| 单词 | pit |
| 例句 | I heard the noise of the street just as I’d heard it that night, and I felt a zip line of fear rip right into the pit of my stomach. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The slow thick drip into the pit of his stomach. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no swing, no seesaw, no sand pit, and no other children were ever invited to come up the hill to play with poor James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I spent the afternoon chopping a field’s worth of cabbage while a half pig roasted in the pit dug by the men in the flower garden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Niran led them through the main gate and past the smithy, the forge still smoldering, and then into the main hall, next to a kitchen where a fire burned in an open pit. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Our sweat-stained uniforms, still dusty from the endless push-ups and practice jump landings in man-made pits overflowing with sawdust from our first week, clung to our skin. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Instant realization sent a leaden weight thudding into the pit of Matthias’s stomach! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In the falling dusk they scrambled out of the pit and slowly threaded their way through the dead land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A little farther on, there was another, larger pit for adults. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In a corner of his brain he had just enough sanity left to realize that he was poised on the edge of a bottomless pit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Deception upon deception, the thing in the pit mused aloud. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She was twenty-seven that year, and in the pit of her stomach she carried the cold knowledge that, for her, life had been lived. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes look like black pits, and he wears a smirk that spreads too wide across his face, forcing wrinkles into his cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But she doesn’t, and I can feel a cold, dark feeling growing in the pit of my stomach—every bit as cold and dark as the water. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Return to the fire pit and count the steps to Pillar B by walking in a straight line. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z An enormous fire crackled in the central hearth pit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z On its back, Damasen yelled insults and jabbed at the god of the pit, taunting Tartarus farther away from the Doors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I was glad we were out on the porch, where everyone by the fire pit could see us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They faced a pit of hungry reporters, all desperate for any scrap of new information. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Malawians were jailed, tortured, and even tossed into pits of hungry crocodiles. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z My hands still shook, but the empty pit of my stomach kept me going. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then most of the adults started to gather around the cleared tables and I went over to the deserted horseshoe pits to see what was so all-fired important about throwing horseshoes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They could imagine a virtual fire pit at any random point. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She bent over me in a kind way, and I could see that her face, with the buck teeth protruding in the center, had at one time been badly pitted with acne. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In fact, as if under a spell, the whole crowd stood and watched him swallow the fruit until he held a peach pit in his hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Below was a pit whose dark depths he could only guess at. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Scruggs ran to the mortar pit and was first to arrive. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A cold sweat swept over me and I felt nausea in the pit of my stomach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I do not sit in a pit, and Hana is wrong about me and my friends. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z No one’s ever called me a pit bull. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Tiny Gold orbs the size of cherry pits sat nestled in the blossoms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I hadn’t spoken to him since I gave him the peach pit, and well, actually, I hadn’t spoken to him then, either. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A fire pit was set into the center of the floor, and a mesh of thin branches above acted as a vent. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Its sides were mangy with the scars of logging, and the lower slopes were pitted with slate and marble quarries. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A pitted moon stands on their crests as if impaled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They must have found the pit almost as comfortable as a cave. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The world was a terrible, cruel place, a dark pit jawing open to swallow me in perpetual despair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Howd Wanderer swore his oath upon his sword, as nicked and pitted a piece of iron as Jon had ever seen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He shook his head again and moved back by the fire pit. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Inside its jar, shrunken into a fetal position, wrapped in tatters, and accompanied by its wretched necklaces of teeth and a handful of rag dolls, the mummy looked like the pit of some exotic fruit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A ball of ice formed in the pit of my stomach. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In my pocket I had three peach pits from the orchards of Mentana, and four Micro Machine cars to jump over them as if they were boulders. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Shadows yawned in the pits of his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Well then, Matt thought, I’ll have to wriggle and squirm my way out of the sludge pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a bear pit: an endless procession of vexatious litigants and political opportunists settling personal scores in front of a shouting, hooting, uncontrollable rabble of, um, jurors. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In the silver chill of the Maine afternoon, as I bucketed and lumbered over the pitted surface of a wood road, I saw four lady mooses moving with stately heaviness across my bow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He was lying at the bottom of a deep dark pit upon a pallet of warm wet straw and at the top of the pit he could see the cold blue of the distant sky. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Unseen in the pit, the monstrous thing was speaking, but this time it wasn’t addressing me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then he set them to dig a great pit in the center of the town, fifteen feet wide and twenty feet deep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The outdoor fire pit—an elevated ring of rocks surrounded by lawn chairs—was stone cold. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The space was high and hushed, like any church, but the air stank of sulfur, like a pit of hell. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the blackness, when it was his turn, Jack found the board with holes in it placed over a pit. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The remnants of her morning meal littered the table—sardine heads, olive pits, chunks of flatbread. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her form shivered and the ghosts disappeared, leaving us alone with a pit, a Happy Flush septic tank, and a cold full moon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “But the thing in the pit said it was waiting for two items,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Kino squatted by the fire pit and rolled a hot corncake and dipped it in sauce and ate it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z And he could not take the chance of pitting his certain ignorance against this man’s possible knowledge. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z People had settled themselves around and out from a fire pit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The hammer’s head—a thick metal block marred with pits and scrapes—began to glow with blazing, red-hot light, and John pressed it against a tangle of roots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z While they were talking, I got bored and began to do some more flips into the foam pit. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His- eyes were sunk in deep pits, his close-cropped beard no more than a shadow across his hollow cheeks and bony jawbone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the same room with the fingerprints they’re handing out pieces of paper; you’re supposed to taste them and say whether they taste bitter, like peach pits, or sour, like lemons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It would drag me into the pit unless I stood firm. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now it was the deep blue of frozen rivers, now the dirty white of old snow, and when a cloud passed before die sun it darkened to the pale grey of pitted stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She took a sip of water, feeling the pit in her stomach grow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Both of them burned to ash in the pit in Atur. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z An open fire pit lay on Peregrine’s side and gave the only light. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Fred wasn’t great about remembering to slick up his pits in the morning. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They were sharpened sticks stuck into the ground or in pits. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Our people had no houses, but lived in pits dug into the earth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The bones on the floor of the pit were deeper than the last time she had been down here, and the walls and floors were black and grey, more ash than brick. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Our next-door neighbor and her sons had set up a table on sawhorses nearby, and a caldron of water bubbled over the fire in the pit, tended by some people I didn’t recognize. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But then she thought of Drogon far away, and the dragons in the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It felt as if I had a pit in my throat. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She took Prince Quentyn by the hand and led him to the pit where two of her dragons were confined. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What are we going to do about the garbage pit?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He realized that one wall of the pit was convex and made of some hard substance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We kept up our running menu all through work in the gravel pit that afternoon, and into the evening in the barracks while we lay next to each other on our shelf. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Drogon wrenched his arm from his shoulder and tossed it aside as a dog might toss a rodent in a rat pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Og’s enthusiasm pulled me back into the moment, and I felt a nervous knot form in the pit of my stomach. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z How can there be pits when there are no arms? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As he climbed out of the pit, I stepped to the corner of the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Because only small amounts were needed, Tree-ear was working with the red and white clay in bowls instead of in the pits. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I held up the pit and all the boys starting oohing and ahhing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the water, rippling around my feet, the detailed image in my head familiar and sinking into the pit of my stomach. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “The poison used on Thalia’s pine is something from the Underworld, Percy. Some venom even I have never seen. It must have come from a monster quite deep in the pits of Tartarus.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d bent them and twisted them around and through each other to weave a wooden lattice, then hung it high above a deep pit filled with logs, leaves, and kindling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most wells were dug in the cellars or backyards of homes, usually only a few feet away from the privy pit. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She dismounted beside a gaming pit where a basilisk was tearing a big red dog to pieces amidst a shouting ring of sailors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He always had two heavies sitting in front of the place and two pit bulls to keep the Man off his case. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a while the birds got used to the digging, resettled upon their freckled eggs, and hatched out ten thousand little killdeer that scurried around Cleofes Apodaca’s pit peeping hysterically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These game animals were caught in pit traps, shot with bow and arrow, and run down with dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Even if the pits must open, must Your Grace go yourself?” asked Missandei as she was washing the queen’s hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Educating our children is the only way out of this pit of poverty.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart tumbles to the pit of my stomach. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He dug a deep pit in front of his garden and covered it with branches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They had tried to have a kid for years; then Tariq ended up putting his energy into adopting a blue-nose pit bull from the local shelter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I could hear the bile in the pit of her stomach boiling and the words steaming up in her mouth before her lips parted. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was walking around the fire pit, moving behind Tayo as he went around. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I held up the peach pit I had been clutching in my hand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The bronze was slightly pitted—like the doors, like the house itself. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The driver reached over and pulled the lever—and ended anyone’s hope that this was a short pit stop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He picked up two sticks that were lying in the pit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Bottomless pit eating us out of house and home.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I knew now what was in that pit, what had spoken from the entrance of Tartarus. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Dashing past the barn, the smokehouse, and Mama’s flower pit, I ran through the house and got to the front door just as Papa hurried up the walk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His laughter echoed even louder than it had from the pit of Tartarus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For a moment she was weightless in the dark, the sides of the hot stone pit burning her arms. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was getting dark and almost everybody was hanging around their barbecue pits where they’d built little fires and were roasting hot dogs or burgers or marshmallows. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The BFG grabbed the dangling rope and was hoisted out of the pit just in time. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were now no openings to other galleries or tunnels on either side, and the floor was level and sound, without pits or cracks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A cluster of kids called out to him from where they were setting up lunch near the fire pit and, ever the president’s son, he smiled and waved at them real pretty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the nut-rich forests of northern Japan, nut storage pits were especially important, along with seal hunting and sea fishing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z How would he endure the coming winter, alone in the dank vegetable pit? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The campers down at the volleyball pit. had early '90s hairstyles, which were probably good for keeping monsters away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He would be killed — thrown into a pit of poisonous snakes or fed to hungry jaguars — before he would be allowed to enter such a sacred place. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Maybe I could learn to ignore the gnawing in the pit of my stomach telling me it wasn’t enough. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He’d been about to explore the pit, stepping from bone to bone like climbing down a large tree. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The earthquakes disturbed thousands of snakes that had been living on the mountain. They came slithering down into Saint-Pierre. Some of them were venomous six-foot-long pit vipers. Hundreds of people died from bites.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Patterson explained how his father and three hundred other quarrymen went on strike days before the stock market crash in 1929, never to return to work in the pits again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He stood up for a moment, tense and menacing; and then he collapsed, falling forward on to all fours and crawling up the bank of the pit. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Up, up, up into the night they hurtled, into the sky until the Dactyl Hill Penitentiary was just a small, torchlit pit amidst the teeming city. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And, with that, he shuffled to the edge of the pit and leered down at his helpless prisoners. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt a leaden fear settle into the pit of my stomach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He bent down and flipped a switch on the fire pit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I put on my uniform last thing before I leave the house so it doesn’t get dirty as I eat breakfast by the fire pit. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There came no reply, and Tristran felt a sick, stupid feeling in the pit of his stomach. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z At last, after skirting carefully round some openings from which there was a distinct smell of rats, they halted in a kind of pit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one he returned the scattered chunks to the fire pit, each piece becoming a part of his dance and a part of his healing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As I watched him jog away, I had this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The hum of the deck as the wheels moved along the pitted pavement felt good under my feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The crowd has backed away from the monster in the pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Smoke and drifting ash still lingered in the air about the pit as Jon trotted back to the gate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some plywood sheets covered a pit and a metal scaffold supported a cracked archway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The earth was pitted with explosion craters and scarred with trenches from past games. