| 单词 | net |
| 例句 | They cheer and pump their fists, and then another person drops into the net. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He made a final adjustment to the net, and turned back toward camp. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One of the smallest guys on Buffalo got around the back side of the net, bumped my leg, and I went limp. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He pouted his perfectly formed lips and surveyed the splintered shingles and abandoned nets from which the unsavory fishy smell arose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He had five other optometrists working for him in the shopping plaza location, and netted over sixty thousand dollars a year. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing for it but to sit in my usual place beside Mrs. Van Hopper while she, like a large, complacent spider, spun her wide net of tedium about the stranger’s person. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I snap off hanging vines and use my newfound knowledge from training to practice knots and weave nets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z My head’s reeling from the ghastly events of the last five minutes—Boggs mutilated, dying, dead, Peeta’s homicidal rage, Mitchell bloody and netted and swallowed by that foul black wave. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Look: I lay there, eyes fixed open on the net above me, wondering what it was, marveling at the beautiful honeycomb pattern of narrow lines. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We lay on mattresses with mosquito nets draped overhead. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z With outstretched nets, noise-making implements, shouts, and sharp-pointed spears, they drove him back and back till he reached one of the iron gates, which was raised and then lowered swiftly behind him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When all the catfish were in the net, flopping their last in the bottom of the boat, she took the new cheese out of the gunnysack and stuck it in the crate. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a net at the bottom,” I say, looking over my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I know,” said Jinny, untangling a long strand of dark kelp from the net in her hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I had a gaff with a piece of net hanging from it extended into the open. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A black crepe dress splashed with pink and yellow zinnias, foxtails, a black felt hat with the veil of net lowered over one eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now it looked like a golden net had been stretched over the forest, but it was eerily still. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Lexie, touching the photo, saw that beneath the weight of the rock, the intricate net bulged but did not break. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘Yet here we are — and nicely caught in the net,’ said Legolas. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We had nothing, no furniture, no mosquito nets, just thin mattresses placed flat on the ground. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Reggie responded with an even weaker return that bounced into the net. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It floated up in a long, patient arc, sailed over the net and landed in Robo’s court. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Gill nets were outlawed years ago in Florida because they kill everything that gets tangled, not just the baitfish but sharks, reds, snook, tarpon, turtles—you name it, it dies. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The collar was fine net, fixed with a big cameo brooch that rode high. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In his hands were the weapons of a retiarius - a trident and a weighted net. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z After a pause Rick said to the clerk, a heavy-jowled, middle-aged woman with netted gray hair, “Do you have a print of Munch’s Puberty?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Then she began to cut our mosquito netting into long sheets and stitch the layers together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was abruptly handcuffed, taken from the car, and placed in a sealed police van with small opaque windows reinforced with wire netting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the monkeys tried to carry the rice away, the net caught them. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her braided hair was piled into a net that tapered to a golf-ball-like lump at the end, like a Father Christmas hat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “The picking lights? The net lights. All of them?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Other trucks passed, some with people covered in large restraining nets. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The haul from the nets was smaller and smaller. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Quick as a minnow, the net curtain twitched back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When she looked down, she saw no safety net, only a forest of skyscrapers stabbing upward like needles upon which she would be impaled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m going to put up the fog nets,” he said. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Whenever she closed her eyes she saw the nets and the two faces there among the cords, Dustfinger’s and the other face, blurred as an old photograph. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “These amber locks, the nets that captured my heart.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Ben, stirring something in the kitchen, and Joon, mending a net with some prairie grass on a rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But just under the surface the tidal current is working—stronger than the defendant had imagined it—and carries Carl into the folds of his own net, which still trails out behind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I get glimpses of it every so often—the Dauntless cheering when I jumped off the building, the net of arms that caught me after zip lining—but they are not enough. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was a scuffle in front of the net and Number Four snuck it through. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The field was quiet except for the thumping of soccer balls against forefeet and the rustling of the balls against the nylon nets hanging from the goals. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Salmon nets stretched across almost every ocean-bound stream in the Northwest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This must be one of Finnick’s fancy nets, positioned to trap me, and he must be nearby, trident in hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon sat up and blinked, and then there was a soft thud, and the net man fell choking and gasping right across Lyra, who cried out in horror, that was blood gushing out of him! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I’m writing this only by moonlight under my mosquito net, so forgive me if it is messy. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The insects were eating everything in their path, including Cherrie’s rain poncho, mosquito netting, and duffel bag. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Here’s what my dad said had happened: He was out bonefishing with two doctors from New Jersey when he spotted Derek Mays stringing a gill net near Little Rabbit Key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He had got some new netting from a guy in supply and was tacking it around his bunk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She wailed, falling sideways as the net constricted, forcing her two forms - Greek and Roman - into a quivering, out-of-focus whole. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Bet that crippled blacksmith was surprised when he netted a couple of stupid kids. You looked good on TV” I shoved his shield at him. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The buzzer boomed like thunder in my head, and Freddie, despite everything, charged me and knocked me back into the net. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She was an enemy who caught ghosts like butterflies in a net, and he was a man with his dead love in his arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Caleb yelps as the net curls around his body and then straightens. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I won’t cross the barrier of that net, but I have to see. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Apparently this poor creature had been mucking around on the bottom of Long Island Sound and had somehow gotten itself tangled in the net of this sunken fishing boat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Art told the coroner about the drifting boat, the silence and the lights on board the Susan Marie and about bringing the dead man up in his net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Grover hovered above the pool in his flying sneakers, trying to pull the net loose, but it wouldn’t budge. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If I used this net, I could catch a salmon. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z To protect himself from the many biting and stinging insects, Roosevelt wore a head net and long gloves so he could write about the expedition at the end of each day. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I was watching some of the boys roll a volleyball net onto the yard. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A net of knotted ropes crisscrossed the alcove, preventing a view inside the dismal recess. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She went to the hardware shelves and looked at the knives, pans, fishing rods and nets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Meggie had thought the prisoners were still in the nets, but she could see no trace of them when she and Basta entered the church, and Basta had impatiently pushed her past the columns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I was lying on my back, looking up into the white tent of the mosquito net, and wondering who else was awake. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Idwar extended his leg and the ball ricocheted off his instep and into the back of the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When she passed below the second net she looked up again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Abel said the net was all run out and drifting along behind,” Art Moran explained. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Numbers five and six went in the net, then I missed seven and eight. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Incredibly, hunters in the countryside captured tens of thousands of pigeons in nets and sent the living birds to urban hunting clubs for target practice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She hurriedly drops the net into an open jar labeled Secrets Among Friends. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In an hour or two, the fishermen will return, nets empty. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Pith helmets with netting, tools, and wax candles hung from nails near the front door, and a thin veneer of honey lay across everything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The ball bounced off my face, knocking my goggles up and knocking me back into the goal net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But if you try to move two mag- nets close together, they jump away from each other. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again he stood up tall in the mist, holding his net at the ready. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One fella had a fisherman’s net, and the other had a small chunk of meat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone attending the University had a safety net to fall back on. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z More than two score of rodents carrying a strong rope net between them had stolen up on the sleeping badger. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I could see that Father had, been right: they looked tired and wet and cold and dirty from the mud that came up from the bottom on the nets. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He gathered the last of the autumn’s blackberries, netted the last of the fish from the pool behind the waterwheel, picked watercress and added the berries and made salads of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They would form a net, a circle; Spender knew that. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But the characters were just dissimilar enough to slip through the computer’s net. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But Will kept his head: instead of slashing wildly and getting in more of a tangle, he watched the flow of the net and cut it through in a matter of moments. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I tell myself I'm free, I'm outside where I dreamed of going, but I feel like a fish in a net being lifted out of the water I've lived in all my life. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Sunday afternoons he squatted on the aft deck of his boat, silently and methodically untangling his gill net or knitting its flaws up patiently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Joaquin had always imagined Maya’s and Grace’s parents following them around like ducklings, caring for them, cleaning up after them, holding out an eternal net so that they would never fall, never get hurt. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The net lifted him higher and higher until there was an almost unbearable explosion of light and Edward was back in the world, lying on the deck of a ship, surrounded by fish. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He was holding the long net in his right hand. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She pushed aside an old fishing net to get to a saddle. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I agree. Take care. Your words are spreading a net at your feet.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Thin-clad birches, swaying in a light wind above their heads, made a black net against the pale sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Meera cast her net, the tangles unfolding in the air before her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A dark shape—some kind of animal—was wedged halfway under the boat and tangled in a fishing net, one of those big nets they use on trawlers to catch everything at once. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And then, barely a week later, a single rogue agent pulled a thread that threatened to unravel Stalin's carefully woven net. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Score You pass to the forward, whose shot stings like wasabi, then disappears into net. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I gazed up at the evening sky after I kicked the last ball into the net. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If the forfeiture had been successful, it would have netted the law enforcement agencies about $5 million in assets. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A light scurrying under the netting of dried grass that matted the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Four crew members, armed with crab nets, climbed to the roof of the warehouse. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The injured soldier who had begged for a kiss now floated dead near our lifeboat, his head strangled in the netting of a raft. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I think of concealed pits, descending nets, a thread that when broken sends a poisonous dart into your heart. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Last year I helped raise enough money to send 120 mosquito nets to a village in Ghana,” she brags. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In the weak starlight, as their small barge moved back and forth on the rising ocean swells, they’d have to leap for the cargo net. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Big fishing nets on aisle six by the light switches. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He did not want to strap it to his back too early, then have to stand around with its weight burdening him until his turn came to crawl down the cargo net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z For sleep we had a huge mosquito net that would cover all of us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When the first commercial public concerts started taking place in London the net widened to include merchants and tradespeople, a development in which England very much led the way. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If either of us slips through the net because of something that happens on one of our daily walks, the other will be accountable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The other nets the invader and traps them for either interrogation or execu-tion, depending on the captors’ preference. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Henry was so tall that the top of his head grazed the basketball net. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The nets hung from the ceiling, and we tucked them in under the mattresses each night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I shove the boy away from her and pull out my knife, freeing her from the net. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Removing the hats carefully, he disclosed round humps of wire netting. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess Nike tumbled out, free from her golden net. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They threw the net over Constance, fixing it into the ground with long stakes and bludgeoning her senseless before she was properly awake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Why why why, they sang, the mothers who staggered down our road behind small tightly wrapped corpses, mothers crazy-walking on their knees, with mouths open wide like a hole ripped in mosquito netting. