| 单词 | balcony |
| 例句 | On the balcony of the boathouse next door, Al Ulbrickson saw the Husky Clipper coming down the outside lane alongside the British boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Here, on this clean balcony, white and impersonal with centuries of sun, I think of half-past four at Manderley, and the table drawn before the library fire. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard Constantin sigh and come in from the balcony. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Here were temples too, where sailors came to sacrifice to foreign gods, cheek by jowl with pillow houses where women called down from balconies to meri below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the two men took the stairs to the second-floor balcony. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The balconies of the old buildings hung over my head like dark branches in an allegorical forest of evil. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They peered out from balconies, or from beneath archways between houses, or from meticulously landscaped parks that opened onto the white stone boulevard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The balcony, it seemed, hung out over the side of the palace. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Especially since we have a second-floor apartment and a balcony with big railings that he could fall through. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The window was open onto the balcony and the sunlight was bright in the room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "Would you please take me out on to my balcony so I can look down," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z All around Helmuth, boys and girls cheer, too, rocking the balcony with their stamping of feet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The upstairs balcony, where Mrs. Kahn would go every Saturday morning to beat the small sheepskin rugs they had in their bedroom? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Despite my protests about the risks involved in sitting together on a balcony in a crowded section of Johannesburg, Helmut insisted we have our lunch of tuna fish sandwiches and tossed salad there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They shout insults at her from their windows and balconies, hiding behind the boughs of acacia trees. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When the credits started rolling, I stood, glancing up at the balcony. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z They can’t tear their overlarge eyes away, even when President Snow begins to speak from his balcony, welcoming us all to the Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Water spattered all over the floor as Ilya crashed through the low wall of the balcony, a club stretched out in front of him as he soared through the air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The twelve-foot-wide balcony was lined with evenly spaced massive wooden doors that opened up into the ten Dewey decimal rooms. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Whitewashed stucco walls lined with balconies rose three storeys high. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I would speak to the crowd from the balcony of that building, which overlooked the entire area. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That night a bat flew into the room through the open door that led onto the balcony and through which we watched the night over the roofs of the town. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “And there are ten doors ringed around the balcony up here on the second floor, just like on the game board.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Thunder and heavy rain filled the air, punctuated by inhuman shrieks emanating from a recording of a grisly French melodrama being played for a French class on a nearby balcony. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As a little girl, I’d played all over the building—even up in the balcony and in the choir loft. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After dinner, they moved to the balcony for liqueurs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Once in his apartment, he pulled off his shoes and staggered on to the balcony to feed his tortoises. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Before she can respond, a caw echoes through the theater from the raven still perched on the balcony, watching the scene in front of him curiously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This room had a glass door that led to a balcony. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the balcony. They didn’t see me. I watched from the balcony. Aunty, when Hank comes tonight tell him I’m . . . indisposed.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was three stories high, of mortar and stone, with long metal balconies on each floor and chimneys at every corner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The shifting light in my bedroom starts to reflect from the pool outside my balcony, and the glow startles me back into reality. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The only thing in this balcony is a gauzy hammock, a light and airful place for me to loll about. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The contestants with their teachers and accompanists filled the auditorium, while the judges sat by themselves high up in the balcony. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Prosper asked him, looking up at the balcony above the entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z If you’re from Iran, imagine a big bathtub on a balcony, center stage, behind a pulpit, under a giant cross, and three grown men in white hospital gowns getting in. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Since then I’ve begun to feel that the moonlight walks, balcony talks, and daily adventures were something more to him than fun. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I am about to float on up to my balcony when I notice Mr. Pomodoro return to his desk and open one of its deep drawers. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z She pulled herself onto the railing and leapt soundlessly to the neighboring balcony, then the next, tracking Kaz and the others around the square, staying as close as she could. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He found her on the balcony with Madu, standing and looking down at the swimming pool. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The adult Sunday school classes met upstairs—each one in a corner of the large main sanctuary or in the balcony between the two great stained-glass windows. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now I was clinging to the balcony with one hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Vikus was waiting for them by the balcony with an older woman. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z From our balcony I can see a big billboard over the theater portraying this week’s movie. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately below my balcony, thousands of feet below, I could see a fence of spiked railings. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z With my other hand I stretched up and clutched the balcony itself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Alfhercht stopped on the balcony and flung the whistle at the creature. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Woods and Fermi climbed up to a balcony high above the court. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers rest against the edge of the balcony. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When we got home, the mop was still hanging from the balcony. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t risk so much as a nod of acknowledgment, but continued up the stairs to the balcony on the second floor where she could get a better look at the flow of the crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Orchestra, mezzanine, and balcony spreading out from the empty stage in a cascade of crimson. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Devi’s place of business was through an alley and up a narrow balcony staircase behind a butcher’s shop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was barreling up the ramp to the top-floor balcony and slammed into her, knocking her into an Apollo space capsule. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The Library had a domed ceiling and stained glass windows and balconies guarded by bronze statues of past Librarians. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a crowd all along the fence that led to the ring, and the outside balconies and the top of the bull-ring were solid with people. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He looked up to see a woman on the second-floor balcony of a home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The evening I met Farmer, I was sitting on a second-story balcony of a military outpost, talking with U.S. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It’s a steep, short set of steps leading to a balcony with a wooden guardrail, which overlooks the ocean and Tatoosh Island. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If our school were a theater, the Bengali girls were invisible now, high up in the balcony seats somewhere. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I fling myself here and there on the balcony ledges, trying to knock myself into sleep. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z A girl who was sitting near me in the balcony follows it out under the lights—scrawny, in a black dress that just hangs straight down. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She could almost hear her father’s angry roar echoing through the main room, the chorus of wailing ghosts on the balconies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Above these was a small balcony backed by a curtain and, above that, a thatched roof which covered the rear half of the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought about sitting in the balcony, but decided against it because of the situation with the haint last time. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled herself to her feet clumsily, and stumbled from the balcony down the covered staircase. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Grasping onto each other, we stumbled across the balcony like a wounded chimera. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I float off the balcony, but then I turn back, full of nosy courage. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z They zigzagged through narrow cobblestone walkways, past courtyards with potted hibiscus trees and white stucco buildings with butterscotch trim and wrought-iron balconies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He'd brought them in from the balcony, where the nights were now growing ever colder, and he had even made them a house under his desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Stacks of clean white balconies curve along the building’s insides. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Outside on the balcony, the wind was ruffling the feathers of a pigeon. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She remembered their conversation on the balcony and frowned. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If it was important, she and Daniel would step onto the balcony, where the noise of the traffic fourteen floors below drowned out their whispered words. