| 单词 | pelt |
| 例句 | The fever in my bones has subsided and the air no longer dances with flames, but Anatole still comes to me at night in the pelt of a panther. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind blew fierce and strong, and it pelted them with bits of sticks, sand, and little rocks. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain squalls pelted them, hissing into the waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As the raindrops pelted my face, I realized I had a better, faster alternative. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z With a pelting of pebbles, they disappeared down the drive, and we children were left alone with Doña Charito to learn "the roodiments of art." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z ‘I will add your pelt to my cloak!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Failing to detect the major element, the dead animal pelt. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The watch dogs, when they caught sight of Odysseus, faced him, a snarling troop, and pelted out viciously after him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All this flashed through Digory’s mind in a second; then he took to his heels and ran for the gates as hard as he could pelt; the Witch after him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z It’s cold and dank, with piles of pelts that I’m guessing haven’t seen the light of day in years. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And tossed away the pelts, where overnight the russy, the fierce little rat-snakes, would devour them and the entrails and the bones, and lick clean the bloody snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As he runs, three agents follow on the ground, pelting him with rocks and sticks, an experience many migrants say they have here. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But I got a decent price for his pelt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Beyond the screen of leaves the sunlight pelted down and the butterflies danced in the middle their unending dance. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But His house was a mansion as big as the sky, and all you had to do was pelt His window with a pebble-cry, Open up! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring the grey linen gown with the pearls on the bodice. Oh, and my white lion’s pelt.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He runs his hand down my hair, stroking it like a pelt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Now Papageno in his fantastic pelt of bird feathers had joined Pamina to sing words which always brought tears to Rick’s eyes, when and if he happened to think about it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Inside the dim, narrow shop lined with racks of merchandise, the smell of pelts fills my nose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ekon winced as the first drizzles of rain pelted his bare arms, slicking his sandals so that every step was harder and harder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He pelted a doughnut hole at the bird. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Millions of raindrops rushed toward her, some pelting her face and making her blink. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We all ran back to our bus to escape from the pelting of the rain. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His knife tore a bright line of pain across my ribs as I pulled away and began pelting down the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His grey fur morphed into a cloak of woven animal pelts. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I try to stop myself, but I’m at full pelt. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He kicked at the ground, pelting Cole with gravel and dirt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Halfway up War Mountain, the wind started to blow and the snow pelted down so thick I couldn’t see the lights of the houses in the valley below. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At home, she took them apart at the seams, washed their pelts, fluffed their filling, repolished their eyes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It had been sunny for days, but Sunday morning, as I swung my legs out of bed, I heard raindrops pelting the window. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The early morning sun shone like gold on their glossy pelts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a flash of fur, pelting through the forest and, in an instant, out of sight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z First he greeted me in the hall outside my shorthand class and began pelting me with bottle-cap openers, the kind with the sharp claw at the end. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon afterward, the sky indeed clouded over and a chill rain began pelting against the hill. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They had only gone a few paces when Hermione’s bandy-legged ginger cat, Crookshanks, came pelting out of the garden, bottlebrush tail held high in the air, chasing what looked like a muddy potato on legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The brown pelt was well salted with grey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We make a bed of pelts, strip off his layers of weapons, and help him onto his back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Overhead, the cloud cover was low and gray, striped like a tiger’s pelt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he rubbed the fog off the windows and watched the snow pelt the church and gather beneath the hems of its white skirts. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z At once, the black ball rose high in the air and then pelted straight at Harry’s face. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The rain had picked up and was pelting the snout. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The infuriated Cloud-Men jumped up and ran after them along the cloud, pelting them mercilessly with all sorts of hard and horrible objects. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Rain was pelting against the entrance and someone was hammering against the metal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He wore a vest of metal scale armor and a cloak of what appeared to be bear pelt. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But Hassan did nothing as I pelted him again and again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Five pieces of copper for a screecher pelt! Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Rain pelts the car as we drive through the university gates on Friday morning. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A mime is being pelted with zucchini by her. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The mayor showed up that evening on the steps of St. Joseph’s, red carnation pinned to his lapel, only hours after a severe thunderstorm had pelted the area with hail. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “About what a human subject shows for most questions. Except for the extreme ones, such as those dealing with human pelts used decoratively...the truly pathological ones.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps, thought Hazel wryly, teeth and claws would make no impression on that great, firm body and shining pelt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at my sleeves to see if the Nemean Lion pelt had somehow changed back to fur, but it still looked like a brown winter coat to me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She pelts stones at a tree with small, dark leaves, and bunches of a long brown fruit fall to the ground. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The wind and rain that had pelted the island all week strengthened that night into a vicious band of storms that closed blackly over the sky and whipped the sea into foam. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The other boys were all moving around the field in that deliberately languorous way they have when they’re warming up, but Tommy, in his excitement, seemed already to be going full pelt. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Bullies, drawn by his oddity and hoping to goad him into uttering Italian curses, pelted him with rocks, taunted him, punched him, and kicked him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The sound of rain was always loud in the tent, as the raindrops pelted the tarp like little torpedoes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We endured pelting rainstorms that washed away our topsoil. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They could burn my flag or pelt me with stones, but if there were taxidermied kittens to be had, then I would go and bring them back to this, the greatest country on earth. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z State guardsmen were pelted with rocks, bottles, and bricks as they patrolled the streets. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The flanks of the horse flickered as they were pelted. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He would follow along behind, listening to the rain pelt the trees, and watch her wind her way home. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Bullies couldn’t pelt me with spitballs, give me atomic wedgies, or pummel me by the bike rack after school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The test shot had been postponed from four o’clock to five thirty to allow a pelting thunderstorm to pass. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As we rose, the temperature dropped down into the thirties and a frozen rain began to pelt the windshield. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I stood there for a while thinking about the first settlers and how they had killed one another over beaver and fox pelts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Out of sight of the nuns, the boys pelted Carla with stones, aiming them at her feet so there would be no bruises. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then she lined her coat with their pelts and was much the warmer for it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Her Stalwart Shields had tried, pulling husbands away from wives and children from their mothers, even as the Astapori wept and kicked and pelted them with stones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Within an hour, a cloud of blackness would cover the planet and burning rock and other debris would be pelting down everywhere, setting much of the planet ablaze. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Heavy black clouds battled lightning in the churning sky and pelted us with leaden raindrops. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Like Matt, beating his chest with bravado and pasting it thick with swamp grass that he called a manly pelt? Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An airliner some thirty miles away reported being pelted with rocks. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As I watched, the pelt shifted and changed into a coat—a full-length golden-brown duster. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I can go into town, sell off the goods, and get out of there by noon. We’ll be twice as fast if we don’t have these pelts to lug around.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Raindrops pelted the window, making it hard to fall asleep. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z They pelted me with stones and called me names that were cruel and hurtful, names like "Christ killer." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She is woken just after dawn by the sound of rain beating against the bedroom window, pelting it with such ferocity that she almost expects the glass to shatter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Through the pelting rain, I could see the small buildings of the village up ahead. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And again he began to pelt toward the sound of the bell, his blood as warm as the swollen, spring-tied earth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Nelson drew his knife and knelt to help me with the tedious work of cutting through the tendons and peeling back the pelt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I will,’ said Frodo, rising and shivering a little as he left the warm blanket and pelts. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The rain pelted from the roofs as if the sky had promised the sea to drown the city. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He raced back up the slope, scrabbling over low stone walls, and pelted through the sheepfold, past the garden and through the cloister, still gripping his apple branch swords. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Could I but have stiffened to the still frost—the friendly numbness of death—it might have pelted on; I should not have felt it; but my yet living flesh shuddered at its chilling influence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “When he gets the pelts to the ship he may leave.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands went to her staff, and I gripped the gloves in my pocket, just as two large balls of sap pelted us both between our eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For a moment, I did nothing but watch the rain pelt that tiny, foggy pane of glass. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When Dany stood, the lion pelt slipped from her shoulders and tumbled to the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The rest of the pelts must stay here,” he said, facing Captain Orlov, “until the chests are brought.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru, on the other hand, was lying upside down on the couch and pelting pieces of popcorn at her, trying to get her attention. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They took turns poking each other on the chest, giggling, pelting each other with bread crumbs, whispering things the others couldn’t hear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The fox carcass had been scavenged, but its pelt remained. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The drops pelted the canopy, filling the forest with the roar of water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Demiguise pelts are highly valued as the hair may be spun into Invisibility Cloaks. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I zipped up my backpack, just as the rain started pelting us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were other things in the lair of the snake: a fox’s tail, wood-pigeon wings, the head of a big fish, and fur pelts of many species of creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The electric mechanism, within its compellingly authentic-style gray pelt, gurgled and blew bubbles, its vidlenses glassy, its metal jaws locked together. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Raindrops the size of marbles came pelting out of the sky. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit hated to be pelted in the face with mud thrown up by other horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not two wolves, as he had thought at first, but two Huntsmen in jackets of wolf pelts. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z We took turns with the mirror as we ate mulberries, pelted each other with them, giggling, laughing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Holly, gaunt, his staring pelt full of goose grass and fragments of burdock, was talking with the three hutch rabbits and reassuring them as best he could. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of ice pelting the chopper breaks through the haze in my head. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In one bound, Crookshanks sprang after him, and before Harry or Hermione could stop him, Ron had thrown the Invisibility Cloak off himself and pelted away into the darkness. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As we made it out of the trees and over the top of the hill the wind gusted again, pelting us with more debris before it died down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One school choir's excitement about performing for immigrant children in Packingtown evaporated when the singers were pelted with stones by some neighborhood toughs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Fred yelled happily, but he was wrong; as though it was magnetically attracted to Harry, the Bludger pelted after him once more and Harry was forced to fly off at full speed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And now the scene, their slow and deliberate gathering actions, broke apart insanely as the two men began to pelt Linda and the five children in deadly earnest, aiming their rocks, trying to murder them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was still pelting through a particularly narrow lane when a man leaped out in front of me. he cried, his arms spread wide enough to prevent me from passing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The rest of leave disappears, and in no time, Grandfather is pelting me with advice as we roll toward Blackcliff in his ebony carriage. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Illapa had finally thrown his stone at his sister’s water jug, and it released a torrent of rain that pelted down all about me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The men leaning to the oars were pelted with bird droppings as they tried to accustom themselves to the new circumstances. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As I pelted away he limped after me, shouting that he would kill me for what I’d done. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Anatole moves through the dappled shade at the edges of my vision, wearing the silky pelt of a panther. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the scrub lay Barnard’s Forest, which stretched for about seven miles, lying like a dark animal pelt across the back of the land, and reaching out into the next county. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The wind whipped across the mountainside and Roz heard the familiar thunk! of pinecones pelting her body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Next moment, thirty or forty letters came pelting out of the fireplace like bullets. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Harry, who had almost pelted headlong into the stands, skidded to a halt in midair, reversed, and zoomed back into the middle of the field. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They were laughing and pelting me and calling me names. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Hooligans attacked our building, again pelting the windows with rocks, pulling people from the first floor to beat them with their bare hands. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It's really starting to get dark now, the rain pelting down. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The wolf’s pelt was thick and shaggy, but when the wind blew along the ice no fur could keep the chill out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her hip pressed hard into my shoulder and I pelted toward the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were trying to reach the main gates, but the defenders above pelted them with rocks and shot flaming bolts from the scorpions, blasting craters around their feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had studied and asked questions with the same unwavering intensity as when he had trapped and pelted and cured a Hebrew verb. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They were led then to seats beside Faramir: barrels covered with pelts and high enough above the benches of the Men for their convenience. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The coat of Old Tallow was a fantastic thing, woven of various pelts, including one of lynx, one of beaver, a deer hide, and two that belonged to beloved dogs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Hot rocks pelted her like bullets shooting down from the sky. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z My ears hurt and my lungs ached and my back stung where I’d been pelted by debris, but the pain in my stomach was gone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A bird pelted the air with a strange, lilting song. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany settled on her bench and wrapped her pelt about her shoulders once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I can’t go anywhere in my pelt so I stay in bed all day reading old newspapers, getting excited with the girls in the News of the World and thanking God for the drying sun. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Nina snorted and lay down in the nest of pelts, propping herself on one elbow. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Bernabe ran to the edge and began pelting the bird with rocks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A giant was ripping up trees in Bryant Park while dryads pelted him with nuts. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “There’s a good big bounty on them now, and if you want to fix the pelts up, you can get more.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z There were many hunters in the cove and as soon as he spoke they began to carry the otter pelts to the boat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Gwenforte sprinted out ahead, lost them, turned around and came pelting back, and, when she found them, sprinted off ahead again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Peeves shot after her, pelting her with moldy peanuts, yelling, “Pimply!Pimply!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z His body was placed on a bed of beaver pelts, covered by a scarlet cloth, and surrounded by a copper pot, a rifle, and a sword. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The lion pelt slid off one shoulder and she tugged it back into place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At Eastwatch someone had sewn him a motley cloak of beaver pelts, sheepskins, and rabbit fur. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Other kids were always crowding around, pelting them with questions. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The water pelted windowpanes, running down the charred west side where the house had been burned evenly free of its white paint. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As he added branches to keep the faltering flames alive, he watched the rain pelt the icy slate- gray waters of the bay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She left the porch pelting her back with unasked questions. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z When Bear was finally done and stood all in a sweat, people gathered around him, even as children surrounded me and pelted me with questions. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z After a day of pelting rain, the lights of the inn were the most welcoming sight she had seen in her time on the Earth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Heavy rain pelted against the tin roof of the school building. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Its fearsome head made a hood to cover her naked scalp, its pelt a cloak that flowed across her shoulders and down her back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A warm rain was pelting down from a starless black sky as they walked to the stables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The air was fresh, delicious, smelling of new leaves in the woods, just-popped-out mushrooms, the pelts of young deer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Near the snake’s tail which lay directly across his path, he saw the skins and pelts on the cave wall tremble slightly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Thomas, like Anyango, pelted the intruder with everything he could see. