| 单词 | platform |
| 例句 | When I regain mv balance and look around, I see the Wives and daughters leaning forward in their chairs, the Aunts on the platform gazing down with interest. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The men on the paint crew were swinging the work platforms under the fifth web, getting ready to paint the seemingly empty aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It provides, as it were, the firm platform from which artists make their leap of the imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, the disgusting old Grand High Witch began to do a sort of witch's dance up and down the platform, stamping her feet and clapping her hands. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Taisin lay awake on the platform bed, gazing up at the wooden canopy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I land on my knees on the platform, my eyes blurry with tears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The guy driving the cargo platform told us to step aboard, step aboard, ladies and gents. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The stem lengthens until the tip hits the platform, like a kite's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Two weeks later there she was on the platform at Faneuil Hall. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth was, the cap had stopped being white long before Clayton had first spotted it and the wolf pack on the platform hours ago. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z A driller grabbed Phillips and pulled him off the platform just as the earth burst open and a black column of oil spewed into the air. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So, a little after seven o’clock, two police cars raced into the parking lot by the bus station and train platform. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And someone on the platform asked her a question, and then another. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Barrel-maker John Flynn was also working in the building and had just stepped out on the platform for a breath of air when he was startled by a tremendous noise behind him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He lays his stick on the desk and stands on the platform with his eyes closed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Getting to the Q train didn’t take too long; it was waiting on the Prospect Park station platform that seemed endless to Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The tower itself is a series of platforms swooping in odd, diaphanous shapes, quite similar to clouds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He paced up and down the platform now, sweat glistening on his brow. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z These fears were given a public platform with the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Four sisters joined Roberto at the head of the platform to clap their hands and pound their tambourines. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A great crowd was gathered around the platform, but there was no music, no movement. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z My classmate David Uosikkinen, who would become the drummer for the rock band the Hooters, wore platform shoes; I apparently believed I could pull off the same look. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He, of course, was able to read the subway schedule in the shadows at the far end of the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I am running out of space—the platform is ending—I seize the handle and swing myself in, my muscles absorbing the pull forward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Taisin tried to ignore them, setting up her bedroll on the edge of the platform. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The breezes that on the lagoon had chased their tails like kittens were finding then-way across the platform and into the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I step up to the platform that it sits on and trail my hands across it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I crane my neck to see the platform at the top. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z First years traditionally reached Hogwarts Castle by sailing across the lake with Hagrid. said Hermione fervently, shivering as they inched slowly along the dark platform with the rest of the crowd. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Between the nose and the fins are three platforms, connected by three ladders. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I grabbed hold of a rope I’d strung there at waist level to serve as a handhold and began to sidestep along the ledge to the corner of the platform. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There is a small silver plaque on the platform, partially obscured by the cascading gown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the top of die hall a sagging platform stood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even from a distance we could see that the open side faced into the wind and that the drifting snow was nearly up to the lip of the sleeping platform. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A woman’s voice announced, ‘This station is Embankment. Please take care when leaving the train as there is a gap between the train and the station platform.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually the rats or bugs woke her when their curiosity became too much, interrupting her dreams and returning her to the darkness of the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Although Barbarossa was standing on the platform, Scipio was still a lot taller than him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Some platforms are suspended from ropes or chains from above. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They walk the short distance from the hotel to the train platforms together. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She waved her hands animatedly, savoring the orange light as it expanded on the platform like a warm bubble. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I looked at the guests on the platform; they sat with that alert relaxation with which they always met our upturned eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood at the bow on the raised crossbow platform, where the Romans could easily spot him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Wilson was re-elected President in November on his platform promise to keep us out of war, and at the same time he was instructed to take a firm hand, which inevitably meant war. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Soon thereafter Waterman ran for the local school board on a platform promoting unrestricted sex for students and the legalization of hallucinogenic drugs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I pressed onward, leaping from platform to platform, attacking in midair, dodging the relentless onslaught of blobs, skeletons, snakes, mummies, minotaurs, and yes, ninjas. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the middle, various stone buildings clustered around a central yard with a platform in the middle: the hanging gibbet. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Otherwise, you could get to any speed you wanted by adding velocities on a moving platform. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a little hill built on a low platform, and the whole thing was being pulled by a tractor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a Friday afternoon, so the train platform was nearly empty. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And unlike the girl, who sat and covered parts of herself with her bony arms, this guy’s standing on the platform, in a hand-on-hip pose, like a dare. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Now and then a lone citizen, untouched by trade, would go to the platform and try to speak. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Lifting the aluminum urn out of the trunk, Amit leads me down the bank to the rickety wooden platform. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “How can the ocean get high? It can’t inhale. I know a lot about it. My platform is called Don’t Do Drugs Because They Make You Dumb,” Brittani explained. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I got on an S bus and rode down to the Madeleine, standing on the back platform. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The light in the microscope platform casts strange shadows on his face, making him look years older. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Annoyed by this sense of effeminate intrigue I got off the platform and lost myself in the mob, crouching and slouching somewhat to do so. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Both the Egalitarians and the Survivalists have run on platforms that involve recapturing the cities of the East and making them safe. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z All at once we’re outside in a large field surrounded by woods, then we rise off the platform and become wrapped in clouds. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Now it’s near midnight and cold on the empty platform. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When we got to the Alewife station, we hurried onto the platform and went to the other side, where the train we needed would pull in. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And so when the rulers of Rome sought to parley with Sextus Pompeius, he demanded they do so thus: each party situated upon a floating platform, shouting to each other across the waves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I wanted very much to cross swords with Percy Yutar, but it was more important that I use the platform to highlight our grievances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As he stood on the elevated train platform near Packingtown, a mob jumped him, pounding his body with punches. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Satisfied that he had done at least part of what she had asked, Ruthanne turned and headed down the stairs off the platform and into the street. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z If he looked like a bluesman on his way to some place in particular, no one would look at him the way the lady on the platform, now sitting before him, did. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Yeah? Why don’t you tell me about your platform, Homeroom?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In the center of the platform stood four sea demons, but these were fully grown, at least eight feet tall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A black man in a white coat shoved me onto a platform and snapped: “Breathe in!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With my growing platform, I could be a voice for those who lived in fear. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 I was standing on the platform with my second husband, John. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A band plays on a raised platform, and the dance floor is jammed with couples. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z On the platform with him was the little keyboard instrument with which he would relay questions to Billy from the crowd. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Shrill boat whistles echoed in my ears as I searched the crowded platform, my fingers numb from clutching my placard so tightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Doubtless that is why the coachman from Ashton Place took only a moment to recognize Penelope on the platform. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It has a black platform on one end. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The fighters on the platform would have no will of their own. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then an entire band goes to the platform and begins to jam on some of that religious salsa. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He was awake, lying spread-eagle in his big platform bed, looking up at the trompe l’oeil painting of a domed and gilded ceiling that was open at the center to a pink sky. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Spontaneously they began to clap and presently the platform was loud with applause. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z That was unpleasant, but not as unpleasant as falling off the platform from sheer weakness would have been. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat behind a wide desk on a raised platform and surveyed the expansive, cafeterialike space. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A whistle-stop was just a little platform by the track where people would stand and wave the train down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Still hand in hand, the two of them ran until they came to a building with a projecting loading platform. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z We marched past the ticket booth, the clerk now gone, then down off the platform, out of the depot, and into the streets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The wheels screamed on the steel rails, and wind rushed through the narrow space, hurling dust and loose papers down the platform. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Within two days the observation platform was designed and built and lifted into place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A few of the Yearlings stare at the execution platform with a frightened sort of fascination. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Marcus stands on the platform, white as a sheet but unharmed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Below the other side of the mountain top was a platform of forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They shot past floating platforms and transshipment loaders. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Like a giant ink blot poured over the bleachers, the platform, the entire field. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned and jumped back as the top of the platform toppled into the ashes beneath. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey takes a closer look as he walks by, wondering if the contortionist is somehow concealed in the platform, but it is solid wood and open underneath. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It takes him a moment to recognize the contortionist, having only ever seen her upon a platform bending herself into impossible shapes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He leapt down from the platform and ran along the beach, paying no heed to the steady fall of his tears; and until he dived into the forest Ralph watched him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I gave them money for platform tickets and had them take my baggage. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The moment the doors opened at Fourteenth, I burst out of the car, sprinted along the platform, and took the steps up to the street three at a time. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z As they peeked out from the train, every movement on the station’s platform drew their eyes in unison. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But when I reach the next platform, my feet have grown so huge they won’t fit through the next hole. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She sat up, shaking, and climbed down from the platform bed to retrieve her knapsack. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He looked out the window at the platform and said, “I’d hoped it would be different circumstances than these, though.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Gregor craned his neck back and saw that a platform was being rapidly lowered from a large, rectangular window. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When she returns to her platform, she looks at the ground and tries to catch the tears falling down her face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The story continued in this way, half music, half poetry, as Garikayi told them of a king who placed his daughter on a platform over a big nest of bees in a tree. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They climb up to a platform in the greenheart where the woman pauses for balance, bunches her long skirts into one hand, and prepares to walk out into the brighter light and rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The explosion vaporized the supply droid, along with all the avatars stationed on the platform, including the Sixer wizard who was operating the Orb of Osuvox. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Caddo had a taste for monumental architecture: public plazas, ceremonial platforms, mausoleums. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z El Jefe sat down in an ornate chair on a raised platform and spoke directly to the families of the prisoners to be released. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the polished marble floor in front of us, but facing the platform, talking to the boys behind the balustrade. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The blow startled him momentarily, giving Lyddie a chance to help Charles haul the ladder up onto the platform and out of reach. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z After that, Blanca just held my hand and her eyes returned to the figure standing alone behind a lectern on the platform. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He ran on a platform of improving the school system, fighting illiteracy, and trying to find innovative solutions to the metastasizing drug trade that was poisoning life in major areas of the city. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The platform is high above the ground and the electric generator trills and crackles beneath the winding tracks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Every eye, living and dead, was fixed upon Professor McGonagall, who was speaking from the raised platform at the top of the Hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Women shoppers with bundles and impatient men in straw hats and seersucker suits stood along the platform as they passed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb onto the railing of a connecting platform and somehow scrape my way up to the top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The honored guests moved silently upon the platform, herded toward their high, carved chairs by Dr. Bledsoe with the decorum of a portly head waiter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “The bottom of that platform you are standing on is a magnet,” said Dr. Zinchenko. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He picks a path to take and along it, between the entrances to the surrounding tents, there is a small group gathered around a raised platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In a broad reach of savanna, the Beni’s original inhabitants built raised fields—artificial platforms of soil that lift crops above the floodwaters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There were rows and rows of chairs, all facing a platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Shaking and unable to stand, he crawled back to his sleeping platform. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Robert was an excellent if rather excitable platform speaker, and his choice of analogy was unfortunate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When we finished, we were supposed to exit the platform—me first, Vonetta second, and Fern last. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The conductor, who was on the platform stamping his feet and waving his arms to keep warm, spoke to him. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Hide the clothes beneath a bush near the officers’ latrines, walk with him away from the camp once he’d changed, then wait with him at the platform until the train came. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Let’s head for that phone box,” she said, pointing to a tall, red phone booth across the platform, just visible through the surging crowd. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The firm was a powerful partner for me that helped me develop my platform as an athlete activist. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Franny was among the first of the girls to get off the train, from a car at the far, northern end of the platform. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z We bring cannons from the ships and mount them on the platforms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Prime among these was a narrow strip of concrete on which she had affixed a camera to the railing of the platform where Nazi officials would preside over the ceremony. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Immediately, even before I left the platform, I tried to shunt all memory of the event from me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad took me and Safer on the D train yesterday to buy them for her at the newsstand on the Fifty-Ninth Street platform. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He motioned her to the edge of the platform and extended his lantern. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Near the river, workers had erected a wooden platform for the Autumn Faire. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Each of the old men climbed out onto the ledge, and then, with a step and a hop, they walked out onto the circling Carousel platform. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When we reach the platform at the end, we’re facing the back of a different kind of car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Where are they?” asked Albus anxiously, peering at the hazy forms they passed as they made their way down the platform. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Beside it, on its own little platform, sat a rubber mallet resting on a black velvet pillow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mayor Harrison joined Ferris on the platform, as did Bertha Palmer, the entire Chicago city council, and an assortment of fair officials. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I sealed the tub of Mo's Promise and put it securely between my feet on the chariot platform. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Mother stood on her toes, trying to look out onto the train platform for Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z William and Mary were still running around on the platform, and I saw The Grand High Witch aim a swift running kick at William. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Ralph, Jack and Simon jumped off the platform and walked along the sand past the bathing pool. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The train was nearing the end of the elevated platform. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “There will be a way for the laborers to get to the loading platforms. The poor will lead us.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I know this place. We’re close. We have to go through the Orleans, to get to the deep-sea platforms. We’ll need a water taxi.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She crept to the other end of the platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a tall soldierly old man who appeared at the exit from the platform. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z It took quite a while for them all to get off the platform. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He’d allowed them to be led onto the platform, stripped to the waist, shivering slightly in the evening air, given boxing gloves. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He attributed the success of the enterprise to his wife, Margaret, who stood behind him on the platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If I changed direction, the treadmill would sense it, and its rolling surface would change direction to match me, always keeping my body near the center of its platform. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z What you had to do was walk through the solid barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She is wondering what that might be when a flash of grey on the opposite platform catches her eye. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A body of people came down the platform, some of them Negroes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I set my bags on a wooden slat bench on the platform and was ready to walk to a drugstore on Carrollton Avenue to pick something up when I saw her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Old Barbee's voice rang out, as suddenly he made charged and incomplete movements about the platform, acting out his words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The steel platform on which the trailer rested was only slightly wider and longer than the trailer itself, leaving a ledge about a foot and a half wide all the way around. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The train rolled past scrap and recycling yards, men and women’s backs sheened mirror bright with sweat as they stacked hand carts with purchased scrap and moved it to weighing platforms for sale. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The tent full of people on raised circular platforms, performing tricks with bright white fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Under this strange nocturnal sky Milton pulled his car as close to the train platform as possible and stopped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the platform they walk from compartment to compartment, looking for their four names on the passenger list pasted to the outside wall of the train. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Arm moved away from Ear along the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The boys had handrails on their left, and they traveled the long way around the platform halfway up the flight. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The karate boys had run off the platform while the crowd still cheered. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Fie scales the ladder quickly enough, but as soon as he’s on the platform high above everyone else, his face goes white. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A stone’s throw away, the floor opened, and the other giant rose on a platform. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cattermole stumbled to the single seat in the middle of the floor beneath the raised platform. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Maybe in the chaos at the depot he’d slipped down into the gap between the train and the platform, or hopped onto the train without the soldier noticing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z "Darling boy," cooed The Grand High Witch from up on the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z In a moment the platform was full of arguing, gesticulating shadows. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I walk down the platform so I can get on at the last car. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z It had just reached the edge of the platform when a train shot from the tunnel at the opposite end of the station. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But the figure on this platform does not move. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cora had seen the wheeled platform in the corner of the park that day; children climbed and jumped on it all afternoon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Kane calls the first old man to the platform. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Precisely one minute before the hour, they each ascend their respective platforms and pull from their backs shimmering black bows and arrows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The artist on this platform holds pieces of flame in her bare hands, and she forms them into snakes and flowers and all manner of shapes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I stepped from the air-conditioned compartment onto the station platform, and the motherly breath of the suburbs enfolded me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z On a tall mast on top of the store he had a little round platform and there he was on skates going around and around. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On the platform are men in work caps, women in worn cotton dresses, weary grandmothers embracing grandchildren who were babies before the war. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At this juncture, the imposing figure of Hermann Goring strode onto the platform, outfitted in a spectacular white military uniform. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ralph lifted the cream and pink shell to his knees and a sudden breeze scattered light over the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z From beyond the platform came the shouting of the hunters in the swimming pool. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z First there was the log on which he himself sat; a dead tree that must have been quite exceptionally big for the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Already the platform and the three bundles were only white ashes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I set my bag down and whirled around to see my cousin Kevin, waving on the train platform in North Kingston, Rhode Island. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z A thicklipped man with rings, cool in white, bought Scissors cigarettes from a platform vendor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With the drenched, mud-footed kid clawing at him, he turned without a word, without a gesture, and left the platform and went downstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He paced back and forth in front of a raised platform, examining a bronze jar about the size of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Of the twenty-some young men who were waiting at the station for their dates to arrive on the ten-fifty-two, no more than six or seven were out on the cold, open platform. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Next he moved through the hidden passageways to the ring of clocks around the train platforms, and then to the backs of the smaller clocks that faced the interior offices, including the Station Inspector’s. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She felt a rush of love for Papa, and for her whole family, lying there near her, on these hard platforms in a new and strange land. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The men march me to the center platform. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The platform has a railing and I lean against it for a moment, collecting myself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The soldiers shove me toward a raised block of cement in the center of the platform. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Blanca for a moment was in love with the figure standing alone on a bare platform with only the American and Puerto Rican flags keeping him company. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He climbed up on the big diving platform in the middle of the pool and unimaginatively just dropped the fish into the water. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Snow was over the top of the platform and lying an inch deep over the foot of my sleeping bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Percy started across the room, picking his way around conveyor belts and moving platforms. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tara stands near the edge of the platform, waiting for her train. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Billy staggered off with his duffel bag, and then he stood on the station platform next to the porter, trying to wake up. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was impressive as he stood up there on the platform, and, as he spoke, I found myself nodding with him, agreeing with things I knew to be true. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Starting at one end of the platform, we run together along the worn boards, keeping pace with the open door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He leaped on to the platform, but Barbarossa just pushed him down again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Unmindful of this steel downpour, the villagers cheered and began dancing on the platforms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He kept his eye on the eyrie skating platform and obviously he couldn’t go with Doc to La Jolla. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At about ten fifteen the evening before, Faraday was on a local train platform. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I pull myself up, and before I can talk myself out of it, I walk over and sit beside Cal on his platform. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z On another platform, a woman holds two long chains, with a ball of flame at the end of each. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a platform, but it seemed like it was plopped in the middle of nowhere. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z On the projection screen was the faded-color image of a short man in a militarized black jumpsuit and huge, blue suede platforms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She just had magic about her, the kind you feel when you jump from a height, the top diving platform, you know? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z South Carolina maintained a different attitude toward colored progress, as Sam had told Cora on the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He called the other station and said my parents were at the other end of the platform. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Most climbed to the balcony, but three stood on an elevated platform near the ceiling, holding buckets full of cadmium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Off the platform, down the steps, out to the street — he’s still doin’ it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to use my newfound platform as an Olympian to talk about my religious beliefs, but that didn’t stop the flurry of attention I received because of my hijab. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “The thing is — the thing is, I don’t know how to —” “How to get onto the platform?” she said kindly, and Harry nodded. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z From the rear of Temple Number Two, he came toward the platform. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The two English travellers got out to stretch their legs, pacing up and down the snowy platform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She still thought of Blaine, saw him walking along the platform at the New Haven train station, an apparition that filled her with a doomed yearning. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Mats and dirty wrappers were spread all over the platform and people were crumpled down on them, men and women and children crying and eating bread and tending wounds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He already felt insecure enough on this high wet platform. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “There’s a fence surrounding the platform. We can’t get too close, but I know we can get there and leave these flowers.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Then I reach the station where we’ll catch the train, and lead Caleb up a flight of metal steps to the platform. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I knew he was lost, for as I looked down the platform I saw him approach several people and turn away without speaking. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform was built of almost three million cubic yards of rock, much of it transported from mountain quarries fifty miles away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They want me lying down propped up by my elbows on a platform, tossing a little coin bag. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She was standing on the platform of the Cochin Harbor Terminus, her face turned up to the train window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sandblasters screamed below; work platforms clanged in the wind. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A high wooden platform had been erected there and on it stood a barking instructor, giving the rows of men below him calisthenics by the numbers. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “My platform is called FemPower Me. It is about microloans for women in developing countries. What you may not know is that many big corporations exploit female workers.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z GINNY: All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z There was a knock on the door of their compartment and the round-faced boy Harry had passed on platform nine and three- quarters came in. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z At the other end of the platform stood some boys. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Her plan was to stay on the platform until her spirit was driven away by thirst. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ma’am,” someone says as she struggles past, about to step onto the platform, “your things.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One of the rats woke Cora with its teeth and when she settled herself, she crawled across the dirt of the platform in her search. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One day, as Nhamo watched the baboon troop pass beneath her platform, she realized that they had many more sources of food than she. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys scooped up snow from the platform and threw snowballs at the train. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was a platform bed against the far wall, its blankets mussed as though someone had slept there recently. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Hey, the Indian lady forgot her stuff,” she hears as the doors shut, and as the train pulls away she hears a fist pounding on glass, but she keeps walking, pushing Gogol along the platform. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She had drifted up about twenty-five feet and was leaning against the railings of her floating platform, completely lost in a new book. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t say a word to anyone, just put my towel down next to Judy and waved to Little Jimmy and walked over to the five-meter platform dive and started to climb. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On the platform I look round; I know no one among all the people hurrying to and fro. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd parts, and Cecil crashes against the striped skirt of his platform. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was also a locked equipment room in front of which sat my desk, on an elevated platform, with a microphone on top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There, too, jutting into the lagoon, was the platform, with insect-like figures moving near it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I ran toward the platform at the center of the lava lake. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I swiped myself in, and we walked along the platform. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When all the two hundred and fifty or so boys and girls were settled down in Assembly, the Trunchbull marched on to the platform. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She sees him off at the train station, standing on the platform in the chilly winter night, even though she has a cold. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z August leads me back through the men’s bunk cars until we’re standing on a small platform facing the back of a stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She even let her mother pick her platform: Beautifying America, because there was nothing controversial about cleaning up litter, nothing that would make the country uncomfortable. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There’s no welcoming committee on the platform, just a squad of eight Peacekeepers who direct us into the back of an armored truck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the morning she returned to her platform alone and spent the day in bed with her arms around the grain sack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In theory, I could climb down the ladder, leap over to the platform, and walk through the various cars until I reach the one in question. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So they rushed off with their belongings, and then hustled through the station until they found a new platform to catch a train to Kobe. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Once the mulefa began to build the platform for Mary, they worked quickly and well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She opened her handbag and stuffed the book into it, and followed Lane down the long platform toward the taxi stand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She wiggled into the dress she’d bought—short and black, paired with leather platform heels. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And though, over the years, his departures had become mundane, his father would always stand on the platform until the moment the train was out of sight. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Matty slipped into a group that had gathered and was standing nearest to the platform, a simple wooden structure like a stage that was used for many occasions when the people came together. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Bailey and Poppet take a more leisurely route, choosing platforms to climb at random, crawling up bits of white netting and maneuvering carefully through narrow passages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A former schoolteacher and librarian, she’d used her platform as First Lady to promote education and advocate for teachers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The wheels of the buggy spun as the woman seesawed it onto the platform. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a simple matter of walking straight through the apparently solid barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The young telkhines were at the platform now, too, snarling and waiting to see how their four elders would deal with me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The three hooves were gone from the platform. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z On the platform, she closed her eyes and put out her hands. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “No way the other two parties are gonna have that as their platform.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine—having someone suggest this to you. On a subway platform.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Carter, gavel in hand, walked to the center of the platform. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a black shoe with a two-inch platform nailed to the bottom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A few seconds later she appears on the platform at the end, swinging out from the handrail so that her skirt swirls around her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts Express will leave from King’s Cross station, platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o'clock. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At the centre there is a stationary, round platform around which the circles of horses, each taking the same time to complete a circuit, revolve. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The moment he died, the artifact deactivated and fell to the now-empty platform. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But then easing back in the platform rocker, she said, “I did.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He guides us through the crowded platform to the train to make sure we get on safely. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Elegant chairs of wire filigree sat on rotating platforms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "Catch it then, you idiots!" screamed The Grand High Witch from up on the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z And I remembered too that whenever white guests came upon the platform he placed his hand upon them as though exercising a powerful magic. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Night had fallen, and most of its windows were dark, but the platform to which our truck drove us was lighted, and there were people waiting for us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She saw the broken watch on the train platform, and he told her how mad he’d been, mad at his life, mad at the time that was running out on him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lining the walls, there are platforms made with poles, reed mats, and skins. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In shock, I threaded my way through the onlookers and climbed up on the platform. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At the far side, an attendant hauled open a heavy double door to let them through, onto the platform of a railway. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In time, such participation would become a platform for our own ideas and policies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning, the dead were carried out, and by night new prisoners were in their places on the platforms. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z No—he was falling toward her, because the platform beneath Mom’s chair gave a little jerk. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Next she covered the platform with a thick layer of thatching grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them carefully crawled forward to peer over the top of the platform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Lord Asriel had joined them, the train began to move, gliding smoothly away from the platform and into a tunnel, accelerating briskly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I ran for the middle of the platform, surprising the four elder sea demons so much they dropped the red-hot blade. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I wait for the disembarking passengers to disappear down the steps and then I sit on the only covered bench on the platform. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no conductor or policeman in sight, only an old lady with a walker slowly trudging toward the stairs and, at the far end of the platform, a sleeping bum in tattered sneakers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To someone standing on a platform watching it pass, the train would appear to be only eighty yards long and everything on it would be similarly compressed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But signs everywhere said not to step on the platform. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother temporarily gave up her hairpieces, a crimped false fringe and a rolled horsehair rat, platforms on which she daily constructed an elaborate mountain of her own hair. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He set up a small, hidden platform in a tree near a river where two of the attacks had taken place. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He paused for a moment and peered at the figure on the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z We sauntered down the platform, up the steps, through the ticket barrier, to the street entrance. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform of wood and brush and grass began to shift and collapse in upon itself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All the women, or rather the witches, were now sitting motionless in their chairs and staring as though hypnotised at somebody who had suddenly appeared on the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z At the far end of the platform, a conductor waved his arms over his head. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He turned then and walked back toward the platform with the sun in his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He stuck his blues harp in his pocket and followed the Beat Boys to the other end of the platform. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He went to the end of the platform, kicking aside the litter the cleaning robots hadn’t got to yet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Now he tells us!” said Emma, and we took off down the platform at a jog. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I hated holding them up, so I took a step toward the edge of the platform...13, The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had been thoughtful enough to arrange a small bench on the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A few other people were waiting on the platform, all of them white and lean, in short, flimsy clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Blood seeps across the platform, and I shudder, chillingly reminded of how Nan died, in a pool of blood just like this one. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge danced around the firing platform, pumping his fist in the air and yelling, “That’s what I’m talking about!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He stretched out his long arms and grasped the platform. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Fifty yards or so out on the calm water was a diving platform. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Vot's going on down there ?” shouted The Grand High Witch, glaring down from the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z In front of the wide, raised speaker’s platform were two nearly life-sized photographic blowups of Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She moved everything to the platform and began working on her ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hari was carried on a bamboo platform through the streets to the Ganges. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the super-huge, five-meter-high platform diving board, the tallest at Fair Park Swimming Pool, probably the highest in all of Little Rock. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve of the fire performers quietly enter the courtyard with small platforms that they set up along the perimeter like numbers on a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He fell empty-handed to the platform floor, and as the train pulled out, I looked through the window and gave him a big sarcastic wave. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Stamping her feet on the platform, unsettling clouds of settled station-filth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What looked like the oldest boy marched toward platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione turned and saw the gigantic outline of Hagrid at the other end of the platform, beckoning the terrified-looking new students forward for their traditional journey across the lake. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes Johnny went into one of his dances on the little platform that he pretended was a stage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the front of the room there was a raised platform with a balustrade in front of it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Martha stood up on a platform at the adding machine show, and answered the problems quicker than the calculators could operate. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It is an unseasonably warm October day, Indian summer, Mrs. Scatcherd calls it, and we are sweltering on the platform. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Higgledy-piggledy in the branches were wedged baskets of supplies, and on a corner of the platform, protected on two sides by branches, was Mother’s picture, weighted down with stones. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty-four-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ascended the platform to address the crowd, easing into his prepared remarks. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z We wait again on the platform while the train rumbles into the station. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They are seated in chairs on the platform at the top. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a platform to help educate people,” he said, low-key as always. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The wind on the platform rushes through my dress. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Crates of gear and mining equipment crowded the platform, making it a workshop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Ideology,” then, had provided Jefferson with a politically attractive pro-French platform, which had turned out to have enormous rhetorical advantages no matter how wrong it proved in reality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z All I can see is Uriah’s face when he hit the net after the Choosing Ceremony, the giddy smile he wore as Zeke and I pulled him onto the platform next to the net. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He pointed to the far end of the platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was not due to depart again until 9:15, so Poirot descended to the platform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I lie down on many a station platform; I stand before many a soup-kitchen; I squat on many a bench;—then at last the landscape becomes disturbing, mysterious, and familiar. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A vehicle was driving into the parking lot, a dusty truck with two goats tethered on the open loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Harry was used to getting onto platform nine and three-quarters by now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There’s a train, door open, at the platform and we run into it, finding an empty bench in the corner. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Stanton warned Anthony not to be “dazzled by the promise of a sudden acquisition of numbers to our platforms with the wide-spread influence of the Church behind them.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z With the plesios out of the way, Magdalys could see clearly what had been behind them: a platform floating just in front of the Red Hook pier. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My mind snaps back to the platform, and I submit to her order. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The interior was dark and leaky, with a mud floor like chocolate pudding, a cramped and filthy sleeping platform, and scraps of wet litter everywhere. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But the stewards, standing on an infield platform right above the finish line, had seen everything. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas glances at me before stepping off the platform— his face is grave, even guilty, but I know with a sinking feeling that he feels guilty only for throwing me to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Piggy stood above them on the platform, still holding the conch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Not a big, elaborate stage, just a concrete platform about the size of the wooden crates Cinder used to stand on in the store, a bronze plaque bolted to it that read, CINDER'S BLOCK. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I think I catch a flash of movement beneath the gallows, but before I can look again, I'm on the platform beside Helene. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yes. Bring the Abbot’s chair out of the place they call Cavern Hole. Have it set up for me on a platform by the gatehouse. I’ve got some judgments to deliver.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was being shown a bird’s-eye view of it at present, a bird’s-eye view from the platform of the Charing-T Tower. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Then someone else on the platform spoke up. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten people stood on the platform in chains. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The platform is full of hot sticky air, and I’m surprised that my train is air-conditioned. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After discarding the hoop, she places a small box in the center of the platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Just fancy how horrid!—and led her to the recitation platform, and made her stand there half an hour, holding the slate so everyone could see.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her how to find the platform before which the people would gather. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I looked at the masses of people on the train platform. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We stood on a platform with the module slowly rotating around us. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The Globe's stage was a raised platform some ten yards across and equally as deep. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Ultima had carried the three lightly but he had to strain to lift them up on the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Up on the speaker’s platform, we ministers and other officials of the Nation, entering from backstage, found ourselves chairs in the five or six rows behind the big chair reserved for Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He collapsed through the doorway on to the platform. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Well, there you are, boy. Platform nine — platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don’t seem to have built it yet, do they?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There were people thrice her size on the Trenton platform and she looked admiringly at one of them, a woman in a very short skirt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Miles of bunting draped dozens of platforms, where speakers, by virtue of their prestige as men of property or of exceptional eloquence, found themselves called upon to fan the wrath of the people. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten feet above ground, there’s a rope bridge stretching upward from one platform to another, higher platform, across the glade. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Very slowly, the young lady on the platform raised her hands to her face. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The Zapotec reconfigured the entire hill to build the city, slicing out terraces and platforms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When the doors of the railcar slid open and Seabiscuit’s head poked out, Smith was down on the platform waiting for him, standing in a sea of hostile reporters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And he needed a stable platform to get the job done. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The rock was flat, almost like a platform, and was overhung by a large fig with roots snaking down on either side. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She yawns and leans back flat on the platform with one arm tucked behind her head. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The commuters stared curiously at the owls as the family wove its way toward the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The doors slide open, and I step onto the platform of the Copley Square stop. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He stopped a passing guard, but didn’t dare mention platform nine and three-quarters. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Yet some-times she sat on a platform in plain sight of an audience and went sound asleep just as she had often done on the long road to the North. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform was crowded with uniformed young men and crying parents, clinging to one another, saying good-bye. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He paced the platforms for half an hour in a turmoil of indecision. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When the truck backed up to the platform I was pressing the cover on the last bucket—and there stood Kimbro above me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can save yourself the trouble, Barbarossa,” Prosper said, sitting on the edge of the platform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And then she said, “I think someone’s out there on the platform looking for you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A platform seat they could spread out on, tuck their legs under. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A wooden platform had been constructed along its back, and the ferryman stood at the front of this holding a long rod that dipped into the river. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “My platform is about climate change,” Miss Montana said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Probably it will only be my neck that gets broken. Hold on, Nell; I’m coming onto the platform. I want to get past you so you can go down ahead of me.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Under their sedation Tessie withdrew into an inner core of herself, a kind of viewing platform from which she could observe her anxiety. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The wind was blowing hard and the ladder up to the platform that held the housing would be thick with ice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the front of the room, a set of golden gazebos cluster to the left and right of the throne platform, each one covered with a canopy of flowers and garlands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Even as workers loaded the platform, it sank eight inches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The welcoming ceremony had taken place on the station platform. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I detached a strut from the MAV platform and dragged it over to the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were there too, weren’t you, Gene?” this new voice from the platform continued. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We all perched in rows on wooden benches while the teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Receiving Hall, Sophia marches Astrid up and down the long entryway from the door to the throne platform and back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She picked up my platform shoes and I got up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Thus attired he descended gingerly to the platform and began to pace its length. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said stop!” the voice bellowed again, and looking over my shoulder I saw a uniformed soldier standing on the platform, his knees bent in firing stance, rifle aimed at us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As he turns a corner, he encounters a raised platform with a statue-still occupant, but this one is different than the snow-covered woman he had seen before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Within minutes he’d made a springy platform, sheltered by the branches above. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Supplies were loaded onto trucks and flatbeds, and orders were called in for air compressors and movable work platforms. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She didn't look to me like a witch at all, but she couldn't possibly not be one, otherwise what on earth was she doing up there on the platform? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z When a Graham Avenue trolley came along, he swung up on to the platform suiting his rhythm to the car’s slowing down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a clanking of milk cans dropped to the platform. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Every day she spent as much time as possible constructing a platform in the lucky-bean branches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top, two engineers helped ease it down onto a wooden platform and secured it in place. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It smoldered and hissed—a thick smoke drifted over her platform—but it would burn slowly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At more than one station we've seen them beating Jews on the platform, cheered by onlookers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And then he turned away and went up the staircase, leaving Mia standing on the platform, holding the card in her fingertips. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Conversations on the platform, before the departure of a train, are apt to be somewhat repetitive in character. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph rose obediently, and Piggy, and they went to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In this camp, instead of having individual bunks in the endless rows of numbered barracks, eight prisoners had to crowd together at night on each of the eight-foot-wide three-tiered wooden platforms that lined the walls. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The chain was fastened to a rusty platform at the far end of the rooftop. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I knew what I needed to say because it was what I had been saying since I’d been given this unique platform. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The injured were being treated upon the raised platform by Madam Pomfrey and a group of helpers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The British had built their own hangman’s platform at the opposite end of the Commons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At the church where he would speak, Malcolm X was seated on the platform next to Mrs. Martin Luther King, to whom he leaned and whispered that he was “trying to help,” she told Jet. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Without missing a beat in his Senate duties, he’d have to build and maintain a coast-to-coast campaign operation, develop a policy platform, and also raise an astonishing amount of money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I climbed inside the capsule, the platform retracted and the hatch irised shut at my feet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The platform was crowded with black people, many of them fat, in short, flimsy clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her whole body is tense and still, skirt trailing to the floor of the platform. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Over the next two days the platform sank another eighth of an inch but no farther. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He catches my gaze for a second, and then he looks toward the rest of the patrol standing on the platform with us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared on the platform before them, his cigarette holder angled jauntily upward, the crowd roared its welcome. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the center was a huge platform with all sorts of machines, cauldrons, forges, and the largest anvil I’d ever seen—a block of iron the size of a house. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There is no one to greet Gogol on the platform when he gets off the train. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They had already gotten Edward Jones upon the platform of the gallows. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At once the njuzu shook themselves loose, rippled over the rim of the platform, and disappeared. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He simply willed himself to stand, to move his feet that felt weighted and clumsy, to go forward, up the steps and across the platform until he stood at her side. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Newspapers and magazines are piled in bundles along the platform wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Warders with automatic weapons stood on raised platforms watching us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As though he were serenading the rising sun, Jack went on blowing till the shelters were astir and the hunters crept to the platform and the littluns whimpered as now they so frequently did. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After a few minutes the platform is empty, as is the space the train had occupied. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Directly above, there was the hatch, and when it was opened there was access to a platform on the tower of the U-boat. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Nhamo got up and sat on the edge of her platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was actually only a wooden platform about a foot off the ground, across one end of the yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Words of desire and longing wrapping around her waist, flowing down the train of her gown as it spills over the platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a fence made to look like ornate wrought iron around the little platform yard, which was done up with synthetic turf scraps left over from the indoor soccer field in Billings. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Men working high in the sky on tiny platforms with no safety net to catch them. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z My mother sat in the front row of a skybox, looking a little stunned by how giant the platform for our lives had become. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t blame me. I didn’t charge down the platform like Shaka Zulu and his troops.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She grab his hand and pump it like she be getting water, then she shaking hands with the other folks on the platform. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To us, it was much more than a game or an entertainment platform. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Below, BaiMa was circling an empty platform next to one of the stone statues. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The arts provide a platform through which teachers can tap into a child’s creativity and humanity while teaching content material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Each corner of the triangle is rounded like a half-moon, with a platform inside. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z On top of his head was a little platform, and on it, Chucha placed a small cup of water. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Waiting by the White House entrance was a large, heavy wagon equipped with a platform and bed springs to absorb the jolts as the wagon drove to the train station. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “This one lies just above the transport spoke to the fifth airlift platform. It’s taking us to the Hangar.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Both the platform and the throng of people seemed to go on without end. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Peach Street is still my home; I can't keep thinking of it as a war zone, or a protest platform, or a deathbed. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They hurried to the field, climbed onto their platforms, and shooed away what few birds had settled in the corn. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Several people are walking along the subway platform down below. Now they’ve stopped.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I just smiled as her mother called from down the platform. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The man in charge of our wagon called out to a German officer strolling down the platform, asking him to have the sick woman moved to a hospital car. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In preparation, Mrs. Palmer had ordered a throne built on a raised platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “There is some very nice conditioner in this bag. Teen Dreamers, it’s time to represent. Your platform is Personal Arsenal. Miss Montana, Miss Ohio, Miss California. Are you ready?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He stepped closer to the edge of the platform, his arm in pitching motion. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I bought a travel card and went down to the platform. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z So I look down too, to see Mama wearing her leopard print platform stilettos that she bought for her fortieth birthday party at a small club in Bed-Stuy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There was a sort of platform near the ground with a cage on it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The platform leveled off at the window before a small, stone staircase. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He opened the door and came out on the platform. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In time, his left leg had shortened and he had to wear a special shoe with an enormous platform that he made himself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, SD-03 may have drawn a few curious looks from the squadron of elite Sixer avatars guarding the platform. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A solid stillness covered him, and Pinmei saw his legs meld into the stone platform. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was no furniture except for a wooden platform with a corn husk mattress on top. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Observers on higher platforms bustled up and down ladders. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z First came the three dogs, Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher, and then the pigs, who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z 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 "Go to blazes!" screamed the Trunchbull and she marched off the platform followed closely by the cook. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Rindlisbacher was typing the answers into a standardized form on a laptop attached to a metal platform extending from the Crown Vic’s center console. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Finny got up with a shrug and walked to the center of the floor, between us and the platform. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Bodies piled up in the streets, and sickboats moved through the canals, using long shovels and hooks to tumble corpses onto their platforms and haul them out to the Reaper’s Barge for burning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Oh. Sure. My platform’s called Don’t Even Think About It. I go into schools and I say, ‘Whatever bad thing it is you’re thinking of doing, don’t even think about it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Instead, the family emerged onto platform nine and three-quarters, which was obscured by thick white steam that was pouring from the scarlet Hogwarts Express. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They sail over us, zipping and dipping and spinning, their little compasses guiding them to the throne platform. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The shadow at the end of the platform heaved up and threw itself at the train. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t they been able to get onto platform nine and three-quarters? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Even if he could find his way back to the platform, no one would let him down, and he couldn’t jump two hundred feet to the ground. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Though at other moments, flickering in front of him, he sees the big kid from the entrance exams: his face gone bloodless atop the platform high above the dance hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On the platform, people moved away from him, wrinkling their noses. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The scaffolds also held work platforms for the masons made of mats of woven twigs. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z A moment before the lights went out, he turned away from the platform, disgusted with the scene, the kid Renault being pummeled by Janza. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What we have to do is come up with a new platform,” she is saying. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z They stepped in unison across the platform and lowered the man down onto a bench. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The benches lining the platform were gouged with knives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There are people in jackets and polished shoes with work bags slung over their shoulders all moving toward one platform to wait for the train. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They crossed a platform covered with powdery dry elephant dung, their feet kicking up puffs of dust as they advanced. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their fear draws the attention of the shamblers, and one of them jumps off the raised platform, right down into the seats. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Their truck stopped at an old wooden platform at what must have been the train station. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then the American athletes marched down the platform, past a looming black locomotive with swastikas emblazoned on its sides. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Kyle stayed on his direct trajectory to Flora and Ulysses, but within seconds, his hover ladder’s infrared collision sensors picked up the approach of Marjory’s platform. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin which stretched tight over her rather wide hips as Tom helped her to the platform in New York. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He needed to get across to the platform, but he didn’t have any money, and if he thought about it one second longer, he’d chicken out. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I climb the stairs to the wooden platform where Four pulled me to solid ground and grab the bar that the net is attached to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z About an hour later, the ice platform finally slowed down and stopped. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Heavy branches stretched out almost at right angles to the thick trunks and gave Nhamo the idea of making a platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On a college visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge the summer before senior year, Sasha met a fellow fan of the intricately plotted web comic Homestuck on a subway platform. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He trotted through the sand, enduring the sun's enmity, crossed the platform and found his scattered clothes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In addition to suffrage, Victoria Woodhull's political platform called for labor reform, nationalizing railroads, prison reform, and rewriting the tax code. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Breathing heavily, Caleb crawls to the side of the net and drops over the edge, hitting the platform hard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We together on a huge hall’s speaking platform, and that vast audience before us, miraculously manifested, as far as I was concerned, the incomprehensible power of Allah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Gestapo officers strolled down the length of the platform. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And anyway, he couldn't stay here all night in an empty shelter by the deserted platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I got on the train just before it started moving, and from my window seat, I watched Naomi standing alone on the platform until the train was out of sight. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He got off his platform and waved me into his house. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He jumped onto the platform, pushed the mini Barbarossa aside so that he nearly fell over, and bent over the lion. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He cannot tell what it is at first, there is no raised platform involved. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Two Soviets pulled a priest down the platform. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z On the end of the platform Piggy was lying flat, looking down into the brilliant water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Once he was on the platform Archie knew he could not refuse to go on, even when he heard about the tickets. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk over to the G train so I can hop on the L back into my part of Brooklyn, and I scroll through Instagram on my phone while I wait on the platform. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Standing on the platform in the midst of the crowd, high enough that they can be viewed clearly from all angles, are two figures, still as statues. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You have done well,” she said and placed the three bundles at the foot of the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He followed his grandfather’s hat and the Beat Boys down the steps to the main platform. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I turn my attention to the platform, where death awaits me in the form of a polished ax held by my best friend. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was her rope; there were the splintered ruins of her platform. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Their platform rested on the term baasskap, literally boss-ship, a freighted word that stood for white supremacy in all its harshness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk over to a corner of the studio where there’s a platform with one chair pulled up to it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Once we had that basic interoperable platform, then the killer applications— spreadsheets and word processing—drove its diffusion far and wide. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Then a group of twelve workmen brought in the furnace, piece by piece, from the Dalton basement and mounted it upon a giant wooden platform. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, readying my weapons, I ran forward, leaping from platform to platform, to confront the first of my adversaries. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z You know your life has grown pathetic when you’re thrilled to have a covered wooden platform to call your own, but there you are—we were thrilled. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The lowest step, where the stream collected before it tumbled down a hundred feet and disappeared into the rubbly desert, was a little platform of stone and sand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Their clothes were torn, and they were frightened; they came up the platform and stood near him, breathing hard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Chester hopped onto the rear platform of the last car and settled himself in a corner that would be out of the wind. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They heaved the fallen boy to the platform and let him be. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Great. Swell. Why don’t you tell us about your platform?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Yes, it was a great shock for Milton to discover his brother-in-law on the train platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Stone did not invite Anthony to sit on the platform, and she criticized the approach of the National. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The sun slanted in and lay golden over half the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Next they dug a deep trench four feet from the platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There we stood on the train platform amidst the chaos, me in my flowered nightgown and my brother in a baby blue summer coat that nearly touched the ground. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Along an unused railway spur, four workmen labored in the shadowy red heat, setting up a platform and steel launchers for the evening fireworks. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Another prodded Penny down off the platform with the butt of his spear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Standing on platforms, they were painting the webs and cords sage green. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Lily glanced toward her parents, who were looking around the platform with an air of wholehearted enjoyment, drinking in the scene. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Looking up, I saw two of the white trustees moving swiftly across the platform to where Barbee floundered upon Dr. Bledsoe's legs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When we finished, we were supposed to exit the platform—me first, Vonetta second, and Fern last. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Still clenching the knife in my teeth, I ease myself off the edge of the platform. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “But let us not waste time while the spirits grow stronger. Gabriel, I want you to erect a platform here.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He nodded at the trunk, which Bronwyn had set down on the platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She carried what appeared to be three bundles, and she stepped to the platform quickly. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the farm, the boys get to sleep in hammocks while the girls sleep all lined up like sardines on a rough wooden platform made of bamboo trees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Across from the elevated platform where Anderson was to stand as she sang was another platform for the film crews that would record the event. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Dude, I got this,” Michael always said, a joking reference to the impossibility of sprinting upstairs to the platform in time to catch the train. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The afternoon sun slanted in from the other side of the platform and most of the children, feeling too late the smart of sunburn, had put their clothes on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The platform was nearly empty as it was Sunday and she looked around for me until she spotted our car across the tracks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashima has been consuming this concoction throughout her pregnancy, a humble approximation of the snack sold for pennies on Calcutta sidewalks and on railway platforms throughout India, spilling from newspaper cones. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z People jostled him on their way to platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the stairwell, out of sight of the platform, Dutchy leans against a curved wall. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z By extending a low platform from one side, they created a stage for priests to perform ceremonies in full view of the public. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She stood alone on the platform for two straight days, shivering, waiting for her aunt to return. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z With my good hand, I grip the lip of the circle and climb to the first platform. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It was generally agreed, however, that a steel rod came up through the center of the platform at night and he strapped himself to it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, arms wide, I step off the platform. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Oscar, wearing the blue robe, is sitting reading, his feet propped up on the platform. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I see platforms crowded with people wearing drab Western clothes, with spots of bright colors: little children wearing pink and yellow, red and peach. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z An iron- collared male drove each machine, but an Amazon warrior stood on a platform in back, manning a giant mounted crossbow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had never noticed the grunge of the platform before, when he and Cool Papa snuck off to the city to meet up with the Bluesmen on double-shift nights. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I’ll get some water quickly and go back to the platform, she thought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Early on the morning of the second day he was home, he cut poles and used basswood twine to rope together two platforms, one on either side of the cornfield. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t know about it until we were already home, on the platform at the train station, and my mother said, “Your cousins can hardly wait to see you!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Across the top of the parapet a ramshackle wooden platform had appeared as if from nowhere. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His feet hover above the platform when they’re not resting on the pedals. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He wondered if he should get out his wand and start tapping the ticket inspector’s stand between platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Clouds of smoke billowed up through gaps in the platform, adding flavor as well as preserving the meat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then as the old man rested back with a smile, Dr. Bledsoe walked to the edge of the platform and lifted his arms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to plan all sorts of refinements: upper platforms to store food, a rope ladder, a barrier of thornbushes, a thatched roof to keep out rain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I collected my bags and stood on the platform of the Greenwood station. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z In June, Wilson wrote to Catt and told her that he would encourage the Democratic Party to include a suffrage endorsement in its platform. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They run, as carefully and as quickly as they can, until they reach the wide platform of a substation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They set it down upon the platform and I looked at the shape of the cheap gray coffin and all I could remember was the sound of his name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Carter advanced to the center of the platform where Obie held a cardboard carton. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Gran had arrived and was standing on a floating platform at the center of the fountain, water splashing just below her feet. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I looked out at the scene now from far back in my despair, seeing the platform and its actors as through a reversed telescope; small doll-like figures moving through some meaningless ritual. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunny and I practice in the platform shoes while Ma gets ready. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Stale air drifted from black openings at the ends of the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z You will bring your suitcases, of course, and your wool blanket to wrap yourself in, as we will be on the platform for at least an hour. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Sighing, I stretched out on the mattress I had left to air out on the platform and stared at the night sky, exposed in bits and pieces through the fluttering clotheslines. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And on the far side of the studio, three naked women, with thin red scarves veiling their bodies, are modeling on a platform surrounded by a group of students sketching. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She would rebuild her platforms and make a watertight shelter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And until recently, I was the First Lady of the United States of America—a job that’s not officially a job, but that nonetheless has given me a platform like nothing I could have imagined. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s windy on the little platform at the top of the wooden climbing tower. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I nod toward the end of the street, across the subway platform. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A blond lady sits in a leather chair on a platform with potted green plants and a coffee table complete with a coffee mug. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The last platform lifts directly across from mine. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then she hops off the train and disappears into the noisy sea of people on the platform. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z So I leave the steering wheel and climb through the hole in the top platform. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I sensed vaguely and with a flash of panic that the moment I walked out upon the platform and opened my mouth I'd be someone else. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The others made their way slowly down the platform, back to their cars. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Feeling overwhelmed for a moment, the doors closed while I was still standing on the platform. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On the station platform Rahel doubled over and screamed and screamed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The net result, added Mundie, was that “the industry created a global platform for a global workforce of people and computers.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He was up on the loading platform with some other colored men, all of them grinning big and waving to friends, white and colored. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’m past the shields that protect the surface level of Warcross and have dived into the sprawling, encrypted, anonymous underground world of virtual reality that has sprung up right under the Warcross platform. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jack told him the number, and within minutes he was on his sleeping platform. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Commander Jameson holds up a hand, then turns to her right while the soldiers drag me up to a platform. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It was freezing on the tiny platform; rain was driving down in icy sheets. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But instead the depot is all but deserted; only two figures sit on one of the benches on the platform, a man and a woman in black coats. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And far back, under a huge tent of silk and brocade and cloth of gold, shining with a weird, otherworldly light, was Ghohg, being rolled across the desert on a gilded platform. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Harry pushed his cart off down the platform in search of an empty seat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “The two of you,” the boy on the platform went on harshly for him, “started to climb up the tree together, was that it? And he’s just said he was on the ground!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Still in her fair finery, Grandma sat in the platform rocker, working out of her shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He crossed Main and continued walking slowly up Swede, Piper screaming after him from the end of the platform. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform floated up off the ground and drifted slightly to the right. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The man waited for her to see the last car pull away from the platform, the last hope that the story would end happily. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Not a man was allowed to sit on the platform, to speak or vote,” recalled one participant. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The witches were thinking of nothing except The Grand High Witch up there on the platform and her great plan for wiping out all the children of England. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Instantly the flames licked hungrily over the platform, turning it into an inferno. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z These he covered with plywood flooring, making a large, rectangular platform, roughly the size of his room at home. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was a privilege to praise the Lord on the platform, to lead the congregation in song. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He led them, a procession of six, to a table right next to a platform. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He climbed the metal steps to the train platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Just for the record,” said someone from the platform. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The bronze coffin was wheeled inside and placed upon a platform draped in thick dark red velvet, in front of the altar, and the coffin’s lid was reopened. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly there was quick movement on the platform, and Samuel’s father put both his hands on the boy’s head so that his palms cupped over the ears and his fingers met behind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The policy inboxes are overflowing since they released the official platform two days ago, and WASPy Hunter has been firing off emails like his life depends on it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Some platforms move with the weight; others seem strong and sturdy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His nails dug into Ammu’s hand as she walked along the platform. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They waved at him, but had no chance to speak to him because the mass of people around them was shunting them away along the platform. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I scoot backward across the platform and lean against the metal steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z With a piercing wail of agony the rat fell from the top of the platform. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I turn around and find that there’s a flash mob dancing on the platform. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I'm flat on my back beneath the very same platform where I was supposed to have died. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then going into the station house to see if he’d gone, and there helping a man lift a huge crate onto the weighing platform. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But he exhaled in surprise and stopped in his tracks as he saw Obie walk on the platform carrying the black box in his hands. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Out the window I can see Mrs. Scatcherd and Mr. Curran on the platform talking to two men in suits and ties and black fedoras, with several policemen behind them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But there were more people behind us on the platform, trying to push into the car, and a few of the soldiers who’d been ringing us had to break away to stop them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Everyone drapes themselves all over the platforms, but Simon and Nick scoot to the end of the stage, next to Abby. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We ran the antiremoval campaign on the slogan “Over Our Dead Bodies,” a motto often shouted from the platforms and echoed by the audience. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were in the tree,” the platform voice cut in. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the division was made twenty-two years ago, it was because our platform was too broad, because Mrs. Stanton was too radical,” Anthony said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z To his chagrin, Willey quickly recognized that the natural “knolls” were, in truth, human-made "temple-type platform mounds," evidence of a more materially advanced culture than he had imagined possible for the era. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I select her gold lamé sandals, which have a thick platform sole and an ankle strap. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z As usual, a special platform has been constructed at the bottom of the stage for the families of the dead tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead I walk away from the platform, away from Day. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When he stands on the platform, he leans and vomits over the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z German aircraft flew over dropping bombs; there were dead bodies lying on train station platforms. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Hand in hand they made their way down the crowded aisle toward the exit, peering out the windows at the people waiting on the platform. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Performers on multiple platforms juggle torches, spinning them high into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My father picked up a dry brush of yerba de la vivora and striking a match to it he used it as a torch to set fire to the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss pushed the envy away as he and Esperanza stood on the crowded platform at West Oakland station. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My eyes wandered again to the beautiful instrument on the platform by the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They were clapping and cheering almost every word spoken from the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I keep climbing, silently, until I reach the platform. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The boy on the platform peeks over the edge as if into a swirling abyss and shuts his eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But finally I have no idea what I would do if I bumped into her by accident, on the subway for instance, sitting across from me, or waiting on the platform reading the ads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Right from the start we had made it clear that we intended to use the trial not as a test of the law but as a platform for our beliefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon, while watching the show, I point out the platform shoes on Marcia's feet to Ma. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Soldiers blew on whistles and the crowd quieted as men began walking up the stairs onto a wooden platform in the square. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Under their chairs, a “jiggle-o-meter” on the platform measured how much each of them moved around. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The platform emptied as we walked by each other time after time. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Working feverishly, I made it, but since the paint required a few minutes to dry I picked up two finished buckets and started lugging them over to the loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The conductor yelled, “Chatham,” opened the door at the front of the car, and pushed the big set of steps down to the platform. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Ralph stood up and walked for the sake of dignity, though with his back pricking, to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The platform immediately rose, and he grabbed hold of the side rope to steady himself. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They laid a platform four feet square and loaded it with iron to a pressure of 2,750 pounds per square foot, twenty-two tons in all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z You can then turn around and offer that solution back to the Salesforce.com platform as a tool others might want to use—for free, or you can get a fee for your business process innovation. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z By pulling the horses towards each other, with strings tied to the platform on which they stood, the knights could be made to tilt. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As the car started up again, he stood on the back platform holding on to the bar while he leaned way out to wave to Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow stared, impressed in spite of himself, at the hundreds of full-sized creatures who circled on the platform of the carousel. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z This room is my church, and standing on this platform is my pillar. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She sat at her ease in the platform rocker, with her sewing basket at her feet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The boys ran to the very end of the platform and seemed to wait. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I crossed a muddy area covered with animal tracks and continued along a broad platform covered with spongy dried dung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The mayor is standing on the open- air platform, and as soon as we disembark we are herded in a ragtag line to a Grange Hall a block from the station. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Finally there was silence and seven of the men on the platform sat down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Once we decided to focus on service, Soojin made that the center of her platform. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z On the platform Roberto Vega wiped his forehead, pointed at the sister in tears. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Except somehow I end up sitting on one of the platforms, smushed in between two senior girls who have their arms around my shoulders. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z There was a big plastic number nine over one platform and a big plastic number ten over the one next to it, and in the middle, nothing at all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Atop these, on railcar wheels or “trucks,” they erected a “traveler,” a giant derrick consisting of three tall towers spanned at the top by a platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The epicenter of activity was a monstrously ugly concrete building, the Summit Information Center, with big windows, broad viewing platforms, and an exceedingly lively cafeteria. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts Express, a gleaming scarlet steam engine, was already there, clouds of steam billowing from it, through which the many Hogwarts students and parents on the platform appeared like dark ghosts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Both men swung round to the window, looking out at the long, lighted platform as it slid slowly past them. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Each room had the usual desks of battered oak, a platform and square teacher’s desk, one Seth Thomas clock and one picture. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By this time the last of the other assembled rats had made their way into a large meeting hall, where they sat facing the raised platform. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The motion shifted the wooden platform that the pulley was attached to, which in turn caused the ropes to move. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “No, we’re not accusing you,” a boy on the platform said evenly, and then I stood accused. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit with the Beauty and Fashion Ministers in chairs near the throne platform. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He waited till the platform was very still. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Du Barry re-created this entire set inside our home, complete with the gold cylinder where my platform will eventually come to rest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The treasure box, lying on a platform carried by four men, seemed to glow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z At the station he sees his father waiting on the darkened platform, wearing sneakers and corduroys, anxiousness in his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When these breezes reached the platform the palm fronds would whisper, so that spots of blurred sunlight slid over their bodies or moved like bright, winged things in the shade. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The great one who lived in the straight house like a platform without sides to it, and without a roof. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She made a gesture, and a bard was wheeled out on a platform. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Hunch against the wall with the others as the explosion rocks the platform and bits of mutt and human flesh shoot out of the pipe and shower us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He worked out every possible philosophic approach to the situation and came to the conclusion that he would have to build a platform at home and try it himself. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We swipe our way in to the platform. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Alongside the platform at Aleppo stood the train grandly designated in railway guides as the Taurus Express. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers corralled us in the middle of the platform to wait for the train. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z After two days of labor, workers and students were halfway through clearing off the top platform and the staircases leading to it; the layout of the structure was visible enough to map. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Above her was only the little trapdoor leading out onto the turret; she stood on the little narrow platform at the top and pressed against the trapdoor, but it would not move. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z As the audience on the platform listened in disbelief, a higher note came from the train as it approached, and a lower note emanated as it sped away. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Clayton stood on the train platform, surrounded by Train Ear and the three boys. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There were more dementors in here, casting their freezing aura over the place; they stood like faceless sentinels in the corners farthest from the high, raised platform. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The cold was bitter and though the platform itself was protected, heavy snow was falling outside. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaped to the platform and looked around smiling and saying, “well-well,” in a happy voice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the king ascends a gangplank of raw timbers that leads from the platform up to the top of the arch whose unjoined piers tower over crown and wharves and river. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The platform is full, but there’s no jostling. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z On the platform, a group of about twenty people in brightly colored skintight bodysuits materializes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The dungeon floor was composed of floating circular platforms arranged end to end in a long line that stretched out into the darkness ahead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The platform of this loft space is halfway up the slats—if you were suspicious and counted them, you would see more slats on the outside than on the inside. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z About ten members of the senior class sat on the platform; all of them were wearing their black graduation robes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they lifted him and ran toward the bus platform not far away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He quickly led the others to the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The police superintendent—a member of our congregation—is waiting on the platform in street clothes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He climbed onto the platform next to Sierra and paused to catch his breath. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Day 2 A problem in the deployment of the boom that supports the science scan platform. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stage was against the far side of the barn, and staggered across the enormous dance floor between it and the doors were four huge cages on raised platforms. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My picture of Mother and Momma embracing on the train platform has been darkly retained through the coating of the then embarrassment and the now maturity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform was twenty-eight paces long, and five and a half from wall to tracks’ edge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Poor dear—no wonder he was alone, I wondered. He was ever so polite when he asked how to get onto the platform.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z What was he doing out there on the dark train platform? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In front of the platform stood a pyramid of chocolates—the last fifty boxes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform would take days to build, though, and Nhamo needed a place right now. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock President Cleveland ascended the stairs to the speakers’ platform, erected outside at the east end of the Administration Building, and took his seat, the signal for the ceremony to begin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She moved to his seat, reveling in the warmth his body had left in its wake, and watched through the window as he walked along the platform. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The box, or, rather, the small pile of glass upon the platform that had once been a box, is empty. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He stood on the distended belly of the mule for a platform and made gestures. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Minutes later, we arrive at the belltower courtyard, where a platform has been erected for my beheading. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was still clutched tightly in his hand as he, Ron, and Hermione stepped back through the barrier of platform nine and three-quarters. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Each room had a single platform bed that looked particularly hard and unyielding. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We switch to the N train, which is waiting on the platform for passengers transferring. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The two of them grunted and groaned over the box, and finally got it up on a dolly, w'here they could push it to the weighing platform. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I see that Namontack’s brothers, the three little boys who greeted him when we arrived, are already asleep on the platforms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Immediately opposite the door, on a broad wooden shelf—a kind of platform—stood a wire-fronted hutch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Albright is sitting next to Taylor on one of the platforms, pointing at something in Taylor’s script. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z When we got down off the train, Grandma was there on the platform. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After the chairman announced the presentation from Beekman University, we took our seats on the platform behind the long table—Algernon in his cage between Burt and me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z People pushed their way toward the door and out on to a tiny, dark platform. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Then she walks over to me and squats down in front of my platform. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z On a scarlet- draped platform an orator of the Inner Party, a small lean man with disproportionately long arms and a large, bald skull over which a few lank locks straggled, was haranguing the crowd. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z One night soon after we arrived, I was working on the puzzle and Grandma was drowsing in her platform rocker. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached the platform above a fluttering patch of Hack. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I ran down a hall to another platform and took another train, then another, until I got to Penn Station. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He’s standing on the edge of the platform in the rain, the man from Saturday night, watching me as I go past. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared absentmindedly at a window washer on a platform dangling outside an apartment building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The man helps her carry down the stroller, and Ashima waits on the platform. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw Mr. Angus Tuttle out there on the platform now, but he didn’t see me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At once the platform was full of noise and excitement, scramblings, screams and laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Finally it was time, and I dashed out of the theater, up the stairs, and across the terminal to the platform, where I hopped on the train and found a seat. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I counted ten black tiles, and I knew the answer: seventy tiles on the platform. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He teaches in the one classroom with a platform so that he can stand above us and threaten us with his ash plant and peel his apple for all to see. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But eventually she dragged herself over the platform and pulled the ladder up for safety. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sand, trembling beneath the heat haze, concealed many figures in its miles of length; boys were making their way toward the platform through the hot, dumb sand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Someone on the platform exclaimed, “The one who moved first shook the other one’s balance!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the train tracks, they sat on the platform and waited. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z By the time she recovered, he was already on the platform, raging through her possessions. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise their clothes, especially their tights, platform shoes, and ratty hairstyles were as frenzied as they were filthy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She raced down the platform, looking for someone to stop the train. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Trashman searched the litter on the platform until he found a bottle cap. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A contortionist in a sparkling black costume twists on a platform nearby, bending her body into impossible shapes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Be my guest,” he said indicating the floor under the platform with an elegant sweep of his hand. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A train had recently plowed into the platform, after which the driver was discovered with his throat cut. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The bench-sleepers in the depot roused themselves and began to shuffle across the platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Jimmy and his grandpa stepped onto the wooden platform at the top. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z No sooner had he reached the platform, however, than my father stopped cold. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The train seemed to plunge downhill now, only to lunge to a stop that shot me out upon a platform feeling like something regurgitated from the belly of a frantic whale. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He led them to the corner of Main and Swede, to where the platform of the P & W trolley terminal hung high above the sidewalk. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Potter,” said Professor McGonagall, hurrying up to him, as students flooded the platform, jostling for position, receiving instructions, “Aren’t you supposed to be looking for something?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "We can build it just here between the bathing pool and the platform. Of course-" He broke off, frowning, thinking the thing out, unconsciously tugging at the stub of a nail with his teeth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He flipped power switches, slid the dish onto the microscope’s platform, and pointed to a small monitor attached to the microscope. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The only covered portion was the ticket counter, a little hut in the middle of an open-air platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Frowning, he walked to the edge of the platform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We stand on a platform ten feet above the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Brutus led her up the center aisle to the raised platform. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he positioned himself so he could see who was on one end of the platform and who was on the other. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The platform was teeming with people dressed for the World’s Fair, a riot of bright colors at odds with the surrounding cityscape. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Harry sat down next to the window where, half hidden, he could watch the red-haired family on the platform and hear what they were saying. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She shuffles to the platform edge and looks down, as if she's going to jump. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But today the platform teemed with hundreds of children, all of whom looked lost and forlorn. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The platform stood directly at the fifty-yard line close to the stands so that each kid would see everything and wouldn’t miss any of the action. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I duck beneath its bottom platform, lifted up from the ground by three large metal fins. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She was a little way above the platform, and a few feet off among the branches. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z After all, I had seen men dragged from their platforms on this very corner for saying less virulent things, and I had seen many crowds dispersed by policemen, with clubs or on horseback. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z So, while I waited for the custard to cool, I ran to the barn, backed the tractor and cart to the loading platform and lowered the tailgate. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Their stocky, heavily built bodies seemed to weigh down the stone platforms they sat upon; and the darkness of the night made their stiff, curly manes look like rows of carved blossoms. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They were on a platform drilling when the derrick began to tremble, as if a locomotive were rushing by. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I looked around the train platform, which was now in complete pandemonium. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He willingly walked from his “traveling” cage to the three-sided one on the platform that would carry him aloft. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Ralph hauled himself onto this platform, noted the coolness and shade, shut one eye, ana decided that the shadows on his body were really green. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I was also fortunate enough to find a management team whose interests were aligned with my own in using my platform to fight for justice and end bigotry. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When he makes it to the platform, his head still bobs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She pushed me into the car and started hitting me with my platform shoes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Through the window, I can see the platform's thick with cameras. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They put that bag over your head, and you stand on the little platform, and then the floor gives way beneath you. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her own bed was king-size, and a platform, so that wouldn’t do her any good, but in the spare bedroom, there was a smaller bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The city constructed a large pavilion in a park, and the casket lay on a platform decorated with flowers. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They left Piggy propped up on the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Outside, though it was not there before, is another raised platform, much like the one the contortionist stood on. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I ascended the narrow access ladder mounted between the adjacent rows of capsules, then stepped onto the short platform beneath the hatch to my unit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The platform was brilliantly lit again, like an operating table, but the stadium was almost empty, a few curious stragglers still hanging around. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was late, and trains were slow; he was all alone on the platform, only half awake, thinking, he said, of her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I hold his shoulders, like Dylan wants me to do when he’s panicking, but Arthur shakes me off and looks around the platform. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Yes, Monsieur. I got down on to the platform as usual and stood by the step up into the train. The other conductors did the same.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I will need your help to build a platform of some kind so I can sleep safely. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In one gruesome chapter, he had been standing on a subway platform, reincarnated as St. James, the Less, who was martyred by the Jews. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When she finished talking, people began to clap, and then they stood and cheered, and came up to the platform to shake hands with her, to give her money. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Leader stood on the platform, read the petition in his strong, clear voice, and opened the meeting to debate. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z There's a man in a business suit pacing the platform. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At her feet on the wooden platform was a small metal buckle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, the door of the train station was hurriedly pushed open onto the platform as a group of six people, winded and obviously running late, surged out. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z You pass a fire-eater elevated on a striped platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes on the steps that led up to the platform. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The winner sits in a place of honor on the platform, surrounded by their support crew. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A tall man wearing black robes and a long wig sat at a table that was raised on a platform. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing here on the platform was not a reasonable course of action. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z At the same instant, two trains thundered in, one on either side of the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At that hour of the morning there was not a soul on the wooden platform, its roof eaten away by inclement weather and ants. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I was off across the platform like a streak of lightning! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z With his hands behind his back, as though contemplating this answer, he made his way toward the jurors’ platform, where he stopped and turned to face the accused man, nodding at him slowly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The platform beneath Mom’s chair jerked again and began sliding away from the witness box, out toward the front of the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs they reach a black platform, where everything is endlessly dark save for a circus worker in a white suit who is guiding patrons inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He carried Screamer to the hack board, a food platform on stilts. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Probably a million trains have gone back and forth on that platform since then. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Ah yes, all day, every day,” he sang out, then pirouetted gracefully around the platform. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z To my right, beyond the platforms’ edge, there was nothing—just an endless, empty black void. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I made my way back to the elevator and up to the landing platform without incident. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Finally, the ground crew would lift each loaded aircraft onto the platform. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As I stood with her on the platform—she impatient, tapping her foot, leaning forward to look down the tracks—it seemed more than I could bear to see her go. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z With wire he securely tied some rafters across the top of the posts then we put the juniper branch roof on the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To his right, another platform lowered from the ceiling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He walked over to the edge of the entrance platform and, without warning, he leaped over the guard posts. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z With Rosemont in the race, no one had any reason to believe that the horse Tom Smith was leading down the platform would be anything more than an also-ran. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls him over to a hidden turn that reveals the edge of the platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then Marian was led to her seat on the green-carpeted platform of the Memorial by New York congresswoman Caroline O’Day and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The platform was deserted, and a gentle rain drifted onto the tracks. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The Stubbses meant to be on the platform to talk Junior out of it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As he sat in his plush seat, looking out through the green-tinted window of the Pullman coach, Joe could not quite believe the hubbub now spilling from the lobby out onto the platform. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That explained why he was nearly the only person standing on the platform. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z That way Salesforce.com basically uses its customers and partners to grow its platform and embed itself into more and more businesses. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The fertilizer, in fifty-pound bags, was kept in a shed behind the store, next to a loading platform. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They come to the station to see him off, standing on the platform in the cold, his diminished family, straining but failing to see Gogol, who waves at them through the tinted glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the front platform, back of the motorman. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Just a long, poor-lighted platform with loud furious altercations in Arabic going on somewhere. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z A dark lump lay on a platform sticking out of the far wall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was tall and handsome, charismatic, and, in Elizabeth’s words, “the most eloquent and impassioned orator on the anti-slavery platform.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I was carried on to the platform with my arms and legs held tight by many hands, and I lay there suspended in the air, facing the ceiling. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He sat down on the edge of the wooden platform and pulled out a filthy handkerchief. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached the platform and saw that the painting was safe, he stopped to rest. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z "With the conch. I'm calling a meeting even if we have to go on into the dark. Down on the platform. When I blow it. Now." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He stood awkwardly on the platform for a minute or two, then dismissed the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Piggy and Ralph came to the edge of the grassy platform; and the boys, as they noticed them, fell silent one by one till only the boy next to Jack was talking. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He turned and headed back to the train platform without saying good-bye. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z At that same moment, many of our friends, relatives, and colleagues were finding their seats on the platform outside. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The royal party, myself among them, gather on a platform of new timbers beside the unfinished Arch of the River Gate. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers from an infantry battalion lie along the platform, all of them asleep, as though some enchantress has cast a spell over them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Carter withdrew to the far side of the platform. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry yelled, seeing a gigantic silhouette at the far end of the platform. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Unlike the man on the observation platform, they didn’t hesitate. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Back on the platform, they found Lily and Hugo, Rose’s younger brother, having an animated discussion about which House they would be sorted into when they finally went to Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The girls were rolling all over the platform in spasms of laughter while Josh croaked and flapped. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Climbing, coming very slowly, he had almost reached the narrow platform. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z From his expression, or lack of it, he might have been killing time on a railway platform reading a billboard advertisement for Dr. Scholl’s foot pads. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I crawl across the second platform and kneel beside an opening in the bars. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He and his manager found an out-of-the-way spot on one side of the platform as the roadies and producers got things rolling. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The real danger, then, wasn’t the figures on the platform, but the shadows that lay between and beyond them; the darkness at the margins. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We sat in the front row of the benches where eight or ten others were sitting, smirking uneasily at the students on the platform. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The shorter one walked to the speaker’s platform, and the tall one moved over to the center seat and sat down. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Smith brings the men to the fort, where two of our cannons sit perched on an artillery platform. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She cannot recall telling Mr. A. H— which train it was she would be taking, but he has deposited her on the proper platform nonetheless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Once Brinker turned to me and said, “Go back to the Assembly Room and see if there’s any kind of blanket on the platform.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the cool moonlight slide along the platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re standing on the raised platform outside Batalla Hall with his entire patrol facing the crowd in front of us, while another of Commander Jameson’s patrols is pushing people back with shields and batons. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There were no shadows under the palms on the platform; only this strange light that seemed to come from everywhere at once. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Well behind the gangway, and oddly out of sight of the coxswains, the starter stood on a platform constructed atop the superstructure of a flat-bottomed boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The doors shut right in front of him, and Sergio was alone on the platform with what, he then realized, must be a plainclothes officer. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z When they reached the top Robin fell in a heap onto the platform with every bit of strength gone from his legs and arms. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Are you all right?” the woman asks as he runs up to the platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His twisted foot stumbled against Mother’s jar, and he fell with a shriek over the edge of the platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no cameras on the platform, no crowd to send us on our way. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They came up, hand in hand, from the other side of the Wabash tracks and scrambled aboard the open platform at the back of the parlor car. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A choir of priestesses stepped off the platform. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It slowed to a stop beside the wood platform in front of the theater, constructed especially to assist carriage riders in getting out of their vehicles and avoiding the muddy street. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of its scientific instruments are on a scan platform, which tracks Jupiter or one of its moons as the spacecraft hurtles past. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It dominated all, the pulpit: a wooden platform raised above the congregation, with a high stand in the center for the Bible, before which the preacher stood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z My mother walked slowly down the rampway, through the baggage platform, looking nervously from side to side. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The other men from the platform had gone elsewhere, but the old shaking man was still with them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Mam says, Thank you very much, and laughs when he leads us to the end of the platform where we have to climb a ladder to the signal tower. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then, from the far end of the platform, he heard a sound of running; and, looking up, he saw two colored boys come running down the steps. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The forebear stopped on an elevated platform right in the middle of the mountain floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He leaves her on the platform, and when she turns after him to see which way he went, the grey suit is nowhere to be found amongst the crowd. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Red wooden train cars lined the platform, stretching in links as far as the eye could see. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The attendant swung the gate aside, and for the first time in my life I stepped onto the wooden-plank platform of the lift. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z About ten feet above the ground was a tree house platform with low sides. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Crowds of people stood in the street watching the lone man on his platform. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A tuna tower is the tall aluminum platform that sits above the cockpit on a deep-sea charter boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As the train rumbled to a halt, I followed the other passengers onto the platform. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Directly opposite the elevator an open arch led into what looked like a still larger room—seemingly some kind of an assembly hall, for it had a raised platform at one end. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She stepped off the train and he followed her, and when the doors closed they stood frozen on the platform for a moment. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A few men were walking up the stairs to the platform. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z After about one hundred yards, she reached a small concrete platform. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He seemed placid to me on the platform, but something about that stillness makes me wary now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Standing on the station platform, we too were crying. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Without hesitating, Werner steps to the edge of the platform and shuts his eyes and jumps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He undoes the robe, hangs it on a hook, walks naked to the platform, jumps the step, almost falls, then makes some joke that causes everyone to laugh. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z All about us as we stand jammed on our platform lie the faces of the people of the city, upturned like a shoal of brown, round pebbles, mica-glittering with thousands of watching eyes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Rubbing my eyes, I stepped away from the brink of the platform as the train raced by. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The platform they were on had totally separated from the wall of the witness box now, sliding closer and closer to the front of the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I sat in the front row, facing a low platform that served as the stage. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Milton’s throat went dry; a spasm of anxiety known to all Depression babies gripped his body; and in the next second he was jumping out of the car again, running back to the platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Farmer knew that liberation theology would be part of the platform of change. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Even the young ones were present; she spotted Isabella, staring up at the platform with wide, round eyes. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was too dark on the platform to make out where the tunnel began. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The team would nab farebeaters one by one, handcuff them, and leave them standing, in a daisy chain, on the platform until they had a “full catch.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Toward the rear I could see two men unloading heavy buckets from a truck, stacking them neatly on a low loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s exactly what he was doing now, crossing to the center of the platform as Carter went down to meet Archie. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped to the edge of the platform, held his arm out to the track. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They were going straight back to the platform now. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He called the men down from the work platforms and sent them to the safety of their cars. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z But he broke off as Kingsley had stepped forward on the raised platform to address those who had remained behind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It’s a big room with a lot of chairs and tables and a little platform. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The four Masks march me up the platform stairs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was a mere platform of boards, covered with damp and dirty rushes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We get to the station, swipe our way through, and I stand at the yellow edge of the platform to see if the L train is approaching. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Holmes instructed him to take the long box to the Union Depot and told him where on the platform to place it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She stands there watching until the rear car disappears into the tunnel, until she and Gogol are the only people remaining on the platform. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jon's brothers and sisters had been seated with the royal children, beneath the raised platform where Lord and Lady Stark hosted the king and queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The boy himself came forward, vaulted on to the platform with his cloak flying, and peered into what to him was almost complete darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Their eyes swept across the platform, then to the group of two standing under the eave. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I realized that the bloggers’ interest in my dress gave me a platform to talk about the plight of refugees. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I walked to the edge of the platform and looked down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I came to the edge of the platform. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Over her shoulder, I see Cal sitting on a platform, writing something in the margin of his script. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She raised it high in the air and brought it down with a crash right on the top of the wretched Bruce Bogtrotter's head and pieces flew all over the platform. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The train across the platform doesn’t move either. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She leaped off the chariot platform and dashed toward the plastic container. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The Grand High Witch stood on the very centre of the platform, and those dangerous eyes of hers travelled slowly around the audience of witches who were sitting so meekly before her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z But if you take a few steps in any direction, until you reach the edge of the stationary platform, then the relative position of the horses will appear to change all the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On lower levels, there are large poles driven through multiple platforms, though Bailey cannot tell if they reach all the way to the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On the station platform I walk as close to the railings as I can, my fingers trailing against the iron fence, just in case I need to hold on tight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As we head to the platform, I grip my wrist like someone has cut me with a knife. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z And wasn't his favorite spiritual "Live-a-Humble"? And in the chapel on Sunday evenings upon the platform, hadn't he always taught us to live content in our place in a thousand unambiguous words? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Amah led a large iron pot, rolled in on a rough wood platform by two of Da-A-Fu’s uncles, in front of the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I saw her from the window and sent Auggie out. He got down on his belly on the platform and scooped her up.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Over the carcass of the horse, they built a platform of hewn logs; trunks of smaller trees and limbs from the greater, and the thickest straightest branches they could find. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He worked his way onto the small platform and avoiding the cranking, spinning blades he grabbed the loose wire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Without talking we cleared snow from a corner of the platform and got our gear settled. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When it was activated, I could run at top speed in any direction and never reach the edge of the platform. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mayor Axelrod got up with a megaphone on the platform at the front and started calling out the winners, starting with the novice classes. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They all seemed to want to sit as far back from the platform as possible. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z We piled branches beneath the platform and kept it burning. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a kind of sigh on the platform as if everyone knew what was coming. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Cora remembered seeing a broom in a corner of the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Carriage doors open and a few men with suitcases step to the platform and hurry toward the gate. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Directly across the platform, the downtown train pulls in at the same time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Lewald’s voice echoed in the background as the announcer labored to fill the air, describing the uniforms of various teams, the platform on which the speakers stood, the Hindenburg circling overhead like a near moon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I can see him outside my window in his white wingtips, talking to farmers on the platform. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The High Priestess walked onto the stone platform and raised her hands above her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We were taking on a huge issue, but now I had the benefit of operating from a huge platform. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I just take the train from platform nine and three-quarters at eleven o’clock,” he read. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Archie, walking toward the platform for a close view of the proceedings, sucked in his breath, as if he were sipping this sweetest of all events. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aye, there is,” agreed the ticket seller, as cryptic as the platform posters. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Performers standing stock-still with elaborate costumes and painted skin on platforms set up in precarious spaces between tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Harry thought this was strangely kind until Uncle Vernon stopped dead, facing the platforms with a nasty grin on his face. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She would stand up on the platform in front of the big crowds of people. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A man with hair as slick as a pregreased cake pan pushed an enormous flour barrel on a wheeled platform to fill the smaller containers at each station. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Far off at the other end of the platform, he saw the navy blue of an officer’s uniform. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z If there are floating rocks, I’d push them together to create a bigger platform. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he sat down on the ruined platform and closed his eyes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The Earth is our moving platform from which we observe the motion of the other planets against the backdrop of distant constellations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Up on the stage, a raised platform slid out, along with two large wooden structures. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She scrambled up onto the platform, clapping her hands over her head, Dr. Fanning lunging at but missing her as she escaped onto center stage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The four posts which had held the platform continued to burn like torches, one for each of the directions of the wind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We meet near the square and help Papa to the train platform down the street. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He knew he cut a fine figure there on the platform with his open shirt collar, his cigarette holder, and his close-cropped, gray-tipped curly black hair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The main room of the lodge where we stayed was furnished with wooden bunk platforms for some thirty people. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They flattened themselves on the platform and endured the deafening sound. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z There are three rows of chairs on built-in platforms that edge around the sides of the classroom in a split hexagon shape. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z At last they reached the bottom and made their way to an empty area under a platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He strolled through the ruined props, platforms, and special effects. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I paused on the platform and took in gulps of cool air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The crowd cries out as she nears the platform edge again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When we neared the bottom, the lift slowed, jerked a few times, and then settled level with a rock platform. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Standing on the platform, waiting for the train, I feel dizzy. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a wide platform in front of the store, and at one end of it steps went up to it out of the sand. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with both taxi-drivers helping them through the gate and over the brass rails onto the rear observation platform, they barely made it. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z She pulled open the train door and leapt onto the platform, which seemed to be sliding underneath them as the train gathered momentum. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The railroad had taken that sassafras down some years earlier to make room for a bigger depot platform. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The tricky part was getting onto platform nine and three-quarters, which wasn’t visible to the Muggle eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I stare at Hana’s poster of two track runners from the Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, with their fists raised on the winners’ platform. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z On the platform, I found a spot to stand away from the crowds. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The smaller of them was carrying two plastic bags filled to bursting; the other was hauling the goats off the loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They spend a few weekends taking the shuttle bus to Ikea and filling up the rooms: imitation Noguchi lamps, a black sectional sofa, kilim and flokati carpets, a blond wood platform bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There were four ramps leading off the platform, and before I could dash in any direction, each of them had covered an exit. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Above me is a platform, just below the center of the wheel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Finally, clinging to the black, oily surface of the observation platform at the back of the crusher, he dragged himself clear and managed to stand up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I want to say more, but at that instant, shots ring out from both the roofs and the platform. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I stretch the black roses from the pots behind the throne platform. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At last it seems that I am finding a platform for my philosophy, etc. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The shock of a horse’s charge, its maneuverability, the speed of attack that it permitted, and the raised and protected fighting platform that it provided left foot soldiers nearly helpless in the open. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When we arrive at the restaurant, Harold & Fay, Saint Sarah is waiting by the doors, wearing a flowery summer dress with high platform sandals. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Both girls lay back on the platform, shrieking with laughter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lane Coutell, in a Burberry raincoat that apparently had a wool liner buttoned into it, was one of the six or seven boys out on the open platform. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It was utterly bare: a platform of tumbled rocks with not a blade of grass to be seen, no tree, no bush, nor any moss or lichen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He picked his way to the seaward edge of the platform and stood looking down into the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His left hand patted around the air searching for something: a shot of whiskey, his pipe, a whip, a shotgun, the Democratic platform, his heart—Vera Louise never knew. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The speech had been proceeding for perhaps twenty minutes when a mes-senger hurried onto the platform and a scrap of paper was slipped into the speaker’s hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Those two other girls tagged along as we went to the back of the house where we all sat down on the platform surrounding the pump. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman stands on the platform in a very fitted costume covered in black-and-silver swirls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then they walked up and down the platform, as they had done on almost a dozen other occasions, and waited for something to happen. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The rails below the platform shine dully as they bounce beneath the weight. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had no rope, no string, and yet he had to have a way to hold the logs in a flat platform to keep them solid enough to carry Derek and him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Joseph crouched on a small platform on the back of the vehicle while struggling to keep his arm looped through a metal handle. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Like a shot he disappeared down a set of stairs on the other side of the platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We’re back on platform nine and three-quarters and time has ticked on mercilessly. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z They stop on the far side, where the path swings close enough to jump onto one of the lower platforms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Fadi stood on the platform and peered down at the tracks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Inside the overcrowded barracks, starving prisoners lay crammed together on the platforms, their eyes glazed over, their emaciated bodies barely able to move. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z An attendant hauled open the doors leading off the platform, and instantly the noise redoubled and the heat swept over them like a breaking wave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A scrolling LED screen hung above the platform: time to next train: z minutes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Outside the train, admirers mobbed the platforms to watch him go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were led to a landing platform and put into a limo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When his party was about ten yards from the platform he shouted an order and they halted, gasping, sweating, swaying in the fierce light. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Scipio jumped on to the platform and leaped on to the lion’s back... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I run along the platform and down the stairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He shaved, and sprayed deodorant under his arms, while a zoo guide on a raised platform outside explained what Billy was doing—and why. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, after quite a few “format wars” among the big companies, by the late 1990s the Internet computing platform became seamlessly integrated. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “You will now stand on the platform till recess,” said Mr. Davis, resolved to do the thing thoroughly, since he had begun. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Two teenage boys sat on the platform beneath them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s on a raised platform, in front of a window. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The flames whirled and writhed, racing each other up the platform. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Right. So, Miss Michigan, can you tell us about your platform? Please. I mean, if you’re okay with that.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was out to set a new record for being on skates on a platform. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On the top of the wooden platform was a metal shack with three walls, open on the fourth side. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a high platform in the middle of the Dispensary with a counter circling it chest-high. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As I followed Frankie up to the elevated platform, I promised myself that I would pay him back someday. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was a place of gray-hued and bleak simplicity—a cramped gallery, a bench for the judge, a witness stand, a plywood platform for the jurors, and scuffed tables for the defendant and his prosecutor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I shut the door and hopped up to the platform to wait for the train. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Five thousand yellow chairs stood on the red-carpeted speaker’s platform, and in these chairs sat businessmen dressed in black, and foreign commissioners and clerics in scarlet, purple, green, and gold. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He stood on the platform, burdened with his suitcases and gifts, and watched the train roll in on the station tracks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Canvas stripes unfurl around them, uncoiled ropes snapping taut and platforms assembling themselves amongst carefully draped curtains. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She pushed the platform to the ceiling and into a pathway that snaked its way upward into a round opening in one of the crystal spires. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The third level of the platform was woven of branches no thicker than a finger, and covered with dry leaves and twigs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Now, he huddled in the seat, looking down at the platform, listening to Carter explaining the rules of the crazy fight. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The karate boys had run off the platform while the crowd still cheered. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Meekly she came along the platform and pressed herself against the hard stone wall while Luke moved cautiously past her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I dragged the branches to where my father worked on the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the attendants was washing the sea-lion manure off the middle platform of the pool, and at least he was able to do that with a certain degree of proficiency. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The twins fell apart; holding hands, they screamed, “Mama!” and ran across the platform. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But with his laugh, both adult lions shook themselves from their platforms. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A second later, he was rocking back and forth on the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But we live on a moving platform, the Earth, which every six months has progressed from one end of its orbit to the other, a distance of 300,000,000 kilometers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside teahouses, on carpet-covered wooden platforms, men drank tea and smoked tobacco from hookahs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Why had he chosen to step off the platform and fall beneath the train? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “With a few more planks, I can make a sturdy platform.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of platforms filled the interior, some supporting no more than a few flower beds, others holding huge ferns and bushes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She found the bag in the top of her dress and flung it over the side of the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then we came out of the tunnel and onto the platform, and I understood why: we were no longer in the nineteenth century, nor even the twentieth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I’m sitting with my back to the platform, so I don’t really see how it starts. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I think of the little girl, Holly, standing on the platform. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I thought surely it was going to hop right out on the depot platform. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra smiled, ignoring Izzy and Jerome’s glares as they watched from the platform. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Standing on the platform was the man who had once been engaged to my mother and who, at my father’s hands, had had her stolen away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Kyle gripped the handles as the platform rose higher and higher. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The fire by the platform appeared to be out, or at least making no smoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Place the bundles on the platform and set fire to it,” she commanded and stepped back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared absentmindedly at a window washer on a platform dangling outside an apartment building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z On the other side of the curtain was a closed coffin displayed on a polished wood platform. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She built small platforms higher up in the trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow her outside and sit on the metal platform watching as she recedes into the distance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Grandpa’s boxcar stopped right where it was supposed to at the platform, and Mr. Tuttle helped Loomis open the big door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The strange man was walking briskly down the platform and up a flight of steps. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran back to the edge of the platform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Val stood on the platform as still as if she had been carved of salt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We crossed the clearing, heaved our packs onto the platform, and in the same instant discovered that there were two people there already—a man and a boy of about fourteen. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They built a pyramid of leaves and twigs, branches and togs, on the bare sand by the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The platform under me rises just above the crowd. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A rope runs up to the platform, around a pulley, and back down. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He wearily dropped the wing on the platform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A truck with an elevator platform lifted workmen to the top of the stack. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Amah led a large iron pot, rolled in on a rough wood platform by two of Da-A-Fu’s uncles, in front of the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Ralph trotted down the pale beach and jumped on to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Milton hurried along the platform, the tassels on his loafers bouncing, the tiny feather in his hat rippling in the cold wind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The crewmen were all over the bridge, hanging work platforms and blasting rust. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Jamison called for volunteers, and people of all ages rushed to their places on either side of the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At the next platform, my head has cleared and the reality of what’s happened hits me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Now place it here on the platform,” he said. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Bailey almost thinks it is a statue, dressed in a white gown edged in matching fur that cascades beyond the platform to the ground. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I follow the crowd and move to the platform for the train that goes to New York. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Hammered the stage where the night riders performed their grotesque pageants and the wheeled platform that delivered the doomed men and women to the air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The porter was on the platform looking for me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Out on the platform a street musician played a teary Slavic melody on an accordion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then they broke out into the sunlight and for a while they were busy finding and devouring rood as they moved down the scar toward the platform and the meeting. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “What are these for?” she asked, pointing to the wheeled platforms under the scarecrows’ posts. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We glide through a maze of tunnels that opens out onto a platform. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Creatures moved around the platform—several strange, dark shapes, but they were too far away to make out details. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She carried it to a gingerbread platform near the top of Molly’s Victorian house. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A woman lost her foot when a surging crowd knocked her from a train platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z 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 He jumped off the palm terrace into the sand and his trousers fell about his ankles; he stepped out. of them and trotted to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z All I had to do was to press my front paws on to a tiny wooden platform and hey presto, a spring would stretch and a weight would drop and the door would swing open. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “You and Brit stepped up to the carousel, and this funny look came over your face like you were flabbergasted. Then you just fell over forward. Your head hit the edge of the platform.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z When the plane returned from its mission, it would land in the mud, get pushed back to the platform, and the whole process would begin again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In a moment Maniac and Mars Bar were on the platform, gasping and following Piper’s pointing finger down the tracks. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew it was a powerful platform, and I wanted to tell my story. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When I get back to my room, the train is pausing at a platform to refuel. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Men and women are standing on narrow platforms, scraping the sides, working without safety straps or helmets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At the back of the float was a throne, though it was only the platform rocker from Grandma’s front room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z High up, across the glade, are platforms, nearly hidden by branches and leaves. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It would be we on the platform who looked weirdly compressed and slowed down. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I had been a fair debater at Fort Hare, and in my early years in the organization I had engaged in many impassioned debates on the platform. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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