| 单词 | ray |
| 例句 | Emily shielded her eyes, but still the glaring rays managed to bend their way around her hand, dulling her sight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A yellow ray from the sinking sun fell across the foot of the bed and lighted up the fireplace, where the water in the pan was boiling fast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They assembled by the Hunter's Gate as the first pale rays of the sun brushed the top of the Bell Tower, their breath frosting in the cold morning air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I would very much like this to be the case but I have to recognize that there are other possible explanations for the gamma ray bursts, such as colliding neutron stars. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We could look for the gamma rays that the primordial black holes emit during most of their lifetime. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If you look at the shadow cast by a source at a great distance, such as the sun, you will see that the rays of light in the edge are not approaching each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It had what looked like rays of light bursting out of a roaring tyrannosaurus in the center, and the words “K of the G C” were scrawled around the circumference. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As he turned, a few scattered rays of sunlight caught the metal handle of the gun tucked into the waistband of his jeans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z At the door of the house the old man stood to catch the last rays of the sun upon him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z There was a clearing in the forest, a wide sward of moonlit grass, and the white rays shone full upon the tree trunks on the opposite side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Before it could get very far, I crossed my arms again and fired another specium ray, nailing the retreating head like a clay pigeon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A golden ray of light escaped her like a ribbon, like a snake coiling in the air before it lashed across Fedu's cheek. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A thin ray of sun struck the prisms of a candelabrum on the mantelpiece, throwing brilliant, trembling shards of light that were distorted by the slant of the dormer walls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We can imagine our ancestors gazing idly up on some night a hundred thousand years ago and noting a strange cloud arising from the unilluminated part of the Moon, suddenly struck by the Sun’s rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was now high enough to send down smoky rays of light through the treetops. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z This picture was mostly dark, with just a few pale brownish rays of light streaking across. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My bed is sending out serious nap rays. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived at her uncle’s home, he told them that the heat ray and black smoke were just part of an Orson Welles story. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Everyone was sure that Mrs. Granger had X- ray vision. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too early when Amakas movements woke me up the next morning; the room was not yet touched by the lavender rays of dawn. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The grass and the bursting hedges were gilded by the level rays of the sun. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I quickly selected specium ray and then held my arms up in front of me, one horizontal and the other vertical, forming a cross. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The time of the first rains arrived, but still Inti beat his golden rays down upon the hard, dry earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They went right on through us as if they were gamma rays. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z With primordial black holes being so scarce, it might seem unlikely that there would be one near enough for us to observe as an individual source of gamma rays. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The smile my teacher offered shone almost as brightly upon me as the golden rays of Inti. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Thus rays are a signature of a recent impact. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The very last rays of the setting sun were casting a bloody light over the long-shadowed grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My white cotton hat and Mother’s flowery umbrella are nothing against the afternoon sun, shooting rays into my short short hair. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It took only one person to tear away the delicate strands of the web, spilling the rays of sun into the sand, and the fragile world would be injured. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, so they say. It seems all that loose drapery throws off the hot rays of the sun.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The silver rays of twilight slanted through the hemlock needles in dusty streams. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We do observe such a background of gamma rays: Fig. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were also days when her poking and prod-ding led to a small foothold inside him, a tiny ray of light inside an intricate cavern with more depth than anyone could possibly have realized. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Light rays too must follow geodesics in space-time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And as the sun’s rays peeked out of the horizon, turning the sky into an amethyst haze, the canoe people sang in a language I’d never heard before. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There were crescents and quarters, gibbous and full, and they weren’t charms, they were moons—real miniature moons, cratered and luminous, as though lit by the rays of some distant star. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Gamma rays from deep space blanket the earth and annihilate all living creatures. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Radio-sodium had a gratifyingly lengthy half-life of fifteen and a half hours and gamma ray energies that Ernest calculated at about 5 million electron volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Georgia sun was hot, and still high enough in the sky in the late afternoon that its rays shone over the trees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The rising sun set the eastern horizon on fire with golden rays. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “That UFO must have zapped him with a ray gun,” Dad said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was something sad and solitary about the sketch and I wondered if that’s the way he saw the world or if that’s the way he saw ray world. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Silently Siddhartha stood in the fierce sun’s rays, filled with pain and thirst, and stood until he no longer felt pain and thirst. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Sharp points came out of her head, the rays of the Virgin's halo, though they could just as well have been the horns of a demon woman. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She added a ray of light in miserable circumstances. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Leo hit another button on his death ray. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Bring X rays of your mother who needs a new hip. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of it sounds like comic books, the kind with ray guns. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He could see nothing but the sky through the small wind hole, for it was high in the stone wall and only in the early morning allowed a ray of sunshine to come in. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In the dry April sun, our black clothes absorb the rays and the heat weighs heavy on our skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If the two sticks cast shadows of equal length, that also would make sense on a flat Earth: the Sun’s rays would then be inclined at the same angle to the two sticks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And he began writing again...and crossing out words...and writing more, while outside the sun sank lower and lower until its rays were gilding the hilltops. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z From that distance it looked very interesting and its sparkling rays of light seemed to beckon him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z First, its rays penetrated through the leaves, and gradually, with cockcrows and sparrows that vigorously proclaimed daylight, the golden sun sat at the top of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I turned my face to Inti so he could kiss it with his warm, drying rays. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The last rays of the sinking sun streamed through the open barn doorway, lighting up formerly darkened corners. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Libby’s research began in the global scientific race during the 1930s and 1940s to understand cosmic rays, the mysterious, ultrahigh- velocity subatomic particles that continually rain onto the earth from outer space. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She needed both the sun’s rays and the magnetic field to plot her course. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The mirror works as a scaling device; it is able to do this because it reflects the cone of rays coming from an object as they pass through a plane. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Five minutes later Lyra had forgotten the moral, but she hadn’t forgotten the little whirling vanes in the ray of dusty light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I draw a sweeping abstract something that’s a cross between an amoeba and a manta ray with eyes and mouths in unexpected places. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Dog Squad was there to pull the plug and “neutralize his ray gun—before the madman ruins satellite TV for everyone. It’s football season!