| 单词 | mounted |
| 例句 | Criminology was still primitive: Emmett grabbed his gun, canvassed any witnesses to the crime, then mounted his horse and went in pursuit. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hatsue stood silently with her apron full of kindling while the men mounted the porch and knocked on the door, holding their hats in their hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z With him came four mounted men-at-arms, a huntsman, and a pack of dogs, sniffing after Lady Alys as if she were a deer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Except for where the paintings hung, the walls of the study were completely covered with stuffed and mounted heads of every imaginable type of beast—from tiny rabbits to a massive, antlered elk. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In one smooth motion, the man picked her up and lifted her onto the saddle, and then he mounted behind her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And as the voices of the crowd churned and mounted and became an impatient splatter of hand claps, I thought of Master's low hoarse growl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The mounted knights returned, and at their rear the banner of Dol Amroth, and the Prince. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It had been his habit to start up again as soon as Flittman mounted the wagon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A mounted warrior rode up and vaulted from his saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So do the mounted heads of rhinoceros and cheetah, evidence of the Belgian’s skill as a sport hunter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, mice inoculated with the rough strain mounted an immune response and survived. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I grabbed my fishing rod from the garage and dashed to the comer of the house where Dad had mounted the TV satellite dish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Iron Emmett rode at the head of the column, mounted on the ugliest horse Jon had ever seen, a shaggy beast that looked to be all hair and hooves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A battery-powered lantern sat on top of the case, and a shining sword was mounted on the wall directly above it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes compressor pumps and material can be mounted on truck chassis, but there is no blanket spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The strange horseman drew an enormous, curved sword from a scabbard mounted on his saddle. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I got this knife! Maybe I can gouge those chains out of the wood they’re mounted in.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Otto shrieked when one of the boys roughhoused him, then mounted a counterattack by standing on his hands and falling into his new playmate. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The boys dived under tables just as the double doors and the brick wall they were mounted to exploded inward, destroyed by the force of the giant, furry platypus beast barreling inside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Wordless, his uncle corked the waterskin, untied his horse, and mounted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Other pictures hung from the ceiling or were mounted on boards. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They parted, and the nobleman mounted his horse. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He mounted his horse and, without looking around, started back over the road they had just traveled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z On the security camera mounted in the hallway outside my apartment, I watched the four dropcops get off the elevator and sprint down the hallway to my door. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then Lancelot mounted his horse, got his bearings by asking several peasants where he was, and rode off toward the forest of fire apple tree where he had lost his cousin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan mounted, excited to meet the Holy Being known as Darkness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The massive head of a hairy boar with jutting tusks hung mounted on the wall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Before long, the mounted soldiers were far ahead. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The walls were covered with knickknacks and baubles, keepsakes and trinkets that mounted up the beams to the corners of the ceiling, all crammed together in a chaotic jumble of odds and ends. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z With Horatio’s aid, I mounted the horse and sat astride her, not sideways like a woman. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Surveillance cameras were mounted in every room in the IOI complex, but that apparently wasn’t enough. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He bought a souvenir for his son Howard—a tin man mounted on a spinning top. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A small mirror was mounted inside my locker door, and I caught a glimpse of my virtual self as I closed it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Roy listened closely for footsteps—sneaking footsteps—but heard only the tick-tick-rick of the clock mounted above the door to the science lab. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He mounted attack after attack on the broken armies of France and England. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As I stumbled into the bathroom module and emptied my bladder, Max continued to address me from a small monitor mounted above the mirror. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His soulful black eyes would gaze back from billboards, walls, storefront windows, from little flags mounted on the antennas of taxicabs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I mounted my horse, determined to seek the path again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So I told Mama where to find Spot and told her to leave Little Arliss with me, and watched her and Lisbeth head out, both mounted on Jumper. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones mounted his horse, maneuvered through the pine trees, and vanished from sight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron looked ready to pass out as he mounted his Cleansweep Eleven. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As Fischer’s losses and draws mounted, it became clear that he was having the most disastrous tournament of his adult career, perhaps even worse than his Buenos Aires debacle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They now mounted their ponies and rode off silently into the evening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Proudly and joyously Phaëthon mounted it and they were off. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She mounted him then, and for a time, she almost made him believe it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All afternoon, the three Union divisions initiate mounted and dismounted cavalry charges against the dug-in rebels. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z By the light of a flash I could see a row of fuel drums mounted on racks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma’s spirits were mounted quite up to happiness; every thing wore a different air; James and his horses seemed not half so sluggish as before. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The overwhelming military superiority of even tiny numbers of mounted Spaniards, together with their political skills at exploiting divisions within the native population, did the rest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the camera attached to the side of my head, there was a camera mounted above the door of my hab-unit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And with that he mounted and would have ridden straight off. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They got to the stables, mounted the horses, and were away before the two oafs had untangled themselves. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z As I inched forward along the conveyor, flat-screen monitors mounted overhead showed the same ten-minute training film over and over, on an endless loop: “Indentured Servitude: Your Fast Track from Debt to Success!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His sense of right and wrong had been mounted on a hair trigger. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet’s excitement mounted as the black-robed villain crept from the curtains, holding a vial and praising its rank and poisonous contents. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There were unlit lamps mounted on the walls. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Thus we mounted the steps of the Lockton house and entered the front door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen TV is mounted on the wall above the fridge. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Tea Cake fell in beside her and mounted the porch this time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z As they journeyed the sun mounted, and grew hot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The monk . . . was of so great a girth . . . that the girl would have been crushed beneath him. ... Thus she mounted atop him ... and he penetrated her from beneath....” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Although the Klan would never quite die, especially down south—David Duke, a smooth-talking Klan leader from Louisiana, mounted substantive bids for the U.S. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They mounted their scooters and took plastic swords and jousted on the driveway. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Slowly, he mounted the stairs and stepped outside. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She threw open the door. ". . . the dragon . . ." And saw her brother Rhaegar, mounted on a stallion as black as his armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The slow moon mounted, now waxing towards the full, and in its cold silver light the swelling grass-lands rose and fell like a wide grey sea. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Up to the threshold of the door there mounted a flight of twenty-seven broad stairs, hewn by some unknown art of the same black stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sheed mounted his bike, stood on his pedals, pumping with all his strength. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Despite his size, he moved with force and authority—Cora recalled the mounted bear in the museum, posed at the dramatic moment of his charge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I rose from the bench and mounted the narrow carpeted staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He waved back, then drew the reins over his animal’s head and mounted up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Iris, mounted firmly within the aeroshell atop the booster, held firm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting with the Joint Chiefs was a young officer, Major Charles Cooper, holding a map of Vietnam mounted on a three-quarter-inch thick slab of plywood. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The flagstones were cool beneath my bare feet, but the sun burned red as it mounted the sky. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she had mounted to her rooms again with all her women, then she fell to weeping for Odysseus, her husband. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They look like canoes, and each has a TV mounted on a swivel arm. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was walking without feeling the burning dust, his hands tied behind his back with a rope that a mounted officer had attached to the head of his horse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z One was warded by a ring of skulls mounted on rusted iron spears, so he dared not enter, but he had explored the second for as long as he could. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There is a television monitor mounted to the wall in this room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was really a shame, he realized as he mounted the stairs after the Prince. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Atawallpa mounted a bowl atop the skull, inserted a spout between the teeth, and used it as a cup for his chicha. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He turned to the video camera mounted in a corner. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z No one’s called here in so long, it’s like a dead thing mounted to the wall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And even Officer Shrift, mounted proudly on a long, low dachshund, galloped grimly along. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1782 the governor of North Carolina sent five hundred mounted rangers to retaliate, with orders to “chastise that nation and reduce them to obedience.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Every night the stars filled the sky like snowflakes falling on black stone and then melted away as the sun mounted. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She was the first one mounted, and she set the pace for the column. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The light was dim and came from gas jets hidden behind skulls mounted on the walls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He turned back to the house as soon as he felt he wouldn’t be missed from the crowd and mounted the porch. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He was mounted on an armored destrier and had donned his plate and mail, and a grey steel greathelm with a horsehair crest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They’d rigged the stage area with lights, the wires feeding into a generator mounted on a rusty Jeep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Crazy Horse and Gall shouted to the mounted warriors close by. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He also made a heavy door and mounted it with metal strap hinges. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A party of mounted horsemen rode forward to chal-lenge them as they approached the stakes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They slipped into South Vietnam in February 1969 and mounted several devastating attacks. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Wobbling at first, she tested herself again and again until without moving her arms she could maintain her balance as she mounted the log. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On the walls are clusters of local butterflies, mounted and framed, a map of the region on thin white paper, photographs of the family at the lake over the years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One of the police dogs had mounted the small kitchen table and was barking in a blind rage, snapping his fangs at Red through the window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A great dark-grey horse was brought to Aragorn, and he mounted it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They hung there now, the Little Blessed One and his wife, on either side of the stuffed, mounted bison head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A dull flush of color mounted the sallow cheeks as he looked at Lily. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He continued to read Beetle Bailey and to cut out the strips, but he no longer mounted them in his collection. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z After lunch Sir Stephan mounted his horse, and Char lifted me behind him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z At last the guard returned; once more I was stowed away in the coach, my protector mounted his own seat, sounded his hollow horn, and away we rattled over the “stony street” of L——. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a temptation for her to be magical and dramatic, and to regard what she had witnessed as a tableau mounted for her alone, a special moral for her wrapped in a mystery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Exhausted and injured, Booth could not hope to outrun a mounted pursuit. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d ridden into their cities mounted on a spectral, after all, and most of them assumed he was from Weep—at least, until Thyon Nero disabused them of that notion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Wreckage of the flying chariot burned in the water, and Coach Hedge swung a mounted crossbow, taking potshots at the Roman birds as they flew overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "It sits outside the Hab, so I saw when it disappeared. He probably mounted it on the rover. There's no other reason to move it, so I'm guessing he's got life support online." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He mounted his horse, whirled around, and galloped back to Brooklyn, followed by his warriors. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As Kirke spoke, Dawn mounted her golden throne, and on the first rays Kirke left me, taking her way like a great goddess up the island. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z First I checked out Fang, standing in the bathroom doorway, one arm resting on the chin-up bar we’d mounted there a few years back to keep his pipes steely. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z To that end, I have organized a squadron of twenty mounted griffin-riders to take you out to join General Baligant and his army. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As she mounted her horse, Ash looked up at her and said, “I do have a favorite fairy tale.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally a column of mounted men rode out of the drifting smoke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With him rode a dozen mounted warriors armed with spears and swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After a moment’s surprise, I realized the strange light came from a pair of sympathy lamps the old man had mounted on his wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How could they hope to reach Rivendell on foot, pursued by mounted enemies? The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I know. We’ll have to get a suite. They have these cool rooms with sets of bunk beds. And each of them has a TV mounted over the bed.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Riker mounted the wagon in a single, smooth movement, almost like he was more liquid than man. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The murmur trembled on the verge of coherence, sank down, mounted excitedly, and then ceased altogether. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Arthur's truck has a big spotlight mounted on top, at the center of the windshield, so he can go mud running at night. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind followed nine tenths of their horse; knights, lancers, freeriders, and mounted bowmen. ^ took hours for them all to cross. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Zosma guards were like mounted statues, eyes blank and fixed on nothing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Wemmick’s house was a little wooden cottage in the midst of plots of garden, and the top of it was cut out and painted like a battery mounted with guns. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid of them from habit, and as the four or five drunkest of the thanes came toward me, shaking their weapons and shouting at me, my idiotic fear of them mounted. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Within half a dozen years of the initial conquest, Incas mounted two desperate, large-scale, well-prepared rebellions against the Spaniards. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When we had to impress other armies—marauders, columns of refugees filing past one another, boy gangs following their martial arts teachers—I mounted and rode in front. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The convoy was the same as it had been that morning; in front, the open jeep filled with soldiers, a machine gun mounted on its hood, with a similar vehicle behind us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His were the only eyes that mattered, and when she mounted him she saw something there that she had never seen before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My vision cleared and I saw them, mounted on horses, holding torches up. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The great river of a road grew clogged and choked with the flotsam of a hundred carts and pedestrians, dozens of wains and wagons and the occasional mounted man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Behind the autos came the County Council of Defense, all mounted on Tipped M horses. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s enough light for me to make out that he’s mounted his mother’s seashell and strung it on a red ribbon that looks like the very same one I wrapped around Guillermo’s note to Dearest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “That made me about half-sick, Grandma remarked. At this point we could have used an intermission. But Mrs. Merle Stubbs of the Ladies’ Committee mounted the stage, carrying a portable Victrola. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was mounted, the bloody carcass of an elk slung across the back of his horse, his sword in a gloved hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The more she thought about the unfairness of it, the more tensions mounted in the cabin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A squad of mounted policemen lashed themselves around the corner and galloped past, the horseshoes thudding dully through the snow, the men rising high in their saddles, shouting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s nerves mounted as June the twenty-fourth drew closer, but they were not as bad as those he had felt before the first and second tasks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was small group, maybe thirty or forty demigods in battle armor, mounted on skeletal horses. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Behind her followed nine bands, four mounted brigades, more than twenty floats, and more than five thousand marchers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The mounted Long Knives followed them, as Crazy Horse had hoped they would. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z But the Lieutenant mounted confidently, picked up the reins and held them exactly as Goblin liked. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Player One is mounted on an ostrich, while Player Two is mounted on a stork. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The hedgehog was crumbling, the northerners reeling back under the impact of the mounted assault. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z An outrider, a mounted attendant assigned to catch loose horses and assist injured ones, galloped up and grabbed Seabiscuit’s bridle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He owned a lot of diving equipment, a barge on which a crane had been mounted, and—if Ishmael remembered it right—this rust brown Packard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They carried him in the litter, mounted on poles resting on their shoulders, so he wouldn’t tire on his travels. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She mounted it inch by inch, avoiding the daggerlike places that might gash her soles. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In time, they reached a weathered door illuminated by a single sconce mounted to the wall. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The humidity mounted an assault even at nine-twenty in the morning—like a hot, wet towel wrapped around his face. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z This prediction was tested in 1962, using a pair of very accurate clocks mounted at the top and bottom of a water tower. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a crucifix mounted on the wall, a flag of a cross draped over the lectern, and a few paintings of the Madonna and Child hanging in the back. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them finally stepped into the circle, grabbed a dancer by the arm, pushed her down to the ground, and mounted her right there, as a stallion mounts a mare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He took his arm from her and she mounted the steps firmly and then stumbled loudly on the wooden porch. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A large flat-screen television was mounted over the fireplace; I looked up to see a network newscaster talking about my parents, a picture of Malcolm and Maud floating next to his head. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z And if only, he felt, his mother could be there to see—her Gabriel, mounted so high! Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Dany bid them kill the weakest of their dying horses, so the dead man might go mounted into the night lands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead he’d buckled on a sword, mounted his favorite horse, and fled to the Disputed Lands, never to return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Others had mounted the tables and two of them screamed out their song from the top of the bar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I could stop you with a Bradley tank, armor two inches thick, three mounted machine guns, and a grenade launcher. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z When that other man had come this way, he had been mounted on a courser, swift and spirited. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Chamberlain mounted, put on the wide- brimmed hat with the emblem of the infantry, began walking his horse slowly across the field toward the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people did not kneel to receive communion at the marble altar, with the blond life- size Virgin Mary mounted nearby, but Papa did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He grins at me from a monitor mounted beside the camera. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The rest remained mounted, and their faces weren’t impassive like the ranks of Zosma soldiers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nine televisions mounted to the wall were each tuned to a different network; each network showed the launch pad. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When Em was called, she mounted the stage steps with her head down, glancing up only when she got to the big blue X taped to the middle of the stage floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z A television is mounted on the wall, and I see a woman wearing a suit reporting the news from behind a desk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was a procession coming up the long, winding road: not just the carriage but files of mounted soldiers both ahead and behind, the sun glittering on their armor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The rest of the patrol mounted and followed except for one who was having some kind of low-voiced discussion with the woman. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He mounted the black horse and rode back toward the camp and die evening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As the crisis mounted at Camp Four, he did his best to rise to the occasion. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But those were a couple of divorces and a serious illness ago, and the son looking over his shoulder at the mounted snapshots now had little in common with the boy in the pictures. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She pushes me down the bright white hallway, lined with doorways and drawn curtains and hand sanitizer dispensers mounted on the walls. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I mounted Jumper bareback and rode him along Birdsong Creek and across a rocky hog-back ridge. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z What if it could be mounted upon the ramparts unknown to Cluny and his horde? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A dusty mounted trophy on the wall looked like a giant snake’s head, but with horns and a full set of sharks teeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was a cage, but half of its bottom was a trapdoor, neatly mounted on hinges. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The reason he is coming so slowly is that he is pulling a wagon, a thing about the size of a big trunk mounted on two bicycle wheels. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he gripped my shoulder real tight, mounted his horse and rode off through the brush. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The Captains mounted again and rode back, and from the host of Mordor there went up a jeering yell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Their black spherical eyes are mounted atop their heads on wobbly stalks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As their tempers mounted, so did their voices. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The breast feathers of a stuffed and mounted chickadee are impossibly soft, its beak as sharp as a needle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It consisted of a tin man mounted on a spinning top. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She had a clipper bow, and on her foredeck was mounted a three-inch cannon. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The actual affair may not have lasted as long as the opera itself, its incredible five- and-a-half-hour length being one of the many obstacles to its being mounted in its entirety during Berlioz’s lifetime. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Other nations, he wrote, had mounted exhibits of dignity and style, while American exhibitors erected a mélange of pavilions and kiosks with no artistic guidance and no uniform plan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Aragorn strode on through the inner court, and mounted to a high chamber in the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Together they mounted it upon a dining table with nails and strapping, and bore it up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When he spoke, his voice was amplified through powerful speakers mounted on the Sixer gun-ships and hover tanks, allowing him to be heard by everyone in the area. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They could have Cordelia and me in here, in our bat-wing sleeves and cinch belts, stuffed and mounted or made of wax, drinking our milkshakes, looking as bored as we could. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He mounted the steps and saw her peering at him through the door with eyes red from sleep and alcohol. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Over a period of weeks, criticism mounted steadily in volume and color; in one interview, Harold Urey labeled the measure the “first totalitarian bill ever written by Congress.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A minute later Ophelia saw what in Haiti is called kouri—a stampede of people in the street—running for their lives, pursued by army trucks mounted with guns. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There he had hung for a day and a half, swinging against the sky, until the mounted police arrived and cut him down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With growing excitement he mounted it, measured it and the next morning placed it in the sun for a few hours for the alcohol to evaporate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z An iron- collared male drove each machine, but an Amazon warrior stood on a platform in back, manning a giant mounted crossbow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They wound around corners and past cold torches mounted on the walls, until they reached a thick wooden door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Papa got through loving up Mama and Little Arliss and mounted his horse. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A mounted man in front of that line would not live five minutes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Giant searchlights—the largest ever made and said to be visible sixty miles away—had been mounted on the Manufactures’ roof and swept the grounds and surrounding neighborhoods. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It’s basically a wooden basket, open at the back, mounted on an axle between two wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He mounted the horse and then reached down to help her up behind him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He mounted, the reins in his hand, and wheeled the horse around to face the night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Oliver and I had both been in prison, and our caseload had mounted in the meantime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a fat, heavy generator mounted on it, with a large fan and a spray nozzle on either side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As acts of sabotage mounted, so did the government’s vigilance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood there, in front of mounted sandbags, unable to decide which way to go next. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The other heads had been dead and mounted much longer than her father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They mounted their horses, and rode out in the direction of the Pyramids of Egypt. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was three o’clock in the morning when he dropped the letters in the post office at King City and mounted and turned his horse south toward the unproductive hills of the old Hamilton place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As I shuffled over to the toilet, a large flat-screen monitor mounted on the wall switched on, and the smiling face of Max, my system agent software, appeared on the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At that moment, three mounted figures appeared on the hill just above Port Conway. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath, mounted the beam, and launched into my first routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The overseer prowls nearby, mounted on horseback, a rawhide whip fastened to his saddle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Unwilling to suffer a humiliating defeat, cut down one by one as they tried to break through the cavalry, they mounted their horses and charged off the face of the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was mounted on a shaggy grey stallion, his shield hung from the horse's side; wood banded with iron, white and grey, and on it the snarling face of a direwolf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the back of the shed Lee held Doxology while Sam mounted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My father’s identification with Nixon only grew stronger as the President’s troubles mounted. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He entered Cashtown and there at the crossroads, mounted, watching the troops pass, was Powell Hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Facing the danger that the Tribune’s suggestions might take hold, Ida Wells-Barnett mounted a counterattack, bringing together powerful white friends who were able to stop the segregationists’ momentum. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If I rush from shadow to shadow, I will attract attention, especially from the new motion-sensitive security cameras mounted to the streetlamps. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Swords, daggers, spears, sickles, axes, and some weapons Anya couldn’t even name were mounted on the walls, covering every inch of space. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes, mounted on the sawhorse in the harness-room, with collars and hames and tugs hung all about him, Jody rode out beyond the room. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the lobby was an intriguing jumble of mahogany and moth-eaten velvet, interspersed with deer heads, calendars from filling stations, and a large collection of Bicentennial commemorative trivets, mounted and hung upon the wall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If your performance impressed the audience and the owners enough, you were given a token: a tiny set of silver pipes that could be mounted on a pin or necklace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He stood and mounted the stairs with her and entered die spotless bathroom where the dust had been swept from underneath the claw-foot tub. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There his eye fell upon a fleet of large tin hot dogs mounted on bicycle tires. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Senator looks over at the picture of Missus Whitworth, huge and cold, mounted on his office wall like a warning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Taking leave of the companions, Adaon mounted and rode on ahead. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z After a while Buford mounted what was left of his cavalry and rode slowly out that road to the north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "He mounted her high and low and gave her to his khal, and Jhaqo gave her to his other bloodriders. They were six. When they were done with her, they cut her throat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So Toomer rose, limped to the other side of the wagon, mounted, shook the reins, and climbed the causeway leading to the bridge. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a set of clear rules mounted on the bulletin board just beyond the entrance. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I freshened myself up, mounted Plug, and headed to Wolf Point. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As for me, my excitement mounted: maybe my father and the tribal men would fight the evangelists! Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The stewardess reread the slip of paper in her hand, then eyed the big clock mounted by the arrival-and-departure board, as if she had someplace else to be. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I mounted to my chamber; locked myself in; fell on my knees; and prayed in my way—a different way to St. John’s, but effective in its own fashion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z After some drilling and bolting, I got the brackets attached to it and then mounted it back on the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The pages of calculations before him increased microscopically and the crumpled sheets at his feet mounted into a hill of scribbled paper. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z One of diem said, as he mounted the short, stone steps and started into the hall: “Boy, your brother was hurt real bad today.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then he mounted and rode alone back to his camp to begin the turning of the army, all the wagons and all the guns, down the narrow mountain road that led to Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was he: here he was, mounted on Mesrour, followed by Pilot. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Together they mounted the steps of the extravagant pavilion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A canoe paddle is mounted on the wall above the window. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As they passed beneath the portcullis, he noted the heads mounted atop die walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People were running through the plaza now, dark figures bolting out of the alleyways, some mounted on clumsy, staggering knuckleskulls. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then he saw guns mounted on the deck. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z From a corner of woodland, five mounted warriors cantered into the field. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z When a plane went down they mounted extensive searches and almost always they found die plane within a day or two. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She would canter up to the door on her pony, followed by a mounted livery servant. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A single billboard, mounted on the cornice of the building across the alley, dominates the view; its surface gleams three yards beyond the glass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She called her people together and mounted her silver mare. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On my left was a high gray cobblestone wall with a mammoth dragon skull mounted on it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Between 1900 and 1910, as evidence for Mendel’s “units of heredity” mounted, biologists were confronted by the impact of the new theory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Wooden watchtowers rose at each corner, manned by sentries with oversized, mounted crossbows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Being in Scotland, I knew the audience was going to cheer extra loud for the gymnast from Great Britain, who was finishing up on floor right as I mounted the beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Guns were mounted on the hoods of the jeeps. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every compound outing has been hosted by one gracious aunt or another, presenting the landscape as if it were a floor show mounted for her niece's appreciation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Penelope then mounted the stair again, her maids behind, with treasure in their arms. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I ascended the narrow access ladder mounted between the adjacent rows of capsules, then stepped onto the short platform beneath the hatch to my unit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A ceramic Christmas tree, mounted with a photo of a freckle-faced girl with a missing front tooth, sits on the middle of the table like a centerpiece. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She mounted her chariot, which began to glow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z One in every ten of them came mounted but all of them came armed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The other archers mounted their horses, and the princess set off down the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Shelves are mounted on every available surface, with books stacked up to the ceiling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Slowly, he mounted the stairs and stepped outside. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, still holding the other end of the rope, the patroller mounted his horse and rode away half-dragging his captive behind him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Now, she thought, now, and for an instant she glimpsed Khal Drogo before her, mounted on his smoky stallion, a flaming lash in his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Using their clout with the downtown police department, they posted three hundred mounted police in the Stock Yard to break up union gatherings. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She dipped two hundred oars and mounted the largest ram in the fleet, though Davos had grave doubts about her captain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They slept in their saddles and stopped only long enough to feed and water the garrons, then mounted up again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After nearly fifteen minutes of gathering opinions, Stanchion mounted the stage again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a stuffed alligator head mounted on the door. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He searched between all of his holographic projectors mounted in the catwalks above the stage, and under auditorium seats, and in the bandstand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The mounted troops entered the oasis from the north; it appeared to be a peaceful expedition, but they all carried arms hid-den in their robes. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With each day that passed the threat mounted. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Jeeps with mounted guns were parked along the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The image of Lady Constance’s stuffed head mounted on the wall was disturbing and difficult to shake off. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Horse hooves dopped down a nearby path, maybe a mounted police patrol. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But, just in case of emergency, it has refill hoses mounted on the exterior. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Within two years after this insect was accidentally introduced from Europe in 1917, the United States Government had mounted one of its most intensive programs for locating and importing parasites of an insect pest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He went in and rang the bell and, in answer to a buzzer, mounted the stairs and found Bessie smiling at him in her door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was mounted on the wall, and it was covered with greasy black fingerprints. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We mounted the stairs gently, trying not to creak them under our feet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We walked our bikes out of the woods and mounted them, ready to ride the rest of the way. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I looked at him, or rather, beyond him and at the blackboard mounted on the red-bricked wall, as he stood akimbo next to the cupboard where he kept his array of canes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the enemy go: endless lines of marching Orcs; and troops of them mounted on great wolves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We emerge on the deck, and Quinton brings me over to where two large wooden captain’s wheels are mounted. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Now that she was close to him the whiskey made him whirl faster and the tensity of his body mounted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As they mounted to the bedroom floor, they saw through the landing window Rogers carrying out a tray of cocktails to the terrace. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z "I hear that a good many rangers have vanished of late," Lannister said as they mounted the steps to the common hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her X-rays and CT films were mounted in a viewer for Farmer to study. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Between them, the Two Kings had six hundred banners flying, five thousand mounted knights, and ten times as many freeriders and men-at-arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Parked vans with big antennae mounted on top, stretching around the corner toward the church where the funeral will be held this afternoon. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Now, this night she mounted the steps and the men noticed her until she passed inside the door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The King was mounted on his horse, and the horse mounted on a white marble pedestal that rose to the height of three men standing one atop the other. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger mounted the steps and stood close to Buddy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael had mounted a cherry wood knob on its steering wheel in order to ease the difficulties driving presented to a man with only one arm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was also a rack of eight-track tapes mounted over my right shoulder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now fury mounted in Eurymakhos, who scowled and shot back: “Bundle of rags and lice! By god, I’ll make you suffer for your gall, your insolent gabble before all our men.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatrice mounted the bicycle and pointed at the handlebars. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After this murder Oliverotto mounted his horse, paraded through the town, and besieged the chief officials in the government palace. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z As I went from house to house collecting money, I saw black men mounted upon soapboxes at street corners, bellowing about bread, rights, and revolution. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The only light came from great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and at the tops of poles in the middle of the larger squares. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She remembered that as she mounted the stairs with John’s heavy weight in her arms, and as she entered the door, she heard music, which became perceptibly fainter as Florence closed the door behind her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She wore a scapular with the images worn away by sweat, and on her right wrist the fang of a carnivorous animal mounted on a backing of copper as an amulet against the evil eye. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Through the noise of the applause, as the Singer turned and mounted the stairs to the stage, Kira glanced at Thomas. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bellow on bellow, his voice mounted, with scarce interval for breath. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z So we mounted again before night had passed and went on with all the speed that our horses could endure over the plains of Lebennin.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But here was Pickett, wide-eyed, curious, long hair ringed and combed, mounted on a black horse, under a great tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, he and Ron mounted the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The tension mounted when a radical black party, based on the Black Panthers, formed and publicly called for white extermination. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Powell tossed his knife to the ground, mounted his horse and, instead of galloping into the night, calmly trotted away. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Wrapped in his furs and leathers, mounted on his great warhorse, his lord father loomed over him like a giant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then it became clear that they had a powerful weapon in the zeppelin too: a machine rifle mounted on the nose of the gondola. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He was nervous, mainly at the thought of what Wood would say if Gryffindor lost, but also at the idea of facing a team mounted on the fastest racing brooms gold could buy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z When the sun set, the builder mounted his horse and set off for the mountains to gather his first rocks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I flashed the cyborg doorman my invitation, then mounted the long crystal staircase leading up into the club. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At least a thousand, maybe more: bowmen, spearmen, peasants armed with scythes and sharpened sticks, freeriders and mounted archers, and another hundred knights to stiffen them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The colour had mounted a little in her face. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a light mounted on the bow, but all it lit up was the fog a few yards in front. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Napoleon, with the dogs following him, now mounted on to the raised portion of the floor where Major had previously stood to deliver his speech. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The alchemist was ready, and he mounted his own steed and placed the falcon on his left shoulder. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner were they mounted than the black demon pitched them off. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw a Gallivespian, mounted on a dragonfly, diving to attack a flying machine whose human pilot tried to fight him off hand to hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Detroit experience has been repeated in many other communities as pressure has mounted to combat the Japanese beetle with chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As months passed without any word of Chris—and then years—the anguish mounted. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was during this Red Summer that black Americans, for the first time, mounted armed resistance against mobs of whites who were determined to oppress them and deny them their rights. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I mounted the crumbling steps and crossed the threshold. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mrs Compson stood watching her as she mounted, steadying herself against the wall with one hand, holding her skirts up with the other. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the close proximity and speed of the bats, none of the people had any trouble staying mounted. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In a breathless voice, Lee demanded the key to the alarm box that was mounted on the outside of the store. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z My stomach grumbled as we mounted the stairs of the cooperage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced back as she mounted the stairs to the rear porch. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When the mounted archers rode back crestfallen, saying that they had been unable to shoot the boy, Sir Meliagrance knew what was going to happen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On their heels, mounted, trotted the Anti-Horse-Thief Society members done up as old-time bounty hunters in big hats and drooping mustaches. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The northman had brought a son, three grandsons, four hundred spears, two score archers, a dozen mounted lances, a maester, and a cage of ravens ... but only enough provisions to sustain his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He mounted the few steps leading to the front door and knocked once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He bowed low, and mounted his pony, and followed by his friends jogged slowly down the gentle slope behind the hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But when she had mounted to her rooms again with her two handmaids, then she fell to weeping for Odysseus, her husband. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer content to read about the brave deeds of others, he had forged himself a helmet and mounted a nag. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The heads were mounted between the crenels, along the top of the wall, impaled on iron spikes so they faced out over the city. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was in the strange, the welcoming faces, it cried up to him from the altar, it sat, as he mounted the pulpit steps, waiting for him in his seat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Too eager to fly again to wait for Wood, Harry mounted his broomstick and kicked off from the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z We mounted the steps and ducked into a cramped but cozy space that appeared to be a living room, bedroom, and kitchen all in one. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The boy who had hit him was charging forward but was tackled from behind by a screaming Sammy, who mounted the boy’s back and was punching him in the back of the head. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To the average white American, the word “Indian” conjures up an image of a mounted Plains Indian brandishing a rifle, like the Sioux warriors who annihilated General George Custer’s U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Straight in front of us and not far off—in fact, so near that I wondered we had not noticed before—came a group of mounted men hurrying along. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Each entrance had a pass-through metal detector with security cameras mounted on top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They stood in a grocery store in a small town where a mounted deerhead hung from the wall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Pinkie and Philip had mounted the back of the forward who had tackled Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Saerla was eager to begin, and when Ash mounted, she could feel the mare’s taut energy beneath her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In her bedroom Clementine mounted a rocking horse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In Pappachi’s study, mounted butterflies and moths had disintegrated into small heaps of iridescent dust that powdered the bottom of their glass display cases, leaving the pins that had impaled them naked. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Opposite, dark against the bright rectangle of the doorway beside it, draped burlap covered a bunch of things mounted on the wall. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Bronn was waiting by the gate with his litter and an escort of mounted Black Ears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lee mounted in pain, but the hot sun would heal the old bones. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With the help of the doctors, Mom mounted a strong case and moved Dad from a definite “no” to a “probably not.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z At the lodge, I gave a little concert one night, in the main room, with my relatives and the dead game animals mounted on the wall as my audience. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls are covered with mounted deer horns, maybe fifty or sixty sets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tommen's opponent was a child-sized leather warrior stuffed with straw and mounted on a pivot, with a shield in one hand and a padded mace in the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then someone mounted the stair and came along the passage. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Then came the cavalcade: mounted policemen and a large open motorcar in which was seated a genial, kindly-looking man with a wreath of roses around his neck. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first time he had called on me though I had gone to two of his parties, mounted in his hydroplane, and, at his urgent invitation, made frequent use of his beach. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Soon they had mounted the causeway and were staring at the flowing bronze river below them. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they watch as the bartender puts a CD into the player mounted to the wall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Cook and Henry both erupted into motion, Henry heading upstairs toward the bedrooms, Cook to the black telephone mounted on the wall near the back door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z With a heavy heart, Crazy Horse left his wife and mounted his horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I look up at the camera that’s mounted near the ceiling and stick out my tongue. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Drawn up within the shadow of the Gate and under the looming walls outside they had waited for his signal: all the mounted men that were left in the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Later, he mounted her and relieved himself with wordless haste, fully dressed save for his tumban, not removed but pulled down to the ankles. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Lovers can spend five dollars to get a red or pink heart with their initials on it mounted on the wall for Valentine’s Day. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A project is started, it is developed and mounted and sent out into the world, and more often than not it becomes self-sufficient. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Longstreet mounted, rising up into the moonlight, looking out across the pale tents at the small fires, the black silence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the silence mounted, he impulsively described another smart guy who didn’t get an offer at all. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In response, Knox ordered the commanders to recruit five hundred Kentucky mounted rangers to burn and loot Miami towns and fields and to take hostages. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She had, in her arsenal, a seemingly infinite number of visions of Skathis mounted on Rasalas, carrying off young women and men no older than she was now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It is difficult to explain how it happened, but I mounted the coconut tree quite fast and unexpectedly. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Safe journey home, then,” she said, stepping out of the way as Ash mounted the horse. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The first rays of morning lit up the still deserted streets of Dundalk, Maryland, where Mary’s new home was located, as the cops mounted up to leave her ransacked space. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps at that moment I could have mounted the pulpit and led them all; perhaps that was to be my greatest moment of triumph! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Khalilou, who knew how to climb better than all of us, mounted each of those trees and plucked as much from them as he could. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He shouted at the hundred mounted men: “There will be great suffering in Guilder if she dies!” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Deliveries worked like this: First, the scanner mounted outside in the hallway would verify the delivery person’s identity and my computer would confirm they were delivering something I’d actually ordered. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There were twenty-six horse-drawn floats, six golden chariots, ten marching bands, and six mounted brigades. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The subdued babble of children mounted to excited shouts of welcome. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon saddled his mare, mounted, and rode out from Castle Black, south across die moonlit night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They each wrapped around Håkon’s legs, and one around his tail, and they held him in place, like he’d been mounted in midair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “They swore they had seen you mounted on a dragon, flying high above the camps of the Yunkai’i. Every day we looked for you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then there are little unborn humans, some whole and others sliced thin and mounted on slides. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Notice Lincoln’s portrait mounted on the front of the engine. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher--shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange with monograms of Indian blue. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A television mounted in the corner was playing ESPN, and I stared at it until I couldn’t anymore. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I mounted the steps and pulled open one of the heavy doors. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not until they were mounted and on their way that Bran allowed himself to taste the sweet air of victory. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A lamp has been mounted above my divan bed so that in the future, when I hear the guns going off, I’ll be able to pull a cord and switch on the light. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At the tropical-fish tank, which was mounted on top of the 1927 Freshman radio, he abruptly stooped, taking his cigar out of his mouth. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It was cold but its touch was clean, and as he went on and it mounted to his knees, he felt that the stain of travel and all weariness was washed from his limbs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then I walked over and took down one of the samurai swords mounted on the wall and presented it to Shoto. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The two deputies climbed on the wagon seat; the sheriff mounted the saddled horse. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded at me, then mounted his horse. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She imagined him as she had met him, mounted and firing flaming arrows with such precision. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then I found a telescope sight I had to have, and waited while it was mounted on the rifle, and in the process got to know everyone in the shop and any customers who entered. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I mounted the bar with a kip and swung myself up to the handstand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It took me a moment to notice, but hidden in the back stood an algae-skinned alien with marble-black eyes mounted on wobbly stalks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We mounted the choppers an hour before nightfall. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After the game ended, the trophy commemorating the win was held aloft, a golden football mounted on a pedestal. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Anh had nervously inspected the windows to establish the best source of light, he’d mounted her expensive, brand-new Nikon to the tripod and positioned it on the edge of the parquet floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I see a statue of him mounted on a flying barrel. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Grace would have preferred if Max had, oh, gone all Game of Thrones on him and mounted his head on a stick, but Max just said, “C’mon, man,” again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So he mounted the stairs, the worn bare treads, the cracked and scaling wall on one side, the balustrade with its intermittent missing spindles on the other. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z At the back window, a scorpion crossbow was mounted and loaded, ready for action. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Around him, the reserve assembled; a huge force, half mounted and half foot, five thousand strong. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Gall led the charge and Crazy Horse followed, and forty or so mounted warriors were close behind them. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z One by one, we mounted the idling truck’s rear deck, climbed the rear access ladder, and slid down into the tank. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Beside him, the Lady had mounted her dragonfly, and now she urged it through the narrow gap into the hammering gusts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he went to the car and mounted the steps, swiftly and quietly, and paused at the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Some mounted warriors veered to the right, others to the left. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z With a wave, he mounted the underground stairs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I mounted the steps; and Trefusis having shut the door behind us and rapped upon it, we set out. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The camp was filled with tanks, and jeeps mounted with guns. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I nod and she pops the cap off with the opener mounted on the counter, pours it into a glass. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z On Sunday morning, November 10, George Washington mounted his horse and rode out of Germantown without bothering to wake his aides. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A bipedal dinosaur with armor-plated skin and a pair of large cannons mounted on its shoulder blades. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Simpson and this corporal named Brunner kept us covered while we mounted the chopper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I mounted up and gaited him back up to a gallop by slow stages. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Stared to the left, then mounted the rock again, aware of pain but concentrating. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The maids said she got mounted by spirits. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He pointed to the display screen mounted on the counter directly in front of me; then his eyes glazed over as he refocused his attention on the world inside his visor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I followed the sheriff out the front door and there was five mounted men waiting on me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z His company was all mounted, and he was about to leap into the saddle, when the Lady Éowyn came to bid them farewell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Penelope could read the names off the engraved brass plaques mounted below each painting: Admiral Percival Racine Ashton. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Then Bull, seeing their car parked on the road behind his, sprinted toward it and mounted the front of the car with a single leap. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved out into the crowd, head down, mounted his horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We arrived around noon and found a handful of people taking cover under a large rectangular plastic sheet mounted on six poles spiked to the ground. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As the glacier moved, crevasses would sometimes compress, buckling ladders like toothpicks; other times a crevasse might expand, leaving a ladder dangling in the air, only tenuously supported, with neither end mounted on solid ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She was ready for a short ride, Shawn said, so we mounted, him on the mare, me on Bud. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Because the boys were middle-schoolers still, and unfamiliar with the maze-like hallways of Fry High beyond the gym, they relied on handy direction arrows mounted on the walls of each intersection. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It is hard to look a hero when mounted on a pig.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I see the pictures on the bulletin board of the prize fish and I see the big fish mounted on the wall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So they mounted a small camera on the right arm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Sarge if our escorts in the jeeps felt as odd as we did about being propped up there with those big guns mounted in front of them just to take us to school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So I’d rigged up an external antenna and mounted it on the hood of a car at the top of the junk pile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They got out of these chairs and were mounted on two hornes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a flat-screen television mounted on the wall across from me and a side table beside me with a cup of water and a telephone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They climbed the stairs, passed down the cluttered hall, and mounted the steps to the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He was reminded of the image of Santiago Matamoros, mounted on his white horse, with the infidels beneath his hooves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A scarred payphone is mounted above a rack with a few faded tourist brochures for Canobie Lake Park, Robert Frost Farm, and the New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He rose and mounted the pulpit steps, and took from the small opening at the bottom of the pulpit three tambourines. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Given a cup of strong, hot coffee, the pain would leave her almost immediately; lacking it, her suffering mounted by the hour until the pain became almost unbearable. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of soldiers tried a mounted charge. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z As I walked into the game room, I heard a Bryan Adams song blasting out of the speakers mounted on the carpeted walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Someone had hung up long, thin steel cables, on which were mounted clothespins. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He looked down at me as though I were a bug mounted in a lab. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Hermod mounted it and prepared to ride down, ever down, to greet Hel in her high hall, where only the dead go. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z We were in the foot-hills on the near side of the river and as the road mounted there were the high mountains off to the north with snow still on the tops. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Catelyn Stark was trapped against the stone face of the mountain with three men around her, one still mounted and the other two on foot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The man tied his rope around Old Yeller’s neck and mounted his horse. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The next night when she mounted her steps Tea Cake was there before her, sitting on the porch in the dark. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z They lit no fires, for they were uncertain of events; but they set a ring of mounted guards about them, and scouts rode out far ahead, passing like shadows in the folds of the land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly Mr. Sloane and the lady walked down the steps and mounted their horses. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Black people often saw me playing tennis with Helmut, or travelling in a car with him while sitting in the front seat, and their suspicions about my being an Uncle Tom mounted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought, looking at an abstract fish of polished brass mounted on a piece of ebony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The gifts mounted up aroiind her in great piles, more gifts than she cpuld possibly imagine, more gifts than she could want or use. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Do you know it is past one o’clock? Come on,” and he mounted the steps and went into their room. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z John had finished sweeping, and he now mounted to the pulpit to dust the three thronelike chairs, purple, with white linen squares for the headpieces and for the massive arms. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z That evening we learned to fire our guns, aiming at plywood boards mounted in the branches of tiny trees at the edge of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Grandma spoke over her shoulder as they mounted the stairs to the second floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They mounted, and soon they were riding off into the mist, which seemed to open reluctantly before them and close forbiddingly behind them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The well-dressed patrons paid their admission to money gatherers, and mounted steps leading to upper galleries. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He mounted his broomstick and kicked at the ground, soaring up into the air. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z As panicked marchers scattered in all directions, Sheriff Clark’s mounted possemen let loose with a rebel yell and charged, swinging bullwhips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, about a half an hour later, the officers mounted their horses and began riding through the troops shouting orders. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I thanked the man, strapped my duffel on my back, and mounted the bike. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The light increased as I mounted, and before I reached the top I heard a car. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The security lock mounted outside required another retinal scan. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Because it's still mounted near the control panel, and the rover is on its side. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Horse shouted and mounted Bones, and everybody laughed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A few columns of smoke mounted perpendicularly into the windless air and were lost. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was mounted on a beautiful marble base and belonged in a museum—a science museum, not an art museum. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Each was housed in a large rectangular wooden box containing a cathode picture tube with a set of crude game controls mounted in front of it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The old’ conflict was reactivated and aggression swiftly mounted to murderous proportions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Father walked with me, but sometimes he mounted Grey and rode on ahead a mile or so. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We mounted the buckboard next to Hand Clap. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Warriors emerging from the south end of the village saw two lines of mounted Long Knives. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z For years this schizoid beast pranced around the goat pen eagerly mounting any female in sight while at the same time it was being mounted by the billys. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom retrieved Sunflower and held her while the volunteer mounted up and Joe helped adjust the loose rope. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty iron sconces were mounted along his thick stone walls, but only four held torches, and none of them was lit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tables and chairs had all been cleared out, and the crowd was throbbing against the coral reefs, hanging from the mounted captain’s wheel, dancing along the hallway to the restrooms. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The three mounted warriors forced their way past the frenzied mare. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They pressed on, covering not quite a mile before Renly's outriders came swooping down on them, twenty men mailed and mounted, led by a grizzled greybeard of a knight with bluejays on his surcoat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But he insisted on Abel's right to a fair trial and mounted a deft—though unsuccessful—defense. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We gathered the bags and mounted our steeds. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Montez’s mounted trike battalion was assigned to Grant’s army. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The May Day parade in Cleveland spawned even greater violence, where mounted police and soldiers in trucks and tanks clashed with Socialist marchers who were sympathetic to the Communist cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I watched as she mounted a scooter, helmeted. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When Cortes and his bedraggled adventurers landed on the Mexican coast in 1519, they might have been driven into the sea by thousands of Aztec cavalry mounted on domesticated native American horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ron, an expression of ecstasy on his face, mounted the broom and zoomed off into the gathering darkness while Harry walked around the edge of the field, watching him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He went down the alley to the rear steps and mounted to the second floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Those mounted plains warriors and Navajo sheepherders and weavers now figure prominently in white Americans’ image of American Indians, but the basis for that image was created only after 1492. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The hilarity mounted; Draco Malfoy looked in terror at his father, who was staring down into his own lap, then caught his mother’s eye. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As they drew near enough to use their grapples, the captain mounted the rail. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That night he mounted to the attic with his hammer and his handful of nails and nailed the door behind him and threw the hammer out the window. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z He mounted behind me, and the horse with its double burden carried us easily into the pathless wood as if it knew our destination. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At its very top was mounted a lantern that included a mirror for reflecting sunlight during the day, and for an oil-fed fire at night. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z As he mounted the steps to the Monk Building’s broad front plaza, Reynie saw two girls well ahead of him, walking together toward the front doors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, he found his horse, mounted, and galloped away across the prairie. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z We dove to the ground, and remained there as mounted police galloped into the crowd, smashing people with batons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kamau was approaching from the other end of the alley, lit sconces mounted on the wall throwing his frown into sharp relief. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He mounted some Beetle Bailey comics in his collection book. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I rode the elevator down in silence, trying not to stare at the camera mounted above the doors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Police escorts formed a wedge at the front of the procession as the marchers began down Pennsylvania Avenue, followed by sixteen mounted officers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As the day of the fair approached the atmosphere of anticipation mounted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Ned mounted up and trotted behind him, down the trail and into the city. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The free companies, well mounted, could reach Yunkai in six days of hard riding, or eight at a more leisurely pace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was like a room in Sleeping Beauty’s castle, with cobwebbed candles mounted in wall sconces, a mirrored vanity table topped with crystal bottles, and a giant oak bed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He was panicking now: He could see no way out, and it was easier, as his fear mounted, to block out Voldemort’s thoughts, though his scar was still burning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I mounted the stairs to a door that was lettered: The Chicago John Reed Club I opened it and stepped into the strangest room I had ever seen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They mounted their horses, and this time it was the boy who followed the alchemist back to the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Whipping his bendy limbs about, Mr. Flux mounted the nearest Time Suck, digging his heels into its flank, forcing it into a run while he attempted another shot. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As my sympathy for Taske, Weathers, and some of my other teammates mounted, I felt increasingly uncomfortable in my role as a journalist. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She buckled the iron dagger onto her belt and mounted her horse. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Jon mounted again, gave Sam a parting smile, and rode off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I reluctantly mounted the stairs, wondering how it was that Falconer knew this playhouse so intimately. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He escorted Lee through the house, hobbling awkwardly on the wooden leg, talking about the bullet that had hit him there that afternoon while he was mounted on his horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan mounted the water monster and they were off into the desert. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They were mounted on wheeled horses, from which they were detachable, and they held their spears in fewter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pointing at an enormous, gray spiral horn, not unlike that of a unicorn, which had been mounted on the wall, protruding several feet into the room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Since they had mounted up at dawn, he had said not a word. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He mounted his black stallion, and she considered leaping from her horse and using the chain to hang him from the nearest tree. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They passed the weasels that became brass door handles, the carved flute player overhead, the stone lions mounted high above the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z One by one they mounted and turned their mounts toward home. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z While Davis chanted a traditional prayer-poem with his own variations, Joe mounted the box that had been placed for the purpose and opened the brazen door of the lamp. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The Imp was mounted on a red stallion, armored more plainly than the king in battle gear that made him look like a little boy dressed up in bis father's clothes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Voldemort started to move around the room: Harry lost sight of him for seconds as he prowled, speaking in that same measured voice, while the pain and fury mounted in Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The living room felt like a Key West bed-and-breakfast, complete with a stuffed sailfish mounted on the wall above a wicker sofa set upholstered in palm-tree-patterned fabric. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A telescope sat mounted on a tripod, aimed out the window: Miss Wren’s lookout station, where she watched for trouble, and the comings and goings of her spy pigeons. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z "Don't speak to me of heads, Uncle. Cersei has mounted Ned's On a spike above the walls of the Red Keep, and left it for the crows and flies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mary swiftly threw her bridle and stirrups over his back, excusing herself for being clumsy, and mounted at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 He mounted the steps to the door and knocked timidly; there was no answer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As public opposition to the racial ban against Anderson mounted, representatives of some two dozen local and national organizations formed the interracial Marian Anderson Citizens’ Committee. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The police crackdowns mounted, and more and more migrants came to the church. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Death, mounted on his pale horse, seemed to ride triumphant; there was but a step between the people in the city and the tomb. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z We did this by firing our retro- rockets, four solid-propellant rockets mounted in our tail. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As the children mounted the hill, an early evening mist began to settle, and through its haze the lights of distant harbor traffic shone in blurred colors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Ser Meryn entered from the west side of the yard, clad in gleaming white plate chased with gold and mounted on a milk-white charger with a flowing grey mane. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Do you like Family Guy?” he asks, turning the mounted television on, releasing my hand, and throwing himself onto the patchwork bed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s even a mounted bull’s head, massive horns menacingly outstretched. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I sat in silence and stared at the taxidermed school of fish the doctor had mounted all around the walls. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then a group of twelve workmen brought in the furnace, piece by piece, from the Dalton basement and mounted it upon a giant wooden platform. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She gathered up her skirts and mounted the stairs, wholly blotting the gray light. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She mounted and urged her mule up the first step. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z |
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