| 单词 | ladder |
| 例句 | Any butler with ambition simply did his best to climb as high up this ladder as possible, and by and large, the higher he went, the greater was his professional prestige. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z While the train gains speed everybody rushes for the ladders and scrambles for a safe place where they cannot be grabbed and forced back from their goal of El Norte. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z A ladder had appeared, propped against the sill of an upstairs bedroom window. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Late in the evening, Marie-Laure descends the ladder and falls asleep in her grandfathers bed to the sound of her great-uncle working above her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When we headed back, I found Patrice near the enclosure’s electrified fence, high on a ladder to wash the solar panels. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He straightened his legs, and as he did, the ladder rose from the water until he saw light breaking the surface, until he felt the air on his face and was finally able to exhale. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He was jolted off the ladder onto the concrete floor, where he lay writhing on his back. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I climb the last ladder and push open the lid to someone’s utility room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But then a trio of bombs shook the building, raining chips of concrete on our heads, and suddenly Horace was pushing past me, grasping for the ladder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As Kit gathered her heavy skirts about her and clambered down the swaying rope ladder, the men in the longboat good-naturedly shoved their bundles closer to make room for her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But he climbs the ladder to her bunk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Mam says, Thank you very much, and laughs when he leads us to the end of the platform where we have to climb a ladder to the signal tower. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Maybe when you deteriorate back down the ladder of evolution as I have, when you sink into the tomb world slough of being a special—well, best to abandon that line of inquiry. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He swung his arms and jumped from the boat onto the pillar, grabbing the ladder with both hands. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z At the end of an alley, when my route was cut off by a heap of crates and half-rotten lumber, I climbed a ladder to the roof. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I swing my body back down the ladder and through the window and down the hall to class. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But first I had to climb back down the ladder. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Valerie took the lump with her and started down the ladder to the kitchen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z From the main rope, handholds extended at two-foot intervals, making a ladder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Every time we come here, I try to figure out why this ladder exists,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And it takes longer to get to the attic from there, and longer to get up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Now he dangled from the ladder with nowhere else to go but down. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Then he put a ladder against the log, climbed up to the top, moved the roof to one side, and reached down inside to hang meat on those nails. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I was the one holding the ladder.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Apparently, she's long wanted to climb a metal ladder before she goes to sleep. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In spots along the route where the train slows and migrants sprint from the shadows to board, reaching for the ladders, migrants riding atop the cars shout out if the train is going too fast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I must’a stood there for at least fifteen minutes, one hand grabbing my ladder, the other hand gripping the top of Blaze Tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He came back down the ladder and went over to the corner of the room. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Stuart just went ahead and climbed the rope ladder to the family washbasin every morning to wash his face and hands and brush his teeth. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s so dark I can barely see them, but when I stare at the huge, rusted supports holding the wheel in place, I see the rungs of a ladder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Here, let me help,” she says, striding over to the ladder and holding it steady. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A ladder and a big box of gift wrap stand in the center of the great room. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I stood at the bottom to hold the ladder secure. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Fascinating. My Aunt Drucilla, who we're staying with in Bath, adores crystallized ginger. I'm sorry to send you up your ladder again, but...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Just back up slow and quiet to the ladder and climb up to the loft. Charlie, you get Agnes, and Mama, you take Rachel.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have time for this,” Kate muttered, banging the door open at the end of the corridor and hauling the ladder out into the early morning light. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There were interior ladders inside the ventilation ducts. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m scrambling back down the ladder when one of my boots kicks someone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He picked up the trash can and came back to the foot of the ladder. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “And no ladders. He could break a hip and have a limp for the rest of his days.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He leaned a ladder up to her window, forced the latch and let her out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “I won’t waste your time,” “You aren’t wasting it yet,” he said as he climbed down the ladder, wiping his hands on his shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Then let’s get out of here!” said Grace, scampering down the ladder first. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Like on their first day at sea, when he had climbed up the huge ladder into the crow’s nest. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “How about a compromise? One of you climb the logs. Then I will lower the ladder for the other two. Final offer. Concede or go acquire your information elsewhere.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I say, “Tampered? I don’t know...I tried to build that ladder right.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Tiara’s fingers tried to grab hold of an invisible ladder. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Fine. Whatever. I’ll go up and grab it. But you have to give me some kind of call number to enter into the hover ladder.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z And what it was is how I skipped the ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As we came up the ladder, walking across the grass under the trees, we passed the big, gray painted cages with the bulls in them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven, and Jesus with the children surrounding him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z But this, scaling the ladder for the high dive drives me to distraction. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurried down the ladder and fell into his arms. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z George said nothing, but she pictured herself onstage, at the top of the ladder, sharing Charlotte’s words with the audience. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z When Ugwu took a batch of fronds across to the ladder, he stopped to peer into one of the classrooms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The ladder wouldn’t win any design awards, but it might get her to the bottom of the cavern safely. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She hooked her arm in the ladder and looked back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was reached only by a ladder, but was large, comfortable, and had a big fireplace. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a tall ladder leading to the roof. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Down the ladder they climbed, and then Sam took it and laid it in the passage beside the huddled body of the fallen orc. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At the top of the ladder, Mr Tibbs, balancing like an acrobat, poured the BFG’s coffee and placed the enormous plate before him. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was up on a ladder outside, scraping away. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Only the occasional access ladder to the roof interrupts the scarred metal walls. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Lancelot had noticed a ladder in the garden, which was long enough for his purpose—and, although they had made no assignation, the Queen was waiting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She collapsed to the wooden slats, a ladder up the sky, her fingers so weak she could not grip the rungs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel lunged for the bottom of the rope ladder and gestured for Nico to follow, but Nico was in no condition to sprint. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Waiting for them to cross a yawning crevasse bridged by two rickety ladders spliced end to end, I was shocked to see them go across together, almost in lockstep—a needlessly dangerous act. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I grab the slick rope with one hand and Helene with the other, eventually working her body over my shoulder and clambering up the ladder to the deck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In a final determined burst, she scaled the last few rungs just as Jackson reached the ladder. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She remembered her father putting her on the rope ladder the first time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Next to your name is another name, that of some hotshot law student who’s busy climbing his own ladder. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Come on,” cried the boy on the ladder behind Sally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I held the ladder steady for Roberto while he climbed it carrying the sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A ladder led up to the top of the wall, and people were climbing up the ladder and spreading down to stand on the walls that separated the two corrals. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He grabs one of its ladders, summons all of his strength, and pulls himself up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Octavian had reached the bottom of the ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He bought a little bungalow in Torrance, worked hard, moved quickly up the ladder. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Can you climb down, or shall I bring a ladder?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine how they felt when they knew the Gestapo was coming up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He slipped off the ladder just the same. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Yelling while they dragged him down the ladder and onto the grass. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They get up together and walk hand in hand to the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Madge is standing on the ladder at the mouth of my tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I climbed the ladder and presented the bottle to the captain. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Lastly I cobbled together a rough ladder using the hatchet and twine I’d found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Once I reached the laundry room, I scrambled up the ladder and flipped the circuit breaker switch twice. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Three cars away, a boy, twelve or thirteen years old, has managed to grab the bottom rung of a ladder on a fuel tanker, but he cannot haul himself up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The tower was accessed from an iron ladder in the control room. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Then it sounds like someone is falling down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She’d fallen off a ladder trying to thatch their roof with yellow rice straw and had broken her back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Etienne comes down the seven ladder rungs and squeezes through the back of the wardrobe and takes her hands in his. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nailer ran to a ladder and climbed up through the ship’s aft hatch. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A series of chisel-cut handholds made a ladder in the granite of the tower's inner wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In due course he extended long ladders into the hole. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “SC, sC. He was at the top of a ladder when it tipped over. But don’t worry. No fue nada.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He opens the door to the little hallway, where the ladder goes up to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Nailer put on a burst of speed and leaped as a ladder swept past. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z At last, after several tries, she unhooked the ladder, and it flopped down within reach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Used to be that my whole body was my canvas—hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my thighs. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Hugo eeled forward on his chest, over the counter, reached between the rungs of the ladder, just six inches under Mr. Rhydd's Hush Puppies, took a box of Lambert & Butler cigarettes, and eeled back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I peered into the enveloping blackness between my feet to see Emma pulling herself even farther down by the rungs of a ladder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There’s Noah and Brian climbing a ladder that goes on forever. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Dallas started down the ladder, with Florida after him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t even sure where the ladder was, anyway. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When I came to the inn, Anker himself was up on a ladder nailing a long piece of cedar siding back into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There are no stairs up to the loft—just a ladder. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They have always been very high up on their horses, which is fine, although if you ask me they have shot their own career ladders in the foot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabs my hand again and we arrive at the foot of the tree house ladder. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Fernando will be last, and he will be in the same position I was in, with the ladder secured from only one side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He climbed a ladder that was leaning against the overhang and settled himself onto the roof with a bucket of clay and a trowel he used to spread it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She finished the rope ladder and barricaded the base of the lucky-bean trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She patted my arm condescendingly and reached for a length of plastic tubing that hung nearby; it was connected to a pipe that ran up the ladder to the surface. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He was low man on the totem pole, the bottom of the ladder. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a ladder made of iron whose slick rungs were coated with ice that gleamed like neon in the circling blades of yellow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I climb the ladder up to the house, over worn wood shaped to the hands that ascend and descend every day. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z And with that the man tumbled a long rope ladder over the side of the ship. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Anker muttered something under his breath as he picked up the ladder and he stowed it around the corner in the alleyway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As Jenny was leaving she stopped for a moment at the open door, where a ladder led down to the dooryard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed her to the ladder and she made her slow, stumbling way up to the top of the greystone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yowza! That’s almost as much fun as the hover ladders. Almost. Teams, your first challenge today is to make your ideas take flight, something that’s very easy to do inside a library.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She climbed down the ladder and surveyed the damage from ground level before picking a shovel off the floor. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He nudged the ladder slightly, but it was sturdily planted against the floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This time the ladder is more stable, and Christina makes it across the gap without trouble. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They climbed down a ladder to a boat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As he paddled toward the ladder Kit watched him with both envy and relief. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the way Dorothy would have wanted to take the next step in her career, but Blanche’s tragedy pushed her up the ladder nonetheless. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At the ladder, she turned and smiled at Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I keep one arm around him as I help him up, and we each place a foot on the first rung of the ladder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Our ladders clatter overhead, and the bucket slides out from under me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But I’m not sure I can make it down the ladder with the heavy pot of oatmeal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Far off in the distance, my mother was climbing up a ladder. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He halted the ladder to watch it, and something went very still at the core of him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Once you pushed it, the hover ladder randomly flitted in front of the shelves, using advanced biofeedback technology, heart-rate monitors, and complex algorithms to figure out what sort of story you might be interested in. