Interspersed with plundered foil bags that once contained frozen seeds, personal belonging bags hang from metal brackets like a file cabinet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was the clink of glass on metal, and the whisper and bubble of boiling water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lift out a table with metal beams. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Later, at one of the round rusting metal tables in the comer of the warehouse that served as the lunch area, I found out more about my new writer friend. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Others had nailed sheets of plywood or metal in place of missing windows. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The flames dissipated, and standing before us was a tall man in gray overalls and a metal leg brace, his beard and hair smoldering with fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The black metal dissolved into a flock of birds—ravens, which scattered into the night. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But there was a van outside her house, an unmarked vehicle that nevertheless said “official” in every line of the gray unwindowed metal of the bodywork. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The metal trash can gonged as he spat the gum inside. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When the hammer hit a metal plate on the clock, electricity would flow from the batteries through the clocks to the fuses, igniting the explosive. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a clank and a clanging and the squeal of metal above him and he looked up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My fingers tap away on the metal of the cart as I look at the sea of bottles, and then out the window again at the roof, and then back at the bottles. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The Whisperer’s computer circuitry was safely hidden beneath the stone floor, its chair and helmets made of strong metal. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I plunged after her, I dove under the wrecked hull of a yacht, wove through a collection of floating metal balls on chains that I realized afterward were mines. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The thirty-six pictures around the dial were minute and clear, the three hands and the one needle were exquisitely shaped out of some silver-gray metal, and a golden sunburst surrounded the center of the dial. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One day he was looking for the small anvil that he used for laminating metals and he could not remember its name. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

One was clutching the knee I bashed in with one of those metal cafeteria chairs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled down his window and spat com and bits of metal filling into the wind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were metal guards over the headlights and tail- lights, and four large spotlights attached to the crash bar. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Little metal was used in our straps and fittings, but the harnesses had buckles of aluminum alloy, too fine to fasten with mittens on, which burned in that cold exactly as if they were red-hot. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

These numbers are engraved twice on an oval metal disc we wear around our neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of metal was so sharp it made her teeth hurt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Towers of junk—paper, plastic, glass, and metal—were stacked everywhere. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not the eating kind, but the metal kind that sit at the end of a screw. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I pull the metal gates apart and we step inside where the walls are wood paneled, lit by a chandelier. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The metal hit Kin’s head, and he fell backwards. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A cobweb, I thought, but then I looked at a strand of it on my palm and saw it was some kind of metal filament, so fine it was almost invisible. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Its contents spilled onto the rug with a muffled thank of metal on wool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Everything is made of metal or flame-retardant plastic and the uniforms are synthetic. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It really is a whole pig cooking inside a huge metal box covered with a sheet full of coals. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Before I could say anything, Rose ran at him with the hard metal thermos that had also been flung out of her broken lunch box. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Everywhere we saw overlander trucks parked in front of shacks made of planks and metal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clutched the pendant squeezing the unyielding metal until her muscles ached, as if forcing into her own mind the almost unthinkable fact that she might really remain an ugly for life. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And what would happen when the metal broke? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He hammers the knife in a second time, saws away at the metal, and bends up the lid. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She propped the lid on a metal rod as if she were propping open a car hood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It might grow over on its own, or a surgeon could put in a metal plate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everything fades except the thump of my heart as we sit in cold metal chairs and wait. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was so beautiful, my heart leaped—metal wings constructed from thousands of interlocking bronze feathers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Only the fingernails had color; they were metal claws the same gold as the feathers, as if some essence of the figure had pierced the mutilated flesh and burst out from the cuticles. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The smells of hot metal and of the soldiers’ sweat catch in my throat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night a guy with a metal dinner fork reached up and grabbed my arm. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The metal dogs ran to their mistress’s side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The metal door of the embassy fitted snugly into the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The floor is solid metal in some places and metal grating in others. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” I said again, walking over to a metal plate on the table with what looked like little vines etched all over it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wylan reached into the satchel at his feet and pulled out a slender roll of butcher’s paper followed by a metal case that held an expensive-looking pen and ink set. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Alex saw the ruins of buildings, half-crumbling chimneys, and rusting metal wheels and knew that he was looking at an old tin mine. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was a click of metal on metal. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two ugly boys who must have been his sons went before him, struggling with the weight of a heavy metal shield as tall as they were. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bast leaned forward, slapped Chronicler’s hand away, and grabbed the circle of dark metal before the scribe could move. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It mixed with the burning gasoline from the flamethrowers and napalm bombs, the sharp tang of gunpowder, the overheated metal of machine gun barrels, so hot that they were melting. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the street, he slipped into a building with grimy windows and a swinging metal sign overhead: a frothing mug surrounded by a circle of twisted rope. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a strangely shaped metal one with a tower on top. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In one of the gray tents of the Order of the Clean Hand, Spurge and Werfel sat slumped in a metal cage, waiting to hear news of their doom. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

There are twelve spokes, each with two tributes balanced on metal plates between them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the metal stand opposite the hearth where a fire now blazed up warmly, a cigar popped out, half an inch of soft gray ash on it, smoking, waiting. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex hadn’t had any idea what he would find behind the metal door, but what he was seeing now was far beyond anything he could have imagined. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The floor was gray tile, and the giant space smelled like the inside of a metal can. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I thought about all the metal buried in Central Park. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Across the open middle stretched two metal strips. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the loud metal door before dropping my note into the mailbox. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When Jean Louise started the swift descent her fingers brushed cold metal. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The big metal door to the roof rattled—someone was trying to come through! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although the metal might have interfered with his apparatus, Bell decided that the effect wasn't enough to explain the results from the day before. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After we’ve stuffed ourselves, I collect the dirty dishes, their china ones and my metal ones. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a small man with a tough, shriveled body that Ugwu felt needed a watering more than the plants that he targeted with his metal can. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The family earned its fortune manufacturing rebar—the metal rods used to strengthen concrete—which it sold across Jordan. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Edison also displayed a strange metal cylinder that could store voices. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Somehow Matt knew the contents of the metal chest were forbidden. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alarmed, I walk faster, and see that the fire rises from large, man-sized metal bowls set up on the sidewalks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how bright the beam is, if the light is the wrong color, all the electrons in the metal stay put; none of them can escape. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Next to the elevator is the blinking blue light over the metal door Ben showed us on the first day. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

This will make the metal look more decorative—according to Mr. Klosner. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then he tripped over something in the tall grass—a circle of scrap metal about the size of a tractor tire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The rims were rusted with metal rather than nylon nets. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The bright metal gleamed in the firelight glow. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee studied the shiny metal under the lamp, shifting the picture this way and that to overcome the highlights. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was an enormous black stove, and a metal sink, and every surface, every wall, was piled and strewn and hung with everything imaginable, from onions to lanterns to wooden spoons to wash- tubs. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Mrs. Carpenter coming quickly up the aisle, carrying a metal tray in her hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Moments later there was a distant glint of sunlight on metal, followed by a muted thwack. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound was made by metal striking metal, but what was it? Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A giant three-fingered hand made of rotted wood and rusty metal appeared at the edge of the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t hear anything except from deep inside the sound of one metal cup clanking the length of the bars and one lone voice calling for help. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, the metal gate clanks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood coated the metal and darkened the animal’s fur. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

From a metal rig hung a plastic bag of ginger-colored fluid, the intravenous tube disconnected and dangling to the floor. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bows made of wood and plastic and metal and materials I can't even name. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It could expand into a full-size laptop, shrink into a tablet computer, or fold into a wafer of metal smaller than a cell phone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, another gentleman reminded him sternly that there were ladies present, and the first man reluctantly tapped his pipe against the metal fixings of the door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She has the tags for a metal frame bunk bed with mattresses that appears to at one time have belonged to a military enthusiast. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I heard a sound like metal rain, and when I opened my eyes, we were surrounded by wreckage. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Reaching out with one hand, he put his fingers around the cold metal barrel. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was also called Pluto, the God of Wealth, of the precious metals hidden in the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a clang of metal falling behind me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Orange-striped magma swirled and hissed around her, searching for a weak point in the metal casing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then the guy grabbed his metal carrier thing on wheels and rolled out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She thought about borrowing some metal scaffolding from above to use as a fire pole, but it was all bolted in place. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sit on the little balcony outside our room, my feet up against the metal bars. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

While modern continental peoples included ones dependent on stone tools, as were Polynesians, South America also spawned societies expert in using precious metals, and Eurasians and Africans went on to utilize iron. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my face closer, and my nose got smooshed against the cold metal. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A half hour later, fed and packed, they stood in front of the riveted metal door of the Map Room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But time had taken a visible toll; tears in the seams hadn’t been mended, and rust coated most of the metal stakes hammered into the grass to keep it secure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The man outside was hauling a heavy metal garbage can across the alley to the high brick wall that ran around that part of the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They put their snouts on the horn, sniffing and tasting the metal, scraping paws over the surface and then making highpitched yipping sounds to one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Inside, there’s a bucket on the floor and a metal box. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It needs another cooling in blood to hose the metals.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And when little Freak showed up one day with these shiny braces strapped to his crooked legs, metal tubes right up to his hips, why those were even more cool than crutches. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly added, “Well, and I don’t want the metal detectors in our school. That, too.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With my other hand, I trace a slow line along the cool metal lip of the counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers along the spiral top, letting the cool metal press into her flesh, turning her fingertips white. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It must be the same screen door my parents looked through, because the metal frame looks old, and the screen is gauzy and shadowy. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A wan sun came onto his face, making the black skin shine like dull metal; the sun left and the quiet room filled with deep shadows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lights dim and the glass falls away, leaving just the metal skeletons of buildings. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The same colors were repeated, though faintly, like a watercolor, in the silver metal that held the stone, and symbols were engraved around the rim. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He has a mind of metal and wheels; and he does not care for growing things, except as far as they serve him for the moment. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The teammates moved closer to the hologram’s very real metal desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wore a rumpled gray uniform and a dented metal hat, and though he was full of energy, his face looked haggard, like he hadn’t slept in days. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Metal slams against metal as we both go tumbling off the bridge and into the lake. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood seemed quieter Cabot quickly reached into the window of the car and into the backseat, where he grabbed a metal flashlight holding four D-cell batteries. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Papa glanced at Roberto, lowered his eyes, and asked me to bring him the small, silver metal box where he kept our savings. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Millet had planned an elaborate series of explosive “set pieces,” fireworks affixed to large metal frames shaped to depict various portraits and tableaus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In a gutter in downtown Manhattan, half-buried under a piece of sheet metal, a lost cell phone buzzed to life. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I..He is so close I can see the holes his metal piercings fit into. “I don’t know.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I reached underneath and found a patch of pitted metal that crumbled like stale crackers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He presses his hands to the metal plate, framing my head with his arms, and kisses me, slowly, on my mouth, under my jaw, right above my collarbone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I have my life's savings in a metal box under my bed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The guests sit facing them in folding metal chairs; the accordion wall between two windowless banquet rooms, with dropped ceilings, has been opened up to expand the space. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The complete patio set—called "masculine salmon" on a manufacturer's tag sticking out from one of the cheap metal chairs—has cut distinct circles in the wall-to-wall carpeting. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He sat still and quiet for the most part, but yipped when I accidentally caught his skin with the metal teeth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We sat on a thin metal bench and watched squirrels dart between the budding trees. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The wheelhouse in which they had ridden, a huge double-decked carriage of oiled oak and gilded metal pulled by forty heavy draft horses, was too wide to pass through the castle gate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“But it did,” he said, holding up the shard of metal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She carries her eyeglasses—blue-rimmed bifocals—on a gold metal chain around her neck. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even Reyna’s metal dogs rolled over on their backs and whimpered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Aunt Florence moved to the mantelpiece and put her handbag down near the metal serpent. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He followed behind us, across the metal bridge to the geodesic dome. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Metal was the building’s bones,” I say, imagining metal sheets and beams buckling, glowing red. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a battery-powered drill, a canvas cot, a bucket of sea water for rinsing, a metal suitcase full of the various instruments. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every other surface is of metal or concrete or brick. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was a metal grille between the back and the front. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Today at lunch Aaron was trying to, as usual, convert me to listening to his alternative heavy metal bands. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The hills were enormous mounds of old cars, appliances, and other scrap metal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The prison children would press their faces against the metal gate and sniff the sweet scent of mangosteens and rambutans, the acid aroma of the pomelos and green oranges. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There was no sound but the tap-tap of the water dripping into the metal sink. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m not as strong with metal magic as Da is. So he could always pull the threads back from me eventually. I had to surprise him.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Traitor Knight,” cried the neighing voice, as the wood thundered under the metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the beat-up metal door next to the garage, and I thought, “Yes, I do.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A gigantic metal Bayside Press emblem hung behind the stark wall of a receptionist’s desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Music drifts from in the gym, and the bouncers pat people down and wave metal detector wands around. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Each time the ring was true, and already the curve of the metal was beginning to assume the proper angle. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The hard soles of his shoes rapped loudly on the metaled road like a giant clock, and he made himself think about time, about his great hoard, the luxury of an unspent fortune. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Doctor Gordon was fitting two metal plates on either side of my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We walked up the stairs to the stage, where we sat in cold metal chairs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He watched her bare feet pad up the icy metal steps, and followed her up to the roof. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I rock back and forth in the metal chair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I made loops with hooks and metal links. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lefty noticed their metal lunch pails and, embarrassed by his paper sack, held it behind him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was buried inside the headboard’s two metal layers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know why, but she imagined it was some shadowy figure with red eyes and sharp teeth, a monstrous villain come out of her nightmares with metal hounds to hunt them down. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It growled again, a strange rasping combination of electrical sizzle, a frying sound, a scraping of metal, a turning of cogs that seemed rusty and ancient with suspicion. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing that caught his eye was the metal sculptures outlined against the sky. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Frowning, I try to peel the metal disc away from my arm, and feel a sharp pain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hoisted out a smaller, metal box lying within the pine coffin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soup was heating in a saucepan on a metal grate over the fire. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The broad spray of fire was advancing up the road at two hundred miles an hour, a rattling hailstorm din of cannon rounds hitting metal and glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Vehicles were a valuable coup, even one stuck full of arrows like a metal porcupine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Each of them took a greasy metal tray from a pile at the edge of the counter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

About his neck he wore a chain made of linked coins of many different sizes, shapes, and metals, and his horse was one of the strange black-and-white ones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A high metal fence stretched along each side of the border, and a large building was set in the middle. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He spent his days away from everyone else—working with wood and metal and oil. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then she took an Ace bandage out of a metal cabinet and wrapped the ankle up for me tight so that it felt better. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin clutched the battered metal teacup with both hands and swallowed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The brakes hiss and scream, metal on metal, and the train stops. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I watch the land of pavement and glass and metal turn into an empty field. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I thought of what I could do to contribute, besides collecting bottles and scrap metal. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Several cages had been toppled, their barred metal doors swinging in the morning breeze. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I took in the spectacle: thousands and thousands of pounds of metal, a squad of commandos, bulletproof everything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What I saw through the downpour was the metal truss frame on a bridge. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It began to drizzle, as if all that flying metal had riven holes in the clouds. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She heard the ping of metal as Kaz dropped one of the screws. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The metal walls dinned back the clangor of his steps. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Everything around her was moving, and now there was enough light that she could see the large metal filing cabinet looming above her head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And across the city, atop a monolithic wedge of seamless, mirror-smooth metal, a statue stirred, as though awakened by the tumult, and slowly lifted its great horned head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Shadow wondered about the other trains he’d seen, blank windowless metal cars which went on for mile after mile hooting their lonely way through the night. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was my nerves, but his office had the closed-in feeling of a jail cell, metal jalousies at the windows and fluorescence the only light. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she’s off once more in a blur of blue metal and long hair and long legs and arms. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Like, You have to avoid this truck. Don’t get hit in the head by these metal pipes. Make a right. The rules are defined and you follow them.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he takes the battery, two rectangles of sheet metal, some penny nails, and the instrument hammer from his box. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alicia's father studies the diagram while Dad unscrews the metal bottom of the blanket controller. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took one of the laces and wrapped it around his wrist a few times, and the metal points stuck together. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He stared at the soft cuffs, at the metal clasp that jangled between them. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Heroines usually are the Kingdom of Death’s worst nightmares. They’re always barging in, waving scraps of metal around, and demanding things. No manners whatsoever.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he began fastening on the wings, using a metal canister that looked like an enormous hot-glue gun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her metal greyhounds sniffed around the garden, snapping at bees in the honeysuckle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He could feel his feet beginning to swell because the circulation was cut off by the metal digging into his skin. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, lumbering after the centaurs was a battalion of one-eyed ogres, both male and female, each about ten feet tall, wearing armor cobbled out of junkyard metal. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I shift my feet, I can feel the cool metal against my skin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Under the pew, I tapped his metal crutches with the tip of my blue canvas shoe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We found some pieces of metal that could have been musket balls from the Revolutionary War. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

