation of long-frozen cow embryos. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When Joe had failed at every job, his father in despair put him to herding sixty sheep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Thirty-four scrawny, undernourished apples rolling up the aisles sound just like a herd of buffalo stampeding. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “We’ll discuss that in the morning,” Mama said in her nonnegotiable voice, herding us out of the room by flipping off the lights. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew without anyone having to say it that this was the lost herd of peculiar goats Addison had talked about. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He would then lead the herd into an open area of the forest where he would change back into human form, then trap and shoot the pigs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Chapter 4 sketches how food production—that is, the growing of food by agriculture or herding, instead of the hunting and gathering of wild foods—ultimately led to the immediate factors permitting Pizarro’s triumph. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We herded the cattle into pens, and untied the poor hogs and turned them loose in the hog pens, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo watched with amazement as a herd of cattle was led to a cliff jutting over the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There in front of us was a large herd of elephants—dozens. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Every goat in the herd turned to look at the magistrate. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Almost immediately a herd of zebras passes in front of them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z If they want to attack a herd, they first try to make the cows panic. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z How long ago, an angel who kept the herd of cows in the sky married an earth girl, the Spinning Maid, and took her to live with him in Heaven. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well—hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They lived in a log cabin, in the desolate hill country outside Austin, where they herded cattle and scratched the earth for whatever food it might yield. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The pilot came down to land, but there was a herd of zebras on the strip. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z As if men with giant guns meant to keep us quiet and herded in is normal. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The manager of a local hotel came to fetch us armed with rifles and reported that he had been delayed by a herd of rogue elephants. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, the monster was sated after its meal; it allowed itself to be herded back to the tunnel, its thick body moving side to side in a lazy, sinuous roll. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A life of frequent concerns that the next interception may not work, that the trap or the drive will fail, or that the herds will not appear this season. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They live in herds ranging in size from ten to fifty members. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we can get to the other side of the herd, then it’s between us and the army, isn’t it?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But I tell you not for your benefit but for the benefit of my herd. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The one that could round up a whole herd of corn, practically lining them up single file? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Weanling herds stampede around their paddocks several times a day, running all-out to beat one another. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The security guards didn’t do anything. But the policemen were actually kind of efficient. One of them looked around the room while the other herded everybody in the hall and started asking questions.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They were herded to a large room with a high ceiling, and Moss was taken aback by how full it was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They bickered amicably about the merits of living in the city until the tram stopped and Ms. Bethune herded them off. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They continued being pressed into the crowd as the warriors from the back herded them forward, and continued moving carefully toward the side street. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We began to try herding them away from our camp. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Like a herd of cattle stampeding through my head.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z By 500 million years ago there were vast herds of trilobites, beautifully constructed animals, a little like large insects; some hunted in packs on the ocean floor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a heady feeling, even though my gifts were paltry next to those of Justice, who inherited an entire herd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Archaeologists have discovered sites where entire herds were butchered annually in such ways. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When we wanted a dog to help us care for sheep, we selected breeds that were intelligent, obedient and had some preexisting talent to herd, which is useful for animals who hunt in packs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Already herds of hungry fish had made it their new favorite restaurant. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She told me about the scales on butterflies, and the way animals lived in ducts, sometimes whole herds. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Clark tried to herd them back onto the road, but they refused to move. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, neither farming nor herding developed in prehistoric times in North America’s Arctic, while the sole element of food production to arise in Eurasia’s Arctic was reindeer herding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They go for zebras, gnus and water buffaloes, and not only the old or the infirm in a herd—full-grown members too. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They first had been herded through the main synagogue, where they were thoroughly searched to make sure they were not carrying away gold, silver, or any other valuables. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Still folks coming down, sounding like an elephant herd. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Before she could reply, the butler began herding them out the door and into the wagon waiting in the courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You see, grandchildren, Fort Defiance is the place where our Navajo people were herded together in 1863 to start them on the Long Walk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When the show ends, Ms. Albright herds the cast onstage for notes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They’d go hand-in-hand through the grass, her father turning his head like a stag watching over his tiny herd, and when he said good-bye he always tapped her once, lightly, on the chin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His Noise, buried under all the HEREs from the herd, seems to pretty much be saying exactly what his mouth is. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Nomadic bands that stalked wild sheep gradually altered the constitutions of the herds on which they preyed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When the last two bulls had been unloaded the herd were all together. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z We were about as hard to follow as a herd of cattle, but I try to be kind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In fact, the force field seems to be herding us along a curved path. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The herds and flocks are seven, with fifty beasts in each. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We danced until Big Ma told us to stop that noisemaking “like a herd of stampeding hippos.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z None of the bulls came near him, and he did not attempt to join the herd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z While one’s first association to African antelope is “vast dense herds spreading across the horizon,” in fact the males of those herds space themselves into territories and fight fiercely with each other when breeding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the walking boxes said, “Hey man! It’s a whole herd of Egyptians.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Other people at Efifi concerned themselves with farming, herding, and carpentry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He strove to make the ranch, called Ridgewood, a model of rustic self-sufficiency, complete with massive herds of cattle and sheep, several hundred horses, a dairy, a slaughterhouse, and fruit orchards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They explained how they’d been tending their herd that morning and discovered a giant sack in the road. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He thought the flocks and herds of the Greeks were the Army, and rushed to kill them, believing that he was slaying now this chieftain, now that. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Dothraki mate like the animals in their herds. There is no privacy in a khalasar, and they do not understand sin or shame as we do." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He pushed and herded everyone out of the carriage house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’re not ranchers, Mary Eve. We’ve got a few head of cattle. Not even enough to call a herd. Besides, it’s not like we’re the only folks taking such a deal.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Stuffing them in the backseat of the cab is like herding birds, but I finally push them all in. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Adele herded us into the bathroom and shut the door with an incensed slam. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Under wild conditions those are members of their own species, but captive young herd animals also see humans nearby and imprint on humans as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were herded together, then lined up and shackled, two by two. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Frightened by visitors, the deer bolted for the nearby forest, which had its own herd of wild roe-deer and could support more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead I was left with a brawl of ancestors, a herd of dissenters, sometimes marching together but just as often marching away from each other. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He roared defiantly and leaped toward the archway, straight over the heads of the second herd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He’d spent the last five years building up the flock of tangly-haired sheep again, and he and Piper had goats, a small herd of cows, pigs, two riding horses, a pony, and chickens. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the important mammal species hunted for meat, the gazelle, originally lived in huge herds but was overexploited by the growing human population and reduced to low numbers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The problem with the sheep was that in the shock and pain of birthing, if she was left in the herd, she would often lose track of her lamb and the lamb would die. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We're herded into line to get our first bread ration, but one of the girls from my transport is late coming out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Two rusty fetterlings, screeching and clanking, had cornered a group of older children, like foxes herding chickens. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Many herding peoples of Africa and Asia shift camp along regular seasonal routes to take advantage of predictable seasonal changes in pasturage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Over the green higher hills to the south, the evening fog rolled like herds of sheep coming to cote in the golden city. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I notice the pause Lauren takes at the weight room, waving pointedly at Jeremy, who takes a step out to exchange a few words with her before she rejoins the jogging herd. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He herded those he could in its direction, including my mother and Prim. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They had been left stranded in the forest—this very forest—when one day a herd of long-horned goats wandered into their camp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But a modern human can tell her friends that this morning, near the bend in the river, she saw a lion tracking a herd of bison. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But the women were still being herded and domesticated. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He had six goats and five hives of bees and a flock of chickens and a herd of geese and a pair of cardinals that stayed near his house the whole year around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z There were six of them below me on the slope, each sitting alone like a great chief, watching his herd of cows and babies. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind us, from our left, from our right—like something was herding us onward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The first was very base birth, having once herded sheep in Thrace. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Some adult members of Abnegation are herded toward one of the nearby buildings, along with the Abnegation children. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We’ve seen that Eurasian crowd diseases evolved out of diseases of Eurasian herd animals that became domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The herd boys worked for a nearby farmer who kept many cows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The car doors are flung open, and we are herded out, with brown dogs barking at us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This is easy to do because they move in slow motion, like a herd of zombies or slugs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Three days ago I was right in the middle of the herd. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The new prisoners kept their distance from us veteran prisoners as we were herded toward the main gate. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They bunched up, wary and skittish; when the last cow had run into the little herd, they stood for a moment, staring at the windmills and corrals and at the men beside the truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He heard what sounded like a gate creaking open, and they were herded forward, shuffling along in their shackles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The herd surrounds us and takes up everything, leaving just the sky and us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The carts swiveled on their wheels in unison, like a herd of antelope. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "Last week we found this haunted watchtower, and the day before we chased a herd of wild horses. You should have seen them run when they caught a scent of Nymeria." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Palmer had notions of drifting away, but Beans and Mutto were herding him their way. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z They walked on the edge of a steep place and their eyes were sightless—God would cause them to rush down, as the herd of swine had once rushed down, into the sea. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z There was something ancient in that noise, the music of a coordinated herd. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They traveled in carts and herded livestock on foot, carrying children. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As we were herded deeper into the slaughterhouse, I drifted to the back of the crowd. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The children couldn’t see it, but Tialys and Salmakia, flying above, watched the little pale figures all moving with an effect that looked like the migration of immense flocks of birds or herds of reindeer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The bear twins herded us aboard the Princess Andromeda. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Farming is difficult in the high, cold, steep-walled valleys, so the traditional Sherpa economy revolved around trading between Tibet and India, and herding yaks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In that way, many adults can coexist in the herd without constant fighting and with each knowing its rank. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry if he bothered you,” he said, herding the one I’d returned back to the others. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There, with the huddled masses, she and her son are herded through cattle pens to be examined by doctors for sickness or disease. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, a foreman from the garment factory herded Shin, Park, and about twenty-five other prisoners up the mountain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She herded them along, sometimes going ahead of them, sometimes walking behind them, prodding them with the butt of the gun. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids sounded like a herd of wild burros. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We stopped to wait for a herd of cattle crossing the road, driven by Kikuyu boys holding switches. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few families lined the street in front of us with a herd of children who attacked thrown candy like a pack of wolves. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We imagine them arranged in great lazy herds for as far as the eye can see, with patterns on their skin, an adaptive camouflage implying that they have problems too. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While Aboriginal Australians and many Native Americans remained hunter-gatherers, most of Eurasia and much of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa gradually developed agriculture, herding, metallurgy, and complex political organization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One by one we were herded into a little shed where three tall, uniformed Navajo boys, whose hair was as short as Mr. John Benally’s, were waiting. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach West comes outside and herds us all together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z A group near the front of the train was herded into two horse-drawn wagons. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The massive, thundering herds were pathological, something that the land had not seen before and was unlikely to see again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The last time I had stood watching a herd of cattle eat their supper I was standing up to my ankles in cow manure in Poky Feeders pen number 43. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Many Tang people had just got disgusted and left for points east, south, and north, where you weren’t herded around like a flock of sheep by a shepherd who could not make up his mind. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she thought it was a herd of wheeled animals. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The herd of wild sports equipment stayed put against the far wall. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The horse- guard wasp hovers above herds of grazing cattle, destroying the blood-sucking flies that torment them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We linger in the background and then press ourselves into the herd of green shirts, not in the back where we'd be noticed, but coming in from the side so we're quickly surrounded by them. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A new army of warriors drove a herd of cows over the cliff at spearpoint. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their region was inhabited by large herds of antelope, wildebeest, gnus—and the lions that preyed on them. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They were herded directly into another room and made to line up single file. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Caring for their herds and trying to make ends meet was all they had time to think about. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a long night during which the nightmares, like a herd of wild horses, trampled through my fevered mind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But nobody wanted to stay behind when they realized Ess was missing, so somehow Jinny found herself at the head of a herd. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One day when I was on the reef filling my canoe, I saw a herd of otter in the kelp nearby. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Virtually all other Eurasian societies engaged in agriculture as well as in herding animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Up on the green, green hill rising to the west I could see a small herd of cattle grazing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She watched the domovoi shoving the goats into a messy herd while Babulya stood nearby with her shawl clutched around her shoulders and Kin sitting at her feet, coughing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Older students are allowed to roam until the bell, but ninth- graders are herded into the auditorium. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z We collect Cinna and Portia, and she escorts us around to say good-bye to important people, then herds us to the door. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We might as well be sitting on a herd of cattle here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It sounded like buffalo running in a herd, just the way they ran in the movies, pounding all together...But here, for goodness’ sakes, there weren’t any buffalo. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I knew the boys who tended the llama herd would be performing their own special ceremonies and customs in the days that followed to ensure the safety and fortune of our village’s animals. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As long as they kept us together, they could herd us all right into the gas chambers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We clustered near the gate like a small herd of doomed sheep, looking at the galleries above. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach complained for its supper and my back cried out for its bed, but I finally had a suitable castle for my winged herd. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The next thing I know, the twins are herding me back uptown. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The distant herd of long-necked sauropods doesn’t worry me, but then Ma points at something in the sky, and I look up in time to see a flock of pointy-beaked Pteranodon soaring overhead! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Second, many species that live in herds for part of the year are territorial in the breeding season, when they fight and do not tolerate each other’s presence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When the herd passes, the thing that was August is a tangled mass of flesh, innards, and straw. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Hilda had the rest of our siblings herded into a corner, as far from the adults as possible. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Before that bomb was dropped—right over here in the United States, what about the one hundred thousand loyal naturalized and native-born Japanese-American citizens who were herded into camps, behind barbed wire? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get back!” shouted Ron, and he, Harry, and Hermione flattened themselves against a door as a herd of galloping desks thundered past, shepherded by a sprinting Professor McGonagall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Don’t see the herd,” Nala had famously said in the Dog Squad “Dude Ranch” episode. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z First, herds of many species don’t have overlapping home ranges but instead maintain exclusive territories against other herds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Penelope curtsied and quickly herded the children to the door. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They were nomads, living on horseback, traveling to graze their herds, defeating anyone who tried to move into their cold, high territories. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then, herding close together, they had returned to the drawing room—to sit there—sit, watching each other. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Lyra herded them onward, wondering how the aeronaut had got his balloon that far. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Pressing her ear to the ground she heard the vibration of many feet—a herd of caribou was not far away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dates of domestication provide a third line of evidence confirming Gabon’s view that early herding peoples quickly domesticated all big mammal species suitable for being domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are even a few teachers out there, trying—unsuccessfully—to herd their students back inside. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It took Mrs. Baker and Mr. Vendleri and even Mrs. Sidman—who was coming along with us to lend Mrs. Baker moral support, she said—to get us finally herded onto the bus. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z After the lineup, Grandma herded them up a set of stairs, Ernie, Genie, Ma and Dad, all in one room with two big ol’ beds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Including that a group of panicked people ain't that different from a herd of sheep. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They chew their cud and moo into their phones until the herd shifts gears and rolls forward again. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z At ten o’clock in the morning, the SS took positions throughout the camp and began to herd the last of us toward the Appelplatz. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought she was trying to catch it, then I realized she was herding it toward the woodpile. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I loaf this, that she does not treat them like a herd of sheep. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Whatever happens, don’t go outside! The best thing to do is to stay put! The Germans are capable of herding the entire population of Holland into Germany, where they’ll all die.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It grows quickly up to a weight of a ton and lives in herds that have a well-developed dominance hierarchy, a trait whose virtues will be discussed below. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I started tracking them, and pretty soon I found the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time the ship tilted, a mismatched herd of sports equipment rolled across the floor—footballs, basketballs, baseballs, and for some reason, a single billiard ball. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Scatcherd herds the three of them off the stage toward a table covered with forms, Carmine’s dark head on the woman’s shoulder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When the gong rang for the next round we pushed through the near-sacred quiet to the herd of children outside. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was six years old, playing in the road, when a group of herd boys approached, singing and dancing. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Then a Tyrannosaurus rex roared and stomped through the leafy jungle, causing a leaping herd of Velociraptors to screech and flee. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z And both of those days raiders—men with guns—attacked the rest of the village herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But some days he wished he were still back at home herding cattle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a herd of cows grazed on this land, or a man on horseback rode the borders, a sombrero shading his face, his shirt stained yellow with sweat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The old otter which had survived the Aleut spears and by now were aware that summer was a time of danger would lead the herd away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dothraki believed the stars were horses made of fire, a great herd that galloped across the sky by night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A herd of elk had walked down the mountain road onto the main street in the village, meandering past stores as if they were souvenir shopping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They herded the others out of the throne room, leaving Annabeth and me with Hermes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Teachers, like proud shepherds, stood against the walls smiling at their charges, who looked equally pleased to be herded there. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z With the crowd’s attention centered on the next group of strikebreakers being herded into the packing plant, our presence went largely unnoticed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When a windmill broke down or a pool went dry, Tayo had seen them standing and waiting patiently for the truck or wagon loaded with water, or for riders to herd them to water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We turned like a small herd of cattle and drifted back to our seats. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z George said, “I seen a guy in Weed that had an Airedale could herd sheep. Learned it from the other dogs.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to picture herds of balonies roaming around on ranches. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he felt like the monsters might be losing interest, he stopped on a rooftop and drew his bow, picking off a few of the katoblepones at the center of the herd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There were dozens of other players wearing them as well, and together they blended into the dry heat of the practice held like lingering cattle waiting to be herded in this or that direction. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The herd startled in unison and peeled away into the darkening woods, their white tails flashing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was taller than the others; he stood out among his fellow thanes like a horse in a herd of cows. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, he hoarded and borrowed enough money to buy his own herd in Osage territory. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Along the ridge at the top of the meadow came a gang of strange boys and another herd of catde. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They whipped us and beat us again to herd us into the next room, where showerheads lined the ceiling. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, the trumpets were blasting like a herd of elephants, with Dizzy’s horn flying high above everything else. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the alpine jungles, lakes and little rivers drew herds of deer and the big cats that hunted them, making for plentiful game. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In a few minutes the steer picked the new bull up, quieted him down, and made him one of the herd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Move it move it move it!” shouted a policeman, trying to herd people to safety. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z For obvious reasons its farmers did not relish the prospect of buffalo herds trampling through their fields. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I remember my fur was a matted mess. I was totally out of shape. Hadn’t herded anything for weeks. But Jenny saw my potential.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When I was very young, that was the battle between them: Mother trying to hold school every morning, and Dad herding the boys into the junkyard the moment her back was turned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Vatete told them all about someone who had earned a whole herd of cattle for her family. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z John stumbled and shook as if he’d been dead center in that cornfield when the herd charged through the fence. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “The critical moment in the development of the young shepherd’s reputation is his first quarrel,” the ethnographer J. K. Campbell writes of one herding culture in Greece. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He had left his important job as manager of the reindeer herd, and he had left all his possessions. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath broken walls of dried mud, riders galloped back and forth, swinging their long whips as they herded the survivors from the smoking rubble. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Not great odds, but Frank had to keep the bulk of herd focused on him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We were interrupted by Mother herding the children inside for bed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And at the stables, a big glowing red dude with the head of a wolf guarded a herd of... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Of the thousands of species that our ancestors hunted and gathered, only a few were suitable candidates for farming and herding. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What can archaeology can tell us about actual dates and places for the rise of farming and herding in Africa? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed of a deerskin suit, and watched my herd with clothes in mind. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve through eighteen-year-olds are herded into roped areas marked off by ages, the oldest in the front, the young ones, like Prim, toward the back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Alan calls out to a startled herd of goats grazing along its banks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He stopped only when the stupid herd of eighth graders scattered and Coach Substitute ran in to find out what all the screeching was about. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z For example, herds of wild horses consist of one stallion, up to half a dozen mares, and their foals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I headed toward the river surrounded by the others in a hesitant herd; they sensed that in all probability they were my adversaries in blitzball. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he couldn’t afford to hire riders, so he’d brought along a couple of dogs to help him herd his cattle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole floor was covered with toys: bowling pins, balls, swords, a whole herd of rocking horses, dolls in every shape and size lying around with their arms and legs twisted. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Round the inner fort with its small rooms there was a wide byre, or shell-keep, into which the castle herds were driven during a siege. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The honored guests moved silently upon the platform, herded toward their high, carved chairs by Dr. Bledsoe with the decorum of a portly head waiter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But they could not find Esther in the short hour before they were herded back into the barracks. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the morning bioloaf group goes completely still like a herd of deer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The children around me move like a skittish herd. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His Brazen Beasts did the rest, herding the other Westerosi and the rest of the day’s petitioners from the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he returns, he’ll discuss what he’s seen with the family or the village, and they’ll decide whether to move the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the herd instinct of corporate publishing. They do what everyone else does,” Blaine said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A herd of miniature bronze hippocampi hung on wires from the ceiling, so it looked like they were swimming through the air. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I have already mentioned our rhinoceros-and-goat herd, and the case of circus lions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then they imported herds of cattle from Mexico and became vaqueros. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Menzer returned, and when she herded us out of the lab and into her shiny black BMW downstairs, we marched like inmates. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Following a brief lecture on the importance of proper sanitation, a small white piglet was herded into the room, its dainty hooves clicking against the concrete floor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They just stood there, together, like an animal herd bunching up for protection. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They were facing southeast, grazing in a herd. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The spring, and lambing, wore on and on for two, three, four more weeks with no sleep and Louie watching and Louise sleeping on the herd and me moving animals from pen to pen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Most of Africa’s blacks and whites depended on farming or herding, or both, for their living. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The stallion guided his herd this way and that, closing the space between us. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z By early afternoon there was a stillness of heat, and a herd of cows from the higher fields slowly grazed their way down into the shade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The result was a herd of domesticated and submissive sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As young animals grow up in such a herd, they imprint on the animals that they regularly see nearby. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, most of the roads in town were unpaved, and in the dry season, the dust kicked up by cattle being herded through town or by farm carts loaded with vegetables swirled through the air. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day the hunter performed his trickery and lured the herd into an open ing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She would attribute it to measureless wellsprings of piety or stewardship of the phantom herds that bled out the milk of human kindness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the streets, two big gray military trucks pulled up, and Jews from our apartment building and all the buildings around us were herded into them by German soldiers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z All the sheep pushed away from the door at once, herding together like a school of fish and pinning us against the wall so hard the breath was pressed out of us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He drew his bow and herded Hazel along as fast as he dared. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Janie and Bill helped their father herd the penguins off the stage, so that the next act could go on. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Swanepoel clapped each of us on the shoulder and said, “I am arresting you on a charge of sabotage,” and we were herded back to our cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The herd of sports equipment rolled under the coach’s berth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z P. T. bounded ahead, leaping fishlike from one brown sea to the next, then turning back to herd the two of them forward, nipping at their heels and further splashing their already sopping jeans. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z One particularly effective method was to surround an entire herd of animals, such as wild horses, then chase them into a narrow gorge, where it was easy to slaughter them en masse. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the first Saturday of October came, and we were herded together for our communal birthday, in a peculiar mood both celebratory and sullen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I’m so used to being scolded and herded and managed and handled that I’m no longer sure how to react when someone treats me like a real person. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He is seen only briefly as he is herded through the heavy doors of the courthouse. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, members of most solitary territorial animal species cannot be herded. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We were herded up a ramp into one of the train cars under the whips and clubs of the kapos and SS officers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They take my valise and herd me toward the running car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z All the newcomers were herded into a big church hall. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was astonished to see this herd grow, and wondered what signals they used to inform each other of my services. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels real to me, suddenly, that I am unarmed and being herded into a building surrounded by Erudite and Dauntless, and if they discover me, there will be nowhere to run. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And with the exception of Margaret Z. Buckle, the herd never accepted me anyway, so I'm not losing much. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If Dad found an ant hill, he’d tell us about certain colonies of ants that kept slaves and herds of cows. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to relax and get hold of these thoughts before they scattered in all directions like a herd of sheep. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Collectively, as they scampered by in droves to claim empty trees deeper into the forest, they made more noise than a stampeding herd of elephants. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, what cries out for explanation is the failure of food production to appear, until modern times, in some ecologically very suitable areas that are among the world’s richest centers of agriculture and herding today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As I sat there, a herd of wild pigs came running. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “A few people were being herded from one house to another. I spotted Lana’s black hair and Trina with the kid in her arms. I got closer to make sure.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There was no room to keep animals in town so my father had to sell his small herd, but he would not sell his horse so he gave it to a good friend, Benito Campos. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Wickersham, I thought, probably derived a sense of purpose from obsessively riding herd on us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A sigh of relief escaped from my lips as the soldiers herded three other kids into a small room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Brenda is staring at Roamer and the rest of the crying herd, her eyes dry and angry. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The band might next have corralled the herd into a narrow gorge in order to better control and defend it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When Rob and Beck finally arrived at the back of the herd, I’d been sitting for more than ninety minutes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z With a flurry of warnings and arm movements, Kathy herded the girls and their gear into the minivan and headed across the Mississippi to the West Bank. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The herd searched the forest for the hunter’s magic plant and destroyed every single one of them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The Guardsmen herded protesters into a parking lot with bayonets. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Then he dreamed of horses, herds of great horses, thundering by through black canyons of cloud. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a goat, too, with very long horns and deep black eyes; an orphan from a herd of peculiar goats who once roamed the forest below. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Iceland’s climate permitted herding and extremely limited agriculture, and its area was sufficient to support a Norse-derived population that has persisted to this day. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pete herded him out to train every day and rode his bicycle behind him, whacking him with a stick. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The room smelt close and stale, the smell of a room seldom if ever used, whose ornaments are herded together in the centre of a bed and left there, covered with a sheet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But the Jackboots were too many, with their tanks and flamethrowers, and the revolt was over by May and the people were herded to the last of the trains and the ghetto was no more. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Once over the mountains they saw a herd of about fifteen deer in a high open meadow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached shore, they were herded into trucks. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She bundled Mia into her coat, as if Mia herself were a child, and herded her into the elevator, then into a taxi to a pharmacy on Broadway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And then Ser Gregor returned, earlier than expected, driving a herd of goats this time in place of a herd of prisoners. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Also, I hoped eventually to increase the herd. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Below, they came on Meera and Jojen being herded from their room by a bald man whose spear was three feet taller than he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All around me the people move like a herd of cows in a stampede, yelling and crying out family members’ names. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The herd hurried past, heading to the barn, and her grandfather followed behind them in a little cart. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And they were all, with no questions asked, herded upstairs, and into the wagon and to the station house. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A man with a big herd will be listened to by the others in the village. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I was also careful not to be seen by the cows, which get alarmed easily and would have warned the rest of the herd with their cries. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z As we stood up to herd everybody out, I couldn’t help myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the magnetic field is working, these rays are safely herded away from the Earth’s surface and into two zones in near space called the Van Allen belts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I looked after matters for the regent, including his herd and his relations with other chiefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, the dog tried to herd the insects with his nose. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Here and there, adults herded the children along, and I heard one say, “Don’t worry, you’ll see your mummies and daddies again soon!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z While some people ran past him in a panic, others herded closer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He roared in challenge, then sprang from the middle of the monster herd and landed eight meters away, on top of the old stone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Footsteps, then—a herd of them, as if Jack’s accident had caused him to duplicate. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Whenever Josiah cut a cow away from the rest of the herd, Tayo swung the gate open wide and stepped back to let it run into the holding pen. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I herd them before me like a dog nipping at the heels of livestock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The second step might have been to actively defend the herd against predators, driving away lions, wolves and rival human bands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But a few maverick friends and I deliberately strayed from the herd. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z People panic like a herd of spooked cattle, men and women pushing against one another to get out of the lecture hall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They would herd as many African-American students as they could into Horace Mann to avoid having them in any of the other three white high schools. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was deprived of most of his herd and land, and the revenue that came with them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to wedge them back into the grandstand, officials herded them into the infield. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Did you ever hear a herd of buffalo stampeding? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Leaving the river for a day to track a herd of wild horses, he came across a sign warning that he was trespassing on the U.S. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not like a man’s driving a herd of oxen or working a piece of machinery, the whole mechanism of which he can learn in a short time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He refused to move until my brother took his cows in a different direction from the rest of the village herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I should move the cows out of the south pasture and back with the main herd.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the gong rang for the next round we pushed through the near-sacred quiet to the herd of children outside. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My rusty honor guard herded me to the makeshift raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Especially in the rainy season, the Cape buffalo like to travel in herds,” he explained. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, all of the prisoners were herded together, moving slowly down a path that was becoming increasingly wider and more well traveled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The first settlers kept pigs and herded sheep on the hillsides, scratching out a living on small farms in the valleys. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Skillets, beds, patched up spare inner tubes all hanging and dangling from the ancient cars on the outside and hopeful humanity, herded and hovered on the inside, chugging on to the muck. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The hallways were piled with patients who had to wait for days, like a moaning herd, to be examined. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On December 21, 1919, the Russians, together with fifty other people who had been sentenced to deportation, were herded together on an ancient army transport ship named the Buford. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I got to my feet and brushed the grit from my bleeding hands as we were herded inside. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I wonder why the Angkar keeps uprooting and relocating people, herding them like cows from one location to another. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For horses, herd animals alert to clues of danger from each other, skittishness is contagious. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if the children were only trying to herd the squirrel outdoors?” she wondered frantically. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “We don’t even know if we’ll make it there and be able to line up before the guards herd us away.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The next morning we were herded back to our own yard, into our house, where Mami was propped up on pillows nursing our new baby sister, and Papi, in the kitchen, installed a kerosene cookstove. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "Don't you ever detach me from the herd, Mike." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Observe what happens as the young gazelle, which has just strayed from its herd... Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He often passed small farms and cabins or found graziers tending herds on sunny balds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A herd animal such as man would acquire a higher survival factor through this; an owl or a cobra would be destroyed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A herd that size could eat all the grass on a large prairie very quickly. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I push through the door, and Ms. Albright herds us on stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “It always rests my eyes to see a fine herd of cattle,” Baba Joseph said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The room they were herded into was a small, low- ceilinged place with a single window high up under the eaves. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Another superstition is that dolphins bring good luck, so I was glad to spot a school of them herding baitfish as Abbey and I motored up the shoreline. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “It is not my mission to listen to her before the vulgar herd either: I mean to have her all to myself. Is there a fire in the library?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Just imagine trying to herd an animal that bolts, blindly bashes itself against walls, can leap up to nearly 30 feet, and can run at a speed of 50 miles per hour! Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z First we were all herded into this big-top tent, where we took our seats. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He nocked a second arrow, but the rest of the herd was almost on top of him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They grunted loudly and the rest of the herd came back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z You don't have to watch many wildlife documentaries to know that the herd doesn't accept the lone straggler. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Our children are still taught to respect the violence which reduced a red-skinned people of an earlier culture into a few fragmented groups herded into impoverished reservations.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured the wild, frothing herd headed right for us. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Sedentary villages based on cereals were already in existence before the rise of food production and predisposed those hunter-gatherers to agriculture and herding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Recess consisted of getting several hundred children herded into this small, stone-paved enclosure and then getting them out again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched as large groups were herded off the barge and simply left standing on the deserted shore as we pulled away. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In the gloaming to the east, he can make out a gray line of traffic herded between the edges of the road. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In Tom Smith’s younger days, the Indians would watch him picking his way over the open plains, skirting the mustang herds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The calves are rounded up and herded into a “backgrounding” pen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But they were herded back and entered the field house in silence, where the bright lights and shiny equipment made the interior seem like a hospital. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The mayor is standing on the open- air platform, and as soon as we disembark we are herded in a ragtag line to a Grange Hall a block from the station. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And although he did not for a minute believe this herd of thundering clowns was going to flush Joe Mondragon, he never let that belief disturb his concentration on the job at hand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the land taken from the commons, landowners were able to employ laborers from the peasant class to raise large herds of sheep and to send the wool to factories to be processed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z My eyes dart from the edge of the bed, to the flashing images on the TV, to the door separating us from a herd of loud strangers. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Now six full days my gallant crew could feast upon the prime beef they had marked for slaughter from Helios’ herd; and Zeus, the son of Kronos, added one fine morning. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And finally, herds of creatures, too far off to see distinctly, grazed on the prairie. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Their grandmother herded them outside before Millie could ask any questions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I herded the raccoons out of the tree and laced the door. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with his herd at an abandoned church. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z What would-be gorilla or elephant rancher would wait 15 years for his herd to reach adult size? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Captain turned diem in off the road and herded them into an open space in the field near the Regimental flag. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His father, who had sent Salva to school... brought him treats, like mangoes ... trusted him to take care of the herd.... A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The aftermath was horrific, with media reports showing hospitals without backup power, distraught families herded into the Superdome, emergency workers hamstrung by a lack of supplies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The wing sounds of approaching parasitic flies warn the larvae of some sawflies to herd together for protection. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z All the other people being herded into the theater seem to be with others—families or neighbors. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then Mom burst into the house and herded us all into the car for a surprise family dinner at Neptune’s. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Kennel’s about done with lunch. I better head in before the herd stampedes.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z As she grew older the group, the herd, which is any collection of children, began to sense what adults felt, that there was something foreign about Cathy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We need to herd it back to where it belongs!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We were, over the course of some two hours, herded onto boats and rowed out to ships that sat at anchor in the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As his men herded off the captives at spearpoint, Arya saw Pinkeye emerge from the stairwell, blinking at the torchlight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Within a few weeks, the puppies were stumbling away from her, and Moody Blue spent her days herding them back, but when they were about six weeks old, Moody Blue started ignoring them. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z We have to wait for the herd to thin out, pretty much. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z No. Two steps from the pit, we were ordered to turn left and herded into barracks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Peak and the herd of goats became inseparable, even when Summit arrived. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Up the long dusty road they came, mothers protectively herding young ones while fathers provided a rearguard. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the llano the cattlemen struggled to feed their herds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Little Walder pulled him up and Big Walder waved the torch at him to herd him from the cell, he went along as docile as a dog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I'd been waiting patiently for something to happen, and it wasn't fair for them to herd me away just to make room for some alleged fire truck or ambulance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She and the other women were herded to one side of the deck, where a hole in the floor awaited. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A wild whirlpool began to spin, its white waves becoming a herd of longma—dragon horses—racing to herald him in. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then she lay down at the feet of the milling herd and fell asleep. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bands camped on ridges overlooking ponds—the men wanted to spot herds when they came to drink. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The four metal women swept behind them in a loose semicircle, herding them to the northeast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Oreius prodded us with his javelin and herded us out of the stateroom, followed by the two human security guards. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z We were herded into yet another barrack, inside the Gypsy camp. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Nyanriak grabbed us and her five small children and herded us along with the crowd, prodding us to run as fast as our short legs would carry us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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