| 单词 | bars |
| 例句 | There is a handrail leading up the concrete stairs, lined with thin white metal bars that have rusted in places, reddish-brown flecks peeking through the chipped paint. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They stood at one end of a large room, which was split into two sections by thick metal bars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Eleven of these bars were new inventions from the factory. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Isiolo has a lot of bars, and people leaving the bars would step on me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The playground was almost empty, with rust collecting on the swing chains and monkey bars. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The granite walls of my windowless cell are a foot thick, the iron bars two inches wide. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Gita, my bird, it’s for their sake. What if Piscine had stuck his hand through the bars of the cage one day to touch the pretty orange fur? Better a goat than him, no?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Longshoremen, or fences for them, would come into the bars selling guns, cameras, perfumes, watches, and the like, stolen from the shipping docks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Slender metal bars attach from the tabletop to the chair to the shiny tiled floor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I crawl across the second platform and kneel beside an opening in the bars. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The holding cells looked much more like the prison he had anticipated—no white stone or glass displays, just dank gray rock and iron bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A point when I stop wrapping my hands around the bars as if I could rattle them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The giggling continued at several Charleston bars and had not stopped completely when Rock Troy left Ben off at his house in Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He painted the faces of school board members peering out the windows of the building, then he put bars on the windows and turned the building into a prison. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Even from a distance I could see that it was something meant for animals, twenty feet by ten, made of thick iron bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Caitlin thought you were trying to hurt me because sometimes you pull people off the monkey bars. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood on tiptoe and squished the loaf through the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z These sections were inserted between stone mullions and the reinforcing bars to create windows as high as sixty feet. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z The boy looked at him questioningly when he saw the solid bars, but Dustfinger just laid a finger to his lips and looked up at one of the windows on the second floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z During the past few days he’d known a hunger that nothing—three successive steaks, a dozen Hershey bars, a pound of gumdrops—seemed to interrupt. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He's facing the possibility of spending his entire youth behind bars! Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Clayton watched Beat Box’s hands grab the bars as his legs climbed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The animals outside regarded these with great interest and some of them tried to make the babies laugh by thrusting their paws or their tails in through the bars. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She made do with the Good Humor bars her mother always kept in their freezer. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He now faced a total of 115 years behind bars. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Or husbands who spent all their earnings in toddy bars. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly I wouldn’t want anyone who looks like me handling my children’s toys or bars of bathroom soap. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the rolling sea and the bars of rich, cool light and the boat sliding up and down easily, as she was meant to, on the gende swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She leans her forehead against the bars, but her eyes don’t leave mine. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Duke noticed that his crate had very thin bars. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After crossing the river, I hopped aboard a streetcar in passing, clinging onto the rear bars for several blocks, until it slowed at a corner. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When we met him at one of his stores he always had a sundry basket of treats for her, trifles from his shelves, bars of dark chocolate, exotic tropical fruits, tissue-wrapped biscotti. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Only two states—Maine and Vermont—permit people to vote while serving sentences behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Because most of our gear was carried by yaks and human porters, my own backpack held little more than a jacket, a few candy bars, and my camera. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Long hallways, with iron bars from floor to ceiling, ran from the door into the dim center of the building. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He closes the cellar door behind him and bars it and sits halfway down the wooden staircase with a damp look on his face, fear or grit, it’s hard to say. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A guard passes a bowl through the metal bars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Three times their way was blocked by iron bars, and they had to stop while Bowen Marsh drew out his keys and unlocked the massive chains that secured them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He poked a finger through the slender bars, trying to touch the orange-gold feathers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z News spread between our window bars, across our clotheslines, and over the pigeon droppings that plastered the parapets of our rooftops. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Even from the car she could see the padlock and the chain that was twisted around and through the bars. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s sick of candy bars and potato chips—something he never would’ve thought possible. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “The rule is that they can’t be leaning against the bars of the cells,” the regular officer said to us, “and the cell gates are supposed to be closed.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Teresa put her hands through the bars, rested her forearms against the concrete sill. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I am not saying there shouldn’t be prisons, but there shouldn’t be bars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There were lighted bars and late open shops on each side of the street. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "You can read? You said you were born behind bars." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The same scene played out all over the world, in parks, bars, civic centers, living rooms, classrooms, and offices. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Her heart threw itself backward and clung to the bars of her ribcage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When they slotted the bars through the brackets, they made a huge X brace. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And for a few bars the pure sweet tone of the horn and the old man's husky baritone sang a duet in the hot heavy silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then stop gaping at me through the bars, and open the gate!’ said Merry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps he would go into one of the bars where the grown-ups sat well into the night. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z These were the sounds that Taisin had made at night in her dreams: the eerie, half-senseless murmurings of beings trapped behind bars. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The boys hooted and ran the length of our 17 Janvier lane brandishing their precious Mars bars. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Magdalys could make out a group of figures through the bars on the door directly in front of her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Milton elbowed Chapter Eleven, kidding, “We’ll start you off as vice president in charge of salad bars.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Behind the door I heard the steel bars being lifted and I stopped knocking, my heart racing. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The scenery changed from bars, tire shops, and vague manufacturing buildings into smartly manicured lawns and houses. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z An argument could break out at any moment—over lost car keys or bars of soggy soap or burned toast. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She avoided Greenwich Village, she said, because there, instead of painting, she would be spending all her time in bars and coffee shops. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The bars don’t begin to warm under my grip, not like a subway handle or a railing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Prisoners didn't like the thought of being behind bars while their mothers, wives, girlfriends, or children were preyed upon. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He never will get completely over the memory of the bars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Palmer tapped a large, ugly-mouthed hunting knife against the bars of the cell. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were entangled in the plants, leaves growing between the skinny bars. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z To improve their chances of tuning in to a good station, inmates draped wires over their bars and across the gallery floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey discovers quickly that he is not able to slip through the bars of the fence as easily as he did when he was ten. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She lounged in bars and went home with any man who bought her drinks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A rickety train pulled up, so full that some people held on to the outside of the coaches, clutching at metal bars. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After six weeks behind bars, Russo was finally released by the judge. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “There,” he said, pointing his chin at the bridge, “they sleep over there, in alleys between the bars.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Laura passed him a handful of candy bars, and he filled his pockets with them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He expected both of them to go tumbling into the creek, which was all right as long as they didn’t scrape any oyster bars. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone followed the pointing finger to a kid leaning against the monkey bars, a big kid, chewing on a beef stick. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Later, a classmate who would spend a week working with that officer told me how every morning an inmate would fix him his coffee, passing the mug out through the bars of his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He grasped the bars of the window firmly, ready to pull, and stood poised. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But she kept looking and before long could make out short iron bars bolted into the bank, one below the next, almost directly below her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then Irene started drinking and “dancing on chairs” in bars, finally leaving to live with a man. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Five Golden Tickets have been printed on golden paper, and these five Golden Tickets have been hidden underneath the ordinary wrapping paper of five ordinary candy bars. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z A dozen of his hands started playing patty-cake, but none of them made any attempt to break the bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I wanted so much to reach through the bars and touch him, to press my fingers against his skin, because it seemed only by touch that I could be sure all this was actually happening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say anything about fair. Kampe’s not going to be fair if we hang around. She’s going to blame you for ripping off the bars. Now come on!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He stuck a hand through the bars and waited until Koffi reached to take the bowl from him before deliberately letting it slip from his fingers and shatter on the floor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Long ago I had been forced to give up climbing on the monkey bars and the swings as well, which had made me very sad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He better not call the cops though, or I’ll be spending my End Day behind bars, or maybe find myself on the wrong end of some officer’s club. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was full of odds and ends he thought would come in handy for an adventure—rubber bands, a compass, granola bars, coins, a squirt gun, a magnifying glass, plastic handcuffs, string, a whistle. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z On particularly desperate blocks there are three or four bars at every intersection. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Measure or bar — Beats are grouped into measures or bars. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It seemed an unwarrantable interference, something that held his lovely capacity for evil behind bars. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z —You have five Snickers bars to share with three friends. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The bars were still over the door, which was good news. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z With Phelan, we moved him to the door of his cell, but there progress ceased, for Massey grabbed the bars and held on like a crab. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I close it, her long arm reaches through the bars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The deputy pivoted in the direction of the doorway and shouted at a featureless face broken up in equidistant penumbras by four bars, “Who’s there?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I grip the bars and shut my eyes tight. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z One of them was leaping up and down; the other, an old scaly grandfather of the sewers, stood up, with his pink hands against the bars, and fiercely snuffed the air. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z From the rooftops I could already tell that there were about a dozen bars that matched the location and his description—here on the ground, I count out nine of them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I’m not so sure,” Stella said, gazing at the iron bars surrounding her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z People congratulated him in the bars and markets of the lakeshore, and business improved as a result. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Every time he came near the bars a tiger prodded him gently with a stick and this made Admiral Boom swear dreadfully. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Inside the box there were twelve bars of chocolate, all of different shapes, all with different fillings and all with numbers from one to twelve stamped on the chocolate underneath. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had Mr. Sheep Sheep and a pocket full of Orich bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They looked like giant chocolate bars stacked on top of each other. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The room was dark except for a faint, yellow light filtering through the bars of the window. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the E was clearly an E, and the bars were clearly a ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z First, the chimps must be taught to obey, and usually this is done by beating them with metal bars. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “We won’t fit between the bars. Hold on to the railing like I do. Can you hear anything?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to strike at the bars with her bare hands, but the metal cut her skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Golden bars of light slant through the library’s windows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Don’t you remember the singles’ bars, the indignity of high school blind dates? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands appeared, gripping the bars of the window. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z Looking at her, you got the feeling that this was someone who could bend iron bars and tear telephone directories in half. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The banning of cigarettes in restaurants and bars is a powerful social incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I grab one of the bars above my head and pull myself up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The volume I hear is about five bars out of ten. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Corporal Whitcomb’s mud-caked shoes were on the chaplain’s blanket, and he was eating one of the chaplain’s candy bars as he thumbed with a sneering expression through one of the chaplain’s Bibles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She saw golden bars; she saw eyes of different colors peering up at her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some were experts on bird life: I saw a Pakistani on U-gallery, way up at the top, peering down through his bars into a nest where a mother was feeding her babies. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sapling bars had been slashed to pieces by the gwythaint’s beak. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Favorite candy—Hershey’s chocolate almond bars for both of us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I'm running past buildings of tan bricks, five stories high with black fire escapes and windows with bars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It has been years since we left Iran—but I wonder about the candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I wrap my hands around the bars and look down into her eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Slanting rain hit the bars of the window-grill and shattered into a fine spray over her face and her smooth bare arm. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When their mother was still around, she would buy them ice cream bars from the freezer at the grocery—an almond bar forSean, a Bomb Pop for Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Look here, toad,” she said, thrusting her arms through the bars of the fence and plucking at the weeds on the other side. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the cages were patches of dirt surrounded by iron bars, with forlorn gorillas or restless bears or irritable monkeys or anxious gazelles huddled in the corners. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he helped another child across the monkey bars, his hands lightly around her waist, ready to catch her if she fell. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As they came closer to New London and the busy Thames River, Route 1 became increasingly cluttered with restaurants, bars, quick food chains and shopping plazas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Through it all, I only missed two days in the gym, although I only worked on uneven bars and upper body conditioning until the doctor cleared me to do more. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were waitresses and snack bars all around, serving every kind of food you can imagine. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the iron window bars, everything inside was quiet. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z As their comrades stood by, the boys lifted the metal bars and shoved open the heavy doors. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Rex pauses to rub his mangy coat against the bars at the front of the cage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Two players—gladiators—swing from the monkey bars into each other to try and knock their opponent down. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I never saw so many bars and juke boxes—all the people coming from everywhere, dancing and laughing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He warned that the parade route Paul had requested passed near a number of bars and saloons and that some of the men may get rowdy and disruptive. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I bought a fried pie, a loaf of bread and five Milky Way bars. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Milez, I’m sorry, but she murdered you in a couple of bars,” Hype says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Vets packed lounges and bars, drinking, swapping stories, searching for men they’d served with. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But so far only the certainty of death was his; only the unabating hate of the white faces could be seen; only the same dark cell, the long lonely hours, only the cold bars remained. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and went back to Larson’s cell, leaned against the bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the advent of the first primitive, unpadded starting gates in the early thirties, some riders actually died in the saddle, speared into the exposed steel overhead bars by rearing horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so beautiful, so terrified, so defiantly brave as he spat and snarled at his human captors through the bars. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the season, Aimee worked with me to strengthen my performance on bars and to push my degree of difficulty and consistency in all my routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The window wasn’t glassed, and so all sorts of small creatures could come in through the bars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the plea agreement, he would “only” have to spend five years behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z One of the first things Fischer tried to do while he was behind bars was to ask permission to call someone—perhaps an attorney who could assist with setting bail. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some of the inmates had been leaning against their bars, talking; they stopped when I came into view. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her teacup monkey, Singe, starts to stamp his feet and reach his paw through the cage bars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Alfred slowed down as hundreds of people came off stoops and street corners, and poured out of bars toward four cruisers parked behind Epsteins'. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z By now, Nhamo was standing with her nose poked between the window bars. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a quarter of an hour we came to Miss Havisham’s house, which was of old brick, and dismal, and had a great many iron bars to it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z His mom wouldn't be going to the grocery store again until the end of the month, so they were out of chips and granola bars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I had to look to where she pointed—the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn’t fall out. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl’s pure-white plumage was broken only by a few brown bars on the wing and some dark spots on the crown. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He gives me a smile that I can’t quite tell is genuine, and then plays with a few of the bars on his board. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I run to the bars and shake them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Tris turns to me, her arms folded like two bars across her body, keeping me out. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Teresa moved closer to the bars, clutching their cold metal with her fingers, never taking her eyes off Meggie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z After eating nothing but sandwiches and granola bars for two days, Ivy’s mouth watered just thinking about Mr. Bishop’s spinach-and-cheese omelets and homemade chicken carbonara pasta. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The grocers had gunny sacks of dates and almonds next to stacks of fruit leather, not Orich bars or anything like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I closed the door and slid the steel bars back in place, making sure they were tight. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Here the hallways are dim, the ceilings crossed with bars and pipes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Yes, Mina. We will fix up the coop and live here, and we will put bars on the door. Yanek and I will see to it.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He directed me as I reached through the wire bars of the door and felt beneath it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There were even clubs and bars where both white and black people went together. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She clung to the bars of the grating as firmly as she could. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She stuck her gloved fingers through the bars and pinched the monkey’s toe while she watched for any eye movement. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I think If people didn’t feel like they were behind bars when they were walking outside at night, a lot of things would be different. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the guy bars my way out of the room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I became a past master on the parallel bars and excelled at physical jerks;—we have trembled at the mere sound of his voice, but his runaway post-horse never got the better of us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby waited a few minutes until she was sure they were really gone and until her eyes adjusted so she could see the bars of her cage. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z If he stayed with me, he’d end up hurting someone, and I didn’t want him to spend the last days of Earth behind bars. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The cow mooed, put one hoof tentatively on the bars, then backed away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The coincidence of that connection made me laugh, and I think it was the first good laugh I had behind bars. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Frieda bought potato chips, and we got three Powerhouse bars for ten cents, and had a dime left. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand captives watched through the wooden bars of their stockade as the horn was lifted high. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By the end of 2007, more than 7 million Americans—or one in every 31 adults—were behind bars, on probation, or on parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Maybe he would just walk and walk and walk until the warmers and the candy bars ran out and then sit down and never get up again. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The problem was, instead of shaking off my disaster on bars, I was still feeling sorry for myself as I hopped up onto the balance beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Many noble creatures had died here, died and been dissected for a few bars of soap and some heating oil. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "Yes. Beneath. But we can go no farther. The portcullis goes all the way to the bottom. And the bars are too closely spaced for even a child to squeeze through." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kaz helped him along, seizing the man’s arm and driving it through the space between bars, all the way up to the shoulder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Before any decision could be taken about what to do, she squeezed through a break in the roof bars of her cage and vanished in the night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we had finished, we were rounded up again and quick- marched to a building with bars on all the windows and a strong door that our escorts unlocked and opened. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether at the Job Corps or behind bars, he had missed many of the milestones in her growing up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Behind the counter, Mr. Paul kept an ice chest full of soda, and on the right side of the display case he kept a cooler filled with ice cream bars. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The schoolyard is dotted with swings, with climbing bars and slides, in bright primary colors; a few children have come back early from lunch and are clambering about. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Pong picked it up and stuck it out between the bars, angling for the peg on the wall. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The only bonding our coaches intended on us doing was with the vault table, the uneven bars, the balance beam, and the training floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I never previously knew that it is possible to become tired of eating GoFast nutrition bars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He stood up on his hind legs and looked in through the red-painted bars of the cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled myself together and picked my way back over the steel bars. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the tops of these the rats fastened strong, light bars of metal, probably, Mrs. Frisby thought, from the Toy Tinker’s truck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The slender bars crumpled and the door sprang open. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He denied that he was badly hurt, but he managed to look bravely-in-pain as he stumbled over to sit out the recess on the bench near the parallel bars. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard her saying, "Why hello, little man. How lovely to see you. You have come for your chocolate bars, have you not? They are all ready for you. Do come in." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The warmth of his skin overwhelms the ache in my fingers from holding the bars. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She put her hand through the bars again and stroked Arion’s nose. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was small, with brown walls, and the metal bars, so thick his hand could not go around one, reminded him of the chimpanzee’s cage at Nsukka’s dismal, forgotten zoo. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The car revved louder and louder and suddenly, with a crunching noise, the bars were pulled clean out of the window as Fred drove straight up in the air. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It took her all of three two-count musical bars to read the letter. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “The last one was so tiny the bars crimped my fur like a waffle iron.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Downy feathers from their soft chests stuck between the bars of the cages. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He felt forward with his right hand and found himself touching the man’s chest, where the heart was beating like a bird against the bars of a cage. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The door behind the grating opened, and Resa's anxious face appeared behind the bars. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And while he felt guilty about making up the bogus cigarette story, Roy also couldn’t help but think that putting Dana behind bars was a public service. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was so scared at the bodega, I ate a bunch of candy bars.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z All I ever see Biddy eat at school was potato chips and candy bars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Two guards sat outside the door, and another two waited by the window, which was covered by iron bars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In photographs from the time he looks like the underworld figures he idolized, the thin mustachioed thieves and gamblers who filled the seaside bars of Athens and Constantinople. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the fourth day, I make my way to the rim of Lake and Blueridge and decide to spend my time wandering through the bars. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He lay on his bed watching the sun sinking behind the bars on the window and wondered miserably what was going to happen to him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She deserves to be here, caged behind iron bars, trapped in her own jungle, left to stew in the memories. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One of them was knitting, but the other two were standing near the bars shouting at the animals and poking at them with their umbrellas. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Complain about the curfew to the butcher and next thing you knew, you were behind bars staring at the muzzle end of a Kalashnikov. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The shamblers are reaching through the bars, their faces pressed into the spaces between, their mouths agape. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We advocated the redivision of land on an equitable basis; the abolition of color bars prohibiting Africans from doing skilled work; and the need for free and compulsory education. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear nothing but Basta’s shouting, and she ran back toward him, helpless but wanting to strike him through the bars, right in his bellowing face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She would’ve raced back to the jail, reached through the bars, and throttled him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Black and white faces peered at him from behind steel bars. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There were, I noticed, half a dozen other pasty, middle-aged men who liked to gather around the monkey bars, and together we formed a small but decidedly creepy community. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Back here there were fancy shops and high-toned bars, still operating. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She comes back to the bars and pins me with her eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Winnie, the only child of the house, never went there, though she sometimes stood inside the fence, carelessly banging a stick against the iron bars, and looked at it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of roamin ’ the jungle, hiding from hunters in three- piece loincloths, they are put in concrete cages with bars of steel. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The postmaster looked out between the bars of his golden grill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Grasping his bars he pulled himself from the bed and over to the window seat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She stands in front of me, wearing some kind of crazy helmet with bars across the face and holding a baseball bat. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I see her face between the bars of the barrier, determined, her lips pressed together. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In front of her, the monster of a building with iron bars. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The first few warm days of the year, the patrols will put out cages and tie a chicken or turkey or hog to the metal bars inside. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He seems—glimpsed through the flowering bars—a man locked in a strangely gorgeous prison. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She always went to the same places—first to the Monterey County Bank where she was admitted behind the shining bars that defended the safe-deposit vault. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Within, they found a pair of iron bars the size of saplings, with post holes in the ground and metal brackets on the gate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I waited for more, but Nyame just clasped his hands again and stared out, wise and all-knowing, like he’d just dropped some crazy freestyle bars and the crowd was going wild. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Tell you what, I could really get used to this sight! Your face looks good behind bars. They’re just the thing to stop you from waving your knife around under anyone’s nose.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He peered down through the bars of the cricket cage and exclaimed with delight. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just not good at bars,” I complained to Aimee one day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His food was pushed between the bars at the front of his prison on the end of long poles, while the cub clawed and gnawed it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She leaned her forehead against the bars and after a short silence went on in a thoughtful tone. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t make any small blocks, just big ones—the kind of blocks where you’d find lumber shops and factories and bars where Humble would hang out at and work. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The bar creaks beneath me and comes loose, clattering against half a dozen bars on the way down and bouncing on the pavement. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Thus the instrumentarium was born—the complete set of which includes bass bars, bass, alto/tenor, and soprano metallophones, xylophones and alto and soprano glockenspiels. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z One, an excited creature with wings, began to throw itself against the bars, creating a ringing noise. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By early 2000, United States prisons and jails held nearly 2 million people, meaning that one out of every 140 residents was behind bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Four husky sailors in blue jackets and bright kerchiefs had hurried forward to man the capstan bars. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There were some in Salinas who began to talk softly in the poolrooms and the bars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t believe we will? That day will come. Mark my words. We’ll put all those crooked politicians where they belong—behind iron bars.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Trina is grabbing a few last chip bags and candy bars through the busted cover of a vending machine. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Unfazed, she turned around and began stalking the aisles, indiscriminately pulling candy bars and bags of chips off the shelves. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Several of Capricorn’s men ran the butts of their shotguns along the silvery gray bars before sitting down on the benches that had been made ready for them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He hated to see the swings, slides, monkey bars, and seesaws empty and tried to get kids to stick around as long as possible. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Aimee explained bars were harder for me because I was so short and my hands were small. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I started to reach into the bucket to hand the scones through the bars, but stopped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean who calls bars for gay people homosexual bars?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Clutching the bars of his cage with bound hands, Mance sobbed and begged. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Wrapping my hands around two of the bars, I touch my face to the empty space between them. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Otto preferred his mashed into milk and I had mine as is, gulping down three cinnamon-flavored bars in as many minutes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Gay bars and Pride parades and same-sex couples holding hands. What the hell. I thought New York had it together.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Within moments a school of mullet erupted, sleek bars of silver shooting airborne again and again. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re changing our order again. Two of each, and throw in some ice cream bars.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z That must have confused the spirits, because they momentarily stopped hacking at the bars. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Vehicles lined the parking lot outside, and crossed iron bars secured the windows. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z They pranced up statically, pierced by their dull gilt bars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Harry hissed, springing up and pulling Dobby back onto the bed — Hedwig had woken up with a particularly loud screech and was beating her wings wildly against the bars of her cage. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I had every worker in the place yanking the paper off those bars of chocolate full speed ahead from morning till night. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The three of us were crossing an open outdoor courtyard, passing a group of kindergartners in the middle of their recess, swinging from a set of monkey bars and running around the wood-chipped play area. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Jack grabs the remote and turns the TV on, keeping the volume below three bars. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I squealed and clawed at the bars, but it was no gopd. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But behind her, hanging on the wall, like emblems in the Renaissance, or those heads of animals, moose or bear, you used to find in northern bars, is another face, covered with a white cloth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Bran used the bars sunk into the wall to support as he swung the dead weight of his legs into the basket and through the holes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She and Jaime used to dare each other to climb into their cage, and once she worked up enough courage to slip her hand between two bars and touch one of the great tawny beasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I cleared my throat and hummed a few bars. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When the bars were safely in the back seat with Ron, Fred reversed as close as possible to Harry’s window. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Both of them were banging the bars of their crates. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He leapt to the bars again to meet her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I had a couple of bars of chocolates left and I cut those in thin slices. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Henry said, "Mr. Donatelli left two for Henry Johnson," and a little white envelope slid out between the bars. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, she unfolded handkerchiefs, crisp white underwear, bars of Lux soap, and chocolate, and she marveled that they had reached her intact, even sent through the Red Cross. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As the sky grew dark, the exhausted Americans sat on the ground gulping water from canteens and licking melted chocolate bars from the wrappers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She reaches her hands out and presses her dirty face to the bars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Olive removed her leaden shoes and performed a gravity-defying gymnastics routine on a set of parallel bars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Reggie checked his watch after the girl made it safely across the monkey bars, and that was when Siobhan stepped out from behind the tree. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “We have ice cream bars in the freezer!” he yells. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There is a candy machine in every hall in the school and some kids have money every day for a Coke, a pack of cookies, and either chewy candies or candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There was an opening in the bars with a flat, iron shelf attached on the inside. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “With the exception of some rather irritating posturing in bars, I don’t know if I’ve ever had anyone actually leap to my defense before.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He defended Islam as a religion that did not recognize color bars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't think I'd ever leave the safety of my top bunk with bars to my back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A policeman, bored and tired, dragged his nightstick along the bars of an iron fence. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trying to seal off the front of his cell by hanging plastic bags and blankets all over the bars—the smoke was that dense. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined him in his crate, crying against the bars, someone lifting him out only to chop off a finger. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know what she was looking for, exactly—some available shelter she could crawl into, some Hobbit inn that took energy bars as payment. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I also know he feels ashamed to meet people he knows he will not tell them he was behind bars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just a few bars, if you please, professor, of that sentimental little ditty entitled “Those Wedding Bells Are Breaking up That Old Gang of Mine.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Mikken had hammered a row of iron bars into the wall, so Bran could pull himself about the room with his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ruby pokes her trunk between the bars and makes a circle in the air. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “I dumped him, he was a bad loser,” said Ginny, putting a finger through the bars of the cage and watching the Pygmy Puffs crowd around it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z By the time Annabeth, Tyson, and Grover caught up with me, I was staring at daylight streaming through a set of bars above my head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Will you teach me how to cut steel bars and drill them and how to weld?