| 单词 | saddle |
| 例句 | He unbuckled some sort of seat belt and hopped out of his saddle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The Army saddled him with writing an official account of their wartime code and cipher operations—“all the histories and data and things—the final say.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t. So you just pick up that saddle and ride it out of here. I don’t want it. It’s tainted.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If anything, he was bolder than ever in the saddle, either to conceal his blindness or simply because he couldn’t see just how close he was cutting it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was also a rifle in a saddle scabbard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was there I saw a woman riding sidesaddle astride a great black palfrey whose saddle and harness were trimmed with gleaming silver. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I was fit enough, and young, but I hadn’t been in the saddle for years. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Cody contributed another $500 and a fancy saddle on condition the race end in his own arena. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At the line of trees, Gwydion thrust Taran from the saddle and leaped down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Acting quickly, Fletcher sprints back to his stable, saddles a horse for himself, and races after him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I remember his standing in front of the cabin with his horse saddled, his gun in his scabbard, and his bedroll tied on back of the cantle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z At four-thirty he had Nan saddled and led her to the mounting block in front of the inn. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In another instant Doli flickered into sight astride what had seemed to be an empty saddle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z A rider who lost touch with the saddle became a projectile moving at sixty feet per second, and whatever he hit became a potentially lethal instrument. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Once all the oxygen molecules have been loaded onto heme, the four leaves of hemoglobin tighten around the oxygen like a saddle clasp. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Meg G. is twice as big as me and knows all about saddling horses. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And now the day was quite definitely done, and most of the stars were out, and still the Horses thundered on and the children rose and sank in their saddles, miserable with thirst and weariness. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z At five I learned that there was to be no space for me on that merry-go-round no matter how many saddles stood empty. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hung his black hat on his saddle horn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A gleaming saddle and a silver platter carved all over with scrollwork. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I heard it was a silver saddle. It’s all over town about that saddle.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Daily I had to function as a student, do my homework, and polish my saddle shoes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Except for the weapons lashed to the horse’s saddle, these travelers might have been on a spring ramble. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Taniguchi didn’t know his own strength, and in attempting to push Longden back into the saddle he instead hurled him right over the back of his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He rode back into the world sitting tall and regal in the saddle, his back straight, his head up, his face gravely dignified. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I gripped the saddle horn and squeezed my thighs together, curving my legs around his bulging belly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It’s a small, windowless room attached to the stables, fragrant with leather polish and stained wood from floor to ceiling, the walls lined with heavy saddles, riding crops, bridles, and reins. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She pushed aside an old fishing net to get to a saddle. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He swung into the saddle, grabbed Tyrion by the collar, and hoisted the little man up in front of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Folk shoe their horses badly, saddle them improperly, feed them poorly, then complain that they were sold a half-lame, sway- back, ill-tempered hack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A mounted warrior rode up and vaulted from his saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Tonight isn’t like any other night. He told me to bring Sandy around for him, fed and clean and saddled with this old campaign saddle by eight o’clock tonight...’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarf was pulled down roughly from the saddle and lashed to a post whilst his captor woke the stable’s owner and haggled with him over the price of his horse and saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And now that we've got the water between us and those dreadful animals, what about you two humans taking off our saddles and our all having a rest and hearing one another's stories." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Gabilan hunched and reared and threw the saddle off before the cinch could be tightened. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z What a landing party we were as we stalked about, identically dressed in saddle oxfords, long-tailed shirts, and pastel cotton pants, but all so different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They could be made to knock each other out of the saddle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The phrases “saddles on their backs” and “a favored few, booted and spurred” had been lifted from a famous speech delivered by Col. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Wagons were being loaded, men were shouting, horses were being harnessed and saddled and led from the stables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Billy pulled Prince Brat from the saddle and threw him into Jemmy. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally he stopped in front of the saddle, shoving it with his foot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Dancing with the field hockey team. He has no trouble finding saddles,” I said, a little bitter. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Ash finished buckling the saddle in place and said, “The woman asked the huntress to chase her down, as a stag, and to kill her. And then, she could finally be free.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Strapped to the horse’s saddle was a Roman cavalry sword. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "His Grace was reeling in his saddle by the time we flushed the boar from his lair, yet he commanded us all to stand aside." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That evening, Shawn saddled a new horse, a copper-coated mare, for the first time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He unfastened the makeshift saddle pack he’d made, which contained his tool kit and a couple of other things he'd salvaged from the Birmingham wreck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They talked a minute, Timmy pointed toward Grandpa’s house, and the stranger, shifting the saddle to his other arm, came back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the field, he would sleep in the saddle oft as not, he claimed, so as to be well rested should he come upon a battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Bekhir led the pack, his peculiar boy riding with him in the saddle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Ser Gregor swung his sword, a savage two-handed blow that took the boy in the chest and knocked him from the saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Booth saddles up and is on his way, walking the mare up Sixth Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I unwind the leather reins from my forearms and nervously slide one leg up and over Friday's saddle while I inch myself to the crates. