| 单词 | owl |
| 例句 | “There is no boy,” said the owl hopefully, without turn* ing round. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon cried aloud, a pure, cold owl cry, a sound never heard in that world before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It makes my mother into a nonmother, a sort of mutant owl. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She sometimes flew in to nibble his ear and have a bit of toast before going off to sleep in the owlery with the other school owls. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The merry flight of the bats around the steeple of First Congregational stilled, the blurred stars began to come out, and the first owl call sounded, low and sonorous. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z As I walk through the woods, I see an owl circling overhead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I used to fall asleep to the sound of crickets and owls. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z When owls hoot, it doesn’t sound like humans laughing so I don’t know why people say ‘hoot’ but they do. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z With this sad prediction the owl stepped through his doorway, spread his great wings and was gone, soaring silently downward into the shadowy woods below. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to tell him about the owl and the rats, tell him that something still might be done. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore, like Mad-Eye, like Sirius, like his parents, like his poor owl, all were gone where Harry could never talk to them again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Swooper the owl hobbled in, followed by some chickadees and a magpie. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In a second the glint of steel flashed in the shadows, lit by the owl’s eyes, and at the same moment Gareth jumped to the defence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this an owl? Is there an owl at our prom?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The territory around the mill house, at the risk of death, belonged to the owls at night and the falcons by day. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Tacked to the walls were dried bats, owls and shriveled lizards. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z One day I had seen it happen to a baby owl. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked around the clearing then and found that she was surrounded by all manner of forest creatures—owls and foxes, dormice and squirrels, bees and deer and rabbits. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Her shirt says I’m watching you, and it’s got a picture of an owl with giant eyes—and it fits her perfectly, like all of her clothes do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Asta became an owl and perched on the prow, her feathers shedding the water in a way she’d discovered when she was trying to become an animal that didn’t yet exist. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Eat this,” said the owl, and handed him a dead mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry blew it — it sounded a bit like an owl. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He thought of her cry flying through the night sky and making the moon turn her face away, making the owls tremble in their flight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “And lechuzas? You want those evil owls climbing all over you while you sleep, pecking your eyes out?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z These sounds were lanced by the hooting of the Devil’s own bird, an owl. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Along yet another corridor he dashed, and then there were owls everywhere, and Mrs. Norris was hissing and trying to bat them with her paws, no doubt to return them to their proper place.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry didn’t think there was anything wrong with not being able to afford an owl. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I had careful directions from the owl; yet it took us half a day, moving briskly, to reach the base of the mountains. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A snowy owl clapped his beak and hissed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They trembled and looked into the dark sky for the owl, but it was gone. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked in silence but for the crying of owls, the scrabbling of mice, and the knocking of my heart against my ribs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There are no owls, he started to say. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z All these things were going through my head when I heard a shriek like a screech owl coming from the house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The white fox, the snowy owl, the weasel, the jaeger, and the siskin had virtually disappeared. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The little owl brings Frightful back to mind. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a shy little bird and, like other owls, was most active after dark. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was as wise as a little owl,” Fitzsimmons remembered later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got done with her Verse, she went way down in the jungle to turn that baby owl loose, and we thought she never would come back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A gray banner with an owl fluttered outside the tent. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Here —take my quill and send this owl back straight away.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Though I’ve never seen one, I think I hear an owl. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z As the owls flooded into the Great Hall as usual, everyone’s at-tention was caught at once by a long, thin package carried by six large screech owls. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Roz looked up at the tree, but the owl had gone. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z An owl hoots; a bird sleeping in a laurel bush awakes and flutters its wings. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry stared at the word “Pig,” then looked up at the tiny owl now zooming around the light fixture on the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Once dressed, the fake Harrys took rucksacks and owl cages, each containing a stuffed snowy owl, from the second sack. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This is his theory: the owl we held as a temporary captive memorized our floor plan so it could find its way back through a window and consume her soul. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Too many sick children for people to abide an owl hanging around and looking at them with his eyes still hungry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We already talked about this, me and Beatrice. We want to help you save the owls. Seriously, we’re locked and loaded.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven opossums, four raccoons, five owls, and six skunks had waddled, scooted, dashed, and fluttered from their various homes, just to see me off. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He stared at the window through which Fred and George’s owl had departed, then said, “Come on, let’s get some breakfast.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “If you hurt a single one of our owls, I’m not eating any more of your stupid pancakes.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you see the owl? What did he say?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I went to Tenorio’s side and carefully picked up Ultima’s owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the news photographer snapped pictures of the protesters, Mother Paula pleaded, “But I don’t want to hurt your owls! Really, I wouldn’t hurt a flea!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I spotted a familiar silver owl banner in the southeast corner of the fight, 33rd at the Park Avenue tunnel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A screech owl calls from the dead oak, and I look up. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At long last, the train stopped at Hogsmeade station, and there was a great scramble to get outside; owls hooted, cats meowed, and Neville’s pet toad croaked loudly from under his hat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you send us a letter by owl? I believe you have an owl?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The noise called Tu-Whit Tu-Whoo, which is wished by poets on the owl, fa really a family noise, made by separate birds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our owl. He’s ancient. It wouldn’t be the first time he’d collapsed on a delivery. So then I tried to borrow Hermes —” “Who?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He was hating him, like the owl—condemning him as a coward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lets the music of the woods outside—chirping crickets, hooting owls, wind in the leaves—fill his head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z As they reached it, Hermione came out, but she wasn’t carrying an owl. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The fiery owl seemed to be taunting her: Well, this is the way, kid. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For a moment, the bridge burned in a clear pattern—a fiery row of identical owls. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It was a screech owl. I don’t know for sure if I heard one or two. It could have been just one.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good thinking!” said Harry, also looking up at the owls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My uncle handed me a blanket from the truck and I wrapped the owl in it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A herd animal such as man would acquire a higher survival factor through this; an owl or a cobra would be destroyed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Harry tried to wave the owl out of the way, but it snapped its beak fiercely at him and carried on savaging the coat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Nelson got mad at Leah, too, for keeping her a owl for a pet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Its hair was so matted and covered with leaves that it looked like an owl’s nest in need of housecleaning. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She hates our owl the most of all, and hollered at us for having it! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He folded this note up very small, and with immense difficulty, tied it to the tiny owl’s leg as it hopped on the spot with excitement. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry scribbled the dates down on the back of Sirius’s letter, tied it onto the brown owl’s leg, and watched it take flight again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At last she fell silent, and the owl asked no more questions. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Billy had fallen asleep while examining a female patient who was in a chair on the other side of the owl. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t see the harm in a tiny fib if it helped save the owls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he understood what was going to happen to the little owls if he did his job properly, and it weighted him with an aching and unshakeable sorrow. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The forests along the edge of Ardestan are full of foxes, owls, rabbits, and pheasants. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The owl was asleep, or else faking; she was angry with Harry about the limited amount of time she was allowed out of her cage at the moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Did we not talk about Mrs. Curie’s element? Mrs. Maxwell’s screech owl? Miss Anning’s pterodactyl? Her ichthyosaur?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The only gesture he had made to the possibility of a journey was to shut his snowy owl, Hedwig, safely in her cage. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The only sound was that of a screech owl, near enough to startle me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “He is the strongest knight in the King’s bodyguard, and Elfred the Dane is his finest bowman. Elfred can shoot out the eyes of an owl at two hundred paces.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z We would all have slashed out, like the owl, to protect Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched an owl flutter toward the school across the bright blue sky, a note clamped in its mouth. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “The screech owl is one of Hades’s sacred animals,” Nico said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The only thing better than the owl’s hooting was the roar of my mother’s engine as she pulled into the campsite. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I realized that the owl had been with me throughout the night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is that what you were doing when you went into the garden, Mr. Lovegood? Sending an owl to the Ministry?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry then realized that the owl had dropped a letter at his feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Everyone turned as the owl slowly pointed his wing to a grassy lump in the meadow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He was good at browsing the Internet, so with no difficulty he was able to Google up plenty of information about the burrowing owl. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a big, fluffy snowy owl and put his nose into the sweet, dense feathers on his head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I feel my eyes getting rounder and rounder, the pupils enlarging like an owl’s: for an hour I’ve been looking at slides, yellowy, sometimes unfocused slides of white marble women with flat-topped heads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Even after getting chanted back to sensibility, I shook when I recalled that perched everywhere there were owls with great hunched shoulders and yellow scowls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it would help the boy understand Roy’s reluctance to participate, even though he sympathized with the owl crusade. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dream I saw Ultima’s owl lift la Virgen on her wide wings and fly her to heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a feeling his father was sympathetic on the owl issue, but Mr. Eberhardt had never come out and said so. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Awake as an old barn owl,” she said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The owl really did regret it, and looked so remorseful that Merlyn had to put on a cheerful manner and change the conversation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermione pressed her lips together, looking angry and disapproving, but was distracted by a third owl landing in front of her carrying that day’s copy of the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is not important,” said the owl, drawing back a little and looking at her in a new way—almost as if with deference. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Since our friends aren’t here to push us,” said Bigwig, “we may as well make sure the place isn’t crawling with stoats and owls before we go out.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “All he’s trying to do is save the owls.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She peered like an owl from the hole in the mountain, and the baby slept under the blanket on her back, his face turned sideways against her neck and shoulder. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z There is nothing so magical as a tree with an owl in it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “All we need is one lousy picture of one little owl—” “You better take off,” the boy said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The commuters stared curiously at the owls as the family wove its way toward the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then the owl came out to hunt, and foxes, weasels and strange wild cats stalked among the tree trunks. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z With eyes as big as a hoot owl’s, I looked and listened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The hour of the owl, the hour of the wolf, the hour of the nightingale, moonrise and moonset, dusk and dawn, they staggered past like drunkards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the big juniper tree where the hill sloped to the bridge I heard Ultima’s owl sing. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the old sandstone quarry,” the owl replied. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The owl had said, in effect: Either Timothy alone must die, or they must all die together. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z If so, when she survived, she was going to find that owl and punch it in the face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Anyway, I told you all this because killing owls is no different than killing kittens. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Bongo moved to Home Plate to make room for the owls. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s a robot, a skull with a bow on its head, a kid kicking a soccer ball, an owl, and more. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The man, furred from his toes to his ears, walks through the moon-and-snowlit woods, silent as an owl, huge bow on his shoulder, his eyes on the dark tracks. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not an owl. More of a dodo. A dumb dodo. How’d you get in here?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d imagined the cane would be as big as a tree trunk with crows and owls and lizards Uving in it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I could copy owls and bats, the words for “bat” and “blessing” homonyms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow he’d fit his entire skinny body down the opening of an owl burrow, so that only his noggin stuck out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I boomed out the song of the great horned owl and stopped. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When the owl had finished arguing with himself, Matthias called out, “Cap’n Snow, sir, there is a question that I must ask you.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Again the owl had difficulty in controlling his unbridled hilarity. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was said that if you heard one owl it meant nothing at all, but if you heard more than one, it meant bad luck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thus flies foul our fearless night owl,” she might say, the words forming so punctiliously on her lips, her head raised and neck straight and her eyes fixed on our teacher. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Still I felt something or someone lurking in the shadows, else why should the owl cry? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t!” hollered the boy in the owl hole, spitting the string. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember a picture book with an owl, cat, and cow in a tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z A badger, an owl, and a baboon were all just as intent to pin Pantalaimon down, and Lyra was crying to them: “Why? Why are you doing this? Help us! You shouldn’t be helping them!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The room was deserted, save for the owl, and the security klaxons were no longer wailing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Frog songs and owl calls hang like a sound blanket over this lowland. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just about the owls, it was about everything—all the birds and animals, all the wild places that were in danger of being wiped out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment the note was secure, the owl was off again; it zoomed out of the window and out of sight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The letter finished, he tied it to Hedwig’s leg; she kept unusually still, as though determined to show him how a real post owl should behave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At his throat is a ruff of pale owl feathers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Now, we had better fly,” said the owl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ultima’s owl gave the warning that the time of peace on our hill was drawing to an end. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some birds, like owls and woodpeckers, would spend the winter nesting and eating the island’s few remaining edibles. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We were past caring—we came over the flat, open land at owl time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Strange bird sounds answer me: ca-caw of crows, whoop of owls, knocking woodpeckers, and a whistling nightingale. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Red-tailed hawks, barred owls, a ruffed grouse, an osprey with brown wings the color of Byrd’s eyes, and even a male wild turkey, fluffed and frozen in time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “This way, with a reversion clause on the owl, someone would be hunting me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z An owl came, with an ominous, swift whirring of its wings, down on to something in the grass. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Now he got to his feet and walked forward more carefully, startling an owl which rose on silent wings. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Lyra strained her eyes to look ahead, but not even Pantalaimon’s owl eyes could see any movement on the flank of the mountain they were climbing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she should have lived in the night all along, with the owls and bats and other nocturnal creatures. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl and the rats had calculated wisely, and the nearest furrow was more than two feet from her house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The owls were flying directly at the Burrow, three handsome tawnies, each of which, it became clear as they flew lower over the path leading up to the house, was carrying a large square envelope. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z No migrating eagle passed overhead; no barred owl saw her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Brother Jack guided me down the hall to a door on which I saw a bronze door-knocker in the shape of a large-eyed owl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “And send me an owl if you find anything.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I used to take some pride in that—the caution of owls when my shape looms in, the alarm I stir in these giant northern wolves. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Pigwidgeon was much too small to carry an entire ham up to the mountain by himself, so Harry enlisted the help of two school screech owls as well. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I was leaving that side of it out,” said the owl in civilized tones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was when he said that the owl was the spirit of Ultima that everything I had ever known about Ultima and her bird seemed to make sense. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged shot breadcrumb arrows after the owls and brought them down, and when they touched the ground there they lay, bone and crumb, all illusion gone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The mustard-pot got up and walked over to his plate on thin silver legs that waddled like the owl’s. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The momentary happiness that had flared inside him at the sight of the owl had died. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z These were the dinkiest owls that Officer Delinko had.ever seen—only eight or nine inches tall. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then some kind of huge bird—a monstrous owl—dived in to attack the giant. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Now he hesitated a moment, his head thrust forward as though listening, then his hand covered the owl from view, producing instead of the knock which I expected, an icy peal of clear chimes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sun is meant to give light. Plants are meant to grow. We owls are meant to hunt.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I thought your friend Ron might like to keep this owl, as it’s my fault he no longer has a rat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I lay there and listened to the corn shucks squeak when I breathed and to the owls hooting in the timber along Birdsong Creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A little owl with a slightly flattened, hawklike head peered down at them from one of the branches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Somehow the memory of the falling rocks faded with the owl’s cry, and what had been frightening and unexplainable grew distant. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, they fell quiet and gazed up into the boundless starlit expanse while the owls and crickets sang their night hymns all around them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “No wait owl. But a what I like a say. You ’elp a mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There were delays in the post because the owls kept being blown off course. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He thought the chicken would calm as he carried her—Charlie carried all his chickens around—but her frantic clucks added to the chorus of crickets and the crescendo of the owls: Who? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then I heard an owl cry its welcome to the night, and I was reminded again of my purpose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d become an owl, which she always did when she wanted to see something clearly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Blank-faced burrowing owls perched unblinking on fence posts, watching him pass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her first instinct was to pounce on the owl, but she instantly thought better of that. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth wondered if that burning mark was based on a real sacred owl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He landed on the sill with a thump, as owls are apt to do, did not stop himself in time, and toppled straight out of the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Hooter, the owl who couldn’t see, or Daisy, the dog who couldn’t hear, Kaira might be a singer who couldn’t sing. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Didn’t the paper say anything about the owls?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, while having breakfast, Grandpa started kidding me about the screech owls. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But that owl stank of rotten meat so I do have to say, Good riddance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With their puffed-out chests and thick necks they looked like owls rotating their carved faces back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The owl was Toby’s and it was real; that is, it had been once, but now it was stuffed. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it was her owl because the other owls of the llano did not come that near the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I would not trap the mice that danced so close or the owls that plunged just outside the fire. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They had some lady on there demonstrating how to cut a pineapple into the shape of an owl. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z "Torches just blind you. On a clear night like this, the moon and the stars are enough. Mychel says I have the eyes of the owl." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For a long time he stood gazing at the owl, who dozed on its perch. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The coyotes cried and laughed in the brush, and the owls screeched and hissed over their heads. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than those soft sounds this bear-fighting dog was quiet as a owl diving at a mouse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But the moon was bright and the shadow of those wings so real, and before we could find our voices, before I could call out, “Wait!” the owl had flown off into the night. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z He went to the window of the empty owl room. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I could hear the crickets in the woods and an owl hooting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He wore an owl mask when he spoke to you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The house was quiet, and I was in the mist of some dream when I heard the owl cry its warning. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then an owl hooted softly, a field mouse screamed, a rabbit thumped, a dog-fox barked his deep, single lion’s cough, and a bat twittered above their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But the two best things were a shrunken head and a large stuffed owl. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We laid the owl on the linoleum by the back door and, when it awoke, told Mother to stay out of the kitchen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I understand,” said the owl, moving closer to the round entrance of his hollow. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The patrolman glanced up and saw, framed against the starlit sky, two winged silhouettes— the baby owl’s parents, anxiously circling their frightened fledgling. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the owls in hollowed-out tree stumps on the stage. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Up so close, the owl looked very large. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Roy Lee’s D.A. needed work though, and O’Dell’s eyes were as wide as the barn owls that nested on the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Even if the owl was just a baby himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the mention of her name an extraordinary change had come over the owl. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Obviously the owls had plenty of other bugs to eat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hawks and owls have been found in convulsions — great horned owls, screech owls, red-shouldered hawks, sparrow hawks, marsh hawks. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “But what if one a them owls shows up?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Uncle Vernon, still purple-faced, still mustached, still looking furious at the nerve of Harry, carrying an owl in a cage in a station full of ordinary people. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I was conscious of my unruly hair that would not be trapped in a neat braid and my enormous eyes, which my younger brother called owl eyes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He flicked on the squad car’s headlights and there, on a grassy mound marked by a freshly planted survey stake, stood a pair of burrowing owls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I am sorry, boy,” said the owl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It is like the one redheaded early riser in a family of dark-haired night owls. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You crossed the line, and why? ’Cause you cared about what happened to me,” he said to Roy, “just like I care about what happens to them weird little owls.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Every hoot of an owl sent him into a high- pitched fit, and whenever the cooking fire hissed, he threw a bit of aca, maize beer, into the flames to appease their anger. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “It said, I’ve got you covered—owl” He jumped back, rubbing his arm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He heard the whoosh and flutter of an owl as it dived, and then the tiny squeal of a doomed rodent caught in its talons. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The few owls that managed to battle their way through the stormy sky to deliver mail had to be nursed back to health by Hagrid before they could fly off again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He had gone to send an owl to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, then shut himself up in his dormitory. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Okay, I know we’re just talking about a few puny little owls, and I know everybody is crazy about Mother Paula’s pancakes, but what’s happening out there is just plain wrong. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to help you!” screeched the owl, from the very top of the tree. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Grandpa, I heard two screech owls,” I said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt like crying—after coming all this way, after flying to see the owl, to be turned back so abruptly at the end. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “How about that one,” Armpit said, indicating a brown owl with huge eyes. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The Virgin smiled at the goodness of the owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dallas and Florida were quiet, facing the windows, waiting for the owl. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe night noises scared them—the barking of foxes, the shrill screech of owls, the rustle of unseen deer in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I always wanted an owl, even back before they all dropped dead.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Hawks, sparrows, owls! Dive in front of his eyes!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I drew the till owls asking their one and only question: Who? Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There was only one exception — two white owls from Point Hope carried small amounts of DDT, perhaps acquired in the course of some migratory journey. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If there were owlets, there would also be food, lots of it, for the male owls are constantly bringing food to the young. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I won’t tell you where, in case this owl falls into the wrong hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The owl screeched and fell to the floor of the cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t see the owls swooping past in broad daylight, though people down in the street did; they pointed and gazed open-mouthed as owl after owl sped overhead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Curly attempted to give chase but he made it only about five steps before tripping in an owl hole and falling flat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nightjars, cousins to the owl, called from their sandy perches on the earth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I could smell the warm scent of the strawberry fields, and hear the laughter of the dryads as they chased owls through the forest. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she lifted her head and made a sound like a hoot owl. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There were truly enormous owls—one of which nailed a friend’s Pomeranian, carried it off never to be seen again. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We await your owl by no later than July 31. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Don’t use Hedwig, keep changing owls, and don’t worry about me, just watch out for yourself. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z On a sudden instinct he dived to one side as the owl pounced. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He stood up for a better look and saw that it was a tiny owl, carrying a letter that was much too big for it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There was a sudden rustling noise above them, and a hundred owls came soaring through the open windows carrying the morning mail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Most mysterious. And now, over to Jim McGuffin with the weather. Going to be any more showers of owls tonight, Jim?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Curly figured there was no possible way that the .38 could turn up so far from the trailer, unless an exceptionally large owl had picked it up and carried it there. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Agnes, the barn owl who lived with her nestlings in my highest hollow, flapped her wings in annoyance. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Someone’s sent it to him by owl, then,” he said. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Roy said, “Please, mister, let me go. I was only feeding the owls.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right, I’m sorry I called her a screech owl,” Norton said, trying to avoid the unavoidable. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Annabeth started considering ways to pick the lock, but as soon as she touched the pull ring, a fiery shape burned in the middle of the door: the silhouette of Athena’s owl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The owl was a baby that couldn’t fly right when we found it, so Leah made it a cage and fed it bugs and some meat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Harry relieved this owl of its burden, it ruffled its feathers importantly, stretched its wings, and took off through the window into the night. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Rachael said, “Our present crash program and overall planning call for us to obtain an additional owl which can mate with Scrappy.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As she went deeper into the trees, she heard the call of a night owl, and an animal bounded through the undergrowth — a rabbit? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z James had reappeared; he had divested himself of his trunk, owl, and trolley, and was evidently bursting with news. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Ron’s old rat, Scabbers, was here no more, but instead there was the tiny gray owl that had delivered Ron’s letter to Harry in Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was Mullet Fingers, trying not to giggle, the daredevil owl perched calmly on the crown of his head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Other boxes are specially designed for owls and for bats, so that these creatures may take over in the dark hours the work of insect hunting performed in daylight by the small birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It showed an owl, Athena’s sacred animal, with an olive branch on one side and a Greek inscription on the other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I thought the owl was Minerva’s symbol,” Jason murmured. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “What if I feel like calling her a screech owl?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I want you to swear, by return owl, that you are not going to go walking with anyone else at night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With her big eyes and tiny nose, she’d make an awesome owl. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z One winter, when I was very young, Luke found a great horned owl in the pasture, unconscious and half frozen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Kaylee smirks and I can see her moving the points from the giraffe column to the owl column in her head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z On the other side of the Hall Draco Malfoy’s eagle owl had landed on his shoulder, carrying what looked like his usual supply of sweets and cakes from home. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But now, only a few night birds and insects broke the silence—crickets, an owl, some other bird I had no name for. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tío Carlos is back from driving two shifts of relatives to the subway, and now he’s lying in bed, reading some history book that would put even an owl to sleep. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The owl spread his wide, snowy wings and flapped upwards to perch on the edge of his den. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And at the back was the new altar to Thoth, with its candles and incense still burning in front of an old stuffed owl that Toby had cut his teeth on. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s because the owl sent me,” said Mrs. Frisby, searching for an answer that would satisfy him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As I return to my bedroom, an owl hoots outside like it’s agreeing with me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Er — why are you calling that owl Pig?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was an old man with a long grey beard and brass spectacles large as an owl’s eyes over his nose, and he wore a dirty grey robe whose long sleeves covered his hands altogether. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I climbed down, and as I ran off toward my tree I saw her drift on those muffled wings of the owl through the limbs and branches as she went back to her work. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “And hair of blonde feathers like a snowy owl.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z "And I'll see you back here tonight, Dunstan Thorn, when the moon goes down. Come here and hoot like a little owl. Can you do that?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Miyax tied another red patch on the sedge, rounded a boggy pond, and climbed the heave where the owl lived. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no telling what it was thinking, but it looked at me as though to say, there is no eating a baby owl, that’s not useful like hunting a pheasant. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “That is possible,” said the owl, “though unusual. I have heard of such a thing before. We all help one another against the cat.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She reached in and pulled out a goat, a crocodile, a pigeon, a snake, an owl, and a peacock. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get the owls out of my mind. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he passed his trembling fingers over his eyelids and stood wearily, looking at the owl with distaste. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl wiped tears from his eyes with a snowy wing as he hooted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “His name’s Scabbers and he’s useless, he hardly ever wakes up. Percy got an owl from my dad for being made a prefect, but they couldn’t aff — I mean, I got Scabbers instead.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The snowy owl clicked her beak and fluttered down onto Harry’s arm. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Pennsylvania one year paid out $90,000 in bounties for the killing of 130,000 owls and hawks to save the state’s farmers a slightly less than whopping $1,875 in estimated livestock losses. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Finally he broke in and said, “Look, I just went there to stand up for the owls. That’s all.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the window soared three owls, two of them holding up the third, which appeared to be unconscious. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah, ever heard of a barn owl?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She goes to the cabinet and gets my favorite mug, the green one with the black owl staring at you from the natural history museum. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She was surrounded by the forces of night, heard but not seen: the gibbering of coyotes and the howling of wolves and the screaming of owls, which were said to carry an evil spirit. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I told you not to call Lorraine a screech owl!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Then the owl returned and gathered up all the babes of Limbo and flew them up to the clouds of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Currently, I am home to owl nestlings, baby opossums, and tiny raccoons. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “The owl Mum and Dad bought Percy when he was made prefect,” said Fred from the front. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Then the owl cried; it sang to the million stars that dotted the dark-blue sky, the Virgin’s gown. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A place for eagles and owls, falcons and kestrels, hawks and vultures, ospreys and buzzards, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The owl is dead—” was all I could say. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Merlyn stood in the middle, holding his umbrella high because of the owl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nice to have my silver medal back!” jeered the owl. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There is only plunging night and owls calling from the trees and bats straining insects above a roadside ditch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Regular owls aren’t that big, and they don’t travel in broods,” I said. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It is amazing what a single owl can do to a local population of ruffled grouse and rabbits in just a few months. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “And a mother owl has moved in. Made hei nest right in the middle of the Grey Twelve, bold as brass.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It fluttered down beside Harry at the same moment that a tawny owl landed in front of Hermione, clutching a copy of the Daily Prophet in its beak. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I placed the owl by her side and knelt at the side of the bed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She listened, nodding her head like a wizened owl, as the tale of the morning’s woes came pouring out. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They landed with a soft flump on Harry’s bed, and the middle owl, which was large and gray, keeled right over and lay motionless. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The only noise it made was the owl song. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, the Mark of Athena is an owl, just like that one. It appears in fiery red. I’ve seen it in my dreams. Then twice at Fort Sumter.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Which one of your folks was mix-up?” she say, staring at me like I was whole tree full of owls. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The post owls arrived, swooping down through rain-flecked windows, scattering everyone with droplets of water. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z An owl hooted in the branches of an oak tree. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But nothing could keep them back once that owl disappeared from my eyes and I knew as I had never known before that I would never, ever, see May on this earth again. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry strode over to the barn owl, took the letter off its leg, and unrolled it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z How many owls has he sent you now? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The crickets and owl, too: They all kind of fit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I ran my light back and forth, then down and up, only managing to irritate an owl. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She joined him and they went a little apart, talking too quietly for Lyra to hear, though Pantalaimon became an owl and turned his great ears in their direction. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Back in his bedroom, Harry fiddled aimlessly with his rucksack, then poked a couple of owl nuts through the bars of Hedwig’s cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z An owl or something fluttered low across the lake. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It make me feel just like a squinch owl inside. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There was just one very small improvement — after swearing that he wouldn’t use her to send letters to any of his friends, Harry had been allowed to let his owl, Hedwig, out at night. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Sitting on the counter is a huge cookie jar in the shape of a brown owl. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z From far back in the flinty hills, the monotonous call of a hoot owl floated down in the silent night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The post owls appeared, bringing Harry a good-luck card from Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Why haven’t you spoken to us sooner?” screeched the owl, from higher up in the tree. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Sirius sent their owl back the very next morning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Small flecks in the iris of Mordred’s eyes burned with a turquoise light, as bright as the owl’s. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There in the land of the dancing plains and rolling hills, there in the land which is the eagle’s by day and the owl’s by night is innocence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z An eagle owl called as it floated along the upper airs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Its chest rose conspicuously and fell, as if the owl, in its hypnagogic state, had sighed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “No,” said the owl, sounding quite sure, “it will not. The wild onions are already up in the pastures.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The owls, only hungry like everyone else, looking for souls to eat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The song of Ultima’s owl quickly brought sleep, and my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You need thirteen to make it a true coven. They must be regular owls if there’s fewer than that.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Instead I saw Tenorio’s head jerk in surprise, then he dropped the owl and his rifle and clutched at his stomach. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z An owl screeched outside, but otherwise all was still in Capricorn’s village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Later, when she listened to the hoot of an eagle owl, the hiss of a genet, and the hrrr-hrrr grunt of a foraging honey badger, she didn’t feel quite as confident. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the plug that blocked the opening, the Mark of Athena began to glow—the red outline of an owl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But although they heard owls more than once, no elil attacked them and by the morning they were in better spirits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And just as we were heading for the shed to see if there was a lost kitty in there somewhere, out of that dark came a big owl just swooping right across our path. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “But what about the owl? You know how owls are.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Crookshanks sat up in his seat, following the owl with his great yellow eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Shaking his hand and yelling like the hoot owls were after him, he ran across the street. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, what are you and that screech owl going over there for?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew off for London at once.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She had pulled her owl helmet low over her face, but I could tell her eyes were red. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He stopped climbing; he listened; he watched. liie woods gave answer: the rustle of leaves, the icy rush of the stream, a distant hoot of a snow owl. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The only answer was a rush of wings behind him as an owl took flight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was about ten feet long, glistening gray, with a painting of a barn owl above an olive tree. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z On clear days, the owl said, he sometimes saw small fish swimming in them. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a baby owl, no more than five or six inches tall. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment a brown owl’s call sounded from the opposite wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Falcons, hawks, and owls swallow fur, bones, and feathers as well as meat, then regurgitate, or “cast,” the unused parts in tidy pellets. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was food in the wagon, and wine—and a camera, and a stamp collection, and a stuffed owl, and a mantel clock that ran on changes of barometric pressure. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the time before dawn when owls return, usually hunting as they go. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Curly handed him his hat, which had come to rest near an owl burrow. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stepped forward to shout his accusation, and as he did I heard Ultima’s owl shriek in the dark. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “A group of owls is a parliament, not a brood,” she explained. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I painted a map to the gravesite using the ash mixture and a feather from the owl. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He could picture the mother owls and father owls, helplessly flying in circles while their babies were being smothered under tons of dirt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir — I got a Ministry of Magic leaflet by owl, about security measures we should all take against the Death Eaters...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One, two, three, the owls soared through it and landed on the table in a neat line. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z This left a sizable stack of newspapers sitting on his desk beside his snowy owl, Hedwig: one for each of the days Harry had spent at Privet Drive this summer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, no, thanks, really. There’s enough light...and Asta can be an owl.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The owl’s pure-white plumage was broken only by a few brown bars on the wing and some dark spots on the crown. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The owl bounced up, and came down almost on Miyax’s outstretched hand, the bird caught in his foot. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The fiery owl seemed to be watching her expectantly, as if to say: About time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Roy was hopeful that the owls would find them once they came out of their dens for supper. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them noticed a large, tawny owl flutter past the window. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Once, she had counted eighty lemmings piled at the nest of a snowy owl. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Two great horned owl eggs lie in the cold snow-rimmed cavity in the broken top of the tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My owl came back with a letter containing one simple sentence: “Tell your husband to refute these allegations about my son once and for all.” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Even after the two owls alighted, even after he watched them disappear like feathered ghosts into the ground, Officer Delinko continued moving away, backing up step by step until... Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat there and watched as the owls and the nightjars took their positions. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Do you have the eyes of an owl, to find a trail at nightfall? We sleep here and I shall be off at first light. With good luck, I may have her back before...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Then, when it let go, freeing her to take in gulp after gulp of air, she saw burning owls at the window grinning and beckoning to her with charred feathers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And so with the disappearance of the deer, the hoot of the owl, the cold land began to create new life. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I think owls are secretly a bit jealous of crows. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s the crackling of the wood, the whooshing of the flames, the swishing of the new spring leaves in the trees above, a call of an owl, a rustling in the earth—maybe a chipmunk. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Mini poked him with the Death Danda, laughing when his feathers ruffled and he hooted like an angry owl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I weren’t a-goin’ to fight, so I waited for the food, and did with my ’owl as the wolves, and lions, and tigers does. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “I know it’s not owl time yet,” he said, “but everyone’s so eager to hear you, Holly, that they want to go underground at once. Will that suit you?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko couldn’t understand how the foreman could be so casual about burying the owl dens. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The NACAites ran their giant turbines into the wee hours if necessary, engineers pressing the machines for answers to their research questions like night owls on the hunt for mice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I wanted to rip death away from her and the owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When she had finished the carving of the puppies, she found a stone by the river and began chipping it into an owl. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither Harry nor Ron bought any ingredients at the Apothecary, seeing that they were no longer studying Potions, but both bought large boxes of owl nuts for Hedwig and Pigwidgeon at Eeylops Owl Emporium. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The Owl Club was “World Famous,” according to the sign, where a hoot owl wearing a chef’s hat pointed the way to the entrance. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Far away, in the trees over Hill House, an owl cried out, and toward morning a thin, fine rain began, misty and dull. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The only good thing about breakfast on Monday was the return of the brown owl he had sent to Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She knew something of the dietary habits of owls, and she did not much like the idea of being trapped in his house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The owl held a heart, and on it I wrote, “You’re a hoot” in my neatest cursive, but really, she wasn’t all that funny. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Matthias turned his back upon the snowy owl and strode off with a string of taunts ringing in his ears. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The owl paused, turned away from her and looked again at the entrance to his hollow; the patch of light it admitted was growing steadily dimmer. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A screech owl arrived for Hermione, carrying her morning copy of the Daily Prophet as usual. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He walked over to Fred, pulled the letter out of his hands, and began attaching it to the leg of the nearest barn owl. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Outside I heard the owl cry in alarm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She used to wear no jewelry except for her Camp Half-Blood bead necklace, but now she wore little silver earrings shaped like owls—the symbol of her mother, Athena. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The High King is seated on his throne of woven branches, wearing the heavy circlet, looking out from his deeply lined face with alert bronze eyes, like those of an owl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The woman was not, as Mama said, a lark, but more a night owl. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The owl’s onyx eyes seemed to follow me as I walked closer. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Now,” said the owl, “you may state your problem.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “The grown-up owls might try to fly away,” Roy said, “or they might just stay in the dens to protect their babies.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see no more than two or three yards in the murk, and even Pantalaimon’s owl eyes were helpless. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z His glasses are thick, his features angular, reminding me of a peering owl. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Though the denizens of Coal hadn’t given us a second glance when we’d come through town earlier, now their heads swiveled like owls as we trudged by in single file, at gunpoint. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Two large cages rattled on top of the laden trolleys the parents were pushing; the owls inside them hooted indignantly, and the redheaded girl trailed tearfully behind her brothers, clutching her father’s arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Well, that was what owls looked like, and they did stare; but Hester was right, and there was a hostility and suspicion in the dæmon that the man’s face showed nothing of. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t use you,” Harry told her, looking around for the school owls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She gave me a startled look like the hoot owl at the Amish farm, then backed off toward a shelf of Beanie Babies. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have killed the owl with a bullet molded by the Prince of Death!” he shouted at me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There, standing by the hole and peering curiously at one of the meatballs, was the smallest owl that he had ever seen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to notice Bongo, who was hiding deep in the owls’ former home. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Bod realized it was because he had circles drawn around them in purple, making his face look like an owl’s. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Thrown off balance, Frightful fanned her flight feathers, regained her equilibrium, and went after the owl. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They’d sit for hours and watch how hawks and owls and sparrows and vultures moved through the air. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Not on such a wonderful hunt I found peace in my mind by telling myself that the owl had changed trees. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry kept to his room, with his new owl for company. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z When she was almost to the lodge, a great horned owl saw rabbit and falcon, sped silently out of the woods, and sank her talons into the food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Not knowing any better, police officers had led her out of the crowd toward Mullet Fingers, spooking the bold little owl away from the boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke of the way the owls flew, their feathers so soft that they seemed to glide, soundless, through the air. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a loud ringing in my ears, and I expected the wings of death to gather me up and take me with the owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias walked onwards, ignoring the cruel jibes of the owl, through the farmyard and across the grassland, not stopping until he arrived at the fringe of Mossflower Wood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His hair was thinning, and he smiled hesitantly and blinked at her through small, round glasses which made him look a little like a friendly owl. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z George carried the barn owl over to the window and it took off. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The owls still croon and croon, and the air is thick with spirits. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Gurgi, miserable as a wet owl at being left behind, helped load the saddlebags. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “She stands out. A snowy owl that keeps returning to wherever he’s hiding ... I mean, they’re not native birds, are they?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z After the owls, of course, the other birds followed, but by then the mystery had been grasped and understood. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He jumped up and waved the dead body of Ultima’s owl over his head. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, an owl hooted and they all ducked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The owl had broken the spell of winter. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Night after night they walked, afraid of every hoot of the owl and howl of the coyote. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “They turn to owls and fly at night,” Abel shouted. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Siddhartha awoke, the pale river shimmered past the door of the hut, and in the forest the cry of an owl rang out, deep and clear. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay in bed listening to the waves on the beach, and the owls and monsters in the woods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I’m crouched on one knee, preparing to enter the Meadow, but I’m still so preoccupied with the day’s events that it takes a sudden screech of an owl to bring me to my senses. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “And remember we counted five great homed owls in one cottonwood? Five!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had hardly fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped a letter on top of the parcel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Curly also decided it was unnecessary to mention that he’d tripped in an owl burrow and fallen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the owl sang its dark questioning to the night, and I slept. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the first occasion they were lucky enough to find and kill a sick owl that had eaten a mouse that had eaten poison-dressed seed corn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai saw that the stuffed hyena, dried owls and mummified bats had been pulverized. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The owls circled the tables, looking for the people to whom their letters and packages were addressed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The two young men were staying at the Leaky Cauldron in London, preparing to depart for Greece the following morning, when an owl arrived bearing news of Dumbledore’s mother’s death. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The owl was hanging upside down from a rod of stainless steel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No owl hooted, no fox barked, no wind stirred the trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It had come with Ultima, and as men brought evil to our hills the owl had hovered over us, protecting us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I trust you will do nothing of the sort,” exclaimed Merlyn instantly, in a stern and angry voice, and the owl withdrew to the farthest corner of his shoulder. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Again the owl sang; Ultima’s spirit bathed me with its strong resolution. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Normal for us,” said Harry, and before his uncle could stop him, he added, “you know, owl post. That’s what’s normal for wizards.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He had merely glanced at the headline when he had taken the rolled-up paper from the delivery owl early that morning and thrown it aside, after noting that it said nothing about Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Yet he couldn’t stop thinking ahead to the day when the owl dens would be destroyed by bulldozers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And over all the shadowy screech owls sailed, drawing a smudge of shadowy fear below them on the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Father smacked her over the owl, she’s been trying twice as hard to win him back over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an actual owl, staring unblinking and motionless as we cut down the path. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Her dæmon was a small tawny owl, almost invisible in the dappled shadows under the trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When we are done, the great room is decorated with piggy banks and patchwork quilts, stacks of children’s books, a lamp shaped like an owl. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Leah went and fetched the owl back and sashayed around the house with it sitting on her shoulder, saying Father was sticking up for her side of things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The owls will fly away. They’ll find new dens somewhere else.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With fear giving her speed, she ran along the narrow trail, her dæmon as an owl on silent wings beside her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She settled herself behind her desk and said abruptly, “Professor Lupin sent an owl ahead to say that you were taken ill on the train, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z So close was the ookpick, the white owl of the north, that she could see the clove markings on his wings and the dense white feathers that covered his legs and feet. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Another possibility was that he’d dropped it when he stepped in that darn owl hole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wherever you see one of those holes, there’s an owl den underneath. It’s where they build their nests and lay their eggs. It’s their home.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter; the owl is artificial. There are no owls.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Once, incredibly, an elf owl landed atop a saguaro not ten feet from where she was speaking. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The falcons and owls and eagles have no civil rights because you discriminate against them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He is sending in regular owls with instructions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But the crickets always win, long after the frogs stop croaking and the owl has found its way home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Perhaps he does not want to be friends with yon until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come and easy-go.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Harold was the smallest barn owl nestling, and a great worrier. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In many cuentos I had heard the owl was one of the disguises a bruja took, and so it struck a chord of fear in the heart to hear them hooting at night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And at night I heard the owl cry in warning, not the soft rhythmic song we were so used to, but cries of alarm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you sold your owl,” he said to the girl Rachael Rosen, “how much would you want for it, and how much of that down?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Ma’s is shaped like an owl, her favorite animal. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I stared at her wood- paneled walls, her light pink curtains, her statue of a golden owl in the corner. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A moment later the owl dæmon swooped with a clumsy fainting movement to his side, and half lay on the snow, struggling to fold her wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure my father would get up and shoot the owl with the old rifle he kept on the kitchen wall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was entirely covered in straw, owl droppings, and the regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry counted out five little bronze coins, and the owl held out his leg so Harry could put the money into a small leather pouch tied to it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z If I had remembered my packet and made the mistake of getting up there, that owl on Kaylee’s shirt would be full-on rolling its giant eyes at me along with everyone else by this point. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z We ran like rabbits fleeing a fox, like deer fleeing a hunter, like mice fleeing an owl, leaping, dodging, practically flying through the underbrush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Sí, papá,” I nodded, “but I cannot leave the owl.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then walks in front of Axel, past the old owl who isn’t calling out, past the turkey vulture eating from a steel tray, past the pair of kestrels resting in the sun. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Such subterranean tunnelers as shrews and moles capture them in some numbers, and then perhaps pass on the poison to predators such as screech owls and barn owls. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The kid was only trying to take care of some owls— how could that possibly be a crime? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hot Pie said, "Hoot like an owl when you want us to come." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His voice is pure and round and haunting, like the call of an owl. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Every year, the opossums and owls and such vacate the premises on Wishing Day. Strangest thing. It’s like they know what’s coming.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The owl hooted again, making us both jump. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We heard owls and saw a few squirrels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Once a white owl swept silently overhead, so low that Hazel saw its dark, searching eyes looking into his own. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z From then on the owl was known as Thoth. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Obedient to Sirius’s wish of hearing about anything odd at Hogwarts, Harry sent him a letter by brown owl that night, explaining all about Mr. Crouch breaking into Snape’s office, and Moody and Snape’s conversation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A snowy owl floated past, turning his head as he peered down at her curiously. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was really starting to hate that owl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Two black eyes glimmered at him unblinking, like an owl's. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The many perches were half-empty; every now and then, another owl would swoop in through one of the windows, returning from its night’s hunting with a mouse in its beak. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When the post owls arrived, Hermione looked up eagerly; she seemed to be expecting something. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The moon was always a brilliant white, and once in a while the night wind brought the hooting of owls and the rise and fall of voices from the refugee camp. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The whole room is pretty dark so you can see these animals that only come out at night, like owls and pottos and cute little vampire bats. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z And even then, in the quiet darkness inside the caravan, the pretty bird chuckled and twittered and trilled, and, once, it even hooted like a little owl. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But Hester sensed her coming and flattened herself in time, and the owl’s claws just missed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: But we don’t have an owl that can fly through time. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The arches over the doors were painted with black cows, white poplar trees, and owls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As the Wood be- came familiar to her, she became attuned to the sounds it made: the light tread of deer, the rustling leaves, the flapping passage of night owls. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You hurried silently along the river bottom, stung by mosquitoes, hooted by owls, zoomed by bats, buzzed by snakes that rattled among the rocks, mud and fever, darkness and sighing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Errol!” said Ron, taking the limp owl from Percy and extracting a letter from under its wing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko smiled — it was one of those stubborn little burrowing owls that Curly had complained about. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The hut was full of sunlight, the storm was over, Hagrid himself was asleep on the collapsed sofa, and there was an owl rapping its claw on the window, a newspaper held in its beak. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “No. Gwydyon turned her into an owl, and to this day all owls sound like a weeping woman.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I told him about the owls and how the young played around the hemlock, and then we went to bed a little sad—all of us. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit beside the playpen and pick up some stuffed animals—a smiling sheep, a yellow owl—and bounce them toward Penny before tickling her. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “All right, dear, well, have a good term — send me an owl when you get there.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He had an owl in his barn who talked to him at night and a pair of swallows. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He would rather spend his time worrying about more important things, such as the number of owl hoots he’d heard in the night or how many spiders he’d sighted scurrying across his path. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Pigwidgeon became noisier than ever in response to the hooting of many owls through the mist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Consider the effort to save the northern spotted owl from extinction. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The owls croon and croon, and the air must be thick with the spirits of children dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell them,” added the owl, “that I suggest moving the house into the lee of the stone. Remember that—the lee of the stone. Also, do not forget the names: Justin and Nicodemus.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Each of them was pushing a trunk like Harry’s in front of him — and they had an owl. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Roy couldn’t believe how much space the newspaper had devoted to the owl protest. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry now carried a large cage that held a beautiful snowy owl, fast asleep with her head under her wing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Swooper the owl hooted to the crowd from the lowest branch of a dead tree. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z By owl time Bigwig and his helpers had scratched out a kind of lobby inside the entrance to one of the runs leading down from the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The barred owl was perched on a limb halfway down Frightful’s Mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Anxiously Curly retraced his steps to the owl den and pointed a flashlight down the hole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sounds of the marsh filtered in through the cracked-open window: frogs croaking, cicadas singing, and the call of screech owls. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He looked closely at the owl for a moment; then, to Harry’s and Hermione’s great surprise, he held him out for Crookshanks to sniff. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Out there among the hooting owls, we both got sound again.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The summer nightfall was unbroken by owls and so quiet that they could plainly hear the intermittent, monotonous “Chug chug chug” of a nightingale in the distant woods. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I thought all the owls were being searched. So how come these girls are able to bring love potions into school?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Outside: owls, frogs, deer, the occasional bobcat, and Dr. Atchley keeps a small colony of bees. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Mom, but the guy’s not telling the truth. He knew about the owls. They all knew about the owls.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Darwin has hunted rheas in Patagonia, studied owls outside Buenos Aires, and scaled a waterfall in Tahiti. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “For that matter,” said Timothy, “I don’t even see why the owl wanted to help. He’s no friend of ours, either.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Some tiny creature caught in the talons of an owl. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He would need the touch of a surgeon, the alertness of an owl, the cunning of three foxes, and the foresight of a grand master in chess. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry said, so loudly that several owls in a nearby tree took flight in alarm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry said as the small owl flew low over his head, twittering madly with what Harry could only assume was pride at having delivered the letter to the right person. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Ominously he pointed the blade of the shovel at the boy in the owl burrow. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They set off for home, but they got lost; and then they had trouble with an owl and became confused over their direction. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s brown eyes swooped over his body, searching out injuries like an owl hunting in the night. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The owl was the protective spirit of Ultima, the spirit of the night and the moon, the spirit of the llano! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It isn’t an owl and it isn’t a goose.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth’s shroud was so beautiful—gray silk with embroidered owls—I told her it seemed a shame not to bury her in it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Dad said the wing would take weeks to mend, and that the owl would wake up long before then. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My notes read: “February 10 “I think the great horned owls have eggs! My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermione began hotly, but her next few words were drowned out by the sudden whooshing noise from overhead, which announced the arrival of the post owls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Excitedly Roy explained that the burrowing owls were protected by state and federal laws, and that it was illegal to harm the birds or disturb active burrows without getting special government permits. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry couldn’t see how eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In a minute the owl was sitting beside him again on the branch, thoughtfully breaking up a dead sparrow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny owl, now hooting happily in his hand, had nibbled one of his fingers in what it seemed to think was an affectionate way. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As silently as owls they flew, with the moon on their wings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z First there had been an owl talking about plover, and then there was no owl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “What on earth — ?” Hermione said, taking the letter from the gray owl, opening it, and starting to read. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At the beginning of night, I saw owls coming from their hiding places, revolving their eyes, and stretching to become familiar with their surroundings and get ready for the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The thought of a dead owl in my coat made me shiver. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I do,” Roy said, “but it wasn’t me who saved the owls.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to meet next spring’s owl nestlings. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I stand in the room, letting the pupils of my eyes dilate, like a cat’s or owl’s. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish you could have caught one of those owls last night,” he said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But the owl sought only one man, and it found him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry looked across the now empty common room and saw, illuminated by the moonlight, a snowy owl perched on the windowsill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “The post office, Harry! About two hundred owls, all sitting on shelves, all color-coded depending on how fast you want your letter to get there!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The owl saw it reflected in the pool, a blazing, glaring thing of pure light, so bright that she took to the wing and flew to another part of the forest. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “What do you think a lechuza is? It’s an owl, genius. Try keeping up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z An owl hooted somewhere as he stripped off, and he thought with a pang of Hedwig. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They killed the owl and made Ultima powerless, then they beheaded her and drank her blood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To the two of them he said, “Is the owl genuine?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “The rabbits I saw are for food, and they are being fed to a falcon, an owl, a hawk, or maybe a raven.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Roy overheard her tell a reporter how proud she was of her boy, risking his freedom to save the poor helpless owls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She said to Jeremy: “Thank you very much. I will go and talk to the owl if you will take me. It’s a great favor.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d not ever seen an owl in all my days, and when I hadn't had you but a few weeks there that one passed through my life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps he does not want to be friends with you until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come and easy-go.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The school barn owl was waiting for him there. said Harry. said Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z An owl hooted softly as they passed its tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At first it seems like an owl, but it’s got hob eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Although a full-grown rabbit is not really in danger from owls, there are few who take no account of them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl had been his companion, his one great link with the magical world whenever he had been forced to return to the Dursleys. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I crave it with a predator’s impatience, ignoring time, keening to the silence of owls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearby he heard the hoot of a great horned owl and the incessant chirp of crickets. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans were scarce, and the swamps and woods teemed with wildlife—probably a pretty good time to be a burrowing owl, Roy mused. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got a quick question about the owls.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The male owl would not bring food to an empty nest. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Crickets whirred and owls hooted and the ground crunched under the horse’s feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She nodded and stared at me with her wide owl eyes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She thought the owls were doomed, but Roy wasn’t ready to give up hope. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Susan,” he said as he walked into the kitchen, where she was feeding an owl. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It didn’t so much as quiver when a car door slammed on the next street, nor when two owls swooped overhead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Crickets, frogs, toads, and owls followed them, all calling for night while leaving their hiding places. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z To his left, Ron was trying to detach his own results; to his right, Hermione’s hands were shaking so much she was making her whole owl tremble.Nobody in the kitchen spoke. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z An owl hooted loudly, and Harry nearly fell out of the tree. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Because not even a hoot owl can kill a skunk without getting sprayed with his scent. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Some elil wait for their prey, but the white owl is a seeker and he comes in silence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess of luck, Lakshmi, rode an owl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You must come and stay this summer,” said Ron, “both of you — I’ll send you an owl.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The owl swooped in and dropped the newspaper on top of Hagrid, who didn’t wake up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I did not think she or my father understood what the owl’s death meant, and I who shared the mystery with Ultima shuddered at what I would find. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl told me that in all the years he had been flying, he had never seen a human being near it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “And he was a bit useless. You never know, Mum and Dad might get me an owl now.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The owl broke into laughter again: “Oh, hahahaheeheeheehohoho. It is the easiest bet I ever made! It’ll be like taking the wings off a dead butterfly.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Wart was so startled by finding that the owl could tell that he forgot his manners and came closer still. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Merely call for us, and we will come to your aid, Pandava,” said the owl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Addison padded over to the little owl, who was perched on a branch nearby. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Deirdre brayed and the goat stamped the ground and the owl hooted and the chickens clucked and Grunt grunted his appreciation. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Well, the birds don V like it either Here is a drawing of how to change the wires on a transformer so eagles, owls, hawks, vultures, even blue jays don V get zapped. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z From outside comes the soft hooting of owls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z From some roadside carrion an owl, huge and dark, its large yellow eyes glinting briefly in the headlight beams, took off, flying directly into the car’s path. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he hesitated a moment, his head thrust forward as though listening, then his hand covered the owl from view, producing instead of the knock which I expected, an icy peal of clear chimes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother said hell would freeze over before she surrendered her kitchen to an owl, then marched in and began slamming pots to make breakfast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A moment later, an identical package landed in front of Ron, crushing beneath it his minuscule and exhausted owl, Pigwidgeon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The new national flag flutters there as well, two red bands and a red maple leaf rampant on white, looking like a trademark for margarine of the cheaper variety, or an owl kill in snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My heart was pounding and my lungs hurt, but a calmness had come over the moonlit night when I heard the hooting of Ultima’s owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Jack guided me down the hall to a door on which I saw a bronze door-knocker in the shape of a large-eyed owl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, along at first I missed being a night owl—the tunes, the jollity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or I’ll make a hole big enough for an owl to nest in in your chest.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the air, the way the owl sees it, the garden would look like this.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Even Beatrice wasn’t sure, turning the viewfinder sideways and upside down as she tried in vain to identify a telltale part of owl anatomy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he had opened than, he might have been a stuffed owl, a dowdy bundle of feathers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind stirred the wolverine trim on hood and the owl turned his gleaming eyes upon her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Merlyn’s extra tuition went on just the same—for in those days even the grown-up people were so childish that they saw nothing uninteresting in being turned into owls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent the evening whittling and thinking about the owl high in the forest with the first new life of the spring.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan stood up, listening to the night sounds—peepers, an owl. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z At their feet was a baby owl with my bullet in it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Man, you don’t understand. The owls got no chance against those machines.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He may not be dead when it falls in either. That warren’s tharn as an owl in daylight. He was wise to leave when he did.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the frogs and the owls held their breath. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The waiting owl stared back down at me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But at least that horrible owl was gone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Or it could be bones and teeth from an owl pellet, which only Fred would have thought was cool. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Susan tilted her head to delve the mystery, could not, and turned back to the job of packing canvas carriers with food, hoods, and jesses for the eagle, hawks, owls, and falcons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “That sounds,” Rick said, “like an invitation for you to come in and kill me. To get your owl back immediately. I won’t agree to that; it’s too dangerous.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Only small owl likely to be seen perched in the open in daylight.’” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Right now, Josh Raymond kicks at the table leg and stares at us over his plate with the enormous, unblinking eyes of an owl. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On the far wall, in the center of the spider swarm, a red symbol blazed to life: the figure of an owl like the one on the silver drachma, staring straight at Annabeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Actually I think owls are better than giraffes anyway.