| 单词 | arrow |
| 例句 | An arrow came whistling out of the gloom: it was aimed with skill, or guided by fate, and it pierced his right hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “He was one man. One sick man with an arrow in his leg. A horse brought him here, not a god.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were a few more cries of shock as a shower of arrows soared through the air, but they fell far short of the crowd. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My bow comes up, the arrow ready to fly, but there's no other sound. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He nocked it, let it rest across the handgrip, and drew the string and grooved butt of the arrow, aiming from where he sat upon the stool. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I fill her small pack with some food, a water bottle, and bandages, tuck the knife in my belt, get my bow and arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Sparra Queen shot off into the air like an arrow from a bow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I don’t get it, and then I realize he’s the man who tripped backward into the punch bowl when I shot an arrow at the Gamemakers during the training session. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Heart beating fast, I keep drawing arrows, possible paths to ESCAPE. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Or what tree would be best for a bow and an arrow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He shot the words at me like barbed arrows. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But if you put it on the tip of an arrow and leave it, it gets hard. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as he sang, the old man took an arrow from a young man’s bow and shot it toward the singing bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The fields shine green and wet, and tree leaves drip, and I can almost see, hovering in the air, those mysterious red arrows and black letters hiding a world from me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "My last arrow's in your tourniquet," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Under a pitiless hail of spears, darts, and arrows, Cortes and his men retreated down the long causeways that linked the island city to the mainland. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “That always bothered me when I was young. You must want to kill someone really badly to shoot a gold arrow at him. Why not just keep the gold and go home?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I load an arrow, but Cato can throw that spear almost as far as I can shoot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Holding the small sparrow firmly with her paw, she gripped the arrow in her teeth and yanked it clear from the bird’s leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Polar Eskimos lost the bow and arrow and the kayak, while Dorset Eskimos lost the bow and arrow, bow drill, and dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “See? You ain’t cockeyed no more, your eyes is straight as a arrow now!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The saddlebags bulged with provisions, and the white mare also carried a number of spears, bows, and arrows—short and heavy, as were all the weapons of the Fair Folk, but carefully and sturdily crafted. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She woke early, met Pol in a stable yard or at an empty patch of dirt near their hostel, raised the bow, and loosed arrows until breakfast. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Axes hung from their belts and each man had a bow and quiver of arrows on his shoulder. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Theon let the bow unbend slowly and pointed the arrow at the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One at a time Leah sent her wobbling arrows through the slashed green margin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The whiz of the arrow’s flight filled the stone hallway before the faint, dull thud of impact. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ged shot breadcrumb arrows after the owls and brought them down, and when they touched the ground there they lay, bone and crumb, all illusion gone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Taking his bow and arrow and his flashlight, he tiptoed out into the hall. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “How would a woman’s arrow kill a yearling impala?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When she looked at where she’d been standing, she saw a handful of arrows stuck in the air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I choose a bow, string it, and sling the matching quiver of arrows over my shoulder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If she loosed the arrow now, it would strike him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z On the ground, the bow and arrow taunted her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The knights fell among'the archers like wolves among chickens, driving them back toward the ships and into the river before most could notch an arrow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She couldn’t even pull a bowstring, let alone do one of his famous feats, like shoot an arrow through the eye of a fish just by looking at its reflection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Keep the arrow on the big “E” for east, I know that much. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. I have seen dead men with more humor than your Ser Alliser." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Still I did not know where to place the first arrow, whether in his shoulders or in his head. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A print with lines like a thin sparrow, like an arrow pointing down. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Neither of them was broken and the arrows, incredibly, were still on his belt in the pouch, although messed up with mud and water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he had spent two days making arrows. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Gloss isn’t quite as swift, and I sink an arrow into his calf as he plunges into the waves. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hunters of Artemis appeared along the rooftops, shooting Orion full of silver arrows until he resembled a glowing hedgehog. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now the arrows looked like a colony of bats. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z An old cartoon captioned “The PhD thesis” shows a little boy firing an arrow into the air, seeing where it lands, walking over to it, and painting a target around that spot. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She lost the first arrow: it stuck in the bark partway up and wouldn’t come out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As the clock begins to chime near the gates, the first archer lets his arrow fly, soaring over the crowd and hitting its mark in a shower of sparks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But they were lucky; the arrow had been true, and it was only another half mile before they found the deer collapsed on the ground, his flanks heaving. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Narcissus was nocking an arrow, but it was so old and brittle, it broke into splinters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I let the arrow go and it went straight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though they were locked in, soldiers were posted within arrow range. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But the arrow is not supposed to really pierce the animal: It is just supposed to knock the prey down. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a dancer, a musician, an arrow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He felled it with three true arrows—the first making the thing crackle and flame; the second dimming it; and the third putting out its lights, sputter. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And then all the Tartars turned their rifles up and blazed into the dark, firing at nothing, at shadows, at clouds, and more and more arrows rained down on them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Huddled in their half-built village that first terrible winter, the colonists rarely saw the area’s inhabitants, except for the occasional shower of copper- or claw-tipped arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A small tattoo of an arrow sits below her wrist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z From a hunting store, he’d gotten a new quiver of arrows for himself, some rations, and a coil of rope. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he shot off again like an arrow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Arcs of fire streamed in both directions as flaming arrows and spears sailed through the air. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Running his finger over the carved arrows in the panel before him, Reynie smiled. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z An arrow does not make enough noise to upset more than tire particular rabbit that it is shot at At the fifth shot Kay was lucky. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot bounding to his feet with about six inches of arrow embedded in his rump, behaved exactly like Colonel Bogey—driven into on the second tee at golf. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A big arrow or bolt properly aimed from the bow, and twang! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ms. Steck reminds me of the arrow—one of Zeno’s arguments. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It flew true—there were only twelve arrows, but they were good arrows—and hit the target where its lumpy arm should have been. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Wez surprised a vixen drinking at the stream, and Walder flushed three rabbits from the underbrush and managed to put an arrow in one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dad and I watch the beat-up metal arrow on the wall above the elevator move from 3, to 2, then L, for lobby. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This happened many times, and on one occasion arrows fell among the Isengarders. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "Take whatever you want. Now that I've got a bow and arrows, I can get more. Plus I've got snares. I can show you how to set them," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z An arrow, a line, a couple of dots. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Each word struck like an arrow, piercing all the soft parts of his ego. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "Here, take this, Cato," says the girl from District 1, and she offers him the silver bow and sheath of arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Joff had unleashed a storm of arrows against them, slaying four, and then shouted down that they had his leave to eat their dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In front of her, a bow and arrow appeared on the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “What about Dr. Thorn? That was awesome how you shot him with arrows! Is he dead?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I choose my arrows without discretion, sending arrowheads, fire, explosives into the mutts’ bodies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At thirty seconds before midnight, they light the tips of their arrows with small dancing yellow flames. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dawn is just breaking as I retrieve a set of bow and arrows and begin to force a path through the drifted snow in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The archers on Devotion fired back, and Davos heard a man scream as the arrows found him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Silently I pull out an arrow and string it on my bow. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She flung her cloak in front of her and fell on the explosive arrow, determined to shield Blackjack and the other pegasi and hopefully protect the mortals sleeping belowdecks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Finally, Melissa saw a big green sign for the Bronx Zoo with a thick arrow pointing to the right. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The arrow points were spinning toward her, blowing wind against her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Later, they burned a flaming arrow that would not quit. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z So Kin had turned her sword into a bushel of magic arrows and a magic bow, and had taught her everything he’d learned from the Varangians about archery. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Nelson had taken down two bushbucks, one after the other, and signaled to me that he was going to claim his arrows. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the phalanx of arrows gleam like an eyeflick in the moonlight All his life up to then he had been shooting into straw targets which made a noise like Phutt! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It's not just having the arrows or outsmarting the Careers a few times, although those things help. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I turn to the rustle of brush and almost send an arrow through him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The archers would climb the high ships’ towers to shoot their arrows; slingers would use leather thongs or catapults to launch huge rocks and flaming missiles onto Octavian’s ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They try to kill her with arrows but they just bounce off her and kill the soldiers who shot them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There, resting on a mound of blanket rolls, is a silver sheath of arrows and a bow, already strung, just waiting to be engaged. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I take it in my hands, pull out the arrow, and hold the puncture in the crust to my nose, inhaling the fragrance that makes my mouth flood with saliva. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The northerners broke into a run, shouting as they came, but the Lannister arrows fell on them like hail, hundreds of arrows, thousands, and shouts turned to screams as men stumbled and went down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then they walked back to the fields and aimed the arrows at the birds. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Legolas gave a great shout and shot an arrow high into the air: it vanished in a flash of flame. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Bree shot away like an arrow to the other side of the enclosure and there turned; the wall was too high for him to jump and he could fly no further. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z How else can one explain why the Aborigines of northeastern Australia failed to adopt bows and arrows, which they saw being used by Torres Straits islanders with whom they traded? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We fell silent, gazing at the village as the sun shot crimson arrows through the trees. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The arrow was bright red, as if it had been painted in blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Without pausing, I shoulder-roll forward, come up on one knee, and send an arrow into one of the hanging lights high above the gymnasium floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For a moment she wondered whether she had stopped the arrows herself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I roll the boy from District 1 onto his face and take his pack, retrieve the arrow that ended his life. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Like a flying arrow, a small dark blur darted toward the guards. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z To return to the arrow of time, there remains the question: why do we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows point in the same direction? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand frees itself from the wire and has just closed on the feathers of an arrow when the metal cylinder smashes into the side of my head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With a last nervous glance around the clearing, One-Eye tucked the arrow and the sword on the stretcher beside the bodies, and then he and the rifleman marched back into the woods. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They set forward their left feet in the same movement and lot fly such a shower of arrows as it had been snow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, arrows pierced the lion’s maw—two, four, six. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Holding her breath, she clicked the red arrow and watched the computer do its thinking spiral, then slowly load a new page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it was her imagination, but the arrows seemed really annoyed that they had to wait a bit before they got to launch themselves at Aru and Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Out of nowhere Agent Fiona appears, standing upside down on the ceiling, and draws a bow and arrow. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She felt it then: him gliding through the air like a bird, and she let the arrow go. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Cold hands and stiff limbs moved to obey as yet more arrows flew down like rain, straight rods of rain tipped with death. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Newton’s God did not direct individual arrows to their targets; he established the laws that determined the flight of each and every arrow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Yelling and shouting fearsome war cries, the attackers leaped from the ditch, peppering the ramparts with a hail of arrows, spears and stones. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Holding her breath, she clicked the red arrow and watched the computer do its thinking spiral, then slowly load a new page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But he remembered the hours leading up to it—his grandmother coming out into the backyard to find him shooting arrows at her porcelain collection. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When the last arrow lands, he closes his eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A gore-crow came flapping wearily before the approaching night It came, it did not waver, it took the arrow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A puny arrow connects the filler who with a gap right next door, and the reader gets instant gratification: no sooner does she come across who than she knows what it’s doing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It will do as well as the other arrow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her arrow was the first to strike it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As Lyra watched, one swooped low and loosed an arrow: another man fell. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z From the hounds neck sprouted a cluster of arrows. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And then an arrow came flying straight down from the sky, and struck another man behind the head. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There are at least three different arrows of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, when the boy could only crawl, they grew bored of the sport and put an arrow through his back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I did not hope to kill more than five of them because I had only that many arrows, but if the leader was one of the five I would be satisfied. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Different pens, different handwriting, conversations between some writers, arrows to longer paragraphs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Who can stay calm when arrows are being shot at them?!” she screamed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There might be some use for them, he thought, maybe work them onto the arrows somehow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It flew away, heavy and hoisting, with the arrow in its beak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He beard another arrow hiss through the fronds, and what seemed to be a man’s voice cursing, but it was not very near. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hunters ran after him along the rooftops, shooting arrows that exploded in Greek fire, wreathing the giant in flames. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We surrounded the Club House and, with birch-branch bows and invisible arrows, picked off the single miners who lived there as they came in from work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He falls to his knees and halves the brief remainder of his life by yanking out the arrow and drowning in his own blood. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Some men stopped laughing, but she paid them no heed as she nocked another arrow and fired at the second target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A second hail of arrows arched out in a flawless display. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A third chime with a third arrow, and the flames are a warm bright pink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At Reyna’s feet, the timer on the arrow read: 4:42. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He stopped his horse and drew an arrow from its quiver. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z What they called Rovers, consisted in going for a walk with their bows and shooting one arrow each at any agreed mark which they came across. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A third arrow struck a tree trunk near my head. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She sat between the roots of the lime tree, clad in a one- piece smock of green girded with a quiver of arrows, and her feet and arms were bare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I have shown that the psychological arrow is essentially the same as the thermodynamic arrow, so that the two would always point in the same direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A sailor fetched him down his tall yew bow and quiver of arrows, but it was the captain's daughter who brought the pack with his good clothing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Frank felt as if he were being shot with arrows, his heart splitting into porcelain shards. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We walked awhile more, and then he let loose of the arrow, and it screamed forward, piercing its mark cleanly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Zoe notched an arrow and aimed it straight at the manticore s head. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Frank shot arrows until his quiver was empty, using blunt- tipped missiles that wouldn’t kill but left some nasty bruises. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On top of the wall the mouse archers kept up their relentless hail of arrows into the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Most were destroyed with arrows, but one got hold of an Apollo camper and dragged him away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The bow had given him this way and he exulted in it, in the bow, in the arrow, in the fish, in the hatchet, in the sky. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of Chiron’s arrows sprouted from Kampe’s chest, but she just roared louder. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z From the cliff I could see the skin canoes darting here and there over the kelp beds, barely skimming the water, and the long spears flying like arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too far away for me to reach him with an arrow. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyebrows contracted into a sharp arrow above his long nose. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When morning came she went to her store-chamber where among many treasures was a great bow and a quiver full of arrows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The creature stared at the arrow zipping by as if wondering, What the heck is that? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Some of the men still seemed to think the whole thing was funny, so maybe they thought she’d shoot an arrow through her foot, for all I know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The silent and stealthy natives kept a close watch on the expedition’s every move, with their poison arrows primed and ready to shoot. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Eteoneus left the long room like an arrow, calling equerries after him, on the run. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Gandalf whistled and called aloud the horse’s name, and far away he tossed his head and neighed, and turning sped towards the host like an arrow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Secure the notch of an arrow to the string. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z District 13 confiscated my tube of skin ointment for use in the hospital, and my bow and arrows because only guards have clearance to carry weapons. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Screechers were a nuisance, but nothing a well-aimed arrow couldn’t fix. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Time and again he drew, held, and let arrows fly but he still had no feathers on the arrows and they were litde more than sticks that flopped out of the bow, sometimes going sideways. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Bando lays his compass with the directional arrow lined up with the pebbles. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand Peeta a bow, a sheath of arrows, and a knife, keeping the rest for myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A quiver of arrows hung over his shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It had been gnawed off near the tip and I knew it was from the arrow which had wounded the leader. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he announced that he was going to shoot us some rabbits for dinner with a bow and arrow. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He picked up his bow and quiver of arrows, stood near the dark trunk of an oak, and looked out across the moon-silvered meadow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The thermodynamic and psychological arrows of time would not reverse when the universe begins to recontract, or inside black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sefia could almost see their conversation passing between them like arrows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He goes back to his charts, writing words and adding fresh arrows on top of what is already there, layering his thoughts so thick, only he can decipher them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z These go round and round a central column, and this column is pierced with holes for shooting arrows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, a quiver full of arrows wouldn’t do Frank much good if he couldn’t shoot them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Normal arrows from a hunting store in Seward wouldn’t do any good. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You’ll go one at a time,” Brullo said, and behind them a pair of soldiers rolled out a cart of bows and quivers loaded with arrows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He set to work at once to make a bow and arrows. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Rocks came bouncing down horn the castle to crash among them, and arrows and spears as well, but the angle was steep and the missiles seemed to do httle damage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z An arrow stuck there quivering less than a hand’s breadth from her left arm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He drew, but his hand fell, and the arrow slipped to the ground. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He let the arrow fly, and it hit the ground in front of the boy. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But then the rain of arrows stopped short. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I whip back around, arrow poised for flight, but what can be done? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z After the explosion blew a hole in time and space, the air rushed into it, taking with it boulders and dirt and trees shot like arrows into the void. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Twisting around, I saw an arrow embedded in the timbers of the mill. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if that’s what you want. But suppose Lee sees it was my arrow?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa displaying his handmade bow and arrow, once used to kill lions and wildebeest. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Two had great bows, almost of their own height, and great quivers of long green-feathered arrows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A bamboo arrow was through his chest, and its iron tip deep in the ground on the other side. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In this place hung the double-torsion bow and arrows in a quiver, a great sheaf— quills of groaning. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They know I have the bow and arrows, of course, Cato saw me take them from Glimmer's body, but have they put two and two together yet? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He picked up his bow, aimed an arrow at his wife and—with the rumblings of a gong, the sky went black. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Powhatan later captured John Smith, Chaplin notes, Smith broke his pistol rather than reveal to his captors “the awful truth that it could not shoot as far as an arrow could fly.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She maneuvered the quiver to a good position, where she could reach her meager handful of arrows easily. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I open up to the map again and I follow Ben’s arrows from our farm down the river and thru the swamp and then outta the swamp as it turns back into river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I arm myself with a bow and arrows and head out, intending to exit 12 through the Meadow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Patrice soberly informed us he didn’t think an arrow could pierce an elephant’s hide. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my bow, arrows, and moccasins in a corner of my cabin, but I still wear the buckskin carrying pouch with my knife inside hanging at my waist. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Pushing her way through the saplings and fallen branches, she found the arrow thirty yards into the trees, its red fletches bright against the mottled green understory. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The third nocked an arrow in her bow. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With this Leodes thrust the bow away from him, and left it upright against the massy-timbered door, with one arrow aslant across the horn. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I screamed as if struck by an arrow myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He notched an arrow to the string and drew, and not moving from his seat he sent it straight through the twelve rings. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z William Tell was a good shot and put an arrow through an apple on his son's head. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Ahead, the first line was within bowshot of the enemy,- flights of arrows flew between the ships, hissing like striking snakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Help me keep my left arm straight and my right pulled back and my arrow tight against the gutstring ready to sing and fly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A warrior’s mother collects this material, makes the rope, and ties the arrows in a bundle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrow exploded against the nearest wall, peppering them with limestone shrapnel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Georgia Boy said to one of the islanders whose arrows were tipped with jagged pieces of metal that had once been shrapnel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When you have learned this, no matter where the arrow goes, you have it made. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood and walked from the water, still holding the fish and arrow and bow against die sky, seeing them as they fit his arms, as they were part of him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Aggo's arrow took him under the arm, to pierce his lungs and heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In it were a dress and a coloring notebook of Ruth May’s, pieces of our hope chests, my bow and arrows. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The one advantage I have with the bow and arrow is distance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Drawing his arrows out of the quiver he’d constructed for himself, he managed, though with great difficulty, to stick them into the carcass of the deer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, she throws with her right, but it's enough to slow her down a few moments, having to pull the arrow from her arm, take in the severity of the wound. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But when they reached the lowest point, and their hands were busy with bow and arrow, they were vulnerable, and the bears would explode upward with raking paws to drag them down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Not too many days ago that door had been mangled and an arrow had protruded from the frame. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It came tumbling down the slope of the small roof, dropping to earth like a stone, the arrow sticking in its leg just above the knee joint. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "Sometimes, my dear. And I have got arrow wounds. Have you ever seen arrow wounds?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Anya took her bow from where it hung across her back and nocked an arrow into it, aiming at the boy, who walked a dozen or so paces behind them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Taran and the bard drew their swords, Gurgi nocked an arrow into his bowstring, and the weary band made ready to defend themselves as best they could. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Strong indeed. But may I ask—does your flesh repel arrows?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z People in books got killed by bullets, arrows, and wild dragons. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His body is a paradox of mass and lightness, crafted to slip through air with the ease of an arrow. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Purely by accident a stray arrow struck one young sparrow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “The Chinese are reputed to have invented rocketry. Something called ‘Chinese arrows’ are mentioned in Europe and the Middle East as far back as the thirteenth century. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then the second chime follows, the second archer sends his arrow into the yellow flames, and they become a clear sky-blue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He grabbed an extra quiver of arrows labeled assorted varieties in his mother’s neat printing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I set before you the bow of godlike Odysseus. He who strings the bow and shoots an arrow straight through twelve rings in a line, I will take as my husband.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrow hit with such force that the nest seemed to explode. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The arrows grew bigger the closer they got. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I nod and pull an arrow from my right sheath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We all stand and look at the arrow that shows what floor the elevator’s on. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew, and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The arrow had cut a gash just above his knee about three inches long. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “You still owe me an arrow,” Otwel called, but we were already rushing down the hill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was made from a hide, elk or maybe buffalo, heavy and stiff enough to stop stones and arrows; long dry years had shrunk and split the edges, and it had lost the round shape. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I shall discuss first the thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly a green arrow popped on, pointing left, and the row of cars like obedient animals all went left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I swing up my bow and blow up the first pod with an explosive arrow, which kills the nest of flesh- eating rats inside. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Dothraki hooves had tom the earth and trampled the rye and lentils into the ground, while arakhs and arrows had sown a terrible new crop and watered it with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There is a whoosh and a thud—the arrow hits its mark. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z An arrow from a thick red felt-tip marker pointed at one of the tiny faces crowded into the frame. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z By the time of the Crusaders it was long swords and arrows, and at Gettysburg they were blasting each other to bits from cannons filled with lead balls, iron chains, railroad spikes, and door knobs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The jersey has a black number 5 on the back and a round black patch over the heart, hand sewn, that shows a ferocious-looking eagle with arrows in its talons. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank’s arrows cut them down as they tried to retreat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And how it was no accident, my shooting that arrow into the force field in the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The arrows did not signify chemical transformations, but instead expressed the transfer of genetic information from the sequences of nucleotides in DNA molecules to the sequences of amino acids in proteins. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Within it lay Mary Poppins’s compass, with the disc frantically swinging round the arrow as it trembled in Michael’s shaking hand. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He had the most adventures, and was known for his incredible skill with the bow and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then at last an answer came: a storm of arrows met them, and a hail of stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z During battle the arrows whistled, high whirling whistles that suddenly stopped when the arrows hit true. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened her locker again, but all she saw was that little heart-shaped arrow on her drawing, pointing at the two girls like an accusing finger. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z An arrow pierces our tent and lodges in the ground next to me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They play her death in full, the spearing, my failed rescue attempt, my arrow through the boy from District 1's throat, Rue drawing her last breath in my arms. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the helm, he had already fired one arrow and was nocking the second. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He shot a well-aimed arrow that landed in the back of Nike’s chariot and began to burn. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A few shot at her, but the arrows fell wideband then Lyra, looking up at the sky, saw the greater part of the witch flight peel off and turn back. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘Our next offering!’ the ghoul shouted, his voice buzzing from the arrow in his throat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was nothing to aim my arrow at. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep moving, positioning the next arrow automatically, as only someone who has hunted for years can do. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Impossible! she thought weakly, but it was true, for another arrow clattered off the armor of Iorek, standing above her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, when women died a swift and painless death, they were held to have been slain by her silver arrows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My arrow drives deeply into the center of his neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z So the theory would be, start in the middle then follow the arrow. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There were two straw targets fifty yards apart, and when they had shot their arrows at one, they had only to go to it, collect them, and shoot back at the other, after facing about. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the window, the bride and groom on the wedding cake point at me and laugh—the air becomes charged with laughter until I can’t stand it—and the two cupids wave their flaming arrows. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Zoe yelled, and a volley of silver arrows sprouted from the armpit chink in Atlas’s armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I turn, drawing back the bowstring and send an arrow straight at Clove's heart. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By the time Tali came out to the stable yard to fetch their breakfast supplies, Kaede was sweating and famished, her right shoulder aching, and still the arrow had not struck the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I see the white Peacekeeper uniform, the pointed chin, the light brown iris where my arrow will find a home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I position my arrow to penetrate his brain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if I've wounded an animal with an arrow, it's better to get a knife into it, too, before I approach it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He thought if he worked at it and practiced he might hit one of the larger rabbits with an arrow or a spear—never the small ones or the squirrels. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z And as for all that talk of detonating his arrows by hand, he’ll never get the chance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He fired over the side at the creature’s body, lodging arrows in the chinks of its shell; but that only seemed to annoy the monster. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Frank shot an arrow through Barley, who crumbled into seeds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z An arrow hit Orellana in the face, blinding him in one eye. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Two arrows crossed, an N between the arrowheads. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z This is the explanation of why we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time point in the same direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Aravis had always been more interested in bows and arrows and horses and dogs and swimming. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Lyra stopped and turned to see a man lying on the snow, with a gray-feathered arrow in his back. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Farder Coram leaned forward and gently pulled back the counterpane, and there protruding from Jacob’s shoulder was the feathered end of an arrow in a mass of clotted blood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know where a simple bow and arrow could possibly find a place in all this high-tech equipment, but then we come upon a wall of deadly archery weapons. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Frank shot arrows at the monster’s eyes with no success. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I shall argue that the psychological arrow is determined by the thermodynamic arrow, and that these two arrows necessarily always point in the same direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I shall argue that such beings would have a psychological arrow of time that was backward. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A blue arrow pointed to the right, a green one to the left, a wiggly-shaped yellow one straight ahead, and a red one down. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Frank unleashed a hail of arrows, driving back the giants nearest to Percy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My last seven arrows -of the twelve I sacrificed three in the explosion, two at the feast -rattle a bit too loosely in the quiver. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Even with an arrow sticking out of his left biceps, Frank had never felt so full of energy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The impact knocked the bow and arrow from her hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ser Gregor himself had lost his horse - and staggered back across file Red Fork bleeding from a dozen wounds while a rain of arrows and stones fell all around him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was peaceful in the fields which were close to the castle, and no arrows needed to be apprehended. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I have been waiting to fire, only too aware of my dwindling supply of arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The point of my arrow disappears into his right temple, and in the instant it takes to reload, Johanna has buried an ax blade in Cashmere’s chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I can swim, so the flotation belt’s not really necessary, but Brutus blocked my arrow with his, so I buckle it back on, thinking it might offer some protection. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men chuckled—albeit quietly—and she kept her head held high as she reached over her shoulder for an arrow and nocked it into her bow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Zoe shot arrows at her father, aiming for the chinks in his armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Was it conceivable that the second arrow did not even exist? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He would use her as a practice bow and arrow target. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The arrows stuck in the straw men came out easily enough, but it took her a minute to find the ones in the grass. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And my bow is empty, the last loaded arrow having gone in Clove's direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At the top of the block were the words Tear here to open and a black arrow pointing to the edge of the plastic. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “May Deanna, the Huntress and Protector of the Young, bless and keep you this year. I bestow upon you this golden arrow as a symbol of her power and good graces.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As for sending in a burning arrow, that's more laughable than ever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And, he said, don’t be surprised when your own daughter or wife wants to shoot a bow and arrow behind your back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After them would scurry a flock of small girls, pulling arrows from the corpses to fill their baskets. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As Hagen came scrambling down the watchtower steps, a wolfling’s arrow caught him in the belly and sent him plunging headfirst to the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I arm my bow, but the arrow ends up taking out a mutt that can only be Thresh. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Aru could now make out long swords, axes, maces, and arrows with strung bows, all jutting from the tangle of teeth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Actually she was offering them a clue: Even in the dark, even with his eyes closed, Reynie could feel the panels with his fingers and find the wiggly shaped arrow. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They saw no sign of any trail to right or left, but here and there they passed single Orcs, fallen in their tracks as they ran, with grey-feathered arrows sticking in back or throat. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Odysseus succeeded in making him a prisoner, and he told the Greeks Troy would not fall until someone fought against the Trojans with the bow and arrows of Hercules. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I took with me shellfish to eat, also my spear and my bow and arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see where he cut out the pieces of cardboard and taped them all together, and written on the sides of the pyramid are these little signs and arrows. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Like, you’re invulnerable, except to an arrow made of the heartwood of a hawthorn tree, which just so happens to be the exact kind of arrow that your worst enemy favors. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Once the Lakota and Cheyenne guns started firing, and their arrows started flying, they did not stop. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It reminded her of the heart arrow that Keeper drew, pointing right at one of her stormy treehouse drawings. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I took with me the big bow and five arrows and two of the spears. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitler’s armies invade, by means of pink chalk arrows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Streamers of colored paper are taped to the walls, with arrows of construction paper at intervals, along the halls and up and down the stairs and into the different rooms, to show the way. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I quickly scan the pile on my side and find maces, swords, bows and arrows, tridents, knives, spears, axes, metallic objects I have no name for...and nothing else. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Lyra was in the open, and the arrows were passing over her head. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Hunters scrounged arrows from the fallen and launched volley after volley into the enemy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Inside the arc soldiers were falling hit by the arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They made an easy target, gathered there together, and as long as the supply of arrows held out they were slaughtered without a chance to defend themselves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my arrow, aimed at the chink in the force field surrounding the arena, that brought on this firestorm of retribution. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They consult the rim’s arrow to determine the direction of Mecca. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At Moat Cailin the bog devils had loosed poisoned arrows at his men, but that was to be expected from such degraded creatures. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I know the Guggenheim Museum is somewhere up there; I mark that with an arrow. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He sat thus, lost in meditation, thinking Om, his soul as the arrow directed at Brahman. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Blackjack the pegasus was recovering nicely from his arrow wound. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With every arrow, he imagined he was striking down his problems. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The idea is that an arrow shot at a target has to move through time, but since time is made of tiny moments, the arrow, in each tiny moment, is at rest and not moving. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But the Orcs laughed with loud voices; and a hail of darts and arrows whistled over the wall, as Aragorn leaped down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z After a few dozen arrows lodged in the chinks of the drakon’s armor, it got the message and withdrew. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She felt emptied of everything; she only existed to hold the bow and to ready the arrow for its task. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Ah, well,” Jess sighed as she picked up her bow and notched an arrow to it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z An arrow from somewhere whizzed past my face and impaled itself in the mahogany-paneled wall of the stairwell. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The first warning I should have listened to was when Daddy Cool and Joey followed the arrow to the left and I went to the right. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the scrape of iron against leather as he drew another arrow from his quiver. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Yes,” he said, “you’d vanish with three arrows buried in your spine.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I fitted an arrow and pulled back the string, aiming at his head. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z So the Long Knives tried to find cover from the enemy guns and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z ‘I have done better, though now I must grope for spent arrows; all mine are gone. Yet I make my tale twenty at the least. But that is only a few leaves in a forest.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Bows are sustainable. Eventually we won’t be able to get more bullets, and at least I can make arrows,” he’d explained. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z By adolescence boys would make a game of shooting at each other and dodging the arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As Matthias cut another arrow into the wall, he noticed that the carved symbols looked older, more primitive. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Monster Slayer used those arrows to destroy the monsters that had been devouring the people. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She drew a diagram on the whiteboard and wrote “Beiderman Strategy” in big letters in the middle, then drew two arrows pointing outward. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I let the arrow fly, see it hit its mark and vanish, pulling the thread of gold behind it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gentle Mother, font of mercy, save our sons from war, we pray, stay the swords and stay the arrows, let them know a better day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I send an arrow into the pack and one goes down, but there are plenty to take its place. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That I was here, that I have an accomplice, that I can use the bow and arrow with accuracy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z An arrow zipped past it, missing completely, and I dropped from the spaceship onto the top of a floor exhibit, a huge model of the earth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The least they could do was pretend that we didn’t look like fools in our ballooning togas and beards and bows and arrows. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My first arrow hits his chest and inexplicably falls aside. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But Chaol and his men moved so fast that the fleeing Champion didn’t have time to touch the glass door before an arrow went clean through his throat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Instead, they made long wooden arrows without a blade on the tip to spear the fish. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z An enemy intent on the Eyrie would have to fight his way from Stone step by step, while rocks and arrows rained down from Snow above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They collected up all the arrows, spears and stones hurled by the horde, issuing them to the defenders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It had been strange at first, but when she started firing arrows from Alsvindr’s back, she understood. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I stare at the pyramid, the bins, the crates, too heavy to topple over with an arrow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Shields, spears, and quivers of arrows hung along one wall—almost as many as in the Camp Jupiter armory. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His physical appearance was striking—ebony hair, a strict, angular face, nose like an arrow pointing toward fierce, deep-set eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But many had already fallen, struck down by bullets and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It had worked all right for the fish, when they came right to the end of the arrow, but it wasn’t good for any kind of distance—at least not die way it was now. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The archers drew and released, and the road was littered with arrows that flew in a trained arc. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Sam had seen no arrows, but he guessed that the orcs had been shot down by others on the battlements or hidden in the shadow of the gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “The one we shot today—right through the heart with an arrow. He hardly even kicked.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She figured out how to throw knives and make poisoned arrows from the skins of frogs, to sneak up on prey twice her size and track targets in the dark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A whole row of unstrung bows in varying stages of repair or build rested on a worktable, and hundreds of bushels of arrows were stacked into pyramids on the floor beside them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I know every arrow must count, and they do. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Forewarned of the visitors’ arrival by drum and messenger, Indians awaited them behind trees and in concealed canoes, shot fusillades of poisoned arrows, then withdrew. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z No doubt there had been sorties and skirmishes at the start of the siege, and arrows flying back and forth; half a year into it, everyone was too tired for such nonsense. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At ten seconds before the hour, they raise their bows and aim the flaming arrows at the waiting well of curling iron. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z While I’m adding to my stock of arrows, she pokes around until she comes up with a pair of lethal-looking axes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A jet of light, a jet of pure energy released like an arrow from a great bow, shot upward from the spot where Lord Asriel had joined the wire to Roger’s daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Hero Twins were shooting arrows at the Enemies. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He views Leah’s bow and arrows as a positive development in our household after so many other discouraging ones, such as the death, for all practical purposes, of Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His last memory was of Boromir leaning against a tree, plucking out an arrow; then darkness fell suddenly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A teapot exploded with an arrow through the middle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Antinous, the ghoul with the arrow in his throat, was staring right at him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As soon as I'm in the trees, I retrieve a bow and sheath of arrows from a hollow log. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then, there is the psychological arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He drew the arrow through the rabbit so that the white feathers were dark red with heart blood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Eyrie was a small castle by the standards of the great houses; seven slender white towers bunched as tightly as arrows in a quiver on a shoulder of the great mountain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the half-light of dusk I see them, five of them, crouched on a hill, their naked bodies painted, arrows flying from their longbows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Here one second, gone the next. Can you bring a hummingbird down with an arrow?” he asks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She nocked the arrow and loosed it in the direction of the Cauldron-Born. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A shriek escapes my lips and I'm having trouble holding the arrow in place. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The memory flashed painfully in her head: she had left the arrow behind when she fled the burning forest. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “All questions with you, ain't it, Taylor? My bow and arrow’s to hunt boys and kill them. The world's better off without them. Spurty scum, that's what little boys are made of.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Ancient Greeks discovered the uses of various mixtures of petroleum, pitch, resins, sulfur, and quicklime as incendiary weapons, delivered by catapults, arrows, firebombs, and ships. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sefia jumped to her feet, swinging her bow from her back and nocking an arrow in one smooth motion. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They stood still, with their bows already raised and arrows fitted, so that they would make the least possible movement to disturb the creatures when they did appear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I use a gun, sometimes they ask me to shoot with my bow and arrows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Orion stood on the surface of the water, fifty feet to starboard, an arrow nocked in his bow. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The hands of the clock are thin arrows. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I keep seeing Rue speared, my arrow piercing the boy's neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The bridge had taken a beating from Kronos’s blast and the exploding arrows. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The garden and the hunter vanished, along with the arrow in Reyna’s stomach. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lightning flashed outside, making the arrow loops blaze blue and white for half a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But I hadn’t been shot by Cupid’s arrow, and I didn’t know of anyone getting shot on my behalf. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Celyn and Naomi ran to the smoking doorway, only to be cut down by black arrows. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Several of the guards on the wall had been injured, and sometimes the yeomen could tell that an arrow had struck home in the enemy’s camp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z At the extreme end of the street, like the dazzling tip on an arrow, the two boys could see a corner of the palace walls, stained pink by the sunset. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Amid the parishioners’ fears and frustrations, their disenfranchisement and sinking helplessness, he was somewhat brashly pointing an arrow in the opposite direction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I took up my bow and fitted an arrow, but as I did this the big dog faded away into the brush and was quickly followed by the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Four doorways with four arrows each meant sixteen arrows to choose from, and there was no apparent pattern. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I carried my new bow, which was almost as tall as I was, and five arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A man stands between two women, a cherub with bow and arrow hovering over their heads. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I scale an adjacent tree, locate the jabberjay, and take it out with an arrow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They ran back on silent feet, arrows already nocked to their bowstrings, and stopped suddenly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Crazy Horse heard later that Lakota and Cheyenne fighters were hit by arrows as well. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z At the last instant he changed direction and, though the bow did not break, the arrow passed harmlessly to one side. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z By then a second wave of arrows had been loosed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Did the last Greenland Norse starve to death, attempt to sail off, intermarry with Eskimos, or succumb to disease or Eskimo arrows? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We crawl out of the tent and find Abram lying there, an arrow in his side. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In his time, my lord could line them up, all twelve, at intervals like a ship’s ribbing; then he’d back away a long way off and whip an arrow through. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrow made a screaming sound as it flew. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a big red arrow that 1 figured might of meant the station, but I couldn’t be sure. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Delicately, she spiked the cherry on the tip of her arrow. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then he bundled together five arrows and asked Tododaho to break the lot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z These two, of course, were the only people in the world who have ever shot an arrow the distance of a mile, with the English long-bow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the short arrows of the Lamb Men stuck through the meat of his upper arm, and blood covered the left side of his bare chest like a splash of paint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Would the arrows find their mark and lift the siege? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The only problem was, he’d left his special bow and arrow in the dining room where Princess Draupadi was eating with one of his brothers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And once she sent me help when the Skraelings shot me with a poison arrow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I went slowly through the ravine because of my bow and arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, finding that this position, by raising him above the heads of everyone else, made him a mark for every arrow from the Narnian bows, he decided to jump down again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She told herself that the only thing in the world was this arrow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Grandma had missed with the arrow, wounding but not killing Muriel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There were even some wild centaurs in the mix, shooting flaming arrows and trampling their smaller allies under hoof. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “No starving, no dying from the summer sickness, no getting shot full of arrows.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We found the elevator and rode up to the fourth floor, then followed the arrows to something called the Psychohormonal Unit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By the time Grandpa and others arrived with their spears and bows and arrows, it was too late. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Then all of that had faded, the sounds dwindling, the people shrinking, the spears and arrows falling back beneath them as Drogon clawed his way into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their beaks were breaking my skin like arrows. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She had already seen two people trying to dart across the walkway and both were taken down by steel crossbow arrows. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Before the words were out of his mouth, an arrow sang past Doli’s head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It can walk on its hind legs, outrun arrows, and its yellow eyes are reputed to have the power of both hypnosis and Legilimency. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The passages were clogged with troops: armored knights in woolen surcoats and fur cloaks, men-at-arms with spears across their shoulders, archers carrying unstrung bows and sheaves of arrows, freeriders, grooms leading warhorses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And I can't exactly shoot an arrow into the crowd to get their attention. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It’s just a giant picture of a plant, with little arrows and blanks where we’re supposed to label the parts. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Their arrows made a sound like a flock of birds taking wing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z An archer aimed an arrow at the sorcerer, and the boy lifted his arms. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She did the same thing, but she was too close, and the last two arrows missed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Precisely one minute before the hour, they each ascend their respective platforms and pull from their backs shimmering black bows and arrows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Straight as an arrow, she had led us to him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “He . . . isn’t dead. Baggers went to get him . . . arrow missed his brain . . . Med-jacks patched him up.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I needed another and heavier spear, also a larger bow and sharper arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z With the arrow still sticking out of his strap, Rondon fired his rifle into the air, scaring the Indians off. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Besides, I can do a lot more damage with a sheath of arrows than she can with two axes, so I'm the best one to bring up the rear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The enemy threw spears and arrows, but nothing hit her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A shower of arrows arced over our heads and slammed into the enemy, vaporizing hundreds of demons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Aloe was already carrying Jam out of the room, and she could feel the arrow of his heart pointed toward their house, toward home. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He spoke a word to Shadowfax, and like an arrow from the bow the great horse sprang away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The orcs hindered by the mires that lay before the hills halted and poured their arrows into the defending ranks. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Chiron tried to teach me archery, but we found out pretty quick I wasn't any good with a bow and arrow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Finnick rejoins us, his fist full of my arrows still wet with monkey blood. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She expected them to rush to the long table stacked with identical bows and arrows, but apparently none of the twenty-one other competitors were in much of a hurry to go home. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Less beautiful perhaps when the two arrows caught him, one in the neck, the other in the chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Apollo shot a blazing volley of arrows and set the monster’s loincloth on fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z An arrow on the sign pointed to a button. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Our subjective sense of the direction of time, the psychological arrow of time, is therefore determined within our brain by the thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain in my thigh explodes, and I look down to see the arrow being slowly pulled through my flesh by a sandy hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A glowing silver arrow sprouted from Dr. Thorn’s shoulder. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The other girls scrambled down past the unconscious guard and the other two men who had taken arrows in the legs and butt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z My face is uncovered and I’m standing here outside of District 12 pointing an arrow at them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of them could nock five or six arrows at once. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Aru swiped the bow and arrow from the ground and took off running. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He had seen injured jets fall from the sky as inexorably as arrows pulled from strong bows. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The mouse archers sent off a hail of arrows that came close enough to cause a scatter among the sparrows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One entire wall was dedicated to archery: wooden bows, arrows, spare strings. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She wore a silver circlet on her head like a princess’s tiara, which didn’t match her skull earrings or her Death to Barbie T-shirt showing a little Barbie doll with an arrow through its head. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Vehicles were a valuable coup, even one stuck full of arrows like a metal porcupine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A few well-placed exploding arrows, a few craters in the hillside—problem solved. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She looked up and saw a calico streak fly past, tail straight back like an arrow. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I have no arrow, no way to shoot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He comes running back to the fort with arrows sticking out of him and dies soon after. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And he never lost his way, for he knew where the streams ran, pointing sure as an arrow back down the mountain toward the road. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Why I did not send the arrow I cannot say. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “That weakling destroyed an entire legion of telkhines with his arrows.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Light and darkness fly like an arrow,” meaning time passes quickly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Reek passed the rotted carcass of a horse, an arrow jutting from its neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z However, a strong thermodynamic arrow is necessary for intelligent life to operate. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘May I bring you some moist towelettes? Your arrow is dripping.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But after a few days of itching I figured it must have been the arrow that killed him, because I recovered just fine. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My heart sinks as my fingers draw back my last arrow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He targeted the largest clump of enemies and shot a tulip-shaped arrow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z After the circumcision, when their wounds are still fresh, warriors are required to practice their life skills using these arrows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed me how to place the arrows and where to put the dimension mark. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the arrow near my feet. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Also, there’s a particular kind of rope used to bind the arrows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When I take it, I notice it holds a single, ordinary arrow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z However, there are at least three arrows of time that do distinguish the past from the future. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She shot again, and the arrow lodged itself in the wolf’s shoulder. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But why should the thermodynamic arrow of time exist at all? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ever hear the story about the boy with the golden arrows?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Finnick crashes into the clearing to find me wiping my arrow clean with some moss. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Nocking an arrow to her bow, she peered over the stump. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The movement of the armies was a diagram: a black arrow tearing vertically southward, and a white arrow tearing horizontally eastward, across the tail of the first. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Even for Roman demigods, the name conjured up an image of a silly winged baby with a toy bow and arrow, flying around in his diapers on Valentine’s Day. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then Zeus the son of Kronos added one more noon—and sudden arrows from Artemis pierced the woman’s heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His bow was bent, but one gleaned arrow was all that he had left, and he peered out now, ready to shoot the first Orc that should dare to approach the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the Middle Ages, heart shapes were also used to portray lily pads, fig leaves, and weapons, namely arrows. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I get up to find a stick but almost immediately come across the arrow that bounced off Cato's body armor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Artemis shot the monster in the eye with a dozen silver arrows. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was an enormous leap of faith to give them arrows, even if the tips were blunted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Already had a Gathering of the Keepers this morning—made a unanimous decision by the sounds of it. Looks like Ben’ll be wishing that arrow had found a home inside his shuck brain after all.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Or maybe he just needs the light of day to help him hit the arrow icon that will send his question off to Frank. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He reached in his quiver and pulled out an arrow heavier than the rest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Only when they slumped clumsily across the dog traces or lay unexpectedly still did the nearest men notice what was happening, and then it was already too late, because more arrows were flying at them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He instructed the brothers to shoot an arrow at the fish’s eye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His bow and arrows were tied on his horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I sling an extra bow and a second sheath of arrows over my body, slide two long knives and an awl into my belt, and meet up with Finnick at the front of the pile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hylla slid off the hood of the car and snapped the arrow with one hand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A poor, unstable girl with a small talent with a bow and arrow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the paper an arrow pointed down. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Small are his hands, yet his arrows fly far as death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She swung around above and loosed a dozen arrows into the melee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He has made up a sheet with pictures of the pieces and arrows to show how they move. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “As soon as they come in sight, Fflewddur, Doli, and I will charge them from the flank. When they turn to give battle, loose your arrows.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Helene grabs the bow from me, takes aim with the corded arrow, and a second later, one of the legionnaires rappelling down goes limp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He held an arrow loosely in his hand but did not fit it to the string. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Before she reached me, an arrow exploded at her feet and a cloud of yellow smoke billowed around her team. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z If the earth rotates, why are the paths of flying objects, such as arrows, not visibly affected by its movement? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z These game animals were caught in pit traps, shot with bow and arrow, and run down with dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They could only hope that the arrow had landed deep enough, or else it would be a long and potentially fruitless chase. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A full dozen arrows if you count the one I retrieved in the tree. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Doli’s arrow leaped from the bowstring and buried itself in the warrior’s neck. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z All around us I hear footsteps, shouting, that god-awful shrieking, the twang of arrows being shot, men crying out in pain. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The front door hung askew, an arrow protruding from the frame. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In the diagram, an arrow pointed to a small circular hole near the rim of the larger wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The direwolf’s breath frosted the forest air as he padded after them, still limping on the hind leg that had taken the arrow back at Queenscrown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This would have led to well-defined thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time, as we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And he, compassionate creature, who drew from me the arrows of sorrow one by one, listened, and when I came home I was not alone. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned every hunt into a challenge now, made sure every arrow found its mark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He picked one ready arrow from his table where it lay bare: the rest were waiting still in the quiver for the young men’s turn to come. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya lowered her bow, letting her arrow go slack against the bowstring, gaping at the boy flying above the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I arm my bow with two arrows and Finnick adjusts the trident in his hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z You have to hit the birds with blunt arrows and knock them down. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent those days making more arrows, and on the third day, with these arrows and my spear, I went out along the trail the wild dogs had made to and from my house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Blackjack shrieked, but the arrow came out cleanly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He put his finger through an arrow hole in the sleeve. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And I find the arrow tip sinking to the ground as I lean in to watch, desperately, for some sign of success. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Once when he was too hot he pointed an arrow at the sun and threatened to shoot him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrow had a small point, which was fortunate, and came out easily though it had gone deep. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheers from across the gym were like volleys of arrows piercing our grand delusion. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z This one, the arrow dangled and jiggled every which way. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At the end of the second arrow, she wrote “Acts of Kindness.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Most of the arrows point in that direction,” Denevan said to me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It’s night; the enemy shoots and shoots; downstream at dawn, he plucks from the hay arrows to last weeks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And Nelson jumped right in to agree with Anatole, saying we should be glad for every arrow that shoots straight, even if it comes from a girl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Emptying my quiver of arrows into the hated birds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A garden of Belle-roses reaches up toward a dark sky, their petals large and rich as sunshades, their thorns glistening like arrows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Pol saw the growing frustration on her face, and he took the bow from her and showed her, again, the smooth rhythm of the draw, the arrow in flight, his hand in the air. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Often when sighting along an arrow, there to the side I would glimpse the young man or young woman, but when I looked directly, he or she would be old again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were going back to the village, having shot one antelope and one deer with their bows and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The girl bowed as she extended the slender arrow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The bird rose into the air, laughing at the useless weapons of the people below, but the arrow followed him upwards and pierced the center of his heart. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The coats of mail, the helmets, the lances, pikes, bows and arrows were being put in order, and the great two-handed sword hung on the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z First, there is the thermodynamic arrow of time, the direction of time in which disorder or entropy increases. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a hideous yell, and the leaping shape thudded to the ground; the elvish arrow had pierced its throat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Even when a bird was seven or eight feet away the arrow would turn without feathers to stabilize it and hit brush or a twig. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was tightly closed, with only the smallest indentation as evidence that it had been struck by the arrow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But then she looked around and realized the arrows had vanished. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Do a tragic tribute to the woman lying where we left her, with my arrow still in her heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They were so numerous that I could never hope to get rid of them either by traps or with arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that was how it really happened, way back when—some primitive man tried to spear fish and it didn’t work and he “invented” the bow and arrow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z And he shot the arrow straight into the cat’s ear. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z His brows rose, and, still staring at him, she smiled wickedly as she blindly fired the arrow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I killed three of them with arrows, but not the leader, and they did not come again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something nice about those thick black arrows: sour here, salty there, like there’s a right place for everything. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As the horns died away, a hissing filled the air; a vast flight of arrows arched up from his right, where the archers stood flanking the road. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Crab lifted his rifle in both hands, like he was about to demonstrate how to shoot an arrow from a bow, which would’ve been just as cool, in Genie’s estimation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Other times they would practice with their bows and arrows, shooting at small animals or birds. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In one motion, I turn to the sound, bringing the bow and arrow to my shoulder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They dragged him from under the dead griffin and found Kay’s arrow sticking in its eye. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo, in great anger at his son’s death, went to Etna, where the Cyclopes forged the thunderbolts; and killed with his arrows, some say the Cyclopes themselves, some say their sons. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrows weren’t for decoration—they were meant to show the way. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Many of the soldiers were falling, hit by bullets and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Taran collected as many bows and quivers of arrows as he could carry. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I hear the sound of the dryer stopping, like a little sigh, and I glance up at the arrow above the elevator. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I picture him running toward the ships, with arrows flying all around, and him with no armor. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He would pull the bow back, set the arrow just above die water, and when die fish was no more than an inch away release the arrow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Checking for her bow and quiver of red-fletched arrows, she scrambled down the tree trunk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “They’re fine. I made them some bows and arrows and they went hunting rabbits in the river bottom. I’m not keeping the pan hot though.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Two arrows appeared nocked in his bow, the string fully drawn back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Elias—" Helene nearly flings herself off the ledge trying to avoid an arrow, grabbing on to my arm. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z If we miss our targets, these arrows will land somewhere—probably the warehouses across the street. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At the stump on her corner, she would stick a pinch of Happy Days snuff in her lip and spit juice straight as an arrow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They hurled stones and shot arrows from the towers. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I reveled in long ships with oars; I loved polished lances, arrows in the skirmish, the shapes of doom that others shake to see. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the arrows gets lodged in the tree near me though and I'm able to seize it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z ‘When Treebeard had got a few arrows in him, he began to warm up, to get positively “hasty”, as he would say. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Ne-kah-e-se-y would coolly draw his bow and arrow, which the Osage considered more effective than a bullet. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her fingers were numb and red, but even so, she made contact with all her arrows on the second and third passes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The Warrior Twins had used arrows made of lightning and sun rays to kill the monstrous Enemies that ate humans. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “For the Psalmist writes: Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, are the children of one’s youth. Perhaps it will be your son who brings about his downfall.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She marveled over how he’d been shot through with arrows and left for dead, how he’d survived his murder only to be beaten to death by the Roman Emperor’s soldiers and buried in the catacombs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z An arrow could be aimed, and a spear, even the stone from a catapult, but wildfire had a will of its own. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I then got to my feet and fitted an arrow to the bow, although I suddenly remembered my father’s warning that, because I was a woman, the bow would break. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He could surely spear a fish with one of his arrows. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The arrows converge from three directions on Japan, which is just a bunch of islands itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z George made him a soap bubble pipe and a bow and arrow. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The space between them was a straight shot, and as one of the wolves raised his head to look at Kaede, she sent an arrow directly into his yellow eye. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My brothers and my mother were able to make some of the other preparations for me—collecting sticks and gum for the arrows, collecting the rope to bind them with. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Thankfully Lord Snow had delivered her from that agony with his arrows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He nocked a second arrow, but the rest of the herd was almost on top of him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The arrow in his arm suddenly didn’t matter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He pointed off to the left, where a thin sliver of light spread across the floor like an arrow pointing toward a crack in the wall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A thicket of spears were pointed towards the strangers; and some of the horsemen had bows in hand, and their arrows were already fitted to the string. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Another arrow shoots out from the Solomon Islands and another from the Marianas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The boy lord had taken an arrow in the eye, and Ser Rodrik had lost his left arm at the elbow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Just to make absolutely sure, I shoot an arrow into the empty space above the tree line. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s have it, then,” he said, jerking his chin at the arrow I was still clutching. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then came hooves and the twangs of bows, and arrows were suddenly falling amongst the Death Eaters, who broke ranks, shouting their surprise. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She leaped between her father and Artemis and shot an arrow straight into the Titan’s forehead, where it lodged like a unicorn’s horn. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z This time the bird jerked a bit and the arrow stuck next to it so close it almost brushed its breast. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “The one who put the arrows in my helmet?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Purple!” she yelled when the arrow slid to a stop. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I silence it with an arrow in its throat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Vajra flew into her hand, shifting between knife and sword and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The pictures showed the tribesmen, their bodies painted red, pointing bows and arrows at the approaching helicopters. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Brian only had two more arrows and he debated moving slowly to change the spear over to his right hand and use that to kill the bird. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Narcissus unslung his bow and grabbed an arrow from his dusty quiver. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They were pictures of lovers in lonely parks, with vignettes of hearts pierced with arrows and golden ribbons held by doves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “At last, at last,” he cried in a great voice and he shot an arrow. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His lists had stuff crossed out and then arrows and all sorts of redirection to bubbles of messy thought. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But as they did, savage cries burst from either side of them and there was a sudden hiss of arrows. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Just exactly where it went wrong we weren’t sure, but I’m fairly certain that nobody had ever shot an arrow from Old Jim’s back before. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A second arrow hit the ground between Nico’s feet and glowed white-hot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A thin, long arrow with the point in the water and the bow pulled back so that all he had to do was release die arrow ... yes. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z On the front of the wardrobe somebody had painted a picture of Indians coming out of the woods, carrying bows and arrows, wearing warpaint and bright headdresses. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But too many men have gone to hunt and have staggered back into the fort with arrows in their bellies, only to die in agony a few days later. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The Apollo kids kept shooting at the Ares kids, but the arrows bounced off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Ruta Skadi shot an arrow into the heart of it, with no effect at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z How it started was her declaring she was going hunting with her little bow and arrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He whips his head toward me but doesn’t seem to notice my bow, the waiting arrow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I expect any moment to feel the sharp pain of an arrow through my chest. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “There was a fight. There was lots of ’em and they had arrows.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, while he lay there on the grass with the dog circling warily and the pack moving slowly toward him, without knowing that I did so, I fitted an arrow to the bow. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside of my parents’ house were white balloons, tied off on either side of the white fence’s gate, floating arrows that pointed us up to the open front door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But instead I’d gotten an arrow through my heart, and I was pretty sure we were going to lose La Cocina, our second home. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Anya drew another arrow as soon as she let the first one go. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Neither bird had flown a hundred yards before an arrow took it down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The letters slid round the arrow, dancing giddily. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “I guess not. So...Cupid struck you with his arrow, and you fell in love.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Most Polynesians and many Melanesians abandoned the use of bows and arrows in war. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The freerider with the gold coin in his pocket would fly to easterly Rock like an arrow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Their arrows will go right through a mattress, you fool.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It almost looked like the arrows had intercepted the thorns in midair and sliced them in two, but my eyes must’ve been playing tricks on me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The word bàndika, for “kill with an arrow,” has two meanings, you see. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The no boundary proposal for the universe predicts the existence of a well-defined thermodynamic arrow of time because the universe must start off in a smooth and ordered state. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was cruel to desert the helpless sufferer, but they were desperate to get on to Troy, and with his bow and arrows he would at least never lack for food. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped at the hot-shop, through the narrow shutters of which flowed, in cracks and rays and arrows, the yellow light we had seen across the hills of winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They don't know about the arrows and the apples. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Within a few minutes, I spot a rabbit and make my first kill with the bow and arrow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “You missed the guy with the arrows in him. In a picture of a guy with arrows in him.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The arrows were laid out on the tray in her forehead, ready to go. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Ever smiling A half-dozen arrows were thrust into the soft ground at his feet, but it had taken only one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I’d rather have the sun, but at least we still have some light,” Grandma said, using a tool to set the silver-headed arrow to the string of her undersized crossbow and pull it into position. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z If their arrows did not work, then there was no other weapon at their disposal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “And those cowboys and Indians. What kind of place is that for a child to grow up in? Dodging bullets and arrows?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z You will not have us slay wild beasts for no purpose, and it seemed no more, so I tried no arrow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The foolbird sat still for him and he did not look directly at it until he drew the second arrow and aimed and released and missed again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Would the thermodynamic arrow reverse and disorder begin to decrease with time? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Again and again the rockets sped into the air like arrows, and the sky became crimson and gold. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As he heaved a large, rough log, an arrow of pain shot through his right hand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z As an answer the witch took an arrow from her quiver. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At Yishan’s feet was a mussel with the tip of a soldier’s arrow in it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then, having aimed imaginary arrows at imaginary foes, she was to set me free by untying me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph tried hard to piece all the generations together, and he drew arrows between people he thought were connected, husbands to wives, parents to children, grandparents to grandchildren. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The guy with the bow nocked an arrow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was carrying his large crossbow, and a quiver of arrows hung over his shoulder. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Percy felt like an arrow had slipped through a chink in his armor—as if he still had the blessing of Achilles, and someone had found his weak spot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He sank on one knee and presented the arrow to Théoden. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As Luke was raising his sword to rally his troops, a centaur shot a custom-made arrow with a leather boxing glove on the end. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He knelt down and the arrow of the sun fell on him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I like walking alone In the park, A stick in my hand, Imagining a hundred arrows In my side. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They rowed endlessly up and down, staying to the deep water in the middle of the river and exchanging flights of arrows with Stannis's archers on the south shore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Running to their lodges, they grabbed weapons—guns and bows and arrows, war clubs, and lances—and ran toward the sound of the guns. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The contracting phase will be unsuitable because it has no strong thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She clicked an arrow and the feed started going backward in slow motion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He drilled the axeheads clean, sprang, and decanted arrows on the door sill, glared, and drew again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Following a handwritten arrow at the bottom of the poster and the word over, Ignatius complied and looked at the other side of the poster, where Myrna had written something: Sirs: What is wrong, Ignatius? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He shot again and again, sending a series of arrows fleet and sure to the center of the trunk, just below a branching limb. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They were firing arrows, one after another, all shattering harmlessly against the lion’s metallic fur. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I shoot at him and he manages to block the arrow with his belt before it can skewer his liver. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I was aware of the Apollo campers behind me shooting arrows, disrupting every attempt by the enemy to rally. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The assault on Helm’s Deep had begun, but no sound or challenge was heard within; no answering arrows came. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Don’t be stupid, Ben,” Alby said, his voice calm as he continued to aim the arrow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The naked baby shoots you with an arrow and you fall in love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When I’m finally back in my bed the navigator drops down a torn piece of paper with lines and arrows curving this way and that. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Without thinking, I pull an arrow from my quiver and send it straight at the Gamemakers' table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Come, my son. Doth thy father stop to say “I cannot go into battle for my King because arrows are sharp’? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And then an arrow struck the deer in his side, and he bolted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She made a bow and arrows, but hardly ever hit her targets. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Namontack could teach me to make a bow and arrows and to shoot straight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Her bowstring was taut, the arrow nocked to it in readiness; she could have pulled and loosed in less than a second, and Mrs. Coulter would have been dead before she finished drawing breath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Their arrows landed in a row across the road, making a flaming barrier. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Last year I shot an arrow at them during my private training session.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The archers concealed behind die gorse had spoiled the song with a rain of arrows, and Tbeon himself had led his men-at-arms out to finish the butcher's work with dagger, axe, and warhammer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Where she aimed, the arrow met its mark. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The squire shrugged "Nor me, but you won't stop it. Only waste a good arrow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The arrow she had nocked slipped and fell, flailing like a downed bird, to the ground at her feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Ares kid had his hand on his sword and the Hunter girl looked like she was going to exchange her basketball for a bow and arrow any second. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I’d only halfway listened to what Grandma Sands had said, and now me and Joey and Byron were standing at a sign with arrows that pointed in two directions. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Just south of Hadley, before they could reach Deerfield, they had been ambushed by Indians who attacked savagely with both arrows and French rifles. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If I remember right, it was Odysseus who shot him through the neck with that arrow.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Dothraki went sprawling in the mud, bounced up with a knife in hand, and died with Aggo's arrow through his throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the woods on the right, the Hunters sent a volley of silver arrows into the enemy line, destroying twenty or thirty dracaenae, but more marched behind them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Stringing the bow and fitting an arrow he turned, peering back over the River into the darkness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The words had barely left Piper’s mouth when an arrow sank into the mainmast, six inches from her face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her legs tighten around my hips and her bow twangs as she launches arrow after arrow into our pursuers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Inside, Anya went straight to where her bow and quiver of arrows hung on the wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z As he sat down ready to pronounce the Om, Siddhartha softly recited the verse: ”Om is the bow, the arrow is the soul, Brahman is the arrow’s goal At which one aims unflinchingly.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird held for him and he put an arrow to the bow, one of the feathered arrows, not a fish arrow, and drew and released. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru tried to pry off one of the statue’s toes to hurl it back at the arrows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But once it stops and the cannon signals her death, a hovercraft will move in and retrieve her body, taking the only bow and sheath of arrows I've seen out of the Games for good. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Said Odysseus: “Run then, while I hold them off with arrows as long as the arrows last. When all are gone if I’m alone they can dislodge me.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Tanin scanned the clearing, her gaze skimming over the cabin, the fallen bow and arrows, the bodies. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The witch stopped outside the tent Mrs. Coulter had gone into, and fitted an arrow to her bowstring. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t complain, even when he had to desnag a stray arrow out of his tail. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Mia had used a hammer and a handful of roofing nails, driving each one through the thick white plastic like arrows, then prying it out again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She could have made an entire circle of arrows, if she’d wanted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A truck slammed into her and carried her backward a hundred yards, but she just climbed over the cab, pulled the arrow out of her head, and launched back into the air. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He pulled an arrow from his quiver and turned the razor-sharp tip so it glinted in the firelight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z That had been his path, laid out before him as straight as an arrow since childhood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “That was my last sonic arrow,” Michael said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Did you see that bear guy? He was all like: Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth!’ The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The people returned to the village and got out all their bows and arrows. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z At this there was a quick whirr and a smack and the Wart found an arrow sticking in the tree between the fingers of his right hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The flame left a black arrow on the ground, showing the Germans exactly where the gun was hidden. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was punctured with a half dozen arrows, some along his arm, the last one cutting through the meat of his neck from one side to the other. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The inside of the tree had been filled with a stock of arrows to be used in a fantasy battle at first, then in a battle fought amongst themselves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She handed him a bow and half a dozen arrows twenty- eight inches long. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She would make spears, throwing sticks, a bow and arrows, a sling. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “While they drop stones on us and feather us with arrows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even though she had showed up with a bow and some arrows, and owned a Varangian warhorse. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Farther away this time, though still emphatically, there sounded another snap! that stabbed like a steel-tipped arrow driven from a hundred-pound bow into that part of Herbie’s spine located between his shoulder blades. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers have all but decided to release the arrow when I see the object in the glove. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I took the baskets, my spear, and the bow and arrows, and turned the canoe over so that the tides could not take it out to sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They carried four-foot bows, and tufts of arrows stuck their feathers up from the quivers behind their left shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s wonderful there, getting to try out all the different bows and arrows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was stuck full of arrows like a porcupine, and trotted along with a strange look of unconcernedness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now I don’t have a spear, and I’m almost out of arrows. And... I’m scared.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I had seen this spear made, as I had seen my father make bows and arrows, yet I knew little about it, no more than I had about the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z With his head lowered, his military haircut made a sharp black arrow pointing down. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She pushed down on the scale—the red arrow moved from zero to one then snapped back to zero. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It took me a minute to understand what I saw: two arrows in his flank. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sign with arrows pointing in each direction, but the words were written in English, not Korean. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She felt the pressure as the arrow detonated . .. but it wasn’t what she expected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Arrows: “What precise feathers the arrows must have in order to fly.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z One smote Frodo between the shoulders and he lurched forward with a cry, letting go his paddle: but the arrow fell back, foiled by his hidden coat of mail. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And only seconds later, it seemed, they could hear the rush of flight, the whiz of arrows, and the grunt and scream of voices raised in pain or anger or command. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of the moment I sent the arrow flying into the apple in the pig's mouth when I was so enraged. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Men stood on the beds of wagons loading casks of wine, sacks of flour, and bundles of new- fletched arrows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It could even account for the arrow of time that we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I stagger backward but still manage to send my readied arrow in the general direction of my assailant. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Are they moving? Hast seen any arrows fly?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Gale had two sets of bows and arrows, one hunting knife, one fishing net, and over eight hundred terrified people to feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As usual, the fence was not charged and it was simple to slip into the woods and retrieve my bow and arrows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To the colonists’ dismay, an Indian sank an arrow into it a foot deep, “which was strange, being that a Pistoll could not pierce it.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The flints ignited torches, which were as important to the hunt as bows and arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The old woman, good with the bow and arrow, took them with her; the old man took the water gourd. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank’s close-cropped hair pointed forward like an arrow, making his gaze even more intense. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And Cal, after waiting, said, “Well, it was my arrow, all right, but we think it might have got in Aron’s quiver.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The assassin searched for his arrows and went away grumbling—but the Wart realized that, even if he was safe from the archer, he had lost his way and his hawk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This is where those special arrows tipped with gum come in. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrows from the east slope arced and flew down the west ridge. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “These sure would stop any Indians’ arrows,” I said to Brian. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sticky, if you didn’t use the arrows, how did you get through?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A hail of arrows that were like dark rain sped from oncoming yeomen, dropping the sentries on the bridge and picking off men of the guard manning the wall of the town. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Stanley pulled the lever back until the arrow pointed to the letter D, for Drive. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Colonists in Jamestown taunted the Powhatan in 1607 with a target they believed impervious to an arrow shot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A telkhine shrieked and ran in circles with a burning arrow impaled in his forehead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My theory stands as firm as a rock; every arrow directed against it will return quickly to its archer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Behind you, Lee,” Hester said, and he whipped around, diving, as an arrow hissed over his shoulder. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “They was shooting arrows and that...I want my dad,” she said more loudly, and felt herself beginning to cry. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The clearing was as I’d left it the night before, my bag hanging from a branch, the arrow Fd carved into a tree still glistening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The bow and arrow fell from Legolas’ hands, and his arms hung loose at his sides. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Jared S. draws a bunch of fighter jets shooting arrows at monkeys on camels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Zoe let loose two quick arrows that exploded at their feet in clouds of sulfurous yellow smoke. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She plunked her library card into the fishbowl and followed the blinking arrows out the door. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z You can bet they'll make sure I don't have a bow and arrow to defend myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She stood still and fitted an arrow to her bow and shot. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As each arrow whistled through the hall a man fell dead. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There were demigod provisions, tod— bronze javelin tips, a quiver full of arrows, an extra sword, and a box of ambrosia. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Laistrygonian archers assembled on the deck above us, notching arrows in their enormous bows. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Twenty arrows in its hide, and we just made it mad. The thing was thirty feet long and bright green. Its eyes—” He shuddered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Nor did they adopt bows and arrows, remaining instead with their spears and spear-throwers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By then a second flight was in the air, and the archers were fitting a third arrow to their bowstrings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The moment he spied them, he notched an arrow to his bowstring, and never looked away until the last wagon was out of sight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t usually hold the arrow for this long, but she couldn’t make herself fire at the boy. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was carrying something in its mouth: a heavy golden bow and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was no answer, except arrows and stones from the walls. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She fires a single arrow that explodes into a flash of lightning that branches out to destroy every plate. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z My hand reaches up but not for an arrow that I know I'll never reach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then he remembered his windbreaker and he found the tattered part he used for an arrow pouch. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Govinda blanched as he heard these words and read the decision in his friend’s determined face, undeviating as the released arrow from the bow. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z We go on for all time abhorred by all; a blot on the face of God’s sunshine; an arrow in the side of Him who died for man. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z While Hazel helped him up, Frank turned and nocked an arrow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Kainta shows me how to weave a case so that I can carry my arrows on my back. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Every fish that hit me was like an arrow entering my flesh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I left my bow and arrows behind as I went on, for the brush had grown heavy and I could not use them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he straps a sheath divided into three cylinders of arrows to my back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She gripped the arrow as the girl bounded away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ arrow hit him under the chin and punched up to the feathers through his throat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to these were assorted scenes from daily life, of hunting and trading, of deer being killed with bows and arrows and marching warriors holding swords in their hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z If I look at them long enough, I can see all kinds of patterns in those hexagons: lines, arrows, even flowers. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Yet, as before, I did not send the arrow. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out an arrow and fitted it into his crossbow, raising it, ready to fire. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z One day some archer will put an arrow through his chest, or ten men will fall on him with spears and swords and axes, ten would-be heroes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There Paris shot an arrow at him and Apollo guided it so that it struck his foot in the one spot where he could be wounded, his heel. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Athena, sweeping down to the battlefield, persuaded the foolish heart of Pandarus, a Trojan, to break the truce and shoot an arrow at Menelaus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wart was fitting an arrow to his bow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ullr is a god who hunts with bow and with arrows, and he is the god with skis. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But there was one thing she knew for certain: there was an arrow in her quiver that would find its mark in Mrs. Coulter’s throat. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the tracker, springing behind a stone, put an arrow in his eye as he ran up, and he fell with a crash. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Eyes opened or not, he could swear he kept hearing the moist thunk of the arrow slamming into Ben’s cheek. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Enlisting the aid of the beaver’s highly capable molars, the badger left him gnawing away at a yew sapling in the orchard while she went off to find an arrow that would fit her brainchild. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She went into the house to return her bow and arrows to their spots on the wall, glad Håkon and Kin were still gone, because she didn’t want to get distracted. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z For this reason I took many days and had many failures before I fashioned a bow and arrows that could be used. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The days are an arrow in a dead man’s chest. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a passable likeness, and the artist perceived one not very obvious aspect of the sitter’s countenance—its mischief, an amused, babyish malice that suggested some unkind cupid aiming envenomed arrows. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z So sorry, but Ike should perhaps be killed now with a poisoned arrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Suddenly it seemed to become aware of the circle of witches around it, and like an arrow it shot away, whole again, bounding swiftly off into the dark. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But if it’s anything like my bow and arrows, you’re going to love it,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And I’m absolutely positive that no one had shot said arrow so that the feathers brushed his ears on the way past. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was broken by the fall, and an arrow protruded from its side, but still it lurched up and lunged with a flopping malice at Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This would explain the existence of the thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand flies to my shoulder, hungry for an arrow, but, of course, my weapons are stashed in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When she had shot all the arrows, she went to where they lay and picked them up, stuffing them back into the quiver. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Who sends an arrow through iron axe-helve sockets, twelve in line? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Confused, I think it's for Glimmer, although this doesn't quite make sense because I'm still in the picture, still fighting for the arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He told us of a king who fought wars across the Niger by releasing fleets of birds trained to hurl arrows. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Percy turned as an arrow thudded into her forehead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The arrows that Beetee designed are no less remarkable than the bow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “What do you want a bow and arrow for?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z No answers provided as to what the arrows are tipped with to create such an astounding effect. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the nonpointed end of the arrow was the number “7” with a circle around it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She stood in the grass for a few minutes, staring at the arrow in her hand but not really seeing it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The bow and arrows I had first made I likewise took to the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A black arrow had been drawn in soot on the white paint of the windowsill and pointed the way to the garden outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I pull an arrow from the sheath that’s still wedged in the pile and arm my bow as I turn. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I had a club I found in one of the huts, but I needed a bow and arrows and a large spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The two bows and a sheath of arrows Gale rescued on the night of the firebombing lie on the desk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Besides, while he’s a whiz with that trident, it’s a weapon less suited to the jungle than my arrows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I can shoot a bow and arrow like a laser beam. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I played with the soldiers, throwing arrows into a bronze jar. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A mistake had been made, the arrow was meant for him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then the strands got twisted tighter and tighter until it became a line and then an arrow. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With arrows flying every day, weapons and armor are more coveted than gold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z When her daughter was shot down by the arrow, she had given her up as dead. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Nelson shows her how to stand, close one eye, and whack her arrow trembling into the heart of a leaf. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One feathered his rump with an arrow as he wriggled away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘He stands not alone,’ said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He slowly brought another arrow out, put it on the string, and aimed and released and this time saw the flurry of feathers that meant he had made a hit. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Both of them were staring up at the quivering arrows hovering just a couple of feet over their heads. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Luckily the day was windless, and the smoke rose straight as an arrow into the clear blue sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When four men assaulted die gate with axes, Koss shot them down with arrows, one by one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It also has a directional, or pointer, arrow drawn on it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Elaborately carved bows, a quiver of obsidian-tipped arrows, frighteningly muscular crossbows—even a mace, although it was hard for them to imagine Scythe Faraday taking someone out with a mace. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The first one swept his arrow through the torch, lighting the end on fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I hear the motor start up again and keep my eye on the arrow: 6...5...4... Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Another arrow sped past, landing in the abandoned nest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Chronicler was looking the mercenary over, eyeing the man’s armor, the empty quiver of arrows, his fine blue linen shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I feel the impact as an arrow hits our mattress. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Inside the walls, he knew, the ironmen were discussing whether to admit him or fill his chest with arrows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The arrow hit the absolute center, obliterating the black dot. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She pressed the tip beneath her breast, between her ribs, an arrow to her heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These arrows are food, safety, and life itself now. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The archers from Apollo’s cabin brought out their bows and arrows, ready to slay the menace, but with so many campers mixed in with the birds, it wasn’t safe to shoot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I remove my arrow and wring its neck for good measure. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "I can only stomach so much ineptitude in any one day. If the Others ever come for us, I pray they have archers, because you lot are fit for nothing more than arrow fodder." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Off with her bow to market she goes and even to church, although on Sundays she must leave the arrows behind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Without taking her eyes off the first target, Anya pulled an arrow out of her quiver, nocked it against the bowstring, and breathed deeply through her nose. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Flames the color of a ripe pumpkin follow the fourth arrow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was going to kill Ivan, kill all of them, and she still couldn’t let the arrow fly at him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z These, supplemented by the stouter arrows of the fieldmice and the otter slingers, caused many wounds and great discomfort to the would-be attackers, pinning a good number of them down. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The first arrow whizzed by Rondon’s face, and he mistook it for a bird. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Like the way I can shoot at an animal in almost complete darkness and still take it down with one arrow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The arrow whistled, its fletching catching a breeze, and it hit the target in its straw belly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She released the arrow, and the tree shuddered when it struck, its metal point buried in the bark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I could send a flaming arrow into the pyramid easily enough -I'm a good enough shot to get it through those openings in the net -but there's no guarantee it would catch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He watched Nico with satisfaction, as if he’d identified the exact spot for his next arrow to make a clean kill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The stench of their breath and body odor was almost enough to knock him out, even without the arrow throbbing in his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Swords. Axes. Aye, and bows, a hundred more bows, and men to loose the arrows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Because she can use a bow and arrow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I made the bow and arrows first and was pleased when I tried them that I could shoot farther and much straighter than I had before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to pull the arrows out of the tree. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Heroes and warriors came in suits of armor, riding brave horses and bearing swords and arrows. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The foremost fell with Legolas’ last arrow in his throat, but the rest sprang over him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Piper nudged the arrow that was stuck in the mast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I wrote Sookie above his head and made an arrow, in case there was any question. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The next room looked exactly the same, but this time the wiggly arrows indicated the door on his right. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He drove eastward for miles on end, the road running relentlessly arrow straight, undulating over rolling jade-green fields of wheat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "What a splendid word to describe an arrow vibrating, just after it has hitl” Lancelot said: "I heard it in a ballad.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way we step over arrows lying everywhere on the ground. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A poorly aimed arrow sailed over Leo’s head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In a far corner, an arrow pointed down a staircase to another exhibit, jellies, on the floor below. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "He shot it with a golden arrow and brought it back for me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A few carried short bows, with quivers of arrows slung across their backs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And all the arrows of all the hunters in the world would be in vain,’ said Gimli, gazing at the mail in wonder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She made arrows on the street where I turn. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “That I won’t get the chance to see what I can do with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I’ve already stowed my bow and arrows in a hollow log in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Grappling hooks were flung out, iron rams crashed through wooden hulls, boarders swarmed, flights of arrows whispered through each other in the drifting smoke, and men died . . . but so far, none of his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All but two, that is, who stood close by, arrows at their bowstrings, guarding Will and Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I shall therefore discuss the psychological arrow of time for computers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Aboriginal Australians may have adopted and then abandoned bows and arrows. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z First thing in the morning, she set off to shoot an arrow over a branch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I don't have a stick, so I take my remaining arrow and insert it in the knot, twisting it as tightly as I dare. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was a golden blur leaping past Sefia, landing on the second man’s chest, knocking him aside so the arrow struck his shoulder instead of his heart. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Those who saw him said that he fired his musket even as an arrow went right through his beard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She plunges to the ground, the arrow sailing harmlessly over her shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z During the next three thousand years, Peru hosted so many diverse cultures that the archaeological timelines in textbooks, with their multiple arrows and switchbacks, are as impenetrable as the family trees of European kings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Genghis Khan must have invented some magic arrows, then,” I said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank stood at the far end of the stadium, shooting flaming arrows at Nike’s chariot as the goddess bellowed insults and tried to find a path to him across the shifting network of trenches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Many Aboriginal women came as wives to Muralug Island, where they saw gardens and bows and arrows. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It sailed through the air so fast, there wasn’t time to nock an arrow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I felt hot and breathless and stung, like an antelope struck with an arrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Frantic, I hit the back arrow at the top of the touch screen and scroll down to our thread of messages. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Catching sight of her red-fletched arrows, the man grinned, stretching the crooked scar on his bottom lip. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But I retrieved the small bow and arrows he'd made me from a hollow tree. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But it's one second too late because, by that time, my arrow is piercing his hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Even with the arrows gone they fared little better, for Athena had now come to take a part in the great deeds being done and she made each attempt to reach Odysseus miscarry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing the supply of arrows was not endless, the badger looked to the heaps of rubble and stone along the parapet edges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But now the arrows continue on, advancing toward other islands she’s never heard of—Iwo Jima, Okinawa—each flagged with the Rising Sun. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There would be no strong thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of the five riders had bows with arrows nocked and drawn. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Light Hair managed to shoot a rabbit with his bow and arrow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It made for slow going, and all the ironbom were well aware of how exposed they were, well within bowshot of the bog devils and their poisoned arrows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Man pushes his arrogant self out, poking holes through the sky; God will sling His arrows back down on man through those holes in a mighty rain.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z From his sun-chariot he shot fiery arrows down upon the Greek Army, and men sickened and died so that the funeral pyres were burning continually. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A diamond, two arrows piercing its side, then a vertical line through its middle... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He shot three more arrows as fast as he could, blasting enormous craters in the ogres’ ranks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As he watched, the air filled with arrows again, and the men behind the oak wall crumbled beneath the murderous fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Most battles consisted of lightning guerrilla raids by ad hoc companies in the forest: flash of black-and- yellow-striped bows behind trees, hiss and whip of stone-tipped arrows through the air, eruption of angry cries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There’s a spurt of light, a flash of real blue sky, and the arrow’s thrown back into the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He pushed through the crowd of dead Romans, shooting down monsters until his arrows were spent, slowly making his way toward his friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If I had a bow and arrows, would I just keep going? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, there is the cosmological arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the one tiny earring signaling his allegiance to some vaguely alternative point of view, George is a perfect straight arrow—crew-cut, hardworking, and hungry for eye contact. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran unstrapped the weapons on Melyngar’s back and handed a bow and quiver of arrows to his companions, as well as a short spear for each. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Once he had saved Bran's life with an arrow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “No. They got hit by the arrows from the sky. Both of them. They died real nasty.”Tears welled up until they spilled over and washed down her dirty cheeks. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When it seemed there was no more air, no more hope, the animals began to run out through the fire into the open, where spears and arrows waited. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them carried bows and quivers of arrows. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Caribs use its sap to poison their arrows and it burns like fire. Our men must have chopped into it.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z To force the throat could be a bloody business, since the ridge exposed the attackers to the spears, stones, and arrows of defenders in the two round towers that flanked the castle’s main gates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then she stepped off and fell like an arrow into the devouring water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An arrow etched into the stone wall on my left pointed the way forward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Just as she was rounding the corner of the hostel she heard the swift passage of an arrow followed by a thud as it struck its target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z On deck, soldiers banged sword against shield, while archers quietly strung their bows and pulled the first arrow from the quivers at their belts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The variety of arrows—razor sharp, incendiary, explosive—turn the bow into a multipurpose weapon. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Before he could turn, I shot my arrow into the side of his right chest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Green arrows on a traffic signal mean “Go.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Bullets and arrows flew at the man but did not hit him. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He has me practice with my bow and arrows and a target until I can shoot straight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I click the backward arrow in my messaging app and scroll down to my conversation with her. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘I didn’t even have to waste an arrow.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will teach you how to make a bow and arrows,” he says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z At the Esquire Theater, holding her feet off the sticky floor, Tessie Zizmo watches as white arrows arc across the Pacific. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Men with bows and arrows, men with spears, even a few with guns were up ahead of us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Aru blinked, she even saw a wooden arrow zoom across the tableau. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The arrow’s feathers brushed against her gloved hand as she pulled back on the string. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Two winters after they left I made more weapons—a spear, a bow, and a quiver of arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He would tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The manticore pulled the arrow out of his shoulder with a howl of pain. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Destiny is not a single path, but many, Ekon. Some are as straight as an arrow, others twist and tangle like thread. Our duty is not to question them but to follow them.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We dig a trench in a large triangle around our tents and plant our posts so close together an arrow cannot get through. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “You remember that bow and arrow I made you, Jason.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When the men had repeated their instructions, and everyone was word perfect in the speech, there was an issue of war arrows, a dozen to each. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam said, “Don’t you know your own arrows? We used to mark our arrows when I was a boy.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z With a cry of anger, he seized another arrow from the quiver. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It might be wiser if I waited and saved all my arrows for him, and this I decided to do. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He squatted on his hams at the water's edge, bowed, with a shock of hair falling over his forehead and past his eyes, and the afternoon sun emptied down invisible arrows. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z At Truman, Wayne is known as a straight arrow, Mr. Responsibility. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘One that you cannot slay with arrows,' said Gandalf. ‘You only slew his steed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Carefully he turns the compass housing until the arrow and north are lined up. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I uncapped Riptide and slashed the first volley of arrows out of the air. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Dangling up in the tree, with the sun warming me, a mouthful of mint, my bow and arrows at hand . . . this is the most relaxed I've been since I've entered the arena. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps the red arrows were the ones to follow—perhaps that was the trick. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of arrows coming up from both slopes! In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z My shaking hands slide the wire from the hilt, wind it around the arrow just above the feathers, and secure it with a knot picked up in training. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Legolas turned and set an arrow to the string, though it was a long shot for his small bow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We didn’t know what in the hell he was talking about, but we liked fashioning bows and arrows and whooping to each other through the bush and feeling all Chiefy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She unstrung the bow and picked up the arrows she had dropped. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Silky cables trailed from the arrows, arcing over the pool and anchoring where they landed to form a huge golden asterisk. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A couple of weeks ago she bought me a new T-shirt with that triangle/arrow recycle symbol. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Doubtless the boy was cooking inside all that heavy steel . . . but the last thing he needed was some stray arrow punching through his nephew's eye. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The Great Rider is too strong for me. Hold him still while I draw the arrow from his flesh." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I shoot my arrow down the throat of the first mutt that places its paws on the metal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Sure enough, though the other arrows followed no particular pattern, the wiggly arrows all directed him toward the same door—the one whose wiggly arrow pointed straight ahead. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Each set of long twiggy fingers held a bow, and each of the bows held an arrow. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z "Let them be healed first. This arrow is no more than the bite of a fly, this little cut only a new scar to boast of to my. son." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had loved his arrow’s movement, its burning ambition in the sunlight, and, besides, it was his best one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But his eyes were human—pale green like a shallow sea—and a bloody arrow stuck out of his left calf, just above the ankle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I tug on the silver sheath of arrows, but it's caught on something, her shoulder blade, something, and finally yank it free. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Nor could I remember that a bull elephant had ever been killed with an arrow or with a spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood trickled from the arrow wound in his flank. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Reyna screamed, but, before she could move, a second arrow hit the deck between her feet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You fool! One arrow is no better than one sword.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Esperanza was locked in the house, both Armijos were gone, and so the trapped dog wailed in pain all day, each of its woeful howls like an arrow piercing Herbie’s sensitive breast. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, without further coaxing, he mimicked her steps perfectly, and crouching low, nocked an arrow, drew back, fired. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z About the size of a playing card, the panel had four arrows etched into it, pointing in different directions and painted different colors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Hazel didn’t understand how anyone could shoot an arrow accurately from this high up, accounting for the wind and the glare of the sun off the water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a large heart with lots of hearts growing smaller inside, and piercing from the outside rim to the smallest heart was an arrow. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo’s archers fired a volley, dozens of arrows sticking in the thick armor of the giants like porcupine quills. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a frightful monster and the contest was severe, but in the end the god’s unerring arrows won the victory. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A thick black arrow on the sign points to the pawnshop. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was reluctant to fire any more arrows because they were valuable things and would certainly get lost in the undergrowth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheath of arrows is pinned under her back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z You learn, after long months of study under a master, to release the arrow without releasing it yourself. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Stones and arrows sped upward with devastating effect. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I turn, drawing back the arrow, although I know already that the odds are not in my favor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As he looked upon her it was as if he had shot one of his arrows into his own heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It depicts a near-naked Native man holding a flimsy bow and arrow, and the plea “Come over and help us.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Jason summoned gusts of wind to blast aside javelins and arrows. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z These arrows are supposed to be straight and from a specific tree called a siteti. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Crowns of flowers on our heads, shooting bows and arrows at the sky. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The arrow alone must have weighed as much as her backpack on a Monday before Christmas break. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A flight of arrows descended on them; where they came from he could not say, but they fell on Stark and Lannister alike, rattling off armor or finding flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His brother and Draupadi even forgave Arjuna when he explained that he just had to get his bow and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m halfway there when I see Zak’s light brown hair and the flash of an arrow cutting through the air. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Another enemy warrior shot flaming arrows into the trees, sending our archers and dryads into a panic. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Richardson, looking at the silver arrow aligned and gleaming and certain in the clouded water, touched the collar of his shirt, wondered which way he was facing now. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now flashed arrow from twanging bow clean as a whistle through every socket ring, and grazed not one, to thud with heavy brazen head beyond. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To assault any of the three towers, an attacker must expose his back to arrows from the other two, whilst climbing damp stone walls festooned with streamers of slimy white ghostskin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He soared up over her and shot her with his arrows at no risk to himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He quickly aimed an arrow, but Kampe seemed to sense his presence. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In the final victory of the Olympians over the brutish sons of Earth, Hercules’ arrows played an important part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And he stood the weapon upright against the massy-timbered door with one arrow across the horn aslant, then went back to his chair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So, as the arrow topped the trees and climbed into sunlight, it began to bum against the evening like the sun itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The time it will take to send an arrow through his brain versus the time his trident will reach my body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Also my bow, looking no worse for wear, but no sheath of arrows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The advisor in Three Kingdoms, for instance, who, needing arrows, floated barges of hay down an enemy-held river. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But Leah’s little plan is to go with the men right up front and shoot things with her bow and arrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed a group of gloomy nuns, a ragged man wearing chains, and the Fat Friar, a cheerful Hufflepuff ghost, who was talking to a knight with an arrow sticking out of his forehead. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Most of the lawns on the university grounds are overgrown now; the long grasses stick up like green arrows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Jared turns around like he can feel Jus jabbing arrows into the back of his head. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Blood seeps out where my arrow has entered its side, staining the snow bright red. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Shagga was slumped beneath a tree, riddled with arrows, Conn's head in his lap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He fell dead with four arrows in him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He remembered, from his reading, descriptions of besieged medieval castles, and armies of men with bows sending so many arrows that the sky seemed thick with them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z An arrow on the edge of my map pointed south to Katahdin Iron Works, site of an improbable nineteenth-century factory in the woods and now a state historical monument. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a castle made entirely out of food, except that on the highest tower of all a carrion crow was sitting, with an arrow in its beak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So I free the arrow, tying the tourniquet back as tightly as my frozen fingers can manage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I have his arrows now, a loaded bow, and Finnick at my back, breathing hard but not actively engaged. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Zoe got bored and started shooting arrows at random billboards as we flew by. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She would sight her quarry and draw the arrow as smoothly as if her body were made of quicksilver. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And what is worse, it seems to me that their bows and arrows are quicker, more accurate, and can shoot farther than our muskets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They could only shoot accurately from close range, and in order not to waste arrows they would swoop down, fire at the lowest part of their dive, and turn upward at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He looked straight ahead, saying nothing, holding his body more rigid than an arrow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I move into range and give myself three arrows to get the job done. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I open it to the map, to the arrows that point down thru the swamp, to the river on the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The boys were trained to use bows and arrows, slings, clubs, throwing sticks, and spears. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By then a second flight was on its way, and arrows were falling as well, hissing down from the archers' nests that studded the towers above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Straight from Elaine, straight from her robbery, Lancelot came like an arrow to the heart of love. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z An arrow pierced my thigh, but I barely had time to register the pain. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They counted five for a hit and one if the arrow was within a bow’s length, and they added up their scores at the end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dryads armed with bows and arrows talked nervously at the edge of the woods. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She sliced the arrow out of the air and lunged at Orion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He unleashed his spikes, dozens of them at once, into the woods where the arrow had come from, but just as fast, silvery arrows shot back in reply. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I feel a sharp arrow of sadness, followed by an awful hardness at the thought. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Some wear bucks’ horns on their heads and each carries a weapon—one a club, another a sword, another a bow and arrows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Then she loosed the arrow from her bow, a sharper one than I expected. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But the griffin’s plates were as thick as a crocodile’s and all but the best placed arrows glanced off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s not a good trajectory. Even if I could arm the catapult before that guy pincushioned us with arrows, I don’t think I could make the shot. That’s hundreds of feet, almost straight up.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I wondered if my arrows would go straight and, if they did, would they pierce the animal’s tough hide. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Kermit then hopped out of the canoe—never certain if he was going to be greeted with a poison arrow shot by a hidden Indian. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Everybody was then told to dip the tips of their arrows into this powder and, when they had done this, to go down to the fields and wait for him to come. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Back at Troy the wise physician of the Greeks healed him, and when at last he went joyfully once again into battle the first man he wounded with his arrows was Paris. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrow dissolved, leaving no blood and no visible wound, but Nico’s face was tight with rage and pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The Dying Lioness” portrays a wounded beast, paralyzed by arrows. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed die arrow and raised it up and the fish was on the end, wiggling against the blue sky. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z To release an arrow would be like announcing to both sides that we’re here. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The races were segregated by a dense, carefully woven web of laws, signs, partitions, arrows, ordinances, unequal opportunities, rules, insults, threats, and customs—often backed up by violence. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Images of warriors notching their bows and letting their arrows fly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His last arrow was notched in his bow. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Angels wear clothes and wings and are Christian. Cupids wear bows and arrows; they are naked and pagan.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z You were not born—you never had it in you— to pull that bow or let an arrow fly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede retrieved her dagger and most of the arrows she had shot, but she didn’t have the stomach to pull out the one lodged in the wolf’s eye. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "Look what I shot," Gale holds up a loaf of bread with an arrow stuck in it, and I laugh. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Took an arrow in the knee on my way through the Eld three summers ago. It gives out every now and then.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I think it is reasonable to assume that the arrow for computers is the same as that for humans. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In his hand he bore a single arrow, black-feathered and barbed with steel, but the point was painted red. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Before they could rise from their branches, though, many other arrows came up through the air and struck them down. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Through the branches, I could make out two men carrying bows, with quivers of arrows strapped to their backs. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They were each sleek as arrows—undoubtedly from the Crown Prince’s kennels. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He had time to notice quite carefully what sort of an arrow it was, and how it had driven three inches into the solid wood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind draws red arrows showing my path, escaping from the fire’s maze. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap of burlap and ripping it from the bag. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There were regular bands of Saxon outlaws—not like Wat—who lived together and wore green and shot with arrows which never missed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrows from the tower thin as we drop, clattering off our armor uselessly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Check over my bow and remaining nine arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I draw back an arrow, readying for an attack. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Four corncobs have been laid there in the shape of an arrow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought he’d grabbed an exploding arrow, but it was only a signal flare. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And just as she sang this, the Master Archer pointed his magic arrows and shot down nine suns which burst open with blood. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He promised Brian and me that we’d be shooting that bow and arrow like a couple of full-blooded Indian kids by the time we came back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He liked the camouflaging pattern of the thick fabric and sometimes tipped the thing on its side and shot rubber- tipped arrows at me and Lelia from behind its cover. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede was shouting at her; she was raising the bow, and an arrow flew frighteningly close to Taisin, making her flinch. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a good chance to send an arrow into the young bull, who lay on his back with his teeth still grasping the other’s neck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z While the rest of the monsters ran around in confusion, Frank pulled his bow and rained arrows on them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Helene hands me the arrow, and before more missiles come hurtling from above, I lift my bow, notch the arrow, shoot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When his servant came running in with a lamp, Wei saw his arrows sticking in a ball of flesh entirely covered with eyes, some rolled back to show the dulling whites. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The bow and arrows took more time and caused me great difficulty. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I used the last of my arrows and killed two of them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the soldiers were running, crowding together on the narrowest part of the ridge, and warriors on both slopes were firing arrows at them. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The stretch of the bowstring as she shot arrow after arrow into their bodies, her stomach tight as a fist. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It moved with the speed of an arrow and grew as it came, converging swiftly with the flight of the four men towards the Gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When Kaede only stared morosely at the arrow clutched in her hand, he said, “Come inside and eat some breakfast.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Apollo cabin and the Hunters were scrounging for arrows. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Nico stumbled back as the arrow burst into a geyser of flame. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sensing a trap, I’m about to let my arrow fly, hoping it finds his heart before the trident impales me, when he shifts his hand and something on his wrist catches the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Next to the letters is a picture of clouds, rain, sun, plants, roots, and soil, with red arrows pointing from one thing to another, like symbols on a treasure map. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Thursday afternoon, after the last serious arrow had been shot, they were allowed to fit one more nock to their strings and to shoot the arrow straight up into the air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I estimate the lead time on the hoverplanes and let my arrow fly. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He shot an arrow into the importunately nearest of them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And the reason we observe this thermodynamic arrow to agree with the cosmological arrow is that intelligent beings can exist only in the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the Ares campers called down a curse, and all the Apollo kids’ arrows turned to rubber. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The crew scattered for cover, except for Piper, who stood frozen in place, gaping at the arrow that had almost pierced her nose the hard way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A shout sounds from below us, another from above, and suddenly the stairwell echoes with the ping of arrows and the shuffle of boots. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She swallowed her nervousness and tied an end of the thinnest, lightest line to one of her arrows, and sent it flying upward from the bow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A tenth chime, a tenth arrow, and the bonfire turns deepest midnight blue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The golden arrow sailed about two hundred feet, then disintegrated into smoke. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If I can’t quite get the hang of poverty-chastity-and-obedience, I can learn instead about vermifuges, breech deliveries, arrow wounds, gangrene, and elephantiasis. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As they saw them coming through the air, they just flew up until the arrows had passed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose we’ll ever see another one. She had a bow and arrows.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A piece of writing was affixed to him by a broken arrow that stuck out from his body. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Some ravaging long illness, or mild arrows a-flying down one day from Artemis? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And there’s knives and stray arrows. That Gollum isn’t dead, for one thing. I don’t like to think of you with naught but a bit of leather between you and a stab in the dark.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Instantly an arrow had hit the mainmast, an inch in front of her nose. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She studied his image, his hands tied above his head, his eyes rolled heavenward, arrows protruding from his chest and sides, and felt a great sympathy for him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She loosed another arrow, but it only glanced off his flank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Fletching arrows, milking goats, gathering firewood, mucking out our stables ... the work is endless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had six arrows each and would be able to fire and mark them all before they needed to frighten the rabbits back by walking about to collect. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And I,’ said Legolas, ‘will take all the arrows that I can find, for my quiver is empty.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I continue to make my arrows, chipping the arrowheads and tying the feathers, until I have enough to go hunting. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Every moment they expected to feel the bite of black-feathered arrows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She imagined him as she had met him, mounted and firing flaming arrows with such precision. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Quick as he had once done at Roke, Ged took the shape of a great hawk: not the sparrowhawk they called him but the Pilgrim Falcon that flies like an arrow, like thought. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But Aragorn saw that he was pierced with many black-feathered arrows; his sword was still in his hand, but it was broken near the hilt; his horn cloven in two was at his side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We enjoyed this new cadence, taking the time to help Chi-Boy gather sticks for arrows, playing in the clearings dotted with strangely robust flowers new to the territory. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The sound came from far off perhaps from the ravine, and taking my bow and arrows, I hurried in that direction. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z More dirt spilled from the base of the arrow wound in his throat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The badger passed a bundle of arrows to Ambrose Spike for distribution as she replied, “Aye, that she is, Father Abbot. But she looks worried. Matthias, do you think?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Everyone who is going to be initiated has to go cut arrows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared with my own lockstep march toward success, the direct arrow shot of my trajectory from Princeton to Harvard to my desk on the forty-seventh floor, Barack’s path was an improvisational zigzag through disparate worlds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I could not force my hand to let the arrow go. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Chiron’s arrow flew straight between her eyes and she vaporized on the spot, her empty armor clattering to the asphalt Chiron reached for another arrow, but his quiver was empty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They wore bows and arrows slung across their backs and short, sharp swords sheathed at their belts. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She placed her bow and arrows on the wet rock between them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He drew a diagram, complete with pointing arrows, horde positions, lines of attack and defense, together with written instructions. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A low arrow strikes the ground, a high one may kill in the second rank. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy for the birds to avoid the arrows. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The thick leather rifle strap he was wearing stopped the poisoned arrow from tearing into him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He gave a sullen shrug and began to pull his arrows from the ground, one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z While he had arrows he aimed and shot, and every shot brought down one of his huddling enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled another arrow, and another, and sent them all, more or less, into the post. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z With his bow, with an arrow fashioned by his own hands he had done food, had found a way to live. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Except instead of a point on the end of the arrow, there was a heart. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Vacation had sped by as swiftly as an arrow. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I hear him coming toward me in the snow, vaguely alarming, approaching like an arrow in a slowed-down universe, and a shudder runs through me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarcely daring to breathe and glad that his feet made no sound on the sandy floor, Matthias went ahead, remembering to mark an arrow every few yards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They started, she flying swift as an arrow, her hair tossed back over her white shoulders, a rosy flush tinging her fair body. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z With his explosive-tipped arrows, he rips the far side of the bridge from its foundation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Holding tightly to my bow and arrows, banging into trees that appear out of nowhere, tripping and falling as I try to keep my balance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He and the servant pulled out the arrows and cut up the ball into little pieces. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A trickle of blood ran from the arrow that pierced his arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Follow it to where the arrows keep going. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The Mallister bowmen sent a storm at fire arrows hissing across the river, strangely beautiful from afar. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The increase of disorder or entropy with time is one example of what is called an arrow of time, something that distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She took flight with amazing speed, and Chiron’s arrow whizzed harmlessly past her head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She nocked an arrow and let it fly at the wooden hitching post. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Instead the arrow went directly between Jim’s ears, so low the chicken feathers brushed the top of his head as they whistled past. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All New Guineans had bows and arrows, and many used pottery. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Tell Octavian to stand down. Or, you know, shoot him with one of your arrows. That would be fine, too.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A shower of arrows whistled over our heads as we free- fell toward the ocean. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He placed the arrow against the cord of the bow and waited. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I stared at the quiver of arrows in the corner. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She swung up the bow and loosed the arrow in less than a second, and the Cardinal fell choking and kicking to the floor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This time he made an arrow out of his arms and used his legs to push off the bottom of the raft, all he had in his legs, to spring-snap and propel him down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z But the kingly man let fly an arrow at that instant, and the quivering feathered butt sprang to the nipple of his breast as the barb stuck in his liver. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The bowstring quivered in her hand, and she lifted the tip of her arrow slightly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Stannis would have kept them busy building rafts and fletching arrows, yet even so the waiting would have been a hard thing to bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His voice was hard, edged with the clash of shields and the scream of arrows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I take up my bow and the sheath of normal arrows that Beetee made, knowing they would never let me walk around with the loaded ones. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Because the boys were middle-schoolers still, and unfamiliar with the maze-like hallways of Fry High beyond the gym, they relied on handy direction arrows mounted on the walls of each intersection. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The Street of the Sisters ran between them, straight as an arrow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They’re full of numbers and words and arrows and lines that connect the dots of stars into constellations I’ve never seen before. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A miniature hurricane of water and ice vapor churned around him as he waded through the enemy, knocking Roman ghosts away, deflecting arrows and spears. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hannibal barreled into the fort, arrows and rocks bouncing harmlessly off his Kevlar armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z These arrows had bigger heads, ground to razor sharpness, and they were heavily feathered in a square cut There was a bow inspection, and two or three men were issued with new strings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I stop midway up the horn and load another arrow, but just as I'm about to let it fly, I hear Peeta cry out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I was as good as he with both slingshots and painstakingly constructed bows and arrows, with which I could drop birds in flight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Lily drew a heart in the dust, an arrow through the heart. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z An archer, bow- less, thrust at him with an arrow, holding it as if it were a knife. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The air was fall of smoke and arrows and screams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I aim one of my last two arrows at Cato's head, knowing it'll have no effect on his trunk or limbs, which I can now see are clothed in a skintight, flesh-colored mesh. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Seize her! Don’t let her go!” she cried, but Serafina was already at the door, with an arrow nocked in her bowstring. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His own bowmen nocked arrows to their strings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And having the bow and arrows makes me far more confident about my future prospects. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Pierced by an immense arrow and dressed in Cluny’s best battle armor, he lay amid the wreckage of the leader’s tent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The arrow skewers the apple in the pig's mouth and pins it to the wall behind it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As she exhaled, she let the arrow fly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Nope. There’s an arrow by the front door. You could toss that at the monster.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Gentle Mother, font of mercy, save our sons from war, we pray, stay the swords and stay the arrows, let them know a better day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We loaded up with every available weapon, mostly bows and arrows pulled taut with young wood and reinforced with repurposed wire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The Orcs yelled and shot all the arrows that remained to them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There were a lot of circles and arrows. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z A hunting bow and a quiver of arrows were slung from his saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The archers let their arrows fly, one by one, sending the flames through a rainbow of conflagration. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sookie had released the harpoon into the water like an arrow that sailed far beyond the outermost circle of a target. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If there’s gems to be cut or blades to be decorated or arrows to be footed—that’s the job for good old Doli!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He looked down at the golden arrow that had just pierced his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Some of them wore swords on their belts; others had quivers of arrows strapped to their backs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He kept having to wade into the foot or so of freezing water to retrieve his arrows, so eventually Pinch’s attention turned back to the camp. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z |
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