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “This will give her an outlet for her feelings,” Clara said, watching Alba balanced on the ladder, painting a train full of animals just below the ceiling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I rushed up the ladder and climbed on the roof of somebody’s garage. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then she takes the bread and her cane and starts down the ladder and pulls the trapdoor shut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And they climbed the ladder to the roof, Sarah with wisps of hair around her face, her mouth full of nails, overalls like Papa's. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Now they’re inside, trying to figure out how to dismantle the hover ladders.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Up they came until they reached the first foot hole Nhamo had carved into the tree trunk, before she made the ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I might even have a ladder in my basement . . .” Gilly jumped up from the table, then caught herself— slow down, slow down. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z As it was, Stannis would hardly need scaling ladders to storm the walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dill gripped the ladder, raised a foot, and scraped his boot on the column before stepping on the bottom rung. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Looking at the place where the ladder used to be. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Another man came from the bridge, stepping down the ladder, to stand at the rail over the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at me as I came to stand near the foot of the ladder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ivanito steadies the ladder as his mother clips an armful of flowers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A ladder leaned against one bookcase to reach the topmost titles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We gather at the foot of the ladder, waiting for our eyes to adjust to the dim strips of lights, breathing in the mixture of chemicals, mildew, and sewage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They climbed up the ladder and squeezed through the tight hole at the top to a catwalk. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He smiles, even though he knows it’s not funny, and he goes up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We pulled ourselves down the ladder a few rungs and hung there. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It said the police believe two boys sawed on the rung of that ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z In theory, I could climb down the ladder, leap over to the platform, and walk through the various cars until I reach the one in question. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “There’s a ladder in the hallway, somewhere in the ceiling.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We are Americans, all of us, whether black or white, regardless of what the man on the ladder there tells you, Americans. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed up the ladder to change the lightbulbs and down the well when the pump broke. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Though my arms and hands ache, I lean out the window and grab the other end of the ladder, lifting it back onto the windowsill. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z You reach for the next rung of the ladder, and this time it's a job with a salary in the Chicago offices of a high-end law firm called Sidley & Austin. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “No, no. I just need someone to change the bulb over the back door. I’m a little shaky on ladders, you know.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Kinzie led her up three different ladders to a metal catwalk, then tied Hazel’s hands loosely behind her back and pushed her along past crates of jewelry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A mason with trowel and bucket awaits the king, up on the scaffolding; all the other workmen descend by rope ladders, like a swarm of fleas. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I even call up the ladder to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I got up and went over to the ladder. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He climbs down a ladder And gets inside you. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A fellow missing most of his teeth stuck his head down the hatchway and waved us over to the ladder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave the ladder a pat and went into the kitchen. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But when he clambered up the ladder to the stemcastle and looked off from the stem, his smile faltered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I bend down and heave the manhole cover up, then lower myself down the ladder and into the blackness. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z None of the gentlemen offered her a hand, but she needed none, having spent her life climbing trees and ladders and roofs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The tracks resemble endless ladders that stretch ahead rather than upward, rooted to the ground. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he did, the ladder started its slow descent to the floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I scramble down the ladder, bucket in hand. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A ladder goes up to what Mom says is the hayloft. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z When she was out, she lifted the end of the ladder with a pole and draped it over a convenient branch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I expect the ladder to release me then, but I'm still stuck when a woman in a white coat approaches me carrying a syringe. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She tries to turn too soon, and the ladder, smacks into Fernando’s shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z From me, he gets a fire truck with flashing red lights and a working ladder. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Sohrab stood at the base of the ladder with his left foot on the bottom rung. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m looking for a good book,” said Mr. Lemoncello as his hover ladder jerked vertically, then skittered sideways. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Then, reminding myself to breathe, I crawled outside and descended the ladder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All in all, he thinks immigrants today have a better chance of moving up the class ladder than he did fifty years ago. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The officer smiles, motioning for his men to stand down, but then the guns jump back up again because people are pouring down the ladder from the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was up one of the ladders in the Pavilion of Thought, pulling books for an impatient philosopher who paced below. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Many Americans say that they too have moved up the nation’s class ladder. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A hatch opened right over their heads and a ladder slid down to their feet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At first, by the ladder, I swing in the wind, my body thumping the metal car that I cling to. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She has set one foot on the top rung of a ladder when the blocky shoes of Madame Manec come clomping into the kitchen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Miss Annie put down her pail of glue, and Miss Fannie swung the ladders from her shoulder and steadied them until both stood in an upright position. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The inside has a nice iron ladder to a ledge where I can sit and peer out over the decks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Jiichan handed it to her, and though she almost lost her balance, she held tight with one hand, using the other hand to clutch the ladder. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Each step is equal-sized. Sure, for the people higher up this ladder, their kids are more apt to get more education, better health insurance. But that doesn’t mean there are classes.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She heard him climb the ladder, and the hatch closed with a loud bang. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The wooden ladder was slick from the rain. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Tonight he was rocketing up the social ladder. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The stumps of its branches, which they had trimmed away, formed the rounds of the ladder they climbed to the top. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A rough wooden ladder led up to a square house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A hundred years ago, the white ethnics hated being hated, but it was sort of tolerable because at least black people were below them on the ladder. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He dropped a rope ladder over the side. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Climbing that was quicker than a ladder, though the iron spokes were startlingly cold against my still-wet hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I got out of bed, climbed quietly down the ladder, and crouched by the top of the stairs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All he could do was focus on the next rung of the ladder: Trina. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z George looked up, but all she could see was the heavy stage curtain, which enveloped her in a stuffy darkness before knocking her off the ladder. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I climbed the ladder to the top of the greystone where we had stashed our possessions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he climbed the ladder into the white cupola and sat listening to the rain, watching the light come. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle locked his feet into the hover ladder’s ski boot brackets. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I don’t like the way Ilse was looking at the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At the end of the scene, George climbed back down the ladder. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Salvador caught hold of Lupita and carried her halfway down the ladder, where they stopped and hung, motionless. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z We climb the ladder, open the door, and step out into the warm early evening air. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Dr. Zinchenko had commandeered a hover ladder and sailed up to the spot where the missing book should’ve been shelved. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I hear as I quickly climb down the ladder at the side of the house. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Shove the ladder, slamming the overhead door shut. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He smiled as he saw the ladder that led to where the crew had been working on sealing the hold. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They got to another hole with a ladder and slipped down it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She put down her brush, climbed down off the ladder, and eyed her work critically. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z James and Richard come down the ladder, talking the whole way. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “The ladder,” he says quietly, “is in the storage locker.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Then why don’t you put up a ladder?” the Chief of Police asked him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z A dark silhouette appeared at the top of the ladder, but he was much too big to be Octavian. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He also believes that employees further up the corporate ladder cheat more than those down below. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The red truck, he realized, was a model, and the details, the ladder, the side mirrors...perfect. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In addition to the ladders, water bottles, white parents, albino thinking, I also thought myself up a plan. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Nobody could have climbed it without a ladder, even with irons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet bounced over rocks — bright pain blossoms — and then he pulled himself into a ball, dangling low off the ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Waked by our morning voices, and the tramp of men below, he started up, but missed his footing on the long steep backward ladder and fell that height headlong. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Most freight cars have two ladders on a side, each next to a set of wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Now I watched her gather up more bricks and stomp back toward her ladder. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Johnny, followed by his subdued slaves, slipped down the ladder with an easy flop. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most awkward for washing and things, all water and soiled pans have to be handed up and down the ladders. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The carpets on the floor were all different shades of blue and green, and in the corner was a sturdy square table and a chair with a back like a ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Now she climbs, as nimbly as ever, the ladder of favor in the court of Fortinbras, who has yet to take a bride.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The ship anchors, the longboat is lowered, and the first few passengers began to climb down the rope ladder. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As soon as the tracker's in place, the ladder releases me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A hovercraft materializes and a ladder drops down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Well, I almost had a heart attack when you were on that ladder!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Laura and her daughters would take the escalator, marveling at the moving staircase, she teasing them that this might be the ladder Jacob saw with angels moving up and down to heaven. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then the officer opens the door to the ladder, stepping back and making a noise of disgust at the chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I yell as my body shifts to the side, my arms wrapping around the ladder and my leg dangling in space. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My knee throbs slightly as I climb the ladder to the main viewpoint. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There’s a ladder of racial hierarchy in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z People were on top of the bus, and others were climbing up a ladder. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Rats screamed aloud and grasped at midair as they were swept from the ladder to the road below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The blow startled him momentarily, giving Lyddie a chance to help Charles haul the ladder up onto the platform and out of reach. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In the corner of the landing was a steep set of steps, sort of like a ladder, covered almost completely with boxes and old bolts of fabric, that must have led up to an attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But later I see her opening the door and looking at the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A white donkey lived in this downstairs room, and a ladder led to the one upstairs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I made my way over to the flat roof of the town hall and climbed the ladder to the cistern. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Like ghosts up the ladder, taking their weapons with them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Between the nose and the fins are three platforms, connected by three ladders. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Using ropes they hauled up a line of hose and a twenty-five-foot ladder. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ms. Raz is waiting for me when I climb down the ladder and go back into the building. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then I picked the ladder up and darted across the room, but my aim was off and I slammed into the doorjamb. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The metal walls were heating up as Phraner felt his way to the ladder leading up to the deck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As though in answer to his question, the trapdoor suddenly opened, and a silvery ladder descended right at Harry’s feet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He waved back tiredly, then hooked his arm in the ladder and let his body shake. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Some sort of current glues me to the ladder while I'm lifted safely inside. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He swings down the ladder easily, even with only one arm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Lazlo descended the ladder and walked out with them, not even hearing the call of his name from the librarian behind the Enquiries desk. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was time to run back up the "ladder." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When it was nearly time for Kelly’s first lines, she stepped up the ladder, carefully holding her extra limbs in her hands. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He figured he would have needed a ladder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ugwu saw Eberechi right away; she was with some men and women who were bent over a pile of palm fronds, cutting, matting, passing them on to a man on a wooden ladder. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Anchors* securing the ladders and lines routinely melted out when the afternoon sun warmed the surrounding ice and snow. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I hear Four’s sneakers squeak against metal and rapid footsteps on ladder rungs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Cannery Row, like every place else, is not superstitious but will not walk under a ladder or open an umbrella in the house. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Serious adrenaline raced through his body as he tapped the call number for Huckleberry Finn into the hover ladder’s book locator keypad. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Then she set her foot on the lowest rung of one of the ladders and began to climb it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z They go down the ladder and clamber out through the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He took Nita’s shoulder and shouted in her ear, “You run ahead of the car, let it catch up and then grab the ladder and don’t let go no matter what.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Old Joe is leaning against his tractor, which he’s pulled over to the side of the road so he can watch Gloria teetering on a ladder, strands of Christmas lights in her hands. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure half slides, half falls down the ladder and presses her ear against the false back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Felicia bought the maximum amount allowed, eight gallons, and spent two Sundays painting the house with borrowed brushes and ladders. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A wide ladder with rubber treads on the steps allows for a swift, easy descent into the bowels of the city. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Realizing that the longer she hesitated, the more attention she would draw, she turned around quickly and descended the ladder, trying to avoid eye contact with the people waiting in line at the bottom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Let’s get to work on the ladder first and then stop for lunch.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s a ladder. Just around the side. Lean forward and reach for it. You’ll find it.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I get to the tenth ladder, but the corridor just continues ahead of me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The lock popped open, the door swung inward, and a rope ladder unrolled down the wall to meet the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I climb the ladder like I have a thousand times before and swing myself onto the octagonal deck that’s covered in a mix of old, crackling autumn leaves and a layer of spring-green pollen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m about to mount the ladder to the hovercraft when I remember. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The bottom of the ladder is missing,” called Virgil. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Get your gear,” the captain interrupted his dreaming, “anything you want to bring and we’ll lower a ladder for you.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Or feel ’em rather, like climbing down a ladder at night, you put your foot down and there’s another rung. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He set the ladder against the building and began to climb. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He pointed to a ladder of iron bars that ran up a narrow concrete hole. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But she made her way down a few steps of the rickety ladder. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After waiting a few minutes to regain my composure I resumed my herky-jerky passage to the far side of the ladder. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There's no ladder, no rusty metal door, no tar or blue tarp here. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And so, in a crooked little house at the head of Hancock’s Wharf on crowded Fish Street, Mrs. Lapham stood at the foot of a ladder leading to the attic where her father-in-law’s apprentices slept. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, sniffling, I carefully climb down the bunk bed ladder and look for a tissue, before remembering that we haven’t unpacked all of those supplies yet. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He reached for a ladder on a fuel tanker, but the car was moving too fast, and he let go. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As soon as she arrived at the top of her ladder, Mrs. Corry dipped her brush into the glue and began slapping the sticky substance against the sky. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Seth was on his way back up the ladder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I follow him up the ladder to the roof, my shoulder still tingling, wishing the ladder went for miles and miles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then the SS man comes down the ladder again, fast, brushing off his jacket and shaking his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He remembered what Mr. Andrews had told him: The ladders are in the stokers’ quarters, and they run up three decks. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The electric current freezes me in place on the ladder until the doctor injects the tracker into my left forearm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Big Rose had got to the point where she had to use one of the ladders in here to reach the top of her tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I tried to make a ladder from bits of scrap wood, but it kept collapsing whenever I put my weight on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I run to the ladder with the pot. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Below, a passenger was leaving the launch and climbing the ladder. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm afraid my friend has a broken leg," he called, "and I've hurt my hand. I don't think either of us can climb a ladder." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no ladder, so I pulled over Doc’s straight-backed chair and climbed onto it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Ghosh offered to take the upper berth, climbing barefoot up the ladder, his suit carefully folded away, so that Ashoke had the window to himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We walk into the living room, and the smoking doctor is examining the hallway with the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He’d been mending the shingled roof of their little house when the ladder had slipped sideways. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The man climbed the ladder and removed a weighty old-fashioned book with a leather cover. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She climbed the ladder only a couple of steps. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It is shaped like a ladder twisted into a helix, the rungs available in four different molecular parts, which constitute the four letters of the genetic code. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As I hurry toward the ladders at the far end of the warehouse, the sight of Messalla and one of the insects emerging from behind an air duct surprises me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And to the whole class’s amazement, Hermione strode over to the trapdoor, kicked it open, and climbed down the ladder out of sight. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Where the stone steps ended, a rickety set of stairs made from two-by-fours— more like a ladder than a staircase—took you up to the front porch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s Capture The aide had a messenger distract Cleopatra by the door while he climbed a ladder and entered through the same window used to admit Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I filled it full of hay so she wouldn’t have to climb the ladder to the loft Papa laid down the law to my sisters about being good and helping Mama while we were gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed still, up a very narrow staircase to the attics, and thence by a ladder and through a trap-door to the roof of the hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Carlos lends us a ladder for that part. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z When he propped two logs against the cottage wall to make a crude ladder, she amused him by climbing nimbly up after him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Without another word, June climbed down the ladder, leaving Ivy all alone in the treehouse. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Beside it a broad white ladder stood, and at its foot three Elves were seated. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead he plans to dig a tunnel down there, into the side of the hole, and to get up and down to it by a rope ladder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His breaths flutter against my ear, and I feel shaky again, like I did when I was climbing the ladder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw Florian climbing down an interior ladder. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then handed me up a series of makeshift ladders into a loft above another loft in the barn where I am now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was awake then and slid down the ladder as fast as she could. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z With each step he gripped the ladder tighter and tighter until his knuckles ached. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I check through the peephole, and then slide out the false door, replace the planks, and hurry back down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “What a pity we haven’t got about thirty or forty extra-long ladders that we could tie together to reach the roof,” muttered Constance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Wordlessly he pulled her to her feet and propelled her down the steep ladder. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He had tried to climb the ladder but it turned out not to be possible. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All ran off down the ladder, to where Merlyn had left the bucket, and there was such a noise and yelling as if a lot of children had been let out of school. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To the dismay of the Japanese climbers, however, the ladder was falling apart and had become partially detached from the rock, so ninety minutes of strenuous climbing were required to surmount this 20-foot cliff. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he pulled up the rope ladder and only put it down when guests arrived; His little cabin had a wide padded seat that ran around three sides of the room. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The different Nationalist groups, the “Buy Black!” forces, and others like that; dozens of their step- ladder orators were trying to increase their followings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When Magnus gives the signal, I start up the ladder to the first diving board. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z George climbed up the ladder to appear above the backdrop, in full view of the audience. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The immediate appeal of Lamarck’s idea was that it offered a reassuring story of progress: all animals were progressively adapting to their environments, and thus progressively slouching along an evolutionary ladder toward perfection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The blue plush chair was exactly where she’d shoved it two days earlier, catercornered three feet from the place she’d have to set up the ladder in order to reach “Sarsaparilla to Sorcery.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Very slowly up the ladder, first Call’s head, his neck bent. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When Blake was sure that no one was watching, he scrambled up the ladder and dropped to the ground on the other side. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “At the end of this shelf there’s a big cabinet—they keep the mouse cages in it. It has wire mesh doors. You can climb up and down them like a ladder.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z One by one, the remaining fourteen-year-olds climb the ladder and tremble and leap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, after about twenty minutes, Ron’s large feet reappeared on the ladder. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He takes the light and goes into the bedrooms, climbs the ladder to the attic, and even steps outside to examine the toilets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z For our generation, I believe it is accurate to say, viewed the world not as a ladder, but more as a wheel. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I find Henek and Danuta in a section of the barn that has been fitted with wooden beds stacked on top of one another, ladders going up their sides. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it is,” said Ron, climbing the ladder. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Massari didn’t consider his quest unreasonable, nor did he fully grasp how many steps down the ladder the drama program ranked from a powerhouse athletic team. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was heading back up the ladder that was the killer. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Geyer and Cuddy descended a steep set of steps, more ladder than stairway, into a small chamber about ten feet long by ten feet wide and only four feet high. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was reached by a round hole in the centre through which the ladder passed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He clambered to the top of the wall, where three defenders were trying to hack down his rope ladder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The man was mounting a ladder which had been hoisted up the side of the building from the ground. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Lina’s arms were just long enough to reach past Poppy and hold on to the ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Only then did the ladder, wound onto a reel in the airlock, let him go. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When the fiery ladder stood forty feet high, the mage leapt forward and began to climb it, scrambling up hand over hand as quick as a monkey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The hovercraft materializes overhead and two ladders drop, only there's no way I'm letting go of Peeta. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He climbed the old ladder into the loft of the barn behind Harley’s grandpa’s house. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe,” Bronwyn replied mysteriously, then took a breath and disappeared down the ladder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Only now the soil is several inches higher than it was, sloping upward behind the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When they climb down from the ladders, I see that they’ve added a picture of a little elephant to the billboard. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I climb up the ladder to the next landing, as stealthy and nimble as Max was when she picked up the nurse's badge and freed us from the locked unit. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The superior said that the opening in the membrane should be enlarged, and that a ladder should be put in the hole, so that the bodies could be carried out. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They are next to each other on tall wooden ladders, leaning against the billboard that tells the cars to stop and visit the One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He said there was a weak rung on that ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z One by one, we mounted the idling truck’s rear deck, climbed the rear access ladder, and slid down into the tank. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From disappointment, I gradually ascended the emotional ladder to haughty indignation, and finally to that state of stubbornness where the mind is locked like the jaws of an enraged bulldog. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As Leo and Octavian headed for the rope ladder, she thought about calling them back—but how could she explain that? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The steel ladder was made of paper, of silk, of quicksilver, of air. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and women scrambling down hemp ladders, dangling and dropping like fleas jumping from a dog, plummeting into the increasing surf. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z To reach the windows, we’d have to use a ladder and everything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The Columbian Guard arrived in force to clear the way for additional engines and ladder wagons. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Strapping him to an aluminum ladder, they managed to lower, drag, and carry him through the Icefall, and he was now resting from the ordeal at Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Librarians on ladders like specters in gray, and scholars in scarlet hunched at their tables. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I want to cry when he climbs so slowly up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Sala creeps down the ladder while the nurses listen to the news broadcasts on the radio. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And then Max comes careening down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z To get to the washbasin, Stuart had to climb a tiny rope ladder which his father had fixed for him. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z An explosion almost knocked her off the ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the E was clearly an E, and the bars were clearly a ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I climbed the ladder to my bunk and tossed myself over the railing. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He put down his hand without looking, and nearly fell off the ladder from shock and pain. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z With that, Kate was off, faster than she would have thought possible herself, perhaps spurred on by the tremendous bang and clatter and scrape of the ladder dragging behind her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He dragged his ladder over, climbed up, and groped for the far jar. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If—when—I become rich, I want a library so big that I’ll need a ladder to reach all my books. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We climbed down a ladder into the warm water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While he was busy at it two other men had steadied the ladder for him and yelled curses at the Ichiyamas, who were not present. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It was a construction site. You stumbled over kegs of nails, over posts, over ladders.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Having climbed the ladder to the crew compartment, he slid into the pilot's couch and booted the system. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They had come under attack as well, but the round tower had only one entry, a second-story door reached by a ladder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She did the windows and the desk, then moved the ladder around Mr. Randolph to the smaller of the two giant bookcases. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He cleared the ladder and burst into the room. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody nearby shouts at me, “Chavo, the moment you can, scramble down a ladder!” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Right,” Valerie agreed, and the minute Max had shut the trap door, she clambered silently up the ladder and pressed her ear to the ceiling. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And admit it—you say “I’m not black” only because you know black is at the bottom of America’s race ladder. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Martina had been quick-witted enough to grab the ladder before Kate could haul it out of reach, and was waiting only for her dazed companions to climb to their feet again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A hovercraft appears out of thin air, just like the one did in the woods the day I saw the redheaded Avox girl captured, and a ladder drops down. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Heart pounding, he quietly climbed the crowded ladder and opened the attic door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I descended the ladder into the space below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I help her guide the end of the ladder through the classroom window and across the gap between buildings. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all right long as nobody gets upset. Just take it nice and gentle, ey? I’m watching him all the way, and I’ll yank the ladder up after me.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I darted up the ladder, grabbed the waterskin, then down and back to the small canyon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After five minutes, he got up and started to search for the ladder. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Do you want me to hold your hand on the way down the ladder?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no ladder all the way to the top. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We stare at each other for a moment before he backs down the ladder, leaving me alone, like last year. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And you, Djo, you never imagined or wanted a ladder out. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure they were just teasing me again, until I heard the creak and pull of the rope ladder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We headed down the ladder and made our slow, winding way along the bottom of the tiny crevasse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Only one way to find out,” Ruthanne answered, already shinnying down the rope ladder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In a moment a rope ladder was lowered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I have to let the ladder sway a little. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then the policemen came in their patrol, and climbed up the ladder which the firemen had left against the building. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The sailors don’t notice me approaching, and when I’m right alongside the rope ladder leading to the boat’s deck, I cut Hel from the beam. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The face vanished from the side of the ship as Tristran and Yvaine dangled awkwardly on the end of the rope ladder. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Outside, I head straight for my tube tunnel, my footsteps on the ladder a prelude to peace and quiet. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He jogged off toward the ship’s ladder, tapping his hooves together like an excited kid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Christina holds the ladder from the side as I clamber on top of it and start forward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z At the head of the glen a torrent flowed like a white lace over an endless ladder of short falls, and a mist of foam hung in the air about the mountains’ feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The men on ladders passed Dwayne’s body through the jagged remains of the windowpanes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Climbing the ladder on the landing stage, he reached the ascent stage and entered the airlock. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to hold on tightly to the trapdoor to climb down the ladder. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Funny thing, he looks scared for me to be on this ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z My fall made the ladder slip even farther off the windowsill. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The steersman called, and a sailor threw a line from above, and another hurried down the ladder to make it fast to the launch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mulatto women were prized as mistresses, and their children, one shade lighter in turn, moved still further up the social and economic ladder. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But when the time came, we walked up the ladder and into that the big plane anyway. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As the glacier moved, crevasses would sometimes compress, buckling ladders like toothpicks; other times a crevasse might expand, leaving a ladder dangling in the air, only tenuously supported, with neither end mounted on solid ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Out of the shadows a ladder was let down: it was made of rope, silver-grey and glimmering in the dark, and though it looked slender it proved strong enough to bear many men. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The clues here are the so-called ‘flattened’ degrees of the musical ladder, or scale, at the third and seventh positions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Swinging about, he leaped for the head of the ladder, hardly looking where he went. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrambled for the ladder, praying that he wasn’t about to run into more crew. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t even looking at the ladders of the train cars. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The ladder feels about as solid and stable as an aluminum can. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In the space of ten minutes, they packed their paint, ladders, brushes, and tarps, and loaded them into the bed of Zeitoun’s truck. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Jairo finds an extension ladder in the carport and he takes over the window issues. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She creeps down the seven ladder rungs and stays fixed for a long time against the back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In spite of the grand title, this was a very modest first step on the academic ladder. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z "There's a ladder there on the side of the pillar. You see it?" he said, pointing to the crumbling carvings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He climbed the ladder to the loft and he was so weak he wasnt sure he was going to make it to the top. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Shaking his head, Charles huffed over to one of the hover ladders. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He was carrying his buckets, his ladders, and his boards so that he had rather a hard time moving along. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z And I stuck at it, through ladders on Wednesday, and Thursday's long run. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The movement down and up the ladders looks like a strangely choreographed two-step. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And the hair twined and blew and became a ladder upon which the guests might ascend, laughing, into the House. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Cade found an old wooden pallet and tipped it up to the bottom of the doorway so we could use it as a ladder and climb up into the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then he added, “We must use ladders for trees. We can fall off.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They passed out of sight, and then a rope ladder unfurled from the ledge, unwinding all the way to the base of the cliff. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I was still trying to build a sturdy ladder when, during a cold snap a few days later, my can of paint froze solid. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The guard unbolted Matthias’ shackles, and as soon as the chains dropped into the sand, he leapt onto the ladder with the announcer to be lifted to safety. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Can you move the cover and help me up the ladder?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Human DNA is a ladder a billion nucleotides long. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Get up to the statue and secure the rigging. Make a rope ladder and drop it down for us.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He grabs hold of Nala's tail and scampers up her body as if it's a rescue ladder. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “You said I was supposed to be holding the ladder. You accused me of letting it go.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Soon he was wildly excited and shouting with laughter as the tiddlywinks climbed hopefully up the ladders and then came slithering down the snakes again, almost back to the starting point. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Sammy hauled himself up on the ladder first and began climbing slowly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly Kate worked to untie the ladder from her belt—but after the long drag uphill, the knot had grown too tight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Once he had finished with the clocks on the roof, he climbed down the ladder and the long staircase. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z It was just before dawn, with no one astir but a few silent Helpers mopping floors, sweeping walkways, or scaling ladders to scrub mildew from ceilings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth noticed a figure clinging desperately to the rope ladder, trying to climb down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Zeitoun realized that two men, one on either end of the ladder, would not be enough to lift a woman of over two hundred pounds. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I continue to walk, keeping track of my distance down the unending hallway by counting the ladders. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He climbed down from the ladder and scooted it over a bit and wiped the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Carefully climb the first ladder, bracing his feet on the window ledge, and then onto the iron stairway that led to the roof. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Michael needing help with his navigation again?” one of them asked kindly, offering her a leg up the ladder into the back of the plane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He pauses at the doors to a series of whitewashed rooms with nothing but ladders in them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone spreads throughout the building in search of janitor’s closets, per my instruction to find a ladder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The firemage had conjured a ladder in the air, a crackling orange ladder of swirling flame that rose unsupported from the floor of the bazaar, reaching toward the high latticed roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kevin brought him a ladder so he could climb all the way to the top to look for shoes and watches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, a long thing made out of wood. Right. You were up on a ladder?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She grabbed the spear, which was lying against the thorn barrier, and quickly unhooked the ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In just a few years she moved up the ladder from rural poverty to the high- achieving circles of the middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Two burly sailors come down the ladder and stand on either side of him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She crawls along the floor to the top of the seven-rung ladder and sits with her feet dangling and the diamond inside the house in her pocket and the knife in her fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wrote, “I got us a rope ladder, just in case.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Her hover ladder froze, right where it would block Kyle’s ascent. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The chest of toys contained nursery-rhyme booklets, Monopoly and word-association games, building blocks, Snakes-’n’-ladders, jigsaw puzzles and many other kinds of games no black child ever dreamed of having. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in a dim, narrow chamber filled with water, with no way back up the giant’s long, smooth throat; no rope, no ladder, no footholds. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Poppy did stay still, but even so it was not easy going down the ladder with her extra weight. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Popper’s Performing Penguins, completely forgetting their discipline, fought to climb the ladders and get into the upper berths. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Everybody swarms for the ladders in a crazed rush to evade the police. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They all stepped back as Turner guided Lizzie, woozy but with her eyes open, up the dock ladder, Mr. Newton reaching down to take her hand and bring her up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Then I took the bundle out to the cistern, climbed up the ladder fixed to one side, tipped back the lid, and slipped the treasure into the water. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I climbed up the two-step ladder and peered over the edge, while August flipped a switch and an old motor on the floor sputtered and cranked. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He managed to unwedge himself from the edge of the cockpit and swung lightly from the wing strut to the access ladder at the back. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I carefully climb back down the ladder and crawl into bed with Malia. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They dashed into another corridor, then clambered up a ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She looked down to see Kelly holding the ladder steady with one hand as she took pictures of George with the other. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He told her about the woman in the ballooning dress in the foyer, how he had lifted the ladder to save her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Before me a gathering of people were almost blocking the walk, while above them a short squat man shouted angrily from a ladder to which were attached a collection of small American flags. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of grabbing for a rung, he grabbed the side of the ladder with both hands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I pulled down the attic, like, the pull, and this ladder folded out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But people like me, those of us who are so busy busy busy climbing our shaky ladders out of the old mess—we are the last to see it. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a ladder up to the top on the inside too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Floating to the other side of the core, Lewis took the other ladder out, again gaining gravity as she went "down." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed the ladder to the loft, and I followed; during the fifteen minutes he was chopping wood, we didn’t say a word either. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Within minutes of my banking the fire, the inside temperature took a huge step down the ladder. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I forced myself to stand and staggered down the ladder into the main cabin and over to the galley door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The ladder was lowered, and the announcer sprang down, hauling Matthias to his feet and grabbing his wrist to raise his hand in victory. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the three of them turned around at the top of the ladder, I could see that she was wearing on her shoulder a huge chrysanthemum corsage. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But eventually she dragged herself over the platform and pulled the ladder up for safety. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I ascended the narrow access ladder mounted between the adjacent rows of capsules, then stepped onto the short platform beneath the hatch to my unit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The only furniture was a bunch of folding metal chairs and wooden ladders leaned up against the walls. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He had seen what happened when a contractor failed to do this: ladders careening through windows and walls, tools damaging furniture, paint all over the lawn and driveway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Maybe the subject is a ladder of the train that Beast Riders grasp for their lives. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z We came to a plain-looking caravan wagon, and he climbed its short ladder and knocked on the door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “That’s right. Now use the keypad to tell the hover ladder the call number for the book you are interested in and hang on tight.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Metal ladder rungs appeared in the side of the wall, leading up, and I could hear people yelling our names. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Tool flashed by, hooked easily on a ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he made it to the ladder that led to the stewards’ stand, suspended from the grandstand roof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached the base of the columns and squinted up at Coach Hedge, who was precariously perched at the feet of the Athena Parthenos, unravelling ropes and knotting a ladder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He put the can of paint on the ladder's little shelf and raked the brush against the rim. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Leading an army of a thousand, 8-Deer threw up ladders, swarmed over the berm with his men, and entered the palace. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The sailor climbed up the ladder and took a seat next to me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It is not easy for Captain Smith to climb the rope ladder to the deck, but Richard and some of the sailors help him, and he makes it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Frustrated, she shook the ladder she was too heavy to climb. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The space up top was so small that only two of us could fit at a time, so Emma and I went, climbing its railroad ties like the rungs of a giant ladder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was a steel ladder on the side of the hopper car. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The Queen had climbed the six steps of the wooden ladder which led to her bath, and now she was sitting on the plank inside it, with her head showing over the top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I search the edge of the room for a ladder or a staircase that will help me-climb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His hand on the thin and laddered ribs. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They climbed back down the ladder, which Ron returned to the ceiling, and rejoined Hermione, who was still sorting books. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They climbed the shaky wooden ladder, Neeley pushed the opening aside and they were on the roof. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d watch the Mendozas, the Mexican family next door, arriving home in their pickup loaded with ladders after a long day of painting houses, greeted at the fence by their yapping dogs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She caught a dark bundle that turned out to be a sleeping bag, and Sherm dragged another one behind him up the ladder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I scramble up the ladder to the deck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It took her a long time to reach the ladder and to feel safe again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z With my heart hammering wildly in my chest, I scoop up the other Edith’s box and scrabble down the ladder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “But—but—I thought since I was here and had the ladder and all, I might come on in and—uh—start to work.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z A sailor helped Joana down a rope ladder into the lifeboat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Please come down,” he insisted, holding the ladder and looking up at her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Another staircase led up to the room where the van Pels family had lived, this one steeper than the last and eighteen steps, essentially a glorified ladder. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z His hand closed around the rung of a ladder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For their final test, each of the fourteen-year-olds is forced to climb a ladder haphazardly nailed to a wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been to the tree house much that summer, and when I got up the ladder, I could tell Charlie had spent a lot of time working on it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Jason and Frank dove down to save the others, but they’d only found Nico and Hazel hanging from the rope ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She would also hold the ladder steady while Kelly performed from the top. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Jethro scrambled down the ladder and ran out into the yard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She eased up the ladder trying not to make any noise, but it creaked and swayed under her weight. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She climbs the ladder and restores the heavy Audubon volumes to their shelf one at a time, as though putting away something irritating. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She reached her hand for the ladder, but her fingertips only grazed the rung. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I turn like one of my ghosts and run up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The bunk beds with their scuffed, splintery ladders are still there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A rolling ladder scales the wall, giving access to the phones that nearly kiss the ceiling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She barely touched the ladder going down, landed squarely on the tiny bit of space left for her at the front of Missy’s saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Thinking that today could be the day the nurses climbed the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Come on. Give a lift. You’d better hold this ladder. It seems rickety.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Chacho fell asleep on the damp floor, but Matt climbed up the ladder and faced into the breeze. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I tried to find the usual ladder that leads out of such holes, but there was none. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Hold tight to the rail as you climb the ladder. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I was busy climbing my ladder, which was sturdy and practical and aimed straight up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They skimmed along the starboard side of the ship, riding easily through its huge wake, and pulled up next to a service ladder riveted to the side of the hull. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I slide my sketchpad into my backpack, climb down the ladder, and take off for the trailhead. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Another bad move is to go climbing a tall metal ladder in the middle of a thunderstorm when lightning is looking for just two kinds of things to strike: tall things and metal things. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I can see just the edge of a thin iron ladder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He jogged over to a neighbor’s house and came back carrying an ancient, ruined ladder. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He left the knight to sort that out and crawled up the ladder to the cabin roof. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I tossed the carton and cookie up onto my bunk and took two steps up the ladder. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He swung one leg onto the rusty ladder, then the other, and descended. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She was so upset, she couldn’t even climb down the ladder. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The hover ladder gently lowered the happy billionaire to the floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z At the top of a tall ladder, Mr. Kennedy loosens the twine, and the banner unfurls down the wall. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Finally, Alice starts down, and I lower myself on the ladder of limbs, looking up as I go to make sure she’s coming. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita followed, going up the ladder as fast as she could and falling with a thud onto the bottom of the car. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z After this they went back to the farm buildings, where Snowball and Napoleon sent for a ladder which they caused to be set against the end wall of the big barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “I sure do want to ride one of those hover ladders,” said a girl who sounded like she might be from Alabama or Louisiana. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I put him on his leash, and when I came around the corner of the house, I saw Nathan in the process of moving the ladder. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Ardeshir Bahrami—my grandfather—had leaned a ladder against the side of the house, right next to the little round window above my bed, and he was halfway up to the roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But his mind drifted back to the hover ladder race. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Nearer to the rosebush, on the edge of the woods, stood a hickory tree, its scaly bark like a ladder inviting her to climb. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She’d fallen from a ladder at the library and cracked her skull. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Blacks have slowly begun to climb the economic ladder. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I wallowed through the coal and climbed down the outside ladder of the car and jumped for it, skinning my hands, knees, and elbows on the packed coal around the track. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We climb up the steel ladder, all the way to the top. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Bailey was the first one to notice me as I ascended the fire escape’s ladder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope we can push that drain cover open,” said Jake, leading the climb up the rusty ladder. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The wind was blowing hard and the ladder up to the platform that held the housing would be thick with ice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the upside down V between his legs, I saw the truck idling on the side of the road, the other refugees climbing down the rear ladder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And you know what I feel when I see the poor little mite pushing that ladder around? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the workers up on ladders in the orange trees were Haitians. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Thirty feet up with nothing to climb on except skinny branches and a rope ladder that looked to be holding on for dear life. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She adjusted the tin, climbed the ladder, and tried again. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When I landed back onto the ladder’s step, one of my feet slipped. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Lately Boori Ma had been thinking that the stairs were getting steeper; climbing them felt more like climbing a ladder than a staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mom was up on her ladder, painting in another seagull. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was thunder again, and Papa went to get the ladder. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z I ordered a rope ladder to drop over the side of the ship, and we climbed aboard. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He dragged her to a ladder that led to the upper decks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Helvi carried the cat up to bed with her, and he draped himself with familiar ease over her shoulder as she climbed the steep ladder stairs leading up to her little room in the eaves. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two ways to get up to the REP, but the other way required the Vanderbeeker kids to use the ladder directly across from the Beiderman’s door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But when you came down to it, nothing really frightened him, not storms, not tall ladders, not even the scrael. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor, the ladder bolted into the stone led up into a snug passage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “So we wouldn’t know what to punch into the hover ladder’s control panel,” grumbled Charles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Behind her, she heard her grandmother untie the line and lower herself carefully from the ladder to the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The rungs of the ladder creaked as he descended. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It became imperative that he take hold of the bottom rung of the sinuous ladder, which he did. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A big thunk followed, which was most likely Oliver jumping off the last few ladder rungs of his loft bed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “They respond to movement only, so . . . don’t fall off the ladder,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He climbed up the ladder, which was taller than any of us, while Cory and I crawled into the garden. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind Lyddie’s back, the ladder creaked, as two by two, first Charles and Agnes, then Mama and Rachel, climbed up into the loft. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Boots clanged on the ladder as he ducked into a cabin and closed the door. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was all a single room, with a sleeping loft above reached by a pair of splintery ladders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their guide halted at the foot of a ladder, raised his hand perpendicularly, then darted it horizontally forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She made her way along its flank to where a rope ladder hung down from the worn leather saddle beside one of the water basins. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Several times both Beck and Yasuko had appeared to be in danger of falling off a ladder and plummeting into a crevasse, and Yasuko seemed to know next to nothing about how to use crampons.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z If a little accent modification is the price they have to pay to jump a rung of the ladder, then so be it—they say. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z George climbed carefully up the ladder and waited quietly for her cue. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She leads us back to the food court, where workers are standing on ladders, putting up a gigantic Christmas tree. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He bolted it to the wall, and even attached the original ladder. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Was he going to climb up? Did he have a ladder?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On Monday morning Nathan was back on the ladder, putting a second coat of white paint on the window sill next to the front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He folded the sacks and hurried up the ladder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That sounds like Siunek falling down the ladder in his sock feet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Kendra focused on climbing the ladder and landing as lightly as possible. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The ladders of meaning that led from every one of the alethiometer’s thirty-six symbols, down which she used to move so lightly and confidently, felt loose and shaky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The glacier’s continual and often violent state of flux added an element of uncertainty to every ladder crossing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I rose to my feet just as Bailey descended the ladder, holding a roll between her teeth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Keep still, all of you, and let me try,” said Alyce, coming out from behind the ladder. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the huge machine were ladders on wheels that the workers pushed back and forth and climbed up on to reach the high parts. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She told him of the firemage and the fiery ladder, and what the woman in the red mask had told her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even I, with my snooty attitude and my ladder out, I was dragged into events. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It lowered a rope ladder, but Annabeth stood in a daze, staring into the darkness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Before Constance could think of a grumpy reply, Kate had tied the ladder to her belt and hoisted the smaller girl upon her back. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She dropped the ladder and reached into her bucket for the rope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Snaga thrust the ladder upwards, steadied it, and then clambered out of sight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Once more she gazed at the symbols, once more she turned the wheels, but those invisible ladders of meaning down which she’d stepped with such ease and confidence weren’t there. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The porters’ ladders offered too much temptation to the penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z From this he carefully unfolded a narrow ladder that made Bridge think of a tongue reaching out to taste the floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It was the lieutenant who took the ladder away. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She grabbed my hand and led me to the ladder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They turned and locked eyes, understanding the weight of what had happened, taking in that Minerva had moved the ladder sometime in the night, before the Recruiters woke us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A narrow door at the end of the hallway opens up to a ladder that leads to the roof. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She climbs the ladder and presses her ear to the trapdoor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Chas began unpacking, stuffing his folded clothes into the cubbies stacked like a ladder along one side of our shared closet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sitting at a side table my mind and I wove a cat’s ladder of near truths and total lies. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I jump up from the floor, climb the ladder, and stick my head through the little door of the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Dave climbed a ladder and peered into my hollows as well as he could. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I hooked my foot around the ladder rung and leaned deep into the cistern, quenching the shingle in the water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Langley gave each division chief, and every branch head and section head below them on the ladder, a certain amount of leeway in the management of their groups. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I watch Guillermo climb the ladder up to the female giant’s head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Max grabs his piece of wood, looks at me one more time, and goes up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We each went up the ladder, one by one, plopping into the soft nest of hay. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I stared at the curve of his back and tried to remember: I’d had my hands around the ladder, and I had turned. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I will never know what the Mexicans knew, gathering their shovels and ladders and saws. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Arturo scrambled down the ladder, jumping off when he was halfway down. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I fly up the ladder—the chickens are outside—and dart into the storage space and through the hidden-door, moving the planks back into place just in case someone comes up after me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Every time a movie changed, someone had to stand up on a ladder and switch them by hand. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Laborers carried the mortar down the ladders to the masons who would lay the stones on top of each other, troweling a layer of mortar between each stone and each layer of stones. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Ron grimaced at Harry and climbed the silver ladder out of sight. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I begin frantically pulling people up off the ladder. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Miss Ohio! This is not about you sleeping your way up the pathetic ladder of D-list celebrity. We have a situation here.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He tested the doors, then went around the back of the shed and fetched a ladder. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, you weren’t kidding when you said it was big, Delsie. Now I understand why a regular ladder wouldn’t do.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The bees zoomed among its bright and sticky leaves, higher and higher toward heaven, and a rope ladder disappeared among the foliage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A bulkhead is a wall, a door is a hatch, the kitchen is the galley, the dining room is the mess, a stairway is a ladder. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z At any rate, you are on the memory property ladder. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Methuselah embraced the young mouse as if he were his own son, and as Matthias ascended the ladder, the old mouse called out final instructions to him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The loft vibrated with every heavy footfall on the ladder’s rungs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Building a bunker. So we can hide when someone comes to your door. Right now there’s only the attic, and if someone climbs the ladder, we’re caught.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Once I’m through the window, I position my feet on the narrow edges of the ladder and my hands on the rungs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he climbed up the ladder to bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The door was locked, and before we could figure out how to get into the shed the whole thing caught—the mattress, the ladders, the paint, the turpentine, everything. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I grabbed the lip of the tomb and put my foot on the ladder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Feet sounded on the ladder, and June leaped up, grabbing all her stuff and shoving it into a corner. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Some of the youngsters could not land their feet on the ladders and have pulled themselves up rung by rung on their knees, which are bruised and bloodied. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was her second trip to the foot of the attic ladder and she still wasn’t sure Dove and Dusty were out of bed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he is strong enough to move the big extension ladders by himself, and perhaps also because he rarely speaks, Volkheimer responds to most calls alone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The ladder shifts, moving closer to the edge of the window frame on the other side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In a moment Reynolds was up the ladder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sigurd looked up with a face like a thunderstorm, and he crossed to the hayloft ladder. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The time-traveler was the first one up the ladder, dressed in clothes of the period, and he leaned close to Jesus so people couldn’t see him use the stethoscope, and he listened. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I go down the ladder, ready to go off and find some other quiet place. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She sings “La, la, la,” her voice rising up steps like a ladder. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z A teenager in a green-and-white shirt edges down the ladder on the hopper. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And then I jump over the chickens and scurry up the ladder, pushing aside the loose planks and crawling through the little door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He begins to see life as a ladder, as a permanent examination with some praise and some further exhortation at each stage. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed the ladder, and Nick began to bark. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Harry made a star out of shiny silver cardboard and placed it on top of the tree with no need of a ladder, it was that puny. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then he jumps on the weblike rope ladder on the mainmast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Though I was safe on the ladder again, I was afraid to let go of my tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She squeezes into the tiny space where the ladder rises to the garret. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Silence reigned in the Pavilion of Thought, broken only by the wheels of ladders and the shush of pages turning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One ladder leads down to the next floor, and another heads up and up, as high as the roof. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Helena runs from room to room, slamming the doors, climbing the ladder, turning circles with her arms outstretched in the kitchen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I start up the ladder carrying the slop bucket carefully. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They would all begin shoving at once to see which could be the first to climb the ladders. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “Max, get them up the ladder,” I say. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I dropped the beers and scrambled up the ladder to the main deck. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Like the simplest of human tools—hammer, scythe, bellows, ladder, scissors—the function of the molecule can be entirely comprehended from its structure. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It's easy enough to wait around for the minute a man is safely buried and then stand on a ladder and smear the memory of everything he believed in. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Florida and Dallas scrambled up the ladder into the light, airy loft. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The ladder began a slow and steady descent to the floor—even though Kyle hadn’t pushed a button. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z And then here come my Jews, one by one down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help smiling as I climbed down the top ladder. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She began to plan all sorts of refinements: upper platforms to store food, a rope ladder, a barrier of thornbushes, a thatched roof to keep out rain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They retrieved their things with no problem, then started climbing down the ladder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a tall extension ladder in the barn, so they could reach all the damaged places. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The table is positioned right under the ladder of a fire escape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They slipped down the ladder and out the door. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Their master was too feeble to climb ladders; the middle-aged mistress too stout. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Serenity asks as I lower the attic door and unfold its ladder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We met a few minutes later at the end of the upstairs hallway, where a rectangle of ceiling pulled down to reveal a ladder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I passed along Tyler Reich’s insight—that Levittown was full of people who once felt a part of the middle class but had fallen down the ladder. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Harry climbed back down the ladder and the spiral staircase, wondering...had he just heard Professor Trelawney make a real prediction? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Finally we returned to the dead end and the ladder to the crypt. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They made a natural ladder and even provided places to sit and catch her breath. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him, a folding ladder rests against an empty bookshelf. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Some of the shelves were so tall they were only accessible by ladders and catwalks, which ran across the ceiling like theater scaffolding. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The lowest rung of the ladder is waist-high. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I took the wad of bills into my fist, hugged the piggy bank to my chest and charged up the ladder to my bunk. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I climb the ladder, pull myself over the ledge, dodge around various piles of junk. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The rope ladder was hooked over a branch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I see the next ladder leading up to the surface, I take my chances and pull myself up. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There was a ladder and a ledge of ample width to lie down on. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Bailey said that the cotton up North was so tall, if ordinary people tried to pick it they’d have to get up on ladders, so the cotton farmers had their cotton picked by machines. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the dock, I climbed down the ladder and got into the little dinghy we kept tied there. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Even if they built the strongest rope ladder in history, Frankie wasn’t sure how she’d be able to use it when she was weak and had only one usable arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Francesca came at eight thirty, carrying a cup of tea and dragging a small wooden ladder, the one she put out every year for the wishmakers. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The Russians and the Americans ran to the base of the ladder as the policeman descended with his discovery: “Two dead flies!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Men were standing, dark, at the entrance to the kiva; the ladder went down into tire red lighted depths. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s standing on a small ladder looking up at a big metal tube coming out of the ceiling. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Laila got her to play snakes and ladders, and they ate shavings from blocks of dark chocolate, one of the few things they shared a common taste for. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z "I hope he falls off a ladder at work." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Lynn and I climbed on a ladder to the top of the roof with two boxes of Kleenex. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She and I were painting an apartment, and he had offered the use of his twelve-foot ladder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Their ladders do not go all the way up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I dove overboard and swam to the ladder and climbed up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And he sure wanted to find those secret ladders. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z At the ladder I grip the sides and swing my feet up to the bottom rung. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fat and it was hard for him to get a job because he use to paint pepuls houses and he got very slow going up and down the ladder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, Minerva stood far back from the ladder, arms across her chest, kerchief tight around her fat face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I have someone to sit with—that counts as a step up on the ladder of social acceptability. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When the ladders had been taken away, the manager had twelve ice-cream cones brought in for the penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Just to be safe, she tied a new ball of string to the end of her rope ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I discovered he could climb a tall workman’s ladder—at first I found him following me as I climbed, but later he would go up without me if I asked him to. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A ladder led up from the top of the staircase. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Someone was coming down the ladder, holding something. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I motion for them to follow as I climb the short ladder and crawl into the attic. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Haukelid led the way down ladders to a hatch leading to the bilge—the ship’s lowest compartment. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They guided him to the dock and up the ladder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After Nailer and Nita were nearly thrown down into the train gap, they rode with their arms threaded through the ladders. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas came, too, behind Mama, but with a stern look Mama sent her back down the ladder. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They made their way to the side, the mud sucking at their boots, where a small metal ladder covered in chipped green paint hung. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Pong had now reached the end of the ladder. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I start to unpack my boxes, wondering whether there’s a kid in my room at this very moment, climbing up and down my ladder and putting his stuff in my cubbies. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “If we only had a ladder—” Buttercup began. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Someone has opened the door to the hallway, and since the hallway is empty, they must have gone up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I changed the light bulb while he held the ladder. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z An indoor ladder grew stilts, turned into stairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Gently Mama called her from the base of the ladder. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Bobby won a series of contests against weaker players, but as he progressed up the tournament ladder, he confronted stiffer opposition and started to lose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Parvati came back down the ladder glowing with pride. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I looked around the room for a ladder or something. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And there it was, a ladder bolted to the wall. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s a real pain to get them down the ladder, I tell you, and I don’t want them making a mess up here. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Whoever goes first will secure the ladder on the other side.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The silly girl has gone up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And new research on mobility, the movement of families up and down the economic ladder, shows there is far less of it than economists once thought and less than most people believe. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “It’s not like I had to learn. We had ladders at the Night Zoo.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Vendleri replaced the bulging ceiling tiles with eight new ones, then stepped from the ladder and stood back. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “After you,” said Ron, grinning, so Harry climbed the ladder first. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At last he felt something—a metal rod attached to the river wall, like the rungs of the ladder they had climbed down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He says, “No, no. It’s not how you built the ladder, Mason. It was sound. A good ladder. Until someone cut partway through the back of that rung.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Fortunately, there were eight hover ladders, one for each team, lined up under the three-story-tall bookcases. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Here’s the hex book and your glasses,” Valerie puffed, coming up the basement ladder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She had slept in her clothes, and scrambled down the loft ladder at once. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The cow mooed, and he recoiled, crouching and grabbing the ladder with both hands to steady himself. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "Neither do I, Doctor," said Vogel, climbing the ladder, "but the commander has given us orders. Insubordination will not help." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His hover ladder’s safety features had put him in a lockdown mode. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He said, Wasn’t it because you knew something was wrong with that ladder? The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z When he reached the top, the ladder was gone and so was he. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The players had set a ladder on the uppermost landing of the outside stairs, and several of them were now on the roof, beating at the smouldering thatch with their capes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She climbs the ladder to the second floor. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Delighted to be out of the hopper’s blackness, Lupita followed him up the ladder, through the turret, and down the exterior steps to the ground. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I remember Baba climbed halfway up the ladder, hopped back down and fished the snuffbox from his pocket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The hovercraft lands and Cinna and I go back to the ladder, only this time it leads down into a tube underground, into the catacombs that lie beneath the arena. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I looked down to see what Bronwyn was doing but instead caught a glimpse of Millard on the ladder below us, surrounded by curious flashlight fish. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They move with precision and silence, grabbing every belonging and disappearing up the ladder without disturbing the chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z George hopped up onto the ladder, with Phoebe and Aunt Daisy at his heels. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Then, we ask the new-free folks to, one by one, climb the ladder of the steeple and rub the bell with their left hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Kendra set the silver bowl in a protected corner and retrieved one of the ladders. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Owning a twelve-foot ladder in New York is a probable sign of success, as it means you most likely have enough room to store one. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When they shove him off the ladder, the weight of his body will jerk his neck against the noose. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She secured one end of her ladder to the nearest piece of scaffolding, lowered the rope into the cavern, and shinnied down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As a policeman began to unscrew the globe, he yelled down from the ladder that there was something in there. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On the third morning, Nhamo threw the bedding out and ventured down the swaying rope ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Boldly she began to climb down toward the ladder propped against the edge of the roof. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I put Helena and Dziusia to work, laying down hay and making a nesting place in the little hallway with the ladder, which will also help cover up the height of the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Given time, they could carve out a toehold for themselves up there, throwing up ramparts of their own and dropping ropes and ladders for thousands more to clamber over after them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He is climbing the ladder of a tree house. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The ladder was crude but sturdy, and after twenty feet it opened out onto a piece of level ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was almost relieved to hear Hannah’s voice at the foot of the ladder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The ladders that rose from one level of scaffold to the next had all the substance of matchsticks and imparted to the structure an aura of fragility. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She did not remember the rest of it, something about placing clay pot on top of clay pot to form a ladder to the sky. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no path here, the slope was steep and slippery with gravel, and Kate—unlike her pursuers—was dragging a ladder and carrying someone on her back. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Many lay trapped beneath the heavy ladders that had fallen. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I hear voices coming from the roof, and I climb the ladder to get to them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He pulled down the ladder to the roof. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He continued straight through, into an inner chamber, just missing a network of steel girders and maintenance ladders. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And soon there are people down the ladder and the room is full and he’s reminding everyone to be quiet for the millionth time, because we have an SS man living next door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z From on top my ladder, I stared down at Big Rose. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She braced her left leg hard against the cold metal of the ladder, took out the now familiar volume, and laid it gendy on the ladder top. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He wasn’t afraid of curses, ladders, or black cats, but he saw ghosts everywhere, and not just the ghost of the old woman now sleeping buried somewhere in the hard ground. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then she smiled up at Leo and Nico, who were watching her from the top of the ladder a hundred feet above. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You have a ladder, ma’am?” one of the young men asked. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Kyle looped the cables around his waist and tied the other end to the handrail of the hover ladder. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She seemed pathetically small beside the rushing wheels and the ladders that ran up the sides. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Without the dragon and Hazel’s horse to distract the archers, they never would have made it up the ladder; but finally they climbed past a row of broken aerial oars and onto the deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z From below the surface, he could see the woman let go of the bookshelf and grab the ladder. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The German shuts the wardrobe doors and hobbles away, and Marie-Laure stays on the bottom rung of the ladder for a count of forty. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “What is it? No, wait: let me guess. A ladder?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She crossed the room to the loft ladder, listening. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z There is a clear pattern at play: once a name catches on among high-income, highly educated parents, it starts working its way down the socioeconomic ladder. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “It says Benny fell from a ladder on that property and that a playmate of Benny’s found him.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z They asked me the word for a bunch of things like “ladder” and “chicken” and they wrote them down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I said thank you and climbed down the ladder. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The next door, opposite the sink and the stove, leads to a small hallway with a dirt floor and a ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In fact, she has to use a ladder even to get to the higher shelves. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As the adults ushered the children inside, with everyone staring back and pointing, the ground crew clambered up the ladders in the mast and prepared to attach the mooring cables. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As Annabeth hung in the air, descending hand over hand with the ladder swinging wildly, she thanked Chiron for all those years of training on the climbing course at Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I suppose. For now. You may climb down your ladder to New Rome, daughter of Athena. Please try not to destroy my town.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I gotta have a tall stool or a step- ladder or something. Then I could do the top kitchen cabinets, too.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Nhamo climbed down the ladder, hooked it out of harm’s way, and, greeted by only one or two outraged oo-AA-hoos, trailed after the creatures. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As she climbed "up" the ladder to the center of the ship, the centripetal force on her diminished to zero. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know how to choose what’s good for you. So, are you going to put the ladder away?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of habit, she gazed up toward the ceiling, as if she might see her father there on his ladder, tinkering with the sprinkler system, the temperature gauges, and the lights. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They chatter, all flushed and breathless, climbing a ladder that’s going nowhere. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When Ilse and Karin are gone and Helena is asleep, I creep out of the bed and go painfully up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But he knew if he climbed down the ladder and waded back into the sea, he would never find his way out again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One day, however, Old Tallow unexpectedly appeared at the top of the ladder. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He set out, visiting the work sites, tying down ladders, packing up tools, brushes, loose tiles, Sheetrock. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I paddled over to the ladder and hauled myself out of the pool and leaped into my father’s open arms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, Mr. Finney came around the back of the house and climbed up the ladder. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Helena takes the chickens out to the yard, one of the Krajewska boys comes to chase them, and Max creates a chain of hands to pass the wood up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I have, thought Lazlo, pushing off to send his ladder rolling along its tracks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We were awakened and scrambled to the ladders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The ladder groaned beneath my weight but held, and within moments my feet were on worn floorboards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A ladder is a support; it’s also a way up. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Canst thou climb the ladder or wilt go pickaback? Tis a great height, but there are resting places.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z As soon as they’re gone, Max comes down the ladder with a slip of paper. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Everything was loaded except Queenie—the sergeant offered her a hand up the ladder to the rear cockpit. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He has no rope ladder, but he says he’ll make one, if he can get some rope. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Down the ladder to one hundred, then back up to four. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Someone— Luke perhaps—had left the short ladder in place. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure I built that ladder right. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z We were inside the servants’ quarters, which was really more of a toolshed added on to the back of the house, full of wooden ladders, buckets of old paint, turpentine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Before anyone can stop me, I make a dash for an access ladder and begin to scale it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A ladder leads to the sleeping loft, and I climb up, crawl in. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z June marched right over to the ladder and planted a foot on the bottom rung. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “We start with the ladder, and then the floor.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They suggested that the worst thing that could possibly happen to an American was to topple from his perch on the class ladder, as happens to poor Hurstwood in Dreiser’s Sister Carrie. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Now, what is all this,” the Prince replied, stepping past the dead beast, mounting the ladder out of the pit. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z What about issuing stickers printed with the words “This apostrophe is not necessary”? What about telling people to shin up ladders at dead of night with an apostrophe-shaped stencil and a tin of paint? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z As soon as we were off the ladder, we slid to the ground, out of breath. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She fetched the short ladder from the shed and propped it against one of the two south windows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “It is queer to see the painters at work on ladders & scaffolds in this heavy rain,” Olmsted wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But if you make the basketball team, you move up the social ladder. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z We will watch Captain Smith climb up the ladder to the gallows, watch them slip the noose around his neck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The ladder led to a maintenance deck stacked with yellow lifeboats. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I screamed, “Go/” and leapt onto the ladder, the last one to climb it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But I was not much for using the ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I scampered up the ladder to the Club House roof. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There were ladder slats nailed to the trunk of the tree. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The one they had was a crumbling white beast, long-suffering but dependable, filled with ladders and wood and rattling with loose screws and brushes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They were shining through all the gases, above the tubing and the tanks and ladders. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Fernando whoops when the ladder hits the Erudite window across the alley. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Fie scales the ladder quickly enough, but as soon as he’s on the platform high above everyone else, his face goes white. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They scooted the ladders over and repeated the process. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Christina marches into the classroom with a ladder under her arm, the others behind her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then they came down from the ladders and the procession started down the hill again, Miss Fannie shouldering the ladders, Miss Annie jangling her empty pail of glue. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z As I reached for the angel, the fifteen-foot ladder swayed a bit, but I slipped the decoration into place. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z No worry about getting poorer, falling down the ladder. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z They were, in fact, in the fifth boat, the lowest rung on the ladder and the last place in which anyone would expect to see serious contenders for next spring’s first varsity rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Seven feet in the air, I almost fell off my ladder. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z To do this, he had to run up and down a ladder attached to a huge machine, and push a variety of buttons that made gigantic cranes move like mechanical dinosaurs to lift the bundles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The ladder jerks to the left, and then, as I move my right foot forward, I miss the edge of the rung. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Hampton’s student body ranged from youngsters taking their family’s first step onto the ladder of social mobility to the scions of the Talented Tenth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As soon as they do, I scramble up the ladder and onto the next landing on the fire escape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Too bad, George thought, that there wasn’t time to sneak in and see the escape ladders. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The man comes down the ladder and makes a note on his clipboard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The part of the sail we see looks like a ladder. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Observers on higher platforms bustled up and down ladders. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They sprint alongside the train and reach for the ladders on the freight cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The door swung down, and a wooden ladder clattered into place. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The head of a ladder had been thrust through the window and had burst in the frame. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At one point, we climbed up the ladder to the ramp at the top of the jungle gym and waited in line to go down the tall slide. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Jackson would provide a ladder to set up behind the backdrop for Charlotte to appear from above. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The hover ladder lifted off the floor and gently glided up to the M section of the fiction wall. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I was a scholarship boy at the time, busily laddering my way up the rungs of education. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Step called from his perch at the top of a ladder. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He remembers the overheated dance hall from the entrance exams four years before: ladder nailed to the wall, crimson flag with its white circle and black cross below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then he was setting his brush on the edge of the paint can balanced on the ladder’s little tray and climbing down. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I climbed up to the next step of my ladder so I could reach the top of Blaze Tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Traveling feet-first along the ladder, he soon had to grip it in earnest as the centripetal force of the rotating ship took hold. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A ladder leaned against one bookcase to reach the topmost titles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A wooden ladder led down from the cabin roof. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fire Marshal Murphy and two other firemen on the ground climbed a ladder to retrieve Fitzpatrick. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Dancers spin onstage, kids wander in and out, and parents stand on tall ladders, hanging a huge Bayanihan banner from the rafters. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I pulled myself slowly up the ladder, and then Bronwyn, Emma and I broke the surface just enough to breathe and talk while Millard stayed safe a few feet below, the tube all to himself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You have to tell me why it’s bad luck to walk under a ladder.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She was having more trouble on the ladder than Caroline, for, in addition to a large purse, she was trying to negotiate a huge shopping bag. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And let’s face it, if the rumor had made it down to my lowly rung on the ladder, you had to figure it was all over the school. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Some cities sent steamers and ladder wagons, others sent badly needed hose and fresh firefighters. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “Snakes and ladders!” yelled the Head of the Fire Department. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z They would use the ladder as a sort of gurney. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I bowed low to the captain, then looked down the ladder. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He shuts down the saw and wriggles through the raw hole, up the ladder behind it, and into the garret. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We scrambled and pushed each other, struggling to be the first one up the ladder at the back of the boat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I was afraid Father would come up so I slipped away from the top of the stairs and began to climb the ladder up to the loft. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed a large brick schoolhouse with big windows and children climbing on little ladders and swinging on swings. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The metal ladder had rusted, which made it easy to grip. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He says, “And you know how Benny fell down from that ladder. Right?