There’s also a line of metal cones to hold the birds upside down while they’re being killed and bled out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The living room looks like a dance studio, with a big open space, exposed brick walls, and metal overhead lighting. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The metal walls were heating up as Phraner felt his way to the ladder leading up to the deck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was sitting alone at a bare metal table. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The squeal of small engines followed by a grinding spin of metal. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were small nuts and bolts, and screws, and tiny fragments of metal and rubber. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching a group of soldiers with a trained vork in a metal collar. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

For one second, before the metal cooled, the inside of his right hand, from wrist to fingertips, was coated with solid silver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting closer to the floor, where I was staring at the metal feet of the bed and not at my father’s face, I felt even colder. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was full of the glitter and twinkle of jewelry, corals and metals and precious stones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There wasn't much space when Farid drew the metal cover across again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I drop a metal rod, the room swirls into a kaleidoscope of colors, and then—darkness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The creature didn’t bother itself with ghosts but knocked Minya to the ground like a toy to a kitten, and pinned her there, one metal hoof pressing on her chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even little Bernard joined in on the metal whistle. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Traffic problems at the judgment pavilion. Double overtime for the staff. I used to be a rich god, Percy Jackson. I control all the precious metals under the earth. But my expenses!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The back of the truck is two giant tanks, their sides dotted with hoses and metal boxes of tools. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The bear watched, his long white face lurid in the glare, and Will saw the surface of the metal begin to glow red and then yellow and then white. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It felt odd to be wearing shoes in June, but I was glad to have them since the streets were sharp with bits of glass and metal, filthy with dust and dreck. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her head hit the metal and she slid to the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t turn to face them, but Rasalas did, a growl of warning rumbling up its metal throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And as she joined in carrying out the few salvageable chairs, it was the hole she thought about: how hot carnivorous metal could draw such pretty ringlets in the soil. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby kept running, and her face struck a cold, hard wall of metal. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Toast popped out of the silver toaster, was seized by a spidery metal hand that drenched it with melted butter. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, not in general, but yeah. No one who goes to that market is going to care about metal detectors in West Oakland.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I trailed Mumtaz into a kitchen that featured a metal sink the size of a table. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Johnson unscrewed some wingnuts and opened a door in the cabinets, and placed the metal cylinder inside. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cord was cut through, and the metal wires inside the cord were split apart at the cut section. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Alfred couldn't tell how many people sat in the uneven rows of metal folding chairs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at a jar of cotton balls on the metal table. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I rapped on the metal frame of my best friend’s front screen door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The stinging was raw now, even more like bites, because the metal landed on open skin on my side, my back, my legs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cold from the metal seeps through my clothes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Toward the end, the metal became much thinner, and at the very end of the thin bit of metal there was a tiny blade set at an angle. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stink of acetylene and burning metal cut into my nostrils and seeped like a nosebleed into the back of my throat. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The design of my left leg had changed, and the metal poles and clump of metal for a foot had been traded in for fiberglass. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The mirror is little more than a sheet of metal. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she remembered the scraping of metal and falling bricks, and her heart slammed hard in her chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To his amazement, the screen flickered into life, a tiny, almost opaque window through the metal door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the top of the box are two pieces of metal that look like teeth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been thinking of plans, but we are in a metal cage, and this tent is surrounded by agents of the Order. I do not think we shall escape.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The street looked strange, unfamiliar; the compound gate was broken, the metal flattened on the ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I catch a glimpse of his face reflected against the metal of a parked car, his eyes are wide and dark, the pupils dilated with terror. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Several times I bumped into Mami as I walked backwards, unwilling to face the metal bird that would whisk us to our new life. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The metal scrapes my foot all day, but least I’m not waiting outside. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Elevators used the same magnetic lifters as any other hovercraft, so there was always a solid metal plate at the bottom. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Father bent over the saw, the file making the metal sing as he worked it over the teeth. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was no alchemist, no builder, no expert on metals or magnets. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Diana grasped the metal lever, pulled it toward the loom, and jammed it into a slot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We heard a piece of metal slide down the shingles of the roof, bounce off the gutter, and fall through the snowball bushes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Caton had done himself especially proud on one of them, cutting all the waste metal off it until the converging/diverging angles could be seen from the outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel and the Foreign Secretary reached a landing where there was a giant metal orb covered with spikes next to a huge crank. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I have to get more wire and sheet metal first, and it's not exactly easy to come by.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He flips the metal he’s shaping with a pair of tongs and continues hammering. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the only other seat, a high metal stool on the other side of his desk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My life, in convenient pinball form,” Jacqui says, slamming the flippers and keeping the metal ball bouncing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the coils passed over a metal object, the telephone transmitted a sound similar to a musical tone. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Grover and I pushed through the metal detector, which immediately screamed and set off flashing red lights. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena wrapped a hand around the hard metal of the amulet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The metal is a kind of cold I’d never felt before. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A figure in scandal is like a heavy metal, the closer and longer you stay near, the more lasting the effects. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of the passage were unfinished, dark brown rock with streaks of what looked like zinc or some other metal. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The stream below is shallow at this time of year; we can see the junk people have dumped into it, the worn- out tires, the broken bottles and rusty pieces of metal. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The click and clack of metal sliding on metal echoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Someone pounds on the outer door like a sledgehammer on a metal drum. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shrieks filled the air as the charcoal cloud of metal bugs shot up into the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And I said, “No. And it’s not brown either. My favorite color is red. And metal color.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On and on the train went, making click-clack noises on the rails, grinding metal on metal, until it came to a stop. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"I think it might be some kind of metal suitcase," he told Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He'd mentioned to me previously that all kinds of cats had sought shelter in his field of abandoned metal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He picked up a piece of metal from the wing and walked to his father. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at that sawed-off piece of wood resting on top of a metal frame with skate wheels up front. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he lifted the blade above his head, sunlight seemed to ripple and dance down the dark metal, glinting off an edge sharper than any razor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was so anxious, the ground rumbled beneath her and immediately yielded a bumper crop—precious metals popping to the surface as though the dirt was anxious to expel them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And Iorek fell away, dislodged, and with a screech of twisting metal Iofur stood up tall, straightening the steel of his back plates by sheer strength. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Kerr took the metal lining from one of the cases of biscuits and fashioned a chimney of sorts. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The entire Ryan Dean West universe instantly collapsed to the size of a five-eighths-inch metal cleat stud, and everything I knew, everything I would ever know, got sucked into that pinpoint of agony. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When someone came near them, tiny spikes of metal rolled up and down the grocery cart like bristling fur. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But my father was rich and everyone knew him, so I was spared the metal rod treatment. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Smiley found a large metal cage in his attic and brought it over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When my hair slips through his fingers, I dive at the gun and my fingertips close around the cool metal. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t be sure if it was near or far, but he remembered what he had heard under Block D, in front of the metal door, and he knew that he had arrived. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her hands rested on a disc of polished green metal about six feet in diameter, sitting on a bronze tripod. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up and swung its hard metal end in an arc before even looking at who might be coming at him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Because she could smell the spiteful scent of hot metal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hit my wristwatch, and metal plating spiraled out into a thick bronze shield. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was blue-collar all the way, located inside a corrugated metal shell; metal shavings covered the floor around the heavy equipment, which filled the shop with a regular hum. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pearl took her place up front with the choir, and the girls picked up their tambourines and sat in metal folding chairs behind her. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson had made the metal parts in the armory’s forges. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

From her pocket, she brought out a small metal figurine, a statue of a god. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The old GMC pickup was crushed around them like the shiny metal coffin the Veterans Office bought for each of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

By “babbitt” he no doubt meant that Rice should install the metal casings in which the bearings were to sit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Each time my hammer hits the metal, a tingling vibration flashes up my arm. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to twist the little metal dial to those mysterious numbers that would magically open my locker. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They passed a metal trashdump where someone had once tried to burn bodies. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He slices his metal spoon into a glass bowl filled with two perfect scoops of mint chocolate chip. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The metal pieces fell out of his hand, still unassembled, and Tyson began to snore. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Four, however, crouches and presses his back to the metal support, breathing heavily. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They are led through four metal doors into a courtyard, then into three small cells. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The hollow space behind the walls was pitch-black, but he fumbled until he felt metal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It shone on the ceiling, the metal desk, the filing cabinets. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

But when he went to the first training session, he stared at what was before him: a dull metal container full of scrap metal. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Watson ran down to the metal shop in the basement of the Cavendish labs to expedite the fabrication of the modeling parts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Making no noise, Dicey slipped out to sit on the metal trailer steps. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson looked down at the pieces of metal he was assembling in his lap—springs and gears and tiny wires. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A rickety metal staircase was bolted to the side of the stack, but it shook and knocked against the scaffolding, so I couldn’t use it without announcing my presence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Faber opened the bedroom door and led Montag into a small chamber where stood a table upon which a number of metal tools lay among a welter of microscopic wire-hairs, tiny coils, bobbins, and crystals. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I could see that Erik was holding a metal baseball bat in one hand. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They recommended hanging metal buckets of ice from the ceiling. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t seen Mama’s cake tray, the metal one with the matching covered lid, when we came in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The lot was enclosed by a metal fence, and the gate that led to the side alley was closed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He chased me into the kitchen, whereupon I picked up a metal pot off the stove and bounced it off his noggin. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sits at a metal desk with her hands folded, in a location I don’t recognize. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A tap of metal on metal: his trained ear told him a gunsmith was at work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to drop each ticket that I took from a customer into a metal receptacle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing in the room is a folding table with spindly metal legs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Stretching as far as I can see are double rows of shiny barbed wire fixed to tall metal posts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The storm goddess looked rather bored, idly spinning her metal disc. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I swear her hands turned as red hot as the metal she melted when she rubbed my leg. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the train came, I heard it before I saw it, the sound of metal grinding against metal, the squeal of the brakes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“See all these rusty areas? We have to brush that stuff off. Then we'll paint the metal so it’ll look like new.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A curving window of nonreflecting glass was the first break in the universal metal, and below it was a single large dial, with a single motionless needle hard against the zero mark. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He reaches over and presses a button on his metal armband. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I had the idea to set up a booth that sold hot cocoa and s’mores fixings, and we lit fires in a couple of the old metal garbage cans. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

How the tourists must delight in the gleam of metal and porcelain! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There is the hum of gas and the tick-tick of heating metal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

One man, wearing a shirt of heavy metal rings, unbuckled a sword and leaned it against a wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A set of huge metal teeth drops down. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A collection of imposing metal instruments lay on a nearby tray. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If the magnets come close to metal, they stick and won’t let go until you pry them off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing there now but a massive pile of twisted, flaming metal. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was white, with gray swirls on it to make it look like marble, and it had a twist-off lid made of metal. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beck held a coil of metal wire in one hand and a pair of work gloves in the other. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single long table is in the middle of the room with about six metal folding chairs around it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Frank’s hand stopped a few inches from the chunk of metal. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Still giggling, I join Elizabeth and we catwalk up and down the aisle between metal racks, almost knocking down a mannequin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I watched the sun through the metal curtain. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Banner backed into the room then — what superb timing the man had — pulling a tall metal frame on wheels that held a heavy-looking, outdated TV and VCR. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He picks up a frosted-glass mason jar and unscrews the silver metal lid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would have, but she said to him in a voice cold as metal, “I said leave me alone!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Glass bottles clinked and metal bowls clanged, so loud that I was sure it would wake up Mama and Jay way over in the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I hurried so fast down the wet metal staircase that I nearly slipped, but as I started toward the Toros’ apartment, suddenly there she was. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I rolled again as Luke’s sword slashed the deck chair in half, metal pipes and all. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I step behind the tall metal shelves with cans of pickles and ketchup and relish that are bigger than my head. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A metal table glistened with the cruel shapes of knives and vibrasaws. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They can’t stop even to pick the burning bits of metal from their arms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With a lurching squeal, the heavy metal slab swung open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They found a metal examination table on wheels and rolled it into the bleed area. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man cracks open a few pomegranates that are bursting with deep red seeds and feeds them one by one into a gigantic metal juicer that he turns with a crank. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

For the immediate future, our partnership with the Oakland Police Department has been suspended, and the metal detectors have been disabled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was bent over a table, working on some kind of long metal patchwork—like a swath of chain mail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After two tries, rough metal met his skin. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I still think about that now, eating off the metal trays in the prison cafeteria. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She gasped and lifted out a sturdy pink metal lockbox. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He watched Mrs. Dalton’s face; he saw the hand tremble that held the blackened bit of metal. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rock crackling of ice in a metal tray. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The keen click-click of metal against metal was like a vault locking. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was just moving toward them when three sections of the ceding suddenly collapsed, breaking apart in a crunch of plaster and metal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He retraced his steps, almost casually, caught her perfume again about fifty feet away, beside a small mausoleum with a closed metal gateway. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It is made of tarnished, dull metal, an Abnegation wedding band. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The metal groaned as he bent the two ends until they were touching once again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They took a seat at a metal table at the back of the shop. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His chest and stomach turned to molten metal and a redness glowed in his head behind his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One woman carried out their dented metal mixing bowl. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they stood over the painted, life-size metal statue of Dale, Grandma shook her head. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Matt dragged the metal chest to higher ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put a mask upon my face, with a metal bit between my lips to silence me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she was down in the grass again, leaning against Robbie’s leg and still holding a hard, metal finger. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

From outside the barn came a cry of men and the double clang of shoes on metal. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sorry about this," he said as I climbed into the backseat behind a metal grate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I used to take metal threads away from my da sometimes, as a joke.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Spread across the road was a metal bar, which we skirted. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dull metal drawers cover the walls, labeled with paper numbers, the ink worn off with time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The clash of metal on stone echoed in the empty chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Hatsue, carrying a garden shovel and a metal pail rusted through in its bottom, dripped water behind her as she walked the tide flats; she was fourteen and wore a black bathing suit. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas turned to see his original pursuer still coming, though it had slowed a bit, clasping and unclasping a metal claw as if mocking him, laughing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She looked down one more time, then stepped onto a metal beam that at one point must have been a part of the second-floor ceiling, gasping when it shimmied under her feet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and he pointed to the open metal box that all the boys now stood in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sat in a metal folding chair on the edge of the room until the song was over. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a time you fight your way blindly in the mad crush of hurtling metal and then suddenly it dies away and you are in serene and quiet countryside again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ravens began to scream noisily and fly at the bars, beating at the metal with night-black wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I let the combined aromatic scent of metal and sweat shock my senses as I walk through the hallways and to the nearest bathroom. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A rumble echoed from the alley, like someone had banged on a sheet of metal. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They set the pots on top of metal stands that cradled Crimson orbs to keep the food bubbling and hot. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The lattices of metal and lights are empty. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s really a stage, and arcing above it are massive metal plates that curl in different directions, like an exploded aluminum can. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had a single bunk, a bedside storage locker, a toilet, sink, polished nickel mirror, and metal chair. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Even the gate was some kind of black metal that looked impossibly heavy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was, in fact, a laboratory, with a lot of equipment at one end that I didn’t understand at all then—bottles and shiny metal things and black boxes with wires trailing from them. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We pass twenty-three and come to the last step of the staircase, the one that meets with a cold metal door that says Tenants Only, and she takes out a key and here we are. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A thin, metal film descended over his glowing eyes and from within his body came a steady, resonant ticking. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There were flowers to be purchased, along with a white metal coffin and a marble tombstone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On the top of the wooden platform was a metal shack with three walls, open on the fourth side. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His screams seemed to vibrate the metal of the Berg, shake the entire thing through and through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Jinny started for the metal food safe in the outdoor kitchen. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And even though it’s the same color as the wood, it’s actually metal,” Finn added. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Aaron brought me into his house and sat me on his couch and demonstrated how to hold the cigarette so the metal wouldn’t burn me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just about the time we expected to hear the third horn, we instead heard the clang of metal on concrete, like someone had rang a bell. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Wednesday pressed the top button on the gouged metal intercom box. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Like the sound a heavy metal object, say a refrigerator, might make if it were slowly being pushed across ceramic tile. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Salvador pulled himself up, lifted up the metal cover, and dropped down inside. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In another corner stood a giant metal egg about the size of a man. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Eric stands in the middle of the room, his posture so rigid it looks like someone replaced his spine with a metal rod. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One of the metal poles for the clothesline leaned while the other had been uprooted and thrown. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I sit on the cold metal and lean forward, dropping my head into my hands. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The only new result we were likely to pick up before Christmas was the divalent metal content of the DNA- containing phage T4. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Early on Wednesday morning, I built a fire in the metal trash barrel in the backyard, fueled by my school papers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, then, were Native Australians still ignorant of metal tools and living in the Stone Age? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once a foot stepped on the metal cover, and Farid dug his fingers into Silvertongue’s arm and wouldn’t let him go until all was quiet again overhead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Before he could ask questions, a bell rang inside: not a modern electronic sound, but the old-fashioned buzz of a hammer on metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I grab ahold of the metal ring tied to the top of the rake. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My friends and I were standing in the middle of the junkyard, mountains of scrap metal stretched out in every direction. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I climbed up on the ledge and leaned my stomach against the metal rail, watching the water in the space between Sookie’s catwalk and me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

