| 单词 | rough |
| 例句 | Patches of rougher and mare bristling green appeared in the valley. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Bernini is completely successful in distinguishing between the soft flesh of Daphne and the rough texture of the bark and leaves. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I dried myself off and I used the rough brush to pull through the snarls in my hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The cushions of the sofa were remarkably lumpy and smelled like old newspapers; and the chair pad Mae had given her for a pillow was thin and hard, and rough under her cheek. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Short cuts make long delays,' argued Pippin. ‘The country is rough round here, and there are bogs and all kinds of difficulties down in the Marish — I know the land in these parts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Despite rough shoving and bumping, Claire managed to cling to her bundle and stay right behind the rest of her family. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z But it is rougher where you are going until you make the shore. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the rough drawing I had done during the morning. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Klein’s nurses and firefighters would size up a situation almost immediately and act, drawing on experience and intuition and a kind of rough mental simulation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A rough plank had been rigged for them to climb from the small boat to the ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of lines connected to one another in a rough way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Instead, she waited with her burning cheeks and her own dumb smile until he slid her papers back to her, rough fingertips briefly brushing her wrist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The dudes in here can still be pretty rough, don’t get me wrong, but it’s nothing like that place. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z My neck snapped against the armrest and I rolled onto the rough carpet behind the front passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His voice, though, was too rough, and he realized that no girl would be fooled into believing that it was the voice of her young brother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Still, a rough estimate of the time of death can be made, and the Shouns determined that Anna had been deceased between five and seven days. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His voice sounded rougher than usual, as if it had read too many words aloud. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The printed pages of Bengali type, slightly rough to the touch, are a perpetual comfort to her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even for a flying horse, that had to be rough. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was rough and scouring, like rusty anchor chain reeling through a hawse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a doctor who talked to her and bandaged her hands where she had scraped them on the rough board. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The “rough” strain, which lacked this sugary coat, was more susceptible to immune attack. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I rested my cheek against the rough homespun of his jacket, knowing that my wish was a vain one. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You’d be surprised at the lengths people will go to avoid responsibility,” Wanda replied, and her voice was rough, but certain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The waves were high and rough, and the salt water splashed over the side of the dwarfs’ boat, soaking them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The cloth was as rough as a floor brush, but it would help him fit in with the others. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I grasped it hunched by body, placed my bare feet on the rough trunk, and began to climb. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer pushed open the third door on the left and slipped into the courtyard, his bare feet silent on the rough pavement. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “My half-sister lost her kid, my nephew, end of last year. It’s rough.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I clung to the rough plank, poised far out over the water, giving all my might to the service of balance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay, rapt and naked, on Irwin's rough blanket, waiting for the miraculous change to make itself felt. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He had expected a larger man and a rougher exterior. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I wondered if he wouldn’t get some of his baby teeth jerked out at such rough play, but guessed it wouldn’t matter. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks earlier, on the ship sailing over from Europe, she had slipped on a staircase in rough seas and broken her ankle. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I’d been overconfident in our ability to walk so many miles at once in such rough terrain when we left Teresita’s. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The wagon jolted over a particularly rough spot. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Mom said, Look at that beauty—now that is a strong woman, keeping on while the going is rough. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The rough pads of his tobacco-stained fingers when he slid the ring on her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The wolf padded closer, sniffed at her fingers, then licked at the blood with a wet rough tongue. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Now, he felt rough hands grabbing at his throat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about two feet below the top of the wall, and one reached it by climbing down a sort of rough stairway of broken brick ends. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her voice is rough; she clears her throat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Once, White invited him to a relative’s ranch: “We do not have to rough it on his ranch, for he has every convenience except air cooling and you don’t need that.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You can stand right on the edge of the gorges and see down, down into the most treacherous ravines, lined with sharp, rough outcroppings. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Many of the soldiers from Camp Funston had a rough boat ride overseas and are still feeling indisposed with flu symptoms. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Bran could feel rough wood pressing against one cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Things would get a bit rough for me on the nights that my son was in charge, for he would single me out for criticism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Honey, I’m sorry. I know it’s rough. But I'm doing this for you, for Jojo and Stella, for all of us.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So there’s always a rough patch at the beginning of the year when I’m breaking them in. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it’s been rough. But we’re here now. Everything will be okay.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It’s too rough on your cheeks and nose, so you use the white sheet instead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “The storm is over. It is rough but you will be all right.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They are rough and hurried, like they don’t consider eyelids worthy of gentleness. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather had changed and the mountains were full of air pockets that made the plane bounce up and down like a cork on a rough sea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo had been in enough rough schools and foster homes to sense when things were about to turn ugly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I nod and swirl my feet through the rough grains, enjoying the gritty tickling at the bottom of my feet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Mark punched the rough wood of the shack, bloodying his knuckles. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A rough, awkward, muddled love, but love all the same. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately the directors had ordered a rough plan of the fair, to be delivered to them within twenty-four hours. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I found myself thinking about how to best lean into turns so that the mower wouldn’t leave rough patches that needed to be trimmed by hand. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The wood locked around my neck was rough and splintering. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was a rough balance ...till recently, till the great storm. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was quick and he wasn’t rough after that first time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I wasn't going to just bump along to grade thirteen and not go to a real school where I'd be roughed up and challenged. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A few feet scraped uneasily on the red, rough surface of the old football field—then, suddenly, Meggie heard something behind her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But those who were heavy and tall had it rough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a few trying experiences such as being blocked from passage to class by a few rough, tough-looking sideburners, boys who I’m sure if separated would not attack a mouse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Terrible how they let kids so young play rough sports these days,” she said to her friend. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It turned out to be their most effective offensive weapon: Permian was called for roughing the kicker and Odessa High got a first down. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She curled herself into a ball, but as she closed her eyes, memories assaulted her, so she sat back up, leaning against the rough wooden wall. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried rubbing the braided tzitzis against the trunk’s rough bark. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His face was dark and queer, and his voice was rough, not his voice at all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z While the others broke dirt clods and struggled with roots, picked stones and smoothed out rough rows to plant, Pinch pretended to help. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z "Because things are getting out of hand. Ras's men tried to rough me up tonight and our strength is steadily going to hell." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The tile edges were rough, tiny spaces gaping at the corners. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Overhead, a chandelier sprouted from the rough plaster, its brass branches leafed with shards of cut crystal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Ralph knew there were not really a million mice in the inn, although he had to admit that in wintertime the mouseholes were crowded, because his rough outdoor relatives moved inside to keep warm. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z There was no window, but the rough boards let in chinks of daylight as well as drafts of cold November air. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I leaned against the tree’s rough bark and smiled at Georgie. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z We would cluster in small groups, four or five men in a rough circle, and talk all day long, about every subject under the sun. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, despite their curtness, the soldiers, surprisingly, had not been rough with her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Under the lofty doorway, on the door sill of wide smooth ash, they held this rough exchange. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Xan sat cross-legged on the rough plank floor, and the baby lay in the hollow of her skirts. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The onions must be harvested, packed into the rough sacks that Mercy had sewn, and stacked ready to be hauled into Hartford or bartered for goods when a sailing ship came up the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She handed me a rough clay bowl full of steaming vegetables, seasoned rice, and a crusty chunk of bread, and I thanked her and moved on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z While crossing Clapham Common in a carriage, he somehow fell from his seat, grew entangled in the reins, and was dragged at a gallop over rough ground by the panicked horses. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was rough and soft, both at once. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The road winds through farmland that looks like a rough quilt in the glow of the rising moon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached over and rubbed his knuckles with her rough palm. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The rough shingles battered Tally’s knees and elbows as she rolled, letting out a cry of pain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z So when you’re the actual person it happened to, that has to be rough...even if you can’t remember anything because you were a baby. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When the mercenary made no reply, he added, “None of us would blame you if you wanted to catch a bit of sleep first, either. It looks like you’ve had a rough couple days.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her voice held steady, but her hands did not, and the O of Olinski was the rough shape of an oil spill. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Now Therese drops the soiled garments in soapy water with fingers that are long and tapered, like a lady’s, but red and rough, like a servant’s. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The only furnishings Minli could see were two wooden crates and a rough stool. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I stretched my smile even bigger, proud that he understood my rough Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Clearly it would not stop the rain, though they had tried to make rough shingles of old pieces of half-rotted bark, yet it was a start. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Brigid picked up a pile of what looked like rags, but might have been clothing, off a rough stool, and Lyddie sat down gratefully. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Marie concocted stories for her because she was a child, but the stories were breezy and rough. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Agents in the past had sensed that they were being followed, and White gave his men advice in case their cover was blown: “Keep your balance, avoid any rough stuff if possible.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I told him about the shark falling from the winch and possibly being whisked away to Guam in the rough seas. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Griffith autopsied the mice and found that the rough bacteria had changed: they had acquired the smooth coat—the virulence-determining factor—merely by contact with the debris from the dead bacteria. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Nebraska is pretty rough on hobos. Here’s hoping that we’re on the Spirit of New Orleans.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A man with a deep, rough voice spoke. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a rough, chalky sound, full of things I did not know were there. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hospital, her father despaired at incompetences and breakdowns in procedures, at the rough, professional hands that prodded him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My tummy felt wobbly, rough as the ocean during a storm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The bride’s voice would be soft and pleading, his, rough and demanding. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Smooth stone lined the roadway and, instead of the rough board houses he remembered, rich wooden doors — some elaborately carved — lined the street. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The next day I tried to go with Father, but he said he was going into a rougher area that day, so I spent the whole time inside the stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I am pushed headfirst into the mouth of the cannon, sliding down its cold, rough throat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Fischer’s assurances notwithstanding, his peripatetic alpine career was rough on his family. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Renouncing all vanity, they gave up their stylish dresses and wore rough wool robes made by Labadist weavers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And the Barrel was a far rougher teacher than Kaz could ever be. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Even with the rough treatment, there is no shooting pain. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There was no sneaking past its rough guard, even to get to one’s own yard of intimacies. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, she didn’t see any white men, the rough sort she imagined slave catchers to look like. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It looked like my friends were having a rough time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There is no window, just cracks between the rough boards that let me know when the sun has set. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Her voice, rough but still sweet, came down the hall. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Electric lights had been strung from behind the pulpit to the entrance flap and continued outside on poles made of rough two-by- fours. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I can't speak, but he tells me in his rough, rushed German what is going on outside in the stabbing sunshine. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The women were just as rough as the men, and I think they was the ones with the foulest language. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Timothy pressed me tightly against die rough bark. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They were followed by a rough- looking militia unit that was trailed by a group of slaves carrying shovels and pickaxes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, mice inoculated with the rough strain mounted an immune response and survived. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Can’t we go home and wait? That was rough last night and this morning. Besides, then we can be heroes twice. Once when we return home and once when we reveal ourselves.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A rough, jagged poem, like the steps on this stoop, like the sidewalk in front of this building. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She smiles and opens her arms like she used to when I was younger and having a rough day at the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Nearly everyone around me looked like they were in college—or at the very least, nearly there—but even though they looked like kind of a rough crowd, I knew they weren’t. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His manner was so rough that I did not urge him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can get killed flying them, too,” Dobbs answered pugnaciously in his rough, quavering, overwrought voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A rash had broken out on your back, making your skin as rough as sandpaper, and you moaned every now and then. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Well, if things get really rough, you could take your dogs next door. The Coastal Animal Shelter. I’m sure they have emergency contingency plans.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He patted the badger’s rough coat with a gentle paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Or was the rough, genial, stout-hearted old major merely going along for the fun of it? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Working rhythmically, Jonathan shut his eyes and felt the rough, warm hide against his face. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally the Berg slowed, and then there was a rough bump that shook the ship, followed by silence and stillness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As for the shaking, he simply kept stones in his pockets — a rough one in the right pocket, a smooth one in the left. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z More often than not, they did not believe in conversation, their dispositions reflecting the rough, atonal quality of the land, which after the droughts consisted mostly of the gnarled limbs of low-lying mesquite bushes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, everyone has troubles. Minerva and I went through our own rough times. The important thing is to use a crisis like this to grow closer. Isn’t that so, mi amor?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The trek was rough because we stayed in the forests, where the understory is a jungle of hazelnut, viburnum, and twisted young hardwoods fighting for the sun. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Carrying 130 pounds, Seabiscuit endured a rough trip and lost by a nose to the brilliant race mare Esposa, who carried fifteen fewer pounds and set a track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His only hand was soft and smooth, not like the rough, red, calloused hands of farmers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “What is this? ” he says, his voice rough and creaky. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He always shredded his paws on the rough concrete buried beneath, but he could not control the urge. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her hands are occupied with steadying a rough crutch made from a broken branch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Just like he knew our rough play outside probably wasn’t a good idea, but he let it go again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Calpurnia nearly took the skin off her with the rough towel, and commanded her to raise her hands above her head. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z You’re a Lady, and you don’t want all these roughs going for you, do you? The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Two men and two women, wagoneers, rough from years of being outside and smiling to be spending a night out of the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was as rough as the wood grain of the table in the dining hall, the skin along his thumb as hard and dry as leather cracking with age. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Several pairs of rough hands lifted her like an unwieldy piece of furniture and she drifted into unconsciousness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “He’s working on it,” Gabriel whispered to himself, lying all the way down on his back and staring at the ceiling to see the all-too-familiar rough whiteness sprinkled with the tiniest flecks of gold sparkle. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Hands lift me up rough and throw me down on some board. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My bare feet slapped on rough cobbles, splashing through puddles and taking shortcuts through alleyways. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She looked down at her legs, parted on the rough ticking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Fischer guffawed when he heard of it and said that he’d been expecting rougher tactics from the Russians. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The floor was rough and uneven, and it would be slow going, full of scrapes and bumps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some of the band stopped when they felt the land grow rough underfoot, but others pressed right on, seeking the phantom village, following dim wavering shapes that fled just out of reach before them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The boy sucked in his breath, squinting in expectation of the blow, his back pressing against the rough bricks until their edges dug into his flesh. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Maybe I can talk to him about helping her in the morning. Even though he roughs me up sometimes, I know he loves me. He gives me money and buys me stuff.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At that very moment in the world of Cittàgazze, the assassin-priest Father Gomez was making his way up a rough track in the mountains between the twisted trunks of olive trees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Inside the building, the linoleum-floored hall, unlike the halls of the Mountain View Inn, was a broad smooth highway with no rough carpets to wear down the already thin tires of a little motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I especially loved it when it was rough and most passengers were in their cabins. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The rope was rough, and tying it was awkward. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Everything went red for a moment and I leaned against the rough, tarred wood of the pennant pole. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Scarcely dared I answer her; for I feared the next sentence might be rough. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She loved him, and the spirited easy life he gave her, and yet she often fought the urge to create rough edges, to squash his sunniness, even if just a little. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The rough fibers of the fabric allow light from the fluorescent bulbs on the ceiling through. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “My town’s pretty rough, that’s why my parents have been sending me here since I was eight, so I could get away for the summer.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z My bed and a rough wooden chair beside it were the only pieces of furniture. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It’s beautiful,” I said softly, my voice rough with emotion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The truck bumped as it traveled on the rough road that snaked between the pine trees around them and jerked his body around. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her style was rough; her people had heads too big for their bodies, but Jennifer liked the feel of drawing the same way some people enjoyed singing in their showers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The surface was the colour of damp sand, rough and grainy to the touch, except where bits of moss and lichen grew out of the cracks. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Which I doubt;” His voice was oddly and beautifully rough cut, as some small boys’ voices are. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “I do not understand everything. I am still unwell,” I said, hearing the contrast between my rough, foreign accent and her lilting, native one. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Moss was eight, and his father took him to watch the judging of the animals, and Moss remembered crying because they were all too rough with the pigs and the sheep. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We leaned against the rough bricks and breathed hard, staring at each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She had been so rough with the potatoes that they were basically mashed potatoes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the face of the stony wall there was something like a stair: natural perhaps, and made by the weathering and splitting of the rock, for it was rough and uneven. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His fingers were rough and callused, and sticky with blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t let the two mean dogs rough up a weak old stray who looked like he might not even have any teeth. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “You can go when you can hike over rough terrain on those crutches for eight hours a day. Two weeks, I’d guess. Six slices.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “It is English pronunciation that is crazy. Take three words: rough, cough, and dough. Excepting for their first letter, they are all spelled alike. But how are they pronounced?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered how, months into trying to get pregnant the first time, she began to say with sulky righteousness, “All my friends who lived very rough lives are pregnant.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Didn’t I tell you there was no need to hurry, Travers?” said a rough voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He liked to sit out front whittling on some rough little santo, watching the prairie dogs establish themselves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I hated when Gran had been rough with doing my hair, and I was glad I wasn’t the only one in the family who was tender headed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At least I know what to expect—hard mattresses, rough sheets, strict matrons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I must have been a strange sight, always dressed in men’s work clothes, my hands as rough and weathered as the sides of the crab house where I worked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand is rough, uneven with calluses, and so warm. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw the severed treetops and the rough path cut through the brush. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z My father always claimed that a league wasn’t really a unit of measurement at all, just a way for farmers to attach numbers to their rough guesses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Down in the bilge I lay, pulling my sea cloak over my head, while the rough gale blew the ships and rueful crews clear back to Aiolia. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a stick from the box and ran it across the rough strip. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Most of the other buildings in town were low to the ground, built of rough timber with cedar-shingle roofs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A rusty fetterling collar hovered inches away from my neck, looking rough and sharp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When I got back to the block, some kids had set up a hoop in front of the bicycle shop and were playing some rough three-on-three. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Starting a school in the rough meant that it lacked qualified teachers, but a start had to be made somewhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On rougher ground, you were sent out to clear a space five inches deep and five feet square. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The rough bark of the tree scratched against my back through my school dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I’m not keeping you guys from doing anything,” Jenna said, her voice gravelly and rough. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Rescue boats bob in the rough surf, plucking the treaders with looped gaffs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The rough stone had scuffed her bare feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He sensed they were going downhill, following a rough track. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It looked like an old beggar-man, walking wearily, leaning on a rough staff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It’s the arena, not rendered in Peeta’s precise strokes but in the rough lines of a man whose mind is occupied by other, far more complex things. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a rough life, but not so hard as you might think, because of the market. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He did some rough calculations in his mind. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The blanket beneath her was rough and thin; the bed was hard and creaked when she moved. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Lastly I cobbled together a rough ladder using the hatchet and twine I’d found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His face was puffy and his skin rough and coarse-looking, broken out in some kind of a rash. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Where have you been?” the man with the rough voice asked. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Gimli started and then stood still as stone, staring, while the old man sprang up the rough steps as nimbly as a goat. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The Company were footsore and tired; but they trudged doggedly along the rough and winding track for many miles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His older brothers were rough and ran wild, and he had a sister known as a strong, swift runner. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Will and Lyra didn’t stop to look; they stumbled over the rough ground at a crouch, intent only on getting away unseen. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Alex sits and listens to the cicadas and the water and his dad’s rough ranger voice, and when his dad slumps off to bed, June’s songbird one. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And then she can no longer hear the rain, and the stone wall behind her feels rough when moments before it had been smooth. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “No. Soft, but rough like a file over the fingertips. It was a sermon, you know. About hell-fire. He described the tortures of...well, you know. I once heard a sermon like that—almost.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Hey,” she said calmly, suppressing a giggle but not the sarcasm in her voice, “what’s the matter with my rough tough little cream puff this afternoon?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was working up a sweat from scratching his itchy side back and forth against the rough bark on a prickly oak. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then I didn’t have to touch my boot money, the money I was saving for rough times. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumping to her feet, she seized from the shelf the small rough stone and held it in her hand. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Which is fitting, because the small islands here remind me of emeralds in the rough. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At one end was a small dirt helipad; at the other end, in a rough semicircle, the mess hall and medical hootches overlooked a river called the Song Tra Bong. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaned back against the rough siding of Uncle Chester’s house and studied that Montana sky. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Their feet were locked in leg irons and they had only the rough boards to lie upon, but Amari noticed that they had more room and that the air was a bit fresher. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people were dressed in dark and rough brown clothing, but some were very elegant in bright colors and fur trim. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He sailed a rough chopping sea above which clouds drooped and drifted in vast mournful veils. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Down either side of his thighs he felt the sweet gum’s surface roots cradling him like the rough but maternal hands of a grandfather. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat crowded together on the two long benches that Matthew had provided by the simple method of laying planks on rough wooden crosspieces. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He came to a break in the path with a second, much rougher track leading away from the sea and across the fields. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z These were rough around the edges from our camp can opener and stamped with expiry dates and some with company names: Campbell’s, Heinz. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The silver moon cast a frosted glow upon the rough stone wall and guardian lion statues. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Four men are sitting on rough burlap feed sacks, playing cards by the light of a kerosene lantern. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They’re made of wide, rough boards with cracks in between, gray with plaster dust and scattered with white speckles, like bird droppings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His voice was rough, and dropped almost to nothing on the last word. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “The rain went on nearly all night, you know. We generally sleep right through the early morning if it’s rough weather. But it’s turned fine now.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and again they came to rough places and were lifted from their feet for a while, and then set down again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Well, the man was a brother to me. You remember. Toward the end of the evening ... it got rough. We all began, well, you know, there were a lot of tears.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good!” said the Professor, “both good. But neither must go alone. There must be force to overcome force if need be; the Slovak is strong and rough, and he carries rude arms.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Duties ill-befitting the dignity of my race,” replied the goblin, his voice rougher and less human as he said it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The essentials appeared to be present: stove, coffeepot, bread pans, skillet, and such, plus a few rough and splintery shelves for storage. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Given that there is some rough economic estimate of a stock’s value, regression to the mean can sometimes be used to justify a kind of contrarian strategy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he wasn’t surprised that something tragic could result from the rough conditions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Each nail I drove in the rough pine boards caused the knot in my throat to get bigger and bigger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I got down on all fours and headed forward, my knees rubbing against the rough stone of the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When he spoke, his voice was a little rough. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Robin soon learned that Alan-at-Gate had a soft side as well as a rough one. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Behind this common burial ground the rough face of the cliff was honeycombed with the better tombs of artisans and scribes and merchants, carved into the rock itself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When I could, I tried to highlight the efforts of relief workers, educators, or community volunteers—anyone who gave more when things got rough. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had his rough edges but he was strong and steady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I get that. But, Gram? I’m really sorry for what your parents did. I thought I had it rough with Mom, but I was wrong.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And if a few strands of brown tobacco dropped to the rough flagstones, what of it? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It’s hard for us to understand why things like this happen, and I think you’re doing a remarkable job of handling a very rough situation. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While we were unable to distinguish between rough places and soft places, we did not need to make such distinctions for landing-site selection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was much warmer than the bunkhouse, and the timber floors weren’t nearly as rough, as if David’s parents had lived there so long, their feet had worn them smooth. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "Tell him we're shameful mean, and rough as a sackful of nails. Warn him we fear no gallows!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “The kids were small. I’m sure they don’t remember. But Collins came here late one night and roughed him up. I thought...I thought he was going to—” Mama swallowed hard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The new hole was short, narrow and rough. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was getting rougher, and the salt spray was whipping at my cheeks and stinging my eyes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Lost in thought, Victor began to tickle it behind the ears until it started to purr and lick his fingers with its rough tongue. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I had come to the army as an escape from my life—as many men did, I suppose—and though I’d had a complex and rougher childhood than most, I was still virtually unsophisticated. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A rough wooden ladder led up to a square house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was where she wrote the rough drafts for the book reviews she posted on Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I can feel the calluses at the base of his fingers, rough against my skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The air was rough, rougher than he remembered from before, but he didn’t mind the jolting. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z His hands were rough and callused, and the tips of his fingers were as yellow as if they had been dipped in iodine. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Then came the time she walked down to the shore through the roughest part of the city to get some driftwood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite her new clothes, Lyddie could feel the shame burning through her rough brown cheeks. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Down by the harbor, the ocean was rough and high on the piers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiles when I come in, running his hand over the rough, weathered wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He scrambled backward along rough wooden floorboards, crying out again, this time at the pain shooting up from his right foot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The water grew rough again, and splashes of spray put out their candles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Ma sighed a great deal, an impatient noise usually accompanied with a frown at their rough clothes, rundown house, or meager food. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He took hold of my hand, and his hand was so rough and callused and oversized that it was like holding on to a horse hoof. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After a second his son joined in, and their rough voices made a simple harmony that set something inside me aching as I remembered other wagons, different songs, a half-forgotten home. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You can’t imagine how rough some of these places used to be before the women came along,” she said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Flames tipped the tops of slim white tapers, illuminating rough walls muffled by tapestries and old portraits in which the painted eyes of their subjects glinted like chips of glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The great door was open behind the columns, and lingering beside it was the man: a sour-faced individual in rough clothes, whose mastiff dæmon stood close by, watching without moving. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Pedestrians had their hats knocked off by passing “roughs.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Even in funeral clothing, she looked as if she had been carved of ivory, the flower-petal fineness of all her features undiminished by the rough hemp robes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I think this is going to be a rough business,” he added quietly to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I talked rough to you,” Bell says sheepishly. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z His skin is rough and looks like wet earth that has dried in the sun and cracked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not allow his family to come and watch him, for those who gathered were often rough: layarounds, drinkers, wintering voyageurs who idled their time with gambling and trader’s rum. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He felt her belly, not through the shirt but under it, his fingertips cold and rough like bark on her distended skin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There were the rough grooves of the bricks lining the wall behind her headboard. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “She is fresh meat. And I’m sure she can take care of herself. Haiti’s rougher than the D and Chi-Town put together.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z On this side, the wall of the cove curved around and protected the beach from both the rough surf and the wind. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he hadn’t been in the citadel and seen how everything was mesarthium, he substituted rough wooden cribs—little more than open crates—like the ones the monks kept infant orphans in at the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They found him under the yew tree and after a rather stormy scene, during which Bigwig grew rough and impatient, he was bullied rather than persuaded into going down with them into the great burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Who was my friend, when things got rough? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I place my hands against the cold, rough brick at the entrance and close my eyes, running my fingers over it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers are dry and rough and her eyes seek mine, persistent, though I feel strange meeting her gaze. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z One of the dogs whined and went to lick her face with his rough, wet tongue. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s too rough and I bash my cut lip on his collar and say “Ow!” and push him away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Still another was in rough brown robes and sandaled feet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The last word hung in the warm truck air like a rough poke with a sharp finger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Let me sum up sympathy very quickly since you will probably never need to have anything other than a rough comprehension of how these things work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My heart jumped to see him, and my body felt all over again how it was to be crushed against the rough material of his clothes, his heart beating straight through my backbone. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only because he was going to have to live around three girls, but also because being six is a real rough age to be at. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Her fingers brushed against rough unfinished stone to her left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She wore shoes that Rufus had had made specifically for her, not the rough heavy shoes or boots other slaves wore. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know what the mantel of his home looks like, so I make one in my mind out of rough stone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sicko wasn't really that good at basketball, but he was super rough. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis accompanied them ashore, and ’twas my pleasure to escort him through the rough terrain of flat stump and loam we have made of the forest, down to the peninsula and to our tent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Salaam,” I say, glad to see she’s doing okay after this rough week. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The rough rooftop scrapes my knees as his weight drags me forward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z No more warm coat, no rough, comforting, cleansing tongue. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z So I jammed one whole cake in my mouth and the rough crumbs scratched the insides of my jaws, and if I hadn’t had to swallow, it would have been a dream come true. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I got off to a rough start and lost a life before I even cleared the first boss. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The rougher mice grabbed the motorcycle and brought Ralph to a halt. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Then the sea becomes rough and your emotions are whipped into a frenzy Yet even these two opposites do not remain distinct. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Call me on the phone if he gets rough. You hear me?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Now, the rough ways and clothes seemed cozy and familiar. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Going from four to one was rough but most of us could crush it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Moonlight misted over the rough floors and made the sparse room glow silver, the goldfish bowl looking like a second moon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Sunflower seeds rained down on my shoulders, their rough stems snapping underfoot and scratching my exposed skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her fingers were rough but cool, and smelled faintly of lavender. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The street lights illuminate the asphalt’s rough texture. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She picked a splinter from the rough wood of the table and said nothing. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He petted one donkey while he ate his handful of rough oats, stopping occasionally to spit out a husk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To be even more generous and also to simplify the rough calculation, assume it’s a cube 40 billion light-years on a side. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A wild rough kind of party that nobody modified because “the master’s women”—Alice and I—were there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “They’re crazy, if you ask me—living rough and staying ugly. But they know more about the wild than most city pretties. It’s kind of admirable, really.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was rough and broken, fading to a winding track between heather and whin that thrust amid the cracking stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Turned my back on my family, ran with a rough crowd, and did the thing that brought me here. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His rough hand lit lightly as a bird on my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He returned to his picture, a rough sketch of a mean-looking guy with a metal pipe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be the first time we’d hit a rough spot. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She squeezes my hand with both of hers, which are rough from cutting calico and canvas all day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “You got to be rough with ’em, Dalton. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z High and Keith were smooth and respectable where C.P. was rough and, despite the numerous calls of support, still somewhat disreputable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Near that, maybe twenty feet to the south, stood a squat building made of rough concrete blocks, a menacing iron door its only entrance—there were no windows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then he saw her — his sister, no shadow; her arms reached up the trembling car hood, the rough motor endowing her fine fingers, her knobby wrists, with strangely nervous life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally we were allowed to sit down about as close together as humanly possible at a table, on an oily bench made out of rough logs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The legs of Men will lag on a rough road, while a Dwarf goes on, be the burden twice his own weight, Master Boromir!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We sleep on the damp dirt floor, wrapped in mildewed blankets so rough they could be used to scrape bark off logs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z His hand feels rough and calloused, but his grip is gentle. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how rough it was, people seldom got mad, because everything was done for a laugh. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z "I thought we might meet again," he said, in that deep, rough voice. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If our Comanche hearts were set on camping, we went over to the Palisades and roughed it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The older couple wore matching gold bands on their rough and callused ring fingers, and the man’s nails, like Sparrow’s, bore dark crescents from working with soil. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His voice was deep and rough, almost hypnotic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His voice is rough, almost hoarse, probably from yelling through the house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But by studying its essential features, researchers may be able to smooth the rough ecological edges of conventional agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She rubbed her rough hand ’cross my hair. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It would be nice, after the rough afternoon, to spend a little time with Ess, alone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was rougher than ours, thicker, fitted in smaller pieces. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope I haven’t given you the impression that I’m rolling in receipts. Sometimes it’s a little rough.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Her twisted fingers looked like the rough old roots of a tree that had grown around a clay brick. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her skin is dry, rough on my lips, and I know better than to put any gloss on because that's also "too fast for church." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z His cheeks were rough with stubble and paler than I remembered, but his arms felt as solid and strong as ever. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The rough roadway still led downwards; we could trace it through the drifted snow. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was just one room, barely large enough to turn around in, made of rough wooden planks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The new spur enabled Garfield's train to move up to the cottage's porch, sparing him a wagon ride over rough roads. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In church, when she was called upon to sing, she seemed to pull out plugs from behind her jaws and the huge, almost rough sound would pour over the listeners and throb in the air. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The soap in the bathroom is black and rough. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Olive ran her hand over the rough markings. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They were no longer in a rough cavern. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The paving stones were cracked and uneven, slippery underfoot, and rough against her soft feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were people in her house, and they were laughing and yelling and their voices were rough and loud and had the sharp edges of crushed-up beer cans. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His mother was deep into her treatments, which she’d said over and over again were rough but “doing the job,” the long schedule of them nearing its end. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z His voice was rough and gravelly, like he needed to clear his throat. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rough ride slowed us down long enough for him to reach over and shift into park. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It was a simple children’s toy, a rough carving that just hinted at four legs and a head, but it was smooth and dark like it had been played with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z His touch, the rough hand on me, made me feel sick, and dirtier on the inside than I was on the outside. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Some places on the surface will absorb them or, if they are very rough, will scatter them sideways and so will appear dark to radio waves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Crickets clicked in the rough grass, and moths fluttered in the starlight. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The holes certainly were rough—“Just right for a lot of vagabonds* like us,” said Bigwig—but the exhausted and those who wander in strange country are not particular about their quarters. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay back against the rough wood and threw my arm over my eyes, hoping the darkness might help dampen the headache. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She blinked, and the history of the lantern swam before her eyes: the rough seas when it broke, where it had come from, images so quick and confused that she couldn’t focus on them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They turned into themselves so steadily and inevitably that each seemed to be the original of yesterday’s rough draft. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tlie walk was short, but the ground was rough under- - foot and his legs were cramping badly by the time they got back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Running, she could feel the sand between her toes, hot and rough. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, Ranofer sat hunched on the rough pavement of the courtyard, trying to stop the bleeding of his nose. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I thought my father’s rough grip had surely got the better of that poor native creature, and that it would fall to the ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Within that last door her candle showed them a small room like a dungeon-cell: floor, walls, ceiling all rough stone, unfurnished, blank. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z How many other diamonds in the rough were there? he wondered. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I stood pretending to admire them while Buddy got a good footing on the rough soil. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z For most of the afternoon I sat on a rough cushion George had made for me from crumpled seed bags. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The terrain’s getting rougher and steeper as the river starts making canyons again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She went away, taking the precaution of bolting the door securely, and returned presently with a basin of water and a rough wooden comb. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Sonny’s rough period was only getting worse: most of his income now came from a food-stamp ring he ran out of Lawrence’s convenience store, and soon he found himself in jail for narcotics trafficking. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was softer than her rough brown home- spun and fit her much better, but somehow it suited her less. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The sea journey from Newcastle to Oslo took two days and a night, and if it was rough, as it often was, all of us got seasick except our dauntless mother. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z If you think turbulence is rough in a jetliner going 720 kph, just imagine what it's like at 28,000 kph. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out some paper and a soft pencil and wrote down a rough argument for the mutability of species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat up and found, in the bottom of the box, a scrap of rough cloth tied into a bundle with some twine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Behind this group eight sturdy fellows bear the royal litter, rough with yellow sapphires, in which no king has ridden for centuries, a ceremonial relic of the very-long-ago. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "When things get rough it kind of helps to know you got support —" His voice broke off and he seemed to stare down at me, although he faced me at eye level acrosis the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They felt harsh with stone dust, rough and clumsy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z For a long time, this was sufficient justification for Friedmann’s assumption—as a rough approximation to the real universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was young, Englewood had been a rough neighborhood but not necessarily as deadly as it was now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He reached underneath and ran his hands along the slats until he felt the rough edge of newspaper. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Brownburr clung thick to the bottoms of his pants and the rough leather of his boot’s laces. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His back knocked against the rough stones, bringing tears to his eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Shadrach got to his feet and brought pencil and a piece of rough paper from the bookshelves. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a vague memory of the rough tongue and the warm flanks and the nipple that filled his mouth with sweet flowing power. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In her rough, steady hand she held a bark container of rabbit soup boiled up with potatoes from the storage cache. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It is a huge slab of dark stone, square and rough, like the rocks at the bottom of the chasm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mom’s been having a rough time with this week’s articles, what with all these interruptions. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Bernabe rolled the concept of painted cattleguards around in his brain the way a lapidary rolls a rough stone around in a rock tumbler to make it smooth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall was high and rough and he cut his hands on the jagged stones. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Upon this rough bier they carried the body of their companion to the shore, together with such trophies of his last battle as they chose to send forth with him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A few feet above him, pale yellow sunlight shone through a grating; the feeble beam ended abruptly on a wall of rough, damp stone. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He seldom spoke and was rough and awkward in his social dealings, but gentle and delicate with his hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They had the rough bark of fruit trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z From down the hill we heard the sound of breaking glass and rough, coarse laughter, and then six demon soldiers walked by, their blanket rolls bulging with loot, valuables tucked into their belts. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My family left our temporary housing for a house in another inner-city neighborhood, which seemed even rougher and poorer than the first. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The color was muddy and the lips rough and uninviting. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Her skin is rough and stubbly and surprisingly warm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Perhaps she slept a little, but presently she opened her eyes and became aware of the smell of the warm earth and the rough grass against her face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z My hands lashed out, hitting the rough carpet, the nightstand, and, finally his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her back was sore too, from where her cushions had slid apart in the night and she’d fallen through to the rough plank floor of the cabin. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In spite of their ready answers, the sport had been one-sided, as Kit could see by the daubs of mud that stained the rough boards of the stocks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly there came a rough shout from the center of the Commons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Serber drew a rough sketch of what became known as the “gun assembly” method. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Stepping into the gloom, he felt his way from shelf to shelf, encountering the curve of bowls, the rough edge of a basket, the cool, sweating sides of the big water jar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Even the dryads were armed with bows, and the satyrs trotted around with wooden cudgels and shields made of rough tree bark. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Its soaring black trunk was set with rough wooden pegs leading up to a substantial limb which extended farther toward the water. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z So many textures—prickly pines, rough, crackling wood, smooth leaves, velvet brush cover, and weeds and dirt. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He could not bear to think of her tossed about by rough men, ridden on a rail. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt the rough grating of his tongue on her cheek. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Tired players searching through the rough, sweeping back and forth in long systematic patterns. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed his hands were so rough from all of the sculptures he used to make. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And her release project, after a rough start, has turned out to be a great success. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her rough palm moved across his cheek and then across his brow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Dressed in this fashion, she did the rough hard work of a prime field hand. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “He didn’t want to risk the post with it, and since I was coming down Boston way—” She took the parcel from his big, rough farmer fist. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He sat down on the rough mattress near the trouser cuffs, and when dark spots formed on the doth he saw that he was crying. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But this was a rough country, and try as hard as she could, Mama couldn’t always dodge the rocky places. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And it put a girl like me in a rough spot, not that they ever thought about that. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Greenglass gave him an envelope containing about ten pages of notes and rough sketches, and Gold handed the soldier $500 in cash. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And old women sometimes grow fat and their voices get rough and deep and they grow dark little mustaches. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At once they found themselves in a rock-chamber, wide and rough, with an uneven stooping roof. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The way he moved through the world made me think it had never occurred to him, not once, not even on a really rough day, to wonder whether he might’ve been a bad person. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And along this wall, in its shadow, was a reef ledge that started at the edge of the beach and continued out past the cove where the waters became rough. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor is planked with rough boards, and in places I can see clear through to the ground below. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He groped for the light, realized as he felt the rough walls that he had traveled back to 1944, to the prison hospital again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Prince ran the words across his rough tongue. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His hand was terribly rough and hard, but he held mine as if I were made of petals. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I stared out at the rough surf after he answered, not sure what my face was exposing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Some were medieval paintings in gilt frames hardly bigger than CD jewel cases; some were rough pencil sketches of Renaissance statues; some were larger-than-life oil paintings. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “They all thought that civilized Germans would not stand for anything really rough.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A sister branch, Stability and Control, developed the systems that would provide a plane with a smooth ride through rough air. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z However, as if to give a rough answer to this question, the manager now took a few determined steps in the next room, with a squeak of his polished boots. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The bottom of the gully, which lay along the edge of a rock-fault, was rough with broken stone and slanted steeply down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But there were also a few rough, no-nonsense men with proper gear and hard hands who went about their work with no silliness of any kind. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Surely Ten Snow would take hold of Neewo’s hand, swing him up in her arms, carry him along past the rough spots and danger, to the place where they would be safe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The nun sits back on her rough stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I just closed my eyes as his lips pressed against mine, a little rough but warm, and I kissed back. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z And then the sound of the wind, and the snapping of seared weed stalks as he crashed through them, and the rough shouts of the war-sick men as they returned to the trenches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She scrubbed the rough parts of her heels and her knees and especially her elbows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They knew it was a rough and homely place compared to the farmhouses along the road and the ample mansions around the village green. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was rough and dank as the rest, a heavy unshapen paving-stone: yet he felt the power of it as if it spoke to him aloud. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z "What is this nonsense? Look at how rough this is! One tile is broken! This is even worse than the old tiles! How can you be happy with this useless work?" she asked the man. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He began to scrape at his hands, running the rough side of the sponge over his fingers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They picked their steps away from the skirts of the cliff, among a wilderness of boulders and rough stones, wet and slippery with the heavy rain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The edges are fraying and the fabric’s all rough. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She noticed that Noah was gently picking up the trembling slave girl, moving her to the other side of the wagon and placing her on a blanket that lay wrinkled on the rough floorboard. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Rock that looked enough like bones to spawn a myth, with a boulder here and there in the rough shape of a skull? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “He and his mother have had a rough time. Lolly is the good sort of coconut.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Then he opened another drawer and found an empty photo album, undid the binding, and pulled out a sheet of rough black paper. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A gruff, hard-drinking man who often carried a bone-handled six-shooter and, for good measure, a knife slipped into his leather boot, he was brasher than Tom—“rough and ready,” as a relative described him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tumbled among the stuff that had been tossed around in our rough ride, I find his hookah. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And while the words were clear, they matched his expression, as if each one was rasped with a rough file before it left his mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was made of rough, brown paper twisted into a tube, one end further twisted tight like a candle wick. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It was enormous, as big as Loo, stretched out, so that its many strange slimy legs draped and fell over the rough board surface into the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The net caught on the spines, the rough scales, and the mane of horns surrounding the main head of the Basmu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They came at length to the steep abrupt end of Treebeard’s Hill, and looked up at the rock-wall with its rough steps leading to the high shelf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His voice was rough and strong, and even if he was broken, he would put himself back together. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I crawled to its base through the mud and rain and placed my hand against its rough body once more. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Even when they were safely away from the inn, and Catelyn Stark slowed them to a trot, it was a miserable pounding journey over rough ground, made worse by his blindness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I know high school is rough, Henry, but blowing up the planet is never the answer.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The skin feels rough and dry like the bark of trees. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A shark’s skin is covered with minute tubercles that make it as rough as sandpaper. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I curled my fingers over the ledge of bricks jutting out beneath the window, the rough surface burning my fingertips. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The work they had done that morning was trifling and all they had to show for it was rough shelter and little comfort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I thrash, and their rough skin grates against mine, but I know it’s useless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then below are periodicals, papers, and letters all jammed in together with drawings and rough sketches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The fountain spurted a few inches into the air from a rough length of pipe, threw up its hands, collapsed and drowned its ragged dribble in a stone basin of yellowing water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Holding on to Rani, who's as firm as a tree rooted in the ground, I feel safer, because the waves feel plenty rough. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But the Bronx doesn’t have this rough terrain, these concrete roads and rolling hills. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It felt rough and warm, the same as the tree branch. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His voice was a lot rougher and more tired-sounding than I thought it would be. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Only the joists had been put in for walls, but the rough floors were down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in brown rough- spun, and the soft flesh under his chin wobbled as he ran. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The passageway was narrow, but I easily made my way until I faced a rough stone wall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But each time Brother Luke’s fingers sought out rough places that must be rubbed down with pumice. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Another man, I don’t remember his name, asked, “Are they rough on the vagrancy law down there?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If a jock showed even the slightest trace of cowardice,” wrote Arcaro, “it could get awfully rough out there.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Qendrim didn’t have a comeback for that one—he was too small to do much harm to anyone, and he knew that if he tried anything rough, Luma would bench him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It felt rough and dry, but I couldn’t get rid of the feeling that death was stuck to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “No—for God’s sake—please—no rough stuff,” the driver pleaded. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So it’s rough, because being young, most girls would be like “Forget them!” and go party, but me and Precious are not like that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His knuckles brushed her cheek; his rough hand cupped her face tentatively, disbelievingly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He passes me on the way, leans down, eyes my rough sketch, and whispers, “Let me know when you get to the eyes.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Not in the Capitol accent, but in the rougher cadences of home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The sea is too rough for me to drop down into her arms tonight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z ‘It’s been a rough morning,’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Again the first time Sam really roughed her up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z As we stepped into the little boat, the river looked big with a rough current, and the people on the other side looked small and far away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know I’ve been a bit rough on you the last couple of days.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The autopilot landing is even rougher than my first few times landing a hovercar on my own. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As I grabbed the wooden backboard to steady myself, I felt a splinter go into my finger from the rough wood, but I ignored the pain. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Washed out and overgrown with alders, it turned into a rough, unmaintained track. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought he’d fallen asleep, but a moment later he said, ‘You got called a lot worse things than neek at my school. It was all boys, no girls, and really rough stuff.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z They divided the stuff into eight loads of about 5 6 seventy pounds each, figuring it would be foolish to try to carry more over the rough terrain ahead. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way their new neighborhood could be as rough as this, could it? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Taran gritted his teeth, as the rough branches bit into his shoulders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I was up in the dark and blundering around, feeling rough walls and the coal giving way beneath each step like treacherous sand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I took his hand, feeling his rough, warm skin against mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Throughout the war, hundreds of Soviet night bomber regiments moved to follow the front line, as it skirted swamps or rough terrain, or bulged in one direction or another when there was a local victory. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "Hold on to me. The waves are just playing with you, Kabir. It's not that rough here today." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But this couple with their rough hands, they knew what it was like. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I covered an old sign with a yard of rough linen and then used rickrack, buttons, old zippers, and fabric tape to spell out sale. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “B. cepacia? That is rough. How long ago did you contract it?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Some of the gentlemen work hard with us, too, until their hands are rough as commoners’ hands. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Because of the Pleistocene extinctions, the Americas lacked animals suitable for domestication into beasts of burden; without animals to haul carts, individuals on rough terrain can use skids almost as effectively. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and his head slid along over rough planking. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The chamber into which she had stepped was spacious—at that level, almost half of the huge trunk was hollow—and clean, but the floor was extremely rough. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her toes push against the rough concrete of the pool floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “The thought of my child growing inside you will keep me going through the roughest days,” he writes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He rambled on with this fraudulent recollection while Henry, pale and ill, endured his prods and backslaps as a well-trained dog will tolerate the pummeling of a rough child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hearing the rough snap of each button, I bend and squirm but am trapped in the quilt like a fly in a web. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If they were still on the body of Tartarus, Percy figured they must be on the bottom of his foot—a rough, calloused expanse where only the most disgusting plant life grew. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Her soul,” he said, and his voice had never been rougher—so raw it was practically bloody. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was terrifying to her, masked and hooded and dangerous; his voice was strained, rough. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He looks pleased, though, smiling at me as if he’d found a rough ruby lying in the dirt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “This is really rough. It’s okay if you need to cry.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Unlike most colonists, however, who believed that the Africans and Amerindians were “rough, wild people, naked, with no God or religious service,” Maria embraced their customs and lore. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Like the others they had faced, this one wore a simple white tunic over skin as rough and dark as basalt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her fingers were rough from laundry work and cleaning. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Laughing, his stubble rough against her cheek, he says, “What do you mean?