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The gate opened and three huge dogs came pelting out into the lane, and dashed towards the travellers, barking fiercely. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Branches scrape the sides and pebbles pelt the underside of the car. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z As it lumbered out of the corral toward the river, they pelted it with rocks and sticks, and Rocky yelled at it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He got the boy out of his wet coat and pulled the blankets over them, the rain pelting them through the plastic. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Lawrence had several feline pelts already at hand. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now the leather traders, who came from as far as Spain, and the fur merchants, whose goods might come from Russia, filled the tables with piles of hides and pelts. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Outside the old Flint Barracks, he came across a dozen men pelting one another with snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I nodded and hurried outside, soon I was pelting down the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the sound that came from her mouth belonged to something wearing a pelt instead of a coat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Their cloaks were made of skins, the pelts of bear and seal and wolf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She wrested the heavy stack of pelts from Nin’s sturdy arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The winds blew something fierce, and heavy rains pelted the eagle and her nest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A hardened face loomed over me, beard like a bear’s pelt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He, too, was facing the sunset, his pelt the color of a new penny. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Old Benedikt cupped his hand above his eyes and peered upward, assessing the sky through the pelting rain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A bunch of young men in tattered coats and hats were pelting each other with balls of ice, roaring with laughter like kids having a snowball fight. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Huge drops pelted the grass and the surface of the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead of a jacket, he was wearing a long fur vest sewn with gray rabbit pelts. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He pelted a doughnut hole at the bird. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z At last their teeth were on edge, and the boys diverted themselves by pelting the girls with the grapes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were hung with animal pelts: black bear, tiger, and several others I didn’t recognize. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The dwarfs were herded off, pig and dog and all, as the spectators hissed their disapproval and pelted them with stones and rotten fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Swear, she says, swear to that Pope that you didn’t look at Mona Dooley in her pelt. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Shorty straightened up, removed a hunting knife from the leather belt-sheath tucked into his back pocket, quickly skinned the coyote, and walked back to the horse with the pelt tucked under his arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, it was cold, the rain was pelting the windows, the wind was howling, and it felt pretty good to be indoors. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z That night a downpour pelted the cliff side. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Third, a live grouse with its legs tied together; fourth, the soft, tanned pelt of an ant bear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain pelted the bus with full force as it pulled away. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She gathered up rocks, and together the two of them started pelting the fire. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The hair on his head was as thick and oiled as an otter’s pelt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The caterpillar was covered in dense fur that looked as plush and inviting as a cat’s pelt, but I knew better than to stroke it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “The ship is filled with pelts. In another week the Aleuts will be ready to go.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And her lashes were still honey red, and his as glossy black as the pelts of rivercats. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The tide was low and the rocks and the narrow beach were scattered with bundles of otter pelts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone at the window went pelting down the stairs and out to the runway. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z At that very moment, a heavy black Bludger came pelting toward him; he avoided it so narrowly that he felt it ruffle his hair as it passed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She stepped into a cold shower, letting the unpleasantness of the icy water pelt her until her skin was red but normal again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They nod numbly, and we all burrow into our pelts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I crave to feel that pelt against my neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “One string of beads for one otter pelt is not our bargain,” my father said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s being pelted with zucchini by the lady with the shopping bag. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I thought she had another animal pelt lying next to her, and then I realized it was a live animal—a deer with glittering fur and silver horns, its head resting contentedly in Artemis’s lap. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A report in the Woman’s Journal said, “Women were spat upon...slapped in the face, tripped up, pelted with burning cigar stubs, and insulted by jeers and obscene language too vile to print or repeat.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was these creatures that the Aleuts hunted for their pelts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain pelted the van as it made its way out of New York City and up to Wilford. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He imagined dark clouds over the mobile home and fat raindrops pelting the cornfield, where his corn had grown five feet high. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He was pelted with flaming pinecones, and tripped by taut vines, and crunched by tumbling rocks. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Under the pelt he wore brown leather stiffened with iron rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bus was being pelted by what sounded like splattering rain. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain pelted her face as she lay gasping in the dark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The furrier, a plain woman with spindly arms, leaned over the counter, digging her hands into a stack of fox pelts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Wherever the . boy went, Grey Wind was there first, loping ahead to cut him off, until Rickon saw him, screamed in delight, and went pelting off in another direction. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He tells me, I’ll kill you if you drop ’em for ’tis raining abroad, pelting out of the heavens. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I remembered the day on the hill I had pelted Hassan with pomegranates and tried to provoke him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Saints, this smells,” she grumbled, shuffling over and assembling a nest of the few other pelts and blankets beside the fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z What will you do, Hazel Levesque—pelt me with more rubies? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Cluny knew that he was succeeding with his scheme against the squirrel as more hard chestnuts pelted down. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She felt such a stir of pity and gentleness for him that she almost reached out to touch his matted pelt, and only a sense of courtesy toward those cold ferocious eyes prevented ter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They heard uproar from the distant boundary of the school as what sounded like hundreds of people came swarming over the out-of-sight walls and pelted toward the castle, uttering loud war cries. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I was in the streets of Frell with my father when a man pelted him with an overripe tomato. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The rain pelted down even harder on to the pavement, and when they finally reached Barbarossa’s shop, the alley was practically deserted. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As stray drops began to pelt her head, she tore through the prairie, ahead of the rain, not stopping to look out for the kittens. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He pelts me with sherry glasses, whiskey glasses, assorted ham sandwiches, items from his wife’s dressing table, powders, creams, brushes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A thirteen-year-old Eastern Shore boy, alone in his 14-foot skiff plucked a three-year-old from the frigid waters of the Corsica River yesterday afternoon and resuscitated the child while speeding through pelting rain to waiting rescuers. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He and Piper were being pelted with plates and stones. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Maybe she’d use them to pelt him in the head so he could stop doing things like hiding behind freezer doors at the Super Saver. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They counted the dead otter and thought of the beads and other things that each pelt meant. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt them pelting her with dirty thoughts. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The rest were wading into the water, tossing the pelts into a boat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z To re-wrap them in its old, scarred pelt and drag them back to where they really lived. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparrow’s soft voice curled with laughter, and was cut off by an “Ow!” as Ruby pelted her with a plum. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We sat down on the ground beside it, still being pelted with rain, to wait for the eye to pass. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon she stood like a forlorn scarecrow under the pelting rain. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z His mom looked past her at the darkness, the pelting rain, the whipping wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Blacks who tried to swim in white areas were turned away by white bathers and beach policemen; in parks, blacks were pelted with rocks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The doe-eyed "Boyfriend" singer has had a turbulent year with scuffles with paparazzi in London and a felony investigation into whether he pelted a neighbor's house with eggs. In double legal trouble, Bieber tests positive for pot, meds 2014-01-31T01:23:24Z As a girl, she spent long hours among the lynx and chinchilla pelts in her grandfather’s Paris atelier and later watched her father, Gilles Mendel, introduce Manhattanites to lightweight sheared minks. Brand to Know: Coats (and Home Goods) Made Entirely of Faux Fur 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z At one point, players from the orchestra pelted Mr. Gilbert with wads of newsprint. Concert Choreography: When Musicians Get Up and Move 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z McCarty’s depicted that with a doll dressed in a headscarf and robe being pelted with stones. Artist captures war as seen by children - toys included 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z On wet days gravel adheres to my tires and pelts me. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z During the Sunday, bands got pelted with reams of the stuff. Ten myths about grunge, Nirvana and Kurt Cobain 2011-08-24T21:00:01Z But the audience apparently didn’t get the joke and pelted him and his bandmates off the stage with boos and booze, according to a report from the Nottingham Post. Macaulay Culkin's Pizza Underground band booed, doused in beer in U.K. 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z In addition to examining creatures’ pelts and bones, young participants will see some live animals from the Staten Island Zoo. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Hundreds of children and their parents visited the museum Saturday to view mammal skulls and animal pelts. Kids 'Meet the Mammals' at Burke Museum 2011-11-13T02:27:28Z As the rain pelted down, Mr. Woon said, two concerns began to weigh on him. Running in the Wild 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z It was as heavy as a freshly acquired pelt. Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper – Superdry in Times Square 2012-11-07T20:09:35Z The company then shifted toward making one for minks, whose pelts are a nearly $50 million industry in the United States. How zoos persuade animals to get the coronavirus vaccine. (M&Ms and ice cream help.) 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The righteous will evidently never tire of the pelting and taunting of , and perhaps those like him who choose to join the Roman choir of extreme unctuousness must expect their meed of abuse. Christopher Hitchens: 'The righteous will evidently never tire of the pelting and taunting of Tony Blair' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z It can be humbling, as Mr. Aranda discovered recently when he arrived drenched from a pelting rainstorm and grumbled about it to his class. No License Plates Here: Using Art to Transcend Prison Walls 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z "Them Mohawks had pelts half as good as a weasel, they'd be worth shooting," snarls one British soldier, who is supposed to be a sympathetic character. Northwest Passage: a tough portrayal of frontier warfare blighted by racism 2013-03-13T10:11:55Z For more than two hours, it pelts you with piffle so egregious — not just puns but also dad jokes, double entendres and booby-trapped one-liners — that, forced into submission, you eventually give in. Review: In ‘Shucked,’ a Glut of Gleeful Puns and ‘Cornography’ 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z There, models were intermittently pelted with festive fistfuls of rose petals as they posed in batik outfits made in Malaysia. As London Fashion Week Begins, Zandra Rhodes Makes the Scene 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z I know what’s coming: backstage I watched Gray skinning a bag of grey squirrels, carefully stripping pelts from flesh, cleaning out shot and slicing meat from bone. A nice bit of squirrel: should we chow down a diet of invasive species? 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z For Northwest Coast tribes, the influx of wealth brought by trade in sea-otter pelts with visiting Europeans "meant more opportunities to publicly exhibit status in the form of monumental art," the authors say. Book review: History of totem pole is a story of near-death and rebirth of an art form 2010-05-26T23:20:00Z What better way to spend a slow news day – or any day for that matter – than watching Justin Bieber get pelted with eggs. Justin Bieber, Calvin Harris exploit themselves for our pleasure 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Sometimes, the ropes break and the audience gets pelted, metaphorically speaking. A metaphor, for a Thursday 2011-12-08T18:01:09Z As ice and snow pelted eight microphone stations through the 36-hour storm, the timbre of his work began shifting. The Poignant Music of Melting Ice 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z He opens his umbrella and the raindrops pelt down on it like deafening bullets. Woman Fish by Dorothy Tse, translated by Nicky Harman 2013-03-21T13:24:10Z Another time, a staff writer took her high heel at a party and pelted it across the room, demanding that she go and retrieve it. #PayUpHollywood: behind the fight for better treatment at the bottom 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z “Trading in the pelts of beavers and trading in the bodies of persons became contiguous endeavors in Detroit,” Miles writes, “forming an intersecting market in skins that takes on the cast of the macabre.” Detroit’s Untold Stories of Slavery 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Uriu’s materials vary from rabbit pelts and blackberry brambles to photocopies and realistic drawings. ‘The Veil’ exhibition at Bridge Productions spans ideas of what’s seen and unseen 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z When the cloud came overhead and let loose, we took refuge under a rock ledge, laughing in disbelief as snow pelted the plants and rocks. On (Not) Wasting My Time With a Younger Man 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In the winter, the pelt rubbing against the wet wheel of the shopping cart. My dad: 35 and dead 2013-02-23T23:00:00Z At the beginning, a lone performer turns in place against a backdrop of pelting rain, ushering in the first of several rhythmic spectacles. Review: In ‘Beyond Time,’ U-Theater Dances and Drums With Precision 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Dozens of workers spent the morning securing the red carpet from the pelting rain and overflowing street gutters 48 hours before hundreds of attendees will parade designer gowns, extravagant jewels and tailored tuxedos. Fashion disaster? Downpour douses Oscars red carpet 2014-03-01T00:00:12Z He might be amused by the hapless electoral efforts of Mr. Brooke, the blustering if well-meaning local landowner, who is pelted with eggs on his first appearance at the hustings, which is also his last. What Michael Bloomberg Could Learn From "Middlemarch" 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Should you and your teenage daughter care to wear matching pelts, the store’s Material Girl Collection includes a black faux fur vest for $34. | Fall Fashion: Retro Looks, Almost at Retro Prices 2010-08-25T23:41:00Z But it’s all done in fun, with much teasing and laughter, and children and adults get back at the horned devil by pelting him with snowballs. Celebrating ‘Silent Night’ and Christmas in Austria 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The rugs hang on the wall like abject trophy pelts, skins that have been subjected to erratic, vandalistic violation. Getting physical with clay and fiber at Marc Selwyn 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Pop star Justin Bieber will be charged with misdemeanor vandalism for allegedly pelting a neighbor's home with eggs in January, the Los Angeles County District Attorney said on Wednesday. Justin Bieber to be charged with misdemeanor vandalism: LA DA 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z One whole rack bulged with timber wolf pelts. He Makes Archie Deep and Sabrina Dark. Meet Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z He cures pelts, shoots rabbits and makes apple jelly from windfall fruit. Books of The Times: ‘Diaries,’ by George Orwell, Edited by Peter Davison 2012-08-16T17:23:53Z Three hours later, the curtain calls ended with the orchestra pelting Mr. Hvorostovsky with white roses, as his co-star, the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, appeared visibly moved. Met Opera Crowd Cheers Ailing Russian Baritone 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Originally it was trimmed in mink, which will now be replaced by a synthetic pelt. Before ‘The Crown,’ Revelations About the Actual Crown 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z People on balconies overlooking the festivities were also pelted, and tomatoes left red blotches on buildings’ white walls. Using 160 tons of tomatoes, a town in eastern Spain hosts the ultimate food fight 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z This land… is now leased out, I die pronouncing it,/ Like to a tenement or pelting farm./ Rewind TV: Veep; Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Line of Duty; Richard II; Walking and Talking – review 2012-06-30T23:05:43Z This would seem to be an inopportune moment to hash out marital issues, but Crane can’t hold his tongue any longer and pelts Katrina with, “Sometimes I question the very idea of our marriage.” 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Casualties of war 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z A part-time DJ from east London – whatever that means – Natalie pelts at every challenge with an irrepressible verve. MasterChef final 2013: who will win? 2013-05-02T11:51:24Z Residents have pelted Santa with snowballs and hurled batteries and beer at their own quarterback. Kate Winslet Has No Filter 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z That night, as we relaxed in the hot outdoor pools of our wonderful lodge, the Inn At Solitude, the Greatest Snow On Earth™ pelted down. Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z A photo presented a still life of pelts drying on a rack in her shower. Dinner at an Exhibition: Rat, Prepared Many Ways 2012-07-26T21:57:39Z Phoebe falls for him almost immediately, dreaming of getting him alone “in some rustic cabin on a fireside pelt rug.” The Wheels Come Off an American Journey in Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Feral Detective’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Eventually, the market for raccoon pelts dried up and development moved in. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The ensemble drapes like a hunter’s pelt — the flayed skin of ancient Greek satyr Marsyas, perhaps, peeled as punishment for his hubristic loss in an artistic challenge to divine Apollo. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z But the scariest moment making "We Need to Talk About Kevin" involved being pelted with rotten tomatoes in an unruly mob. Swinton talks blood, birth and tomatoes in Cannes 2011-05-14T15:01:05Z A scorching and often ugly portrait of a band at a full pelt and a country in decline. The 20 best music documentaries – ranked! 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Angry Russians pelted the band’s van with eggs and tomatoes on its way out of the town of Anapa, near the concert venue. ArtsBeat: No Show in Russia for Bloodhound Gang 2013-08-04T22:05:36Z We are incessantly pelted with crises — social, economic, humanitarian, environmental. How good people can fight bias — without being defensive or expecting a prize 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Some of the hundreds of demonstrators who gathered outside the court pelted the police vehicle carrying Ariel to the court with rotten eggs and tomatoes. Indonesian pop star jailed over sex tapes 2011-01-31T07:48:08Z The cart, which is displayed with beaver pelts and a top hat made of beaver skin, is one of hundreds of items displayed in the 13 different exhibitions and interactive and performance centers. What can an old wooden cart teach us about American ingenuity? 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The broad surface of the Duck Pond, pelted with rain, shimmered. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Pop star Justin Bieber pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism on Wednesday for pelting a neighbor's home with eggs and was sentenced to two years probation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney said. Justin Bieber gets two years probation for egg pelting 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z It was pelting down with rain and we were all drenched but soldiered on. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z Lamb pelts thrown over the backs of high leather-upholstered seats project a studied cool borrowed from Scandinavia. A Providence Chef Has Connections at the Docks 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Part Total Wipeout, part Crystal Maze, we'd pick a member of the public to pelt through a real-life recreation of the Temple Run course. Draw Something: which apps should be turned into TV shows? 2012-06-20T11:15:00Z The novel is as bitter as gall and has Nathanael West’s dark ironies, yet it’s overdetermined and musty, a wizened pelt stretched over a taxidermist’s mannequin. A Parody of Smut — and of Voltaire — Turns 60 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z I nearly tried to inveigle myself into being pelted with over-ripe tomatoes back at the Grizedale project, but ran away at the last moment. Frieze London 2012: the speed-dating approach to art fairs 2012-10-10T17:21:45Z The three decades covered were a difficult period, during which the company performed little, and was often booed and even pelted with fruit and vegetables. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z But designers, of course, are pelted with the same barrage of bad news and quasi-information we all are. Fashion Diary : In Paris, Daring to See the Bright Side 2010-03-06T02:19:00Z Torrential rain, twelve inches or more, pelted the coast, and winds roared to 80 miles an hour. Hedge fund’s wild side: The man who lost $8 billion 2013-06-01T20:30:00Z One minute these invisible readers are cheerleaders; the next, they’re pelting the computer screen with popcorn. The Back Story Behind ‘Transcendent Kingdom’: Yaa Gyasi Is a Solid Friend 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Milan — An artificial rain shower ended the Burberry Prorsum show this evening, pelting the models in their flasher-ready, see-through slickers and splashing all the front-row types, who had to pull up their knees. Review: With Weather as a Composed Prop 2011-01-15T20:42:43Z A girl — looking younger than a teen — in animal pelts, a makeshift mask, stained pink sneakers and a ravaged soccer shirt leans over her. The swarming secrets of “Yellowjackets” 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Holding what looked like a faux animal pelt, she explained how the bear is made up of 20 parts and 14 layers of fur. Toy animals come to life on a factory tour of the Vermont Teddy Bear Company 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The pelting rain made the trail slippery, and our BDUs stuck to our skins. Best of Salon: Army of one, soldiers undone: The hope that died in basic training 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The Burberry raincoats remain relevant, as the London drizzle pelting the tent underscored. As London Fashion Ends, a Burberry Concert and Anya Hindmarch’s Fun House 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Mark Duplass pelts his brother Jay with popcorn as Jay bowls a strike from between his legs at Brooklyn Bowl, a popular haunt in Williamsburg. Why the Duplass Brothers Will Never Make a Superhero Movie 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Kind of like that scene in At Eternity’s Gate when Von Gogh tries to explain his method of painting trees to a group of kids who pelt him with rocks. Willem Dafoe: 'With success comes certain things that corrupt you' 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z As she runs her hands over the big cat’s pelt, she asks Francis to describe the animal to her and he does, eloquently speaking to the vibrancy of its color. 'Hannibal' Recap: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee? 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Much of the global industry’s $23 billion — Oaten’s estimate of everything from pelts to products — is realized through fur trim, such as on Canada Goose parkas, and accessories. Fur is under attack. It’s not going down without a fight. 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Ginn’s gown was made of rat pelts, 300 of them, that she had tanned and sewn together. Dinner at an Exhibition: Rat, Prepared Many Ways 2012-07-26T21:57:39Z But there is one step that’s even more important to Himisaboo – who is largely hairless and prone to acne – than presidential pelt preparation. Worst in show: how the world’s ugliest dogs get competition ready 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z When the first Europeans breached the wilderness west of Lake Superior in search of a route to China — and then highly valuable beaver pelts — the only way through was in a canoe. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Are those like apartments? you wonder, as a squadron of selfie-takers sweeps by, pelting you in the stomach with glossy shopping bags: fade, expensively, to black. There’s No Good Reason for a New Yorker to Go to Hudson Yards 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Alaskan caribou herds, for example, fueled a demand for reindeer meat, antlers and pelts in the 1960s, then undid the market’s expectation of growing returns when they began dying in droves in the 1970s. A View of the Bering Strait That’s Anything but Narrow 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z “It was like a hard rain pelting/An aspen and scourging all its leaves.” Bella Akhmadulina, Bold Voice in Russian Poetry, Dies at 73 2010-12-01T05:58:00Z Laden with beaver pelts and provisions, their canoes often weighed more than 8,000 pounds, so heavy the gunwales cleared just six inches from the water. An illustrated history of the most beautiful canoes 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z But on Monday morning, as a hard rain pelted the windows, the main room of the Salvation Army building downtown was bustling with volunteers and staff who filled boxes with canned food and fresh produce. A Day of Delivering Meals and Hope 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z It's not about slickness, or Vegas pizzazz, or smirking in a Perspex box as onlookers pelt you with fish fingers. Dynamo: Magician Impossible – now that's magic 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z The Escape to New York music festival on Long Island canceled a slate of concerts on Sunday due to rain, and in Newport, R.I., rain pelted musicians and concertgoers at the Newport Jazz Festival. ArtsBeat: Postcard from Edinburgh: Spirits of Fringe Festivalgoers Remain Undampened 2011-08-08T15:10:53Z Last month, Bieber pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court to misdemeanor vandalism for pelting a neighbor's home with eggs and was sentenced to two years probation. Justin Bieber to resolve Florida charges with plea deal: report 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z As he is lifted “like a dead weight” off the tracks, young people laugh and pelt him with bits of kebab. A Cheeky Novel of Male Vulnerability Hits the U.S. at Last, Timelier Than Ever 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z In a downpour, as she’s pelted with driving rain, she takes a bunch of giant leaves and holds them over her head. “Hostile Planet”: Animals Are Struggling to Adapt, and National Geographic Is, Too 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The word “impeachment” comes from the antebellum Georgia practice of pelting corrupt politicians with rotten fruit. Style Invitational Week 1442: Same difference 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Former President Donald Trump testified that he feared being pelted with "very dangerous" fruits — specifically tomatoes, pineapples and bananas — at rallies, according to transcripts from an October 2021 deposition filed Tuesday in court. "You can get killed": Trump feared death by "very dangerous" fruits 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z They pummel, pelt, claw, push and punch with weapons that include fists, fingernails, yarn and a bouquet of roses. | 'Uncle Vanya': Chekhov?s Slugfest, With Pratfalls 2011-08-07T21:36:44Z But at home, his children Dylan Frances Penn and Hopper Jack Penn wanted to pelt him with tomatoes. Sean Penn and Dylan Penn Make ‘Flag Day’ a Family Affair 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z In the earlier books, military action takes place under a sky "the colour of an old lion's pelt", and rooks caught in the crossfire are dislodged from their "ancestral nests". Rising Blood by James Fleming ? review 2011-07-29T21:56:00Z I waited with bated breath, but no diced pigeon meat ever pelted the pavements. Nam June Paik: Watch with Buddha 2010-12-19T21:30:02Z There are few more charismatic screen presences in Hollywood than Johansson at full pelt, barrelling through cityscapes and taking down bad guys with immaculately choreographed martial arts moves. With Scarlett Johansson front and centre, finally it's Black Widow's time to shine 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The tannery meets European health standards so the pelts are certified for safe use, unlike many cheaper furs that are tanned and dyed in China and produce allergic reactions in some wearers. High Season for Hand-Tailored Furs 2013-04-23T05:37:02Z Torrents of hail and snow alternate with pelting rain. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z My first experience of Tanglewood came in 1963, on an evening that ended in a pelting rainstorm as Eugene Ormandy conducted the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Suite. Tanglewood’s Archival Magic Still Casts a Spell 2012-06-28T15:03:28Z The idea is to present fur as malleable and to meld the different pelts. Fash File: Fash File: Revillon?s Furry Luxury 2012-03-07T18:20:59Z In some cases, the animals had been left for so long that "some were nothing more than fur pelts." Gruesome footage opens animal cruelty trial 2011-09-08T12:54:00Z If Daniel Tiger were mauled by a crocodile, or if villains poached his sister for her pelt, the result might be something like “Kidding.” “Kidding,” Reviewed: Jim Carrey and Michel Gondry Reunite to Conjure Whimsy, Dread, and Puppets 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z We made it down to the shopping district, found them and, pelted back to see an amazing show. ‘Prince Was Our True Artist’: Readers Share Their Memories 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Try listening to it with your eyes closed at some point during this holiday season, and see if you don’t suddenly shiver, as if softly pelted by sudden perfect snow. Why Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’ is the sound of the holidays for so many of us 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z A January rain pelted the trees outside the window of the second-story drawing room, atop a graciously curving staircase. 2010-02-06T00:53:00Z The series has seen victims pelted to death by vintage wine bottles, crushed by a giant round of cheese and even burst into flame via sinister science experiment. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Midsomer Murders’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z You can choose a tiger pelt or a lion’s mane and be done with it. 5 Halloween pet costume ideas that are quick and easy to put together 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z You see yourself from the point of view of your detractors; you pelt yourself with their revulsion, and as you do you begin, like Cassio, to lose track of the self altogether. Monica Lewinsky and the Shame Game 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z At a Wall Street rally in 1911 in New York City, Jones and others were pelted with eggs and tomatoes. Who helped women get the vote? Meet three important suffragists. 