| 单词 | rail |
| 例句 | They stood at the rail, Sefia fighting the urge to empty her stomach overboard. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The chief mate had not stirred from his place at the rail. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The train hisses over the rails, a tear drops down Tris’s cheek, and the city disappears into the darkness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z All were wealthy and at the peaks of their careers, but all also bore the scars of nineteenth-century life, their pasts full of wrecked rail cars, fevers, and the premature deaths of loved ones. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She made her entrance the day after my parents’ car crashed through a guard rail on the skinny road that climbed the ravine over Quake Lake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He walked slowly to the rail where the horses were tethered: gentle Traveler, skittish Lucy Long. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had gathered at the starboard rail to stare at the dozens of weird shaggy monsters milling through the crowds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A third rail ran along the line, providing nine hundred volts of electricity to the trains. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In a big field,jockeys who opt to go wide may have to swing as many as ten “paths” out, forcing their horses to run roughly ten lengths farther than horses on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought it was a cop and a shoeshine boy; then there was a break in the traffic and across the sun-glaring bands of trolley rails I recognized Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped up to the side rail and moved forward to the mast. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When the once-a-week freight train hit Elm Street, he started running from the Oriole Street dead end — on one rail — and beat the train to the park, nosweat. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the pond the west wind blew, and into the teeth of the west wind sailed the sloops and schooners, their rails well down, their wet decks gleaming. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Passengers cursed and ran, seagulls came from all over the harbor and Mam hung limp and pale on the ship’s rail. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Getting to the port rail was more like rock climbing than walking, but finally they made it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To the amazement of the others, Saruman turned again, and as if dragged against his will, he came slowly back to the iron rail, leaning on it, breathing hard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Just hold on, he told himself, gripping the rail. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z They were down in the dirt firing slowly, carefully from behind splintery trees, piled gray rails, mounds of raw dirt. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, he was most likely to get caught in traffic jams on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked up the massive staircase, my hand trailing along the satin-smooth rail. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I stepped back from the glass door, hopped my skateboard and rode a curb rail in the vicinity of her car. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Vaulting over the rail, Tanin ran down the gangplank to the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I bend down and press my palms to the rail, closing my eyes to focus on the feeling of the metal beneath my hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The horrible sound of the brakes being pulled, coupled with the metallic screech of the wheels against the rails, made it seem like the whole station was about to collapse around him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z By then, I was astride the top rail and I jumped down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We get off now. Soon we’ll be in the rail yards and then people will ask why we are here and if we have the right.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes twenty or thirty people stream out of their homes along the rails and toward the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A huge section of the rails over which Leeman’s train had passed only seconds before began to buckle and fall toward the street below. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Today pushed a full length in front, then shifted down to the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a voice from behind me says, “I want you to hold on to the rail, and once you’ve got it, lean against it and lift your right foot up and over.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We are on a side rail behind the Flying Squadron, which has obviously been here a few hours. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Daddy’s leaning on the rail, rolling cotton seeds around in his fingers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But just to make sure, I moved my head over to the rail and put an ear against it, lazy-like, and—I could hear the clickety-clack! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He had an uncanny prescience, as if he lived twenty seconds ahead of himself, seeing the coming trap along the rail or the route to the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The others came and we all crouched in the mud behind the embankment, looking across the rails at the bridge, the line of trees, the ditch and the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He was also strapped to a steel lattice which was bolted to a flatcar on rails, and there was no way he could turn his head or touch the pipe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy stuck the brush and currycomb together and laid them on the rail, and went up to breakfast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad sat down on the ledge, leaned his crutch against the rail, and sighed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Piper drew her knife and set it on the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Along about three bells Nat came on deck with his spyglass and went to the larboard rail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf was dangling the rail slot in front of him, inviting him to take it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Once there, I lie on the top rail, queasy and limp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was a white house nearby, a white rail fence, a dead horse lying in a black mound in the sun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She removed the makeshift bandages and the splint, and Yvaine practiced hobbling about the decks from bow to stern, holding on to the rails. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He sat down once more against the rail fence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had laid the headboard down flat near the flowerbeds that bordered the house, with the side rails below it and the slats to either side in neat rows, like ribs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Pig iron production fell by half, and new rail construction shrank almost to nothing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The screeching of the rails had finally ended. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When he was guided away from the rail, Seabiscuit would slow down and do just about anything to get back over to it, including abruptly ducking inside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple sighed and grabbed a few kurta tops hanging on the rail next to her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Like steel bus rails and the bus conductor’s hands from holding them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got somewhere after riding the rails, I could take them off and have some clean clothes to wear. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure how far Emma would take this, but I had to step in before the birds went up in flames or were sent tumbling over the rail. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z While passengers shouted encouragement from the rail, the men chased the birds across the roof, back to the dock, onto the rigging of the ship, and back to the warehouse again. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z We stand gratefully beneath the rigging and line the rails. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Celaena took a seat on the rail, and waved at the guards with their crossbows aimed at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Soviet trucks filled the rail yard, packed with people just like ours. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Frank slid his bow off his shoulder and propped it against the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’d ease the handle of the cane over toward the imaginary leeward rail, and two of us would haul in an imaginary rope. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The train jags around another curve and I grasp the rails, looking toward the engine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He had come to the veranda rail, looking down at them in the dusk, and now he bowed with a deep welcoming gesture, “‘These being dead,’” he said, “‘then dead must I be.’ The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Minutes after it began, six armed, masked bandits robbed two freight cars full of liquor from a rail yard in Chicago. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I left her on the pier, tracing her finger across the rail as if drawing a battle plan. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He drew his sword and led them over die rail himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was driven to the left and for an awful moment nearly tumbled over the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But being up on the rail, I had some height on him and I gave him a good elbow in the chest. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No, he was running — running — where the Pickwells themselves, where every other kid, had only ever walked — on the steel rail itself! Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He used the hand rail to help himself up the steps of the Trask porch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked up at the people on the rail. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I played my fifths and my scales, which, lapping gently upon the bulwarks of the ships we passed, drew sailors to the rails as we rowed on. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Which is why, when all of a sudden we leaped forward onto the black metal rail and zoomed toward the ground miles below, I screamed at the top of my lungs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Boy, didn’t you just hear what I said about riding the rails at this station?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was some people that had been riding the rails for years. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He whooped and leaned far over the rail as the ship plunged into the next wave trough, then surged skyward again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The position was exactly the same, she railed at him, as if he had left her for another woman. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At Boston’s Suffolk Downs, horses skittered and blew over the track, slower ones making lazy loops around the oval, faster ones humming down the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman leaned against the deck rail and eyed Scipio with puzzled amusement. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Out into the filthy, rusty, rat-ridden tracks with live rails made to “fry him up” if he tried to go after it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I jumped up on the first rail and shouted, “I can ride that horse.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks flew as the rusty rails tore from their fixings. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. All I remember is that she came back thin as a rail, and that I was horribly envious of her.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then they jump from their horses, and turn at the rail to watch as others repel their pursuer. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He watched as Seabiscuit’s body flattened down, his speed building, humming over the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Closer to the top, the metal rail burned hands. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z They joined arms with other jockeys to “clothesline” riders trying to cut between horses, formed obstructive “flying wedges” to block closers, and bashed passing horses into the inside rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Like steel bus rails and the smell of the bus conductor’s hands from holding them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The cavalier, a beautiful man, was lounging against a fence, a white rail fence, in a circle of light, a circle of admirers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dæmon patrolled the room, checking the wardrobe, the picture rail, the curtains, the view of the dark cloisters out of the window. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z On and on the train went, making click-clack noises on the rails, grinding metal on metal, until it came to a stop. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I would rail, using all my powers of schoolgirl inference and getting nowhere. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Below the steps the trolley rails gleamed steely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the floating obsidian hoverboards waited, bobbing up and down above a rail. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Soon it would cross one of the brief bridges that arched the Charles, and I would, without thinking, open the door and plunge out through the stream of traffic to the rail of the bridge. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Hazel followed him along the verge, keeping close beside the rail on the upstream side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my head down and took the stairs faster, swinging myself around the rail as I reached the landing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When the donkey did finally stop, it was so abruptly that my hermanitas lurched forward and caught themselves against the rails in order not to fall off. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z To the left, I could see our fields and the zigzag lines of rail fences. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I rest again at the end of the car, prostrate between the top rails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As he passed, his sailors pressed themselves against the rails then closed behind him like waves in a wake, the clicking and scraping of six-shooters and swords rattling at his heels. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Once we even ducked into the darkened theater and hid ourselves behind the latticework of ropes at the fly rail. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d finished laying the last transcontinental rail and pounded in the Golden Spike, and the audience was standing and hollering, and the next day, I’d be handing two Audubon prints to Mr. Powell. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He cupped a hand behind one ear and leaned over the rail as far as he could, and I yelled again, more loudly, “Jason!” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Good thing was that I headed alongside the train and not back toward the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For a lot of rail riders there is a powerful urge to keep moving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Nine balconies rim its perimeter, with gilded rails and oil-black spindles that curl along each floor and twist into the shape of Belle-roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “He looks as skinny as a rail,” Regina said upon beholding her famous son, and she almost burst into tears. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For twenty minutes, the rails clacked beneath us, the posts holding up the rock roof blurring past like a subterranean forest of gray tree trunks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Their dorsal fins, some as tall as a man, cut the glassy surface within spitting distance of the rail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer dragged himself out of the vortex and clung to the rail. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The forest had been hacked away in patches surrounding a few missing segments of rail, but it held the rest firmly in its grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Along the first row they’re groping at the runners and practically hanging from the rail by their feet. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Their job was to load coal into two-ton ore cars and push them uphill on a narrow rail track to a staging area. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I clutched the rail and stared into the green waves, contemplating the fish who might soon be enjoying my breakfast, while my father stood shivering beside me in shirtsleeves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We aren’t considered “real people” who have feelings and dreams and ambitions—people who want the best for their children, I railed to myself. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As we started in to dinner, Grandpa Tweedy walked over to the edge of the porch and picked up a conch shell off the banister rail. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Maybe the rails had been the sides of a bridge and the middle planks had been removed or destroyed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tobias and I remain on the train, listening to it hiss against the rails, without speaking. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The spider tumbled from the broken web, hung by a single strand a few inches above the floor, then swiftly climbed the strand, scrambled across the top front rail of the porch, and disappeared. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He would stand by the porch rail there for a long time, in those dark glasses he was always wearing afterwards. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you want to see what this nation is all about, I always say, you have to ride the rails. Look outside as you speed through, and you’ll find the true face of America.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Slowly, barefoot, and with swollen knees, he hobbles north along the rails. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z George squeezed between two men and looked over the rail. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z As he came up to the rail, he rubbed his nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Like the other buildings, it had its porches with the iron rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were benches behind a rail that looked down on the white table and the lights. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes Francie talked and talked until the genial little boy fell asleep sitting upright on the steps with his head against the iron rail. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The blur of faces along the rail thinned, then vanished altogether, and the din from the crowd quieted to a distant rumble. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Royal lit out for Manhattan at eighteen, and his first sight of the majestic city from the rail of the ferry confirmed his fate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The executives who had secretly plotted and carried out the destruction of America’s light rail network were fined $1 each. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Then the deck shifted as the ship turned and we both almost went over the rail. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Vivian, gripping the porch rail with one hand, puts her other over her mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Dad stood with his head in a turban of shampoo, wielding a broken shower rail. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A few docks down, Marmalade was waiting for them, perched on the rail of a houseboat and kicking her legs over the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I follow behind, noticing how she holds the stair rail tight on the way down, like she’s afraid she might fall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A moment later he was hanging over the boardwalk rail, vomiting. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As the first light outlined the island I stood by the rail, watching. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "Get hold of Emergency!" one of them called, and I saw them turn and disappear where the dull glint of trolley rails faded off into the dark. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed the rail, refusing assistance when the crew tried to help her, and clung to the rigging, her body wavering in the cool air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit suddenly took a sharp left turn, veering ten feet across the track and back down into the deep going, straightening himself out just before hitting the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We stepped off the rail and moved a few feet away from the tracks. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He rides the commuter rail into Boston, switching to the Green Line at North Station, getting out at Lechmere. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We pad up a wide stone staircase without rails. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her wonder was so strong that she had to clutch the rail to keep from falling. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t help it—though with a sense of dread, she wanted to know what would happen as much as Marcus, who leaned forward against the rail with his teeth clenched, breathing heavily in anticipation. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The low rail fence was much easier to climb than chain link. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z On the rails, Chicago was the big city, but it was New Orleans that would get people to talking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry’s teacher railed against the enormous reparation payments, telling the students that it would take Germany at least three generations to pay off the debt. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She genuflected before the altar, then knelt at the rail. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dane glanced at the boy and then went in back of the rail and put his hand on Kemp’s shoulder. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Each segment of rail took an hour to get free, and required all six of them to carry. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The Collective can remotely retrieve it as soon as they get the rails reoriented—and send people after us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Once my vision clears from the pain, I see two girls standing on the left side of the railed bed I’m in. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z ‘Off the rails,’ I repeated, thinking of train accidents. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The train beat on itself and danced on the shiny steel rails mile after mile. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z At the time, though, they did not guess, they railed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor and ceiling are so black I’d think we were floating if I couldn’t see the metal rails that guide Lord Kensington through the center of the space. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Hung out in post position eleven—eleven positions out from the rail—Seabiscuit was bumped at the break, dropped back to fourteenth, then drifted extremely wide down the backstretch as Rosemont cruised ahead of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When I visited him there, his arms and legs were strapped to the rails of his bed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A bed with a brass headboard and arm rails, a blue cover. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing on deck, leaning casually on the rail, was a Norwegian man in a Nazi uniform—some Norwegians were Nazi sympathizers who aided the invading army. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see that they had plenty of trees to get rails for splitting. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There Tom Smith bent over the track rail and exchanged looks with him for the first time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So I ran uphill and down, clambering over the stone and rail fences that divided the pastures. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing at the same spot as before, but she’d turned to face us now, so her back was against the rail, and the rainy sky behind her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The decision was the pivot point of his life. : the San Carlos field leaned around the far turn, Pollard was bent over the back of Fair Knightess, who was racing along the rail in fourth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A rail fence cipher is a type of transposition cipher. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The students stopped dancing and crowded the near rails, the great boat listing slightly toward the racing lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On the main deck, the mate waited at the rail, his dead eyes seeing everything. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Caught at the infield rail, they bent themselves over it, pounding and clapping and flailing their arms in Seabiscuit’s path. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled himself up the slanting deck, and grabbed for the rail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After eating, Lefty joined the men smoking at the rail while Desdemona hunched on deck with the women and children, staying out of the wind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I spent half my life sailing and the other half working the rails. Before, between, and since, I done everything else. Ain’t a job you can name I ain’t done.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Hazel made the mistake of looking over the rail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As a speaker railed against the never-ending war, Barker’s team mingled, not exactly blending in—they were the only ones in suits. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It felt so good 10 know we was moving and to look out at the rail yard disappearing and not know what lay ahead. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z First of all, she was thin as a rail. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z As soon as he hopped the rails and disappeared up the path, the cars moved back to block my view. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He sat on a rail fence, watching the night come over Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she was older, every time she got upset, she would stand at this same rail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A chain leads from the collar around my neck to a steel rail inside the wagon. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Because many of the tracks had no inner rail, some jockeys simply cut through the infield, dodging haystacks, to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him about the cinders hitting my back, the smell of hot creosote, and the huge roar as the train straddled the rails above me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Slowly, the ancient wood began to rise, tearing free from plants and earth, bending the rail that lay across it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Hold tight to the rail as you climb the ladder. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z As he hauled himself over the rail, the ship pitched sideways. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Two steel rails ran the visible length of the tunnel, pinned into the dirt by wooden crossties. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She thought Ashley was letting down the side of Adria’s crib, until one day she walked in and saw me with one leg slung over the top of the rail, hoisting myself over. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Rain and dirt had blended into a heavy goo along the rail; breaking from the three post, Seabiscuit would be right down in it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I scrambled over the white split rail fence and carefully picked my way past the sharpened stakes of the interior fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Along the rail fence the sumac held up its dark red cones of berries above bright flame-colored leaves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I locked the door and hobbled to the manager’s office in the lobby, one hand clutching the rail along the walkway for support. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then the rail slipped and I crashed to the floor and got the wind knocked out of me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But nobody came to the rail, nobody heard. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was proud to have a paying ticket and not be riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed his hands over the smooth woodgrain of the rail. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Below him there was a planted field, rows of low green bush, rolling toward a creek, broken by one low rail fence and a few thick clumps of trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We hefted the motor through the rail fence. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We no longer had the right to frequent restaurants or cafes, to travel by rail, to attend synagogue, to be on the streets after six o’clock in the evening. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He got hold of the rail and pulled himself aboard and turned and crouched on the slant of the wood deck shivering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It doesn’t mind if you leave it tied to a chair for three days sitting in its own effluvium with an iron rail strapped upright against its spine so it can’t lean back. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Then they saw Denny, Watson, and Jensen appear at the rail—with muskets. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Y\\ hat with timber and cattle, Marshall had gotten to be a pretty fair-sized place by then and it had a decent-sized rail yard. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Within minutes they came up against a rail fence and what appeared in the fog to be an open space beyond. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z This was the plain coffin of a rail splitter. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf and Richardson waited side by side on the track, Woolf with his hands on his hips, Richardson with his arms folded on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere Burnham looked he saw rail tracks and temporary roads, empty boxcars and packing crates. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He sat silently on a rail, letting the velvet nose nuzzle him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids were sitting on the stone porch rail, their cigarette tips glowing in the darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Oh my God, more skip tracers? What, were they having a freaking convention? You realize what would have happened if we’d been caught, don’t you?” he railed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Even if you don’t get enough to eat,” my mother railed, “that’s not license for you to go about eating poison!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Throwing out his hands, he caught the rail, swooped around it like a gymnast, and made a clean dismount onto the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain was sharp when he tried to drape himself over the steel rail, and when he stood in place it dulled but remained. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Kehaar flew up, circled the pool and perched on the hand rail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But this evening, only a handful of people stood at the rails, silent and watchful, like animals before a storm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There on the tiny railed stoop sat Pecola in a light red sweater and blue cotton dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He looped his arms over the rails, and made his sign for the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I take photos all around: an herb garden planted in a giant cowboy boot; bicycles chained to the fences; a nautical steering wheel hung on a rail, splitting the sun into triangles on the ground. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Two beautiful people, a young man and a young woman in evening clothes, were at the rail in the stern, loving each other and their dreams and the lake. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was returning: of course my heart thumped with impatience against the iron rails I leant upon. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But now along the roadway there were people rushing out, people lining die rail fences, anxious, overjoyed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day on average two people were destroyed at the city’s rail crossings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It came racing toward me through a field and over a rail fence, barking and growling. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z No one recalls when the gift-giving started, probably in the 1980s, when Central Americans, fleeing war and poverty, began riding the rails north in large numbers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “When they built rails, they didn’t like to go around stuff.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Because everyone wants to be there, horses usually bunch up by the rail, so closely that hips and shoulders rub and stirrups clink off each other, making maneuvering difficult or impossible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer grabbed for the rail as he went over the edge. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The bronze shields along the rails popped like over-pressurized soda cans. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On the port rail, Gale the weasel sat up on her haunches, staring at Hazel expectantly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “We could have just hitched with the freight,” Nailer muttered, nodding at rail containers wallowing their way toward the clipper ships. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The nurses who were sitting at the rail motioned for me to come down where they were. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Of Sourmetal Smells—like steel bus rails and the smell of the bus conductor’s hands from holding them? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In a couple hours, they started moving the rail back to its place. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t dare look down; there were only my feet on the steps, my hand sliding along the shivering rail and my other hand holding the gun. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She waited, pretending an interest in each bit of cargo that came over the rail. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He was hooked to the rail to keep himself from washing overboard, but still the huge blue-green waves that surged over the bow and poured off the sloped deck were astonishingly powerful. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The swings whirled, the rail around the penny throwing game was always crowded. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The women screamed, the guards whirled with their crossbows pointed, and Celaena looked skyward as she retreated from the rail and into the shadows of the balcony doorway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The wheels screamed on the steel rails, and wind rushed through the narrow space, hurling dust and loose papers down the platform. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Where sparrows Hopped on and off The shiny rails. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The boughs in the fir trees hung heavy with it, the fence rails and mailboxes wore mantles of it, the road before him lay filled with it, and there was no sign, anywhere, of people. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Details of men, in front, were removing white rail fences. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of stories of captains who could knock a man from starboard rail to larboard scuppers with one blow of a fist. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashen and spent, Pollard said that the rail had been slow, and that he had been unable to get outside without fouling Rosemont. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Vesper Lad had rammed into the rail, dropping Graham to the track, where he had been trampled by the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Under cover of darkness, Shin went with other traders from the truck to a part of the rail yard where freight trains were assembled and dispatched. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And then I looked down into the black lower-down bit where the rails were. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Leaning against the bridge rail, I thought about R.C. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She walked toward it, along the rail fence that marked the edge of Grandma’s land. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Pong quickly swung his legs up over the rail of the bridge and dropped onto the stone. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I ran out and climbed up and took a seat on the top rail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Flying past the three-eighths pole at breakneck speed, Modern Youth suddenly spooked, bolting to the right, and headed straight for the outer rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an instant from being trampled to death when an elderly woman suddenly materialized out of nowhere, grabbed hold of him, and dragged him under the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The fellow nodded and moved to the larboard rail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Gitano rested his big twisted hands on the top rail of the fence. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped on the landing, one hand on the rail, the other reaching for her hatpin. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Like a doll pushed from behind, I fell face down between the rails and lay flat and thin as I could, head low between crossties, arms stretched overhead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z About one hundred spectators, mostly blacks, settled into seats behind a rail on the main floor, and about one hundred more took the stairs to seats in a balcony above. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z And suddenly he lurched to the left, staggering into the rail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With a long-handled, double-edged axe, he split fence rails from massive cedar logs that washed down the Dungeness in the spring. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As we watched, a skinny old guy with a deputy’s badge pinned to his long johns stepped forth and was real sick over the rail into the water. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A passing crewman caught me leaning over the rail to stare at them and said, “Never seen a shipwreck before, eh?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He came to the rail and stood looking down on Salvador and Lupita. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Line up a few cans on a rail fence and shoot ’em off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she’s embarrassed about sliding down the stair rail and blames me for encouraging her. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The ride was a dream, longer and steeper than the rail at home. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Beyond, surrounding a thicket of rushes, stood an enclosure of posts and rails half as high as a man. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was six and a half feet tall and skinny as a rail. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But then everything came unstuck and Emma wrenched her arms away and Golan began to totter backward, and he stumbled and sat heavily on the rail. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Some also believe, mistakenly, that snakes cannot slither over the rails, so they sleep there for protection. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He rode to a rail fence, stared down a slope, saw a battery a long way off, down in flat ground beyond the peach orchard. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I held on to the metal rail along the side of the boat, looking out into the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Finally, the depot master at the railroad told Jack’s mother not to expect the shipment, that the Nazis were seizing everything coming in by rail. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The twin rails of the train tracks were being swallowed by the dense jungle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Even if it did, Javier knows I’m not a good enough pilot to steer us safely back in without the rails. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She loves to imagine Darwin at night, leaning over the ship’s rail to stare into bioluminescent waves, watching the tracks of penguins marked by fiery green wakes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Thousands of men, women, and children vaulted over the rails, poured onto the track, and began running after him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Starting his race all alone, Pollard tried to turn the incident to his advantage, cutting in to the rail for a ground-saving trip while far ahead of him, Velociter and Uppermost cruised to the lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What if the Germans sent scouts ahead of the train to inspect the rails? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I scrambled to my feet, the fishing pole got wedged somehow between the rail and crosstie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I figured she was picturing me flattened like a penny on the trestle rails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He bent his body to the arc of the rail and punched into the belly of the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Day and I struggle through the rain back to the rail yard where we’re going to set up camp. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Union soldiers are digging trenches and fortifications along the road and reinforcing them with fallen trees and fence rails to protect themselves from rebel bullets. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The new clothes had probably helped his mood—and of course the fact that he was standing at the rail with his arm around Annabeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I lay and listened to the rain on the canvas and the clicking of the car over the rails. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We also sat on the rails to feel them vibrate as the train approached. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She dropped down from a buckboard and tied her old mule to the rail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The morning of the race, an inspection of the track revealed a boggy surface, especially along the rail, where Seabiscuit preferred to run. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rail outside was thick with horses hitched to wagons. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like this one never would, but brakes were screeching and the clickety-clacks on the rails were slowing, so I knew the engineer was trying to stop. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The forebear flicked up and down, left and right, jumping from rail to rail with the slightest movement of the girl’s feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The wood bit into her skin as she pounded the rails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Knot hurled a rope ladder grapple up over the rail, then rushed up the side with Vine close behind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Joe and the other boys rushed back to the rails, waving their flags now, unabashedly taking up the chant: “Ray! Ray! Ray! For the USA!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He found his feet again and lurched to the rail, and then he was fighting, staggering and splashing across crooked decks awash with water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I stayed in the yard, on the other side of the porch rail, out of habit. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Another wrapped around Piper’s legs and dragged her, screaming, toward the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Bottles toppled into the water as he stood barefoot on the rail, teetering back, then forward, while the others behind him roared, “Whoa, whoa.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And here they came, straight for our rail fence. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The crew of the Argo //assembled at the rail and cut the grappling lines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To pretend that things hadn’t gone off the rails and that everything was just fine now that the threat was gone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Gussie was indeed a fearful sight nursing that way and he looked not unlike a man with his foot on a bar rail, smoking a fat pale cigar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Catherine leaned back on the rail of the veranda and slowly sipped. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She stood beside the gray rails that morning with her hands folded beneath her apron. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z One held his magazine high before his face and for an instant I saw a vivid scene: The shining rails, the fire hydrant, the fallen policeman, the diving birds and in the mid-ground, Clifton, crumpling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still astride the top rail when the struggling bulls crashed through the fence, splintering the posts and rails, and toppling me to the ground almost under them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was time for communion, there was such sashaying and swaying of hips to the altar rail you’d have thought they were offering their body and blood, not receiving His. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped up on the lip of the pot, holding on to the porch rail to steady myself, and reached for the compass. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z So I had to walk to the other side of the rail yard to reach those first rays. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She lowered the board and saw that below her was a track with metal rails and wooden crossbars—like the roller coaster, but much bigger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I laughed helplessly, holding the stair rail for support. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The slaver unchains me from the rail, and I force my gaze to the cobbled street. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Eaten by Confederate soldiers during the war when rail lines were cut off, making food and rations scarce. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Either way, I dip into my imagination, grab a rail and pull myself free. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It flew out of his hands and over the rail, tumbling end over end into the night. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The train rose into the air, rail pilings lifting it over the swamps below. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He stood with his back to her, leaning over the rail of the bridge. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “If we took the rails, the scrap yard might be suspicious and tell the railroad company,” O’Dell answered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It has white-frosting chair rails and pink cherubs in the molding. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Down on the rail, obscured by the pack of horses, he could not be seen by the stewards or the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured that way I didn’t look like some hobo that was riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I shoved through the thick crowd to the rail. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The front shutters of the adjoining house opened and a harried-looking woman came out on the porch and rested her red elbows on her porch rail. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Terry, meanwhile, had once been a Pullman porter on one of the overnight passenger rail lines running in and out of Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Yelping and whining, he crouched forlorn between the rails, yearning towards us but not moving. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Leo climbed the tilting deck and managed to grab the port rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z President Dwight Eisenhower, in his farewell speech in January 1961, railed against the United States’ growing military-industrial complex. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z People had to hold on to your arms while you leaned out the door of the moving rail car! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Owning a barbershop or a funeral home, working in the post office, or riding the rails as a Pullman porter— those were good black jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He replaced a worker named Robert Latimer, who had quit to take over as gatekeeper at the rail intersection in front of Holmes’s drugstore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I paused on the first-floor landing and looked over the rail just as Tommy came out of the billiards room with thunderous footsteps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At the steps I put both crutches in my left hand, grab the pipe rail with my right, then hop up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “This isn’t what we came for,” Patria reminded Minerva, who stood and walked to the porch rail and stared out into the garden. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The crossed timbers supporting the rails had the look of bayonets when they were silhouetted against a twilight sky. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z No quite tall as me, but thin as a rail. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Birds sang in the leafing hazel bushes along the crooked rail fence. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The light fixed to the front of the train clicks on and off as the train hurtles past the school, squealing on iron rails. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The Celestial bronze shields along the rail were enchanted to ward off monsters, and their onboard satyr, Coach Hedge, would have sniffed out any intruders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “See, we worked on the rails, and all of us, we worked for a man we just called Boss.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I watched the ties and the rails for any trip-wires or signs of explosive but I saw nothing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The others strapped themselves in below—except for Coach Hedge, who insisted on clinging to the forward rail, yelling, “YEAH! Bring it on, lake!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the rails tormented me, screeching and banging. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Or perhaps he was still standing by the rail of the Shearwater, wondering about me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It might just be the gin, but it feels indescribably good to be swept along with the crowd, everyone phone-checking, fishing in pockets for rail passes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The door led onto a wide corridor with an automatic sliding door at each end and a silver rail running its full length. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The steel rails wobbled away from me like silvery snakes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The man nearly overbalanced, but held on to the rail and swung the boat hook round in another attempt. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z In other words, punctuation keeps sense on the rails. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z A sewage canal, twenty feet wide, separates them from the rails. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Like a giant corkscrew, the stairway twisted through the darkness, steep and narrow and with no rail to guide them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I liked that freedom on the rails, but for the first time, it didn’t feel right to have no roots, to have no family. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stood by the rail, a familiar drawling voice spoke up next to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasp yanked the wheel, and the taxi swerved away from the rail. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The fore of the ship was covered in light now, wafting over the deck and spilling over the rails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He backed to the edge of the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He felt himself tipping to the side and he held tighter to the rail. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I felt so good, but it became awful quiet and I noticed the crowd along the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He bought a ticket and traveled down the lake on Hydro, leaning over the rail, with one eye on the minute hand of his watch. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba and Uncle were leaning over a rail, talking in deep, serious voices. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And so I come stand by the porch rail, and the minute I do, of course, I can’t help thinking of Manolo and of Minerva before him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I figure that he was talking to us, but some space opened at the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I knew it, the casket was coming out of the car, and I was holding tight to the steel rails that ran along the sides of it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Tommy and I leaned on the rail and stared at the view until the others had gone out of sight. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered Miss Lilian descending the very same stairs, dressed in gray, one thin hand grasping the rail, her head high, her eyes scornful. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Pong stepped back from the crush of people, toward the bridge rail. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He played with the bit and wagged an ear at the photographers who stood by the rail, snapping his picture for the morning papers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After all those years of riding the rails, 1 guess it was my time to lay down track for other folks to use. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I would’ve thrown it over the rail, but he almost had it and I couldn’t let go. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The rattle of the rails being dropped, a general cursing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw Longstreet sitting alone in the same place, on the same rail, drew comfort from the solid presence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I only got past this rail once or twice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And the way she was leaning forward over the rail meant drops from the overhanging gutter were only just missing her—but she seemed to show no sign of caring. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Katherine and I are just in time to see Jackson tackled by the three men a little ways down the street that leads away from the rail yard. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The captain of the Crux stood, and the deck seemed to bend beneath his weight as he crossed to the rail. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I grabbed it, headed for the stairwell. It was filled with smoke and dust falling like water, down the stairs and over the rails. “ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhiles, I looked over and saw that along the rail they were looking at each other. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it’s legal to get the pipes, isn’t it legal to get the rails?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I grip the rail in front of me as the starter calls, “To your mark! Set!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There was a hole in the chain-link fence that separated us from the rails and the long lines of empty cars. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The same rail yard I came in on is where I headed next. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She prodded me to attention when the preacher railed against pride and vanity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a small neat place: white board houses, rail fences, all in order, one white church steeple. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the first car approach; listen to the rhythmic bump of the car over the ties, the whisper of metal wheel against metal rail. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I sank down on a rail and hung my head, my brain spinning. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He stood with Annabeth at the forward rail while he told her about his dream. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Some days it seemed like I was forever digging post holes or splitting rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was then that the Corporal reached across the top rail and for a moment held Jonathan’s arm. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z As they drew near enough to use their grapples, the captain mounted the rail. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z By galloping the horse to the outside of the dogs, Smith hoped to wean him from the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When she finally had nothing better to do, she sat beside us on the commuter rail into North Station. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They leaned on the rail, looking down into the water, the three poles like three slanting threads of yellow fire in the sun. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It would hardly have been seemly for someone who had challenged our dictator to suddenly succumb to a nervous attack at the communion rail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The young soldier leaned over the top rail and began to untie the rope. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z There were people crowded on the deck, looking over the rail. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He stood leaning on the gritty concrete rail. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Hen Wen was standing with her front feet on the rails, grunting at the top of her voice. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They installed me at the marquetry table with some harmless dummy documents to work on—finding the best connections between French rail and bus timetables and making a list of them in German. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I stepped onto the ladder and grabbed hold of the rail. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At the rail next to Coach Hedge, a dark-haired girl appeared wearing a purple cloak, her face so covered with soot and bloody scratches that Hazel almost didn’t recognize her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was a lot of standing, then kneeling on the padded rail. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He leaned on the rail of the stoop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Swanks came down out of ships and were put on water shuttles to make their transfer upriver or to the rail lines inland. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If he touched the rail, his hand would freeze and shatter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the tires changed to a high-pitched hum as the bus crossed a tall bridge that soared over a rail yard and a narrow river. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He had to lift him, put him over the rails, then lay him on the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d like to see the old home place, the barn and the rail fences. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As the first turn approached, the horses farther out from the rail hustled inward and cut Seabiscuit off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two thirds of the way across, I stepped off the rail onto a crosstie and sat down, elbows on knees, to look around. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A Vietnam vet railed against the choice of black granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It had no walls, not even a rail; only on one side was there a light plaited screen, which could be moved and fixed in different places according to the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z From under the lowest rail they looked out, upstream, and now, for the first time, saw the whole river plainly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My only hope is that one who flies down a stair rail as beautifully as you do can overcome his scruples in this matter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I heard the distant rattle of wheels on rails, felt the air rush past, and then there was silence. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Enrique is thirteen miles from the heart of Mexico’s rail system. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z On the first turn Seabiscuit was crowded back down to the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave the satyr a big smack on the cheek, then skipped to the rail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Grabbing a rail, I pulled myself up to a squat—but didn’t have the nerve to turn loose and stand up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There were more statues, an altar, a rail. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, I wasn’t surprised to find the homeless guy from the rail yard sitting in the shotgun seat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Most of the muffins sailed past her over the rail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The newsmen gathered by the rails, watched Pollard ride, and commented on his obvious soreness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as Johnny upended a chest and helped get the tea over the rail, he kept an eye on Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That changed things right off and like plenty of folks then, I could see that I was going to be riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were rail thin, and they paraded around half naked in bikinis and short-shorts. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I come up beside him and lean over the edge of the rail. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Next to her on the rail, Gale the weasel chittered impatiently. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My hands hit the thin iron rails, but the edge of the car hits me in the gut. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Nailer thought he saw the captain clinging to a rail, trying to send her people out to stabilize the wreck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Jason stopped amidships and leaned against the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I cling to the top rail, panting like a dog around the sides of the blade. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z All the piers around our little bay had disappeared under water, and only their piles or hand rails showed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Around him, close enough to touch, was a dense phalanx of horses moving at terrific speed: Indian Broom on the rail, Pompoon on the outside, Mandingham right on Fair Knightess’s tail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Not on the rail or out on the tracks, like the clinking suggested, but down along the outer edge where the rectangular wooden train track ends were spaced like flat brown teeth. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z From there, it’s easy enough to haul myself up and a second later I’m once again lying on the top rail, gasping for breath. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Jockeys wear flak jackets, goggles, and high-tech helmets and compete at tracks equipped with safety rails and ambulances that trail the field around the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab took his seat on the stool, rested his head on the bed’s side rail. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z An officer helped Phoebe over the rail, and then one of the sailors reached over and pulled her into the boat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He saw Kehaar fly up from his perch and disappear over the wooden rails. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t let something they could control pull them off the rails. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Deliveries of concrete blocks filled 63 rail- cars; lumber—38 million board feet—another 1,585 cars. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I got my clothes, a rail ticket to Peking, and enough money to go to America. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “He walked that rail fence. The hackberry tree has something to do with his trick, but I don’t know what.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The rear of the trailer had swung out and buckled the rail on the other side of the bridge and it hung several feet out over the river gorge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was almost my height, but he was rail thin, and he had his hair spiked up in front, almost like a Soulless Minion of Orthodoxy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z After breakfast, Hazel stood at the port rail, trying to settle her stomach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In public, Washington railed against court challenges to Jim Crow laws. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The man holding the rail above me chuckles. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Mama and Mrs. Friedman both seem on the verge of hopping the rail and smacking Garrett’s attorney. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He cut out from the bottoms, walked a rail fence, and jumped from it into a thick canebrake. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mexican rail workers have encountered seven-year-olds on their way to find their mothers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As I watch, a small explosion flashes from the launch port and one shuttle dock rail skews to one side, while the other completely detaches. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The best Yummy could do for Pollard was chase his hopelessly beaten mounts down the grandstand rail, hollering and frightening spectators. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All around them, men and women hurled their hats in the air, poured onto the track, drummed on the rails, and slapped one another on the back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Montag stood fixing his raw eyes to the cold bright rail under his clenched fingers. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Strong men lifted Garfield and the mattress from the wagon onto the rail car, which had been retrofitted to accommodate him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Howard stood by the rail and watched through binoculars. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of this workers would set down a layer of steel rails stretching from one end of the pad to the other, and over this a second layer at right angles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Theresa gave an encore; the family leaned over the rail like operagoers, glorying in the sound. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t take nerve, Obie. When you march down to the rail, you’re receiving The Body, man. Me, I’m just chewing a wafer they buy by the pound in Worcester.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Mr. Lincoln had started by splitting rails. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In New Orleans, I could of used a nice hat like they made in that shop, but it didn’t make sense for riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "You were...You were brought here. There was...an accident at the...at the rail yard." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But all I can do is death-grip the rail and fight back the lump in my throat. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The track rail hummed up under them and unwound behind. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Margo started taking the stairs two at a time, flying up, one arm on the rail, and I tried to keep pace with her, but couldn’t. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z At the rail yard, I felt like an old hand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent over the bridge rail and dangled the lasso from his hand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On April 26, the horse completed his 24,265th mile of career rail travel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All five orphans leaned up against the far rail of the wagon to see who had spoken. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We’d sit in line on the floor along side of him, pretending we were holding down the windward rail. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrambled back over the rails and jumped to the spot where Hen Wen was about to emerge, planning to seize her and hang on until Dallben and Coll arrived. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Hoops were gathering along the rail fence, looking in at him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean against the rail and wait for him to come out of Mother’s room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “It’s the same with stair rails, the same feeling,” he said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We were excited by the sight of metal rails in the street. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then-” “Are you going to rail about ironies? Hypocrisies?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Every day, he lingered by the rails to watch Seabiscuit’s peculiar regimens, following his movements without comment, then returned to War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He rides Amtrak to Boston and then switches to a commuter rail, his duffel bag stuffed with course books and dirty laundry. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But Kennedy would go on to become a self-described “dissident at large,” writing numberless articles and several books that railed against bigotry. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A minute before, I’d been so tired out with my rail splitting that I couldn’t have struck a trot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z If I didn't feel like a mess before, the short walk to the sheriff’s office from the rail station definitely does the trick. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The days’ routines were as before, the only change being the constant redness of the sky as trainloads of nameless zugangi were shipped along the rails of death. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoping to focus the horse’s mind on his job and reduce the distractions of the rail, Smith fitted Seabiscuit with a set of blinkers that restricted his vision to the track straight ahead of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result of the delay he misses his commuter rail connection in Boston, waits another forty minutes for the next one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Would she rail against the wrongness, would she call out for blood, or would she rise to the level of forgiveness, plead for the mercy of God? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The crowds by the rails thickened, their faces a pointillism of colors, the dappling sound of distinct voices now blending into a sustained shout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed up the roadbank, over the gray rails on the far side, between two dead bodies, one a sergeant, face vaguely familiar, eyes open, very blue. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother railed against the possibility that the jurors would be driven by hatred and prejudice; she hoped that in such an eventuality Ishmael would write an editorial. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I cursed and Emma screamed and threw herself against the rail, clawing at the air as the cage fell toward the sea. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She loaded wood on wagons, split rails, and knew more about mules and hoes and plows than she did about the interior of a house. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But we got it up over the rail. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Well, he got suspended for punching Zac, and Cheyenne said that he’s going off the rails. The rich boy trinity: booze, pills, and meaningless sex.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Men ran from him and he ran after them, clambering up over the rail to the next ship and then the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “All right—I’m sorry, I’m coming now,” and I made a pretence of turning on the tap, of bustling about and folding a towel on a rail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The woman rolled back the blanket they’d put over me and said, “Poppa, look at his legs, this boy’s as skinny as a rail.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Violet leans over the rail, still holding on to my legs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her own curiosity is the one thing that has kept her from going off the rails. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They leaned on the rail, motionless, identical, their poles slanting slenderly in the sunlight, also identical. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Tobias walks behind me on one of the rails, his arms held out from his sides to maintain his balance. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I moved out to the center of the street, running down the trolley rails. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer clutched the rail as the monster roared in. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But now a fat old geezer in the droopiest drawers and nothing else pulled himself up on the porch rail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The girls climbed up on the rails and walked along on them and the soldiers put their arms around the plump waists to keep them from falling. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t run. Hold on to the rail,” Farmer called in Creole to an elderly-looking woman about to tip over. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I wondered if he was going to turn the pipe on me, but he just shrugged and headed toward the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of five times along this part of the route, one rail official estimates, authorities don’t stop the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Maybe it went off the rails somewhere, though, because now Morgan’s putting the keyboard away and Anna’s texting her mom to pick her up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z While William’s rail fence cipher is easy to read, transposition ciphers can get much more complex. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If the next train was not stopped, it and all its passengers would fall off the elevated rails. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I was propped up on a hard, uneven bed — a bed with rails. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I turned my head and looked at the wooden rail of the porch. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah! Murder! They’ll send us all to reform school—J.T., me, and you, too,” he railed, thumping me on the chest with his finger. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z A sourmetal smell, like steel bus rails, and the smell of the bus conductor's hands from holding them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the bulk of North Korea’s north-south train traffic continued to pass through its rail yards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She scrambled up onto the sill, but Lyra jabbed the length of rail at her fiercely, and she fell back again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rails below the platform shine dully as they bounce beneath the weight. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She pulled on the rails of the bedstead, as if she were stretching, but her knees were folded up to her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z All around the house was a crooked rail fence, to keep the bears and the deer away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the best decisions the city has ever made was to convert an old rail line into an elevated park. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We all three smile bitterly, Kropp rails: he is glad that he can speak. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Fast fast race the train cars over the rails of the train. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Charles won the toss and picked the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She made the mistake of glancing over the rail and saw armed legionnaires closing ranks in the forum, preparing flaming arrows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I reach the end of the boardwalk, I keep walking past the saloon and back toward the rail yard where we entered town. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In the back of the van were three calves, tied up to a rail and stamping about, their eyes enormous, and rolling with fright. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She climbed over the low rails and held out her arms to the young man, who had jumped down from the wagon. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z That knot in my stomach didn’t go away; it got worse, almost making me want to puke over the bridge rail. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It looked like his ribs were broken when he was pinned against the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of squatter towns, Hoovervilles, was built on the tracks, I guess ’cause people got around by hopping the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He took two jobs in back-to-back shifts at the Atlanta airport, an hour’s commute by rail. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Next morning, after I have been de-loused, I go to the rail head. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd surrounding us filled the cavern, and more zipped around on rails above our heads. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Annabeth pressed next to him at the rail, her warmth reassuring. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Only my hand moved, and my feet on the rail, pushing the swing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The temptation to slide down the stair rail, of course.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They stealthily climbed the wide stairway, staying close to the rail. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The three stood at the rail and watched the long, slim craft, carved from one log, with a huge sail woven of matting. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Others get off the train and stretch out across the rails, using one as a footrest and the other as a pillow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Maybe ‘off the rails’ was another way of saying ‘skiving’, which means not going to school when you should. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She constructed rails on which camera dollies could run alongside the red-clay track. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Well, not exactly. The main reason is that I don’t like to be dependent, particularly on electricity, rails, steam, oil, coal, machines, and all those things that can go wrong.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The town was over a hundred miles away, and since the harvest had been a poor one and Selvam was earning very little we had not the money to go by rail. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hold on to the rails and move forward. The biggest obstacle is fear, and you have no reason to be afraid. Just do what your body remembers.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He cried for a long time, standing up in the bed with his chin resting on the top rail. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Leaning into the far turn, Pollard saw a hole along the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bare feet bumped against the bed rail. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z By the time they see the migrants on the rails, train drivers know they don’t have enough distance to stop the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I tied him with rope and then with big thick rawhide string that I cut from a cowhide hanging across the top rail of the yard fence. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Nyx gripped the rail of her black chariot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Chaining us to the bench rails isn’t enough. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He smoothed his hair and, leaning against the porch rail, stared peacefully out at the water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Some of the large excursion steamers began to list toward the center of the river as people crowded their rails. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They were on a wide flat rock without rail or parapet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Out of the window were wide fields with wonderful rail fences just like in the pictures of Lincoln splitting rails. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z They surged over the rail with their guns and machetes, followed by the rest of the crew. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The air around the magnetic rails shivered with lethal coldness. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth shouted, pulling herself up on one of the rail shields. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We traveled for seven days, one day by rail, six days by steamer boat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead it slides over the rails like some hidden, creeping thing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The air was split by the shriek of the heavy iron wheels, which threw spinning sparks over the rails as one car after another rattled past. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I often wonder, should the Scythedom run entirely off the rails and decide to glean all of humanity in a grand suicide of global gleaning, would the Thunderhead break its noninterference law and stop it? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They had seemed dull and forgettable then, but Ophie yearned for one more dinner of beans and fatback with corn bread, Daddy telling stories of the rail yard as they ate. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “You hit your head on the rail,” the man said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej joined her at the rail and handed over Nina’s coat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She leaned over the rail and started yelling at Diana. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The wagon had stopped before a low stone wall, hung with a rail gate. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed Thalia’s arm and we ran along the rails while the boar roared behind us, slipping and sliding as it tried to navigate the steep hillside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We were excited by the sight of metal rails in the street. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the furrow, Ellen sat down on the grass near the rail fence and reached a hand out to the boy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Because as she peered distrustfully over the rail of my crib, she saw my face —and blood intervened. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We were all sitting around on the rail outside of Big Joe’s place, trying to figure out which was the best fighter of all time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The stairs reached a landing, turned left, then came upon a railed hallway leading to several rooms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The crew were on their hands and knees or clutching the rails, shivering in the sudden cold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z With it safely in place she clung to the rail in her oilskins and sou’wester as the stinging spray broke over the bows and surged along the deck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit thwarted his efforts, ducking into the rail in the gaps between dogs, swerving out to avoid them, then cutting in again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls are rails of wood that let the sunlight right in, and logs on the ground are our pews. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z High-speed rails running in the sky and disappearing underground. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Railroad workers had laid a temporary track between the main line and the street so that the wagon could pull up next to the president's rail car. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z To the young Gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, the yacht represented all the beauty and glamor in the world. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z An old framed photo on my mother’s bureau pops into my mind: My parents standing on a tour boat against white rails, close but not touching. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Late one afternoon Kit had come upon the little girl standing alone by the rail, and seeing the child’s wistful, adoring gaze, had moved closer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Howard, his shoulders sagging with disappointment, stood at the clubhouse rail and told reporters that they weren’t going to make it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the screech of the rails as the train slows, which means we must be nearing the middle of the city. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Now they are only yards from the rail bed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z So do marsh-inhabiting birds like the clapper rail, shore- birds, and even visiting seabirds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I come to a stop against a brass rail and straighten up, looking back at Earl in shock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z All she knew was that she felt sorry for the people her age who railed against their parents for not giving them this and cheating them out of that. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I put one bare foot on the rail. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “So young,” Chiron sighed, his hands on the rail of the front porch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We marched in silence, along the line of the fence rails. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Remove the cold and stupid eyeball, it would bleat still, “Ahhhhhh,” take off the head, shake out the sawdust, crack the back against the brass bed rail, it would bleat still. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a little gap in the crowd and we worked our way to the rail to see what it was all about. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed up on the rail fence and followed its zigzag course until she disappeared in the darkness. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His body sailed through the air, his back snapping in two against the ship’s rail before bouncing into the sea. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Soon he saw a uniformed figure coming toward him between the rusted rails. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Vincent came up and stopped the column, and the men moved gratefully out into a field, carrying the rails of the fences with them for evening fires. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man paused by the rail, looking down into the water, but there was only the murmuring of waves on the hull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead of backing down the bus stairs, I squeezed inside, pulling close to the rail between the people getting off, and dropped my quarter in the money slot. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the boxcar, Shin befriended a young man of about twenty who said he was headed home to Gilju, a city of sixty-five thousand people on the main rail line to Chongjin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The old man who was guarding the clothing of that one Mississippi regiment was asleep against the rail fence, his mouth open. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The train rolled smoothly to the east, clattering over the rails, booming warnings at automobile crossings like some great bull. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Marcela walked with them to the track apron and watched them go, her hands tight on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Above him, kneeling on his bunk, Frederick peers out the open window through a pair of antique field glasses and makes a record on the bed rail of birds he has sighted. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He knew enough about Riddle to believe that the old owner would never subject his skittish colt to a five-day rail journey to race in what he viewed as the sport’s minor leagues. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Both horses’ handlers wanted the rail, which, if the horse could hold it, would ensure the shortest trip around the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was leaning over the rail at the front, peering into the rain like she was trying to see right across the playing field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We broke into an adrenaline-fueled sprint, flying those boats into the cave like they were on rails, while Miss Peregrine hopped lamely alongside us, her broken wing dragging in the sand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The crew of the White Hart met them at the rail, but Black Betha’s men-at-arms swept over them in a screaming steel tide. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We thought he had tuberculosis because he was skinny as a rail and often coughed blood. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But I guessed that maybe I had impressed her and I walked on over to the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were lined up at the rail, filling themselves with the sight of the home they might not see again for weeks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I wish you could have seen Jason when I did,” I said as we stood at the rail and watched the mainland grow and grow. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Pickett sat on the rail fence like old Baldy Ewell riding the horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He twisted his body and the woman plunged over the rail. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He ran his gloved thumb over the rail. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the boat starts moving, we lean against the rail, straining to see the city in the hazy morning. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The shuttle clanks as we shift off the dock and onto the launch rails. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The rail was lurching so violently, I could hardly keep hold of it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When it closed I crossed to the other side and leaned on the rail above the boathouses. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain's daughter leaned over the rail, gazing after him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We leaned on the wooden rail of the bridge and looked up the river to the lights of the big bridges. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Ten thousand more teemed in the infield, lining up behind a small retaining fence about ten feet inside the track rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the days he succeeded in getting outside the gate, he waited for a bus to stop, then hung on its back rails. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The stair rail was an open spiral, perfect for sliding. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And the whole crew clinging to the rails, whistling and cheering. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z To solve the problem, rail workers and strong bystanders unhooked the cars from the engine and pushed them the last few hundred yards to the side porch. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z More amused than devout, they let themselves be led to the altar rail where Father Antonio Isabel made the sign of the cross in ashes on them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She glances down at his right hand resting on the rail, frowning as she regards his bare, unmarked fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Same song, different verse,” I tell Mateo before going on about the screeching tires, the way we busted through the road’s safety rail and tumbled into the river.... They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The log was surfaced off, and there was a sapling bent across for a rail. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z If he were here instead of me, Golan would be dead already, laid out while he’d been squatting against the rail in a daze. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When Helms railed that “we must decide whether we will be ruled by sanity or ruined by savagery,” his audience knew exactly which “savages” Helms meant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z People burn trash by the rails, sending up more heat and a searing stench. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Nancy lived at the palace too, and commanded a legion of servants, several of whom were in charge of polishing stair rails for their sliding monarchs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The Persian Muslim in our compartment came up to me at the rail. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard clucked once in Seabiscuit’s ear, and his colt hooked up with his rival on a dizzying pace, with Seabiscuit down on the deep, slow rail and Cloud D’Or on the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I hid them under the end of the bridge and went back and leaned on the rail. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Silently they followed her up the staircase, watching her little affectionate dabs at the stair rail and the carvings on the walls. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Like I should be grabbing the rail with my left hand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The criticism infuriated Smith, who thought that the horse’s swerve down into the rail was the real reason for the loss, a factor unremarked in the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The outer door could only be reached by a slender bridge of stone, without kerb or rail, that spanned the chasm with one curving spring of fifty feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If Mother headed to the back porch while I was behind the tree, Constantine would rush out and bang her broom handle on the iron stair rail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z No mistaking him: matchless rider gliding over rail fences in parade-ground precision, effortless motion, always a superb rider. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time to hit the rails again. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rail was lined with ragged Japanese sailors waving down at me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She was skinny as a rail, with a tattered shirt and trousers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know about the third rail? Fry you up.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I would have to keep veering from side to side to touch the rail fences and then make a guess about where the middle of the road was. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I climbed up on the ledge and leaned my stomach against the metal rail, watching the water in the space between Sookie’s catwalk and me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Horses, wagons, and men trek across the lot, hauling everything back to the side rail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Steel cables shot out of .the front of his mechanical horses, wrapping around our back rail. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The men on them were leaning over the rail watching all the activity on the Empire Tern. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra reluctantly slipped under the warm water and soaped herself while Pantalaimon perched on the curtain rail. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I did just like everybody else leaning on that rail did, said a quick prayer and put on my innocent face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This mufti was clearly under the influence of a maulana who had been running an illegal radio broadcast through which he gave sermons and railed against people whom he deemed “un-Islamic.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I was showing her how to coast a curb rail. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z On the topmost shelf, above a rail of threadbare clothes, a small cardboard box was shaking and rattling as though there were several frantic mice trapped inside it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The frightened animals bolted through a rail fence, overturning the wagon and kicking themselves loose from the tongue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Cat and three others stood by the rail watching. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He was swinging upside down off the starboard rail, using his massive strength and his flexible feet to hang on while he untangled some broken oars. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Refusing, he railed at the top of his voice, threatening to inflict upon me every kind of grisly torture if I didn’t try. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In one picture, the lizard man was standing on a curved bridge, laughing as he watched the little boy falling forward over the bridge rail, his slippered feet already in the air. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncoupled, it glided noiselessly along the rails until it was brought to a halt with a terrific thump. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Walking the full length of the track, Woolf found that it circled the entire oval, a few feet from the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Tool had easy access to work, acting as muscle on valuable goods as they transshipped to the Mississippi and the rail yards. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He saw the guests and guards, standing too, straining forward, some nearly falling over the rail as they cheered him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z We dashed over to where metal rails ran along the street and waited. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They leaned on the rail, looking down at the trout. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The thatched crèche was inside the altar rail. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When she should have stood up from the altar rail, though, he squeezed, almost courteously, as if he only meant to be holding her breath for her, and just for a moment. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I peered over the rail, looking for the bus that I knew was still somewhere down there on the side of the mountain, but I couldn’t see it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z They bent through the first turn, Pollard holding his mount one path out from the rail, an open lane ahead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He charged through the rails, bristled up and roaring almost as loud as the bulls. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Daily travel was freed from the hassles of rail schedules, the needs of other passengers, and the location of trolley stops. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z On the rails, we was all one, but outside the yards, it was a world of white and colored. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The hedge is destroyed, the rails of the light railway are torn up and rise stiffly in the air in great arches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming to the rail fence, and without breaking his stride, he raised his body into the air. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach out and touch the green rail, running my thumb across a ridged section where the paint is chipped and flaking. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The smaller stumps he could jump two at a time, and he could walk on the top rail of the fence without being afraid. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard had delivered a masterpiece of reinsmanship, avoiding the traps and saving ground while minimizing his run along the boggy rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Kit Tyler had been on the forecastle deck since daybreak, standing close to the rail, staring hungrily at the first sight of land for five weeks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I strained my eyes toward the northeast as I stood by the rail. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A regular, nondescript conventional train that has probably been decommissioned, since California rail has gone high-speed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The mate had his wrist and banged his hand over and over on the rail, trying to make him release it, but they both held on. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z With a long pole and wire, I’d drag the hide on top of rail fences, swing it through the air, and let it touch the ground twenty or thirty feet away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Migrants arrested in a dawn sweep at the Tapachula rail yard are behind bars before their probable deportation. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She and Dad happily railed against anyone they disliked or disrespected: Standard Oil executives, J. Edgar Hoover, and especially snobs and racists. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Hedges of honeysuckle—twisting, strangling vines—had grown over what must once have been a split rail fence between the house and barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Deliberately, he went forward, beyond the waist of the ship, and stood at the larboard rail, facing the water. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth gripped one of the bronze shields that lined the starboard rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The colt plunged through the rail, somehow got his hooves back under him again, and fled for the barns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sell us the tickets at once or I shall report you to the rail authority for child discrimination!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then, in one smooth movement, she flung herself over the rails of the ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He finds a small one clinging to the strands of his mop and he bangs the mop against the rail to dislodge it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Tendai also saw, in the larger tunnels, a system of rails going off into the dark. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z If Seabiscuit got the rail, the experts believed he might have a glimmer of a chance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked to the altar rail where the idea of God assumed a shape and a scent and a taste. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Metal rails had been lifted with a clanking sound, so she was protected on either side. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Godslayer stood a good while with his hands on the rail, leaning heavily, looking away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He beat his fist against his palm and railed against a bloody, bawdy villain—Claudius, no doubt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Ahead 1 saw a place where the rails were torn up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They were standing at the rail, pointing and laughing at something happening on the well deck, one level below. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I had been shamed enough in that cafe that, while I liked riding the rails, right then I wasn’t going no second class. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming up to my dogs, we saw they were working up and down an old rail fence. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z While the crew shifted uneasily at the rails, Captain Reed waited, counting out the seconds, weighing his choices. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Reed flung himself against the rail, searching the waves for signs of his crewman. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When the dog saw I was laughing at him, he wet on the rail, scratched with his back paws in the dirt, and dashed off, trying to get me to play chase. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The train glides toward us on steel rails, its light flashing, its horn blaring. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We’d been sitting in our beds, and we tapped our feet on the rails. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw only a line of stout posts and rails on either side of the road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Johnny was sitting up on the rail, I told him, “When I’m finished with this horse, he be gentle enough that you can ride him.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They still had the tin roofs out over the sidewalk, and hitching rails. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z No one comes in to remind us that we are in a hospital, and the machines on the walls and the metal bed rails kind of disappear for a while. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He also harbored a peculiar ardor for the inner rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia walks to the edge of the deck, running her hands along the spines of the books that form the rail. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I ran down the steps near the edge of the strip and I stood on the bottom rail of the barricade reaching into the stands for my family’s hands. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And as she heeled over to the breeze she rolled her rail out from under the Lillian’s nose, shook herself free, and stood away to the southard. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Elevated rails would lead from the top of the tower all the way to New York, Boston, Baltimore, and other cities. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He dropped the harness, jumped over the rail fence, and in a long lope started for me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I leant over the rail and looked down at the hall below. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then the cars would continue by rail to the coast, where the barrels would be transferred to a ship and taken across the North Sea to Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain was already at the rail, staring out over the ocean. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I would be gazing at the awe-inspiring chasm when a freak gust of wind would lift me up and fling me over the rail. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Another man came from the bridge, stepping down the ladder, to stand at the rail over the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Table service allowed women to avoid sitting on a bar stool or placing a foot up on a brass rail. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A guard coasted off of a rail to a floating stop a foot or so above the ground, his forebear humming as he balanced on it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My fists grip the rails as I inch my way over the trickling creek to the opposite bank. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In a cloud of horses, Pollard spotted daylight five feet or so off the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then with a darting movement the Starling flew over to John’s cot and alighted on the rail. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Chief Joyi railed against the white man, who he believed had deliberately sundered the Xhosa tribe, dividing brother from brother. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel liked the great outdoors—but climbing a two-hundred-foot cliff on a stairway without rails, with a bad-tempered weasel on her shoulder? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At the juncture between turn and homestretch, he collared the last of the front-runners, Half Time, who was laboring along the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned over the rail as if he would smite the King with his staff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It might even tip right over at any moment, or jump off the rails. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Weeds along the edges of the fields and in the rail fence corners were up to Marly’s waist. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He chewed the paint from the top rail, still crying, but gradually becoming interested in the way the paint peeled off the metal and clung to his front teeth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He could not bear to think of her tossed about by rough men, ridden on a rail. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He paced the deck and then stared miserably over the rail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Easier to work through. I’m just worried about these boulders collapsing if we start prying rails up.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That way, from each log, I’d come out with four rails. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a long, mostly grim trip past ugly suburbs, decaying industrial plants, slums, and vast rail and truckyards. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he arrived beside the men he put one foot on the lowest fence rail, rested his elbows on the second bar and looked into the pasture too. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re thinking about expanding the rail route. Father and I came up to get a better look at things.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He knew the rivers and rails, the ruins and natural veins of ore, and dozens of escape routes he’d devised in case he was ever pursued by city authorities. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When it happened, I was down the creek a ways, splitting rails to fix up the yard fence where the bulls had torn it down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A train waited at the side rail, but it didn’t have passenger cars. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel’s air is chill, and the train’s wheels screeching and screaming on the rails is a sound I won’t miss. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I gripped the rail as the ship fought against the suction. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I twitch at every unidentified noise, tensing until I realize it is just the wind, or the squeak of Tobias’s shoes on the rail. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He pressed himself against the rail, his gaze traveling back and forth across the waves, tracing their shapes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Police were stationed along the rails to prevent fans from seeping back onto the track in front of the horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I’ll tell you right now the yard- master don’t cotton to riding the rails. A fellow got killed last week and we shut down for the morning. You picked the wrong station, boy.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Grass grows over the rails, making them slippery. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Still kneeling on the rail, I remove the knife from my mouth and lick blood from my lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I will not have my rights to bear arms trampled upon!” railed one disgruntled scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Atlanta had public transportation in the form of bus and rail, which made getting to those jobs easy, and Clarkston had its own rail stop—at the end of the line. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Back then, there were hobos that rode the rails and lived along the tracks in between times. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Argo II descended, she saw Percy leaning over the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It seemed at first there was a sheer drop down to the sands, but once you leant over the rail, you could see zigzagging footpaths leading you down the cliff-face to the seafront. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark water pooled between the rails, fed in steady drips from the station ceiling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This arm that never held itself out, extended from my body, to give me balance as I walked thin rails or logs, round and slippery with danger. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z To get even with a railcar conductor who wouldn’t stop for him, Louie greased the rails. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The cars shift and jerk as we round a corner, and I stop, clinging to the top rail until we’re once again on a straightaway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He goes still and his grip on the rail tightens. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His footsteps rang on the stone, and then were muffled as he came on to the red carpet by the altar rail. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z We ran straddling the rails or walked on them as fast as we could to see how far we could go without falling off. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He leaned over the bridge’s rail and spoke into it like a spy on a double-o mission, as if he didn’t want anyone to overhear. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The city was constantly changing—day by day, old buildings were being knocked down to make room for newer ones and a labyrinth of streetcar rails was being laid. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His fingers slide down my arms, and he holds me by the elbows as the car bumps along the steel rails. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z So he stayed close to the wall, and ran down the dusty, foot-wide walkway that jutted out merely inches from the outer rail. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z When they got to the railroad site, David announced that they had to clear more track, using vibrasaws to cut through the vegetation that had grown up around the metal rails. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He wobbled once, leaped from the rail to the ground, and took off. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I detect its tiny movements left and right, forward and back, and absorb each bounce as it rolls over the rails. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They stood on wide, flat oblong slabs of obsidian that hovered over the amethyst rails. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Oh, I railed her about it, but then the fool started boo-hooing so I let her off the hook just so she’d shut up, told her it was her Christmas present. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We still share the care and feeding of Camel, but the three of us no longer exchange stories during the long nights spent on the rails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z From Mexico City onward, the rail system is more modern, and trains run so fast that few migrants ride on top. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The crowd, which had been thinly dispersed around the track to see War Admiral’s distance workouts, migrated up to the turn after Seabiscuit and stood in a thick mass by the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z George stood there at the rail, watching, his entire body shaking. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Pollard stayed where he was, holding his lane one path out from the rail, leaving himself room to move around Whichcee when the time came. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lumbly’s words returned to her: If you want to see what this nation is all about, you have to ride the rails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The conductor, a narrow man in khaki, slid towards them on the bus rails. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A big dark paisano I didn’t know stood on the rail and leaned over the bar. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she wheeled on me and put me on top of the rail fence as quick as a squirrel could have made it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A metal shriek filled the air as the rail began to bend, pulling free of vegetation and the rusty spikes that had held it down for centuries. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Three boys with fishing poles came onto the bridge and we leaned on the rail and looked down at the trout. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z From the other end of the car, I heard the porter shout and I looked up to see him yanking the emergency cord that run along the baggage rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tied the other end to the porch rail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The women washed the sheets in the galley and wrung them out, and we hung them to dry upon the rails, so our ship flapped gray in the winter breeze. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The strike against wage cuts swept west along the rails through Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, to San Francisco—100,000 workers halting commerce for forty-five days. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z On the other side were the tracks to the commuter rail. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nailer grimaced as their crew boss clambered up over the rail, huffing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z While I took a break off the ice and ate a hot dog from the food hut, I leaned against the rail and watched Ma and Yvonne out there, skating around the rink. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Piper and Hazel were ready to go, but first Annabeth turned to Percy, who was leaning on the starboard rail, gazing over the bay. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A bunch of sleepy snow birds rose from the thick cane, flitted over, and settled in a row on the old rail fence. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers grip the chilly rails of the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When she was finished with Zizmo she railed at God for taking him so soon, and bemoaned the fate of her newborn daughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rahel could smell the sheaf of bus tickets and the sourness of the steel bus rails on the conductor’s hands. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d duck our heads and then scramble across the porch to man the opposite rail. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I had wanted to tell her about the afternoon I spent flying down the stair rails at home, never noticing the gradual shredding of my breeches. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Still following other men, Shin climbed into a boxcar bound for Chongjin, the largest city in the far north of the country and a gateway to rail lines leading to the Chinese border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Spinning around in a circle, I saw that the rails was packed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But what Marie-Laure remembered, standing at the rail as it whistled past, was her father saying that Foucault’s pendulum would never stop. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help thinking about all those times “you’ve got a live one on the rail.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With a graceful movement of the wrist, a gesture so quick and small we never really saw it, only remembered it afterward, she tossed the bottle over the rail at us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk slowly, carefully, until my hand touches the rail, leading us to the attic door. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Tally reached the edge of the roof, vaulted up onto the rail, and teetered for a moment. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He nudged his mount down onto the rail, where the going was smoother, and waited. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He bounded up the steps, waving his baseball bat, and without hesitation goat-galloped to the stern and leaped over the rail with a gleeful “Ha-HA!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That night Nat was on deck after his watch, standing at the rail, watching the sky. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They are surrounded by old posters advertising wine, and street signs and photographs of Paris arranged above the picture rails. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, as one, we broke from the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer and Nita and Tool all stepped out from the vines and clambered up the raised rail bed to the tracks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We dashed over to where metal rails ran along the street and waited. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The bed has thick side rails on either side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On the other side of the rail, folks rush down. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He did the best he could, climbing up on the track’s outer rail by the wire and settling in to call the race from there. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Roberto didn’t feel like playing, so we sat on one of the rails, arms wrapped around our legs, foreheads on our knees. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z If he misses and his feet land on the rails, he still has an instant to jerk them away before the back wheels arrive. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And like before, if you peered over the rail, you could see the paths zigzagging down to the seafront, except this time you could see the promenade at the bottom with rows of boarded-up stalls. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a balcony on the second floor that seems to have a rail of thick roots in place of iron. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Facing the rails was the backyard of a house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The second floor has its own kitchen, and more tables, and a formal dining room lined with wrought-iron rails and floor-to'ceiling doors of glass. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then, about a month ago, she suddenly went back to normal. Her face flattened out again. Back to being skinny and straight as a rail. I wondered.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I walked unsteadily back to the bridge where Buck waited, his arms resting on the rail, his head hung over the water. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Cold drizzle sprayed across the deck, forming ice on the rails and the ropes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Everyone hunkered down, looking busy, waiting to see who would appear at the rail. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Then Percy ran to the starboard rail, pushed another massive wave away from the ship and jumped overboard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His question was lost in noise as the train engine screeched to a stop, brass bell ringing and steam belching over the rails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He stood at the starboard rail and closed his eyes, sensing the currents beneath them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The mate trailed one hand over the rail as he walked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sansa leaned forward, her hands tight around the gallery's wooden rail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In a moment Reynolds was back, leading blue troops at double time through the fields, tearing down rail fences as they came. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to eliminate the rail obsession completely, the trainer made use of it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught lizards on the rail fences, rats in the com crib, and frogs in the little creek that ran through the fields. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Julia was awaiting the rail pass that the groom was supposed to have put in the mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Thandiwe whistled, and the Ridge guards peeled away from the iron monster and fell into formation behind her, everyone lining up on the same rail. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was rail thin and quiet, and when he grew up he would probably be tall, like his father. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s become too cheeky around my house,” my father railed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z During the speech, at a preestablished cue, the women in the front row of the balcony grabbed the satin banner and lowered it over the gallery rail. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Even with both taxi-drivers helping them through the gate and over the brass rails onto the rear observation platform, they barely made it. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The long ride to Kansas and back had Papa drawn down till he was as thin and knotty as a fence rail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind it, Captain Reed prowled back and forth at the rail, looking into the mist, then turning around again to stare with equal intensity at the crate. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I watched her slow, careful progress down the steps, her back bent, both hands gripping the rail, as if she were blind and had to feel her way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then I hear a low groan from the rails. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Jake left the porch rail and walked right up to a girl named Suky, the one who had been most bitter in her making fun. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The others were clustered together at the rails, pointing into the black emptiness beyond the ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Such remarks infuriated Helmut, and he would rail at the restaurant owners and call them bigots. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was up to me, you'd be run out of town on a rail. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z After they had gone we laborers looked rather emptily across the newly cleared rails at each other, at ourselves, and not even Brinker thought of the timely remark. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It glanced off the iron rail, even as Saruman left it, and passing close to Gandalf’s head, it smote the stair on which he stood. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Even then, they only got away because a couple of cowboys were on the rail ready to jump in and distract that horse. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the horses were midway down the first pass through the homestretch, the crowd suddenly gushed over the infield retaining fence ten feet inside the track rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He sees spare lengths of rusted rails heaped in piles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t think I wanted to? I saw you there along the rail and stayed on since I hoped you was watching.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the jack had opened to its full extent, the rail still only half-free from its ancient bonds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Stop that ruckus!” he railed, brandishing his own cane. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When she passed Ellis Island and then the Statue of Liberty, he, like everyone, dashed to the starboard rail to watch her pass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I moved along the rail, but my suit was dark too and I could wipe my hands, watching my shadow, how I had tricked it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He held Seabiscuit a half length behind him, keeping just far enough out from the rail to give himself clear running room. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The road past the rail yard is lined with poles, and beyond it are houses, which I can get a better look at now. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “They took the safety rails off,” she pointed out. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I hopped the rail myself and followed him to the edge of the roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It shunted onto a new series of tracks, dipping down to a barren zone of rail yards and slum shacks, before shunting again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the top step, my back against the porch rail. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I would of backed off from what I saw, but by then we was crowded up against the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced over the rail and saw the dust of Arion’s wake stretching across the hills of Italy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nailer clung to the rail, clipped to his safety lines and out of the way of the feverish work as the crew fought their ship forward. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Tally saw the struts of the powerjack unfolding underneath the tie, gradually forcing it up, the rail above beginning to pull free of its moorings. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As Haukelid grasped the man’s hand, his friends grabbed the Nazi, lifted him over the rail, and dropped him into the lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The figure was fur-swathed, hooded, anonymous; but as it reached the deck, a golden monkey dæmon swung himself lightly up on the rail and glared around, his black eyes radiating malevolence. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She held on to the overhead rails while I held on to her skirt. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I know what kinds of people hear voices: people who drink too much, who fry their brains with drugs, who slip off the rails. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Off the rails, and nobody cares,’ she said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The company was pulling up the train track, and the work crews were out, teams pulling the spikes out of the ties and hauling off the rails. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no drop to the tracks—the rails started at the end of the steps and jetted into the dark tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The monsters swooped down, shattering the glass roof of the car, and the entire train toppled off the rails. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We make our way down, too slow, too slow, the scent taking us close to the road and toward the bridge, a high rickety one with rails. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Above us was the second-story porch, lined with slanting, rotting rails, and sitting on the porch was the Maginot Line herself. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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