| 单词 | pry |
| 例句 | I pry the bag out of Lee Lee’s hand. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A severed hand was climbing his calf and when he pried it off with the point of his longsword, it lay writhing, fingers opening and closing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He pried the blade under the door and got his fingers under it and then stood and raised it up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A fireplace with raw brick showing where the wooden mantel and surround had been pried away and burned. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z "Can you pry it loose with the shovel?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “At Empire, in the city. One of Saleem’s friends put it together. So the young desis can throw down away from the prying eyes of our parents. It’s a surprise for Ayesha.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I’d like to walk away, too, but she grips my hand so tightly I would have to pry off her fingers, and I don’t have the strength for that kind of cruelty. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I pried out the brick and held the earrings in my hand, I saw what a foolish thing I had done, but it was too late. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After slaughter, the hogs were decapitated, split down the length of the belly, pried open, eviscerated, and strung up by the hind hocks on a high conveyer belt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Shouting with revulsion, Jon pried the fingers off his leg with the point of his sword and flipped the thing away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They pried into your mind, using fear or anger or longing to influence you. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z McNeish pried nails from Endurance’s distorted decking and made a stockpile of scrap lumber, including the lumber that had been meant for the expedition's winter hut. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And then coming here—even before she disappeared—to read the books away from prying eyes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Terrified, Cole waited, his eyes prying at the darkness. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Wrigley continued to work his way down the hallway, one door at a time, prying splinters of wood from the Yale locks and gathering them in his calloused palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She looked at his neck, settled into rolls of fat, and imagined him prying the folds apart as he bathed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Somebody tried to pry the end off before discovering that the tube pulls apart. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could pull the shutters closed, blocking out this moment from the prying eyes of Panem. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Reaching up, I pry his monkey arms from around my neck, clasping them in my hand. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I got a better apartment after that, where I lived for the two years it took Luke to pry himself loose. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I remind myself that he’s not prying. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “If you think you have any right to pry into her private affairs I’ll tell her you believe those checks are being misappropriated and you want an audit because you dont trust her.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Less benignly, he had pried up and swallowed three pieces of floor tile, and used another shard of the tile to make cuts across his leg and wrist and, apparently, “a blood-filled hole in chest.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I also needed my teachers to keep my attention from straying in class by calling out, Rich-heard—their English voices slowly prying loose my ties to my other name, its three notes, Ri-car-do. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He pawed at a corner, hoping to pry the suitcase open enough for the boy’s weak nose to smell these favored things and be comforted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Storefronts had had their heavy metal shutters pried off; their windows were gaping, their shelves empty. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She tossed the saris one by one from the drawers, then pried several from their hangers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Tuck handed up a tool and Miles began to pry at the nails securing the window frame. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel Mami’s eyes prying the words from deep inside. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Kendra ran back up to the pavilion, searching for something she could use to pry the door open. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He slipped a finger between her hand and his arm and tried to pry her off. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The whalebone knife I used for prying abalones from the rocks was tied to a thong at my waist. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were poking and prying around, just as you were. Now you understand why I said we couldn’t make exceptions.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He pried open the package carefully, afraid to drop a crumb. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I’m scratching at my wrist, prying under the loop of line, but it’s way too tight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Not sure where the sister thing was going, but probably shouldn’t pry, right? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I pry the sides of the face mask away easily and pull upward. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She pries open my head and my fists and crams into them responsibility for time, responsibility for intervening oceans. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She gets annoyed every time I ask her and she shuts me up quickly, like I’m prying into top secret information. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She pried the book loose from its spot and held it up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The foil crinkles as he pries the layers apart. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Keep to the green grass. Don’t you go a-meddling with old stone or cold Wights or prying in their houses, unless you be strong folk with hearts that never falter!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mother threw herself on Janina’s mother and pried her fingers from her daughters neck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She smiled sweetly and pried his fingers off her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The old woman who had lived there had refused to leave, but Capricorn wouldn't tolerate prying eyes so close to his new hideout and gave his followers free rein. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s a tense moment, with Marge prying and Holly just as rudely stonewalling, but Holly, as team leader, prevails. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not that I want to pry, but maybe Alice is not going off to find her own home. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He pried open the door and climbed inside, but I stayed back. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Maddy carefully pried open one of her eyes, and the elevator pinged, its doors sliding open. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was prying, and a bit impertinent—and she regretted the question the second it came out. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I tried to pry the belt loose from the wheels, but it was made of heavy, stiff rubber, very tight. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I pried up a thick shingle burning along one edge and took off running for the roof of the town hall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I will admit to a slight curiosity. No more than proper. I’m not one to pry into anyone’s business.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lizzie grabbed a ginger ale and pried the cap off, and together they went back into the parlor. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I pried it up and removed the lead piece from the king’s statue and my cloth packet of seeds. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out his knife and started to pry off the lid. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z It was forbidden for him to confide in her, and forbidden for her to pry. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “And I don’t like being hunted by invisible corpse beasts,” said the clown, and he began to pry the older brother from the younger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But here I don’t have a Josefina American Girl Doll’s head to pry off and tuck under the blanket as a decoy. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Blue days, as they walked among the sharp-edged mussels, prying open their blue-black shells to tickle their orange tendons. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “That you, Earl? You’ve been away too long. Guess it took your grandson visiting to pry you out of that big old easy chair.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He went in and pried up the battery well cover. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Huang Taitai pried open my mouth and gasped upon seeing the open spot in the back of my mouth where a rotted tooth fell out four years ago. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he pried open her fist, got hold of the coin, and threw it into the bushes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z When I walked through the back door, the first thing I saw was Mother grasping a butter knife, which she was using to pry my father’s ears from his skull. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They built this castle together, far from prying Muggle eyes, for it was an age when magic was feared by common people, and witches and wizards suffered much persecution.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I used to sit in my closet and pry open the paint can and stare into the shiny pink circle and was mesmerized for hours. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She pried herself loose from the bar before the bartender could stop her and came over to Ignatius, who was huddled against the stage as if it were a warm stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She played tag and grass ball with them and she pried prickly sea urchins off the rocks, to eat the sweet meat inside. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Chipped up from prying on that root cellar door. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Could he be climbing over courtyard walls, creeping into rich men’s houses, prying into their storerooms and treasure chests in the dead of night? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Another two months to fortify and hide it from the prying eyes of aux patrols. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he cut through to the dark object lodged inside, and after soaking his foot in blood, he pried it out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I focused more closely, trying to pry some clue from their stiff postures. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Lee’s excited men hurriedly jerk the boxes down onto the ground and pry them open. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I pried at Peach’s fingers as his head went underwater. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Later that day he searched again, prying hastily through piles of scrolls and hastily restacking them, staring defeated into that dusty, innocent cupboard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Hands grabbed my wrists and pried my hands from my face, compelling me to bend over. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From there he pried a window open and ducked into the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He pries off a roof vent and disappears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I tried to find out what was wrong, but all I could pry from her was that her mother’s new boyfriend had moved in with them, and the fit was a little tight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Telemakhos made answer: “No two ways about it. Will I pry you from our gunnel when you are desperate to get to sea? Come aboard; share what we have, and welcome.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And she was not there to pry but to get help. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z With my ax handle, I pried apart his locked jaws. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The first step in the examination process would be to pry the thigh-high cavalry boot off Booth’s left leg. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I use my rock hammer to chisel around its edges, then pry it up and brush away the surrounding dirt with my gloved hand. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes on the narrow tracks ringing my throat so it was easier to pretend the call hadn’t pried me open a bit, that it hadn’t made me think. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was good to be released from forever pulling and pushing and hauling and prying that sledge, and I said so to Estraven as we went on. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He had no inhibitions, and whatever ones he discovered I had he’d pry away from me like little treasures. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She wishes: Let him rip off his white shirt, push back the two halves of his chest like Superman prying open a door and let the first woman out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A prying charm will be met with a stronger charm, subtle devices will fail, devious inquiries will be deviously thwarted, and force will be turned ruinously back upon itself. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z No one showed any interest in tracking me, no one pried, no one insinuated. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Another pries the scim from her hand and the bow from her back, shrieking in elation as the weapons drop to the dunes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The gods helped me to pry the lashing loose until it fell away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ser Jorah broke the dry mud with his knife, pried the chunks from the flesh, peeled off the leaves one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That was us, not taking care of you. Hold on now, this won’t hurt a bit,” I say, trying to work the pry bar along the plank that came loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I let him pry my hands from my eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Every week, since Aziza’s birth, she pried his wallet open when he was asleep or in the outhouse and took a single bill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Even in a space suit, I was able to pry the access panels off the MDV and get at the six hydrazine tanks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He drew Hazel’s sword and used it to pry up some cobblestones, unearthing a big tangle of spiky roots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I also want to see if prying through the sheriff’s belongings reveals anything about him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Two dollar bills and some coins dropped onto the floor as he pried open my fingers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I was the only one who noticed her prying open the shell, sniffing the crab’s body and then getting up to go to the kitchen, plate in hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They pry and gouge rocks off the walls, and chew them to fragments between their teeth, and swallow the broken bits of rock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to pry his arms from around me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I’d have to wrap him up in a gunny sack or an old coat and pry his claws loose from the butter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind did come again, half a dozen times more, while we worked with the screwdriver to pry open the screen. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z This black box of genetics was pried open, almost accidentally, by an unlikely scientist working on an unlikely organism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I pry until one of my nails splits off at the quick. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I can’t pry it open without a tool, so I look back to his makeshift kitchen and find a teaspoon, still sticky, and insert its handle into the crack. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She knew she should stop prying, but she couldn’t help it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes the ambulance workers must pry a flattened hand or leg off the rails to move the migrant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We still have some sugar cookies in a round tin, which Hannah immediately pries open. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z In the corner of the room by the big window, there was a loose floorboard that the twins had pried up five years earlier when they were convinced that a treasure was hidden underneath. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mary didn’t have the power to remove the limits that society imposed on her girls, but it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He looked around for something to pry with. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Cari,” she whispered, gripping her sister’s arm, “you know better than to pry.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She pried at the edges of my sentences to get me to say something more. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lina gathered up the scraps of paper from the floor and gently pried open Poppy’s fists and mouth to extract the crumpled wads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she said, “Listen, Kyril honey, I don’t mean to pry, but what’s the point of trying to put the fear of God into this town—we don’t have enough trouble already?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At any rate, she gently pried my grandmother from the rocker and helped her upstairs for her afternoon nap. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times he cut himself prying his knife against the slippery wood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He pried at the bent axle till it groaned. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Steady Eddie said, “Man, leave the kid alone, you got no call to go prying into his life.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z So Kate told them how she had pried up the edge of the metal grate with a screwdriver on her Swiss Army knife. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to dig into the sides of the door with my fingers, hoping to pry it open. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “They only have one left!” he gushed, tearing off the cellophane shrink-wrap and prying open the lid. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z On the plus side, the wide trunk and drooping branches completely shield us from the prying eyes of our parents. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then, as he wrapped the sacking firmly around and her mother pried the clenched teeth open, Helvi poured a little warm milk and precious brandy down the pale cold throat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried it outside the shed and pried off the lid. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “What happened to your father, if you don’t mind my prying?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They rummaged desks, pried lockers open, sifted through books on a perennial search for loot— money, pot, books, watches, clothing—anything. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Drink, Lucas,” she coaxed him, and when he clamped his teeth shut she pried them open and made him drink. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not for you to pry into such matters,” he said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cook couldn’t scold her for snooping when she herself could see that Ophie wasn’t prying. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I pry Aurora off my leg, but since we don’t have Hector with us that means she instantly wants to be picked up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In fact, Jesse and many geeks consider themselves liberators of ideas and culture, using the Net to literally pry them from what they see as greedy corporations and powerful, censorious institutions. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I always wondered what she said, but didn’t want to pry into what was between her and God. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Janie struggled to a sitting position and pried the dead Tea Cake’s teeth from her arm. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I set the little rover on my workbench and pried open a panel to peek inside. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt wide awake, although I had to pry my eyes open with my fingers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The octopus was flopped and all forlorn on the bottom sand, trying to pry open a scallop. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I reached down to pry off his hand, but my fingers wouldn’t move properly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No matter how I tried to pry away his fingers, I could not break his grip. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “He’s been teaching me how to keep others from prying into my head.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Meggie tried in vain to keep her hand closed, but it was easy enough for Basta to pry her fingers apart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His parents finally manage to pry the ribbon from his clenched fist. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Stanley's father pried it open in his workshop, and at first everyone gasped at the sparkling jewels. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The flat rock was stuck to the seaweed, and she pried it loose carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I pried him off my leg and went looking for Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Liam reached over and gently pried my hands from my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It took ten or fifteen seconds for the three of us to pry him loose, during which Birch’s gold watch clattered to the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tali’s body had stiffened by now, and it was difficult to pry his jaw open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He wedged the corner of the blade under it and pried it up and then knelt and took hold of the lock and twisted the whole thing loose and pitched it into the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She pried the book loose from its spot and held it up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z With water sloshing over his back, he forced a paw between the logs and pried the top one loose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I figured, let my mom pry him off me. ’ Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see it,” said Mr. Corcoran, busily prying the baby’s fingers from around it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Attacked?” he said, prying me loose from his neck so he could look into my face. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Kabuo pried the cover from his battery well and loosened the cables from the terminals. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The next morning I pried the can open. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Aru tried to pry off one of the statue’s toes to hurl it back at the arrows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Woodwell says the only thing I need right now is a screwdriver and a pry bar, but I bring along a hammer, too, just in case I want to hit something. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z His fingers ground into my wrist bones as he struggled to pry my fingers off him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Still seated, he pries his arms free of the parka. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He pried her hand away and held on to it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A few seconds later, someone pries me loose from Ipphy, who is convinced I am her dead husband. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Now the toad squirmed; with its weak hind feet it tried to pry itself from his grip, wanting, instinctively, to go flopping off. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I said, prying the spatula out of her hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He used it to pry out the tray. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A gravely ill, bedridden Jenna would have no use for short red skirts or floppy flowered hats, or jewel-trimmed blouses, and that invalid picture had to be preserved for prying eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I reach up, trying to pry his hands away from my head one finger at a time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The two prowled bars, wooed girls, chirped, “Heil Hitler!” at everyone in uniform, and stole anything Germanish that they could pry loose. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z After that, I would stop my prying—I swore this to myself. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Blind, his nose full of river, choking, sinking, he kicked and twisted and fought to pry the clutching fingers off his arm, but the stone fingers were unyielding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Wanted to be shut in, safe, away from prying eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Mr. Woodwell says I got to pry off these two planks, Rose. I hope you don’t mind.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to go to the United States of America, but my uncle was big and strong, so he pried me away with little difficulty. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t even turn the ignition off—the engine was still gasping as we pried up the side panel of the bonnet with the tin opener on Etienne’s Swiss knife. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The padlock Doc kept on the door of the cabin when he wasn’t in his shop had been pried off. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She had pried a large disk of sticky material out of the bottom of one of the pans and taken a bite out of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He pried out the soap and put it and the brush in a bigger unlettered cup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The next thing I knew, I had Ria grabbing at my hair and shirt, and Cliff trying to pry me off. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "Look," he said, leaning toward the camera, "I've always respected your privacy and independence. I never tried to pry into your life, never tried to control you. I've been really good about that, right?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At once Miles was up again and prying at the nails. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hardly wait to get to the station and pry a full confession out of the teenager. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached to pry her fingers from me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It beat like a fist against the travelers’ shelter, then pried with searching fingers, as if to seize and dash them into the valley. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Ivan attacked the jammed canopy with a screwdriver and managed to pry it open. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He ran his beam along the galley floor, then knelt with a flathead screwdriver in his hand and pried ajar the battery well cover. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I force myself to look on as they try to pry information out of him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There had to be some tool, something I could use to pry it open. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stan warned that you might try to pry information out of me. Best not to be so curious about those kinds of things.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean to pry, I just found it interesting. I hope you will forgive me for looking through it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “What the hell do I care?” responded Captain Black with an indifferent shrug, and then gawked suddenly at Yossarian with surprise and with a crafty gleam of prying elation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I sat on our usual bench, prying the juicy red seeds out of the fruit and slowly sucking on them one by one, staring at the fleecy white clouds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, I don’t mean to pry,” said Anh, “but it seems like winning this competition means more to you than just a camera and a trip on a photo shoot.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Another day she sat prying the pimpled yellow fat off chicken parts, then dividing them between thigh and leg. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Emma was pretty sure he had a screwdriver out to pry off the shackles, but she couldn’t actually see it in the darkness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I’m going to pry that fat jewel from its setting and jab the pin right through your mercher neck for chaining me to a chair, Kaz thought. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Maybe you’ve begun to question our officials’ disregard for court rulings, their prying into our personal activities. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With some work, she was able to pry it up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The only reason he’d pried off the stupid ankle monitor was so that he could leave the house to hunt for Abbey. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z To get him to think and talk, you had to pry him off the computer, which wasn’t easy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Donal nodded at Jinx, who pried open the lid of the coffin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As mortified as I was at her merciless prying, I was as anxious to hear the answers as she was. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Is it that prying? How different is that from asking why you like to read?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He slammed his shovel into the ground and pried up another piece of earth. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I don’t know if this is because she can’t see well or because she’s trying to keep its contents from prying eyes, but whatever the reason, it’s an effective block. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t needed to password protect his computer to keep them from prying or hide anything he didn’t want them to see. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Eye tried to pry the animal’s jaws open, but it was much stronger than it looked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I finally managed to pry my lips apart, but when I spoke, the words sounded like whispers. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But the rotten plank is stubborn, and I have to leave off the pry bar and dig out the screws that hold it to the ribs. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z That he would pry himself free and come after him once again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It calmed her nervousness and made it easier to pry. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Men in khaki work clothes will pry loose the slats of Reba’s Grill, where the owner cooked in her hat because she couldn’t remember the ingredients without it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Long before die first pale fingers of light pried apart Bran's shutters, his eyes were open. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I struggled to pry the lid from the can of tea leaves, aware that my grandmother had come in and was standing close behind me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I recalled what Miig used to tell me when I’d first come, when I was nosey enough to ask unwelcome questions and had tried to pry into the contents of that bag. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was the cry of a wild animal trying to pry its mangled leg free from the bear trap. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she rolled onto her back and pried the jar off her face with her hind legs. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z If you were careful and pried up the staples with your fingernails, you could get them out without tearing them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sierra used a knife to pry the last strands out of the tiny holes in the press. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Sure,” the man replied, driving the hatchet into the crate for a pry. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Pausing a moment to pry the blanket from her pack, she offered it without touching him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z By the time I pried open my eyes, Roli was already pulling into Seaward. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I tried to pry your mouth open with my fingers and scoop it out... Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Rosie reaches over with her trunk, trying to pry her way between my fingers and the bottle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Cady stood on her toes at the counter and pried the suitcase open carefully, wondering what about a piece of old luggage could possibly have made the Owner so furious. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z David felt strange reading it, as if he were prying somehow, but yet he couldn’t stop reading it either. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean to pry. But a governess for the children is the available position, is it not?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She searches for the entrance, finds it, pries something open—and hops in, disappearing from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies. A bad end comes to a person who pries.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry for prying. It’s just, the more we know about our loved one’s health, the more we know about our health.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Still wearing his backpack, Ken pried open the manhole cover and slipped inside. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Peeta’s just pried open an oyster when I hear him give a laugh. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Con had the disconcerting feeling that the man might pry open his mouth and examine his teeth, but then the rider only asked, “Who are your companions?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He dug tunnels under stumps in his neighbors’ pastures and pried them out of the earth with long iron bars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A woman with pigtails pried opened one of the flaps of skin and muscle, revealing the insides of the abdomen—orange organs; pink, fleshy walls; and stripes of blood. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He patted her face and smoothed her hair, and even pried up her stiff hands and moved them a little. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Zigzag made a gagging sound, as he desperately tried to pry Zero's arm off of him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Because this year we noticed he has a new routine: lots of times right in class he makes himself at home and pries off his sneakers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z By the time I could pry my eyes open, the stupid little thing was nowhere to be seen. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Setting the pail down, he picked up the stick that Avery had dropped and pried the trough up. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I pried the pink envelope open carefully, not wanting to tear a thing, and pulled out the card. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The terrified passengers—nine freedom riders and five regular passengers—remained glued to their seats as the mob tried to pry open the bus door and began to slash the tires. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The reason for that was Mrs. Coulter’s daemon, the golden monkey, who had filled Pantalaimon with a powerful loathing, and who, Lyra felt, had pried into her secrets, and particularly that of the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We pulled down the window, allowing enough room to pry it open from the outside. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He pried open the bottom plug and shook the money out. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z At last she found an exit, and she pushed open the glass door and escaped outside, relieved to be away from the prying eyes of those who had watched her departing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When the coffin was pried open in the presence of the appropriate authorities, it was found to contain a bag of sand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not healthy, he had long since learned, to pry into Gebu’s affairs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was Mack who pried open that crate, Mack who bought me, and Mack who raised me like a human baby. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I took the brown package and began to pry the tape off the edges. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Using the sharp edge of a rock, I pried the lid off the first wooden crate. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The men in the boat pry his clutching fingers off the rope. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z One by one, I pried my black-gloved fingers back, trying to straighten out my warped hand. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I pried the tight lid open, working it back and forth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "If I pry him away from Cersei and Joffrey while he's still young, he may even grow to be a good man." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When my father came home he had to pry the letter from her hand. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, after I’d rolled Dad and collected a handful of change, I pried his fingers loose from the bottle in his hand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We had nothing to pry it open with, either. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He felt like he was prying and decided not to read any more of the notebooks. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Over an hour passed before the rescuers arrived, bearing lanterns and shovels and axes to pry bodies from the cars. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike metal plates, plasmas could be made easily with a bolt of electricity, according to Puthoff, and instead of having to pry the plates apart again, the plasma “ash” is discarded. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But if I had the chance to work away from the prying eyes of Madam, I’d be grateful for it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He pried her loose from the wood spar, for her fingers were locked there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We pried and hammered at it with the screwdriver, but we could not move it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He grunted as he pried up some dirt, then flung it off to the side. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Matt wished he could see what was happening, but he had no chance of prying Maria away from the peephole now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But his prying was going to get us in trouble in a minute. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Louie found a discarded strip of metal, climbed on his friend’s shoulders, pried a vent open, squirmed out, and helped his friend out, badly cutting himself in the process. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Pry up the floorboards,” orders Volkheimer, but after Neumann Two pries up several and peers down, it’s clear that the only thing under the boards is decades-old horsehair for insulation. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I keep prying and prying until the strip moves a little more. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I don’t understand, but Lily isn’t offering any further explanation and I am tired of prying information out of her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Liam was busy testing out whether he could use Betty’s car key to pry open the lids of the fruit and soup cans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Push the screwdriver through the wire near the bottom,” he said, “and pry up,” We did, and the wire bent a fraction of an inch. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I pry Heather out of Mom’s claws and we retreat to my room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m helping him stay up, Josh says as I try to pry his hands off of Michael. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth pried open one of her sister’s eyelids. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z That winter I caught a procession of sore throats and couldn’t sing, and one night Dad called me to him and pried my mouth open to look at my tonsils. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His dad on a picnic blanket in Central Park, using a key to pry open a container of potato salad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And if their mother wanted to wash their armpits, she would have to get a crowbar and pry their arms up, because they sure as heck were not going to move. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time her friends pry her away, Ester is crying uncontrollably. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn back to the seam and pry its edges apart. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Yet his words bothered her, pried open the door for new doubts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They only came to call at Manderley because they were curious and prying. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I was grateful for Maxie’s willingness to simply be with me and not to pry. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He even posed as a slave catcher named “James Olney,” prying slaves from jail on the pretext of delivering them to their masters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nick pried open the flap on a carton of .45s and stood a cartridge up on end on the counter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Once inside their rooms, Dallas and Florida each pried up a loose floorboard and deposited their takings from the kitchen: one nearly whole piece of bread and one raw potato each. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare,” Mom said, using her free hand to try to pry his big one off her other trembling fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Grote takes me out there with a pick and teaches me how to pry them from the earth, then wash them off under the pump. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They pried the stela from the ground with wooden poles, but it was blank. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Initiates were required to swear an oath upon an emerald said to have been pried from the brow of a fallen angel, and when presented with this artifact, Thyon laughed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was no way to know how long he’d been there, but he had pried off the lock on Doc’s cabin and gone inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We started back, and this time, when we got to the middle, Dad pried my fingers from around his neck and pushed me away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Thomas could see the muscles in Newt’s arms flexing, veins popping out as he pulled at Alby’s hands, until finally, inch by inch, he was able to pry them away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Easier to work through. I’m just worried about these boulders collapsing if we start prying rails up.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They pried the arm off her and lifted her gently to her feet, “What happened?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Whenever Weedy gets an hour alone and away from prying goblin eyes, he goes into a kind of trance and then imagines what he wants to show us, whatever he’s seen. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He’d find Mr. Burrows’s crate, pry it open, and take a quick peek at the mummy. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I’m glad you pried me loose. I really can’t stand it, being hit. Thanks for taking the rock in my place.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “That’s none of your business. And don’t try to pry details from me about it,” he added as she opened her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She stroked the tails, prodded the bellies, pried apart the gutted flesh. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The assistant principal dashed away and over to the ground near the entrance to the front office and pried a metal compartment in the wall open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Carefully she pried the pills off the plaster wall, one by one, into her cupped hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She pried at the plug with her fingers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z David asks as I pry his fingers off the door handle. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed sad when he said it, too, but I decided not to pry because I thought that would be too personal. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I pry it open carefully because the box is really old, the cardboard soft under my fingers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’ll have this old floor up in double-quick time,” he said, inserting his screw driver under the edge of the first board and giving a good vigorous pry. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The fact that the roofer had to pry my hand off his knee is proof that my inner vachette was not nearly as vicious as I'd imagined her to be. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Weirdos included the Zombies, those kids who stared straight ahead and gave back nothing no matter how hard someone tried to pry emotion out of them. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Abalones are mollusks that cling tenaciously to rocks, and one has to pry them loose. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We assembled on the front porch and watched as Harry pried it open. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Enough,” the black brother roared, prying the stick sword from her fingers, "you want to kill the fool?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They seem to view such questions as prying or boastful, but to me they're perfectly normal. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I was just a little thing, but somehow I managed to get myself up onto that counter, where Miss Doris found me trying to pry open the cookie jar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s having my mom pry into my social activities, especially on those rare occasions when they involve a member of the opposite sex. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The two came together again, like two rams locking horns, and the bartender and the other two men had to pull with all their strength to pry them loose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Eula, she gone be like prying a dead clam open.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He pried the back open and squinted into it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurry to the closest barrel and pry open the top. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I certainly don’t mean to pry into your affairs ... but...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A fourth nail screeched as it was pried up, and Miles poured on more oil. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If the magnets come close to metal, they stick and won’t let go until you pry them off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved two fingers into her mouth and pried it open, then forced the cold, hard pebbles into it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Thinner than a flathead screwdriver, it’s perfect for prying open a domed cover to a lock. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then to Mr. Johnson he said, “Okay, Plas, let’s pry him out of there.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There was also a machete, two knives, and a wooden crate packed for shipment with the lid pried loose. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was using a thumbnail to pry off the body lice, working slowly, carefully depositing the lice in a blue USO envelope. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It would take a special man to pry Emma away from home. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma pries her arm free and hands me her purse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I pried Charlie away from my side and stood up, pulling my bag with me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A first man will pry the stones out of their settings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Charles pried at it with a long iron bar, and the rock bucked and rolled back again and again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d need it for prying off the lid of the crate. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He worked carefully, prying each nail loose so he’d be able to close the crate tight again when he was finished. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “We pry your slaves’ cuffs off and pull you out of the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he pried the Archimedes sphere out of the command console. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge managed to pry him from the wheel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Garria’s tongue tried to pry open her lips while his hand pressed against her jaw until he forced it open. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was only half kidding as she made a show of prying her hands off the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Ray went to work on the jaws, prying them loose. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But some of the white men pried into my packages when I was absent and they questioned me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With a smooth twist and jerk of the knife, he pried the glass from its frame and caught it in the palm of his left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Remembering my unkept promise, I pried its roots from the earth with desperate fingers and filled my basket, hoping that Elnora would somehow find them there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z To Mia’s astonishment, when she pried the house key loose from the key ring and handed it back, Mrs. Delaney pulled her into an uncharacteristic hug. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He moved closer and peered at her hand, prying her fingers apart, rearranging them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She first pried her hand from its teeth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He pried open her bleeding hand and drove his thumb into the slash of her open wound. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Reaching sideways, he dug a bottle of warm beer out of his foot locker, and he handed it to Yossarian after prying off the cap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I ended up next to the family and the park ranger, who were all screaming now, trying to pry open the emergency exit doors. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Toby stepped inside and pried one of the boxes open. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Booth tried to pry the lock from its mountings. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It's like I'm trapped underwater or something, so weak and floaty I can't hardly fight him, can't pry his fingers loose from my mother's neck. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Harry, let go of him,” he heard Fudge’s voice say, and he felt fingers trying to pry him from Cedric’s limp body, but Harry wouldn’t let him go. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The mate winced but didn’t pry any further. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead they used their intelligence to pry open the door of rejection and not only became wealthy but got some revenge in the bargain. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus she managed to pry the lock loose from the frame and open the door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence pried the necessary salary and staff approvals from Sproul, and committed himself personally to finding money to build Seaborg’s hot lab and reactor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It took three of them to pry Bronwyn away from Caul, who wheezed through his half-crushed windpipe, “Take them away, and don’t be gentle!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Aw, you don’t know. You never tasted any,” Harley answered, trying to pry off the bottle cap with the short blade of his pocket knife. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z With both hands he pries the glasses from her face, clasping the frames where they meet her temples. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I pry my eyes open and squint up at Charlie, who has something so close to my face, I can’t see what it is. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z In my closet, piece by piece, I pry away parts of my heart, stripping off every picture, shredding them down, building little paper piles as the tape sticks to my nails. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Any day in there, I might find myself in a situation where I’d need Officer X to watch my back, to pry a homicidal inmate off of me, at his peril. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nana watched me as if she suspected that wasn’t true, but she didn’t pry any further. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The window should be easy to pry open unless it had swollen, but it hadn’t. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Only the ten-by-six-foot chamber known as "the bubble" offered total protection from prying KGB ears. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She pried off a piece of tape and folded open the tissue paper at one end. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z This is when there are few starfish feeding, for they are as hard to pry loose from an abalone as an abalone is to pry from a rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But Alys’s strong fingers pried it loose, and she raised the heavy, carved lid. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z No sound and no motion; his words had not pried the person loose. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Mother said it was the height of rudeness for a public servant with privileged knowledge to pry, and for once I had to agree with her. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He asked for water, and in the cup of it he put three drops of ammonia, and he pried open the baby’s mouth and poured it down. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Henry. I don’t mean to pry. You ought to tell me if I am.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked to make sure, opening the doors gingerly with his fingernails so that he would leave no signs of his prying in the dust. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Oh, it was so dangerous to pry, especially when she was here on his good graces. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He goes at the hatch with a pry bar. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Mia had used a hammer and a handful of roofing nails, driving each one through the thick white plastic like arrows, then prying it out again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had learned better by then than to pry into his affairs, but one night, when my curiosity had got the better of me, I asked him: “Is Bunny still in Rome?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They built barricades with sandbags and paving stones that they pried loose from the main courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I ended up prying it from her damp hands. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I clasp my bandaged hands together to stop them from shaking, but the Tribesman gently pries my fingers apart. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was a set of locked double doors, which Annabeth managed to pry open with her knife and a fair amount of cursing in Ancient Greek. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Nothing can pry them away from that; the City is what they want it to be: thriftless, warm, scary and full of amiable strangers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One of us always stayed with him, not just to keep him company but also to make sure he didn’t try anything cute, like prying off the ankle bracelet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With the bottom clasp unlocked, Kendra tried to pry up the corner of the book and get a peek. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She pried it open and pulled out several sheets of Bubble Wrap, but whatever had been inside was gone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Federal authorities planned to pry the houses off their bases and send the units to “war-devastated populations in Europe.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I saw myself prying Peach’s fingers away from Dismay’s collar. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean to pry, but it’s not...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When I pried open the lock meant to keep the beasts and curious children out of our kitchen hut, I nearly had to lock it again behind me, to keep myself in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This desk is probably like fifty years old. It could be anywhere. You know how to pry it open?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The boy tries in vain to pry the ring from his finger as it dissolves into his skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then Tree and Zheegwon pried off the boards and opened the old doors with much effort and squealing of joints. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Sager wrapped his hand in a rag towel and pried away Nicole’s hands. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And they pried pieces of baked-too-fast sunshine cake from the roofs of their mouths and looked once more into the boy’s eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I pry the box open to reveal a new and unexpected wrinkle to my current situation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I wondered about this as I pried the shells off the rocks, and I would stop and look fearfully at the empty sea that stretched away farther than my eyes could reach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I use all my strength and for the first time ever I actually pry his hands off me and get myself free. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Others pried open her mouth and tried to give her the few drops they could find. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We put on our skis, got into harness as quick as possible, bucked and pried and jolted the sledge free if its runners were frozen in, and set off. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They pried it open with a crowbar, cracking the door’s wooden frame. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The man kicked and writhed for a while, trying fruitlessly to pry loose the captain’s grip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “But to retire it,” Rick said, “because it’s needling you—give me that ” He struggled to pry the laser tube away from Phil Resch. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I pry Bryce’s hands off of my sweatshirt, but he keeps pushing on me with his head like a silent slow-motion ram. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I imagined him finding that tin, prying it open, spilling its treasure onto our table and figuring all that it would buy him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The men on the garbage trucks would empty the can early in the morning and no one would be prying round on a day like this, with all the snow and its being Sunday. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He pried the hinged top open and looked inside. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He did not really know what Gebu would do if he realized Ranofer was prying into his affairs, and he preferred not to think about it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But Miranda was the funniest: she was crying more than anyone and squeezed me so tight that Via had to practically pry her off of me, which made them both laugh. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Lance assured her he was going to pry the lid off the whole sticky business before signing off. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Panting with a sudden shortness of breath, I reached up to pry his fingers off my tie. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My hands stick to the table, so much that I need to pry them off when I stand up and attempt to run out for help. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to pry into the Royal Household’s affairs.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With his bare hands, he pried another chunk of rock from his mountain and began shaping it into a ball. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Always had, ever since I’d stuck the tip of a dinner fork into the toaster to pry out an Eggo whole wheat waffle and got a little zap from it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The eyes pried at her, and Hazel could only nod. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But since World War II, one brick after another had been pried from the walls of segregation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At first the general opinion was that I was merely an unlucky bystander, or that I had somehow pried the wheel off the church. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he got up, drew the grey elven-cloak about him, and to keep his mind occupied, began to walk to and fro, prying and peering into every corner of his prison. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Yes. You see, I’m thinking of starting a little dairy of my own, and since your cows are known throughout the land as being Florin’s finest, I thought I might pry your secrets from you.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z So I pry the lid off the bait bucket and cut up some herring and drop it over the side. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I pried it out, hid the earrings, and replaced the brick, carefully brushing away any dirt that might give the hiding place away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The man took the bottle from him and put its head in his mouth and slowly pried the top off. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Though they are not omnipotent like the first-class citizenry, they lead almost autonomous lives away from the prying eyes of the soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He pried his tongue between her lips, pushing her words back in her throat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My job was to pry it out of the pot. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Got something for us,” Mom says, carrying out the box I found when I first pried the shed open. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I got a screwdriver from the store and took out the screw; after prying a bit, the door came open rather squeakily. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z With no prying eyes around, I slipped off one of my petticoats, washed it in the water, and hung it over a willow branch to dry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She undipped her hair, coiled neatly at her nape during the days, and pried the sneakers from her feet without untying them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Once she pried loose a crucifix with an ivory Jesus from a Station of the Cross and blessed her baby brother, Javier, with three mild raps to his forehead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe was still working on the shackles on Mom’s legs that bound her to the chair, but he hadn’t even managed to pry away the first one. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was just trying to get them away from the prying eyes of guards and farmers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He pried out the jaw of one fossil from the rock, like a mad dentist, then returned the next week to extract a huge skull from the quartz. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He could make it impenetrable, a shield to keep his heart from prying eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Below the table, my fingers were fighting to pry your fingers off. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The trip was "cover," arranged months in advance in North Korea, for the first-ever contact between the spy and his new KGB handler away from the prying eyes of MI6. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I pried her mouth open and poured it down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She does not want prying eyes or ears. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z While the men pulled off their wigs and wiped their heads with towels, they explained that they’d pried open the filing cabinets and gone through everything. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I writhed beneath Frankie in a blind panic, trying to pry his hands from around my neck. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Let us put in the medal ourselves, Dona Patria,” they offered, reluctant to pry open the lid. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I love the sound of a brand-new bottle of Coke when you pry the lid off and it starts to fizz. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z We could pry a board loose and see out of the south window down into the courtyard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Both groups set to removing the windows, prying them out of their casings with the long bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, he would travel by yacht to The Corporation’s private island, away from prying government eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Jenna tries very hard not to pry on the bus after school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They were trickster hands—long, graceful fingers made for prying open locks, hiding coins, making things vanish. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His hand trembles as he slowly unclasps and pries off his visor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Some nights, she would talk on the phone for a long time, her voice hushed, as though she were protecting something from the world’s prying gaze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When it was time for my mother to leave, we hugged so tightly, the worker had to pry me from her neck. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I pried the charm out of Gum Baby’s sticky grasp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z By the time I got to him, pried open his jaws, fished it out, and bellowed, “No!” she’d plucked up her skirts to go. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I claw at Ollie's hands around my waist, trying to pry them loose. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It took three people to pry Peach out of the car. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Back in the house he chopped at the wood around the haspstaple and finally jammed the blade under the staple and pried it up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I wondered about Shady’s jigsaw life, but decided not to pry. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how she would actually pry the money out of him, but she’d figure a way, and somehow make him like it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When she had finished the coffee and calmed down, the bailiff gently pried the shards of foam from her hands and threw them away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Blethenologists, as Hughes calls the close watchers of the family, will be disappointed that Hughes, who spent 42 years in journalism, was unable to pry loose more details about some of the family business. ‘Pressing On’ peeks inside Northwest newspaper dynasties 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Underlying Omega Mart is a narrative having to do with a sinister corporation, a mystery waiting for the visitor to pry out. Up to My Eyeballs in Art at Superblue 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Most of all, there was a whole lot of Les Paul, the pioneering guitarist who first pried open the door for the young Beck to the instrument’s possibilities. Concert review: Jeff Beck at Cadillac Palace 2011-04-02T05:46:27Z What we need now, in any case, is not another celebrity biographer but an investigative journalist who will pry open the tiara casing around the Firm and expose its workings once and for all. Review | Before Harry and Meghan, the Windsor sisters stirred the pot. A new book delves into their story. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Their clothing represented a fundamental optimism that if only the system — the government, our society, the economy — could be pried open so that good black people could shimmy through the crack, all would be well. Perspective | The protesters are dressed as their unique selves — and that’s part of their power 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Plus, if you’re a cartilage cruncher like me, there’s really no other efficient way to pry off every last tasty morsel. Sticky, Sweet and Savory Chicken: No Fork Necessary 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z There were prying eyes on our apartment balcony and a mob seeking revenge on our blood. My life in a turban 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z Photos: The trials and tribulations of Lindsay Lohan Schwartz admonished Lohan to present any additonal information under seal to keep the information away from the prying eyes of tabloid reporters. Lindsay Lohan ordered back to court next month 2011-03-10T17:50:00Z In her note to readers, Fox describes Clare’s story as “about a young woman … trying to pry her own life apart from her history.” Inspired by Holocaust-Era Letters, a Novelist Examines Inherited Trauma 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In the “manifesto” she penned for Billboard when she reluctantly returned to recording two years ago, she compared fame with an insufferable mother-in-law, prying and poking until there was no boundary left uncrossed. Sia is rejecting fame. Which has made her more famous than ever. 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z “Fingersmith was about finding space for women to be with each other away from prying eyes,” she says. Sarah Waters: ‘The Handmaiden turns pornography into a spectacle – but it's true to my novel' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Their stage show pries out a gritty, filthy edge from any commonplace spectator that few bands can hope to capture. REVIEW: Die Antwoord's Donker Mag Fails to Maintain Momentum 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Man, you couldn't pry me out my house with your cold, dead hands. "Comics are not covered like other artists": How Ali Siddiq changed the system to own his jokes 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z This is one of those movies embedded in our consciousness that perhaps should stay embedded and not actually be pried loose. When geniuses bomb 2012-06-12T14:00:00Z Watching the recent documentaries about Britney Spears, Shields recognized some of the same obsessive, prying treatment in early interviews with the pop star. Brooke Shields is just getting started 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Overall and in each detail this conjunction of high style and deference to the supremacy of the sea makes it tough to pry yourself away a top-flight perch like this. | Boscolo Bari 2012-10-11T17:30:43Z But they felt free to write to their older sons more openly, or as much as they dared under the censors’ prying eyes. 'She was like a second mother': the German woman who saved our Jewish family history 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Recorded in a Virginia basement, far from the prying eyes of a record label, “There Is Nothing Left to Lose” went on to win the band’s first Grammy, for best rock album. Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters’ Drummer, Dies at 50 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Another joshed, perhaps accurately, “Amal wore the gloves to protect the engagement and wedding rings from prying eyes.” The Uproar Over Amal Clooney’s White Gloves 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z It sets terms, blocks out prying eyes and grabby hands. Review: With ‘22, a Million,’ Bon Iver Beats a Retreat to Even Quieter Reinvention 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z These aren’t esoteric references yielding themselves up to a connoisseur’s prying. ‘Under the Silver Lake’ Review: Andrew Garfield Gets Lost in a Haze of Pop-Culture Allusions 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Wont to interrogate privilege – race, class and otherwise – I pry. My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Of course he also lingers — kibitzing, meddling and prying in his genial, diffident way — because he is entranced by Kate herself. | 'Around a Small Mountain': A Village Circus From Jacques Rivette 2010-07-08T21:39:00Z The slashed screen stayed in the back window, the frame too warped by the bodies that had come through it to be easily pried out. You’re the kids who robbed us: Our strange online encounter with our burglars 2014-04-12T23:00:00Z Heinrich finally brings up a large bivalve to pry open and eat the gooey insides; Flake complains that he doesn’t eat seafood, certainly not sushi, but he’s too hungry to pass it up. ‘Rival Survival’ on Discovery Channel: A feeble reach across the political isle Like many teenagers, Paige — who’s become involved with a no-nukes church youth group — is trying to establish an identity separate from her prying parents. ‘The Americans’: In Season 4, the Wars Grow Colder and More Dangerous 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Strong language hasn't deterred them, and they use every opportunity to pry into personal areas that are none of their concern. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Sometimes, seeking help for depression can be depressing 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z But the eardrum busting, which gradually subsides as Kate’s vulnerable heart is pried open, is an emotional steam valve. Theater Review: ?The Taming of the Shrew,? at the Duke on 42nd Street 2012-04-03T21:16:19Z The tools: a plain chisel, leaf wedges made from truck springs, a sawed-off 12-pound sledgehammer, a pry bar, a crack hammer, lots of patience. Crystal Visions: Just Dig ?Em Up 2011-07-28T22:27:13Z “My Week With Marilyn” sticks to the actual production of “Showgirl,” so it doesn’t tell the more interesting behind-the-scenes involving Monroe’s struggle to pry herself from the glamorous iron grip of the old studio system. Movies: A Season of Movies About Movies 2011-12-04T03:43:05Z He didn’t let it go, though there were plenty of people who tried to pry him loose. In ‘Catch and Kill,’ Ronan Farrow Recounts Chasing Harvey Weinstein Story 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z "I never pry into an artist's life, or process either," Dorsey said. David Bowie's new makeover: Rock 'n' roll recluse 2010-03-01T23:32:00Z Becky tries to pry a marriage proposal from Amelia’s brother, who has a lucrative position in the colonies with the East India Company. Amazon’s New “Vanity Fair” Turns Becky Sharp Into an Endearing, Plucky Go-Getter 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z At a later feeding, he must pry open her mouth to force in the liquid. Michael Haneke's Poignant Amour: The Flowers and the Stars 2012-05-21T18:43:58Z They learned to recognize ciphers — where one letter is substituted for another letter or number — and to interpret “additives,” extra numbers thrown in to stump prying eyes. The Women Who Helped America Crack Axis Codes 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z He returns to the grandmother’s house where James is staying, beats up James, ties him to a chair and pries banking information that allows him to begin stealing the inheritance. Review: ‘Two Step’ Scuffles Around With Petty Criminals 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Other children screamed as family members pried them from their mothers’ arms. This former inmate is fighting for every prisoner’s right to a college degree 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Eric has spent the better part of five decades trying to pry more details loose, even as most of those with firsthand knowledge have died. Review | In ‘Wormwood,’ Errol Morris finds a limit to how many layers a mystery can have 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Filing a defamation suit can also badly backfire, because it might allow the filmmaker to pry even deeper into their subject’s life through the evidence-gathering process. Threat of lawsuits can stymie, but also help documentarians 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The museum has acquired about 50 of his pieces in the last four decades, occasionally prying them away from his customers’ descendants. Antiques: Search for de Soto in Southeast Georgia 2010-05-20T22:44:00Z With a common table knife or spoon in the other hand, pry open the top shell. Shell game: Off Florida’s coast, harvesting scallops is an underwater Easter egg hunt Here’s why: Before she speaks about how to pry our kids away from their phones, tablets and laptops, Ms. Steiner-Adair looks parents quite sternly in the eye. Books of The Times: 3 Books Offer Ways to Cut the Cord, If Only Briefly 2013-08-18T22:14:01Z Be careful not to pry the stones up from whatever is underneath. How to repair a crumbling flagstone patio 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Marines pry out the gold teeth of fallen enemy soldiers, sometimes not waiting until they are dead. Television Review | 'The Pacific': First Marine Division in Gruesome World War II Battles 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z Simmering beneath Emojicon’s smiley atmosphere is a sly ulterior motive — a bid to pry open the emoji creation process and make it more accessible to the people who actually use them. Secrets of the Emoji World, Now With Its Own Convention 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z It takes a big guy if your wife comes and says `I'm going to poke and pry around the darkest side of marriage for my next book. Flynn's 'Gone Girl' poised to be summer thriller 2012-06-22T17:02:13Z "We are not prying into the circumstances, the details of the surgery," councilwoman JoAnn Watson said. Aretha Franklin 'battling cancer' 2010-12-09T11:51:00Z He pries a bit into her history, especially in terms of her three dead husbands. 'Once Upon a Time': Cruella De Vil is the worst 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z And so we just felt like, "Oh, man, we got some good stories here," that we could have never pried out of each other just by working together. Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: We're the only band "used to playing in space bubbles" 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z For people who had never pried beyond the Duggar persona presented on TV, the news must have come as a tremendous shock. Josh Duggar and the sexual abuse allegations rocking 19 Kids and Counting 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z He prefers it that way, to keep himself honest when orbivores attempt to pry him for information. The Treasure Hunters of Block Island 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z I switched back into my tennis shoes after prying off my borrowed boots. High in the Hills of Corsica 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z Just as Abu Nazir did, it took Brody apart: methodically, brutally, yet tenderly pried off each layer of the lies that constituted his being, revealing the angry, spent, used man underneath. Homeland Watch: Broken Boy Soldier 2012-10-29T12:00:28Z Production companies are careful with these waivers, making sure to keep them away from prying eyes. TV contracts keep lid on stars' offensive remarks, insiders say: 'Tapes are deleted' 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z At my first stop, the tiny, cash-only Ravi Kabob House #1, I strategically chose a table I hoped would shield me from prying eyes. Grilled kebabs: The secrets to perfectly done meat, vegetables and even fruit Both pry apart domestic settings to examine their psychological and historical roots. Argentine slums and a Unabomber cabin: How 'Home' at LACMA rethinks ideas about Latin American art 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z As the American craft beer movement grows, so does the desire of drinkers to learn even more and to pry into the process. Journeys: Make Your Beer and Drink It, Too 2010-02-24T21:53:00Z But I feel that if something isn’t my business, I won’t pry. Nina Sankovitch, Allaying Grief Through Books 2011-08-12T20:52:47Z The owners of the oyster farm, Ian Wile and Rosalie Rung, and their staff provide the necessary knives, gloves and gripping boards to those intent on prying open the oysters before slurping them down. A Tanqueray Gin With a Past 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Well, I say, it’s not prying for intimate details, is it? Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I would love to not talk about my personal life’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The newborn, hiding from prying eyes in her mother's arms at Planckendael, is the seventh bonobo born in Europe so far this year. Bashful baby bonobo born in Belgium 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Oh, and I forgot to say — her prying doesn’t oblige you to talk. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You! Are! Calm! even though Mom always says to ‘calm down’ 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Eva never chats or goes to lunch with her colleagues, and, despite their prying, she never tells them anything about her personal life. Black Women Writers and the Secret Space of Diaries 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Use a thin flat bar to gently pry off the end cap on the stair tread, which will expose the mortise that holds the baluster. 56 Essential Survival Skills for Homeowners 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Mustique is an entirely private island and has its own police force to keep its elite clientele away from prying eyes. Inside Mustique, the exclusive island where the royals vacation 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z One tried to pry a bookshelf off the wall in search of secrets. ‘Temping’ Is a Workplace Drama for One. You’re Hired. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z It probably insults the mystery of this album to pry such a neat little story out of it, but that’s what we do with our dreams over Cheerios each morning. Review | Lana Del Rey suddenly sounds like the poet laureate of post-truth 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s tempting to hope that Zink’s unnerving humor might pry open a space for us to think more reflectively about racism, homophobia and sexism than our earnestness usually allows. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z He mentions cycling, but his exercise still seems to derive from sentence construction, prying out lazy words, rummaging through dictionaries and wringing suspense from unlikely moments, as when he extends his Orange Trapper. In These New Essays, John McPhee Finds Poetry in the Material at Hand 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Here are 12 shows worth prying yourself off the sofa for. Home for the holidays: 12 shows from Seattle music all-stars 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Like so many restitution cases, this one pries open a painful chapter in Western history. Centuries-old paintings, a Russian aristocrat, an obscure Nazi past: Why nothing about the Norton Simon 'Adam' and 'Eve' case is simple 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Visiting the Historic Triangle now makes one understand why it’s impossible to pry those two narratives apart. An Awakening in Columbus, a Reckoning in Williamsburg 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Gossip Girl posts to Instagram now, prying open the gap between the perfect selves we project online and the messier people we are off it. New York, ‘Gossip Girl’ Loves You, Again 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z But when you think of how that cultural symbiosis would be pried apart and destroyed under Nazi occupation and persecution, the statement takes on a tragic hue. Review: Summoning Erwin Schulhoff’s Zest for Life 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z It is in many respects the prelude to the original "Gossip Girl," right down to the prying, flying texts and blog posts taking the place of Laclos' flurry of letters. The enduring seduction of “Dangerous Liaisons” on stage, film and now TV 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z She kept her diaries — she knew they’d be published one day — in French, German and other languages, in part to master those languages and in part to repel prying eyes. Patricia Highsmith Lived Extravagantly, and Took Copious Notes 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Use a round-edged knife to pry the flesh from the coconut shell. A simple grilled cheese sandwich is good. Spicy chutney can make it great. 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z And you’ll have to pry the butter out of my cold, dead, incredibly greasy hands. Confessions of a part-time vegan: How changing my diet changed my life 2014-01-27T15:59:00Z New York's Museum of Modern Art is well accustomed to the challenges of protecting its priceless collection from visitors' prying hands. Nude perfomers groped at MoMA show 2010-04-16T16:04:00Z The gods prying open the massive door that services the stage of the Deutsche Oper powerfully symbolized the deep wish for this country’s — and the world’s — curtains to rise once again. Wagner in the Parking Lot as Opera Returns to Germany 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z As a last resort, he said, you might need to gently pry off the wood molding that’s holding the vinyl in place. How to remove a window sash from its frame 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Wear gloves and use a weeding knife to pry loose the most stubborn of them. How to shift your gardening perspective to adapt to a changing climate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z This loose edge is then extended by repeatedly prying and applying heat until the rest of the piece lifts free. How to replace damaged laminate on an old bedroom furniture set 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z With this motorized wallet, if you were spending a lot of money and reaching your credit limit, the motor would make it harder to pry open the wallet. There’s Nowhere to Hide on the Internet 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Young people fell in love in the dark: “Wrapped in a magic cloak of invisibility, you can do what you like without worrying about the prying eyes of parents, neighbors or secret police.” ‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’ 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z I crawled onto his lap, prying his hands off his head, where I saw veins protruding. The power of radical forgiveness 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z He studied images he pulled from Google, and pried a few tips out of some hunters. A New Breed of Hunters Focuses on the Food 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Septimus and his doomed comrade simulate the “prying and insidious” hell of combat by clambering up, down and under the looming staircase. | 'Septimus and Clarissa': ?Septimus and Clarissa,? an Adaptation of ?Mrs. Dalloway? - Review 2011-09-16T02:01:01Z Whisper it, but as the best spies know, there's an art to prying, a skill in surveillance. Clip joint: Eavesdropping 2011-07-21T16:50:00Z Using a small metal spatula, either an offset or a fish spatula, will help pry the pieces off for flipping halfway through. Sheet-Pan Suppers Without the Meat 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Slip a stiff putty knife or a painter’s five-in-one tool into the opening you sliced and gently begin to pry one of the molding strips toward the center of the opening. Replacing a cracked pane of glass in an old kitchen door 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z As crates are pried open and the paintings, sculpture, photography and multimedia installations from the Marcianos’ collection are configured, the scene is a little chaotic — and charged with excitement. L.A.'s Marciano art museum will debut May 25. But first: A sneak peek 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Morgan’s lack of recall was so profound that one of his public defenders — desperate for information so he could mount an insanity defense — hired a hypnotist to pry out the details. Death row teens: He’d committed a vicious murder at 16, but was he really incapable of change? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Because Madeira is a small island, Des and Chris are unable to escape the watchful prying eyes of the rest of the men. ‘The Bachelorette’ Watch: Mad in Madeira 2013-07-09T14:57:56Z Bill Paxton, who plays a ruthless, southern CIA operative who pries information from suspects about the missing money through games of Russian roulette, described Washington as "a great comedic actor." Who knew? Denzel Washington reveals comedic flair in '2 Guns' 2013-07-31T18:39:05Z For pages, the author relates her struggle to pry the relevant raw data loose from initially unresponsive bureaucrats, detailing her frustration and mounting anger given the stakes. ‘What the Eyes Don’t See’ Review: Sounding Flint’s Siren 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z In footage of the incident shared to Twitter by a passenger, two people are seen trying to pry open the lavatory door. United Airlines flight makes emergency landing after passenger gets stuck in bathroom 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Confronted with television decimating the movie audience of the early ’50s, the studios tried to pry the viewers loose from their home screens by promising something they couldn’t get in the living room. ?Classic 3-D,? Straight From ?50s, at Film Forum 2010-08-12T22:45:00Z The first rule of Bridge Club is: “Thou shalt not pry.” ‘The Bridge Ladies’ review: Fifty years of friendship in a pre-Facebook era 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z It may be that the expectations for this event make a test away from New York’s prying eyes particularly attractive. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick revive a Broadway tradition: An out-of-town play tryout 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher,” Summerscale used a police investigation as a crowbar to pry open the inner workings of Victorian domestic life, in particular the often-occluded power dynamics between classes and family members. “Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace”: Divorce, Victorian-style 2012-06-18T01:00:00Z But the Magic Kingdom also employs squadrons of black-ops researchers to poke, prod and pry. Arts & Leisure: New Muppet (and Movie), Leading Franchise Into New Era 2011-11-16T16:00:12Z Then something tiny happened that pried open my eyes to the less obvious forms of racism and the hurdles the poor face when they try to climb the economic ladder. Why I left the GOP 2012-09-10T13:30:00Z In the episode, which never aired but has recently been made available, Jones pried for Amedure to go further, to tell his sexual fantasies about Schmitz, making the segment all the juicier. Homophobic “The Jenny Jones Show” killer released from prison 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z They found nothing, but the file cabinet they pried open is now on display at the Smithsonian. Watergate: The Scandal That Never Goes Away 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z She scraps the work she did under his prying eye, and redoes it her way when he’s not around. ‘Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles’ Review: Pastries of the Gilded Age, Made Modern 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z We weren’t there to interview or pry; they would tell us what they wanted us to know when they wished, their stories slowly emerging from conversation and the brief writing exercises we gave them. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z You get the sense that you would need the Jaws of Life to pry McConnell’s countenance from Donald J. Trump’s fundament. ‘Mitch, Please!’ Tours Kentucky and Roasts a Senator 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z And she saw how difficult it was for others to pry open the gates. Part Teacher, Part Den Mother, a Composer Fosters Diversity 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Musical director and keyboardist Jake Null anchors a small, flexible orchestra comprising guitar, bass and drums driving the rowdy first half of the show, plus violin and cello prying open your heart in act two. Musical ‘Dogfight’ has bite, while ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ lacks affection 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z He has never been one to chase after inside stories or to pry into the psychology of the people he films. | 'Crazy Horse': ?Crazy Horse? by Frederick Wiseman - Review 2012-01-17T23:09:27Z Sheldrake’s book is full of striking examples like these, prying open our cramped perspectives. Whether You’re Making a Meal or Cleaning an Oil Spill, There’s a Fungus for That 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z “It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare; pry; listen; eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.” Paul Graham and Seizing the Everyday Moments 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z As Maloney pries deeper into the machine of American health care, she finds no central mechanism other than that of the eternal money-go-round. An Essayist Navigates the Labyrinth of American Health Care. Barely. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z An hour later, the 21-year-old transgender man became so light-headed that friends had to pry the binder off him. Underwear for trans people: the torture of binding, tucking and packing is over 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s tempting to say that stories like “Stranger Things” redeem Lovecraft’s sensibility by prying it loose from its fin de siècle moorings. The Old, American Horror Behind “Stranger Things” 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Don’t pry into their personal life or ask accusatory questions such as, “Why did you do that?” How to talk to your middle-schooler (so they might actually listen to you) 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z For authors, the stakes couldn’t be higher: This is their unfinished work, still littered with typos and plot lines that would not survive a final edit, pried out into the open before it’s ready. The Mystery of the Disappearing Manuscripts 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z But are these sufficient reasons to pry a woman from her home of 45 years and send her off to a retirement center? Theater Review: Estelle Parsons, With Explosives, in ‘Velocity of Autumn’ 2014-04-22T02:00:14Z Slip a putty knife blade underneath the pry bar as you work so that you don’t damage the post. How to repair a damaged finial on a newel post 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Then you need a screwdriver to pry it open — terribly inconvenient. Style Invitational Week 1325: Stand up and jeer — jokes for the WHCA dinner 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The cherry-red telephone on his desk as governor was a direct line to Karen, who maintained an office across the statehouse atrium but preferred phone conversations to avoid prying eyes. The Inscrutable Mike Pence 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Much of the movie’s first half is made to make you anxious about the family’s prying neighbors and the encroaching front line. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Humans’ and ‘Rectify’ 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The habit indicates not only goofiness, but a desire to keep any serious or prying enquiries at bay. Keanu Reeves: 'I would've broken Kubrick' 2011-01-13T21:30:01Z Place a wide putty knife or a thin piece of wood under the pry bar to protect the window trim. How to make stuck windows slide again 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z This is one of those movies embedded in our consciousness, that perhaps should stay embedded, not actually be pried loose. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z Mr. Ségalot pried the Warhol out of the private collection of the Mugrabi family, Manhattan dealers known for their vast holdings of Warhols. Auction World?s Blast of Brash 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z Ever the professional, Beyoncé kept singing as she and a few stage hands attempted to pry her hair from the machine. Beyonce: Unstoppable and Unflappable Onstage 2013-09-17T16:21:27Z Don’t poke or pry with your chopsticks, and don’t try to sneak a tube of tteok off the pan — you must wait. Korean Bounty, Born From Poverty, in Flushing, Queens 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z So I dialed back my aggro-ness,” Ms. Okpokwasili said, and then she found a tree away from prying ears to stand under. MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Fellowships 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z If you find yourself prying food up with a spatula, it’s not ready yet. Feel the char, not the burn: It heightens flavors, and here’s how to do it right 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Then Rita’s husband, Bill, took a stick and pried open her mouth, and they could see Anna’s gold fillings. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The burglary charge resulted from an inebriated attempt to pry open the back door of a restaurant in broad daylight. Merle Haggard, revered country singer of common man anthems, dies at 79 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Most of all, there was a whole lot of Les Paul, the pioneering guitarist who first pried open the door for the young Beck to the instrument's possibilities. Guitar legend Jeff Beck stays within retro limits 2011-04-04T05:00:00Z He also chafes at all the new white residents and their prying eyes. The best films of 2020 ... that you haven't seen 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Despite an armada of hot-air balloons launched as a shield against prying eyes, a parachutist wearing a camera landed mere yards from the 59-year-old bride and her 39-year-old groom. Obituary: Elizabeth Taylor, of movies and men 2011-03-24T02:49:21Z Throughout the shooting, to avoid the constant prying of the paparazzi, the celebrated couple would escape to a cheap one-room apartment on the beach. Elizabeth Taylor obituary 2011-03-23T14:01:48Z I followed behind him, picking up shorts and socks he had shed as he wandered, scooping him out of the neighbor’s tulip bed and prying him loose from the top rung of the jungle gym. Motherlode Blog: Trying to Let Go of My Wandering (Adult) Son 2012-03-28T15:00:53Z To keep the natural wood look, though, you’d need to pry off the cap and replace it. How to repair a damaged finial on a newel post 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Eventually it is that prying that puts him in the cross hairs of Pakistan’s leaders. He Reported on Pakistan’s Volatile Politics. Then He Became a Story Himself. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z He’s already barely concerned with the sound of now, and perhaps he knows if he focuses on the sound of then, he might be able to finally escape prying eyes and critiquing ears. Hip-Hop Changes. Eminem Doesn’t. 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The prying, judging eyes of social media may be a hassle for authorities–for lawyers, for law enforcement and for the media itself. Don't Blame Social Media for Ferguson's Troubles 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Alix Fox pries into the complicated and fascinating lives of people for whom sex is not always entirely straightforward, from a polyamorous couple to a man paralysed from the waist down just before his honeymoon. There's a search for a fifth meat – and 19 other things podcasts taught us in 2016 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z In 2008, two events gently pry Helen loose from her obsessive grief. 'February': Life in the wake of a Newfoundland tragedy 2010-04-14T21:28:00Z And when the man again attacks another woman, knocking her to the ground and punching her repeatedly while she’s down, Blair is one of the few who fights to pry him away. Texas man who intervened in Disneyland brawl speaks out: 'I just felt I had to get in there' 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z I don’t mean to pry, but I couldn’t help wondering what your pillow talk must have been like. A Literary Couple Grapple With Bach and His God 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z I think the Altered Carbon / Corporate Anthropology lesson is prying open a new narrative space to explore, hinting at self-modifying code using the will of the coder to effect its emergent consciousness. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3, Episode 5: Taking the Long Way Around 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z An assistant at Axe Capital, Shari works with Lara to pry June’s manuscript from the publisher. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 3: The Women of Wall Street 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Next, try gently prying the sash from the outside. How to make stuck windows slide again 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z And they’d never held figs so big you needed two hands to pry them from their branches. The fig tree that traveled two oceans & three generations 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z In the first of many clever exchanges in this episode, her first offering on the phone is, “It’s not my intention to pry.” Boardwalk Empire Watch: Buon Fortuna 2012-10-01T12:00:47Z While the finalists learn those completely reasonable sounding routines, I’ll take another sip of my “how-soon-is-now wine” and hope that someone pries the Mad Libs out of the producers hands before next season. Dancing with the Stars Results Watch: Who Is the New Winner? 2012-11-28T13:30:05Z Thieves eluded motion sensor alarms as they went through the skylights then used ropes to rappel 40 feet down into the warehouse, where they pried open six specific containers, leaving the rest untouched. Books worth $2.5 million stolen in a daring London heist 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z A crew began gently removing the Nashville landmark's 61-year-old oak floorboards with pry bars Saturday morning. Work crew begins removal of Ryman Auditorium stage 2012-02-04T22:16:03Z His body confirms the danger with sporadic seizures, pain that keeps him popping pills, and a right hand he can’t unclench without prying the fingers open with his left hand. ‘The Rider’ Review: A Cowboy Life in the Balance 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Waller-Bridge works instinctively, prying open new possibilities and savagely deleting existing plots and characters as she goes. Phoebe Waller-Bridge Will Make You Laugh So Hard It Hurts 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z That world is filled with the prying eyes of narrow-minded town folk. Theater Review: ‘Bridges of Madison County’ Brings Iowa to Broadway 2014-02-21T03:00:02Z It made me want to flee back into the adult world, pry open a window and gulp the open air. Books of The Times: ‘Carthage,’ by Joyce Carol Oates 2014-02-05T21:32:23Z Although you may be incredibly curious, try not to pry or ask questions that require overtly emotional answers. Motherlode Blog: Emailing a Sperm Donor: ‘You May Want to Sit Down’ 2013-12-16T19:29:34Z The war, for all its bloody horrors, had also pried open the narrow social field of American life. Creative era of Jess Collins, Robert Duncan brought full circle 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The newborn, hiding from prying eyes in her mother's arms at Planckendael, is the seventh bonobo born in Europe so far this year. Bashful baby bonobo born in Belgium 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z That means more than 11 million people will have pried themselves away from in-home streaming services, according to EntTelligence, a research firm. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Lands Triumphantly on Opening Weekend 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z I was bitten, besieged by prying fingers, hit in the chest with a bed pan. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z Ortiz’s pieces, which he labels “Archaeological Finds,” consist of dismembered furnishings that he pries apart in violent acts. Argentine slums and a Unabomber cabin: How 'Home' at LACMA rethinks ideas about Latin American art 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z This isn’t the same situation as Shauna’s daughter, Callie, and the creepy cop who is trying to pry clues out of her through bowling dates. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: Destructive Secrets 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The bodyguards pried open the doors of our S.U.V. and told us to run toward a stage that had been set up in the middle of the shantytown. The Would-Be Prince of Port-au-Prince 2011-07-17T04:45:24Z Until: “Slowly. Very slowly, she pries open her gluey eyelids till the raw white sunlight stings. She is alive.” Hitler Had Food Tasters, Anne Frank Lived and Maud Baum Wanted to Be Heard 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z He'd follow up by prying into the person's sexual orientation and then ask them to meet — sometimes offering to pay for their travel expenses. The nerdy online power of "Rick and Morty" creator that led to allegations of sexual assault 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z But something about the chance to collaborate on this building pried open those old feelings. A low-key Facebook building? In Gehry's hands, Zuckerberg has it both ways 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Some fans pried into my life, asking personal questions. What It Was Like Being a Left-Wing Pundit on “The O’Reilly Factor” 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Instead of showing their respects, they pried off a plaque with the likeness of the writer who died 105 years ago. Mark Twain's grave robbed of bronze plaque 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z As we shared a cigarette behind a bus during recess, away from the nuns’ prying eyes, I inquired why. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z Then, with a chisel, you can pry or break out the rest of the piece, leaving a clean opening for the new insert. What to do about splitting floorboards in an old home 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Alex Garland, the creator of "Devs," has a singular way of prying open the observer's mind space in such a way as to make his stories linger on the psychological palate. "Devs" is Alex Garland's aesthetically mesmerizing and engrossing modern horror story 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z There’s something to be said for their knowing they’ve struck nerves, especially if it teaches them not to pry about babies again. Carolyn Hax: Feeling besieged by questions about plans for having children 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The leeches they pry from their legs are like muddy badges of courage. Memoirs of an Insatiable Traveler 2011-06-03T17:37:30Z But the gate just got pried open wider. What was truly historic about the congressional sit-in? The way we watched it. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He pried the plywood off the wall and took it into the club, where he was charging visitors to have a look. ArtsBeat: Banksy Emerges From Shadows to Weigh In on Dispute Over Work 2014-05-08T18:01:15Z Scholars have also examined the messages encoded in women’s needlework, miniatures, interior design, even the color of silk floss used to “lock” letters to protect them from prying eyes. Decoding the Defiance of Henry VIII’s First Wife 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Another time, they pried his socks off and tickled him again. Carolyn Hax: Tickle-torture is no laughing matter 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Her protagonist is Marji, a tough, sassy little Iranian girl, bent on prying from her evasive elders if not truth, at least a credible explanation of the travails they are living through. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It is important, too, that shooting can be done cheaply with tiny dashboard cameras, away from the prying eyes of the regime. Wheel life: the strange power of films set inside cars 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z If heat doesn’t help, you may need to gently pry as well as hammer. How to glue a chair back together 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Mirah pried me open and slowly I trusted she would be there, every time, solid. This Is What Happens When Friends Fall in Love 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Bourbon, 70, and his wife had recently pried the recipe out of the surviving uncle after years of trying and put the seasoning back into production. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z It’s a setting, James Poniewozik writes, “where everyone is packed close and prying eyes and whispers are inescapable.” The 18 Best TV Shows for Vicarious Travel Thrills 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z But even if it isn’t, you want privacy to protect yourself from prying eyes, whether those of disapproving busybodies or larcenous teen night-stalkers. Maybe this will inspire you to get your hands dirty: 6 steps to growing your own backyard pot plant 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z She may storm off in a huff or concoct even more elaborate tales to pry open your wallet. Social Q?s: Correct Ages on Dating Sites - Social Q?s 2011-11-25T23:14:20Z And ticket buyers, especially teenagers and young adults — the hardest groups to pry away from their Netflix accounts — have been responding, making hits out of “Get Out,” “It,” “Don’t Breathe,” “The Witch” and “The Visit.” ‘A Quiet Place’ Is a Huge No. 1 at the Box Office, Boosting Paramount 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Soon the fingers of dementia got her in their grip, and they pried loose bits of her memory every day. Growing Up in the Library 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z "Not so tight," she tells him, as the counselors gradually pry him loose. Cannes: A heart-rending take on a movie classic 2011-05-15T17:21:00Z “See how it’s working to pry open the leaf bud of the ohia?” he whispered. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z Then I started opening all the cabinets and drawers, which felt like prying until I remembered that this was all mine for the night. Hyatt House, a different kind of home away from home A porous steel skin wraps around the building, pried up from the ground at two corners to create the main lobby entrances on Grand Avenue. Architecture Review: Not All Sweetness in a Honeycomb Museum 2011-01-11T23:24:08Z It pries open a focused space for thought, a space that even gets an intermittent soundtrack through speakers hidden here and there to play musical fragments by Guthrie Lonergan. 