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The white hull was at least ten stories tall, topped with another dozen levels of decks with brightly lit balconies and portholes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the balcony is a tiny square room, exactly the size of the balcony above it. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z There is a Juliet balcony off the bedroom, in one corner of which Moushumi sets up her desk, her computer and printer, her files. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Later that night, after Soraya fell asleep—wine always made her sleepy—I stood on the balcony and breathed in the cool summer air. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Able to see this balcony but not stand on it. Able to see the wind, but not hear it, not feel it on my face.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t hear it, since I was out on the balcony, lazily reading in the sun. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The raven caws at it from its perch in the balcony. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I put on my coat and boots and walked downstairs, standing under the balcony overhang, looking around. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Vikus waved him over to the low wall that ringed the balcony. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Above the posters and storefronts were balconies upon which men lounged, their faces turned toward the sun and their shadows arching behind them on the walls like long tails. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She went through the door on to the balcony itself. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I wondered, too, what would happen if suddenly his seven daughters were to appear on television, smiling and waving and blowing kisses to Mr. Pirzada from a balcony. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z One night in May, my uncle and I sat on the balcony of his apartment. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman appeared on the balcony, drawing a woolly pink robe about her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Exactly how long it took me to reach the balcony, I don’t know. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the car leaped out of the parking spot and skidded across the wet street into a post supporting a wrought-iron balcony. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Queen Bella finally caught up with the Prince, who stormed along the balcony clearly not yet in control. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I came to the courtyard, crossed it, and stood under the shelter of the balcony. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z From time to time, Hitler leaned over the balcony and raised his right arm in salute. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of people sat in red velvet seats and in gold filigreed balconies. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson and George Pocock scrambled down from their balcony and began to shove their way through the crowds on the lawn in front of Haus West, desperately trying to get to their boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I could see a balcony outside, but there didn’t seem to be any way to get to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was just contemplating whether she could sleep while standing up when, from the corner of her eye, a sudden movement by the balcony doors caught her attention. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Outside the living room was a balcony that overlooked the pool area. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The light had been dim in the room and when the shutters were opened it was bright sunlight and I looked out on a balcony and beyond were the tile roofs of houses and chimneys. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Five lilac post-balloons float to my left, waiting for messages, and to be set free off the balcony. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They are coiled around with a lattice of roots, which sometimes form the shapes of cages, sometimes balconies, and sometimes what appear more like tightropes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ready to jump off the balcony and bust down her door if anything seemed wrong. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then the balcony was falling in large sections, thundering on the roof of the car with the dull, heavy thud of grenades. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And just then, right that moment, there is a gray flutter and on the ledge of the tower balcony lands a pigeon. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman’s balcony, watching as she waltzed alone, lost in her dreams. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His voice was high-pitched and a little bit shrill, like he had spent a lot of time standing on balconies screaming speeches through bad P.A. systems at the multitudes down below who feared him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Nine balconies rim its perimeter, with gilded rails and oil-black spindles that curl along each floor and twist into the shape of Belle-roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We did the balcony scene together as nearly as we could—until the guy behind the counter began to look like he wanted us gone. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “To win this game, your team must be the first to complete four laps of the second-floor balcony without spilling any of the three dozen books stacked on your rolling shelves, no matter the obstacles.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Even as I swung my feet in to gain some purchase, I hauled myself up, pulling and pulling again until I had finally hoisted myself over the balcony railing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z From the balcony of his palace, he said Argentina will fight until the very last man, dead or alive. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “No. They broke into his apartment, pulled him out of his haptic chair, and threw him off his balcony. He lived on the forty-third floor.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Not daring to waste any time, I hurriedly crept inside through an open balcony door. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There was no fire escape outside this window: no balcony, no rusting metal steps. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z At his house on Suyane Street, Dr. Philobosian hangs a wet carpet over the balcony, then hurries back inside the dark house and closes the shutters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I keep my head turned up to the balcony seats. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sweeping staircases lead to the upper level, which has a balcony and white wicker chairs. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We were talking softly out on the balcony. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His heel found the edge of the balcony. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z From the balcony, we could watch the athletes from all over the world coming and going to the surrounding buildings, jogging along the footpaths, or doing laps in the pool. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The balcony jutted out beyond the building’s front wall, whereas I was lodged against the side wall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She moved to the other side of the bed, got up, and walked to the balcony. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I look over my shoulder from where I sit on the balcony's edge. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z From balconies and windows above the streets, colorful flags snapped crisply. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Your father thought of that too. Did you see the mop on the balcony? That’s our sign. If the Red Guards come, the mop won’t be there and I’ll know not to go in.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We went out across the muddy road to church, and I climbed up into the balcony where the children, Indians and black people sat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I am lying like that when I hear a rustling on the balcony. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tall glass doors opened onto a little round balcony, and when she stepped outside she looked out over a lush, wild garden. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The balcony of the second floor merged into the barn and there was hay coming out between the columns. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She tensed, her legs preparing to leap from the bed—perhaps toward the balcony, since Elena stood between her and the door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Enormous shelves scale the walls and split into hundreds of balconies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And just when I am feeling mostest proud of my sprinkling work, Zola climbers up through the trippy-trap door and onto the balcony and says, “Angel! You have to do something!” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The air on the balcony is heavy, making it harder to breathe than usual. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Ms. Raz folds her arms across her chest and huffs something about bringing her plants in from the balcony. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I watched in horror as they rushed in, yanked him out of his haptic chair, and threw him off the balcony. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was a balcony along the second floor held up by columns. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She crossed to a slender set of doors and stepped onto a balcony that overlooked the central courtyard of the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Celaena strode to the balcony and flung open the doors, embracing the chill air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As the Hartliebs struggled back down the narrow staircase, Victor stepped on to the balcony. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if he’d been pulled back from the edge of a high balcony. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A large balcony off a building to the right has been reserved for the Gamemakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As it gets really late, Dell retrieves one of his old lawn chairs from the second-floor balcony. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The balcony was now as noisy as the floor below. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There were balconies on all four sides, and everywhere were mannequins clad in outlandish garbs—feather suits, and dresses made of smoke and fog and glass. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Three skeleton warriors were running toward the other end of the balcony. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I walked out onto the balcony and saw a boundless sea of people cheering, holding flags and banners, clapping, and laughing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There!” a voice said from a balcony above me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The foyer spreads out like the base of an hourglass—open and round—and a gilded balcony juts out overhead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Apparently the ghost had already done his turn on the balcony and departed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z One entire glass wall opens up to my own private patio, half of which is taken up by a shimmering blue infinity pool that goes all the way to the edge of the balcony. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This morning, Mama stands on our balcony, beating the rug with a broom. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They continued up the winding steps, past empty windows and broken balconies. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I put on a coat of Cohn's and went out on the balcony. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z About one hundred spectators, mostly blacks, settled into seats behind a rail on the main floor, and about one hundred more took the stairs to seats in a balcony above. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I would have draped them over the balcony railing except that I was afraid they would freeze stiff. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The building has fake balconies and street lamps, and the ushers dress in black berets and striped shirts. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I sat in the balcony, half hoping that the leper man would be there. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel and Spurge were lucky there was another balcony right below them, so they only fell ten feet. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Even after a trumpeter appeared on a tiny balcony at the peak of the playhouse and blew a fanfare, the babble scarcely diminished. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I just stood on the balcony, looking up at the night sky, at the crook of the moon, at the spangle of stars—each one in its proper place. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m praying for the last row of the balcony. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z On the way home April decided that since there was still plenty of time before twelve o’clock, she might as well explore the store she had seen from the balcony. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the balcony was not meant to hold more than one person. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z It’s strange to me that no one else in the stadium knows what happened, that they must really think the two sparks of light in the balcony seating were blown transistors instead of gunfire. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Max opens the balcony doors and folds an airplane with hotel stationery. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Jonas, from his place in the balcony with the Elevens, searched the Auditorium for a glimpse of Father. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z From there they made their way to the tower and climbed stairs another seventy feet to the tower’s exterior balcony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Without the illusory balconies and colonnades, there was nothing but a heap of rubble on a barren hilltop. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I can see row after row of apartments, each floor cluttered with laundry hanging out to dry on the balcony. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had helped me grow pots of seaweed on the balcony, as all my classmates did. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s too much to take in all at once—statuary and columns, balconies and staircases, oversized wooden benches. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The security doors up in the balcony seats don’t work right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My feet kicked the empty air as I struggled to hoist myself back onto the balcony. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Reyna eyed the balconies, half expecting luminous shapes to flicker at the railing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His parents catch us a few times on the balcony, but they never say anything. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He had neither strayed from his balcony nor opened a newspaper since Independence, but in spite of this fact, or maybe because of it, his opinions were always highly esteemed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The balcony is a special place because it’s where Pa and I often have important conversations. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Which might mean she’s going to sneak over to the mortal world for the evening or it might mean she’s going to spend it on the balcony, reading. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My luck was good that day; the balcony was not in use. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear the cheers that indicate Coin has appeared on the balcony. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Best of all: Tall French windows opened to a small, private balcony. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The women screamed, the guards whirled with their crossbows pointed, and Celaena looked skyward as she retreated from the rail and into the shadows of the balcony doorway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She walks ahead again and two doors open, leading us outside onto a terraced balcony. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z This tube ran all the way up to the second-story balcony, where the people that worked there would keep filling it up with loose Legos, all shapes, sizes and colors. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I remember undressing, putting on a bathrobe, and standing out on the balcony. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In the early evening when Zola arrives through the trippy-trap door on the balcony of the tower, she says, “Angel, I will tell you something.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z It takes me a minute to realize that the boy who had saved me is sitting in the corner of the room, dangling his legs over the balcony and looking out toward the water. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The humans sit on balconies, about a thousand of us. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We decide to hang the long stalks from the second- floor balcony. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He said this show took place in Biblical times, and there was a scene where a man was flung off a balcony, thrown to a mob of men and women, who tore him to pieces. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A large balcony packed with more students seemed to ascend elegantly into the drawings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The three of us walked along, past the Ayuntamiento with the banners hung from the balcony, down past the market and down past the steep street that led to the bridge across the Arga. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It causes giddiness, elation, a tickling on the chest wall, the urge to climb a balcony on the rope of the beloved’s hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pointed overhead to the purple lights that swung from the balcony railings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He studies the ornate balconies like a burglar, gazes through the blue panes of stained glass until he spots her with the Spaniard, naked and sharing a cigarette. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He started to undress and went over and closed the window because the people on the balcony of the house just across the street were looking in. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Ash went to the edge of the balcony and looked down at the dancers, and Kaisa came and stood beside her, leaning on the wide marble balustrade. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She peered over the balcony and saw Tess and me sitting in the living room with my brothers and their friends. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They eventually wound up in a long room that opened out on to a balcony. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On the balcony of Haus West, Hitler dropped his binoculars to his side. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She popped me into the sock and started lowering me over the balcony. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z There are balconies, gabled roofs, a large kitchen, four bathrooms, two sitting rooms. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Are you going to order me off this balcony?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The firemen still on the balcony knew their situation was deadly and began to tell each other good-bye. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then a judge called down from the balcony, “Does 44A have another song?” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The keep was three-sided, like Riverrun itself, and Lord Hester's solar was triangular as well, with a stone balcony that jutted out to the east like the prow of some great sandstone ship. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Others perch high on crumbling balconies to peer across the city. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The floor was covered in soft carpets, and at the far end of the room tall glass doors opened onto a broad balcony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This was actually a converted balcony, but instead of tiers of seats, there were rising ranks of tables that looked onto the lower level. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the balcony next door, Al Ulbrickson, the Deadpan Kid, stood motionless, expressionless, a cigarette in his mouth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A moment later a girl no more than eighteen, very lovely, came out upon the balcony. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Higher up they swelled to five stories of circular balconies, crowded with new pretties. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In this room are two trip doors: One leads up to the balcony and one leads down to the room below. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The second floor was a carpeted, circular balcony, with the same circumference as the Rotunda Reading Room below. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “They say his sister lives here, and he’s coming to visit and intends to take this colored woman to the movie theater this Friday. Not to the balcony, but downstairs in the white section.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we left our apartment, my mother had me help her drag out the pieces of our furniture we hadn't used as fuel to the balcony and push them over the railing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z In my stumbly rush, my paper falls from the balcony to the dark ground below. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A pair of thrones, one bone and one silver, sat on the balcony with a view of the Fields of Asphodel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "Yeah?" a woman's voice, startling in its carrying power, answered sulkily from a room off the balcony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped as he watched Alfhercht run to the balcony closest to where the monster was. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I went out on the balcony, seeing the tops of their heads. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Between her murmurs of appreciation during Chaol’s brief tour of her rooms, she’d counted the windows—twelve—the exits—one—and the guards posted outside her door, windows, and balcony—nine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A priest in scarlet robes stood on the temple balcony, haranguing the small crowd that had gathered around the flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Last Memorial Day, Daddy barbecued on our tiny balcony, and Mama fussed at him the whole time about charcoal grills not being allowed. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She stood up to fetch it as Taisin came in from the balcony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I waved at you in the balcony yesterday but you didn’t see me.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Only once in four hundred years did someone live in the room beneath the balcony, the one with the narrow cot. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Our conversation is interrupted when my oldest brother joins us on the balcony. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The third kind were large wooden houses with broad porches that ran around the buildings; they had odd shapes, round towers, octagonal bays, balconies. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We, too, had an iron balcony with a straight ladder suspended halfway to the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “The balcony was originally meant for people to watch squash players,” said Woods, “but now it was filled with control equipment and read-out circuits glowing and winking.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After I showered and dressed, I watched from the balcony, staying back by the wall where I could not be seen. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Below the balcony, in the ballroom, the dancers whirled in their dresses that had been spun from ordinary human-made looms. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lady Aurelia was reclining on a couch on the balcony of her bedroom. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Constantin's room had a balcony, and the balcony overlooked the river, and we could hear the hooing of the tugs down in the darkness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “There’s a balcony with each room, every one with a sea view.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he is an actor, I know he’ll be able to project those glaring eyes clear up to the second balcony. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She pictured herself sitting in the private balcony seats, lapping at ice cream, alongside her siblings and Jalil. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes the top of one house has a rickety bridge to the balcony of another. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The basilica is a vast, cavernous, echoing space, with all sorts of alcoves, balconies, domes, cupolas and arches affecting its acoustics. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He opens the sliding glass door to the balcony and stands outside. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Lord Hoster was too weak to attend, asleep on his balcony, dreaming of the sun on the rivers of his youth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She removed it from the balcony railing and looked at it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The president, a small, thin man with paper-white hair, gives the official welcome from a balcony above us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Welcome back, everybody!” said Mr. Lemoncello, addressing the contestants and the crowd from the second-floor balcony, where he was seated in a canvas director’s chair. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I had been standing on the stone balcony in bare feet. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z After the Skiz fight and my dust bomb, the three of us ended up camping out on the balcony of an old library. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z At the top, Sophie grabbed the remaining leaflets—one hundred or so—and flung them high into the air over the balcony railing. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The late-August morning sun was hot and steamy, and there was no breeze on the balcony. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At first I was as remote as though I stood in the highest balcony looking on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her balcony overlooked a fountain in one of the gardens, and whichever it was, it was beautiful—never mind the guards she spotted posted beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I sit on the little balcony outside our room, my feet up against the metal bars. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew all the nooks and crannies, the hidden door that led from the balcony, the “secret room” where my friends and I met to talk. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He rotates it in front of his eyes: eighteen little windows, six balconies, a tiny entrance door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Who is this on my balcony?" she muttered. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Upon entering, she was not directed toward either the orchestra or the central staircase leading to the balcony. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I glance up to a balcony that overlooks the cylinder of names. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On the eastern side, in the angle of two piers, there was a great door, high above the ground; and over it was a shuttered window, opening upon a balcony hedged with iron bars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mother adds, “And when the program begins, you can go up to the balcony and watch the entertainment and speeches from there.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z John’s office overlooked the factory floor from a balcony at the top of the staircase. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing onstage in the empty concert hall in Würzburg, learning how to tease the loudest voice out of my belly while Maria stands in the back row of the balcony. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In their sitting room, Con paced back and forth in front of the balcony doors. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Even with her head on the pillow she’d see a big lot of sky, and if it was warm enough, she could get all the fresh air she wanted by stepping out onto the balcony. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A balcony, to which one ascended via a spiral staircase made of wrought iron, took the place of the second story of shelves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Doreen appeared on the balcony, she was naked under a thin robe. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Listen,” he began, and Celaena wanted to throw herself from the balcony. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There were tanks rolling through tiny villages and French girls waving handkerchiefs from balconies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw my grandmother's head sticking out over the railings of the balcony above. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The air was hot and stuffy, and Will opened the glass door onto the balcony to let in the night air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Around back, above the garden, was a twisted iron balcony, and the windows above were lighted. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran watched them from the balcony of Maester Luwin's turret, listening to them grunt and strain and curse as they swung their staves and wooden swords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The other half had balconies on the second and third floors that reminded him of the open atrium of a hotel he and his family had stayed at once. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Anya didn’t realize she was running until she was around the edge of the balcony. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He swerved inside to hug the balcony railing that Kyle had wanted to hug. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The building had wooden balconies with open shutters—from many of them, laundry was hanging to dry in the sun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He would always be there waiting for us with the best balcony seats our people were allowed to have. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Constitution Hall was opened in 1929, DAR officials had set aside a small section of seats in the rear balcony for black patrons. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I would go to Worm Creek, where I’d sit in the balcony and watch rehearsals, my feet on the ledge, a math book open in front of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I step onto the balcony, and there he is, Antonio, across the street from my house, with a boom box at his feet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas overflowed with bright figures in swirling robes, writhing around long pillars and off marbled balconies. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Afterward I lay and looked out the open doors onto the balcony. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z At night, I like to sit out on our balcony with Pa and watch the world below us pass by. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill was in his room standing on the balcony looking out at the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Along a three-and-a-half-mile stretch of Fifth Avenue, the flag-bedecked buildings with flat roofs, balconies, and fire escapes were stuffed with sweating spectators. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I loved visiting her there, loved those meandering talks we had, through the summer to the early autumn, sitting on that balcony together, talking about Hailsham, the Cottages, whatever else drifted into our thoughts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the farthest balcony, unaccompanied women in masks raised their fans to obscure their pox-marks, observed by men guessing at identity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The room beneath that one with the cot is again a tiny square, exactly the size of the room and balcony above it. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The shutters on the high bank of windows are open, revealing the crate-littered balcony of the building next door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z People are out on their balconies getting an aerial view. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A strong hand knocked my books and papers to the floor as three or four football-player types squeezed me into a dark corner beneath the overhang of the auditorium balcony. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Liyana combed her long wet hair out on the open front balcony of their house where the breeze smelled sweet as olive oil. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The eight designated fliers stepped up to the balcony railing, where they were joined by Dr. Zinchenko and the panel of holographic judges: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong, and Leonardo da Vinci. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z At noontime, Prince Humperdinck appeared at the balcony of his father’s castle and raised his arms. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Cain hooked his long rope around a leering gargoyle’s neck and swung across an expanse of flat wall, landing on a balcony ledge fifteen feet below the flag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She paced onto the balcony, the crossbows of five guards beneath clicking into position, and put her hands on her hips as she surveyed the autumn day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I also washed my hands, and then I went out onto the balcony. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Ginger and I waited on the balcony and watched the three of them approach. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Tudor facades, tiny metal balconies, wood chips under the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Both of us ran out on the balcony. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was moonlight, you could see out there, down the back roads behind our store where the black folks lived, and from the balcony I’d look for him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate on the balcony of a nice restaurant. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes I can break into a building by running it from the outside, if there are balconies to leap from and window ledges to balance on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He was standing on the second-floor balcony at the far side of the rotunda. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Auntie Idris is far up on one, waving down at us from a balcony that overflows with leafy plants and bright red flowers. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z My grandmother hustled me back into my own bedroom and out on to the balcony. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 "I saw them go through from the balcony. How was it?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When Toby finally found some cereal, it took the dust from two different bags to make even half a bowl, which he carried out to the balcony of the apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We were having this conversation on a fine summer evening, sitting out on the little balcony of her recovery room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be temporary, but I was sealcoating the parking lot of this building and the landlord, he used to stand out on the balcony, smoking a cigar while I worked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The bedroom had red wallpaper and a balcony that overlooked the town. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In Grandfather’s town, the house with the upstairs balcony, where he had watched the Nazis arrive six years earlier, was also occupied by strangers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Courtney pulls out his phone, turns on the little flashlight, and points it upward to illuminate the second-floor balcony overlooking the foyer. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Baba had had a stage built on the balcony that overlooked the garden and planted speakers throughout the yard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The raven swoops over the red velvet seats and up into the balcony where it flies in curious circles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had forced his way through holes in walls, crawled through cellars, and ducked down behind the parapets of balconies that were no longer used. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Steps led to more tables at the edges of the room, where caramel-colored wooden shelves reached up to balconies furnished with velvet couches and more alcoves of bookshelves behind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z On the balcony of Haus West, Hitler, Goebbels, and Goring pressed their binoculars to their eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From her place at the back of the balcony, Celaena could still see as the woman in red brushed a hand down the front of her skirts. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He crashed into the edge of the balcony, slamming his head against the stone and dropping to the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She misses standing on the balcony and lowering the basket down with a rope for the peddler to fill with pineapples and coconuts. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, man,” said Kyle, leading his team around the balcony, back to the Young Adult Room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Bent over in pain, Werfel staggered away from the balcony. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Do you see that rooftop balcony? We had a party there the night the American Civil War began. The shelling of Fort Sumter.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was a hallway at the other side of the balcony—maybe some place I could hide. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I watched from the balcony as Republican members of Congress stayed seated through most of it, appearing obstinate and angry, their arms folded and their frowns deliberate, looking like children who hadn’t gotten their way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Three levels of balconies curled around, so you could look at the exhibits from all different heights. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The team made their way around the balcony circling the Dewey decimal doors. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z As the experiment continued, more and more curious scientists crammed onto the balcony. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We had some of our best times in Rio on that balcony. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Through the window I saw him lean against the white stone railing on the balcony. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He saw Maester Luwin on his balcony, studying the sky through a polished bronze tube and frowning as he made notes in a book. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was carpeted, handsomely furnished, and had a balcony. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Prince Humperdinck made his angry way to the balcony above the Great Hall and stared down at the chaos. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Peering over the railing on the third-floor balcony at close to two a.m., Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z On his balcony Hitler peered out from under the visor of his hat and rocked back and forth in time with the chant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She glanced up at the balconies ringing the atrium. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I’d wake up in the middle of the night, just sit straight up in bed in a sweat, and go outside to the back balcony to hide my tears from my sister. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And with that she left the balcony, reappeared a moment later on the great steps of the castle and, quite alone, walked open-armed down into the crowd. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s a balcony on the second floor that seems to have a rail of thick roots in place of iron. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was in a huge round room with a balcony ringing the second level. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z All the windows, and the balcony door, are open. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that Trujillo had been visiting some official’s house next door, and attracted by the shouts from our volleyball game below, he had gone out on the balcony. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As she descended from the balcony, Zeitoun noticed her short skirt and high heels, her heavily made-up face, her small glittering purse. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In this contraption she wheeled around the room, from bedside to dresser to the balcony that opened out the north side of her room or to die window that looked out on die back yard. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A minor godling spotted us from a balcony and ducked inside, closing his shutters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "Listen," she said, nearly dropping me over the balcony once again in her excitement. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He stands in front of the doorway, and the only other way out is by jumping off the balcony and into the garden below. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So when they stepped onto a balcony and found themselves confronting a campfire and a horde of goblins with knives, there was no hiding. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z When she was alone April went out on the tiny iron balcony and looked around. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z More refuse showered down from windows and balconies: half-rotted fruit, pails of beer, eggs that exploded into sulfu- rous stink when they cracked open on the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Do we send up signal kites? That would be a good idea, huh? We could fly them from the school balcony.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Zola leans against the balcony wall and stares out at the beautiful mountain, so tall and strong. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Our balcony—called a lanai—overlooks a small garden and a parking lot. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The team once again trooped down to the second floor and worked their way around the circular balcony. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Hundreds of tiny houses with mansard roofs and balconies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Zola stands on the balcony of her bedroom and shouts down at the arf mg beasto: “Be quiet! Shut up! Stop it! I’m going to kill you!” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He couldn’t have said why; it was very similar to a dozen others, with its first-floor balcony laden with flowerpots and its tables and chairs on the pavement outside, but it welcomed him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I run upstairs to the balcony to spy on them leaving. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked again at the five guards beneath the balcony. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But while that, of course, proved useless, I did see a man appear on the second-level balcony, the one underneath which stone lions’ heads protruded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z When I told her everything I’d been able to gather, she walked out to the balcony and closed the door behind her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Swiftly, I shut the door and close up her balcony. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was quite sure that if I was spotted, I would be caught and thrown out over the balcony for the seagulls. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z We walk over wooden floors, polished to a sheen with pine- scented wax, past stairs that curve up to a wraparound balcony that overlooks the gardens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Set before the windows was a balcony under which stone lions’ heads protruded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s mine. I was writing on my balcony and it fell to the ground right before curfew. I checked in the morning, but it was gone.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I return to my hammock on the balcony just as the rosy headfore of morning begins to rise over the mountain. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Towels, underwear, and faded saris flapped on clotheslines hung across the balconies. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z After dinner the visitors went out on the front balcony to meditate on the hospital idea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I look up to see a girl leaning her elbows over the balcony, loudly chewing gum. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mami misses Cuba, where we had an apartment with two bedrooms and a balcony that looked out at the ocean and let in the breezes and the sunshine. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, no one had fallen yet—perhaps because the path to the flag was fairly easy: balconies, windowsills, and trellises covered most of the space. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I tiptoed to the draperies that hung at the rear of the balcony. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “The man in the balcony left this,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were like small castles, while others looked like ships or space stations, and still others grew like trees, with fanciful balconies and rooftop gardens. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I could happily sit on one of those wrought-iron balconies for days, or keep my grandmother company on her porch, with its ringside view of the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Flowers grow on her tiny wrought-iron balcony, and in summer she can estimate what time of day it is by feeling how wide the petals of the evening primroses have opened. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He got up and walked across the balcony and looked down at the drained pool; the floor was made of polished whitish stone, visible through the thin sheet of rainwater. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z By the time I got to the opposite side of the balcony, my nerves were shot. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was evident that up to lately there had been a large notice-board in front of the balcony; it had, however, been roughly torn away, the uprights which had supported it still remaining. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They buy their tickets and climb into the balcony seats. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z As he thought things over, he adjusted the shawl that was wrapped around his shoulders and gazed at the bamboo scaffolding that now surrounded his balcony. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As the firemen on the tower balcony concentrated on the fire above them, a small plume of white smoke appeared at their feet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There were in fact five visitors, four of them Haitian, but my gaze lingered on a tall, lanky white man in his midthirties as the group joined us on the balcony. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She pulls up to a house that has three garage doors and a balcony that wraps around to the front of the house. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I glance at the Gamemakers on the balcony and bite my lip. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At this point a spectator in the courtroom’s balcony let out a wail and began sobbing loudly. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z All afternoon I kept going back to the balcony to look. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The chief usher escorted them through the lobby, up the winding staircase, and across the first balcony to their theater box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Walking back to the Eye Care house, her gaze strayed to the building’s balcony. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z On the balcony Goebbels, dressed in a light-colored trench coat and a fedora, applauded theatrically, almost clownishly, as each German boat crossed the line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The most romantic day of the year. Don’t you love the balcony scene?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z All the rooms in the Hotel Magnificent had small private balconies. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I leaned against the balcony railing, trying to clear my head in the chilly air. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A spate of loud but indistinct shouting drew us all out onto the balcony. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Charles Leale, seated in the front of the first balcony, about forty feet from the president’s box, had arrived in time to witness it all. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On the balcony of a hotel room at Watergate, Liddy set up a walkie-talkie antenna. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Fireman John Davis was standing on the balcony with Captain Fitzpatrick and the other men. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I am on a high balcony, eye to eye with an oak tree. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You mean you’re getting out on that balcony in front of fifty thousand crazy crackpots and try to talk sense to them—on a balcony like a medieval dictator?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They were barred with ornate wrought iron fences and gates, and inside, women in flowered shifts dusted plastic covered furniture or sat on shaded balconies looking out over the commotion below. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My dad went out on the balcony to smoke a cigarette, which he did whenever he was really upset. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A little later, when the cat had curled up to sleep, Will took a cup of coffee and the green leather writing case, and sat on the balcony. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With her first-class brain, her writing, and all those books, nobody can make my sister take a seat in the balcony. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I went to a hotel in the town where I had stopped before, and they gave me a room with a balcony that opened out above the roofs of the town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "I shall put you in the sock and lower you down on to The Grand High Witch's balcony. But we must hurry! Any moment now that monster will be returning to her room!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She came out onto a small balcony in the evenings and tugged petals off flowers in the window box. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They found him sitting on his balcony, watching a traffic jam. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Don't say a word,” she whispered, gesturing to the balconies and windows all around us. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We found her building, and a girl leaned over the balcony and waved us inside. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The sound would jag around in our air for an indecisive second before the balcony’s occupants accepted it and sent their own guffaws to riot with it against the walls of the theater. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved to be in that house, admiring the craftsmanship, the great care put into the most eccentric details and flourishes—a mural over the mantel, one-of-a-kind ironwork on every balcony. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She started from her chair on the balcony as he took a seat beside her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She carried me back into my own bedroom and went out once again on to the balcony. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z After leaping from the balcony Booth will stand tall and, in his best actor’s voice, pronounce the Latin phrase sic semper tyrannis—thus always to tyrants. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I came out on a U-shaped balcony that overlooked this huge warehouse area. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Hawk, more than anyone else in the theater, was in the best position to hear the shot and see Booth climb onto the balcony. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The astonished crowd filled all the nearby streets, perching on rooftops and the balconies of the nearest houses and squeezing into the park. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Just like old times," Hornet murmured as they watched him from Ida's balcony. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I wandered among them, entranced by the narrow streets, the iron-grill balconies, the green plants and vines glimpsed in lighted flagstone courtyards. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Water sprayed everywhere, three stories high, dousing the balconies and the elevators and the windows of the shops. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Jack could not stand it, and at the last moment he dashed onto the balcony, which overlooked the town square, to watch them come. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z That night, as I’m taking a late swim in my balcony’s pool in an attempt to clear my head, I get a message from Hideo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He imagined a life of surfboards with groups of tanned people eating medium-spiced corn chips on his seaside balcony. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The ladies in waiting stopped beneath the balcony, batting their eyelashes at the guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I knelt in the chapel balcony, looking down on ninety white-robed monks. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just beneath the balcony, a stone carving of a lion, its jagged mouth agape, protruded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I stopped at the balcony to get a better look. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dorian turned from the balcony and strode off into the darkness of the hall beyond. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Qartheen lined the streets and watched from delicate balconies that looked too frail to support their weight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So, out on the balcony, we were all so excited that we kept discussing what we were going to do next. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I wake up to the patter of rain on Caitlin’s balcony. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “There’s a lot of dampness trapped because the sun can’t work its way beneath these balconies. Do you cook?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That night I am flinging here and there on the balcony, all mixed up about peoples and angels. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z You had to walk through normally, acting like there wasn’t a madman on the balcony above you with a rifle ready to shoot you, and hope he didn’t notice you. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The drapes parted in the center, and a man in soldier's garb stepped onto the balcony, where a small cannon stood bolted to the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Jack stood on the balcony to watch the Nazis march into town in September 1939. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I lean over the balcony outside my room, peering down into the grand foyer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “A sure sign of changing times,” Mr. Chatterjee reputedly admitted from his balcony. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "I do not!" shouted The Grand High Witch, and she came quickly back into the bedroom, slamming the balcony door behind her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Hiroshi pulls himself away from the balcony and places a hand on my shoulder. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I slip it into a privacy case, tuck it into the balloon's interior compartment, adjust the tiny golden compass, and send the palace-official post-balloon off the balcony. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My dad’s found a spot for the truck on the side of a cobblestoned road, and town houses of all colors—pink, blue, green,and more—line the street with rusting balconies. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z As they approached the ball they began to hear the music drifting down the corridor, and when they turned the corner they came to a balcony overlooking the ballroom. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As I reached the balcony’s edge, my foot caught on a piece of wood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Legs shaking from my effort, I stood on the balcony and gathered my breath. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Well, for about an hour we lounged on Constantin's balcony in two separate slingback chairs with the victrola playing and the balalaika records stacked between us. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I stood on the balcony and scanned the apartments, wondering if Maribel was inside one of them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She could scale a wall with ease, and had even demonstrated by climbing up to her own balcony with nothing but her bare hands. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When the herald's voice dismissed the court, she fled the balcony, only to find Joffrey waiting for her at the base of the curving stairs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked slowly around him, up to the balcony, with its scrolled and carved wood. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson, Pocock, and Royal Brougham, clutching binoculars, made their way through the crowd and climbed up to a balcony of one of the shell houses near the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It still has a hole in the sleeve, from the time we smoked secret cigarettes on the balcony. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z An afternoon of reading on the balcony beckoned. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Later that evening, out on the balcony, I asked Pa about the bombs dropping in the countryside. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If the hall had a balcony we'd be up there, but it doesn't. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z ‘One of the ghosts on the balcony was wearing conquistador armour,’ Nico recalled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Having serious conversations on balconies while looking out at the ocean.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The marchers shouted their respects to the president, but a few windows farther, at the Chancellery, they spotted Hitler standing on the balcony. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z On the evening of April 4, 1968, as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee, waiting to go to dinner, he was killed by a single bullet from a high-powered hunting rifle. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z More swastika flags hatch overnight, and the next day they flutter like bright birds from balconies and windows everywhere. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother carried me through into my own bedroom and out on to my balcony. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I got up and went to the balcony and looked out at the dancing in the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The terrifying thought—and the height of the balcony—made Gregor light-headed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Rafael had to rev the engine a few times to get it to start in the cold, and just after it did, someone called from the balcony. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Leaving Sam to take care of matters in the tiring-room, I crept up the stairs to the balcony. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A man was hanging out wet laundry on his balcony while calling out threats to his neighbor. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Her solution was to insist on vertical seating—an imaginary line drawn from the front of an auditorium to the topmost balcony, giving both races separate but equal seating opportunities. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Luke stood on the balcony above me, a smile on his scarred face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In one photograph, on a balcony above the stands, a young man with a black mustache and wearing a top hat gazes down on the president. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was blisteringly cold now, and even the fire could not warm the blasts of wind that crept through the cracks of her balcony doors. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I backed toward the balcony’s brink, reaching behind me to grope desperately for a weapon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At the top of the tower is an open balcony with a low wall all around and a tile roofling overhead. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed standing on a balcony in Memphis, setting off riots across the country, including in Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I’d just sit there on the balcony at night while everyone slept and cry and watch the moon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Zola clops up to the balcony and collapses in the hammock. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z She points to my headphones, which are still on the balcony and still playing; she can hear the tinny blare of guitars from inside. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z During the speech, at a preestablished cue, the women in the front row of the balcony grabbed the satin banner and lowered it over the gallery rail. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He leaned over the balcony and spat into the dark canal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The hotel’s fourth floor, where garden rooms with French balconies open directly onto the ramparts, has become home to an aging high-velocity anti-air gun called an 88 that can fire twenty-one-and-a-half-pound shells nine miles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I must roll Valerian onto my balcony and hurl him into the brush below. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Two hellhounds leaped down from the opposite balcony and snarled at me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Her cat eyes are bright gold in the sunlight streaming in from my balcony. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "I just dropped my knitting over the balcony by mistake. But it's all right. I've got hold of one end of it. I can pull it up by myself, thank you all the same." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z On her first night in Casa Rosa, Zola climbs the narrow, ziggy stone steps to the tower and clambers through the tripping door up to the balcony. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He touched a comparatively sedate quartet of figures painted on the highest balcony, looking down calmly on the mayhem below them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She remembered the ghosts on the balcony in San Juan - pointing at her, whispering accusations: Murderer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Television crews have claimed most of the other balconies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Quisqueya never stopped by, but I saw her on the balcony one morning and raised a hand in greeting. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Potted plants and trees sprout here and there, vines hang down from the balconies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The rooms are gathered around successive elliptical balconies that can be seen from the lobby, reminding Gogol of a parking garage. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The streets are narrow and lined with Spanish-style houses, where purple vines climb up trellises to end at balconies. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z On the balcony Hitler raised a clenched fist shoulder high. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Through the shutters of our balconies we watched her; perspiration had already left black moons beneath her armpits. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Lemoncello had just climbed on top of the balcony railing outside his private suite—on the third floor! Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z At least a dozen mortal guards stood on the balcony, plus two monsters—reptilian women with doublesnake trunks instead of legs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Kyle and his teammates made their way around the circular balcony. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I peeped round the bedpost again and saw her walking across the carpet to the balcony door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z We both peered down to the balcony immediately below. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I run up to my apartment to find Pa sitting on our balcony observing the excitement below. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Guests loitered in the two-story veranda that encircled the building, leaning over the railings or lounging against the balconies’ pillars. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It didn’t take long before everyone in our building was knocking on each other’s doors and convening out on the balcony, standing around stunned and shaking with fear. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I peek in through the open door and find her out on her balcony, looking at the trees and the lake beyond. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I glance up to see several commanders standing on one of Batalla Hall’s balconies. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I remained in the balcony. ‘They will come to her boudoir, no doubt,’ thought I: ‘let me prepare an ambush.’ Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They had a device that made a loud clicking sound up there in the balcony, and when that noisy dicker sounded, the contestant was supposed to stop singing in midpassage and walk off the stage. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z On either side of the street rose two-story' villas with flowering balconies and high, armored walls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tourists waved at them from fifteen or sixteen rows of balconies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “My moms had plants on the balcony. One time she watered ’em too much and they got all brown and died.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She passed a tall span of glass windows that overlooked a sunny courtyard; she passed the balcony on which she had stood with the huntress. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The king wheeled his horse in a circle to survey the rooftops and open balconies above them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is when I remember these things that I turn with relief to the prospect from our balcony. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I tuck them into the compartments inside the balloons, light the post-charcoal, then close them again and tug the balloons out to the balcony by their ribbons. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As soon as I stepped onto the balcony, the air no longer felt strangely heavy and still. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he glanced up at one of the town-house balconies and saw a stone carving—the symbol of Venice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A series of chariots drifts along a shiny lattice of cables, lifting well-dressed people from one balcony to the next. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Even when I reached the level of the balcony, I was not where I needed to be. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I step onto the balcony and look out on the imperial carriages clustered down below. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “It will be filled up to the top—to the balcony!