| 单词 | plank |
| 例句 | The spinning rod flew from my grip and I pitched backward, expecting at any moment to crack my skull against the planks of the transom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Two planks in the bulkhead shifted apart like they were made of rubber, and the girl disappeared into the darkness. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The sound of his body hitting the wood planking of the floor seemed to fade before the echoes of his laughter did. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He lay completely still on a plank, his cheeks hollow, his mouth agape. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I take off the protective glasses and look past the electric saw machines and wood planks for Tommy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Kalypso brought him an auger tool with which he drilled through all his planks, then drove stout pins to bolt them, fitted side by side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sodden wharf planks moaned as the tide pulled the river water toward the open sea. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tag strolled over to the blockhouse, musing over the planks that had been ripped out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At a place that had been hidden from our view was a small plank bridge spanning a river. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Boards twisted and realigned, and I threw my hands out to keep my balance, nearly falling when the planks caved in at my touch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The wood feels good and I pull myself into the boat, collapsing onto the planks. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z When I’m done tracing he has me take the clamps off and carry the new plank to the band-saw table. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Later in the night, lying on the wooden plank for beds, I keep Chou awake by tossing and turning. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinny had to hunch, cramped, her head tilted sideways beneath the wooden planks. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On return, she did planks, lunges, push-ups, and squats in the hostel common room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If you fell off the plank and dropped the bag, it would split open, making a mess. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z When he got to the top, he carefully walked to the middle of a plank that was laid across the trailer and emptied the cotton sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The walls are so thick and the planking on the floors so solid that sound in the residence seems to get absorbed quickly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I turned against the walls, pounding the flimsy wooden planks until my knuckles bled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I lean to the right to peek behind the plank. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Father swung his head to the side to avoid being hit by a plank that a hurrying demon carried on his shoulder. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not know where they were taking her until she heard the rush of water and felt the wheels of the van cross planks of wood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The cloth sign hung against the planks in the hot sun. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The tar between the planks seems to retreat from his deluge. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When I come home that night, Max has several planks of the wood in the living room, because he’s talked Helena into dragging them through the door for him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ona lay on one of the planks, peaked, the baby crying on her chest. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Nailer chewed his lip, considering their own rough shelters on the beach: squats made of branches and scavenged planks and palm leaves that blew away like trash whenever storms came. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The gymnasium of the Red Army Officers’ House had been transformed into a dormitory for the recruits, with bunks made out of wooden planks and straw mattresses. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He didn’t have to balance with one claw while pushing a silly plank about with the other. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A few moments later, they heard the splash of an anchor being thrown down in the shallows, and the thud of a plank being lowered onto the bank. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “If someone could help me out of these bloody planks, I would be grateful. I think I may have a splinter through my crotch.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I tell him about the plank that sprung loose near the keel, and how I’m pretty sure it’s gone bad. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a pale moon that allowed me to make out in the distance the outlines of a wretched slum, with houses made of cardboard, planks, and corrugated metal. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This followed the line of the river, which ran straight from almost as far away as they could see, flowing smoothly without fords, gravel shallows or plank bridges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the floor must’ve had planks laid down in it, ’cause when my head hit, there was a loud sound like a axe chopping a thick oak. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Before leaving the other day, we pushed the plank against the gaping doorway but didn’t secure it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Cannonballs are stacked in pyramids, and there in the middle sits the cannon, impossibly heavy—the copper planks beneath it buckle from its weight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When Auntie Fatmata saw me hopping from foot to foot, she led me to an outbuilding with toilets, which were really only holes in the ground, covered with a wooden plank. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z From the cedar stock he found there—long, tight-grained, straight sections cut from massive, ancient trees—he could mill elegant planks of wood twenty inches or more wide and sixty feet long. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Ease it forward,” he says putting one hand on the plank, near mine. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was just one room, barely large enough to turn around in, made of rough wooden planks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The long plank snaked out and upwards, coming to rest gently but firmly on the parapet edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The soggy wooden planks of the deck squelched and sagged under my feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Tommy lived in what everyone called the home-house—a four- room log cabin that once served as slave quarters, with plank floors, gas lanterns, and water Henrietta hauled up a long hill from the creek. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z You sit on the rough plank floor and wedge your back into the nearest comer, the one that was always yours. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Walk the plank into a pool of Jell-O! Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Mostly I kissed it for still being there, since I still expect every plank of this place to be carried off by my own help during my absence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk to the edge and put my foot on one of the planks. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Just a narrow sandy stretch of shoreline, a few piles sunk in the river with rough planking for a platform. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Using their saw, the Shouns cut through her cranium, then carefully lifted her brain and placed it on the plank. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We go over to the sawhorses and he shows me how to clamp the old plank onto the new wood and trace around it with a pencil. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She pulled the planks out of the way, one by one, grunting and sweating with the effort, revealing a deep, round, brick-lined hole in the ground. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It looked like someone had torn down some planks to access the niche. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then she walked to the pile of wood planks and picked two up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The foreman stood by the plank and checked them off before they went to a truck. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll let him know,” I said, peeling my legs off the porch planks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Here, tonight, it was the wood plank beneath my seat, the barbecue grease on my lips, the need to hide from white eyes degenerate with contempt . . . even in the land “where livin’ is fun.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Before anyone could see him, Pong swung himself under the planks of the pier. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Just above the fall a plank footbridge crossed the river. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed as he walked down the swaying plank. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him, someone else holds a large plank of wood with a nail sticking out of it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The crack in the planks grew wider so I had to stop often to fill it with fiber and to dip out the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z With the knife, he split some tinder from one of the splintered planks and set a fire on the grass. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On the bedroom window, there’s a gap between planks. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z With those words, Suya bent to the floor and pushed aside the blankets on Sifen’s bed, revealing a wood plank on the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her shoes clatter against the wooden planks faintly, under the heavier sound of soldiers' boots. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She lay back on the planks, feeling the platform move in a very slight, very slow rhythm as the great tree swayed in the sea breeze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They sat on wooden planks and the weak morning sun streamed into the roofless class as she unfurled Odenigbo’s cloth flag and told them what the symbols meant. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A rough plank had been rigged for them to climb from the small boat to the ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z These flexible sheets of cedar also allowed Pocock to do away with the endless nailing of planks to the boat’s ribs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He moved along the gallery, guiding himself by the wall, moving carefully since he did not know just where the floor planks might be rotten or even missing, until he came to a window. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat until my fingers were numb where they curled against the familiar planks of wood that my father had laid with his bare hands all those years ago. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z First, I did up my breakfast things, then scrubbed the plank floor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The boys howled as the wooden plank split, their stupid excitement splintering Pia's skin. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Once more he was falling from the plank on the Abbey wall, falling, falling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The bulkhead and decks were all made of rough, dark planks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Gaps showed between the planks, and as the weeks passed and the green wood dried out, the gaps widened. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z A figure scurried past me, carrying a large plank of wood. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Dad pulled his sketchbook out of his Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag—Dad was never far from his sketchbook—and stepped off the wooden planks onto the gravel to sketch the nearest row of broken pillars. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The center door alone was almost twenty-five feet high, made of heavy planks of wood and joined with cross-ribs. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z The house was of wooden planks, very plain, painted gray. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When I crouch and look under, down at the bottom by the keel, I can see where one whole plank has come loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z One of the gravediggers then jumped in and covered the hole with wooden planks and a reed mat. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I sit up quick and bump my head against the plank, and that don’t improve my language. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We had eaten our picnic standing at a plank table in a country churchyard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sounds to me like wooden planks someone kicked in, on a porch I used to walk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden planks began to disappear, spilling sand into the pits of the hypogeum below. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Between my straw mattress and the bed planks, I had actually found an old scrap of newspaper, yellow and transparent, half-stuck to the canvas. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z That night they dined at a rustic table made of planks, their meal lit by a kerosene lamp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sula cupped her face for an instant, then turned and ran up to the little plank bridge that crossed the river to Shadrack’s house. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The top of the rope led to the start of the tree plank Uncle Arthur had made for him last year. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z According to Meeks, all kinds of people set up shop in the Central Port, using a network of catwalks and rickety wooden planks to connect their barges and narrow boats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He dashed across the grass and jumped on the planking beside Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran until by stupid luck she found herself staring at a wood plank sign printed with the words White Oak Icehouse. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He went in, came out with a hammer and several long planks of wood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Let’s put the little ones on the top plank. Lina, move Ona on that bottom plank so we can fit some more of the children.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They cocooned the frames in scaffolds of wood and faced each frame with hundreds of thousands of wooden planks to create walls capable of accepting two thick layers of staff. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He charged straight for the steers and two men ran out from behind the planks and shouted, to turn him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The street is darker than usual because planks and shutters across house windows keep in the light. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z On the woodland side, Cluny whispered commands to his followers as they pushed the plank towards the wall from their perch in the elm tree. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His shoes slap down on the old porch planks. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Mother said she aimed to set up a plank shack by the road and sell bouquets for three-fifty apiece. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a pillow and a mattress on the plank bed, and a stool to sit on. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The wooden planks that made up the floor stretched lengthwise across the room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In the space was a cot and a small shelf made from planks of wood separated with cut logs and filled with books, folded clothes, papers, and some braided and bunched herbs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The floor, consisting of narrow planks of treated wood, was flat and the vertical sides of the buoyancy tanks were at right angles to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It takes us the rest of the day to get the new planks ready. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The Queen had climbed the six steps of the wooden ladder which led to her bath, and now she was sitting on the plank inside it, with her head showing over the top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Think of this plank as a boat. You’re steering the plank so the blade stays on that side of the line.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He climbed the tree, stepped carefully across the plank to the house on the right, and crawled through the window. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I clung to the rough plank, poised far out over the water, giving all my might to the service of balance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At Cape Coalwood, we clamped the scale to the underside of a plank that sat on two sawhorses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Water and grime lapped around Nailer’s cheeks and jaw as he peered up through the gaps in the planking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The plan was for Mom to ease the truck forward, pulling the piano into the house while Dad and we kids guided it up a ramp of planks and through the front door. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The hapless rowboat circles the pole in the growing whirlpool and the pitch holding together its copper planks abandons it, spilling into the water like an oil slick. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They just happened to be bringing three rice bowls and three pairs of silver chopsticks out to the plank table under the pines. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Radioactive liquid pools in a depression in the copperized wood, but as I watch, it’s sucked in by the black pitch between the metallic planks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I go back down to the shed again, and this time I get the old rotten planks Dad took out of the back steps when he put in the new. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Humperdinck jumped from ship to shore, a plank was lowered, and the whites were led to ground. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I moved to sit on the edge of the water trough, but the thick planking crumbled under my weight like a rotten stump. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Our hiking boots land on the crooked planks with hollow thumps. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He pulled the plank away from the first house and arranged it so it extended to the other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The windows were still blocked by a combi-nation of soot and planks. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Katherine and I halt at the deep voice, and a loud thump follows, the sound of boots hitting the wide plank floor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In spite of the rain and the throbbing pulse down his foreleg, he felt ready to sleep where he was, stretched upon the planking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the rails had been the sides of a bridge and the middle planks had been removed or destroyed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Malcolm delicately stepped over the flowerpots and put his hands on the planks of the wall. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At some point a bare plank floor had been installed over the packed dirt. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Madeline locks our harnesses to suspending hooks, and we climb a ladder up to a plank that looks like a diving board except we’re only about six feet above the floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Will put his hand on the knife at his belt and moved forward carefully onto the rotting planks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His plank was still there, and he leaned it against the trunk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I’d cut it out of a magazine and nailed it over the plank counter where I kneaded the bread. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. de Winter, you heard the statement from James Tabb, who had the care of Mrs. de Winter’s boat? Do you know anything of these holes driven in the planking?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Outside we made a crazy golf course with planks, pipes, and old horseshoes from the choked orchard where Dean’s garden stops. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Cunning and resourceful in adversity, he had nearly succeeded in hurting the gull when he leaped at him out of the close cover by the plank bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men in the Second Raider Regiment of our Third Marine Division even made a tall wooden sign out of spare planks salvaged from packing crates. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z With his help, I set down a plank. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Most every plank of pine wood inside the house was covered with old newspapers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We walked the board planking to where the skiff was tied. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z April and Melanie and Marshall were on their way home through the alley when, by the sheerest luck, Melanie noticed the loose plank. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I slip into my sneakers as I approach the back kitchen door, stepping cautiously around wooden planks, hammers, nails, and one very scary-looking chain saw. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The survivors around me—people and animals who had been trapped within its planks—cheered weakly as they clung to their own pieces of flotsam and kicked toward the shore. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When the planks were unloaded, Henry turned his back on his son and the Negro and climbed the porch steps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And then I jump over the chickens and scurry up the ladder, pushing aside the loose planks and crawling through the little door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The doors of the Great Hall loomed up in front of him; new-made, to replace the doors that burned, they seemed erode and ugly to him, raw planks hastily joined. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The floor was made of solid wooden planks, old and knotty. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The shacks were built of one thickness of pine planking covered with tarpaper. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He started back, but just then saw the ends of two or three wooden planks sticking out of the brush. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb out on the plank and tighten up the ropes some and then there’s nothing to do but wait. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In fact, as I get closer, I see that the plank itself is cracked. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z At that moment, he spotted a plank, a foot wide and sixteen feet long, floating in the sideyard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The jars sat on shelves made from scavenged planks he had found inside the walls of the station. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The waves shoved him up against the planks beneath his father’s shoes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She set her note on the plank table and quietly closed the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Fifty feet of rope, a ten-foot plank, and some big steel barrels, what sometimes they call drums. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She was headed away from him on the plank sidewalk, a basket in one hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They settled in any way they could, under planks of wood and pieces of cardboard, in the midst of garbage and despair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Just inside the trees, there are seven or eight planks in a similar burnt condition. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Not until he moves two of the vertical planks, showing me the space behind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He could hear the wooden planks of the stage creaking overhead, the distant, muffled voices of the actors, and laughter from the audience. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “MOVE!” she cried, and I leapt away as she collided with the wall beside me, kicking a hole through the rotten planks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As soon as she spoke, a face—if you could call it that—lowered itself to the doorway, and I shivered at the twisted mouth of splintered wooden planks and knotted chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It’s drippy under there because the planks are still weeping and you got to be careful of barnacles. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I bend down to get a good grip on the wood and hoist the plank onto my shoulder. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It was the same technique that the Coast Salish peoples of the Northwest had used for centuries to fashion bentwood boxes out of single planks of cedar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mudd fashioned a crude pair out of a piece of plank and sent them up to Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the steps were a few rotting planks, all that remained of a broken door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The cat walked over to her and jumped up onto the planks that covered the well. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She could see the Assassin out of the corner of her eye, running beside her as they dodged through the throng, narrowly avoiding pull-carts and men rolling kegs across the wooden planks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At the appropriate moment he slipped out with a plank upon his shoulder and joined the work force. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z From the roof edge they slid down a plank that Beans and Mutto had borrowed from a building site. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Then he began to walk toward a large plank of wood that had been covered with a tarp. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sits at the table made of planks left over from the loggers, eating fried Spam and potatoes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I clamped the plank to the ribs like the old man told me, and drilled holes for the new screws. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, in the early sun, on my way to work, I spot a man pushing a cart toward the market square, a load of old planks piled almost as high as his chin. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Some windows were gone, replaced with wooden planks. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The cabin is small and made of cedar planks. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The trapdoor in the deck disappeared, and the bulkhead planks straightened. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The elm tree is graceful, but its wood is hard enough to be made into the toughest planks and beams; you can build a fine home or a hall from elm wood. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A crutch misplaced and he could be thrown down upon the frozen wooden planking, or into the ice-encrusted snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Tables sat lopsidedly on a loose- plank floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I swam out to the raft, pulled myself up, and lay on the hot planks. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Behind the gentlemen’s barbered heads, dark mahogany planks stand at attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One time when we were in Płaszów a guard struck my mother on the side of her head with a wood plank. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It rolls under a plank and onto a miniature diving board that plunks down and hits another marble that is supposed to jump a stick, only it doesn’t. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z To make boats, Andean cultures wove together reeds rather than cutting up trees into planks and nailing them together. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I lay on the planks, my cheek flush to the wood. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There were no pictures on the walls, no carpet on the floor, only rough unpolished wooden planks, and there were gaps between the planks where dust and bits of grime had gathered. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I will have to speak to Mr Jones about some planks and nails. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z But planks of wood across windows can be just as good. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Max grabs his plank of wood, steps toward the curtain, and I’m turning Helena, ready to run to the bedroom, when the door is kicked open, a little explosion of splinters flying from the lock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The floor was made of warped planks lull of splinters, and his sleeping pallet smelled of mildew, but those discomforts were mild compared to what Davos had expected. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With a squeak of dismay he let go of the plank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z By noon the coroner was able to throw wet planks down and probe with a crowbar among the sodden heaps of charcoal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Brandishing the plastic cutlass at Clyde, I cried, “Walk the plank, Admiral!