'Made in L.A. 2016': Hammer Museum biennial proves a thoughtful place to ponder the possibilities 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z If the book has any narrative tension, it is found in the authors’ interesting — but too quick — asides about their often unsuccessful efforts to pry supposedly public information about the bank out of its regulators. How Citigroup Escaped Financial Disaster in 2008 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Desperate to avoid the prying eyes of gossipy neighbors, Kostas and Defne find refuge in the backroom of a tavern owned by two men who understand what it’s like to pursue forbidden romance. Review | In Elif Shafak’s ‘The Island of Missing Trees,’ a surprising narrator makes sense of surreal events 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z In the 19th and early 20th centuries, social upheavals from China's resistance to Western incursions also pried loose treasured works of art, many of which found their way to Japan. Chinese paintings at LACMA captivate with their delicacy 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The bands are pried up on several floors at the back of the building to reveal floor-to-ceiling windows, giving the unsettling impression that someone is peeking at you through gigantic metal blinds. Architecture Review: A Unified Home for Arts Education, With a Split Right Down the Middle 2011-03-09T23:05:21Z Every morning, the teacher had to pry me off my father’s leg. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Miami During the Cocaine Boom 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z As well as what she did not: to be seen wearing a bib in public, or to get her hands messy prying lobster meat from the shell. Buttery Lobster, Without All the Work (or the Bib) 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z "All I've ever wanted / was to kiss crevices, pry them open, / and flourish within dew-slick / hollows," he explains, writing in the voice of a kudzu vine. New works by poets Jennifer Moxley, Judy Halebsky, Saeed Jones 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z When my wife had to literally pry them from her small hands to wash them, she'd flip out. Sesame Place falls short of "Sesame Street" — and after my own child's visit, I should have known 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z I guess the solution is to not tell her much, but she likes to pry and hates when I don't say much. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You! Are! Calm! even though Mom always says to ‘calm down’ 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Or, if the window doesn’t tilt, Connelly suggested using a putty knife to gently pry back the vinyl enough to free the sash. How to remove a window sash from its frame 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The same technology may be used to find PayPal scofflaws, track remittances to terrorists overseas, or pry into the private lives of journalists. Trying to make sense of the world of ubiquitous surveillance 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Despite an armada of hot-air balloons launched as a shield against prying eyes, a parachutist wearing a camera on his helmet managed to land mere yards from the 59-year-old bride and her 39-year-old groom. Elizabeth Taylor, legendary actress, dies at 79 2011-03-23T13:57:00Z Walsh functions with the assumption that his lines are tapped, works to avoid intelligence tails and continues to pry into the dark corners that those in power wish he wouldn’t. He Reported on Pakistan’s Volatile Politics. Then He Became a Story Himself. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Plus, almost anything that might make it more difficult for forensic labs to pry it all apart: alfalfa, comfrey leaf, passionflower, horehound, etc. The year in synthetic drugs 2012-12-26T17:48:00Z After being discharged he followed the aspiring actor’s path, earning roles Off Broadway and prying open doors to the movies and television. George Segal, Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Much of his correspondence was peppered with ciphers to keep prying Parliamentarian eyes out of his business. 5 historic codes yet to be cracked 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Minus the costuming and time period, there were striking similarities: difficult split, close Jewish family, prying neighbors. How I Found Myself in Mrs. Maisel’s Shoes 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Use diagonal pliers or crosscutting pliers; their curved blades grip the nail and act as a miniature pry bar. How to make stuck windows slide again 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Considering their apparent surprise at the trajectory of their formation and critical success of the 1612 Underture, it's a believable excuse to give to prying journalists at least. Maxine Peake brings the Pendle Witches to Preston library 2012-12-19T15:07:50Z One of his main worries about leaving her for Cyprus is that she will be “exposed to the prying eyes of other men.” A Lovestruck Poultry Farmer on a Journey Far From Home 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z "You will have to pry my blowtorch out of my cold, dead, singed hands." Are burnt foods really bad for you — and why do we love them so much? 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Maybe I have to pry apart desperation and desire. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z If some parts of the cake remain in the pan, see if a toothpick will help pry them loose, then reconstruct the cake without shame. I finally got my $#%$! Bundt cake out of its pan. Here’s how. 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Spencer managed to pry open the elevator doors, which allowed him to get reception on his cell phone, and called 911. VIDEO: Chicago Fire‘s Jesse Spencer Turns Real Life Rescuer 2014-04-03T15:11:49Z You might ask her for tips on how to pry a paycheck out of her father. Perspective | Ask Amy: Couple operate a business, but only one of them gets paid 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z You will need to cut back or carefully pry off the baseboard, then cut back the drywall below and on the sides of the shower door. Rusty spots under the shower frame mean faulty installation 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z She picked up a cookie tin, and pried off the lid. When the Winds Died Down 2011-07-18T15:50:05.740Z She twisted around with difficulty and pried it out of his mouth. Books of The Times: Some Time at the Races, With Luck and Change 2010-12-01T22:57:00Z Parker is reserved and wonky, not the sort to tell tales, so the journal remains closed to prying eyes. Houston’s Annise Parker, a gay mayor in a red state, ponders political future 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Where they were standing the railway tracks had been pried up and removed. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z The image of Rachel McAdams using chardonnay as a disinfectant while prying a bullet from Jason Bateman’s arm is a good way of encapsulating the tone of this bizarre comedy. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘All American’ and ‘22 July’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z To stay creative, “Homeland” has to pry even deeper into its entwined and deeply damaged protagonists without burning out their mystery. The TV Watch: Two Faces of National Security on ‘Homeland’ 2012-09-27T12:49:42Z In 2010, he asked Ms. Boone to find the collector who owned it and pry it away. Paint and Switch? Did Alec Baldwin Pay $190,000 for the Wrong Picture? 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Cyril locks her in a hug, holding on as if to a buoy as the counselors try to pry him loose. Movie Review: ?The Kid With a Bike,? From Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 2012-03-15T22:41:22Z Baudelaire, however, in his great essay of 1855, “On the Essence of Laughter,” pried into the attitudes that he saw enshrined in our will to laugh—into our superiority over one another, and over nature. Shooting the Jesters 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z But for the rest of the world – the school pals and the random followers and our prying family friends – we share our food online. Click plate: how Instagram is changing the way we eat 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Inside the former warehouse, a scissor lift cuts through the unfinished lobby, sharp with the smell of fresh paint, while workers configure custom furniture and pry open crates of art. ICA LA: A sneak peek inside downtown's new art museum 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Female labourers and housewives passed the stories onto one another to dispense shared wisdom, or else to break up the boredom of another working day as they toiled away from the prying eyes of men. How Cinderella lost its original feminist edge in the hands of men 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z None of these books would be caught off-guard by a prying party guest. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Neither the plotting nor the music really pries open the layers you expect to find lurking in such a rich setup. Blues are buoyant, but ‘Black Pearl Sings!’ should have been rousing emotional duet 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Lee Hirsch's documentary pries open a world of child abuse by other children: taunts and threats that can drive a victim to suicide. Bully: A Punishing Movie Your Kids Must See 2012-03-29T10:45:20Z After Grant bought the trunk from Christie's estate, she waited four years before getting help to pry the lockbox open. Agatha Christie's long-lost diamonds to be auctioned 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The Roys rank among the so-called “beautiful people,” who travel by limos and helicopters and choose from a buffet of properties they own where they can get away from the prying public or one another. Forget Florida Man: Summer belongs to the trailer park queens of "Florida Girls" 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z With that final flourish, Poe’s anxieties pry their way into the psyche once more. Review | Synetic Theater’s ‘The Madness of Poe’ delivers a haunting mash-up from the father of American horror 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “When I kind of pried, she said that she thought that she would ‘ruin’ me.” Later-in-life virgins – ‘At my age, it becomes a red flag’ 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Upon arriving in the United States, Borat pries open the crate containing the monkey and finds his teenage daughter Tutar instead; she has stowed away on his trip and eaten the monkey in transit. The ‘Borat’ Sequel’s 3 Wildest Scenes: Here’s What Happens 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z He took out a jackknife and pried open some scallops right there in the boat, and we ate them raw. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z And when initial ticket sales were poor, most box office analysts decided “The Greatest Showman” was a prime example of Hollywood being unable to pry people away from their Netflix accounts. ‘Greatest Showman’ Becomes a Sleeper Hit as Disrespected Films Flourish 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z But if you carefully pry up the cove molding under the tread, install the veneer, then reinstall the molding, it will help anchor that edge, he said. My puppy chewed through the wood stair tread. What to do? 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z I like the idea of the poem's still secluding itself in its bower or bridal veil, shining mistily over the centuries, keeping some of its secrets from our prying, logical eyes. Poem of the week: The Bridal Morn 2012-10-08T10:58:47Z As the couples begin to pry ever more deeply into their troubles, we are the beneficiaries of their painful insights. Review: ‘Slave Play,’ Four Times as Big and Just as Searing 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Surrealism was in the process of prying open its dreams. The Biography of Alexander Calder, Part I 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z If you've used a baking pan, you may need to use a knife to help pry the soap loaf out. How to make soap at home (even if you failed chemistry) 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z A few staff members with prying eyes went into Mr. Kushner’s and found a file with an intriguing name. Citizen Kushner 2011-06-24T21:35:16Z So he pried it apart and twisted it into new forms. To Express the Sound of a Country’s Soul, He Invented New Instruments 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z And there he was, balancing precariously on a chair like a circus elephant, using a fork to pry open a light fixture in the ceiling. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Break Up? 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The parting strip is a thin piece of wood that fits into a groove, so it isn’t easy to pry out. How to make stuck windows slide again 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z We parents hug and pat and console and pry and wrench them off, delivering them into the teacher’s hands. How to help a clingy 4-year-old uncling 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z LoMonte helped a reporter at the student newspaper at New Jersey’s Kean University as she tried to pry loose a surveillance video that the university’s police department was wrongly withholding. Perspective | When student journalists need defending, these lawyers swoop in. For free. 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z For their part, the British tried to pry Vermont away from its alliance with the American colonies. 'Conquered into Liberty': Canada, America's foremost enemy 2012-01-04T22:58:03Z Then they started accusing me of prying and then they tried to turn things into an interview! There's a riot grrrl going on – a classic tour feature from the vaults 2013-01-09T13:10:35Z It might only help at the margins, “but with the margins so close right now, I assume that any vote she can pry at the margins is a good thing.” It’s always sunny for Philadelphia sports fan Jill Biden these days 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z If Arena seemed to be exploiting the celebrity value of politics, at least the bold-faced names pried open the door. Why artists become activists: It’s not only the election 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z A bit of a drifter, who possibly drinks too much and asks prying questions. Blind date: ‘He didn’t get his phone out once’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The fact that it was attached to his father’s Victrola did not deter him, and one day when he was about 7, he pried it off, drilled holes in it and began to blow. Von Freeman, Fiery Tenor Saxophonist, Dies at 88 2012-08-19T05:50:05Z He doesn't last long, though, because Laszlo pries the truth out of him. Who would have guessed that "What We Do In the Shadows" would provide a clear model of polyamory? 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Goulding, as the industrialist, replies defensively, “We don’t pry into the personal lives of our employees, Wally.” Bob Elliott, one half of a crack team of pop-culture satirists, dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Now, you have to beg advertisers to take your soul, and then help them pry it out of your body with a claw hammer. Weingarten: Going native In “Mission,” the same spy drag cloaked a love story, about newlyweds suddenly pried from each other’s arms. Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser 2011-05-29T01:23:02Z He’s the kind of player who doesn’t miss notes, yet he cuts and pries at his momentum, too. Live Jazz: Three August Standouts, From Gilad Hekselman to Rebolú 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z They had to pry it from the plastic cassette-rack thing, and I ran home with it, along with a copy of the Smash Hits. Six Songs of Me: Mikala Taylor of Backstage Rider 2012-08-22T09:35:43Z If the wood is splintered, perhaps because a nail-on protector was once pried off carelessly, use wood filler and sand it smooth once it dries. What to do about floor protectors that won’t stay in place 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z And Evan realizes that while the march toward knowledge is slow, prying every morsel of history from the claws of those who try to suppress it is well worth the effort. Soldiering On 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z It’s that their cellphones have been pried from their clammy fingers. Books of The Times: Application Adventure: A Dad?s College Essay 2011-03-03T16:59:43Z Carve the breast into thick slices in the kitchen, away from prying eyes, then dip each in warm chicken stock for a couple of seconds before transferring it to a serving dish. Help! my turkey won’t fit – quick fixes for Christmas dinner disasters 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z |
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