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And at night, sitting on their private balcony, with Jaimito’s arm around her and his promises in her ear, Dedd gazed up at the stars. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "She dropped him off a balcony. She killed him." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When I got here there was a row of rotting dead men hanging from a balcony of the Hotel de Ville, the town hall. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A swimming pool glowed between two glass towers with more balconies and restaurant decks. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She took a chair out onto the balcony, looked out over its white-painted railing to the sea shining like blue glass beyond the buildings, and tried to think of nothing, nothing at all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At the broken balcony edge, she leaped as far and as forcefully as she could, feet first. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The thin man was directly under the balcony. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The buildings were royal blue with white trim, and each apartment had a small balcony. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z From the windows of condemned hotels, from fire escapes and balconies, from behind cars jacked up in front yards, they extended the barrels of their assorted guns. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From our balcony, most of Phnom Penh looms only two or three stories high, with few buildings standing as tall as eight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They wandered outside onto the balcony, just the two of them, and sat close together in the evening breeze facing west. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The red door of the ring went shut, the crowd on the outside balconies of the bull-ring were pressing through to the inside, there was a shout, then another shout. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Instead, we’re upstairs, tucked in some dark corner of the balcony overlooking the space, and he has me pushed against the wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We’re on a balcony at the very top of the tallest tower, one higher than the tree line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A shower of bottles and glasses splashing whiskey crashed against the balcony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When the estate materialized in the distance, only the second-story windows and balconies were visible from behind the huge brick wall surrounding it. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He leaned over a cardboard box on the floor of the balcony, out of which the heads of two tortoises were peeking. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Gregor went out on the balcony and could see Regalia swarming like a beehive. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They arrived at the event early and went upstairs to the balcony overlooking the House floor. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Ringing the atrium, the second-storey balconies were empty except for potted azaleas hanging from the white metal railings. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I wash off the blood and then tiptoe down the hall, to the balcony overlooking the street. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Up in my room the rain was coming down heavily outside on the balcony, and the wind blew it against the glass doors. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Fermi sat in a chair on the balcony. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked most to sit on the second-floor balcony of his house overlooking the camp and shoot Jews with a rifle while he listened to music on his record player. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “What about finding the ‘ultimate version’ up on the second-floor balcony?” asked Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z One minute he was up on the balcony, singing in his tender, tone-deaf voice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I'll be right back,” I whisper to Jamie, slipping out of my seat and finding one of the doors to the balcony. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But the memory of his head turned in my direction sends a shudder through me as I now find myself back in my room, staring out at the balcony again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d roll from side to side, make shadow animals on the wall, even sit on the balcony in the dark, a blanket wrapped around me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Once, I walked out onto the balcony and looked up at the Riveras’ door, where bouquets of flowers wrapped in cellophane were piled at the threshold. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I stood on Nic’s balcony and watched streaks of lightning race across the sky, claps of thunder chasing them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I let the words mix with the night breeze, Weaves playing off my balcony into the darkness. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z At the Captain’s Bounty Motor Inn, there were no guests on the balconies. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When the ghost of Hamlet's father appeared upon the balcony and beckoned him, I gasped and shuddered but kept on writing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But Celia soon grew to love Havana, its crooked streets and the balconies like elegant chariots in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z From the distance of the balcony—it was the third floor—he appeared to be a healthy prepubescent. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z A splash of turquoise in the corner of the balcony catches my eye. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He sulked and smoked on the balcony while I made rice with chicken neck stew. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But after a half an hour of sitting in the balcony where I’d sat beside Sam so many hundreds of times, I began to cry, and I walked out. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "And what's more, the door from her balcony into her bedroom is wide open! How are you going to climb down?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Ten stories high, its elegant turrets hold balconies trimmed with shiny night-ivy. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A green and orange dragger, black in the night, grumbled and drummed past their balcony, not thirty feet from their wedding bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They rode in the back of public buses, sat in the balconies of segregated movie theaters and swam at segregated beaches. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Elinor took two rooms on the top floor, with balconies that had a view of the sea. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He had been out on the front balcony, chewing his toothpicks. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I clearly remembered putting it in my wallet back on the balcony of the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The balconies and the rear half of the main floor were filled with black people of the general public. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle and his teammates peered over the ledge of the balcony. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I am leaning over the balcony of my tower watching Signora Divino gather fat orange slugs in her yard. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z "Through that door. Conceal yourself behind the curtains at the rear of the small balcony." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time Miguel finally reloaded the cart, pushed it around the balcony, and handed it off to Sierra, the Pacific team’s fourth and final runner was ready to lap her. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z You couldn’t make out anyone’s face, because it was so dark, but it was the biggest auditorium I had ever seen—with balconies and gilded arches and velvet walls! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Werner crosses into a bedroom and slides open the window and peers over an iron balcony. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything, but he clutched me by the arm and sort of held me back, while the others filed past us down the balcony steps. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed the curving staircase to the balcony, following the same path the Lincolns took to their box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The goggle-eyed library geek was sputtering mad as he rushed down the steps and stomped around the second-floor balcony. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Zola is leaning against the balcony wall, smalling— what is that word again?—oh, smiling! The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The glass doors to the red and green balconies with the gold joy symbols were left wide open so that we could run out and climb the fire escapes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the balcony, a man was standing with his arms crossed, looking grimly at the parking lot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We were out on my balcony and there was a drop of about a million feet below us and I very nearly bounced out of her hand over the railings when she jumped. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Yossarian waved goodbye fondly to his new pals and sauntered out onto the balcony corridor, almost bursting into song the instant he was alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Yet, as clearly as the flag that was draped from the balcony, she saw before her faces that had not been there a second ago. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Moments later, the whacking on the balcony starts up again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He climbed onto the balcony railing and jumped down, twenty feet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z When I read that maybe we would get to sit in the balcony of some white movie houses, I felt a little spark of hope. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We’re at Audrey’s place, on her balcony It’s dark but the floodlights are on, and people look up as they walk past the lot of town houses. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly very loud and clear there came the sound of my grandmother's voice through the open balcony door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Every time he tried to ask her about the incident on the Calle San Jose - those ghosts on the balcony, all staring at her, whispering accusations - Reyna shut him down. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Still, the goblins surrounded them, jabbing at them with short swords and knives, forcing them back toward the balcony railing and the darkness beyond it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Several spiraling stairways led to a second level that was much like a balcony. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As we look over the balcony, I say, “I came here looking for you.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Remember how we sat on the balcony at night listening to the palm trees sway in the breeze?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z This time when I went to the balcony, the leper was there. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z As he approached, he saw soldiers in the alleyway, on the roof, on the ramps and balconies. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z |
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