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A bee flew straight at my forehead, collided with the net, and bumped against my skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They would take off from Terminal Island, help each other find the schools of sardine, share nets and radio equipment— competing and cooperating at the same time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z In it Mami put a cot with its own mosquito net, a small table and chair, and a basket for my underclothes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had simply swum down to the muddy bottom of the pool, slipped between two flat stones, and waited while the net had gone above him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a hair net of fine-spun silver, the strands so thin and delicate the net seemed to weigh no more than a breath of air when Sansa took it in her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I sat at my bedroom window after I changed; the cashew tree was so close I could reach out and pluck a leaf if it were not for the silver-colored crisscross of mosquito netting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Crops and livestock yield natural fibers for making clothing, blankets, nets, and rope. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Farther south he could hear someone idling, the sound of net unraveling from a drum, a boat under way at a crawl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Come on, man, let’s get you suited up. I’ll drag out a net.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The net result, added Mundie, was that “the industry created a global platform for a global workforce of people and computers.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I slammed that sucker so hard it snapped through the net like a whip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Twenty or more Chinese, imported from Pajaro, a few bums, six or eight drummers, who, being strangers, were not warned, fell into the police net, were booked, jailed, and in the morning fined and released. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Pa extends his hand to catch them with his net. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels like I haven’t heard the sound of the ball spinning through net twine in years. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s how he learned to kick so hard, drilling those penalty kicks into the back of the goal net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘That’s high- quality Celestial bronze netting, and I’m a son of Hephaestus. He’s kind of an expert on catching goddesses in nets.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The ball went off the backboard in the net and I pushed Ice off as we came down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The stupid fish would run into the net, get knocked down, then get back up and run into the net all over again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The second net fell useless to the ground, and then Will leapt at Iorek, feeling with his left hand, cutting with his right. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mabelee wore a creation of tiger fur wrapped with gold fringe, but it was Cressie who carried the day in a crimson smokestack with black netting and ostrich feathers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stayed behind to help the club, but they were so quick and efficient that the net was down and the ball carts stowed before I’d stepped off the bleachers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z An old tugboat—tangled nets, smoke, and flaking paint—pulled into the quay. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He imagined them slamming against his net in astonishment at this invisible thing that finished their lives in the last days of an urgent journey. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She lifted seedlings out of the flat, untangling their nets of tender white roots. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The coast guard banned fishing on the west side of the island and bore down on gill-netters in the middle of the night who had set nets near restricted areas. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A badminton net drooped over the threadbare lawn, that was it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Holding the grid with his tweezers, he dipped it into the water and brought it up slowly underneath a floating slice, like a fisherman lifting up a dip net. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The ball sails into the net, but before I can throw my arms up, I see Papi and Manny crash like two Mack trucks. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Loki took a ball of nettle yarn, and he began to knot and weave it into a fishing net, the first such net ever to be made. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The two men stood at either end of the gunnel roller, Art with one shoe on the beaver paddle and Abel Martinson staring at the net webbing as it traveled slowly toward the drum. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I do remember imagining myself in a pith helmet and white linen jodhpurs, my face enigmatic behind a veil of mosquito netting. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He decided that the safest procedure would be to go into the room and capture the monkey with the net. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The net got snared on the array of spikes jutting out at all angles from the tail, and now it was tangled front and back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He had never seen a man brought up in a net before, as Art had, twice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The boy next to Ishmael, a Private Jim Harvey from Carson City, Nevada, swore softly under his breath twice, then leaned in against the net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “About a month ago, a great white shark swam into his net by accident. An eighteen-footer.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The boys in our group had something that looked like a fishing net, and they would put the net on the ground and then sprinkle it with broken corn to attract birds. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As a new wave of rats danced along the edge of the clearing all three men ran to the truck and from it pulled long-handled nets. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The lifeboat, the raft until it was lost, the tarpaulin, the stills, the rain catchers, the plastic bags, the lines, the blankets, the net—all became worn, stretched, slack, cracked, dried, rotted, torn, discoloured. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Sefia cursed again and crept forward, through the clusters of barrels and old nets and other miscellaneous cargo waiting to be loaded. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was just made of loose netting, so hardly waterproof. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But as soon as Angeline left her stand to fetch the net from Grandma, a whirling cloud descended. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It glanced off the goalie’s left hand and carried into the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple minutes later, I was clipped into a full suit of goalie pads and hunched down in the net. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I was a back-court player, only rushing the net when I had a clean slam. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It started rising and falling in a manner that made my heart sink I took in the solar stills and the net. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He explained that it was his fishing hut, where he kept his nets and other fishing items and where he dried fish during the rainy season. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I went right up with the three-pointer and it didn’t touch nothing but net. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Outside the house, he stopped only to grab a bait net and a pail before heading for the tidal pools at the base of the rocks where minnows and sand eels often found themselves stranded. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The appointment slip, dated November of last year, is still stuck to the refrigerator door with a bumblebee mag net. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She remembers this infant landscape, the waving haze of fronds through the tom netting that someone fastened to her face to keep out the flies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched them stretch a long mist net between trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z There was a golden haze around him, as there was around the shelters, the fishing nets, the evening fire: stronger than theirs, though not by much. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The nets hung down like curtains in the dark water and the salmon, unsuspecting, swam into them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was just a matter of whether it would topple over on the inside of the rim and into the net or outside the rim. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When the nets got tangled, some lazy fishermen would just cut them loose and let the trapped animals die. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z With a quick gesture, Gwydion thrust a hand into his jacket and pulled out the net of grass. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Some had nets, and others pretended to dig traps, which were really the trapdoors that opened from below. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She knew the fishermen used water magic to pull the edges of their nets wider as soon as they hit the river’s surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I reach with my toes as far as I can, taking up as much of the net as possible. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was not easy to crawl down the cargo net so loaded, but Ishmael had been able to practice on maneuvers and had taught himself to relax. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One Saturday morning, Mother looked up from her sewing as I was running out the front door, one of Granddaddy’s butterfly nets and his old fishing creel slung over my shoulder. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Proofs tied his brain into knots as tight as the ones on his father’s fishing nets. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z That was the cone net under the forward bunk with the fishing line. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When a jump shot split cleanly through the net, it was their hand, their phantom hand, that guided the ball. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kenyan naturalists trapped and netted hundreds of birds, rodents, hyraxes, and bats. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we cupped the webbing. And then we pulled on the lead line. We made a sort of cradle with the net, got his legs inside it. Then we brought him in.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Of course it’s Finnick, who seems to have spent his childhood doing nothing but wielding tridents and manipulating ropes into fancy knots for nets, I guess. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a lovely, perfect evening as I kicked the row of soccer balls into the net one by one. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Now and then the net is too quick, the lance pierces, the gun flicks and that frog is gone, but it is all fair and in the framework. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I realized that the phosphate groups in Linus’ model were not ionized, but that each group contained a bound hydrogen atom and so had no net charge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In the Ares chariot, Clarisse barked an order to her fighter, who quickly threw a screen of camouflage netting over their basket. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The net shrank back into its bag shape, the glow dimming. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He had put a net over his impeccably waved hair and reeked of eau de cologne. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lifted from the ground along with three other rats, and the net closed around us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He knew what bringing up the net really meant, and he knew Abel Martinson didn’t. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Who, no matter how you spin it, can be seen on tape tossing Mitchell into that net pod. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He shot his two-hand set in a soft, spinning arc that, when true, snapped through the net in a swishing voice that is the purest music of the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the stern the net slipped free from the drum and rolled over the fairleads easily toward the sea until at last the whole of it was out of the boat, three hundred fathoms long. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A mosquito net hung around the coffin, and every time a new person came to see him, someone would have to lift netting away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I found the patch a few years ago, but Gale had the idea to string mesh nets around it to keep out the animals. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Soon they got up and left, for they had decided to try their luck with the fishing nets let down through big holes chopped in the ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Ms. Warner is at the net with her hands on her knees, calling stuff out to kids and smiling like crazy. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As Håkon pulled his bloodied tail free of the net, Sigurd roared. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She made me put on one of her long-sleeved white shirts, then placed one of the white helmets on my head and adjusted the netting. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It almost looked like a dirty, tangled net, but it was too irregular for netting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A net of lightning flashed across the clouds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Few Americans had ever made it through the Seventh Directorate's net. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Their safety net, money left over for emergencies and unforeseen expenses, came to $10.72. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stretch my hands over my head and hook them in the net again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Pong watched the people on the decks of their tidy homes as they pulled up nets of glittery carp or sat in semicircles, playing card games. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The white lunch lady with her hair in a net has a huge gap-toothed smile as she piles sloppy joes and too-cheesy slices of pizza onto plates, along with cartons of milk and browning bananas. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The gods brought their net, and they wrapped it tightly around the fish and carried it between them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z No lights, an unfixed drainpipe, slack net curtains. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They weren’t really tents—just white mosquito netting hung or draped to make a space so they could lie down inside. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Fishing with Kapugen was murky-tan in her memory, for they would wade out into the river mouth where the stone weirs were built and drive the fish into nets between the walls. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Proceeds from shoot entry fees, plus revenue from the weeklong Family Fest, netted the community almost $34,000 for maintaining its park. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The fog was dense enough to make him ponder running for Elliot Head before long; for all he knew he was setting his net in the Seattle-bound shipping lane. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The story could end right here, leaving you guessing about whether or not the ball went in the net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The net is all ripped and hanging by a string. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Their bayo- netted rifles were slung over their shoulders, and their very red faces made me think they had been drinking stolen liquor. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a fishing net on his shoulder and held a pair of oars and a big flashlight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Four cables, attached to tracks on the buildings, break through the stones, dragging up the net that encases Mitchell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I hit the ground, and the ball sailed into the back of the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The fishermen folded freshly knotted nets they had mended in winter while their wives, beside them at the fire, made the sweaters they would wear on their boats. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The net effect was the opposite of the usual procedure, in which the fastest qualifiers earned the favored lanes and the slower finishers had to make do with the least favored lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had his rod and his bag and his net all in one hand, and he was sweating. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Trenches snake below them in an endless net, German positions on one side, Russian positions beyond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The moon made shadows on our mosquito netting. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the parents had once been fishermen—not crabbing around the docks but out on the river, with boats and nets of their own. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “What sort of a net or a cage would hold it?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Gale had two sets of bows and arrows, one hunting knife, one fishing net, and over eight hundred terrified people to feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then she turned her back on him and went out to the lake with Grandma to check their fish nets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Our Navajo net began sending messages from the commanders concerning operational orders. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The trailers were all horse trailers, tricked out with televisions and mini-refrigerators and mosquito netting. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The water was streaming into the rip in my sweats, pulling them away like a drift net. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The net shuddered for a moment as the slack went out of it, and then the reel wound it in against the weight of the sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She has a black bow tie around her neck and is wearing black net stockings and black high heels. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z With its many new facilities coming into operation, the laboratory again cast its net for the female alchemists who could turn the numbers from testing into aeronautical gold. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Susan Marie rocked a full five minutes and while gradually she settled once again the body of her skipper settled, too, into his salmon net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was trying to hold open a section of the net for us, but wherever he touched it, the golden threads started to wrap around his hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He closed the lid, picked up the suitcase in one hand, took the pole with the net on the end in the other hand, and marched towards the entrance of the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His pull-up jumper floats through the net, then everything goes slow motion: the ball, the player . The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I part the mosquito netting and climb into my box, arranging myself so that I am facing up, my hands folded on my waist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the pool a net went up, and dozens gathered for a game of volleyball. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And once on shore, when the crew unloaded the nets, they would sometimes find something else. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The sound made her belly rumble, but she had no nets to snare them with, and so far she had not come on any nests. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He threw his net at Percy, but Percy rolled out of the way. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They sang, carrying their nets and the animals—mostly porcupines and deer—that had been caught on their shoulders. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I paced around the room, trying to form an image in my head of the ball dropping through the net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He straightened the fog net and peered over it at the Cusp. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Big is right. It’ll be like capturing a wild elephant. Them people better have them a great big net,” Santa said eagerly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Muriel shrieked and toppled back against the net of knotted ropes, a manicured hand covering the front of her shoulder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His wife was Ran, into whose net those who drown at sea are gathered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I rolled up my mat and net and picked up my bag. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He looked like an overstuffed net of fish being hauled onto the deck of a trawler. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He had to leap the net as he had done before, and this time he would race toward the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I’m not! And if turning up my hair makes me one, I’ll wear it in two tails till I’m twenty,” cried Jo, pulling off her net, and shaking down a chestnut mane. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Only with the recent development of protective nets and greenhouses were we finally able to defeat the thrushes, and to redesign strawberries and raspberries according to our own standards. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Scarabaeidae, probably Cotinus texana. The fig beetle. Quite unusual to find one in a drought. Take it in the net, gently now.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They gasped when the tightrope walker fell off into a net and cheered when she climbed right back up to try again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It happened now and then to fishermen—they caught a hand or a sleeve in their net webbing and went over even in calm weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The cotton twine he used for mending net bound the lantern to the mast easily, but Carl put in extra lashings anyway, figure eights laid one over the other, pulled taut and finished crisply. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It feels like something that fell off the tightrope but hasn’t yet hit the net. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon Mary took Will and Lyra along the riverbank, past the fishing posts where the nets were tied, and through the wide salt marsh toward the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Over our chesterfield there’s a badminton net, festooned across the wall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He would have left him there but noticed that it was a child, not an old black man, as it first appeared, and he prodded the body loose, netted it and hauled it aboard. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There are beds in it, or rather bunks—a couple of wooden beams over which wire netting is stretched. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, when the 46th Guards arrived at a new base for the first time, they didn’t immediately cover their Po-2s with the camouflage nets that hid them from enemy spy planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I just stood there, staring at the net, until I realized that my teammates were hurrying to line up again. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Angry growls and the rending of grass from beneath the net on the ground heralded Constance’s awakening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The sun turned the wave tips to sparkling jewels, and the fishermen filled their nets each day with their glistening catch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A wind from the shore caught the camouflage netting on the Athena Parthenos and stripped it away, sending the silvery cloth rippling across the Sound. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Avoiding the infirmary didn't mean escaping the net of cruelty Amon Goeth cast over the camp. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I have the most amazing safety net a person could have,” he said, “incredible, loving, involved, and wealthy parents.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I went back to our hooch and hit the nets. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, here is what we need. About fifteen years ago hatboxes were made like this. You skewered through the hat with a hatpin on to this hump of wire netting.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z We got into bed and covered ourselves in our mosquito nets, feeling clean and new. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A man in rubber boots rose in the bow and started tossing a cast net. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “There is a more serious weaving,” said Gwydion, slipping the net into his own jacket. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Lance and the anchorman got all revved up speculating how the sting must have netted a couple big local players—guys with enough power to keep the names locked down tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Her fingers are laced together, and she holds them over her mouth like a net that will catch words she doesn’t want me to hear. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Like them, even, to plant the passport forgers themselves, a net for the unwary. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Terrible Things threw their terrible nets down into the depths and they dragged up the dripping frogs and the shimmering fish and carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The court looked weathered, and the hoops were missing nets. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They had picked two dozen salmon from the net, three stray sticks, two dogfish, a long convoluted coil of kelp, and a number of ensnarled jellyfish when Carl Heine’s face showed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He gave the position his all and became known among his teammates for toughness bordering on recklessness in his efforts to keep the ball out of the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They say I was born with a caul, a skin netting covering my face like a glove. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I saw them on a case strewn with sun visors, hair nets, rubber gloves, a card of false eyelashes, and seized the darkest lenses I could find. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite a good deal of opinion to the contrary, an item whose price has been increased by 50 percent and then reduced by 50 percent has had a net reduction in price of 25 percent. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles Monet and the life form inside, him had entered the net. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll get the cast net and go for sardines. Will you sit in the sun in the doorway?” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z All morning Etienne crawls along the attic floor with cables and pliers and tools her fingers do not understand, weaving himself into the center of what she imagines as an intricate electronic net. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And up above the net, next to one of the Cupids, a glass-windowed booth that must be the controllers station. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in desperation, he fashioned a makeshift net, looping the strands of Gabriel’s blanket around a curved stick. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s see if we can keep this from spreading. Is there any kind of mosquito netting—or whatever people use here?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I found two solid branches that were level and close together, and I tied the net to them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Fangburn struggled like a landed fish as the big badger picked up the net and swung it several times against the gatehouse wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The ball went through the rim, stopped for a second as it got caught up in the net, and fell through gently as I headed downcourt. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Even with mosquito nets and bug repellent, everyone on the expedition was covered with painful bites. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The net had a long string on it, so the boys would move away from the net, but when a bird landed to eat the corn, they’d pull the string tight and catch the bird. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised her foot, knee-high, and smacked the ball right out of the air into the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If there’s a fish, we’ll do our best to net it, step on it to hold it down, whack it over the head, stick a knife in back of its eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, my sweep netted only one other item—a slip of paper neatly folded in the nightstand drawer. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I now won many of my matches for the school team with ease, and black players of every level and age in Alexandra became regular victims of my strong net game. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very good. Madam,” said the Wart, quite fearless with resentment He flipped his wings and was sitting on the extreme end of the screen perch, next to Cully's enclosure of string netting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was driving penalty kicks into the net from twelve yards out. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He speeds off down the street, taking my family’s safety net with him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "Symbol of Shamash, the patron god of kings, and the guy who had a magical net capable of trapping all sorts of terrible evils. You're very lucky to have such a powerful gift." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Minutes into the second half, the Phoenix forwards picked their way through the Fugees’ defense and tapped the ball into the left side of the net for an easy goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He was armed with a massive trident and a weighted net. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Patterns come up and a small buzz comes into my head that starts to build up and I know it won’t end until the ball swishes through the net. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Meera abandoned spear and net, jumped up, and grabbed the branch above her head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone donated a kerosene lamp; another gave her some old mosquito netting and a pair of socks without heels. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I mean, slapping a ball around and getting it over a net? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dinghies, fishing boats, and other nauka passed in the water, and shrimp fishermen trawled blue nets along the shore. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Throwing a cast net was the customary method of capture. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was up Gannet’s Point reelin’ in my nets,” he began. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We tied our feet in old fishing nets that had washed ashore. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Meera moved in a wary circle, her net dangling loose in her left hand, the slender threepronged frog spear poised in her right. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then Aru remembered the golden ball that had appeared when Indra’s lightning net vanished. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And his boats and nets were gone, he knew—confiscated or stolen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Haas, the inland centers must have controlled the exchange, because the fishers needed their cotton for nets. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “We use nets now, but we use a gaff all the time.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Bull shot another time and once more the ball swished through the net. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The net effect is a coordinated mechanism for the regulation of rates of growth and occupations of territory. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So my announcement at the driving range caused Cade Hernandez to hook his driver badly and send his ball careening into the protective nets at the front of the parking lot. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The bell-shaped yellow fruits hung lazily, drawing buzzing bees that bumped against my window’s netting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But the barbed wrapping wasn’t only for weight; Sigurd had knotted and arranged it so it made a net around the outside, to prevent exactly what Anya was attempting. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Having removed a frog from the pool with a long-handled net, he walked to the end of the diving board and stopped. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had a guy with some kind of oxygen-tent thing nearby that looked like a malaria net. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He hung heavily with his legs in the water, a salmon struggling in the net beside him, the skin of his collarbones, just above the highest waves, hued an icy but brilliant pink. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The two brave sailors who had jumped into the water after him were boosting him up the net. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The hair nets which kept them together were strung with pearls, and the kerchiefs were of Eastern silk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Our windows had netting to keep the mosquitoes out as well, but the pests still managed to find their way in. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z So the rest of us wouldn’t be plagued by insects, Hugh, the boy who had bees living in his stomach, ate under a large mosquito net at a table for one in the corner. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And then, suddenly, the great, wide net of a fisherman reached out and grabbed the rabbit. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Gather them up like butterflies in a net. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z At about two minutes into the game, Maya hooked a thirty-yard shot right into the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Doña Cony pulled the mosquito net over the baby. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “You take the stink bugs out of the tanks with this”—he held up a net—“and when the plankton’s ripe, you harvest it.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Florian kept his feet in the boat and held on to the nets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Or I’d hail somebody in sight distance. Or if my net was set and I was doing all right I’d wait for somebody to come into sight distance and hail them at that point.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was just a question of whether it would topple over on the inside of the rim and into the net or outside the rim. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z For of course, neither in the cottage nor among the nets, had he ever been away from that smell in his life. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Eyeing me like I’d just leapt the net and beaten the favorite to death with my racket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The singing fish were netted for rich men’s dinners. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He’d been found tangled in his net, dead, out in White Sand Bay. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z On board ship, the messages from our Navajo net coordinated gunfire, insured resupply, and helped our commanders estimate what had to be done. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “You made your first free throw—all net, may I add—with that shirt on. It’s got basketball mojo. Just like my coveralls have Mr. Fix-It mojo.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He turned the net inside out, dumping three sand eels into the pail and then sluicing in some water so they could breathe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I got into my bunk and pulled the mosquito netting around it and then Peewee sprayed the netting, which was supposed to be his good idea. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy writhed in the net, but his movements were getting sluggish. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was no lane line, no net, nothing to keep them apart but the wall of her will. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And instead of a net, they just have a metal hoop for balls to pass through. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to hurt you! Just let me cut the net.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I got out on the ice and sped around a few times, even in my bulky goalie pads, and then hunkered down in the net as the guys slapped practice shots at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Ritchie wrapped the tree in netting while Papa pulled out his wallet to pay. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The animal was a small, determined male, and he was not going to let these humans get near him with a net. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a wisp of a girl, not quite eight, her hair a cascade of golden curls under a jeweled net. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I cry, with another quick, nasty face at the sky, mournfully observing the way it is, bitterly remembering the way it was, and idiotically casting tomorrow’s nets. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And those same old basketball rings without any nets- -just the backboards and the rings. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Hand over hand, just like pulling in nets on the Reel, I pull up my string. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The net and the solar stills, which I had not entirely deflated, had filled the empty space and prevented the bags from moving too much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘I will rip apart your silly net! I will destroy you!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Finally, the net came off and the cow serpent zipped through the water and did a happy somersault. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The cow serpent freaked out and started struggling against the net, its eyes full of terror. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Ice puts the ball on the floor, he fakes left, then goes left and leaves Brothers standing in his tracks. He looks away, then goes up and rips the net with a bodacious slam!” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z We spent the next few minutes watching the fishermen pull up their nets in the subtle darkness before dawn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She threw her net, hoping to tangle my sword hand, but I sidestepped easily, sliced her spear in half, and stabbed Riptide through a chink in her armor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It crashes down on the ball, bulleting it over the net. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Upon this net lay a jumble of artifacts—desks, chairs, metal bunk-bed frames, clothing, tables, books, shoes, even a sink basin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I reckon he thinks they’d get him on the usury law if he netted more than eight percent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya slapped it to a dead stop on the ground as a Lake Windsor fullback skidded past her; then she powered it into the back of the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was secretly helped along by a net of supporters stretching wide across the Congo, from Léopoldville to our own village and far beyond. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothin’ but net!” he would shout, loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I stepped over to her bed and lifted the netting. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And I had to reach over the net and the rolled-up tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I had to climb by putting my elbows in the ropes of the net and pushing up with my legs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Not at first, no. We had to jerk the net around, work it. But once we had him in and the webbing grabbed it was fairly smooth from there, yes.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Hers were bright and soft, set in a small face netted with fine wrinkles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I scrambled out of the net and began a victory lap around the rink, tearing off my glove and holding one finger in the air. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In 1982, a couple of years after Charles Mo net visited the cave, the roof fell in. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To a forester the most important fact about a spider is the kind of net it builds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As soon as the dog started eating, the other fella threw the net over the hound and dragged it off, yipping. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Vilderling, hung up in his net, struggled as the boy tried to free him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I rowed up opposite the fisherman’s island where there were boats drawn up and men were mending nets. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A someone who splintered the knot into silver threads that tangled us, netted us, made us long for the dull chafe of the previous boredom. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I quite understood; my only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The walls in Dr. Singh’s office were bare except for this one small picture of a fisherman standing on a beach with a net slung over his shoulder. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Their eyes so intent on the wayward stranger who trips into their net, they were blind to the cobalt on their own backs, the moonshine fighting to pierce their comers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But the net result has been to bind the Earth together, to decrease provincialism, to unify the human species and to advance powerfully our knowledge of our planet and ourselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Eels were caught by equally elaborate weirs, traps set in dead-end side canals, and stone walls across canals with a net placed in an opening of the wall. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He picked up his little foam basketball and lobbed some hook shots into the net hanging from the back of his door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Against them we held our nets, feet firm and braced in the mud while the water rushed away, and the fish came tumbling into them. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As Ixtali rowed on, we passed a fisherman pulling up a turtle in his net and two women picking fresh vegetables from a floating garden. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In some places there are swoops of netting, in others ropes hang like ribbons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She feels the entirety of the circus radiating around her, as though a net has been thrown over it, trapping everything within the iron fence, fluttering like a butterfly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Frankie pulled at the net, already in midair, catching it with his left hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The fishing boats that went out from Provincetown went out when night was still dark, so that as the first light brought out the fish they could be there, nets down and ready. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The protection ritual would reshape portions of that field, reweaving the net into a barrier around their camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At worst, they function unabashedly as kleptocracies, transferring net wealth from commoners to upper classes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Few escape her nets, they say. These are strange days! But if you have her favour, then you also are net-weavers and sorcerers, maybe.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Hey, you! You scruffy, one-eyed vermin! Remove this net and face me alone! We’ll see who ends up on their knees!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She liked to be in control — it was her safety net — and she could feel that net being ripped away from her by the star-shaped fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Reyna peered up at the ivory face of Athena, veiled beneath camouflage netting. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She cleaned his face with a damp cloth, took off his clothes, and then got completely undressed and lowered the mosquito netting so that her children would not see them if they woke up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Now that’s a brilliant observation. We’ve got some mosquito netting, and I could sew some of that around the top, find some way to fasten it so you could open and close it.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The man with net or bow or lance or gun creeps noiselessly, as he thinks, toward the frog. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed down carefully, cradling everything in a net bag he found in the galley. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A canopy of netting that, aside from discouraging birds, seems to be useless shelters the pyramid itself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then smaller metallic threads started weaving together magically between the main strands, making a net. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He tosses his net over his shoulder, hoists Mags on top of it, grips his tridents in his free hand, and we run away from the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In January 1996, Fischer led a high-profile fund-raising ascent of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, that netted half a million dollars for the charity CARE. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A full basketball court with regulation lines and nets for the rims sat next to a beautiful wooden gazebo. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The airshaft was topped by a miniature, slant-roofed skylight whose heavy, opaque, wrinkled glass was protected from breakage by heavy iron netting. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lifting the mosquito net, she stood in front of us and made a deep curtsy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As a token of good luck there were three fine fish in the net. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Like fish caught in a net, struggling against the cords that trap us, trying to squirm free, not realizing we’re already dead. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure why, but we had nothing in the nets this morning except the inkfish, and the chickens aren’t laying well. It’s weird that both happened at the same time.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A net made of my signature pink flowers stretches along the glass curves in order to tell everyone my name—Camellia—and to hide me until I'm revealed to the royal court. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Turf scribe Jack McDonald surveyed the production and wondered if the net effect would be to inspire Ligaroti or scare him to death. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost every night someone or other came visiting under our mosquito nets or we visited them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The net curtain in Mr. Castle's bedroom twitched. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As the net went up, hay billowed out of one end. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The macaron towers draped with nets of sugar syrup and golden honey. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There was also a strange, cone-shaped, extremely fine mesh net—a foot across at the mouth and tapering to a point, and perhaps eight feet long—that made no sense to David at all. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The soccer fields have been set up with orange cones and extra nets for the tryouts, so I’ve had a reminder every single day that I’m not going to be on the team. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I reached from my perch for the net. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Still, I guess I inspired him, because he turned and chased down a red-and-white ball and dribbled it a bit before taking a shot on net. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The girls helped weed out Mamá’s vegetable garden and picked fat zucchini, ripened tomatoes, and spicy serrano peppers, which they bundled together in delicate netting to give away as gifts to Mamá’s comadres. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And the rolled-up tarpaulin and the bulge of the net were even more pitiful defences. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Angeline stood behind the cornstalk room with the other net held wide, and Omakayas ran to the other side of the field. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Kvasir shouted at the Aesir, ordering them to form into two groups, one on one end of the net, one on the other. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There were a lot of numbers and words like deduction and revenue and net. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Mind your feet, Marie!” a crew member called as he passed her on the deck, guiding a thick package that swayed in a net as the winch moved it up and outward. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not sure why he needs me anymore—I’m really just a safety net in case he has a question. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z With a pleasant smile, she pointed me to a spot near the net and warned the other girls not to bother me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Angeline returned with the net, finally, and they tried to cast it over the birds. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It wrapped around me and squeezed my body like a sponge, then tossed me into the choking air—and I fell headlong into a rope net filled with writhing fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Oily smoke hung above us like a net, drooping under the thatched roof. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was supposed to be minding the fishing nets, but he had found a fine piece of bamboo and was using it to draw pictures with water on the inside of the boat. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Presuming I can overcome the problems, they net me another 20 square meters, bringing my farmland up to 126. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything important was run through our Navajo net. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The net stretches across the gaping hole, just as it did when I last saw it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The moment she’d seen that sparkling net cast by the god Indra, her heart had turned heavy. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He lifted up my mosquito net and crawled into my bed next to me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He dropped the net and swiftly clapped one hand over the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you keep the truth from me? I remember the net of grass you wove before we crossed Avren. But in your hands today it was no grass I have ever seen.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “The big boys are still coming out from the Ellice Islands,” Walter Bennett down the net pointed out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When we shook hands over the net he patted me on the shoulder and said: “That was a good match. Better luck next time. Don’t give up.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A fisherman had caught a human torso in his net, and three weeks after that, a little girl foraging for crayfish had found a skull picked clean by the fish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z While he undoubtedly thought this description cast a wide and inclusive net that pulled in residents from all the regions or sections of the United States, it did not include all inhabitants. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The wrinkles on her face catch them like silver fish in a net. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I could not use a net of kelp, because that needed the strength of several men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The holes in the net were large enough for their empty hands to fit through, but not large enough for their full fists! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z What they knew—all they knew—was the island itself, years of running on the beach, singing by the fire, plucking fruit from the trees and fish from the nets. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z "It's very lovely," Sansa said, thinking, It is a ship I need, not a net for my hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Tunnel of Love entrance was under the net. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z New ant colonies in the forests at Molln are protected from woodpeckers by wire netting to reduce the toll. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When a mission took them to the mountains, they carried mosquito netting, machetes, canvas tarps, and extra bug juice. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He rushed the net with the last puck on his line, and I swiveled into position for the hit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We tie string in knots to make nets and put the nets in the river to catch fish. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And despite the heat and humidity, they were often forced to wear stifling head nets and gloves in order to protect themselves from the clouds of insects that hounded them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He banked the basketball off the backboard and into the net. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On the next point, Reggie was slow to respond to a drop shot that barely crossed the net, giving Glenn another score. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Joaquin couldn’t even imagine what it would be like to swing with that kind of net waiting to catch you. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her hair was covered in a black hair net, her face coated in a cream that smelled of peppermint, which he had always liked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I reckon if we trap ’em in a net or something, Will can cut through and close up and that’s it, we’ll be free.