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Together they climbed the ladder into the dim, stifling tower room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was an easy tree for a boy to climb, leaning as it did, crooked, the branches so close together they almost made a ladder, slanting right up to the roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I move closer to the window so I can tell him to stop if I see the ladder slip. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She nodded once, more to herself than Redd, then climbed down the ladder just as a horrendous roar erupted from the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z For a second, she stood there, still clutching the ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z You see, in America’s ladder of races, Jewish is white but also some rungs below white. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The spectacles fall, hit the edge of the ladder, and topple to the pavement. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z If I walked under a leaning ladder, I would certainly have bad luck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As he climbed slowly up Frodo passed many flets: some on one side, some on another, and some set about the bole of the tree, so that the ladder passed through them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Without giving time for another doubt to creep in, she grabbed the ladder and scurried up it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The girl crawls into the wardrobe and climbs a ladder and comes back down clutching a dented tin can. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ben felt a slight quivering in his thighs as though sinew had turned to gelatin; his knees felt vulnerable, even collapsible, the higher up the ladder he went. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood in line at the base of the ladder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "In bed," her mom said, helping Eleanor up the ladder to her bunk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He sprang up, ran, and went up the ladder like a cat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z That's where the dinghy would be tied, I supposed, and one would climb to it from the ladder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He climbs a ladder to get it and hears a loud buzz from overhead. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Around him, the leather-bound tomes of the Temple of Lkossa’s library seemed to reach into the heavens, stacked so high that some shelves required ladders to reach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A rope ladder hung over the side except when Henri was at home. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it was not the best ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Sally was waiting behind me on the ladder. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Down snaked a ladder that was outlined in pretty lights like a Ferris wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Knot hurled a rope ladder grapple up over the rail, then rushed up the side with Vine close behind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I was nauseated by the smell of burning flesh, which turned out to be my own as I climbed up the hot ladder,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As I cling to the rope ladder, a chill goes through me that has nothing to do with the blustering wind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I lurch toward the opposite windowsill just as the ladder slips off. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Nice,” she says, walking over so that Alexander’s tree house looms over us, the ladder at our fingertips. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z If he was lucky, maybe there was a ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “There’s something that needs doing in our neighborhood. Any way we can borrow a fire truck? The big one with the ladder?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Matt helped Chacho climb down a metal ladder into the tank. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, the tightrope lady fell off the wire in the same way, and the audience gasped in the same way and applauded with the same enthusiasm when she climbed back up the tall ladder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The helicopter is now parked out back, and my father is already halfway up the ladder on his way to the roof. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z One of the men—he introduced himself as Dave—climbed a ladder to inspect my hollows. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I stepped onto the ladder and grabbed hold of the rail. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It landed squarely on top of his head and sent him tumbling backward down the ladder, in the process knocking Jillson down as well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I hold Helena’s hand while they climb, slowly, rung by rung, up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z If this whole ladder business were ever presented to you at all, you would probably say, “Since everybody can't leave La Saline, let's stay in La Saline and try to make things better for everybody.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My father began to climb down a plastic ladder hanging from the bottom of the helicopter. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Hearing Blake's signal, he tossed a homemade nylon rope ladder over the wall. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As she put weight on the ladder, Zeitoun positioned his shoulders under it and pushed up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The ladders belonged to an enterprising Sherpa from the village of Gorak Shep who turned a nice profit by renting them out each season. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z By climbing the ladder, I released his hands, first one, then the other. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The booth was on the roof of the track, up a twelve-foot ladder, but it wasn’t the climb that worried her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if they didn’t know what book they were looking for, they knew it wasn’t in any of the Dewey decimal rooms now that the hover ladders had more or less been declared game pieces. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z If Sass tried to tell him of problems in the house, he would silently climb up onto the roof of the house, pull the ladder up after himself, and resume his chants. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Wearily Sanjeev followed at the back of the crowd, to point out the location of the ladder, but Twinkle had already found it on her own. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And if she had started up that ladder, I would have followed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Max lets me push him away, and I knock down the planks that make the little door, nearly falling down the ladder to get to the bottom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They were like the rungs of a ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She moved everything to the platform and began working on her ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dear Anna, We will live in a home built at the top of the world’s tallest ladder.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z To him, American society is a “ladder with lots and lots of rungs.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Sure enough, she was standing there, taking in the whole scene: Nathan on his ladder, me nearby questioning him, Lily on the chaise. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The priest invites me and we climb down a ladder to the small boat with the First Officer and the Wireless Officer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z True story, Grand daddy asked the nurse if they had a ladder. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t see where the others went, but I know when I see blood drip between the rungs of the ladder that it was not a good place. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “The front door goes here, the ladder to the sleeping loft there, and this corner’s the special reading nook. I bet you didn’t know you could fit so much into the smallest space, huh?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Zeitoun held the ladder while the two young men steadied it against the boat, ready to receive her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For those who moved on, they were steps on a ladder. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Across the room I saw Big Rose shuffle down to the floor from the top of her ladder. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The ladder didn’t even creak when she started climbing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z From the back window, I watched Mrs. Finney climb a ladder placed against the garage. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Crosby led her back in and she started up the ladder, the wind snapping her dress around her legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But now when he left home, I felt like that little three-year-old I once was, when he would climb down the ladder at school to fix the well. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around June, who was crying so hard that Ivy almost couldn’t hear Dr. Somerset, and led her down the ladder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On the lowest rung of the ladder and in most cases the youngest kids on the team, were the corner boys. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He begins to climb the ladder along the side of the robot. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Lolo holds the ladder steady against the trunk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Madeline locks our harnesses to suspending hooks, and we climb a ladder up to a plank that looks like a diving board except we’re only about six feet above the floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Josh was standing on a ladder, but he could not reach the tip of the tree. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When I reached the third floor, I found Mr. Vendleri holding a ladder steady in the middle of the hall. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z My father is usually on a ladder hammering away at the roof when he’s not tinkering with the chopper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She scampered up, swung her body around, and climbed down like it was a ladder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They pinned themselves between the ladders, perched precariously above the blurred ground and slept in nodding shifts that broke off at abrupt moments when the train jerked forward or slammed to a slower speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She was so busy rereading and wondering, her curiosity speeding up her heart, she didn’t hear the soft footfalls climbing the ladder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They walked along for some way in the shadow of the mesa, rounded a projection, and there, in a water worn ravine, was the way up the companion ladder. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle stayed on his direct trajectory to Flora and Ulysses, but within seconds, his hover ladder’s infrared collision sensors picked up the approach of Marjory’s platform. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She was there when the sun, climbing higher, dropped a sunbeam straight though the skylight, like a ladder to heaven she was more than eager to climb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Kids are everywhere, taping paper chain to the walls, and custodians are atop tall ladders, covering the higher, harder to reach places. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z At first it seemed all hollow and singular, but by the last fading light of the moonless sky we caught the outline of a ladder on the far wall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The only way up the Purina Tower is the steel ladder built into the side, and there seem to be about twenty-five thousand steps. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I start a fire in the stove with some lumber scraps we find behind the ladder in the little hallway. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When it is fully dark, Marie-Laure follows her great-uncle up the stairs, through the sixth-floor room, and up the ladder into the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baylor's son looked down at me from his ladder and smiled. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Ray ran to a ladder propped against the house and started climbing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “That’s okay, don’t talk. We’re almost safe now—you, me, and the Lady,” Petra said soothingly She took off her jacket, wrapped Calder in it, and started quickly down the ladder to get help. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Papa carried the wooden ladder from the barn and leaned it against the hay. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z As each person climbed back down the silver ladder, the rest of the class hissed, “What did she ask? Was it okay?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He was running as fast as he could over the uneven ground, and still the ladders whipped past him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of the migrants bolt down the ladders, trying to escape the noxious haze. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Kit clambered down the ladder and stood for the second time on the alien shore that was to be her home. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Tell her I’ll find her there,” I say, and go down the ladder like he hasn’t spoken. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t make any promises, but I finally convinced Tyson to say his farewells and grab hold of the ladder! The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then Pa put the roof back again, climbed down the ladder, and said to Laura: “Run over to the chopping block and fetch me some of those green hickory chips—new, clean, white ones.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They get so tall that the man in the picture was picking 'em way at the top of a ladder. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The museum’s various levels were comprised of vast caverns linked by a network of subterranean streets, tunnels, staircases, elevators, escalators, ladders, slides, trapdoors, and secret passageways. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hugo had to climb up a long dark staircase and slither through an opening in the ceiling at the top of a ladder to get inside them. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z And then Max is coming fast down the ladder with that heavy plank of wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Pulling myself back onto the ladder, I looked around to a town blessedly dark. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A tiny ladder ran from the ground to a small porch encircling the tank. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Her hover ladder stuttered to a stop, then shot sideways at a forty-five-degree angle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Boards had been nailed into the tree to form a ladder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But that ladder was not broken at suppertime when I jumped down from the tree fort. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Then she was gone in a flash, climbing down the ladder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Soon, many hands pick me up and lead me to a rope ladder hanging off the side of a larger boat floating alongside ours. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a ring in the wall, and an iron ladder descending to the water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My throat tightens, and I start climbing up the next ladder. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Behind them they had deposited a jumble of equipment: odd-shaped metal bars, pulleys, wooden structures that looked like ladders, other pieces of wood that resembled small logs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a short ledge that circled the bottom, but it didn’t give him enough of a boost to reach the ladder. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Men in gray robes rode upon wheeled ladders, seeming to float through the air, scrolls flapping behind them like wings as they rolled from shelf to shelf. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Grandma strolled over and took the ladder in both hands. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He carried wood for me, climbed the ladder so I didn’t have to, shared his plums, and defended me in front of his mother. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As both ladders fell there were scenes of mass chaos. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She swung up the ladder and shoved the flames into Rumpy’s face. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning in 1934, he was perched atop a ladder, testing the electrical tuning coil of Sloan’s X-ray machine by poking at it with a wooden yardstick fitted with a nail at the end. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But if he runs too slowly, the ladder will yank him forward and send him sprawling. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And I watch his shiny boots step one rung at a time up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Neil, first down the ladder and therefore the first human to step on another planet, found he had no difficulty at all in walking on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the back, almost hidden against the wall, iron rungs led upward - a ladder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z An almost naked Indian was very slowly climbing down the ladder from the first-floor terrace of a neighboring house—rung after rung, with the tremulous caution of extreme old age. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab two of the candles and scurry up the ladder. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z After climbing the ladder up to the deck, Amari gasped with astonishment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Each support is only as wide as my shoulders, and there are no railings to hold me in, but climbing a ladder is better than climbing the spokes of the wheel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We, too, had an iron balcony with a straight ladder suspended halfway to the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Still clutching the burning shingle, I made my way up the ladder to the top of the cistern, whispering a breathless thanks to whoever had left it open to the sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I walk under ladders like it’s no one’s business.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z |
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