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Four board members resigned and the museum, built on city land and partly financed by $100 million in bonds, was pelted with protests. Miami Museum’s Challenge: The Beach 2013-12-04T22:43:46Z The police would later claim they were pelted by debris thrown from McCarthy’s headquarters, but that was impossible; the windows to the suite had been shut and locked for hours. Hunter S. Thomspon in Chicago, 1968: The battle for the Democratic Party’s soul 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Inside the vortex there is a sudden momentary stillness, as he stands in a column of dead air, before being pelted once again by the infernal dust. Francis Al?s treads the thin green line 2010-06-14T20:30:00Z It is a leopard that accidentally fell into a toilet and is now preserved as a stiff piece of pelt. Books of The Times: A Collector of Road Trips, Just Passing Through 2010-02-17T23:31:00Z But she declines to examine such issues in detail, electing instead to pelt the reader with extraneous digressions about “Moby-Dick” and a visit she once made to the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Books of The Times: Some Stuff She Knows About Hawaii 2011-04-17T20:53:54Z The show saw a woman run from the back of the stage and pelt the judges with eggs during Richard and Adam's song. Attraction win Britain's Got Talent after judges are pelted by eggs in live final 2013-06-09T09:24:55Z These antics earn the ire of local animal rights activists, who show up to Nate’s house in ape masks and pelt the walls with fake blood. ‘Gigi & Nate’ Review: A Tender Bond 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z And the scenes within the wood are among the most spirited I've seen, as the young Athenians are pelted with pigment bombs as if out on a renaissance paint-balling exercise. A Midsummer Night's Dream – review 2013-07-25T16:53:56Z It certainly didn't for London taxidermist Edward Gerrard, who got hold of her pelt, stuffed it and took it on a lucrative tour round the country. Meet Ming, the panda pioneer who left China to boost Britain's wartime morale 2013-06-13T11:32:46Z Mr. Zorn spread out wide across this uncertain bed, sometimes moving with an elegiac lyricism, sometimes pelting his compatriots with quick, tremulous tones. The Month in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z “It isn’t fair,” cries the woman with the marked slip as everyone, even her own children, pelts her with stones. Ghost stories 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z A large crowd of angry young men chanting “One settler, one bullet”, surrounded her car and pelted it with stones. Time of death 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z At the end, the audience are pelted with balloons imprinted with smiley faces, and Bainbridge lopes off, manifestly uncool but all the better for that. Kindness – review 2012-11-08T17:26:45Z Hence a 60-foot “chicken gun” that pelts jets with chicken carcasses to test their fortitude against the avian threat. Yes, there are maggots: Mary Roach's 'Grunt' delights in the physicalities of going to war 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Segments of Bach’s Italian Concerto, Keith Jarrett’s “Radiance” and other pensive selections alternate with silence, crackling fire and what sounds like pelting rain. Dance Review: Suzanne Beahrs Presents a Rhythmic New Work, ‘Amid’ 2014-03-28T20:17:40Z A particularly zealous fan on Saturday pelted the soloists and conductor with flowers. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z A year later, Justin is finally able to perform down only to find himself pelted with eggs. Has the Justin Bieber backlash begun Down Under? 2011-05-02T17:01:00Z Years of roving the country in junk cars, foraging for food in school trash bins, being pelted with rocks by bullies and being eyed with contempt by neighbors have left her wary. Jeannette Walls Settles Down Far From the Noise of New York 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Kept too warm, the pelts will shed, and excessive humidity may rot the underlying skins; too cold and the hides are prone to dry out and crack. A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z There was some rain, a blirt of pelting drops, and then, suddenly, sun and heat. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z As the Postelles and the Stills played their opening sets, pigeons in the arena's rafters made their displeasure known by pelting the bands with excrement. Kings pooed off 2010-07-26T09:21:00Z As a passing rainstorm pelted the museum’s roof, we watched film clips that illustrated the director’s dominant themes. Going Off the Grid on a Swedish Island 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo also turned up alongside Estanguet, with the two of them taking to the Seine in a kayak, not far from where sprinters pelted along a floating athletics track. Paris turns into Olympic park as part of push to host 2024 Games 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z There’s a tense scene in the finale in which Arthie steps into the ring and gets pelted with spit, beer and slurs, and the bigotry wrestling exploits suddenly hits home. ‘GLOW’ Season 1: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z In those early days, the heat often sent audiences into a stupor; rain pelting the canopy rendered some shows inaudible. The Time I Saw Angela Lansbury Instead of the Horse Show 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z It is perhaps pointless to quibble here about the ungainliness of those clothes and accessories made from the pelts of reptiles. On the Runway Blog: At Gucci, Assuredly 'Made in Italy' 2012-06-25T15:52:33Z They went with a more minimalist look, giving the animal horns, tusks and a furry pelt that covered the top half of its body. The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: The Beasts of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' 2012-11-28T18:58:21Z The scene cuts to the young protagonist running away from bullies who pelt him with homophobic slurs, a stark contrast from the dealers' relaxed tones. How the indie studio behind ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Hereditary’ flourished while breaking Hollywood rules 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps the strongest is “The Shower,” a full-frontal portrait of another blonde figure with an enormous, teardrop nose, pelted by drops from the stingiest showerhead ever. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Even Internet predators would have to struggle to stay awake through the continual pelting of trivia, as relentless as an avalanche of stuffed animals. Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal 2014-05-10T23:00:00Z A Seattle Times review of the show told how Hendrix seemed “somewhat ill at ease,” that the amplifiers were poorly balanced and that at one point “a downpour pelted the crowd.” Auburn tribute performer Randy Hansen still living the Jimi Hendrix experience 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Sitting opposite her, I was reminded of raptors I have seen and certain small, sharp-clawed mammals, with plumage and pelts so precisely matched to their surroundings that they seem to disappear. The Examined Life of Melanie Lynskey 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z It's built on the efforts of a bunch of money-hungry Dutch men flogging animal pelts for profit. TV highlights 21/05/2012 2012-05-20T19:00:08Z It’s business as usual for Rudd or his client to be pelted with fruit and vegetables in situations like this, and for the lawyer to hold out little hope for the person he’s representing. Review: John Grisham and Michael Connelly, Making Their Cases in New Novels 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Watts took on the title role in Oliver Hirschbiegel's Princess Diana movie "Diana" last year, but it was pelted by the critics. Naomi Watts looks to comedy, and a lighter career 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z More than 500 demonstrators turned out Monday, some pelting the police vehicle carrying Ariel to the court with rotten eggs and tomatoes. Indonesian star jailed for sex-tape scandal 2011-01-31T12:42:09Z Mr. Gioia uses his family’s company, which purchases pelts through experienced brokers in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Toronto, where the world’s top auctions for fox and mink take place. High Season for Hand-Tailored Furs 2013-04-23T05:37:02Z She also owns a circular fragment of an actual leopard pelt, cut from a coat designed by Pauline Trigère; at one point, she was told, the piece was destined to cover a bar stool cushion. Dressed to Kill: The Power of Leopard Prints 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z She drapes a length of natural, handwoven cotton, like a detached pelt, over the frame. Canvas minus the painting: the label-defying art of Frances Trombly 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Returning to Pollock's home, he found a large rug made out of a polar bear's pelt. New evidence offered for authenticity of Pollock's purported final work 2013-11-09T04:41:24Z The small figure of Jane Eyre stumbles across Yorkshire moors, desperately trying to outrun her fate, as the pelting rain underlines Nature's hostility to humans. Jane Eyre: Mamma Mia, a Star Is Born! 2011-03-11T06:45:00Z The Soundsuits seem to be in motion, creating visual vortexes, variously spinning and rising or falling, conveying differing weights and textures of the figures’ pelts and exaggerating the movements of the wearer. Nick Cave Goes Underground 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Inside the workroom are boxes and boxes of supplies, some antique, labeled “thistles” and “French summer large roses”; there are bolts of colored fabric and straw and fur pelts on hangers. | Upper East Side: At Suzanne Couture Millinery, Fabulous Headwear for the Social Calendar 2012-05-26T17:21:25Z Restaurant owners defended Corden in The New York Post, saying he had been lovely to them, leaving generous tips and singing with bartenders, never once pelting a sous chef with a pastry. James Corden and the Dangers of Likability 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Then he walks to London in the snow along the central reservation of a motorway, making himself a suit of dead rabbit pelts as he goes. Not the Booker prize 2011: Jude in London by Julian Gough 2011-08-25T11:21:28Z The men in the car gathered around the bus driver and pelted stones and bricks at the bus. Dispatches From the Nomad Musician Alex Zhang Hungtai 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The back half of a hare is mounted on one wall over a pile of unidentified pelts. At Alnwick Castle, (don’t) pick your poison in this deadly garden 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Boundaries demark all manner of geographic wrangling — petty and devastating — from mining rights to coveted animal pelts to deep-water ports, tribal rivalry, war, genocide and colonialism. Photographer Roger Eberhard’s “Human Territoriality” is a rumination on human borders 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Fat, dried corn kernels — which were the color of fresh buttermilk — pelted into the basin. When it comes to making bourbon, why is corn so important? 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z On the way home the sky darkened and began pelting the sea with hailstones. A Carefree Getaway Just Off the Persian Gulf 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z However, I am not sorry for pelting Simon Cowell with eggs. Why I pelted Simon Cowell with eggs 2013-06-10T15:00:47Z His pals pelt him with rocks, mock him, plead with him, but cannot bring him down. In translation: nine authors pick their favourite children's fiction 2013-06-28T17:29:01Z On the first two nights, the weather traded off between clear skies and showers with drops so heavy, I thought someone was pelting my tent with gumdrops. Ferry-camping in Alaska’s Inside Passage And it’s full of marvellous perceptual ironies: “On the bus ride back, / we pass a store named Ni Hao, / selling pelts. Hello in all directions.” The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z All of the contestants stayed in a hotel for the first two days and, pelted with questions, the wranglers told us some things and would not tell us other things. Best of 2018: I am a "MasterChef" survivor 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z For several decades, the 20-minute, two-reel classic has been missing its second reel, which provided most of the logic for why dozens of people were pelting one another with pastries. Comedy’s Sweet Weapon: The Cream Pie 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z But unworldly thigh strength hid beneath Judy’s soft pelt, and she immediately bounded off, leaving deep purple scratches on my wrists. Keeping This Fluffy, Fragile Beast Alive 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z By the ’70s, he was able to help support his young family by selling raccoon pelts, which fetched $25 or more for their thick underfur. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z At one point, Jan and Nina’s office windows are pelted by mysterious goo. ‘Human Factors’ Review: Paranoia is the Family Business 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z It would be perfectly understandable if either of them wanted to take a break from all of this: curl up under a fur pelt somewhere, drink a little mead, maybe listen to an audiobook. “Game of Thrones”: The Door 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z "That's a dead bear," he says pointing to the pelt on the bed. David Bailey: out of his skulls 2010-08-25T20:30:00Z They worked in a rehearsal hall off Times Square and not long ago moved to the Delacorte, where they alternately sweltered and were pelted with rain. Amy Adams and Donna Murphy in ‘Into the Woods’ 2012-07-26T12:00:00Z The skies opened, and as the rain pelted down, the lavender-gray lagoon appeared to boil. Is This the Next Tulum? 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Visible through its many doors, shaggy photographs hang from hooks like enormous pelts. Art Review: A Spectacle With a Message 2010-11-19T06:45:00Z Gloves with furry fingers, tough fur boots, and shaved and fluffy pelts melded into one single jacket all spoke of winter cold, as did the dirty, urban-snow white as a second favorite color after black. On Top of the World 2013-01-17T17:58:13Z Once we've all got over the embarrassment of the physical warm-up, there's a genuine enthusiasm for the competition, which culminates in a village meeting where the two sides pelt each other with soft objects. Go on, make an interactive idiot of yourself 2011-08-18T11:56:31Z A torrential rain pelted the store’s glassy facade. Afternoon Beers With a Former Sex Pistol 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z In October, Mr. David was moved to the room where pelts are handled in Superior’s Dixon plant. Animal Rights Group Says Video Shows Abuse of Sheep 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Like a bullet from a gun, a gaucho flies up the bank after it, galloping at full pelt, and lassoes the animal first time. Wining and dinosauring in San Juan, Argentina 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Highlights include Georgia Russell's sculptural tomes, with paper intricately slashed to look like peacock feathers or shaggy pelts. This week's new exhibitions 2011-08-12T23:08:44Z I thought of Smith’s “stone-cold” description when looking at “St. Frigo,” an ordinary refrigerator that Durham set up outdoors on a lawn and pelted with rocks for a week. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “Oh my God!” the man shooting the video shouts while driving down a road being pelted with enormous hail. Watch storm chasers get caught in “extremely dangerous” mile-wide tornado 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Lincoln historian James Cornelius is holding President Lincoln’s hat: Here, we see Lincoln’s trademark stovepipe hat, crafted from beaver pelt to ensure a waterproof finish. Photos From Inside Abraham Lincoln?s Vault 2012-02-15T14:02:12Z One look at those oversize muscles, that yak-hair wig and that lion pelt tells us all we need to know: This guy was meant to kick butt. 'Hercules' trailer: Dwayne Johnson can't escape his fate 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z All Things Return At Night is a florid fusillade that seems to starts at full pelt and continues from there. New band of the day (Ballet School 1,559) 2013-07-23T14:40:00Z But the jaguars’ pelts were valuable, so people hunted them. Jaguar family’s release in Argentina is a step toward bringing back an important predator 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z "The only good thing about a wolf is the quality of their nice fur", says Charlie, holding up the blood-smeared pelt. Bloodthirsty wildlife documentaries lack reality and ethics 2013-05-17T14:32:28Z She escapes to the schoolyard only to meet “a half circle” of girls who pelt her with rocks. When the Going Gets Tough, These Kids Find Their Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z If Hollywood can’t learn from its mistakes before plastering them all over the internet, it can hardly blame the Twitterverse for pelting it with rotten fruit for getting things so very, very wrong. Why Max Landis is wrong about Scarlett Johansson's 'whitewashed' Ghost in the Shell remake 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The highly sculptural collection effectively created three-dimensional designs, fabrics curving up and over the body or fur coats razed to produce an undulating effect across the pelts. Fashion Review: 3 From the Runway 2012-01-26T16:10:51Z If you're playing an outside stage and it's pelting down with rain, you must be quite worried. Glastonbury preview: Part one 2013-06-25T06:12:44Z There’s racism, greed, foul language, dirt everywhere, unrepentant violence, cruelty and lots of people wearing fur pelts. All hail Will Smith and Tom Hardy, Hollywood's bad accent kings 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z By 1830 the price of beaver pelts was falling even as beaver were becoming scarce from trapping and habitat destruction. 'Fur, Fortune and Empire': How the fur trade drove the exploration of America 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z Then we stripped off our sweaty hiking gear and splashed back into the river, floating downstream on our backs as the rain pelted down. Explorer: In Papua New Guinea, Trek on a Trail of War 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z Alas, the sky clouded over, and started to pelt me just as I lit the first match. The Poconos for a Pittance 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z These conjure African sculpture and masks, schematizations of stretched pelts, mechanical drawings and also a kaleidoscope’s interlocking shapes. Art In Review: DOUGLAS MELINI: ‘A Sharing of Color and Being a Part of It’ 2012-07-19T21:30:52Z And VanderMeer does not neglect the symbolical aspects of events, as when Jane must shelter ironically in a midden of pelts: Review | Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Hummingbird Salamander’ is a gripping eco-thriller full of cinematic set pieces 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z They’ve been married for nearly 50 years, and she remembers when pelts helped put food on the table and meals included raccoon meat that they also sold on the black market. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Now, as fur is becoming trendy, skin prices at auction have shot up in response to increased demand; the price of a male mink pelt approaches $100 in Finland, up 40 percent over last year. Furriers Lure Young Designers 2010-03-10T23:53:00Z Ms. Weldon brings it to lectures, she said, so that audience members can pay their respects to a noble predator probably killed so that a human could be wrapped in its pelt. Dressed to Kill: The Power of Leopard Prints 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Everyone's head is covered by some sort of animal fur or pelt or scrap of clothing. Chicken wings with a side of human flesh: A look at the meaty food cravings on “Yellowjackets” 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z When I awoke my room was dark, and rain pelted the roof — a steady, cooling volley punctuated by rumbling thunder. Shaped by Mérida’s Artistic Soul 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z A second later, it was biblical, pelting the umbrellas like punishment. The Italian Winemakers’ Cult 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Prepare to be pelted in the face quite a lot, readers. Resident Evil Afterlife: it's purgatory in three dimensions 2010-07-14T11:35:00Z There was the beaver pelt draped over a chair in his Geneva office. Meet the author of ‘The Revenant’ — except you can’t because of his federal job 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Within the first hour, our sense of adventure was already being put to the test: we were soon pelted with hail as the horses negotiated switchbacks up a mountainside. Explorer: Searching for Wildlife in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex 2012-06-08T18:44:25Z Inarguably, they were perfect for pelting—quick out of the hand but not so hard that they would break anything. Her Party 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z "It was one of those classic English summer days, with rain pelting down," he remembers. Killer idea 2011-04-28T07:50:00Z He all but raises this arena's roof with the sound of instrumentalists at electrifying full pelt and 4,000 onlookers cheering a talent at the gleeful top of his game. Tim Minchin ? review 2010-12-15T21:29:00Z The trend’s origins have been widely attributed to the online retailer Réalisation Par, which released its Naomi skirt, a bronze silk knee-length slip pelted with the animal’s print, in March 2018. The Leopard-Print Midi Skirt Is the Summer Trend That Won’t Die 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z At one point, he likened city life to being constantly pelted with candy. Steven Wright, Master of the One-Liner, Tries His Hand at a Novel 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z We were soon being pelted by rain, and though we were prepared to persevere, who should drive up to us on the bumpy path but the superintendent of the preserve, Wendy Lauritzen. Frugal Traveler: In Kansas, Museums, Fried Chicken and, Yes, ‘Oz’ 2013-08-07T18:58:00Z Furthermore, of the masked survivors who consume their teammate's flesh in flashback, we learn that it's Misty who wears the fur pelt mask and serves the antlered leader. Chicken wings with a side of human flesh: A look at the meaty food cravings on “Yellowjackets” 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Oppenheim decided to apply layers of tawny gazelle pelt to a teacup, spoon and saucer. Antiques: Meret Oppenheim’s Works at Martin-Gropius-Bau 2013-08-08T20:49:46Z Resembling a cross between man and bear, they wear hooded black pelts, stripey trousers, wooden masks and heavy bells. 10 traditional winter festivals in Europe 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z In his teens, he began betting on races at Charles Town track, where, in a strange quirk of fate, Pavement were pelted with mud during a show on the 1995 Lollapalooza tour. Pavement get back on the horse 2010-04-27T21:45:00Z Soon, police vehicles were overturned and torched and fire brigade tenders were pelted with paving stones, bricks and iron bars. When Brixton burned 2011-04-09T23:05:03Z He takes cover behind other people’s statements, pelting us with distracting, irrelevant quotes. ‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly’ Hunts for Big — and Elusive — Game 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z One time a bunch of students pelted me with coins. The hate crime I survived 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z There, disgruntled runner-up Ravi B made his case by exhorting fans to "pelt something" on the empty stage. Soca ball: the stars of the Trinidad and Tobago carnival 2011-03-08T11:18:00Z It's difficult to imagine groups of schoolkids pelting around the playground with their jumpers tied around their necks, yelling out bits of this new soundtrack with all the mock heroism they can muster. Man of Steel soundtrack: not exactly an earworm 2013-05-09T09:22:00Z Firing a gun, he said, would disperse thunderstorms, and hanging the black-brown pelt of a seal at the garden gate would keep dark clouds away. Turned Out Nice Again by Richard Mabey – review 2013-03-08T09:00:01Z He puts curry powder in his breakfast, drives a fire engine at full pelt, flies an aeroplane and goes to the moon. How to decide on the best kids' films of all time 2010-10-07T21:45:00Z Within days, my mane would oxidize into Roadkill Orange, alluring as a badger pelt. How I Quit the Bottle (the Hair Dye Bottle) 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z A sheriff says reality TV actress Tila Tequila complained that audience members pelted her with stones and feces during an outdoor music festival in southern Illinois. Sheriff: Tequila says audience threw rocks, feces 2010-08-15T13:00:00Z If the collections shown on the seventh day of Paris fashion week demonstrate anything for , keep your use of pelts, hides and skins to a minimum — particularly of those ophidian. | Yves Saint Laurent Wins! 2011-03-09T03:55:10Z I had the ability to type coherent text into my computer while around me my children were shout-counting with Dora or Sharpie-mustaching their American Girl dolls or stroking the dog’s pelt with my personal hairbrush. Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal 2014-05-10T23:00:00Z Some pieces include objects Smith didn’t fabricate, including a crib and a wolf pelt. In the galleries: From the everyday to the fantastic 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Federal law enforcement had just fired tear gas at peaceful demonstrators, pelted them with rubber bullets and chased them away on horseback. Perspective | Trump’s photo with his loyalists was a vulgar mess. And Ivanka brought a handbag. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z I wanted a crazed Lester Bangs played by the wonderful Philip Seymour Hoffman to turn up and start pelting Lou Reed records at my head. Why I'd like to be … Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Those bloody processes ruin the animal and the pelt.” High Season for Hand-Tailored Furs 2013-04-23T05:37:02Z I let the rain pelt me and thought about how, after a certain point in life, everything you gain includes something you’ve lost. Modern Love: Diving Deep to Reach the Surface 2010-09-17T20:18:00Z Taxidermy, or the practice of mounting animal pelts and arranging them in poses, has a quiet, curious life in fiction. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Ensconced in the bulky pelt of an indeterminate beast, Antony Sher’s King Lear enters, separate and unequal, carried aloft in a smudged plexiglass box. Review: A ‘King Lear’ in Which You Feel for All the Daughters 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Thousands of people pelted each other with ripe tomatoes Wednesday, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual Tomatina street battle in Buñol, a town in eastern Spain. Using 160 tons of tomatoes, a town in eastern Spain hosts the ultimate food fight 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z I speak from experience — four decades and tens of thousands of miles navigating both Colorado’s high country passes and the streets of Denver in pelting sleet and our infamous “bomb cyclone” this past March. Some areas are already seeing snow. Here’s how to winterize your car. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Hudson’s Bay blankets, which Europeans traded with the First People for beaver pelts. Why your next vacation should be in Canada 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Trump delivered a constant, unhinged and fulsome pelting of dubious examples, strange retorts, immature insults and outright lies. Perspective | The first debate was one of the worst moments in television history 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Things happened on pelts that blew my young mind. Roxane Gay: By the Book 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z As rain pelted her motor home, she spoke of the blues, uplift, growing up in Greenwich Village and that unexpected hit. Fifty-odd years in, Maria Muldaur finds much happiness in the blues 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Prodded by a funky beat and pelted by staggered, syncopated guitar and bass notes, he can’t expect good news. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Thousands of squirrel pelts went into the construction of a single royal suit, and women in enormous hairstyles had to duck to fit under balconies and through doorways. Antiques: Beatles Photos, Medieval Fashion and Forbes?s Auctions 2011-05-19T20:54:27Z Four board members resigned in response to this change, and the museum, built on city land and partly financed by $100 million in bonds, was pelted with protests and questions over its civic mission. Behind the Smashing of a Vase 2014-02-18T23:01:51Z Daniel Boone preferred beaver pelt to coonskin caps, says Crane, who seems truly offended that Abbie recalls this pioneer mainly for the raccoon he wore on his head. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Happy entrails to you 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The cool street magician David Blaine who everyone liked, that is, not the weirdo David Blaine who spent a month in a box being pelted with sausages that time. TV magic shows: now you see them, now you don't 2012-07-05T11:19:34Z He muses about mortality and our common fate: "Inside the body we are all much the same, just as a bird without its pelt of variegated feathers becomes a lump of undistinguished meat." 'Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain': down, out and confronting death 2012-06-06T21:18:09Z Tilefish, not popular enough yet to be overfished, is on the menu, under a thick coral pelt of caramelized sea urchin from Maine. Changing Chefs, Gotham Bar and Grill Starts a New Era 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z While he sings, percussion pecks at offbeats before settling into 4/4, while piano and pizzicato strings continue to pelt him with syncopation. Bruce Hornsby’s New Album Is Complex and Untrendy. That’s Why It’s So Good. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z His memoir can seem to be covered with a pelt of tawny chest hair. Review: In ‘The Accidental Life,’ Golfing on LSD Is Just Part of an Editor’s Job 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z We were pelted all night with microscopic pieces of the track. Dirt-Track Racing at New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey 2011-09-01T23:09:31Z To put a halt to the peltings with pillows and insults, they enforce compulsory silences, during one of which Stephens – killingly – performs a gleeful Charleston. Private Lives; Berenice; The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner – review 2012-10-06T23:05:38Z Jarmusch opens on the Stooges breaking up after a calamitous 1974 tour that finished with a Detroit audience pelting them with eggs and beer bottles. The brief and wild ride of the Stooges gets ‘fan film’ treatment in ‘Gimme Danger’ 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z One of the show’s funniest scenes depicts Gauthier trying to fool Lee’s security camera by covering his back with a white pelt and getting down on all fours to look like Lee’s giant dog. ‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The previous parade in October 2018 drew crowds of protesters who pelted parade participants with rocks, flares and tomatoes as they progressed from the steps of Lublin castle up through the city’s old town. Pride parades in Poland prove flashpoint ahead of general election 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “If we even had to put up with this for a year, I could imagine we would be pelting politicians with maple syrup or whatever it is we do when we get mad,” Galloway said. 11 weeks of campaigning is too long? Oh, Canada! 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z The death toll climbed to eight, as survivors told of a frantic rush to escape the flames and pelting rain. Walkabout: Tragedies on the Water, in the Air 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z As rain pelted us, we fast-walked to a smaller meditation hall fluffed with cushions and then ducked into the pottery studio. dIn North Carolina, the Art of Living Retreat is a balancing act of rest and activities 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Detectives raided Bieber's home at about 8 a.m. after the "Boyfriend" singer was accused of pelting his neighbor's home with eggs in an incident on January 9. Police raid Justin Bieber's home, arrest man for drugs 2014-01-15T00:45:44Z Just a day after fans pelted the festival with complaints of long lines and difficulty seeing shows in FYF's lone indoor stage, the floor was full for the NYC electronic combo. FYF Fest: A fixed-up festival makes the music sound better 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z It is sleek and silver, like the pelt of some distinguished old otter. Baz Luhrmann on The Great Gatsby: 'Fitzgerald was a clown, just like I am' 2013-05-16T18:30:01Z In South Africa, the pelts previously marked Zulu aristocracy and today play an important role in the traditions of the Shembe Church. The Meaning of Leopard Print 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z “So the singer and the whole band going full pelt performing just to us always felt like we’d won some kind of amazing golden ticket.” How Two Guys Saved Soul Singers from Obscurity 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The album was panned by the press, and it wasn't just criticism that was hurled at him; at several festival gigs that summer, the crowds pelted him with bottles. Kevin Rowland: 'My motto is "never not shopping"' 2012-07-10T15:23:00Z Photos: Rare October snow pelts Northeast Getting to know the real Cutler If Jay Cutler rubbed you the wrong way his first two seasons in Chicago, you weren't alone. Coins may be key to solving stabbing death 2011-10-30T14:37:00Z Her name was Jackie, and she was a brash woman with a fox pelt of red hair who owned a depraved 78-pound Rottweiler named Jack-o-Lantern with a taste for blood. Horror movies were my therapy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z And just last month, in a water balloon-related incident at the Maryland State Fair, he pelted two state troopers and then tweeted gleefully about it. Justin Bieber's next step in world domination 2010-10-06T14:58:00Z His name was Charles Barkley, and he was looking to buy otter pelts from the Indians. Finding the Strait of Juan de Fuca 2012-11-21T22:30:06Z Earlier this month, detectives in California raided Bieber's home after he was accused of pelting a neighbor's house with eggs. Justin Bieber jailed in Fla. on drunk driving, racing charges - report 2014-01-23T13:27:04Z Last year, Harry Styles was pelted in the eye with a stray Skittle, Red Ryder BB gun style, and Kid Cudi walked off stage at Rolling Loud Miami after festivalgoers repeatedly launched items at him. Concert sign of the times: Expert on the increasingly disturbing trend of hurling things at artists 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z A difficult perspective to maintain as a neighbor pelts you with accusations of bad faith — I’d be furious, full disclosure — but it’s worth a try. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Their dream home plan floats their boat, but neighbors make waves 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z In the first act of “Into the Woods,” while modeling a cloak made from the wolf’s pelt, she shares her wisdom. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z As guests settled in for appetizers, Demi Lovato belted out three numbers on stage while a driving rain pelted the soaring windows of the space. John Legend, Mia Farrow and Ryan Reynolds at Time 100 Gala 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Rain was pelting down and we were trying to navigate the Cabot Trail, the scenic but occasionally harrowing two-lane road that encircles much of Cape Breton, the island at the northern tip of Nova Scotia. In Cape Breton, a Rugged Golf Getaway 2013-06-07T18:43:43Z The L.A. artist has a new show of small paintings inspired by petrichor, the smell of dry earth as it is pelted with rain. 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