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stair treads seemed to crumple under his weight and the porch planks squealed as he crossed them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He said it with such firmness, we knew his words were laid plank on plank to obscure the marker we had seen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A fence had been put up, string after string of barbed wire, and a gate made of fresh planks of wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Later the ceiling turned to wooden planks, and I could hear voices above us and the creaking of footsteps, as if we were walking under some kind of bar. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And then Max is coming fast down the ladder with that heavy plank of wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was made of brick and above it was a huge plank from which hung a few utensils. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In coffins for the not dead and not alive, in planked boxes, the metronomes waited to be set in motion. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb in the back, laid with two flat planks for passengers to sit on. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If the bars were made of wood, the planks would soften and become malleable; when I opened my eyes, the wood would be nothing but chips in a pile, to be used for kindling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They cleaned the cabin and swept out the splintery plank floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A huge pile of twisted metal, wooden planks, and crumbled bricks lay in front. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They picked up debris, swept the space clear, and set up planks to display their masters’ wares. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He climbed down, paddled to the plank, brought it to the house, and leaned it against the tree. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Tree-ear glanced surreptitiously at his colleagues; many were setting up half a dozen planks or more. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was reared all the way up on its huge hind legs, shorter forelimbs pawing idly against the wood planks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Even if he did, it was possible that the pursuit might follow him over the plank bridge and into the middle of his unprepared, sleeping friends. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He hopped down and went back to the barn, where he gathered up some redwood planks, a phone, and an alarm clock. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After we made it across the plank bridge over Salt Creek, Ray reached down and turned the radio to WGN. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Using the plank as an improvised stretcher they carefully lifted Cluny on to it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the boat picked up speed, charged out into the chilly sea, Jinny allowed herself to look down at Loo, beside her, nearly lifeless on the plank seat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Sheed leaned his bike against a plank, and the rotting wood broke from his slight touch, falling into the cluttered yard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The weathered planks splintered beneath the impact, and Ysilla let out a shriek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’s been pulling the rusty nails to use again, picking up the planks, and putting them down like pieces of glass, quietly planning his wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They sat crowded together on the two long benches that Matthew had provided by the simple method of laying planks on rough wooden crosspieces. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Ten,” I shout, holding plank position, showing him, Coach, I’m controlled, strong. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z All Mom says is that the buildings in Havana are completely decayed, held up by elaborate configurations of wooden planks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Going down that plank was very scary, but I remembered how I used to dive from ships in the harbor of Gdynia,” said Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Hazel jumped lightly on it and from there to the thick planks, which were old and soft-surfaced, dusty and covered with chaff. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Alkinoos, their ardent king, stepping aboard himself, directed the stowing under the cross planks, not to cramp the long pull of the oarsmen. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It made for heavy going and they had to shovel their way in places with a plank they carried in the lower rack of the cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The walls, the ceiling and the floor of our bedrooms were made of plain unvarnished pine planks. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, the planks creaked and thumped with foot traffic. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He left the roof, stepped back to the tree, and arranged the plank to reach the second house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The cedar planks were lying haphazardly about, a few of them hammered together. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One of the cedar planks that formed the skin of the canoe had split, and the paint around it was scraped. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Ajarry bore five children by those men, each delivered in the same spot on the planks of the cabin, which she pointed to when they misstepped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I made the reluctant decision to hide away before I was discovered, and slipped into a space between two wooden planks nailed to the entrance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “That was us, not taking care of you. Hold on now, this won’t hurt a bit,” I say, trying to work the pry bar along the plank that came loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He climbed up to his usual perch and then pulled the plank up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He pulled a long cedar plank from a rack and pointed out the annual growth rings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was a table near me made of thick smooth planks, and a bench made from a section of split log. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We cleaned the fish on a plank table outdoors. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Even as I try to hold my drink steady, it sloshes within the glass, spilling a little bit on the ground, where it flows into the dark spaces between the planks and disappears. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z An experienced fisherman would walk to the end of the plank, launching the tag into the shark’s dorsal fin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Setting the cotton has got me worried, because the old man says if it ain’t done right, the boat will still leak, even with new planks. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A call goes out for carpenters, and planks flow from the lumberyard into the pickups of anyone who can handle a hammer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He can tell I’m scared to make a mistake and ruin the plank. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She found Rasheed in the toolshed, pounding nails into a plank of wood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The Shoun brothers set up a plank as a makeshift table. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On the floor along the sides of the plank counters there were kegs of nails, and kegs of round, gray shot, and there were big wooden pails full of candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying hard not to glance downwards at the dizzying drop, he inched his way up the plank, towards the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Under the critical eye of Redtooth a band of rodents was gnawing off a length of planking from a rickety lych-gate fence at the rear of the church. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The five rabbits hopped slowly along the planks, their great, sensitive ears full of the sound of the falling water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Putting on the new planks takes two whole days. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The king and the mason kneel, high between the river and the sun, on their bit of planking. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Will no one come?” it cried; and then, while the staggering and stamping went on wildly, I distinguished through plank and plaster:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Apollo inched forward like he was walking the plank. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At the next building, there was no plank at all, only a treacherous crevice that plunged into the alley below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Touch it to the pitch between the planks,” the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then I use the toe of my shoe to pull at the corner of the plank. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He climbed up again and lifted the plank to create a bridge between the tree and the roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Soon he would raise the plank to the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The plank has a little green moss along the edge, but it’s still plenty strong. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A wide red plank of dirt—the so-called road—flat-out in front of us, continuous in theory from here to somewhere distant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Still among the bees, they reached a stinking ditch of slurry which they crossed by a wobbling plank. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Castroville Street was deep in sticky mud, and Chinatown was so flooded that its inhabitants had laid planks across the narrow street that separated their hutches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A plank of wood hung from two thick lengths of rope, with a stretch of bare dirt below, where years of feet had worn away the grass. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Then and there, while the black gnats settled on their ears, by the plank bridge and the pouring waterfall, Blackberry and Fiver explained. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Wooden planks have been nailed across the opening, and when I go to the basement window where Max scooted in last time, there’s no one there, either. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The swing set was just sitting there, abandoned, the two little swings hanging still and sad from a grayed plank of wood, the outline of the seats like a kid’s drawing of a smile. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I winced, sure the planks would tear her skin. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I look around at the pile of rough-cut wood, the wide whitewashed planks of the porch walls. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I would suck on chips of wood that I broke off my bed planks. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Balancing on beams, hands waving, guiding, positioning steel planks lifted by huge cranes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z She found the planks on the edge of the meadow. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I leave the plank, close the shed, and grab my backpack before walking down to the stop; the bus comes right as I arrive, opening its doors like an invitation. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The floor upstairs is all warped, and the planks must’ve shrunk; they’re all spaced out—I can see straight through to the living room.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As he made his way down the steep plank to the quay, Tyrion could feel unkind eyes upon him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z You could use a plank or even a series of stones, and a branch could be your staff. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now the planks hold their breath, with their backs to the wall. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the noise of the river had faded to a dull roar behind them, it felt like a plank of oak under her arm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I run my hands over the new planks and find a few beads of moisture at the seams, but from what Mr. Woodwell told me, it don’t amount to nothing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We position the new plank on the cutting table. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She slapped a hand over her mouth and scrambled backward till she was pressed against the planks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The Ocean Queen was a stout, no-nonsense workboat built from thick planks of Alaska yellow cedar, rigged for long-lining and purse seining. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The way it works is, you shove cotton into the seam between the plank and the keel with a caulking iron, which is like a dull chisel with a wide blade. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I drag a plank out of the woodpile and set it on the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He filled the seams between the new planks with wool yarn unraveled from a scarf and then caulked them with Marston’s oil paints. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He saw to it that all the sheep entered through the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent the flock from wandering away during the night. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A map of the city covered the wooden planks, and I whistled silently at the amount of detail Chestnutt had managed to fit in. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There I took the wreckage apart and moved the planks up the trail, beyond the place where the great waves had reached. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z So he hooked a patch of yellow Gulf weed with the gaff as they passed and shook it so that the small shrimps that were in it fell onto the planking of the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of her fenced yard were planks, a sawhorse, and a big circular saw. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After I get the plank cut out, Mr. Woodwell has me set it in his bench vise and he takes up a block plane. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I take the planks off the bedroom window and open it wide. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The weasel dropped like a stone with the plank on top of him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It looks like mostly rope tied into wooden stakes driven into the rock at either end, with tight wooden planks running all the way to the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He stumbled on the slippery planking and, as he sat up, found Fiver beside him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The floors were beveled concrete, the shower stalls wood planks and plastic curtains crawling with black mold. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Another plank, best of all. Or some canvas and glue. But we haven’t got any of them either.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Higher up, the elm branches became thin and whippy, not strong enough to support the plank’s weight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Zeitoun left the window open enough to allow the dogs to get fresh air, then walked across the plank again and climbed down the tree to his canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We had begun with the floor, which we built by laying wide planks between two quite far-apart branches and nailing them down. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The bridge’s planks reverberate with the cars passing below. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards had been targeting Zoe, and before they could figure out that the kid with the pipes was the bigger problem, the wooden planks at their feet sprouted new branches and tangled their legs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I know if I can’t get free I will be dragged into the narrow space between the copper planks, and crushed—digested by the pitch. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z This close to the deck, I can see the sticky black caulking spread between the copper planks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Butchers and veterinarians!” he shouted as they pushed him up the plank. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And I leave any last shred of my childhood on the rough planks of that living room floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Hesitant, wary of some trap, the first few prisoners edged across the planks and through the ring of the stakes, toward Melisandre and the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The planks creaked as he led her up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He took out all the wet things, the blankets and pillows and Lyra’s sodden clothes, and laid them flat on the planks of the landing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Rather than seek refuge from the cold inside the White House, the women paced back and forth on wooden planks to get their feet off the icy-cold sidewalks. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The wooden bridge was nearly three-quarters of a mile across, and the river, that usually ran in narrow channels in the wide stony bed far below the bridge, was close under the wooden planking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We hunker together, spreading bedrolls on the planks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z When it was our turn, Amah grasped my hand tightly and we bounced across the plank. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then later, when the wood swells up in the water, it will press the cotton tight and keep the plank from leaking. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There is a large wooden plank over the door, but it’s not sealed. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It grabs ahold of the edge of the plank, but I pull it off. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Then we borrowed Slats to haul the planks from the collapsed barn on Bando’s property. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor is planked with rough boards, and in places I can see clear through to the ground below. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I take the planks up to Shiloh’s pen and make him a lean-to at one end, to protect him from rain. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She had run up the slanted plank, in her bare feet, crying. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not when he pulled the curtain and drew the sorceress up from the plank, not when the seed corn he’d piled on her stomach like peaches spilled off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z With the other hand he moved the oar to bring the boat right up against the planks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He would like to roof it over, with sticks and old planks, but he knows this isn’t possible because the hole is too big and also he wouldn’t be allowed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Hideout is a dive bar made of wooden planks that's nestled between a factory and some Department of Transportation building. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The boxcar was about four feet off the ground, and prisoners had to walk down a shaky wooden plank with a bag as heavy as a man on their shoulders. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Woodwell says I got to pry off these two planks, Rose. I hope you don’t mind.