| 单词 | mule |
| 例句 | I started shouting at him and said, “Get over here, you stupid mule.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got all set, their daddy said, “Okay, now, boys, walk the mule back till the rope gets tight.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Where this morning a battalion of tractors had plied the gravel paths, hauling carts loaded with fish and peat-bricks up and down from the harbor, now those carts were being pulled by horses and mules. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z ‘My soul! Is that old mule still alive? He must be fully eighteen years old.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was nothing wrong with the mule and it made a lot of sense for me to buy it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then ride out two-and-twenty leagues. I will give you wagons, workers, mules, whatever you require.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The girls unhitched the mules, and sent them down along the eddying stream to crop sweet grass. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy tsched his mule—for nothing, apparently, because he had to kick his sides with creamy heels before the animal obeyed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Yeah, I heard. Like you said, twenty was for the mule. The other twenty was to maybe be a little help for an old man.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried, and he: ‘Hit was’ until I took the whip from him into my own hand and struck the mule. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been upstairs at the store ever since, alongside the stock of corn planters, fertilizer spreaders, mule collars, iron washpots, hat trees, and extra brass racks for readymade dresses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Cars might of been of no use back then, but a couple of years later I got to appreciating that they didn’t own the stubbornness of a mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A ‘dangling carrot’ she call it, like I was some kind a plow mule.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Bet they worked fields with a plow and a mule just like mine. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He took the pickup across the dip slowly, almost tenderly, as if the old truck were the blind white mule, too old to be treated roughly any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "When they get frightened or dizzy, sometimes they hold on to the mule too tight. They don't like that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Janie loved the conversation and sometimes she thought up good stories on the mule, but Joe had forbidden her to indulge. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Clover’s wide, dusty Main Street was full of Model As, and wagons pulled by mules and horses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Used those same mules out yonder, Big Red and Satan. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She loaded wood on wagons, split rails, and knew more about mules and hoes and plows than she did about the interior of a house. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was up onto a new mule and out again into the starlight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As the group trekked to the start of the River of Doubt, they passed by grave sites and the sun-bleached skeletons of oxen and mules from Rondon’s previous trips along the road. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She reined in her mules and crooked a bony finger at Tristran. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They would own and work the mule together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When the mule was in front of the store, Lum went out and tackled him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He let himself go with the motion of the mule, swaying forward and backward with each stride, feeling the rise and fall of the mule’s breathing under his legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But the mules were surefooted and tireless, and Mya Stone did indeed seem blessed with night-eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Their master’s overseer was waiting to take charge of them, with a mule cart and two soldiers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After making a few faces at myself, I put my thumbs in my ears and was making mule ears when two old women came by. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody enjoyed themselves to the highest and then finally the mule was left to the already impatient buzzards. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Whoa, Lucy,” he said to the mule, then kicked her halfway up our walk and asked where my granddaddy was. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Ben walked up to the mule and looked up at Toomer, who watched him with eyes that were dark and kind. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When we kids played around the mule barn, we peeked through its dirty, screened windows to look at the ghostly stalls and the ancient harnesses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By the end of his life, the mules would be more or less dragging him across the field from shortly after dawn till evening, sometimes six days a week during planting season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t raise you to talk like a mule.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Cars and rickshaws, mule carts and trucks—all packed with people and their suitcases, bags of rice, and bedrolls. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Back of the main column the baggage train followed: mules, j horses, oxen, a mile of wayns and carts laden with food, fodder, tents, and other provisions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The offspring thus produced from the conjunction of deity and damsel hath a nature intermixed, the two species commingled, and perhaps, like the mule, is incapable itself of generation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When a mule dies, I don’t know where he goes, but Samuel had a nice spot that looked out on the Mississippi and on the levee that he helped to build. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She clicked her tongue, and shook the reins, and the mules began to amble down the forest track. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z If it was too far for the mules or horses to pull a wagon, we would go in some trucks, a bunch of us riding in the back of each one. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Trapped, they spent the night in old mule dung until Tag found them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Said he: “No mules would I deny you, child, nor anything. Go along, now; the grooms will bring your gig with pretty wheels and the cargo box upon it.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, with any mule you treat it right and he’ll be okay. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As if a chance in life wasn’t enough, the next day Grandpa let Hosie off work early to go over to Jefferson for the license, and even lent him his mule for the trip. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I had to keep pace with the mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen him baptized, kicking like a mule and howling, and! she had seen him weep when his mother died; he was a right young man then, Florence said. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Sure enough, here was Mama’s yardboy galloping on the mule, his legs hanging almost to the ground. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These wonderful thoughts made me feel just about as big as our old red mule. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Gray there would be all over you if you didn’t come up that road with me and the mule.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at me, he said, “Shell a sack of com. Take one of the mules and go to the mill for your mother.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We were moving up a hill now, the mules straining forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The mule was getting bony; its hip bones looked sharp enough to push through the gray hide, the way bones tear through a carcass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The old man offered payment—several mules—for the cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z This four-lane concrete highway slashed with speeding cars I remember as a narrow, twisting mountain road where the wood teams moved, drawn by steady mules. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you doing? You have a human on your back! Have you no shame? Are you a common mule?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Somewhere around there the first gray mule had eaten a poison weed and died; the bones would be scattered in the tall grass around the windmill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t go anywhere the next day except up to Grandpa’s to feed and water the horse and mule and Granny’s chickens. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Two of their master’s slave soldiers flung him into the back of the mule cart between the dwarfs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One mule was worth more than that skinny cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Instead you used a code word such as “coffee varnish” or “white mule” or “horse liniment” or “monkey rum” or “panther sweat” or “rot gut” or “tarantula juice” when ordering your drink. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It was too early to think of bones, even old gray mule bones, but he realized that all along the valley the cliffs were full of shallow caves and overhangs with springs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We barely had time to string up some canvas over the mules before the storm hit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Tayo thought about animals then, horses and mules, and the way they drifted with the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She ate standing in the yard, as stablehands moved their saddles to fresh mules. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the night, going slowly along the crowded roads we passed troops marching under the rain, guns, horses pulling wagons, mules, motor trucks, all moving away from the front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “What do you figure this mule is worth?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Dawson farm we just had a mule but no horses. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess. What I mean is that I’m as stubborn as a Missouri mule.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If you fall off a mule, you’re already close to the ground and got plenty of time to roll outta the way of their feet. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z After we pulled it up on shore, their daddy took the mule to fetch the wagon. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mollie saw workers—tool dressers, rope chokers, mule peelers, gang pushers—toiling furiously. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z More than half of the pack mules and oxen died from exhaustion and starvation—the loads were too heavy and there wasn’t enough grass for them to eat. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He had outdistanced his supply lines, left food and forage days behind with all his wagons and mules and oxen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The mules set the pace, slow but steady. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We would hook them up to a mule and pull the logs up to the saw. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I admit, our mule, Blue, was a good mule, a strong mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cavalry soldiers, ninety-seven Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Sioux Indians, another fifty Cossacks and Hussars, 180 horses, eighteen buffalo, ten elk, ten mules, and a dozen other animals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Well, and I just guess they slept late,” Toddy called as the mule turned away and trotted down the walk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z One of Morgan Liddle’s mules had gone astray, but he seemed to think the Flints had stolen him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z We lay low behind a dead mule and some dead soldiers. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You got to be patient with a mule, get him to work with you instead of just working/or you. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes a few strides, sliding across the stage in feathered mules. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Say a man died and left his mule to his four sons. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "It's best to lead the mules over," she said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Where she’d parked her mule I didn’t know, if it was still alive. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You kicked me, baby, worse than two mules can kick a man when he’s down.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The old wooden structure had been empty of mules since Mr. Carter had sold the company to the steel mill. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Jeremiah nodded, and in a weak voice said, “I need to sell my mule. Be obliged if you buy it. You interested?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not finished signing the last one when a rebel colonel appeared in the doorway leading a mule carrying two chests. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Tell that to the cow, the mule, and the chickens!” her father said with a bemused smile. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After he inquired how I was, somebody asked him about the cow and mule that was killed yesterday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z People on farm horses and mules; babies riding astride of brothers’ and sisters’ backs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She unloaded herself down into the corner seat of the train way over on the far end of the car and her smell kicked like two mules. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Hell, Mr. Hamilton, I couldn’t even find the mule I went out with.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A young mule skinner named Milton Humason helped to transport mechanical and optical equipment, scientists, engineers and dignitaries up the mountain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But probably we could hire a mule team to pull us into Athens. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The command came down from the Tattered Prince through his captains and his seijeants: strike the tents, load the mules, saddle the horses, we march for Yunkai at the break of day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The wagon and the mules were covered with dust. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The bridge was wide enough for a wagon with a horse and a mule and even for a car. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nausikaa took the reins and raised her whip, lashing the mules. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The mule pulled the wagon so that we was on top of a wide wall of rocks and dirt. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The goats snuffled and munched at the grass and the leaves beside the chariot, eyeing with distaste the tethered mules that pulled the caravan. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Hello,” she said, keeping the fingers of her left hand outstretched and away from her white silk dressing gown, which was all that she was wearing, except mules—her rings were in the bathroom. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Pastor Weeks sat at the front of his squeaky wagon with Old Ben next to him, the mules’ reins loose in his hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe was taken, but with a company mule I was back at work the next day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the distended belly of the mule for a platform and made gestures. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z As soon as the men from Ohio arrived, the mules were loaded up and sent away to become dog food. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The mules, once they entered the mines, seldom ever saw daylight again until they died and were hoisted up to the ground and sold to animal processing factories. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Linga took particularly good care of the mules and Mrs. Linga would often go with her husband down into the mine to help groom the mules and feed them treats and clean their stalls. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When Papa said to hitch up the mule, we was going to town, just the two of us, I was ready. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Gypsies always came in August—telling fortunes, selling lace, tarring barn roofs, trading horses and mules. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But Iphitos had come there tracking strays, twelve shy mares, with mule colts yet unweaned. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But we always harvested a good amount for the mule and the pigs and some to set aside for seeds for next year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat close to his uncle then, on the wagon seat, above the bony gray rumps of the mules. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z His heart was kicking under his vest like a mule in heat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “It took months of walking, hundreds of miles bumping along in the backs of mule carts. But in the end ...” He made an expansive gesture with both hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Water’s heavy. We’re not so strong as you. Can we ... can we take the mule cart?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Moss menagerie also included a mule, goats, cows, and various smaller animals. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The mule moved out slowly, the joints of the wagon whining and rattling as it moved across the Meecham lawn and went over a curb to reach the small lane that led to Eliot Street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They could see the roads now, clogged with refugees: a river of carts, wagons, water buffalo, mules, and people hurrying out of the city. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The shed was open on that side and I could see that some mules were stabled there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A year earlier, I had been kicked by the mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Two mules were waiting in the upper bailey, saddled and ready. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had the mule all saddled at the gate. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z This was loaded with lumber, and the arriero driving the mules leaned back and put on the thick wooden brakes as we passed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Once he’d dragged me out of Birdsong Creek when I was about to drown and another time he’d given warning in time to keep some raiding Comanches from stealing and eating our mule, Jumper. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even horses or mules or oxen could cross the moonscape. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a little slower than Joe, but, no matter, you don’t run races with a mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess death, even with a mule, can change things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a peasant, with a team of mules, who had brought a telegram from town, sent by my sister Ferula, telling me of Rosa’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If we saw a creakity wagon up ahead full of country folks going to town, I’d cluck the mules to a smart trot and we’d all wave as we passed them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We took a mule for most of the trip. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Regardless of the weather, the expedition rode mules and marched for over sixteen hours a day, sometimes through sheets of rain and slippery mud, sometimes under the baking sun. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “I guess we’d better go see this rubber mule,” he says, draining his glass in a single gulp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I tied the mule up and went inside. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When picking a mule, a man takes his chances. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And she answered in the same dead way, “I was beaten with a leather thong which had been halter for one of the mules, and it hung upon the kitchen wall.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z If you don’t fall asleep firsts you get a chance to think ’bout things when you ride a mule. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When Johnny and their daddy came on the mule, Jimmy was still on the bank pulling and Aden and me were still in the water pushing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never seen a mule break into a trot, let alone a full gallop. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She dropped down from a buckboard and tied her old mule to the rail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The windmill near the sheep camp had gone dry, so the gray mules pulled the wagon from the springs, moving slowly so that the water would not splash over the rims. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was as crotchety and sullen as a three-legged mule, and I was not quite sure why. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The youngest in Booth’s group, Powell is tall, powerfully built, and very handsome—except that his face is misshapen on one side, the result of a mule’s kick. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was good for the mule as the dust had a way of keeping the flies off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It sure would of tickled him to see all the neighbors on his front porch staring with their mouths open as Loomis drove the mule team towards the street. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Aden, you hop out. Help Jimmy tie up to the mule. Johnny, you and George get back and hold the tail still. I’m going to guide the rope from here.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I must do what a friend calls “mule it over” for a time before it goes down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all depot agents, Mr. Tuttle was cow coroner for the railroad, so I guessed right off that this was the farmer whose cow and mule got killed yesterday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Conquering Bear offered more mules for the cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Just the journey, not our troubles. Sylvie laughed. “As freed slaves we were given forty acres and a mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On arriving at the millhouse, I tied my mule to the hitching post, took my com, and set it by the door. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The world seemed to be spin-ning around her, mountain and sky and mules, whirling like a child's top. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For the next hour, Ben helped Toomer feed the dogs, put the mule to pasture, and unload the wagon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The mule seemed to have adjusted, though, and I didn’t give it too much thought either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They had mules loaded down with things to eat, oxcarts with furniture and domestic utensils, pure and simple earthly accessories put on sale without any fuss by peddlers of everyday reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “He’s not a bad mule, but he’s old. Probably twenty dollars.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, WHAM!, the engine started, kicking like a mule and plastering us up against our shoulder straps. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Since we owned a mule, it didn’t cost nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The mule stood patiently, a brick tied to his reins. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Herman E. Calloway seemed like the kind of person that would rather get bit in the behind by a snaggletooth mule than have somebody give him a kiss. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The earth would be so dry, the mule would be kicking up dust. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times they spotted small bunches of mule deer moving along the upper meadow slopes near the tree line. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We had the usual problems with punctures and the motor overheating, and though I tried to be careful, we scared our share of mules and horses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She came in smiling big at two farmers who wanted Papa to extend credit for a new mule, and then greeted Mr. Cratic Flournoy, who was complaining of indigestion. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The white mule seemed to like Catelyn; there was no kicking, thank the gods. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Around about that time, I got to feeling pretty full of myself and just figured that the mule could do things my way. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A train of mules trailed behind them, carrying chests and ~ casks and barrels, and hampers of delectables to keep the lord of cheese from growing peckish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She knew that the mailman’s mule arrived only every two weeks, but she always waited for him, convinced that he was going to arrive on some other day by mistake. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Humason would lead the column of mules on horseback, his white terrier standing just behind the saddle, its front paws on Humason’s shoulders. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At first he didn’t notice anything wrong, but then it hit him like a kick from a mule. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa had tied the halter rope around the mule’s neck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as I was backing the mules into place on either side of the wagon tongue, here came trouble in the form of Grandpa Blakeslee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "The next helm you make, put mule’s ears on it in place of bull's horns!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At five o’clock, Toomer drove his mule and wagon up in front of Fogle’s General Store at the base of the bridge. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was cropping grass in the back pasture not far from Grandpa’s mule. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z With my own mule and wagon, I was mighty proud of myself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cholla and juniper shivered in the wind, and the rumps of the two gray mules were twin moons in front of him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Wearing an old felt hat and dirty overalls, Son sat sideways, slumped, with one leg crossed over the mule’s shoulder and the other hanging loose. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then he saw the mule Patty’s boy rode and calmed down a bit. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good, now keep it tight and guide the mule downstream to the low point in the bank.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the canopy there rode four middle-aged queens on white mules, looting picturesque. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Old Ben put on his hat and walked toward the mule team. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought as to how that mule had been there since I was born and that I had hurt it bad. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We was to have that mule for many more years. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Floating toward him parallel to the fence is a black boy astride a mule. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Out at the barn, feeding the mule. He got in late, so I managed to get up a pretty good supper for him,” she said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Until he was a teenager, his family lived in the country several miles from Durham, tending a small farm of tobacco and corn using a team of mules. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Sure, you have. There are lots of mules.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the church was almost within walking distance, Papa always hitched Rudie, their mule, to the wagon for the trip to New Hope Church. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Henrietta’s cells rode into the mountains of Chile in the saddlebags of pack mules. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It had a lot more style than walking or being in a wagon pulled by a mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing I knew as the mules pulled out into South Main, I was not going to apologize to Aunt Loma. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z One of his bunkmates said, “Jeremiah, there’s some men here to see you. One of them wants to buy your mule.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had already seen the mule and asked his bunkmate w hat his problem was. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z About half an hour after he left they heard the braying of the mule at the edge of the woods. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Well, this man Jeremiah, he sick. He gonna have to sell the mule to somebody.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His tall frame leaned against her withered one as Eliza slapped the mule’s rump and the wheels of the cart squeaked. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you worry about your mother,” he said, as he climbed on the mule’s back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You told me to warm up tar for that mule’s foot. I got it warm.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A mule’s at least got sense of its own.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "There are the two mules who pull my caravan, myself, a maid-servant I keep in the form of a large bird, and a young man in the form of a dormouse." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Toomer just waved, shook the reins, and urged the mule on faster. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving at a pace not much faster than a mule, it plowed furrows along a strip of land a half a mile long. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could fix pretty much any sort of car that sputtered or was dragged by a mule up to his garage door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Fine then. Empty your dirt and then set him up with a mule and a wagon,” he said before he turned and headed to his shed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All the gasoline is going to the war, and few cars come trundling through the school gates; food is delivered by the same withered mule, its ribs showing as it drags its cart. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stopped by a dried fruit stand, described Hassan to an old merchant loading his mule with crates of pine seeds and raisins. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That nanny who carries more cargo than a pack mule has it worse than me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Predmore put it, “She clucked at that silly mule like he was a horse, and drove off like that old buggy was a gold coach.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But even when it’s a good fall, you might’s well count on it, Will: fore the year’s out yore mule’s go’n die or yore barn burn down.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They was of a different nature than a mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With a different mule, I did the same work as before, but somehow it was different. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The word went out that there was a new patron at Tres Marias and that we were using mules to clear the land of stones and plow the fields to ready them for planting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Or farmers leading mules hauling peanut crops on a wagon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Most folks say it’s wrong, but if I had my druthers, I’d ride a mule over a horse any day. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The mule whinnied and leaned against the sagging gate; Tayo reached into the coffee can and he held some corn under the quivering lips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And Liza said with her dreadful simplicity, “You’re already pushed by your own contentiousness. You’re a mule of contention, a very mule!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The legs that straddled a mule’s back were the same ones that straddled their men’s hips. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been walking the mule out to the barn and slowed my walk so as to be close enough to see and hear but not look to be nosy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z T.R. had long since jumped down to chase something, and the mules were restless, but I liked being with Grandpa like this, just him and me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was a photo album, opened to a picture of a dog that had been harnessed, like a mule or a horse, to a little wagon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I started working on the mule some more and pretended I didn’t see that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z More than one captain made up his mind then and there that his “cobble” or his “mule,” as they term the different classes of boats, would remain in the harbour till the storm had passed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The leather was still damp from yesterday’s mule sweat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The colonists had intended to produce their own food, but inexplicably neglected to bring any cows, sheep, mules, or horses. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the clomp of the mule’s feet and the angry fussing of a pair of squirrels high in a limb above them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was an animal to them, a pack mule. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z "They're as bad as mules. Let's try to talk a little sense. I take it, Ma'am, your story is the same as mine? Captured in early youth—years of slavery among the Calormenes?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Beyond these lay the orchards and the barns for the work horses and cows and mules. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Gosh, would I be worth any more than a dead cow and mule? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Constance writes in response, ‘Rules and schools are tools for fools—I don’t give two mules for rules!’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They could figure that if a man had five children and seven mules, he cleared a quarter by taking his family to the show. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked under the mule again and there they were, wings still a-buzzing and each one of ’em spinning in circles on the ground, raising up two little clouds of dust. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Around midnight they had arrived at the mule barn, finding a rusty padlock on the back door, knocked loose with a whack from a hammer out of Roy Lee’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a colossal plant, with leaves easily the size of a small mule cart. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes Elsie raced through the fields, chasing wild turkeys or grabbing the family mule by the tail and thrashing against him until Lawrence pulled her off. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Our second night out, two hours before dawn, I was steering from the flying bridge when the head of a mule deer materialized in the spotlight's glare. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A mule and three horses occupied the stalls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The gray mule was gone, his bones unfolding somewhere on the red dirt, bleaching white and thin in the sun. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At fourteen dollars a month, his duties included controlling the mules along the canal’s towpath as they pulled the boat, which was loaded with supplies such as lumber, coal, iron, or copper ore. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z With the raffling of the mule, Petra Cotes and he bought some more animals with which they managed to set up a primitive lottery business. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z What we did, and it was my idea, we dipped every horse, mule, and cow tail in that yellow paint. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her brothers awaited her like tall gods in the court, circling to lead the mules away and carry the laundered things inside. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses and mules balk in their traces, sensing the panic and confused by the noise. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I was too quick about jumping off the mule and grabbing up some rocks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The others threw in whatever they could chance upon, but it seemed as if Sam and Lige and Walter could hear and see more about that mule than the whole county put together. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Soldiers forced teams of mules up gangways, K9 dogs boarded vessels with their faithful two- legged companions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Guests like ourselves no lord will turn away; each one will make one gift, at least, to carry home with us: tripod or cauldron wrought in bronze, mule team, or golden cup.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It happened quite the opposite: once the mule did not come on the usual day. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Carter had built it in the early 1930’s for the old mules who had become too broken down to work in the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There were almost two hundred people gathered there, and four hundred animals—camels, horses, mules, and fowl. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Throwing it over our mule’s back, I started for the store. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, crash! something was upset; he heard people moving about quickly, and there was another crash and then a noise like hitting a mule, only not so bony; then Linda screamed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the mule was pulling the wagon down River Street toward the bridge, keeping close to the parked cars on the right so the regular traffic had room to pass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some folks have watch dogs, I got a watch mule. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Anyhow a free mule in town was something new to talk about. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Several other travelers were before them on the bridge, mostly peasants driving laden donkeys and mules or carrying baskets on their heads. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z "Some people find it easier if they close their eyes," Mya said as she led the mules through the gate into the dark wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The two of them provided the mules with affection and doctoring and kind company. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He nodded his head slightly, then clicked at the mule to move along. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Or like a mule had et something bad and was ailing and leaking sickness, but it was kind of akin to that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was standing with the wind at his back, like that mule, and he felt he could stand there indefinitely, maybe forever, like a fence post or a tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “How about an old saddle blanket? That mule’s backbone will strike you in a vital place.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Where were the bicycles and rickshaws, the mules and the carts? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The mule was off grazing by the barn and with a halter in my hand I went to get him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But he’s a mule, and eventually, I’m so upset that I don’t know what I’m saying anyway. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Lifting the sack of meal to the back of my old mule, I started for home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind all came the two trains of mules and the bull-ring servants. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “But you won’t look like somebody who needs a mule collar,” Miss Love protested. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Large pieces of the telescope had to be hauled to the top of the mountain, a job for mule teams. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “A fine man he was. They called him Mule-tail Buck. I don’t know why except he packed mules.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “If they stop for us, let’s leave the burro and the mule here. There’s a windmill over there. We can come back and get them later on.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Six boys arrived on horses, two on mules. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m going door-to-door, ma’am You know how you ladies love to talk. Bless your hearts, you’d all talk the hind leg off a mule.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He rested an arm on the mule’s back, pointed south. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We turned sharply out to the side of the road to give room to pass to a long string of six mules, following one after the other, hauling a high-hooded wagon loaded with freight. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He hobbled the mule and tied a long rope to the burro and let them graze on the thin, bluish green leaves of salt bushes growing at the entrance to the canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Smiths straightened swords, knocked dents from breastplates, and shoed destriers and pack mules alike. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To the right is a short woman, dressed in a flowered housecoat and mules with real fur. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A year before he had ridden the blind mule, and Harley rode the burro. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Harley’s burro went faster after they left the spring, and the gray mule had to walk faster to keep slack in the rope. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And that ain’t nothing but more proving of what I been saying all along, riding a mule’s a whole lot better than riding a horse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "You don't want your mule to break a leg up here," she said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Preacher laughed and said, “Brother Leroy, you’re just working yourself too hard. You’re strong as a mule. No one who was sick could swing an axe the way you do.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was capable of killing a fly on the wheeler’s butt with a bull whip without touching the mule. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The argument went on and on, and they became locked in a confused rhetorical exchange that left them exhausted, each accusing the other of being more stubborn than a mule. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Aureliano Segundo decided to go see what was going on, he found only the corpse of the horse and a squalid mule in the ruins of the stable. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z After Mr. Linga died she continued to volunteer her time to care for the mules until they were gradually replaced by more modern machines.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was tough to raise enough cotton for clothes and grow enough food for all of us and the mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father was out in the barn, forking hay to the mule, taking care of the chickens for her, and milking the cow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Beyond the mule train the road was empty and we climbed through the hills and then went down over the shoulder of a long hill into a river-valley. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The mule driver offered to take me to the train. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Foolishly, the Mormon wanted his cow, not the mules. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Dusty sniffed suspiciously at the mule pulling the wagon. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Suffering from an enlarged heart and inflammatory rheumatism, he nevertheless continued to plow his fields the old-fashioned way—behind a team of mules. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When he stepped down, they hoisted Sam up and he talked about the mule as a school teacher first. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z ‘Some folks’ let Fowler drive them into the fields every day and work them like mules.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Now one of the Ohio men laughed and the other one joined in, their laughter like braying mules. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Janie noted that while he didn’t talk the mule himself, he sat and laughed at it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Yore skin...hit’s so soft, Love. See? Hit ain’t hard a-tall to call you Love. Yore cheek, Love, it’s like”—he laughed—“like a mule’s nose....Like velvet.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then he sat down and dug his feet in like a mule when I pulled on the rope to get him out of the trap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In the evenings they waited for him, chewing their cuds by the shed door, and the mule stood by the gate with blind marble eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The steps were cracked and broken from centuries of freeze and thaw and the tread of countless mules, and even in the dark the heights put her heart in her throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They entered noiselessly before dawn, with two pieces of light artillery drawn by mules, and they set up their headquarters in the school. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t know why people say horses and mules are dull, Mr. Segee, ’specially Old Flapjack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z If they had a horse, it would be quicker—the mule was slow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They made all kinds of food and such and they even had a special blanket made out of sewed-together flowers to go ’cross Flapjack the mule’s back so’s he could lead a parade. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The yaller mule was gone from the town except for the porch talk, and for the children visiting his bleaching bones now and then in the spirit of adventure. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I hid from an old black man who drove a wagon pulled by a mule. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His skin was tanned by the salt of the open air, his hair was short and straight like the mane of a mule, his jaws were of iron, and he wore a sad smile. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He slid from the mule’s back and came over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Several Gypsy men were on horseback, riding ahead of or behind their wagons or leading strings of mules and horses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z New lies sprung up about his free- mule doings. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Once or twice they thought it might be a brown cow or mule, dragging its hooves in the sand and raising and lowering its weary head. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The old mule was foaming at the mouth and looked near death. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I said, and I felt like a mule saying it, because Gram was so looking forward to it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Even though Todd was a puffy, rich old mama’s boy who wore a robe and slippers he could hit like a mule and it wasn’t too long before I’d decided enough was enough. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She wore her bright cotton dress and the mules with the red ostrich feathers. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you look like the north side of a southbound mule.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They gathered up the linen, yoked in the mules, and were about to start home when they saw a wild-looking naked man suddenly step out of the bushes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z First we had to tend to the mules and Miss Love’s racehorse. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Yet he stomped off toward the baggage mules all the same. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Old Ben had slowed the mules to give me time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not been that strong since Virginia, since she loaded hay and handled the mule wagon like a full-grown man. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well I’m figuring right here and now it’s worth just about one full-blooded Khershaen pack mule ” I turned it over in my hand, pulled the pin away and let it snap back again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He walked his two-wheel mule cart through the town’s streets. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The smell of fresh manure floated out from the fields and took care of my appetite then and there, but Rosaleen said, “I could eat a mule.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I knew that wagon and mule were mine, at least for as long as I was working there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Take the matter of the yellow mule, for instance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z While I fed and watered the mules and staked them out under some trees, the other fellers made camp. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Jumper was a dun mule with a narrow black stripe running along his backbone between his mane and tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But the mule stood alert, its milky staring eyes wide open. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Horses, mules, and donkeys were stabled in the western walls, elephants in the eastern. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Nurse always comes for Yezzan’s water, with four men and a mule cart.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A dog barked as he rode through, and he heard a mule's raucous haw from the stable, but otherwise the village was still. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She unhitched the two mules and led them to the stream, where she hitched them to a tree. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z As I fastened the last strap, out there in the hot sun with the mules snorting and stomping and twitching off green flies, he finally said it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If I was going to work as hard as a mule, it might as well be for my own benefit. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All day long, the mule would walk in a circle to move the gears. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most mules, Jumper was mighty fussy about anything touching his heels. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why, let me think a second, boy, is it all right for you to take that old mule out?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Then he gave the mule's reins a slap, and they were off. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They who had come by oxen and mule team and by walking long distances. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z No. What shocked me most was that anybody had gotten our impossibly stubborn mule to gallop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have to shift those logs to the right position and pull as hard as the mule did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t push her. Let her go at her own speed. Push her and every mule in the county’d be easier to live with.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She mounted and urged her mule up the first step. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Slim said loudly, “One of my lead mules got a bad hoof. Got to get some tar on it.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He hung with both arms to the mule’s neck, but he was caught and being dragged away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The changes pulled against themselves inside him; the mule had been blind and old. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Or they might be showing someone how to get to a farm where a fellow had a mule for sale or some such thing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on the front veranda with young Toddy Hughes about ten o’clock when Mr. Son Black rode up bareback on his red mare mule. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then, sarcastic, “I guess it’s Love that wants the horse. Ridin’ in a buggy behind a mule ain’t good enough for her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The mule was tethered in front of the cabin. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A single mule was hitched to one of the cages and dragged it up against the gate in the corral wall. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Starks piled fodder under the big tree near the porch and the mule was usually around the store like the other citizens. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Except for a few farm horses over at Dede’s and the old mule at Mama’s, it was the only transportation left us, now that all the cars had been confiscated. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was true that some of the Amish, being slow to change their ways, used to plow with mules or oxen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z One day alter work, I went to look at buying another mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought how fine it would be if I was riding my own horse instead of an old mule. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I would hook up the mule to a long bar that was attached to the crushing machine. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Miep has so much to carry she looks like a pack mule. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘Twenty years is a long time to work a mule.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Close behind was another string of mules and another wagon. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He looked at me with interest and I grinned at the way I had it over on that old mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After a good rain, I saw those same cars being towed by a mule or a team of horses. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had made a difficult journey of six days, pulling along the mule, who was dying of hunger, in order to arrive at the armistice on time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The gypsies sailed along that route for six months before they reached the strip of land over which the mules that carried the mail passed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z My pride got in the way—I didn’t like having a mule get the best of me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Contrary as a mule! Let me have a word with him." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z A mile down this road the mule veered off toward the river, shuffling down a heavily tracked dirt road that ran parallel to a large, plowed-under tomato field. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the swamp they made great ceremony over the mule. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z You couldn’t hear no trees being chopped nor no mules nor horses being pushed on to pull harder, nor no sounds from the road. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He graduated to the tail of the family mule, and eventually, hanging off the tail of an obliging horse named Paint, he began to run, a gait that initially caused him excruciating pain. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Madame Semele reined in her mules in the meadow, where her stall would be. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, they’ve probably caught him by now,” the old merchant said, grunting and loading another box on the mule’s back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “No use in bein’ stubborn as a mule jest because it comes easy to you, Jeth.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of walking behind the mule like our field hands. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They dragged sleds, drove carts with mules, and walked with belongings slung over their backs in sheets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We took the mule in with us, but in 1914, I saw something new. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But even for a mule he was a little bit cranky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I made him go mule speed ’stead of horse speed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Over the next several days, we boys, servants, laborers, sailors, carpenters, and soldiers work as hard as mules. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z My mother looked so worn out, I thought, the result of her working long hours for white people who she said “worked her like a mule, treated her like vermin, yet paid her noth- mg. “ Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you listen to me,” Henry said “Jeremiah took sick. He gonna sell that mule to somebody no matter what. Who gonna give that man a fair deal, you or just anybody in camp?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They take care of the Army’s guard dogs, as well as Army horses, Army cows, Army sheep, Army pigs, Army mules, Army rabbits, Army mice, and Army monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mule was running in circles, the cow was running toward the barn, and even the chickens took notice when the dust swirled around them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver gave the mule a lick and rumbled through, iron-rimmed wheels clacking loudly over bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He’s a billy goat. They’re stubborn sometimes. But I’m a bigger mule than he is. Have as much water as you like. We can refill it on the way, when we get to ojito verde.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z On one side was the creek, on the other a ditch so deep that if you got in it you’d never get out without a mule team. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The witch woman buried fetishes in secret places, took her payment, and departed in her mule cart. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It hit that old mule in the head, smack in his eye. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With my threat hanging over their heads, I trusted them all the time we unhitched and tended the mules, turning them out into Papa’s pasture for the night. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He frowned and said, “You get three meals and fifty cents a day. It would be twice that if you had your own mule.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel, the mule I bought, and me got along all right. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And now where you have roads of asphalt for the passage of rubber tires, then the roads were of crushed stone for the passage of oxen, and mule teams, and horse-drawn wagons. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Oscar Vega Ortiz, twenty-six, saw a man on a mule appear as he and four other migrants got ready to cross the river. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She could make out the minarets in the distance, like the dusty fingers of giants, and the streets that she imagined were milling with people, carts, mules. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He relaxed his thighs and let his feet dangle; he slouched forward over the mule’s bony shoulders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Madame Semele clucked and shook the reins and the mules began to amble on. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He spoke to the stableman, who soon brought round the cart, low-wheeled and nimble; harnessed the mules, and backed them in the traces. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They will mate if induced to do so—but their offspring, called mules, are sterile. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "Good. Hodor is a man, not a mule to be beaten." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He brought the two women deliberately; he probably chose them with the same care and shrewdness with which he chose the other livestock—the horses and mules and cattle—which he bought later on. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Boy howdy, we scrambled out quick to grab those mules. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When the corn was gone, the mule licked for the salt taste on his hand; the tongue was rough and wet, but it was also warm and precise across his fingers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z That was after they had hauled away the plow, the scythe, the mule, the sow, the chum and the butter press. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes this short, straight-backed young girl hummed under her breath, or sang, while she hoed the com or tugged on the reins when a refractory mule refused to budge. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The mule I settled on wasn’t the biggest, but it paid me some notice when I walked by. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once it's down I use a mule kick against the curved edge to force the blade through. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Jumper was full of a lot of pesky, aggravating mule tricks; but when you called on him to move a load, he’d move it or bust something. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Like for instance Papa said old man Plunket told him the train hit a mule and a cow at the same time yesterday just outside of Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king’s estate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the bands came a big cotton wagon draped with Confederate bunting and pulled by a double team of mules. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z More rode: draft horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, anything that would walk or run or roll. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Henry stood by with a harness and we had the mule hitched up to my wagon in a short time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mya stepped lightly out, her mule following as calmly as if they were crossing a bailey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He’s stubborn as a mule and proud as a horse. He’s got a pride like brass.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A thick layer of fallen needles carpeted the path, so the shoes of their mules made only the softest sound on the rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The mule wore a straw hat, and the woman wore a sunbonnet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was there she became the powerfully strong young woman who could handle mules, bale hay and chop wood as good as any man. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was as proud of it as Papa would’ve been if someone had given him a dozen Missouri mules. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This was more proof that a mule is way better than a horse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z One of the soldiers lifted Penny onto the back of the mule cart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well, it wouldn’t be right to buy a mule from a man that was sick.