One of them advanced on us, holding a scorched metal tube with fins attached to it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was graffiti, scrawled at all angles and in different sizes, the lines overlapping each other, as if the writer had been so filled with fury he couldn't stop himself from attacking the metal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“We had to fix instruments on the aircraft with our bare hands, our skin stuck to the metal, and our hands bled,” Irina said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He cradled a small metal chest in his arms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He calls Tess back and guides us over to one of the alleys, where a series of large metal trash bins sit wedged between two walls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“But why, why—why are you giving me all this?” asked Sam, trying to look into the metal slots of the eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until the metal bases were on hand, any model building would be too sloppy to be convincing. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a piece of metal,” said Red, with a shrug. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Puddled gray silk on the blue metal floor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She found herself leaning breathlessly against the door jamb, staring into Herbie’s metal face. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Once I do that, I should be able to make a spark just by touching a metal tool. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally when a truck jolted there was a clank-clank of metal: all the prisoners were wearing leg irons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I kicked the toe of my tennis shoe against the metal flush button sticking out from the tiles behind the toilet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her body had been deactivated as completely as her metal dogs had. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A tall concrete wall surrounded the property with a metal gate on the side. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Now the gates have sentries and there are ugly new floodlights mounted on metal posts above it, and barbed wire along the bottom and broken glass set in concrete along the top. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Marines had taken the mountain and as they climbed, one of those guys had found a metal pipe discarded on the slope. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers touched the cold, unresponsive metal face and he shuddered. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When he nods, she removes one of her gloves and rests her hand on the metal bars of the cage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But his stomach lurched as the car swung in an arc, the metal grinding and the light spinning. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re almost there. The metal strips seem secure. They might hold together as long as the rope doesn’t give way. Diana, what do you think?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Inside, Gogol empties his pockets and steps through a metal detector, as if he were at an airport, about to embark on a journey. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shanties built out of every imaginable scrap of waste—roofs of coconut thatch or gunnysacks, walls cobbled together from metal signs, wooden crates, or even cardboard taped over with plastic sheets—lined the narrow streets. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I reached up and tugged the yellow cord, and the bus hadn’t even stopped before we were running to the front, lurching and swaying with that giant hunk of metal. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stooped to fumble with the metal clasp, then started violently, jerking upright. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Six soldiers stood behind them, all wearing uniforms but carrying long metal bars instead of guns. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Leo suspected, the loft had doors on either side—folding metal gates. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stood up on a little metal stool and slipped it into the slot and looked through the eyehole. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man screamed, coughing up clotted black specks of metal and blood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Its great metal arms stretched into the darkness, and the silver turning rod shone with the ghostly reflections of the phone’s glow. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My father said that cars would stay radioactive for a long time—because they’re made of heavy metal, I suppose. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their lawns are crabgrass and their mailboxes are dull metal. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The domovoi yelped and vanished as metal hoes, shovels, and picks hit the ground where he had been. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Aisles of metal shelves stretched out forever, stacked high with crates of merchandise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I fiddle with metal instruments on a nearby cart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Reyna and Octavian led the procession of senators out of camp, with Reyna’s metal greyhounds dashing back and forth along the road. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I picked up the smallest of what was left, but the metal was still thick. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He heard the screams of frightened horses and the crash of metal on metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Tilt-A-Whirl has these metal pods with domed tops, and there’s a metal wheel in the middle that you can turn to make your pod spin. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Ah, we’re making different measurements today. Stand on the metal plate—oh, slip your shoes off first. Hold your daemon, if you like. Look forward, that’s it, stare at the little green light Good girl...” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

For ten hours a day, six days a week, they disassemble massive forging presses and stack the usable metal in crates to be loaded onto train cars. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I scroll down to the first entry, clicking on a video with a thumbnail of a young Stella wearing a mouthful of metal and a high ponytail. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But as I reached out and unlocked the door, the metal handle began to jiggle violently. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We running, Clippinger ordered still that we affix our bayonets, which I did with trouble, the metal slick with rain, my fingers skirret-stiff with fear—and we found our van overtaken by the brutes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Gold fever drove monarchs and others with wealth to fund colonizing ventures to find the metal. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what can happen in a year? Houses fall. Kingdoms fall. While you sit in your laboratory learning the properties of metal?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He put me down on the metal slab. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the same time, metal cuffs popped out of the armrests and closed over his wrists. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girl stops waiting and heads off toward the metal and I follow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Didn’t they realize that we had to get out of the metal container? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mother gave him a long metal spoon with which he gutted the interior until the last bits of string and seeds were gone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the image grew, it revealed a handwritten note, suspended at the camera's height by a thin metal rod. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached in and pulled out a slip of metal. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the metal was so cold and no one would say anything to me, and there was still so much blood. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The metal hoops bit into my palms as I gripped them harder each time we swerved or dipped or dove. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And instead of a net, they just have a metal hoop for balls to pass through. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sounds of metal striking wood rebounded off the stone walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Another man follows the barbers, carrying a small, battered toolbox full of needles and metal attachments. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everything creaked and moaned and shuddered, and she did the only thing she could do to keep from dying as the metal cabinet started to fall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Take hold of those metal knobs on the arms of your chair,” whispered Lenina. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Left and right, up and down, the hammer fell on fetterlings with the crash of metal on metal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

With it up close to my face like this I could smell the gray metal of the barrel and the gun oil Mr. Amos used on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I ducked through a Troll Hole and made my way back to the library, walking again through the abandoned metal shelves. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first few warm days of the year, the patrols will put out cages and tie a chicken or turkey or hog to the metal bars inside. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The light comes on, and I still can’t see very well, but I can tell we’ve stepped into a big room filled with a labyrinth of metal shelves. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bathroom at the end of our corridor had two seawater showers, a saltwater tap, and three large galvanized metal buckets, which were used as bathtubs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Local residents in West Oakland are concerned about the installation of metal detectors at West Oakland High after a malfunction in the equipment momentarily harmed a student,” the man said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard a click; then the bookshelf slid aside, revealing a square metal plate set into the wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Also,” said the Englishman, “the Philosopher’s Stone has a fascinating property. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metal into gold.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked past the chalkboards to the round metal door set into the stone of the mountain. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As the weeks pass I am busier than ever, working long days in the store and volunteering in the evenings, running the metal drives and organizing shipments for the Red Cross. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He held the little red shard up so I could take a look, then dropped it into the metal pan, where it clinked like a bullet, man. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I look behind the janitor and see a narrow metal door built into the wall. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dad's got the screws out and lifts the metal bottom off the blanket controller. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and there he was, holding what looked like two metal Frisbees. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Deeper into the house, in a small kitchen, city-made pots and pans hung from the ceiling, their warped, blackened metal still shining through in a few spots. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The roof buckled and three huge metal fingers tore through the skin of the car like a fork through an eggshell, trailing dust and sunlight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was just the sort of car that my truck would make scrap metal of. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He heard metal crunching and glass shattering, but this was coming from the cars ahead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

From the trunk of the car Wednesday brought out the metal case and a clipboard, and a pair of handcuffs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The more she thrashed, the deeper the metal cut. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nico watched, paralysed, as the grave spewed forth more dead British soldiers - five, ten, twenty, multiplying so quickly that Reyna and her metal dogs were surrounded before Nico even thought to raise his sword. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The metal is tarnished and even rusting in some places. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He typically wore a gaudy striped shirt and a celluloid collar and a long flowing tie; a metal chain, connected to a timepiece, dangled from his pocket. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was a triangular lattice of metal strips held together with bolts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus came walking out through the dented metal door next to the garage. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He felt the metal of the wheel grow hot beneath him, blackening the flesh of his arms and legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had arranged the slices on a metal cookie sheet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I want to do is collapse on my metal plate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the chair, and he sits behind the desk of Matthew’s supervisor, turning a half-empty coffee cup in circles on the metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Benches are lined against a metal fence, and the gray-blue water immediately draws me in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jinny hadn’t thought about that before, and she was pondering it when Loo, beside her, began to bash his spoon against his metal plate for no apparent reason. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I imagine his hands on me, wrestling me toward the tray, shoving me against the metal, pulling the straps that dangle from the tray across my body, too tightly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He reached in his pocket and a piece of metal, slung on a ribbon, fell into my palm. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He opened a metal door in the wall. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She brought it out, examined it, ran a hand over the cold metal, and looked up to find a shell-shocked soldier watching her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The floors are dark wood, and all of the fixtures seem to be the same brushed metal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our goal should be to attract the attention of the people who have the power to revoke the permits for the metal detectors.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When Silvertongue cautiously raised the metal cover and looked out it did seem as if they really had gone. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The compound had row after row of shining metal houses and dozens of liquor bars glittering at daybreak with an aura of fresh vomit and broken glass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, when nothing happened—as nothing would—he would apply the neutralizing compound to deactivate it so it didn’t just drip down the impervious metal and eat its way into the ground. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m sure the naan is going to drop onto the flames, but she explains that the water seals it to the metal. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He shut the backpack into the metal chest and unrolled the sleeping bag on an exposed slab of rock. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried trays along the portico of brown metal posts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He scored a line with a mighty claw along a strut less damaged than most, and feeling a flimsiness in the quality of the metal, turned away at once and scanned the mountain wall again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She presses a button on the front to open it and takes out what looks like a white plastic cloth and a little metal scalpel. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And, yes, there was the blackened hatchet blade and a tiny round piece of metal. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The big metal box sticking up from the roof looked like a storage shed, but the double doors and eye-reader gave it away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As the low thrum of steam-powered engines resonated through the metal beneath my feet, I shifted uneasily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There is a handrail leading up the concrete stairs, lined with thin white metal bars that have rusted in places, reddish-brown flecks peeking through the chipped paint. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For older children and stouthearted adults, Lakewood boasted a large roller coaster that filled the air with the clacking of metal on wood and the delighted shrieks of its riders. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I followed the sound of banging metal and found Mrs. Hidalgo crouched in front of the oven, pulling a cookie sheet out with a mitt-covered hand. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It slipped down the cliffside, descending faster as it left the metal of the track behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A scraping sound comes from inside the trash can, something scratching against the metal container. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He touches a metal cylinder with a sphere stuck on top. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His hammer clanged harmlessly off the metal lady’s chest, but she must have been annoyed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Surrounding the uranium would be a tamper—a shield of very dense metal. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Set down with geometric precision at the cardinal points were four monumental slabs of the same alien metal as the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On its front end a half circle of lights glowed, giving feedback from the board’s metal detector, which constantly searched ahead to see if there was enough iron in the ground to stay aloft. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Me and my cousins slept in blue metal beds and shared boxes for our clothes. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Unlike metal plates, plasmas could be made easily with a bolt of electricity, according to Puthoff, and instead of having to pry the plates apart again, the plasma “ash” is discarded. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A couple of my coworkers— team leaders, in fact—delight in putting the pedal to the metal and terrorizing the elegant neighborhoods we serve. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should wonder what courage—which is the virtue they most value—has to do with a metal ring through your nostril. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I bent and picked up a tangle of shattered wood and metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A huge pile of twisted metal, wooden planks, and crumbled bricks lay in front. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Give him back, give him back, give him back to me!” while kicking the metal desk. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Where I had been standing a moment before was a ragged hole in the side of the Arch, with melted metal steaming around the edges. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The year before that, a young man’s forehead was beaten in with a metal tube. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They didn’t snap them off by hand, but used metal cutters. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Father! You’re a genius! I trust your handiwork—” The first metal feather shook loose from his wings and fluttered away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We wandered over to the first area—Space Is Dangerous—and watched a video of a hole being blown through a thick metal plate by a simulated meteoroid. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His hands are gentle, and the metal is cool as it pierces my skin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He had opened the metal case and was methodically laying everything he had been given out on the back seat in neat piles. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The cold air and metal floor tell me what I need to know. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I ticked my tongue against my teeth and gave Coach the bar, the metal clinking against his wedding ring. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He often beats the little boy with the metal end of a garden hose. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I hear a crack against the floor next to my face, and a metal cylinder about the size of my hand rolls to a stop against my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the room stood a metal tower taller than a person. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as her fingers grazed the cold metal, the earth began to grumble. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ringing the atrium, the second-storey balconies were empty except for potted azaleas hanging from the white metal railings. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In front of the east-facing entrance of the hogan, the metal fence posts of the cornfield poked out of the dry earth like splinters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There’s a heavy metal plate that fastens over it, but right now it’s propped open, and a certain cat is nowhere to be seen. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Any glass had long since shattered, any wood had rotted, and nothing remained but metal frames, mortar, and stone crumbling in the grip of invading vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The car slowed in front of a rusty metal fence. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But there was no doubt the metal was a sheet of hammered Celestial bronze, roughly circular, about five feet in diameter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to hear that,” Mr. Gonzalez said and put the coat into an old metal locker in which Ignatius saw a bag like the two beside the old woman’s desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many were Dothraki horselords, big men with red- brown skin, their drooping mustachios bound in metal rings, their black hair oiled and braided and hung with bells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He took out a metal cup filled with water from a large jug to pour in the pot. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He turned to find the Second standing beside him, smelling of metal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This was long before metal detectors and security checks, and I was carrying my pistol in a holster inside my jacket and the two hundred rounds wrapped around my waist inside my trousers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we left, the heavy metal door clanged shut behind us, an eerie sound that echoed down the corridor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We descend, sardines in a can, dark metal casing surrounding us for several floors. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Men and boys press against the metal bars, trying to get fresh air. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then you are ready to put on gloves and helmet, which are locked into place by metal rings that fit together. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he emerged carrying a sawn section of tongue-and-groove planking and laid it down and entered the closet again and emerged with a metal box. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wraps of garri he stood in line to receive, the thin soup scooped from a metal basin once a day, left him hungry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And people say that he is two hundred years old, and is able to transform any metal into gold.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A helmet of some interwoven metal that fits close to my head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I lie down in my underwear, the metal in my black garters hurts my legs, but I do not take them off, for it is too cold to lie stockingless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was composed of dazzling blue metal with an almost mirror shine to it, as smooth as water, and nowhere rectilinear or planar, but all flowing contours, as supple as skin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I looked at his stand-up ashtray, filled with crumpled cigarettes and the one clear, shining metal cigarette. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

More often than not, spirits of any kind didn’t like metal. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A metal panel lay flush against the cement. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I went through a metal turnstile, the ‘person- counter’ clicked to a new daily number: 20,054. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice rang like a metal dipper hitting a bucket and he spoke English. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

An aluminum wedge scraped them into the sink, where hot water whirled them down a metal throat which digested and flushed them away to the distant sea. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily lifted the sealed papers from the metal box and stood. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Werfel thought, so during a furious thunderstorm he took Spurge out on the streets to watch the children jumping from rooftop to rooftop with their elaborate metal wands, trying to catch lightning bolts. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Smearing the grease liberally on top of the third step, Foremole inserted the flat metal tip against the base of the fifth step. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There, my mother cooked over the fire in a large metal can once used for cooking oil that we now used as a stove. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had a thermostat made of bimetal, which was two different metals attached to each other. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Above the ring was a metal plate with a keyhole. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A small metal sink and toilet stand in the corner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Uniformed men take my grandparents' phones and even their keys, and we walk through something that Tanvi Ma'am says is an instrument made to detect metal. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I was not afraid we would capsize—I thought the sharks would actually punch through the metal hull and sink us. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not striking the metal true. Hold your elbow higher and bring the hammer down smartly. Then it will shape as you wish.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Copper was plentiful in the Ghiscari hills, but the metal was not as valuable as it had been when bronze ruled the world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They burned holes in the air, wrote poems of love, sucked the venom from sores, painted landscapes of gloom, and made metal sing; they dissected fire like newts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could see the pieces quite easily, because the metal caught the gleam from outside: seven of them, the smallest being the point itself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Aaron took three or four breaths of his metal cigarette and made the room smell musty and hot, then announced: “Let’s motivate, son! What do you want to get?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He watched her lay out and arrange the pieces of jagged metal from a tin: her shrapnel collection. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He jumped when a loud clang cracked through the air, followed by the wrenching sound of metal screeching against metal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The panel rolled away and revealed a tall steel door with a combination lock right above a thick metal handle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Beneath the surface, claws of metal raked into her leg, splitting open her flesh. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The soldier ran his finger along the edge of the metal table, as if checking for dust. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He perched his foot, small cast with metal bar across the bottom to walk on, next to where I was sitting on the cot. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A marching band played an out- of-tune fight song that sounded like somebody hitting a bag of cats with a metal baseball bat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The metal propeller blades dripped water into the bay, like sullen raindrops. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Annie stood at the back screen door listening to the night howl, her hands pressed against the metal webbing that left indentations in the pads of her fingers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Blue metal closed over it and was welded tightly by the tiny atomic flare. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Donal was off, carrying the metal box of pig remains, and the smell gradually followed him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Those metal doors are just about everywhere in this hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There's a man selling hot dogs out of a metal pushcart with a yellow-and-red umbrella. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He slid his thumb ring’s edge along the metal strings. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He stared at the misshapen pieces of metal and was thankful that his uncle still hadn’t returned. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Opposite the metal wall was a row of ruined houses, still standing as they had before the anchor but with whole sides carved away, like dolls’ houses, open on one side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The serpent shot past, its rough metal skin leaving Leo’s hands scraped and bleeding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I put Algernon’s body into a small metal container and took him home with me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still her ghosts came at him, but the metal moved with them, flowing to block them, catching their weapons and freezing around them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We both turned as three guys headed toward us, one of them punching the metal lockers as they approached. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

