| 单词 | rider |
| 例句 | “He was a better rider than most of us, and he knew it,” remembered fellow jockey Mosbacher. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yezzan must live. Or we all die with him. The pale mare does not carry off every rider. The master will recover.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They stem from the ignorance of the rider. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The next morning she emerged from her solitary tent, and one of the riders gave her a horn cup full of a hot, bitter drink. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their skilled riders use this fear to urge them forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And then down the road came more riders, rushing to the rear on lathered horses. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders were perfectly pleasant, complimenting Ethel on her ginger cake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We turned and ran toward the visitors’ sideline and heard the loud cheers of our caravan riders. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So it seemed to be; for as he spoke the tall creatures, without a glance at the riders, strode into the wood and vanished. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Now he saw a single rider—Reyna, the praetor from Camp Jupiter—flying through a storm on the back of a light-brown pegasus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They had smelled the horse and rider and were looking up at the ridge; his motion sent them running, with grass still hanging from wet lips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z From time to time one of them would glance at Will or Lyra, or at the brilliant dragonfly and its rider, as if they were curious. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The screams of horses and riders is unbearable. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Will cried, because the riders were almost on them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Someone dragged Smith over to the mike, and he muttered something about credit being due to horse and rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the riders sway in unison, ducking the same branches—left, then right. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The bike races past me with the rider holding up his middle finger as if I almost totaled his hipster bike with my five-foot-four-inch frame. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The knights of the guard were mounting, hopping beside their chargers with one foot in the stirrup, while each horse revolved about the axis of its rider. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A girl the riders called One Wing Annie did a brisk business despite missing one arm. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Nine are abroad again. They have crossed the River secretly and are moving westward. They have taken the guise of riders in black.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was more like that, so much more, what a handsome man the khal was, so tall and fierce, fearless in battle, the best rider ever to mount a horse, a demon archer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z More riders emerged out of the dusk, ghostlike, until they had surrounded the camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Only a splendid rider could have stayed on its back. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The rider simply sat there, letting him choose what to do. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After letting him squirm for a while, Pollard released the rider, who had blood running from his nose and tears streaming down his face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He lavishes attention on the great storm-colored beast and her tiny rider from the moment we meet in the morning until the moment they disappear for the parade. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Smith taught him that he could trust his trainer and rider, and this became the foundation for the trials the three would share over the next five years. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bernard Lafayette, at right, stands with five other freedom riders at the closed door of a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, Alabama, May 19, 1961. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of riders nudged me out of my reverie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Looking out over the great plain, far away the riders saw it for a moment like a red fire sinking into the grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z ‘Nay! The riders are little more than five leagues distant,’ said Legolas. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Gwydion was at Taran’s side as the first rider bore down on them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit was accelerating, his rhythm building, his mind narrowed down to his task at the urgent call of his rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers stand on top of the penitentiary walls, just in case a rider approaches with a last-minute pardon. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Now their party had to press on, get as far as they could before the riders set out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The poles clipped by, blurring in the riders’ peripheral vision. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His legs were as though planted in the earth; the shock of the galloping riders could not dislodge him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z After the riders came the men of the Frozen Shore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The mob was just waiting to get their hands on the riders. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A rider cut him off and turned him, and the others boxed him in, cracking their whips in his face, running him this way and that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The ten front seats went quickly, and soon riders were standing in the aisle, keeping their balance by clutching poles as the bus stopped and started. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The Huntsman and the other riders were taking bundles down from their horses, and Kaede watched them in confusion, for it was too early in the day to set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Jamison gestured and the night riders pulled Martin and Ethel to the park. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "They left a dozen dead in the water, only two reaching the shallows, where we dealt with them briskly," the rider reported. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All riders entered through the front door and dropped their dimes in the fare box near the driver. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z His winning average of 19 percent ranked him in a tie for sixteenth among fully employed riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The group followed the moped and its rider all the way past the fairgrounds and down the main street. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The rider did as told, and Seabiscuit took off with him, trying once to hurdle the infield fence but meeting with no resistance from the reins. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider chopped viciously at Taran’s head, swung around, and struck again. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Another silhouetted rider on horseback has joined the first on the top of the hill. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They favored trails too low and brushy for horses and riders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, half a dozen riders of the Fairy Hunt awaited them, along with riding horses and packhorses loaded with canvas-covered gear. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The adult riders all had their faces buried in laptop computers or magazines. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A city-dwelling night rider unfamiliar with the remote area might have missed the turnoff in the dark, but Booth rode confidently ahead. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He trusted no other rider on his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Several riders, maybe as many as six, pounded across the prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And they often swoop in unpredictable and startling directions, just to have a laugh at their riders expense. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z To Frodo it appeared that a white light was shining through the form and raiment of the rider, as if through a thin veil. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "A rider, a raven ..." "Riders are taken, questioned," he answered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Moonlight pours down upon train and riders alike, a great spill of moon. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She saw the rider she’d just pistol-whipped fly off to the side and crash into a building wall, then slump beneath it and lie still. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Pollard and the other exercise riders were given instructions to simply lean on his neck, sitting still and leaving the reins loose, so that the horse could choose his own pace. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf knew that among the local riders, only Wayne Wright was left-handed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was more handsome than any man she had ever seen, but like the other riders, he was pale as a ghost. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Conductors trained to soothe riders who were afraid of heights stood in handsome uniforms at each car’s door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ‘What about the Elves?’ said Sam, too excited to trouble about the rider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Their horses were strong and of proud bearing, but rough-haired; and one stood there without a rider, Aragorn’s own horse that they had brought from the North; Roheryn was his name. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Night- riders carrying shotguns had opened fire on a farmhouse near Fresno, narrowly missing two sleeping children. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider that had almost run us down disappeared into the swirling dust. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The night rider who threw Cora down the stairs cleared his throat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But Nimbus Two Thousands did not suddenly decide to buck their riders off. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Outside, wagons and riders were still pouring through the castle gates, and the yard was a chaos of mud and horseflesh and shouting men. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The horse and rider disappeared into the distance and still Hazel stood. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Smith decided that if he couldn’t have Woolf, he wanted a rough-and-tumble, freckle-faced western rider named Noel “Spec” Richardson, a close friend of Pollard and Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It came from the rider on the leading horse. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, a single iguanodon limped along the cobblestones, its hunchbacked rider reaching a long pole up to light the street lanterns one by one. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I had no squabble with Trouble, no matter what my feelings might be about his rider. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Because there are more trains and because so many migrants have been hurt or detained back in Chiapas, fewer riders are on board. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The tallest rider pointed his torch directly at her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They hoisted the screaming rider up from the foot of the barn wall and gently laid him on the horse paraphernalia. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not try the flight, and he threw his rider. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z People gave those riders a chance to get off the bus, and they didn’t, and I’m going to face intolerance head-on as well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He rallied the jockeys around him, and each week the riders streamed across the street to the golf club. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The night riders were on patrol, he explained, casting agent and passenger into dangerous waters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Before she could answer, the Huntsman called to him in a sharp tone of voice, and the young one looked briefly petulant before he withdrew, going back to the edge of the circle of riders. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Each one had a rider as pale and silver-haired as Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He barks out his plan and reminds the infantry to follow right behind the Union riders to punch a hole through the rebel lines. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This was a radical departure from Fitzsimmons’s regular training practices, which mandated that exercise riders never use whips on their horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not answer at first, and even looked back at the other riders as though they were sharing a secret. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Indian was gone, but there was a young rider with long black hair who wore a similar ring of trophies over his hide vest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Your axeV exclaimed the larger of the riders, a brawny man with a shaggy beard and a shock of orange hair. “Did you hear that, Haldon? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Shrieking, the rider dropped his sword and grappled the air. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The sword whistled, one rider gave a choking cry. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z ‘Then why do these black horses endure such riders? All other animals are terrified when they draw near, even the elf-horse of Glorfindel. The dogs howl and the geese scream at them.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Some riders went past along the river road as Arya was washing her clothes, but if they saw the scrawny naked girl scrubbing her rags in the moonlight, they took no notice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I gripped the arms and jerked myself around and hung way out over the arms like some rodeo rider on a wild bull. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His speech and clear ringing voice left no doubt in their hearts: the rider was of the Elven-folk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The beleaguered rider could do no better than cling to the horse’s neck for dear life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The first rider through the gate carried a long black banner. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the motion stopped, the riders were streaming away from her in an elegant spiral, leaving her alone with one man who looked down at her from his tall white horse. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The mare splashed through the stream, peppering her riders with droplets of cool water, then headed for the cemetery, which was clouded over with a strange silvery mist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The rider brought his club down on the brachy’s thick hide as a bucket flew past him and clanged onto the street. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z One stallion reared, screaming, his rider cursing and hanging on desperately. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sam and Strider went forward, but they found no sign of any travellers or riders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Spying down from the roof of an inn by the King's Gate, Arya saw them searching wagons and carriages, forcing riders to open their saddlebags, and questioning everyone who tried to pass on foot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Traffic could go only one way, and no one was allowed to make a U-turn, so even those cars that had already picked up their riders were stuck, waiting for the buses to load. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I turned, my gaze landing on three Cossack riders trotting past, relieved of their duties. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When all the seats were taken, riders of both races stood. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Con moved toward him, and to his surprise, the rider dismounted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A dozen times Jeyne and Sansa cried out in unison as riders crashed together, lances exploding into splinters while the commons screamed for their favorites. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The horse was barded in bronze- colored trappings dyed to match the rider's cloak and emblazoned with the burning tree. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The faint tail of knighthood straggled in by twos and threes, then one at a time, then with intervals of days between the solitary riders. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider's helm was made from the broken skull of a giant, and all up and down his arms bearclaws had been sewn to his boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But the silks on the rider didn’t match. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were riders too, a score or more, but they turned and fled at the first sight of the dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a dilapidated place—one former rider compared it to an outhouse—but like everything else in Tijuana, it was innovative, offering the first primitive movable starting gates and photo finishes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the other riders looked at him with sympathy. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He was not a good rider even in fair weather, and six days of rain had made the ground treacherous, all soft mud and hidden rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When a column of riders appeared from the west, the guardsmen sprang into action, shouting commands and moving the carts and foot traffic aside to let the knight enter with his escort. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For most of the riders, it was one dance exhibition too many. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z A common accident was “clipping heels,” in which trailing horses tripped over leading horses’ hind hooves, usually sending the trailing horse and rider into a somersault. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “If Melyngar carries two riders, I don’t know how much longer she can keep up.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He was walking back to the tower to give himself up to sleep at last when Sandor Clegane and his riders came pounding through the castle gate, back from their hunt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The gwythaints, which, at a distance, had seemed no more than dry leaves in the wind, grew larger and larger, as they plunged toward horse and riders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Behind the riders, the Methodist church staged a patriotic tableau, and then the children of the Wolf Creek School—minus their star pupil, Chase—marched, adorned with blue sashes and singing “Over There.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Cora assigned it to the shorter night rider, the one with the beard. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A yank, and the blood- rider stumbled backward, losing his feet and his sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He gestures toward the winding curves of the Splash Magic River, where the riders sit in tubes and float along a moving channel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Not long after, a rider with the Mallister eagle sewn on his breast arrived with a message from Lord Jason, telling of another skirmish and another victory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The hippogriff took off into the air....He and his rider became smaller and smaller as Harry gazed after them...then a cloud drifted across the moon.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He was one of those that would charge a rider when he was on the ground. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z White flames seemed to Frodo to flicker on their crests and he half fancied that he saw amid the water white riders upon white horses with frothing manes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Two triceratops riders headed toward the gate but the mounts pulled away, spooked by the humongous carnivore. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The riders were dismounting by the time he pushed Red Jeyne off and struggled to his knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As a pigtailed child, Joella had once ditched school to compete in, and win, a horse race against legendary Arapahoe riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of them—a man and woman—were caught by the riders outside who had dismounted, apparently expecting them. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Stewart reached for the reins, but Booth, an experienced rider, spurred and pulled the horse in a tight circle away from Stewart. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of the riders dismounted and went to hit and kick the door. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Behind the horse he spied the rider, or what remained of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He said he couldn’t afford to hire riders, so he’d brought along a couple of dogs to help him herd his cattle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Fistfights broke out in his boxcar as the riders jockeyed to suck fresh air through tiny rust holes over the doors. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But as I watched, I saw two horses with riders emerge from the manor house. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There was no clever strategy in either camp; each rider wanted the lead immediately. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider, solicitous, hopped down, offered him the horse, led the animal by the bridle, making Chamberlain feel boyish and ridiculous. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of their horses were galloping without riders. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z She was only a fair rider,- she had spent far more time traveling by ship and wagon and palanquin than by horseback. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The banner in the hand of the foremost rider hung sodden and limp, but the guardsmen wore indigo cloaks and on their shoulders flew the silver eagle of Seagard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z News of the British reaction to the “Boston Tea Party” spread as “express riders” carried letters to and from Committees of Correspondence. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But he recoiled, his face twisting at the sight of the flames, and he glared at the riders who stood between him and Anya. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z One was that the river-mouth was very wide and it would be far too long a swim for Hwin to do, especially with a rider on her back. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z A rider who lost touch with the saddle became a projectile moving at sixty feet per second, and whatever he hit became a potentially lethal instrument. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We made up stories about the other bus riders. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z As the horse and rider began to fade into the distance, Pinmei kept staring, unable to look away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The three riders were wet up to their waists, but the horse was strong and steady, and they did not slip into the water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the rider and Seabiscuit out to the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As Seabiscuit was apt to fight any direct attempts to rate him, Smith told his riders to adjust the horse’s speed with steering. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rules of the race allowed each rider to start with two horses and required that he stop at various checkpoints along the way. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The dragonflies returned with their riders to the children, and Pantalaimon crept into Lyra’s breast as she and Will moved closer together, treading carefully along the slimy path. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Make for the top of the cliff,” said the dragonfly rider, “and give yourself up to the Africans. They’re your best hope.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He became agitated when he saw riders moving past the farm’s front gate. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sword in hand, he strode through the snow, putting himself between the riders and the king’s tower, its beacon glimmering behind him like the orange eye of some strange god. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was restaking my green beans when I heard a rider approaching. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But one twilight, as she was sitting at the grave, a rider came to the girl.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "She is nothing, Khaleesi. The riders do her honor. The Lamb Men lay with sheep, it is known." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The horse was alert, buoyant, animated, all of his faculties alive to his rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the riders was shouting for ale. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Then the horse and rider reached the dry ground, and other men, who looked like the rider, rose out of the earth. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z In the intention craft she could move lightly with the wind, adjusting her balance like a wave rider in the Peaceable Ocean. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There had been a rider switch on Ligaroti—perhaps Howard had talked his son into going with another jockey—and Workman was suddenly available for the San Antonio and Santa Anita Handicaps. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Doreah, see to her hurts. You do not have a rider's look, perhaps she will not fear you. The rest, with me."«She urged the silver through the broken wooden gate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The riders crossed a frozen stream, between two jagged rocks armored in ice, then followed a twisting game trail to the northeast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Magdalys gasped as they all embraced quickly and then hurried out of the way of a rush of inmates swarming a knuckleskull rider. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Up ahead, the plesiosaur riders were probably readying their artillery, or simply loading their muskets to enfilade them as soon as they were in range. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Bicycle riders and mule-drawn carts swerved around kids, stray dogs, and piles of debris. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Around her the puddle grew, trickling under the feet of all the surrounding riders. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In his brief career Dowell had learned what Red Pollard, George Woolf, and countless other riders had long since known. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys turned and ran to the other end of the train, bumping into riders everywhere. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z In this system a tiny subset of riders became wealthy, a few lived comfortably, and the rest, the vast majority, had nothing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, if even one white passenger wanted to sit in a row occupied by four black riders, the driver would glance up and yell, “I need those seats!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The second rider must have seen what had happened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The rider indicated the crest, trees at the far end. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the riders appeared to be bowmen, skilled at shooting from a running horse. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The guards stood aside as the five horses and their riders passed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Papa, Dr. Packard was one of the riders. I’m for sure.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But he curbed it, I think, as a resolute rider would curb a rearing steed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Whatever night this was, he still had a big hole cut in their fence, and he had to find the cattle and get them out before the fence riders found the break. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And he had known a horse paralyzed with fright to come out of it when his rider told him what it was that was frightening him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z McKissick joined the riders for a short time and was inspired by the Gandhian tactics used by CORE. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Satyrs patrolled the fields, and riders on pegasi circled overhead, alert for aerial attacks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When she closed her eyes she could see the eerie grace of the riders as if they were circling her bed at night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sitting straight up in her seat, looking as pleased with herself as a motorcycle rider who’s just made it over fourteen trucks. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He was clad as a rider with a cloak of dark green over a coat of fine mail; on the front of his helm was wrought a small silver star. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The horses would not pass the threatening stone, until the riders dismounted and led them about. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Horse and rider crashed to the ground in a tangle on top of the singer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No, sir, the horse didn’t have no rider.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The riders stomped to the jockeys’ room, snapping at each other. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All around her, the riders raised their lances, and the dirt and leaves that had buried the cruel bright points fell away to reveal the gleam of sharpened steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Lannister riders were milling about uncertainly near the water, crimson and silver banners flapping in the wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The calls were answered; and turning again, the riders saw other creatures of the same kind approaching, striding through the grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z One of the riders in the chute reworked his grip around the rope. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The trike bore down on them; the cloaked rider raised his rifle, and then a shot rang out from right next to Magdalys. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z For a lot of rail riders there is a powerful urge to keep moving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They had survived the chamber pot and the night riders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z An anky squealed and veered into a lamppost, hurling its rider through the air. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The guns and the wagons float past the dim background of the moonlit landscape, the riders in their steel helmets resemble knights of a forgotten time; it is strangely beautiful and arresting. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “It shall not be long,” said he, “before they discover our subterfuge and send riders after us.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Guild is currently supporting fifty riders who were permanently disabled on the job. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Trainer George Mohr remembered that Woolf sometimes rode while appearing strangely ashen, while Woolf’s friend Sonny Greenberg recalled incidents in which he found the rider slumped in the jockeys’ room, too ill to speak. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His courser was as slim as her rider, a beautiful grey mare, built for speed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But when he turned there were two riders approaching from the north. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z If the riders do not look over but seem frozen in their seats, they are likely to be illegal immigrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Con halted, unsure of what to do, and the rider walked slowly around him, examining him as if he were a new dog, acquired for a particular purpose. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He told Seabiscuit’s exercise rider to find a stick to use as a whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hang on to horses' tails and make them rear, tumbling their riders to the ground, where it was easy enough for Sigemund to finish them off. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Fanning out, the riders make a circle around the house and barn. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z By the time I reached my own yard, there was no rider—no sign of any rider—that I could see. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Faster and closer, faster and closer, faster and closer, and at last, like a cresting wave, the rider burst out of the silver mist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Any rider who made it up the hill had his beer paid for, compliments of the house. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the brachy has been properly trained and domesticated, it will follow its rider into the most intolerable situations. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Pippin and Sam had remained flat in the grass, and had seen nothing; so Frodo described the rider and his strange behaviour. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When a scouting party spotted a herd, Ne-kah-e-se-y and the other hunters raced on their horses across the plains, the hooves pounding the earth like drums, the manes whipping the riders’ sweating, gleaming faces. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Just before the track’s season had begun in December, Pollard’s old colleague Tommy Luther had sat down for coffee in the Santa Anita golf club with a handful of other riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Other riders Sansa did not know; hedge knights from the Fingers and Highgarden and the mountains of Dome, unsung freeriders and new-made squires, the younger sons of high lords and the heirs of lesser houses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The rider pulled it up and forced it to turn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders were as pale as the fairy woman on the frontispiece, and their faces were hollow skulls, their mouths gaping open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "The council sent riders from King's Landing to escort us the rest of the way," he told her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With Jamison leading the procession, the night riders dragged the girl to the great oak in the middle of the park. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly the riders moved in unison, circling her, and she felt like she was being spun like a limp doll held by a willful child. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then you know or guess something about this rider?’ said Pippin, who had caught the muttered words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Amongst the riders came one man afoot, with some big beast trotting at his heels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At that moment the rider sat up, and shook the reins. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Had the rider given Blume a moment to consider the risk Pollard was taking in riding an immature colt just before a major race, Blume would not have let him go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There are about ten adults milling around, and a half-dozen train riders left—me, a few sickly looking teenage boys, and some homely children—undernourished, walleyed, beetle browed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When the last of the riders had disappeared into the trees, Jon Snow rode the winch cage down with Dolorous Edd. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked: there was a rider moving along in the smoke. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some places reserved extra captives in the jail for a fallow week when the night riders returned empty-handed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A rider had promised to gallop a green two-year-old named Modern Youth for him but hadn’t shown up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day riders dug holes in the surface and burrowed in, Pollard and Woolf probably included. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few riders were on either side of the wagons. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z We burned up some of it singing sea chanteys and pirate songs with naughty words, being careful to switch to hymns when other riders came into view. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z One pudgy 140-pound rider earned a place in reinsman legend by fooling a profoundly myopic clerk of scales by skewing the readout to register him at 110. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Con had the disconcerting feeling that the man might pry open his mouth and examine his teeth, but then the rider only asked, “Who are your companions?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Toregg and the riders followed, dismounting by the gate to lead their horses through. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before the train pulls out, he runs from car to car, looking into the hollows at the ends of the hoppers, where riders occasionally discard clothing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z No fallen rider, at least at Suffolk Downs, would have to go to the hospital in a starter’s runabout again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A column of riders emerged from beneath the portcullis with a clink of steel and a clatter of hooves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This money was divided between the owner of the horse and the rider, and Johnny bought himself spurs, boots, and a fur-lined surtout, all second hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had won melees before,- the fire sword frightened the mounts of the other riders, and nothing frightened Thoros. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two years of pushing up and down high hills in Montana’s thin air had made Roy a powerful rider, but Beatrice Leep was stronger. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They gazed out with solemn eyes, but they were not looking at the riders: their eyes were bent northwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Look at the number of motor-cars now that followed the riders from town to town in a road race. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z During one race in his jockey days, he heard another rider cursing after dropping his whip on what he thought was an otherwise sure winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For older children and stouthearted adults, Lakewood boasted a large roller coaster that filled the air with the clacking of metal on wood and the delighted shrieks of its riders. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Both the British and the Americans frequently used horseback riders to carry messages, and both sides tried to capture the riders and get the messages. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Begging your pardon,’ put in Sam suddenly, ‘I know where he comes from. It’s from Hobbiton that this here black rider comes, unless there’s more than one. And I know where he’s going to.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Though the jockey was probably not at fault for Exhibit’s change of course, it was common for stewards to briefly suspend riders caught in his situation to guard against foul play. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As Howard walked through the track, riders swirled around him like snowflurries. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To help aspiring riders establish themselves in the sport, a horse ridden by a bug boy had his impost reduced by five pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It ended as a challenge flung into the face of the rider on the wings who rode with all pilots in all lands. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d just imagined the excitement of jumping great hedges, the challenge of trying to keep up with the best riders, and the thrilling sound of the hunting horn. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The black horses were filled with madness, and leaping forward in terror they bore their riders into the rushing flood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A dispatch rider from the Highland Light Infantry came by on a Harley-Davidson. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The dozen or so riders of the hunt passed them, with the sight hounds running lightly alongside. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z What would the riders have in store for him next time? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Over the course of a year, he rode one hundred and fifty to two hundred mounts, compared with as many as one thousand for other top riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The other rider had dismounted now and was comforting some of the children. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The man was not as skilled a rider as he claimed— none of the ironmen were much good in the saddle—but there'd been time enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Farm wagons and merchants' carts and riders from lesser houses moved aside to let them pass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The dwarf had been whetting the edge of his axe and making some mordant jest when Bronn spotted the banner the riders carried before them, the moon-and-falcon of House Arryn, sky-blue and white. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the rider asked him for speed, the horse slowed down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A familiar horse meandered its way toward me with a familiar rider. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z One of the riders was carrying a flamethrower! Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Every day she opened her arms and welcomed riders aboard. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He pulled at Lyra’s hand, and as the dragonfly rider darted close to his head, urging them to hurry, he led her at a crouching run down the path and away from the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He heard a couple of the riders laugh. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She knew the dino’s rider was directing it to attack her, but she couldn’t help but feel for the poor beast anyway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was obviously old, and barely wide enough for one rider, but it seemed sturdy enough. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At that very moment the dark form of a rider loomed up right in front of him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The other riders joked him about his boils. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z We riders of The Beast try to blink ourselves awake. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Just then, galloping out of nowhere straight at me came a rider on a black horse. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider gazed at him, expressionless, and Con felt perspiration rising on his forehead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At the new tremor in his words two night riders, young bucks both, stepped forward to crowd Ridgeway. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "The way's easy. Look for the Ice Dragon, and chase the blue star in the rider's eye." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then a raptor emerged a few blocks away, its shiny, bloodred body bent forward in a low stalking position, the hooded rider leaning all the way back to stay balanced. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He handed it to the rider, who opened it and unrolled the scroll. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He roared, rearing high, slashing with huge paws at the rider. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Now it’s up to the rider to get him home in front.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When my mother was pregnant with me, she told me later, a party of hooded Ku Klux Klan riders galloped up to our home in Omaha, Nebraska, one night. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After the animals had been tended to, the riders shared a simple supper of salt pork and cold white beans, washed down with ale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This one was sent for, and gave orders that the rider be brought to the Blue Graces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her golden mane tossing, the white mare whinnied fearsomely and flung herself among the riders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Frodo crawled to the edge of the road and watched the rider, until he dwindled into the distance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There’s a National Orphan Train Complex based in Concordia, Kansas, with a website that includes riders’ testimonies and photographs and a link to FAQs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The five riders liked the idea and agreed to have a second meeting at the golf club, each man bringing two riders with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Next thing, I heave myself up and am on top, thumped all round with bravos by other riders. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Now they stand fast beside The Beast, as my fellow rider says, determined to help us. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z And soon enough, with a few quick strokes, she discovers a whole community of train riders and their descendants. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The brachy howled, swerving away, but the club stayed fast and the rider held tight, swinging off his mount. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “And horses seldom turn their riders into charred bones and ashes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The streets were clogged with bicycle riders, milling pedestrians, and rickshaws popping blue smoke, all weaving through a maze of narrow lanes and alleys. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The King’s Huntress was in the middle of the group of riders, and she too was flinging out sparkling gold coins, and her horse’s headdress was plumed in a crown of red feathers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1984, an encounter between an angry subway rider and four young black youths led to bloodshed. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the waste they saw riders picking their way; they were coming from the north side, and already they were drawing near to Orthanc. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They stop any and all riders and carriages they encounter, pressing hard for clues. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to mount a legal attack on behalf of all black riders as a class-action suit, not just to defend protesters who got arrested and charged as criminals one by one. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z For riders’ families, the danger and injuries took their toll. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two plesiosaur artillery units had peeled off after her; she could see the glow of their lanterns shivering in the ocean breeze and hear their riders yelling back and forth. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Is this all of them?” the rider asked from atop a chestnut stallion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You’ll get your reward,” the night rider with the beard said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “They,” he said of the train riders, “like his playing.