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cain’t you just see my daddy and Uncle Camp and Cudn Hope if you walked in the store shaved? They’d take you for a stranger and sell you a mule collar or something.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Catelyn edged her foot backward, the most timid of steps, but the mule was behind her, and she could not retreat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “With the mule? Selling flowers from the back of the wagon?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The sons would not wish to cut up the mule into four parts and each take his share. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There were just seven anglers in my group, but with a guide — Patrick again — and three wranglers, it took 28 mules to haul us and the supplies. In Big Sky country, a pandemic-era fly-fishing getaway 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z An old prison wagon and a mule team is donated for transport. Harsh land and raw, maddening emotion test 'The Homesman' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Instead, the 10-odd villages scattered throughout the crater floor — total population, under 1,000 — are supplied entirely by foot, by pack mule or, increasingly, by helicopter. Why Hiking Beats Surfing on Réunion Island (Hint: Sharks!) 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z “Larger sections remain in their original materials of the Incan era and are used by pedestrians and with riding animals, in particular horses, donkeys and mules.” Protection Sought for Vast and Ancient Incan Road 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z After two voyages, Drake quit and formed an alliance with escaped slaves to knock off a Spanish mule train carrying gold and silver across Panama. How Sir Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth I Made England a Global Power 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z All come under the mule umbrella and, owing to their front-heavy form, beget slow movement. Can a Man Wear Mules to Work? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The majority of the action in Ms. Peelle’s novel takes place in 1916 and 1917, in the months leading up to America’s entry into World War I, and mules are center stage. Schemes of Mules and Men Propel ‘The Midnight Cool’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z The real car remains as savvy, modern and comely as a mule. This almost-but-not-quite-driverless car is smarter than your car 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Picking up music from the radio and his church’s gospel hymns, he “got tired of looking a mule in the butt,” as he put it in an interview with The New York Times in 1968. Glen Campbell, Whose Hit Songs Bridged Country and Pop, Dies at 81 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z With an acetylene cutting torch, he can find the man or mule, hat or cat, hidden in any castoff sheet of steel. Vollis Simpson, Junkyard Poet of Whirligigs 2010-04-05T22:08:00Z The name and the mule on the label may suggest it as a wine for hard workers looking to shed their cares after a long day at the office. Try this Chilean cabernet, an ideal partner to steak or burgers, for just $14 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The Mule Boyz think no occasion is too grand for mules. Can a Man Wear Mules to Work? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z There were graves and churches and mules and men and shacks and tenements and one-story brick buildings. After a lifetime of capturing what was, Christenberry faces what is 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z A fifth-generation Montanan, Jack says his earliest memory of his childhood is the first time he and his father drove mules to the family camp in the Bob. Explorer: Searching for Wildlife in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex 2012-06-08T18:44:25Z In front of the museum, a bronze statue of a cavalry horse honors the 1.5 million horses and mules lost during the Civil War. The Museums Times Reporters Like to Visit on Their Days Off 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The job does not specify what the workflow will look like but it sounds as if you'd be working overtime being milked as a content mule. Don't blame me: The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift reporter jobs are not what they seem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z However, the husband needs money, and Karrer helpfully sets him up as the mule in the Titanik’s sleazy owner’s unspecified smuggling scheme. Welcome to His World: Bela Tarr’s First Meteorological Event 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “I think I’m going to buy more mules. This is a family business now,” he said. Tequila boom rooted in traditional farming techniques 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The portrait, from the Bodleian Library, is a comical image but he really did own a mule, a present from the French ambassador, and was known to relax by riding it around his garden. National Portrait Gallery buys postcard-sized portrait of Elizabeth I 2013-05-08T14:07:01Z We had talked for hours, gone from one bar to another and watched the sunset over a pair of Moscow mules. Your Dog Has Seen Me Naked 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z According to the Proust questionnaire in Vanity Fair, you want to be reincarnated as the most dependable pack mule on the Grand Canyon mule team. Confirm or Deny: Laurie Metcalf 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z The fourth time, the mule carried Zemurray to the middle of a river and left him. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z In other words, he knows his way around fizzes and mules, fixes and grins, but he’s pricing his mixed drinks at a user-friendly $11. ’Tis the season to treat yourself with sumptuous holiday indulgences 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z He also photographed the week-long celebration of Mule Day; the town once held the biggest mule market in the country. To photograph America’s diversity, he visited 64 locales all named Columbia 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z In the darkness, a voice calls out, “Oh, Joe! Here’s your mule!” “Boom Town”: Is Oklahoma City the “Great Minor City” of America? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z “It is my heart,” she said, unwrapping the tissue around a pair of delicate gold mules she had made. 2010-02-04T03:03:00Z There were animal sightings, too, including mule deer and many cute yellow-bellied marmots. In Boulder, Colo., Back to Nature at Very High Altitudes 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Right now I’m really into a Mexican mule. Eva Longoria Knows There’s Still Work to Do 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Just then we passed a boy straddling a skinny mule. Seeing the Whole of Antigua 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z These sharply angled scarlet mules will pump up the fun factor of even the most subdued outfit in your rotation. A Quick Way to Update Your After-Dark Look 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z At my feet is the skull of a mule deer, its antlers still in velvet. Montana on my mind: It’s not just about the fish, really 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z From Mapingguan we followed another network of trails through some hillside farms where Bai villagers were planting potatoes and carting supplies to and fro on horses and mules. Following the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. Or at Least Trying. 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Part of it is the monochrome, which lets him picture the mule and its shadow simultaneously. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Moscow mules, served in a small plastic bottle for $15, are tasty but less cost-effective. Mr. Purple, a Trendy Hotel Bar on the Lower East Side 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z In the current novel, Walter is a young private dispatched to France on a boat packed neither with men nor munitions, but mules, imported from the US to replace the horses destroyed at the front. Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan – review 2013-02-22T21:45:01Z All of the guides are locals, or based in nearby Santa Marta — as are the cooks, porters and mule drivers. A Visual Trek Through the Sweltering Jungle: In Search of Colombia’s ‘Lost City’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z At Oak & Ivy, we checked out the menu of mules — cocktails, not pack animals. Zappos’s CEO is helping revitalize downtown Las Vegas. He took me on a whirlwind tour. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z As always, though, V. I. remains the most vivid participant in this case, stubborn as a mule — although she sees herself as another animal entirely. The Scenes of the Crimes: Landfalls, Stadiums and Creepy Blogs 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The next day found us back in the saddle, this time aboard mules for a two-hour view ride along the rim near Yaki Point. Four seasons, four stunning national parks 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Other scientists who are using remote cameras include researchers with the Wyoming Migration Initiative, who use global positioning to map the movements of elk, mule deer and antelope in and around Yellowstone National Park. Wildlife cams are part science and part silliness 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z You will learn more about wheat, guano, farm implements, bugs, cattle killing and mule handling than you would think possible. Critic’s Notebook: ‘All God’s Dangers,’ a Forgotten Autobiography 2014-04-18T21:44:48Z “I’m thinking about 40 acres and a mule. I’m thinking about even the past two years, in which systems have not worked out for Black folks.” Tyler Mitchell: From Glossy Magazines to a Mega Gallery 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The mule is currently being held by the Ministry of Agriculture, which plans to put the animal up for adoption. A mule wandered into the Tel Aviv airport, and officials aren't sure where it came from 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z My teenage daughter strides ahead, weaving expertly through the shoppers, past the odd mule weighed down with wares. Hats off to Fez: go back in time in this atmospheric city 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z By our last day in the park, we’d seen many of the usual suspects, plus a bull snake, a mama mule deer with twins, goldfinches and a turkey. Lots of wildlife and no crowds at North Dakota’s Roosevelt National Park 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z More deserving of attention are a stunning pair of border stories: In “Mule Brigade,” a Turkish military unit is sent just over the Iraqi border with instructions to execute all of one town’s mules. Three New Story Collections Make Place a Protagonist 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Her character is forced to be a drug mule, then is beaten so violently that the drugs leak into her system. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z What parent would put their child in there with mules and camels and straw? Styles Q & A: John Waters Offers Season’s Greeting With a Wink 2013-12-06T23:52:50Z The driver swerved around pedestrians, motorbikes and mules as our hired SUV sped through Mandalay on a hot July day. In Burma, a cruise along the Irrawaddy River from Mandalay to Bagan There were white hooded jackets, white marabou-trimmed mules and even a white Marie Antoinette wig. | The White Album 2014-02-28T22:03:16Z “I had a friend growing up who was into mules and he would say, ‘This one has a good personality,’” Mr. Edwards said. The Year of the Goat 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Cwele harbours resentment of the media following the exposure in the press of his wife, Sheryl, who was later convicted for recruiting drug mules for an international crime syndicate. ANC's alarmist curbs signal waning support for ruling South African party 2012-06-06T16:06:07Z “Forty acres and a mule” was the promise to formerly enslaved people during the First Reconstruction, recognizing that their success would require an economic base. It’s not enough to disavow the Klan: Racists and Republicans have years of experience disavowing Klan, but supporting racist politics 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Two of LeBlond’s best friends floated outlandish plans to get themselves to the summit, schemes involving mules and helicopters. First she faced her fear of heights, then she took on something even scarier: Remarriage 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z I played checkers with men who beat back the Hun in the Hurtgen forest and sang “Uncloudy Day” with old women who would trade all the shiny automobiles on this earth for one well-tempered mule. Perspective | One thing made the difference for Momma’s turkey: Her magic pan 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z On the first day, we arrived at the trail head just as the mules of the U.S. Finding solid footing while traversing the Grand Canyon 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The mules of Honduras were notorious buck-toothed animals with twitchy ears and black eyes, in constant battle with their riders. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z He recounted dealings with landlords, bankers, fertilizer agents, mule traders, gin operators, sheriffs and judges — stories of the social relations of the cotton system. Critic’s Notebook: ‘All God’s Dangers,’ a Forgotten Autobiography 2014-04-18T21:44:48Z You want to drive this car? she’s saying, dangling her teensy mules as if they were a set of keys. Manet?s Reflections of Paris at a Cultural Peak 2011-05-16T13:33:21Z Town fathers and mules actually pulled the links up the mountain in 1933. Gateway to Fall 2012-10-18T14:20:09.483Z Grew up near a farmer that grew sorghum, had a sorghum press powered by a mule and had a large wood fired sorghum boiler nearby. The Pecan Steps Off the Pie Plate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z On the third day, local guides from the nearby Rancho San Cosme hoisted us on mules and led the group along cliffs with majestic views of ocean and towering rock islands. In Baja California, swimming with the whale sharks, and more To travel is to be exposed to the incomprehensible whims of baggage handlers, car-rental companies, the weather, Yosemite pack mules, pickpockets, noroviruses. Bad Trip: Travel’s Misadventures 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The third time, the mule dropped and rolled. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z Mr. Wang’s collection danced at the edge of that rawness, without the nastiness, and his stadium jerseys, worn over bodysuits with off-white ankle-strapped mules, reflected the enduring appeal of that beat, perhaps to a fault. | Fashion Review: Women?s Wear - NY Fashion Week - Review 2011-09-11T21:55:13Z Occupying a sweet spot between a loafer and a slipper, mules are the shoe that fits. Can a Man Wear Mules to Work? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Though the government never ponied up the promised 40 acres and a mule, many black Americans were able to build thriving general stores, barbershops and funeral homes. Buying Black, Rebooted 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Insisting that she needed to drain the flask before the authorities caught her—it was a year into nationwide Prohibition—she offered the guests a swig of what she called the best white mule. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “It’s kind of like trying to breed a mule.” Serving Up West Virginia History, Not All of It Sweet 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z We saw Kalaupapa from that windy, foggy overlook, deciding not to spend a lengthy stretch of our visit on the back of a mule, opting instead to spend it with the people. A Hawaiian Island Where Everybody Knows Your Name 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z “To me, it was just a stupid mule.” The Year of the Goat 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Many people still use mules and horses for transportation. Reader Photos: Why We Travel 2012-06-15T20:47:53Z From the lyrics, it would seem the person Frank Ocean is singing about is a drug mule. Summer of Frank Ocean: 'Lost' 2012-09-18T15:41:06Z Hunger had forced soldiers there to slaughter and choke down the cavalry’s mules and horses, while swarms of mosquitos and flies had spread everything from dengue fever to dysentery. “Keep the flag flying”: Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s escape from the Philippines, 1942 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Some might perceive the establishment of the reservation system in the 1830s and the “40 acres and a mule” program during Reconstruction as beginning efforts to correct injustices associated with land and race. Congress likely to legalize hemp in farm bill. It should also heal USDA’s history of discrimination 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Badgers, antelopes, mule deer and coyotes inhabit the area, too. The Mora River Valley Faces a New Battle 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The image of the mules had many thinking about “drug mules,” which could only mean something “Breaking Bad”-related was on the way. Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston pull a fast one on "Breaking Bad" fans, reunite for liquor brand 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “The main things we found were coyote, red fox, raccoons, mule deer and lots of squirrels,” said Laurel Hartley, an associate professor of integrative biology at the university. On Safari in the City: A Guide to Urban Wildlife Viewing 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z On his right forearm he sports a tattoo of a mule. The Guy Behind ‘Be More Chill’ Is Keeping It in the Family 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z In truth, the Israeli Ecstasy cartel using Hasidim and other mules continued for many more years, and was responsible for nearly the entire Ecstasy trade in New York. Why can't Hollywood get Jews right? 2010-05-27T19:45:00Z It is used to make grits and cornbread, to sell as seed, and, when the Farmers kept livestock, to feed the cows, horses and mules. A once-famous, long-lost corn variety returns from the dead 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z His girlfriend, he added, “hates” mules on men. Can a Man Wear Mules to Work? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z As I sat there, a mule deer clomped into the clearing below me twitching its big khaki ears. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Keep things sophisticated with closed-toe mules, a chic carryall and a belt cinched at the waist. Wear Your Nightie Out 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z By the 19th century, however, it became “scandalous” to expose one’s heel in public, Ms. DeMello writes, and mules were confined to bedrooms. Can a Man Wear Mules to Work? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “But no. Tyndale and More, they deserve each other, these mules who pose as men.” 'Wolf Hall' Recap: Thomas More Follows His Principles Straight to the Torture Chamber 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z But the best part is the video Bon shot from a small camera affixed to one mule’s bridle. Meditations on southern California's water lifeline 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Holston portrays African Americans and Caribbeans, including fisherman, musicians, two boys on a mule and women at work or in the nude. In the galleries: Where the wild things are 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z At various times, donkey and mule milk have been preferred. A History of Everything, Served in a Cold Glass of Milk 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Take a cue from the runways and forgo the familiar tie-dyed tee in favor of a more unexpected psychedelic print — on ladylike mules, say, or on a top-handle bag. Which Spring Trends to Try First? 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z There are also mules with padded straps and a blocky heel carved from Jolly Rancher-like material, for good vibes. The Next It Bag? 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z And mule makes up one of the three ways you can reach it: the other two being via an eight-mile hike from the nearest road, or by helicopter. Searching for the remote: Cabo Raso, Patagonia’s coastal ghost town 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z We had to live with it and learn how to take things one step at a time, just like the mules that go single file on the razor-thin edges of a cliff. Returning to the scene of the crash: A survivor of the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash reflects 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z It's only a matter of time before the parallel story lines intersect so that the mules get mixed up with the Englishman. 'El Niño' follows familiar path in drug-trade genre 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z “I identify with the mule or the donkey,” he said. Nick Offerman Endorses Lumberjack Boots and ’80s Funk 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z We drove west from Cuzco to meet our mules in the flyspeck town of Cachora. The Hidden Route to Machu Picchu 2011-06-24T19:06:22Z “You needed mules or vans or wagons,” Ms. Tucker said. ‘War/Photography,’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2012-11-08T15:00:00Z She once plowed into a mule, destroying the animal and her car. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a Novelist Who Went on a Quest for an Authentic Life 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z I washed it down with probably too many Caribbean mules and pear punches. Kwame Onwuachi: Inside the top chef’s culinary comeback story and the new film based on his life 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Every six months, One-Eyed Luis would come in with his mule and carry out saddlebags of sand, making countless trips to the beach for fresh white sparkling sand washed up by the sea. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “He told me, ‘You look like a mule looking over a picket fence,’” Childers, 32, said last month, having returned from playing a festival, powered on nicotine and caffeine. Tyler Childers Puts His Own Spin on Heartfelt Rural Anthems 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z We didn’t have a mule, and that’s not the only difference between our journey and Dickens’s. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z A mule deer suddenly leapt across our path. The Man Who Listens to Animals 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Rice is no great upholder of the law in general — he has come to Virginia fresh from a stint as a mule for a drug cartel straddling the Arizona-Mexico border. Review | Deep in the heart of Virginia, it’s man vs. bear 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Then the severed finger falls into the mailbag, the postman gets drunk, and, wouldn’t you know it, the police decide he’s a drug mule. Critic?s Notebook: Fanfare and Ridicule for Japan?s Common Man 2011-01-26T00:21:19Z She says she was thinking of her children when she decided to become a telephone drug mule – using her phone line to connect dealers to suppliers. Tears, trauma and reality TV: inside Kim Kardashian West's legal crusade 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Thornton picked cotton, drove a mule around a hay bailer, herded cows and helped with the milking. Thornton Dial, Outsider Artist Whose Work Told of Black Life, Dies at 87 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z "Graphic motifs and engineered prints, rope and rickrack, pearls and macrame, mules and moccasins, structured and bohemian ease." A bigger, badder DKNY and black and white at Vera Wang 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The building used to be a printing plant; before that, it was a mule barn. Vivian Howard lives ‘A Chef’s Life,’ her attempt to show the real North Carolina The sculpture was packed in a crate and strapped to a mule for the journey to Florence from Rome, according to the letters. Inside Art: Matthew Barney Series Now Has Two Homes 2010-05-13T21:49:00Z Instead of the mule Napoleon actually rode, he provided a near-untamed war horse. Two Napoleons in Brooklyn, One in Timberlands 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Strain into an ice-filled copper mule cup and garnish with blackberries and mint. National Moscow Mule Day: Unusual recipes to try 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Fortunately, at least, he didn’t smuggle them on or in his person like a common mule, but abroad a private plane. Save Pistol and Boo! Australia, please stand down from waging “war on terrier” on Johnny Depp’s dogs 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Best of all, mules enable you to sidestep fussy dress codes. Can a Man Wear Mules to Work? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Juvenal, whose family had been leading explorers and travelers through these mountains for decades, gave impromptu tutorials in mule handling. The Hidden Route to Machu Picchu 2011-06-24T19:06:22Z Later we saw a mule deer and met our neighbors, Max, a military contractor, and Tom, a surgeon. Explorer: Facing Fear, With Family, in the Sierras 2013-09-05T13:00:28Z "Lucy" finds Johansson playing a party girl turned unwitting drug mule who accidentally ingests massive quantities of an illicit substance that expands her mental capacity, blessing her with superpowers including telekinesis, super-intelligence and mind control. 