We westbound folk made do with poorly patched corrugated metal that leaked rainwater the color of old blood. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Thomas reached in and pulled apart the curtains of ivy, then stared blankly at a square of metal riveted to the stone with words stamped across it in big capital letters. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She slid into the metal dome at its center. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I sucked in on the metal cigarette as if a doctor were telling me to. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He takes the needle from me and taps the metal disc at the end of it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The metal was in the form of coins, packed in small, heavy boxes, which he carried through the house and piled in the basement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Flavius’s foot catches on a metal grate over a circular opening in the floor, and my stomach contracts when I think of why a room would need a drain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She built Mr. Edwards’ face and his clothes and the word that was stamped on the metal clasp of his suspenders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was straight and branchless, and when the old woman got nearer, she realized it was made of metal. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I slam the explosives against the metal bar where the two doors join, and clamp down the claws around the edge of the bar so it will stay. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even if the iron missed its target, the stones and shattered metal fragments ricocheted about dangerously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The metal sings and moans like grieving women. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted a hand to his mouth; the titillation ceased; let his hand fall back on the metal knob; it began again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They clanged against mine, and I felt metal vibrate, inside my brain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire focus of my being zeroes in on that metal tip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Traditional gate schooling has always been a matter of standing still, teaching a horse to tolerate the huge, clattering metal contraption around him while he awaits the loading of other horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stripped me down to my slip and brassiere and made me lie down on this long metal table, but they didn’t buckle the belts I saw dangling down the sides. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers slide down the metal until I can’t see her head anymore; they are all I see. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the next few millennia the wheel and the metal tool sprang up in the same area. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The small metal cylinder allowed the avatar who possessed it to transform into Ultraman once a day, for up to three minutes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Caleb Prior sits at a metal desk, bent over a book, his hair piled on one side of his head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pieces of yellow metal were strewn across the road. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A Glader cut it off, attacked it with two long swords, metal clacking and clanging as they fought. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The shrapnel — small slivers of metal — hadn’t hit anything vital. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were swept up in the spin and in the smell of metal and vomit and bleach. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some schools were spending more on metal detectors than on lab equipment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej gestured to a pair of big metal doors set into what looked like a giant chimney that jutted out from the wall and stretched all the way up to the ceiling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She passed through the metal detector without a sound, but the cop on the other side put a hand up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For years, millions of gallons of sticky molasses had been stored in a building-sized metal tank. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He fingered the collar of his order,- a heavy chain worn tight around the neck beneath his robe, each link forged from a different metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tank roared; the sound was thunder trapped in a metal drum, clamoring to be let out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Three freckles on the back of a metal snake. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He came in a metal thing that glittered in the sun,” she remembered. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scoot backward across the platform and lean against the metal steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The metal bugs swarmed like bees at a picnic. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The rain has turned the metal into a slippery slope—and I almost slide off during my landing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The blood in her mouth had a salty metal tang to it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I carried out armloads of fabric and wood and metal put together in all their puzzling ways, and marveled that I’d ever felt comfort in having such things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped through a crowd of tourists strolling along the walkway, narrowly avoiding being impaled by the metal tip of a lady’s parasol as she bobbed it merrily about. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Chasing David to the car, I hear heavy footsteps on the van’s metal ramp behind me, thunk-thunk. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The humorless TSA guy lets them get into the slow-moving crawl to the metal detector, which has issues with his facial rings. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He drove the metal home, into their organs, questing deeper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I could see enough of the dark silver-gray metal to know it wasn’t a toy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just water and a creaking sound of something metal swaying somewhere. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The blade was two different types of metal—one edge bronze, the other steel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

With Charles at the horse’s head, they urged and pushed the heavy metal blade through the rocky earth. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then one of his hands touched the back of her neck, traced the slender chain there, down to the cold, hard metal of the pendant. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And look at the crossbow—the metal isn’t rusted away. They weren’t here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pointed the metal rod and froze as JimmyTrotter, my sisters, Uncle D, and Mr. Lucas hollered out, “Hot,” “Hotter,” “To the right,” “More,” “A little left,” and then “Aww!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Between the edge of the burned forest and the mountains, a rocky slope of heavy boulders and scree was littered with scorched and twisted metal: girders and struts that had belonged to some complex machine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Austronesians who went on to colonize Polynesia became isolated from East Asian metallurgy and writing and hence remained without writing or metal. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy pushed herself up against the locker so the metal door blocked her from the busy hallway as much as possible. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I just assumed,” he says, waving a hand at Raj’s black clothes, the metal piercings. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The room smelled of metal shavings mixed with whatever grease was used in the lathes and other implements that I never learned to use. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once inside, the distinctive sound of metal hitting metal and the fierce yells of the competitors permeated the room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I heard a scuffling noise, a click and scrape of metal, and in a matter of seconds I saw his door swing open. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Those historical inequalities have cast long shadows on the modern world, because the literate societies with metal tools have conquered or exterminated the other societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We went to bed early, with metal pot lids and knives and things from the kitchen to protect ourselves with, because we couldn’t think of anything else. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus slammed against the side of the tunnel, grinding metal, throwing sparks a mile behind us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Filch s footsteps halted; there was a clink of metal on metal and the wailing stopped — Filch had picked up the egg and closed it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hear something click, then feel cold metal against my temple. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The outdoor plaza was covered with twisted metal and shattered glass and broken furniture. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I knew it was no more dangerous than a stone saw or the sintering wheel, I found the burnished metal container unnerving. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I run past, I can even see a door that’s been opened out the side of one wall of metal a little way up and there’s even a light on inside. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The ceiling consisted of large rectangular panels set in a framework of metal strips, and the corner of the panel above the picture had lifted slightly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered now that my head was encircled by a piece of cold metal like the iron cap worn by the occupant of an electric chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big metal pots sat on the counter covered with muslin cloth to keep the bugs off while it cooled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The casting process meant that no two metal letters were ever precisely the same, even before wear and tear. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Chisamba Singles was like a small city—more than ten thousand people lived there, either in shared houses or small shanties built from scraps of metal and wood nearby. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The booms that came next were infinitely worse—the thundering of something heavy falling and the resounding crack of metal snapping. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The wind penetrates to the bone marrow, and hands freeze to the metal.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Slender metal bars attach from the tabletop to the chair to the shiny tiled floor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I leaned into the smooth metal of the fender. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Zepeda, twenty-two, says he heard the metal doors slide, then clang shut. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In a couple of days, he’d have to walk through metal detectors just to go to school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And it seemed to Tyrion that the gold and silver and platinum links far outnumbered those of baser metals. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A gray bird flew above them, above the electric wires for the streetcar line, and perched on the metal cornice of a roof. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

By the front doors are metal detectors manned by large grumpy people who perform random bag searches. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of the ramp like before, the entrance is covered by a metal tunnel-port into the shuttle which has been moved from its dark corner, just like Ben said it would be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On this night, the moon burned like metal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He throws it in the empty cauldron where it lands with a dull wet thud, the watch clattering against the metal. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally I heard the metal clanking of the latch being turned, and then the door opened. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She and a group of friends had been standing under a metal shelter next to a playground, waiting for a rainstorm to pass. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass reached out and drew the metal wastebasket in close to her and used it as an ashtray for the lighted cigarette she had brought in with her. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They gave me my own locker, and just like them, I taped up snapshots of my family inside the metal door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He directed his question to the cop behind the metal detector. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The chant was repeated over and over, accompanied by sounds of metal against metal. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how something that starts off so invisible turns into metal, bolts, and wires, connecting point A to point B. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The man begins to yank down the metal grating in front of the shop. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It’s like a cloudy day in the mountains, when the water is flat as the metal of a tank. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My mother walks through the snitch box—a metal detector designed to make sure no one is bringing guns on the island. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His foot came down on something that clanged and he saw that he was standing on a metal trapdoor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sansa touched her bps to the metal, thinking that she would kiss any number of swords sooner than Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He chopped down with his hand, a furious, angry gesture . . . and screeched in pain when his arm brushed against one of the sharp metal fangs that surrounded him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They’d positioned scraps of silvery metal from the plane’s wing at chest level and were using them to reflect the sun. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

On the left side is a desk with glass screens suspended above it, and on the right side is a small laboratory with wood furnishings instead of metal ones. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I draw my sword, and he does, too, the scrape of metal loud in the room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And the broken metal—and flesh—would then be chopped into sections. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was a straight piece of metal, with thin leather wrapping the grip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By day his mouth tasted of metal and his head ached. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We found ourselves seated next to each other at a worktable in a metal shop class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

At first, by the ladder, I swing in the wind, my body thumping the metal car that I cling to. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I climb down the metal staircase to check the shady spots on the ground floor. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I longed to hear Fred’s sneakers on the metal steps behind me, but I wasn’t ready to go down there alone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The kitchens are a row of gas burners and open grills set on a concrete slab beneath a sheet of corrugated metal. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

First he put butter and sugar into the large metal bowl. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Agent Magnus paces in front of us, holding up a metal rod. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I can hear the metal brackets that hold the fence to the support poles begin to snap. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then I would need to arrange for accurate measurement of both the divalent metals and the DNA content. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up a two-by-four and clanged it against a metal fence post. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake points across the Midway to a red metal toolshed at the back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of her sewing machine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was a metal roof fastened over the top of Francie’s machine so that she couldn’t see the keyboard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarisse La Rue rode in the lead, on a red war chariot pulled by metal horses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I vowed to extract the last gram of precious metal even if it meant I had to crush the hills with my own hands and grind the rocks with my feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal door unsealed and creaked open, revealing a dark staircase leading down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Some have little waterfalls in the front yards, or metal gates like something from a movie. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Tudor facades, tiny metal balconies, wood chips under the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought all was lost, Velia and Delia burst through the barn doors wielding what could only be described as giant metal baseball bats. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Spare pieces of metal were propped up as roofs, and pieces of torn cloth were hung as curtains. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Pet swiveled its empty face, and a streetlight shone harshly off its metal feathers before sliding away. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The thing is small, made of cheap plastic that has been painted to look like metal. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She pushes aside a splintered dresser and sees a glint of metal on the floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Flakes of rusted metal on the locker hinges. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a wild neigh and the horse plunged off in the dark, the crisp, frantic clanking of metal and the stomping of hooves followed me to the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always bad news, so sometimes days went by before he bothered to take out his strangely sharp little key and open the metal box by the front gate. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She aims to turn them into brown shiny metal and keep them on the table in Georgia with my baby picture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked the metal front of Ali’s olive-green desk so hard that I left a dent in it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At the top of the quarry were grass and palm trees, and at the base was a clearing with a few old metal sheds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s mouth tasted like metal, as if gold nuggets were popping up under her tongue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s not even really a floor, just a solid wall of black metal. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Instead there was a hissing sound and a shriek like metal grinding against metal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He showed us this little metal bucket thing and explained how he’d made it from a can and a piece of wire. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After a few inches its metal feet dug into the soft floor and it ground stubbornly to a halt. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

For example, on earth, mixing two or more molten metals is difficult because the light ones float to the top while the heavy ones sink to the bottom. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babysitting and tutoring and doing other kids’ homework and mowing lawns and redeeming bottles and selling scrap metal didn’t count. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If he stares down for more than a few seconds, he might see us through the metal mesh beneath his feet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The metal of the chains was the strongest metal that the gods could find: iron from the earth mixed with iron that had fallen from the sky. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The angle of the climbing sun snuck a slash of rays under the edges of its wings, shining a jagged shimmer along the sharp tips of the huge metal feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Somebody had gone and put big metal bars on the windows. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

An elbow hits me in the side and I fall down, my face scraping something hard and metal—the side of a table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But—reaching out to touch the rough metal of the plane—safe. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was like a metal mesa, the length of a football field and as tall as goalposts. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Two metal tables dominated the center of the space and one was...occupied. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They dropped their garbage into the metal barrel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touched the metal again, gauging its slickness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The whole of the usurper's fleet would have passed by the time the first glimmer of metal could be seen beneath the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was on the top bunk of a metal bed that was more sturdy than comfortable—and probably built during the Second World War. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We made a few turns, backtracked a few times, and eventually found the spider banging its tiny head on a metal door. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I put five CDs in the changer behind my drums, put on my headphones, pressed shuffle, and played along with at least ten really loud metal songs in a row without stopping. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t bother him that his name is never an option on key chains or metal pins or refrigerator magnets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The metal is sun-warm, and the guys around me jostle and hoot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupita saw scarlet sparks rise from the metal wheels as they slowed to a stop. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The smell of fresh blood was heavy in the air, like wet, hot metal. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He held a metal bar to the strings of the neck and plucked the strings over the belly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, the metal tank blew apart completely. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

In the floor, dug into the rock, was a hole about ten feet across, covered by a heavy metal shield. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark down below, but Mark could see a walkway made of silvery metal—mostly hidden in shadow—that encircled the huge space underneath.There was no light source and no sign of people. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Standing on metal legs, it rises above the trees. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s more like one of those divided metal plates with separate sections for starch, meat, and veggies. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph crouched on a small platform on the back of the vehicle while struggling to keep his arm looped through a metal handle. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Metal clanged against metal, and a battle between the two warriors erupted around the tree. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As she passed the car she felt the warmth of its radiator, as intimate as body heat, and heard the click of contracting metal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A metal Slinky, Silly Putty poppers, and a bag of saltwater taffy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The woman turned the metal disc like a steering wheel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Leo ran for the metal door next to the dais. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The metal grate covered a storm drain that ran beneath the plaza, and the unfortunate girl was staring through it, down into darkness, when Reynie reached her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When a loud clanging sound announced the presence of one of the guards outside their metal car, she gasped in spite of herself. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Workers in hard hats were hoisting big metal containers on ropes and hooks up to the roof of a building. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We go through metal detectors as usual, but it’s hard to focus on anything but the guns on the cops’ waists. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Clanging metal and squeaking keys make me feel jumpy. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He yanked out a chunk of shimmering metal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But as she inhaled the sweet scent of grass, she tasted metal at the back of her throat and knew it had been real. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rather than be searched by hand, I chose to walk through the metal detector without my cart or my tank or even the plastic nubbins in my nose. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Smell Factor had one of those birds now, one of the ones that didn’t fly or sing, the metal ones, so I could tell they were meg yesterday. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also had a stud in his nose and two rings—small metal ones pinching his right eyebrow. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice his fingers found the metal handle, only to be pulled away before he could turn it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We were out searching for old coins with his metal detector. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Her dark eyes flashed, and when she spoke, I saw that they had cut the wires on her braces but had left the metal nubs glued to her front teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