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The four of us exchange worried glances, and guilt begins to gnaw the pit of my stomach. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The drakon hissed, spitting jets of green poison that smoked on the mossy ground and set tar pits on fire, filling the air with the scent of fresh pine and ginger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The space is enormous, as big as a concert hall, and a live orchestra is sitting in the pit right below. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The temperature in the digging pits sometimes hit 130°F. Slowly peeling away the geological layers, Howard’s workers revealed that Blackwater Draw had hosted not one, but two ancient societies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Edwin motioned everyone up to the fire pit. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes she stares at me as though she wants to ask me something, but then looks down at the ashes of the fire pit. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Strange things were happening in the pit of his stomach. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Do I need to come and rescue you from that bottomless pit of newspapers?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Now step up! Now step up!” it recommended, and almost before they knew what had happened, they had all taken a step up and then plunged to the bottom of a deep murky pit. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Under the trees it was pitted where the chunks of snow had fallen, and the banks beside the path were shrinking and settling. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “But everything depends on the location of the fire pit,” said Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not even going to ask you where you’ve been. Go to your room and go to bed. That’s where Jim is. What goes on inside that filthy pit doesn’t concern either one of you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Neither would the poisonous atmosphere, nor the treacherous landscape with its pits, cliffs, and jagged rocks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They went over to the far end of the pit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry felt the familiar boiling sensation in the pit of his stomach. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Without documentation, Hrdlicka was unable afterward to make head or tail of the houses, storage pits, hearths, and burial wells he uncovered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z La Reyna was like those pits on Wall Street, everyone screaming what they wanted, things happening fast. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She smiled, and I swear it wasn’t cute, it wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t playful, it wasn’t anything other than brave, and that smile bobbed like a buoy in the pit of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The lies rolled off my tongue so easily, which made the pit in my stomach grow. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The pit was completely black when his hands struck against rock instead of bone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart sunk deep into the pit of my stomach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I bring a bowl of dog food and leftover bacon outside to our pit bull, Brickz. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We were about even with Granny’s flower pit when I stopped and asked the question that had been on my mind ever since I got there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’ve decided to barbeque the squirrel to go with the squash, so I light a second fire in the pit under the grill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the old fears returned and threatened to strangle me, to sink me back in that horrible pit of depression I’d spent years struggling to climb out of. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Restrain me, Sairy,” Tiller said, “before I build a snake pit and dump a couple kids in it.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z They sat in the pit with their faces covered for a long time, waiting for the blizzard to stop. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Dylan even tries dropping a quarter into the pit to see what happens. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Into a pit went Mr. Steffens, where, bound and tied, he was left to face the advancing razor steel of a great pendulum which now whirled down, down, closer and closer to his outraged body. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Juana went to the fire pit and uncovered a coal and fanned it alive while she broke little pieces of brush over it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The plaster was pitted and peeling—pieces littered the floor as if someone had recently punched the wall and no one had bothered sweeping up afterward. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Two long fire pits had been dug, and resting over the pits on brick platforms were large metal pans. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z An iron pipe rammed into the pit of his stomach, turning his legs to rubber. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “June 20 “I decided today to dig a pit to trap a deer, so I am whittling a shovel out of a board I found in the stream this morning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hephaestus cabin had set up traps around the entrance to the Labyrinth—razor wire, pits filled with pots of Greek fire, rows of sharpened sticks to deflect a charge. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z King Hizdahr’s pit fighters were already growing bored and restive with their new duties, and bored men were lax, slow to react. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe if he forgives me, everyone will forget about what I did and I can get out of this pit faster.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There was a half-eaten cinnamon bun and a bottle of water left from our pit stop in the middle of the trip. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She stared in horror at the thing in the pit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z No. Two steps from the pit, we were ordered to turn left and herded into barracks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only one way to induce his ghost to come to him, by killing sheep and filling a pit with their blood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt was especially tired this night after the walk to the whale pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They occupy a one-square-mile pit constantly shrouded by a heavy blanket of smog. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Imagine that. Charles,” she said, into the kitchen, “he lives in California and he’s never been to the La Brea tar pits.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Soon, unless he, unless somebody did something, the rot would reach the pit. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps years from now, my faith in this plan will prove justified, but until then I will have to live with this acid in the pit of my stomach. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had a laugh likq the snarling of dogs in a pit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Over a pit fire, as though she were a pork joint, in water that had already been used by her father-in-law, her husband, her husband’s seven brothers, and her mother-in-law. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay back on the slope of the pit, but that did not ease the sense of burden that was on him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A few listened, but across the pit, the empousai were countering her orders. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was something like a tornado whirling within me, drilling down into the pit of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Hazel remembered the stones by the well pit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It kept tipping a little farther nose-downward, pulled by his weight as he hung in harness in the pit. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I draped spare Hab canvas over the frame, making a pit inside the cot, with extra canvas around the edges. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “And what about the incident two weeks ago? The boy they found in the waste pit.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In my dreams, I stood in a dark cavern before a gaping pit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There's a lurching wave in the pit of my stomach. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It was your pit, your box, your seats. Sweet wine and soft cushions, figs and melons and honeyed locusts. You provided all. You urged Her Grace to try the locusts but newer tasted one yourself.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Any drug you could ever think of, the pit stop had your twenty-one flavors. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It had a peaked roof, hardwood floors, and a tiny backyard which ended in a sun deck and a fire pit. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One evening her uncles appeared as she sat on a blanket pitting cherries and spreading them out to dry in the sun. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sefia and Archer crept around the edge of the pit to the tunnel, where she took a lantern from the wall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sefia stood at the edge of the stone pit, still reeling from the touch of Archer’s arms on her arms, his chest on her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And on still, breathless nights he was sleeping in the fields to keep from being suffocated by the bad air from the pits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The roads confound him; they’ve knotted up, dark, antagonistic; he pits himself against them, valiant, a man doing battle for love. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z How in the pit, when things got going, you weren’t so much walking or dancing as being sucked into a whirlpool. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The pits and bruises looked like craters on a large yellow planet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z All personal articles left behind will be incinerated in the lava pit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had eyes like a pit bull, and shaggy black hair, and he always dressed in expensive but sloppy clothes, like he wanted everybody to see how litde he cared about his family’s money. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Your barber has served you well, Hizdahr. I hope you have come to show me his work and not to plague me further about the fighting pits.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z King Hizdahr had allowed the fighting pits to remain open, but the crowds were sparse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Since there are over six hundred students in the school, the overflow has to sit on folding chairs in the orchestra pit. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z His age is betrayed only by the creases across his brow and a proud, deeply pitted nose, over which a purple filigree of veins unfolds like a finely wrought tattoo. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it is a divisive national issue, pitting those who welcome cheap labor against those with concerns about border security and the cost of providing social services. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Because Uncle Charley, his father, his grandfather—they’ve all been down in the cave and found the treasure chamber. They can find the two rock pillars. But the fire pit isn’t there anymore!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Dark patches pit the face of a rocky hill near the jungle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Horrific as it was, the present dark, I was afraid to leave it for the other, permanent dark—jelly and bloat, the muddy pit. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Afterward, over breakfast, my freshly washed hair must have absorbed the smoke from the fire pit. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Running over to a bark-lined pit in the ground, she jumped in and began treading rice with a frantic pace that made everyone around her laugh. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Now, what is all this,” the Prince replied, stepping past the dead beast, mounting the ladder out of the pit. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The black gun was beautiful, all gold inlay and ebony carved like dragon scales, but up close she could see how damaged it was: pitted and scratched, flecked with age and long-forgotten acts of violence. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a hollowness in the pit of his stomach, which he told himself was simply a fear of going back to the world on the outside. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Clancy waved at the few kids in black around the fire pit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I walked until I lost the light from the fire pit, clawing at my T-shirt, trying to pull it away from my skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We were both still chuckling as we walked to the fire pit, where they were just starting to set up for dinner. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She lay quiet with her eyes just a tiny bit open, staring confusedly at the soft flames that occasionally flickered up among the coals that glowed in the fire pit. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Meanwhile I crouched with my drawn sword to keep the surging phantoms from the bloody pit till I should know the presence of Teiresias. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The man squinting up at them from the pit was so thin and weak, his attempt to stand failed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In other words, for a few golden days, you remember what it feels like to be normal, before you plunge headlong into the bottomless pit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Or maybe even knowing somewhere deep in the pit of his belly that I was innocent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You can try, but I won’t be stuck in this stinking pit any longer!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was like a beautiful roller-coaster ride in slow motion, with no noise, no banging around, no hollow feeling in the pit of the stomach. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They found it back in its enclosure, having climbed down into its pit the way it had climbed out, by way of a tree that had fallen over. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They create something in the pit of our stomachs that stirs up those emotions and more. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Nico poured root beer and tossed barbecue into the pit, then began chanting in Ancient Greek. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His mother was right behind him, following him much like their neighbors’ pit bull did whenever Moss walked by their yard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon by the time the pit was deep enough, and the light was becoming dim. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My feet were drawn toward the fire pit, but I forced myself to stop and reconsider. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t you kids get too crazy. Bad injuries at the last Yo-Yo Ma mosh pit,” Mom called as we walked down the lawn. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest were crowded around the pit at the far end of the room, where a pair of naked men were slashing at each other with knives whilst the watchers cheered them on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You didn’t have to come today, Noah. This place is the pits.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘There are loose slabs that may tilt up and throw you down into a pit, if you don’t take care.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z One man in long soft moccasins stood in a shallow pit trampling husks, half his weight supported on a log frame. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The two friends roofed the pit with tree boughs and straw. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The owners saw it as an effort to shake them down, but for the Mexicans it became a class struggle pitting powerless workers against hard-hearted owners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A pit settles in my stomach along with the lie. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He lifted his sword to parry a Cyclops’s club, then stabbed the monster in the leg, sending him backward into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the regional academic decathlon, a contest pitting teams of students from various local schools against each other, Odessa High had won four straight times. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the road for Cambridge, crossing desolate Charlestown Common with its salt marshes, clay pits, gallows, and gibbet. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I often at night roused my father from his slumbers to pray for me,” she wrote, “lest I should be cast into the bottomless pit.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I do remember imagining for a moment, not the camps, not the pits or chambers of gas, but my mother’s face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The cylinder, thirty yards in diameter, buried in a huge pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Cooking fires had been blown from their pits, and scattered embers burned everywhere. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then I saw something glinting at the edge of the pit— a foil wrapper. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The three friends scrambled out of the shallow pit so they weren’t standing on top of the treasure chest’s lid. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Or making nylon stockings or going down in the pits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If the breed is pit bull, I add 7 to the 12 days; a shepherd gets plus 4 days, and a Chihuahua gets 2 extra days. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The yellow silk was light and cool, and it would be blistering down in the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He knew where they were going: the big tent on the far side of the fire pit, its painted canvas walls cracked and faded by years of sun and rain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All the happy commercials on television showing kids wearing costumes, the noises on the street outside, give a heaviness to the pit of my stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z With thousands of fascinated spectators, including the Queen, peering down into the pit, the BFG was lowered on a rope. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the vague unease Jinjoo had been feeling roiled in the pit of her stomach, as if she’d eaten too many boiled eggs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z No. That was the pit speaking to him, sapping his resolve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Wearing a rubber glove on his hand, he reached down into the nest as far as his arm pit. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Selmy’s answering slash found the pit fighter’s left shoulder, parting the fine linen to bite the flesh beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had the dome pop-up tent up in no time, and soon Grandpa had a small fire going in the fire pit he had dug. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z As a member of the union, I had no choice: I was suddenly, and for the first time in my life, out of a job, out of a paycheck, and pitted against my employers. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bronze knife, which she’d had since she was seven, was also gone—probably fallen into the pit. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The forum’s broad plaza was pitted with craters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Just then, Lester Burton, the pit boss, stepped among them and nailed a notice to a post near the water pump. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He jumped into the pit, kicking up sudden blooms of sawdust and straw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t scratch, miss, unless you want big ugly scars. That’s rule one with chicken pox: break a blister and leave a pit. You’ll resemble Swiss cheese in no time.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His legs had been mauled as if a pit bull had caught him from behind. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I could feel my guts churning deep in the pit of my stomach. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When I look back, Sandra is not behind me but sitting on the steps leading into the cafeteria pit, unwrapping a sandwich. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The tragedy of the Moriori resembles many other such tragedies in both the modern and the ancient world, pitting numerous well-equipped people against few ill-equipped opponents. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She could see a number of cars, some up in the air on gleaming steel poles, others over pits in the ground, and still others parked here and there. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Cold and greasy, each spoonful dropped to the pit of his stomach and lay there. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then,” Tressa continues, “we went to that fire pit pizza place out on the beach. So cool. Have you been there?” she asks. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The light on Clancy’s dresser was on, and I could hear the voices of kids below at the fire pit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor’s wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The lip of the grave crumbled beneath her foot as she climbed, sending clods of dirt tumbling into the pit. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It took Mr. Daley the rest of recess to calm them down and to convince them that there were no pit vipers in Washington State—or anywhere in the United States. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z It had been a pit of corpses and dead bones and he had struggled for years to get up from it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Our family shared a fire pit, which was directly outside our home, with four other families. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Connor surveys me with his finger to his lip like he now has to send all of his mosh pit extras home. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I pitched the filth into the pit behind the prison and prayed it was not going atop any corpses. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “If that pit really led to...you know...how could you sense them so far away?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Before me, the crowd of twenty or so surged along the brink of the pit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I feel an illness, in the pit of my stomach. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His other eye has no eye patch, and the peach pit has been replaced by a diamond that glitters in the midday sun. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z If it was a death pit, what would I do? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Watch me wait by the fire pit with Lee for Mike to arrive with what our duties would be during our time at East River. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A little black girl who wanted to rise up out of the pit of her blackness and see the world with blue eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I been hooping. Is that your dog? He’s a pit mix, right?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In little pits where the sun couldn’t reach there was still some gravelly snow left, but not enough to make a snowball. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I was standing at the edge of a pit in the depths of Tartarus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The death of Lincoln caught Cyrus in the pit of the stomach. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He could find the treasure without the fire pit! The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The sides of the pit had to be shored with timber. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This man who doubled as the villagers’ barber on Saturdays had a heart as black as the pit of hell! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the viper’s pit that was Meereen, honor seemed as silly as a fool’s motley. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And the voice in the pit—” “I don’t know yet,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There was a rush of hoarse laughter, like the fall of sliding stones into a pit; amid the clamour a deep voice was raised in command. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I watched her lift the giant lid of the pit and fork out a great chunk of meat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you still sitting in the lunch pit? Or have you gone over by the basketball courts yet?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Ess stuffed her face with the sweet snaps, chewing their meaty red flesh and spitting out the pits. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They rattle down the long gravel lanes, past pit cottages and trash barrel fires, past laid-off miners squatting all day on upturned crates, motionless as statues. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He and his companions were a muddy handful of scratchers, crouching in a narrow, drafty pit in lonely country. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gawdalmighty, don’t you understand the kind of place this is? The men in this town go in that pit and hold hands with death every day.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “It heals monsters, but you do not belong. Tartarus will not heal Percy. The pit hates your kind.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Raising it up and down, and pressing it back and around, he could tell that he had found the pit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The book contained a number of old black-and-white photographs: pit ponies and canaries in cages. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She clutched her ears with both hands and rolled away from the mud pit, chest tight and breath hitching. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She drew the Domish prince inside with her, to stand above the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The next Cyclops backed up nervously, so Frank cut his legs out from under him and sent him into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I might also then fall straight into a pit of vipers, but I can't worry about that now. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As we walked inside I began to get a scared feeling in the pit of my stomach. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every week, at least a dozen prisoners committed suicide by hurling themselves into the pit,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t the struggle in South Africa be not one of black against white, but one that pitted those who believed in freedom, justice and equality against those who didn’t? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Rhaegal roared in answer, and fire filled the pit, a spear of red and yellow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The motive of apartheid was clear: divide and rule; pit brother against brother, sister against sister. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At some point their lot had been a pit, into which someone had dumped trees. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “They will make slaves of us, or throw us in the pits. All will be as it was, or worse.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His father, his mother, his aunt, Elisha—all were far above him, waiting, watching his torment in the pit. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “There was this rescue dog I knew about; she was a real scrapper. And I know a guy who sets up fights sometimes. He has a couple pit bulls. It wasn’t, like, an organized thing.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When the Marcuses blink again, their eyes turn into empty, black pits. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It had worked as I hoped, the only erosion just a few BB-size pits right past the throat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Panic pulsed in the pit of his stomach. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I could not help wondering what bottomless pit they were trying to fill, or from what bottomless purse. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the largest of her three, the fiercest, the wildest, with scales as black as night and eyes like pits of fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Brian put the tinder on the ground in the pit so that the flame cup was aimed upward. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Behind the church, a rectangular pit in the ground gaped open, awaiting her father’s body. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I demand, fear growing in the pit of my stomach. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Name the man who went down into a pit on a snowy day to kill a lion. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “In the pit that would have taken your arm off, old man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To make it humiliating as well as torturous, the Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity, a sporting event pitting every district against the others. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z His lips spread wide, revealing a gray molar with a dark pit in the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Jeanne spat out her words like the pits of bitter plums. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The Great Masters had used the pit as a prison. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mama had a fire going in the fire pit, a small hearth that Deydey had made for them of the smoothest, thickest, heaviest stones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Coach Susan had spotted me in practice the day before, standing level with me on padded leather blocks stacked on one side of the foam pit. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z People who, for one reason or another, you might have to pit your will against later in life. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, my family boiled and skinned peaches, pitted apricots and churned apples into sauce. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And then the police hauled Mama off to the deepest pits of hell. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then she yelped and grabbed my armor straps, and suddenly I was tumbling into a pit that hadn’t been there a moment before. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He turned her gently away from the pit and wrapped his arms around her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly the skyblue Plymouth looked absurdly opulent on the narrow, pitted road. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The different European governments frequently pitted one Indigenous nation against another. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Screamed from the top of my lungs, from the pit of my heart. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z An enormous pit lurked in the middle of it, though. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He realized just in time that a section of mosaic floor in front of him was an illusion covering a ten-foot-deep excavation pit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The blaze in the fire pit seemed to shrink before this storm of light, like a small dog cowering before a larger one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But we made a pit stop in the dialysis unit first. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The situation had become so grave he didn’t know how to react, felt a pit of emptiness in his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “After the wedding Hizdahr will be -king. Let him reopen the fighting pits if he wishes. I want no part of it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the pit was opened, the eagle swooped down and seized in its claws the two rear haunches of the ox, along with a shoulder, and began to tear at it with a ravenous beak. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Clustered around one end of the fighting pit were people who must have been impressors from the Stone Kingdom of Everica. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We just breathe to ourselves, and while Jamie watches me, I watch the crickets leaping away from the stone fire pit next to us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The second is the feeling that something heavy and painful in the pit of my stomach is making me want to vomit. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Maybe he was in disbelief that it was already time for a pit stop again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She lay aggressively receptive, flushed, her navel no goblet but a pit in an earth-quaking land, flexing taut and expansive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, the stone sickles, underground storage pits, and other technology that hunter-gatherers of the Fertile Crescent had been evolving to utilize wild cereals were available to the first cereal farmers of the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Southward he looked, and below his very feet the Great River curled like a toppling wave and plunged over the falls of Rauros into a foaming pit; a glimmering rainbow played upon the fume. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Deeper inside the pyramid, another four Brazen Beasts had been set to guard the iron doors outside the pit where Viserion and Rhaegal were chained. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rampart loomed suddenly before them, a high shadow beyond a dark pit. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I grip her arm and catch her so she doesn’t fall into the pit, which is only a couple of feet deep, but lined with nail boards, like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z From inside the pit came the cries of some fearsome thing—a beast or a witch or a demon—so she crossed herself and hurried her steps. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Kainene showed her the bunker, a roughly dug pit covered with logs, before she began to walk toward the building at the far end of the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was foolish to go on having that pain in the pit of my stomach when I was so happy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead of having a distracting orchestra pit in front of the stage, he instructed his designers to hide the musicians underneath it and had their sound waft up into the auditorium. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I just got some new skills on beam, an aerial, which is a cartwheel with no hands, and a round-off double into the pit,” I wrote in my journal that year. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On his return, he carefully lifted all the magazines from the boxes and set them in separate piles atop a redwood picnic table beside the pit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The clay was shoveled into one of the pits and water mixed in to form a thick viscous mud. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Clearly I’m not going to be able to overpower them—especially with their psychotic red-haired pit bull around. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z PPC is a vast and germy pit stop on the highway of life, but you make it a little cooler. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Farmers stored vegetables for their own household use in pits the size of a room. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The good-natured tortoise shuffled into the pit, taking for granted that his immense strength could carry it out. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And I gotta admit that while today had been the pits so far, I couldn't help but be a little gassed about the fact that I was chosen for the anchor. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z It had been the custom to sentence criminals to the pits; that practice she agreed might resume, but only for certain crimes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was seized with a sudden desire to laugh, to cry, to do both, and I had a pain, too, at the pit of my stomach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the dirt floor was a rectangular pit, like a grave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The debate over Lawrence’s future at Berkeley climaxed at an acrimonious faculty conclave pitting the hard sciences, represented by Birge and Lewis, against the humanities and social sciences departments. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was a huge green pit in the earth, about as big as the arena at a football match. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All about it the earth gaped, and from deep rifts and pits smoke and fumes leaped up. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z After Adam left to go to work delivering pizzas, I had a pit in my stomach. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When you order kalbi or bulgogi, a man brings a tin of red-hot coals to set inside the pit of the table. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Edna drew me a horse, and Héctor gave me one of his best marbles, which I set on a small pedestal carved from a dried avocado pit. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Everything Percy saw was a dream in the mind of the dark god of the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Trees shattered. There were giant colored butterflies. I fell in a pit of orange bubbles.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We both head to the water fountain, and I’m wondering if putting deodorant on sweaty pits will keep me from being funky later, when Coach West walks over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I thought, by that awful pit, do nothing? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Jinx climbed into the pit, then helped lower the pine box. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Or the teenage boys who were swallowed whole by a man-made quicksand pit on the property of an Illinois businessman. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Conor felt the anger rising in the pit of his stomach— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The paint was peeling on buildings, the streets pitted with potholes, and the whole estate resigned to its own shabbiness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His dark eyes are empty, like pits, like starless nights. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Bull marched them through the bar, past the dining room, out past the barbecue pits, the tennis courts, and toward the swimming pool. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She groaned, then suggested I buy a Rottweiler or a pit bull or some huge dog that looked like the wolf that ate the Grandma in Little Red Riding-Hood. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Edwin stopped beside the fire pit and invited everyone to pull up a rock or a piece of driftwood for a seat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And he loved us so much that he sent us to the pit, to be devoured by lions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She held herself as still as a queen on a quell board, her eyes cut as narrow as the heat pits on a viper, and watched them come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He said this all quite calmly but I, listening to him, felt a lump growing in the pit of my stomach. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She had made Hizdahr her king, taken him into her bed, opened the fighting pits for him, he had no reason to want her dead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He saw the remains of a fire in an outdoor cooking pit. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In between the races I watch the high-jump pit, out in the distance. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z By lunchtime the next day, Nick had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A guy named Cobby was on the stoop showing off his new puppy and another guy was pretending like he wanted to buy it to feed to his pit bull. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I trip and fall into a small pit lined with tiny orange bubbles that hum like the tracker jacker nest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Annabeth felt like she was hanging over the pit again, unable to pull herself up, unable to maintain her grip—left with no good options. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “If your father died, they gave you a peach pit and put you in a circle of all the men. The man you gave the pit to would be your new daddy.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I would drive, Annabeth would defend, and Tyson would act as our pit crew. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But I’m very relieved to spot our mile-four pit crew, and it worries me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Arch wrestled one of the sheep off the wagon by two legs, then spun and flung it into the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 That made me smile and made the pit in my stomach soften a little. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His blind eye was a dark blue pit and the other glared yellow in the dust. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a taller ceiling and a deeper fire pit, it was made with more rock and less wood, and it had a supply of water for emergencies. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She asked whether he had gone as far as the well pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Suck it up totally means hide in the bathroom and listen to a hamster mosh pit, right? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z So we went in together and he got them from behind the door—you should have seen the orchids blooming with all that sunlight coming in—and we went down to the horseshoe pits. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Nurse was paying out some silver to a pit man on a lost wager when he spied Penny leading Crunch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As they drew closer to the city walls, the tents appeared more and more like permanent fixtures, the canvas walls dirtied with grime from fires burning in hastily dug pits. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Just like the children’s song: Let me tell you what to do. Dig a pit that’s ten by two. Ash and elm and rowan too— “Yes indeed,” the bundled man said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The smell of smoke from the fire pit followed us down the main trail longer than the light or the voices from it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If there never was a fire pit, the cabin boy knew that to find his treasure, his descendants would need to explore another way of solving the problem. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas remembered the tiny whited pit in the skin of her grandmother’s cheek, but was still surprised to hear that Nokomis, too, had suffered the disease. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Kennel 4 holds a dog named Rufus, a brown pit bull estimated to be 4 or 5 years old and weighing 60 pounds. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The Green Grace said that reopening the pits would please the gods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He stood at the edge of the pit, the crowd surging around him, hissing, mocking, their words scathing and dry as coals. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z For some reason I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I hurl the pit at the water, watching ripples destroy the possibility of any reflections. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Cold slips over my skin and around my heart and into the pit of my stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z His eyes opened wide in their dark pits, and his thin, skeletal arms flailed the air before him as if he were striking at the furies of hell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The explosion in the mortar pit that had killed twelve of his buddies played out in his head again and again, grotesque and graphic. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As he came through the door Juana stood up from the glowing fire pit. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A blizzard of crumbs and pointy violet olive pits litter the tabletop. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The boulder was pitted and chipped with bullet marks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Today there was a toad racing match, and the Stormville racers had arrived to pit their toads against the team from Boggs Ferry—Thorn’s old town. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She’d cover the pits with branches and leaves and wait for helpless victims to tumble to their doom. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm took the bundle to be thrown away and tried to move very quietly as he carried it out to the pit the boy had shown him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A tall stack of logs blazed in the fire pit. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I know pit bulls can be aggressive, but Brickz is a baby most of the time. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z This thought gives me a chill that settles in the pit of my stomach. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, Smith might enjoy pitting his horse against one trained by his son, Jimmy, just as Howard would enjoy facing off against Lin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment the demon’s second hand was free, but before he could do more, Tehlu flung himself into the pit and landed with such force that the iron rang with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ents and Huorns were digging great pits and trenches, and making great pools and dams, gathering all the waters of the Isen and every other spring and stream that they could find. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A woman who could have been an Oklahoma mom opened the door, joyful and alive like she’d just walked out of the ball pit at McDonald’s. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He got an ugly feeling in the pit of his stomach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped them on his legs and said, “There will be more guards outside the pit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As it was, she’d pitted her woodwork bad and topped the snowball bushes outside. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the coffin and the square pit of earth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter cranked the handle to the spit and the deer turned around and around under a pit of burning coals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He was ten feet from the edge of the pit when we caught him and hauled him back up the slope. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And that opens up a black hole in the pit of my stomach. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The grin disappeared faster than a deep-fried pit slug in the LEP canteen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His eyes were sunken deep into black pits; open, but they saw nothing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Still, when she held a pupa—or “date pit,” as she called it—with its outline of tiny wings beneath the protective shell, she felt the creature stirring within. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We tiptoed around the bodies to the edge of the platform, then hopped down into the pit where the tracks ran. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Unless it happened in a mosh pit, of course. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Exactly. I think the escape hatch is where the puzzle says the fire pit should be.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There was erosion and pitting within, but it had held up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead of starting a fire in the pit, Cole crawled into his sleeping bag and went to sleep early. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Kretzsky instructed us to dig another pit next to the first. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Once the boilers reached suitable pressure, Rice nodded to an engineer in the pit under the wheel, and steam whooshed into the pistons of its twin thousand-horsepower engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They were stored in sacks or pits dug in the ground. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Neighbors started arriving, armed with logs for the fire pit as well as food. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Graves were dug for soldiers, some still open pits, others marked with wooden crosses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Avoiding the Sphere of Annihilation located at the end of the corridor, I located a hidden door beside the last pit trap. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You just want to get out of this pit,” I said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Acne put a Tibetan amulet on the counter and tears streamed down her pitted, powdery cheeks. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Crane-man could stand erect in the pit with his head still below ground level. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Its pits are filled in, the cages torn down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The farm that once stood there had burned long ago, but the vegetable pit remained. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Three silly men who had drunk too much beer for lunch decided to climb over the high fence surrounding the pit, and of course they fell in. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What will happen when they grow too large for the pit? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes there are landmarks along the way to doom and destruction, seemingly innocent paths along which we merrily tread, smiling as we go, into the pits of Deepest Hell. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z We arrived at the large pit we had dug the day before. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And how I might pit one against the other to my advantage with a few teeny, tiny little lies. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The warped wood stuck and then popped free of the jamb, just as it had for us, and I felt the vibration shudder down into the pit of my stomach. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he invites them to come sit in our common eating area around our fire pit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z You sat on the hole and what you did there dropped into a pit ten feet below. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The water spilled down into the pit, and even when I shined a light, I couldn’t see the bottom. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, no you are not,” said Akimi, shoving her way to the front of the crowd to join Kyle near the roaring fire pit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Now he saw that the whole pit was delicately balanced. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A wave of nausea rose from the pit of Ekon’s stomach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hazel felt as if she were expanding to the breaking point, just like that spire in the pit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And his thinking and feeling in this way made the choking tightness rising from the pit of his stomach to his throat slacken a little. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Props are missing and people wander around partially in costume, and the various Creekwood music prodigies are in the orchestra pit running through the overture. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I also get a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach when I peek over the edge of a very high building. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I could land with no danger of injuring myself on the padded mats or in the squishy foam pits. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The radio purrs and the woman laughs and Herr Siedler looks almost nothing, Werner decides, like his neighbors, their guarded, anxious faces—faces of people accustomed to watching loved ones disappear every morning into pits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I flushed without fear of falling into a pit of smelly waste. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then lend me one package of pitted dates,” he requested. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Freas denied the allegations, and while the case awaited trial, these two powerful lawmen were pitted against each other. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The first mice had built the Abbey of red sandstone quarried from pits many miles away in the north-east. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z This civil war has not only divided the nation, it has also split countless families, pitting fathers against sons, and brothers against brothers. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead he had stood befuddled as she leapt into the pit, shouting her name, then running uselessly after her across the scarlet sands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He thinks about Henry’s voice low in his ear over the phone at three in the morning, and suddenly he has a name for what ignites in the pit of his stomach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a warning, and he knew it, and he seemed to see before him the pit dug by Satan—deep and silent, waiting for him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Johnny had a queer feeling at the pit of his stomach. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, Dad climbed into the excavator and dug a pit next to the old barn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Certainly not a shallow pit with two mighty Indian rhinoceros. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z To the side, the workers were digging a shallow pit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred miles and one pit stop later, safely removed from Kentucky, they were midway between Nashville and Memphis. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I can feel something reaching from deep in my chest, in the tips of my fingers and the pit of my stomach. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I reached into the fire pit, pushing my hand deep into the ashes until I found the unburned coals underneath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I feel hit, in the pit of the stomach. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside the carved hardwood doors to the king’s chambers stood Steelskin, a younger pit fighter, not yet regarded as of the first rank. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When racing officials offered a fantastic pot of $50,000 for Riddle to pit his colt against Exterminator, the only horse who might have made Man o’ War work for his winnings, Riddle declined. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Reggie felt a surge of panic, “a pit in my stomach.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We finish our pit stop and hop back in the car, making our way down to the farm. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z For a second it held, suspending him above an infinite pit. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Scipio popped an olive into his mouth and spat the pit into his hand. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At last they stood upon the summit, and looked down into a dark pit: the great cleft at the end of the mountains: Nan Curunír, the Valley of Saruman. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Piper held her hand over the pit on the right. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One by one, each of them asked her to let the fighting pits reopen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I smell like pit sweat and sour breath unless I scrub myself clean. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Within three heartbeats the whole pit was aflame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could check it, he supposed, with the new super, a tough-talking veteran with a pit bull. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe felt a sickening jolt in the pit of his stomach. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “And you should worry more about fixing their ship and being rescued than shaving your pits.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was an icky feeling in the pit of my stomach when I thought about lying to Grandma, the one person who’d helped me keep writing to Marcus—even talk to him on the phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Jason,” he called, “can you fly a few legionnaires across the pit? The enemy’s left flank is weak—see? Take it!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “This rock—it’s a lodestone, magnetic iron ore. There was a pile of them back in my pit. I kept one in my pocket just in case,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As the Jews pitted their Western sensibilities against their Eastern Bible, the same battle was under way in the Christian world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z On the fourth blow, his opponent crashed to the floor of the pit, adding to the dried bloodstains of his predecessors. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He explained about the warning signs—the rotten-egg stench of sulfur gas, the mudslides, and, of course, the pit vipers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z After eating supper and cleaning up, Cole went out to the fire pit and built a fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Good thing we all showered up in the storm this morning. My pits smell like roses. Go ahead and get comfy.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The nightmares transform into a black pit of pain, and the pain stalks me like a vengeful twin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But on the inside, I got a case of twinges in my heart and waves in the deepest pit of my stomach. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why the gateway’s sealed itself—” Harry looked up at the giant clock with a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But the slow speed ensured that I wouldn't fall into any more powder pits along the way. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s men gave a heave and sent the horn tumbling down into the fire pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I tried to back away from the edge of the pit, but it was like swimming through oil. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z For chalk, we had lumps of charcoal from the cooking pits. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyson stared into the pit and blinked tears out of his eye. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “This pit goes straight to Tartarus,” he murmured. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I reached underneath and found a patch of pitted metal that crumbled like stale crackers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Come on, guys. This pit is making me nervous. Let’s find a better place to camp for the night.