'Lucy': 5 reasons the Scarlett Johansson film ruled the box office 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Now and then, they traveled by car, but this was the horse-powered age and the men crossed most of the county by mule. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z At once.”Inevitably the Sherlocks rescue the girl with the aid of their brainy mule, Dinah. We?re Holding Your Plot Device. If You Want It Back, Send Us ... 2011-07-02T01:33:02Z Then all the whisky will be good for is embrocating mules. Scotch Prices Rise at Auction, but Rivals Make Inroads 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Behind us, llamas and mules carry our bags, led by porters from Quishuarani. Another Inca Trail 2011-01-01T00:04:08Z “Horse?” he asked, hoping I would hire his mules to haul me and my pack up the path to Ghangaria, an isolated mountain hamlet in Uttarakhand state. In the Himalayas, Journeys of Faith and Flowers 2013-05-31T18:19:51Z Instead, Mr. Alexander said, “I’ve used my mom as a mule.” Edible Souvenirs Need to Travel by Hand 2010-08-17T23:42:00Z Billy, a middle-age horse trader, and his young partner and charge, Charles, turn their attention to the British Army’s — and eventually the American Army’s — demand for strong mules overseas. Schemes of Mules and Men Propel ‘The Midnight Cool’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z I hate the noise when someone walks with mules. Talk: Questions for Carine Roitfeld 2011-09-02T13:02:03Z Richey shot a black bear, Parker and another man a mule deer, according to the indictment. 3 Mont. tribal leaders indicted in singers' hunts 2013-01-09T04:01:05Z I stood outside the doorway of the sandwich shop—pulse pounding in my ears, my heart doing mule kicks in my chest. On a Shockingly Casual Case of Sexual Assault 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z "Bartender? Oh bartender, I'll take ten mules — for me — and please give the young lady whatever she wants," seems like the appropriate way to summarize my mule days. My perfect Moscow mule doesn't need alcohol 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile bartenders are having to adjust how they serve cocktails — especially classic cocktails like daiquiris and mules, which rely on lime. Squeezed: How cartels, climate and supply chains are causing lime prices to surge 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “Smugglers, scouts, mules, coyotes. But mostly I arrested migrants, I confessed. People looking for a better life.” A Different Perspective on the Border 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Strain into an ice-filled copper mule cup and garnish with candied ginger. National Moscow Mule Day: Unusual recipes to try 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z These days she runs a string of mules, with a new business name: Saddling South. From Loreto, 3 day-trip adventures in Baja’s high desert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z But the Sherpas had become tired of their image as smiling pack mules for the booming Everest expedition business. Sherpa director: how I tackled Everest 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Everyone but the youngest and oldest were forced to work like mules from dawn to dusk in the sweltering fields, scratching out a living from the wild jungle terrain. David Talbot on “Tavis Smiley” 2012-05-21T19:31:00Z A game show asks questions about African American history, promising 40 acres and a mule as the prize. Review | Daring idea, but flawed e xecution, in ‘Day of Absence’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z It remained a point of pride for Zemurray — he eventually licked the famously sour mules of Honduras. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z For a charge of $70 apiece, my wife, Pat, and I had sent our backpacks down the trail on the “mule duffel” service. Older adventurers stay young at heart rafting the Grand Canyon’s rapids 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “I was like a mule being dragged toward the character,” Kidman says, “because I could see what it involved and I was like, ‘Karyn, I’m really not sure I can do this’.” Nicole Kidman: ‘To hear women being believed makes me cry’ 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z So is picking out the mule leading your expedition. Rowdy and Bawdy, New Orleans is a Party for Families Too 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z I don’t think I’ve used mules one time in a story. Talk: Questions for Carine Roitfeld 2011-09-02T13:02:03Z RICHMOND, Va. — On a recent Sunday morning, it was business as usual at Classified Moto, a custom motorcycle shop in a former mule barn here. Matthew Crawford and How to Survive Brain-Eating Distractions 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z “They think, ‘If I don’t beat myself like a rented mule, I’ll never get fit,’ ” she says. How heart-rate training can help you target your exercise and improve your fitness 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Climbing a hill in Big Timber, I stopped to stare at four mule deer who stared back before they sprang over a fence and bounded across the road in front of me. Six wheels, will travel: Crossing America with a bike in the car 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “Everyone, no matter how poor, has a car. Used to be people rode on mules up in the hills.” Seeing the Whole of Antigua 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z “The market for mules just isn’t what it used to be. When I was there, only two mules were sold,” Smith says. To photograph America’s diversity, he visited 64 locales all named Columbia 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z As the old banana cowboys liked to say, “You will never understand the banana business until you understand the banana mule, and you can never understand a banana mule.” King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z Being defibrillated is like swallowing an angry, stubborn mule. If this is my final tweet 2012-06-29T23:30:00Z A life without parole, plus 25 years for being an information mule. Alice Marie Johnson: "I was supposed to draw my last dying breath in prison" 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Like mules, they can really nail you from behind. Téa Obreht Follows Up an Acclaimed Debut With a Visit to the Old West 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Today the Tomato Industrial Museum highlights that past, inside one of the factories that farmers once reached with mules laden with wicker baskets full of tomatoes. On Santorini, the indigenous tomato paste gets its own historical museum 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Consider "Holy Rollers," the new film about Brooklyn Hasidim serving as drug mules to transport Ecstasy from Europe to New York. Why can't Hollywood get Jews right? 2010-05-27T19:45:00Z "I got in the way for the most part and was often sent home on a blind mule and had to wait at the door until somebody came to get me off." Noah Purifoy, an artist forged by fire 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Boats and barges on the canals were pulled by mules, followed later by steam-powered vessels. History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal 2010-07-29T21:54:00Z Monday, there were hogs to slop,/mules to train, and logs to chop./Slavery was in no ways fair./ The best children’s and YA books of the month, February edition 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Cobb loved and took good care of his working mules. Critic’s Notebook: ‘All God’s Dangers,’ a Forgotten Autobiography 2014-04-18T21:44:48Z Back in the marshy mud of the lakeshore, we come across mule deer prints, and one that looks a lot like a bare human footprint. In Colorado, three generations achieve a peaceful family vacation at high elevation 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Just don’t get “House of Leaves”? No one will know if you wear these mules. All dressed up and nowhere to go? Sweet relief! It's L.A. Library Foundation’s Stay Home and Read a Book Ball 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z “A mule automatically makes an outfit feel less considered,” Mr. Paul said, “and one lesson we’ve learned coming out of lockdown is you want that effortless feel to your outfit.” Can a Man Wear Mules to Work? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z When someone refused to learn a lesson after getting burned: “There’s no education in the second kick of a mule.” Perspective | Johnny Isakson was a truly likable politician. That’s rare. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Reports compared it to the kick of a mule or the blade of a scimitar, the consensus being that the drink was hella tasty and packed a massive, pleasant wallop. Spirits: Pisco Punch, a San Francisco classic cocktail with official aspirations In Grand Canyon National Park, mule trips are the classic way to reach the bottom of the chasm. Within the Grand Canyon, the Lure of Havasu Falls 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Fortunately a crew member from Sicily who had grown up with mules volunteered to wear a donkey suit. With Turturro, Italy Knows No Bounds 2010-03-03T00:09:00Z Another option, riding a mule down to the bottom and back, was as appetizing as mountain oysters for Jack and Mary. On an Arizona Road Trip, Miles of Family Firsts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z I'm a forever sophisticated taste guy and you can accomplish that without booze, which means I can still enjoy my mule, and you can to. My perfect Moscow mule doesn't need alcohol 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z “It’s just like a little old mule,” she added, laughing. Elizabeth Bishop shows that in opera, success is quite different from stardom 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Some who couldn’t manage the climb rode mules. In the Himalayas, Journeys of Faith and Flowers 2013-05-31T18:19:51Z You understand quite how detached it is when you learn that Supai is the only place in the US where mail is still delivered by mule train. Searching for the remote: Cabo Raso, Patagonia’s coastal ghost town 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Sheen’s reaction to the diagnosis four years ago:“The news was a ‘mule kick’ to my soul. Charlie Sheen Writes Open Letter About His HIV Status 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Black women bear the burden of invisibility politics, being the mule, but never being acknowledged. Beyoncé’s radical invitation: In “Lemonade,” a blueprint for black women working through pain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Tourism provides an important means of income for the Havasupai tribe, which owns and manages the 24-room Havasupai Lodge - the only lodging for 75 miles – and provides guides and mule packing services. Searching for the remote: Cabo Raso, Patagonia’s coastal ghost town 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The movie unblinkingly observes the hardships endured by these vulnerable children, who are harassed by soldiers and policemen, roughed up, robbed, forced to work as drug mules and imprisoned by kidnappers. Review: In ‘La Jaula de Oro,’ Riding the Rails to Reach New Lives 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Lincoln’s road to discovery puts him on the back of a mule to Springfield; Barry just takes a plane to New York. Review: Before Barack, There Was ‘Barry’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z One narrow trail, she says, was built for mules so they could haul up the building materials for a house. Up close and personal in Puerto Vallarta 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z If they racked up big debts, the Chinese bosses could abandon the hapless gambling mule and simply compensate his relatives. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z Whether on elaborate treks to see ancient art or riding a mule to a remote goat farm, there’s plenty to write home about from these mountains of Central Baja. From Loreto, 3 day-trip adventures in Baja’s high desert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Working from Nick Schenk’s script, Eastwood fills in the portrait of his mule with creative license, characteristic dry humor and a looseness that seems almost completely untethered from the world of murderous cartels. ‘The Mule’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Very Strange Drug Trip 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It sounds as if you'd be working overtime being milked as a content mule. Don't blame me: The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift reporter jobs are not what they seem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z |
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