From outside came the clang of a horseshoe on metal, and then a chorus of cheers. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my ear against the ice-cold metal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Kin the blacksmith had his back to her, hammering out a sheet of glowing red metal on his anvil. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He went behind the can and lifted up the entire metal lid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It cut into Tally’s ears like a vibrasaw striking metal, and every muscle in her body fought to get free of the handcuffs, her instincts demanding that she cover her ears. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She twists together metal pieces with holes for noise to come out, assembling three instruments. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Brian and I also collected scrap metal that we sold to the junk dealer for a penny a pound—three cents a pound for copper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the last big metal statue we’d run into. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The heels of my hands land on the counter’s metal rim as I bend down to look at the spread. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big sheet of metal was torn off the roof. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Out of the peanuts he fished a metal cylinder sealed with tape and marked with a biohazard symbol. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erumpent’s horn can pierce everything from skin to metal, and contains a deadly fluid which will cause whatever is injected with it to explode. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nana?” she said, stunned, and he watched, unblinking, horrified, as the woman raised a mallet—the studded metal sort for pounding cutlets—and brought it arcing down right at Azareen’s head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In 1623, when the First Folio was printed, every page had to be set up for the press by hand, using tiny metal letters called movable type. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Moss drank some more water and handed the metal container back to her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He saw a large metal chest on the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only place on earth where that rare metal was found. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think parts of it are made of an alloy that can’t be made anymore. Perhaps the metal’s very rare—I don’t know. Anyway, nobody has.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I shall need the Clankers,” he told the goblin, who dashed away and returned a moment later with a leather bag that seemed to be full of jangling metal, which he handed to his senior. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I finish jamming the supplies in the box and close the metal box back inside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I turn the glasses in my hands, admiring the solid-gold metal of the arms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the crates were opened, they were found to contain loose bits of wood, metal, and painted cloth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dollhouse was grand, made of metal, and had white aluminum siding on the outside. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The mercenary brought up his injured hand and grabbed the tip of the sword, moving with such sudden speed that the metal rang dully with the contact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She willed all her confidence into her voice—all her love for the metal dragon and everything he’d done for them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Inside was a two-foot-long metal cylinder, spiked on both ends, humming with energy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It basically looks like a rectangle-shaped metal basket with legs and wheels. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dressed in forest green, they were wearing helmets designed to fend off tiger attacks—metal shields covered the backs of their necks. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

We head up the metal staircase—the reporter, Michael, my father, and me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Both of her hands were now fumbling nervously with the piece of metal; then her shoulders shook. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by the blunted ends of metal rods, it used to have railings, but it doesn’t anymore. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“They keep talking about fusing metals. I wonder—” “They were talking about the greatest Titan weapon,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lourdes felt his calloused palm, the metal of his ring clapping her temple. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you put two metal plates close together and some of those particles aren’t allowed between the plates, then there are more particles on the outside of the plates than on the inside. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

His hand stopped in mid-air, at the point where the metal of the gun had met the bone of the skull; stopped, frozen, still, as though again about to lift and descend. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walks to the far shelf where the heavy weapons are kept and picks up the porcupine, a weighted wooden club with fierce metal spikes embedded in the rounded end. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Shattered links were strewn across the floor of the pit amongst the blackened bones—twists of metal, partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the opposite bank, the trees began to thin out, and the next time they camped, the earth was the color of ocher and smelled of metal. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Chou enters a hut and comes out with a few metal pots, aluminum bowls, and the remaining few small bags of rice and salt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe you they dread him. Not but what he’s artful, even in his defiance of them. No silver, sir. Britannia metal, every spoon.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the pitchfork and shuffled over to the rusted metal trap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So far there were two short extension cords, a couple of rolls of burlap-looking twine, and some metal rulers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Daedalus and his son froze, their metal wings glimmering on their backs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A loud click sounds, and the back of the elevator opens up to a winding hallway with metal walls. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I pushed past Uncle Moshe and marched to the big metal door. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The major spoke to an orderly who went out of sight in the back and came back with a metal basin of cold cooked macaroni. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

From one, filled with boiling water, she fished out three metal plates with a pair of tongs and clanged them onto the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He ran a fingertip over the metal face. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We walked over to two bright-yellow metal chairs in the middle of the quad. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I finally entered the planet’s atmosphere and began to descend toward the surface, it was like flying through a swarm of metal insects. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Three levels underground I pushed upon a heavy metal door marked "Danger" and descended into a noisy, dimly lit room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are to lay it across the twelve o’clock beach and drop the metal spool, with whatever is left, deep into the water, making sure it sinks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure the knife would get us busted the first time we went through a metal detector. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of metal cuffs snapping into place drew Reynie’s gaze back to the Whisperer, in which—was it possible?—Constance had just taken a seat. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a denture, made from one of his own teeth, a cow’s tooth, and hippopotamus ivory; metal springs held the denture in his mouth. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have happened when the metal struck the desk, for suddenly I was leaning toward him, shouting with outrage. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal wreath shot past him and embedded in a marble column. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mark let go of the device just before he hit the sharp corner of the slowly rising hatch door, leaping to catch Alec’s hand and grab at the metal with his other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe there was still frost on the metal foil around the expensive lemon ice cream. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All burst in the air before reaching her coach, the pieces of metal falling harmlessly in the middle distance. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It landed on metal trays under their cages . . . ping, ping, ping. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slaps her trunk against rusty metal bars. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

From the box I brought, I pull out face masks, goggles, pairs of work gloves, and metal wire brushes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Just before the metal crashed back into Jimmy’s head, ending it, his father ducked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting in an elevated chair, his shoes supported by a metal rung. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It had the cool, smooth texture of metal. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He gave us all a wobbly smile and opened the metal door of the plastic pet carrier. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want a metal bowl,” he said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He could feel the cold of the metal even through his gloves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There, metal beams support the plates from behind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The cars that house the performers and bosses are connected by metal plates, so all I have to do is make sure I land on it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But most of the stores were closed and the owners had pulled the metal gates down over the front windows and doors, padlocking them shut. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the top of it and followed, descending hand over hand until it stopped at a metal floor, where she was waiting. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Low voices, the clatter of porcelain and metal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I crumpled to the metal floor and heard the sea demon children howling in delight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the others filed up the steps, I ducked beneath the rickety metal stairwell. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow Tyson, who was so clumsy he knocked over lab equipment and broke playground structures on a regular basis, had caught two fiery metal balls speeding toward him at a zillion miles an hour. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a little piece of metal. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Scotty was leveling the legs of the tripod, and I jerked open the metal ammo case. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. I would not have wanted to lose you to the other side of the river. Music is a fine thing, but metal lasts.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slept in the lower berth of a metal bunk bed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The metal stairs leading down to the pavement screech with each of my footsteps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The two men walked more or less side by side, feet echoing on metal and concrete. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Grover brayed like a baby goat and went climbing up a mountain of metal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

For a moment, fading sunlight catches in the metal and twinkles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Together we stack the hubcaps back into a tall tower of metal pancakes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The mute men swung their swords, metal grated against metal. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Rasalas had been his favorite, and though the citizens of Weep had understood that the beast was only metal animated by Skathis’s mind, the understanding was buried under their terror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Tobias walks with me away from the fire smell, away from the metal furnace, into the cement-walled room that contains it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had metal bars covering it, of a size that would have kept any unwanted giants at a respectable distance. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The clink of something metal dropping on my pod’s shell rings in my ears. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He dried it out carefully and packed it away in the metal chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside his shirt he felt the cold metal of the gun resting against his naked skin; he ought to put it back between the mattresses. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Four, five, six—until his hand was bleeding and the red metal locker was bent nearly in half. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain, meanwhile, had pressed a button on his chair, and the Whispering Gallery’s metal door was sliding open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Hey, not so glum. We’ll help you as much as we can. The Amazon service department has repaired those metal dogs of yours. And we have some cool parting gifts!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But the voices behind the metal door had spoken of something arriving at two o’clock. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing, only the cool metal. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a long black metal bench sprinkled with people. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But Abe said that he was a special breed from Asia, trained by the Chinese army, and that his jaw was strong enough to bite through metal. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers came up to trace one of the fresh punctures on the side paneling where a bullet had slammed through the thin metal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She is hesitant to slide the dead bolt on the metal door of her tall stucco fence. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was made of the same metal as the walls. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The pink eraser was held on by a shiny metal collar. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The railing is narrow and made of metal. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Either that or the things were already on the plane, in pre-arranged hiding places, because nothing metal gets through the X-rays these days. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of bitter metal and saliva flooded his mouth. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Church and the gas stayshun back in town are still partly made outta metal hulls and holds and rooms and such. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a souvenir for you,” Angelo said, pulling the bloody, mangled chunk of metal from the bone like a tooth and handing it to me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At the rear of the bus, the driver wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal out of the engine compartment. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My left arm shakes as I try to balance on top of the metal structure. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matt immediately unwrapped the blankets and found a nest of cooking utensils and a metal mug. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle, where the nose would have been, a cement wall jutted from the hillside, with a metal door like the entrance to a bunker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Metal ground against metal; a lurching shudder shook the floor beneath him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

This was a device known as a ‘compass’—a graduated metal instrument that could be used as a calculator. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

With an earsplitting bang of metal on wood, they hit the thick tree trunk and dropped to the ground with a heavy jolt. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As Jones discussed the escape plan with Booth and Herold, he became distracted when he heard a familiar and terrifying sound in the distance—clanking metal and horses’ hooves pounding the earth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the cold metal of the recorder to my cheek and stared at the picture for a long time. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A bigger chopper, a heavy affair, was leaning against the door—the metal of it stained a dull brown. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

All right, there’s the Cornucopia, the shining gold metal horn, about forty yards away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a while he had only his incense burner, which was made of an old metal ash tray. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have one,” Matthias said, then pointed at the horde of metal and smoke bearing down on them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Metal wrenches against metal when she jerks it open. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The gloom makes it hard to see the heavy metal doors at the end of the bunker. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Rivers come from springs, which come from inside mountains. The water brings up minerals from inside the earth. So there’s always metals at the bottom of rivers.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I have fuzzy memories of the trip: a large house with a green metal gate, and a guard in front, and a big buffalo in the backyard. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took one side of the metal plate and glanced back. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Until the only thing I feel is the cold metal of the license plate in my hand and the pounding of my blood. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Gloria had a grip about the robot’s neck that would have asphyxiated any creature but one of metal, and was prattling nonsense in half-hysterical frenzy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The solid wooden box had a thick metal plate on each corner. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The metal is nearly black and in the sketch it’s light gray.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

With helmet down and torch blazing, he practiced to his heart’s content, welding all manner of metal objects—forks, shovels, horseshoes, even the grate off a potbelly stove—right into the gate. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’d pulled his hair forward so that no one could see the purple bruise on his forehead from where he’d hit his head against the metal frame of the Barbie display case. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He continues to receive his mail there, in a nameless metal box. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a heartbeat, he had bounced blows off the knight's temple, elbow, and throat, the wood ring-ing against the metal of helm, gauntlet, and gorget. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One morning, immediately after we had passed a deserted village, we started hearing something like the roar of big engines, the rolling of metal drums on a tar road, a thunder exploding, roll after roll. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Like mainland Aborigines, they were hunter-gatherers without metal tools. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They held up their empty metal bowls or hubcaps or whatnot and cheerfully beat them like drums. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought a piece of the sympathy lamp I was working on in the Fishery, it was a disk of bright metal covered with intricate sygaldry on one side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a decent punch, nothing special, just something to give me more room to operate, but the metal monster shrieked in pain and staggered back like I’d landed a haymaker. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the apex of my arc I saw the raised plow blades behind, the corkscrewing metal covered with mud, and then the race was over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cloth of his doublet appears ripped, a gleam of metal underneath. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The energy blade cut into its metal skin as if it were tofu, slicing the mech into two halves. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The house was all shut up, curtains pulled tight, letters and papers hanging from the black metal mailbox. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My dad was still tuned in, however, playing sofa soldier from the pullout in the office, the one with the metal bar underneath the seat cushions, specially designed to ensure maximum discomfort. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t be a diamond that big. Looks like metal. Do you think we’ve bored into a buried locomotive?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing on the back porch but a metal watering can and piles of dried-up leaves that had been pushed into a corner. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wait outside the door, impatiently tapping my fingers against a cold metal locker. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He prints messages on bits of paper, slips them through metal rings on the pigeons’ legs, then kisses each bird on the head for good luck and lets it loose with a whoop. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They worked with metals: gold, silver and copper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had on a gigantic white hat, and he was holding something metal that flashed in the overhead lights of the Giant Do-Nut. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The airport police wore khaki shirts with extra metal buttons and, believe you me, guns. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghosts poured from the angel’s huge metal hand, wielding knives and meat hooks, and the Tizerkane fought them off blow by blow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Groves kept his promise: the precious metal was all returned to the Treasury, though the last of it was not transferred until 1968. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They fixed on the longsword trembling on high, watched the moonlight running cold along the metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kinzie led her up three different ladders to a metal catwalk, then tied Hazel’s hands loosely behind her back and pushed her along past crates of jewelry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hammer’s head—a thick metal block marred with pits and scrapes—began to glow with blazing, red-hot light, and John pressed it against a tangle of roots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The first thing I think of is one of those metal bear traps that snap on your ankle if you step on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I'm blinking because the light is so bright, and Freak is making a fuss and waving his arms and we hear the metal megaphone sound of a cop voice ordering us not to move. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the trunk of his car, put the papers in a large black metal case of the kind carried by payroll guards, and closed the trunk. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

"Shah-jan, don't run," my mom calls out, though she's practically hopping to put away the chopping board and the strainer, that metal sky full of stars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The heavy metal service door slowly swung open. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mama raps a hand on the metal island to get everyone’s attention. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The warm, soft metal merging with my skin. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Precious metals were not valuable in the same way in Tawantinsuyu, because there was no currency. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A squirt of milk against the metal side. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I look at the turnstile and see how easy it would be to duck under the metal bars and slip onto that train just as it leaves the station. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As we go through the metal detectors, people start asking me questions about Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted like the Earth Science room smelled—like metal and dirt. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

We lumbered to the front yard, where Patrice was directing the staff as they unloaded metal cages from a truck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand metal. Nothing made of iron or steel is a mystery to a bear. But I have never seen a knife like yours, and I would be glad to look at it closely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I clutch desperately, my sweaty fingers sliding on the cross-hatched metal. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It smelled of metal and sweat, but he kissed it anyway, raising his eyes to her face as he did so. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He opened a pungent bag and put a chunk of the contents of the bag in a very fascinating little device that looked like a cigarette but was made of metal. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Made in New York,” he read from a piece of metal as he passed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had only one room, and there wasn’t even a lockup—just a metal ring they could handcuff people to. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I reached for a metal post that supported the ceiling and spun around, lifting my feet off the floor as I thought about the Mosses in their respective jail cells. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One of Juan’s heavy metal songs started blasting from Sierra’s pocket. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I feel the ring—a little metal bubble, something to add texture, foreign and dirty. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Touching the car’s metal door stung my skin. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was rust-red, and crudely riveted together: great sheets and plates of dented discolored metal that scraped and screeched as they rode over one another. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Silently they study me as I walk to the metal table in the center of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Andre was very keen about the role of divalent metals in phage multiplication and so was receptive to my belief that ions were decisively important for nucleic-acid structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I watch his fingers reaching through the metal. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But Lina dashed across the street, took off her shoes and socks, and wrapped herself around the cold metal of the pole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then a wisp of acrid smoke twisted upward in the air, the metal sizzled, and a jagged hole appeared. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He leads me to the repair area, where a large wooden table is covered with tools and parts and metal bits and oil stains. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers along the metal fringe across the top of the door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was no reason to believe that he gave it one hundredth the importance of the structure of metals, for which he took great delight in making soap-bubble models. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Tied to a metal pipe in the bayou, surrounded by marsh grasses and lanky palm trees, the boat was the Farmers’ new home. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Could we have fought each other over these lifesaving machines, reducing them to scrap metal? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Together, they draped it around the elf’s neck and ran it through the handle on the metal box. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Shards of glass and metal spray from the center of the bloom, and Uriah’s body is among them, a limp projectile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Displayed atop its stand, the blade shone in the moonlight—the metal still gleaming after a thousand years. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“These two I did thinking they were made of metal,” he said. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I joined the ranks of the Artificery, studying how to blow glass, mix alloys, draw wire, inscribe metal, and sculpt stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I paint polished wood, and metal: a copper-bottomed frying pan, as seen from the bottom, an aluminum double boiler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The head of the ax—the metal part—was loose, and as she swung the ax, it came flying off. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullets went in a thing called the cylinder, which looked a lot like a fat metal honeycomb that popped out from the side of the gun. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Outside the sweeper has landed on something metal, maybe a coin. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, the pool’s filled in now, but the outline’s still there, and they’ve left standing at one end—an example of this unfinished atmosphere—the metal frame for the high diving board. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closets there were empty, too, nothing but coat hangers jingling on the metal rod. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lazlo could see why—siege engines, explosives, and metal did suggest such a direction—but he didn't think it would be anything like that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Metal clashed on metal as the Warrior Mouse parried Cluny’s thrusts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The devices took various forms, but basically they used twisted metal coils to detect an electrical signal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I bend down and press my palms to the rail, closing my eyes to focus on the feeling of the metal beneath my hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t, because in the gloom beyond the oil lamp, in the shadows, there were metal folding chairs arranged in a ring and on the chairs there were people, with slanting rhinestone sunglasses, watching. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wandered off to stand by the fence across from the steps, watching us with his elbows resting on the metal railing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with the hot tang of metal and sweat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no fire escape outside this window: no balcony, no rusting metal steps. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