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “But that landing on the giant ray gun wasn’t as soft as it might’ve appeared. I’m going to head over to the pool for a soak in the hot tub.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Anything potent enough to put on such a show could well blow away the magnetosphere, the magnetic zone high above the Earth that normally protects us from ultraviolet rays and other cosmic assaults. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and let your troubles lay And when again it's morning, they'll wash away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Tell me what happened,” I said finally, late one evening when the sky was striped pink and gold and the garden was lit with the last rays of the setting sun. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yep. Sort out this whole mess before it gets out of hand in the rays of the sun.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He used his long ears to shade his eyes from the rays of sunlight leaking in through the Thicket ceiling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Brighter, like even though it was raining outside, there were little rays of sunshine lighting my way. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Romilda Vane,” said Ron softly, and his whole face seemed to illuminate as he said it, as though hit by a ray of purest sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then as she reached for my hand, her face turned toward mine, the last firelight rays of sun softened her wrinkles. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Somewhere inside sat the Buddha statue, waiting for the rays of the next day's sun. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The doctor looked at the X rays and then at the wound. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The long rays of the setting sun made the water shimmer golden. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Buying us time!” she shouted back, and then she pulled shut and locked a wooden lid that capped the well, closing out the last rays of light. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She’s got a weapon that if necessary can convert solar energy into deadly rays of power, so that could last indefinitely. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Was it, I asked myself, a ray from the moon penetrating some aperture in the blind? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I believe it had to do with water conservation, with exposing less of the algae’s surface to the sun’s rays. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And here he was, the great one himself, scorching us all with his rays of glory. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I explained that I was ignorant of how X rays diffract, but Max immediately put me at ease. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “He also built a death ray made of mirrors that could burn enemy ships,” Leo said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Those filtered rays were shining now on the haystack of Sasquatch hair. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z To live amidst general regard, though it be but the regard of working people, is like “sitting in sunshine, calm and sweet;” serene inward feelings bud and bloom under the ray. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The whole scene starts out again in the vivid colours of the moment, down to the drops of April rain on the windows of the court, glittering in the rays of April sun. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The faint sun rays at his back cast his face in shadows. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z As Inti’s rays showed strong and true, the power of the sacred drink overcame me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I came home to seek ray heir, aware that in doing so I faced death. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martians use a heat ray to destroy everything in their path. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She only stared at him for a moment longer before she burst into a run, up toward the hill—where the first rays of sunshine began to peek through. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly, out of nowhere, it seemed, a ray of light crossed its doorstep. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, the morning rays were barely touching the tips of the sandstone mesas. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At last, exhausted, Harry climbed into bed, twitched the hangings of his four-poster shut to block out a ray of moonlight, lay back, and felt himself almost instantly drifting off to sleep.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Here Francis had to admit that he saw not the slightest ray of light. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The light in this level is changing; the ice monuments are lit with golden rays and dragging long shadows across the glaciers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was also possible that the sun wasn’t doing this at all, but a certain intensity, a soul ray, from my eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Storm clouds rose up behind her, dark and threatening, but a powerful sun peeked through, sending coppery rays through the whole drawing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The blade was like a thin ray of dark light. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Adaon’s face was bright in the early rays of the sun, but a trace of longing had come into his voice. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z This was why Harry spent as much time as possible out of the house, wandering around and thinking about the end of the holidays, where he could see a tiny ray of hope. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Sculpted by the intense solar rays, glowing a radioactive shade of turquoise, the towers reared like giant shark’s teeth out of the surrounding rubble as far as the eye could see. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Will the sun forget to streak Eastern skies with amber ray, When the dusky shades to break He unbars the gates of day? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A tiny gear turned in Magdalys’s heart, the only ray of light she could find in this terrible night: She would head south as soon as she could, find Montez. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I never had anything wrong with my heel except the time the sting ray stung it when I stepped on him when swim-ming and paralyzed the lower leg and made the unbearable pain. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “If she hasn’t been taken out by marauders,” says Jacqui—a ray of light, as always. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the rays of a bright Ozark moon, I could see clearly. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I lie down and watch the first rays of sun coming through the window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z What an extraordinary sensation that ray sent through me! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I find most interesting the conspiracy of life in the desert to circumvent the death rays of the all-conquering sun. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about my broken family back in Raleigh and wondered if they were thinking about me, a ray of sunshine at the end of a long, sorry day. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Ahead mountains loomed: a tall peak was catching the first rays of the sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z No sign of anything except the gold Cornucopia glowing in the slanting sun rays. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z On one side of the young mouse the gifts from Squire Julian Gingivere, Captain Snow and the shrews were piled high; on the other was his sword, reflecting the rays of the afternoon sun. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Are they under the sun’s rays, living still, or gone down long ago to lodge with Death?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The brother’s glance went slowly around the room, like the ray of a lighthouse sweeping a familiar coast, searching for hidden defects. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The angle of the climbing sun snuck a slash of rays under the edges of its wings, shining a jagged shimmer along the sharp tips of the huge metal feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z New observations in the next few years, particularly by gravitational wave detectors like LIGO, should enable us to discover the origin of the gamma ray bursts. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses standing among the green hills were a miserable sight with not a ray of sunlight to brighten their ruins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They were flagging in the rays of the bright sun, winter sun shining in a pale cool sky though it was; their heads were down and their tongues lolling out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the girl hurried along, her sandals tapping and echoing, the golden light of the bauble casting its rays through shadows that hung like cobwebs. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Just before labor began, the last star rays sank into my belly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A blue orb of condensed light crackled and spread, filling every corner of the manor with its deadly rays. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A ray of light from the sun follows the diagonal line, and takes four years to get from the sun to Alpha Centauri. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before Thanksgiving, Doc Lassiter ordered Dad to get an X ray. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Radium emitted alpha particles at a meager 7.6 million electron volts and beta rays—that is, electrons—at only 3 million volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The first rays of morning light lit the grasses. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was a faint ray of light from the street lamp outside, and Stuart could dimly see Margalo, asleep in the fern, her head tucked under her wing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It shows the silhouette of a girl at sunset, running up a steep mountain path, and it’s all clouds parting and God rays shining down and purple mountain majesties. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A ray of winter sunshine fell on the fishbowl, making it so warm that Ralph began to pant. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z This plain of snow shone a powdery white that morning; the sun blazed icily somewhere too low on the horizon to be seen directly, but its clean rays shed a blue-white glimmer all around us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun cast golden rays lazily upon the quieting city from its low point in the sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “You just scraped your head a little. They’s nothing wrong with you. They took X rays.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the ultraviolet is the X-ray part of the spectrum, and beyond the X- rays are the gamma rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These X rays and gamma rays are like waves of light, but with a much shorter wavelength. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The rays vibrated in lines that told her the direction. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The tinfoil suns and moons and stars dangle and twist and reflect the sun’s rays back out into the bigger universe. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the pale ray of the wizard’s staff, Frodo caught glimpses of stairs and arches, and of other passages and tunnels, sloping up, or running steeply down, or opening blankly dark on either side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As he pulled himself upward, the lizards moved downward, keeping out of the sun's direct rays. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Travis points at a coin in the case that has a walking woman wrapped in a sheet with the sun’s rays behind her. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z In the last rays of the sun the Riders cast long pointed shadows that went on before them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The first ray of sunlight raced across the sky. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He took my chin in his fingers, turning it so that the last rays of the sunset fell on my scar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The leaves were nearly all fallen now, and the forest allowed the autumn sun rays to press through. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The cosmic rays notion, though considered plausible, hasn’t been verified yet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But with the first rays of sunlight I regained my desire to live. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Its weak rays shone on the dewy grass and made the herbs in the garden glisten as if under a spell. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Because of White’s support, Rudensky recalled, “I had a ray of hope.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But despite the close agreement in position Helfand and Long do not insist that the gamma ray outburst is associated with the supernova remnant. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time, such as a week. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky above me was a deep purple-gray, and on the horizon I could see the first rays of light pushing through, announcing a new day. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Every now and then a ray of moonlight through the branches above lit a spot of silver-blue blood on the fallen leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I lie in, watching a ray of sunshine turn bits of dust into gold, until I hear Patti enter the room, her sari swishing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The noise seemed to emanate in rays from the page; she felt these on her face, a warm mask of embarrassment. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Otto,” I say finally as the sun pulls back its last rays. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In the last dim rays of light, I make her out, watching me silently from between the branches. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The sun slanted in strong, bronze-colored rays over the green fields of the new cotton. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Martian heat ray sets fires near the pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z From behind us the last long rays of light played across the campus, accenting every slight undulation of the land, emphasizing the separateness of each bush. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Still she could not imagine how he could have killed himself, being so close to Theo and Jo and the baby, “all these cheerful little rays of sunshine.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Beth kept her face hidden on her mother’s shoulder, but Amy stood like a graceful statue, with a most becoming ray of sunshine touching her white forehead and the flower in her hair. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Pillows embroidered with tiny mirrors are strewn across it, and lamps of colored glass hang from the roof, catching the last rays of sunlight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Actually, “slept” was a wild overstatement, and when the first low sun rays stabbed his eyelids, he’d awakened cold and wet from whatever dozing he’d managed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He thrust the light into the opening, but even the golden rays could not pierce the curtain of shadows. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Ice cubes don’t wipe out civilizations with bursts of gamma rays, though following the then-accepted rules of physics led inexorably to that conclusion. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Weaver warned that some might question whether it was necessary to build a new cyclotron at all, since cosmic rays carried energies equivalent to those to be expected from the new cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And then I imagine I can feel the X rays and the gamma rays, feel them pinging on my eyelids, shooting through my skull, making the palms of my hands tingle like they've fallen asleep. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll be a ray of sunshine in the yellow,” he assured her. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The knife glinted, meeting with the sun rays to give off sparks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Fog lay in pillows in the folds of the hills; the distant mountaintops shone dazzling pink and white beneath rays of low sunshine that didn’t touch the Spitfire’s wings. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “A ray of light can come in any color,” Frank says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His hair was white as snow in the sunshine; and gleaming white was his robe; the eyes under his deep brows were bright, piercing as the rays of the sun; power was in his hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A girl, pixie haired and smiling, was floating above the ocean, rays arrowing out from behind her, where a brilliant red-orange sun was rising. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We tried all the rooms as we went along, and in the dining-room, dimly lit by rays of light through the shutters, found four servant-women lying on the floor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Mutations also occur because of radioactivity or ultraviolet light from the Sun or cosmic rays or chemicals in the environment, all of which can change the nucleotides or tie the nucleic acids up in knots. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It grew darker and darker, as if it somehow absorbed the sun’s dying rays. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I hadn’t got ten yards into the woods when all the sudden ray heart quit beating and my blood ran cold! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Seth was using his butter knife to bounce sun rays. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It became bright from the minute it surfaced from behind the clouds, its golden rays darkening my eyes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She held up a small crystal phial: it glittered as she moved it, and rays of white light sprang from her hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The turnpike lamp was a blur, quite out of the lamp’s usual place apparently, and its rays looked solid substance on the fog. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot and Guenever were sitting by the window in the high keep, and Arthur’s England stretched below them, under the level rays of sunset. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Four months later, in a hospital in New York, after many X rays and tests, I had the first of three operations. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Having been given a little ray of hope, the loss of it was worse than not having had it at all. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “We inhabit the eye of the swamp, Ivanito,” she warns, tightening the shutters against malevolent rays. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was right—the angle of the sun’s rays, the wind, the temperature, and the magnetic field of the earth. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The resident sent us down for a chest X ray. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But the sun was so strong I could feel its rays on every inch of my body. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z J. D. Bernal, the crystallographer, would later call them the “most beautiful X ray photographs of any substance ever taken.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Emily shielded her eyes, but still the glaring rays managed to bend their way around her hand, dulling her sight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Howard contacted his personal physicians, who scheduled Pollard for X rays on April 13. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She shot death rays at me from across the table the rest of lunch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It’s smack in the center of the menagerie, under rays of glorious light, surrounded by banners advertising sarsaparilla, Cracker Jack, and frozen custard. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Suddenly he was standing on short springy turf, on a summer evening when the slanting rays of the sun gilded the ground. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Primordial black holes with initial masses less than this figure would already have completely evaporated, but those with slightly greater masses would still be emitting radiation in the form of X rays and gamma rays. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to the middle of one of those rays, at a tiny, faint dot. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mutations, from which nature selects its new inventory of lifeforms, are produced in part by cosmic rays—high-energy particles ejected almost at the speed of light in supernova explosions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The storm clouds had finally dissolved, and the sun was almost at the horizon, its orange and red rays pouring through the window. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z An oracle told him, however, that he would be able to see again if he went to the east and let the rays of the rising sun fall on his eyes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The greenish glow and the light from the two wands were the only things that broke the otherwise velvety blackness, though their rays did not penetrate as far as Harry would have expected. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We stopped at the hot-shop, through the narrow shutters of which flowed, in cracks and rays and arrows, the yellow light we had seen across the hills of winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z For instance, at different times, his wicked tricks included everything from atomic ray guns to sulfur and brimstone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The light grows dim around us, with only faint rays of blue and silver dancing against the stone formations. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Pim, seated in the one ray of sunshine coming through the window, kept having to move his chair this way and that to stay out of the way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The following day Pollard stripped for his X rays. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped and the last rays of the sun were disappearing when I awoke. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I had learned that mud dried quickly in Inti’s hot rays and, if put on properly, gave the temporary feeling of a smooth face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z How could I privilege the spectrum of dark energy over each particular ray of light? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The sky was brighter now, breaks in the overcast; light streamed down in blinding rays. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The gravitational field of the star changes the paths of light rays in space-time from what they would have been had the star not been present. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The wings were wide and white, and they swooped back into sharp rays. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, before the sun had thrown its first ray or the redbirds chirped their first note, all four children were gathered in the boys’ bedroom. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Finding her would mean exposure to unadulterated sunlight, and even the diminishing rays of early evening could provoke an attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It felt good to sit inside the truck, out of the direct rays of the sun. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Not a ray of alleviation of the present calamity breaks in our city from any quarter,” he wrote to Julia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Twilight had fallen over the cornfield, for although long red rays still lit the upper down, the sun had set below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d also heard that television emitted possibly harmful electronic rays and he was skittish about spending too much time in front of the ubiquitous tube. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some scientists have suggested that it was caused by a piece of hurtling antimatter, annihilated on contact with the ordinary matter of the Earth, disappearing in a flash of gamma rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You shift, and the afternoons rays break through from behind your head. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After a few minutes of viewing, the discoverer of alpha rays crawled from the hutch and declared, “I know an alpha when I see one.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then he showed me a second X ray, it was cloudy, and I didn’t make anything of it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Several days after the fiasco with Bragg, the crystallographer V. Vand sent Max a letter containing a theory for the diffraction of X rays by helical molecules. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She found herself in a spacious room with black walls and thick black curtains on the windows, through which not even a feeble ray of sunlight filtered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the daytime, a ray of sunlight shone into the tomb, making all the dust motes she stirred up swirl like falling snow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The sun has gone down, relieving us of its burning rays. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We are listening to cosmic rays, produced in another age in the depths of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With the very first rays of light it came alive in me: hope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was Wilkins who had first excited me about X- ray work on DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A buttery ray of sunlight beamed through a crack in the roof. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z As the companions set the cauldron on the ground and quickly drew away, the rays of dawn turned the black iron as red as blood. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Johnny whispered, ‘Just like the sun coming up yonder out of the sea, pushing rays of light ahead of it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Two strong rays of light entered the subterranean restaurant through high-up windows along the street. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he got out, kissed Bertha on the cheek, patted Wishbone on the head, and told me I was a ray of sunshine at the end of a long, sorry day. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She leaps from her perch, deploys a tiny parachute, and executes a soft landing—straddling the thrumming ray gun as if it was a bucking bronco. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I could see from the flash of our lamps, as the rays fell on them, that the horses were coal-black and splendid animals. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The small attic window makes a ray of light across the floor. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Fadi glanced back at the house as the last of the sun’s rays glinted across the expanse of windows, tinting them silver. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly I realized that the paths of these light rays could never approach one another. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z However, from the color of his rays she knew at a glance whether he was hatching a swindle, and she could defuse one of his tantrums with a few simple, mocking words. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As we drove to the trailer, the sun dipping in the sky, its last rays reaching across the highway, I thought about the Apache women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A lot of gold, if it meant reflecting the sun’s rays all the way down here. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The parabola has a special property: it takes the rays of light from the sun, or any distant source, and focuses them to a point, concentrating all the light’s energy on a very small area. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a crisp and blustery day—the sun hiding behind giant cloudbanks only to burst out moments later and dapple the hills with spectacular rays of light—and I felt energized and hopeful. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The river widened, and then he caught sight of what he thought were the rays of daybreak. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It shows that in forming a rainbow each ray from the sun is twice refracted and twice reflected as it passes through a drop of water before reaching the eye. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He really is the human version of a ray of sunshine. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I climbed up here once before,” said Roz as the sun’s first rays warmed her body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Their method involved bombarding aluminum foils with alpha rays produced by their usual rudimentary source, a hunk of the inexpensive but vigorous alpha emitter polonium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So I woke up after everyone else, when the sun s rays streamed steadily into the room, making the mirror glitter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Warrior Twins had used arrows made of lightning and sun rays to kill the monstrous Enemies that ate humans. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The top of the Washington Monument picked up the day’s first rays of faint pink light. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The sunlight shone through the bare branches in slanting golden rays as they approached the abbey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Moreover, the detector would have to be in space, because gamma rays cannot penetrate the atmosphere. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The hatchet was still in his hand, and as he stretched and raised it over his head it caught the first rays of the morning sun. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “What happened to you back there? Did you get zapped with a freeze ray?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Frightening messages from the rays of the sun told her she was going the wrong way. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘Your death ray did not even kill me!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The grape leaves cut the rays of the sun. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A cosmic ray striking a different gene, producing a different mutation, can have small consequences early but profound consequences late. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed up the gallery very softly, unclosed the staircase door with as little noise as possible, shut it after him, and the last ray vanished. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z New Jersey motorists, learning about the invasion on their car radios, headed west, “disregarding speed laws and curves in their race to escape the death rays.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The darkness to the east undulated and flickered in the rays of the rising sun. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z During the day no rays of the sun could penetrate into the gloom of this hut, and so the wax children were quite safe. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She took a reading on the sun’s rays, listened to her internal compass, and started south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z With Bunnicula swinging peacefully from my teeth, I made my way stealthily toward the dining room as the last rays of sunlight gave way to the dark of night. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The first rays of dawn were sliding over the garden wall, and the window was empty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The sun itself had lifted into the sky, and its rays were warm on George’s face each time she emerged from the shade of the old oak tree. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The thin grass between their feet glowed with rays of the slanting sun. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When I open the curtains, the first rays of morning illuminate the room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She herself shot upwards through the sky, with the stars spinning around her like great golden plates, and presently, in blinding light, she felt the cold rays of the moon upon her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The waist-deep water was moving slowly, and flecks of white foam caught the last rays of sunset. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d have to turn back to it until the dungeon was Mother herself she and Father upward into weak light holding hands and us lost somewhere below even them without even a ray of light. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawn Madden's stepfather beamed hate rays my way. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She turned her head slowly as she took a bearing on the sun’s rays. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The sun beat down through the trees, mixing its rays in the pale blue smoke of the cooking fires. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But the moonlight stays unmoved by the wind, passing through clouds, through air, in what seems to Werner like impossibly slow, imperturbable rays. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Glass Castle would have solar cells on the top that would catch the sun’s rays and convert them into electricity for heating and cooling and running all the appliances. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the narrow rays of light that shot through the gaps in the sides of the shed, I could see the rings of dirt around his skinny neck. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A single ray of sunlight pierces the clouds like a spotlight to follow her, and her corroded, oxidized shell peels away, revealing shining copper from head to toe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The doctor showed me the chip in the bone in the first X ray. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Space is full of dangerous cosmic rays that in the absence of magnetic protection would tear through our bodies, leaving much of our DNA in useless tatters. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The way the branches bend overhead and bright sunlight turns to pinpoint rays of light. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They were intense, almost like they were capable of shooting rays. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Another ray passed, and Justin reached in so fast that he splashed water all over Sarah Johnston, the new girl, who was standing next to him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As with the fruit and vegetables on Tía Darma’s farm, the photos can’t fully capture the colors that emerge when the final rays of the sun hit the water. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Eventually alpha rays were identified as helium atoms stripped of their electrons—that is, helium nuclei-—and beta rays as energetic electrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mist lay there, pale-glimmering in the last rays of the sickle moon. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The clouds were black and moved fast, but where the sun broke in, the rays wriggled through my skull. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We now know that the volume of atmospheric carbon-14 varies depending on how well or not Earth’s magnetism is deflecting cosmic rays, and that that can vary significantly over time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Pencil-like rays of spring sun shine streamed through the window and the slightly open door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Even shorter wavelengths are known as ultraviolet, X rays, and gamma rays. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The salts were emitting rays of some sort. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She guided herself by the rays of the sun. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I think about Understanding Our Universe, of its diagram of the sun’s rays angled in the evenings. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried it back and dropped it in front of Bristle and Runt, who were drowsing at the burrow entrance in the last rays of afternoon sun. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Impacts produce rays, linear trails of fine powder spewed out during the explosion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A ray of wintery sunlight fell across the classroom, illuminating Lupin’s gray hairs and the lines on his young face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A pale face flared in the darkness as the ray of a flashlight caught and held it for a moment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Divine light, for example, is sometimes indicated by golden rays, at other times by a halo or aura. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Baker Stream was really a river—broad, clear, and shallow—and very beautiful in the glow of a summery evening, with a backdrop of overhanging trees and the last rays of sunlight sparkling its surface. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The sun’s rays tinged the sandstone walls to a dull pink and clouded red. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The sky was clear in the southwest and the rays of the sun struck through the trees, red, warm, and dazzling. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But if these light rays were swallowed up by the black hole, then they could not have been on the boundary of the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps some key steps in the development of the genetic code, or the Cambrian explosion, or bipedal stature among our ancestors were initiated by cosmic rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each camera was emitting a faint beam, like the last evening sun rays. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Then you go through the backyard to a covered shed on piles over the ocean and here are the tanks for the larger animals, the sharks and rays and octopi, each in their concrete tanks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dangling earring reflected the rays of the streetlight like tinkling glass Chinese ornaments. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Heat rays from the late afternoon sun arose from the gray concrete, shimmering like the weary tones of a distant bugle blown upon still midnight air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This time two more piccolos and a flute joined in and three more rays of light danced lightly into view. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Now a weird symbol appeared to be stitched into it, like a sun with rays that stretched out to infinity, or a flower with long petals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But woven throughout was his trademark ray of hope: And so my friends, they did not die in vain. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately, between the man and yourself, there will be a gamma ray field.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Outside the clouds shifted, the last rays of daylight throwing our shadows against the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The mallows filtered green light down on him and the first rays of the rising sun shone into his hole and warmed it so that he lay there content and very comfortable. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The hard, yellow rays of the sun came in through the window so that the room was hot and bright. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was pouring earlier, great sheets of rain, and now the clouds outside the window are crystal tipped, like mountain peaks in the sky, rays emanating downward like an illustration in a children’s bible. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When the magnetic field is working, these rays are safely herded away from the Earth’s surface and into two zones in near space called the Van Allen belts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The slanted rays of the rising sun fell into the basement. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It faced northeast, which meant that it wouldn’t be too hot from direct sun but would be lit by a few rays of sunshine early in the morning when he started work. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun started to set, its rays beaming through the high windows in the gym, turning the wheat-colored floor into a deep gold. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This query bore the unmistakable fingerprints of Arthur Compton, who reigned as the world’s leading expert on cosmic rays. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In some places the water is shallow, and in other places it is nearly gone, leaving sand and seashells glistening in the first rays of the morning. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He looks at me harder, his Noise focused like a sun ray. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z One side of the spring overlooks a mountain range, where the ridges are just now catching the last rays of the sun. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I lift my face and step into the last falling rays of sunlight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Mesons had been found only in cosmic rays, which made them the natural quarry of high-energy physicists. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The light rays bounce off my friend and into my eye. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as the first ray of sun glints off the gold Cornucopia, there's a disturbance on the plain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The morning air was warm, licked by the first rays of sunlight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Let’s cut him open and get to the inside of things once and for all. He keeps complaining about his liver. His liver looks pretty small on this X ray.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Mm-m. Well, boy, gamma rays will kill you instantly. They’ll destroy your brain. That is a fact you must know and remember. Naturally, you don’t want to destroy yourself.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z "The danger would be various types of radiation–cosmic rays and so on." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z So we warned every robot in advance that gamma rays would kill them, which it would, and we further warned them all that gamma rays would be between them and myself. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Our backs were protected from the sun by our shirts, but the sun’s rays would be reflected into our eyes by the lime itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw Mr. Rochester smile:—his stern features softened; his eye grew both brilliant and gentle, its ray both searching and sweet. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They had discovered the X ray, the cathode ray, the electron, and radioactivity, invented the ohm, the watt, the Kelvin, the joule, the amp, and the little erg. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They were still under the white plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale thin ray of moonlight between. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A red Maserati soared over the woods, glowing brighter and climbing higher until it disappeared in a ray of sunlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As Kirke spoke, Dawn mounted her golden throne, and on the first rays Kirke left me, taking her way like a great goddess up the island. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun’s first rays flung wide the gates of dawn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “What happened to you back there? Did you get zapped with a freeze ray?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z No ray of sun looked ever on that country, nor the moon by night. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A ray of moonlight lay across its staring face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I’d done that once or twice at Westpunt The skate is kin to the deadly sea ray, but this one was as shocked as I was and swam off to deep water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z So the paths of light rays in the event horizon had always to be moving parallel to, or away from, each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But while the craters may withstand erosion on the Moon, the rays, being exceptionally thin, do not. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The sim wasn't yet up, but its rays arced over the horizon and brought light to the sky. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They were arguing some point heatedly, but I was too agitated to listen and simply followed in their shadows, noticing the dull gleam of their polished shoe-leather in the rays of the street lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He discovered it was ten times as high as it was in the open air: apparently the metal body, reflecting the radioactivity inward from six directions, concentrated the rays more than anyone had anticipated. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Seed Collector said, “He caught me in a trap and then held on to me as the sun was rising. He was going to let the morning rays strike me!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the last rays of sun disappeared from the horizon and darkness descended upon us like the shadow of malevolence. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She took a reading on the sun’s rays and, pointing her beak south, she, too, departed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Manes grew tall into feathers that shone—became light rays. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The lines I drew for the sun’s rays came out pretty wobbly. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The rays pooled on a portrait of Artemis Fowl, Senior. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The sun had only just come up over the horizon, but he already could feel its hot rays against his face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the church name on a sign where blaring yellow sun rays spell GOD. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “We got some replacements, but mostly it was a job of indoctrination. Anyway, the people who make them want to figure out robots that aren’t hit so bad by gamma rays.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Before the sun even popped its rays through the lowest brush, she was carefully rolling up the rush mats she had woven. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z With his right hand he shook a torch whose rays spread out in all directions lighting the depths of the waters and penetrating into the bowels of the earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then she spotted a few rays from the setting sun breaching the billows, and she oriented herself. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She exhaled and sent a ray of power out from her center felt it blitz along beneath her skin and then enter her mom on one side; Robbie on the other. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He explained that if we placed our hands in the tank and held them perfectly still, tiny sharks and rays would graze against our palms like friendly house cats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “You ever seen a green ray?” he asked me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If my eyes could shoot out fatal rays like the ones in comic books I would incinerate her on the spot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As time goes on, even the arrival of micrometeorites—fine dust from space—stirs up and covers over the rays, and they gradually disappear. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It came upon me slowly, like that strange disease that affects those black men whom you see turning slowly from black to albino, their pigment disappearing as under the radiation of some cruel, invisible ray. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1935 the dominant lab in this category had been the Cavendish, which specialized in reactions induced by alpha rays and protons; Berkeley could only compete in research on deuterons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had risen half-an-hour before her entrance, and had washed my face, and put on my clothes by the light of a half-moon just setting, whose rays streamed through the narrow window near my crib. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The memory appears like a sharp ray of light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Summed up in one perfect sentence by Donne - ‘Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde’ - the movement was a ray of sunshine peeping out from behind storm clouds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And about time the first rays of sunlight hit the back steps, I sat down out there with my grandfather. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Now we are protected against lethal ultraviolet rays by a narrow rim of ozone, thirty miles out. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There the black-and-white images came together, making a magnificent whole—all projected through the ray of light from above and behind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I devoured the books because they were the rays of light peeking out from the doorframe, and perhaps past that door there was another world, one beyond the gripping fear that undergirded the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The bathroom has the best light since it juts out past the kitchen and catches the afternoon rays. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A huge brown tree, some blue water, and a sun with little red rays coming out of the corner. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A buttermilk white eye distorted by the light rays. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The last ray of sun vanished behind the peaks of Forktop. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I had a thought, a ray of hope. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The rays from the lantern fell on his wasted face, on the tight yellowed skin, on the lips split with fever, on his limbs which were like a child’s. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The last rays of sun disappear behind us as we walk on this chilly evening. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z After some time he stepped back into the room and said they had all agreed we should attempt it with a medication taken orally, followed by exposure to ultra-violet rays. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The meteoriticist Jack Hartung has pointed out that a very recent, very fresh-looking small crater with a prominent ray system lies exactly in the region of the Moon referred to by the Canterbury monks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She rose from her bedroll as the first rays of dawn touched the still-dark sky. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Through three arched windows, dawn sends a sheaf of hallowed golden rays. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And the sun was making her drowsy, until at last she closed the book and held her face up to its warm rays. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She was looking around the hem to see if the quilt maker had stitched in her initials, but the edges were all raying away. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She blames the sun for this, for the false shadows it casts in her house, and she tightens the shutters against enemy rays. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, I see a thin ray of hope that maybe he’ll let me buy Shiloh. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A few people even imagined they smelled poison smoke and saw fire caused by the Martians’ heat ray. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Carbon 14 is continually being generated in the atmosphere by cosmic rays. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun cut through the cloud, and Stanley felt its rays beating down on him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z With the first rays of sunlight, Blanca would regain her good sense and control of her nerves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They have no compulsion to prevent one coming to harm through an extraneous agency such as gamma rays. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The first rays of morning lit up the still deserted streets of Dundalk, Maryland, where Mary’s new home was located, as the cops mounted up to leave her ransacked space. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He holds it up as if to inspect it, the shard glimmering in a ray of light...and that’s when I notice what he already has. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Abbot Mortimer pointed at the first rays of sun streaming in through the window. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I might yet once more see the Hall under the ray of her star. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Koffi stepped into a ray of sunlight dappling through the jungle’s canopy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z This involved bombarding samples with neutrons in a small nuclear reactor and carefully counting the gamma rays that were emitted; it was extremely finicky work. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We closed the door behind us when the western sky was shot through with the last pewter and gold rays of the day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius was waving to his mother from the brick sidewalk, his earring catching the rays of the streetlight. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tips of church spires up in Poughkeepsie, on the east side, were just catching the last rays of sunlight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When the rays of the sun and her magnetic sense lined her up with eighty degrees longitude, she was ready to fly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The security teams have taken out flashlights, and thin rays of light float around the arena, cutting through the black. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The last bright rays of sunlight split his head in half, like a big ax splitting logs for winter kindling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I should have been praying for rains, yes, but the warmth of Inti’s rays on my face brought me much joy. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As I drove down the interstate to reach the prison, I noticed the long rays of sunlight retreating even as the heat of the Alabama summer persisted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If adequate precautions are not taken, the spaceship and its passengers will be fried by these induced cosmic rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Archie could feel the coldness—more than cold, an icy hate coming across the desk like a deadly ray from some bleak and lethal planet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They provided precise ionization data, spelled out their theory on how positrons emitted by the bombarded atoms transmuted into gamma rays, and carefully avoided any speculation about the significance of the new phenomenon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now all Arm could see was an ocean of cloud, glowing with the last rays of sunset. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hester was no beauty; she was about as plain and scrawny as a hare could be; but her eyes were marvelously colored, gold-hazel flecked with rays of deepest peat brown and forest green. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the touch tank breaking, the rays and tiny sharks spilling out all over the floor. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The erosion in interstellar space—chiefly cosmic rays and impacting dust grains—is so slow that the information on the record will last a billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun finished the last rays of its lingering good-bye, and the moon rose in awful majesty over the silver tree- tops, before he dared to stand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It split light rays in two, so that when you looked through it you saw double. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Two hours later I exposed my entire body to ultraviolet rays from a sun lamp. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sun is so far away that its rays are parallel when they reach the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The oblique late afternoon rays turned the ends of his hair a chocolate brown. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The sun’s silver rays poke into my palm. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “They came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Such rays are associated with the very youngest craters on the Moon—for example, those named after Aristarchus and Copernicus and Kepler. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Heat rays have destroyed power lines, blacking out communication with parts of New Jersey, the announcer adds. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Still it had come to an end, in the last long rays of daylight at the tree, when Phineas fell. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the dim light in the cott — it was night-start by then — the golds and reds pulsated as if the morning sun itself had slid and twisted its rays into the cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s too early for a school dance—the sun is barely setting over the mountains, its rays still long and an- gled through the windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The low orange rays from the sun make everything, including the circus, look as though it is aflame before the light disappears completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her nervous energy radiates out like the rays of a too-strong sun. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The sky is biblical today—rays of sun forming straight lines from behind rounded, fluffy clouds. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Five is very good, Milo,” he observed with enthusiasm, spying a ray of hope. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Dry rushes covered the floor; the bright rays turned them yellow as wheat. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But thus far they had been detected only in cosmic rays; the possibility of a laboratory demonstration of their existence might well justify construction of the cyclotron that could achieve it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mark swore that time slowed down when that thing was up there, beating down on them with its abnormally powerful rays. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The result of their bombardments of boron and other light elements by alpha rays, moreover, had led them to propose that the proton was composed of a neutron and a positive electron, or positron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The shadows of bars lay across the tiny patch of light; instead of brightening the cell, the wan rays made it appear only more grim and closed in. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The paths of light rays to and from the event are the diagonal lines. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the ancients, including no less a figure than Euclid, believed that we see by virtue of rays somehow emitted by the eye and tangibly, actively contacting the object observed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black pajama pants and shirt absorb the sun’s rays and sweat drips out of all her pores. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And to observe these few coming from the distance of Pluto would require a larger gamma ray detector than any that have been constructed so far. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of the cosmic ray enthusiasts are very likely to urge that nature has furnished us with particles of extremely high energies,” he observed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The sky was a cloudless blue and the rays of the sun grew stronger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Outside, on the dewy grass, with the first rays of sun creeping across the island, the Ghost shows me how to climb trees silently. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Pale crimson fingers fanned out to the east as the first rays of the sun broke over the horizon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By the time the sun angled low enough to slant its rays under the citadel’s outspread wings, it had gone beyond the edge of the Cusp, and only traded one shadow for another. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As cold as the day is, the sun is warm, and I lie on my back to soak up its rays. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Libby determined that the rate at which cosmic rays create CH is roughly equal to the rate at which it decays. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sticks placed at different angles to the Sun’s rays cast shadows of different lengths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A ray of sunlight slanting through a window fell yellow on dusty tabletops. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In some ways the best description of it would be to say that it looked like a photographer’s negative, for he was seeing one ray beyond the spectrum which is visible to human beings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she had stamped out every ray of hope, destroyed their lives completely, like a fairy godmother she presented them with a solution. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were making submarines according to one rumor, death rays according to another. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Lest I might disturb the early-morning sun rays streaming across her forehead. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He yelled as blazing rays of light began flaring around him, and ducked underwater again. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In the year of his arrival in Cambridge, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X rays at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and the next year Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then the lechuzas, all thirteen of them, vanished into thin air, leaving only downy feathers floating innocuously in the rays of the morning sun. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z More clearly than all else there shone forth in the middle of the door a single star with many rays. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Rosa bowed her head and a ray of sunlight pierced the Gothic stained-glass windows of the church, outlining her face in a halo of light. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the bedraggled roof a ray of sun fell like God’s spotlight across his right shoulder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The frail light of the moon threw metallic rays across their bodies, and Jean de Satigny shivered at the sight of Blanca, who at that moment seemed to him the image of perfection. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I started treatments at the Ospedale Maggiore for bending the knees, mechanical treatments, baking in a box of mirrors with violet rays, massage, and baths. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll take this one to Harare. He needs an X ray,” the Afrikaner told the nurse. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they have a different sort of spaceship or ray gun, but in battle—and science fiction loves to portray battles between civilizations—they and we are rather evenly matched. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z From gamma rays to radio waves, all are equally respectable bands of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The mountains, towering above her after three nights’ travel inland, seemed suddenly crystal clear, their snowy peaks catching the last rays of the setting sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In fact bursts of gamma rays from space have been detected by satellites originally constructed to look for violations of the Test Ban Treaty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun’s melting rays. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It will not get hot enough to emit X rays, but it could account for the very compact source of radio waves and infrared rays that is observed at the galactic center. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Away from the coral, the sun’s rays form rectangular columns of light in the water. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All over the house red eggs gleam in lengthening, solstice rays. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As each one was placed in position it began to twinkle furiously, sending out rays of sparkling golden light. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Well, just for fun—suppose I ask the robots from now on a few questions on gamma rays. Wave length limits, for instance.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Aiming for the weak point at the base of the skull, she let the troll have a long burst of the concentrated ion ray. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But the fact that only a few of the lunar craters have extensive ray systems also reminds us that, even on the Moon, some erosion occurs.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Justin Maloney, who is a boy who still moves his lips when he reads, kept trying to grab the rays’ tails. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It makes me smile—Scoob’s presence is always a ray of sunshine—but also makes me a little sad: that house he’s staring at used to be his grandmother’s. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The only dubious ray of hope has come from my sister. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes and the rays of light that dazzled through the dusty window of my room washed my face clean. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think the phenomena in the cosmic rays point the way to us,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Milton’s brow was still furrowed with concentration but from his eyes there was light appearing, rays of relief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then, slowly, “But, sir, if the gamma rays are between myself and the master that may be harmed, how can I save him? I would be destroying myself to no purpose.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z 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 Frightful tried to read the angle of the sun’s rays, but a gray-blue haze cut them out, and she could not get their message. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The next question came in a friendly, offhand manner, “Ever work with gamma rays?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z —Didn’t you know I was a psychic with X- ray vision? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, in the dim first rays of light, soldiers were ordering people to begin walking to the village square. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The sensitive counter clicks when exposed to gamma rays or to such high-energy charged particles as protons and helium nuclei. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Its boundary is called the event horizon and it coincides with the paths of light rays that just fail to escape from the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I squinted against the bright rays of Inti and kept my eyes on the horizon, thinking the same words I always did when he flew too far away: Come back to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z One of the yellowish-green lights is behind it, coming out in rays from around the head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Taking another reading on the sun’s rays, feeling the magnetic pull of the earth, she flew north on the fateful ninety-degree line headed for Wisconsin. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They emerged from the alley and sprinted into bloodred sunlight, the last of the setting sun’s rays. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The flowers blazed in the rays of the setting sun, and all around them was a sea of orange and gold. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z At that moment the rising sun’s rays reach the rose window above the altar, bathing the sanctuary in blue, red, and gold light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Cosmic rays, mainly electrons and protons, have bombarded the Earth for the entire history of life on our planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s telling us to come immediately to the living room and to see the sun setting on the Hudson River, its rays splashing through the windows of the eighth floor apartment in the West Village. Swimming with Oliver Sacks 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Aside from the hundreds of squid remains, he found seabirds, lobsters, seals, driftwood, coconuts, stones, rays, swordfish and sharks. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z I soar, I glide, and it’s fluid, like a manta ray moving through water. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z So, yes, much like Hosseini's earlier works, "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," his latest book is bathed in sadness and despair, with the requisite occasional ray of hope. Khaled Hosseini's new book is another tear-jerker 2013-05-20T12:48:35Z One contemporary observer likened Fuller to “a ray of life,” a metaphor that finds an echo in one of Marie Curie’s descriptions of her and her husband’s night visits to their lab. ‘Radioactive’ Review: Marie Curie and the Science of Autonomy 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Perched on a low branch in one last ray of light, was a huge bird with a red bill. Ecuador’s Yasuni park: where oil vies with tourism for the rainforest 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The name seems to suggest that the young woman will emerge as a ray of light — a piercing ray of light! — in Dexter’s life. ArtsBeat: 'Dexter' Watch: Bonded by Rage 2010-10-25T15:23:00Z Yet there are some slim rays of light through the storm, one being that many now have plenty of time. Will the lockdown trigger a new wave of kitchen sink cinema? 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z But the new theory from Russia gives cosmic rays a wider role. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z It is the quintessence of German Renaissance art: every mountain a colossus, every ray of sun an apocalyptic beam of fire from heaven, every cloud a glimpse of the infinite. Why Albrecht Altdorfer's masterpiece gives me nightmares 2010-05-27T13:27:00Z For now, at least, cosmic rays remain a less plausible culprit in climate change. 7 ways to shut down a climate change denier 2013-12-18T13:00:00Z Always check the labels of clothing, hats and other gear claiming to block the sun’s rays, and confirm the validity of the product’s UPF with a seal from an independent lab. Shade wars: Another pandemic summer, another battle for protection from the sun 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z |
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