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z If the room with the monsters had been dark, the hall was the blackest pit in the seven hells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They built a small fire in the stone-lined pit in the middle of the clearing, and they boiled water for tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They found the rubbish pit and hurried back because the rain was drenching. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The last free king of Astapor, screaming naked in the pit as he was set on by a score of starving dogs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If you concentrate on the warm spot that starts in the pit of your stomach, all the lines begin to melt.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He was not gesturing to Brian but was sitting in the park at a bench looking at a barbecue pit and for a time nothing happened. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Better a few should die in the pit than thousands at the gates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We were building a pile of the pits on a file photo of one of his former subjects, a South American woman with a magnificently crooked nose. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The light in the fake-Darin’s eyes goes out as quickly as a sun in a storm, and his irises darken into black pits, as if his entire body is filled with shadow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He organized boat races in the basin of the Court of Honor that pitted inhabitants of the Midway villages against one another. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By the end of the first week, interest in the project had spiked to such a level that we had to move the meetings out of our small cabin, to the fire pit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "Close to the ford and ringed by pits and spikes. If they are coming south, I say let them come, and break themselves against us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She remembered that detail from the old legend—how Skeleton Woman dug big pits in the ground to trap her victims. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll go to the bottomless pit and shout. Tell me if you hear an echo.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In Malawi, graves are not just six-feet-deep open pits like those dug in Western countries. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper, who had followed the penguins up the stairs, stopped when he saw that it led to the orchestra pit. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The path ended abruptly at a deep circular pit with walls as smooth as ice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was pitted with crevices, so when the waves crashed against the wall, the water spewed out of these holes like white gulleys. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing official about it, just a wall of crumbly earth surrounding a pit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z On the morning of January 21,1970, Scruggs was in one of the mortar pits getting ready to clean his gun when a truck loaded with unused 81mm mortars pulled in to a nearby pit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He ran to the other side and looked over the brink into a dark pit of gloom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I can feel it, like it’s pulling me down into a bottomless pit, like it’s calling for me to just fall and fall and fall. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mong showed us how to dig a little hole in the sand and line it with a bunch of small rocks for a homemade barbecue pit. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When she landed in the pit she lost a sandal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jack was sliding the pits off the photo into his wastepaper basket. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he added larger sticks and still larger until they filled the pit and there was the crackling sound of a full fire. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The warm-up band, Queens of the Stone Age, already had the crowd jumping by the time Fang and I shoved our way to the periphery of the mosh pit. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And as the three drew nearer on the road, Kino dug little pits with his sandaled toes so that he could leap without warning, so that his feet would not slip. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this upheaval, Pepsi began running television commercials around the country, pitting Coke head-to-head with Pepsi in what they called the Pepsi Challenge. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When they got there a group of men were already pulling the monster off the sharpened stakes they had set in the bottom of a pit covered with dry leaves, and it stopped lowing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Instead, every grave has a hidden compartment at the bottom—usually a smaller cubbyhole carved into the side of the pit—where the coffin slides in. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z If no one was willing to arrange a match, he was going to have to follow War Admiral to his next scheduled contest, to pit Seabiscuit against him in a full-field race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed a place where prisoners were shot over the pits they had dug for themselves, and I said a silent prayer of thanks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Her hands were large-knuckled, wrinkled; her palms the color and texture of an avocado pit. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z With the chairs in the orchestra pit, our auditorium seats over six hundred, and there are people packed into the aisles, and rows of standees at the back. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She shined her light into the pit, but she couldn’t see the bottom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One of the stone-lined pits, which Piper had mistaken for wells, spewed out a three-storey geyser of flames and shut off just as quickly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In Skadden, the legal historian Lincoln Caplan describes that early world of takeovers: The winner of a proxy contest was determined in the snake pit. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He dropped to his own knees at the side of the pit and reached out a hand futilely. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His violence balanced his tenderness, and himself was a pitted battlefield of his own forces. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He might still be trapped in the pit, but he was alive. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, as the helicopter took off, Rowan had a sinking feeling deep in the pit of his stomach that had nothing to do with their ascent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Because we’d all lived in Los Angeles our whole lives and we didn't really know what the tar pits were. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The houselights start to dim, and the first notes of the overture rise up from the pit. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Some sort of explosion took place in the pit of Harry’s stomach. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The fuming concoction sent swirls of steam up to the cave ceiling, where bats flapped their wings, clinging upside down from their claws, and pit vipers uncoiled themselves from thick iron hooks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Even when G’ma says, “Scoob-a-doob, not to get all sappy on ya, but it means the world to me that we made this pit stop. It’s like closing a door almost.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z His father, with the air of one forcing the sinner to look down into the pit that is to be his portion, moved away slightly so that John could see Roy’s wound. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z My dad called her a pit bull in diapers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With every squeal and shout and gasp and “Go, Courtney, go!” that comes out of her mouth, I sink a little further into my festering pit of mingled despair and desperation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Some of the scales were dented, pitted, and cracked; others were missing entirely, revealing long, crooked scars in the bare skin beneath. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And the clay from the village pits contained exactly the right amount of iron to produce the exquisite gray-green color of celadon so prized by collectors. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The pit of my stomach flipped with excitement. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The short guy with a pit bull’s bulging shoulders and flat-faced grin, and his taller friend, the shaggy-haired pretty boy, the one called Hackett. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I mean, bottomless pits and secret underwater creatures? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Chiron lay on a horse-size stretcher by the volleyball pit, a bunch of satyrs standing around him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Just as Phil the host was telling the last couple to arrive at the pit stop that they had been eliminated, my phone buzzed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I imagined that human remains didn’t look much different than animal parts after a week in the waste pit or the Stockyards’ communal sewer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Many women, children, and timid folk had spent the night hidden in the clay pits. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The pit yawned so wide and was so completely black, I knew it must be bottomless. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The floor was one big pit, ringed by a slippery stone walkway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Herold led them to a quicksand pit about a mile away, shot them, and then sank their bodies. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The priest came and blessed the house, but you know that priest at El Puerto, he does not want to pit his power against those brujas! He washes his hands of the whole matter.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z All the while, his bones would lie at the bottom of the pit, with Gulliver’s little bones next to him, so small that they’d look like thread. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He stood, socked in grime, without a shirt upon him, in his wet pit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When Dany had closed the city’s fighting pits, the value of pit shares had plummeted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Let them fight,” grunted Strong Belwas, who had once been a champion in the pits. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stared at the flames in the barbecue pit. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I felt it, heavy and certain in the pit of my stomach: I would never see her again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t mention smelling Marcus’s cologne because it would have pitted his word against mine, and he had the benefit of both a car and money. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The chariot rumbled through the strawberry fields, across the volleyball pit, and lurched to a halt in front of the Big House. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the dying light I saw blood spurt from the dark pit and bloody pulp that had once been an eye. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Shattered links were strewn across the floor of the pit amongst the blackened bones—twists of metal, partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And, of course, there’s no fire pit,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He was trapped in a pit without a friend in the world, and he was afraid. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Amil and I would fight over the pit, loving to gnaw every bit of fruit off it, the filmy stickiness coating our hands and face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I had a sick expectant feeling at the pit of my stomach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Whatever was in that pit was nobody’s pet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The sun rose high enough to shine into the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He disposed of other spent material in his kiln or in pits filled with quicklime. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Two schools of thought pitted against each other, working within the same environment.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When I heard this I let go of anger and laughed; at the pit’s bottom is no anger. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was hard enough for him to come out of total isolation at Garland without having to be dropped into the snake pit that was middle school. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z As he drifted in and out of consciousness, he heard a strange sound coming from the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In Ofnet Cave in Bavaria, archaeologists discovered the remains of thirty-eight foragers, mainly women and children, who had been thrown into two burial pits. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Deep into wet pits of clay, into sticky ditches, up slippery slopes I would struggle with the pail. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And if he dares say one word about his precious fighting pits, I may have him thrown off the terrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Before we begin ...” I felt a curl of nausea in the pit of my stomach as he spoke. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Broken and rusty chains lay at the edge and trailed down into the black pit. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They swarmed around a column, then hovered over the opening of the pit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His cheeks are so hollowed and pitted, he looks like he subsists entirely on turnips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At eleven thirty she developed a pit of concern in her belly. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Tehlu sent men to cut a dozen evergreens and use them to kindle a bonfire in the bottom of the deep pit they had dug. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Stripped and shaved, they were left in the middle ward beside the bear pit, free for the use of any man who wanted them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I sit reading and rereading this, a black feeling settling in the pit of my stomach. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A wind scoured through, blowing scraps of refuse past her ankles, and a terrible pit of fear opened in her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “So, things are in the pits for you, and you want company, is that it?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z It pitted two sides against each other, both of which were seeking my support. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed his hand and they launched themselves across the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The engineer in the pit started the engines and rotated the wheel to bring the test car to one of the platforms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The whole puzzle starts with the fire pit....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I get a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He was terrified the little boy would fall into the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing in the pit tightened its unseen grip around me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z For all I knew, I could be in the waste pit by now. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was empty, just a shallow, circular pit of bare stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I should throw you into the pits of Tartarus for your incompetence,” the General said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I don’t mind the work — digging the pits grinding the oak bark smearing the hides with dung. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The next morning, we’re all sitting together around the fire pit, waiting for the potato soup to reheat—my parents, Manuelito and Hermelinda, and some little cousins who have wandered over for breakfast. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The forest was full of deer, and I already had drawn plans on a piece of birch bark for deadfalls, pit traps, and snares. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden planks began to disappear, spilling sand into the pits of the hypogeum below. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lee’s boulder was soon scarred and pitted, and he felt the thud of the bullets as they hit it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You have no business here, in the pit. You are alive; and have suffered much already.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the remains of the gypsy camp there was nothing but a garbage pit among the still smoking ashes of the extinguished campfires. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Amaka broke into song at the end of each decade, uplifting Igbo songs that made Aunty Ifeoma sing in echoes, like an opera singer drawing the words from the pit of her stomach. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And they were like cherries in that they had large pits, which made them hard to chew. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Every hour he made a pit stop to relieve himself and to buy more economysized bottles of Pepsi, more chocolate chip cookies, more red licorice and corn chips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Men and women alike wore painted leather vests over bare chests and horsehair leggings cinched by bronze medallion belts, and the warriors greased their long braids with fat from the rendering pits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Hundreds of pounds of denatured iron that alchemists would have fought over The mayor nodded eagerly and singsonged, “Dig a pit that’s ten by two. Ash and elm and rowan too.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The scar Luke had given me last summer was fading, but I could still see it—a white asterisk-shaped wound where his pit scorpion had stung me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the fourth day, I had everything I needed to survive: a stone-lined fire pit, a shelter for my lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’d moved into the obituary pit, my father told me, but I was betting he was still on the Friendlies list of a gold badge or two. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “How do you stand any time at all in this hell pit?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Let me just turn the temple of Christian coffee into a black pit of lies. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I sat on a bench at the edge of this space, watching mothers and childminders scolding their charges for eating sand out of the pit. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Which really is pot meet kettle, because, wow, up close he looks like he just emerged from a pit of quicksand—a total swamp thing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It was the second time I’d dreamed about the evil voice from the pit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Dalton feels a twisting in the pit of his stomach. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Knobbed and pitted with corruption was her age-old hide, but ever thickened from within with layer on layer of evil growth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Something’s wrong. The throne room wasn’t the main part of the dream. And that voice from the pit... I don’t know. It just didn’t feel like a god’s voice.