On either side of us the cars hissed past; red on the left and white on the right, the lanes encased by thin metal trussing that stretched out from the walkway. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly he reached to his side, felt the metal container there, and removed its cap, stopping the small motion of his hand now and then to wait for the surging pain to ease. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Had it not been for their frantic clashing, I might have imagined they were not solid metal at all, but something thin and insubstantial, like the elder sticks we fought with as boys. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A loop of rough leather, fastened to the metal with a massive staple. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The wheels churned and churned, echoing with the scrape of metal on metal, the hiss of steam and the whine of brakes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Several others were fidgeting with little pieces of metal and wood from a broken bed, the way Tyson always played with spare parts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At that point, I noticed for the first time that the sculpture wasn’t a single piece of metal, but two, bolted together at the nape of the titan’s neck. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The science lab is different from the other classrooms—it has these old thick wood tables with black marks burned into them, and metal stools to sit on. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he leads her through the metal detector snitch box, which blares its sharp alarm bell. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until Chas backed up a step, and then I stood up, hitting my head squarely on the metal frame beneath my new sleeping spot. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mary heard a loud banging on her metal front door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The most important new elements were Japan’s first metal tools, of iron, and its first undisputed full-scale agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon there was a flat heavy square of metal. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, while I unpacked my duffel, he went outside and returned with a large metal washtub. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The astronauts’ offices were being moved into a brand-new building and I was assigned my own small office, with a big gray metal desk, several large bookcases, and a small blackboard on one wall. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

More clutter on the third floor: boxes of jars, metal disks, and rusty jigsaws; buckets of what might be electrical components; engineering manuals in piles around a toilet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was so swift—a blur of metal and she was down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I scrubbed my hands, face, and neck over the metal basin. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Henri the painter noses like an Airedale through the junk in the grass-grown lot for some part or piece of wood or metal he needs for the boat he is building. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The robot’s rusty metal palm fell on him like a swatter falling on a fly. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But the Rusties had built solidly, in love with their wasteful skeletons of metal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s just the rain banging against the metal roof on the shed,” Dad said. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I went into a little variety store and bought a metal serving spoon. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I gather myself, pressing my tongue against the bitter metal of the knife. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His hand moved to a big black metal calculator. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the day of Garfield's shooting, Drs. Townshend, Bliss, and Wales probed the president's bullet wound with unwashed fingers and unsterilized metal instruments. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Until the Chinese-style plow was imported in the seventeenth century, farmers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and other states labored to shove what amounted to a narrow slab of metal through the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He pulls a piece of twisted black metal from inside his robe. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“So if hoverboards need metal, how do they work on the river?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The other space is taken up by a long metal table where two hot plates and a microwave can be seen next to cans of bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The metal felt cool, even in this hot weather. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Besides the fact that deep down he’s a terrible person, he listens to the worst music—nineties heavy metal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A metal ridge cut into Mark’s back as the pilot pressed on him from above, leaning forward with his forearm dug into Mark’s neck, cutting off the air to his windpipe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Modeling encourages “open” forms with the aid of metal armatures to support their extension into space. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide out a black metal case and crack it open, revealing, in all its glory, my silver forty-five caliber Ruger LCP pistol. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She even smelled different: a hot smell, like heated metal, came off her body. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My hands have just landed on the metal at the pointed tail of the Cornucopia when I remember I'm part of a team. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He tried to keep people from coming through the metal detector, and so Moss bolted forward and dropped down on his knees. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The vuvv compound rises out of suburbia, a collection of towers, buttresses, and bulbs of green metal. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“For several span we will have this in the shop,” he said simply, gesturing to the metal container that stood nearby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I did as I was told, and she smirked and held up two metal loops tied to her belt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It all came from the raw, festering skin — infected and drip-ping— around the metal cuffs with which he was bound. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colorful rubber bands woven over metal braces covered her teeth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Celaena eased farther up the pipe, her toes sticking to the metal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I take its place on the lounge chair and adjust the metal bracing until I’m lying flat on my back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Precious metal isn’t all that great. Believe me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As it turns out, when Martín was truly mad—yeah, everything I’d seen up to that point was him being cheery—he liked to blast death metal in the kitchen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The unmistakable sound of claws against a metal screen door stops me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A large table occupies that space, covered with tools and scraps of metal and gears and old computer parts and wires. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As it is, they let pass a diffuse, smog-colored glow, which crosses about fifteen feet of open space on each side before it reaches the metal, which it does not warm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rindlisbacher was typing the answers into a standardized form on a laptop attached to a metal platform extending from the Crown Vic’s center console. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each night, he returned to a six-by-eight-foot cell with a metal sink and toilet. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Apparently, she's long wanted to climb a metal ladder before she goes to sleep. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Up ahead he thought he could hear the whir of a machine running quietly, and there was a faint vibration in the metal under his feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel them attempting to manipulate the particles of metal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I fly out of my chair and Rubio flings out his long legs, stopping me before I skid past him and into the metal console. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

From the way he went, you might have thought he was pulling a ton of metal instead of an empty wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had emerged from what turned out to be the black-painted metal car of a long freight train, parked or abandoned in a woodland siding. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A small fire with a metal grate slid overtop where they were cooking beans in a tin pot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One of the stones Digger threw pinged off the metal mast. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

With my fingernail, I scrape at the dried blood and bits of crushed tooth and gum stuck to the metal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bell sounds between the explosions, gongs, and metal clappers warning everyone—Gas—Gas—Gaas. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The north wall was lower, and on the stone ledge were three metal figures. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It looks like a towering sculpture of lighted glass and metal, like a machined piece of art. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

About another mile down the lane a metal fence sprang up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was a small metal cylinder, silver and black in color, with a red activation button on its side. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The water flowed into the funnel, where it descended through a black hose and settled into a metal container secured to the edge of the building. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Metal slammed against metal, making Rashid jerk, but he never took his eyes off Tad. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On the street, in vestibules as well as house parties, they are spectacular, moving like taut silk or loose metal. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach under my seat and feel around for the cold glass, and when I find it, I slide it between my legs and twist the metal cap off. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled up the tab on a can of diabetic wet food and yanked the metal top off with the familiar whoosh, causing Fig to “mrow” repeatedly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But now I wasn’t as nervous as we all grabbed the metal bar. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tobias approaches a small metal box on the right side of the gate and opens it, revealing a keypad. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I passed our homeless friend from the Embarcadero, who was still trying to warn the other guys about the metal angels from Mars. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

George walked right through the doors of the first class baggage room and down a steep metal staircase that led to the hold. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Alex remembered the corridor at the foot of the metal staircase. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Thick metal cables ran from each table toward the back of the room, where there was an enclosed loft like a theater’s sound booth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever was awakening within him, it was waking in the metal, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His feet made no sound on the metal steps. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The radio is all static—like the sound of the crunching metal of a car, the faint, blurry voice on the airwaves her own, trapped inside a wreck, calling for help. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He mimed putting a metal bolt through a cow’s head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When the results came up, there was a lot to sift through — everything from movies and TV shows to role-playing games, underground metal, and gothic cosmetic companies. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She parried the metal lady’s spear with her huge cavalry sword, but she was about to be overpowered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how we can. The computers are below the Whispering Gallery, tucked away beneath two feet of metal and stone. There’s no way....” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He reached again and threw the rusted metal off his friend with every bit of strength he had. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I cut the vine that ties the spile to my belt and hold the metal tube out to him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was already grabbing and climbing the grungy, rusty metal rungs. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Here and there in the vacant lots were metal cylinders, like oil drums, that had been fixed in the ground and were silently venting smoke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I sang All the little duckies and hooked one arm around a metal railing on the deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

All were given vaccinations, metal feeding bowls, and warm clothes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The metal rings out, echoing through the room like a bell. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When we finally reach Casse, a brown and dusty, dirt-street market town made of wood and corrugated metal, Farmer feeds me Cokes. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” said a robot voice from behind the metal grille. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Working with a round tin of metal polish, they waxed a dim gloss on the dull zinc pipe rising from the cement on his groin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You have to know the properties of metals before you can hope to alter them.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He started from scratch, replacing Edlefsen’s lumps of metal and sealing wax with a vacuum chamber fashioned from brass in the shape of a flat cylinder four inches in diameter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But as Lyddie’s eyes followed a leather strap upward, she saw, above the fireplace, the mechanism from which hung a huge metal pendulum. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We were looking through a cave when the beam of my flashlight caught the glint of metal. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth hand was longer and more slender, and seemed to be made of a duller metal than the other three. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Already, he had begun lining some of his grain bins with sheet metal. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

With everyone’s eyes upon us, my sisters and I picked up our big metal spoons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon we’re in a lit foyer with hooks along the walls and a metal rack filled with shoes that I notice are Darius’s. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The light is acting like little bullets that get shot into the metal. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Upon their shields they bore a strange device: a small white hand in the centre of a black field; on the front of their iron helms was set an S-rune, wrought of some white metal. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Hugo ran down the hallway and disappeared back inside the metal vent in the wall. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he can do anything with metal, Will! Not only armor—he can make little delicate things as well.. .” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A few people lingered outside one of the restaurants that was open late on the weekends, waiting for a table, but most of the shops were dark, their storefronts nothing but metal grates and silence. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a tiny piece of metal, the size of Carmen’s finger, covered with brown syrup. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Brown-edged chrysanthemum petals drop loudly from the wreaths that are perched on metal holders. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

At noon, the bell would clang for lunch and another metal drum of food would be wheeled into the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my voice was drowned out by the sound of the lightning weapon firing out of the metal dragon’s mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Like many other Americans, Katherine bridled at the reality of the Russians’ metal moon orbiting overhead. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Every building sported jagged spurs of metal sticking from its broken walls, like bones jutting from a long-dead animal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He reached into the bag and pulled out clunky black leather numbers with metal bars across the tops. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few months, breakfast was delivered to us in the courtyard in old metal oil drums. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But near the top, where the rocket climbs higher than the swings and the trees, moonlight hits the metal bars all the way up to the peak. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She jumps out of the way just in time, and Ma’s cane crushes the metal breadbox instead. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When we were younger, he used to take us kids places, like the national park and the beach and a playground miles away that had a huge metal rocket ship. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she put her scissors and tweezers-things down on a metal tray beside the bed and began scribbling something on my patient chart. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the persistence of the memory of the human species will be far longer in the impressed metal grooves on the Voyager interstellar record. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon enough the Rusty Ruins appeared below, and the board’s metal detector guided Tally to the natural vein of iron. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It would be great to be made out of metal parts that have no feelings, only a job to do. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He never tried to touch it, though, not since the first time he’d grabbed the metal and gotten hurled backward, left with frizzed hair and a shocked expression. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Martian rode his green metal vehicle quietly away into the hills, The Earth Man turned his truck and drove it silently in the opposite direction. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind, I could see those folks on the fire escape tumbling to the ground in a rush of screams and cracking metal. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the metal grating rolled up, I followed them inside. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the sixteenth floor was Aaron, holding his front door open, rap music about killing people on in the background, holding his metal cigarette out for me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The block is empty, so I inch over to make room on the metal steps in front of my trailer. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He wedged off the lid with the metal key and then peeled off the thick, dried skin covering the white liquid underneath. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When he had closed it up, he had inserted three hairs into the zip, trapping them in the metal teeth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He picked up a lump of springs and metal plates and tinkered with them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"This is Valyrian steel," he said when the link of dark grey metal lay against the apple of his throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kendra and Seth watched her rummage through the closet, finally withdrawing a metal lunch box. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

LaToya escorts me through a series of metal doors and finally leads me to an empty room that’s cold, dull, and gray with white plastic tables and chairs. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Close up on the stalls he sees that the shapes are tubs, sacks, lumber, wheels, a broken plow, a butter press and a metal trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pinched a tiny bag hung from the metal frame of the loom. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it was bound in a crisscross of wires attached to white metal stakes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside them are my batons, short wooden clubs with a metal spike in the weighted end and a leather thong at the bottom, a last resort in the case of a melee. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The metal roof, which was hanging on by what looked like two flimsy joints, was swaying and bouncing under the combined forces of rain and wind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Fragments of wooden crates and barrels lay in piles in different corners, along with rusted metal chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They dropped to their knees and cleared away more stones to discover four one-foot-wide rough-hewn beams clamped together with thick metal bands along the edges. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He held a writing quill in one hand and a big metal sheet of parchment in the other. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The door had a metal handle, and just below the handle was a keyhole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed the metal heads were art, on display. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Bareheaded and barefooted, my brother and I, along with nameless and countless other black children, used to stand and watch the men crawl in, out, over, and under the huge black metal engines. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wooden bench under the window and beside it a metal cabinet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The icy metal began to melt, the flame so bright it was more blinding than the ice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The first thing I see is a ceiling like the ones in school: plaster tile rectangles spotted with holes and separated by thin metal strips. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The place was a mess of twisted metal and busted boards and pieces of wall or ceiling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The “ink” was made by burning plastic—a pen or a toothbrush— under a metal surface, like the bottom of a bunk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had had it all reinforced a year ago, after she discovered that one of the night guards was snipping away bits of wire to sell in the scrap metal markets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

On his bunk was a little metal can to hold food when he had a meal. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

A single 60-watt bulb hung from the roof of the open metal shack. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds up some sort of metal headgear that I instantly name the head shackle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My cheek slams against the hard, cold metal before I can grasp what is going on, and the voices and bodies blur around me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Aaron gave her the metal cigarette—I said no this time; I’d had enough. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’d sooner paddle out to that storm in a metal skiff with a flagpole strapped to my back than leave you here to watch such a thing.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Tad kicked a bent piece of metal, and it skittered down the hall and slammed into the door of an open locker. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The traffic beacon at the top of a metal scaffold cast a fitful red light as it blinked on and off. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sits up and grips the metal of the chair. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s the second before I drop the leaking plastic bag next to the Dumpster as Bo Larson crushes me up against the metal door and nothing but his lips touch me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He hops off his stool and opens the heavy metal door at the end of the counter. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Next, using a pair of tweezers, he picked up a small metal grid. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugs a string by the doorway and the movement reverberates throughout the room, the entire model circus sparkling as bits of metal catch the firelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the first table, a girl handed them each a metal bowl. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lieutenant paused, thumbing one of the metal bands she wore on her upper arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It's only a pile of metal welded together with some wiring inside, destined for rust and decay. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Give him a chunk of metal and he could create a razor-sharp sword or a robotic warrior or a singing birdbath for your grandmothers garden. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The assistant principal dashed away and over to the ground near the entrance to the front office and pried a metal compartment in the wall open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I can already picture metal and wires, making marks, shapes against the sky. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The metal bars shuddered, and the guards retreated nervously. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instantly, the streets became raging rivers filled with wreckage—chunks of wood and metal and glass, overturned motorcars and wagons. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ultimately the Inka ended up with strong sheets of metal that glittered in the sun. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The buttons were metal and worn smooth by thousands of fingers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This new voice was grating, like listening to metal scratching metal, or a dying rat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A stream of blood shot from the cut and poured down into a metal gutter that funneled it into a bucket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Atlas shivered as the vibration traveled through his metal body. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Basel held the front end, the metal barrel, and Muhammad held the back. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now we just call it “Millenium,” and it is a stretch of bare land and several rusted metal sculptures—one an abstract, plated mammoth, another shaped like a lima bean that dwarfs me in size. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Over and over, Maria sank the sharp point of the wood-handled engraving tool, called a burin, into the polished metal, carving up tiny curls of shining copper. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The plane was gorgeous—white leather, polished wood, and shiny metal. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He swung its metal head into the stump in front of him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As the doors slid closed, enveloping them in solitude in that tiny metal chamber, Dimple’s mind somehow kept reverting back to that moment in the antiques store. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I ran to my laboratory and got my metal detector out of its box in the closet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have the metal bat anymore, and even if she did, what good would it do against a floating pile of dust? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“They keep it in a metal cabinet up on the wall. You couldn’t get it without a crew. And that would make too much noise.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He used to be a pet on a ship and have a metal band round his stomach, like in a story about pirates. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Person 1 trades a banana to Person 2 for a piece of shiny metal, because he knows he can trade it to Person 3 for a cookie; we think of it as selling. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The girl paused to look at newspapers in a metal rack outside the store. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sides, where the metal ceiling curved down to the cement floor, were jammed with wooden crates, sprinkler heads, wheelbarrows, and all kinds of equipment. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Stone will transform any metal into pure gold. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And when it died into nothingness, Herbie collapsed into a huddled heap of motionless metal. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But when I get closer, I see the metal glint of a silver bracelet with tiny cello and guitar charms. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its plastic arms were burned and blackened, its metal bones bolted and welded into place. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Saint Anthony was in a little white metal capsule. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It also yielded alkahest, the universal solvent—an agent that could eat through any substance in the world: glass, stone, metal, even diamond. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But in the moonlight she could imagine people scrambling over flaming cars to escape the crumbling city, panicking in their flight from this untenable pile of metal and stone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Lucy wore her hair in a bun and the thin metal of her eyeglasses lent her a severe aspect, but her quick smile told the story of the woman beneath. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then she followed her sister up a circular metal stairwell. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The deafening roar rattles the metal under my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Clanging on metal all day long. You’re scaring away the birds!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Since gold is more dense than these other metals, he argued, how could it be made by taking something away from them? The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But today the goo was bleeding through the lines where the sheets of metal came together. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He opened the car door and a mix of laughter, loud, unintelligible words, and thrash metal music flowed into our forest and infected it with them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He crouches over his table, a single pool of light from a swinging metal lamp illuminating the large sheet of paper. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a number of women friends who lived in the town of Eldoret, to the southeast of the mountain, where the people are poor and live in shacks made of boards and metal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath his voice was another, more horrible sound—an ancient, cold sound like metal scraping against rock. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I go out into the hall and almost bash headlong into one of the giant metal racks of trays. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looked back to his friend, whose leg was awkwardly twisted up and behind him, rigid against the side of the metal detector. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We’re alone in the small metal vestibule, desert passing by through the small window. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