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They had gone to college and were engaged to pretty, clean girls whose pictures were already standing on the rough cement mantelpiece of Orr’s fireplace. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Our fingers, loosely woven a moment ago, now clutch together, her palm tacky with moisture, mine rough in places where I have grabbed too many handles on too many moving trains. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Two small buildings—a house and a barn made of rough wood and logs— stood nearby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z About five of them armed with many rough old-time weapons, mainly machetes to hack you up, surround me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The bridge looks massive from our landing, and the Hudson rough and wild below. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The sea grew rougher, and dark waves rose up to smash against the hull of the Stinky Steward. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I take down my hair and arrange it in an approximation of the rough braid that the girls in Balekin’s house wore. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He laid his hand against his friend’s rough cheek. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "If you get lost, home in on my suit's telemetry. The wind's gonna be rougher away from the Hab, so be ready." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably real tall with big crusty hands, a rough beard, a beanie on his head or one of them old-men hats with the kangaroo on the back. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I wrapped my fingers around the rough, bruising snake of a rope that slithered through them, and went up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Her hands are cold; her palms are rough. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t help looking at the rough faces of the men sitting a respectful distance away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Standing at the edge of a winter field among rough men. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In the narrow ravine a rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The label on Doon’s said “Matches,” and under it was a white, inch-wide strip of some kind of rough, pebbly material. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She was not allowed much time for meditation: a monitor, a great rough girl, presently came up, exclaiming in a strong Cumberland accent— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z My finger rolls so slowly that I can feel the rough grains bonding to it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bark was rough beneath her fingers, against her toes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead, she slid her fingers back and forth across the rough grain of the table’s underside, letting her skin drag over the unfinished wood, working out a kind of counterpoint to Henry’s rambling. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was rougher going now, but fifteen minutes later he reached it: the highway. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And we’re off, not exactly at a run, through the long, rough corridors and up the hill to begin the day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl pulled the rough cotton tunic over Dany's head and helped her into the tub. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She twisted in the vat, the rough pottery scratching her cheek, but she was rewarded by a good-sized crack at eye level. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My voice is hoarse and rough from all the tears I swallowed back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Ebright knew that it had been windy in the Northwest, and he had been fretting to the Bay Area press about his boys’ lack of experience with rough water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The skin of the sea elephant is rough, yet very thin, but beneath it are thick layers of fat, and though his body is large, his head is small and makes a poor target. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She was made of crocus, but she never felt as rough all over as a real gunnysack. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z What I couldn’t get out of my skull was the thought of their rough, grimy hands all over my clean sneaks. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I bit into a piece of toast myself, and commented that there’s some mighty rough country around Ohio. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Kabuo, his radio on, checked his barometer; it still held steady despite talk of rough weather, cold squalls of sleet reported to the north, out of the Strait of Georgia. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “The Renegades are going through a rough patch,” he says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The path was rough and covered with small stones. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Its rough surface tore his shirt and grazed his skin. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He handed me a piece of paper that had rough writing and lots of cross-outs on it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But he was caught in a tight spot, running with a rough crowd, fighting, and getting picked up by the cops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As for the sea, it looked rough, but to a landlubber the sea is always impressive and forbidding, beautiful and dangerous. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The opponent must then hazard some sort of surmise about its nature—e.g., one or two, light or dark, rough or smooth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is not the first stop on our sojourn,” Eril-Fane said, his voice like rough music. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You should talk. Things are a little rough at home right now. Look who left.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She kissed me when she was finished, tossing the rough edges of my cut hair into the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When his bowels were empty, Tyrion slipped on a bedrobe and roughed bis thin flaxen hair with his fingers, all the more to look as if he had wakened from sleep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She found Dustfinger behind the house, standing on a lawn of short, rather rough grass where a solitary deck chair stood next to a plaster angel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They sat on the bare stone in a circle, all of them cloaked and hooded, rough still shapes like a circle of dolmens in the faint glow of the fire yards away. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She wore pajamas, a rough brown sweater buttoned crooked, and a big apron, not a work apron but a bib. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Going up and down hills on rough terrain was taking a lot longer than I’d anticipated, which meant we still had about seven or eight more miles to go before reaching Abuelita’s house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Seattle time, Kilgore had enlisted dozens of civic leaders and put a rough plan in place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "It was rough on morale, but we soldiered on. Besides, he won't die." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran in the direction of the voices, racing blindly across the rough wood floor until she skidded to a stop at the end of the passageway. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I sat up, dazed and frightened, to find the dark, hooded figure of Falconer crouching over me like some rough beast over its prey. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The sweep of her hair back from her face, the curve of her nostril suggested the figurehead of a ship plunging gallantly into a rough sea. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But at least it was the summer, not the way the Cottages would get a few months on, with all the puddles frozen over and the rough ground frosted bone hard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine how rough that would be at parties. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Valerie offered to hold the baby when the waters got too rough. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Blackwater Bay was rough and choppy, whitecaps everywhere. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His head trembled and a sudden spasm of nausea made him lie down flat on the rough boards. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Now that the gates of hell are closed,” Hemme said in his normal, rougher tones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Now we are in for a rough time.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood was so rough it scraped my knuckles like sandpaper. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It’s ashen, and the fingers rough and hard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He always spoke to her in this rough voice different from the way he talked to other people. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was so full of minerals that rough, chalky encrustations had built up along the edges, like a coral reef. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At some distance from the house, near a clear running stream, a series of shallow holes had been dug and lined with several layers of rough grasscloth. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z His voice is low and a little rough, sleep deprived. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It stung horribly, but then he felt the rough friction of a towel on his wrist, and something mopping the wound more gently. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The volcano with a bright halo at the rough center of the disc was observed in eruption just fifteen hours before this image was acquired: it has since been named Prometheus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m glad that his hands are still rough. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He dug his thumb into my cheek and eliminated the remaining space between our bodies, his kiss impatient and rough. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Ahead, the Finns scuffed and sidled into Lash, roughing him up. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z My understanding was that it completed a person, sanding down the rough provincial edges and transforming you into a citizen of the world. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z No one had seen the tiger for three days at this point, and it was assumed he had left the district and run into the rough country to the south. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He dropped into rough hands inside of the dark loft. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Jam puffed out a hard breath and focused on the soles of her bare feet, pressing them into the wood of the floor, uneven with age and paint and rough varnish. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Mo remained silent, pushing cake crumbs off the rough tabletop, drawing invisible patterns on the wood with his forefinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "Sounds pretty rough," I said, as I got dressed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He walked us over to a wall with stacked trays, all neatly organized, and pulled out two sheets of rough paper, handing them over to me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He stopped and looked at the rough cloth that his father had bound around it after their fight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We followed suit, kneeling on the rough, splintery kneeboards of the pew. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His laughter was rough as a saw on stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was dragged to the mail cart by Mama’s rough hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z No zinc tub, no buckets of stove-heated water, no flaky, stiff, grayish towels washed in a kitchen sink, dried in a dusty backyard, no tangled black puffs of rough wool to comb. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the wretched ball away from her with a gesture which was almost rough. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This wall is old, built of rough, square lumps of hewn granite, and it comes from the woods and goes back to the woods once more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z If our house was a dog it would be a rough little mongrel of a thing—not big, not fancy, not pretty. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I considered leaving off my boots, as feet that can run bare over Tarbean’s rooftops are in no danger of being hurt by the roughest forest floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His voice is hard and rough, like he knows what I’m about to say, and he’s daring me, double daring me, to go ahead and say it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I wasn’t slick Pete with the subjects, or Jimmy Baptiste when things got rough, or Grace with her nose for the potential mistake or breakdown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Far above, icicles hung from the rough ceiling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He dragged a deep, rough breath, that rattled over his fear like the sea over pebbles, and stiffened himself. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I can feel the rough sleeve of that cropped green suit, like an emblem of the green boy wearing it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The rough scars of his knuckles brush past my waist as his hands pull me close. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He scraped the blue tip across the rough surface. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They lived rough, their families torn apart by the events of the past ten years. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My mom has eczema, so I know what a curse rough elbows can be. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She shook her head and swept all the photos up into a rough pile. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well—perhaps it’s not their fault. The work here is rough and most of us get a little jagged. Fooling around with hyper-space isn't fun.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z As for Alvarez’s linear accelerator, Lawrence did not even submit an estimate—the device was too novel even to calculate a rough construction budget. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But they saw none and soon grew bolder, crossing open spaces and even stopping to nibble at dandelions in the patches of weeds and rough grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At my feet are mounds of burned-out candle wax, fistfuls of dying flowers blown by the wind and roughed by the ravages of the street. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I run my hands along the wall’s rough grooves. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Our relationship remained rocky for two or three years after my failed attempt on the Eiger, but the marriage somehow survived that rough patch. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Sitting through class was rough, but the worst was when Maxie Brown passed me in the hall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “If we don’t, the Golden Dawns are dead, and we got ourselves a thousand rough lemon trees.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt his left arm delicately, and found a rough bandage covering the forearm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The boards are rough and smell of rain and old wood. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was quite rough; but I kept on rowing, until suddenly we were close ashore against a point of rock that rose beside us; the waves striking against it, rushing high up, then falling back. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The envelopes was all of the same kind of rough paper, but the writing on ’em was very fancy and done neat. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “No,” said Sister McCandless, “he ain’t like all these rough young ones nowadays—he got some respect for his elders. You done raised him mighty well, Sister Grimes.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He had got very white, his pallor dry and talcumy as a chalk drawing on rough paper. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As a result, they could use them for both a delicate task like milking a grazer and the rough business of tearing and shaping branches. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They are so slow, and so deaf and so heavy; they trample over the house, poking and peering and rough. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Doc lay up there with his rough, dark-skinned feet pointing at me while he folded and braided corn husks into the shape of a rose. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The rough waves and dense fog made it nearly impossible to navigate the dinghy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Out in the field, medics had scrawled a rough assessment on the tag, and jotted down the time of the helicopter pickup. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She had refused, on that first night, to let her husband touch her—Hisao was unclean, his hands were rough, he had no money but a few coins. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m a bit rougher, as Mom kindly puts it. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z For the first time in what felt like forever, the touch of his rough hand was gentle on my chin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The second time Con threw the rope Kaede caught it, rough and wet, in her right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The rough scraping left his scalp tender, littered with nicks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The uproar was not over the rough riding in the race—which was truly outrageous—but over a supposed shadowy conspiracy around it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He separated the crude bacterial debris from the virulent smooth strain, mixed it with the live bacteria of the nonvirulent rough strain, and injected the mix into mice. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He swallowed, his throat still raw and sore, and it reminded him that he wouldn’t be the only student roughed up that day. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I love the way her rough voice vibrates through the air like a beat on a drum. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am,” Maya said, her voice rough, and she held the smoke before passing her joint to Grace. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z All the buildings except the greenhouses are made of the same dark wood, unpainted, rough. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His tongue was as rough as a rasp, but even so she would not pull her hand back, not until Jaime took her by the shoulders and yanked her away from the cage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were rough and beautiful, but Tally couldn’t get over the thought that the trees had been taken alive. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He plants his elbows on the rough gray wood of the table and picks up his burger. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He cast off his skis, for the lakeshore was rough going and bare of snow in places. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of my siblings regard me as being spoiled and a troublemaker, but Pa says I am really a diamond in the rough. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You did,” he agreed, but his voice was still rough. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was rough going, for they dared not cross over to the path on the westward side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A town like this, rough and wild, made good mobs, she figured. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was while he was full of such dreams, his body already feeling the rough work clothes, his hands already curved to the pick handle, that he spoke to Nel about getting married. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The garden was surrounded by three walls built of rough stone, the other two being not much higher than the one I’d just climbed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She had shame and hatred of what she might say, but she could not help saying it She was like a person swimming in a rough sea. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We did not wish to land in too rough a place. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had watched her washing clothes, squatting on the flat stones of the river, her dark legs polished by the water, as she rubbed the faded rags with her rough peasant hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Big, rough teenagers jostled through the crowd, their sleeves rolled high enough to show off blue and red tattoos. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She stretched out her rough, chapped hand and, with a gesture that came automatically, smoothed his hair with the same caress she had used to console his children for the past twenty years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer followed, working his way downslope, letting Pima help him over the rough sections. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I could see the rough shape of a head and shoulders. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One lifted Luke; the other’s rough hand pulled me in her direction. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I took my place halfway between the younger and the older ones, who scowled at us and jammed the line forward with rough shoves. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Some instinct took over his actions and without saying anything he turned away from Alby and walked to a nearby tree, where he plopped down to sit with his back against the rough bark. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The grain of the wood was uneven, the varnish rough and scratched. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I touch the door, it feels one way. I touch the bed, it feels a completely different way. They’re rough and smooth and cool and warm and how do you live like this?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I took her rough hand and squeezed it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that does sound rough. Have you tried talking to the guy? Or having him talk to the old boss?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a good job, and it allowed me to see the results of all the rough action in the prison, without having to be directly involved. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Each of the ones Thomas could see were very similar: a rough sketch of a square maze, filling almost the whole page. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Below her, on rough benches, sat not only most of the trash in Maycomb County, but the county’s most respectable men. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Luckily, Chen had a rough knowledge of Cantonese, enough to help with the problem. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The Maple Grove projects are a fifteen-minute walk away on the west side, or as Grandma calls it, “that ol’ rough side.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The boat checked on the catches and bounced in the rough water rather than slicing efficiently through it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her face was white as snow but for rough red spots burning on her cheeks, and Kaede felt herself flush in response. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His face was kinda gray, his lips cracked and rough. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He stopped in front of her and took off his hat, and then she saw the beautiful black eyes shining between a disheveled head of hair and a rough beard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the foot of the bed, beneath a crucifix, was a rough kneeler, and by it I knew that I had reached my destination. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “People started drifting out one by one. I know those guys aren’t going back there. That scene was too rough.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to walk through some rough neighborhoods, but nobody bothered them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was warm from my pocket and glassy smooth along some of its sides, sandpaper rough on others. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He was dabbing at the rough edges of the cardboard with the brush. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or how the blanket they gave me was rough. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z A consultant was taking charge and a rough triage system was in place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the winter, when the first snow was too delicate to last on the sidewalks, it clung to the rough surface of the brick and was like fairy lace. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She placed her hand against the tree’s rough bark and thought about all the secrets she’d whispered underneath its branches. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The bulkhead and decks were all made of rough, dark planks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I go to his desk and wipe my hands against the rough cloth of my dress, trying to leave no trace of sweat, trying to memorize the pattern of papers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I tried to put the scale back together as best I could, managing to at least fit all the parts back inside and pound the frame back into a rough semblance of its previous shape. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I ask, my voice rough from the pain of my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They were determined to insulate them from what they thought of as the rougher and wilder Catholic community. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But—reaching out to touch the rough metal of the plane—safe. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z All well and good, but for our purposes these otherwise-valuable insights are mere subplots almost designed to carry us down side trails while blithely humming a tune about the rough equivalence of forests and trees. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She picked up Granny’s bony hand in her rough, reddish one. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “The sea looked rough to me. There was wind and rain.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Sweeping stray ashes from the hearth, beating at the stones, she was so rough that shards of corn husk broke from the broom’s bottom. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The rough hemp rope that binds his feet together is so tightly tied that it draws blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then we had a rough day in there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z If she spoke rough to me, she said softer things to her cows. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Propped against the rock, wrapped in her sleeping bag, she ate some of the rough bread and the goat’s cheese, and then fell deeply asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Afterward, Violet and I stand in front of her house and, because it’s her turn to pick the place, she gives me a rough idea of the route and tells me to follow her there. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I sit on the edge of the concrete dock, rough beneath my thighs, my toes scraping the edge of the water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At last report, the ragtag fleet they had assembled to rescue the free folk from Hard- home still huddled at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, confined to port by the rough seas. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grenn and Toad and some of the others were seated at the bench nearest the warmth, laughing and cursing each other in rough voices. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “We know things are rough for your family right now, and we don’t want to make things worse,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z One of the schools is on the Lower East Side, which can be rough, even the seven- or eight-year-olds will carry knives or sharp tools like awls. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m on my feet, moving back into the trees, resting my hand on the rough trunk of a maple where the birds perch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Geographically, I am at the dinner table, Dad. And metaphysically, I’m just fine. You know—just a rough day at school thanks to small-town living.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z A rough, cold android, hoping to undergo an experience from which, due to a deliberately built-in defect, it remained excluded. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Werfel wrapped his arms around his legs and leaned against the rough bark of the cedars. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It produced a fruit I loved—like a mango, rough and green on the outside, with reddish-yellow flesh on the inside, tart and sweet. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She lifts my arms and inspects my hands, her touch rough. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He grabs my jaw between his rough, calloused fingers and squeezes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z So I got off to a rough start, but soon I was going as high as she was and just as fast. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Its boys have long been known as rough customers, quick to throw a punch. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He looked much the same as before but a little rougher if possible, a little more untidy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, the roar of applause drowned out the rough surf. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Looking at the long rough box, I spoke timid, in a mumbled voice. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I try to clamp myself around the wide trunk and shinny up, using the rough bark as steps, but it doesn’t work. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Now that we’re here, and safe, I realize that there are cuts all over the bottoms of my feet from running over rough pavement and bits of glass from broken windows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She’d never know the bite of the overseer’s whip, never know what it felt like to hold a hoe in rough, work-hardened hands, never give off the choking stink of the field hand. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Their skin is rough like wet leather and is all the colors of an algae bloom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Chacko brought out a crumpled piece of paper on which he had tried to sketch the rough layout for a new label that he wanted comrade K. N. M. Pillai to print. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I barely knew her, but what I remember is her hard manner, her rough voice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was rough, T. But I wasn’t even thinking about them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The Greek was rough going but I had a hangover, too, and I’d been at it so long that the letters didn’t even look like letters but something else, indecipherable, bird footprints on sand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Carefully the big badger clasped the young mouse close into the warmth of her rough coat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z To the red tile roofs and the rough adobe walls of both his childhood and mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The roof sagged from the two rough posts which held it, almost closing the gap between his head and the rafters. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he heard the soft pad of paws and the sounds of sucking and—he could hardly believe it—felt a rough little tongue licking the milk off his knuckles. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a rough place to start a career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a rough few days, so laughing with friends—no matter how weird or small or irritating they were—felt good. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “The rough lemon is totally worthless in the supermarket, and yet there is no more valuable tree out here in the nursery.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rough stone walls beaded and dripped with moisture of mysterious origin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His palms were warm and rough, a startling contrast to his long, agile fingers, the fingers of a scribe or ketubah painter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Barnes wasn't as strong as Rivera or as quick as Griffin, but he was rough and dirty in the clinches. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The painters, on the other hand, turn rough on her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But finally we found the place—an Irish pub, as seedy as the roughest ones on the backstreets of Galway. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I'll have hills to deal with, and rough terrain, sand, etc. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The hair lay rough and unkempt and seemed to have lost all of its old luster. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no pictures on the walls, no carpet on the floor, only rough unpolished wooden planks, and there were gaps between the planks where dust and bits of grime had gathered. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Rani isn't, but the soles of her bare feet look tougher than my slippers—rougher even than Amma's feet. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “To show the world how rough and tough I was,” said Shelly. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The paper is surprisingly rough, and the photo smells like mothballs—not like my mother at all. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m okay. I’m at my Aunt Heidi’s. It’s been a rough night.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Still, I think of him as a hero, yet another one of those special gifts from God sent to ferry me over a rough spot in my life’s path. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was courteous, respectful and soft-spoken to elders, but on the playground he chose to play the roughest games. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a big, rough, strong gal, and she lindied like a bucking horse. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Supper starts at six p.m., but you see how things is, if you plan on getting fed you better be in line by four. Now get out of here before I get rough with you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Sefia recognized the young sentry, though now his hair had been roughed up on one side and there was a bruise soaking his cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I think their father is too rough with them very often.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Three of them, anyway. They’re shallow and rather rough, but there’s no smell of death or disease and they’re perfectly sound. I thought they might do for us—just for the moment, anyway.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was rough around the edges, a football player, the guy who’d made fun of her car in the church parking lot after she’d gotten in a fender bender. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Maybe his father had said it hurt to bounce over the rough road on his back, and the deputy had turned around on the seat and shot him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally his father spoke, his big rough hand stroking his wife’s hair and his eyes downcast watching the motion. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Yet all the gods had pitied Lord Odysseus, all but Poseidon, raging cold and rough against the brave king till he came ashore at last on his own land. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They were red and rough to show he worked hard, but not muscled enough to give them any dignity. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have guessed it was rough, like a cat’s, but it wasn’t; it was smooth. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Minli clutched the rough stone and made herself as small as possible. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A particularly rough year for the Bureau, that one.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The stubble of his cheek is rough beneath my palm. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z No quailing, no clinging there, not in those capes and rough tweeds, those boots that came to the knee. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z No one, in any of these meetings, was rough with me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z In exchange for my clothing and jewelry, I was issued a military-style uniform made of cloth that was rough and itchy, and a stiff cap that was shoved down onto my head. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran his fingers fondly across the rough surface as if he had touched the rock before. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And I guess I look pretty rough: people stare at me in the halls, but nobody dares to ask what’s wrong. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Jethro got up in the quiet of the night, lighted his candle, opened Ross Milton’s book, and began to write on a piece of rough lined paper. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, all right,” he said, his voice still rough with annoyance. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Once, he came home with deep bruises about his face, his nose and mouth bloody, his rough workshirt torn at the shoulder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not allowed,” she says, voice rough with disuse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I came thus into rough water and the dark, out on the open Gulf. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was wrong that he hadn’t been allowed to retrieve any possessions, and he felt that the treatment by the cops and soldiers had been rough. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It felt good—even the rough ground against the bottom of his worn sneakers. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Cleaning pads—part cloth and part rough plant husks—were handed out along with buckets of soapy water. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They climbed steadily until long after the sun had turned westward; and, though the ground was rough and broken, the path Medwyn had indicated lay clearly before them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The cord that came through the window was tied to a brass bell and the bell was fixed in a rough wooden jig that had been nailed to the window molding. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The rough hands spin me around and begin frisking me but come up empty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He scratched his whiskery face, making a sound like sandpaper on rough wood. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You know, Dad,” Brinker broke in, “the Coast Guard does some very rough stuff, putting the men on the beaches, all that dangerous amphibious stuff.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen floor was made of bricks and the man used to wash it with a rough broom and sweep the water out through the hole. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She objected to the rough feel of the corn. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Huddled on the dock, they draped arms over one another’s shoulders and talked through their race plan, speaking softly but with more assurance, accelerating their advance along the rough road from boyhood to manhood. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It provides the rough answer to the crucial question: How much? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On this day I am walking barefoot behind Trini, up and down, up and down, plowing weeds in the furrows, the dirt rough beneath my feet. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He cut his teeth on Montana match races, relays on unpedigreed horses in Indian country, and contests at rough tracks with names like Chinook and Stampede. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone looked to be fine, not tied up or roughed up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Joey Pow wasn’t supposed to win. Some rough people wanted Bruiser to win. They told Joey Pow to throw the fight or else...” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The theory then turns an observed rough correlation in time into a postulated chain of cause and effect. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If things got rough for them, they could borrow against their families’ credit or write a letter home. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when I was tired and the competition was really rough, things would change for me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Illustrations provided—rough illustrations where the test case is clearly Kelsea. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The one time I entered the bathroom before classes they chased me out with insults and rough shoves. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When she heard the doors of the big green yanqui car shut and the tourist start the engine, she slid forward, scraping her back on the rough white stucco. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It will be rough, but you can handle them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was still thin and rough looking and crippling pretty badly in one leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Wished I could've netted the lines in my rough book, but I daredn't, not in class, not on a day like today. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Kingshaw stood just outside the door, moving his toes about in the loose gravel, listening to the soft, rough sound it made. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It's a rough joke, the kind they used to make in my kitchen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She descended from her roost, numb in her arms and legs from her entanglement in the rough limbs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The tailwind had stiffened further, slicing up the length of the lake now, piling more rough water into heaps of whitecaps at the north end. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was the first time Inej had heard him speak, and she was startled by the rough burn of his voice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His voice had the rough, abraded texture of stone against stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I swiped it up, running my fingers over the rough surface. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Sorry. I’m not meaning to be rough on your dad.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And a part of the time, I don’t guess it was too rough on Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t even let him say good-bye to his mum, who she said had had a rough night and needed her rest. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Here huge silver poplars towered above the cabin, their roots extending like giant claws, making the ground rough and robbing it of grass. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the staircase, a drab corridor stretched out ahead, with rough coconut matting on the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’m up at deer camp but I just want you to know, Celia’s real upset. She had a rough time at the party last night.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The broad thick tires would stand up to the rough surface of carpets and make a wide splash through puddles. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She tells me the same stories about Grandpa again and again, like how his hands were rough from making so many sculptures, and how he could talk to animals. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Too many of them are of the rough sort that used to run in the old slave patrols, riding down escapees for a few coins. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z These were boys who knew how to row in rough water, and how to win. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the economy in rough shape, Barack’s team was constantly guarding against any image coming out of the White House that might be seen as frivolous or light, given the somberness of the times. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They grabbed him, dragged him to the icehouse, and tossed him on the rough wood floor. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole street rang with the harsh clamor that issued from it, the clatter of chisel on stone, hammer on chisel, granite shrieking against rough granite. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As we bump along, I hang on to the wooden bench with my mittened fingers so I don’t fall onto the floor when we hit a rough patch. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The rough, weed-covered ground of the combe sloped away below them, a long dip bounded on the north by Caesar’s Belt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to touch her, to lay my hands on that rough, warm skin, but I can’t bring myself to wake her up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He moves to me and his rough hand reaches out. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z After a while the cart turned and bumped along rougher ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The ridge of his brow to hers, his cheekbone, rough, against hers, smooth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After that rough drop, it feels so smooth! Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z One house in particular, a small rounded hut made of rough logs and covered with thatch, stood very close to the road. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I settled into outlining a rough draft contentedly, more serene than I’d felt since . . . well, since Thursday afternoon, if I was being honest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z To hold a newborn baby, so vulnerable and soft in my rough hands, hands that for too long had held only picks and shovels, was a profound joy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The waves were so rough on this overcast day that, even from this distance, she could see the breakers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When Ann complained how rough it was living on a dirt street, C.P. quickly pointed out that he knew all about that because he had grown up in just such a neighborhood. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The two men who walked out felt their way carefully and scratched their rough and scrubbily-stubbled chins. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His voice had lost the rough edge I’d heard in it since the moment I had met him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His voice is rough; it could be the thing that breaks me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Nailer chewed his lip, considering their own rough shelters on the beach: squats made of branches and scavenged planks and palm leaves that blew away like trash whenever storms came. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She ran her hand down her stockings and for the first time noticed that the silk felt rough instead of smooth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His tires were so thin he no longer wanted to risk the wear of riding them on the rough surface of the carpet. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z By contrast, Lazlo was all rough edges: burlap to Nero’s silk. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Other times they are rough and peeling from his cleaning job. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Tom Hamilton labored like a giant, not only with his strong arms and rough hands but also with his heart and spirit. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The villagers were rough shy people, awed by a wizard's staff, wary of a strange face, but hospitable to one who came alone, over sea, before a storm. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z We had been standing in a rough circle on the floor of the laboratory, just outside the two screen doors that enclosed the mice cages. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ugh, that dangerous sport. Soccer is too rough. You should try tennis someday. It’s a gentlemen’s sport. Wouldn’t you like to be a gentleman?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at the house his mother bent over his rough hands, inspecting his fingers and nails. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hips were free—now, look out!—here she came, her skirts tearing on the rough edges of the boards, arms flailing—and they were all in a heap on the ground. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He roared into battle, and in the bellowing thumping rough and tumble that followed, one sleeping giant after another either got stepped upon or kicked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignorant, graceless and rough, she ran away from home. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Only the roughest boys and some of the young men elected to be hit by the big trees. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard rough voices shout as I raced maddeningly toward the gate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the first light of the sun crept into the cave, Dragon’s breathing was rough; when Minli shook him, he did not wake up. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It was made of rough fabric and smelled of pipe tobacco. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He pulled himself once more up the bank to the tall tree without branches and sat again with his back against the rough bark. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with his rough English, he managed to make himself clear. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s rough as sandpaper and wilted, like it sat through a rainstorm after blowing out of somebody’s pocketbook. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The shirt was of a good, if rough, material. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Horse touched the wall with a rough hand and examined the grime on his fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Really, I think it was a whole stew of things that had me feeling roughed up that day—stuff from home, stuff from school. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There were some rough characters in those camps and I wouldn’t bother to argue. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No roads or farms or chimney smoke, just increasingly rough ground, exposed rock, and trees clinging to the bluffs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The rough- looking boys were removing a large, squawking long-necked bird from a bamboo cage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The sudden jerk out of sleep, the rough hand shaking your shoulder, the lights glaring in your eyes, the ring of hard faces round the bed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There he was with his angry eyes and his beard roughed up, and all I could think of was him saying, There is always a snitch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z As his rough old hands closed around it, I saw a strange look come over his face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then there were us, the indfgenas, with skin as rough and ruddy as freshly dug potatoes, cheeks chapped raw by the sun and wind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A loop of rough leather, fastened to the metal with a massive staple. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Staggering away, the scribe felt his heel snag on the rough ground, and he began to topple over backward, arms flailing wildly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I would be good for nothing but rough work, I could never learn skill in anything. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z After four years of eating bug-infested rations, sleeping in cold and damp tents, and slogging night and day through thickets and mud, American men had had enough of rough pursuits. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One day, not long after Terryl and Alan were married, he came home hurting after one of those long, rough days roofing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We hold hands rough with dirt as we walk back to the Agloe General Store. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The freshly cut growth that made the side of his face rough. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She grabbed at his hair and he mashed his rough, cracked lips into her cheek. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z What had always looked so smooth and sleek on the horizon was a rough adventure when experienced from the prow of the Dauntless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z This one is shorter than Wal-Mart’s and apparently aimed at a rougher crowd: Am I more or less likely than other people to get into fistfights? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While I didn’t doubt he could have done the ghastly acts he threatened, it was but a rough kindness. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Jackson is just as pretty in rough cotton as he is in fine silk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I knelt on the rough board and leaned against the small window. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The old rough streets that love me welcome me back. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result of all their outdoor exposure, Washington’s boys were, year after year, particularly hardy and particularly adept at rowing in rough water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He never initiated any rough riding tactics, and took justice into his own hands when anyone fouled him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I just need to add music and smooth out all the rough transitions. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In him there was an uneasiness, and when he spoke to her his voice had a rough, strange sound. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I could see Lucinda’s outline through the rough weave of the draperies. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But in real life, Persepolis was brown and rough and imperfect. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I squat, listening behind me for bears, aster leaves rough on the tops of my legs, then bury the toilet paper under sticks and bark and dried bracken. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t turn my head enough to see him, but his voice was rough and scarred. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and again, when we were out in the open water beyond the chain of islands, the sea became very rough, and that was when my mother enjoyed herself most. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She stripped the girl of the drenched, ripped clothing, setting it aside, then rubbed her dry with rough cloth, and wrapped her in soft wool. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My voice, at first rough and breaking on the high notes, warms up into something splendid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The music grew louder, and as I rounded the bend near the train tracks, I felt the warmth radiating from the bonfire, saw the glow on the rough and ragged faces. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The union had its rough points, but it worked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The master would say she was wearing rough clothes when she ran away, that she had a bandanna on her head, that she was muscular and strong. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Ellen stopped her work and stood for a moment without speaking, her rough brown hands resting on the handle of the hoe. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They were rough and red and cut into with cleansing fluids. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Don't give them the rough side of your tongue. You'll get me whipped!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Life for Gerald and Angel continued to be rough even after Jordan went off to jail. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Amah led a large iron pot, rolled in on a rough wood platform by two of Da-A-Fu’s uncles, in front of the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When it was ready in a readable rough draft, I telephoned him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the rough morning, he was actually excited to learn more, and for the chance to get his mind off Ben and the graveyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His fingers twisted her, the pinch cruelly hard through the rough fabric of her tunic. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I guess I just know how easy it is to fall into that life when you’re struggling. A lot of them really have it rough, you know?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She bent and flicked gently at the rough white calluses on his feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Each week, he seemed to grow taller and thinner, and his hands were turning more and more into the rough brown bark of a waterman’s. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a rough life, I know, but she loved telling jokes and teasing the kids when I was around. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The fox was rough, but it looked alive, and it seemed to him a sign that he would find Pax unharmed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “It’s been a rough few years for the likes of us, and it was a rough few centuries prior to that.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They made the rest of the trip on foot in the dead of night, hiking through mountains and rough terrain, terrified that they would be caught and thrown in jail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Handcuffing the man who fled was not a straightforward matter, and apparently, as the officers worked to subdue him, in-mates gathered around to complain that the officers were being too rough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got to the ocean, we walked to an inlet where the sea wasn’t rough. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z So now you have a rough idea of what’s going on, don’t you, Kit? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Catherine was lying in the narrow bed wearing a plain, square-cut night-gown that looked as though it were made of rough sheeting. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They were at least two inches long, which was his way of showing that he didn’t have to use his hands for rough or dirty work. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The haunting melody, with its simple drone, still echoes among the rough wooden benches and tables. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I just hoped it was the angle of the sun which was causing the rough appearance. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Fingernails rough and dirty from pulling weeds in the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I’ll slap a bandage on it, and he’ll be ready to party in no time. You guys go in for rough stuff, don’t you?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The sun pressed against the back of my neck as I ran out to meet him, the rough stone of the patio giving way to scrubby grass and then back to stone again. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She knew how callused his fingertips were, as hard and rough as wood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Which was it, I wonder—rough or not bad? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "The things I told you tonight," he said, his voice sound-ing even rougher than usual. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The young dog nosed his friend all over, his lips wrinkling at the rank bear smell, then attempted to stanch the wounds with his rough tongue. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the early-morning leg to Boise, she experienced “rough flying,” where she was “tossed up in the air at least six inches.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As he heaved a large, rough log, an arrow of pain shot through his right hand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The Langer See was rough, the wind still brisk out on the water, the scene dark and gloomy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was groans and rough breathing mixed up with the same noise that the chain on the dog outside had made. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Even after five days of rough treatment, she’s still beautiful, which is how I know this is going to work. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The rough edge of the key cut into my palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z "Do you think it will be too rough on him?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I felt rough hands grab hold of my arms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was dressed appropriately in a richly colored rubakha, and though he wore it easily, he seemed too rough for it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z What had been little more than stacks of rough stone moments before is now set and carved into ornate arches and pathways, covered in crawling vines and speckled with bright, tiny lanterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It had been a rough one for her. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He kneels down in front of me and takes my hand in his rough green fingers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her hands are large and rough, and when she rubs the Vicks salve on my chest, I am rigid with pain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide in a snap and reach for the branches, which are rough on my hands. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Our roads were rough and every time we hit a pothole it would bounce you around in your seat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down where he was, on the rough stones of the pavement, and did not think at all for a while. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The serpent shot past, its rough metal skin leaving Leo’s hands scraped and bleeding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His voice was dark and rough, and there was an odd edge to it, as if of surprise or puzzlement at hearing himself speak. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z For this sheet, he chose the softer medium of red chalk over the scratchy line of pen and ink that he used in rough sketches. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin was cool and rough to the touch. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I fought down my embarrassment and sat on a rough chair and pulled my galoshes off and then my pants. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Male teachers were for classrooms with rough and rowdy boys who needed a firm hand to keep them in line. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But I guess a new baby is rough on any parents, especially if they already have a kid like me at home. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The star leaned down, then, and kissed the old woman on her wizened cheek, feeling the rough hairs on it scrape her soft lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a rough map, showing the garden, the big stone near the middle, and the way the furrows made by the plow would curve around it, rather like waves around a boat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Then there were men’s voices, rough, harsh, commanding. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Jeanne was gazing over the rim of her rough bowl at the giant red monk and her dog. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Jam gasped and scrambled backward off the painting until she was pushing away from it, her chest rough and heaving, her left palm loud with hurt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Now night had come on, rough, with no moon, but a nightlong downpour setting in, the rainwind blowing hard from the west. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around the trunk and pressed her face to die rough wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were arranged in a rough U shape around the broad stone plaza and were connected by stone walkways and stone steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “They heard Joe was down there, you know, and everybody went, I guess, just to make sure the cops didn’t rough him up, and while they was there everybody signed your petition.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But I already knew I was going to go through a rough, lonely patch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Her underarms were rough like a cat’s tongue. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then, with a rough, abrupt air, he said, “Who are you and what do you want?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It contained the same cluster of small dwellings along a single rough road with but one or two structures larger than the rest. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “But there’s no reason why you must. I wanted to give you a rough idea, but in a certain sense the fewer details you know, the better.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They had to be, for if Flo thought any other chimps were too rough, she would charge over and threaten or even attack them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He says the Irish Sea was rough and when he leaned over the side his teeth dropped out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Like the other Marines, Horan had only a rough idea of why his battalion was there. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Our landing sites had to be not too high, too windy, too hard, too soft, too rough or too close to the pole. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had bound him and given him his sword, they patted him—pushing him forward towards Meliagrance with these rough pats, and turning away their faces. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Wake and sleep and wake again, every night was broken into pieces by the rough hands of her tormentors, and every night was colder and crueler than the night before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I touch my bruised cheek and the rough scab on my lip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z One interesting activity is to quickly draw a rough outline of the US at the time it gained independence from Britain. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Her throat got tight and rough and she couldn’t sing any more. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This piece had been pretty rough in practice so far, but some days, you just click — we were supertight through the whole tune. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He ate, smoked, went to bed, sometimes came back in the middle of the night for a brief and, of late, quite rough session of coupling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Later, he woke briefly to find himself covered with a rough blanket. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The water was cold and rough, threatening many times to tear the raft apart, but with teeth chattering and bodies shivering, they managed to stay afloat all night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was proud of the entire boat, but he realized it was a rough, primitive construction. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She’d brushed her teeth and put her hair in four rough braids after dampening it with water, little things to delay coming downstairs and facing the conversation she knew was lurking, waiting. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He purred with Gray under his silver mother’s rough tongue, tasted her warm milk, felt the weight of her chin resting over his newborn skull. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z After two tries, rough metal met his skin. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Just goes to show,” he said, shaking Henry’s shoulder with a kind of rough affection. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The shelled cobs could even be stacked by the outhouse and used as a rough substitute for toilet paper! The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The rough sandstone floor smoked under Jason’s shoes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Probably she had crushed her hand while swinging round one of the big kaleidoscopes on which the plots of novels were “roughed in.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The wall is made of rough stone; pigeons nest inside its crevices. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog, coming suddenly upon him face to face among the rough tussocks, recoiled a moment, startled and confused. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z By rough estimates, it had cost the town approximately two and a half to three dollars a week for over two years just to ticket Onofre Martinez. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Below the knee, her leg was a rough wooden post. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Yet when he was laughed at it cut him to the quick—he got rough and loud like a sort of clown. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Like Pap used to say, “Sometimes a good lie can smooth the roughest road for folk.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z No carving was done here, no huge image of the gods or Pharaoh emerged gradually, majestically, from some rough block. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “It’s been rough for you, Henry, I know, but you can’t do this. You’re flunking three classes, getting into fights. I hardly see you because you’re always locked in your room.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The road to the stars was a rough one, and the Apollo team needed no reminder of the risk. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His voice was rough, and there was, faintly, the odor of whisky on his breath. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Just the gentle pressure of her rough hand conveyed her own concern and assurance to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And it’s rough when you really feel that you don’t have anywhere to go. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The land around Trebon was rough, mostly thick forest broken by stretches of rocky ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This went on for a while and the game got rougher. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Huge yellow bulldozers shoved brush back from a rough road that had been traced out with gravel. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z What does he think he’s doing, trying to hide in plain sight when the mayor’s boys roughed him up not two days ago? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There were perquisites, apart from the thrill of shaming a man in front of his family or roughing up an unseasoned buck who squinted at you the wrong way. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “If you don’t, things might go rough on you,” Devine threatened quietly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The blackboards, the rough wooden floor, the uncomfortable-looking chairs were almost exactly the same. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Not like here, where the streets were getting more crowded and rougher all the time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z On their thirtieth wedding anniversary, George gave Margaret a check for one hundred dollars, along with a note scribbled on the back of an aluminum oxide wrapper: “Next 30 years not as rough. Love, George.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The older boys no longer seem so rough. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Whoever had made the picture was no trained artist, but there was a rough intensity in it that was very powerful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I stayed in the rough, walking parallel to the road for a bit, in hopes of finding a teaberry to chew on. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They remind you how rough the neighborhood can get, and they promise to protect you. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “They really roughed you up, companerathe other woman said sadly. “Who are you?” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Although I had been to the Hob on several occasions with my father, I was too frightened to venture into that rough, gritty place alone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Had he not used that magic he would have been hard put to keep the crank little boat on such a course, on that rough sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The land was rough and hostile, and yet they made much progress, and ever the Mountain drew nearer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The rain grew stronger and the sea rougher as the night progressed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mom, I know it’s a rough time—” I said, but she cut me off with a wave of her hand. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The feel of the skate tools in my hand, the rough scratch of the tape, the spin of the freshly Speed Creamed bearings. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, it was because of my friend. She was having a really rough time and I made my mom drive me over to see her.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Full of fear, he paddled and struggled, got his head up and took a breath, scrabbled his claws against rough bricks underwater and lost them again as he was dragged on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "Don't you think it will be a bit rough on him?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He didn’t particularly enjoy getting roughed up, but the alternative was to cower and beg, which he couldn’t lower himself to do. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The other was of his short black hair and how it felt rough and soft at the same time, like crushed velvet. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z After the rough outline I started shading, which was the tricky part. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They listened to the wild, rough laughter of Count Olaf and his theater troupe, and they picked at their own portions of food, too miserable to eat. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z His rough voice lowered to a rumble as he turned back to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Even when you fight against soldiers trained as you are, most of them will be men, heavy footed and rough. You will have the advantage. Don’t be impatient.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The rough seas warning is being extended another forty-eight hours. You know, the warning that kept all the boaters off the water last night. At least the ones with any brains.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari could still smell the sweetness of the pineapple her mother had cut from its rough skin and sliced for the breakfast meal that morning. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I was headed straight for the rough branches of the bush on our side of the fence. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It was a fairly rough voice, the kind of in-your-face tone that said I wouldn’t stand for too much nonsense either on the basketball courts or in the streets. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Odysseus had this look, in his rough skin advancing on the girls with pretty braids; and he was driven on by hunger, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With the pointed edges and rough landing, there was no surviving that fall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They packed around him, creating an angry hubbub in their deep rough tones. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I was dusting when I saw the picture: a rough shell holding slippery, slimy innards and, right in the middle, a perfect, iridescent white pearl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The stone feels rough and cool on my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There was something about his rough exterior—his bushy long hair and uneven beard—combined with his generous and charming nature that attracted the attention of some women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Listen to me,” the Queen whispered, her voice rough with pain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes they came after me, waking me up from my sleep when they tried to jam their rough hands in my pajamas. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But you could not row at all if your shell sank, and as November of 1934 wore on, the water was so rough that it continually threatened to swamp the boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They made rough movements, and their accents were not American exactly, but peasant like their mother’s, as if they had come from a village deep inside China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually I pull away, but her hands stay on my shoulders, warm and rough with calluses. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Our thighs and knees ache from going downhill, stepping, sliding over rough terrain. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The barely sanded, barely painted wood was rough against my palms. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She was the queen of Westeros; he had no right to lay rough hands on her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I feel a rough hand on my head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was where she wrote the rough drafts for the book reviews she posted on Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Edwin paused, rubbing his rough hand over his stubbled chin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z My domain is made of thick glass and rusty metal and rough cement. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The boiler was straight ahead, a giant, white, curvaceous beast, with a rough asbestos hide. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was true that even though he never said anything mean to her he always spoke in a rough, funny way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She scans the rough floors and cement walls. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Bran ran a hand across the rough wood of the table and begged Lord Wyman's pardons for being late. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She said, like she was talking to herself, “We can’t use the cart. There aren’t any roads, and the country is too rough.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The king touched her cheek, his fingers brushing across the rough stone as gently as if it were living flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The rougher children found Francie too quiet and the better behaved ones seemed to shun her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a pretty rough fielder and pitcher,” he said, smiling at me a little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He had a rough scarred face, the kind of man who would be most himself in the middle of a pack of loud men, eating peppery meat, drinking beer, and watching Arsenal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I could not imagine it rough now, any more than I could imagine winter in summer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The wall opposite was made of some rough clay or plaster. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “It looks to be a very rough approximation.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She was trying to make a go of it alone, working in a real estate office selling lots, and it was rough. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a pretty one,” he said, taking her face in his rough hands. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Just a narrow sandy stretch of shoreline, a few piles sunk in the river with rough planking for a platform. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The morning sun that slanted through the windows—they were stained yellow up here too—the sun showed the water darker, and rougher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Far away from here, following the Jade River, there was once a black mountain that cut into the sky like a jagged piece of rough metal. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Whoever took care of it did a pretty rough job.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She noted a number of mutowa trees with rough, scaly bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a rough satellite map of the whole planet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At the winter cabin, Deydey had built a rough lean-to and attached it alongside the northern wall. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z If the price of dog food and cake mix can be rationalized, why can’t some sort of rough “safety index” be devised which allows us to gauge how safe various activities, procedures, and illnesses are? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss said, and the words came out as daggers, rough and purposeful. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was issued the standard prison uniform for Africans: a pair of short trousers, a rough khaki shirt, a canvas jacket, socks, sandals, and a cloth cap. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The towel was thin and rough between my hands, a carpet burn of a cloth. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z To Jethro’s surprise he felt his brother’s large rough hand close over his own with a heavy pressure, as if somehow the owner of that hand felt a desperate need to clutch at something. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the sea becomes rougher and the boat rocks from side to side like a pendulum, and with each swing the waves violently slap against the side of the boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rough edges scraped against my legs and belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He came across as so hard-core, so rough and tough out on the streets. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “In the right hands, yes. Given enough time, I could even make a rough attempt at interpreting it myself.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Things had been rough here lately; there had been attacks on guards, he added. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason the notice gave him a reluctance to go, making the rough tunnel look sinister. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He put out a long pink tongue, rough and warm as a bath towel, and gently licked the children's cheeks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Buck Duke was a man seemingly created for his rough, freewheeling times. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Some stretches of road resembled a dry riverbed; other places were strewn with boulders or eroded down to rough bedrock. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Trying to waste the most time possible, Amaranta ordered some rough flax and spun the thread herself. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The thin texture of cellulose wool felt rigid and rough. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He come with us, and ask many men who are rough and hot; these be better fellows too when they have been no more thirsty. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But in my writing life, I at least have some notion of procedure: do the research, make the outline, rough out a draft, etc. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. And what about how his hands were so rough and red from all of his sculptures that sometimes I joked to him that it was really the sculptures that were sculpting his hands? Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And these were not the rough wooden tables of Lord Bertulf’s hall—no, each table shimmered with silver. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "I've had a rough couple weeks. I'm going to set my stuff down and find the showers." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Jody stayed a little while, running his fingers over the red rough coat, and then he took up the lantern and went back to the house. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z But Frodo was often very rough with his little sister—the first sign of the bully that he would become when he was older. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He clambered down the rough wooden scaffolding and whistled for his horse. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They not only spoke Japanese exclusively, they spoke a dialect peculiar to Kyushu, where their families had come from in Japan, a rough, fisherman’s language, full of oaths and insults. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Its tongue was rough and wet and it liked the smell on my trousers and started sniffing them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He climbed up behind the wheel and took a few rough breaths; then he slammed the sandwich onto the dash. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Near the Northern Canal, sprouting up like toadstools, rose the squat shacks of rough boards and turf with only a tiny window and a few holes to let in light. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Someone there,” came a rough whisper close at hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Fridays were always busy, but this one promised madness, given the rough weather on the way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The boys were out of breath when they eventually sat next to each other on top of the rough ledge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z From behind a column I watched him write more, and ask for the time, and rub his rough hands against his knees. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I have been on my guard, ready to rough them up if they say one word about it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z To me, the way he’d grabbed and flipped the birds seemed pretty rough. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He says, “Okay. Okay. It’s a little rough. Not quite what I’m looking for.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z They had come to a rough kind of road by now and were making very good speed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The last set was so rough that it took six hours to empty the canoes, lug their cargo, and run the canoes down the river using ropes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z We lie on the damp dirt floor, wrapped in mildewed blankets so rough they could be used to scrape bark off logs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In the rough lines of one, I recognize Gale’s twitch-up snare. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Slapped me in the head when the sea was rough and I puked over the side. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It’s been a rough year for your mother,” he says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z At school, she’ll stick up for me in the playground when the rough boys pick on me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z A sudden gust, rough and full of scorn. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I am not!” he repeats, his voice now rough with anger. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But, boy, when we got there, it sure looked rough to me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked out on the pier, the rough boards dark with tar and fastened down with spikes to the timbers underneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was pressed so hard against the tree that the rough bark tore his shirt, the skin beneath. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Wives took up work outside the home, earning what they could to sustain their families over the rough patch. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I pulled back the rough gray sheet completely. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He gave the command to continue, and the litter rocked like a ship on a rough sea as the Burned Men cleared a path. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A brief chill spread up my arms and flame flickered to life along the rough edge of the wood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The words, in the reverent tones of his rough voice, sounded like a magic spell. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Or else across the rough Atlantic to Africa and Europe. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Being an old salt himself, he took no offense in rough company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It didn’t bother me that the apartment was in a rough neighborhood; we’d always lived in rough neighborhoods. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As a way to get a rough estimate, however, the capture-recapture method is effective, and of more generality than the fish example might suggest. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid down the tree, landing in a rough heap on the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Instead we drink milk from Prim's goat, Lady, and eat the rough bread made from the tessera grain, although no one has much appetite anyway. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She grabbed a merlon for support, her fingers scrabbling at the rough stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Oh, I like it fine," said Miss Katherine, as she rubbed the donkey's rough hair on top of its head. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In a church full of Latinos with tear-stained cheeks, young and old had gathered together to hold hands, rough hands, soft hands, and pray and reach out to the Lord. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He loves his shoes, Cloth like a sail, Rubber like A lifeboat on rough sea. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she told him in her special and gentle voice that she understood he was going through a rough time, but he’d have to stay awake in class. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It was like a piece of soft, grayish-white leather, all ridged and rough on one side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The rough track she was following had petered out, and she was clambering with more and more discomfort among tumbled boulders and smaller stones. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z From seaweed we wove a rough basket which we filled before the sun was overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The bottom, thick, rough trunk, like an elephant’s leg pulled to the right of the driveway, the top, green and lush, rolled to the left. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Cartwheels tall as a man, with rough, square spokes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z On the farm, the boys get to sleep in hammocks while the girls sleep all lined up like sardines on a rough wooden platform made of bamboo trees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was several feet tall, its front worn rough and browned from age and weather. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “You gave everybody a rough time,” the captain said. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The horsewoman, who wore rough canvas breeches and rode like a man, said nothing to the witches. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they were steady to see across the ocean which was rough now with the increasing breeze. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess the iron tire on the spinning wheel was roughed up pretty badly and maybe had chips of broken rock and gravel stuck to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I see them,” I say, my voice rough, unsteady. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Someday I will,” Ranofer said, but he looked at his gritty hands, rough from a day’s sandstoning, adorned with one of the ever-present bandages, and wondered dismally if the day would ever come. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Liam must have sensed this, because he latched onto my shoulder and forced me down, pressing the side of my face against the cold, rough asphalt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Flinging himself upon the rough fibers, he held the bread to his nose, and its yeasty fragrance brought the saliva rushing into his mouth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He could imagine the feel of it, beneath his body, moving off and surging forward, vibrating and heaving over the rough ground, and on, through some dark jungle. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z His hands were raw from the rough wood of the paddle and he thought that it wouldn’t matter either. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He wipes my face with his hands, which are rough as sandpaper, but I’m used to them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A path led through the rough field, at the back of the house, and beyond this were only more fields, sloping this way and that, overlapping like so many pillows. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The ground is rougher than the floor in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Unfortunately perhaps, people are more sensitive to absolute differences between people than they are to rough equalities between them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached out and touched me softly on the face with her rough hands. she said before she took her leave. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It looked rough and tangled, unlike Master’s, as if Okeoma did not like to comb it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Hers were bare, long-fingered, rough, with nails chewed to the quick. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He continued to swim in Dumbledore’s wake, the tips of his benumbed fingers brushing the rough, wet rock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The wall dividing our side of the house from the bar was made from shiny sheets of fake wood panelling, but the rest of the walls were rough, splintery boards painted pale green. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Sam’s voice was low and rough, like she hadn’t used it for days. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be rough seas all the way!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Henry’s hands are huge on his back, his jaw sharp and rough with a long day’s stubble, his shoulders broad enough to eclipse Alex when he rolls them over and pins Alex to the mattress. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her hands were rough skinned, broken nailed, small but strong. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She slipped a small silver object from the back pocket of her jeans and held it out to me, the rough pattern of the speaker face up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z From rough pine slabs, I made a box for my dog. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a thicket of dark hair and wore a worn flannel shirt, rough brown canvas pants, and heavy black boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Then he scrubbed at it with a rough sponge. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was a man with faded, defeated eyes and rough hands; when he spoke, his voice sounded as if it were seldom used. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He surprised me by switching to rough French; he must have gone to school at some point. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I’ve already sanded it down to take off the rough edges. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Polokov had been the rough one; the others, unaware that anyone actively hunted them, would crumble in succession, plugged like a file of ducks. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z His palms felt rough, like he had been smashing bottle caps flat too, but without a hammer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Look at that rough lot out there—they nearly finished me off! What on earth do you make of us and how are you settling down?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "Life is good," says a Dutch woman, "freedom is good, but starvation leaves its mark, like rough rope on your wrists, always rubbing, always making a nuisance of itself." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Thomas leaned back against the rough rock, overcome by disbelief at what he had just done. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid was eager to work, roughing it in the wilderness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Roars of rough laughter rang out again between the short bursts. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Normally this wouldn't be a problem at all, but with my extremely rough navigation, I could easily end up at the lip of one of them and have to backtrack. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Effie Trinket makes it sound like Haymitch just has somewhat rough manners that could be corrected with a few tips from her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Another new ball from behind the backstop and Willis roughing it up again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I ran my fingertip along the hard line of his two-inch jaw, rough like a cat’s tongue. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Without a Bible handy, I could only make a rough guess at their identity. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He bowed his head and turned his face to the rough wall. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I mean, she was having a really rough time.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Farid looked at the wood, rubbed his finger over the rough bark, and looked at Capricorn's village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Bran gazed up at the rough stone ceiling above his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Two of her fellows close around her, the way brothers flank a little sister in a rough crowd. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One of the men took a drink from the water jug Jethro had brought up to the workers, and handing it back, he rumpled the boy’s hair with rough affection. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “All he does is yell. The man has a mean streak. He’s rougher on us than we ever were on all those dogs trying to mooch food out of our dumpster.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I know it’s been a rough year for many of you,” he continued, shielding his narrow eyes from the sun with a foolscap. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The house we lived in was nothing more than a shack, a barracks with single plank walls and rough wooden floors, like the cheapest kind of migrant workers’ housing. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Both me and him kept peeking out the window all through the day waiting for Sir Charles and the rough, red-hair white man to come. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was their storyteller’s voice, both rough and pure, their friend's voice that repeated every fool phrase they threw at him in their language lessons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was much resistance against our first waves that came ashore, and the sea was rough. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, as inherited wealth smoothed the rough edges, their descendants morphed into American high society and evolved a signature style of living based on understatement and old- fashioned patrician values. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z How odd it looked, with its rough frame of clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He thought Seabiscuit had simply stumbled over a rough part of the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The froth of her stiff frock pressed rough lace flowers into Velutha’s back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have heard Iorek Byrnison’s roar, but it was a long way off, and then she was jolting over rough ground, arms twisted, mouth stifled, sobbing with rage and fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The old Master murmured one word, “Tolk,” and there lay the pebble, no jewel but a rough grey bit of rock. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z After all four of us are on the western side of the gorge, thirty minutes of rough bushwhacking returns us to the Stampede Trail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In cross-section it consisted of two concentric walls: the wet, slightly rough outer wall, so vibrantly green, and an inner wall midway between the outer wall and the core of the algae. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z These lads called him over to share food and drink with them, and were friendly though rough and full of jokes and jibes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Bit young to be living so rough,” the bum said, and I wanted to laugh at the irony of being told off by a man who clearly hadn’t showered since Clinton was president. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The conjurer winked at the big, rough, red-hair white man and said, “If he can do that, he must have an unusually keen eye. Could he, mayhap, demonstrate his skill some other way?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His hands were rough, the nails yellowed and chipped, the fingertips scarred. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “So, urn,” I say, and my voice is all rough. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Her rough and childish ways were almost gone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I glanced up the path, which did look steep and rather rough. i'm telling you, sir, you'll be sorry if you don't take a walk up there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The cheetah licked my palm, his tongue warm and rough, like sandpaper dipped in hot water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I see your textbooks have had a rough day.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Through the rough and welcome hugs, Petey snaked a hand free for a shake from TimeStar, who asked, “What happened to you?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In his quiet way, Fleming was giving the witness a rough time; Wells plucked at his tie, as though the knot was suddenly too tight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hidden behind the eastern pine, its yellow tail popping out from behind the rough bark. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They drove toward the lake over the park’s rough roads at the pace of a funeral cortege and with equal gloom. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Are you all right?” he asked, his voice rough. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Julia plops down on my beanbag chair and starts playing with the rough seam that always scratches you whenever you move. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Vola had nailed a couple of boards together, and now he could swing over miles of rough country, quick and sure. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We are, as humans, heavily socialized to make a kind of rough approximation between cause and effect. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Edwin picked at the rough edge of the table with his thick chipped thumbnail. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Thousands of miles of country roads, rough timber lanes, overgrown tracks leading to abandoned mines, and unmapped trails snake across its length and breadth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Less for a gentle potion, more for a particularly rough or evil spell.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At the mouth of the bowl were three mounds in a rough semicircle that faced a fourth mound. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From her mother she learned the business of running the house—how to sew neat, tiny stitches, how to spin rough wool into yarn, how to keep crowded chambers clean and orderly. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were close to fifty in the common room by his rough count. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The raft was getting exceptionally rough treatment, being pulled out of the water and dragged along bouncing every which way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z With my heart pounding, my body shaking, the rough board scraping my bare knees, I begin to cross. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z People who need jobs or seek family, who, to keep going these long rough years, have begged and scrounged for food. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I reached up and cupped one of the breasts, feeling the cold, rough stone in my palm, and I quickly removed my hand to cover my mouth in a fit of giggles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought they would all be rough and mean. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari stood close to Afi, shivering with fear and disgust as the rough hands of each of the white men examined and prodded her arms, thighs, calves, and breasts. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands are rough and calloused from manning the tiller. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking someone’s patron might have been roughing it last night with a cheery little campfire ” Denna’s face fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I held up a ball of rough twine. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The impenetrable forest and rough river had kept the Cinta Larga so isolated that they had never seen a white man before, and they were shocked to see the men’s beards. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z We may translate this to mean that he started the process of carving a statue by trying to visualize a figure in the rough, rectilinear block as it came to him from the quarry. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But by the third year my feet were like old leather and I could run barefoot for hours over the rough stones of the city and not feel it at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It gets a little rough for the Doorman on the way up, and I look at him, disappointed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The end of the gun barrel was pinched together with tongs and given a rough, sharp edge. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We had some rough summers but it only went dry a couple of times as I remember. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If this was a man’s world, a veil took the rough beard right off it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was rough and white-capped and waves were hitting us from all sides as we walked deeper and deeper in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The cap’n’s left hand was yanking rough on the woman’s hair, pulling her head backward, and his right hand was clamped on his pistol, which was jammed under her chin and pointed upward. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes she saw rough hands picking apart ropes and twining them together again, with salt in the air and a breeze in the sails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Sorry to hear that, mate. That’s some rough luck. You may proceed.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The one with a rough voice landed right near where I was hiding. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Lucky boy. A clop in the head is a rough business. I went four once and got clopped in the head, and it took me a month to get off my back. Lucky boy.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She was a sturdy woman with a square jaw, thick hips, short, muscular legs, and hands rough from tobacco fields and kitchens. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The city is getting too rough, he said. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His low voice was rough, his eyes on the clouds again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She felt rough hands kneading her shoulders and back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z If you were on a playground and she thought you were playing too rough, she'd tell you. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She stomped her foot on the rough wooden step. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sides of all the boats had been raised for protection against rough seas, but that made the seats too low for rowing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Her fingers were cold and rather rough, a stranger’s fingers, but her face was familiar, although it had looked younger and less anxious in the photograph. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He was angry with her, but not rough. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Naked, he padded across the room, shrugged into a loose rough- spun tunic, and climbed down from the loft after her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “That makes it last longer. Children these days would bust out of sheet-metal clothes. They so rough.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay carefully laid out all the pieces of his model airplane like they would break if he was rough with them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A rough hand gathered her hair and pushed it to one side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The sour smells of wood smoke and wool and cows cling to him, saturating his poncho, his rough skin. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s had a rough first day on the job, and Jax still has a lot to learn, but I trust him and I’ll need his help to set things right.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Maybe she was having a rough time at school. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The sea became rougher, and every few minutes a wave splashed into the boat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “It sounds like he’s had a hard life, is all. Sometimes that makes people a little rough around the edges.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She went on quietly, “He’s a strange boy. You have to know him—all rough shell, all anger until you know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The little dots that marked the position formed a rough circle about the red cross of the selenium pool. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Amah led a large iron pot, rolled in on a rough wood platform by two of Da-A-Fu’s uncles, in front of the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The plane came across rough winds, and it shook. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For this one single thing, the twins just wouldn’t rough it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z To him it made no difference how long the road, or how rough or rocky. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then after one particularly rough day of fifth grade for me, the doorbell rang. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I'd punish my face as if I were a cop roughing up a suspect for a confession. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Her hands had been cold, and the moss was spongy and wet, the bark of the trees was rough. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The glaves themselves were perfect polished spheres, hanging by the hundreds and emitting a purer white light than he’d ever seen from the rough, ruddy stones that lit the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’m guessing it’s old-fashioned lust,” I said in my roughest tones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Along the banks, leaning out as though to catch their own reflections, were rows of rough stone houses with their shutters painted blue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There Oppenheimer delivered an impressively detailed explication of atomic bomb physics, along with his own rough estimate that 100 kilograms of U-235—that is, 220 pounds—would be enough for a practical device. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was all he could do to stand up to the rough play. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Must be real rough having a sick little sister.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A few wayward strands dangle near his eyes. so Hair’s my favorite thing to draw, but I only rough it in. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning, I put on a straw hat and rough gloves and worked in the garden for two hours. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hibiscus stared at him, then made a rough sound in his throat and spat on the floor by Redemption’s feet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When he heard the rough growl of a jeep, he ducked behind some brush until it passed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He loved playing rough; I couldn’t imagine my casting him off was enough to anger him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I know this stuff is rough, but it’ll blow over. It always does.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As in the two other rooms, there was a skylight framed in rough pine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I slowed down the car and pulled over, bumping up onto the rough grass verge. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sixth grade has been rough for her. She used to go to a religious school. Less than a hundred kids in all the grades.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The actual workers and patrons appeared rough around the edges, dressed in jeans and T-shirts and, well, loaded up with piercings and tattoos. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was going to be rough on Old Yeller, trying to lead them to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I smiled back, feeling the rough and bristly rope. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He looks up at me and the feeling that he was fixing to do something rough jumped offen him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The Sneakoscope on the table had lit up and begun to spin; they could hear voices coming nearer and nearer: rough, excited voices. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Uncle Joe wasn’t being rough with me, which made it hard for me to decide whether or not what he was doing to me was wrong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My voice sounded odd, rough and rusty from disuse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was wrapped in a rough bark cloth and wore no shoes; yet she did not look poor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They were not rough timid people like the fisher-folk of the Hands, but true townsmen, alert and sedate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He unsheathed his longsword and laid it. on the table before him, the bright steel on the rough wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The matter was straightened out, and I sent Malcolm X some rough chapters to read. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The tarpaulin was made of tough, treated canvas, rough on the skin after a while. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides, he was beginning to like Blanca, now that she was more robust and had acquired that languor that was smoothing away her rough, peasanty edges. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At a nearby table, a thick man with heavy jowls and rough hands stands up. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Being the only two girls on board was kind of rough. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We didn’t really do any actual dancing: just some basic steps and a little rough blocking. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Thomas had been smoothing the tiny rough spots from the worn, ancient carvings and reshaping the infinitesimally small edges and curves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The wool was rough, and she winced every time it scratched against her damaged skin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked like the rough boys in our school who go round in gangs and if you come up against them in the corridor you had better turn and run away. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When the corn was gone, the mule licked for the salt taste on his hand; the tongue was rough and wet, but it was also warm and precise across his fingers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Aloof and bristling, he lurked around the edges of Torrance, his only friendships forged loosely with rough boys who followed his lead. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He’d made a rough copy of the map they’d found on it with a pencil and some paper, but he wanted to see if he could unearth anything else useful. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She told how her brother George used to chase her and Blanche out of his tree house and how rough their older sister, Sarah, had been when she gave them their baths. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was suddenly rough, and I knew she had understood. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to be so rough,” she said, examining the shirt. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She saw that William had cleared his, and she quickly ladled some more of the steaming broth into the rough clay vessel. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Each fort had a rough building surrounded by tall dirt-and-stone walls and deep trenches. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The other grabbed the woman in a rough embrace and lifted her from the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The skins seemed to slip off easily enough for Aunty Ifeoma, but when I pressed one end of a tuber, the rough brown skin stayed put and the heat stung my palms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The open doorway behind her was blocked by rough red bricks. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The boys in our class were bigger pests than they were rough and rowdy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z His voice was as rough as the sound of a saw on wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The outer walls were of rough gray stone studded with pieces of seashell and coral, as if the slabs had been hewn straight from the bottom of the ocean floor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The paper is rough, thick, and the color of butter. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Inside was a rough wool blanket, a full waterskin, some dried meat, and a dozen wickedly sharp crossbow bolts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The creature of an over-stimulated brain; that is certain. I must be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made for rough handling.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I told you not to hang around Pooh’s rough behind,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z No gloves, no cover for her hair, and her face rough and red from weeks of salt wind. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Tony’s not very bright, but he has a sort of clumsy tenderness that sometimes prompts him to give his mother a rough hug and plant a sticky kiss on her cheeks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I'm sitting on a wobbly stool at a rough, wooden table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Prisons should be for violent criminals, not mainly poor men from rough neighborhoods who get caught selling or using drugs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She came out of Berwind, which was one of the grittiest and roughest towns in the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It felt rough like a tree trunk, but seemed to pulse with all that wild reptilian life. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Bits’s was rough, not that much lighter than his own. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Reality returned in the form of my rough, unlettered, and infinitely more admirable brother. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Its coat was rough and thick as an Airedale’s fur and its mane was long and tangled. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She built the cook fire back up with dried dune grass, then added fresh wood in a rough pyramid shape. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She stood for hours, winding yam, her hands clumsy, unaccustomed to the job she had to do, the thread catching, catching on the rough places on her fingers. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z So all turned inland, leaving shore and ship, and Eurylokhos—he, too, came on behind, fearing the rough edge of my tongue. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was with the others he was a very rough talker. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then she let Gitl lead her to an unoccupied shelf, where she rolled herself onto it and, without even minding the rough surface, fell asleep. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To him the ground may be steep and rough but on the whole it is even, and he can pick his direction easily from the top of his moving, six-foot tower. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is just a rough draft, you know. I shall alter a lot before I send it in.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So when Terryl was nearing the end of elementary school they moved to a three- bedroom apartment in Whittier, another tough city, and they lived in the rough part of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The story over, the demands of their own hard, rough lives began to re-assert themselves in their hearts, in their nerves, their blood and appetites. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How close did he seem to her now!—leaning over his stacks of paper with six candles burning brightly around the perimeter of his desk, scratching his knowledge into the rough, clean space. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I brace myself against the rough floor and then, after I regain my balance, run my hands through my hair and tie my shoes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was a disgrace that as the girls grew older and even to marriageable age they still ran about the village street and left uncombed their rough sunbrowned hair, and sometimes even talked to men. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When the rough cotton pokes were filled, our hands clawed raw and our hair and shoulders tufted with white, we believed we’d done our part. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Seventeen nights and days in the open water he sailed, before a dark shoreline appeared; Skheria then came slowly into view like a rough shield of bull’s hide on the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Squinting his eyes, he said in a rough voice, “Well. That’s that.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The rocks around the opening were rough and cracked; and a ripped piece of red fabric lay torn on one of the sharp stones. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the letter, I offered a very rough framework for negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt a warm, brutal sensation as his rough, badly shaven skin scraped her face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had played rough as a child—where were the scars? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z With a rough finger she scratched at the tight homespun across her chest. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They stayed standing, bouncing with excitement and the rough road. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a rough and unmelodious tongue, a string of rattling, guttural noises, and there seemed to be two speakers, one with a slightly lower, slower voice than the other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When the rough edges are worn off the new land, businessmen and lawyers come in to help with the development—to solve problems of ownership, usually by removing the temptations to themselves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She let her finger run along the lines, over the rough, sandy paper, while her eyes followed the letters to another, colder place, in another time, to a house without locked doors and black-jacketed thugs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was rough going, and even slower than I thought it would be. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to conceal his excitement by clasping his rough brown hands in front of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Today’s been rough,” I sighed, heeding Fig’s request. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Deep in his chest he felt the rough jostle of the wheels. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His cast scraped along the rough rock face, but his arms were strong from Vola’s training, and he levered himself onto a shallow foothold. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His fingers were rough and grimy, and left streaks of filth on my arm that I fought the urge to wipe off. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Naif’s rough hand rubbed the back of his neck and the base of his hairline. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I put out my hand to feel the dark mass before me: I discriminated the rough stones of a low wall—above it, something like palisades, and within, a high and prickly hedge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I can feel his skin, rough under the buttery sauce from the. dish. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A rough, rocky tangle of trees and wildlife. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That had been rough, getting used to breathing in the saltwater air. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, you’re right. You go. Work. I will stay out of it. Don’t bother your sister, though. She had a rough practice.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Either I tamed him, made him see who was Number One and who was Number Two—or I died the day I wanted to climb aboard the lifeboat during rough weather and he objected. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z No fires burn, and the tents are of a rough greenish fabric the color of swamp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s a rough place,” an instructor who’d recently worked at Sing Sing told our class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Others are just frigid and a man simply has to take the bull by the horns and almost be rough. That’s why I developed my own personal technique. It’s called the Bohemian Mountain Approach.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rough shirt scraped my chin, and I was aware of the pressure of his knees against my stomach. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The agent crept back to the catamaran stashed behind the rocks and paddled through rough surf to the far side of the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The boy gave it an affectionate slap on the side and dragged the rough wooden stool across the floor to her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He wound around the rows of graves, hands brushing against the cool, rough stones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when the weather was hot, one of those all-day rides could be rough too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was quiet, rougher, still reflecting the strain of our conversation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In moonlight, two acres of coarse bent grass, undulant and ankle deep, tumbled and rough as a horse’s mane, appear like a bay of waves, all shadowy troughs and hollows. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z By early July 1844, he had expanded and rewritten the rough pencil draft. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His claws made a scratching sound on the rough bark. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I take a step back, straight into the chill, rough stone of the wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The black man, whom the soldiers called Tybee, passed out some rough garments for them to wear—a simple smock for the women, a shirt and trousers for the men. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Bernabe never could take the rough edges off that concept, though, the way a lapidary’s tumbler could take the rough edges off his rock, making almost any mineral chunk shine like a jewel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Importantly, though, for all his rough edges, Mussorgsky showed that Russian music could obey its own rules, follow its own tastes and carve its own identity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Misty rain roughed the water as waves washed over his head. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z To their right, a slope of rough stones, loose and precariously balanced, rose high into the dusty gloom. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z All afternoon the seas had been thickening, and now, as they came out on deck, the water was running high and rough. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though he could be rough on me. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The colors of the carnage were grotesquely bright: the crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric, the ripped shreds of grass, startlingly green, in the boy’s yellow hair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He had proved himself to the other men by how well he did at training, how he scaled the obstacles and shimmied up the rough rope, but he had made no friend. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “We don’t have to be rough. Cunning is all we need to be.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a hairy, tar-black mole on the underside of one nostril and a heavy rough mustache the color of poplar bark. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I add the water to the pot of rice and push the heel of my hand against the rough grains. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The floor was also rough and the way was lit by old-fashioned bulbs, hanging on wires. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My heart is thundering as with his grubby hands he roughs me up. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “I was altogether disappointed with the railroad—it was so rough and so much plague with the many changes.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And I leave any last shred of my childhood on the rough planks of that living room floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His rough accent made it hard for me to tell if he was rebuking the older student, but his dark Cealdish face showed definite reproach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The walls were rough unmortared stone ten feet high, with a wooden catwalk inside the battlements. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes on his son’s face, but when Willie noticed this he bit his rough, blunt fingers and stared at his feet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There were a number of bathhouses along the beach, of rough but solid construction, built with small, protecting galleries facing the water. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z But Jean Price doesn’t attribute the rough patch in their relationship to Scott’s climbing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He even says, This is rough, and, This is hard. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man sat in silence for a moment, looking down at his rough hands. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z All these numbers are at best rough approximations, but their implications are clear: the epidemics killed about one out of every five people on earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I stared up at the buttresses of rough rock, solitary in the huge solitude of the heights, and I did not believe the driver; but I suspended my disbelief. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We crossed the residential street and were trekking through a barren patch of rough land that led to the hill when, suddenly, a rock struck Hassan in the back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Styx was rough around the edges, for sure. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a wrenching exposure of our country’s structural divides, most especially the intense, lopsided vulnerability of African Americans and poor people of all races when things got rough. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was no more than twelve or thirteen, dressed in rough calico with ill-fitting boots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The road was rough, and Hari’s head wobbled on his neck like a flower too large for its stem. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z —School, for many of us, would be a rough and a constantly uphill battle; but he hoped that some of us would remain in school long enough to learn to write our names. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Always before, Jim and I had carried them into the mountains to bury them and to give them their last rites, a prayer over a rough wooden cross of birch twigs and twine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I love the rough feeling on my neck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The other was a large male with rough, tawny fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Sorry. The dealers don’t give me their addresses. These won’t be back either, which is a pity. The She Elephant made excellent kachasu, although the latest batch was a little rough.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “They were full of holes that’d been stitched up with rough thread, all up and down their sides. And with a pinky missing on each hand. They were seven then.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The rocks were heavy and rough, and we were given no wheelbarrows or gloves. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Doc rubbed his palms together, the sound of his rough skin like sandpaper. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Junior said, “They don’t have any idea how rough it was.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Being locked up with nothing and no one for eleven years had to be rough. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s rough, you know? She looks like the same person, sounds like the same person, and sometimes she even acts like the same person, but she’s not, and every day it gets worse.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z This was a rough life for man and beast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Henry,” she said in a rough, sleepy voice, “is that you?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The road is getting a little rougher, and I do my best to stay tucked into the small space under the grill. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Oh my God, Alex,” she says, lunging at him to yank him into a rough hug, “you made a friend!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There was note-paper also in the drawer, thick white sheets, for rough writing, and the note-paper of the house, with the crest, and the address, and visiting cards, ivory-white, in little boxes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she went on to tell me that she had come from a rough background herself and knew what it was like to struggle without support at home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His brown robe is rough against my cheek and there’s a smell of soap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The cement floors were rough, did not let my feet glide over them the way the smooth marble floors back home did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She sat next to me, our backs against the rough bark. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She began to brush Lady Isobel’s thick hair with short, rough strokes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was continually amazed at the combination of raw earth and rough people, white columned houses and traces of English manner. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, we asked you to come in today because obviously this has been a rough year for Sparrow, and she’s had a lot of trouble getting her work in.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As I made another careless swipe at the rough reeds, I spotted on the road below a cloaked figure that I momentarily took to be Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The writing is rough, but we’re running out of time, so it will do. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Its hem was frayed from dragging up and down the rough stone steps of the stacks, and it was large, so the shape of him was quite lost within it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For while the woman’s eyes were kind, her face was horribly scarred—the skin as rough as the outside of an oyster shell. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I scan the large rough stones her hands rest against. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Messy earnestness and rough focus, not a dutiful prince but any other twenty-something boy enjoying himself doing something he likes, something he’s good at. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But when Rishi dipped his head down and pressed his mouth to hers, his rough stubble scratching against her chin in the most delicious way, her brain shut up entirely. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A very rough place would scatter radar from Earth off to the sides of the beam and therefore appear poorly reflective, or radar-dark. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The men were so tired, and their legs so swollen and painful, that it took hours of staggering up and down the rough beach, into the water and out again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z |
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