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It glowed with all of its special objects—ballpoint pens, cheese-filled crackers, candy bars, rain bonnets—each one of them giving off its own special light. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A small moan escaped from Poppy's mouth when he saw her through the iron bars, but he wasn't crying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The metal bars shuddered, and the guards retreated nervously. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was the plain robin among them, longing for freedom and unable to sing for the bars around me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Granola bars and fruit snacks and juice boxes overflowed from a little basket near the door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Their dæmons slipped through the bars and flowed ahead of them into the garden. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He pulled the tablecloth through the bars of the cell, whoosh, like a magic trick in reverse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I stand up and walk to the outer bars of the rocket. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The granola bars would soon be gone, and I’d have to find another way to feed us. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z You see the view through tree branches as if through prison bars. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On my way back to the cash register, I stop for a couple Starbursts, a package of Twinkies, and an indeterminate number of GoFast nutrition bars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Within her crate, Songololo is now awake and down from her nylon hammock, standing at the bars and watching Otto curiously. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z One in 9 black men between the ages of twenty and thirty-five was behind bars in 2006, and far more were under some form of penal control—such as probation or parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Red, white, and blue ribbons are woven through the bars. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The iron bars are thick and smooth, and Bailey knows without trying that he will not be able to climb over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I point past the bars, to where a little white girl with blond pigtails stands on the side of the road. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Then we heard a whisper from outside the bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There are commemorative royal wedding souvenirs everywhere; Prince Philip and his bride’s face plastered on everything from chocolate bars to underwear. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Beyond the glass, between the slender white bars of their cribs, half a dozen babies are fast asleep. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I press my face hard against the bars. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Later he went to his favorite bars, visited friends, and got his old job back at Simpson Optical. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The sweater displayed the shoulder bars of a major, with gold oak leaves. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In response to the national turmoil, the all-white Detroit police force has been raiding after-hours bars in the city’s black neighborhoods. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She pictures the black iron bars in the windows of her parents’ flat, and Gogol, in his American baby clothes and diapers, playing beneath the ceiling fan, on her parents’ four-poster bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When he nods, she removes one of her gloves and rests her hand on the metal bars of the cage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In houses, doors don't have bars through which guards can peek in anytime. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Mully had the keys for the j three gates, where bars of black iron as thick as a man’s arm closed off the passage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Wrestling wildly with the stout bars and bolts, he managed somehow to open the small iron door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They point to violent crime rates in the African American community as a justification for the staggering number of black men who find themselves behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He presented the last case of Orich—probably thirty or forty bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I love hearing about the blue-skinned Hindu god who was born behind bars, like me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z We made clenched fists through the bars of the window, hoping the crowd could see us, not knowing if they could. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was long enough for Mace to run, not toward the sea, but sharp left, and left again, up a narrow street that curved behind the shops and bars, away from the front. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The boy slipped the bottle through the bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She put her hand between the bars, and Arion gingerly ate the chunk of gold from her palm. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Mr. Porter, Mr. Boss, since you seem to have time enough on your hands, come over here and drag the mats around the trampoline. Mr. Perkins, you set the mats around the parallel bars.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Chocolate cookies and chocolate bars, stacks of them. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z While she was doing so, rattling the grate bars and clattering the lids, Mrs Compson began to call her from the head of the stairs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I played a few bars, surprised at how easily the notes came back to me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His reports to the parole board could extend your time behind bars. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He ran a stick across the bars of the cage, and the tiger glared and backed off, as if preparing to spring again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z First Nancy inspected the monkey, looking through the bars. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had always known about bars — Shanghai was full of them — but he had never actually been inside one before. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Before her, a set of thick black steel bars reached from ceiling to floor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Fidelito stuck his skinny backside between the bars of the high window and waggled it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he did, he was hanging from the third-to-last rung like they were monkey bars, which he’d never been able to cross in his entire life. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The satisfying clank of the bars dropping back into their hooks when I was done. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I kicked the ground, the monkey bars, the nearest tree. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Cautiously she stretched her small hand, sideways to be narrow enough, between two bars toward the animal’s bicolored head. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Bigger ran to it and caught the steel bars in his hands and swept the door forward, slamming it shut. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Overhead the moon shone through the bars of the fire escape, and it kept pace with us as we walked inside, like some restless animal pacing in its cage. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The compound had row after row of shining metal houses and dozens of liquor bars glittering at daybreak with an aura of fresh vomit and broken glass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Rats wandered in and out of the cells, squeezing their fat bottoms through the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "My lord," he blurted at Mormont as he swung open the iron bars, "there's been a bird, you must come at once." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At the far end it was closed by a gate of thick-set iron bars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I poke my head through the bars and shout, “My feet are too big. Do you still want me to come down?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It was a pretty big one, with brownish bars across its underside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z When he heard the nurse’s cart making its way down the cellblock, he jumped up to meet her at the bars. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Clipped to the bars of the cage was a small red light. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Hul-lo,” said Jack Ketch, with a twitch of his mustache, and he smiled at Scarlett through the bars like a rabbit with a secret. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He hums a few bars, to the first refrain. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The cells were different, too, with doors of solid steel instead of iron bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All day Zeitoun made it his business to sit by the bars, waving a napkin, pleading with the guards to grant him a call. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, like Mounds bars. We have those here.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z One magical day a dove pushed its way through the bars and rummaged through the sawdust. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No tiny curling bars on the house windows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She slid the metal bars back in place when we were through, and we made our way quietly down the dark stairs of our apartment building. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When those behind bars are taken into account, America’s institutions continue to create nearly as much racial inequality as existed during Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I walked up to the glass display cases and looked over the rows of gum and candy bars laid out on the shelves. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z In some bars and restaurants, funeral music was played; in others, the walls were hung with black crepe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In the still woods, the only movements were bars of sunlight glinting like green glass through the leafy canopy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z So I went door-to-door, begging neighbors to buy candy bars.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “One of these days,” I announced, “I am going to take my bow and sneak through the bars of the Résidence.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z While I have always enjoyed gardening, it was not until I was behind bars that I was able to tend my own garden. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a few weeks, working on and off, in between patrolling the bars. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She knew where to find them—which downtown bars they liked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It would be day and the park would be filled with kids, their screaming and laughter would slide along the light beams into the helter skelter world of monkey bars and swings. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Both groups set to removing the windows, prying them out of their casings with the long bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Moonlight was shining through the bars on the window. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They ducked and climbed under the bars of the gate. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They want to write a story about me that ends behind bars. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. Palmer called him down to the jail and told him I resisted an arrest for drunken driving. He hit me when I came up to the bars to talk to him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The sidewalk sprouted trees; the bars on windows were replaced with flower boxes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The kid had done the unthinkable, he had chomped on one of Mars’s own bars. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that everyone benefited from your willingness to share the bars of soap your mother sent. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The light has seeped from the sky by the time my sister gets back with bottles of water and chocolate bars. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A couple more apples, some bananas, a few granola bars, and most of a pouch of beef jerky. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The bricks and burglar bars protect charred rubble. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Two rats to a roller, they slipped four of these under the cinder block so that they lay athwart the hole, like bars across a window. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z "So much bloodshed," Lou says, peering through the bars of a prison cell. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When we asked her what she did, what her job was, she walked us to Oakland’s Seventh Street, where dusty bars and smoke shops sat in the laps of storefront churches. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The animal came closer to the bars and studied him curiously. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the street I saw a blue-and-white cardboard box in the mud, and for a second it looked like the same nutrition bars I’d found in the minimall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z In fact, about half of European countries allow all people behind bars to vote, while others disqualify only a small number from the polls. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When I came out, someone down on V-north was waving his arm madly out of his bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Treasure had been cemented into castle walls, in the form of gold bars, and the builders had been executed afterwards. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn went first: with one hand she raised the boy even higher, his feet kicking in the air, and with the other she grabbed one of the roof bars and began to bend it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They did not fight again until the relationship ended, but in the time of Blaines stoniness, when Ifemelu burrowed into herself and ate whole chocolate bars, her feelings for him changed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The passenger compartment is made of steel, with bars over what would be glass windows in the wintertime. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was a sound exactly recalling the guards in prison running their nightsticks against the bars. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don't like that image of Mom and Dad behind bars. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All of my brothers came running when I struck up the opening bars to “The Maple Leaf Rag.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Six soldiers stood behind them, all wearing uniforms but carrying long metal bars instead of guns. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The madwoman pressed her face to the thick bars in her thin window. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The moon was shining in the window and made shadows on the bed from the bars on the window-panes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I look at the turnstile and see how easy it would be to duck under the metal bars and slip onto that train just as it leaves the station. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He clutched the bars with such frenzy that when he yelled his entire body vibrated. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z From coast to coast, restaurants and bars marked the end of legal drinking by giving customers free glasses of whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Mulch had to stifle a giggle as he dropped the last two bars down the hole. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He shoved a bucket of fresh water into the cell and slammed the bars shut. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Two steps forward, my hands are hovering above the bars. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He had placed himself a bit to one side, and the captain’s bars on the tab of his shirt collar were all the insignia Yossarian could see. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Jule peered into the sack he held out: four Crunchie bars, Hula Hoops, Swedish Fish, two bottles of seltzer, and a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In that particular flat-building and all the neighboring buildings, creaky shutters were closed and tied with petticoat strings to the window bars. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I soon discovered that if a wayfaring stranger wishes to eavesdrop on a local population the places for him to slip in and hold his peace are bars and churches. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The final night, even with my own bobble on beam and a not-quite-vertical handstand on bars, I came away with my fourth-straight National Championship win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Heavy iron bars separated them from where the captives were crowded together in the dark. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They gathered at bars and apartments, discussing details of the campaign, mocking the silliness of the news stories. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The minute I got inside Bannon’s, I saw all kinds of equipment made for just my size—low beams and low bars and floor vaults that I was eager to try. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “He’d tied his shoelaces up high on the bars, but I guess not high enough to kill him, so he’s there all pale going gaagaa-gaaghh.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked across the yards and saw that Florry was still staring at her through the bars of the fire escape. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z While I keep glancing around, Sneaky studies the candy bars, taking his time when we need to get outta here! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I drag one of the target dummies out into the middle of the room and, using some chinning bars, hang it so it dangles by the neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The sidewalk sprouted trees; the bars on windows were replaced with flower boxes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z One that didn’t have no friends at the playground and just stood there watching while all the other kids were laughing and chasing each other around the sandbox and jumping off the bars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Some shelves had rows of untouched chip bags and candy bars, all priced like they were endangered, precious goods. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When the song reached its peak in sound and passion, a tall, thin man who had been kneeling behind the altar all the while stood up and sang with the audience for a few bars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Two angry dogs were snarling up at him through the rattling bars of their crates. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At the gate, they had to wait a few moments before Dolorous Edd Tollett appeared to slide back the bolts and swing open the iron bars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe there’s something hidden behind these shelves,” Natalie said, tugging on the wood frame of one that held boxes of granola bars. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I yank up on the kite string and we both manage to squeeze the slimy purse up through the bars. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z There stood all the cows, waiting to be let through the bars. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Abbey perched on the bow, watching out for obstacles, while I tried to navigate by the lights of the shoreline: motels, mansions, RV parks, tiki bars. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I don’t like seeing all those animals and birds and fish behind bars and glass just so a lot of people can stare at them. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z When I awake the next morning, I see a little trunk poking out between the bars of Stella’s domain. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I replaced the bars on the window, redid the two bolts and closed the window back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My mother wraps her fingers around the bars of my cell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z So they nervously prowled the bars and card rooms and dance halls, drinking beer and taking occasional shots of whiskey and singing along with ragtag cowboy bands. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One tiny monkey with yellow frames around his eyes pressed against the bars of his cage to watch me take the Pigman’s Wrist. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The man stopped looking through the bars at the boy and looked down at the cake. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I wander from room to room, climb up and down the stairs and feel like a songbird whose wings have been ripped off and who keeps hurling itself against the bars of its dark cage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I grab onto the outer bars of the rocket and pull myself up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Alys rolled a leaf tightly and slipped it between the bars for him to nibble. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the fence was apparently not built with the express purpose of keeping ten-year-old boys out, for while the bars are solid, they are spread almost a foot apart. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But as soon as Jeremiah took control, he spent most of the season’s profits in the bars of Lilongwe and Kasungu. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I looked over to where Ben was standing, but he and Mary Lou were busy rummaging around in the chocolate bars. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I try to hum a few bars, my hand hovering over Apa’s back, but the song sticks inside my throat, refusing to come out. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The first time I kept falling off the bars, mixing up my skills on the beam, and doing little hops on landing from my tumbling passes on the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “No bars on the inside!” he whispered to them importantly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The patch of moonlight that slipped past the rusty iron bars on our window fell on the book that our teacher, Parvathi, had given me before she moved away. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My cell had no bars, no windows, not even a door. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But often there were sheets and towels hanging to dry through the bars of windows, and this touch of domesticity always gave them hope. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What am I supposed to do with two bars of chocolate, Coby? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Boys with no self-control become men behind bars. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Thorarinsson said that Fischer, locked behind bars, reminded him of Hamlet, and then he quoted a line from Shakespeare’s play: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I had moved on to the candy bars and cookies and was trying to figure out what might last us ten days without melting into a disgusting ooze or bouncing into a bag of crumbs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Dad bangs out the opening bars to Beethoven’s Fifth. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z There’s a heap of rags, a few bars of soap, and a carton of baking soda in the indoor lavatory, Miss Larsen tells me, in case you want to freshen up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The first beat is usually the strongest, and in most music, most of the bars have the same number of beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Let ’em bust through the newly installed bars over the plywood on the windows. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The fourth struck one of the cage’s wooden bars, and quivered for an instant before catching fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dark bars of iron stood heavy and still between him and the dimly lit scullery beyond. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The bars of the gates were closely spaced: they would have stopped a grown man from getting through, even stopped a ten-year-old child... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Instead we make “meals” of protein bars and shakes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then they started to dash at the cage, shaking the thin wooden bars with their great weight. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z On the eastern side, in the angle of two piers, there was a great door, high above the ground; and over it was a shuttered window, opening upon a balcony hedged with iron bars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Those bars fill up with a rowdy bunch, especially on the weekend.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I see Josh pushing people off of the monkey bars again. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Ma and Laura saw her behind the bars, waiting for them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed with iron bars and sledges, the companions hurried back to the cottage and, while the enchantresses looked on curiously, Taran raised his hammer. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The shadows of bars lay across the tiny patch of light; instead of brightening the cell, the wan rays made it appear only more grim and closed in. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Rusted iron bars cage the first floor windows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The girl’s brow furrows as she stares at him through the bars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes defenders have well over one hundred clients at a time; many of these clients are facing decades behind bars or life imprisonment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In downtown Kinshasa, where a lot of the bars have television sets, Mobutu in his leopard-skin hat blinks on every evening at seven o’clock for the purpose of unifying our nation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He went right to work on the bars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z That why he worked so many odd jobs—shoe shiner during the day, busboy at one of the local bars at night, and even a janitor at Mount Carmel. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I have the towel over my head, and I’m staring at the apricot fruit bars in my cap on the grass. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The window was latticed with iron bars, and there was only the one door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We cut the Milky Way bars into thin slices for dessert. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran used the bars to move himself to the bed, and Hodor pulled off his boots and breeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was told not to play on the climbing bars, but I tried them anyway. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “The no-longer-nomads, called the Cealdim by now, were the first to establish a standardized currency. By cutting one of these smaller bars into five pieces you get five drabs.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Stout bars held it shut against the night's alarms. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He bought candy bars and beef jerky sticks and more chemical hand- and feetwarmers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Coach rubs his neck, staring at the gym wall with its dirty windows, covered by bars. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Or maybe the Fjerdan just wants us behind bars before he rats us out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The serpentine steps twisted ahead, striped by bars of flickering light from the narrow windows above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sheriff looked through the bars at the young man with the matted hair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “So how come you didn’t go to one of a hundred normal bars to dance and drink, then?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He could hear voices inside the windows with the iron bars. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He retreated to a spot behind me, holding on to my calves like protective bars. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Hector carefully removes the bird, the damaged bars repairing as he sets the cage down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Jazz and country music poured out of bars and dance halls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Not a very appealing way—the bars looked slippery, and the water below was so terribly fast. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Near the corner now a couple of boys darted out of the Five and Ten with handfuls of candy bars, dropping them along the walks as they ran with a man right behind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But near the top, where the rocket climbs higher than the swings and the trees, moonlight hits the metal bars all the way up to the peak. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We got to where there were still storefronts, but things, except for the bars, was mostly shuttered down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Might be gold bars in there. Go on.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The metal bars feel like icicles against the backs of my thighs. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He signed up for the men’s gymnastics team, where his prodigious upper-body strength made him a standout on the rings, the high bars, and the parallel bars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Jon could have reached through the bars and caught it if he had wished. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Half the shops seemed closed; the ones that remained open had new bars over their windows. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A pair of captain’s bars ulcerated with rust hung on the man’s ragged shirt collar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I have given the letters; I threw them through the bars of my window with a gold piece, and made what signs I could to have them posted. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The only door that led into the jail had a small square of glass at about the height of a man, and there were iron bars over the glass. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The fence has vertical black bars with pointed ends that bend outward, as if to skewer anyone who might try to climb over it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Bull charged at Ben’s cell, his hands reaching through the bars clutching at Ben’s sweater. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Wooden bars extended from one edge of the frame to the other. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For the next half hour, Madge and I dump out our candy and swap, lollipops for chocolate bars, peanut butter cups for packs of gum. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Through the bars we could see rows of cells in a ring around a dark courtyard—at least three stories of metal doors and metal catwalks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was his first time behind bars, and of all the prisoners doing Katrina time,” as they’d termed it, he was the most perplexed by it all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The guardhouse used to have windows on the sides and in its door, but metal plates and black bars weave across the space where glass ought to be. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Pong turned his face from Somkit and looked past the bars of the river gate. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She helps Bailey squeeze through the bars, which are a bit tighter in this part of the fence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He made his way just abaft of the cabin, then stood squinting up at the Susan Marie’s guys and stays and at the peaks of her stabilizer bars. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Through the bars, I saw an escorted group of B-block in-mates coming back from the hospital, among them the young man I had sent again that afternoon. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People who can’t log in easily at home now crowd into internet cafés and bars, their lenses on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z First we tried the bars: the Farmer’s Inn, the Villager, the Boulder Tap and the Notty Pine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The interior of the vault is enormous, and it contains a huge stack of gold bars, roughly the size of a large house. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Somebody had gone and put big metal bars on the windows. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I can’t roll off the foot like I can with my regular leg, but I move forward step by step until suddenly I’m at the end of the bars. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “We cannot feel the bars unless we push against them. My father says it would be easier if we did not concern ourselves so with each other. Perhaps he is right.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The window frame sprang free, and still grasping it by the bars, he tumbled backward off the box. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth was open in a furious snarl, and his claws—no muffling here!—stretched themselves between the bars in a downward swipe. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Basta pressed his face to the bars as if he could make his way through them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The figure at the top looks up only briefly from behind a cage of ornate gold bars. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Are we seriously listening to Vanilla Ice right now?” she says as the opening bars of one of my favorite Queen songs—featuring David Bowie—play. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z When told that the candy came from Germany—“You know, the fairy tale and the Brothers Grimm,” the clerk said—Bobby was reassured and bought a few bars, his anti-Semitic sensibilities appeased. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Knowing there were soap bars by the dozen, bacon by the rasher, and reveling in her shiny pots and pans and polished floors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z If you take the monkey bars and the people and blur them together they get soft and fluffy and kind just like a stuffed animal. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a knock at my door and I could see Colonel Aucamp’s face at the bars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only similarity between the rest of the town and the church is the small windows covered with iron bars, but the shambler proofing is barely noticeable on such an impressive building. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Jule ate saltines and sugary peanut butter, packets of salami and chocolate bars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Harry ran back to the window to see the bars dangling a few feet above the ground. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The black bars on their sides made them look as if they had been grilled, and these also could become darker or lighter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The battery readout showed four red bars—more than enough for a quick jaunt through mainland Europe and across the British Isles. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z On the opposite side was the Alabama flag, sporting red bars crossed diagonally against a white field, fixed in the same pattern as the stars and bars of the Confederate flag. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I’ve seen those servicemen in the bars and the nightclubs, working it on all the girls who want that kind of a man. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he slips four candy bars into his pocket. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He tries not to think too hard about his face on chocolate bars and thongs in Buckingham gift shops. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As White walked along the cell block tiers, he could see figures from his past, their eyes peering out from behind bars, their bodies gleaming with sweat. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Instead of a future with the von Braun team, it looked as if my future was going to be behind bars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Approaching on the left will be the open ironwork fence of the Jardin des Plantes, its thin spars like the bars of a great birdcage. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ruby wraps her trunk around one of the bars on her door. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Every other window had bars across its frame. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The boy’s father stood with his hands on the bars. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She says it was a sad day Prohibition ended because Dad gets the drink going around to saloons offering to sweep out the bars and lift barrels for a whiskey or a beer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t make the event final for bars, because I’d downgraded the difficulty of my routine; I’d taken out one of my Tkatchevs so I could go easy on my shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the 1990s, while Wall Street was booming, one out of three black men be-tween the ages of twenty and twenty-nine was either behind bars or on probation or parole. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin stretches his arms up against the frame of the doorway like he’s hanging from monkey bars, and the top of his uniform rides up even higher. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z For the next eight years or so Jojo lived in a small cell with steel bars and a cement floor. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I run all the way to the monkey bars and I HIT Josh hard and yell, LET GO OF HIM! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After so many weeks of cutting and looping, gluing and volunteering, you couldn’t get the kids here to show up for a school activity if you were handing out gold bars. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z After a few bars of Piano Concerto no. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The night breeze blowing through the bars calmed me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They were twenty-five or thirty miles from the bars on the other side of the reservation boundary line. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I turned myself sideways and squeezed between two of the bars and dropped headfirst into the dimly lit cellar. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I got to my feet next to the window bars and ducked around the side of the house to meet Mong and Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He must have tired of being crippled, as prisoners tire of penitentiary bars and the guilty tire of blame. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I still went to the gym every day, but I didn’t touch the uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We talked about how Mr. Gardner doesn’t let us have snacks in class but always sneaks bites of the protein bars he keeps in his top drawer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Bod walked down to the main gate of the graveyard, and looked out through the bars. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Then they started snapping their jaws and barking and bashing into the flimsy bars of Duke’s even flimsier cage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And it’s not just that we are afflicted by unconscious racial bias and stereotypes about those behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Scott didn’t much like his job’s chief responsibility: hang out at bars and, as Singleton put it, “enforce Utah’s crazy alcohol laws.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Squirrels lived in the tree, and after weeks of tempting them with leftover breakfast scraps, Perry lured one off a branch onto the window sill and through the bars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z So Coleus visited bars and drank beer with his friends. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My friends and I climb up in the bars under the bleachers at the high school. If we fell there we could die too.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Since the day the first prison opened, people of color have been disproportionately represented behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “She always drags me past the bars around here and makes us wait nearby while she listens to whatever anthems they’re playing inside. I don’t know. Must be a girl thing.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The cub pulled the paw back and then swiped the bars of the cage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The inner room, where Guenever slept had a window with iron bars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The madwoman stood at her window, her face resting on the bars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Some have nothing to do with Lincoln’s death, like James Pumphrey, the Confederate- sympathizing owner of a stable, who spent a month behind bars. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Beat Box and Boom Box ducked under the turnstile bars. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But while all this excitement was going on outside, poor James was forced to stay locked in his bedroom, peeping through the bars of his window at the crowds below. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He ran to the door and caught the cold steel bars in his hot hands and gripped them tightly, holding himself erect. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There she could sit and watch the foam disappear, the scoops of ice cream lose their ridges and turn to soft, glistening halls like soap bars left in a dishpan full of water. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course that was assuming Julie had packed things besides mushrooms and candy bars. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The air was warm, and music thumped from inside the bars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z One man removed the heavy bronze bars; the second pulled the door inward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I looked around the arena and found my family sitting over by the uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t fathom how a bear had gotten into the cage, only that I needed to get away from it, so I pressed myself hard against the bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A man in a striped shirt and suspenders pulled a lever and the lap bars came up, releasing the people who had been on the ride. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The nasty fellow who had tried to steal my bucket on my first visit, Dibdin, leaned his face against the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I run under the monkey bars, past the swings, by my tube tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The cell had two doors: a metal gate or grille with iron bars on the inside and a thick wooden door outside of that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no bars on the windows that I could see, and no wild or disquieting noises. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The hilarious gaiety changed swiftly at the closing bars, and the drummer rattled his sticks in the inevitable prelude to God Save the King. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I made a friend a few months ago,” I said, nervously sliding my hand between the bars. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sneaky’s mom and mine always tell us to stay away, even though P.J.’s has the cheapest candy and ice cream bars. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The FBI and the newspapers were quick to proclaim that “the War’s No. 1 Woman Spy” had been put behind bars. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The silver-and-white capitol building was flying the Alabama state flag and the stars and bars of the Confederate banner. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Through my earbuds, the level of volume is about three bars. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Aimee put a hand on my back and steered me over to the uneven bars for my next event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I see the road that leads to the laundromat and the park where I broke my arm on the monkey bars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Tom put his face against the bars and grunted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Elleven, Blackbird Ordinary, Baoli, bars with swimming pools and fountains, beautiful men, lights flashing everywhere overhead, beneath your feet, in the corner of your eye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Reducing the amount of time people spend behind bars—by eliminating harsh mandatory minimums—will alleviate some of the unnecessary suffering caused by this system, but it will not disturb the closed circuit. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z That and Twinkies, peanut butter, lime Jell-O and Snickers bars. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A stainless steel basin and sponges and bars of soap. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “That’s because there’s too many bars around here. Too much competition. What this neighborhood needs is a decent diner.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bars of metal were better for bartering, but full bars of metal were inconvenient to carry.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Romeos and Juliets, who I bet had pancakes for breakfast, and health bars in their back pockets. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And now there is the bad smell and the thought of fig bars and the storm. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My mother put a new box of Klondike bars in the freezer. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Word about the hunger strike spread to the other women behind bars, and soon thirty other inmates from the District Jail and the Occoquan Workhouse joined the effort. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The ravens began to scream noisily and fly at the bars, beating at the metal with night-black wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Their great hinges and iron bars were wrenched and bent; many of their timbers were cracked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Halliday leans against the stack of gold bars, and the camera pulls in tight on his face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The smell of the broth brought many up to the bars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With the Dregs at her side, she could stroll by the Menagerie without a glance toward the golden bars on the windows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Suddenly a cart laden with bleating lambs rolled past, and one of the smallest creatures wiggled through the wooden bars of its cage and tumbled to the street. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw him staring through the bars at me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thomas grabbed the two bars outside of where she held on, moved close enough to smell her—a surprisingly pleasant scent of sweat and flowers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When they woke, long bars of sunlight lay across the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the town kids, not knowing it was bad luck to catch the carp, would scoop them out of the low waters and toss the fish upon the sand bars. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her heart beat madly inside her like a trapped bird, feathers flying, wings breaking against the bars, but inside the ring Archer was as still as he had ever been. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Part of that wisdom is understanding what you were given—a city where gay bars are unremarkable, a soccer team on which half the players speak some other language. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Tyson was coming through the cellblock, Kampe’s swords lashing out behind him, slicing indiscriminately through cell bars and stone walls. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Vertical bar lines divide the staff into short sections called measures or bars. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I was six then, A little taller Than our dog Queenie, And I walked around The pink-colored Restrooms, past the Monkey bars and The train tracks. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z While Martin entertained himself by fiddling with the soda dispenser, I grabbed a few bags of chips and chocolate bars. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Better, ten kilos of rice and two bars of soap,” she said, which we do need badly, but I despaired for an imaginary windfall that would bring nothing but more white starch into this house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She showed him the opening bars of the Mozart sonata, and the ivory keys felt satisfying and smooth as he tried it himself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One of my last memories of Iran is my dad coming home with a case of Orich candy bars a few weeks before we had to escape. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We all have them, the places where the vertical bars meet the horizontal ones. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With memories of Phelan’s bravado, and a giddy recklessness, I turned around, opened the cell door, and repeated myself with no intervening bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They carried steel bars, axes, knives, wooden stakes, and hammers— all the weapons used by the Khmer Rouge soldiers to kill their victims. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One paw, seemingly too large for its body, stuck through the bars of its cage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The next night, however, when the warder came to the window, Tefu strode up to the bars and said to him, “From now on I want my own tobacco. Just give it to me directly.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the bars he could look down the long stone burrow that ran between the walls to the stony field beyond, but there was no way through. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crowd began to drift back to their stoops, to the drinks they had left on bars. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The single window has no glass, just bars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z One year I had chosen to give up the radio, and another, candy bars. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But an inmate down the gallery was waving his arm out between the bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fully grown women were seen going into sweetshops and buying ten Wonka candy bars at a time, then tearing off the wrappers on the spot and peering eagerly underneath for a glint of golden paper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There were never any potato chips tucked into his food vaults, no chocolate bars or marshmallow figurines. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "No! She's not one bit bad. Some liar accused her of stealing a necklace, and they slammed her behind bars and didn't even try to prove she'd committed a crime." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And then, like smoke, Bod slipped through the bars. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In the cage, the other shamblers are going wild, throwing themselves against the bars in an attempt get a bite of their own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And she must’ve already seen my head getting pointed in that direction, because she reached through the bars and touched my arm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The moment the cover had been removed, they had started jabbering and rocketing around, rattling the bars and making bizarre faces at the people nearest them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He was waving his arm madly through the bars, trying to get my attention. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “I’m sure it wasn’t easy seeing your father behind bars.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Jet black hairs wound themselves around bars of soap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The boy with the red hair put two candy bars on the counter. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He could snap chains round his chest simply by taking a big breath, and bend iron bars that it took two men to lift. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong's neck scraped against the wooden bars as he jammed his shoulder between them, groping for the staff. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A torn yellow streamer tied to one of the iron bars wafted up in the breeze, waving the word caution. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the monkeys knew something had happened because they started making noise and pulling against the bars. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z And that afternoon, she had been spectacular on bars, which had earned a huge score for her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Here,” he said, passing the book through the bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent a lot of time in neighborhood bars and he’d get into fistfights sometimes after a couple of drinks. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “In your stables,” Taran said, “I saw hammers and iron bars. Will you grant us the use of them? Or,” he added bitterly, “must we pay still another price?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In Hadem at large, in the bars and restaurants, on the street comers and stoops, there could be heard more blunt criticism of Malcolm X than ever before in his career. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He explains the basic equipment you need: a couple of magnets, some small iron bars, some iron pointers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Winnie leaned against the fence, her hands gripping the warm metal of the bars, and thought about Mae behind another set of bars in the jailhouse. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Many times a day, he would see other children taking creamy candy bars out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z But I knew that my father and the men on the back of our truck were holding on to its bars as though their arms were made of steel. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “We owe you, Jake. Both of the Shaffer brothers are now behind bars for that bank robbery in California thanks to your brilliant work.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Laleh ignored all the stews and rice and went straight for the bowl of cucumbers, which she ate whole, like candy bars. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It was late at night, but people hadn’t left the bars south of where he was, out toward Jack London Square. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a neighborhood of Italian cafes, pizza restaurants, and topless bars. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Petunia banged her head against the bars of Duke’s cage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She said Poppy was acting fairly calm behind bars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He knows life is too short to sweet to spend behind bars ever again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There was grass on the center mall, and a playground with slides and monkey bars. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd let my mind drift and soon it was me behind bars as the snotty kid in Jail Bait saying, "I never thought that carrying a gun would lead to this!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z As he and Rondell climbed onto the bus, I went back to the waiting area and bought candy bars and Cokes and chips from the vending machines. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The two boys cheer and hope they spend more time behind bars than they did today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Cade wore a nylon backpack carrying some water bottles, tobacco, a flashlight, candy bars, a few tools, and our phones. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Ruby is watching me from between the bars of her cage, and this box is the way out. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Use the bars if you want to. Just stand like you remember doing.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I wanted to reach through the bars and touch the vein with the blood rushing through it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She bites her lip for a second and looks thoughtful, and then she pulls off one of her white gloves and hands it to him through the bars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I walked over to the shower cell and looked through the bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day at noon a guard came to his cell and poked a telegram through the bars. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z While some gymnastics skills came fairly easily to me, it was clear from the start I’d have to put in a lot of extra effort on bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I’m trying not to worry about it as we didn’t hear a lot of names because the guards commenced beating on the bars with their nightsticks, drowning out the men’s cries. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards now lifted the heavy bars of the doors and swung them slowly inwards grumbling on their great hinges. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then she put in two more quarters and got chocolate bars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Down to where music drifts out the doors of bars, and people are looser and altogether more free. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He rested his tired head against the steel bars and wondered how was it possible for this man to know so much about him and yet be so bitterly against him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z With my face pressing against the bars, I begin to cry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z His face rested against the bars and he felt tears roll down his cheeks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z How he hid in the jungle near Khesanh trying to keep his wound clean and eating chocolate bars from his pack. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Figure 1.2: The bar lines divide the staff into short sections called bars or measures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Poppy, we love you!” she said, clinging to the bars with both hands by now. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The following morning, he paid a man to fit bars on Harry’s window. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A man with a cart was selling Cokes and candy bars. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll go to the Coliseum Cafe and have fish and chips, all he wants, lemonade galore, and then we’ll go to see Yankee Doodle Dandy with James Cagney and eat two big bars of chocolate. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I did just okay on the uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Instead, they stayed inside and poked their arms through the bars for their food, just out of reach. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I never thought that a life sentence truly meant life and that I would die behind bars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stiffness reminded me of all the fish lying curved and stiff on the riverbanks, flaking in the sun like old white bars of soap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his face up to the bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She came home from Weight Watchers meetings to tell him how much she had lost or gained, hiding Twix bars in her handbag and then asking him, with laughter, if he wanted one. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z From the front Radar announces, “Don’t you go talking bad about GoFast bars. Do you want me to stop this car?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And there were packages of Top Ramen, tins of sardines, crackers, protein bars, oranges, and chocolate. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “You might not feel as sure of yourself on bars as you do in your other events, but you can still do a great bar routine,” she assured me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The racial bias inherent in the drug war is a major reason that 1 in every 14 black men was behind bars in 2006, compared with 1 in 106 white men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t easy with fingers the size of lead bars, but they managed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There’s nothing these bars could take from me that hasn’t already been taken. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At the gate a dim orange glow shone through the bars where the guards had taken refuge from the wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tracery, all of which was cut from templates, was cemented into place along with iron reinforcing bars as the piers were being built. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Chester leaned his black little head up against the bars of the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad calmly put his hand between the iron bars of the cage and rested it on the cheetah’s neck. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Customers at the various bars his father worked in were quick to buy him beer. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was me that took all the Klondike bars.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Men walked round the capstan, leaning on the bars, heaving the anchor. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His leg is so long that he finds a place for his foot easily and guides his body between the bars. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The son stood at the bars and talked to his father. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Naomi made sure to keep her distance, but when Gilbert offered Hershey bars to the twins, Naomi nodded to Cari, who took his dime and got in line. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All sorts of inmates liked to lean on the bars of R-29 cell and talk, talk, talk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It also meant she could buy me alcohol upon request, and that we looked enough alike that I could use her ID to go to bars myself if I wanted. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were steel bars in front of the glass. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z When he looked up, he saw a nondescript man with a video camera quietly filming him through the bars. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m stuffed-animaling the playground so well that after a while there’s only monkey bars left and one shape that’s coming toward me so I stop blurring and suck my sleeve more. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The song slammed on; various rappers took turns spitting sixteen bars in different languages. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She took just enough change for her fare from shopping money and rode the bus down to the old stone building, with bars on the windows of the second and third stories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Into her head came lines from an old poem: Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was smiling ear to ear, with my mom crying tears of happiness and my nephew trying to squeeze his narrow limbs through the bars to reach me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z From these bars they now hung pulleys wound with strong, thin cord, and at the ends of the cords they fastened hooks, which they slipped into the oval-shaped holes in the block and pulled taut. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z On its first level were big wooden doors over which had been set an open space, caged in with metal bars. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The bars of iron fell into place inside. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Lyra did as he said, and he cut through four bars altogether, enough for them to pass through without difficulty. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a bar very much like the other bars he had seen along the narrow streets of Tangier. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a couple of Snickers bars, some chocolate-covered peanuts, a bag of trail mix. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Half of those in that 6 percent, in turn, were socializing in the same six bars. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and boys press against the metal bars, trying to get fresh air. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Rockey Street was the main strip, and its sidewalks were filled with street vendors and restaurants and bars. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Side streets and alleys were bursting with bars, restaurants, and cafes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I just watch all the restaurants and coffee shops and bars lining the tiny sidewalks. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Stop it! Stop it!” cried the manager, poking the walking stick through the bars and knocking the books apart. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I rushed to the window, and throwing it up, peered out between the bars. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Most of the bars and shops that had sprung up around it had shuttered their doors. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It wrapped around trees and crept through bars of the playground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Lori and I did work out a budget, and we included a generous allowance for Mom to cover luxuries such as extra-large Hershey bars and cut crystal vases. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The five bars and three diamonds of a sergeant major. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But some New England towns don’t have bars, and church is only on Sunday. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And everywhere, it seemed, was the sound of cellphones, one ringing out with a salsa tune, another with bars from Brahms. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But each day we returned to our little sanctuary on the roof and slid the steel bars down tight to protect us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z There were two turkeys on wheat, a couple of apples at the bottom, and two granola bars. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The bars and the stench of desperation, the dried sweat of the hundreds who’ve sat here before me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I yanked off the steel bars and flung the door open with a clang. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Laura pulled open a couple of cardboard boxes, filled with candy bars. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When he was eighteen, Dutchy moved to Minneapolis, where he took any work he could find playing piano in bands and bars. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was like a small city, laid out on a grid with mess halls, stores, bars, movie theaters, and even swimming pools. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Back in his bedroom, Harry fiddled aimlessly with his rucksack, then poked a couple of owl nuts through the bars of Hedwig’s cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Loud music rocks the air as we pass late-night bars and nightclubs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Low in the East there were black bars of cloud like the fumes of a great burning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The place of a freedom fighter is beside his people, not behind bars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Famous hits like that had bought controlling interests in lots of Harlem’s bars and restaurants, or even bought some of them outright. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He barked an order at me one day, something like, “Pick up those soap bars,” and I looked in his mouth and saw a brand-new set of white chompers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Edwin never brought many candy bars with the supplies. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “You’re right. This isn’t only about Marcus. It’s also about justice for Lucy. That poor girl’s family deserves to see her actual murderer behind bars.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The minibar in Jule’s room stocked potato chips and four different chocolate bars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Morales assured me that when he heard the rapping, he’d take the chessboard off the bars and place it under his bunk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Javier turned the TV off, and he could see himself and Javier reflected in the screen, the light from the streetlamp falling on them both, covering them in shadows and bars of brightness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He did the same thing with about three other candy bars until he finally just grabbed a random one from the shelf, walked up, and set it on the counter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The room was dim, but there were bars of yellow sunlight showing between the slats of the shutters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It looked just past her face and didn’t turn its head when she tweeted and purred through the bars of the little cage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the talk you’d hear from men in bars and in the streets. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mam tries all the bars around the station before she gives up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Layla,” she said, “why don’t you go find us some more blankets and clothes. I’d rather not lay the boys on this dirty floor. And maybe a few granola bars or something.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That required a lot of undercover research, and the best place to gather information was at the bars the mobsters owned. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He darted around the teenagers in his path and threw himself against the bright yellow bars holding the gate firmly in place. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When he visited the trap next day, he found that an old wild goose had been caught in it, obviously a Grand Admiral, because of his toughness and his heavy bars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then one of the dancing little bits of light from the lantern jumped between the bars of the gate, and Laura saw long, shaggy, black fur, and two little, glittering eyes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The ones closest to her crept to the bars of their cages, and a few extended their arms, reaching for her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As soon as we stepped in, he loped up to the bars of his cage and set off a full-throated snarl, ears flat against his skull and round eyes fixed on Babu. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Migrants arrested in a dawn sweep at the Tapachula rail yard are behind bars before their probable deportation. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She ran to her cell’s door and wrapped her fingers around the bars. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I walked along the hot, dusty road, sweating and leading the bicycle by the handle bars. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Precisement! The body—the cage—is everything of the most respectable—but through the bars, the wild animal looks out.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Like, just going through the shops, stopping at the bars.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lightning flashed, and the bars on the nearest window burst into sizzling, melted stubs of iron. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was pitiful that all the older guys were either six feet under or living behind bars. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The hustlers at this time were in the daily six o’clock congregation, having their favorite bars all over Harlem largely to themselves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured I’d ration the bars later, but for now we were going to enjoy them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Since it has no knob, she tugs at the bars over the window until the heavy door creaks open. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z And they weren’t watching him because he was so good at doing dismounts from the parallel bars. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z When they finished the spaghetti and biscuits, he handed out Snickers bars from the supply boxes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Above me is a tangle of white bars, the wheel’s scaffolding. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He pointed to a ladder of iron bars that ran up a narrow concrete hole. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I know that he worked for an industrial food-service company and that he opened a couple of bars and restaurants here and there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At restaurants and bars, they sometimes slip Bengali phrases into their conversation in order to comment with impunity on another diner’s unfortunate hair or shoes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The madwoman stared at the window’s iron bars until they were no longer iron bars at all, but paper bars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Booth was a creature of the city and its fancy hotel lobbies, saloons, oyster bars, and gaslit shadows. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Catelyn gazed up at the bars and wondered how deep the rust went and how well the portcullis would stand up to a ram and whether it ought to be replaced. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She remembers the German pacing outside Hubert Bazin’s gate, the edge of his newspaper rattling the bars, and closes the door a fraction. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But as we approach along the shimmering causeway, a wheel somewhere turns, chains tighten and groan, and the bars lift. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “The kids who are going to find the Golden Tickets are the ones who can afford to buy candy bars every day. Our Charlie gets only one a year. There isn’t a hope.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Washed plates with cold water and bars of soap. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby ignored me and hummed a few bars from the song she’d been making up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Each night for a week there were receptions, dinners, and midnight trips to waterfront bars. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The animals in the menagerie are no less happy to see us—the chimps scream and swing from the bars of their dens, flashing toothy grins. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Anya paused for a moment, then whacked the dirt bars of the cage away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Tyson pulled Grover into the tunnel, and the bars slammed shut behind us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Went down to the Wilco to steal some candy bars, doughnuts, whatever they could get their hands on, to eat on the curb outside of Luke’s apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Through the bars at the rear of the van, we see people going about the business of their lives in downtown New York. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Physical education meant running around outside and playing on iron bars in the schoolyard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The man calls out now and then as he runs the edge of his newspaper over the bars of the gate. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “He’s always in the bars, drinking and fighting,” he said. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He said “Goodbye, Maman,” and she reached between two bars to give him a long, slow little wave. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z They also kept away from the bars, from all the fingers poking through, the faces the men made at them, and the burning cigarettes flicked at them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The shoe stand was in skid row—a street of ancient buildings with cheap rooming houses and bars. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Lithe gymnasts twirled on parallel bars and uneven bars and took long running leaps at pommel horses, trying to time their precise movements to coincide with the slow roll of the ship. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Winnie peered up at it, at the blackness of the bars with the dim gold of the light between. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Breakfast consisted of mealie pap porridge, cereal made from maize or corn, which the general prisoners would slop in a bowl and then spin through the bars of our cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But he also took out a couple of bars of soap—I recognized the blue wrappers. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “In a month or so I might be behind bars,” he told himself, “probably for the rest of my life.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Something about the way they’re dressed lets me know that they definitely weren’t playing ball at the park, nor were they doing pull-ups on the monkey bars like all the other guys in the hood. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I look down at the tangle of bars beneath me and beyond them, the ground, and laugh. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I’d noticed that he was holding his mir-ror out on the gallery to keep track of my approaches and also that, against the rules, he sometimes left it balanced up on his bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here we keep a plentiful supply of beef jerky and GoFast bars and this magical energy drink called Bluefin, which Lacey put on the shopping list. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The normal way to lose an arm, leg, or whatever in Milagro was by having it mangled in tractor sickle bars or crushed beneath a horse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were eating granola bars and drinking water from a nearby river. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Even though I knew it was useless I tried tugging at the bars but they were the real McCoy, solid steel. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He saw the bare head of a white man—the back of the head—framed in the narrow opening, stenciled against the yellow glare of the restless bars of light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I got two dollars’ worth of change from this tiny liquor store that had bars on every window, walked over to a pay phone outside a bar playing old-school rock songs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The neighbors peered around the doorway, and a line of little boys clambered on the window bars and looked through. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He growled and snarled all the way and tried to reach through the bars to claw the bodies of those who carried him, but he couldn’t. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The cops were eager to beat him, And shut him up behind bars, But then the Angels of Milagro Arrived in their jalopy cars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Newt’s head appeared at the little glassless window, looking through the bars, a smirk on his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z One reason so many people have a false impression of the economic well-being of African Americans, as a group, is that poverty and unemployment statistics do not include people who are behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Jackie came to visit and brought me Hershey bars and toothpaste. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The window had bars across it, but no glass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll make you another offer,” said Bekhir, pulling himself to his feet using the window bars, his hobbled silhouette outlined against the dark glass. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We’d aligned ourselves with different foundations and food suppliers to install six thousand salad bars in school cafeterias and were recruiting local chefs to help schools serve meals that were not just healthy but tasty. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Nothing could shut down the bars and taverns. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike taverns and lodges, which were hotels and restaurants as well as bars, saloons were primarily places to drink. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Lying on the mattress next to Mom was one of those huge family-sized Hershey chocolate bars, the shiny silver wrapper pulled back and torn away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A window, behind steel bars, looked out at Seventeenth Street. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I ate an apple from my backpack and shared a couple of granola bars with Beau. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Oh no oh no oh no . . .” Thomas let go of the bars and stumbled back a step as the realization hit him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Or it might be that a food is fun to eat—like ridged potato chips or cereal bars. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z No cell of bars could keep him safe within. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was startlingly austere—some dried noodles, one bag of rice, raisins, coffee, salt, a good supply of candy bars, and toilet paper. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z One passage had thick iron bars driven deep into the surrounding stone, blocking the way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One followed the cage down, drifting just beyond the bars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His hands caught the cold steel bars in a hard grip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So the beats are organized even further by grouping them into bars, or measures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Metal bars run from the nose all the way down to green fins holding the ship off the ground. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But after the performance was over, the human beings crowded around and put their faces down close to the bars and poked their fingers through. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In the farthest room, through a barred window, he saw Idunn, sitting and weeping, and he perched on the bars. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Tie that around the bars,” said Fred, throwing the end of a rope to Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Not the whole paw, of course—the bars were too close together. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She stopped at one of the towel bars and straightened a washcloth. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Even though the bars were removed I could still see the jagged edges above and below the windows where they had been unevenly cut with an acetylene torch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “So,” I said, leaning against the bars and letting a moment of silence pass. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then maybe we should call the baby Verdi,” Donald muses, just as the opera surges to its closing bars, and the tape ends with a click. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The sharp-dressed young “cats” who hung on the comers and in the poolrooms, bars and restaurants, and who obviously didn’t work anywhere, completely entranced me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen her once, at, the end of the L-shaped corridor, standing in front of an open door with bars on the square, inset windows. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He took the bucket in both hands and flung the rest of die slops through the bars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s dark on Atlantic Avenue and all the bars around the Long Island Railroad Station are bright and noisy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Nothing can get through the window bars,” Matt said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The second quarter started, and Benji returned with ice cream and candy bars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z When she learned that a rather large teacher kept a desk drawer filled with candy bars and fatty treats, Cara wrote an editorial with the title, “Let’s Chat about Fat.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Most times, he stares out the window past the safety bars to his own world. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z For the million people who lived in Soweto, there were no stores, no bars, no restaurants. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They both turned their little black eyes toward me—bulging with demonic light—and clawed hysterically at the bars that were hardly holding them from escape. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They circled slowly, hemming him in; bars of light forming a prison, a wall between him and the rest of the world; bars weaving a shifting wall of light into which he dared not go. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Chester was leaning up against the matchbox when suddenly two fingers began to work their way through the bars of the cage toward the little silver bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank took out his last sodas and some granola bars from the train ride and shared them with Percy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The bars provided a way to climb down the riverbank. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was blocked by a row of iron bars like a prison door. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Still, it doesn't stop me from imagining we're free, Amma and me, together, exploring the wide-open world that lives beyond the bars. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then my fingers felt something that my eyes missed: a maze of grooves etching the surface of the bars. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He watched me smoothing it over my hands and then my face with that same air of looking in through the bars. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes adjust, and bars sharpen into view in the dim light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They never stopped laughing and talking like they were having a party as they knocked on the door and the second set of bars on the door was lifted from outside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for the people in those bars. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Not everyone is pleased that such a significant fraction of Americans, especially black Americans, live behind bars. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z We stopped in front of a cage with bars, only about three feet from where we stood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “No. Nothing like that. There’s food on board. It’s mostly pretty naff — soy protein bars and freeze-dried noodles and whatnot. But its a change from coconut and fish for you.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z First he saw their faces, five men on the other side of the blue bars. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The nurse, noting that the slashes were only superficial, just had the inmate stick his arms out through the bars so she could clean them up and put on antiseptic and bandages. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I ignore them and stare out through the bars, watching the forest roll past. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The birds screeched and nipped at his hand through the bars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Luma moved the team to the shade, handed out bananas and snack bars, and encouraged them to drink water. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “We gotta pay that man, Ignatius. You wanna see me in jail? Wouldn't you be ashamed with your poor momma behind bars?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Basically, S’meggs was an egg attached to jumbo marshmallows and sticks and even bars of chocolate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z These five candy bars may be anywhere—in any shop in any street in any town in any country in the world—upon any counter where Wonka’s candies are sold. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z My father ended the interview by saying he intended to stay locked behind bars until the law dealt squarely with Dusty Muleman. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z People drank Coca-Colas like ambrosia and ate candy bars like Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone must have gone to a good deal of effort to empty all the guest rooms of their wardrobes and beds and vanity tables and to bolt bars across the window shutters. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I brought out my hollowed cork with pins stuck down to make bars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The shebeens were unlawful bars in the back of someone’s house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z More people abandoned the bars and hotel lobbies of Poughkeepsie and made their way down to the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She buys me treats at the tourist shop—chocolate bars with hazelnuts, German swimming trunks, and more underwear than I could possibly use. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After she falls asleep, I retrieve the bars. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When the shelf was dusted, he picked up the tissue in his two front legs and polished the cricket cage so its bars shone. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the clubs are known as “stand” bars, where the bartenders are all women and will have a drink with you. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She had two energy bars left to get her through. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Teresa gripped the bars now, her knuckles white, her face pressed against the iron rods. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He lies down on all fours, peering between the bars. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As the citizens hesitated as to what to do, Juno herself swept down from heaven, smote with her own hand the bars and flung wide the doors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But when there’s obviously no possessive meaning, forget the apostrophe: You’ll never get into the honors program by hanging out in singles bars. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The other kids threw bars of soap at her, pushed one another into her path, and wrote graffiti about her on the bathroom walls. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z What felt like the comforting bars of his pen gave way in brittle snaps. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She stepped back from the bars, disgusted, and the warriors snickered again in earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z People goggled through the bars at him as he lay, starving and weak, on a bed of straw. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "Where are those chocolate bars you promised me? I'm here to collect! Dish them out!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Both coaches were completely expressionless as they watched me do my routines—vault, bars, beam, and floor exercise, in the Olympic order—but afterward, Martha came over and held my face in both hands. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Vast as the Pacific was around us, suddenly, between us, it seemed a very narrow moat, with no bars or walls. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Back in the kitchen, I toss three granola bars and a juice box into my backpack, then pause for a moment. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We twist our hands through the bars and jam the pins into the lock. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “And there was that trunk full of gold bars. They could hardly carry it.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I press my forehead up against the bars and watch them for a long time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Not only that, but white kids just didn’t put their mouths where black kids had had theirs, be it soda bottles, spoons, or candy bars. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z With the sheets hanging from the bars like curtains? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. White reached through the bars that covered the window and pushed it open. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Some of my students have security doors and bars on every window. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Someone came around with a stack of small jars and fastened one to my cage; a little pipe led through the bars like a sipping straw—drinking water. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Pulled it open, unscrewed all the bolts on the bars and tossed everything into a flower bed outside. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He reared and slammed his hooves against the bars. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Was she trying to ruin me, or was this a trap set by some secret enemy of the movement waiting outside the door with cameras and wrecking bars? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy put his fingers between the bars under the pony’s jaw and felt about. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In bars, on street comers, in passing cars, on buses, at the beach—people grew it in their home gardens and smoked it like cigarettes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z After a while I look to see if there are any little bars of soap in individual wrappers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z After months behind bars, it didn’t look as though Bobby could emotionally survive for much longer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They let go and gripped the stall bars on either side of them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I take more photos: the ongoing handball match, the monkey bars where we played Gladiator, the long yellow slide, the swings. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A world so different from our square rooms, with iron bars on every window, and lines of barbed wire that pierce our sky. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Join the Kings, break the law, end up behind bars. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her foot slipped on a slick rung, and Celaena barely stifled her cry as she gripped the bars, cursing as her knee banged into the gate. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dustfinger went over to the grating and put his hand through the bars. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the background, Abe screamed and kicked at the bars of the crib. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z From our team group text, I knew some of the other girls were having as much trouble with the new bars as I was, but that didn’t comfort me one bit. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were windows with bars and chicken wire in the glass panes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “He’ll only let me out once a day to eat and use the bathroom. I managed to get the key to the window bars, but if he sees I’m gone, I’m dead.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z With his face a puffy mask, Harry felt as though he was peering out from between the bars of a cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I look around and there are a bunch of kids around the monkey bars now staring at Josh. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When he wrote & told me he was behind bars, I told him let that be a lesson—that I was glad that it happened that way when it could have been worse. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “For those milk paps that through the window bars bore at men’s eyes. . . .” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, Aimee worked hard to build my confidence on bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the final rounds, some of us went crooked on bars or wobbled on beam or took little hops on our dismounts. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I parked and found my way to the prison entrance and walked inside the main building with its dark corridors and gated hallways, where metal bars barricaded every access point. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Through the bars of the fence he could see Miss Lark’s Andrew daintily sniffing at the Next Door lawn and choosing for himself the best blades of grass. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But even through the iron bars Meggie could see nothing promising except for tall rhododendron bushes and a broad gravel drive that soon disappeared between them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And Mario knew that Chester, like all people who are used to freedom, would rather die than live his life behind bars. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the little red light attached to its bars began to glow twice as bright, and Golan whipped his head around and searched the darkness behind him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Banning was a dangerous game, for one was not shackled or chained behind bars; the bars were laws and regulations that could easily be violated and often were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only difference was that Papa-Nnukwu’s house had a verandah, which was bounded by rusty metal bars. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Whenever my dad brought home a case of candy bars, we ran to the door. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Behind them they had deposited a jumble of equipment: odd-shaped metal bars, pulleys, wooden structures that looked like ladders, other pieces of wood that resembled small logs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Keeping his head upright, he reached carefully into the display case and felt around until his hand found the dark brown Hershey’s bars. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She sat up just as a figure appeared on the other side of the bars. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was an unspoken foreboding in the warrior’s eyes as he leaned in as far as the bars would let him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They were fastened with great bars, most of them too high to reach and all too heavy to lift. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He had a tested trust in iron bars. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked up to see a strange, new face on the other side of the bars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever they looked at him they saw his hands clinging to the bars, knuckles white under his suntanned skin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A small white dog barks at me through the bars of a gate. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I ought to be bringing her candy bars and telling her how nice her hair looked instead of shoving her onto the dirty bus floor. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He stepped on the monkey bars and crushed them, but he didn't seem angry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The next thing I remember is, waking up with a feeling as if I had had a frightful nightmare, and seeing before me a terrible red glare, crossed with thick black bars. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Black kids and white kids climbed on the monkey bars and played on the swings. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His paintings, and those of the other New Dealer artists, now hung in cafés and bars all around town. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z My score, 14.966, was lower than I’d hoped, probably because my start value on bars wasn’t as high as on my other routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I picture the bars like a body or a canvas or a candle. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I don’t hear anything except from deep inside the sound of one metal cup clanking the length of the bars and one lone voice calling for help. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Father and I found four heavy steel bars in the basement. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I shoved the stuffed sack—and then myself—through the bars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Here, they’re in the middle of nowhere with a signal that blazes five fiery bars on her phone. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But the back was gray cement and three floors high, with iron bars over all the windows. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If the bars were made of wood, the planks would soften and become malleable; when I opened my eyes, the wood would be nothing but chips in a pile, to be used for kindling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The sign upon the gates of Le Cirque des Rêves tonight is a large one, hung with braided ribbon that wraps around the bars just above the lock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The bottom had fallen out of the wooden cage, and its bars were crumbling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’d done okay in my other events too, tying for second on floor, placing third on beam, and fourth on uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I hear the first few bars of Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to wait what seemed an eternity, standing there inside the bars with the Wall to his back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Men like Swart, Gregory, and Warrant Officer Brand reinforced my belief in the essential humanity even of those who had kept me behind bars for the previous twenty-seven and a half years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He has me take off my left shoe and sit in a chair that’s right by the parallel bars. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It was reverse quarantine, an ancient practice in Africa, where a village bars itself from strangers during a time of disease, and drives away outsiders who appear. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The system he used, while not as flexible or sophisticated as the one used today, relied on the grouping together of notes with horizontal bars called ligatures. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I dreamed of my granddaughter, and when I woke to see the bars of the prison cell...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The dog barked, its nose snuffling to get beneath the tarp and up through the cage bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The residents, for their part, assured Boori Ma that she was always welcome; they never drew the latch bars across their doors except at night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Bod leaned against the bars of the graveyard gates. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Usually, when we make a mistake like that on bars, we fall safely into the spongy foam underneath. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He made a row of bold vertical stripes topped with thin loops, like bars and razor wire. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The candy lady's small living room is filled with shelves and shelves of chocolate bars and gumdrops, Good & Plenty and Jujubes, Moon Pies and Necco Wafers, lollipops and long red licorice strings. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He bent down near the bars to show me the slashes across his right forearm that he had made with a tin-can top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were in a twenty-foot-square cement room, and the opposite wall was covered with metal bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Nightclubs and bars and restaurants, too, with glittering metal signs, or ones made out of lightbulbs so that they’ll glow in the dark. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After he left, I didn’t move except to trace the bars of light on the bed with my finger. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Menagerie had been built to look like a tiered cage, its first two stories left open but for the widely spaced golden bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We left all the toys, and the books, and my candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he flipped the mattress off the bed, uncovering the bars that held the mattress in place. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At four hundred feet the wind had teeth, and tore at his black cloak so it slapped noisily at the iron bars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He shoots his hands up, like he’s holding on to monkey bars. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Brooke collapsed against the railing, her hands clutching the wooden bars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Armpit looked out at boarded-up buildings, liquor stores, bars, and tattoo parlors. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He dug tunnels under stumps in his neighbors’ pastures and pried them out of the earth with long iron bars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It had metal bars covering it, of a size that would have kept any unwanted giants at a respectable distance. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The iron bars were a relic of the old régime, and no one had ever thought of dislodging them. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z While the peasantry was chuckling, the Pierce Arrow would buck away in clouds of gray smoke, while the professor up front rendered a few bars of Honk Honk Kadookah. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, standing tiptoe on the cot, she grasped the bars of the window, pulling herself up till she could just see through. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “The housekeeper at Number Eighteen told the searchers that there were gold bars hidden in the toilet tank,” he laughed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had only an instant to look at it before it was gone, twisting between the bars of the portcullis and racing across the surface of the water, but that instant was long enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Aly had also won silver on floor, and Maddie had taken silver on bars, making us the most decorated American Olympic gymnastics team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A wire rack loaded with candy bars hangs from the front counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z A very bright full moon was shining in the sky and by its light Michael examined the iron grating and looked through the bars. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The men pick Jackson up and haul him toward a wooden front building with bars on the windows. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He kept card-board alongside the bottom bars to keep the animal from getting out, though often she did anyway and he’d have to find her on the gallery when he returned. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These cells, with bars front and rear, had dense screens installed from ceiling to knee level to keep the occupants from throwing things out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Guard pounds on my bars, shaking me out of my nap. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Who are you to reprimand me, girl?” he snarled, putting his face up to the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin pulled a handful of granola bars from her bag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Grab the bars to the stalls and swing. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Here,” Hazel said, handing her one of the energy bars. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Twenty bars a day I’ve been buying for weeks and weeks!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Roscuro squeezed through the bars and crept slowly over the damp, weeping stones of the cell floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z There was a kid smiling on the monkey bars, a man in a suit drinking coffee while deep in thought, and an old couple holding hands on a park bench. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And a Panda in its own home and not behind bars in a zoo. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Early in the twentieth century, inmates who prized special bars sewn onto their uniforms for time served were humiliated when, as punishment, these symbols of accomplishment were removed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A towel dried on the bars of the small green window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming back from a shoulder injury, I’d managed to turn in a polished performance on bars, my nemesis. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “See? Your shoulders don’t fit between the bars,” said Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hesitantly, I curled a hand around one of the cool metal bars and pulled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Somkit gripped the bars of the stall door in both fists. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Both bars of candy, the birthday one and the one Grandpa Joe had bought, had long since been nibbled away, and all he got now were those thin, cabbagy meals three times a day. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a heat unlike anything I’d ever felt, a heat from the great buildings, compounded by the millions of people jamming themselves into subway cars, into bars, into those same tiny eateries and cafes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z ‘Wrong. He didn’t have the money, Kat. He’d spent it all. The disposable camera. The Mars bars. The Cokes. The busker.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Curtis brought me a little bouquet of candy bars to school today. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The Maya used a dot to signify one and a horizontal bar to signify five; the number nineteen would thus be three bars and four dots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Down the trail, out of the darkness of the bush and into the light of the slanting bars of sunlight, joggling along with his peculiar nautical roll, came—Ch. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I crack one eye open, notice the pale gray light filtering through the bars on the windows, and grunt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Kelton grabs the remote and finds the local news channel—except now the entire channel is just color bars. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bobby Cherry might have been behind bars, but he represented a network of evil and hatred in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed two bars on our cell door and bent them wide enough for even a Cyclops to slip through. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Round spheres that resemble birdcages rise and descend while one or more aerialists move from within the sphere to without, standing on the top or hanging from the bars on the bottom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I picked my way over the steel bars, getting closer and closer to the front, until a row of seats was resting on top of my head. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground fell away beneath him, the cage swung, and Tyrion wrapped his hands around the iron bars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The spider scrambled to the cattle guard and disappeared between the bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The song changes again, and I instantly recognize the opening bars. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Like the three gates at the receiving entrance, the doors were large rectangles of rounded steel bars that slid on rolling tracks. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They were vertical bars, smooth and no thicker than match sticks, which made them slippery to climb, but by turning more or less sideways, she was able to grip them fairly well. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In the candy aisle, he adds bars of chocolate to the cart, along with jelly beans, lollipops, and chunks of candied ginger. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ruby taps her trunk against the rusty iron bars of her door. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He reached through the bars and felt the lock with his fingers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “That sounds like you. If you knew anything about your job, you’d be in bars tipping us off on people like those three girls we brought in last night.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator was prewar, with gilded, curving bars like a birdcage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He looked at her now, peering through the bars, his jeering face one more barrier, after padlock and chain. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z In bars, they stared silently at the TV in the corner. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s what I kept telling myself, and the next day at the gym, the extra bounciness of the new bars didn’t seem like such a huge deal after all. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then I hummed a few bars: Welcome into this place . .. welcome into this broken vessel. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I stand, pull Mateo by his wrists, and lead him to the monkey bars. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This meant she could drink legally and go to bars. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Dad stepped over the chain fence and knelt right next to the bars where the cheetah was sitting. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She continues to run around the outside of the caged room, as if maybe the iron bars won’t be there the next time around. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The myth of the Baker and Tamar, and its relation to my dad and candy bars and the love of his life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “One minute. Oh . . . and so you have absolute privacy . . .” She waved her hand and iron bars slammed down over the windows. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Gymnova bars were springier and swung me faster than the bar setup I’d trained on for most of my life—and that day, I just couldn’t seem to get the hang of them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The two men refused to post the $200 bond required of nonresidents, and remained behind bars for five days before they were released. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes! I’m going to lock up all my Twix bars so someone doesn’t take them.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Clever citrine eyes danced back and forth as Mama tinkered with the lock, and when the beast flicked his forked black tongue between the bars, a smell like smoke tinged the dry air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I sit on the little balcony outside our room, my feet up against the metal bars. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I think,” he said quietly, “I think...I’ll have just one more of those candy bars. The same kind as before, please.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z These men and women they passed on Sunday mornings had spent the night in bars, or in cat houses, or on the streets, or on rooftops, or under the stairs. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She slaps her trunk against rusty metal bars. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z But I dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They are kept behind bars, typically more than a hundred miles from home. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In one cage two large, middle-aged gentlemen in top-hats and striped trousers were prowling up and down, anxiously gazing through the bars as though they were waiting for something. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z They reach a room resembling a large metal birdcage, with only darkness visible through the bars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I put one of the candy bars back. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was a clang behind him as bars came down. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z One day as I was gripping the bars, my face straining toward the light, a guard came in and told me I had a visitor. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He’d set it down inside the cell and slammed the bars shut without a word. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He never saw the bars of the window, which had been replaced as carefully as possible. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z People drank Coca-Colas like ambrosia and ate candy bars like Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rich kids across town w’hose schools have salad bars instead of just Jell-O,” I’m about to add, but I just say, “Thanks anyway. Not tonight.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But the two small bars of chocolate that we had been saving for a “feast,” were ruined. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Madame Manec sneaks Marie-Laure chocolate bars, slices of cake; this morning they squeeze lemons into glasses full of water and sugar, and she lets Marie-Laure drink as much as she likes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In one city, a famous gangster robbed a bank of five thousand dollars and spent the whole lot on candy bars that same afternoon. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he flung it again through the bars of the cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed his father’s hands were chained against the prison bars and he was still standing there with his head down. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The last few bars of a Jay-Z song filled the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Two protein bars. We’ll split one. Save the other for later.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z With a baby still tugging at my breast, a girl just filling out, and my young-man son behind bars, I wasn’t ready to enter His Kingdom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Moon-light slanted between the slats of the shutters, laying pale silvery bars across her father's face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Loki closed his talons on the nut, hopped up to and between the bars of the window, and began the journey home. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Freedom means everything to him you will never get him behind bars again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go into any shops, bars . . . ?” “I spoke to a man in the station!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The two dogs he’d brought with him from the city lunged and snapped at the TV star cowering behind the bars of his cage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Just before his army physical, he ate a fistful of candy bars; thanks to the consequent soaring blood sugar, he failed the physical. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z One of the women arrested, Helena Hill Weed, was wearing a Daughters of the American Revolution pin decorated with bars that represented her fourteen ancestors who had given their lives in the fight. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She hadn’t moved and her face was still pressed against the bars with the same sad, forced smile on it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z They checked the bars on the windows to make sure they would not come loose. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody’s father gave him an old pair of spurs and bent in the side bars and cut down the straps and took up the chainlets until they fitted. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no bars on the windows, no jangling keys, no doors to lock or unlock. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If she had reached her hand through the bars, she could have touched it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It had given her pleasure, buying chocolate bars from the newsstand, cheap bars filled with sugar and chemicals and other genetically modified ghastly things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One end of the tube was wedged between his bars at stomach level, and the other protruded halfway into the narrow gallery space between cell bars and fence, like a miniature bazooka. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was narrow, cluttered, lined by stores, cafes, bars. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The birds flapped their wings at Jon's approach and screamed at him through the bars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m selling candy bars for my soccer team. It’s a good cause.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We stood slack- jawed, trying to make sense of the railings, the fences, the bars, and the spaces, both tiny and immense. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I unrolled the carpet partway and immediately found something else: a flattened, empty box that had once contained twenty-four nutrition bars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She peers through the black iron bars on the door and points. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She releases the bars and paces outside my cell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Barbara pulled herself into a sitting position by holding on to one of the bars of her cot. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Songololo had rummaged through my pack, grabbed a handful of granola bars and a pair of socks, and was now running across the clearing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It wrapped around trees and crept through bars of the playground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I am glad to have the chance of bidding you good-bye, Mr. Wemmick,” said the man, stretching out his hand between two bars. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It could talk, but only in Portuguese, and it bit anyone who stuck his fingers through the bars. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Vega and Sunnshyne sat on the floor, munching granola bars, watching us build. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z About every third one would hit the bars and fall where the baboon couldn’t reach it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It is as Nikhil that he takes Metro-North into Manhattan one weekend with Jonathan and gets himself a fake ID that allows him to be served liquor in New Haven bars. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The whole time I’d been jumping and flipping and swinging from the low bars, she’d been watching me from across the room. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Each cell had one window, about a foot square, covered with iron bars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All around were great big cages divided up by thick, green, iron bars. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She was perched on top of the monkey bars, and I was walking along the woodchips. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z White and the prosecutors had worked with the Oklahoma attorney general to keep Hale and Ramsey behind bars by filing state charges against them for the bombing murders. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I imagine my body plummeting, smacking into the bars as it falls down, and my limbs at broken angles on the pavement, just like Rita’s sister when she didn’t make it onto the roof. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Any person who claims to have deep feeling for other human beings should think a long, long time before he votes to have other men kept behind bars—caged. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At recess they sit together near the fence and share granola bars. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There is some shoving, and finally they force people out of the way, using their nightsticks as blocking bars. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When Aunt Loma happened along, carrying the baby, she stared at Miss Love a minute, then flounced into the store and came over where I stood putting bars of Octagon soap on a shelf. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The cell was one of two in the courthouse basement and had neither bars nor windows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mia had sliced each word out neatly with a razor to form the gaps between the bars. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The two men could only stare at the grey walls, the black floor, at the baby blue bars, or at each other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then everyone was beating on the bars, calling out, /Viva la Mariposa! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood on tiptoe and stretched my hands up to the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So I grab the bars and I use my left leg to power myself up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Kaz wiped his hands on his trousers and returned to his spot by the bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Harry poked a few Owl Treats through the bars of Pigwidgeon’s cage, then turned to his trunk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But in every case, he will tell you that he can’t forget those bars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw her hand reach through the bars, and a bird flutter near, nestling in her palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A window with a screen, but no bars. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Matt spent the night in the guardhouse, and in the morning Raul took him to a large, gray building with high windows covered with iron bars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath, then loosen my grip on the bars. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to follow me,” I say, staring at the maze of bars above me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She said that when she looked at them, she would pretend not to see the bars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A torn yellow streamer tied to one of the iron bars wafted up in the breeze, waving the word caution. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Nok lay on the floor of her stall with her face pressed to the bars. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He gripped the bars, shook them, felt them move. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It used to be small-time stuff like costume jewelry for his mother and candy bars and newspapers. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead, drinking transferred from the restaurants, bars, and saloons to the home and places hidden away from Prohibition agents. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There were about eleven different men lying on the floor or propped up against the wall on the other side of the bars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Before he was aware of what he was doing, he ran to the door and clutched the cold steel bars in his hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Strung himself up from the T of his cell bars. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z While each instrument is limited in range to fewer than two octaves, all together, from bass bars to soprano glockenspiel, the ensemble covers six octaves, creating an entire orchestra! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z That night, after Papa had shut up the newsstand, Chester was hanging through the gilded bars of his cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I pound the bars again, even though I know that force won't help. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z On cement-block walls, there were signs for bars, nightclubs, hairdressers, and even doctors’ offices, with the prices charged for seeing patients painted on the walls. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z At the corral the stock horses snorted at us and rubbed their heads against the bars, and Specklebottom took a kick at a gelded friend just to keep in practice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but you handle him with your bars, not your fists! You trying to get disqualified before you start?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Dad, knowing that all the bars and liquor stores would be closed on Christmas, had stocked up in advance. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And the Best Little Store by a Dam Site was a good place to shop for treats and small luxuries, everything from cheap cigars to Oh Henry! candy bars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You better look into the bars,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bars are at about hip height and maybe three feet apart. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It produced concrete-reinforcing bars, barbed wire, nails, and steel for cars, refrigerators, and military ships. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Here is a black man caged behind bars, probably for years, put there by the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “With the two of them behind bars, what happens to us?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Their limbs stuck out at awkward angles through the wooden bars of the cage, and at the sudden sunlight they cried loudly, scrambling over each other to try to get out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the bars, framed by the high, square window, slides a small patch of sky. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Caged animals squabbled with us through the bars. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But I don’t take her to homosexual bars!” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I wrapped my fingers around the window bars and looked into the emptiness. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Lab chimps stare out from behind the bars of a cage. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A huge stone door with iron bars slid open, and Amari was shoved inside a room with the rest of the women who had survived their journey. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind smudgy glass hung chocolate bars, licorice whips and lemon drops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Roy couldn’t bear the thought of facing his parents through jail bars if he and Mullet Fingers got caught. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They are mostly poor sections with cafes, bars and businesses of all sorts alongside cluttered residences. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw men, some sitting on cots, some standing behind the iron gates with their hands on the bars, looking at him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun seemed to be stopped just below the horizon, cutting gold bars through the water and slash ing beams of light up, into the sky over his head. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Harlem’s numbers industry hummed every morning and into the early afternoon, with the runners jotting down people’s bets on slips of paper in apartment house hallways, bars, barbershops, stores, on the sidewalks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn obliged, reaching through the cage to grab the boy’s arms, then pulling him off his feet and up against the bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The leaves that rustled around his feet on the outside have not followed him past the fence, though there is room enough for the breeze to carry them through the bars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I pick it up and throw it back at them, watch the unidentifiable mush splash against the bars, messing the clean pressed uniform cloth and white ruddy cheeks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, Aimee and I zeroed in on skills I needed to upgrade, not just on the vault but also on bars, beam, and floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This thing, for him, was far, far worse than seeing slabs of chocolate in the shop windows or watching other children munching creamy candy bars right in front of him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Me sitting on the go-kart, my feet on the bars, Hirohito behind me pushing, and Vonetta and Fern at the rear, parading up Magnolia Street. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When Masoud would bring home a box of Orich candy bars, he would run and put his portion into the pockets of his clown. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Now the guard was at his cell, yelling through the bars. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Some prisoners were already awake, their hands and arms wrapped in rags sticking through the bars of the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The little old woman moved closer to the bars, and at the same moment a guard motioned to her son. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She peered between the bars of an empty cell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There stood Boots’s cage, and there were the four slaves who carried it—all fast asleep too, sitting on the floor with their backs against the bars. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He looked at the sky through the bars. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It was one of those mini bars that we gave out at Halloween. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he fell skinning the cat on the monkey bars, it was Mia he ran crying for, and Mia who dabbed the gash on his temple with iodine and stuck a bandage across it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He ran to the steel door and caught the bars in his hands and shook them, as though trying to tear the steel from its concrete moorings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry. Try stringing it up higher on your bars.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The saint helped himself to a fresh dose of whisky, hummed a few bars of Poteen, Good Luck to Ye, Dear, and glanced at Mother Morlan. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I let this sound wash over me as I hold onto the bars and close my eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z If he were any closer, he would be too tempted to throw himself against the bars, grabbing for any part of the guard’s flesh. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He had not been let out of the cellblock once, and had been let out of the cell only to shower; the shower itself had bars. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He melts actual bars of baking chocolate and uses whole “one hundred percent of the fat” milk. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Preparing to break the news, the nurses stocked up on candy bars for the girls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It swelled during the opening bars to cover all other sounds in the gym. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z People lie and get fake IDs and sneak into bars, and for this? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z If he really were to supply the whole of the British Army with Amo bars he could become immensely rich. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When April answered, all he said was, “Look, I got to talk to you and Ross tomorrow early. Meet you out by the parallel bars first recess. Can’t talk now—party line.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls were in the midst of a jump-rope fad, so the parallel bars were pretty much deserted. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He had another two birthdays still to celebrate behind bars, his nineteenth and his twentieth. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Where are we?” she whispered as they ducked through cramped stone tunnels, passing dark caves fitted with iron bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Axel wraps each hand around the fence bars. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I look around the closet, at the comforter we’re sitting on, at the pillows, the water jug, the energy bars, and that’s when it hits me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The idea is improvisation: the foil containers that come from salad bars can be reused as dishes; the lone plate becomes a cutting board. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I shove my foot onto the place where two bars cross and push myself up, grabbing another bar in the process. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z This narrow room with its stripes like bars contained a history of feeling that no one could imagine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The forest trees rose all around them like prison bars. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, the tough guy, Dozer, had been placed in a different section of the shelter where they locked up the dogs who snapped at the handlers or bit the bars of their cages. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he says, “Now what I want you to do is hold on to the bars and just rock back and forth on one foot, then the other.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It had flushing toilets; there were no bars, only walls—and within the walls, you had far more freedom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward tile canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z What this technique does is eke out as many as possible of the sympathetic resonances, or harmonics, latent in the reverberating strings, thus imitating the natural harmonics found in plucked strings and struck metal bars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z That world of grocery stores, walk-up flats, cheap restaurants, poolrooms, bars, storefront churches, and pawnshops seemed to hold a natural lure for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The two prowled bars, wooed girls, chirped, “Heil Hitler!” at everyone in uniform, and stole anything Germanish that they could pry loose. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I said, holding up the kite by the ends of the cross bars. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He wrenched one of the bars free and turned toward the camera, brandishing the bar like a sword. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Towers and monkey bars, the various structures connected by wooden bridges. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The birds to my right squawked and pecked on the bars of their cages. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We’d take with us cartons of empty bonded whisky bottles that were saved illegally by bars we supplied. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed strange that there could be so much color and beauty, and then when you got to Malone everything was tan and gray and black steel bars and wire. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Sitting at the table in the darkness, the moonlight slatting into the cabin through the small windows in bars of pale white, he hated himself more than all the rest. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Strikers idled in bars around the Yard, staring out the window at the steady stream of men and women the packers were bringing in. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Union members photographed her behind bars and put the picture on postcards. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z |
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