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Shall I cut his head off, Captain? We can to§s the rest in a latrine pit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America. I want to be the president of the United States of America.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She fell, screaming, into a bottomless pit that didn’t really exist. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But there was a vague unease in the pit of my stomach, like the feeling you get when someone’s staring at the back of your head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her parents must have been captured, once, held in iron cages above seething fire pits while their enemies gibbered around them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Apt, considering that was pit scorpion venom. Now you must tell me, if you can, exactly what happened.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Wormcasts pitted the bubbling lawn like squeezed blackheads and slugs were climbing up walls. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The television lights beamed down on his crown of hair, which was tinted the color of peach pits. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My dad called her a pit bull in diapers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "Belwas has killed many horse boys in the fighting pits. They Jingle when they die." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When they landed, Hazel looked back and saw no pit at all—just a three-inch crack in the floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Daenerys had led him to the pit herself and shut him up inside with several oxen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Something began to squirm in the pit of his stomach. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He clung to the roof of the pit like some huge white bat, his claws dug deep into .the burnt and crumbling bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In my interview, I had been promised a thirty-minute lunch break, but this turns out to be a five-minute pit stop at a convenience store, if that. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Grootslangs usually dwelled in caves, pits, and other dark places, but could occasionally be drawn out by... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He ate an olive and spit out the pit into his palm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Just a few yards away was a huge hole, one of the grave-like pits caused by the earthquake. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Butterflies started turning my stomach into a mosh pit. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Jake recited the clues, editing out words like stone pillars, fire pit, and pirate’s treasure—keeping it all very geometry-ish, with points and angles and lines. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They were sitting together on the patio near the motel’s stone-cold gas-powered fire pit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Die in defiance, then, said the god of the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But up here there was only the sheen of moonlight on pyramids and pits, with no hint what lay beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Just as Gaea inhabited the surface of the earth, Tartarus inhabited the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She grew tense as fine steel when he traced the mutilated contours with his finger tip from a pit in her shoulder blade almost to the base of her spine. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Nancy thought, An angry monkey is like a flying pit bull terrier with five prehensile limbs—these critters can do a job on you. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She set them in a pit in the middle of the fire and heaped live coals around the balled mound of mud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z There were pits, but the erosion was much reduced. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But when I placed the pit in his hands, he looked up at me with shining eyes, as if I’d given him a diamond. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then sliding out the cart’s tail board, they took armloads of clothing to the dusky water, and trod them in the pits, making a race of it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And before he knew it, he was hollering a long, avnv'iv'w sound into the pit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Workers pour clay, water, and dried cow manure into large pits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Below it, in a deep pit, alligators sunned themselves on rocks surrounding a pond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I stood watching the lighthouse beam wheel around and wash over everything—a million seabirds sleeping in the pitted cliffs; giant rocks exposed by the low tide; a rotted skiff drowning in the sand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z For a moment Carlyle ponders the gray suds in his bucket, then finally says, “It’s behind the peach pit, in the socket of his dead eye.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z After attacking the guards, she’d relieved them of their weapons and buried them in a shallow storage pit beneath Our Lady. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Many are armed, and a bad feeling ferments in the pit of my stomach. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Their faces were haggard, pitted with kernels of grain. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Not in a way to make me fear, but rather to tighten the muscles in the pit of my stomach and send my pulse hammering through my veins again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mo felt something unsettled in the pit of her stomach. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In the dirt next to the black bricks, he dug a small hole and planted his peach pit. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The one introduced as Lincoln had returned to his chair outside of the circle around the pit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z People stand along the pit’s edge, staring down at the cylinder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I looked back at the surfer kids talking around their barbecue pit. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then he launched himself up and out of the pit. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It pumps fire—hot, sizzling in the pit of my stomach. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Heaving dirt from a pit, I would hear on another man’s breath some song half-sung in time to his swing; the engineers called their instructions, wending their way through our deep, loamy fosses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Stripes of white, orange, and rust-colored veins swam through the jags, pits, and knobs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He says there’s many a young man that was hanged and now moldering in a lime pit that would be glad to rise up and dance the Irish dance. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the contest he was pitted against Hans Matthai, a German immigrant to Canada. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A head staring sightlessly up at a homed moon, cheeks ripped and tom down to bloody bone, pits for eyes, neck ending in a ragged stump. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Percy, Annabeth and she found themselves in a cool, damp pit that seemed to be the basement level of a temple. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A fire was crackling in the fire pit. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He was going to be thrown into the yellow ooze at the bottom of a pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be their slaves? Hose down their hogs? Clean out their snake pits?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z They opened the pit, but the meat was still raw and bloody. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I don’t think she even noticed she had touched me, but the pit of my stomach might near flipped over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It appeared that on the same night I had learned about one of writing’s objectives, irony, I would also be introduced to one of its pitfalls: the Plot Hole. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s a little flight of steps down the side of the shed, down to the pit. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was darker than Matt expected for this time of day, even with the light cut down by the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have an idea what might be in that pit, don’t you?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The pit master lowered his head at every compliment, already thinking of improvements for the next roast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Frozen bodies were stacked in the hall waiting to be buried in the pits. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt sick in the pit of his stomach to fear that he couldn’t trust Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The sinking pit of dread in my stomach left me nauseous. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Rachel Watson I can feel the heat come to my face, my stomach a pit of acid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was standing in a cavern at the edge of an enormous pit. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He had traveled half around the world and his talk was pitted with vague allusions to European cities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He rises from his seat and moves down the aisle, stopping to pace thoughtfully in front of the orchestra pit by the footlights. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know why, but standing at the edge of that pit gave me a sense of urgency. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z All of them made her stomach feel empty, like it was a pit that could never be filled, no matter how many good thoughts she had to replace the bad ones. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I think of concealed pits, descending nets, a thread that when broken sends a poisonous dart into your heart. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I felt the little pain come again at the pit of my stomach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Onion sat and began eating the pitted cherries. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Tree-ear paused for a moment when he reached the clay pits. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The thatch roof and cracked unpainted walls bothered Ugwu, but not as much as the cavernous pit latrine in the outhouse with a rusting zinc sheet drawn across it to keep flies out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A cold blast of wind pulled at our backs, as if the entire pit were inhaling. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I protested, but a sinking feeling grew in the pit of my stomach. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I’ve been staring at it all day, in between Spanish lessons. How do we find ‘X’ if the location of the fire pit remains unknown? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Shut up! I think there’s something else in this pit.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper unbuckled her sword and tossed it into the pit on the right. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The first time he tried it, he fell off a rope and into a pit filled with freezing slime. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He deflected a vial of Greek fire right up the throat of a gryphon, which burst into flames and spiraled into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then Papa added logs to the fire pit, readying it for a toasty blaze. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “All right now, pull off his shoes and get his feet close to the pit.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I’m not going to let them line me up on the edge of a pit and shoot me, I told myself. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Matt felt a strange sensation in the pit of his stomach. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cabins were dark and the volleyball pit silent. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” Chubs said, as the fire pit came into view. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There’s a hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z This was where the burial pits were dug. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Me: unless there’s a new dog over 8 years, black fur, weighing more than 60 pounds, and is mostly pit bull or shepherd. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Be honored, little demigods, said the god of the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The torch spun from his grip to bounce across the floor, then tumbled into the pit, still burning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when no one is looking, I rescue the avocado pit from the trash. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “We put too many logs in the fire pit!” he said without stopping. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She began to feel a deep longing in the pit of her stomach: When would she get there? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kazi used to cut up every mango in four pieces, two large ones along the flat side of the big pit in the middle and two small ones along the edges of the pit. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bran saw eyes like green fire, a flash of teeth, fur as black as the pit around them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he pitched down into a shallow pit that opened unexpectedly before them, and there he lay like a dead thing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His flame lit the pit, pale gold shot through with red and orange, and the stale air exploded in a cloud of hot ash and sulfur as the white wings beat and beat again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pit fighter came on again, screaming this time, as if sound could slay his foe where steel could not. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The transport sphere plowed along the trench, past all the fortified city’s defenses: walls, moats, machicolations, crossbow cannons, drawbridges, bristling spear pits, bladed gates, and giant mechanical grinders. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z A scream like that can only mean blood and bone and pain; that scream that comes from the pit of the stomach and extends to every inch of the body. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When they reached camp, Cole explained how he had built the cabin, then he returned to the fire pit. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A nervousness settled into the pit of my stomach as I took the stairs to the highest level of the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A mixture of sand and fine brown adobe clays and gray caliche, it had the texture, viscosity, and crippling powers of a tar pit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside in the cold night the wind moaned and died down, like an idiot in an icy black pit. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z This pit, like the others, had a sloping ramp that allowed entry. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s just like if I put a pit bull in this cabinet and kept him locked away from what he wants. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The navigator comes to him with his peach pit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z To go down into the grave, unwashed, unforgiven, was to go down into the pit forever, where terrors awaited him greater than any the earth, for all her age and groaning, had ever borne. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Leave it to our town to be named after a wild berry sour enough to change your outlook on life, with a pit the size of a cannonball. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The heat from the fire pit was palpable even at a distance; for the wildlings, it had to be blistering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So she let him kiss her, and when he pulled back she leaned in and kissed him, heart pounding in her throat, her face tingling, a fire burning in the pit of her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But all of a sudden, more than you know, he’s outside somewhere, sometimes even alone, crossing the streets, scaling rocks, wrestling with dogs, swimming in pits, getting into everything mechanical and combustible and toxic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed — haw haw — a man pitting style against horror. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides watch him burn in the fiery pits of hell?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The boxing match pitted Bob Foster, a black American and the light heavyweight champion of the world, against a white challenger from South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave Pinmei a smile, her face wrinkling like the pit of a peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It took two of the blankets to cover the floor of the pit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The lightning grew fainter, but water still poured into the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then for the grand finale, we head to the backyard, where the Año Viejo doll is waiting in the Charity-Sanchez fire pit. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z My feet dangle over the orchestra pit, and her legs are in my lap. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was hair that could turn the Medusa to stone, hair snakier than all the snake pits in a minotaur movie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It had been so hot down in the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maybe my memories are only worth a couple peach pits to you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “The cave was empty, man. I got down on my stomach and looked in that pit. I put my hands—” “You took the gold.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When I went by the rhinoceros pit I fancied the rhinos’ heads were hung low with sadness over the loss of one of their dear companions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And in the end, in the steaming little pit of hatred and poison, he found himself, he found the David he needed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The lip of the pit was just ahead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They pulled me into the pit, Percy. The things I saw down there...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The engineer in the pit released the brake and engaged the drive gears. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He casts them in the burning pit of hell where they burn for eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The occasional peach pit or banana peel surfaced as we scooped. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The magic veneer had faded, leaving only broken walls and excavation pits. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He looked to have swallowed a peach pit. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I bought the most marvelous pit bull,” said one of the ladies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Mong started clearing space for a makeshift barbecue pit, me and Rondell trying to help out but really just getting in the way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They lit a small fire down under the gnarled roots of an old pine, that hung over a shallow pit: it looked as if stone had once been quarried there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Something that makes my heart leap, then crash to the pit of my stomach. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A few hundred of us watch the barracks burn until they are just pits of smoking ground. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We were coming closer and closer to the pit, from which an infernal heat was rising. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His hiding place was somewhere deep within him, a pit where not even Bran could touch him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hazzea, she thought, and suddenly she heard herself say, “I have to see the pit,” in a voice as small as a child’s whisper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the way to the bridge, a knot formed in the pit of my stomach. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We read Dante’s Inferno in English class, and I always thought it was odd that the very pit of hell is ice—the absence of all hope and light and love. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The Martian heat ray sets fires near the pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The throat diameter that I had so carefully calculated and Mr. Caton and his buddies had so precisely machined was now an ugly, oblong, pitted abomination. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The crowd had finished their peaches and the ground was littered with peach pits. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Nora, you always said boy/girl friendships were complicated pits of madness, and if that was an example, I was beginning to understand why. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z With the hand that held the blade, Abbot Hubert pulled down his habit just far enough to reveal three deep, pitted scars, as if droplets of acid had fallen on his chest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It slithers and moves around in the pit of my stomach, growing bigger and bigger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire pit still held the glow of the fading logs, but it offered very little heat. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He had passed by the pits many times before and had always liked looking at the scene there; the geometric pattern of the clay bank pleased him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The dog-and-rat pits paid fancy prices for the best fighters, and that meant sewer rats. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He knew there were true dungeons down in the castle cellars—oubliettes and torture chambers and dank pits where huge black rats scrabbled in the darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Peckleman stood next to the blazing fire pit, laughing hysterically. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Every one of them would come rushing to the pit, but Odysseus must draw his sword and keep them away until Teiresias spoke to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The man’s fire pit was a blessing, and I ate manioc with a gusto I would never have thought I could muster. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I was terrified of what she’d say, because all this time, I had held on to that one memory like a peach pit in my pocket. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, tourists from all over the globe came flocking to gaze down in wonder at the nine horrendous man-eating giants in the great pit. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I give her a pep talk and a hug, and after she’s caught her breath, she mutters, “Time to play nice with the Manipulator,” and wanders off to the high-jump pit. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The god of the pit flexed his fingers, examining his own polished black talons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Our development was still raw, mostly unfinished skeleton houses and freezing pits of mud. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Dimple continued munching on her pizza, ignoring the tiny pit in her stomach, even though she could feel Celia’s gaze heavy on her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Open the pits and give them swords,” urged the Spotted Cat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lawyer is up there too. He’s a good guy. A real pit bull. He’ll make sure that no one messes with you, OK? ” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If you stepped on one, it snapped open and dropped you into a pit filled with poisoned iron spikes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps he could hear his brother raging in the pit, despite the walls of brick and stone between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On opposite ends of the pit were two wooden doors notched and spattered with dried blood, and behind them, in narrow stone chutes, were two boys. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Before they had gone half a mile, her cousin Quenton’s mare stumbled into a pit and shattered her foreleg. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To line things up in rows—jars on shelves at canning, peach pits on the step, sticks, stones, leaves—and the members of her family let these arrangements be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, on top of these insoluble things, her mother had only hours before probed into the pit of her soul and discovered her deep uncertainty. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He caught a brief glimpse of Piper leaping across a hopscotch pattern of fiery pits, making her way toward Nico, who was dazed and weaponless and being stalked by a pair of leopards. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’m not going to call where we sit a pit. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z At the volleyball pit, the kids from Apollo’s cabin were playing a morning game against the satyrs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I broke rocks again in the quarry pit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s a rumble in the pit of my belly, and I let the next scene play out in my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Soon it appeared as a great winged creature, blacker than the pits in the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘I wasn’t. I was feeling. What we want is down there. These pits are the way in. I’ll have to jump.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mike and Bill were on the other wall across the pit of the corral. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There was no noon meal on account of that night’s big Saturday supper, the smell of which impelled the students to the barbecue pits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A small hole, blackened as if with pencil lead, pitted the center of my right palm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I watch her go, feeling excitement overtaking the doubt sitting heavy in the pit of my stomach. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Lu and Ghost had their arms up but tucked their chins, almost as if they were sniffing their pits, when really they were just sneak-looking at me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The man pronounced Bigger’s name over and over again and Bigger felt that he was caught up in a vast but delicate machine whose wheels would whir no matter what was pitted against them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z This time, I lingered out by the bar, and then, when the flapper girl grabbed me, I joined her dancing in the mosh pit. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A pit bull lying in the backyard suddenly perks his head up and barks at us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “There, in a meadow, they took cover. They put up barricades with saddles, boxes, with anything they had, even the bodies of dead horses. They dug shallow pits in the ground.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z His fingernails caked in soil, Fadi was about to call it quits when the earth loosened around a small tin box in their twenty-sixth pit. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “And make sure they’re dry. You can make a pile right in the center of the fire pit there.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Still, we dug a hole near the shed and planted the pit, just to try. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Instead, I look down, the pit in my stomach growing by the second. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But even the warm cookies didn’t erase the pit in my stomach. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time midafternoon arrived, Thomas was ready to collapse from exhaustion—all that bending over and crawling around on your knees in the dirt was the pits. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I don’t even know how many times Dylan and I circle the pit. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The pit to Tartarus had been buried under several tons of debris. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He pointed in the direction of the infield, which was soggy and pitted. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The most stomach-turning odors rose up from the open latrine pits where the men—and Nate—all did their private business. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z At the tar pits, we wandered around from exhibit to exhibit. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It could have been a pit full of snakes for all I cared. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If this were a maze, I think, the fire pit would be the END. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She looks like a rabid pit bull as she comes at me, barking and gnashing her teeth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They jumped into the pit and were swept off to the underground country. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and ugly and afraid and so completely miserable that it was like being in a pit, a dark, deep pit with no way out. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I would take him with us, but they don’t allow pits in Uncle Carlos’s neighborhood. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Assuming that the entire pit was the body of Tartarus, Annabeth had a nasty feeling they were marching straight down his throat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maybe it's some kind of joke, but Quang-ha leaves an avocado pit in the window ledge in the kitchen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Up and up and up he’d borne her, high above the pyramids and pits, his wings outstretched to catch the warm air rising from the city’s sunbaked bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Other people probably made barbecue pits like that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Before you know it, it’s pitted your surfaces and darkened your windows. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Albright finally shuts it down, and everyone streams out of the auditorium, grabbing backpacks on the way—but Simon, Nick, and Abby wait in a cluster near the orchestra pit. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But the pit of my stomach understands what she really means. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We made a pit stop to eat at a Cracker Barrel restaurant about three hours into the trip, and everyone piled off of the bus. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They were emotionless, two black pits that threatened to swallow him whole. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Below us were the dark pits of the fortifications. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z At five, Mia had not yet arrived to prepare dinner, and an uneasy feeling grew in the pit of her stomach. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was ready with my pad for jotting down random thoughts I could use later in my writing, just in case the tar pits turned out to be super boring. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It boiled streams and cooked mud and sent waterfalls disappearing into deep pits, only to reappear miles away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Frodo could not have called, for he had fallen asleep, and had slid down nearly to the bottom of the pit. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “If I had a mug like that, I’d kill myself,” she says, lifting up her arms and smelling her pits. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t know, but as the spiders began to cross, the beams crumbled and collapsed into the pit. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The next moment a rabbit started up from the earth at his feet and sank his teeth in the pit of his near foreleg, just where it joined the body. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What had Will done in that gravel pit to help Tansy with the calves who would not be born? The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we reached the peak of the greystone hill, I put Denna’s surplus of energy to use and sent her to gather firewood while I made an even larger fire pit than our previous one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This whole twisted landscape—the dome, pit, or whatever you called it—was the body of the god Tartarus—the most ancient incarnation of evil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Below was a pit about eight feet deep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The pits were just a little smaller than the cells, dug down the height of a grown man. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The man, Joseph Stewart, long-legged at six foot five, decided to leap from the first row across the orchestra pit to the stage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood at the king’s side on a wooden scaffold raised above the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A cheer went up over by the barbecue pit, as it did each time they turned the hogs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t want any guys to see me now. My pits are totally tragic.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Alyce, you must help me. Tansy has fallen into the pit and I cannot get her to climb out, for she is about to have her calf and will not move. Come and help me.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a word that Flora could feel in the pit of her stomach, a small, cold stone of a word. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Hazel’s senses told her that the pit was at least fifty feet straight down, with a pool of poison at the bottom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We did our summons after dark, at a twenty-foot-long pit in front of the septic tank. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We talk through our visit to the gas station several times; it needs to be as well-executed as a stock car pit stop. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z In another spot, people were dancing and drinking some kind of black liquid out of a pot that boiled over a makeshift fire pit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Badly,” said Hizdahr, “though perhaps they will surprise us. More like they will shriek and run about and try to climb out of the pit. That is what makes this a folly.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stella watched Spoon Man wander over toward where the neighbors, like moths, were hovering over the warmth of the fire pit. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z You see the horror of the pit? the arai said soothingly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His eyes were two dark pits, and the thin parchment of yellow skin clung to his bony face like dry paper. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Little by litde, were calling his life force out of the pit. With every recruit who pledges our cause, another small piece appears—” “That’s disgusting!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z People rushed around her, not in the rhythmic chaos of a mosh pit, but in true desperation. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We had dug a pit more than two feet deep when a truck brought a small bucket of water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was as if all the berries, all die pits had exploded in the center of him, ripped and tore at him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I might even go into the pit with you.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked absently around the room, scratching the pit of his chest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He felt a queer twinge in the pit of his stomach as Shagga faded in the morning mist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For the second time he made his way out of the pit, and the others followed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The walk is not too hard for you? One day we’ll have the fire pit and the pots here for you. I’m thinking of preparing a place just below.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He jogged toward the only living people he saw—a group of Romans standing at the volleyball pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the suburbs, the women and children dug rifle pits. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She meant the peach pits and the cars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was looking down into a kind of pit, an underground room, and lying on the floor some ten feet below, apparently fast asleep, thin and starved in appearance, was the real Mad-Eye Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He has his arm around her neck and her head is pressed up against his pit where all his sweat rubs against the top of her hair. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then the sludge was scooped up and poured through a sieve into a neighboring pit. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The great bulging sack he had brought back with him from Giant Country lay at the top of the pit. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Every few seconds, seemingly at random, one of the three pits shot a column of fire into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I’m waiting, Mr. Keeley,” said Mr. Peckleman, pinching the thin picture book Earl the Squirrel between his thumb and forefinger so he could dangle it over the fire pit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “I happen to be the pit boss of that mine and I have a right to know what’s going on. Why would the government want to know if there’s metal in the water?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Men in straw hats and ragged pants and shirts, with torn sneakers or flip-flops or leather shoes without laces, were gathered around a cockfighting pit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Once Alyce and Will took the calves upon their shoulders and scrambled from the pit, so too did Tansy, not willing to stay alone in that hard, dark, and calfless place. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Obviously she had been that way before, for she dodged the boggy pits as though by habit. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nancy was getting a nasty feeling in the pit of her stomach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Company stood rooted with horror staring into the pit. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A ringing, scooped-out sensation starts behind his molars and rolls down his throat, into his chest, down to the pit of his stomach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Walking through the mist, he thought he might be going to fall over the edge of something, down into a sea, or a deep pit. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Soon as the first radio goes on in the morning, Salty, the pit bull Akbar keeps in his shop, wakes up and starts howling. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Full of hamburgers, sore of foot, sick to his stomach, but at least sitting down, he couldn’t even feel the disappointment that lay in the pit in the cave. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Otrera looked at the assembled Amazons, who were standing very still, as if they’d found themselves in a pit with two wild tigers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “But what does air-conditioning have to do with a bottomless pit?