| 单词 | armed |
| 例句 | They had cooks and drivers, and guards who occupied a gatehouse, armed with machetes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Three armed tribesmen approached, and asked what the boy and the alchemist were doing there. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The host of the Horned King was like the body of an armed giant restlessly stirring. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z There were more than a hundred of them, all armed to the teeth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Finally, at the climax of a twelve-day manhunt that had gripped the nation, a heavily armed patrol of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry had cornered Lincoln’s assassin! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo remembered the time he had met the Hunters of Artemis—a bunch of cute lithe girls in silvery clothes, all armed with bows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I glanced at the armed demigod behind Tux Dude. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Within seconds the door of the stateroom opened and two uniformed crew members came in, armed with nightsticks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mass action in this case was a middle course between armed struggle and negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the only way to get out of Freetown without being killed by the armed men and boys of the new government, who hated it when people left the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Apparently it was that first spontaneous outburst, though they had come armed and prepared with the ones they did throw. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z To dine and leave immediately were the orders of the moment: alone and without guides, but armed to the teeth we crossed the fields ... the Temple appeared to us at last ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve heard the men say that there are dissidents everywhere—even among the armed forces and policemen and cabinet members—just waiting for a signal that El Jefe is out of the way. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It wasn’t quite as dramatic a showing, though, since instead of a tree he’d armed himself with a leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A flight of angels, armed with spears and swords, had emerged from the Clouded Mountain to meet the witches head-on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Apparently, everybody in Isihlangu had come to witness the commotion, and all of them were armed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As we emerged from the cells, each of the accused was accompanied by two armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For five days and nights, news coverage of burning buildings, tanks, and armed troops focused on American streets, not Vietnamese villages and jungles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Ah,” said Botticelli, “you are armed. How charming.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But that was an utterly conventional kind of war: two heavily armed and organized forces meeting and fighting in an open battlefield. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Charles Guiteau sat on his regular bench in Lafayette Park, armed with his loaded pistol. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Under armed escort, the saboteurs were transported to the Department of Justice. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z What if his country needed him to prevent some other armed conflict? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z How did he break into this bank in ten seconds, with four armed guards at the back entrance? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z From this comes the fact that all armed prophets were victorious and the unarmed came to ruin. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d like to think that I wasn’t the type of person to be easily intimidated by other kids—even the ones that were taller, stronger, or better armed than I was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There were more desperate armed men here, roaming the beach and robbing anyone carrying money or gold, even food, as they tried to escape. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But in general she preferred to assume that her children were smart enough to make their own decisions, that the school had armed them well with knowledge. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The rest seemed to be armed with spears and mauls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Zeitoun still feared getting near his office on Dublin—the armed men were likely still nearby—so he and Nasser had no set itinerary this day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The women on Calle Madrid are bare- armed in tight, sleeveless blouses. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With that, the sculpture was not only beautifully accessorized, she was fully armed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The man, who was armed with a .44-caliber, snub-nosed English Bulldog, was named A. W. Comstock, and he was a local attorney and the guardian of several Osage Indians. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The armed ranks of the horde were formed up in the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The pumice rock minefield was dotted with stubborn weeds armed with sharp thistles, which poked up through the cheap layer of thin black plastic under the brick- colored lava bits. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “We’ll post a guard here at the rocket and go armed, just in case.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned to the armed rats who guarded the sickroom. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I don’t want to remember the woman pulling off her wedding ring and pushing her baby forward, toward the armed guard. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As he puts on his coat and cap he can practically feel Victory at his side when he sets out, armed, to find Dorcas. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For the inhabitants of the desert are well trained and well armed against desolation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only then, when all other forms of resistance were no longer open to us, that we turned to armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With him rode a dozen mounted warriors armed with spears and swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Watched over by armed soldiers during the week, they left the briefing room only for meals and sleep. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "The Lannisters are liars every one, and the dwarf is the worst of them. The killer was armed with his own knife." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was about to give Joana’s suitcase to Poet when an armed sentry corralled us into line. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The red priestess armed herself with a pinch of each of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was standing up, but Fang was still on his knees, gasping, when Faith came back, armed with a bottle of water and a paper bag. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Wooden crates, similar to so many I had carefully belted and fastened, stood in stacked rows, surrounded by armed guards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “A sword for you too, Sam? Well, I don’t know about that. Your mum and dad might not want you going about armed to the teeth.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At present he is a resident of the Mississippi State Prison in Parchman, Mississippi, where he is serving a thirty-year sentence for armed robbery. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Four horsemen armed with muskets blocked our way. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From the armory came a clatter of shields and swords, as the latest lot of boys and raw recruits armed themselves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What I didn’t know was that the hippie’s own quarters were properly heated, and that the students who had lived there in the past had come there well armed with space heaters and electric blankets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind him came a motley rabble of about thirty men armed with sticks and rocks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Since all of your subjects cannot be armed, when those you arm receive benefits, you can deal more securely with the others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Three dark men, one armed with a bow, the others with knives; and as she turned, the bowman caught his breath. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We needed to have another meeting with the district attorney, Tommy Chapman, but this time we’d be going in armed with a court order to turn over police and prosecutorial files. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the scaffold stand four hand-selected members of the armed forces. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She made the mistake of glancing over the rail and saw armed legionnaires closing ranks in the forum, preparing flaming arrows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was risky to travel with a big or fancy bag, as armed men would think that you were carrying something valuable and would possibly shoot you. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Just as Joe Slovo had taken the initiative concerning the suspension of the armed struggle, he again took the lead in making another controversial proposal: a government of national unity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The armed men frisked me head to toe, patted my legs, felt my crotch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Plunging “eighteen feet,” he had raced away, pursued by “two columns” of armed guards, who had tackled and beat him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z In the history book there was an image of scantily clad Africans, their heads down, being marched off a boat under the watchful eyes of white men armed only with walking sticks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The rain was nothing but a heavy mist by the time we set sail, armed with a shovel and canvas bags to carry back whatever we might find, even if it was only woadwaxen. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In another bout, two men armed only with short swords fought each other until one was laid low—whether dead or not, Aurelia couldn’t tell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Laertes armed as well, and so did Dolios— greybeards, they could be fighters in a pinch. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Silently each one stood, armed with a stout staff. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On either side of him stood two armed security guys, some of the mortal mercenaries I'd seen in D.C. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He kissed her hand, because he was armed and dirty with blood and covered with metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We were trapped between a monster and a fully armed helicopter. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then her son Alfred called from prison, saying he’d finally be going on trial right after the conference, and the charges now included armed robbery and attempted murder. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She is a pale, round moth, dusted with eggshell foundation, armed for the day with her banker’s briefcase, purse and remote starter for the leased SUV. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z These crews—always, in my experience, made up of young black men—were watched over by tough- looking armed COs wearing wide-brimmed hats and leather boots, their pants tucked in at the top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But an official came here, along with a troop of armed men. They say the youth is very dangerous. He’s been declared a wolf’s head. There’s a twenty-shilling reward for his taking dead or alive.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The group was now lightly but effectively armed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It described how one man went to prison for armed robbery, but more than one person said they saw him somewhere else, not at the crime scene. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Five hundred armed police surrounded the Drill Hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We see from experience that only princes and republics armed with their own troops make very great progress, and that mercenaries cause nothing but damage. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It was during this Red Summer that black Americans, for the first time, mounted armed resistance against mobs of whites who were determined to oppress them and deny them their rights. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She knew Jesper was well armed and could take care of himself, but between his lanky frame and Zemeni skin, he was just too noticeable for comfort. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Facing the hooves of a rearing stallion is scary enough, but when it’s a centaur, armed with a bow and whooping it up in a soda-drinking hat, even the bravest warrior would retreat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But by nine-thirty in the morning all the armed units in the country were under the command of officers sympathetic to the coup. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Some time between midnight and dawn I was awakened by strangers, informed that I was under arrest, and taken by an armed guard to the Kundershaden Prison. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A swarm of peasants armed with pitchforks stormed across the screen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z An armed guard with a grim expression let us in at the wrought-iron gate. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “The man was his son, whom Mr. Eng had not seen since his arrest, and who now was in prison himself for armed robbery. ‘It was the worst moment of my life,’ Mr. Eng recalled. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we left the coffee farm, we unexpectedly ran into another armed group at a soccer field adjoining the ruins of what had once been a village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But now she was aware of the powerful fighter plane in the sky above her, fully armed and more than four times faster than her flimsy Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Without proper sanitation, disease swept through Durham’s slums like an armed invader, carrying off the young, the old, and the weak. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Trolls were abroad, no longer dull-witted, but cunning and armed with dreadful weapons. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He sent them packing the next day armed with their charts and five quarts of shinny in their saddlebags—two apiece and one for the Governor. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “There are some marsh soldiers,” said the knight, “cantering after us. Look behind. They are armed cap-ft-pie.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His pride had prevented him from making contact with the armed groups in the interior of the country until the leaders of the party publicly rectified their declaration that he was a bandit. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A group of armed vehicles stopped moving forward, and under covering fire, turned laboriously and moved back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There had been an armed robbery in the block of flats next to theirs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They began to climb as armed legionnaires flooded into the forum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The armed forces were there to uphold the democratic process, and all was peaceful on a spring day more sprightly and sunny than usual. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get back to camp, Peeta’s sitting in a circle with the soldiers from 13, who are armed but talking openly with him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Now armed with a steady job, he set out to rebuild our former life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They were armored with bronze helmets and greaves and breastplates of heavy leather and shields of wood and bronze, and armed with swords and the long Kargish lance. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z When he put the phone down and looked toward the front porch, he saw a group of men, all of them armed, bursting into the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Do you mean that he is impersonating a member of the armed forces of this country?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An archer so armed can outrange any wooden bow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Churches hire armed guards to ensure peaceful services. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Though the Crepuscule was armed with but sixteen guns, the noise of their detonation was great, and as we labored to stand in the darkness, cannon blasts quaked the whole ship from strake to stringer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Cabey had been arrested previously for armed robbery, Canty for theft. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Others crawled with armed men who eyed them with suspicion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She knew Geels would have his crew of heavily armed Black Tips gathered at the western entrance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Four heavily armed guards inform me that I am to be taken to headquarters for questioning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A mile of men, armed and coming, the earth shuddering with their movement, with the sound of the guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood gravely in their plumed helmets, spurred and armed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Three Wise Masters led the procession from the Yellow City, each with his own armed retinue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Dr. King is in our living room, and you want to sit here contemplating armed revolution? I don’t think so.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Then, at Mr. P’s, she armed herself with a fabulous array of candy. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Five years ago, Uncle Arthur arrived unannounced wearing a tool belt and armed with a power drill. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I take this opportunity to congratulate officers and men of our armed forces for their gallantry and bravery, which have earned for them the admiration of the whole world. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This was a fish built to feed on all the fishes in the sea, that were so fast and strong and well armed that they had no other enemy. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn he started with a chosen few and for the first time a boat filled with armed men floated on the Tiber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe then he’d hire somebody to keep it clean, or an armed guard to stop people from plugging up the toilet, smoking, or writing on the walls. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Morrison carried the cases past armed guards and into the building. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, however, Morgan had become convinced by Bateson’s evidence; it was hard to argue against “Mendel’s bulldog,” who came armed with charts of data. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After Boipatong, there were those in the NEC who said, “Why did we abandon the armed struggle? We should abandon negotiations instead; they will never advance us to our goal.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We have all got arms, even for me a large-bore revolver; Jonathan would not be happy unless I was armed like the rest. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Gold cloaks, most of them, armed with spears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z An armed man in a red headband shot her in the head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We had been engaged in the armed struggle for more than two decades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Poachers from Uganda had been coming over Mount Elgon and shooting anything that moved, including people, and now the Kenyan government required that visitors to Mount Elgon be accompanied by armed guards. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They warned him that an armed struggle was an extremely grave undertaking and they questioned whether the liberation movement had matured sufficiently to justify such an endeavor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only men we see are the male guardians with the women, and soldiers of the Syrian Armed Forces patrolling the streets in armed vehicles and trucks, guns at the ready. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The sight was of three knights fully armed, galloping for their lives, with a single knight in pursuit of than. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A long search through the captain’s telescope had shown no signs of life whatsoever, but John Faa planned to take half a dozen armed men ashore just in case. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And those who knew were like a handful of naked soldiers before an armed battalion. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The hall of the floor was lined with more than a dozen armed guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The strangest sight was the old giant Thoon, who was getting bludgeoned to death by three old ladies with brass clubs - the Fates, armed for war. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Fannie knew the sheriff’s deputies doubled as Lewis Hicks’s armed thugs. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z On the armed forces: “The important thing is that we’re doing the right thing by our troops. And that’s why we’ve increased the spending on equipment dramatically over these last few years.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Most were armed only with staves and short swords, but one man of imposing stature held a crossbow leveled at us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Each one of our little crew was armed and ready to fight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We were led inside and sat on benches, surrounded by sixteen armed guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That, too, would be self-defeating because the armed struggle, at least in the beginning, would not be the centerpiece of the movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bomb was armed—and set to explode in twenty minutes. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By the litter walk eight guards armed with “foray guns,” also relics of a more barbaric past but not empty ones, being loaded with pellets of soft iron. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z On both sides of the fence were armed guards dressed in green uniforms. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Gluck was armed with an incredibly heavy musket, a singleshot museum piece with an octagonal barrel and a smooth bore. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Helene—alive—shoves through the doors at my back, fully armed and without a hair out of place. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He was heavily armed—an air rifle in one hand, a wooden dagger in the other. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I suppose that next year I won’t be able to get over here at all without an armed guard escorting me all the way.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys commandeered them at once, a new idea springing fully armed from their heads as soon as they had seen the animals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they’d be escorted back to Engels by armed fighter planes ready to protect them if the enemy tried to shoot them down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was the reality and the threat of the armed struggle that had brought the government to the verge of negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother, armed with a scropbrush and a piece of Lifebuoy soap, purged me of years and years of grime till I ached and bled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew what was all over the wire; he was certain I’d be armed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably the newcomer is armed, but I’m betting she won’t risk letting me hear the click that would mean my death was imminent, knowing I would instantly kill her companion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The horses were being led by a strange man, an armed man pretty handsomely dressed like an upper slave in a great family. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “It is a lot to believe. Jason is coming back with a bunch of Greek demigods? You say they’re going to appear in the sky in a heavily armed warship, but we shouldn’t be worried.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I hear Amar’s voice, speaking to the armed guards, but I don’t know what he’s saying. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He had only fifty poorly armed men with a ration of twenty cartridges apiece. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “A brigade of Chicago gorillas armed with Tommy guns might be able to get to Seabiscuit—after shooting down everybody on the lot,” said Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "But you don't get a company of two hundred horse and horsemen watered and victualed and armed and saddled and started all in a minute. Now: what's our direction? Due North?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The Swiss are extremely well armed and are very free. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m armed and—entirely dangerous and seriously advise you— He realizes his wand is the wrong way around and turns it right. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The legionaries might be armed and organized in the same manner as Unsullied ... but the eunuchs knew no other life, whereas the Ghiscari were free citizens who served for three-year terms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They formed a snarling mob, armed with branches, rocks, even shopping carts, and tried to encircle the chariot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I know that with everyone running around armed and scared right now, it could be anybody. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the silence, with the air still scented with exploded powder, collectors accompanied by armed guards went to each ticket booth and collected the accumulated silver, three tons of it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Imagine, if you can, three million armed soldiers and an army of tanks and guns and bomber aircraft, all hurling themselves in a ferocious attack across the United States from Maine to Florida. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On November 19 of that year, a ship carrying 500 Maori armed with guns, clubs, and axes arrived, followed on December 5 by a shipload of 400 more Maori. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were armed with glaives—long poles with sharp blades attached—as well as bows. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It leaped into all their minds that the Black Wings had spied them and had sent armed soldiers to seize them: no speed seemed too great for these terrible servants of Sauron. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z No faun would look so purposeful walking up to an armed group of Romans in the middle of the night. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He verified that Haitian army soldiers were shooting armed demonstrators, entering urban hospitals and threatening staff, sometimes executing patients. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The mob, armed and hungry to attack, was just waiting for their first victim to step off that bus. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The line of police parted, and the Governor stepped out in front of them, flanked by the armed guards of his estate. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z His heels were armed with spurs, and he heard every word they said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Fourteen young women were in charge of keeping all the 586th’s Yaks armed and flying. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Ashish had been in before Max, to assure them that he was armed and ready with the music. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And to hinder Germany from starting another war, the treaty reduced their armed forces, which caused more jobs to be lost. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Below, on the overcrowded sidewalks, more than two and a half million people, armed with beach chairs, picnic baskets, and thermoses, solemnly watched hundreds of floats pass by. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z For the king was to ride forth as soon as the men of the town and those dwelling near could be armed and assembled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was the withered corpse of a man—a warrior fully armed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I can't help but notice that none of the Negroes are armed,” I murmur. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z His small and poorly armed force was scattered in less than a week. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Over the course of the next 15 years, New Zealand was convulsed by the so-called Musket Wars, as musketless tribes either acquired muskets or were subjugated by tribes already armed with them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nick was armed with a real rapier, now—blunted, of course. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Mom, please. There are tons of people outside. Besides, there are so many armed Exclusion Guards around, it’s not like I can get mugged.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Ten days after a joint communique by the government and the opposition announced the end of the war, there was news of the first armed uprising of Colonel Aureliano Buendía on the western border. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He had noticed that, in the midst of the multitude of armed men back at the encampment, there had been one who stared fixedly at the two. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They burst forth from the orchard, most armed with scythes and grubbing hoes, one with a fowling-piece. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In fact, most of the enemy seemed to be armed with some kind of fiery weapon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The huge plants of the U. S. Robot & Mechanical Men Corporation was a hive that spawned armed guards. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He clapped his hands and gave orders to the armed dwarfs, then turned to the companions. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z From above, the flap of wings made Aru rear back and shout, “Stay back, Sleeper, I’m armed and dangerous!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As President Lincoln had hoped, Garfield energetically supported the armed forces in the Union's efforts to end the Civil War. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At the docks, surrounded by armed guards, we were hustled into a windowless truck. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was no matter for jests, though; it appeared that these Antler Men had armed several hundred followers, to seize the Old Gate once battle was joined, and admit the enemy to the city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They’d dug in with their usual military precision - ten-foot-deep trenches and spiked earthen walls around the perimeter, a watchtower on each corner armed with ballistae. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Others joined different branches of the armed forces. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Warren McCleskey was a black man facing the death penalty for killing a white police officer during an armed robbery in Georgia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her brother had been in the National Guard, and she knew how they were armed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The servants armed themselves, and all three took their stand beside the master of battle. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The docks at Cape Town were swarming with armed police and nervous plainclothes officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For by any law of any land a man caught exciting to armed rebellion might be shot. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All was done with what seemed to be ease and leisure, as if it were the armed man who was powerless. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t feel like surprising her when she was armed with a sharp gardening implement. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1940 our skies were alert and armed and uneasy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Even the streets leading up to its outer barriers were roamed by gorilla-faced guards in black uniforms, armed with jointed truncheons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z While the government announced that it was maintaining control throughout the country, the Liberals were receiving secret news of armed uprisings in the interior. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But it isn’t hunger that drives millions of armed American males to forests and hills every autumn, as the high incidence of heart failure among the hunters will prove. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Any mugger with even a little initiative is bound to be armed, for in a country like the United States, with a thriving black market in guns, anyone can get hold of one. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They were each armed with a sword, knife, and crossbow, and though they’d been alert while their captain passed by, she knew a crossbow wasn’t exactly a light weight to bear for hours on end. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Powell was armed only with a pickax, but his incredible strength could turn that tool into a formidable weapon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Montsisi and I went back to the Department of the Interior, armed with the visa and other papers from the embassy. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am armed and prepared to use deadly force if necessary.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They dragged her from her chariot, tore off her clothes, and, armed with aba- lone shells, flayed her flesh from her bones. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With the heavily armed troops patrolling the streets, the bloodshed and mayhem began to abate. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “You were downstairs. You could have just run away. But instead, you decided to dive into a crowd of armed Dauntless all by yourself. And I’m willing to bet you weren’t carrying a gun.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Two years later, they cursed the armed guards from Ford who had beat up their leader, Walter Reuther, in the “Bat- de of the Overpass.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z British ships continued to land at Staten Island, hundreds of them carrying thousands of soldiers armed with countless guns and bullets. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good nickname to remind us and everyone else that Marines have always been the toughest of all the armed forces who fight for America. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth, that the Smoke had been destroyed by an armed invasion, seemed too far-fetched. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He continued to make rounds, seeing dead bodies and being confronted by angry residents, many of them armed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Troops of them in the air, armed and shining. They haven’t been so common in the last years, though in my grandfather’s time they passed through this world often, or so he used to say.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It may be the only way out. There must be a thousand people out there, armed and coming this way.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These men were lightly armed and did scout and flanking work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of white men armed with bats, bottles, and sticks were beating on people at the edge of the crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “The guy’s all armed,” he said to his partner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As the group entered the man’s property, a horn was sounded, signaling neighboring black and white abolitionists to converge on the farm armed with guns, pitchforks, and other weapons. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They come armed with shovels and fireplace pokers and baseball bats. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bank managers were probably not supposed to suggest armed robbery as a way of doing business. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z "Lysa has woes of her own. Clansmen raiding out of the Mountains of the Moon, in greater numbers than ever before . . . and better armed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I defended the proposal, saying the purpose of the armed struggle was always to bring the government to the negotiating table, and now we had done so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z White stood, opening his coat to show that he wasn’t armed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Nothing concealed our antagonists; they crouched in rustic garb, armed with rifle and musket, in the ferns across the narrows, firing and reloading without haste or concern. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It seemed an exaggeration to him that for the elections his father-in-law had them send six soldiers armed with rifles under the command of a sergeant to a town with no political passions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Hamburg finds itself digging the thawing ground, tearing up city parks, and building tall concrete towers armed with flak guns to shoot down enemy bombers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Their fighters had gotten to the yard first, armed with shanks, and taken positions along the fence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The authorities said he was shot because he was armed and attempting to escape. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He pictures Arthur Smith and his gun, and knows what it means to be armed — that one’s house is one’s own. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no space in my head to imagine that we nine would need the same armed forces that had defended us from danger abroad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The presence of all the armed guards and warders so frightened her that she dropped the tray on my bed, spilling the tea, before rushing out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Another group of constables armed with rifles formed a cordon around the crowd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each player controls a knight armed with a lance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My skin prickled as Hamlet told how he, too, beheld the ghost of his dead father, armed from head to toe. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The group was armed with a Winchester rifle, a sawed-off shotgun, and six sticks of dynamite, which had been smuggled into the prison. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They had abstracted real boar-spears from the armoury, so they were property armed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to be armed with our rights. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of armed whites poured into cars, trucks, and trains and crossed into Arkansas. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I am told by Will that I should not fear Carolinian numbers so much as Virginian sharpshooters, who, armed with rifles, can far outreach the musket in range and fatal accuracy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And he answered his critics with such statements as that he would send “armed guerrillas” into Mississippi. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A branch cracked underfoot as he stepped into the light; a thin man in a homed helmet, armed with a long knife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But they were armed; and even if he—somehow—killed or subdued them both, he’d still be locked in the cell with them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z This will occur with the way the armed forces are created and a change in the order of battle. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He was dangling over three armed guards, halfway down a wall, completely exposed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “But you’re armed, and as you can see . . .” Black Dog held up his empty hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Men armed with axes and crowbars forced their way to the second floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As usual, policemen were clustered around the perimeter, armed with both guns and pencils, the latter to take notes as to who was speaking and what the speaker was saying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were blindfolded, and to guide themselves each had his hand on the shoulder of the man ahead of him, watched over by armed guards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As I was to say over and over to our followers: we suspended armed action, we did not terminate the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver declared that the armed struggle would intensify until the government was prepared to negotiate the abolition of apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Amid all of this emotional chaos, I received an invitation to speak to the United Nations Security Council about children and armed conflict. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The indictment charged eleven of us with complicity in over two hundred acts of sabotage aimed at facilitating violent revolution and an armed invasion of the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter that they're as numerous as they were a moment before, still armed and armored; once they had run before you they would not turn to fight again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They wanted grievances and more grievances... well, yes, armed warfare. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I just had time to say, “Run!” when the doors of the stateroom burst open and there was Luke, flanked by two hairy, giants armed with javelins, their bronze tips aimed right at our chests. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She saw the hyenas, bloody-mouthed, being driven back through the gate by a hoard of slaves armed with whips and spears. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z All were seasoned rangers, armed with obsidian as well as steel, warhoms slung across their saddles should they need to summon help. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But you’d be surprised how quickly armed military personnel and pepper spray shut down the well-meaning protests of liberals in small, leafy towns. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z All over the country, black women were armed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Fireworks explode above the bridge’s massive pylons and armed soldiers salute us on both sides as gigantic steel cables shoot to the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Probably this whole segment of the woods has been armed with precision launchers that are concealed in trees or rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But disbelief is a poorly armed foot soldier. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Water barrels being carried into the gym, with a heavily armed entourage, and people trying to push their way through to those barrels with all the anguish of a baroque painting. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The rat regarded the three armed humans with amusement. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I step into the room, armed not with a gun or a knife, but with the plan I made the night before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He couldn’t fight all of them, not in this state and not when they were armed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Since we were not eligible for armed conflict beyond marching with wooden guns, our mother’s war seemed to justify us. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A long line of trucks, with wooden-faced guards armed with submachine guns standing upright in each comer, was passing slowly down the street. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Garrett says, as if he can order me to make demands of an armed officer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was surreal to see all of these armed men gathered near midnight to make sure a life would be taken without incident. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Norden bombsights were so secret that they were stored in guarded vaults and moved under armed escort, and the men were forbidden to photograph or write about them. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z In secondary school she had been the bubbly tomboy, very tall and skinny and straightforward, not armed with the mysteriousness of girls. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The internal armed struggle was escalating and they wanted the commander of MK on the scene. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Out dashed armed men dressed in green uniforms. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z All of them were armed with batons and pistols. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “We were running from Erudite, and the only chance of escape we had required me to tell your poorly armed lackeys my name.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My avatar was buffed to the eyeballs and armed to the teeth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Not counting the armed man at the Shell station, Zeitoun had seen almost no danger in all the time he had been canoeing around the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I’ve faced armed detectives and gangsters less hostile than she was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were dressed in barbarian armor of hide and bronze, armed with spears and slings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The young king came out, well armed, leading a bear and six retainers. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Ethyne stood as the Grand Elder arrived, flanked by two heavily armed Sisters of the Star. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When I reached the office, I was surrounded by a half-dozen armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother asked if she wanted to join the sewing class at church, to keep her occupied, and her father said that this, the unending university strike, was why young people became armed robbers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The lesson I took away from the campaign was that in the end, we had no alternative to armed and violent resistance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was armed with a spiral notebook and a ballpoint pen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One- armed, face cut near in half, it seemed to feel nothing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Operation Mayibuye sketches out in general form the plan for the possible commencement of guerrilla operations, and how it might spark a mass armed uprising against the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are fully armed and might shoot you through mistake,” he warned. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I have learned that men in uniform, particularly officers, rarely descend to show discrimination, perhaps because of the integration of the armed forces. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Black women were armed; black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But if her parents are like these Candor, simulation controlled and armed, there is nothing she can do for them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He arrived home one night, late again, but armed with plane tickets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z King George sending a fully armed battalion to remind the colonists of his love as Enchantress Eva predicts tragedy for a ragtag group of wizards. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z We tried to ignore them, but as we turned a corner to continue home, a group of armed men, half in civilian and half in military clothing, ran toward us, firing into the crowd. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “If you would consent, uncle, to go away for the night, we should get together an armed band and capture Lancelot in the Queen’s room. You would have to be away or he wouldn’t go.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Minya’s “soldiers” were everywhere, armed with knives and other kitchen tools. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a possibility, I thought, because Grandma told me that former President Truman had put African-American and white soldiers together in the armed forces during his term. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The huizaches that dot the mountains are short, and the twigs are armed with spines. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was armed with a massive trident and a weighted net. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then another 350 armed paratroopers circled the school building to protect the black students from violence. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Milo was dumfounded when he stepped down to the ground and found a contingent of armed M.P.’s waiting to imprison the German pilots and confiscate their planes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They’d held out for a pretty long time, too, before the armed forces were brought in with drones to pick them off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Once he returned with six policemen armed with rifles to whom he entrusted the maintenance of order, and no one remembered the original agreement not to have armed men in the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A week later he was back with six barefoot and ragged soldiers, armed with shotguns, and an oxcart in which his wife and seven daughters were traveling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The more accurate term for Smith’s armed force was militia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z As if a giant were swinging a sledgehammer, and that hammer were armed with five steel spikes... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The townsmen, armed with rifles, baseball bats, and sticks are surging forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The spy thought hopefully, wistfully: if it’s Stuart I can ask for an armed escort all the way home. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I noted that we had suspended our armed struggle to show our commitment to peace, yet the government was still colluding with those waging war. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He guessed correctly that Lancelot would come riding helter-skelter to the Queen’s aid, as soon as he could get himself armed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was about to be introduced to two hundred heavily armed kids. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Maybe they just thought the Thai mac and cheese was so good it needed an armed escort. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Some were armed with nothing more than sharpened sticks. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1927 Marian Anderson sailed for England, armed with letters of introduction and with $1,500 in savings, enough to last for several months. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z For the flyboys of the air corps, airplanes were mechanisms for transporting troops and supplies to combat zones, armed wings for pursuing enemies, sky-high launching pads for ship-sinking bombs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Another army appeared on the ridge —hundreds of warriors in black-and-gray camouflage, armed with spears and shields. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Spreading broad wings and reaching talons out, he met the two head on, withering them with fire, and then turned to the third, who was larger than he and armed also with fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, armed with microscopes, cell biologists had become accustomed to a cellular world in which visible structures performed identifiable functions within cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He snapped his fingers, and armed guards poured into the room. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But there were already a dozen guns pointing at him and he had to show them that he was no longer armed, that they didn’t need to shoot. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Away from the fences, the armed guards, and the strange sense of threat that pervaded Sayle Enterprises, it was as if he were breathing fresh air for the first time in days. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z If the protest became more than the police could handle, the fully armed troops could be brought onto the streets instantly. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I had first discussed the armed struggle as far back as 1952 with Walter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To reach it one had to pass through two impregnable walls, each with armed guards; and once inside, four massive gates had to be unlocked before one even reached the area where I was kept. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the docks, we were met by more armed guards and a small crowd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a couple of minutes before my dad emerged from the garage armed with my old pink and yellow Super Soaker. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But as Oliver said at the time of the bombing, the armed struggle was imposed upon us by the violence of the apartheid regime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They shuffled up the steps, past the armed driver and a handful of armed guards, and sat down. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Many are armed, and a bad feeling ferments in the pit of my stomach. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Axes cleared the debris, and two armed guards entered the room, followed by the king with the golden crown and the spear-shaped beard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Near the bridge entrance, a group of Sheriff Clark’s armed possemen watched the procession pass but did not allow the ambulances to follow the marchers across the bridge. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest and a brave band of villagers armed with rakes and pitchforks and sticks tied into crosses hurried to the barn. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only snacks. Snack time is with murderers. Suppertime is reserved for con men, counterfeiters and armed robbers.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep your hands on the backs of your heads! I ain’t playing with you!” yelled one of the armed robbers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It fascinated me that someone thought there might be some violent, armed resistance to the scheduled execution of an indigent black man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A group of armed Dauntless escort me to the bathroom in the early afternoon. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But he was armed, and not taken unawares. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the dryads were armed with bows, and the satyrs trotted around with wooden cudgels and shields made of rough tree bark. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z White told Agent Smith, “We’d better head this off,” and armed with .45 automatics, they confronted the man at a house where he was staying. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I discovered that there was a great deal of writing on this very subject, and I made my way though the available literature on armed warfare and in particular guerrilla warfare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They turned over a dozen frigates, well armed and fully manned—a dozen frigates!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Giving their guests a subtle hint that they should be moving on, 140 armed locals surrounded their encampment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There are armed guards posted every two blocks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z All MK members were forbidden to go armed into an operation and were not to endanger life in any way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As we were about to leave, an open Land Rover roared up and armed men jumped off before it came to a halt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z None of the Negroes milling around have weapons, which is hardly a surprise, but if what the sheriff says is true, everyone needs to be armed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “They’ll be armed,” I say to Doctor Snow and the men, thinking fast. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Then the teeth of a dragon must be cast into the furrows, like seed-corn—which would spring up at once into a crop of armed men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Fowls have been subverting justice for generations. Racketeering, smuggling, armed robbery. Mostly corporate crime last century.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Like the armed and barbed barricade that stops my family from being with me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I said the ANC would accept no preconditions to talks, especially not the precondition that the government wanted: the suspension of the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marilyn came in today, armed with her usual stack of papers and folders, like a hurricane of white and yellow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Well, then, why was I armed and why did I return to precisely that spot? The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Exclusion Authority bureaucrats mill around on their phones amid a heavy presence of armed Exclusion Guards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z One of the tenants was standing guard, armed with a pike and an unloaded shotgun. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw now that two of the men were armed with glaives. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z As it pulled into the station, someone rang the village firebell, and soon a large force of men armed with clubs, pistols, and shotguns converged on the train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The vehicle was stopped by a young African guard, but he was overwhelmed when dozens of armed policemen and several police dogs sprang from the vehicle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Turns out only the inked one was armed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Her dad stood in the doorway again, this time armed with a saxophone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Certain Australian surf bathers, several years ago, were stung by tiny creatures that turned out to be nudibranchs armed with the stingers of Portuguese men-of-war. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While Iorek gave commands and organized an armed squad to accompany them on the final part of their journey north, Lyra sat still, conserving her energy. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z By eight, three local reporters had arrived, armed with microphones and fancy equipment. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was crowded with armed policemen and newspapermen ready with their bulbs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “No one will be armed. We can talk in peace. Terminus will make sure each side obeys the rules.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We hired the cheapest lawyer we could find and went to the Merits Hearing armed with this new strategy. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In four or five places around the ruins, the ground turned to green goo and armed gemini burst forth, Kekrops himself in the lead. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I didn't know about them, but I was hoping the people of the world might be united by something more interesting, like drugs or an armed struggle against the undead. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They were armed with stun guns, and the boys retreated against the walls. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The manager of a local hotel came to fetch us armed with rifles and reported that he had been delayed by a herd of rogue elephants. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their fighter was armed with a bow, though he had promised not to shoot regular pointed arrows at the opposing drivers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Martin-Tolliver feud, in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the mid-188os featured three gunfights, three ambushes, and two house attacks, and ended in a two-hour gun battle involving one hundred armed men. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Now they were going armed for a man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Again the mouse warrior armed with his ancient sword returned to haunt Cluny’s fevered dreams. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was the first time he had been armed since basic training. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z About thirty men, all armed with spears, set off after the trackers through the tall grass. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They actually had knives and were urging us to attack the armed guards. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Another parent asks about the metal detectors, random pat-downs, and the armed cops. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Where is the man who dispatched armed soldiers to keep nine children out of school, who bet his life and his career that he could halt integration? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two military lorries with canvas sides, with half a dozen armed guards in each. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Ben rolled over toward the fireplace and armed himself with a poker. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Seated in the rear of the church was Sheriff Clark with a bunch of his armed deputies, recording the names of people who attended the meeting and taking notes on everything the speakers said. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The man would try to ask the armed guard where he could find the 533-C form, but the guard wouldn’t speak. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z First, he was in the army, and all the people who were above him kept disap-pearing until he was the one right below the head of the whole armed forces. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, at every gate, there are multiple armed soldiers. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But if this was his house, why were there armed members of the stadwatch guarding the door? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were irregulars, armed and clothed fragmentarily with junk taken from real soldiers who were newly dead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In Jan Scruggs’s conservative family, he’d been taught it was his duty as a citizen to serve in the armed forces. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Consistent with earlier studies, participants were more likely to mistake a black target as armed when he was not and mistake a white target as unarmed when in fact he was armed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z One, “St. Louis Red,” was a professional armed robber. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them was armed, and one had a towel wrapped around his head like a turban, having just finished bathing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z There was no mob, and night and day armed citizens guarded the ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow swirled open, and there they were, a squad of them, armed with rifles, and the wolf daemons snarled beside them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Several tsotsis, armed with machetes, hacked the dying dogs into bloody pulps. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This entrance enabled them, armed with a hammer and a pair of pliers, to gain access to the room Trueba had shut. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was armed with a "morningstar" whose head was a melon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Why didn’t twenty-six armed soldiers, under cloak of darkness, charge two civilians hiding in a barn? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They wore silvery ski parkas and jeans, and they were all armed with bows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Brick and them got all puffed up and proud, thinking T was armed and ready to waste Jack Franklin. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As the commander in chief of the armed forces, the president would have the sole power to review the final verdict. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There were armed guards standing in front of the station house door and scattered around the periphery. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there remained only John Wilkes Booth, still at bay, and armed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I slowed my pace, so that I might say to the children, “Sir Fabian and his men will escort us as far as the gates of Saint-Denis. Beyond that, armed men may not go.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z All were hooded and masked, and had gauntlets on their hands, and were armed like Faramir and his companions. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At a call from Morgant, armed guards strode quickly into the tent. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z During the next three days, the two travelers passed by a number of armed tribesmen, and saw others on the horizon. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In person, he was just as warm and thoughtful, though we differed markedly on the issues of the armed struggle and sanctions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to be armed with his wand — which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip of wood — against a fifty-foot-high, scaly, spike-ridden, fire- breathing dragon. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Kathy’s mind spun as she read about the unprecedented concentration of armed men and women in the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “We’ll want an escort. Ten rangers, armed with dragon- glass. I want them ready to leave within the hour.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From that beginning the armed forces of the Roman Empire began to be weakened, and all the virtue taken away from it was given over to the Goths. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z If it was the Second Regulars, they would be more disciplined, and better armed than the VCs. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Osh handed me a bushel basket and, armed with a pitchfork, began to harvest seaweed from the wrack line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z At least he wasn’t armed with a can of pineapple. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Beneath them, armed and armored sentries walked their rounds with spears and crossbows, watching every approach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some Apollo campers armed with firebombs flew over the Ares cabin in a chariot pulled by two pegasi. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He suggested we postpone the armed struggle until Sobukwe came out of prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t many things more fun to watch than a heavily armed Recon officer going to town on a bunch of unsuspecting humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I said it was wrong and immoral to subject our people to armed attacks by the state without offering them some kind of alternative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, as the FBI had predicted, armed and dangerous. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z A rally was held, after which the armed men went on a rampage, murdering approximately thirty people in a dreadful and grisly attack. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Stormbreakers are armed and ready. And yes, you’re right, Alex. Each one contains what you might call a computer virus. But that, if you like, is my little April Fools’ joke. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In order to give him courage, Saul armed him with his own armour, which David cast off after putting it on, declaring that with it he could not test his true worth. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z At ten o’clock Mr. Oshiro called again; armed men had posted themselves around Amity Harbor out of fear of a Japanese attack. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There mightily he armed his anvil block and hammered out a chain whose tempered links could not be sprung or bent; he meant that they should hold. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a long journey that she made, from the embrace of the one- armed man to her unidentical two-egg twins. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The name the armed forces gave to that sickness of the mind and spirit was “battle fatigue.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Something in Alpert was fulfilled in knowing that I would thereafter buy a television or a car or rent a hotel room in New York armed with the knowledge he had given me. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s at the Cornucopia, armed with weapons and a backpack of choice supplies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z One stormy night last July, a large painting arrived via truck with armed guards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She armed herself with the panga and spear, and set off after the troop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mitch is dutifully waiting for me behind the DJ, who isn’t actually a DJ, but instead the varsity basketball manager armed with an iPod and speaker access. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Once I’m armed, I follow Will and the other initiates toward the exit. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Matt had retreated to the fireplace and armed himself with the shovel his sister had spurned. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We approached the entrance to the harbor, cordoned off by a line of armed guards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was the kind of plane that men wanted to be seen in: handsome, masculine, nimble, fiercely armed, reliable, long-winded, and practically indestructible. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Two iron legions out of New Ghis, trained and armed in the same fashion as Unsullied, were encamped across the river to the north. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most were armed with Imperial gold weapons—more Imperial gold than the entire Twelfth Legion possessed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Well, I hope you don’t go wandering again tonight. Security is very tight at the moment, and as you may have noticed, my men are all armed.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And he had plenty of time for it, since he was serving an eighteen-year sentence for the armed robbery of a bank. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As we approach the Hub, I’m gutted by another realization: The armed guards, the ones looking down on us—they’re all American, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “That Chiche! He stole a piece of bone from Columbus’s crypt and had these made for me when I was named head of the armed forces.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a heavily armed woman on the cover, screaming. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We saw them surrounded, and observed as they begged and importuned; we saw them towed to the island and dragged ashore, the mob awaiting them, engorged with victory, armed with brickbats and bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Now it turns out he might not have been a gang member at all. The guy claims self-defense, but the kid wasn't even armed, they think now. Big controversy." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The first issue to arise was in many ways the most crucial, and that was the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But to people outside Garland, money was so desirable that the bank had to hire armed guards to keep criminals from stealing it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It looked just like the illustrations Annabeth had seen in military history books—with a defensive trench lined with spikes, high walls, and watchtowers armed with scorpion ballistae. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We decided that I should raise the issue of the armed struggle within the Working Committee, and I did so in a meeting in June of 1961. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were taken in sealed police vans escorted by a half-dozen troop carriers filled with armed soldiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not approach, me, whilst so armed, nor Madam Mina whilst she remained within the ring, which she could not leave no more than they could enter. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Once armed and armored, Theon climbed die watch- tower at the angle where the eastern and southern walls came together to have a look at his doom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Big Dub didn’t think he was armed, but he couldn’t be sure. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, armed with measuring tapes, clipboards, and pencils, they’d covered the first floor, checking even unlikely places. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z To launch the entertainment, two tall, splendid gladiators were set to fight, one armed with a sword and the other with a net and a trident—a fork with spiked tines and a long handle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Neighbors started arriving, armed with logs for the fire pit as well as food. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That man knew how hard the other armed forces had tried to terminate the Marines Corps, even while we did the hardest jobs on those islands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t armed, but on the other hand they were flying easily within their power, and might even outstrip her if it came to a chase. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not fully armed, but well equipped,” Ambrose says. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z New Jersey’s state militia was deployed to confront the enemy with seven thousand heavily armed infantry soldiers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z So these were the armed men who were keeping us away from school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “One report said those troops were armed with rifles, nightsticks, and bayonets. Did you see any of that, Melba?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Forgetting that the car’s occupants were armed, and brandishing his own gun by the barrel, Joe galloped toward the vehicle, planning to beat them all to a bloody pulp with the stock of his weapon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Minutes after it began, six armed, masked bandits robbed two freight cars full of liquor from a rail yard in Chicago. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Four crew members, armed with crab nets, climbed to the roof of the warehouse. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out among themselves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early Morning, armed Regiments began to take up Muskets & move about the Fortification; & many who had labored all Night now prepared to defend their Works all Day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One was clad in ragged brown and was armed with a bow of horn; it was of a small breed, black-skinned, with wide and snuffling nostrils: evidently a tracker of some kind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Now and then the door was unlocked and a new refugee thrust in by a farm-policeman armed with the Gethenian sonic “gun.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "Brian, it must have been terrifying to confront an armed gang member like that. What was going through your mind in those moments?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The mere sight of a fully armed horde had worked before, and he had little doubt it would prove effective now. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I said I hoped that a climate conducive to a negotiated settlement could soon be achieved, ending the need for the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Police later determined he had not been armed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Another voice, musical and self-possessed, cried pleasantly: “Wit thou well, here are fourteen armed, and thou canst not escape.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This was an effort to retaliate for the unprovoked attacks the military had launched on the ANC in Maseru and elsewhere and was a clear escalation of the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Regiment is armed from rebel stores seized in raids earlier this month. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Recently, in Texas, an armed robber was electrocuted one month after his conviction; but in Louisiana, at the present writing, two rapists have been waiting for a record twelve years. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There are still armed guards walking around, and watchtowers, but it’s a little quieter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They are new to the Bronx and new to the Street Crime Unit and new to the unimaginable stresses of chasing what they think is an armed man down a darkened hallway. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The next hallway is packed with Dauntless traitors, tall and short, young and old, armed and unarmed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Behind them in hot pursuit came a gang armed with dummy rifles taken from an Army & Navy Store. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched the village all day and saw that there were more men than us and that they were well armed and had newer guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Maybe she goes home and changes her clothes and becomes an armed robber at night,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I look at the crew, armed with nothing but cameras and clipboards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They followed the sounds around a lazy bend of the road and saw them; a column of armed men noisily fording a swollen stream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wasn’t exactly threatening—he was armed only with his clipboard—but he didn’t seem quite harmless either. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Sometimes you can believe the rumors and chitchat,” the older man says as they slosh through the water of the passageway outside the storage closet where they encountered the armed thugs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There were unverified reports of roving gangs of armed men, of guns being fired at helicopters trying to rescue patients from the roof of a hospital. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z When she splits the book open, I watch her flip through sketches of cartoonish women, all dressed like futuristic gangsters and armed with some kind of weapon or another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They insisted that the ANC must renounce violence and give up the armed struggle before the government would agree to negotiations — and before I could meet President Botha. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They conveyed their support of our struggle, but they were wary and cautious when he broached the idea of an armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the smugglers who wanted gold for fence clippers to cut into Turkey? It’s not like that, Baba. Europe is sending refugees back to where they came from. On planes and boats. Under armed guard.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The girls armed themselves with sticks and small rocks, curling irons and bottles of tanner. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Pickled frogs have a way of disappearing from the storage closet, so today Ms. Keen armed us with knives and told us not to gag. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z So, armed with tinder, flint, and a striker, I slip out of my room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He strode out ahead of us, armed with nothing but his shovel. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He obeyed with no idea what was to happen, and to his terror saw armed men spring up from the furrows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Big black beard, huge muscles, and armed with a gigantic ax, fighting hordes of monsters or legions of demons. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There were roving gangs of armed men, he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Yes, some people had seen them, but they were dead in their boat, or they were water-ghasts, or they were armed with guns. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “He uses the techniques of the Fascists. Everyone is armed and ready for combat at a moment’s notice. How will we ever win Cuba back if we ourselves are not prepared to fight?” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporter warned those watching that they should be assumed to be “armed and very dangerous.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Four armed guards were patrolling the parking lot, and cars were parked all around the wire-netting fence that surrounded the former football field. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then we left the hotel armed with logos and tape in our hands. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Many of the travelers were armed; Arya saw daggers and dirks, scythes and axes, and here and there a sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even 20th-century plant breeders, armed with all the power of modern science, have had little success in exploiting North American wild plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One week later, however, Ron was telling a thrilling tale of kidnap in which he struggled single-handedly against fifty heavily armed merpeople who had to beat him into submission before tying him up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Two German sailors, who were armed with light submachine guns and carbines, were with them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z One of the groups, a secret Communist faction—the Khmer Rouge—launched an armed struggle against the Cambodian government. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Farmer’s bus pulled into the Greyhound station in Anniston, Alabama, on May 14, 1961, it was met by an angry mob armed with clubs, bricks, iron pipes and knives. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes hurriedly smoothed the shirt down and put his hands in the air, not wanting the cops to think he was armed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then I see the watchtowers, placed evenly apart, manned with armed guards, so out of place among the fields of wildflowers around them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “About nine o’clock on Wednesday,” Harper's Weekly reported, “a large party, disguised and armed, assailed the Hospital on two sides at the same time; one squad forced the gate, and the other scaled the wall.