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In unison, the owls rotated their onion-sized heads to stare at the humans who were staring at them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “So does Mother Paula’s have permission to bury the owl dens or not?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was deserted except for a large owl sitting on a golden perch. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Everybody that ever sees our owl just plumb hates it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No other sounds but the hoot of an owl in the woods and the distant surf on the beach. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I have my chipped owl mug from the history museum. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “You know,” she said, “maybe I should tell you . . . Something funny back on the bus . . .” Whatever she wanted to say was interrupted by a shrill toot-toot-toot, like the sound of an owl being tortured. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The owls flew through the hayloft, shrieking and looking for mice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy traveled in time, opened his eyes, found himself staring into the glass eyes of a jade green mechanical owl. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed about the owl that night, and my dream was good. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “A mask can hide many things, Your Grace. Is the man behind the owl mask the same owl who guarded you yesterday and the day before? How can we know?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I remembered going to the old cowboy movies and seeing the cowboys sitting around a campfire and the Indians sneaking up on them and making noises like owls and stuff. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He even teased Old Tallow, but he loved giving her little gifts, too, and in the evenings he told stories until way after the owls began to call. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She would tell them simply that as the owl had suggested, she had gone to the rats and asked for help. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Max opens her backpack and takes the bills out of her owl wallet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was also then that I heard the owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter addressed to him was tied to the leg of the owl in the middle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The ceilings rose to six meters high, decorated with elaborate paintings of owls in the branches of white poplars. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z An owl, off by the river hunting mice, uttered its muffled cry. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His round, piercing brown eyes remind me of an owl. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “You might as well call me Wol, or Oily,” said the owl sourly, “and have done with it. “ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy wouldn’t have noticed anything unusual had he not spooked one of the owls, which flared from its burrow and landed in the cab of the bulldozer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just about then that Kalo had accidentally stepped in an owl burrow and twisted his ankle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was fresh and cool and as she drew near the further bank she heard the hooting of an owl. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It was a silvery building, nothing fancy, with plain white curtains and a carved stone owl over the doorway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Overhead he heard the cry of what might have been a melodious owl, but it wasn’t a melodious owl. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “They seem to be impressed by the owl.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Larger than any hunting hawk at easterly Rock, larger than the largest owl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At that moment I heard Ultima’s owl hoot a danger cry outside. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl’s talons started to inch forwards as if they had a life of their own. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There had been no evil to mar that propitious night, because she had listened; there had been no voice of evil; no screech owl had quaveringly disturbed the stillness. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There was also a slow woo-woo-woo sound from a barn owl hid out waiting for a mouse to make a mistake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The great snowy owl beckoned towards his hole with a sweeping wing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Whenever he passed a burrow, he shined his flashlight inside, but he saw no owls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And owls call out to the bikinda, spirits of the dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As Miyax rolled to a sitting position, the owl scooped his wings up, braked, and dropped onto an exceptionally large frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some night owls in Ilium heard Billy on the radio, and one of them called Billy’s daughter Barbara. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl swallowed the mouse in just a couple of gulps, leaving just its tail trailing from her mouth, like a length of bootlace. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Harry — I cant say everything I would like to in a letter, it’s too risky in case the owl is intercepted — we need to talk face-to-face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Anatole said the Congo people don’t like owls because an owl flies around at night and eats up the souls of dead people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One pot was in the shape of a large owl’s head, and growing out the top were just the spindly burned stems of something that had been alive the day before. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The owl dropped its letter onto Harry’s seat and began zooming around their compartment, apparently very pleased with itself for accomplishing its task. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A ceiling protected the mews from rain and snow, but more importantly from the wild hawks and owls for whom anything that moves is fair game. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The owl flopped about pathetically, its talons scratching the door, bashing its head in a panic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A screech filled the air—part owl, part hawk, part something I couldn’t name—and it made me tremble, because I had heard that exact same sound before on many nights when I couldn’t sleep. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “He’s not a witch. The owls don’t carry him messages.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “The hour of the owl has fled, my brothers. Now comes the hour of the spear, the sword, the axe. Form up. We’re going home.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I placed the owl in the grave and I put a large stone over it so the coyotes would not dig it out, then I covered the hole with the earth of the llano. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Athens was her special city; the olive created by her was her tree; the owl her bird. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the beginning of my acquaintance with the owl. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z This mouse was his quarry, like a gull catching a herring or an owl catching a rabbit. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When she got near this nest, she stopped and faced the owl, who had turned from the light of the doorway and was peering at her with his great yellow eyes. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I am nothing, no one, a messenger no more worthy of attention than an animated twig woman or an owl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The mother owl was gone, but Auri showed me the nest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I heard the owl singing outside, and I heard its whirling wings. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them had never seen an owl even at nighttime. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon’s owl cry the night before had frightened every small creature that heard it, but it was nothing to the passionate wail that Lyra uttered now. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There was no sign of the owls, either, which didn’t surprise Roy; with so much noise and human commotion, the birds would likely stay underground where it was dark and safe. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They went to the post office; Ron pretended to be checking the price of an owl to Bill in Egypt so that Harry could have a good look around. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Even before the sun made itself known, the animals and owls departed the safety of my limbs. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They could not understand why the owl had attacked Tenorio; they could not understand the power of Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron’s tiny owl was twittering madly on the top of the icicleladen banisters, a scroll of parchment tied to his leg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Look,” he said quietly, leaning forward and putting a hand on the Daily Prophet, which she had just removed from a post owl, to stop her from opening it and vanishing behind it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And since an owl was supposed to be wise, what could be better than an owl’s head for a symbol? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They went in a dream, unguided by owl’s hoot or bat’s squeak, but only kept together by the necessary pace which the sleeping forest imposed upon them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I am speechless and find myself blinking at her like a confused owl. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z That night the great horned owls boomed out across the land. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He spotted Hedwig nestled between a barn owl and a tawny, and hurried over to her, sliding a little on the dropping-strewn floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The owl was so small, in fact, that it kept tumbling over in the air, buffeted this way and that in the train’s slipstream. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As I walked, I heard some songbirds and an owl. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dana doesn’t care about the owls. He doesn’t care about anything but himself.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening, just at sunset, he pointed up at an owl circling over the violet- lighted forest to the west. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The authorities in charge of protecting the burrowing owls would never block construction of the pancake house based on such fuzzy evidence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s just a whatcha-call-it... a form letter. Didn’t even mention the owls.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Brazen Beast. He wore an owl mask.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I knew it was her owl because it was singing in daylight. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Several dying screech owls were picked up in Wisconsin following heavy rains in spring, perhaps poisoned by feeding on earthworms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Rolls of parchment littered that part of his desk that was not taken up by the large, empty cage in which his snowy owl, Hedwig, usually perched. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I leaned over the owl and pushed its wings against its belly. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I’m going to see whether any owls have come...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I tried, Tex, see? Had Beatrice write a letter, telling ’em about the owls and all. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “State your name and rank. Who gave you my medal?” snapped the owl in a flat hard voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Since the owl had brought up the matter of secrecy, and had, in fact, been secretive himself, she was not sure just how much she should tell Jeremy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z If there is any chance that the owl might be able to help me, to advise me, I must go. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A barn owl brought Neville a small package from his grandmother. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Lyra peered ahead, steaming her eyes, and Pantalaimon flew as high as he could and looked with an owl’s clear vision. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The owls watched it seep into their homes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon flew high, and swooped back to her wrist in his owl form. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “There was a famous man in earlier. You could have waited on him if you weren’t watching your blooming owls.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Don’t count your owls before they are delivered,” said Dumbledore gravely. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z 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 I didn’t like to hear the small owl, for there was a superstition in the mountains concerning them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every owl he sends I can feel your absence. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z There was a great horned owl that had been sliced out of a tree and came into her rescue. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Really? I think it would be, like, an owl.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z |
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