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We rocketed up and away in the net, the tension that had been holding us down suddenly released, and soaring over the lip of the wall, we collapsed in a heap on top of it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Great Carp Escape was about a carp that was trying to get out of a net in the Flint River. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he picked up the ball and tossed it lightly into the air, nothing but net. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I climb the stairs to the wooden platform where Four pulled me to solid ground and grab the bar that the net is attached to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Here, the current was slow and the water clogged with trash of all sorts: fruit rinds, broken boxes, torn fishing nets, empty rice sacks, nine-year-old prison escapees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I descend the stairs, and when I get to the bottom, I hear Marcus hit the net with a groan. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “He died last night in a fishing accident. We found him this morning tangled in his net out in White Sand Bay.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Heads are the little nets the lobsters crawl through to get into the trap. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But in the end they had to rattle up the lead line and pull Carl fully into the folds of his net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve got work to do. There’s all the fishing nets to be laid for the night. Perhaps you’d like to come along and help me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Billowy lace netting was secured to the brim by two long pins topped with brass spheres. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No Kaz to come to her rescue, no net waiting to break her fall, only the fire ready to claim her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The instructions and praise came over the net. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Dribbling three times with both his right and left hand, Bull went into a strangely graceful crouch and threw up an arcing two-hand set shot that swished through the net. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Six levels to climb in the dark with her hands slippery from sweat and the fires of hell burning below, with the rope weighing her down and no net to catch her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But Gunwoo stayed out near the reeds, holding his net over the water. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z With a sharp jerk, the net trap scooped her up and slammed her against the side of a tree. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Now and then he tossed away a chicken bone, which turned to an owl and flew hooting among the netted star-lights. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z As the net came closer, Loki knew that this was the critical moment. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Bailey and Poppet take a more leisurely route, choosing platforms to climb at random, crawling up bits of white netting and maneuvering carefully through narrow passages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The woman takes out a small net and swings it through the air between us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Joe rigged up a net on a long pole, and whenever he wanted fish for dinner he simply took the net out behind the house, picked out a fish, and hauled it in. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She pushed someone out of the way and grabbed it just below the net. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t fair when the net reached so wide, and a sword’s reach was so short—he didn’t stand a chance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Only, in the far comer of the room, which had been netted off for Cully—loose there, unhooded and deep in moult —they could hear a faint muttering from the choleric infantry colonel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In this hot noonday the trees of the Belt were looped and netted with darkest shadow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t guess what form my punishment will take, how wide the net will be cast, but when it is finished, there will most likely be nothing left. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why did you ask? I didn’t harpoon that shark, if that’s what you’re getting at. It got stuck in the net.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They ran blindly, stumbling through brambles and harsh nets of dead vines. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The net worked much better at catching fish. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In the days that follow they adjust once again to sleeping under a mosquito net, bathing by pouring tin cups of water over their heads. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mo let go of the net and kicked ahead of me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A few moments later, Christian Jackson of the Fugees shook himself free on the right side, dribbled downfield, and fired a line drive into the top right corner of the net: goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I had picked up what I thought was a useless net, but did I think of reaping from this banana manna? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They were swift and elusive and difficult to net. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I let go of one handle, and the bag unraveled quickly, reaching the size of a soccer net and then doubling every second. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I relax my muscles as much as I can before I hit the net, which feels like a slab of cement hitting my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And then the ball dropped through the net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The boys are on the grass, kicking the ball into the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Spud hurried into the cabin for the net. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The front door opened, and Granddaddy came out onto the porch, an ancient leather satchel strapped over his shoulder, a butterfly net in one hand, and a malacca walking stick in the other. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Whoever is calling on this radio net, I repeat, release your mike switch—you are covering me. You are covering me. Over.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they sailed in pairs before the wind with a net between them, scooping up the fish. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Sailors unfurled a large knotted net down the side of the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It had grass, proper soccer goals with nets, and lights overhead that allowed for practice when the sun set early in the fall. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Very carefully he tipped something absolutely invisible from the net into the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I slumped into the net and let the puck gently follow me over the line. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s a good backboard there, with a regulation rim and a full net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger had expected Capricorn to leave him and Resa dangling in those dreadful nets until their execution, but they spent only a single if very long night there. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the squares of this net my parents have hung their Christmas cards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But then she saw what was protecting her: a net. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z What religion was to his family, music was to mine—but ultimately, we both got swept into the net. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My father answered their questions in detail, and they listened intently—this group of men with nets, blowing their smoke into the wind. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She also had that hair thing around her head, but her hair was in braids and looked like snakes caught in a net. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I asked Georgia Boy one night as we bedded down, trying to arrange our netting to keep out those buzzing bloodsuckers that always seemed to find ways to get to our skin. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it hadn’t been so bad up there in the net after all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Harry spent most of the afternoon in his bedroom; he couldn’t stand watching Aunt Petunia peer out through the net curtains every few seconds, as though there had been a warning about an escaped rhinoceros. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The boys switched sides again, but instead of crossing on opposite ends of the net like before, they crossed on the same side. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Somewhere, the billion dreams of the town since its origin stirred in a maelstrom far from the reach of the shrimpers’ nets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was always something to find fault with for Shasta had plenty of work to do, mending and washing the nets, cooking the supper, and cleaning the cottage in which they both lived. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Once a virus hits the net, it can shoot anywhere in a day —Paris, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, wherever planes fly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them glanced at the basketball net and Rob’s father let the ball drop with a dull thud to the driveway. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In a minute or so I felt myself being lifted up; and swinging back and forth in the net, I was carried with my three companions to the white truck I had seen earlier. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, hauling net, he came across a fish thrashing hard enough to elicit a cracking thump when it banged off the Islander’s transom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And if we can’t, we are trapped like birds in a net. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z By the time I got home, Shane Puglisi’s shot was on the ’net with more of that Burned Beauty’s Beau garbage for a headline. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It dropped through the hoop with barely a ripple of the net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I rearranged the rags and fishing nets he was covered with. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Craig shrugged and tossed the ball under the net to Chip, who was serving next. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She was young and tall, dressed in white and silver, with a net of silver crowning her hair that fell straight down like a fall of black water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Atal was excited by this idea, and they hauled in their net at once and began to gather what Mary needed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He’d wait for Jackie to take a sip of water and get back into position, then Dub would fire another tennis ball across the net at him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I put it in my net shopping bag. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His net was out and running true behind as far as he could tell. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Beached whales, porpoises caught in fishing nets, mermaids with hangnails— they’d call me to come underwater and help. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Somehow, some day, this will net out in a positive way for Beck. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She had cut three consecutive pieces of the net, and that was enough space for Håkon to wiggle his long body out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z There was a rusted-out metal hoop with no net that made a clanging sound whenever he hit it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Looking back on it, she supposed it was all those years of people attempting to claim her, choose her, of feeling an invisible net cast around her, that had led her to this proposal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Alan and I check out the gadgets: ashtray, footrest, air vent, little net fixed to the back of the seat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She had her mosquito net rigged up over it, so it didn't look that strange like a real uncovered coffin with a dead person inside. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When I reached the two potholed courts with tattered nets and broken fences, I found assembled about them the largest crowd of black people I had ever seen about a tennis court. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On the night in question he’d checked the Islanders engine oil and quickly greased the net drum’s reel drive before putting out for Ship Channel Bank in the hour just before dusk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The equipment of the expedition was slight: some long-handled frog nets and some gunny sacks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The net worth of each person is calculated in current US dollars. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The distance, the netting, and the presence of the boy from District 3. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Thrashing and growling at the net, trying to rip free, Summer was only ensnaring himself worse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I stood staring at the window with the missing louvers and the tom mosquito netting, wondering what it would be like if I tore through the small hole and leaped out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I stood on the edge of the driveway while he practiced shooting his basketball into the net above the garage. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I felt it push against the net. But it swam down deeper, into the mud, and the net went over it.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A grizzled beard and yellow rain boots as he pulled up a net full of tuna or salmon or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He flew back to the rim and let the wad fall through the net. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Gale and Leeg 1 shoot through the front door lock of the corner building, then begin to fire at the cables holding Mitchell’s net. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Our Navajo nets kept everything connected like a spider’s strands spanning distant branches. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I swatted at it and it went right into the net. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In its new camouflage netting, it glittered silver like an extremely flashy forty-foot-tall ghost. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A net woven from long grass that covers the couple during their vows, the touching of each other’s lips with salt water, and the ancient wedding song, which likens marriage to a sea voyage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The gods gathered heavy stones with holes in them and tied each stone to the bottom of the net as a weight. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z ‘Can she really cast magic through this net?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Granddaddy hummed Vivaldi and puttered nearby with his straining net. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When there was enough of it, she made it into a netted bun which she kept hidden in a locker with her jewelry. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Finnick weaves yet another water basket and a net for fishing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I suppose it wasn’t very public—the only people we could see were the fishermen mending their nets on the opposite shore. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Wished I could've netted the lines in my rough book, but I daredn't, not in class, not on a day like today. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He got up and started fixing his mosquito netting. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No net to save them as they vaulted through the circus air. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our side-by-side beds were already set up for the night with mosquito nets. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Navajo net on board the Bunker Hill was set up in the radio room just above the flag bridge at the very top of the ship. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The other fishermen would have barely pulled in the last net when they would hear a splash and see Mohammed cutting through the sea, racing them to the beach. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The net, under tension, rained seawater onto the deck along with sticks and kelp. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The nets they lowered through the ice hole came up frozen solid the moment they reached the surface, of course. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The red iron rims had no nets, and since there was no real give on the rims, every shot ended as either a silent swish or a high-bouncing brick. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “What about a net roller? Or one of these fairleads at the stern of a gill-netter? Are they also flat and narrow?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It hit the side of my mask, which deflected it into the center of the net. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Amari did not know the language of her captors, but she could tell they cursed as nets were cast overboard for the escaped slaves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The nets were designed to leach condensation out of the cool night air, and were an important supplementary source of water in the Elmuthaleth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I would snuggle into Papa’s arms when harmattan thunderstorms raged outside, flinging mangoes against the window netting and making the electric wires hit each other and spark bright orange flames. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Into this our net was thrust; the man then opened the draw string and we were dumped onto the floor, which was covered with sawdust. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Breathing heavily, Caleb crawls to the side of the net and drops over the edge, hitting the platform hard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Ice glistens on tree branches, frost webs over dried grasses in a sparkling net. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It wasn't an oil derrick but an enormous Japanese fishing trawler with two tall cranes for hauling up their vast nets. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The gods hauled their net along the bottom of the pool. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Bronwyn let go of the net entirely, clinging to it with just her legs, then threw her arms around Emma’s waist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Nazis continued to lower their net over the Jewish population. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z At ten-thirty he stood on the beaver paddle in the cockpit, picking his net and stopping now and then to throw strands of kelp into the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A mile out, they would arrange the boats in a circle on the black sea, drop their nets, and, holding their lanterns over the water, they would approximate the moon. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His company boosted net income by 14 percent in 2008, and he fully expects the growth to continue. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The birds swarmed around it, pecking and clawing at the fighter’s hands as he tried to hold up the net, but Clarisse just gritted her teeth and kept driving. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Vilderling and his partner had set their net and underneath the summer moon had shared in the lee of their bow-picker’s cabin a bottle of Puerto Rican rum. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z After the food, we moved supplies—kerosene, fishing nets, fur-lined coats, hats, thick leather gloves. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I had a split lip and a bruised wrist, the latter inflicted upon myself when my swing at Kim’s shoulder missed her and landed squarely on the pole of the volleyball net. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I will curse you with my power, net or no!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now I have nine hours instead of eight, and although one of them is an unpaid dinner hour, I have a net half an hour a day more on my feet. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy writhed in the net, his face turning green. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Above her brow her head was covered with a cap of silver lace netted with small gems, glittering white; but her soft grey raiment had no ornament save a girdle of leaves wrought in silver. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Charlie changes into his pajamas, plops down on the netted bed, and falls asleep immediately. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Silently she dressed, tied back her hair, and set herself to a succession of chores, beginning with tearing down the mosquito netting from all of our beds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “She lost her mom, I bet. Porpoises get caught in fishing nets all the time. They don’t like to travel alone.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I scooped up each careful stack of coins and dumped them into my shirt, holding up the hem like a net. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In a similar way the mulefa knew where the best fish were to be had, and exactly when and where to lay their nets. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He had hanged himself with a fishing net. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I backtracked them to what we hacktivists call a zero-map, a changing series of relay servers that were part of the Con- ficker bot net. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She wore a net on her head that made her hair look more like some kind of helmet, and a gold necklace was around her neck with a nameplate hanging from it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She took the rowboat—a little skiff her mother had bought with a few gold nuggets from a fisherman, who had a tragic accident with his nets the next day. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I thought: Could rats weave fish nets or make fish hooks? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Picking up her net, Meera shook out the last tangles and began arranging it in loose folds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Far as he was concerned he was lost in the fog and intended to stay that way—leastwise ’til his net was up, then he’d think about matters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When a man set his wall of net upcurrent from your own he’d “corked you off,” stolen your fish by getting to them before they could get to you. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They held spears and weighted nets, and I knew from experience they could use them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Only after they had been caught in a net were they killed and then with a club. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched in fear as people leaped and scrambled up the net. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes he helped people set nets; sometimes he scouted the ocean in his kayak as he searched for seal colonies. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Planks of wood stretched across the tanks with netting in between. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I held the mosquito netting in my hands. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “I think that such a net as this would be best used to trap fish,” said Kvasir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She had said it was better to own property rather than cash but he suspected that, for her, it was a safety net in case Port Harcourt fell. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Gryffindor party ended only when Professor McGonagall turned up in her tartan dressing gown and hair net at one in the morning, to insist that they all go to bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “She came up in a net and she didn’t have no clothes on her, so I made her some dresses.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Tiny Qendrim volunteered to replace Eldin at keeper, a move his teammates roundly rejected, even as they agreed a change was needed in the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When Rollins returned from setting his nets, he asked Booth if he was ready to be ferried across the river now. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later a net was put up and suddenly we had our own Wimbledon in our front yard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He waved the net, slammed it around over the cages, but the monkey was gone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d come away with eighteen fish and had furthermore set his net in the dark beside a large and labyrinthine kelp island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The arrests netted only a few small fry, but the Nazis now knew that their codes had been broken. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I scrambled to hook the net while Ma brought Dimple around to pull it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z This story is the safety net above which he swoops and dives like a brilliant clown in a bankrupt circus. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On one side, there is a double bed covered with a net, and a twin in the corner. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z We spun around one last time, the water level now almost high enough to shred us against the metal net. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Kabuo laid his net out north to south by motoring away from it on a true blind heading as slowly as was possible. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The agent, meanwhile, only lost $300—a small price to pay to ensure that she would quickly and easily lock up the sale, which netted her a commission of $6,450. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Captain Wallace and his son tonged for oysters in the winter, and in the summer they netted fish, chiefly menhaden and rockfish. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the attractive and repulsive forces between the individual particles nearly cancel each other out, and there is very little net electromagnetic force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And the big, circling nets dropped over them and the Terrible Things carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I stole eggs from nests, caught fish in nets, sometimes managed to shoot a squirrel or rabbit for stew, and gathered the various plants that sprung up beneath my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m not big enough to carry a butterfly net.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z His eyes catch me off guard, capturing me completely in some kind of net. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I ran over to Jessica, and we worked on moving the ball back and forth between us as the other girls took their turns at the net. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Over the bed flows one of those decorative mosquito nets fit for a queen, but here, it seems to be keeping disease in rather than out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In meetings on recruitment, I argued insistently—and I’m sure brazenly, in some people’s opinion—that the firm cast a wider net when it came to finding young talent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It unreeled and snapped taut, and then a net unfurled at the end of it and smacked against the ground. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It arced against the sky—against that tall sun—and fell through the net without a sound. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I pictured it on a truck bound for Boston while we mended our nets and chinked holes where winter had come through our walls. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The pole was about thirty feet long and there was a net on the end of it. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As a fishing net it was useless—too stiff and heavy and with a weave that wasn’t tight enough. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The head ball that he put into the net must have reopened the cut, because it was sure bleeding now. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of them, the woman leapt over piles of nets and slid, legs kicking, over the tops of wooden chests, squeezing between plump businesswomen and groups of confused travelers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That last one nets me a bonus for using all seven letters. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Down by the water, Jak and Oz were whooping into their nets. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When nearly a fortnight had passed Frodo looked out of his window and saw that there had been a frost in the night, and the cobwebs were like white nets. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Jimmy threw up a three and caught nothing but net and everybody on our side of the gym went off. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I felt a swish—a net just missed me. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The underside of the raft became host to a multitude of sea life, like the net but smaller in form. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He tucked the cookies into a net string shopping bag. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But Ruth May was shrouded in so many misty layers of mosquito netting I could barely make out any semblance of a dead child inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her net profit, therefore, would be as great as that of someone who read a great deal but remembered very little. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Peewee pulled the net over the back end of the truck and tied it down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at the second net with a disdainful expression. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Together the four of them walked over to Nike, who was still writhing and flapping her wings in the net like a golden chicken. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She kept grounding the ball into the net. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z My first ball gown was white net, with pale gray swan feathers scattered over it, each one kept in place with a sequin. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time Henry plunges the net into the water to scoop up the fish, my arms are so tired, I can hardly lift them. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Big Dub was showing Jackie how he wanted him to attack the net. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Once, crawling under the nets, Wolf lashed out with his foot, missing Alex’s face by an inch. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Håkon was secured in a net on the ground before Sigurd, eyes shut. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “She runs wild all day with a butterfly net. She doesn’t know how to sew or keep house,” said Mother. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I could hear the jink-jink sound of that carp hitting the net and the screams and laughs of the audience from half a block away. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Sumitra asked me lots of questions: “Did you use mosquito nets?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The walls and ceilings were peppermint, and here and there, you’d see a bit of fishing net, or a rotted piece from a boat stuck up high near the cornicing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And because the mainland police couldn’t collect Martin’s body until the seas calmed, the townspeople were left with the net- tlesome question of what to do with his body. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Each relationship was ending up a net loss. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The anxious flying fish got away, just missing my net, but the dorado hit the gunnel like a cannonball. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Eliot accompanied her into the dank little shop, whose walls were festooned with nets and starfish and buoys. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “You thinking a net, or a spring snare?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The rat raised his cutlass in both claws, but, before he could strike, Constance had hurled the net over him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It really, really, really wasn’t a shot even as it came down through the net. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the net down and picked up another, an empty one. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Spender was being gathered in by a loose, running net of men. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like my octopus body has gotten trapped in a net. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He’s draped in a golden net that’s strategically knotted at his groin so that he can’t technically be called naked, but he’s about as close as you can get. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The net effect was that for all his quiet humility the man’s wide-ranging knowledge and quiet eloquence commanded absolute respect, and never more than when he was at work in his shop, plying his craft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Philip scored the first two points on a layup that breathed softly through the net. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I like to recall that we netted two full baskets of rank peelers that day. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We paused to net a huge male crab, a true number one Jimmy, swimming doubled over a she-crab. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One more night in that net and Dustfinger wouldn’t even have known he still had legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z One, two, three shots on net in a row. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Fish that were local in their ambit made the net their neighbourhood, and the quick ones, the ones that tended to streak by, the dorados, slowed down to visit the new development. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was covered with a giant net which went down to its belly, from which a wooden frame was suspended. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer sat back on his haunches and howled, while Shaggy dog wearied the net, shaking it in his teeth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Between and behind the lights there were shadows moving swiftly, and as they came toward us I could see that they were men—men in white uniforms carrying nets, round nets with long handles. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A few hours later, once the sardines were ready, tens of thousands of them glistening in the refracted light, the fishermen would cinch the net and haul them in. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Something about that look between mother and child caught Mrs. Richardson’s heart in a butterfly net. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Althea stood on top of it clutching a net on a pole, ready to wield it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Next, examine the net worth of American households. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z By comparison, Abuela’s room was opulent, with its double bed, thick mattress, four bedposts from which to tie the mosquito netting, pillows, and a small crocheted rug. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In the huts there were the usual bunks, one above the other in pairs, with mattresses or wire netting. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands found their way through the folds of the net to the long flanks of dead and dying salmon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I just wanted the chain back, Malik. It was my family’s safety net. I figured we could pawn it if things got worse.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then Darlene swept onstage in a ball gown that trailed yards of nylon net. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I screamed and felt a heavy jerk on the net. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We got the mosquito netting and used it, just in case. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When they pulled in the net, there were thousands of sardines, of course, but there were other creatures too, life they had not intended to catch and for which they had no use. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He tapped the ball to his left: a gentle shot that rolled into the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They grasp one another’s arms, forming a net of limbs beneath me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z After we went to bed I reached over through the mosquito net and held her hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a gown of pale purple silk and a moonstone hair net that had Jjeen a gift from Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then I went to work on the net, untangling it section by section, getting lead weights and fishing hooks straightened out, yanking out knots around the cow serpent’s hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Track, swimming, tennis—any sport that had a clear lane line or net between her and her opponent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He had forgotten to loosen the nets at dusk and sweep the base lines, making sure they were securely tacked into the clay. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As we stood there holding our netting and sweating through our complete wardrobes, they regaled us with information about our soon-to-be-home, Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been whales feeding on plankton and he had tried pulling his plankton cone net but with only partial success. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I put up a jump shot and it didn’t touch anything but net. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Loki flung the net into the fire and watched it burn with satisfaction. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Sansa Stark rode a chesnut mare at his side, looking neither right nor left, her thick auburn hair flowing to her shoulders beneath a net of moonstones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The ball sailed past his fingertips and into the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He was going to spray the netting with this new repellent we got. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They found a catching net, a pole with a baglike net at the end. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the shark got stuck in the net?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After some iced barley tea and a quick snack my father and his friends would set up a volleyball net and start all over again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile all three men, holding their nets low, ran across the stubble toward the parade of rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z After all, Minerva has long been working up a sweat on the Ojo de Agua side of the net. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had nestled deeper into the nets hanging from the boat's hull and waited. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Technology’s course over the last 1,000 years in China, Europe, and possibly the Indian subcontinent exemplifies those net effects of high, moderate, and low connectedness, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt better about things with his net in. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They couldn’t get me off the side of the building by scaling it themselves, so they pulled me off with a net. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She spun around, knocking him to the concrete, and shot again, banking the ball off the backboard neatly into the net. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But tonight, as I lay in my bed with my mosquito net floating like a ghost around me, I did not hear any laughing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fish were caught and many birds were netted. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a lever up here—everyone grab hold of the net and I’ll pull it!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z So one day I left the boat with the net, a rope and some blankets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His status netted him a grand total of $200 a month, a stipend meted out by a few admiring patrons. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I should’ve done more to keep that safety net for us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Men working high in the sky on tiny platforms with no safety net to catch them. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I brought it down with two hands as hard as I could and heard it rip through the net. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The ball sailed beneath the crossbar and into the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I’m in my room now, at the computer, listening to the sound of Erik kicking a football into a net in the backyard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In this fog he’d no doubt miss the man’s jacklight and twist his net up in the Islander’s prop, a long diversion from the night’s fishing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They were in a little alley cluttered with trash bins and old fishing nets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The gods began to drag the net upstream, toward the place where the huge silver salmon was biding its time. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In other words, Ebola has already entered the net and has been traveling lately. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The glow of the net sparkled upon their scales. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A sheet of paper sliced into strips, thin as matchsticks, woven to form a net. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Near them, half-moon lobster traps bleached under the heat of the sun, the salt dried to white streaks along their boards, their rope netting stiff and a bit ragged. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z All I could think of was if we’d netted a spy like this, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have thrown him back. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon was so bright that everything under the trees was caught in a net of confusing shadows. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Evan thought she looked like a fish caught in a net. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He took to kicking a football, soccer style, into a small net that he set up in our backyard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bananas on which she floated were held together by the nylon net with which they had been lowered into the ship. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Metal filaments shot upward, wrapping Nike in a bronze net. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As proprietor, Mrs. Cripe wore a crocheted handkerchief pinned to her apron, and a hair net. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is mosquito netting. This is a bottle of vermouth. You like vermouth? These are English papers.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Losing it will be like losing a safety net. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He put nets on Emma’s azaleas to see if it would change the way they grew. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said stop,” Vivi shouts, glamour shimmering in her voice like a net. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There woe long nets here and there, erected on poles, into which unwary geese might fly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The basketball hit the rim of the net but then went in. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The fishermen stayed in their nets the whole night long. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we could think of anything else, fishermen sprang from behind huts with machetes, fishing spears, and nets in their hands. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They cupped the net around him like a kind of hammock so that his body was borne by the webbing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “As soon as the Muscovy flaps, that falcon will dive and hit the net.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I see a few hands stretching out to me at the edge of the net, so I grab the first one I can reach and pull myself across. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Below the pine-clad bluffs, a dozen fishing boats were pulling in their nets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pa ties a fish net to a long stick to catch them as they pass by in the rushing water beside our hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He straightened himself again, blinked into the sun, and strolled, whistling, toward the gondolieri who were still out trying to net customers at the base of the bridge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z After supper he strung up a mosquito net around his cot and fell asleep in his clothes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He watched as it dripped in the net. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There are flame-throwing booby traps, a net of pillboxes with periscopic sights; they have stockpiled enough ordnance to spray shells into the sea all day, every day, for a year. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By something sharp enough to cut the head net. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The bullets hiss, they make a steel net, never ceasing, never ceasing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z However wide and gracefully they tried to toss it, the net always flew clumsily. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The Valiants shooter surveyed the open net in front of him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Light comes in through slats netted over with chicken wire to keep out pigeons. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z My stomach was flopping like a fish in a net. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The rims were rusted with metal rather than nylon nets. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She’d stayed up with her father, watching the villagers drag the river with nets and bamboo poles. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “We will need to go down there with a net,” said Kvasir, the wise god. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw the outline of a horse lying on its side, suspended in the mesh net of chain-link overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z All I can see is Uriah’s face when he hit the net after the Choosing Ceremony, the giddy smile he wore as Zeke and I pulled him onto the platform next to the net. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Their words are muted as the winds they allow through the netting. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She drops a shot right over the net that you can’t get to. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Aye, well enough, though I do not know my head from my tail in this place, as the cat said when she tumbled into the fowler’s net.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The Holo didn’t indicate that the block we just left was mined, had the black geyser, or that the net was made from barbed wire. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The serpent curled around, thinking it would snag the net with its tail and use its whole body to rip it asunder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A cargo net was draped over its side for people to climb up. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And at every point it was riveting: here was a group of eight people up on a stage without a net, creating a play before our eyes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He sneaks up from behind and scoops us up all at once like a fisherman with a net. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Ta-p’en-k’eng sites of Taiwan and the South China coast are full of fish bones and mollusk shells, as well as of stone net sinkers and adzes suitable for hollowing out a wooden canoe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She had a trident in one hand and a weighted net in the other—classic gladiator style. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This time a great net burst from the bike’s exhaust, but the Death Eaters were ready for it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She was growing a little stout, but it did net seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Ships sat docked along the pier, a mess of rope and netting with sailors calling to each other, too busy to notice the royal procession. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I get afraid when I see the gymnasts at a circus, sailing from bar to bar high above the ground, with no net to save them if they fall. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, using her school hat as a net, she swooped and caught it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z After countless tries, the net yielded two flopping silvery fish. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The other was in much better shape, with smaller, hairline cracks and a newer net. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z First we had to pull down all the mosquito netting from the frame. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The first spy to be trapped in the Cold War's net maintained his innocence until his death. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Looking down and to his left, he saw Ravenel shimmering across the river, the white yachts gleaming under marina lights, and shrimp boats ghostly below their nets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned around at the wagons edge to give the pitch a yank “Well, get it unstuck,” Pa said, pulling the hay net in. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The woman stood barefoot in her underwear, pulling the black net of a body stocking taut between her fingers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After several hours of swinging from the oak tree in their netted trap, Jack and Sarah heard the leaves stirring and then the sound of a saw meeting rope. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A curtain separated our side of the room from the end where my parents slept in a four-poster bed veiled with mosquito netting. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It smells of net curtains, toast, and toilet cleaner. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They carried weapons, though: tridents, nets, and scimitars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We ran to the net, but it was tiny, hardly large enough for two. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Pa had gone to Lake Pepin and caught them all with a net. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned away and strode across the cave and picked up his dream-catching net. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Corporal Kolodny tiptoed stealthily into Captain Black’s tent early the next morning, reached inside the mosquito net and gently shook the moist shoulder blade he found there until Captain Black opened his eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The net pod is at the far end, almost the next corner. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z By that point, nearly every effort to send a US agent behind the Iron Curtain had failed; the KGB was simply too well entrenched and too vigilant for the Americans to sneak past its nets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Between his legs hung a limp cocoon that seemed smoother, free of the wrinkles that crisscrossed the rest of his body like mosquito netting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The room was full of bubbling tanks tended by boys who morosely fished the water with nets and who paid no attention to the newcomers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The net was huge and heavy, and long enough to go from one end of the pool to the other. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Neither he nor Resa had been given anything to eat since they were put in those nets, so it was doubly satisfying to fill his belly with Basta’s food. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He leaped high in the air and swung the net through the mist with a great swishing sweep of his arm. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as Omakayas was gathering in and folding Nokomis’s net, she noticed one bird was left, struggling hard to free itself. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Fishermen stood on their bobbing vessels, throwing nets across the dark, still waters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The hissing snakes and the angry bees, the empty nets, and Loo. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Across the street, on the stone docks, was a row of overturned fishing boats draped with nets spread out to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Her cheeks tightened and her mouth straightened, as though a net of muscles took control. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My job in the group includes fetching water for the shrimp catchers, helping untangle their nets, and separating the shrimp from weeds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone suggested that one person hold a butterfly net behind the tailpipe while another person start the car, which would allow the engine exhaust to blast the ferret out into the net. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On winter days, picking fish from his net, he wore a wool cap knitted by his wife and an infantryman’s battered field jacket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z At Quebrada Jaguay, a dry streambed on the nation’s southern coast that was one of the two sites described in Science, they dug up wedge clams and chased schools of six-inch drumfish with nets. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By the time the park rangers arrived, Dad had wrapped up Derek in his own net, like a big dumb mullet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Nathan went to break the dams and I with him and with me our children, sunken-eyed, noisy as they had not been for many days at the thought of the feast, carrying nets and baskets. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying on his back, Jonathan stared up at the overhanging trees, a laced and dark-green net. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “We were fishing for cod and it got stuck in the net.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I bet no soldier ever thought of this one,” I said, wading back in the water with my improvised net. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The coffin was covered with a mosquito net. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z For them the web of cause and effect was invisible and simultaneously everywhere, which was why a man could sink his net with salmon one night and catch only kelp the next. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Right. They had that video, you and me scrimmaging, when you made that ridiculously shallow lob and I caught you at the net.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z All too soon the coins were gone, and with them, our only safety net. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z My family had already spent our safety net of gold coins, and my father's savings had disappeared. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But just when it looked like the Lastrygonians were about to get overwhelmed, the next wave surged out of the maze: thirty, maybe forty dracamae in full batde armor, wielding spears and nets. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She looked just like she had the first time I saw her, wearing that ridiculous net on her head, and that greasy purple shirt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Yesterday I saw a bunch of the building janitors chasing that scrawny red chicken around with nets. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I step up to the line, bounce the ball twice, and put it through the net. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z There is a net at the bottom of the hole. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z There's that net, clearly strung to deflect any such attack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Emma screamed and kicked at it with her other foot as the net came to a jolting stop, the pulley above too weak to raise all of us and the hollow, too. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I grit my teeth and roll to the edge, grabbing the pole that supports the net, and swing my leg over the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He made the basket, the swish of the net prompting loud cheers from the visiting team’s fans. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z To do this at least three men were needed, and even then the sea elephant often dragged the net into the sea and got away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z On one of those walks, I came across my father standing not far from a group of fishermen who were untangling knots in a net the size of a circus tent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If you burned this book now, its matter would be changed to ash and smoke, but the net amount of stuff in the universe would be the same. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But the whole scene reminds me of my conversation with Uncle Phil, about the salmon that didn’t return, the empty nets that last year he worked as a fisherman. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There were things of his grandfathers, too, lights and jars and nets, all to do with the moth collecting. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I could send a flaming arrow into the pyramid easily enough -I'm a good enough shot to get it through those openings in the net -but there's no guarantee it would catch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My success improved greatly when I started using part of the cargo net. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The red and white mast lights had been left on all morning; the picking light and the jacklight at the end of the net both shone dully in the early sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Wow!” he says, glancing around at Chucha’s purple towel hanging from a peg, her purple mosquito net strung between two nails, her purple dresses draped over a chair. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He agreed to ferry Booth and Herold across the river as soon as he set his fishing nets. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Each arrest, in theory, would net a given city or county about $153 in state and federal funding. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her hair was tucked behind a squared- off, ruffled, netted cap of black lace. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Higher up, near where the old fishing nets drooped down from the rafters, the surface of the sea had been depicted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each Sunday she wears a different hat, sometimes one with netted lace hanging over her eyes, sometimes one with a big, wide brim. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Here was a child who, by the time he had reached the second grade, spoke much like the toothless fishermen casting their nets into Albemarle Sound. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Most of them were gill-netters, men who traveled into solitary waters and dropped their nets into the currents salmon swam. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z No one else I know has a badminton net like this on their wall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In a net—and now I’m getting poked with a stick. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z To launch the entertainment, two tall, splendid gladiators were set to fight, one armed with a sword and the other with a net and a trident—a fork with spiked tines and a long handle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He stopped the ball calmly and kicked it into the net. 2-2. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But over the fields and the water the moonlight hung, a net of silver mist, and in his body his blood ran secret and hot and fast. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They drove the securing stakes deeper around the net. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They took a bus to a place Rasheed called the Shar-e-Nau Park, where children pushed each other on swings and slapped volleyballs over ragged nets tied to tree trunks. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The net spun slowly, still expanding as it rotated. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They carried the pile of stiff tarry netting to the riverbank and spread it out on the grass, and Mary showed them how to knot a new piece of cord where it was worn. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In other words, the net effect of crack is still being felt in the form of violent crime, to say nothing of the miseries the drug itself continues to cause. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I also caught small fish in a net I had made and hung them up to dry for winter light. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She would fix her hair, cover it with a flimsy net, put on a clean white cannery worker’s dress, and stick a brightly colored handkerchief in the lapel pocket. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood holding the butterfly net at the ready, itching to pounce on something. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He cut Percy out of the net and propped him against the temple wall, enveloping him in the airy shell of the ventus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Merchant ships plied to and fro on the blue oceans, and fishermen hauled in brimming nets of cod and tunny, bass and mullet; the forests ran with game, and no children went hungry. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But we get three for second and one for third, so Langston nets only one point. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The boatman plied his homemade nets not far from shore and brought in fat bream and tiger fish. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind my captor, a sea of legionnaires tries to pull Helene down, barely keeping a hold on her as she twists and spits, a cat in a net. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I picked up his butterfly net and slung it over my shoulder. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The fish paused at the edge of the net. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the base of Franang’s Falls, the gods unrolled the net they had made. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It was tall and netted over with silver cobwebs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She wore high heels and stockings that looked like they were made from a mullet net. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And the boxmaster would attempt to scoop up the bird in a long-handled fishing net and toss it into the air and run. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He laid aside the dream-catching net but hung on to the suitcase. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It had gotten caught in the net and, unable to reach the surface to breathe, it had died underwater. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He twisted his body, getting ready to throw the net again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The net caught on the spines, the rough scales, and the mane of horns surrounding the main head of the Basmu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There were many fishing boats along the quay and nets were spread on racks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z That night, sitting at the foot of my bed, poking her face in so that the gauzy net was molded to her features like an awful death mask, was the black mother cat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Now, he thought, to work out a counterplan: what will I do if the gods weave a net like this one? Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They had begun to manage their environment intensively for fish production by building fish traps, nets, and even long canals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When he spotted my father, Derek hauled in the gill net and made a run for it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The window was open; net curtains stirred in the breeze. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z One was trying to chew the net, but hippocampi teeth just aren’t meant for cutting rope. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It felt like an invisible net had been cast over her body, dragging her down. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But the net was strong, and although the horse whinnied and reared back in fear, Iorek couldn’t fight free of the coils. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And then she was screaming and laughing far above the net, his arm around her waist like the surest harness. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z As the spiders molt and grow, the net is enlarged. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Gill nets, by law, must be on board by nine o’clock—is that right, Sheriff Moran?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The need for nets, in Haas’s view, gave the inland cities the whip hand—Norte Chico was based on farming, like all other complex societies, although not on farming for food. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A school of fish appeared around the net or a knot cried out to be reknotted. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There were cut lashings of net twine visible there, loose ends dangling, ten or twenty figure eights, cut through cleanly on an angle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Hearing his voice on the air I saw again the long-toothed smile and the face masked with a net of fine wrinkles. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She had taken care of him and waited on him as she now did her mother, and she had woven him too into her invisible net of guilt and unrepayable debts of gratitude. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything in the dark assumed a spectral appearance through white netting: a ghostly bureau, a ghostly toybox, ghostly curtains. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She threw her first javelin in grappling hook mode, knocking away a lead-weighted net that would have entangled us both. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he tethered the Muscovy on the other side of the net from Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Nhamo saw Crocodile Guts packing a string bag: He put in a pipe, fishing lines, and a reed flute she remembered him playing as he waited for fish to blunder into his net. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the days that followed he was seen with a net and a small basket, hunting butterflies on the outskirts of town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I could see that they were trying to avoid us because they didn't want us to foul their nets, and now the large cranes were hauling them up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They are exposed to the music of their parents and siblings, friends, and relatives, casting a wide net over multiple experiences and genres. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I dashed to the other side of the net and gathered up the balls. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Our men usually hunted them with a strong net made of bull kelp, which they threw over an animal while it slept. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “And change, yes. But that was gross and not net.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She was at the beach, close to Kapugen, helping him haul in a huge gleaming net. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My arms felt like they’d fly off with the next throw of hay, but I pitched it into the center of the net so Pa could haul it to the loft. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “What about the time you almost drowned trying to catch fish with that new kind of net you invented?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z My stomach doesn’t just flip, it does high-wire somersaults without a net. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But the Terrible Things covered them with the curl of their terrible nets and the porcupines hung in them like flies in a spider's web as the Terrible Things carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no net beneath these kids, only the Net. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my fishing spear and nets in the canoe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Other wheeled creatures were working: some repairing a roof, others hauling a net out of the river, others bringing brushwood for a fire. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I swished the net, and the bug was mine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The absence of the Thunderhead’s uninvited intrusions into our lives is a blessing, for it allows us to live without a safety net. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Where would I go?” he said, and we both fell asleep under my mosquito net. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You pushed him off you. You couldn’t have known he would trigger the net at that exact spot,” says Finnick, trying to calm him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Why did you focus on the hockey stick, and not the net? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When he was sitting out of doors mending the nets, and all alone, he would often look eagerly to the north. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I had driven 350 miles to get to Pennsylvania, had spent four long days in the state, and walked a net eleven miles of the Appalachian Trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The giant threw his weighted net and Percy collapsed to the floor, hopelessly entangled as the poison thickened around him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lac, Fox, and Hobs ducked behind a pile of fishing nets to watch and listen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z To our right, teens were playing volleyball—with an actual net. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then came the long silence, the waiting, the listening, and at last, with surprising suddenness came the leap and the swish of the net. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He followed him out, set his net above him, and watched while the fog concealed everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There, people “cast their nets outspread into the river, at night; and when morning comes, they find in their nets such goods as .., ginger, rhubarb, wood of aloes, and cinnamon.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He gathered up the net under Nike’s chin and raised her face to his. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Strolling leisurely around the bank of the Abbey pond, the two companions gathered up the nets preparatory to spreading them upon the water. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The door was made of wire netting on a wooden frame, with two leather hinges nailed to the uprights and a hasp and staple fastened with a twist of wire. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya drilled the penalty kick, upper right, into the net, and we were up 1-0 in the first minute. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They draped one of Grandma’s nets carefully over the cornstalks to make a ceiling. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She helped Nokomis take the bundles down, put them carefully in her net to carry. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The driver pulls the netted covering of flowers from my carriage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I realize that I’m caught in something that’s like a net but more organic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Beneath the drop slot, there are two more stickers—a soccer ball, and a soccer net—along with the word GOAL! in gel pen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It tented up over the little posts for the net. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I work my fingers through the holes in the net beneath me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I can't stop looking at Rue, smaller than ever, a baby animal curled up in a nest of netting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At the angles are funnel-like openings for nets or basket traps. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Their eyes left Father and came to rest on Ruth May inside the drenched cloud of netting on the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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