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Across the road, a girl no older than Dany was sobbing in a high thin voice as a rider shoved her over a pile of corpses, facedown, and thrust himself inside her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The riders picked their way carefully through the drifts, groping for solid footing on the hidden, uneven ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I have no idea. It’s been spooky quiet since the Spencer fire. No threats. No midnight riders. It’s the silence that scares me.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They pulled up in an awkward clump, and while they didn’t actually collide, Gregor felt gratified to see several riders struggling to stay on their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept careful records of the weight he had stripped from riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow and ice could make the horse slip and fall, taking its rider with it. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Jethro watched horse and rider for as long as he could see them; then he flipped the lines across the backs of his team. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the Huntsman, who was standing with his riders some distance away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A white rider yelled from the front, “You got to get up!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z For the first time she noticed that in the center of the courtyard was a fountain from which a horse and rider reared, and water plumed out from the horse’s mouth. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a call from one of the riders. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “A man on a horse, in front of that line. George, he’ll be the only rider in a line a mile wide. They’ll have every gun on that hill on him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A rider had come over the crest of the hill, was loping down through the tall grass among the boulders. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One of their horses had fallen, he claimed, throwing the rider and breaking his leg. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a rider logged his first win, he officially became an apprentice jockey, or “bug boy,” so called because of the asterisk, or “bug,” that was typed next to apprentices’ names in the racing program. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A column of riders moved between the burning buildings toward the holdfast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Who that rider would be was still undecided. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Send riders into the hills to find my bloodriders. Recall Brown Ben and the Second Sons as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I look at the faces of these other riders, I see tiredness, loneliness, sadness. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But now all the horses and the riders were out and away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The riders cried aloud in wonder, and some set their hands upon their sword-hilts. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Two more raptors stepped out behind it, both with armed riders on top. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It took effort for the riders to avoid looking right at it every time they rode in morning workouts or circled the barn walking hots. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Up from the plains the riders sped, bent over their saddles, urging on their steeds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Express riders carried the news of the Massachusetts battles to the Second Continental Congress, which was meeting in Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When the smoke cleared, the rider was still galloping along beside them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Two night riders dragged a colored girl onstage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then Sophie whispered, ‘In the middle of the roundabout there is an enormous stone arch with a statue of a horse and rider on top of it. Can you see that?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That night she made her way through the woods, crouching in the underbrush whenever she heard the sound of horses’ hoofs, staying there until the riders passed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Hammered the stage where the night riders performed their grotesque pageants and the wheeled platform that delivered the doomed men and women to the air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His riders lowered their lances and drove forward in a wedge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The news spread like a virus as those informed by Paul Revere sent out riders of their own, until alarms were going off throughout the entire region. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sons of Liberty had worked out a plan of their own that they hoped would allow Revere and another rider, William Dawes, to reach Lexington first and warn the Patriots. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider’s cloak streamed behind him, and his hood was thrown back; his golden hair flowed shimmering in the wind of his speed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The best riders take the inside route whenever possible, but this is risky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Or he had British riders stopped and their saddlebags examined. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders, seeing them approach, halted under the shadow of the rock and waited for them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Matthew recorded the Segway riders rounding past them in a single-file line. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘Yet doubtless Gandalf will gladly put you down on your feet when blows begin; or Shadowfax himself. An axe is no weapon for a rider.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A horse and rider plunged into the grove. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Eventually we slowed to a trot and I found the courage to un- bury my face from the rider’s jacket and take in the changing landscape. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The sheriff rides over, horse dancing in agitation, the beast’s temperament a mirror of its rider’s. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Matthew recorded the Segway riders rounding past them in a single-file line. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The unshaven and the unwashed stared at the riders with dull resentment from behind the line of spears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Out in the dust-clouded yard, Riker’s tyrannosaurus leaned down and gobbled up a man in a prison uniform, then swept its tail in a wide arc, clobbering two knuckleskulls and sending their riders flying. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Special Agent’s rider hustled him furiously; Pollard tracked him like a tiger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening the Huntsman came and sat with them, and at first Taisin, Con, and Kaede simply stared at him, for none of the riders ever joined them at the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z With their goal in sight, the riders’ hair stands suddenly on end as they hear behind them the ferocious roar of a charging tiger. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z After briefly training a few of Irwin’s old horses, he ended up working as a foreman for an old rodeo trick rider turned trainer named Harry Walters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The car riders were once again running, panic-stricken, through the punishing gusts of wind. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked around quickly for a fence rider on horseback or a patrol in a pickup truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z One night at twilight, Thom saw a dozen ghostly riders coming toward him, and soon he recognized them as the Fairy Hunt. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Horned King uttered the long cry of a wild beast, and his riders took it up as they streamed after him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A rider could be no more than 5 pounds over the assigned weight or he would be taken off the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders, too, were like nothing she had ever seen before: ethereal men and women with pale visages, their cheekbones so sharply sculpted that she could see their skulls through translucent skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was still out cold half an hour before the race, the stewards debated whether or not to call Howard in and get him to choose another rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders wore scaled copper armor and snouted helms with copper tusks and long black silk plumes, and sat high on saddles inlaid with rubies and garnets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But the armed riders made little difference because there were miles and miles of fence and two or three hunters could easily slip between them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There suddenly upon a ridge appeared a rider, clad in white, shining in the rising sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "If you must stay, then help," Mirri told the blood- riders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a horse and rider, nearly obscured by the twilight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was a pedal rider too and the bands had to be changed often. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The writer might send the letter by one rider going by one route while another rider carried the mask on another route. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders are hesitant to give up their light, and I snap my fingers in irritation, like Momma would've done. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z This time, when Jelly Bones walked the aisle with his fuzzy white cap, a few riders dropped in a dollar bill here and there, and some coins. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Often the grass was so high that it reached above the knees of the riders, and their steeds seemed to be swimming in a grey-green sea. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Behind him Merry rode on Stybba with the errand riders of Gondor, and behind them again twelve more of the king’s household. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It slowed to a stop beside the wood platform in front of the theater, constructed especially to assist carriage riders in getting out of their vehicles and avoiding the muddy street. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z These riders, three of them, appeared to be headed east, toward the Martins’. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “You can smell their mess,” the other night rider said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Even as the attackers had begun to withdraw, two more riders galloped forward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I can hear those front riders screaming and know my own scream is only seconds away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A solitary rider, astride an enormous horse, was riding away from my house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Thoroughbreds run because they love to, but when overraced they can become stale and uninterested, especially when repeatedly trounced and bullied by their riders, as Seabiscuit was. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the jockey’s risky universe, everyone understood that some rider was going to profit from Pollard’s loss. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The trike rider was indeed lying crumpled in the dirt about ten feet from them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The rider, a flash of gleaming blue silk, looked like he was flying. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Jon watched the riders go from atop the Wall—three parties, each of three men, each carrying a pair of ravens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit emerged under a rider and cantered up to the far turn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Raptor Claw is Double R territory,” the lead rider said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He wanted to stay with Workman, arguing that the rider wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll send a rider,” said Franklyn Flowers, “but the lad won’t much like the idea of staying safe, I tell you that. He wants to be in the thick o’ things.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He swung his horse to listen, saw riders approaching, began to move that way. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Melyngar reared to her full height; her forelegs churned the air, and her sharp hoofs slashed at the rider, who fell heavily to earth. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But none of them pulled plows or wagons, none bore riders, none except dogs pulled sleds or became war machines, and none of them have been as important for food as have big domestic mammals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘We must get under cover,’ said Pippin, ‘or we shall be seen. It will not be any comfort to us, if these riders discover that we are not Orcs after we are dead.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The riders watched as the wind gripped the adjacent captive balloon and tore it from the men holding it down and briefly yanked Manager Morgan into the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He wore horsehair leggings and painted vest, like a rider. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The nearest ones are about a hundred yards away, swarming over what I’m reasonably sure was once a horse and rider. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As the other riders dismounted and began to pass around the wineskin, Ash went to Kaisa, who still stood with her back turned to the others. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Even though Roosevelt wasn’t a crack shot, the best roper, or the best horseback rider, he had something else that the cowboys valued even more. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z There are at least two dozen riders, including his cousin George. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Thundering hooves beat the frozen ground, faster and faster as the rider whipped the horse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Apart from the brotherhood of riders here, there is also here a brotherhood of rateros, thieves, swarming The Beast like rats. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Peck, for she was the rider, had brought a letter from the general store in the village. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Shouting in rage and pain, the rider clutched his leg and wheeled his horse away. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Lord Tywin would surely have sent out riders when the word reached him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She straightened up, shading her eyes from the noonday sun with one dirt-smeared hand, and slowly the rider came into focus: a green cloak, a bay horse, a shock of dark hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If any halted, one of the riders would trot up and give him a lick of the whip to get him moving again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Afterward, riders were sent out on fast horses, carrying Robb's commands throughout the north. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I stared; and then a different group of riders came charging up the road from the other direction. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him several of the riders dismounted and moved toward their belongings as if to take them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Still dazed, fearful the riders had overtaken him, Taran started up. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z ‘Down in the Southfarthing they have had trouble with Big People, I believe. But I have never heard of anything like this rider. I wonder where he comes from.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z White mobs attacked other groups of freedom riders at bus depots in Birmingham and Montgomery. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “The horse,” recalled one rider, “he takes you.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse followed,—a tall steed, and on its back a rider. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ten times in ten months, train riders have carried to her front door men and boys without arms, legs, or heads. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The rider who had spoken inclined his head. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The riders horse was cantering off in a field, bucking. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As each rider swung down from his saddle, he unbelted his aiakh and handed it to a waiting slave, and any other weapons he carried as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He found the stricken rider distracting himself from his pain by firing off aphorisms from Ralph Waldo Emerson—“Old Waldo”—at the nurses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The road was scarcely wide enough for two riders to pass abreast, its surface cut by tiny streams and littered with stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Its rider, a helmeted police officer with an unpleasant frown, growled at Marietta: “What business have you with these colored children in the city tonight?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In some cases, riders toppled their opponents right off their horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z City buses and trolleys circulated from morning till night, swelling with riders before the orange and pink of dawn, as employees punching out from the graveyard shift met early birds just starting their day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z ‘Many riders on swift steeds are coming towards us!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The bird let his rider step off, and then flew to the bracket by the door as the orderly announced the third of Lord Asriel’s high commanders, an angel by the name of Xaphania. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He strained to see if the cattle were still in sight, wondering if the riders had seen them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Passing through Montana, Acey thought he saw promise in Pollard, signed him on as his rider, and brought him on a road trip to western Canada. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We keep pace with the horses' canter, following the lanterns the riders carry. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Aurora and Ares were able to fly now, although the space was dangerous for riders. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was Samwell Tarly, the self- proclaimed coward, grossly fat, timid, and near as bad a rider as he was with a sword, who must face the haunted forest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To ensure that the stick would not hurt Seabiscuit, Fitzsimmons had the rider select one that was flat, so it would merely slap his flank. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their riders guided them low, among the shelter of the trees, and then flew from branch to branch, taking their bearings in the gathering dark. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Four of the five riders had bows with arrows nocked and drawn. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Beyond the door he sees a rider staring at his carriage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "As you say, rider," the woman answered him, gathering up her jars and bottles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was only from the back of his spiky head that I recognized him as the flying T board rider who’d nearly mowed us down yesterday. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Freedom riders in Montgomery were beaten so severely that an FBI agent said he “couldn’t see their faces through the blood.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider vaulted from his saddle, pulled back his hood, and bowed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A night rider’s call on the home of a comely young woman had led to more than one happy engagement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “This is Rusty Rapt—” one of the riders started. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then Marks would land with a boatload of British agents, go to the place on the coastal road where the first rider picked up the messages from Brewster, and ambush him. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As the riders passed, Lord Jason nodded a curt greeting, but it was only a high lord's courtesy to strangers chance met on the road. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Twenty yards, ten...Now he was staring straight into the eyes of the rider, saw the man’s uneven teeth as he smiled, still gripping the flamethrower. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He rode backward with no hands, he rode on his own handlebars, he jumped off and back on his moving bike as he had seen trick horseback riders do in the movies. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The hell-for-leather riding tactics practiced in the era, and the absence of protective gear, increased the vulnerability of race riders to mortal injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There are dozens of children’s stories about the trains, but what she’s interested in is the documents, the artifacts, the self-published train- rider stories, each one a testimony, a telling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Only an extraordinary and flexible rider could have pulled off a move like that. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The next morning Lord Ramsay dispatched three riders down the causeway to take word to his lord father that the way was clear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The muscles of his cheeks stood out from clenched jaws, a man afraid who by his will held his fears in check as a great rider directs a panicked horse. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "If I dispatched a raven to Ashemark, it may be that they could send a rider after him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bill was a good rider but took too many chances. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The other man had been a good rider, but Reek was uneasy on horseback. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stood up straight to retie my bonnet and caught sight of a single rider drawing near. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Eight horses were rounded up, and eight Gypsy riders—one for each of us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His arm was loosening up every day, and for the first time since his fall with Fair Knightess, he began to look like the rider he had once been. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One plumed rider waved a feathered hat: that would be George Pickett. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf weighed a lot more than the imposts assigned to most of these horses, but somehow he was able to circumvent the rule requiring riders to be within five pounds of the assignment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the Jockeys’ Guild, which covers riders in the United States, receives an average of twenty-five hundred injury notifications per year, with two deaths and two and a half cases of paralysis. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the appointed hour the rider was nowhere to be found. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the track, while other riders flailed and winced and scratched their way around, the Iceman “sat chilly,” as loose as water, his legs and hands supple and still. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Many riders were “heavers,” poking their fingers down their throats to vomit up their meals. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders were thrown free, but their panicked horses dragged the golden chariot diagonally across the track. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And tidings now came by swift riders from Cair Andros of all that was done, and the City made ready for the coming of the King. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Inside is darkness so black that riders cannot see their hands. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His leather boots were shined and reflected the torchlight from the riders near him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Track officials viewed any effort to create funds for injured riders as unionizing, and they were ready to ban any jockey who took steps in that direction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He called out to the rider: Let him go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses who lose their riders during races almost always try to win anyway, charging to the lead and sometimes bucking with pleasure as they pass the last opponent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora was informed of the night riders’ rounds by the ripple passing through the park. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He saw that riders away eastward were already level with the Orcs, galloping over the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “It’s not every rider who makes a catch his first week out,” Jamison said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The rider abruptly stood up and threw his weight against the reins. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Down in the yard below, a rider in a winged helm urged his well-lathered horse under the spikes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rebel horses and riders hold in a long line, awaiting the order to charge and crush the tiny Union force. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Several riders had stopped their horses at the edge of the bluff. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The riders vanished beyond the trees and the grove seemed empty and desolate. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And at once swift riders were sent out to gather what news they could northwards; and eastwards from Osgiliath and the road to Minas Morgul. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Behind her the wagons bumped to a halt, and her riders spread out around them, to keep the Astapori from rushing at the food. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The two horses and the two riders were galloping neck to neck and knee to knee just as if they were in a race. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He wished he was as brave as a champion bull rider, but he wasn’t. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Security guards check the freight cars, catch every rider they can, and hand them over to the authorities. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Seasoned as old leather, they moved their burly bodies delicately, as if guided by the rider’s thoughts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later, the riders were on them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Surprised by the fierce attack, the Huntsmen spun about to engage the riders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The lamps the riders carry illuminate the silhouettes of the dead, magicking them into lumbering caricatures of humanity. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She was in the garden the next day, weeding, when she saw the rider out in the meadow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath broken walls of dried mud, riders galloped back and forth, swinging their long whips as they herded the survivors from the smoking rubble. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Do you remember the part where those men come out of the ground and surround the rider? The men who look like the rider? The men who took him down?” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The riders looked at her with cold black eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The riders passed over to the islet, and glittering eyes watched them wanly from the shadows of the banks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The Huntsman and several of his riders escorted them through the Wood as far south as the river Kell. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It opened directly on fields and forests, allowing riders to come and go without first passing through the winter town, and so was favored by hunting parties. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘Still, there may be no connexion between this rider and the Gaffer’s stranger,’ said Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Whatever is happening, it’s enough to turn the sheriff’s expression stormy, as he sends the rider off with low-voiced instructions. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She saw one of the riders swing his whip over his head—and then fly backward when a metal bucket came tumbling through the sky and cracked him across the face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z One of the riders pushed his horse a few steps closer to the three humans. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A regiment of Reb raptor riders assaulted our post and your brother was struck in the head by a rifle butt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The rider had raised his scimitar to sweep down at the bear’s neck, but Iorek Byrnison in his armor weighed nearly two tons, and nothing at that range could withstand him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Chamberlain saw a rider going to the rear, a blue courier. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A bundle of something was thrown at the gate, and then the riders galloped on. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z From this side a rider now came out to meet them, and they turned from the road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A trick rider had claimed that he could jump a car while riding two horses simultaneously, “Roman” style—a foot in one stirrup of each. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He relishes the camaraderie: how riders take care of one another, pass along what they know, divide what they have. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A few riders were naturally tiny enough to make weight without difficulty, and they earned the burning envy of every other jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was wearing his uniform on the bus that night, so there was no question that the bus driver knew that the obstinate black rider was a soldier. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Their ears were strained for the sound of hoof or foot on the road ahead, or following them from behind; but the night passed, and they heard no sound of walker or rider. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Managing the multitudes in such a limited space would have been difficult under the best of circumstances, but the convoluted Jim Crow transportation laws turned the commute into a gauntlet for all riders. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Having lured the unwary on to its back, it will dive straight to the bottom of its river or lake and devour the rider, letting the entrails float to the surface. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hooded riders sat astride each of those armored backs. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The trike riders looked up, some of their hoods falling back to reveal startled, angry faces. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At sixteen, he was the youngest rider on the field, yet he had unhorsed three knights of the Kingsguard that morning in his first three jousts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His tan-and-white mare did not flinch at the booming of rifles as her rider scraped the ice from her hooves. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The riders had long ridden past us and into the pines. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There was a pause, and the riders looked back and forth at each other uneasily. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The riders escorting the carts spoke in a babble of queer tongues. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The unicorn's unshod hooves were not meant for the rocky road, nor was its back meant to carry riders, and its pace became slower and slower. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to tell who rode them in all that brightness, but it seemed the riders weren’t adults, but children like him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So she saw it clearly when the horse screamed with a panicked shriek and reared, and the blue smear of the thrown rider collapsed to the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Another rider, name unknown, lost the other Washington letter, in which the general had written to a dentist in Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Cobb and the handful of men under his command prepared to challenge the rider. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night before turning off the lights, Roy would lie on his pillow and stare at the poster, imagining that he was the sinewy young bull rider in the picture. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The action took place in a sunny, lackadaisical way, with long lags between riders. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The eastbound riders had a well-lit modern glass awning that actually kept them dry. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “The riders will be here for me at any minute,” said Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z When a windmill broke down or a pool went dry, Tayo had seen them standing and waiting patiently for the truck or wagon loaded with water, or for riders to herd them to water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The only bright things in the whole landscape were the brilliant red-and-yellow and electric blue of the dragonflies, and their little riders, and Will and Lyra, and Pantalaimon, who was hovering kestrel-shaped close above. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When the rider in the dark armor removed his helm, however, the face beneath was not one that Reek knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She felt the gallop of a wild horse in her chest and the anxiety of a rider rushing headlong into the wind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The magician picked up a black case that he’d left on the floor and chased down departing train riders with his floppy top hat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They slept soundly that night, curled up in their blankets near the Xi’s magical fire, the ghostly riders spread around them, again, in a ring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Smith loaded weight onto his back, boosted an exercise rider aboard, and turned him loose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With knees bent and both feet still above his head, Train Ear “hand-walked” backward and then forward, his sneakers just missing the faces and newspapers of a few riders. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Bill Ferny’s poor old pony was developing an unexpected talent for picking out a path, and for sparing its rider as many jolts as possible. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A rider came up from Hood’s division, commanded now by General Law. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most boards gave a little as they adjusted to a rider’s weight, bouncing like a diving board, but this one was absolutely firm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As soon as they were safely past the Neck, she could declare herself to one of Ned's bannermen, and send riders racing ahead with orders to mount a watch on the kingsroad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One of the riders curses and chases after him, and the indecision of the other white men is clear as they weigh their own lives against... Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Once riders were down on the course, tracks had virtually no protocol for coping with their injuries. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They blew past two of the plesios, Missy clobbering one with her tail and broadsiding the other, sending it and its riders collapsing into the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Though the Wood was pitch-black all around them, the riders of the Fairy Hunt stood out against the dark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A group of three riders proceeded down the middle of the street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider looked behind her and said something to one of the others in a language she did not understand, then turned back to Kaede. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He had an idea: Why not ask each rider to contribute 10 cents for every ride, plus $20 a year, to a community fund that could help injured riders? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to a rope the most important tool a rider carried was a pair of fencing pliers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In an apparent bargain to keep him dry until the race, Yummy made a deal with the rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When guests wished a letter delivered faster than the dawdling post riders, he would recommend Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They surrounded the horse and pulled the rider down. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Tyrion scrambled to his feet as the rider turned to come back at them, hefting a spiked maul. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Kaede often watched the riders surreptitiously, marveling at the grace of their movements. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The western riders commanded all the attention now but it was Randall and his brethren who were the true pioneers, carving out a life in this humid Georgia hell all those years ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The remaining bats and riders were hanging around to keep an eye on him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Chiggen's sword raked across the naked face of a mailed rider, and Bronn plunged through the clansmen like a whirlwind, cutting down foes right and left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A photograph of her father dominated the first page—a studio portrait taken in 1922, the year of his marriage to the young Indian rodeo rider Miss Florence Buckskin. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen Luther once watched a rider step on a scale, only to see that he was over his horse’s assigned impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z During one 1920s season at the old Tijuana track, former rider Bill Buck remembered, the two oldest riders were just sixteen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave the swing chain such a yank that Palmer was thrown like a bronco rider onto the ground. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Then the huntress turned her horse toward the Wood and left Ash with her hand on the gate, watching as the horse and rider were swallowed by the trees in the distance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A column of riders came wheeling up behind them, led by a lordling with a horsehead on his shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Up ahead, the rider had slumped forward and now his limp body was sliding from the saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They swung around, almost as one rider, and rode off, the cow forgotten. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The horses jostled; the riders struggled knee against knee. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The Hunt had dismounted, too, and the riders were ranged around the three of them in a loose ring, as if to prevent them from running away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She noticed the other rider moving back toward the wagons, and saw that it was, indeed, a woman. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the islanders were indifferent riders at best, more comfortable on the deck of a longship than in the saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We watched from the upper bleachers as riders pounded past us at full gallop, yipping and yelling, foam flying from their horses’ mouths. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The only person left in town to mourn for Graham was a woman the riders called Mother Harrison, operator of a Turkish bath that Graham and Luther had frequented. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders gave them queer looks as they went by, and once Bran heard some-one guffaw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Virtually every adult rider, and most of the kids, naturally tended to weigh too much. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The arched sewer stood tall enough for a horse and rider. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the horses would try to rear back their heads and smash their riders with the tops of their massive skulls. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "I'm a better swordsman and a better rider than any of you," Jon blazed back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Other times INS helicopters fly too low, whip up waves, and swamp inner tubes, riders and all. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to get caught staring at any of the riders, because people were touchy about being stared at. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z When the horse came abreast of her, she looked up, sidewise, at the rider. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Express riders were often Sons of Liberty who, under cover of darkness, carried messages written in code or invisible ink. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hear the buzz of the rider’s Noise starting but for a time the galloping is louder and I can’t hear it clearly. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Through the encroaching darkness, I saw a rider approach on horseback. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Two riders had emerged from the tidy little camp beneath the castle, and were coming toward them at a slow walk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “With riders reversed, Seabiscuit would have won by half a length. Jack Pollard did not go to the whip near the wire until too late. The defeat may be chalked up to Mr. Pollard.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders who were looking on mostly shook their heads, but did and said nothing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The riders couldn’t take their eyes off the captives. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The riders were not, however, content merely to wait for the dawn and let their enemies rest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Aye, but you were only three foot tall at the time,” a rider from the Rills replied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rider who’d fled had reined in his horse and turned around to look back, shading his eyes to see what was going on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It also didn’t matter that the city bus law—or ordinance, as city laws are called—had said since 1900 that no rider had to give up a seat unless another was available. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z With the advent of the first primitive, unpadded starting gates in the early thirties, some riders actually died in the saddle, speared into the exposed steel overhead bars by rearing horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When it began to descend the hillside to join her, she turned to see that the rider was Shae. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The riders have fallen back behind the line of fighters on the ground, and the shamblers are quickening their pace as they move toward us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Red is not one of our great riders, but the only word he knows is yes,” wrote a columnist who didn’t know of Pollard’s blindness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider looking down at him was a youth only a few years older than Taran. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They were free, with no riders or saddles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The rider raised something to his mouth, a whistle, Magdalys realized, just as the shrill blast rang out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The terrified passengers—nine freedom riders and five regular passengers—remained glued to their seats as the mob tried to pry open the bus door and began to slash the tires. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting at the edge of the Wood was the Fairy Hunt: the same riders who had sent them off across the ice field so many days before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I have heard the shouts of the riders atop it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They walked across a courtyard paved in white stones, past a fountain shaped like a horse and rider, and toward a grand glass conservatory, lit from within by hanging lanterns. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash woke in the middle of the night from a dream of horses — tall, thundering white horses with foaming mouths and slender, wraithlike riders. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Just this,’ he thought: ‘encumber a rider, and hope at best to stay in my seat and not be pounded to death by galloping hoofs!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Sander, burdened with a pair of riders, glanced at me and grinned broadly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And that saddle...the saddle was shiny and silver-studded, not worn and brown like the other riders’. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She caught a glint of light off the circular medallion on the rider’s robes just as he reached up and lowered his hood. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The rider had its legs wrapped around the bat’s neck. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Injury rates were, by all accounts, far higher in the 1920s and 1930s; between 1935 and 1939 alone, nineteen riders were killed in racing accidents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, chaos already reigned in the yard, as two of the trikes thundered toward each other, spooked and furious, and a third stumbled to one side, nearly throwing its rider. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Racetracks are ringed with poles that tell riders what fraction of a mile remains before the finish wire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind rushed toward her, and the cries of the riders were clear upon the air: They called for her mother, for Elinor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet when she looked across the valley to the far ridge, she saw the Greatjon's riders emerge from the darkness beneath the trees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With the precision born of practice, a night rider threw the rope over the thick, sturdy branch with a single toss. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Morgant’s riders had been slain or captured as Gwydion’s voice rose in command to cease the combat. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z An unknown wonder to Canton Post, who heard bus riders talk about their journeys to and from school. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The rider who lost one of Washington’s important messages was Tallmadge himself. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider dismounted and Fflewddur hastened to present his companions to him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She tugged against the night riders who gripped her tight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Two night riders, tall and densely proportioned, idled on the porch smoking their pipes with complacent sloth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So she borrowed a few more choice words from sayings coined by rickshaw pullers to insult riders who gave no tips. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z |
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