All the servants crowded around the motorcar, looking at their faces in the polished metal, admiring the curtained windows, the velvet seats. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still think about that now, eating off the metal trays in the prison cafeteria. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They each lead to a tall, metal hangar door embedded in the wall, spaced out evenly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, one day, the truck itself vanished, dragged off and pressed into a rusty cube of scrap metal. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below, at each end, the hopper’s wheels are exposed: shiny metal, three feet in diameter, five inches thick, churning. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Kronos’s scythe had liquefied into molten metal and was trickling into the coals of the hearth, which now glowed like a blacksmith’s furnace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Its rounding metal blades slice the edges of the tin to the right size and shape, while the letter and number forms punch the license number into the center. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

These smells make my eyes water and bring a taste of metal to my throat. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pet shrugged, its metal shoulders glinting as the feathers slid over each other. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Making the best of things, he took apart a walking stick made of whalebone discs threaded on a metal rod, and used those as poker chips. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Here, in the center of the floor, the cellar door with its metal ring. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That led some of the boys to cut spoons out of scraps of metal so they could scoop their food without burning their fingers. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was, strictly speaking, still conscious, but she wasn’t accessible to me as I stood there beside her metal bed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one comes in to remind us that we are in a hospital, and the machines on the walls and the metal bed rails kind of disappear for a while. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

To help fund the war effort, the Hitler Youth went door-to-door, collecting brass, copper, scrap metal, razor blades, paper, and bottles to be recycled. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could throw together a rudimentary dish out of metal I find around the base, but this isn't some walkie-talkie I'm working with here. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every fiber in my body wants to scream and cry, and I want to pound my fists into the metal walls. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The light glinted off a piece of metal embedded in the leather tip, a shard to slash and disfigure. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Titan’s massive drop makes Scoob feel like his brain got left back at the top of the metal hill. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sierra nodded, conceding the point, as Rutilio struggled back to his feet and hurled a random scrap of metal for Cojones to chase after. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The round metal thing clunked against one of the guard’s shoes and fell over on its side. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Cressen's fingers went to the chain about his neck, each link forged from a different metal, each symbolizing his mastery of another branch of learning; the maester's collar, mark of his order. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed his ear against the metal and listened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Immediately above his head there hung three discolored metal balls which looked as if they had once been gilded. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of smooth plates—which you might expect on a metal ship—it’s still made of grooved planks, but they seem to have changed at the molecular level, like wood that has petrified into copper. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She’s got a rectangular piece of metal tucked under her arm and what looks like a screwdriver in her hand. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She reached the metal tongs down into the pan and poked at a chicken breast. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at the fan, seemed to be speaking to the metal parts. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But she accepted the battered metal cup with as much dignity as she could. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With great effort she was able to get through — she had to use a metal pole she’d found on the ground to lift the lock and lever one of the doors open. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Right across the road, lit by two floodlights, was a metal barrier. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He flipped the pancakes, then looked at the metal spatula to check his eyebrows in the reflection. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I slipped out the window as quietly as possible and, clutching the bottom of the window frame, slid down the cold surface of the trailer’s metal siding. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She slammed into the exit bar on the metal door. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They rose straight into the air, the boards using the metal skeleton of the building to climb. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I held on to the metal rail along the side of the boat, looking out into the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The unmistakable shadow of the figure’s silhouette is perched prominently in the dome’s tangle of metal. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Only the occasional access ladder to the roof interrupts the scarred metal walls. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That there were fingerprints in the metal, and it might mean something? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a hollow metal tube, tapered slightly at one end. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the metal lids opened, I could see things that were far away incredibly close, like the Woolworth Building, and Union Square, and the gigantic hole where the World Trade Center was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He attached a small square of cloth to the end of a metal stick and began jabbing it down the barrel and through the chambers—eight times. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Esme was already moving; her hand touched an inconspicuous keypad on the wall, and with a groan, huge metal shutters began sealing up the glass wall. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It smells faintly like metal and old trash. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But when he saw himself and his whole family fastened onto a sheet of iridescent metal for an eternity, he was mute with stupefaction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The cook, Morris Mulatya, dumped a sack of charcoal on the ground and built a fire, and put a metal teapot on it to heat water for tea. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Mama sat on the living-room floor laughing and banging on the walls with metal tongs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flashlight man lifted his gun down from his shoulder, and Cholly heard the clop of metal. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smacked the metal arm and pivoted the thing skyward, revolving in an arc until it slammed back into the body of the Griever. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With an unmistakable bellowing roar, dragon fire burst from the exhaust, white-hot and blue, and the motorbike shot forward like a bullet with a sound of wrenching metal. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As an example of how Boyle approached alchemy in a scientific way, he took issue with the idea that gold could be made by removing impurities from other metals. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He saw that the metal chest was ringed with coyote prints and something had tried to gnaw the latch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I felt the hull vibrate against my feet, and a moment later Bronwyn surfaced holding a rectangular piece of metal about six feet by four, with a riveted round hole in the top. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In the room is a reclining metal chair, similar to the one I sat in during the aptitude test. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

By repeating this process many times, they removed the copper atoms from the surface of the metal, creating a veneer of almost pure gold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, moving so quickly it was little more than a twitch, the mercenary brought the piece of metal back around, burying it in the farmer’s chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He dropped his gas can and I heard his metal lighter flip open. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I push a metal instrument along his belly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s a metal trunk!” shouted Kojo when its dusty top revealed itself. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just trying to help. Look, see how the metal’s glowing red hot on top? When it gets like that you just have to wait and let it cool off. Then you can try again.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was crouching in a narrow metal channel supported in a framework of girders and struts. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Never use a metal spoon; the lye will turn it black,” he told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two contestants had salvaged pieces of metal from the downed plane and were using them as tanning reflectors. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Thunder and lightning seemed to strike just over our heads, the sound magnified by the metal roof and walls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There are no bolts and rivets—the metal planks are still held together by dark pitch that seems to squirm in the crevices. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I turn to the cart as she puts them on, and a metal arm like a record needle is reading out my pulses. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The trio dashed up a narrow pathway to where they saw the robot extending its quadruple-jointed mechanical arm to pluck a flat metal box out of a slide-in compartment. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There was no metal detector, no menacing dog. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a low-slung steel car with two hard metal benches inside that faced each other. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Major swaggered across the room, the metal tips on his pointed shoes clicking on the concrete floor. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dropping to his knee, he struck her several times in the face, and she might have succumbed early had he not hit his hand against the metal bed frame when his wife ducked. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley jammed the shovel into the bottom edge of his hole, and carefully began to dig a tunnel underneath the metal object. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Beside the book bag on the library shelf, he discovered an interesting contraption, something like a metal snail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were three six-foot-tall metal cages in the corner that couldn't have been more than four feet by four feet. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if that applied to magical metal dogs, but she decided it would be better to tell the truth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a whirr and clunk, like metal grinding against metal. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Finally, I reached the last station, where a machine fitted me with a security anklet—a padded metal band that locked around my ankle, just above the joint. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I went out to the verandah and stood by the wet metal railings, watching the rain thin to a drizzle and then stop. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I scooped up the proposal and the legal pad, but when I went to stuff them into the backpack, there was a noise like two metal things colliding. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was bending forward and fixing some sort of a metal chain round the two door-handles. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He sat and ran his hand around in the works of the gutted machines and in the second one it closed over a cold metal cylinder. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He opened another lid in the top of the metal bun. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bright orange tarpaulin was held down by a strong nylon rope that wove its way between metal grommets in the tarpaulin and blunt hooks on the side of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

From backhoes, cranes, cement-mixing trucks, and men in hardhats came a roar of clanging metal, grinding gears, sliding gravel—and the occasional whistle at a passing woman. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was as if the metal itself was diseased. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The rooms were acrawl with the small cleaning animals, all rubber and metal. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Z glanced toward Rashid, who was kneeling next to a grid of metal strips he was fastening together with wire and twine. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She flicked the little metal wheel, and a tiny flame erupted. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I heard a sound like a thousand trash compactors crushing metal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my ankles and the two of them stretched me out on the metal table. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Wayne Westerberg’s muddy sneakers protrude from the maw of the combine, as if the machine were in the process of swallowing him whole, an overgrown metal reptile digesting its prey. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid a metal bowl full of snowy sugar in front of me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Those tales had unlocked things that ordinary metal keys never could. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Thug was brushing his sticks across the round gold metal thing next to his drums and making it sound like a soft rain was commencing to fall on someone’s tin roof. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

His hair was as bright as the metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s there, painted in dazzling white on the dark metal bin. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

My bike had been leaned up against the garage for days in that sun bake, and the metal scorched my legs when they brushed against it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain’s desk, a dull-polished, Spartan metal affair, was carefully organized with file boxes and short stacks of paper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After we redeemed the bottles or sold the scrap metal, we walked into town, to the drugstore next door to the Owl Club. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those developments were precluded in Polynesia, because no Polynesian island except New Zealand had significant metal deposits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I loved everything about that slide—the steep metal stairs that led to the top of it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was just a big metal ball floating in a bigger metal room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Before she could regain her balance, Hazel thrust her spatha and impaled the metal lady through the chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There were metal objects: hubcaps, a pair of rusty scissors, a sparkplug. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“A pretty metal, but fickle as a woman. Gold, now... gold is sincere. Qarth will gladly give you gold... for slaves.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Four metal feathers fluttered down, two on either side of the chariot. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A train rattled along the ancient metal caterpillar over Fulton Street and sent a cascade of rainwater onto the exiting crowd. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I pull my shirt up just far enough to reach the handle of the gun, and my fingers meet metal. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gunning his way up a long hill, Ralph sideswiped a metal garbage can; empty, it fell racketing down the incline. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only when we’re going past my locker that I see it: a note sticking to the metal. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

A second man stuck two branding irons into the metal basket to heat them up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá sat at the kitchen table, giving orders and going over our savings, which he kept in a small metal box. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Milky faces swirled in the metal, silently screaming to get out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I took her hand that clutched the piece of metal and wrapped it in my own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, though dozens and dozens of dented metal bugs lay scattered around the entrance to the trams, the princess’s skin was clear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Busted out with a hammer, the lock hangs there like a dead metal animal. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was something wedged under his skin—some kind of metal splinter, he thought, though he couldn’t remember where or when he’d gotten it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Nothing so formal as that,” Ambrose said as he opened a drawer and pulled out a small metal disk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jackson pulls a set of slim metal pieces from his pocket—a lock-picking set. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It roves over a pair of metal cabinets that have been warped and mauled as if a giant hand has reached down and torn each in half. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She reaches her paws under the edge, and her sharp claws scratch against the metal frame. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

This time, I remember to take off my belt before I walk through the metal detector at the airport, so I avoid the humiliation of a second strip search from Officer Nut-grabber. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Ye need help?” he said, his strangely accented Russian reaching her ears on a heat wave that smelled of fire and metal. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

An image of blood gleaming on the metal blade in the glare of the furnace came before his eyes and fear rose in him hotly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The metal shard embedded in the whip’s tip cut me nearly to the bone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like Alex, he had been confronted with the locked metal door and had been determined to find his way past it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They file through eight locked metal doors to arrive at the E pod, where immigrant children as young as twelve are held. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Its extremities were soggy wooden beams intertwined with metal shackles, the iron restraints lining its limbs like veins. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The fetterling exploded into bits of metal and that same weird white fluff that floated up into the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She points out a gray metal plate and cup and a dented spoon. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought much at the time about what the phrase meant, but it had something to do with metal, with armor, and that’s what I would do, I would steel myself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took out the metal cylinder, which began sparking in the Sky God’s presence, and laid it at his feet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They did not use the sonic, stunners but the foray gun, the ancient weapon that fires a set of metal fragments in a burst. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A metal table in the middle of the room. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The metal door banged loudly behind him and reverberated through the small space. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

To forestall such a tragedy, I wrapped them in blankets to keep them from rubbing against the metal hull of the lifeboat, and I moved them as little as possible to reduce wear and tear. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The planes were strafing and, just before Ugwu shoved the child down the bunker, a bullet flew closely past; he smelled rather than saw it, the acridness of hot metal. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Master came over and turned the metal tap. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our food would be cooked on the gas cooker inside the kitchen, but the metal tripods would balance the big pots that would cook rice and stews and soups for visitors. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a porcelain plate, but then I noticed the others grabbing metal ones from a separate cabinet. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The charred metal scent of the father’s new clothing was burning his throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes in the swells and sailors were bending over and regurgitating the beef stew and instant mashed potatoes of that evening’s dinner onto the ridged metal floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Before it comes to rest at the center of the Earth, the inside of our planet might look briefly like a Swiss cheese until the subterranean flow of rock and metal healed the wounds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a beautiful metal can that said it was a waterer and had a lucky clover on it, and another one that was open on top that said it was a feeder. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, the cop put both hands on Reg’s back, and he shoved him through the metal detector. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Until I built an antenna system out of wires and foil and metal coat hangers. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Longstreet reached out, gripped the young man in a metal clasp. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loud, metal crash like a garbage can getting knocked over. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The air in the jar smelled of stale breath and tarnished metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Frank didn’t understand how .a lump of metal could be dangerous, but he took Hazel seriously. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I shove back in the chair and knock into the metal cabinets. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The metal door swung open, and Leo settled to the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He pulls paper napkins from the metal holder to wipe up the spill. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The metal purine and pyrimidine models, needed for systematically checking all the conceivable hydrogen-bonding possibilities, had not been finished on time. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Leo ducked as the metal circlet spun over his head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The metal buckles on his slippers stung like bites from giant mosquitoes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sprang forward into the sea of empty metal shelves, half of which were knocked flat on their backs or leaning against others in slanted lines, their shelves buckling under some invisible weight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Here was her humanity externalized, and all her longing—for freedom, from disgust, from the confines of her metal cage. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I parked in the student parking lot, parted ways with Mom, and then lined up to walk through the metal detectors. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On its first level were big wooden doors over which had been set an open space, caged in with metal bars. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hahn began his experiment with a piece of silver-colored metal called uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Encircled by an electric fence with imposing metal gates, Emalia now had a sinister look. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In Plato’s allegory of the metals, the philosopher classifies men into groups of gold, silver, and lead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and slid her hand into the painting, along the creature’s neck, following the smooth metal of the feathers under her fingers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And she kept all sorts of sharp metal things on that keychain. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Some boys buzzed around the locker room like sleepless flies, banging on the metal lockers and walls; others shadowboxed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Now the little office I’m standing in is dingy and smells of hot metal. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Michael and I conferred briefly about the order of witnesses as the rest of McMillian's family and supporters slowly filed through the metal detector, past the dog, and into the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny speck of rock and metal, shining feebly by reflected sunlight, and at this distance utterly lost. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all been turned into tarnished metal, the color of a worn-out penny. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He turned a corner and suddenly the rock on both sides gave way to new brick with metal grills set at intervals just above the level of the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The smaller silver Volkswagen was on its side in front of it, a heap of twisted metal that I barely recognized. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She brandished a five-foot-long spear, its barbed metal tip flickering with red light. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a dull ring of metal hanging from a leather cord. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Daughter of Pluto, you may control gems and metals. You do not control the dead.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were sturdily attached by metal collars to the splintery boards of the dock. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My fingers flew to my mouth, and I bit off my thumbnail as I forced myself up the first metal step, then the next. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I held the square box, the cold metal chilling my hands. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Their fingers brushed together against the hot metal, and the thread between them drew tight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And the night was dark, so it was hard to see where she could toss the grappling hook and have the metal arms hook onto something. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She even liked the way it smelled, like metal and shoe polish. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He sat high upon the immense ancient seat of Aegon the Conqueror, an ironwork monstrosity of spikes and jagged edges and grotesquely twisted metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom’s bedroom is empty except for the mattress and the box spring under it, and the metal frame under that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It’s small, about the same size as the notes you left me, and it’s wedged under a metal seam so that it stays flat against the bottom of the box. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Henry pointed out a line of metal contraptions that were about four feet high. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They directed them both through a metal detector. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He observes the two hairy snacks writhing in their metal box and wonders what their mashing together could mean. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t put it to my ear, the motion too foreign, so I placed it gently back in its metal cradle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They enter the elevator and within seconds disappear out of sight down the dark metal tube. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The lifters found metal again, and thirty seconds later she came to a skidding halt at the end of the line. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then she plants the first brackets around my back molars, metal rings that hug my teeth and bite into my gums. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