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Pulled by large horses, it was surrounded by a group of men armed with glaives. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z While we were running away from the area, another Land Rover full of more armed men arrived, and they began firing and knocking people’s heads with the butts of their guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I know there are any number of good and efficient hunters who know what they are doing; but many more are overweight gentlemen, primed with whisky and armed with high-powered rifles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt armed in certainty, in his belief in the Hallows, as if the mere idea of possessing them was giving him protection, and he felt joyous as he turned back to the other two. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Not a minute later a soldier armed with a rifle came to order Mrs. Coulter out of the airship. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z To get them away from the border with its armed guards and that crazy man with his documents and gestures and pointing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z This interests me, because, with a heavily armed wall tower just a few yards away, this has got to be one of the safest places to leave your car in Westchester County. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Told you the Divergent were crazy,” one of the other armed Dauntless mutters to the woman next to him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The ANC’s alliance with the Communist Party seemed to trouble them almost as much as the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning in early childhood, their government has taught them that South Korea started the war with the encouragement and armed assistance of the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Eight or nine men dressed as hunters, armed with swords, staves, and spears, emerged from the side gates and began prowling through the greenery, as if searching for game. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z After several people died in skirmishes, nine workers among them, state militia arrived, armed with Winchester rifles and Gatling machine guns. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Even when cited merely as a rhetorical device, the armed struggle was a sign that we were actively fighting the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Very soon after that, Trujillo became head of the armed forces. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they armed themselves with revolvers and knives. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z That way he doesn’t have to see the four armed cops acting as security just yet. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They were many, they were young, they were educated, and they were armed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The crew was armed with rifles and pistols. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The president, Harry S. Truman, was negotiating with black leaders to integrate the armed forces. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Upon hearing this, they had armed themselves and hid, waiting to defend their homes and protect their families. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “They went armed with a shotgun and a dagger. They went to rob and kill—” His voice trembled, toppled, disappeared, as though strangled by the intensity of his own loathing for the debonair, gum-chewing defendants. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Most history textbooks about the colonial period refer to the militias, which were organized groups of armed farmers or townspeople, not trained professional soldiers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z This included more than one hundred men from Border Patrol Tactical Units—men usually armed with grenade launchers, shotguns, battering rams and assault rifles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But no one was happy now, and there were a lot of stupid brave Country Folk armed with duck hunting rifles taking potshots at tanks and most of the time getting slaughtered for their trouble. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The armed men that stood near clashed their weapons, crying: ‘The Lord of the Mark will ride! Forth Eorlingas!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She starts toward the entrance, and the doors part for her, pulled open by two armed guards who smile in greeting as she passes them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes they also had to deliver urgent messages, or provide a fighter escort for important officials who needed protection in case they encountered armed German aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z With the imminence of defeat, some women went into the street armed with sticks and kitchen knives. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z No one, however, could have imagined that in a few months MacHarg’s efforts to secure a supply of Waukesha’s best would lead to an armed encounter in the middle of a fine Wisconsin night. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Curly armed himself with the flashlight and entered one of the Travelin’ Johnnys, leaving the door slightly ajar in case a hasty exit was required. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was true that the sheriff represented armed force in the county, but in a community seething with individuals a harsh or stupid sheriff did not last long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We came armed with notebooks and pens and were ready to spend the entire day transcribing every match and studying as many fencers as we could. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As I watched them close in on me, I could see that they were armed with knives, tomahawks and machetes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Within minutes, they were surrounded by dozens of armed police, who arrested all of them, packed them into vans, and drove them to Marshall Square police station. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the violence continued to spiral, I began to have second thoughts about the suspension of the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She would find out something, and then, armed with that, she’d somehow get herself south, to New Orleans. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Men in planes and tanks, or armed with guns, artillery, and advanced weapons, tore apart the bodies of millions of soldiers and civilians. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Some were bandaged from their recent battle with the giants, but no one was armed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If a criminal thinks his potential victim may be armed, he may be deterred from committing the crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A republic armed with its own citizens is less likely to come under the rule of one of its citizens than a city armed with foreign soldiers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It was also armed with a cannon, and behind the tower there was an antiaircraft gun, loaded with a magazine of ten shells. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The grounds came to life with teeming swarms of Guerrilla Shrews armed to the teeth with rapiers, cudgels and slings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One solitary obsessive, feebly armed with an apostrophe on a stick, will never have the nerve to demonstrate outside Warner Brothers on the issue of Two Weeks Notice. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the local Indians, numerous and well armed, killed eleven colonists and drove the rest back home within months. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was rather like the English custom of shaking hands: the original use was to find out whether your visitor was armed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Three held long spears; the fourth, the seijeant, was armed with short sword and dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Then we could buy a castle and live in it, with armed guards patrolling the outside to keep out Count Olaf and his troupe.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It made her feel a little self-conscious to wear a weapon like that, but the guards and Con, too—were all armed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The number of Palace Guards and city police on the streets of Erhenrang seemed to multiply every day; they were armed, and they were even developing a sort of uniform. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a lively, exuberant meeting attended by more than twelve hundred people, none of whom seemed intimidated by the presence of dozens of heavily armed policemen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The vehicle stopped in front of my grandmother’s house, and from where we lay, we could see that whoever was inside the car was not armed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Some six helmeted soldiers, armed with broadswords and bearing lanterns, were coming down the street. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Ged had heard some talk of this, and now, wondering to see the armed guardsmen kneel to his quiet master, he remembered it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I was handcuffed and kept in a remote corner of the boat surrounded by five armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A little apart the Rangers sat, silent, in an ordered company, armed with spear and bow and sword. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They pulled the maids from their beds and locked them in a room where an armed man stood guard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was in Cornwall, at least a five-hour drive from London, and with the alarms sounding, the armed guards, and the razor wire, he’d never make it out of the complex. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Not one shot had been fired and it was all too late when the alarm had been spread and thousands of armed farmers had arrived. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, an armed Inkatha group attempted to enter Shell House, the ANC headquarters, but were repulsed by armed guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were big bees, too, armed with the kind of venom that could kill, if one was unfortunate enough to be attacked by the whole swarm. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I was armed with books the way the navy goes to sea armed to the teeth. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The orange leaves were the extent of my lesson plan, but still I searched the empty briefcase, mindful that I had stupidly armed my audience with straight pins. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The combination of anti-immigrant propaganda, armed forces, and a fundamental devaluing of the lives of workers slammed unions into submission. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I test the harness anchor with a sharp yank, hoping it will hold the weight of two fully armed Masks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On August 6, in Pretoria, the ANC and the government signed what became known as the Pretoria Minute, in which we agreed to suspend the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After these preliminaries, we focused on the critical issues: the armed struggle, the ANC’s alliance with the Communist Party, the goal of majority rule, and the idea of racial reconciliation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that she was granted permission to come to the side of her dead husband while the whites, silent and armed, looked on. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The time has come,” I said to myself as I opened the door to find half-a-dozen armed security policemen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When two union sympathizers were shot on the steps of the county courthouse, five thousand union miners armed themselves to face the corporate gunmen and soldiers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z By dawn, the advancing soldiers could see figures all around them in the half-light, armed men running through the surrounding fields, outpacing the British in their rush to get to Lexington. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I shall ask Mercy to teach me to knit, Kit decided after the second Saturday, and thereafter she armed herself with wool and needles. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Dryads armed with bows and arrows talked nervously at the edge of the woods. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He told Lieutenant Lovett that the man with the broken leg was armed, that he wore a false beard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably, it was true in all of the police agencies, as well as the armed forces, that training had its own physical and intellectual momentum and the spiritual side was left to the student. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was armed with only a flashlight and flare gun. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Masses of armed soldiers poured out of the trucks and ordered everyone to leave. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, there’s a difference between an education officer showing up with a group of armed men and carrying someone off, and their enrolling in a school on their own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Two more raptors stepped out behind it, both with armed riders on top. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The army will halt their march when we can get word to them; otherwise, they would be walking willingly into the armed teeth of the goblin kingdom. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He turned his palm to one of the armed men and motioned. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The heraldic sails of Ban’s fleet, and the sailors in the rigging, and the armed turrets and archers and seagulls, like flake-white, had been a background to their conversation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the barn, we shed our ponchos and, armed with a curry comb and a dandy brush, each took a horse, Cinders for me, a roan named Clover, in the next stall, for Miss Maggie. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I was huge, and I was armed to the teeth, and these were not my people. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they took on the butcher, his oldest son, the butcher’s wife, armed with boiling water she had prepared for scalding pigs, her mother, and a passer-by. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They made it known that it wasn’t a fair fight: the drug dealers were armed with state-of-the-art weapons and a bottomless supply of cash. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Far across he could see the castle entrance and the armed soldiers flanking it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z All three boys were arrested and charged with armed robbery and attempted homicide. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "Some witnesses say Johnson may not have been armed at all." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A group of people armed with machetes walked past, singing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She wheeled the mower into the sun and returned to the garage where she armed herself with heavy hedge clippers. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Johnny’s fife with the Laphams had been so limited he knew little of the political strife which was turning Boston into two armed camps. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The bill of sale in his shirt pocket would mean very little to armed patrolmen chasing a trespasser. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A group of young men in white helmets piled out, armed with buckets of paint and brushes, and proceeded to cover the walls with light-colored paint. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And the leader posted armed sentinels at the fringes of the group. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The armed SS guards shouted at the Jews to line up, men on one side and women and children on the other. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of these youths were beginning to infiltrate back into the country in sorties, armed with submachine guns, bombs and other sophisticated weapons. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the hour he had arrived in the Red Ke^p, Lady Tanda had been stalking him, armed with a never-ending arsenal of lamprey pies, wild boars, and savory cream stews. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Both Amerindian and Aboriginal Australian cultures witnessed frequent armed conflicts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Kathy was right, and armed gangs were free in the city, shooting whatever they chose to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Never one to stray too far from the armed services, he also signed up as a member of the US Army Reserve. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His sign says, “School or prison?” with a picture of an armed cop. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Despite Abraham Lincoln’s assassination just sixteen years earlier, President Garfield did not have armed guards protecting him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The military helicopter we saw before idles there, offloading water behind an entire gauntlet of armed soldiers. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We discussed the armed struggle and I explained to him it was not up to us to renounce violence, but the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the men approached, he could see that they were armed with guns and machetes. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The governor of the colony rushed toward the burning plantations, where he met a group of armed slaves, and asked them what they wanted. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Anatole carried no gun in the clearing where I spied him, but he spoke to armed men who listened. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Chiron said, “The woods are stocked, if you care to try your luck, but go armed.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Corporal, you tell your commander that the next time I see armed forces coming in here, they’ll be picked off by sniper fire. No darts either. Armor-piercing bullets.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z How could her husband be so calm when every branch of the armed forces was scrambling? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Rome and Sparta for many centuries stood armed and free. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z We don’t look like rebels or armed forces. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z No matter how well armed the Keepers were, they couldn’t hope to control a crowd that size. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The door opened and the two armed men returned, between them the tall Talib in white, still wearing his dark John Lennon glasses, looking like some broad-shouldered, New Age mystic guru. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At least a thousand, maybe more: bowmen, spearmen, peasants armed with scythes and sharpened sticks, freeriders and mounted archers, and another hundred knights to stiffen them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The armed gentlemen on horseback had not returned until nearly sunrise. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Taylor’s force grew quickly, in no small part augmented by boys whom he armed and drugged into a killing frenzy. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Everyone is on their feet and armed—except Susan and me, who have no weapons. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he was provided with an armed chauffeur at government expense. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Mujahideen, armed to the teeth but now lacking a common enemy, had found the enemy in each other. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Lawlessness has run wild, common decency between people has disappeared, every man is armed against his neighbor.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the armed riders made little difference because there were miles and miles of fence and two or three hunters could easily slip between them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I need the extra room, and it sucks to wait until their perfectly armed selves are all done with their luxurious, roomy bathroom visits. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A whole army was fleeing to the coast, armed with cigarettes to keep the hunger away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Some were armed with bows, some with baseball bats, some with paintball guns. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mount Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Unless Richie was armed, unless he got lucky—Park could do this. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z We turned to see the men from the pub running toward us, armed with wooden clubs and farm implements. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Bandits try to avoid gangsters, who are probably armed, preferring easier prey. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z You’re armed with gadgets, thin shards of metal that perform outrageous feats of technology and assault. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We passed several more red pickup trucks with armed, bearded young men crammed into the cabs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Nor did she understand the attitude of the armed forces, most of whom came from the middle and working class and had traditionally been closer to the left than to the far right. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We came down to the breakfast table armed with our plan. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Frank tried to imagine Grandmother’s face if he showed up with two heavily armed friends and a harpy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In Quito, the visitors somehow provoked the locals and were chased out of town by a mob armed with stones. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I was eager to know more about the armed struggle of the people of Ethiopia against Mussolini, and of the guerrilla armies of Kenya, Algeria, and the Cameroons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the greater part of the day, Howie stayed in his hotel room with a team of security guards outside his door, all armed; fame gave him this life, but it won’t keep him alive. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Marina was ten in 1922 when the last armed clashes of the Russian Civil War took place. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “There must be fifty soldiers out there. All of them armed.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Get your furry goat behind out here and bring some heavily armed friends! The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The armed forces of the United States are loaded with Texans and often dominated by Texans. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs; and they had bows of yew, in length and shape like the bows of Men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The old president just laughed and sent for his good friend, the head of the armed forces. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle to late 1960s, armed struggles were being fought throughout southern Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd melted under the eyes of the armed soldiers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Only five armed officers remained, with two trucks. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Before them stood two Brazen Beasts, armed with cudgels, spears, and short swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We’re taking this petition to the meeting, too. It asks him to remove the armed police officers as security. If we get enough signatures, hopefully he’ll listen.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She had machine guns fore and aft, one of the few armed ships in the harbor. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z About five of them armed with many rough old-time weapons, mainly machetes to hack you up, surround me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Some knew a little bit about the armed forces from having served in World War One. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z What other sports team names can you think of that refer to armed conflict? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He suggested we voluntarily suspend the armed struggle in order to create the right climate to move the negotiation process forward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You couldn't trust a patsy like that, especially in the marketplace, so, armed with a thick stack of coupons, our father did all the shopping himself. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He spoke of the authority God had given him over his child and of how this natural authority had been armed by the state. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Lyra rode a strong young bear, and Roger rode another, while Iorek paced tirelessly ahead and a squad armed with a fire hurler followed guarding the rear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s crowded with ten members of his recovery team armed with pens and clipboards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She hops to the ground and puts up both hands, so we can see that she isn’t armed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes the cart would be a tank, as he passed cautiously through rows of armed cling peaches and silent sentinels that looked like boxes of Frosted Flakes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond that milled a tribe of two-headed men dressed in rags and blankets like homeless guys, armed with a haphazard collection of slings, clubs and metal pipes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ten or twenty board the train, armed with machetes, knives, bats, lead pipes, and pistols. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As they prepared to take their designated places, then, both men were armed with extremely powerful but extremely erratic weapons. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She had two male guards with her, armed to the teeth with an assortment of curved Eyllwe daggers and swords, both of them studying Chaol and Celaena closely—weighing the threat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One in every ten of them came mounted but all of them came armed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Palace of Justice was teeming with armed policemen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aware of the racial violence taking place throughout the nation, the union had posted armed guards around the church to prevent the meeting from being disrupted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Some of these tipos are armed with electric things to stun people. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I told the reporters that there was no contradiction between my continuing support for the armed struggle and my advocating negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since good laws cannot exist where there are no good armies, and where good armies exist there must be good laws, I shall leave aside the arguments about laws and shall discuss the armed forces. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later I am armed and walking with Amar to the truck. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The next day two thousand men, many armed with sharpened sticks, advanced on McArthur’s workers, seized two, and began beating them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z |
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