单词 | riding |
例句 | There were riding boots, a rucksack and ski boots in the window. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z At the end of the video, a fellow classmate asked the question, “They fought racism by riding the bus?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I can remember riding and pressing my ear and cheek against Tom’s coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Had one of them come riding down a green hill, banners flying? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z One day in the fine summer, he was riding through the park land of a castle which was strange to him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not come back, and now he is riding freight trains up through Mexico to find her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And she wanted, more than anything in the world, to be a little princess wearing a golden crown and riding a high- stepping white horse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z We pull up to a red light and Travis tells me to look at the face of the lady riding the car next to us, and I do. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I felt grand riding atop his horse-drawn wagon when it was piled high with bundles of hay at the end of the harvest. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z We watched him, his stiff crest, the spectacles riding low on his nose. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z On one wall of Roy’s bedroom was a poster from the Livingston rodeo that showed a cowboy riding a ferocious humpbacked bull. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat up too quickly and winced; she was not used to riding a horse all day, and her muscles were paying for it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We have been all over the city, riding the subway and walking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As much as Ophie was worried about Clara riding around in Penelope’s skin, she was also worried about her mama as well. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A thousand thousand years ago, Jhiqui told her, the first man had emerged from its depths, riding upon the back of the first horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Storms are best, even when they bring lightning and he is riding on a tank car full of gas; rain keeps immigration agents indoors. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Images from her childhood—riding in a wagon behind her brother, picking through trash—return to her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Most people around here frowned upon girls riding bicycles, and Hafsa’s parents had let her know they were one of them. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He’d spent the last five years building up the flock of tangly-haired sheep again, and he and Piper had goats, a small herd of cows, pigs, two riding horses, a pony, and chickens. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z No one can teach riding so well as a horse. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z We were lighter by one riding lawn mower, and hauling two bags of Harley-Davidson sw—memorabilia. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Down on the ground, tourists were riding big proteins across the craters. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The seeds of its future magnificence were riding in the pockets and packs of Sherman’s exhausted Federal troops. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In those early days, Pollard and Woolf found common ground in their quick minds, cerebral riding styles, and keen senses of humor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s about 200 miles, and usually it took a day or two depending upon the condition of the truck you were riding on. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I got dibs on riding with Papi in the moving truck. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t let my paranoia keep him from riding himself. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “He had a connection to the land. He loved farming and riding horses.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I say, “but listen how fast he’s riding.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Most of the families were either walking or riding in wagons. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You always said how much you liked riding around in that buggy. Mr. Chris said we could borrow a horse sometimes.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z There’s also a new framed picture of Lorena’s dad riding a brown horse. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z You drink cool water From a garden hose And sit on the lawn, The sun riding a White cloud of autumn. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And indeed they could see a horseman riding toward them at full gallop, but a curious horseman who flopped about on his mount like a tied chicken. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Yes, Jalil admitted, he had been horseback riding in Takht-e-Safar, but, when they gave him the news, he had not shrugged. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Then you should stay behind,” I say to the air, riding thru a cough while I send pictures of Noise to my dog to tell him what he needs to do. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Then he resumed a life of constant motion, riding his thumb north and west through Red Bluff, Weaverville, and Willow Creek. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we’re riding on concrete again, in an area more industrial than before. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After Bud Searcy had eaten a hearty supper and talked awhile longer, he finally rode off home, with Lisbeth riding behind him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if poor, the men were decent, worthy of respect, accomplished in the manly arts of riding and pistol shooting, but not reckless with either animals or firearms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z To Dad this meant that we had to arrive at six- thirty, too, even though Erik was riding with Arthur Bauer. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We parked it safely in a doorway and kept riding. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I rode to school on it every day with my eldest sister riding on hers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his riding spurs snagged one of the flags that decorated the box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You used to pass by it as a South Side kid riding the bus to high school, peering mutely out the window at the people who strode like titans to their jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He kept his blindness secret and kept on riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was riding in the first car and as we passed the entry to the British hospital I told the driver to stop. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z There were a few kids riding on it, mostly very little kids, and a few parents were waiting around outside, sitting on the benches and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z It was hardly more than a footpath, just a few feet wide, so the soldiers who’d been riding alongside us had to park their jeep and walk, one in front and two behind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In the fall when hunting season began, sometimes she heard the hunters riding by, and she would lie very still, wondering if the dogs would find her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The others agreed, and, with Constance riding piggyback, they left the rock garden and walked across the empty plaza. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A spec four from the first platoon had wandered away from the company and was riding with us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Every once in a while Father would surprise me by riding silently into sight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the stallion, three mares, their colts, and two geldings for riding. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Frog had done his part in the slaughter that followed, riding down the frightened eunuchs with the other Windblown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Like this one time, we riding through Arizona on a five-day delivery. I think it was August—the heat was kicking something terrible. Brooklyn summer ain’t got nothing on Arizona.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Because a few days ago, when I was riding the stallion, it threw me and I broke both my legs. Again, I bemoaned my misfortune.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was running away into the Big Woods, with the panther riding on his back and ripping his back with its claws. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fierce heat of the south, he wore loose trousers of mottled sandsilk and open-toed riding sandals that laced up to his knee. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Back to Slater Park, across the causeway, around to Sunset Park, as though riding on tracks. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For there was President Washington—a tall, commanding man, riding horseback to enter the town. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected her to perform everything from leaving the house, riding the bike, and getting thrown by the tornado and so on. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Styx patted the nose of the riding mower. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Ten thousand spears I might have sent riding over the plain to the dismay of your foes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And the past flared again in Longstreet’s mind, and the world tilted, and for a moment they were all one army again, riding with old friends through the white dust toward Chapultepec. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After riding on the rim for half a mile, he gave up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “And have you riding all over school? Not a chance. You’d get lost or get into trouble or someone would see you.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Jan Dorlich must have been thinking about riding in a mail cart when he said we could get there in half an hour. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They set off as soon as the horses were saddled, with the Huntsman riding in the lead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They skimmed along the starboard side of the ship, riding easily through its huge wake, and pulled up next to a service ladder riveted to the side of the hull. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Yosho-to’s Japanese-Malayan dinner still en masse and riding my sternum like an elevator, one or the other of the Yoshotos began to moan in his or her sleep, just the other side of my wall. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I could see that one of them was riding a light colored horse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Within an hour, we see a familiar figure on a bicycle riding toward us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff is quiet for a moment, giving me the darkest of looks, before riding off without a word. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She had come to Baelor’s Sept a queen, riding in a litter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At age three, James began attending the local schoolhouse with his siblings, often riding there on his brother's back. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He moved around North America, through Chicago, New York, Canada, riding the tough horses, the sour ones, and the nervous ones, but his statistics continued to slip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw ourselves riding wild waves on surfboards, picking oranges and apples off fruit trees, filling our autograph books with signatures from movie stars we’d see in soda shops. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As the second day of their riding drew on, the heaviness in the air increased. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Can’t you ask your dad? Maybe he’ll say yes this time,” Amy prodded as we sat on the picnic table bench in her backyard, resting after playing jump rope and riding bikes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Mom riding a tiny tricycle with tiny me on her shoulders, me eating breakfast with cinnamon sugar plastered all over my face. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Back here is where Seaward hides the riding mowers and all the other untidy equipment they need to make the campus look like the brochures. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At that time I had had two friends killed while riding them and knew of several others permanently in wheelchairs. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "I may be craven, but I'm not stupid. I'm sore and my back aches from riding and from sleeping on the ground, but I'm hardly scared at all. Look." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And riding the tame ravid that now had icing on its whiskers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Daenerys is not dead. She was riding that dragon. I saw it with mine own two eyes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I think that as we listened to the William Tell Overture, we were supposed to be imagining the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses through the desert. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z When I saw him riding by, holding on with just one hand, something in me snapped. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z We couldn’t afford to pay for riding lessons every week, but that didn’t matter. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Unarmed men, women and children on a highway were attacked by uniformed men wearing gas masks and riding horses. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided not to mention that Mom and Mr. Shine had gotten real quiet when they saw me riding up the driveway. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Her time she whiled away riding plump thoroughbred horses, playing bridge and solitaire and Scrabble, and drinking too much champagne or beer or whatever else happened to be around and open at the time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gorilla babies and elephant babies and human babies are not so different, except that a gorilla gets to spend the day riding on his mother’s back, like a cowboy on a horse. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They kept coming, with bundles on their heads, children riding on their mothers’ shoulders, all of them ragged, dirty, the children naked. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel tried to settle her stomach by thinking of pleasant things—the euphoria she’d felt last night when they’d won the war games, riding Hannibal into the enemy keep, Frank’s sudden transformation into a leader. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He’s still riding the high when he swipes his badge at the door of the campaign office the following Monday. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 Meanwhile, fifty aircraft and thousands of people in motorboats, on foot, on horseback, and even riding reindeer were all searching for the missing plane and flight crew. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I imagined myself riding around the world, flying to the moon, coasting down the Milky Way. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z ‘My lord,’ he said to the king, ‘there are horsemen behind us. As we crossed the fords I thought that I heard them. Now we are sure. They are overtaking us, riding hard.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I heard a horse riding hard and ran out on the stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z This was her speech in his mouth, and Linda just sat there, staring at her hands in her lap, a sense of imminent disaster riding like ice through her bones. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Happens as I have one might do. Where would you be riding, m'lord?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel was out a hunting, but they got word to him and he came riding back in time to find your mother’s husband at the foot of the great staircase. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He hops onto it himself, riding in a few circles to make sure everything functions like it’s supposed to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There were lighter animals for hunting, hawking, and riding, and others still smaller, like the jennet Robin had ridden. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I was so small, four and five years old, riding on the long seat of the old black touring car, with Papa at the wheel. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind wandered while Lily, as usual, recounted a lengthy dream, this one a frightening one in which she had, against the rules, been riding her mother’s bicycle and been caught by the Security Guards. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He glances outside at my bike, which I parked right next to the one he’s been riding for years. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Now, however, when she had nothing to do and would go about with José Arcadio riding on her hip from dawn to dusk, this bad kind of time compelled her to leave things half done. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was a nice day to be riding. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Rotten Row means ‘Route de Roi’, or the king’s way, but now it’s more like a riding school than anything else. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He appeared at dawn on Sunday like a prince in a fairy tale, riding a horse with silver stirrups and a velvet blanket, and he left town after mass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "Isn't it probably just a farmer riding home late?" said Shasta with a yawn. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z They had seen a movie like that once, two cowboy brothers who had a fight, and at the end they joined up again, riding into town together to face the gang. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf then had to resort to dirty riding to thwart Richardson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Rufus is riding his bike down the block, his helmet swinging from the handlebars. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The giants were the last to go, two riding on the back of a mammoth, the other two afoot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There he would be the only occupant of his aerodynamic buggy, but he’d have a community of people riding along on his shoulder. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until Hazel walked out of school and saw her mother’s car parked across the street that she remembered that she wasn’t going to be riding on the bus at all today. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In their rush to slip away, they’d left with few supplies, and riding in the gaps between train cars meant it was impossible to scavenge for food. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z No one recalls when the gift-giving started, probably in the 1980s, when Central Americans, fleeing war and poverty, began riding the rails north in large numbers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I saw ducks and geese, mothers with strollers, people walking their dogs, joggers, some boys riding bikes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I get my phone out and snap photos of him riding my bike, his back to me as he stands on the pedals, while his friends play handball. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Got so miserable on the school bus, with him pulling my ears and singing that song he made up, that I took to riding my bike. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Not much. He’s riding in the north somewhere. Stirring up headlines and fuss, but I never heard him do any real damage.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Behold! I go forth, and it seems like to be my last riding,’ said Théoden. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Looking up they saw the clouds breaking and shredding; and then high in the south the moon glimmered out, riding in the flying wrack. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The Yunkai’i had sealed the broken gates to keep the dead and dying inside the city, but the sights that he had seen riding down those red brick streets would haunt Quentyn Martell forever. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Carefully, he sliced Lourdes’s riding pants off to her knees and tied them over her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The young Jesse—seen largely in photos of camping and riding trips up north—looked remarkably like the older one, grave and intent. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in the air, riding on a beeline right out to McNab’s head, the same line it came in on, only faster. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And, you know, I forgave him right then for riding off and leaving me earlier. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Mallister or no, he was a more amiable riding companion than this sour old priest that his uncle Aeron had turned into. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I had been riding my bike from Chapel Hill High School to the Tea Haven at the Shoppes at Fairview Court ever since I got the job. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In 1794, while touring the terrain around the new national capital that would bear his name, he badly wrenched his back while riding. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z An evil black moon rising from the undercarriage of a toppled riding mower. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it dangerous to go riding at night?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My mind drifts back to my horse riding lessons. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Besides baking, I like riding my bike, reading, and hanging out with my friends. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He hitched up his pants, pulled on his boots, threw his rifle over his shoulder, and grabbed his riding whip from the wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The only boy who would ask me to dance was on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, riding down a hill on his go-kart. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In a few moments Kino could see them clustered in the haze, riding over the oyster bed. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grandma showed up on my birthday six weeks ago with Grandpa’s old riding mower. I’ve taken on, oh, a few yard jobs since then.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Skylab was a huge spacecraft and it was easy to exercise by riding a bicycle bolted to the floor, or by running around and around the walls. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The Lady Éowyn is she, sister of Éomer; and we knew naught of her riding until this hour, and greatly we rue it.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They were always represented as riding splendid snow-white horses, but Homer distinguishes Castor above Pollux for horsemanship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was riding Howard’s colt Exhibit, circling the field in a weekday sprint race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bits of flesh still clung to the bear skull, Jon noted as he joined the line riding past. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That was the easy part, riding down to dump my dirt on the levee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That Saturday dawn found them riding to yet another field of crookneck squash. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t riding the mare, and he had no one else to trust. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “No, I’m dizzy. You know, from riding Wind Being’s back for that long time,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Uncle Henry came riding up and tied his horse to a tree. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z No one would see me riding with my Ma holding the reins. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z And soon enough, that’s what he was doing, nailing those vowels on the button, riding them from consonant to consonant, syllable to syllable, word to word. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized that he was riding on an endless and silent train and that his head was caked with dry blood and that all his bones ached. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then he saw against the Sun, sinking blood-red into a wrack of clouds, the black outline of a tall ship with torn sails riding up out of the West. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Freak is riding up top, which he almost always does now. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Two men and one woman are walking alongside the cart, and an old lady and a really old lady are riding inside it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I loaded all my fishing tools up, threw the stringer of fish over Old Flap’s rump, and started riding back to the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was riding a milk-white horse, so white the animal blended into the snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The youngest of five children, he had grown up riding the Montgomery city buses in a triangle between school and home and his job with a newspaper. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z But Freak is riding me like he's the jockey and I'm the horse, he's steering me around the classroom, showing off. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The Long Knives were riding in wagons, sitting shoulder to shoulder. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Even the fox furs riding the shoulders of the rich ladies seemed as if they might speak at any moment. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She saw him up ahead, riding on a spectral. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a photo of us horseback riding in San Diego, and another of us on the beach. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z In a little less than four hours I was equipped, riding on big heavy-duty tires of a kind that should have been there in the first place. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The argument went on that way with Strauss saying that Nemur had his eye on the Chair of Psychology at Hallston, and Nemur saying that Strauss was riding on the coattails of his psychological research. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z "Honestly, Daddy,” said Ernestine, "it’s so embarrassing to go riding when you always make these awful scenes.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash recognized the trails they were following; despite the time they had been riding they had not gone far, and it seemed that the stag had fled in circles. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His riding boots reflected the photographer’s studio lights. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Healthy, well-rested, and well-fed. One that can take six hours of hard riding today.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, Sir Lancelot, Sir Lancelot!” cried an unknown gentlewoman, riding toward him at full speed and evidently trying to wring her hands in spite of the reins. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bekhir led the pack, his peculiar boy riding with him in the saddle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And that ain’t nothing but more proving of what I been saying all along, riding a mule’s a whole lot better than riding a horse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Then a volunteer came riding up by bicycle with news: The government would not budge. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Yeah, riding a bike is more thrilling than quote-unquote jumping out of a plane. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was nothing special, a riding mower like some of our neighbors had, except older and broken. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Jon was surprised to see some of them were riding two to a horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I think of myself as a little girl perched in the tree, pretending to be an elegant, beautiful indigena riding in my truck to exciting places. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Our stable and Miss Whitlaw s house and the tenements to either side heaved and bobbed up and down, riding the ground like ships on a heavy sea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn instinctively went to comfort her— “Don’t look, little magpie!”—and the soldier riding shotgun fired into the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Dad is more open, but he can’t tell me what I really want to know, like why Mom hardly speaks to Abuela or why she still keeps her riding crops from Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She had hopes of seeing the nurturer heading back to his dwelling for the evening meal, with little Abe riding behind him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There are many cases in which one twin is killed in childhood, in a riding accident, say, or is struck by lightning, while the other lives to a prosperous old age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And so I spent months riding in the rumble seat of my gram’s car to and from Westwood and hours sitting in the waiting room, until the day they let us know their findings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, riding right over his words and the gasps of the audience. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He made the same sounds as when Sheriff Charles came riding up in his police car and again when Miss Trotter, JimmyTrotter, Sophie, and Butter came from out of the pines. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The three made their way down a series of hidden paths and public roads, Booth riding, the others on foot. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My daily routine is riding the bus in the morning and eating lunch with Sam. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He said that as if playing Scrabble were as fun as going bike riding or something. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth had been riding the subway back from the Upper East Side after visiting Percy’s mom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I knew no one in my neighborhood could stop those angry white men from riding through in their white sheets, holding flaming crosses. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He and Señor Diaz stepped inside the shop, which sold items that charros might buy such as jackets, ruffled shirts, whips, and elegant riding boots. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, they know all about you. You haven’t been given any riding to do for them of late, have you?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I accepted the invisible rein she was holding out, and then we were off, riding up and down the fence, sometimes cantering, sometimes at a gallop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Every evening when I come home from work, I take a rag and wipe all the loose grass and dirt from the riding mower, and then I cover it with a big tarp. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The gosling kept hopping onto the rock and kept riding the wind and kept tumbling into the grass, until he started to find his wings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We tried to paddle against it but had no more luck than flot- sam caught in a tidal wave, and then it thudded against our feet and we were rising, too, riding its back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I asked, picturing him riding down Main Street holding a Pack ’n Play. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Orde-Lees found a bicycle in the hold of the ship and practiced trick riding on the ice around Endurance. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z ‘Not he! When his tools have done their task he drops them. But you must go dangling after him, dawdling and talking, and riding round twice as far as you needed. “ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He was riding along in a cloud of visitors, bright-clad foreigners, observers from Europe, plumes and feathers and helmeted horsemen, reporters from Richmond, the solemn members of Longstreet’s staff. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z —Going to King’s Island with you on family discount day and riding The Beast 47 times in a row. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is my son. If you don’t mind, he will be riding in the front with me.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z So I pedal backward and practice riding no-hands, and I make big figure eights like a circus clown to keep slow pace with him as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Working a typewriter by touch, like riding a bicycle or strolling on a path, is best done by not giving it a glancing thought. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I picture myself at the top of the Eiffel Tower, climbing pyramids in Egypt, dancing in the streets in Spain, riding in a boat in Venice, and walking on the Great Wall of China. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He’s riding his own roller coaster of endurance. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was riding Little Warrior, a small but sturdy buckskin quarter horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Another endless stretch of riding brought them to an unfenced meadow. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z There were four riding horses, and two hitched to a supply wagon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There was something heavy and dark and tight about the day, riding stiffly in the broad barren field, in harsh sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays we all went into church, me riding on the seat between Ma and Pa, John riding in back where he belonged. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z In a recent dream, Abigail reported, she was riding in a coach when, suddenly, several large cannonballs were flying toward her. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He looked up at the smoke-streaked sky and saw strange phantoms, dark riding shapes, and faces out of the past. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She had expected someone much more elegant; this man wore black riding leathers and a black shirt that looked as if it had seen better days. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 One tale featured Pollard riding racehorses for Czar Nicholas. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A week later, on November 22, he was assassinated, shot while riding in an open car in Dallas, Texas. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Minerva has been teasing her how this Austrian psychiatrist has proved that girls who like riding like sex. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry. I’m not used to riding water monsters.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Werner risks a glance upward: a single hawk, riding the wind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Eagle came back with the school nurse, who diagnosed me with—get this—a concussion, and then Takumi drove me to the hospital with Lara riding shotgun. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Now she seemed intent on playing the piano, dodging bill collectors, forcing us into college through sheer willpower, and riding her bicycle all over Queens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, coming down from the hills there will be a prince riding, bright in green and silver with a hundred bowmen riding behind him, pennants stirring, horses tossing, jewels flashing... The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Along with everyone else in town, Jack cheered the Polish soldiers riding horseback through the streets on their way to the border to protect Poland. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Short of riding Belle up the church steps, I couldn’t get inside fast enough, so I pushed John off her back, yelling, “Get them home! Minding their fences!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z They came walking or riding, oxen dragging their wagonloads of shields, spears, tents, clothes, food. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z After two days of riding through it, they were covered in black grime. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes you get tired of riding in taxicabs the same way you get tired riding in elevators. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z First came the drummers playing a slow roll, and then the troops and then Sam and Edward Jones riding in a cart. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was riding slumped forward, head down, hat over his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When news of the discovery of the abandoned riding boot makes its way back to Washington, Baker concludes that Booth cannot be traveling on horseback. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I would suggest four riding horses, and two to pull the supply wagon.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I tried bareback bronc riding for a few weeks. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was saved by a jockey riding alongside him, George Taniguchi, who was so powerful that he was able to catch Longden with one hand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the afternoon we spent sight-seeing, riding up and down seesaw hills in cable cars, walking in and out of American stores. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Black figures riding on black horses,’ answered Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And then, as in a dream, they were no longer riding toward a distant hall. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Hazel ducked as a kid riding a giant eagle swooped overhead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hand Clap was riding on the front seat of the wagon, the reins held loosely in his hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Holly sealed the helmet to protect her eyes, riding out the final barrage of rocks. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “True enough,” replied the Mathemagician, “but you can be in Ignorance quick enough without riding all the way; and if you’re to be successful, it will have to be step by step.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t care if it was magic. I just cared that I was riding with you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Each article was set apart as an exhibit; the rucksack in the centre, the riding boots on one side and the ski boots on the other. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Still, her hair smelled good, and riding with her made his heart race almost against his will. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One Sunday, he and his friend Jose put train riding to the test. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Mama said something else, but her words were drowned out by Tidings, riding the tractor back toward the shed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There is something about riding a unicorn, for those people who still can, which is unlike any other experience: exhilarating and intoxicating and fine. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The thought of not riding with Lolo suddenly makes me sad. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At any moment I expected the blue dinghy to come chugging into view, Abbey riding to the rescue. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, my ... m 'lord. You met his mother whilst out riding and were smitten by her beauty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Elfhelm’s éored came next; and now Merry noticed that Dernhelm had left his place and in the darkness was moving steadily forward, until at last he was riding just in rear of the king’s guard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "The prince is riding, and he shall be the stallion who mounts the world." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Woolf said if Richardson had just stopped shouting for one single instant to concentrate on riding, he might have gotten his horse’s nose in front. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Wide Lancelot was riding along a straight road which seemed to lead nowhere, he saw two people galloping towards him from the other end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z While riding on the train to Pittsburgh, Ophie had seen a ghost outlined in a deep, stormy gray that shaded to black. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z There’s this hollow pain that comes riding up into my stomach and chest. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Jumping off a high dive, or riding a roller coaster with multiple loops, or passing a note to Scott Thomas—those were all voluntary thrills. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They laughed and chased after Jenny, who was riding the bike faster, with Raymond gripping the seat underneath him. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In return, Hamilton gave them his royal wave as if he were the queen of England, and I waved as if I were riding a homecoming float. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Some days he goes off alone, riding his bike in the hills, looking for our dog. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And while she continued, I thought John was working her there, inching lower, inside the band of her skirt, where maybe the blouse was riding up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes...” she croons, riding him like a storm-tossed boat rides the waves. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z According to the wife of the shooter—who was riding in the passenger seat—there was a brief dispute over loud music before shots were fired from one vehicle into the other. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Thus they traveled from Macon, Georgia, to Philadelphia, riding on the trains, staying at the finest hotels. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're riding 'race' again. But how do they feel about the dolls?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a party of three on horseback--Tom and a man named Sloane and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit who had been there previously. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But for Bellerophon riding Pegasus there was no need to come anywhere near the flaming monster. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They mounted, and soon they were riding off into the mist, which seemed to open reluctantly before them and close forbiddingly behind them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes she was riding the backs of a flock of paper birds and vanishing into the night. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “That’s a baby demon skull. And this is a mountain of melted demon bones. And I’m riding over it on a spectral.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had twice narrowly escaped dying in riding accidents that had landed him in the hospital for months on end, wiped him out financially, and caused near crippling injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be back in Phoenix, sitting under the orange trees behind our adobe house, riding my bike to the library, eating free bananas in a school where the teachers thought I was smart. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I knowed after the next minute I was either gonna be a dead boy or someone riding to Windsor with a busted heart. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z His baby brother had been wild as a winter storm since he learned Robb was riding off to war, weeping and angry by turns. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The road led out along the side of a ridge, and after a mile or so I saw the house that must be Leper’s, riding the top of the slope. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z For into Merry’s mind flashed the memory of the face that he saw at the riding from Dunharrow: the face of one that goes seeking death, having no hope. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They didn't request an ambulance because it wasn't that kind of injury, but I wouldn't have minded riding in one. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He was clad in black from head to heel; high leather riding boots, roughspun breeches and tunic, sleeveless leather jerkin, and heavy wool cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I saw them all glittering and glowing, and there was a little princess wearing her own crown and riding on a little white, tippy-toed horse.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The jacket was baggy and the trousers were too short, riding high above his chunky tan, square- toed shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “These roads are a dinger,” Gramps said, but he was like a little lad riding a hobby horse. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A homeless man is riding the subway, I can tell. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The Secret He had been riding his ten-speed with a friend named Terry. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if he would ever again see his father riding a bicycle with mangoes in its spokes. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “There she is again, riding the other way.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Our Mazda is black, sleek, and much more comfortable than riding in the back of our truck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thus far hunting seems indistinguishable from riding through the woods, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We see master and slave alike, confounded at the celerity and ineluctability of our approach, calling warnings— messengers sent on horseback, riding no faster than our progress, posting along ridges, bent close upon their steeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Pickett sat on the rail fence like old Baldy Ewell riding the horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I had no money riding, I was in the back of the circle, just watching. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A man was on the path, riding a sturdy chestnut horse. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Some were riding to fairs as great as that of Troyes, others to universities which rivalled Paris, where there were twenty thousand scholars whose ranks eventually provided seven popes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been riding one of the school brooms at team practice, an ancient Shooting Star, which was very slow and jerky; he definitely needed a new broom of his own. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was carried by a man, a volunteer, riding on a cold night with no personal agenda other than a concern for the liberty of his peers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped the bike and didn’t start riding again until I was able to swallow. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Einstein once said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z All things considered, she was doing okay—riding a wave of excitement—as she pulled into the truck stop outside of Roanoke, Virginia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Their captains led them on armored warhorses, standard- bearers riding alongside with their banners. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Wait till your relatives see you riding around in a Laser XL7,” remarked Matt. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It is called the “swan grebe” with reason, for it glides with scarcely a ripple across the lake surface, the body riding low, white neck and shining black head held high. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Though he praised Pollard’s riding early in the race and his courage in handling the defeat, Otis, who knew Pollard as Jack, was unequivocal in his assessment of blame. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three wagons being packed with trade goods while the fourth was achingly familiar, one of the wheeled houses I had spent most of my early life riding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The touching of the crowds had exhausted her, so she rested a bit, and then, toward midafternoon, she changed into her riding clothes and went to fetch Horse. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He started coming home late from games, walking the five miles instead of riding the bus. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z By day only half a dozen ravens stayed with them, flitting from tree to tree or riding on the antlers of the elk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had been riding off with the other pups, but Jon had heard a noise and turned back, and there he was, white fur almost invisible against the drifts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Setting aside an ambition to be a Canadian Mountie, Woolf began race riding while in his mid-teens, apparently padding his age by a year. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was riding a pony, and a scarf was swathed round his neck and over his chin to keep out the fog. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I fall asleep, only to be chased in my nightmares by a screaming Mrs. Kluck riding her ice cream machine like a horse. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A short way farther on, they saw two little witches, barely older than Kevin, who were riding toy broomsticks that rose only high enough for the girls’ toes to skim the dewy grass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The man in black was riding him, and his arms were locked across Fezzik’s windpipe, one in front, one behind. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Fred Gray asked her to state her name and address and tell when she had stopped riding the buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I pocket my Mask—my face serves as my best disguise—and burgle riding clothes and a pack from a Tribal caravan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Freak asks, from where he's riding high up on my shoulders. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z My sister Dotty would say, “I sure wish you wouldn’t ride that bike, Ma,” and I silently agreed, because I didn’t want my friends seeing my white mother out there riding a bicycle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was scary at first, but thrilling too, and pretty soon I was imagining I was a cowgirl, riding off into the sunset. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Two aristocrats are out horseback riding and one challenges the other to see which can come up with the larger number. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not yet, not yet,” Longstreet said cheerily, but he got back on his horse and began riding slowly forward into the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, there’s just the same little buckles in the sidewalk that we’ve been riding over every Sunday for as long as I can remember. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It towers over the train he is riding. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He spent the next while riding up one street and down another, nodding politely to the few people he happened to encounter at that early hour. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z And Gandalf, too, was now riding on his tall grey horse, all clad in white with a great mantle of blue and silver over all, and the long sword Glamdring at his side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Oh man, the White House Trio, riding into battle. This is awesome.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Walking, riding, standing, sitting, Where she goes, there goes her knitting,” says one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘But it is a greater honour to dangle at your tail, Gandalf. For one thing, in that position one has a chance of putting a question a second time. Are we riding far tonight?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say anything about his eyes, and I don’t see why you need fire up when I admire his riding.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes remembers her own exodus, the watercolor landscape she wrapped in brown paper, her wedding veil and riding crops and the sack of birdseed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Riding through Clover is like riding through an abandoned war zone. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If I help him, I could end up riding the pine this season, and if I don’t help Boy21 acclimate to Bellmont, I’d be disobeying Coach for the first time in my life. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “No; no I don’t. I just like riding by myself, that’s all.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Dad would never in a million years let me use his riding lawn mower—POP. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Elsewhere they patrolled on horses, riding their fence lines with axes strapped to their saddles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Roy handed the piece of paper to his mother as they were riding home in the car. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed I was riding a horse, because I was bobbing up and down and I heard the sound of hoofbeats. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This year, as forehanded as ever, he’d been wavering between the imported perfumes on sale at Norris Drugs and a pair of riding boots. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love did a lot of horseback riding the next few weeks, and if she ever stopped to talk to anybody, I didn’t hear about it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I tried to look at Salim riding in his pod with x-ray eyes but I could only see figures in the pod, dark shadows, turning to have their souvenir photo taken. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I was riding beside Hosteen Mitchell on his wagon one day when he turned to me and held one finger up to his lips. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His airplane shook as a missile leapt off the wing, riding a trail of flame. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z When Burn Sanderson finished riding the pitch out of his scared horse, he hollered at Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z McCandless stayed with Westerberg for three days, riding out with his crew each morning as the workers piloted their lumbering machines across the ocean of ripe blond grain. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mojitos are fine for riding out storms. Tropical drink for tropical weather.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I look around, wondering who Jay is, and see she's talking to the parrot riding on her shoulder. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “I’m not cool with us riding the elevator, though, so let’s do this.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At the same time, riding toward her, away from the fire, were three figures on horseback. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony... I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z No man in the riding colony needed a community fund more. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The police had not taken elaborate precautions for the trip back to Johannesburg or for my security, and I merely sat in the backseat of a sedan, unhandcuffed, with two officers riding in front. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They are always seen together, flying or riding the waves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Before three purple-robed Syrian bishops murdered by the Portuguese were found floating in the sea, with coiled sea serpents riding on their chests and oysters knotted in their tangled beards. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain came in sheets now, riding the wind, flung crosswise through the night. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She came riding to the slough with a broom between her legs, and she had powdered one cheek red and one white. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were seated on the mud, which now began to be disturbed by the angry, thin, returning sea, or else were already riding on the water, wakened by it, outside the annoyance of the surf. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, on this autumn night, November 17, 1890, he is leaving Paris again, riding another night train to another hospital. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In New Orleans, I could of used a nice hat like they made in that shop, but it didn’t make sense for riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been riding up a gentle slope toward a line of brightly colored pavilions on the height. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The ship sailed on, out of the Ocean Stream, riding a long swell on the open sea for the Island of Aiaia. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there wishing he was riding Belle into town and I was standing shoulder up to Pa. I could harness Vernon before he had time to beat Dixie with that swishing tail of his. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z For some time he had been riding the saddle on a sawhorse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel, who was still riding Arion, kicked Leo in the arm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were riding for King's Landing and the Hand's tourney, she knew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was clearly their strongest member, and he was riding Tali’s horse, a great black stallion trained for battle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But Pong made himself come twice a week—for no other reason than to walk out the door on his own two feet, rather than riding out in a durian basket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It was there I saw a woman riding sidesaddle astride a great black palfrey whose saddle and harness were trimmed with gleaming silver. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a law against riding out on Sunday for either business or pleasure. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember that in the sixteenth century, motion meant riding on a galloping horse or in a carriage being pulled over rutted roads. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Ifigured he might want to hang with her outside of school, and I thought since he’s so good at riding— Nicholas, are you good at riding! Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z For the first time since he was fifteen, Pollard was deprived of the intoxicating rush of riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was plainly a woman riding sidesaddle, and not their mother, either. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My place was not with Valencia but here, riding in a bread truck with my friends. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Babcock sent him out with a stern warning: His leg would not stand the rigors of riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t notice you objecting to riding your gelding,” said his father. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z So Danny and I resumed our old habits of meeting in front of my synagogue, of riding to school together, eating lunch together, and going home together. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In the last red glow men in the vanguard saw a black speck, a horseman riding back towards them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She could see people in cloaks riding horses and milling around the stone streets. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I had no idea how I’d entertain myself without him, since bike riding and movie marathoning didn’t sound as fun alone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Mam looks at Dad as if he just came down from heaven and Dad says, That’s what we did in Antrim long before there were doctors riding their horses. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think about all those little teeny Gods riding around on people’s necks, a-hollering: Help! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had never rested her head in a man’s lap before while riding in an oxcart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not lonely, just alone—riding her bike across campus or sitting off by herself in the cafeteria—even dancing, she danced alone—and it was the aloneness that filled him with love. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s never set foot in a graveyard before, only glimpsed them in passing, riding in cars. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside the city gates they turned north, leaving the boulevard almost immediately and riding straight into the Wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Mayor Prentiss, not even holding a gun, just one hand on his horse’s reins, the other at his side, riding into town like he’s out for an evening canter. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s a small, windowless room attached to the stables, fragrant with leather polish and stained wood from floor to ceiling, the walls lined with heavy saddles, riding crops, bridles, and reins. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I longed for the weekends when I could go horseback riding. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. It’s just...a lot’s riding on this.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It had launched toy cars and boats, and big-wheel riding toys when he was little; later there had been skateboards and, last year, a go-cart he had made by himself. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother and older sister Annie would be busy in the kitchen preparing the food, sending out all the delicious smells riding on the breeze. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I jumped in and let all the sweat from choring and riding Flapjack float off of me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Shasta told Corin most of his adventures and explained that he had learned all his riding from a horse and didn't really know how to use the reins. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Merry, who had been out all night, came riding in about ten o’clock. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I was done pretending, acting as if I belonged here at a riding stable, of all the ridiculous places, one that catered to a bunch of spoiled rich kids. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Woolf’s habit of minimal riding for maximum purses allowed him to survive as a jockey, but he knew he was walking a very fine line. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I would like it too, as if I had been riding trains all my life. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In long afternoons aboard the pony’s back, Johnny discovered a gift for riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, the Bob Marley song was great riding music for us, even though he almost killed us just to find it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I don’t register the zing of wood cutting through the air until the Commandant’s riding crop slices into my back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Riding uses different muscles than walking, and riding at a gallop is just as hard as running unless you want to make your horse work twice as hard for every mile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I understand you enjoy art and horseback riding,” he said.- The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was like riding a roller coaster while somebody every twenty seconds hits the front end with a giant sledgehammer. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of their sons had clamored for the honor of riding with the Young Wolf, as they had taken to calling him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You didn’t want me riding the bike, and now you’re going ahead and throwing yourself off one?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I begged for an answer, riding my own wave of grief at his cruel rejection. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Horses—a ton of them—were riding closer. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was near midnight when two came riding back with a woman they had taken captive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was unlikely the Klan would come riding down on us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to bed thoroughly exhausted and woke at dawn, stopping just long enough to eat a meager breakfast in the kitchen before riding off to supervise the work in the fields. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Removing his yellow cloth riding gloves, Grant steps forward and shakes Lee’s hand. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Now the future of Riverview Middle School was suddenly riding on his shoulders. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And here’s where things became completely surreal, because riding by his side, astride a creature with the body of a ravid and the head and wings of Wraith the white eagle was...Sarai. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If it was too far for the mules or horses to pull a wagon, we would go in some trucks, a bunch of us riding in the back of each one. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He disdained full regalia, except on ceremonial occasions, and dressed instead in impeccable coats and breeches, with tall black riding boots and a dueling blade at his side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He felt his friends above riding him, clutching him, depending on him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z As proof they passed around a photo of Bekhir’s uncle riding a goat- pulled wagon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When I think about that time, what I remember most of all is Crenshaw, riding on top of our minivan. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On the bread was riding a fat rat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, riding here in the powerful car with this white man who was so pleased with what he called his fate, I felt a sense of dread. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I bumped my nose riding on the bus. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When Miss Hendrix bent down and slid her bottom onto the passenger seat, swinging her legs in last, I knew my days of riding up front next to Pa in the Wildcat were numbered. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Ifemelu imagined him growing up, riding his bicycle down the sloping street, returning home from primary school with his bag and water bottle. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “We offer him your babysitting services, plus the riding lawn mower of his dreams.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It took a while for them to get to the theatre with Joseph riding on the handlebars of Frankie’s bike. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Nana’s voice floated out of the sky, riding the breeze in the way only an elder’s voice could. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Are you sure nothing’s wrong?” he says as they are riding home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The gods sent for Hyrrokkin the giantess, who came to them riding on an enormous wolf, with serpents for reins. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I kept riding for a while, but I couldn’t shake the weirdness, so I skidded out and picked up my skateboard. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I still remember a pretty, olive-skinned girl I saw that day, riding on a big gray stallion behind a heavy-set man who was dusky black. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He’d stubbornly refused to get a license for years, insisting on riding his bike everywhere. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed a great boulder and looked back over the shimmering country, but he could not see his enemies, not even the tall horseman riding through the brush. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya tried to count, but they were riding too fast, torches spinning through the air as they flung them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And so we watched it all: the eighteen-year-old boy with a fake mustache who did a magic show and juggled flaming hoops while riding a unicycle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, you see a man on a horse walking toward the Midnight Mountains; or two children riding bareback. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I looked down at my avatar’s body, I saw that I wasn’t riding a horse at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A voice said, “I was riding toward you, sir, trying to knock you down. You didn’t have a chance.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I am riding it, wedged into the center fold, arms spread along the wings. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A group of horsemen were riding into camp. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t recall having it when he was riding in Officer Delinko’s patrol car, so it must have slipped from his belt while he was scuffling with the kid outside the trailer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an awful thing to see them riding through in white robes with torches burning, guns shooting up the sky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary told Booth that she was riding out that afternoon to her country tavern in Surrattsville, Maryland, several miles south of Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernest Rutherford was one of science’s Great Men, a towering figure who drove developments in his era rather than riding in the wakes of others. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z With a handful of horsemen he came in the middle morning, riding as escort to a line of wains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Arya was wearing the same riding leathers she had worn yesterday and the day before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We have always loved each other in our way, and Bors was riding through the forest, when he came face to face with two things. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently they were riding swiftly through the night. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But...there’s so much riding on this year...don’t let people make decisions for you...you have a special gift. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We could’ve been back in the policeman’s car riding to jail for how I felt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was Garnett dressed beautifully, new gray uniform, slender, trim, riding that great black mare with the smoky nose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't care what you say, I'm going out riding." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pink Whiskers promptly banned him from riding for a full year for his “defiant and threatening attitude.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “She asked if I liked to go riding. She meant on horseback.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had walked all the distance and was quite pleased to be riding once again. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z One summer day in 1892, when Tom was eleven, his father hurried out with the bloodhounds: a family man had been gunned down while riding his horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The constant jerking made Minli feel like she was riding a huge water buffalo. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, for fun, kids like the ones at Chumley enjoy trapeze arts, yacht sailing, Formula One go-kart racing, summering in the winter, horseback riding, and fashion accessorizing. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Possibly Sergio was still riding the wave of his math award, giving the school a good name. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “It’s like riding a unicorn. You never forget.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Theodore Finch pulls on a backpack, his T-shirt riding up across his stomach where an ugly red scar cuts across the middle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Frankie announces their presence, and DJ Ren’s wall changes from our phoenix to a horde of skeletal beasts in hooded cloaks riding on horseback, charging through the audience with swords drawn. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Skeletons dogs sniffed lampposts, and skeleton horses galloped with Death riding on their backs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed locked in his work, for the most part undaunted, riding out the bumps and compromising where he could, clinging to the sober-minded, someone’s-gotta-take-this-on brand of optimism that had always guided him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z ‘If I could have set a spear in rest, riding before my men upon the field, maybe I could have felt again the joy of battle, and so ended. But I serve little purpose here.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Good news! Gurgi also sees mightiest of princes riding! Yes, yes, with great gallopings on white horse with black sword, what joy!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Four days later a second young black woman, named Rosa Jordan, was shot in both legs while riding the Boylston bus by a sniper whose bullets penetrated the vehicle. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “You been riding that train for three days. Let Bobo over here carry them; he’s got nothing to do right now.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She worked up a sweat even in the autumn chill, riding until her legs were tired, her ankles aching, her arms sore from being spread out like wings guiding her through the dark forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “All I see you doing is standing on a deck and riding waves.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There were four events in the rodeo: bareback bucking Hereford riding, bareback bucking pony riding, team roping of the same sad-sack cow by six entrants, and pony racing for kids. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, at last, was Vincent, riding at a gallop down the long slope. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After dropping their school stuff off at their apartments, grabbing snacks, and getting permission to go downtown, Emily and James found themselves riding the bus to the financial district. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Can grow up learning and voting and walking and riding wherever we want. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Booth told Mary that he would be riding out of Washington this evening. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She bought a work wardrobe and began commuting each morning, catching the bus north on Jeffery Boulevard or riding along with my dad in the Buick, if their start times happened to line up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He remembered riding the team bus with Carl to a game against Bellingham in the fall of ’41. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z After riding for about an hour, slowly and without talking, they saw the Hedge looming suddenly ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At ten years old, he was riding bareback on cattle roundups with the other cowboys. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Cattle thieves is a better name. We had reports that they were riding this morning, and we’ve been looking for them all day. You’re a Loyalist, I take it?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the day—while riding on the bus, walking in and out of stores, shopping for our dinner—my mother trembled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was the first to see the old Ford truck riding up. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She had seldom considered herself before, and found the experience interesting but uncomfortable, very like riding the bear, in fact. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Freedom Riders fought intolerance by riding a bus and pushing racial limits in the deep South. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z For the next four miles that we was riding into the forest, my mind didn’t come offen the hangman’s noose once. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She went outside to greet her, but before she could say anything Kaisa asked, “Do you have riding clothes?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He appeared to be riding a chariot pulled by crawfish, and instead of a sword he wielded a live serpent. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When that other man had come this way, an army had followed close behind him, the great host of the north riding to war beneath the grey-and-white banners of House Stark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This year, I’m riding in the back of the car with Sneaky, feeling awkward and quiet all the way to McReynolds Park. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He was a cautious driver, and riding in the car with Henry, even in the most propitious of circumstances, made him nervous. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was obvious now that Clara was truly riding around inside of Penelope’s body. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Spring thaw was well behind us and the troupe was riding through the forests and fields of the western Commonwealth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her captain was riding back to her, bringing her the friendship of the Lamb Men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was some people that had been riding the rails for years. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the only photograph I had of her, a snapshot, she squinted blurrily at the camera, one hand on the Cyclone fence and the other on my father’s new riding lawn mower. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Somewhere, somehow, in the thirty minutes of riding the Eye, in his sealed capsule, he had vanished off the face of the earth. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Gary if I could try riding his bike. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “He’s a beaten man,” said Jem, when they were riding home to dinner. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Lloyd: Walking around, interviewing people, going to the lake, riding buses, going out of town to win awards. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been riding my bike for about an hour when I saw my father coming down the street. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Granny, I swear I didn’t know. I had never seen white people riding buses before, so when I heard this bus coming, I thought it was ours.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The legionnaire riding him slides to the ground, landing on his feet as the beast rears beside him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She nodded, riding the wave of his faith. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Others wear dark pants and short-sleeved shirts with collars and miniature alligators, tigers, or men riding horses embroidered on their breast pocket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I am a son of Odin, and I am riding to Hel on Odin’s horse to find Balder. Have you seen him?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She would have been happier riding to war with Edmure, no doubt, but even walls as strong as Riverrun's required swords to hold them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No more riding in the hold with barrels of salt cod. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z By about eleven o'clock the whole company was once more on the march, riding westward with the mountains on their left. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z During the summer months a great number of American vacationers can be found riding the Métro, and their voices tend to carry. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I’d never driven a motorcycle before, but it wasn’t any harder than riding a pegasus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Our archers shot a volley, bringing down several of the enemy, but they just kept riding. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z On December 22 the chairman of the California Horse Racing Commission gathered reporters together and issued the board’s decree: Red Pollard was banned from riding all horses, including stakes mounts, until January 1,1938. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Hoster Tully had been a restless man in his prime, always riding somewhere. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He spent his free time riding his motorcycle and teaching his niece how to conquer pain and other weaknesses of the flesh. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed firmly again at the pedal with his foot and continued riding along the road. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if he had noticed Milo riding by a few moments before. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They had fallen into step back in Alkonost, and taken to riding and eating meals together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But as Papa always said, riding with old Rudie was better than walking! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He gestured to a hawk riding the air above a wheat field to the side of the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Why do you want to give Uncle Greg a riding mower?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The Lord was riding on the wind tonight. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Do I remember riding somewhere on the T? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z All his life he had been afraid of lightning but he kept riding. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm riding the race I'm forced to ride," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Except sometimes we drive around again after, riding in Brick's car, usually, and cranking the music so loud the thumpa thumpa sets the car lurching on its tires. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It would be a great company; for the king was leaving only a small garrison in the Burg, and all who could be spared were riding to the weapontake at Edoras. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her hands became birds riding currents on the air. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had been riding on instinct, reflex, but now his heart caught in his throat: I am too late. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing that Howard might bar Pollard from riding, Smith had started letting Woolf gallop Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Is the man on the loose, riding in the caboose?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z McDonald, a widow and housekeeper for her son, said she was “often mistreated” on the bus and quit riding to support the boycott. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z In Polly’s she was riding her bike with the stupid basket in front of the library. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She had one hand up to her open mouth, and her eyes were as shocked as if the Seven Horsemen of the Apocalypse had come riding down into her kitchen. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His hard riding kept him ahead of the news. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t take long before Rhiannon is standing on the front of it, I’m standing on the back of it, and we are riding as fast as we can. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z By the time Aziz turned fourteen, she had stopped glancing across the orchard every time she passed by, hoping to see the khan riding up the road. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His head is completely shaved, and his jeans are riding so low, I bet they’d fall down if he didn’t stand that way—with his junk pushed out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Requiring that its human competitors straddle erratic animals moving in dense groups at extremely high speed, race riding in the 1930s, as today, was fraught with extreme danger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately our conversation became a road- trip to hell with me riding shotgun. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Five weeks earlier my grandmother had given me her old riding lawn mower and I’d started mowing lawns. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Coasting through the school door, weaving and winding across the pavement, riding the asphalt wave, avoiding the bus waiters and the pickup parents. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z There’s a whole Christmas scene with a train riding around a snowy track. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And she had seen him riding beside Lannister far too often, talking in low voices and laughing at some private joke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even when she wept riding, she liked the boy to saddle the horse and bring it to her in the yard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Grandfather and I were riding along with five fever orphans who were being sent to the orphan house. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With Lady Meng as a companion, they had easily found shelter for the evening, and they had been riding most of the day. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My experience with riding horses was most decidedly limited. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But in mid- November, during a visit to his home in Kazakhstan, a bus he was riding in crashed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I'll spare you the details, but let it be said that people who get nauseated easily have no business riding the Tilt-A-Whirl. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He had entered the country by way of Mexico, riding in a wagon drawn by a tobacco-chewing man who had turned out to be, in his spare time, the local judge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the first week, Tyrion's thighs were raw from hard riding, his legs were cramping badly, and he was chilled to the bone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In that darkness, the Others came riding, she used to say, dropping her voice lower and lower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The motivation for riding through such pain soon became all too clear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy Buck gave him riding instructions over and over. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The liquid burned down her throat, making her eyes open wide in momentary shock, and then they were riding again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Another horseman came riding swiftly to his comrade’s aid. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They went slowly, riding now upon the highway. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, that was Tom Riddle senior, the handsome Muggle who used to go riding past the Gaunt cottage and for whom Merope Gaunt cherished a secret, burning passion.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z All she knew really was riding, and how was that to interest a man when that man had been looked at by the Countess? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It is early April 2000, and they have made it nearly a third of the way up the length of Mexico, a handful of migrants riding on boxcars, tank cars, and hoppers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Toot Withers took his place, riding a high-stepping white stallion, and waving a sword in one hand and a big Confederate flag in the other. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the beginning, their activities were said to be harmless midnight pranks—for instance, riding horses through the countryside while draped in white sheets and pillowcase hoods. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But I was always too busy riding bikes and climbing trees to think about it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then I was the one on horseback, riding him hard and fast until I’d gotten somewhere far away from my aching heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there a light flickered under a snow-thick roof, and Lyra thought she saw pale faces behind some of the windowpanes, and imagined their astonishment to see a child riding a great white bear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In the center of one knot of elegant guests a cowboy with a little riding crop flicked the crop at one of his fans, producing a response of exaggerated screaming and pleased giggling. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An eerie, hair-raising creaking of riding boots, a crop striking leather, a peremptory footstep that makes me shake myself awake and turn on lights all over the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He galloped around the table like he was riding an invisible bronco, waving his plastic debit card over his head and making whooping sounds. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed like Kaisa, in riding clothes, but in the low light, Ash could not see her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. I’ve even started writing again. And riding in a car.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Growing corn is just riding tractors and spraying,” Naylor told me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The reason we were able to go so fast is that we started out riding on a rocket—a huge rocket taller than a football field standing on end. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked in the darkness, “Do you remember riding a shoulder?” but no answer came. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I narrow my eyes, focusing only on her and Jay, who's riding on her shoulder as unruffled by the commotion as she is, and we finally make it to the other side. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The riding surface was all knobbly for traction, but it was amazing how easy it was to slip off. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “They might not understand me riding up with a . She scrambled to the ground. He grinned. “I hope to see thee before too much time is up,” he said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The image of her riding that bicycle typified her whole existence to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When Pollard hung up his tack in the Santa Anita jockeys’ room, he found the riding colony in an uproar. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Until he got on Sandy, he had no idea that riding could be so tame a sport. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That hurt, for Frank’s friendship with McMillan dated back to the mid-1950s, when they shared many companionable holidays camping and riding with Robert at his ranch in the New Mexico desert. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I overheard references to daunting GPAs, too, and to horseback riding championships and symphony orchestras. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw herself on her thirteenth birthday, riding across the fields on her borrowed horse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Heroes and warriors came in suits of armor, riding brave horses and bearing swords and arrows. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It’s also why I took the bus here by myself instead of riding with her like we always do on Wednesdays. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The kid obviously had not seen Kyril Montana: he stopped, silhouetted against the sky, and waved downhill at the horseman riding up and at the other man farther below. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d always done things as a threesome, riding our bikes around the neighborhood, going to the park for ice cream, playing board games at my house, and watching movies at Audrey’s. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z They saw that the little band contained children as well, some riding in the carts, some walking beside them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still riding the adrenaline wave—might as well see where it led me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He would listen to opera sometimes at night, closing his eyes, riding along with the magnificent voices as they dipped and soared. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "My thanks," Ned said as he ripped off his riding gloves and tucked them into his belt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He polished his riding boots so that you could see yourself reflected in them, brushed his suit, and went off to dinner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And then again riding, riding in the night. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the years since Terry, stops, interrogations, and searches of ordinary people driving down the street, walking home from the bus stop, or riding the train have become commonplace—at least for people of color. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He might merely be riding down to New York. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ear waved his ears at a woman in tight riding pants. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Taisin was pulled along with her, as if riding in the draft of her wings. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It seems his sister’s husband was out riding with some town woman, and he was chasing them.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Next I saw her after school, riding double with an unknown boy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bayard, who was married to Elizabeth’s sister Tryphena, had been very close to his sister-in-law; they had enjoyed spending time together, reading novels, riding horses, and discussing philosophy and law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z All the way there we seemed to be riding side-by-side with black storm clouds. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He also began to employ him and Goblin to do express riding for the Boston Committee of Correspondence. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Doreah unhooked his medallion, belt and stripped off his vest and leggings, while Jhiqui knelt by his feet to undo the laces of his riding sandals. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He thought that perhaps his bike riding would help keep the weight off, but he just kept growing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I streamed the sea anchors— what was left of them—full open to keep us perpendicular to the waves, and I tripped them as soon as we began riding a crest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel the ship rise and fall, riding a slow, powerful swell. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Ma’am, I was just walking by and she was riding the pony and she f—” The woman stood and got in Dill’s face, radiating wild fury. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In fact, about an hour after we moved in on the first day, we were back on the bus, riding to the gymnastics training hall for our first workout in Rio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But I decide not to complain, because anything is better than riding the bus. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Still, riding the bus continued to anger and humiliate blacks throughout Montgomery, and impatience was mounting. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Instead, I wandered throughout the city with the Handsome One riding proudly on my shoulder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The horses were coming back, through the gate, wet and sweating, the jockeys quieting them and riding up to dismount under the trees. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “A lot of hopes are riding on you. So just. . . kill some monsters for me, okay?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A moment later he was riding back to them, smiling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She’ll be riding the float with some of the other cheerleaders, wearing short denim skirts and flannel shirts knotted up to show their midriffs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “I’m ignoring your sarcasm. I think it would be neat if we had that here. You’d be walking or riding along, and there would be this stone marker with a brass plate: ‘Enchanted Site. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z But now I was riding a wave of excitement and fear. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Arya would have preferred a real horse, but the donkey was better than riding on a wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yet Arthur and others generally guessed him by his riding. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z By then, our dresses were a mess from riding around on our laps all day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I could spend the whole day horseback riding, sleep anywhere, and eat anything I felt like without having to worry about my bladder, my liver, or any of the other organs people talk about incessantly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were several other ships riding at anchor outside the harbor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one day Uncle Henry came riding out of the Big Woods. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z So important was this day that an old man came to see, riding on the stalwart shoulders of his nephew. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In Odessa, it had been a matter of riding the boom to the hilt and just trying to keep up with it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It's a habit by now, Freak riding up high on my shoulders and using his little feet to steer me if I forget where we're going. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Dany’s riding clothes were stained and sooty as she stepped back from the pyres. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Invariably, those who knew him summed him up with the phrase used by former jockey Mike Griffin, who never forgot a brief riding audition he made for Irwin: “the biggest man I’ve ever seen.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was riding up our street when this cute colored girl came out to the road and stopped me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Parslow the butler was kept busy clonking the mud off shoes as the children ran into the house from playing in the Sandwalk, riding ponies from the stable, having games of croquet and ball. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There were so many of us, we’d travel south in two cars, some of us riding with Daddy and Mommy in Daddy’s car, some with Walter and Henry in a second car. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I’m going out. Dante and I, we’re going to go riding around.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “You must forget about me from now on, and if you see the Fairy Hunt riding, never approach them,” she warned him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I drove Augustus’s car home with Augustus riding shotgun. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He was glad that he was riding in the morning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z So maybe, Mai thought, the risk part involved riding the city bus. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They've been riding through the countryside stirring up no end of trouble. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Patience, son. You don’t have to lie down anymore, but you’d better stay in the back. People don’t like to see colored kids riding up front with white folks.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Leaving, riding through the streets, I was hailed by the intergalactic streetwalkers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Right down in Salem Harbor, riding to anchor.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I took out the picture of her riding the sad, saggy pony. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z When we got back to our boardinghouse, I felt as dirty as if I’d been riding behind the cap’n for a month. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He comes back before crossing the Rio Grande and tells Enrique about riding on trains, leaping off rolling freight cars, and dodging la migra, Mexican immigration agents. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z By his second day in our troupe I was making a habit of riding in his wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And Saleem was riding by stony-faced, keeping his eyes straight ahead as he steered his father’s rickshaw up and down the lane. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I figured that way I didn’t look like some hobo that was riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In newly industrialized England, riding the trains was an adventure and an unpredictable thing, so he reported on his trip. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only then that I began to shake all over, but looking out and seeing our little boat riding well and safely was nice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, about a half an hour later, the officers mounted their horses and began riding through the troops shouting orders. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could have seen Ma riding on the back of an enchanted dinosaur! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The old man himself walking around his grounds, beating the side of his shiny boots with a riding crop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mackenzie was in the back, and I was riding shotgun. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As little kids we used to love riding around in it, but now it makes us cringe. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The champagne fountain, in the shape of a merman riding a dolphin, had not been used for years. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Bug boys were often remarkably small; Wad Studley was so tiny when he started riding—eighty-two pounds—that he had trouble lifting his own saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucretia encouraged her children to keep up their summer activities—seeing friends, going to the park, riding horses, and taking swimming lessons. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The gulls rode its back as if for a joke, calling now and again to each other, but mostly just riding the waves up and down, then up and down again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She was barefoot, with oiled hair, wearing Dothraki riding leathers and a painted vest given her as a bride gift. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I got to ride with the band while Mr. Jimmy and Herman E. Calloway and the instruments were riding in the Packard. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z They had crossed a grassy clearing and were riding into the trees again when their horses stopped suddenly and spun around in panic. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I imagined myself riding a tan horse into the summer sunset, swatting any mosquito that tried to sting my awesomeness. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z El sits at the foot of our lawn chair while a girl I’ve never met sits at the other end with a boy behind her, like they’re riding a motorcycle and she’s the one driving. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I argued, “I suppose you’d get on that roller coaster even if the car in front of you skipped the tracks and splattered everyone riding in it all over the pavement.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The sun was bright that day with only breeze enough to ruffle the horses’ manes, flaunt scarlet riding capes, float the flag of England. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace’s helpfulness secured her position: on Christmas Day that year—1922—Leon dressed in top hat and riding breeches, walked through the snow to the bungalow with a green envelope from his father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Bree told it, and Shasta thought that he put in a great deal more than he needed about the falls and the bad riding. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Emma was good at everything she took up—languages, archery, skating, needlework, horseback riding—but her great talent was music. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You broke my motorcycle, my only way of getting out of this place. I’m too little to wade through slush, and anyway walking isn’t as much fun as riding my motorcycle, especially through puddles.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Trub’s hands rest lightly on my shoulders, and I keep my knees loose so that I bounce like when I’m riding the bus in Brooklyn. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z No longer riding a wave of adrenaline, my head once again feels larger than my body, and I stagger through the corridors until I reach the end of the staterooms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Boy, didn’t you just hear what I said about riding the rails at this station?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He fastened it to a stick and attached the stick to his belt so he could play the harmonica like riding a bicycle no-hands. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We all take turns riding Justin’s bike around the block with the ice cream maker rolling on the front wheel. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He put into Vetch’s hands the little otak, which as usual had been riding on his shoulder. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of them, high in the sky, circling on the hot air currents, were the night-gaunts, dozens of them, riding the thermals. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z "The letter had other tidings. The king is riding to Winterfell to seek you out." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Haste now is needed,’ he said, and he sent one riding back swiftly to the City to bring aid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A strange noise riding on top of the wild wind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "Jib" was short for "jack-in-the-box," the name given to pop-up dummies developed by the CIA to make it seem as if a passenger were riding in a car. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In India it took riding atop great big elephants and shooting with powerful rifles to kill tigers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it’s sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That’s what’s important.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I was riding with one of the mercenaries, absently peeling the bark from a willow switch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When I was fourteen, my mother took up two new hobbies: riding a bicycle and playing piano. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Light flickered around her, and her eyes were so distractingly beautiful I hardly noticed the stallion-sized sea horse she was riding. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "You riding back here in the Jim Crow just like me. Besides, you're a nut." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I’ll tell you right now the yard- master don’t cotton to riding the rails. A fellow got killed last week and we shut down for the morning. You picked the wrong station, boy.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "The lad swears Lord Jon was as strong as a man half his age. Often went riding with Lord Stannis, he says." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Two Deckers riding an elevator on their End Day is either a death wish or the start to a bad joke.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So when I turned twelve she came to the house with an old riding mower in the back of her Toyota pickup. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Usually I like riding on trains, especially at night, with the lights on and the windows so black, and one of those guys coming up the aisle selling coffee and sandwiches and magazines. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I’m busy with my ravenous 'Taniel, who nurses night and day, riding in his sling on one side or the other so he won’t have to pause while I boil his diapers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even worse, Werfel had collected some of the airy art of elfinkind, captured generations ago in some raid—paintings of heroes riding griffins and kings playing chess. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z What seemed important to us about the rain was that the next morning after it fell, Papa came riding home through the mud. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z After riding half the night on the deserted road south from Surrattsville, Booth and David Herold neared their destination—an isolated farmhouse a few miles north of a village called Bryantown. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her knees bent under the force of braking, her grippy shoes squealing as they slipped across the riding surface, her body turning almost parallel to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Young Smokies had all kinds of competitions, carrying weights or riding double, but no one was ever that stupid. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There she could go to a party dressed for the party and come home in the same dress, instead of rolling her clothes in a saddlebag and riding ten miles, then unrolling and pressing them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She spots the guy on a riding lawn mower one field over. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The whir and roar beneath us was the only sound in my ears — riding the bike was the only time I couldn’t hear the constant insects and birds of Congo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In her confusion, she packed riding crops and her wedding veil, a watercolor landscape, and a paper sack of birdseed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth smelled of thaw, and the smell, which is both hopeful and sad, seeped into the room, riding the wetness of the air. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z With everything that’s riding on this tryout, just the thought makes me nervous. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Now there I was, riding all the way in a government Land Rover with two bodyguards. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z People on farm horses and mules; babies riding astride of brothers’ and sisters’ backs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z As the riding became less an ordeal, Dany began to notice the beauties of the land around her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The problem was riding through a picket line in the dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And when he went scrounging in the dustbins of Brazzaville, Rickie went along—riding on his back! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z An officer was riding toward him; there was a violent blow. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They both insisted on riding in the front of the pickup with their parents, which was some kind of a squeeze with Brenda’s shape to consider. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Sir La vine was actually riding into the lists when the great man came at full gallop, on a white horse which belonged to Meliagrance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If there wasn’t so much riding on it, if hundreds of people didn’t already feel like running to the city council to get an emergency resolution passed legalizing lynching, it would have been laughable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Afrasiyab riding his horse, sword drawn, leading his army. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The neighbor would give me fare for the streetcar, but instead of riding, I walked the short distance. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z All in all, riding the “Wheel” is not a pleasant way to spend your days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That changed things right off and like plenty of folks then, I could see that I was going to be riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if we’d ever be riding in the backseat again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z About riding to the mill behind Gluglu; fishing back in the lake with their Uncle Jasper; picking pecans with Lidie’s little black brood, and hauling chips in their express wagon. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z And he realized that if he hadn’t had a tantrum about riding on the tailboard, he would have been on that bus, too. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That everything is riding on me making this happen. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Letting them push me into riding down some hill on this wooden, bumpy, hotrod roller. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The young man was riding mournfully through the fen country—which had not been drained in those days and was probably the wildest part of England. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Today he’s driving a truck full of drinking water, and riding shotgun is a guy with a shotgun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Robb came back to her on a different horse, riding a piebald gelding in the place of the grey stallion he had taken down into the valley. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My dad took me horseback riding and showed me the spot. I was young and we only had our horses. It was kind of scary.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Rather than riding in a motorcade, I was sometimes allowed to travel in an unmarked van and with a lighter security escort. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Someone was riding the horse, but not in the usual way. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z News of the impending move burned through the camp like a spark riding gasoline. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It occurred to Shadow that there was another wolf, a twin to the one that Wednesday was riding, keeping pace with them in the sand dunes, just a moment out of sight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Stuart doesn’t mind riding in a truck, do you, buddy?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One day when I was riding with him he said: “Richard, would you like to see this horse drink water out of the middle of the river?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time I knew that Jonathan was not far off; looking around I saw on the north side of the coming party two other men, riding at break-neck speed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I was riding so fast to try to get away because I was scared of being shot life ... Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z No offence to Frank, but after the fiasco at Fort Sumter Leo had become a conscientious objector to riding giant eagles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Owning a barbershop or a funeral home, working in the post office, or riding the rails as a Pullman porter— those were good black jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It took a bully nine straight months of riding me to cause my thermometer to boil. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The chutes made her nervous enough without riding in an antique. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He was riding in fine form, everything clicking, the broken bones mended, his timing right. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Over on the other bed is a new dress for you to put on. You got to dress fancy for riding on a train.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what they thought of Sumac, riding as always on my shoulder, but no one questioned his presence. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Almost everyone had seen Harrison riding the streets on his white Kentucky mare, in his black slouch hat, trailing a plume of cigar smoke. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She was still riding high on the tractor with Mr. Chris, and the car came along behind like a good little poodle on a chain. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She thought of Alice again, tossed in the bottle and riding through the storm on the ocean. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He thought of Lee as he had looked riding that hill, his hat off so that the retreating men could see him and recognize him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel saw herself riding Arion, charging through the melee and shouting—trying to stop the violence. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Outside the church after dinner, many migrants engage in a crude kind of street therapy: Who has endured the worst riding the trains? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It felt nice riding high up and close under the trees. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I felt them pounding their horses’ hooves into our land, and saw them riding past the fields and into the pines. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Instantly, Jones recognized the sound—cavalry sabers slapping the saddles of Union troops riding in their direction. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s it. Tectonic plates. It’s like when they go riding, when North America goes skidding into South America, you don’t want to be in the middle. You dig me?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She thought she ought to be afraid—terrified, even, for she might be riding to her death. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A week later, the two scholars were riding through the Bonecruel Mountains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As he said this a mottled-green, 1953 Chevy pickup with a three-legged German shepherd riding atop the cab rattled down the road, coasting to a stop behind the police car. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jackson said, “Little Charlie, I hope you won’t mind riding ’long and showing me the place in the woods where this tragedy befell your pa.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z We weren’t supposed to be riding it at all. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Maclnerny, the Mayor’s best horseman, is in the lead, the Mayor riding behind, looking as calm as if it was nothing more than a Sunday ride. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The feeling of riding the bike was too much fun. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z This thing we were riding wasn’t a monster or a wreck or a whale— “It’s a U-boat!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I told him what we’d learned in Olympus, and how the gods would not be riding to the rescue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The trail was so narrow that they were riding single file. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I was on my side, riding an invisible bicycle. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “So you need me riding on your back for a reconnaissance mission!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The horses felt the reins go slack and went crazy, riding straight for the crowd. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Around the end of February an old woman with an ashen look arrived in Macondo riding a donkey loaded down with brooms. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She told me stories about riding her bike miles in the snow just to dig up turnips and about the time that Anne convinced her to spend a night in the attic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I replaced my glasses and started off again, riding parallel to that high gray wall. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After he was famous and riding around with bodyguards in that white Thunderbird some admirer had given him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It all began at nine in the morning on my twelfth birthday when my grandmother gave me an old riding lawn mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Or this: discovering that your dead friend is actually alive and driving the truck you’re riding in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She reached out and touched Tally’s hair, tangled and knotted from two weeks of camping out and riding all day. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The roads were safe in daylight, but the Klan were out riding strong after dark set in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I spent the better part of Thursday riding shotgun in Art’s panel truck. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “What are you—” Then I saw who was riding on his back, and I knew my day was about to get a lot more complicated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a woman riding on the horse’s bare back, wearing a long grey dress that hung and gleamed beneath the December moon like cobwebs in the dew. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Johnny Longden once won a major race while riding with broken bones in his back and foot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So they pretended they were tired of riding, and let the old horse loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t mind the gentle riding Sergeant Dane handed out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They ate on TV trays, the television now turned to bull riding. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As he removes his riding gloves, he makes a show of saying hello to the cast and crew, most of whom he knows well. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “You are beautiful,” she blurted as she watched him don his riding boots and lace them up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The smell, the closeness, the riding backwards and the tension gave Francie an unfamiliar feeling of sickness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Why were there no pictures of his father in this part of the world or that, riding with frost-bearded men on Arctic sledges or examining creeper-covered ruins in the jungle? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, how you didn’t want to bike to the school. And how you wanted to get something to eat afterward. It was obvious you didn’t want to be riding around,” she said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Months later he reappeared in the jockeys’ room and went back to riding the hide off of every jockey in town. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was riding a spectral at the head of a long, undulating line of camels. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Women, young and ferocious, dressed in scraps of black silk and riding pine branches through the sky—there was nothing like that in his world, but he faced them with calm wariness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When Little Sister had started drinking wine and riding in cars with white men and Mexicans, the people could not define their feeling about her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Is that all you get for riding around in all kinds of weather? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I remember riding on the front of his motorcycle barreling down the dirt road to Ardestan. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Nothing so far had alarmed me as much as the sight of a black dog, boils riding its back like a second spine, a rat as big as Mouse clenched in its teeth. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Major Major often paid strict attention to the horseshoes falling softly against the earth or riding down around the small steel pegs in the ground. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A moment later one of Hood’s boys found him, riding slowly forward, watching McLaws moving into position. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I studied the closely cropped head and the boyish slenderness of his neck, I decided he was just not used to riding around with ladies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the safety to be gained here is from preventing the kids from riding shotgun, not from strapping them into a $200 car seat. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Or had he forgotten the peculiar girl he used to go riding with—the girl who shared one kiss and a birthday cupcake with him before disappearing forever? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When Grandpa was a younger man, he had spent a hot summer on the mountain, riding the white mare he used for cowboy work. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She shows us her riding helmet and fancy riding jacket, too. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “I rode a lot when I was out in Texas. I haven’t seen any ladies riding in Cold Sassy except Mrs. Sheffield.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I took to wearing the strap across my chest, the drum riding my hips like a desperado's revolver. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z So ran that craft and showed her heels to the swell, her bow wave riding after, and her wake on the purple night-sea foaming. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the seeking of a piggy, there are many great lords in the forest, riding with frightening shouts. They would not be cruel to starving Gurgi—oh, no—they would feed him...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Between her kitchen windows, a skiff riding the current through the Narrows. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z So Johnny was surprised one afternoon, riding back from Plymouth where he had delivered a letter for Major Pitcairn, to find her sitting in the shop with Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was reassuring just to look at him, riding slowly forward into the sunlight on the black Irish stallion: Dutch Longstreet, old Pete. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And as a point of fact, on this day, I had heavy cowboy riding boots on, which adequately covered any area a snake would hit. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After his strenuous night of riding through puddles, fending off his relatives, trying to repair his motorcycle, and rebuilding his nest, Ralph napped soundly. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z A bluesman without an ax was just a man riding the train. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They were riding down a street lined with sharply spined palmetto trees. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z What I was doing up there had almost nothing in common with bungee jumping or skydiving or riding a motorcycle at 120 miles per hour. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They transferred the supplies to the wagon horse that Pol had been riding, and Pol rode Tali’s horse instead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “To authorize your whipping. You,” he said to me, “go call one of the grooms. Tell him to bring a riding crop and meet us in the garden.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We passed an afternoon at the Iowa State Fair, riding bumper cars and shooting water soakers to win stuffed animals, as photographers jostled for position, shoving their lenses in our faces. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Abbey and I were riding home slowly along the Old Highway, talking about the Coral Queen, when somebody rushed up on us from behind. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I was actually riding out to see you. With a business proposition.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I noticed she carried a musical bow tucked under her arm like a riding whip. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Near Monroe, Georgia, about an hour east of Atlanta, Luma was cruising in the right-hand lane when she looked out the driver’s-side window and saw a Georgia state police car riding alongside her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He was just riding us too hard for not rolling our r's, and one day I just lost it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She wished it were she riding a gryphon and sorting through jeweler’s trays for just the right moon. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I have another favorite thing to do besides riding the El: going to the Art Institute of Chicago. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “That explains why you threatened him with your riding crop,” Wilem said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Holding a cigarette at his hip like a riding crop, he walked with clipped steps into the store. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was supersized Jupiter - no, this was Zeus, his original form - riding into battle in a golden chariot, a lightning bolt the size of a telephone pole crackling in one hand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I think about riding further and further, walking up to their house door, and knocking, but I don’t. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I could see myself, a brawny stallion between my knees, riding into battle. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z But here and there he caught the gleam of spears and helmets; and over the levels beside the roads horsemen could be seen riding in many companies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then migrants were sent out into their newly adopted city, walking or riding the streetcar toward the address that was, as of this moment, home. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And each was both old enough and young enough to actually believe she was a princess riding in a regal chariot driven by a powerful coachman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As the compass pointed across the water, the dragon swam the inlet with Minli riding his back. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Whoever it was meant for, I was the one who folded it in half and stuck it in my pocket, so I could feel Faith and the frogs’ true story riding close to my skin. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mother Bear strolled along as if it were perfectly normal for a robot to be riding on her back. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They both liked to go horseback riding in the middle of the morning, with a picnic basket and an array of canvas and leather bags containing Jean’s belongings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Him and the other fellow I could see riding east, but they’d need an army of fence spotters to patrol even one ranch. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Moment ago there had been men moving all along the crest, men sitting and wandering and riding horses, artillery moving here and there, a wagon, a caisson. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They have their own colors, their own hideouts, and they are always riding for each other, like gangs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The girl next door and I can do all my favorite summer things together: swimming at the pond, watching TV, and riding bikes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d stare out the window at the world blurring past, and every so often I’d catch a glimpse of his tail, riding the wind like the end of a kite. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He and Brother Luke shared Bayard, the horse, taking turn about, one riding, the other walking beside Robin. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z All were in good spirits save Doli, who hated riding horseback and gruffly declared he could go faster afoot. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Next morning he set out across the island, the otak riding on his shoulder as it had used to. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z When he finished, more triumphant stories rain- bowed around the room riding the shoulders of laughter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mateo gives the guy the helmet and he doesn’t put it on before riding back to his friends. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There are mountain trolls riding Graphorns through Hungary, there are giants with winged tattoos on their backs walking through the Greek Seas, and the werewolves have gone entirely underground — HARRY: Great, let’s get out there. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Conversation trailed off, and the room became silent except for the monotonous thwacking of J.B. riding his rocking horse in the corner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “It would be a shame to die without riding the Cyclone,” he told me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Jhogo was gone so long that Dany feared him lost, but finally when they had all but ceased to look for him, he came riding up from the southeast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We rode them, bareback with just a halter, to the riding stable. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In the picture, a ruddyfaced farmer stood at the edge of a broad field, and riding across it was a ghostly host of hunters outlined in silver paint, their horses’ eyes glinting gold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, if I was going to be a doctor, my future was riding on it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Wickersham, I thought, probably derived a sense of purpose from obsessively riding herd on us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes migrants riding on the trains climb from car to car, trying to move forward or backward. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We’d be riding donkeys from the train station to our house on the beach when, halfway up a hill, the ocean would suddenly come into view. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was riding on the sharp point of the arrowhead itself; she was flying through the predawn stillness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We’d had fun the whole day, riding the rides, laughing, and talking. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Amelia and I had a fine time riding the T,” he says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z "I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind. . . Are you listening to me?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Everyone wanted to see the mother robot riding the mother bear. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In spots along the route where the train slows and migrants sprint from the shadows to board, reaching for the ladders, migrants riding atop the cars shout out if the train is going too fast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her hair falling lush and straight, riding just above her shoulders. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran would be riding in his basket on Hodor's back, no doubt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I had to work extra hard because Pita was riding behind me, her arms wrapped tightly around my shoulders and waist, like a heavy backpack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The idea of that guy riding out of the Doors of Death made Percy’s sides hurt all over again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In his relations with her he felt that he was riding a seesaw; never were they on a common level; either he or she was up in the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But finally, after I was riding a while, the cab driver and I sort of struck up a conversation. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The wont part about being teased was riding the school bus on those mornings when Byron and Buphead decided they were going to skip school. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The riding knight who had captured him was a man of enormous stature, and Lancelot recognized him by his blazon as Sir Carados. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth and Herold spurred their horses, riding southeast to their first safe house a few miles away. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, after hours of riding, far away on his right there came a single long streak of paler grey, low down on the horizon. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Mabel, riding on the handrail, whizzed by and blocked her progress on the first landing. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The church—riding dirge-paced behind the hearse with Lucile and Baby—the group of people standing with bowed heads in the September sunshine. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In the airport Gogol stands in the check-in line with his father, who is dressed in a jacket and tie, clothes he still thinks to wear when riding on planes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At best, only one or two stewards monitored riding tactics. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The playground is packed with kids riding bikes, playing hopscotch, and shouting at each other over the rules of different games. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were plenty of people riding bikes and others walking, enjoying the hot June day. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z After all those years of riding the rails, 1 guess it was my time to lay down track for other folks to use. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And I would have talked with him some more, but just then an officer came riding, and shouted, “Get along you bloody Yankee scum. Back to your mothers.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With his long dark hair and hooded white chaulnot, riding a spectral with panache and speaking Unseen as though his smoky voice were made for it, Lazlo could almost pass for one of the Tizerkane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Jean and I, riding back up to Harlem in a cab, decided to have another drink. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd been riding the Chicago el with my sister Amy, who was getting off three or four stops ahead of me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Matty lifted the puppy from where it had been riding, curled up inside his jacket. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I hoped Annabeth would be riding into Manhattan with me, but she only came to see me off. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Two familiar figures were riding up the pathway. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z For two days he’d been riding his bicycle throughout the district looking for the boys. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Why did you stop riding the buses on December fifth?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He also may have been the greatest riding talent racing ever saw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "But why are you riding back and forth?" asked Megan impatiently. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But he was riding the momentum of his outrage on Thyon’s behalf, and the flush of solidarity from one beaten boy for another, and above all, the thrill of discovery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Every Saturday during term time, and at least twice a week over the holidays, I went to a riding school in the country. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Jody did not ask where his father and Billy Buck were riding that day, but he wished he might go along. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The way the posse was lined up had the sheriff and one the ’nother men up front and me and Petey riding abreast in the middle whilst the other two men trailed behind. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Listening to it, I could see my mother sitting on a Trailways bus, riding out of Sylvan, while my four-year-old self napped on the bed, not yet knowing what I would wake to. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a group of younger campers came into the stables to start their riding lessons, and I decided it was time to leave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Have you ever seen them riding tenspeeds, or shooting hoops, or playing tennis?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They took turns riding Harry’s Nimbus Two Thousand, which was easily the best broom; Ron’s old Shooting Star was often outstripped by passing butterflies. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The friends are both wearing riding boots encrusted up to the calf with desert sand from a recent outing on horseback. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She slid carefully toward the front of the paired boards, the toes of one grippy shoe sticking out past the riding surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z O’Dell got up and did a little jig and then fell back on the couch and put his feet up in the air and made like he was riding a bicycle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ten thousand slaves lifted bloodstained hands as die raced by on her silver, riding like die wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And of course short hair was much easier for riding and sailing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The astronauts, former test pilots and combat veterans accustomed to riding with the shadow of death on every flight, put themselves in NASA’s hands. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I heard she used to put on shows where she’d shoot dimes out of a guy’s fingers and cigarettes from his mouth, all the while riding a horse. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When she was riding, sometimes she would suddenly glimpse dark brown skin, mottled like lichen. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And here it was late November, a year later, and we were riding over the pass in a rented Jeep to visit our husbands in prison. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The ride home wasn’t exactly the way Will had imagined it would be when he realized he had invited Claire to come bike riding with them. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I’ve been riding in the back of the car for two days, sleeping in a tent; I’m conscious of my grubbiness, my unbrushed hair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He had planned on riding a bicycle, just to be funny, and even went so far as to order one from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The Taliban were in hot pursuit, and he had a lot of money riding on getting his human cargo across the border. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He was a squirrel riding in a car on a summer day with someone he loved. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z It was just that Ruza had an eager nature—eager to tease, more than anything else—and had taken it upon himself to teach Lazlo basic skills, such as riding, spear-throwing, cursing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I promised her she could use Lynn’s bicycle and we would go riding. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the whole city was on vacation, with people riding around on their bikes and walking along the lakes and feeding the ducks and eating and canoeing and windsurfing. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Living off his slaves, she thought, and little Minty doesn’t know how to cook or sew, and the slave trader is in Cambridge—and maybe tomorrow he’ll be riding out here. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We seemed to be driving aimlessly, riding up and down over the undulating land, like a ship adrift in the waves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He imagined what his grandmother would say: Frank Zhang riding to the rescue? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I feel like riding my bike,” he blurted out. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z She tried on hats with plumes, straw hats, knit caps, even a cowboy hat from Miss Lilian’s riding days. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The paints floated on top, riding the current like a boat, but the papers swirled about, soaking in the muddy water, being sucked down, around, and down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Even the cops riding horseback added to the sense of normalcy, the clop-clop-clop of the horses’ hooves making a soothing noise. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I remembered riding a donkey along the sands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On Thursday, April 20, Thomas Jones witnessed the cavalry riding out of town on the news that the assassins had been spotted in another county. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her pegasus’s eyes were wild, his mouth slathering from hard riding; but Reyna peered steadfastly forward into the storm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Most of the soldiers that were riding in the trucks looked like they were in their twenties, but a few seemed to be my age. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z "There was a tree with my brother's face. The wild- lings . . . there were thousands, more than I ever knew existed. And giants riding mammoths." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She smelled like roses and something else I recognized from riding lessons at camp—the scent of freshly washed horses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Those self-important women gained local immortality for the blandest, the most timid of eccentricities—walking a cat on a dog’s lead, riding about on a man’s bike, being seen with a sandwich in the street. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z By late afternoon, they were riding through a forest of trees with trunks wider than the length of the wagon they had left behind in Jilin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “But the group stopped riding the buses for certain named things ... that is correct, isn’t it? ... for certain things that Reverend King said were the things they objected to.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Cutting out the lining and crown to lower their riding weight, most jockeys rendered the skullcap useless. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of hopping in and riding in the parade to the gravesite, I decided to just walk home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That was the Ku Klux Klan riding through. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "I name you ko, and ask your oath, that you should live and die as blood of my blood, riding at my side to keep me safe from harm." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But everything about riding a bus was humiliating for black passengers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I thought how fine it would be if I was riding my own horse instead of an old mule. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before lunch, I hear Shay complaining that if she’d been elected, she’d have started a horseback riding club at school. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z And then Joseph Ryan, riding the subway from a lunch meeting, had spotted an eerily familiar face at the other end of the car, and it had felt like fate. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But—well, I just got here, so you’ve been riding the gravy train longer.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Two warriors are far, but Gurgi sees them—yes, yes, they are riding full of wickedness and fierceness. But there is time for a small crunching,” Gurgi pleaded. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Means riding horses, though. I know you don’t like to do that.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Today would have been a great riding day. Don’t you think?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When she noticed Sir Lancelot riding toward her, she tried to fly away again in fury. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In a meeting a few hours after the Horse and Horseman award presentation, the Iceman offered Smith and Howard a glimpse into the mind of a riding genius. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Today races are filmed from multiple angles to ensure safe riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In that dark hall, with all those eyes on him, he’d felt like the world was riding on his shoulders—and he was fairly sure he’d had that experience before. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z So I concentrated on that, too: learning what I could about the things right in front of me, like lobstering and shepherding and the constellations riding the night sky. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It’s impossible not to feel a rush as the noise fills your ears, throbs and swells, pulls you into motion, so you’re not flexing your own muscles as much as riding the roar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When they had been riding for some time, they came to a ford like the one at which he had fought the first fight with King Arthur. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In .the dim-lit gallery outside the Great Hall, they came upon Joseth the master of horse engaged in a different sort of riding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dany pictured him riding toward her through the tall grass, smiling, his golden tooth gleaming with the last light of die setting sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Shae, who was riding in the lead, called them to a halt. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘I am weary, and our hunt has failed. Or at least others were before us; for these horsemen are riding back down the orc-trail. We may get news from them.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Soon she was running five miles a day and riding a stationary bike for another 20 miles. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z They’d been riding a tiger; it was hard to get off. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z So, with the sun riding high now in the sky, they started off again, noisy in the August stillness, eating bread and cheese. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My daddy remembered riding his horse out there to see the wreck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z George Ferris, riding his wheel that day, looked down and gasped, “There must be a million people down there.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I wondered, riding in the passenger seat of my mom’s car one afternoon, whether there would ever be a break in the silence that now seemed to occupy all of my family’s time together. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Johnny, riding Sandy and leading Nan, came down Frog Lane, skirting the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby galloped past, still riding her fetterling and whooping and hollering. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The man riding with my father was the old pirate. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With the dogs falling, Mercedes weeping and riding, Hal swearing innocuously, and Charles’s eyes wistfully watering, they staggered into John Thornton’s camp at the mouth of White River. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, it’s just like riding a bike. Right pedal is gas to go, left is brake, steer with wheel. That’s all you need to know.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “But I kinda think the redhead was riding along with you, George.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two girls passed on a bike, one riding sidesaddle over the back wheel. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But there were plenty of things my siblings could do that I couldn’t, like riding a bike. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z ‘Then Denethor has heard no news of our riding and will despair of our coming.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The incision had opened, either when I was riding the bike or when I was getting it back upstairs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “All the riding’s got him hurting,” John said. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Momma was sitting right in the middle of the horse’s back, riding him sidesaddle, except there wasn’t any saddle so I guess you have to say she was riding him side-sag. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Theon had been out hunting that day, riding with Lord Eddard and King Robert, with no hint of the dire news that awaited them back at the castle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had been riding since dawn, everyone was tired and cold, surely they should refresh themselves first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Neves, still fixated on riding the rest of the card, bolted from his gurney and made a run for it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My head was whirling as though I were riding a supersonic merry-go-round. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is that the outside or the in, O She Elephant? Are you riding on the hyena or in its gut?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon, I began work by cutting the lawn, which took me about four hours with their riding lawn mower. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Neves promptly stood up and announced that he had to get back to riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two black youths were electrocuted while riding on top of the train when it reached Croesus Station. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The classic honeymoon stage where everyone feels like they’re riding a unicorn on floating rainbows while drinking Skittle smoothies. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They saw the sign Yard Sale—All Must Go! and stopped their jogging, bike riding, and dog walking. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Billy and five other American prisoners were riding in a coffin-shaped green wagon, which they had found abandoned, complete with two horses, in a suburb of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The unidentified perpetrators planned to injure him, drug him, or hold him hostage on the day of the race, preventing him from riding and leaving Howard and Smith little time to find a qualified jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Too many of them are of the rough sort that used to run in the old slave patrols, riding down escapees for a few coins. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The birds are chittering and stuff, and I’m riding no hands with the wind on my face. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Crossing the Seine I saw a string of barges being towed empty down the current, riding high, the bargemen at the sweeps as they came toward the bridge. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Some ancient depictions of horselike animals used for riding or for pulling carts may refer to onagers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if he’s riding home from the library. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Did they see me riding past them just a few minutes ago? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He'd stop by in his cab when he could, with two five-gallon water containers riding in the back instead of passengers. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As she went toward the house, she saw the master, Doc Thompson, riding up the drive on his horse. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Sansa was allowed ter go riding too, but only in the bailey, and it got boring going round in a circle all day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The twisting streets were full of demigods and nature spirits and minor godlings bustling about, riding chariots or sedan chairs carried by Cyclopes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z If his father were here, riding shotgun around the lake, the old man might have glanced over for a second, understanding perfectly well that it was not a question of offensive language but of fact. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks as cool and unruffled as ever, no sweat marking his clothes, even wearing riding gloves, even clean boots. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Yesterday I might have said I’ve had enough of buses for a while, but it’s a brand-new day, and riding the city bus seems more exciting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And then one afternoon in January Thomas Sutpen came home; someone looked up from where we were preparing the garden for another year’s food and saw him riding up the drive. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus clung to a single beam, like a jockey riding, meanwhile stripping Kalypso’s cloak away; then he slung round his chest the veil of Ino and plunged headfirst into the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a lot riding on the council’s decision. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Last night I dreamed my brother was alive again. We were jousting before some great lord, riding Crunch and Pretty Pig, and men were throwing roses at us. We were so happy...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But then we’d end up yapping about me riding down that big old hill on Hirohito’s go-kart. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Her dark hair was cropped short and straight around her head, and she wore riding leathers and a light shirt of silvered ringmail. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Reverend Ralph Abernathy took the pulpit and read a resolution asking that all citizens refrain from riding buses operated by Montgomery City Lines, Inc. “All in favor of the motion, stand,” Abernathy said. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z We were riding along, the thing lesson being done, and here he comes again with a cone of roasted cashews he bought for us at the last stop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d sit up half the night expecting the Klan to come riding past the store in those tin lizzie Model A cars and what would I do if they did? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The grass was meant to feed the camels that the three wise men would be riding. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I liked riding in the bus to the game because it felt good when you showed up and got off the bus and everybody from the other school was looking at you. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he exercised Colonel Smith’s two horses, riding Sandy and leading Nan. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t want Josiah to know that the old horse had won, because Josiah always said that if they couldn’t make the horse behave, then they had no business riding it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The free companies, well mounted, could reach Yunkai in six days of hard riding, or eight at a more leisurely pace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Imagine riding a giant steel brush over a bed of gravel all day. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We both fell in love with riding the bus. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z If they did, there was no danger because they were riding ahead of the news of the assassination. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got somewhere after riding the rails, I could take them off and have some clean clothes to wear. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the shirt was stretched across my chest, and the shorts kept riding up my butt, I felt very Iranian when I emerged from the stall in my borrowed kit and cleats. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z His expression brightened when he saw me riding down the hill. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was already riding the elevator down to my hangar and shouting at Max to prep the Vonnegut for takeoff. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I decided not to remind him that riding a moped might be considered a daredevil stunt by some. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Drinks were passed and a gay conversation ensued having to do with hunting, riding, and cattle-breeding, with many bursts of laughter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, he’s not. He’s faking it,” said Nunu, riding on their father’s shoulders. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It was Sunday morning, and Jess and the Rowan twins were riding in the back of a red Ford pickup truck. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Figuring it would be a good way to do some riding, we stopped by a ranch to see if they could use some help for a couple of days. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to restrict his riding to top horses assigned high imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially when my friends are out riding bikes and seeing movies and doing cool stuff, you know? Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Kids of all ages still ran around playing in yards and riding bikes on the street. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But I did not see why he should come riding over my land so bold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He lived along that coast now every night and in his dreams he heard the surf roar and saw the native boats come riding through it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When he laughed he brayed like the donkeys they were riding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I would have white mice riding on white rats, and the rats would gallop furiously round and round the stage. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z A bald eagle riding up the mountain on a rising thermal saw Blue Bill move and circled to strike. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “When you say hard riding, how hard do you mean?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had on one of those green felt Alpine hats with the feather and a pair of tall black riding boots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Somehow he forgot he was talking to a twelve-year-old kid with an old riding mower who knew nothing about the stock market. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Spent the afternoon riding bikes with my buddy Jamal,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The prince arrived to join them four days later, riding at the head of a column of a hundred horse, with three elephants lumbering in his rear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “This used to be considered the country, can you believe it? They’d have stables and carriage houses and go riding on the weekends.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Big Richard was riding shotgun, chomping on his cigarette, and staring out the window to keep from laughing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I nod, and Ma says, “It’s sort of like riding the Cyclone—bumpy, but fast.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “The Hand. Once I saw him riding up die hill. His men had red cloaks and little lions on their helms. I liked those helms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If you tell her the child is dying in your arms she’ll say the doctor is in the country riding his horse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was like riding a roller coaster and relaxing enough to let the initial panic turn into something else: Exhilaration. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The winds are blowing opposite ways, and each one is riding a different wind, and there’s only this one moment when they can meet. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “He’s as argumentative as ever, but happier because riding trains he gets to see Negroes play baseball ‘in the flesh and on the lot, goddamnit.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He is, instead, bathed dramatically in a sweeping and resplendent sunset, wearing a crisp black jacket and riding pants tucked into tall leather boots, looking every inch an actual fairy-tale prince. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We were sitting at the bottom of our porch steps one afternoon, eating orange Popsicles after riding our bikes around the neighborhood. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He found it as hard to travel with the star riding the unicorn as it had been before. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I have been riding horses since I was six years old.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the darkness behind her eyelids, Dicey felt part of the boat itself, riding the wind over the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A freshly picked non-organic vegetable is bound to taste better than one that’s been riding in a truck for three days. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Next day, to head off David Howard from riding up from Friendly on his bike, I go down to see him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just me, you, and April riding horses. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When riding for their contract stables, bug boys received nothing from the purses their horses won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘We don’t often see Shire-folk riding on the Road at night,’ he went on, as they halted a moment by his door. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One moment, her daughter was in her arms, and the next, she was gone, riding away with strangers, someone else’s daughter and lost to Grace forever. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The motor was ragged and loud — I was riding something the sound and speed of a lawn mower. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a very stiff and stuffy old major riding in the first car, and I hit him squarely in the eye with a red rose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t care what he is. He just better watch out when he’s riding that skateboard on the sidewalk.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in his surgery, still in his riding boots and spurs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, they had been riding home cheerfully, all chattering and bloomy and branchy, when Sir Meliagrance had leaped up at their feet, in an ambush. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I got lots of free riding that way. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom pointed at the pile of kids, who were now riding toward the exit. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As it did so, a sudden, fleeting image came to the boy: an army, with its swords at the ready, riding into the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Seth whooped the whole way, as if he were riding the coolest roller coaster on the planet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I recall once traveling from Fort Hare to Umtata by train, riding in the African compartment, which were the only seats open to blacks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Riding a unicorn was not like riding a horse: it did not move like a horse; it was a wilder ride, and a stranger one. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z In those days, if you had been interested by peculiar things, perhaps you would have had the luck to notice a knight-in-armour riding past the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But before she could work it out, the creature had risen, and the group began to move away along the highway, with Mary riding among them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I was proud to have a paying ticket and not be riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But for a long time we did not see any lights, nor did we see the shore but rowed steadily in the dark riding with the waves. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We were riding a seesaw, the two of us, the mister on one side and the missus on the other. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Whether it was a touch of sulphur riding a breeze or a flick of yellow flame far ahead in the daylight, he could not say for sure. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I was just glad we survived more than a day’s worth of riding without a real reason to call home. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There are plenty of men riding horses through town. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Not too far away from the Big House were the stables, where the riding horses and the carriage horses, the grooms and the hostlers were housed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They were riding back from a day on the mountain, where they had been hunting grouse with the peregrines, and Merlyn had gone with than for for sake of the ride. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Below, men in mail and leather and crimson cloaks were making the morning ring to the sound of swords, and riding down mock warriors stuffed with straw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She wanted to go riding, as in horseback. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Hazel was walking home alone from the riding stables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Bran was riding Dancer around the yard when they came through the gate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel that the things I had in mind, such as the pseudo-elegant heap of tin in which we were riding, had any very great value. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Not a hint or rumor in two hundred years, and now Tizerkane warriors were riding through the gates of the Great Library. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I spent a lot of time riding around among the farmers buying whatever they had. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The waxing moon was riding in the West, and the shadows of the rocks were black. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I stared at it with no less rapt attention than if it had been God Himself in a golden chariot riding overhead. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Hours of hard riding had left me sweaty and smelling of horse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s early, but still there are so many people doing so many things—walking or talking or sitting or standing or running or riding bicycles. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, Allah had a plan for me, and I was going to keep riding this ride to see how far it could take me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And so, even though I was scared of the hawk-chicken and Ms. Griegson, and I was still riding my bike as fast as I could to keep up with Chris, I started thinking. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z No doubt Phaëthon had often watched the Sun riding through the heavens and had told himself with a feeling, half awe, half excitement, “It is my father up there.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Although water still fanned out from his wheels, somehow the fun had gone out of riding for that night. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Swimming and riding a bicycle for long distances are two good examples. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Duncan wears a fashionable riding ensemble, her hair curled and her creases knife sharp even in the humidity. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I saw that star on the map while riding the bus. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z ‘Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?’ asked Merry after a while. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z My aunt was on the same bus that my boyfriend and I were riding. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I imagined riding on the backs of those cranes, flying to wherever he was. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I'd like to buy some wings and test them out, and after that perhaps we might try riding dragons and see which is more fun.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We went straight, regardless of the wind, at a steady speed, cutting through the waves instead of riding them, with but one purpose: to get there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He made a gallant show of it, riding a spirited red courser whose mane was the same copper color as the long hair that streamed past Ser Addam's shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If Mr. Butler had been riding Old Flapjack, he’d still be delivering mail. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "How do we get up there? I've no experience at riding goats." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Horsemen, riding very swiftly, had indeed been sighted: still far behind but gaining on the Orcs, gaining on them like a tide over the flats on folk straying in a quicksand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We have found our rhythm and we are riding it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z ‘Great deed was the riding of the Paths of the Dead, and great it shall remain, though none be left in Gondor to sing of it in the days that are to come.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His tires were so thin he no longer wanted to risk the wear of riding them on the rough surface of the carpet. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Now other rich people began to arrive, concealing their status in blue jeans and riding boots. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The wings lifted and dipped in the blustering wind like a motorboat riding swells. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I had no alternative but to come to the conclusion that horse riding sucked. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Only in the garden or riding around in a car could we speak freely with each other. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She pictured him riding through the morning mists, his golden armor bright in the light of the rising sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We are riding a swift tailwind today, and the ship veers starboard quickly, moving us away from the disturbance. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z During a trip to London, Luke admired the royal horses and asked to have riding lessons. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z An ivory- handled riding crop lay neatly across his lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She woke aching and alone and weary,- weary of riding, weary of hurting, weary of duty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The huntress handed her a pair of riding gloves and said easily, “We have all day.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the summer, she’d decided that riding our bikes was childish. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z There’s the hotel, three suites booked for them on the very top floor, riding through the lobby on Cash’s impossibly broad back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My legs and back ached, for I was unused to riding for hours. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So Mr. Alston and the other men wouldn’t get suspicious I headed south, pretending I was riding hard back to Buxton. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Before the accident, he had worn the hat only when riding horses, but now he kept it on all the time, even in the house, which Dad said was disrespectful. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They naturally took comfort in each other’s society and were much together, riding, walking, dancing, or dawdling, for at Nice no one can be very industrious during the gay season. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow felt as if a weight were suddenly lifted from his back: three old men were enjoying themselves, riding the world’s biggest carousel. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He was riding one dray horse and leading the others. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The only reason we were riding in the back of the cop car now was that Manny knew Vega’s ma and had made the police take us home. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The most important rule held that when he crossed the finish line, he had to be riding one of the original horses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And vanishing while riding it was the best and most exciting way of running away he could think of. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a new trick of his, riding home, hanging off the tailboard. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It's a figure of a man, straight-backed and grim-faced, riding a horse. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Like the fact that no one seemed to be outside even though it was a beautiful sunny day, and there were no kids in the playgrounds or riding their bikes along the streets or anything. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The daily activities continued: archery, rock climbing, pegasus riding. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z One of its officials characterized the whole program as “ill advised, hastily conceived, poorly planned, and a glaring example of riding roughshod over the responsibilities of other public and private agencies.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The old man was riding the gray horse across the open ground in front of the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Long after the enemy had retreated from sight, Clarisse kept riding up and down the avenue with her horrible trophy, demanding that Kronos meet her battle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But riding a bike was worth having my artificial legs on, so I rushed upstairs and put them on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Below the window-ledge a pair of constipated papal nuncios might have been riding gloomily back to Rome. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He never initiated any rough riding tactics, and took justice into his own hands when anyone fouled him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please don’t take your eyes off the sidewalk when you’re riding that thing,” Mom warned. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z As the carts passed through the huge gatehouse, royal-blue-clad guards stepped to one side and moved to kneel to the king—until they saw who the king was riding with. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Every time I stopped kicking him, he stopped walking, so I got more exercise riding him up than I had the day before, walking down. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a sixteenth of a mile away from winning a race when the filly he was riding abruptly tripped over her own legs and plunged headfirst into the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a noise like a railway train letting off its whistle, and, answering to it—riding on it like the voice of the Arabian Bird—Robin Wood’s horn of silver began to Mow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He decorated in frontier art, pored over western magazines, listened to Gene Autry on the phonograph, and motored around town in a blindingly ostentatious hot rod Studebaker roadster with a bug boy riding shotgun. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been shamed enough in that cafe that, while I liked riding the rails, right then I wasn’t going no second class. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was odd to be riding in the pickup, the dark road ahead, a slender moon above, holding hands, as if they were young lovers again, discussing wedding plans. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her one weakness is her horse Brio, whom she adores riding. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As she was riding along with the group, suddenly there was a loud crack, and everyone came to a halt, surrounding one individual whose wheel had split. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He had learned to keep his whip idle, compensating by riding with somewhat longer stirrups that allowed him to urge horses gently with his lower legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The paramedic riding in the back wasn’t much older than I was; a kid, really, with bad skin and a downy little moustache. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was determined to heal and get back to riding, so he tossed away his crutches and tried to walk. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sirens screamed so loud that he seemed to be riding a wave of sound. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly a rickshaw came riding out of the darkness. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Ten minutes? I was riding home on the bus....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Some would be riding tricycles in their gardens. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My cousin Mlungisi and I were taking turns riding around the block. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I washed up on a tiny island, like a seed riding the tide. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Leaving my house, riding the bus, walking through the library—when I did all that I was wearing a full set of clothes. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night I dreamt I visited my sisters at their boarding school and they took me horseback riding in the woods. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The two friends slid between the ruined buildings, riding high and silent as if not to disturb the ghosts of the dead city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Soon two horsemen, riding quickly from the direction of Port Royal, galloped toward the house at high speed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Their leader came on alone, riding a beast that seemed more goat than horse, from the surefooted way it climbed the uneven slope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wobbled and fell into the snow, dizzy from hours of riding in circles. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He saw a squad of blue troopers, his own men, riding down into deserted streets. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One man riding a bicycle called Burger a traitor, and Burger responded by shooting him off his bike. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Shehad been uncomfortable using it for a long time, because every time she saw it, she remembered him in it, riding into her barn, right before he took Håkon and set the barn on fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’d video her doing something silly like riding her bike or baking a mud pie or something, but it always felt so vital to me. Like I was recording a piece of history.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A solitary rider, astride an enormous horse, was riding away from my house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, imagining riding with the wind against my scalp. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z One particularly creepy lady had dingy dark hair and sharp fangs, and instead of running appeared to be riding a bed of fog that zoomed around all the others like a hoverboard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Those horses, with whom I’ve spent every night riding from town to town to town and who normally look like regular horses, have transformed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Littlefinger came next, still garbed in the blue velvets and silver mockingbird cape he had worn the night previous, his boots dusty from riding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lee remembered: beautiful woman on a golden horse, riding with Pender on the banks of the Rappahannock. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom spent her childhood playing outdoors, riding her red bicycle around the reservation, and eating fresh seafood. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z His figure was enveloped in a riding cloak, fur collared and steel clasped; its details were not apparent, but I traced the general points of middle height and considerable breadth of chest. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I ran, twisting and turning through the trees like a Cooper’s hawk, and occasionally riding a free fifty feet downhill on an aspen sapling. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The ghosts on the trolley cars had never been able to hurt the passengers, and there were far more people riding the trolleys of Pittsburgh than anywhere else. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “The way you learn to ride is by riding.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “They say it’s like riding a bike,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She stood, too, and together they watched the gulls riding the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The uproar was not over the rough riding in the race—which was truly outrageous—but over a supposed shadowy conspiracy around it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Arthur gathers up his shopping bag from the Strand, where he bought magnets, postcards, and a Strand shirt, and now we’re riding the train uptown to his place on the Upper West Side. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He wanted to be the old- fashioned knight riding to her rescue, which was stupid, as she was way more capable at everything than he was. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. March’s warning was evidently thrown away, for five minutes later Laurie tore by the window on his own fleet horse, riding as if for his life. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z George pedaled as slowly as she could manage to stay upright, riding up and down side streets, but she still arrived fifteen minutes early. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z There were people riding about aimlessly at a walk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I mean ... I remember riding one, but not learning.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Birds are singing in trees, and people are catching Frisbees, riding bikes, and playing guitars on blankets, even though it’s November and chilly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t like my wife riding the subway because I worry she’ll get followed by someone just like that.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I kept on riding, more slowly now, and I kept a sharp ear out for that orange pickup. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z But there was always one or another of them riding home for a tool or with a message. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later we were safely aboard a southbound train, riding away from D.C. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He had expected to feel something like what he felt when riding a fast elevator, but here he found that if he looked straight ahead he felt almost nothing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes and looked down, I saw the boy from the gas station riding his skateboard, pushing himself up the slight incline to our parking lot where the gravel changed to asphalt. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Though I dreaded riding with another white man, I dreaded more staying on the road all night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was enslaved by carnival folk,” Addison said, “forced to pull fat, spoiled children like some common beast of burden— whipped, even, with riding crops!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Holding the reins was Hades himself, Lord of the Dead, with Demeter and Persephone riding behind him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And we steamed on, riding the Wabash Blue Bird, bound for Chicago across the patchwork fields. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z All afternoon, we hiked up and down the street, and when we got tired of riding our bikes, we just skipped back and forth to the stop sign, relishing our new freedom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t forget to bring a note if you’re riding home with me,” she calls over my head. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His mindless hours playing ball, or riding his bike along the river? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z After about two hours with no response, Lee sees a Union soldier riding out. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But how can you be careful with a boy who comes riding on a magical horse? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finally Joffrey said, "She was riding by me. I don't know where she went." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I want to scream again, and I remember the last time I felt this way, riding with Baba in the tank of the fuel truck, buried in the dark with the other refugees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Now riding on her knees, gripping the board with both hands, Tally twisted into the next turn, dropping to skim just above the cracked dirt of the dry creek bed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He guessed correctly that Lancelot would come riding helter-skelter to the Queen’s aid, as soon as he could get himself armed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Little did they know, two FBI agents were riding with them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I hear people today complaining about the time their children will spend riding the bus, but I remember the time when minorities had to walk fifteen to twenty miles to attend school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well that's when you shoulda seen him. When he seen them cops riding up he reached back of his saddle and come up with some kind of old shield." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The night was all around him now, and high overhead a wild white moon was riding in the sky. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Were they riding horses in here?” he asked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z One was me, bound naked on a hackney, with two knights riding on either side, and flogging me with thorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Not so long ago, the thought of Robb calling the banners and riding off to war would have filled him with excitement, but now he felt only diead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Well, Benedict Mady, I see you riding home with me,’ the old man said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I heard while spying that she and Courtney Barrett have been riding bikes down to the boardwalk on weekends, where they see who can kiss more boys. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He stroked Lixxa’s long white ears and she whickered, and he murmured sweet things to her before continuing, “I am riding over the funeral pyre of the ijji with the Godslayer. Whose secretary I am.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I’d been riding the school bus with Cletus for a year, since his family moved up from Raleigh County, and I had decided he was insane. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yet as I was riding up, I saw Tully banners flying from the castle walls, and the direwolf of Stark as well. That would seem to suggest that Lord Tytos has not been subdued.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help noticing the staring young man riding at the rear of the tractor, hanging on to a handrail. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I still liked riding bikes, playing with my Barbies, and walking down to Main Street to get ice cream. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "The Stark boy was not with them, my lord. They say he crossed at the Twins with the great part of his horse, riding hard for Riverrun." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It felt like riding a very fast and dark elevator. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Several Gypsy men were on horseback, riding ahead of or behind their wagons or leading strings of mules and horses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There were so many of us, we’d travel south in two cars, some of us riding with Daddy and Mommy in Daddy’s car, some with Walter and Henry in a second car. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was riding past the middle school and I heard sirens and I thought there was another shooting. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "He's laid siege to Storm's End. Renly is riding to meet him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The drawers on some of the business community were riding mighty low. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t live nearby at all, but walking was safer than riding with me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Winded from riding home at top speed, I leave my bike on the curb and run inside. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z After dropping their school stuff off at their apartments, grabbing snacks, and getting permission to go downtown, Emily and James found themselves riding the bus to the financial district. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He looked up and saw Captain Johnston riding back, his face flushed and worried. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If everyone quit riding, they could starve the City Lines bus company into reason. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z "Just as the beggar's only difficulty about riding is that he has no horse." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z After dark set in, the Klan was out riding. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And at that very moment, riding through the pine trees just in time to see it all, came the Treegap constable. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors were on horses and riding north. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Even Mama has fun with that, and we talk about riding our bikes once it’s summer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Then came three people riding abreast, two on great chargers and one on a pony. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “They arrived, breathless and sleepless and haggard, tired from riding on trains that were slow,” she remembered. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was riding along, as per normal, in the front of Ben’s wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I rode ’way off out in the brush, not going anywhere especially, just riding and looking and beginning to feel proud of owning a real horse of my own. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z After six months of all-day riding, she felt almost like an extension of himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It felt like I had been riding on the crest of a high wave and now it tumbled onto shore. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All the while, they were riding along a range of hills that bordered the fields. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The bag was empty and riding high, its open end gaping wide like the mouth of a cave. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Merry was riding behind Dernhelm, clutching with the left hand while with the other he tried to loosen his sword in its sheath. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Our old cat, Boo, despised it, she was always nervous, riding the walls. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skirts fly out behind her, her leather riding breeches are dyed red, and her thin crown flashes in her dark, braided hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I was riding my bike and she was walking Bruno. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “My head aches,” called the woman in the tight riding pants. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We were riding in the wagon and he was teaching me how to tie sailors’ knots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A horse was clomping slow up the road and whoever was riding it was singing. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Graham’s attempts to prevent a Decker from riding his motorcycle off the Williamsburg Bridge only got himself killed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Jack was on vacation—and riding a train, which was a special treat. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Two of the king’s men went on ahead, riding swiftly, and passed soon out of sight down into the valley. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Rose said that while the three were riding in a car she’d “shot her in the top of the head,” then, with Joe’s help, dumped the body by Three Mile Creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Are they old enough to remember anything of the time before, playing baseball, in jeans and sneakers, riding their bicycles? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z By then they were in amongst the camp, riding past the ordered rows of tents, the blowing banners, and the stacks of shields and spears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He sat there for hours, riding up and down in the darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They had more riding on the jobs at Langley than most. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The man was a dashing, handsome, storybook kind of man, dressed in jodhpurs and riding boots. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z With a streak of wins and a bright new turquoise-blue car in my driveway, I was riding high. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Riding the hippocampus was even easier than riding a pegasus. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Bran would have liked to touch him, but he was riding too high for his hand to reach. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She goes on about how she loves him and goes riding several times a week but how it’s a lot of work to take care of him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z After the half-hour was over, a gigantic knight came riding through the forest. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After a lot of hustling and cajoling, Kate got Constance moving, then quick-stepped it to the cafeteria with the smaller girl riding piggyback. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Emeline found that riding her bicycle was best in the days after a good downpour. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I would swing my patent leather shoes back and forth like an impatient child riding on a school bus. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s always too busy riding around with the princess to get any proper study in.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z About thirty minutes later, we’re riding in his truck with the windows down. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Ever since we got called on the carpet by the principal for riding in the ambulance, Carl avoided the school driveway. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Cordelia and I are riding on the streetcar, going downtown, as we do on winter Saturdays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "Come. I'm riding with you part of the way." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He bade his wife and two young boys good-bye and boarded a train the way he had years earlier when he served as a railroad detective, riding from station to station in pursuit of criminals. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “But we don’t need the whole world worrying about kids riding on a bus without an adult.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “About your bike riding, you said you wanted to be a messenger.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z "This way," he said, riding through a stand of trees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I turned the team into the road, T.R. riding high on the seat between me and Pink. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’d had a long, grueling day, riding sixty miles and walking a half dozen more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The riding figure sat quite still with its head bowed, as if listening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was just sitting there, behind that vacant expression, riding it out. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When we were riding in the ambulance, Ms. Rubin asked me if I knew why Jack hit me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “That man's letting the riding school keep them there while they're doing some rebuilding. Anything else you want to know?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Late July was a good time to get out of murky, hot, dirty London, and Charles loved the Staffordshire countryside around Maer, which “was very pleasant for walking or riding.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the blue light only a few men’s heads are visible, some alone facing the stage, a few like Mr. Go with a companion riding them: those peroxide equestriennes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I saw them riding their bikes, but I thought they were going to the Y. They must have just been circling the block.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He took a small revenge in the matter of his riding fur, a tattered bearskin, old and musty-smelling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I need to find out if there's an underground transport, a way that Mirjam might have gotten to Kijkduin without riding on the train. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We were probably riding the horse too hard.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We went horseback riding in the morning, and in the afternoon we rappelled up some ginormous trees with the help of the nature guides. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z |
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