To accommodate the dances, the Osage had erected, amid the encroaching wilderness, a pavilion, with a mushroom-shaped metal roof and a circular earth floor surrounded by concentric rows of wooden benches. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I liked Aileen’s idea of taking photos of the things that were usually forgotten, the beauty of light resting on bent metal. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The printers were already churning out tomorrow’s paper, filling the air with the scents of ink and hot metal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Four times I was honked at for having the temerity to proceed through town without benefit of metal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then I slowly repin the cloth, measuring an inch apart with a metal sewing gauge. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Percy slammed the metal tray on top of Stheno’s head, and she passed out cold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Harry yelled, fighting the pain of the hot metal on his skin, as Griphook clambered onto his shoulders again, determined to avoid the swelling mass of red-hot objects. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The section was surrounded by a metal fence topped with a band of electrified chicken wire which during the cool summer mornings would be black with roasted swallows. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He unlocked a metal door that led into a dimly lit hallway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop by the row of metal mailboxes that hang on the wall. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the metal bar at the top of the fence. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She reached deep into her pocket and brought out a long, slender piece of metal, glittering all along one edge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hear Four’s sneakers squeak against metal and rapid footsteps on ladder rungs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Crick turns back to me and picks up a corposcope by its metal handle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I did my best to keep up, but I was hampered by the metal plate, which pinched my skin with every step. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matt helped Chacho climb down a metal ladder into the tank. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Otto, where do they get the metal to make Keys to the City?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I turned around, saying, “No way,” then took a half step back when twelve fetterlings started clanking together, like metal rattlesnakes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was mostly ceramic, with a metal knob to advance the wick, and it looked ancient. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

To be able to tear metal with my bare hands. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It is a dull moving metal, incapable of reflection. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred felt a muggy blast as someone shoved open the heavy metal door to the kennel building. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When the rain came, it hammered against the metal bodies around us, rattling a few of the weaker roofs and screens. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Set into the floorboards was a large metal ring. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

His mech is flying, his metal blade wings beating so hard that they form a whirlpool in the lake’s water. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stands outside my front door with a huge metal toolbox at his feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He walks to the curb, pulls up the metal top of the trash can, and stuffs the garbage inside. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Entering Matrosskaya Tishina, I found a confusing maze of cell blocks, low doorways, endless tunnels, dingy corridors, and ancient metal staircases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

That my heart might stop without the fragments of metal that would rip it apart? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the train had roared by, the massive wheels churning, we’d run to get our newly flattened, hot and shiny piece of metal. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn't a large woman, but there was something commanding about her presence—I couldn't help but watch her as she moved carefully through the doorway toward the metal detector. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Fie continued to provide Segre with metal scraps and even acceded to Segre’s request to irradiate a quantity of uranium oxide mailed from Italy so that he could continue searching for nuclear reactions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Behind the door there were sounds of dressing; something that sounded like a piece of metal fell to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it was all black, at first, but then the sun rose, and he could see that the stone in the center of the black metal was a swirling red. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The park was just about empty and I moved around the key putting up jumpers that rattled against the old metal backboard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His head was buzzing with the hot smell of metal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Among the ashes lay the metal spangle from the ballerina's dress; it had been burned as black as coal. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There are no paved roads and virtually no buildings of metal or brick. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door looked like one of those old-fashioned submarine hatches—oval, with metal rivets around the edges and a wheel for a doorknob. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They crumpled open with a metal screech that set her hair on end. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The automatic Doberman fawned at the General’s feet but raised metal hackles at the sight of the detectives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I set my hands on the lab table, letting it cool my palms, and look at my distorted reflection in the brushed metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly rotating the metal wheels on either side inward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In a belle époque metal frame tinged with verdigris was a photograph of his parents, Grace and Ernest, three days after their wedding. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had pulled a small metal bar out of his back pack, and was working as he talked. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now only a few of the older order remained, and they no longer even pretended to trans-mute metals ... . . . but they could make wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Once hooked up to the scoring machines using a body cord, points register when any part of the blade makes contact with either the metal mask or the lame. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As he turned, a few scattered rays of sunlight caught the metal handle of the gun tucked into the waistband of his jeans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He turns, rests his back against the smooth metal. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Benji slammed his metal water bottle down on the metal bench. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sheet metal whipped overhead, flying like a kite—a roof, a bit of ship, it was impossible to tell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cora moved to one part of the collection and touched a metal loop with spikes radiating toward its center. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, it pulls out a long metal bar and sticks it into my belly button. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The hard surface I'd had my back against is actually a sheet of metal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Still carrying the torch for Law, huh?” says Frank, the taller one, as he waves the metal detector wand around us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Shin’s father, Shin Gyung Sub, told Shin that guards gave him Jang as payment for his skill in operating a metal lathe in the camp’s machine shop. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Just in case I ever escaped. I had some pieces of metal back there, too, but nothing the right size. This needle is perfect,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Both of our hands are still on the metal cylinder when there’s a slight vibration. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of complaining metal came from the detention room. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then I reach the station where we’ll catch the train, and lead Caleb up a flight of metal steps to the platform. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Flesh on the outside, metal on the inside.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sound metals every part of him, turns him cold inside. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

On one side of the hut a crude metal grate stood in the fireplace with a well-worn pot on it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“That sign I saw out in the Maze—remember? The metal one with words stamped on it?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They’ll be saying—” A single high metal ring on the phone broke off what people would say about the new minister. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When Baby came back with two bits of jagged metal, Olanna shouted at her and pulled her ear and took them away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A glint of metal winked in the corner of my eye, near the Mmoatia forest palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As Lon finished his story, the Second’s hands drifted to her bloodsword, and the scent of metal bloomed in the greenhouse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In front of them about a football field away, he saw a tall metal fence with looping razors at its top. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As they danced in the circle and music played, Spurge lifted the metal box hanging around his neck so he could expose the gemstone to the sun. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He looked at the blackened metal, puzzled, but not quite knowing what puzzled him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Williams glanced at the available rows to see where she would sit, and then turned to walk through the metal detector—and that's when she saw the dog. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It is a piece of metal about the size of his palm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The thin drum of rain on the metal roof and the slow darkness falling over everything. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The guard looked inside at the metal cylinder, not getting what it was for a few seconds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the flagpole could be a plan B when there isn’t the threat of storms, because avoiding tall metal poles is actually a good rule of thumb when lightning may be in the picture.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even Mariam, who’d been busy scraping out the last of the honey from a metal tin, paused to stare at her father. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Jesper leapt to his feet, trying to dust some of the metal bits from his face and shirt. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We could cut through the locks, of course, or even through the sheet metal walls; we have the tools for that. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the metal cooled the mold was destroyed and the bell was prepared for shipment to the building. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Is there a mine near here? A vein of some metal ore?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was shooting back there now, and on either side of me they were throwing garbage cans, bricks and pieces of metal into plate glass windows. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her metal dogs watched her go back and forth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It looked like metal huts on wheels strung together. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

How glorious it was, to be so wanted, and by this man with the rakish metal band around his wrist and the cleft-chinned handsomeness of models in department store catalogues. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I walked past dark green Dumpsters filled with plasterboard and scrap metal, past blue portable toilets parked along the construction lots. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent out her senses, searching for precious metals, and her brain almost exploded from the feedback. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everywhere he looked there were buckets of loose metal bits, tiny motors, gears, springs, nuts, bolts, and brightly colored tin. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Lyra heard the snap of metal clips and a hiss as air rushed into a vessel, and then there was a silence. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

An old metal floor lamp surfaced in my mind. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel just had time to cover her ears before it discharged, into the sky, spraying a dozen metal spheres that trailed green fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I let my fingers graze a lamp post as I walk—the metal feels cool against my fingertips. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Two men in jet-black uniforms were patting down a student who stood outside of the metal detectors. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everything else—the paper, the metal letters, and the mess the police made—would have to wait until we woke up. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except now it was mixed with wood and metal and a sort of cloudy scent, like spring had caught a cold. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Beside me was a little wooden stand containing a battered old pocket knife, several marbles, and a lighted candle in a metal holder. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They stop walking in a short hallway with a series of metal doors on each side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They diced onions and tomatoes, piling them into a metal bowl. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I headed out to the MAV's landing strut array to scavenge metal for the shelves. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got it because I was holding a metal fence during a lightning storm. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet, Prosper, and Bo, however, only followed it as far as a metal door set in the windowless wall to their right. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a needle—like a sewing needle—from the metal tray. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A painful screech of metal on cement raked our ears as the chassis bottomed out. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He ignored the pain tearing over his skin and focused all his attention on the bits of metal clinging to his clothes, the shavings and tiny particles from the severed link in the gate chain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From the overarching metal frame crowning each machine, wooden harnesses, carrying hundreds of warp threads drawn from a massive beam at the back of each loom, clanked up and down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could use a little metal on the inside, I thought. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It lit the forge the smith was rekindling after four days of cold metal work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It had a cellar that one could enter only from the outside under a metal door that slanted away from the house and opened onto stone stairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were such as I had seen by the town walls: armor on their chests and rusty metal caps on their heads. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

From there, I ducked, clambered, and sidestepped my way farther and farther into the ramshackle mountain of twisted metal, until I reached a small open space at the rear of a buried cargo van. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was studying the map and leaning on a large metal staff. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They approached the forbidding wall of blue metal, and their reflections stepped forward to meet them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I read the note one more time before I ripped it out from under the metal clip and shoved it in my mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"I'll make a metal casing for it, something that covers both sides. I'll weld it shut so the coin's secure inside." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It didn’t run anywhere useful, so he had drawn up a plan to plunder it for metal and build more hoverpaths in and around the valley. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Before I ascend the metal stairs that will carry me above the glass ceiling, I wait in darkness and watch the light cast on the Pit walls by the sun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mariam remembered him telling her that on the screen a human face looked as big as a house, that when a car crashed up there you felt the metal twisting in your bones. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The spiders started spitting out strands of metal thread, trying to tie us down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We hurried to the other side of the room and pushed against a heavy metal fire door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A network of metal bridges spanned across it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I unlocked our bin, pulled up the sliding metal door, and stacked the boxes inside. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened awhile to her rubbing clothes on the metal washboard, then he gazed abstractedly into the street, thinking of how he had felt when he fought Gus in Doc’s poolroom. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Andeg stole and hoarded bits of bright cloth and shiny metal shards, he wasn’t a human, he was still a crow, and she couldn’t change that. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Papá took out the metal box in which he kept our savings and counted it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The giant careened back into the junkyard, and his right hand fell off, landing in the scrap metal with a horrible CLANG! The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he pinched her breasts to see if she was in flower, the metal was cool on her skin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Every so often she stood up to warm herself; otherwise she waited patiently, the hard metal under her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The camouflage helmet feels like a metal ring around her head, and the rifle, slung over her left shoulder, keeps bumping up against it, making the space behind her eyes reverberate with pain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike Zaire or Paraguay, Japan and the other new powers were able to exploit the transistor quickly because their populations already had a long history of literacy, metal machinery, and centralized government. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized it was glowing because the metal was hot. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Constance replied grumpily, sliding her tiny wrists free of the metal bands and slipping her head out of the helmet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next came his legs, but at the last moment his shoe caught on a piece of jagged metal. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He stroked the fur, and under it metal tubing came to light. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will pressed his face harder against the grate, until he was sure the metal zigzags were patterning his nose. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It cracked the inner glass container. Like a bottle of beer when it freezes. Then ate through the metal of the canister.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Doc removed something that looked like a big metal key from a basket and handed it to Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I put the ball on the floor for a quick beat and then took it to the metal. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Clean, set for a new fire, braced with scoured stones, from which two metal arms for holding kettles extend. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the pride of his youth, he had worn it easily, but now it seemed heavy to him, the metal cold against his skin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jagged sheets of metal went whirling through the air. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The wheels on her metal base make a strange screeching sound when you move her, too, no matter how many times Lolo oils them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Though it's made of metal, the horse's legs look muscular and rippled. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stare straight ahead at the reflective metal decorations lining the stairwell, at the distorted reflections of Ollie and me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His long and yellowed claws scrabbled at the metal. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But how could I possibly knock down an eight-foot sign made of metal? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The guy seemed fascinated with his reflection in the metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He reached for the metal and examined it more closely. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I reach for the tools in my belt, grab a metal smoothing rod, and stab him with it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My hands pressed against the metal door became numb. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Monica has no idea how to use a DVD—the whole metal shiny disc concept scares her. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They came to a low metal gate that hung open but could be shut to prevent access. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I smacked the wok on the side of the metal container. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Dumpster’s metal flank felt cool and crusty against his bare back. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then I drop, and my arm smacks into a metal wall, making me groan. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Someone’s painted a wall lime green, or there’s a bright-red sign above a takeaway shop, or maybe somebody’s picked up a bright-blue piece of sheet metal just by luck. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg pulled out one of the blue binders and opened the metal tabs holding the pages. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Everywhere reeks of hot metal and burning fuel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s small and crammed with rows of metal shelves overflowing with plastic bottles promising that their secret formula is best for your hair, skin, etc. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bit of dark metal, a piece of broken jewelry perhaps, the half-circle of a broken ring. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed funny peering up at me over the thin metal rims. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the black distance there was a faint sound of metal clanking, screeching. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

At the last second before collision, just as he got a close look at the metal and hair and slime, Thomas planted his left foot and dove to the right. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She had wild white hair and coal-black eyes and rusted metal claws instead of fingers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was metal and slippery but was braced with steel bands. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Within its metal confines he raised holy hell, throwing himself around, exhausting the assistant starters, and reminding everyone of Hard Tack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden hilt was clean and polished, its silvery metal blade sharpened to a lethal point. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It had stripped the paint off a portion of the metal floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even the moist and uncomfortable creatures in the lunch pail ceased to exist, for the little red metal flag was up on the mail box, signifying that some postal matter was inside. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard whoops and yells in the woods, the clanking of metal, kids fighting. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But the more he pounded, the more the metal twisted and buckled, until, finally, the iron sprang from the tongs and fell to the ground. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

One of them had found our friend the homeless guy, and they were having a serious conversation about metal angels from Mars. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was struggling to break through while, in the distance, Percy and Annabeth lay sprawled and unmoving at the foot of two black-and-silver metal doors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Throughout human history, centralized states with metal weapons and armies supported by dense agricultural populations have swept away sparser populations of stone-tool-using hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires; the thick eyebrows that met over the nose now seemed like a heaving bar of white-hot metal. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sookie stood in a waist-high, metal pulpit, with his back to us, holding on to a long metal stick. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I saw the gleaming metal of the gold cup in his hand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was seated behind her metal desk, leaning over a book. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The reins were tangled in the buckles of the metal bracer on his arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Slipping on the hot metal, Harry struggled to his feet and knew that the only way out was through. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, the world fades into view and I’m standing on a ledge, looking down into a perfectly circular lake surrounded on all sides by sheer metal walls hundreds of feet high. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After I swallowed, I heard a noise coming from below the kitchen floor, like metal scraping concrete. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Natural, synthetic, liquid, solid, electrical, chemical, wood, metal, plastic, paper—on and on. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged at the thin metal railing of her verandah, as though to check how durable it was, how safe, and she liked that he did that. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

China had had writing for at least 900 years, and metal tools for at least 1,500 years, and had just invented the world’s first cast-iron production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ducked under a lantern with a green metal shade hanging from a hook. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was really into death metal, so he usually came to school dressed head to toe in black. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z