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We cross a bridge of old planks laid over thick sludge oozing through the camp. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z His men roared their approval, banging their fists on the long plank tables. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Five minutes and a sweaty Sebastian later, the plank has been pulled aside. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It could get so cold in these dugouts that sometimes your hair would freeze to the wooden planks of your bunk while you were sleeping. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The fitting and nailing on of the planks was labor intensive and nerve-racking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She shifted her bare feet on the wooden plank. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z All those early Old World wheels are of a peculiar design: a solid wooden circle constructed of three planks fastened together, rather than a rim with spokes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The hut was built, or piled up rather, of driftwood planks and branches. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The giants’ special effects machines had gone into overtime, laying planks across ruined support beams so the arena had a proper floor again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I slide off the top plank and walk backward with it, but stumble and fall right on my bum. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z And when you move a plank and step inside, there is the door to the cellar. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The planks of the floor were scuffed gray, and there was a cloud of finger smudges around the doorknob of every door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I close all the windows and get planks from the shed in the backyard. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The house we lived in was nothing more than a shack, a barracks with single plank walls and rough wooden floors, like the cheapest kind of migrant workers’ housing. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He explains that the new plank needs a beveled edge so it will fit up tight against the keel. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I stretched out on one of the seat planks, staring up at the moon and wondering how long it would take for somebody to spot us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Two of the men lowered over the side the seven small leather trunks that held all of Kit’s belongings and piled them, one beside the other, on the wet planking. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I fly up the ladder—the chickens are outside—and dart into the storage space and through the hidden-door, moving the planks back into place just in case someone comes up after me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The planks were all about the same size, the length of my arm, but they came from different canoes and were therefore hard to fit together. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled over to face the wall, which was illuminated with a plank of light from the hallway. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I took a seat on the warm floor planks at Mr. Patterson’s feet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There are no bolts and rivets—the metal planks are still held together by dark pitch that seems to squirm in the crevices. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I did this by loosening all the planks, by cutting the sinews and heating the pitch that bound them together. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We lay wood onto the trailer bed like a puzzle, and I pound a nail into a plank. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I feel the hard line of his rib against my hand and hear the screech of one wood plank against another as the ceiling inches down with us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then he emerged carrying a sawn section of tongue-and-groove planking and laid it down and entered the closet again and emerged with a metal box. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not like his eyes, Tyrion reflected, when the sellsword sat down across from him in the dimness of the boat’s interior, with a scarred plank table and a tallow candle between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I picked my way through the wreckage, high-stepping javelins of wood and planks studded with rusting nails. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Of course not!” she said again, and headed back across the planks to firm ground while I went up to meet her, my pail of mussels sloshing as I went. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He grabbed a plank to cover the opening of the gang, pulled himself up to sit on it, and began to kick at the window with such force the dirt flew over Pinmei like rain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I draw it in long, straight strokes, like cedar planks across a giant log cabin. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I try not to judge people; there's a plank in my own eye sure enough. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The toddler goes backward, hanging on the handrail and cautiously moving his squat legs down plank by plank. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came a rasping sound as those bright doors the key had sprung gave way— a bellow like a bull’s vaunt in a meadow— followed by her light footfall entering over the plank floor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So it was finished then, down to the last plank and brick and wooden pin which they could make themselves. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he was out on the middle of the plank with nothing to steady him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Across the street, someone is nailing planks across their front windows. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z They had been cut from heavy oak planks, and they spi- raled around the massive center timber like the small bones of a spine held in place by thick wooden pegs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He remembered a cell with a plank bed, a sort of shelf sticking out from the wall, and a tin washbasin, and meals of hot soup and bread and sometimes coffee. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She yanked a nail out of a plank with her hammer. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Harry looked down at the boards planking the porch, then raised his eyes and gazed off into the dark, wet woods over Joe’s shoulder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was the stage for her capture, a second bandstand for the town’s amusement as she lay on the planks at the feet of four regulators in their white and black uniforms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Every shadow inside the stable seemed to grow longer as the seconds ticked by, moonlight trickling through gaps between the roof’s wooden planks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I took the spike out and began to drive it in another plank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And looking at those four wooden planks with the steel rod slanting across them was the only peace she had. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He went into the closet and the planks squeaked; he stopped. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Lay those down on the sawhorses, if you please, next to the cedar planks.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m still trying to work the first plank loose when something bites me in the back. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Men crowded into restaurants lit by flickering kerosene lamps and sat down to eat cheap steaks and drink stale beer at tables that were not more than pine planks resting on two sawhorses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Xan sat cross-legged on the rough plank floor, and the baby lay in the hollow of her skirts. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He splashed out to the diving platform and pulled himself up to sit on its weather-softened planking and look back at the city. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We fell some of the big trees and split the logs longways into planks, making clapboards. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Sharpened stakes were wrenched from the ground, planks were dropped across deep ditches, and the stockade gates were thrown wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She found two planks that were in fairly good shape and long enough for a splint. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He let himself in and hid in the attic until his heart had slowed down, even though the wooden planks were so rotten he feared he would go through the floor at every step. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Before I could react, the planks in the bulkhead to my right split apart, and Tarrypin—his shell bundled in chains—was marched out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I sat on the hardest plank in the back next to a woman named Mrs. Bowles. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We rescued a big floating plank and carried it up the beach above high-water mark. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She imagined the wood planks of the kitchen floor splitting open so she could escape that stare. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The rafts are a few planks of wood lashed on top of two tractor tire inner tubes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A small bird hopped along one of the wooden floor planks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The large “store” area was partitioned into two rooms by beaverboard planks that did not reach to the ceiling. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She removes the pails from her plank and hits at something on the grassy bank. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But, to me, there was a fire—a huge fire, and I continued twisting to duck red hot planks hurtling from the ceiling toward me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He caught the end of the plank, steadying it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Sisterton’s streets were mud and planks, its houses daub-and-wattle hovels roofed with straw, and by the Gallows Gate there were always hanged men with their entrails dangling out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a flat, barracks-style building with splintered walls and windows boarded with planks of wood. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But the rotten plank is stubborn, and I have to leave off the pry bar and dig out the screws that hold it to the ribs. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere wire-cutters are snapping, planks are thrown across the entanglements, we jump through the narrow entrances into the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z So that afternoon, when Mama told Stella to get Papa’s hammer and a few nails and fix some porch planks that had worked loose, she’d jumped at the chance to be helpful, just in case. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Kendra finished a complete lap around the pond, walking on clean wooden planks the entire way. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He was rapping on the planks as if testing to see if they were hollow. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I check through the peephole, and then slide out the false door, replace the planks, and hurry back down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She could feel the heat rising from the ground outside, through the wheat brown, splintered planks of the outhouse in the yard, up through the walls and into her room. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The only way across was the rope bridge, and the planks were much too far apart for sheep hooves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Bran could hear the wind in the trees, the clatter of their hooves on the ironwood planks, the whimpering of his hungry pup, but Jon was listening to something else. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that my body was rigid as a plank, my hands balled into fists, my breathing erratic . Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Like most boats of the North and the Reaches she was clinker-built, with planks overlapped and clenched one upon the other for strength in the high seas; every part of her was sturdy and well-made. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He searched for Cruz, but all he could see was a mess of wood planks and branches. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Ivy moved forward a bit more, inching here and there to avoid the gaping holes between planks of wood and broken furniture. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Once there, he must have gone straight for the plank bridge—which he evidently knew about—and set an ambush under cover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined him up there, someone like Velutha, barebodied and shining, sitting on a plank, swinging from the scaffolding in the high dome of the church, painting silver jets in a blue church sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The man dropped the planks and ran for his life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and his head slid along over rough planking. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They pushed the children down the plank, screaming for them to hurry. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z As I pushed aside the mountain laurel, I saw three two-by-fours and some planks lying across several of the lower limbs of the tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a cap out and Set it on one of the wooden porch planks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z While the house was being built, they erected a shelter of wooden planks with a zinc roof, where they settled Esteban in his sickbed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty or so people were pacing around and around, carrying big signs painted on old planks and on big banners made of sheets. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Max is watching, as always, and a plank moves, and his shaggy head pops out. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He stretched the plank across to the house on the right and walked to the roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And last of all came the two high priests of Anubis, carrying on a flower-strewn plank the dead body of Prince Pete-ho-tep. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “When will you learn? You walk in step with the captain, or you walk the plank—which, being copper, will not give you the proper bounce for a graceful dive.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z At the end of the car, large planks of wood approximately six feet deep had been installed as shelves. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They had just reached the plank bridge when there came a rumble of thunder. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess he knew we’d have such things close to hand—every dock on the creek has drums and rope and an old plank or two. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene lay on the wood planks, catching his breath. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The closest she had ever been to the sea was her term in the Museum of Natural Wonders; these planks taught her about ships and squalls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In despair, he sank to the damp ground, his head pressed against the unyielding oaken planks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The kid grew up surrounded by wooden planks and fertilizer—the shiniest object in his life was probably an old pitchfork. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z As the guards threw open the doors, a herald slammed the butt of his staff against mi old plank floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Without waiting for a response, he jogged down the planking and waded into the black water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Nailer swam close to the planking and grinned. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z This crack was between the same planks, but was a larger one and close to where I was kneeling. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “With a few more planks, I can make a sturdy platform.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We gave the lemon girl a plank to sleep on. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When I do, Max barely moves the planks, in case of noise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The ring was rolled and sprinkled, and carpenters replaced weakened or cracked planks in the barrera. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He finds a place where the stairs go down into the basement and he pulls away the boards and planks. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Wooden plank walks had been placed on many of the school paths for better footing, but there were icy patches everywhere on them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As she lifted the plank, Pinmei saw a stone had been removed from the floor to create a hiding space for a small jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On a plank of wood propped on the dirt bank, someone has painted Little Syria. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The plane of wooden planks was riveted to the undercarriage, without walls or ceiling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was a small room, taken up mostly with a wide plank desk and three stools. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A herd of bare feet pounded against wood planks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The evangelists sat down anyway, on a makeshift bench of bricks and planks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, we cross the wooden planks laid over the stinking green ooze. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I get the pitcher of water near the bedpan and splash some on the wooden planks of the floor and then some on my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The places between the planks were filled with black pitch which we gather along the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself in a cavernous, dusty room with a plank floor and high, exposed rafters. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Each night we fall into an exhausted sleep, wedged closely together on a wooden bamboo plank with fifty other girls, the other fifty in another hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A mile farther on, they came upon a second face, carved into a chestnut tree that grew beside an icy stream, where its eyes could watch the old plank bridge that spanned its flow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Naked feet swished dryly across the planks in the wooden floor and the clang ceased abruptly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It rolled on its side, and the water ran down between the planks of the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I leave the crow’s nest, and burst in on the captain to voice my complaint, telling him that Carlyle’s headless body just walked the plank—but the captain is unfazed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The door is the same, a heavy wooden plank, and I push it open. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Max is on his knees, a thick plank of wood in his hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I could cut the sinews and carry the planks up the cliff two at a time on my back and across the dunes to the Coral Cove, which meant many days. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She crawled under the planks, covering her nose with her hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Bigwig and Blackberry found the straw bale and climbed on the planks. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down on the plank bed, his back against the wall and the slate on his knees, and set to work deliberately at the task of re-educating himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was thought that the noise of the planks of wood falling to the ground had frightened it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She gave the plank a mighty kick, sending it off into space! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Because the minute he sat down on the low plank seat, the green boat backed up into the cove and then turned and zipped away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “We’ll trim more wood, then start turning it into the walls. Help me move the planks out.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z We skulked about in the banana-smelling darkness, examining the wall over the plank counter where Mother tacks up pictures she tears out of magazines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere we saw overlander trucks parked in front of shacks made of planks and metal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the bed, built by Tony Bucci, is not exactly a bed; it’s just wood hammered together in the shape of a bed, with a plank where the box spring and mattress would be. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There were even planks of wood missing from the floor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I worked away, nailing the first plank on the roof. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z It’s not made up of planks, otherwise I’d be too nervous to go forward. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As the northern lords studied the castle, a sally port opened, a plank bridge slid across the moat, and a dozen knights rode forth to confront them, led by four of Lord Walder's many sons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No, the issue we encounter is this: the broken board over the back door has been replaced with a new, very much not broken plank of wood. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The room’s large plank tables were nearly half full, seating about two hundred students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Its walls and floor and ceiling were made of wooden planks notched cunningly together and decorated with all the creatures of the sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Make sure you fasten them planks real secure-like, hear me?” said High John. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The planks were leaned up against the barracks. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The piles were decayed and the planks were green with slime, and there was nothing else; nothing beyond it; the path ended where the jetty began, and where the jetty ended, the mist began. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They were set in small grassless plots littered with broken things, bricks, planks, crockery, things of a once utilitarian value. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The buildings were placed so closely together, it was easy to leap from rooftop to rooftop or race across rickety planks stretched over alleyways. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Hanging there, a long way off, about thirty feet above the road, warped by the rising heat, was what looked like a plank of wood, suspended horizontally, with a bulge in its center. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I felt like a prisoner being pushed off a plank by pirates. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A seam appeared in the deck between two planks, and water started bubbling through. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A bitter smell wafted between the planks of wood hammered over the opening. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When I had sorted out the planks and shaped them, the work went fast, so that by late spring I was ready to finish the seams. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Henri had no money, it sometimes took him months to find a plank or a piece of iron or a dozen brass screws. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Garden plots were planted in random spots between the buildings, twenty or so one-story structures made from long planks of wood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He made his decking fast to close-set ribs before he closed the side with longer planking, then cut a mast pole, and a proper yard, and shaped a steering oar to hold her steady. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of smooth plates—which you might expect on a metal ship—it’s still made of grooved planks, but they seem to have changed at the molecular level, like wood that has petrified into copper. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As in the mica mine in North Carolina, long wooden planks and struts buttressed the walls and ceiling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was pushed close against the planks of the fence. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the skiff, particles of phosphorus floated off and drifted slowly astern. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the painted plank of wood on the dirt bank, Little Syria spelled out in red paint. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He climbed the high fence, found the two-by-twelve plank that served as a bridge across the slough of dark water, and came out between Lang’s Bakery and the tinsmith’s shop on Castroville Street. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Quick, get that plank over here, you lot. We’ve got to get the Chief out of here.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Each plank he planed, each nail he drove, each thing he made had molded him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A heap of stones, planks, rubble, boards, and roof tiles lay there instead, illuminated flickeringly from inside the building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The scrape of the plank being pulled aboard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the way I see it through my Adah eyes it is a flat plank clipped into pieces, rectangles and trapezoids, by the skinny black-line shadows of tall palm trunks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The barn was nothing but a jumble of ash and planking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The floor was of wide, heavy planks, almost black in color and unlittered, so that if the key were there it would have been instantly visible. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z On one side of the little room there was a square four-paned window, and on the other, a narrow plank door leading into the barn. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Long planks of wood rest along the wall, bundled in tight stacks, a ton of them, sitting on top of each other. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The boys said they would help build the house from the planks and two- by-fours Dad brought up here for that purpose. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Max lets me push him away, and I knock down the planks that make the little door, nearly falling down the ladder to get to the bottom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My eye could travel down the planking of any one of them and find at the end a shack erected by a waterman for storage and crab packing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She crawls along the center beam, from which the narrow planks of flooring emanate, toward the stone bulk of the chimney at the far end. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She hauled the heavy planks back onto the well, covering it as carefully as she could. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Her back was sore too, from where her cushions had slid apart in the night and she’d fallen through to the rough plank floor of the cabin. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He was standing at the head of the table; the rest of us perched on benches, studying the thick planks of red oak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then we continued on through the skinny pines, more open fields, a little less than half a mile before we crossed the old wooden planks. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The planks were slippery, and it felt like at any moment the whole thing might just fall apart and leave them to sink beneath the surface. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A burned-out light globe lay on the plank floor in the corner. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For Min, only two such planks would be needed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was on the opposite site from the loose plank and was apparently locked with a latch and padlock from the outside. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked back across the plank bridge, climbed down the tree and into his canoe, and paddled back to his house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And Max just thinks, fingering his plank of wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Just when I got worried and started to shout again, the soggy planks in the deck above my head peeled back like a banana, and Brer Fox dropped down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You are not grateful that we didn’t kill all of you? Come on carry those wood planks quickly, two at a time!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As expressionless as the time she was a store mannequin, she sat in the wagon on a sawed-off chair, bracing herself with one hand on the driver’s plank and the other on the coffin box. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Cluny was being borne upon the plank in the midst of his army. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z |
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