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The god of the pit pointed at the Doors of Death and yelled: Monsters, stop them! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The servant had called the monster in the pit something other than “my lord”... some special name or tide. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Flickering lamplight caught Tree-ear’s eye as he walked back to the pit from Min’s one evening, snug in his new trousers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He and Derek made a small fire pit in front of the overhang. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z His voice slices across the air, stirring something in the pit of my stomach. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z More plants bloomed along the edge of the pit—hemlock, nightshade, and oleander spreading toward Percy’s feet like a deadly carpet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Hot and sweet and poisoned. With mine own ears I heard you commanding the men in the pit to kill Dmgon. Shouting at them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was afraid to go outside to the pit latrine. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A sinking feeling formed in the pit of my stomach. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “One more drive-by pit stop, then on to Vicksburg for refreshments,” she says. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Butler had seen that pose before—on the snouts of starved pit bulls, just before their Russian handlers set them loose on a bear hunt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Pigs lounged in a muddy pit, an occasionally flickering tail the only sign they were alive. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was a wide circular pit with two openings, one on the east and the other on the west. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He was so awed by the size of the crowd, he didn’t even notice the “camera pit” at the foot of the stage, or the camera crews perched on high scaffolds, their movie cameras whirring. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He knelt by the small pit and studied the packed dirt around it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s sitting opposite, a newcomer, an interloper—a retired barrister with a square jaw, pitted nose, and great floppy ears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I smothered them with butter and hand- mashed lemon and pan-cooked them in the fire pit behind the trailer where we bunked. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He heaved the gigantic spider into his arms and, with an enormous grunt, rolled it into the dark pit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In this analogy, a black hole is a kind of bottomless pit. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw lost hats, uniforms, muskets even, and he saw a group of men getting a horse out of a pit. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And her mother would be there, leaning over the gates of Heaven, to see her daughter burning in the pit. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The gasping pits and poisonous mounds grew hideously clear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, researchers conducted a study that, like the Israeli day-care study, pitted a moral incentive against an economic incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Three days later, while Cole was cooking lunch in the fire pit, a rock struck the ground only feet away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The pitted iron hardware deep lilac in color, smeltered in some bloomery in Cadiz or Bristol and beaten out on a blackened anvil, good to last three hundred years against the sea. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She had taken a Meer- eenese slaver as her king, as wealthy as he was noble, and when the peace was signed and sealed the fighting pits of Meereen would open once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He required fine character and a tolerance for gloom to operate in this pit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A pitted alley beside it led to a sheet-metal gate into a rear yard, where a lean-to shed stood crazily over a floor of frozen mud. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Off the track, Woolf steered clear of the town’s appeals to vice, preferring late-morning pit stops in Checks Sloan’s restaurant for a complimentary beer and a bowl of turtle soup. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As he knelt to look at him, I had a hopeless feeling in the pit of my stomach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The sick in the pit of my stomach is so strong I feel light-headed. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Falling into that pit of self-imposed isolation didn’t take long. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z All the plastic bags had been removed, and the fire pit had been buried. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sick, but the pit of my stomach was on fire— how could I tell her that? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a friendly machete they clear a path through the grasslands for you and then lead you into a pit. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She had seen the fighting pits many times from her terrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z High-minded idiocy pitted against the power of coin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After the man left, I was so furious that I ran up the hillside and started hurling rocks—big rocks that it took two hands to lift—into the garbage pit. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In rare cases, the results of the snake pit could swing the outcome of a contest and turn on a single ballot. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z This is made from long, narrow pieces of shale laid on the top of a stone-lined pit like slats on an orange crate. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate lunch together, sitting on the stage with their legs dangling in the orchestra pit. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Harry’s brain seemed to be moving a little faster, and as it did, a gnawing sensation grew in the pit of his stomach.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I grabbed my school backpack, dumped out the books, and put in some clothes and Mr. Sheep Sheep, and my Micro Machines, and the peach pits. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There it was now, very close to us, the pit and its flames. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Articles of clothing emerged from walls and from pits of ash and quicklime, including a girl’s dress and bloodstained overalls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Nuts could be harvested in autumn in prodigious quantities and then stored for the winter in underground storage pits up to six feet deep and six feet wide. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Let not the deep swallow me up nor the pit shut its mouth on me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Mark took a few steps forward, to the side of the fire pit, and sat down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “We’ll never get out of here,” the Humbug moaned, looking at the steep, smooth sides of the pit. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z In the growing light he saw that his clothes had been torn in a dozen places during his journey through the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach twisted at the sight of the gun, recalling the waste pit and how Mr. Katz had looked at the end, with blood guttering from the crevice of his throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One minute he acts like he’s in a mosh pit and the next we’re doing the tango. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Disappointment nestled sourly in the pit of my stomach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m sitting on the couch looking at the community college art program and trying not to spiral into a pit of depression when Mom looks at me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was trapped in the dark pit of the world, but he would not cry. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She pulled Leo down a side corridor, leaped over a trip wire, then stumbled to a halt in front of a pit twenty feet across. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They slept away the afternoon, curled up around the fire pit, and even Con dozed a little. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All others at some point found something in themselves pitted violently against something in the world around them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The engineer in the pit kept the wheel running until the failing light made continued operation a danger, but even then thrill-seekers clamored for a chance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I got a whiff of my pits, slapped on some deodorant, and changed into something less pungent. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Yellow smoke curled above the dragon’s long head, from the nostrils that were two round pits of fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It could be hiding anything—an ocean, a bottomless pit, an army of monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The extraterrestrial attacker has returned to the pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I kneel at the fire pit, hold my hand over the ashes still warm from breakfast. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Two summers ago, Kronos had tricked us to the very edge of the pit and almost pulled us in. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The pit in me is just getting blacker and darker. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Returning to the village late in the day, with her baskets and belly full of apples, Alyce cut through the manor field, near where the villagers had dug a pit for the quarrying of gravel. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z People put the ice in deep pits and covered it with sawdust. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There ain’t nothing in my Noise but a pit full of my stupidity and worthlessness and hate. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The pigsty stank, and so did the outhouse, the refuse pit, and the field workers plowing in the sun. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In King’s Landing she would be as happy as one of Tommen’s kittens in a pit of vipers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I moved close enough to stand over Moonface, and he looked up at me with his scarred, pitted, round face. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Six now. I will not have the fighting pits reopened.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Scared from the inside out, from the pit of your stomach to the tips of your fingers. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When he acted out with bug-eyed astonishment the moment Daniel’s captors looked down and saw their prisoner lounging around in the pit with his arm around the head of a big lion, I laughed appreciatively. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a sick qualm at the pit of Johnny’s stomach. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther back, probably, back where the shallow pit was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There were painted oil drums for garbage, and picnic tables, and sometimes fireplaces or barbecue pits. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z George felt a hard pit forming deep in her stomach. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z They put the embers back in the fire pit, they pick up the straw from the beds. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Should the Russians arrive, they will step into the dirt pits and take their own lives. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He holds his palm above the pit, then plunges his hands into the dirt. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Imagine jumping into a pit of boiling acid. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And I thought of a mean neighbor boy who had tiny pits in his cheeks, and it was true, those marks were the size of rice grains. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground was broken by rifts and pits of naked black peat, where water lay and sharp white stones, some as big as a pigeon’s, some as a rabbit’s skull, glimmered in the moonlight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One blue shade drifted to the edge of the pit and knelt to drink. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “When put on the warm hand, it started moving vividly and you could clearly see that inside the changing caterpillar, or better, inside its ‘date pit,’ was life nevertheless. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He remembered the images he’d seen in his dream—the camp in ruins, littered with bodies; Octavian standing at the volleyball pit, casually talking in Gaea’s voice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We had to pit two crates of cherries for Mr. Kugler to can. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When she spoke about the pit, her chief worry was that more people had not laughed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hazel leaped into the pit, pulling Leo with her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the pit below her, the fire was crackling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pit in my stomach becomes just a little smaller. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Alyce could not bear to leave her like that, so she put down her baskets of apples and slid into the pit. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And the pit in my stomach grows and grows. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The way she said that gave me a cold feeling in the pit of my stomach. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, she looked like a corpse already, with shadows in the pits of her eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z So how had she gotten mired in the same pit of domesticity as her parents? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “This way, the skin will slide off and then you can slice the peaches off the pit.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Annabeth considered trying to push the spider into the pit somehow, but she dismissed the idea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “This is going to be tough without the fire pit,” said Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The captain lifted the iron knocker and let it fall with a thud that echoed in the pit of the girl’s stomach. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When Minli finally reached the beggar, the tiny twig of the tree vanished underneath the pile of peach pits and the beggar was turning to leave. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a dragon’s treasure dumped in a tar pit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When Dad opened the door, Martí, his pit bull, ran out to greet us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Everyone knew the house next to Darrell’s was what Monday called the pit stop. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some camps were orderly, with the tents arrayed around a fire pit in concentric circles, weapons and armor stacked around die inner ring, horse lines outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When it was time for work detail, we were assigned together to the gravel pit, where we worked side by side breaking rocks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The pit fighters were King Hizdahr’s only reliable support, against a sea of enemies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For she was pitted against a foe beyond the strength of her mind or body. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We were going to have to be pitted against each other. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Smudge tending a sawdust pit squared off by a board fence—a dog-and-rat pit. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I shot around Carl’s shop and then I went down and shot the two pit bulls outside the bicycle shop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z And a third from the pit of her belly to his, where new enticements stirred. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Instead of a faceless state or community, crime victims were featured at trial, and criminal cases took on the dynamics of a traditional civil trial, pitting the family of the victim against the offender. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A biologically sound zoo enclosure—whether cage, pit, moated island, corral, terrarium, aviary or aquarium—is just another territory, peculiar only in its size and in its proximity to human territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If not for her, all of them would have ended in the pits. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "These people are like pit bulls. See that?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was yelling, clawing at the ground, but the winged shoes kept dragging him toward the pit, and it didn’t look like we could possibly get to him in time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “My dads took me to see The Pirates of Penzance last year in New York. That song goes very fast. It’s a pit... a potter . . . pas . “Patter song?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z What is this? the god of the pit hissed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They massed at the edge of the pit—a seething black carpet of creepiness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Quang-ha then gets mad and throws the pit in the garbage can. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Both his eyes were blackened, two dark pits in that grotesquely swollen face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I like him, but his timing is the pits. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z All order, I’ve come to understand, is theoretical, unreal— a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and the world—two snake- pits. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing would get me to choose the mosh pit.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Harry interrupted, with an unpleasant, hollow sensation in the pit of his stomach. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The memory made my hand ache where the pit scorpion had stung me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “You’ll go down a little, but after a while you’ll come to the edge of the pit. I can help you then,” called Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mom says the baby needs a change, and I gotta make a pit stop anyway.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Pasiphaë laughed with delight, knowing that any moment they would be crushed or bitten to death in a pit of snakes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Like that time the Dog Squad was stranded between a volcano and an alligator pit. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Somehow her silk had entangled Annabeth’s leg and dragged her over the side of the pit, with Percy in tow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Whatever the cause, New York soon smelled like a garbage pit mixed with a fresh mountain of manure. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Were going to need a pit, like a grave. And food and drinks.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “How much do you want to bet that one of the ducts goes right under the bottom of the bottomless pit?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A deep pit has been dug, and they’re lining it with bones, a mass grave for my people. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z |
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