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They zigzagged to the right and reached the saddle of the fourth pass as night fell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I shrieked at them, trying to scare them off, but they merely ducked behind bushes and took long sticks from the saddles of their horses, bows and javelins. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The straps had broken loose and the saddle had torn away in the whirlpool. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But he had money in his pockets, a big shouting laugh for everybody, and a saddle horse for me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Her saddle and bridle were made of fine dark brown leather, and the saddle blanket was woven of gray and white wool that nearly matched the horse’s coat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard, up in the saddle, was a lion poised for the kill. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten minutes after Johnny told him the news, Revere was in the saddle buttoning his fur-lined surtout to his ears. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard rose up as if in the saddle, yanking at the pulley holding his arm. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot withdrew from the field while he could still sit his horse, and galloped away, lolling in the saddle, to find a place where he could be alone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A few wore saddle shoes just like mine. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But the man had fallen away behind by that time, and she was afraid to let go of the saddle, afraid to turn around, lest she fall off the horse. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Two mules were waiting in the upper bailey, saddled and ready. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s just a show saddle,” Billy Buck said disparagingly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In the harness room he lifted down a little saddle of red morocco leather. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He was to get up this instant, saddle Doxology, and ride straight to King City. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I slid from the saddle and lay in the wheat, the itchy stalks poking through my shirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As Smith cinched the girth of Woolf’s kangaroo- leather saddle around Seabiscuit’s belly, Marcela stepped forward, clutching a medal of Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In one smooth motion, the man picked her up and lifted her onto the saddle, and then he mounted behind her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of them had rifles alongside their saddles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Below the bottom pictures I saw a pair of pants and saddle shoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the moment, I watched with horror as one of the chapandaz fell off his saddle and was trampled under a score of hooves. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sitting down, he lifted the saddle onto his knee and looked close at the silver and the tooling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If you were strong enough to saddle the horses, you saddled the horses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Summon Bronn, and then run down to the stables and have two horses saddled." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Amaya was halfway up the saddle, holding the satchel of files out for them with one hand. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Taisin heard him, and she twisted in her saddle to see Con trying to fight his way closer to the fallen guard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Just stood there, looking down at the fancy saddle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She watched him shake the snow off the saddle blanket and lead the mare to drink at the spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in embroidered western shirts, Howard surveyed his ranch from a stock saddle on a cow pony. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He would saddle their huskiest plow horse, ride into town, and shop for everybody. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel stroked the fork now tied to his saddle strings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The man threw the saddle over the horse’s back, and War Admiral flung it right off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Come moonrise, they were back in their saddles, trotting eastward under a mantle of stars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Who hit you in the butt with a saddle and told you you could ride?” a starter hissed before a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The leather and steel fittings on the saddle and bridle clashed together violently. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Decor’s a bit...country: rodeo posters and horseshoes and cowboy hats all over the walls, lassos and saddles hanging from the ceiling. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Reek,” his lordship called down from Blood’s high saddle, “you stink. I can smell you clear across the yard.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Hound just managed to stay in his saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Boy howdy, I cain’t hardly wait to see that fancy Texas saddle on him!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He finished the race, then pivoted in the saddle to see what had happened. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At the gate they found a great host of men, old and young, all ready in the saddle. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Hands pulled Celaena from the saddle and set her on wobbly legs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If there is insufficient matter to prevent the universe from expanding forever, it must have an open shape, curved like a saddle with a surface extending to infinity in our three-dimensional analogy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the hill where the cattle had disappeared, and fumbled untying the saddle strings; he pulled the bedroll loose and reached into the folds of the blankets. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Even at the end of his training Bree still said he sat like a bag of flour in the saddle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “If you heading south to find Montez,” Mapper called from the saddle, “then we heading south to find Montez.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As he stepped over to tie the bedroll behind the saddle, he brushed against her side gently, and she smiled. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She made her way along its flank to where a rope ladder hung down from the worn leather saddle beside one of the water basins. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They slept in their saddles and stopped only long enough to feed and water the garrons, then mounted up again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If Seabiscuit moved up, Woolf would be scraped off his saddle and slammed into the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of her eye she saw the packhorse tied to Con’s saddle tear free from his lead rope, fleeing into the trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sometime later, the man in the yellow suit slipped down from the saddle and tied the Tucks’ old horse to a bar of the Fosters’ fence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The trail was splashed with cow manure, and he reined the mare in frequently to lean down from the saddle to see how fresh it was. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She rode behind her grandpa’s saddle, holding to his belt in the back, and her white hair was all curly and rippling in the sun. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A rich scarlet cloak covered his back and fell past the saddle behind him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He let them feel the red saddle, and showed them the brass chain throat-latch on the bridle and the big brass buttons at each temple where the headstall and brow band crossed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He strapped his roll to the saddle, his scarred fingers stiff and clumsy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Gwydion saddled Melyngar and, clinging to the shadows, they set out across the moonlit hills. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z All were seasoned rangers, armed with obsidian as well as steel, warhoms slung across their saddles should they need to summon help. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He might have taken some comfort in that if he had not been trussed up like a goose and lashed to a saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Salmakia was fitting her dragonfly with the harness she carried everywhere: spider-silk reins, stirrups of titanium, a saddle of hummingbird skin. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Arya helped him with the bridles and saddles, so he would not need to wake any of the others. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All her life, Koffi had been poor, saddled with debts that didn’t belong to her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He had only come out just before the bell rang to saddle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was small wonder he could not sit a saddle,- he looked as if he outweighed most horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We shook hands solemnly, then just as the tinker began to reach for the reins, I asked, “And what will you give me for his tack and saddle?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jon saddled his mare, mounted, and rode out from Castle Black, south across die moonlit night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He stood perfectly still as he was being saddled, and Pollard hopped on his back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached back and swung at her, but the magistrate was slow, and Magdalys dodged out of the way, feeling the side of his fist grazing her cheek as she nearly toppled from the saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I lifted the box onto the saddle then jumped up myself. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It loosened him up after a long day in the saddle, and though he would have been embarrassed to admit it, he liked the change it had made to his body. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My mount reared, nearly spilling me from the saddle. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He heard Carl dismount from his creaking saddle and slap the horse on the side to send it to the barn where Billy would unsaddle it and turn it out. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a new Boy Scout, transported with enthusiasm, he would have stuck the cross on his escutcheon, on his coat, on his helm, on his saddle, and on the horse’s curb. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bug boys were often remarkably small; Wad Studley was so tiny when he started riding—eighty-two pounds—that he had trouble lifting his own saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The other end of the rope was tied to King Pellinore's saddle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She rose up in the saddle, stretching her tired legs, then spurred Missy forward. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In reality there were about fifteen or twenty of them, all gentlemen in green hunting dress, with their horses; some in the saddle and some standing by their horses' heads. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “It seemed like this horse had a saddle and harness that sparkled—like it was catching the reflection of the flames,” Stella said, trying to remember. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Tyrion moved his saddle to Jyck's spotted gelding, who looked strong enough to last another three or four days at least. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Clutching the saddle frame with one hand, I plunged the other into the saddlebag, yanked out the play book, then dropped off onto the hard ground. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Just as the Texan swung his long thin leg over the saddle, Tayo leaned over and vomited all over the sagebrush. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Pickett hopped out of the saddle, ringlets aflutter as he jumped. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no chair for a guest, so I sat on the slanting footstool, supposedly a camel’s saddle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Fifty miles feels like five hundred on a horse, particularly if your body is more accustomed to a chair than a saddle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A catafalque carrying Harrison’s black casket led the cortege and was followed immediately by Harrison’s beloved Kentucky mare, stirrups crossed on its empty saddle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That saddle wasn’t like anything you’d ever think to see in Cold Sassy, then or now. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It wore a saddle and bridle with red, gold, and black tassles dancing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s one of my favouritest chores, but that’s only true if I’m allowed to take Old Flapjack ’stead of one of the saddle horses. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z A few more seconds and he would be in the saddle! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hung over his right arm was a fancy saddle with silver trim that gleamed so bright in the sun, it just about put my eyes out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Momma was sitting right in the middle of the horse’s back, riding him sidesaddle, except there wasn’t any saddle so I guess you have to say she was riding him side-sag. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The strange horseman drew an enormous, curved sword from a scabbard mounted on his saddle. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Hobart saddled up and rode down to the tavern, and I walked back slowly. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She is propped, dazed and damp as a newborn, on the saddle of a wooden unicorn. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Tyrion was congratulating himself on his subtlety when someone pulled a hood down over his eyes and lifted him up onto a saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Shae dismounted from her horse, but she left one hand on the saddle to steady her, for her leg was still not entirely healed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Pollard dropped his belly down in the saddle and rode as hard as he could. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached the point, he picked a natural saddle between two rocks and sat down. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I must look funny limping alongside my pretty mother in my big old saddle shoes—the only shoes that feel sturdy on my feet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She gave birth on the sand; the barbarian women were said to be able to birth in the saddle. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He shifted the shotgun that rested across his saddle, and groaned again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when she wept riding, she liked the boy to saddle the horse and bring it to her in the yard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Samuel lifted down his saddle from the big nail where it hung by one wooden stirrup and swung it over the broad back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z For some time he had been riding the saddle on a sawhorse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He rose after a time and saddled the horses. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z At nightfall, worn to the bone and feeling as though she might fall asleep in the saddle, Kaede was relieved when the Huntsman stopped and told them they could set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He leaned over the saddle and spit down. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The only part I didn’t much enjoy was the endless cleaning of the tack—the saddles and bridles. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Chaol unhooked the chain from his saddle and gave it a firm yank, motioning for her to dismount. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then the commuter brachys would stomp past, passengers cluttered on the saddles and hanging from straps along the side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Howard began slipping out to the barn in the morning with Pollard, and one day when the urge was too strong they got out a stock saddle and cinched it on Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The overseer prowls nearby, mounted on horseback, a rawhide whip fastened to his saddle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The conference was the supreme authority, even greater than the executive, and we found ourselves saddled with a boycott that would be almost impossible to effect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Legally barred from employment, housing, and welfare benefits—and saddled with thousands of dollars of debt—these people were shamed and condemned for failing to hold together their families. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He saddled Lixxa and rode through Weep, getting quite agreeably lost. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I steady myself at the top, then saddle the crutches again and move on. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They were speechless at the red morocco saddle, completely shocked out of comment. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The tyrannosaurus was still dangling from Stella’s claws and Riker still clung to its saddle with one hand, Magdalys’s ankle clutched in the other. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He was so keyed to go that if a paddock official rang the saddling bell, he would lunge from his stall and drag his handlers toward the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She attached cameras to saddles for equestrian events and floated them on pontoon boats for swimming events. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He wrote, “I can still see the horse with the man’s empty boots and carbine suspended to the saddle, and the firing over the grave.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "What sort of horse and saddle are you suggesting?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her eyes saw white lather under their saddles; the horses had been ridden long and hard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unbelievably, Kaerva nodded and called for one of the boys to bring a saddle and tack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He twisted in the saddle, scanning the street behind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Behind him, Seabiscuit fidgeted in his stall, fat and impatient, having not felt a saddle on his back for ten days. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a long breath and pointed at the saddle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Howard got up on his saddle horse, Chulo, Smith got on Pumpkin, and the sextet trotted out to the course for a prerace blowout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Also present are gunpowder, the clock, silk weaving, distillation and the saddle with stirrups. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He lifted her up as easily as if she were a child and set her on the thin Dothraki saddle, so much smaller than the ones she was used to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Woolf cantered the horse back to the cheering grandstand and calmly asked his valet for a saddle towel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ramsay twisted, reached behind him, pulled something from his saddle, and flung it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The main thing, though, was that tooled-leather Western saddle he toted, which like I said was ornamented with silver. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She clanked her chains against her saddle and flicked her eyes to Chaol. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They were free, with no riders or saddles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Mia or Milo? Please don’t saddle your child with either of those names. It’s already starting at a disadvantage having Charlie as a father.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "Very good. See that my horse is saddled and ready. I mean for us to ride within the hour. Have you eaten? Craster serves plain fare, but filling." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the backstretch, his old contract trainer, Russ McGirr, saw the young man whom he had once purchased as a bug boy for a bridle, a saddle, and a few sacks of oats. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he put me in front of him in the saddle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z With no money to spare, they planned for a quiet, private weekday wedding and a modest honeymoon, and then Pollard would begin his long journey back to the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He untied his bedroll from the back of the saddle and looked for a sandy sheltered place to unroll his bed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As each rider swung down from his saddle, he unbelted his aiakh and handed it to a waiting slave, and any other weapons he carried as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Maester Luwin had warned him to keep the ride short, for fear of saddle sores, but Bran would not admit to weakness in front of his brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, on a soft summer evening, I stood next to Bud, grasping the reins while Shawn held the halter steady, and stepped into the saddle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a ticklish job, saddling the pony for the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He broke into a lather at the sight of a saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Formless, they drove against him, seeking to tear him from his saddle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Smith saddled the horse in peace and sent him off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And in that instant, Booth is gone, squeezing through the door and hauling himself up into the saddle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I tucked Mechtild’s bag of herbs into my pack, which I fixed behind the mare’s saddle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Behind me are Bob and Bill, each on a horse of his own, their shotguns slung across their saddles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Claudio squashed up the hat and stuffed it into the pack and, with Eliu’s help, lashed the pack and the useless rifle to the back of his saddle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I hopped out of the saddle and walked to give both of us a well- deserved break. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Now he was forcing himself back into the saddle at the risk of his leg because he hadn’t a cent to his name to support a coming baby. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After two years in the saddle, it seemed that Pollard was going to make it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and again a horseman would ride up, and leap from the saddle and hasten into the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘There are three empty saddles, but I see no hobbits,’ said Legolas. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He kicked his boots loose from the stirrups and stretched his legs; the tendons and muscles unlocked from the flexed position of the saddle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The command came down from the Tattered Prince through his captains and his seijeants: strike the tents, load the mules, saddle the horses, we march for Yunkai at the break of day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He reined up, but was hopping around in the saddle, patting the horse, slapping his own thigh, gesturing wildly, pointing, grinning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of my eye, I see Cardan swing down from his saddle, black hair blown by the wind. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The quiet soothed her, and the gentle rocking motion set Catelyn to swaying in her saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She slid down off the saddle, landing with a splish in a dark puddle, and wrapped herself around one of his great big tree trunk legs. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And as soon as they saw it, the best and fastest horse in Charlestown would be saddled and made ready for Paul Revere, who had himself promised to get over—if possible. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The saddle was just my size with tigers and dragons tooled in swirls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the kids in the saddle behind her were shouting and crying now, while others tried to calm them down. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z From small clearings, now, they could see in the distance the rocky peaks rising above the Little Baldy Bear Lakes; some saddles between peaks still carried slim patches of snow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were plenty of leather reins in the room, hanging orderly among the saddles and the bright bits. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion clung to the high pommel with his short legs splayed out awkwardly, knowing he could look forward to blisters, cramps, and saddle sores. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But climb into their saddles they do, for hours and hours of more searching. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He bumped her shoulder with his velvety nose as she threw his saddle pad over his back. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He had the mule all saddled at the gate. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He had not changed his clothes in some days and he looked delightfully disreputable, yet mannered and cool and light in the saddle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "And didn't you laugh fit to kill when the knights slipped off their horses and clattered to the ground? You'd hog-greased the saddles." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “There, in a meadow, they took cover. They put up barricades with saddles, boxes, with anything they had, even the bodies of dead horses. They dug shallow pits in the ground.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She ate standing in the yard, as stablehands moved their saddles to fresh mules. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She heaved herself up to the saddle and swung her leg over the side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z With a rocket in his saddle and wings on his sides Grog couldn’t possibly have clocked such a time, but the reporters weren’t sure of that, given what Smith had done for Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Herold dismounted and walked to the door while Booth remained in the saddle. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the yard, men were buckling on swordbelts and cinching the saddles of their horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Shasta's legs ached terribly as he saddled Bree and climbed into the saddle, but the Horse was kindly to him and went at a soft pace all afternoon. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I no longer had the strength to grab a sturdy peasant girl by the waist and swing her up onto my saddle, much less rip her clothes off and enter her against her will. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z How elegantly he sat the saddle of his borrowed horse. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He set the saddle down on the ground and looked at her with a grave expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Despite being an urban black girl, she dressed like a preppy out of central casting, wearing saddle shoes and pink sweaters and somehow managing to pull off the look. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I sit on the edge of Danielle’s bed and remove my clunky saddle shoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I got up every morning, polished my saddle shoes, and went off to war,” I reply. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With the bard’s help, Taran lifted her from the saddle and propped her against a mossy bank. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Not saddles; their diamond-shaped backs turned out to be comfortable enough without them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He saw the Colonel, went home for his boots and spurs, then took out Goblin and saddled him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, octave came to mean a choice of twelve notes, not eight, and we got saddled with the wrong descriptor for ever, but I’ll explain that development when it arrives. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Then he removed the .30-30 from the saddle scabbard and walked north, into a faint evening breeze. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He rose halfway up in the saddle, holding Seabiscuit back, his leg straining under his weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She fastened the saddle to the horse, looping the chest piece around his front. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Other jockeys suffered bouts of weakness so severe that when boosted into the saddle they would fall right off the other side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She barely touched the ladder going down, landed squarely on the tiny bit of space left for her at the front of Missy’s saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His staff was with him: gaunt Goree asleep in his saddle, refusing to lie down. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So Shasta settled himself firmly in the saddle, gripped with his knees, clenched his teeth, and punched both the horse's sides with his heels as hard as he could. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z While Harry paused to examine the wares in the bazaar, Bailey rushed ahead to squeal in delight at a procession of saddled camels. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Come up with a good one. One that she’d like. No one wants to be saddled with a name they don’t like.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He pulled up his horse and twisted around in the saddle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z So later on, the ranchers hired men to patrol on horseback, carrying .30-30S in saddle scabbards. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Day by day Jody tightened the girth a little more until at last the pony didn’t mind the saddle at all. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “They won’t be able to cross for a while. Until then, we’ll put him with the sheep,” Osh said as he tied the end of the rope around the pommel of Clover’s saddle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In the middle of a night he saddled and rode away, not waiting for the morning train, to Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z These, and her armor and shield and scimitar and the two saddles and the rest of the horses' fine furnishings were put into the sacks. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The crowds adored him, shouting “Ride ’em, cowboy!” as he powered down the stretch on his good-luck piece, a battered kangaroo leather saddle once carried by Phar Lap, the greatest racehorse in Australian history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Back once more in Goblin’s saddle, he turned to watch them, Cilia bent under the heavy load, Isannah skipping about and for no particular reason chanting the shorter catechism once more. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I have kept you up all night” “No, my lord. I slept a lot on one of the saddles.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The man twisted in his saddle and glanced down at my hand clutching the frame. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Red crashed through the underbrush, his boots much better suited for tramping through the weeds than my saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers draw their short-barreled carbine rifles from the rifle boots attached to their saddles. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He swung his hat off the saddle and snugged it on his head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z No-one would stop or question a groom in fine clothes leading a war horse and a lady's saddle horse down to the river, and Lasaraleen had plenty of grooms to send. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Once again both in the saddle, and he was setting a faster pace. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones saddled up and accompanied young Cox to his father’s farm. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel was knocked out of her saddle at sixty miles an hour. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His ears buzzed and he had to grip the saddle strings tightly to stay erect. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z On one side of the horse hung a saddle bag and a long, old-fashioned ax. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “But it is to your shame you proved it thus. The black beast rides in the saddle with you. I see it even now.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They had barely been in the saddle for an hour that morning when Kaede caught sight of the wolves running through the trees about fifty feet away, roughly paralleling the path. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His blood was roaring in his ears, and had he not been strapped onto his saddle he might well have fallen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I sat down on the camel saddle, wishing I could stop time. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He turned in his saddle, looked back, saw the entire Fifth Corps forming behind him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Lady Sansa," he called from the saddle, "surely my sister has asked you to join the other highborn ladies in Maegor's?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But he didn’t make any fuss at all when Miss Maggie heaved a saddle onto his back and cinched it tight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There were men running everywhere, and horses being saddled, and officers shouting. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Rude boys walked as if they were permanently saddle sore. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Somebody always put the saddle on and took it off, and somebody else had always curried the animals for her. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought in a big truck of a saddle horse named Chulo so he could ride out with Smith on the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Clarke assured her that food and water was brought in daily and that they had plenty of hay and the saddle blankets for warmth—but no watercolor paints? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The two men that was following stopped slouching in their saddles and watched me sharp-eyed. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He was dressed in black and sat humped on his saddle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The two girlfriends climb the stairs, led straight to the right place more by the stride piano pouring over the door saddle than their recollection of the apartment number. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With the advent of the first primitive, unpadded starting gates in the early thirties, some riders actually died in the saddle, speared into the exposed steel overhead bars by rearing horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You still don’t have a saddle. How am I supposed to get up there?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “How you going to rope a cow without a saddle horn?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z At the first ridge Shasta turned in the saddle and looked back. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z After a month of this we’d bring out the saddle, and the horse would toss its head suddenly and with such violence that the halter would snap or the rope break. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I sat astride her, on the saddle of her hips, and started with her shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead of hitting the beast head-on, she lifted to a standing crouch on the saddle and pulled the trike to the side at the last second, hurling herself onto the tyrannosaurus’s back. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They had climbed on to a narrow saddle between two higher points, and the land fell steeply away again, only a short distance ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Of course somebody must of gone to the store and told Grandpa there was a tall stranger with a silver-trimmed saddle up at his house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t till my grandfather came back in the house that he really looked at the saddle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When the road curved close to the river, she turned Maila toward the water, leaning back in the saddle as they went downhill the short distance. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You deserve a good name. I hate to see some lordling with delusions of wit saddle you with some terrible name like Midnight or Sooty or Scut.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then came quails in honey, a saddle of lamb, goose livers drowned in wine, buttered parsnips, and suckling pig. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her brother swung up into his saddle, every inch the lord in his bright mail and flowing mud-and- water cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He pulled out another rope, tying one end to his horse’s saddle and then wrapping it around his waist before he began wading back into the water. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And then the horses slowed down and came to a stop, and the music stopped, and the waiting people rushed forward and pulled the children from the saddles. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Best to get him used to the saddle in front. Then when he’s real comfortable with it, with the way it smells and feels, we can move it around back.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “No doubt I shall rue my caution upon my deathbed, but after a long day in the saddle, a warm room sounds preferable to me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was too late for them to try to hoist Booth onto a saddle to attempt escape. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny was studying the saddle on his knees. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Brienne helped her back into her saddle, and they set out at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She used the high saddle and robust stirrups to hold herself steady. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Gwydion hauled Taran into the saddle behind him, spoke a quiet command, and the white steed moved quickly into the rising mist. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She had a bridle, a saddle, and stirrups. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “These new fathers. I was one once. Tom, throw a saddle on for me, will you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When I fall back into the saddle, my leg slaps against her flank and she whinnies. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He’d lowered into his saddle, cringing, and now looked up, realized he hadn’t been hit, and raised the spiked club again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “That never stopped me from getting back into the saddle.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jody couldn’t trust himself to look at the saddle either, and he couldn’t speak at all. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. McAllister didn’t give her the saddle, Mama,” I said airily. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Have my silver saddled. I would not go to my lord husband upon the backs of bearers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Losing the horse and saddle was hard, but he could buy another in Abbot’s Ford and still have enough money to live comfortably until he finished this foolishness and met up with Skarpi in Treya. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t want it. I don’t want anything of yours—especially not a saddle that was an engagement present, for heaven’s sake! Take it back to Texas.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He threw his arm around her waist, swept her up with an animal-like grunt, and placed her before him in the saddle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex twisted the accelerator and yelled out as the machine rocketed away, almost throwing him backward off the saddle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He tied the horse in the corral and pulled off the saddle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But home, she realized, hoisting herself onto the saddle and smiling at the roiling banter of her friends behind her, was something she would have to take with her everywhere she went. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z ‘It may be so. At least while there is an empty saddle of some fallen Rider that I can fill, and there are deeds to do. But to hope? I do not know.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “He probably found something finer elsewhere. I bet the bronze on his horse’s saddle was more than we will ever have.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The toad watches me with golden eyes as I saddle the mare and throw myself up onto her back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "I see an axe on his saddle, a dirk at his belt, and a sellsword that trails after him like a hungry shadow. Where are the chains, sweet one?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the contrary, you had to sit loosely in the saddle with the lance easy and balanced against the horse’s motion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that will include the saddle, tack, and a bag of oats.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Longstreet swung in his saddle, saw A. P. Hill coming up, chatting with Pickett, and heads all turning at the sound of the guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Corporal frowned and then, lost in thought, went to his horse and tightened up the saddle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z When they came to a high saddle between two spires of rock, Mya dismounted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The saddle’s leather was cracked and dry, so probably not a lot there. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “He rides,” Tyrion broke in, before the lord of cheese could answer for him, “though he rides best with a special saddle and a horse that he knows well. He talks as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A low branch almost swept them off the saddle. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z His extreme endurance also impressed the cowboys, especially when he rode hundreds of miles, spending all day and night in the saddle, without complaint. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t have a saddle and his feet dangled almost to the ground. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena tried not to wince as she slid backward in the saddle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When they found the horse, it was still standing there, tied to the fence, only somebody had come along and stolen the saddle off it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The mosasaurus was wide in the middle, where a worn leather saddle breached the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “The thing is that I don’t want to get saddled with watching Buddy, so how about we play here?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z And the odd thing was the brown part of his skin was as wrinkled and creased and folded-up as a hunnert-year-old saddle, while the white part was smooth as a baby’s behind. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There were cans of saddle soap and a drippy can of tar with its paint brush sticking over the edge. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at her from high in the saddle and immediately felt the urgent desire that had been tormenting him for so many months. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They broke their ashwood spears to splinters, but both stayed in the saddle, and the horses stood the shock. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well that's when you shoulda seen him. When he seen them cops riding up he reached back of his saddle and come up with some kind of old shield." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And his father said, “I guess you better be getting him used to the saddle pretty soon.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “What possessed you to tell those stories about my saddle, and the hats and boots, and all the rest of it?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They boosted him up, behind the creamy-colored tooled leather saddle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Smith pulled the saddle over Seabiscuit’s withers and tightened the girth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith asked Farrell Jones, who would be up for the workout, to wear his bulkiest leather jacket and use an extra-heavy saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders wore scaled copper armor and snouted helms with copper tusks and long black silk plumes, and sat high on saddles inlaid with rubies and garnets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tris had gained the saddle, and his mount was rearing and wheeling as he laid about with his sword. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His cloth whipped over the black saddle leather. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A musket ball ricocheted off the armored plating around the brachy’s saddle a few feet from them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He looked for the saddle horses, but the corral was empty. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in his armor, with the direwolf shield of Winterfell strapped to his saddle and Grey Wind padding by his side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She knew—she just knew—that if she tried hard enough, she could fly from her saddle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The cap’n wasn’t clutching on to no pistol; ’stead, in his hand was the cowhide whip that was always coiled on his saddle. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I carried ration water for traveling in a plastic tube in back of my saddle cantle and watered her in my hat. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Far away was a mountain in the shape of a saddle, with valleys plunging into it: three square-shaped valleys, the last one going deepest of all. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Instantly, Jones recognized the sound—cavalry sabers slapping the saddles of Union troops riding in their direction. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “There!” he exclaimed, as he stretched out his hand and bent from the saddle: “You can’t do without me, that is evident. Step on my boot-toe; give me both hands: mount!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They make me long to saddle my horse and ride to Frell, where I would make you explain yourself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But I kept hold of the saddle horn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The two deputies climbed on the wagon seat; the sheriff mounted the saddled horse. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like they got a new saddle horse,” he blurted out, loud enough for Smith to hear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lord Commander swung down off his saddle, dislodging the raven from his shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the second kind of model, which expands forever, space is bent the other way, like the surface of a saddle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Every single day they had to be washed, then rubbed with saddle soap. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When the command was given to move out again, the talk died, and they climbed back into their saddles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But Éomer leaped from the saddle, and grief and dismay fell upon him as he came to the king’s side and stood there in silence. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When his hand fell away, another hand, stronger, shoved her back into her saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the saddle, emancipated from their bodies, Pollard, Woolf, and all other reinsmen sailed eight feet over the world, emphatically free, emphatically alive. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hill was sitting with his hat down over his eyes, slouching in the saddle, a pasty illness in his face. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then with her pink lip wart quivering and her skin-and-bones face lit up like a Christmas tree, she proceeded to tell what the tall stranger had done besides bring Miss Love a saddle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At three-thirty the horses began the long walk down the center of the track to the saddling paddock. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He untied the food sack from behind the saddle and walked over to the tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Buford turned again in the saddle, looked back again at the high ground. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf dropped low over the saddle and called into Seabiscuit’s ear, asking him for everything he had. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A note elaborates that Tío Alejandro was the one who used to own English saddle horses and taught you four girls to ride. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the saddle, he rode unbowed, as though he had gained new strength and the weariness of the journey could no longer touch him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Taran, flung out of the saddle, clutched at the rocks to break his fall. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She tries to stand on the wooden saddle of her quiet horse. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He heaved it up again, jumped onto the saddle, and kick started it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Losing my grip on the saddle, I fell to my knees on the hard dirt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Up from the plains the riders sped, bent over their saddles, urging on their steeds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He bent down to unbuckle the saddle from his horse. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z From time to time he would begin to slip sideways from the saddle, but Ser Roily would get a hand on him and yank him upright once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We still have to put the saddle on. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His greatcloak was sewn from countless layers of cloth-of-gold, so heavy that it barely stirred even when he charged, so large that its drape covered most of his stallion's hindquarters when he took the saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dropping flat in the saddle, he gave his mount two taps with the whip and clucked in his ear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He also made him a present of eight of his swiftest horses, each horse decked with a golden bridle and a saddle encrusted with precious stones. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z "If you see here anything that you would desire, O most beautiful of women, you have only to speak and it is yours," Xaro called down from his ornate homed saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Magdalys yelled, almost sliding right out of the saddle and into the middle of the plaza. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She let go of his reins, draping them over the high front of the saddle, and clicked her tongue. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t bother with a saddle, just climbed on up and clicked her tongue. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Behind them, on a horse, was a dark man, his nose covered with a blanket, and across his saddle a rifle gleamed in the sun. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The tutor's cheeks, swelling with anger, almost unhorsed the small spectacles saddling his nose. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, after checking that his saddle was still secured snugly, she climbed back up onto him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The rider vaulted from his saddle, pulled back his hood, and bowed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All three were wrapped in coarse saddle blankets but wore no other clothing, not even shoes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He rode in the dust of a blazing road, brooding in his saddle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hopped on the saddle and ridden back to Herat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The sheriff turns in his saddle and says, “OK, Little Charlie, tell me one more ’gain ’bout what happened to your pa.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Lee rested both hands on the pommel of his saddle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He shed his tweed jacket and draped it over his horses back like a saddle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He thought how the rats had gnawed ragged holes in the red saddle, and how the mice had nibbled Gabilan’s tail until it was stringy and thin. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the saddles has a movable horn, and can be easily adapted for Mina, if required. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Lizzie Barton, roasting a marshmallow on a stick, told us how she had become fond of the post of a leather saddle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘Well, it don’t make any difference. I’ll get fired anyhow. Stranger told me get the Colonel’s horses all shined up good. Told me get Nan around saddled by four somshing, maybe by four-thirty.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Until the dawn of his fifteenth name day, when he had been awakened to find his horse saddled and ready. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It didn’t look like any saddle I had ever seen, but it had a funny smell and was covered in lots of little beige hairs similar to a Chihuahua’s, so I guess it was real. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z To my surprise, he swung from his saddle without a word, though his bearing spoke of resentment and disdain, and walked on, leading his mount. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The vague, secondhand report he would deliver would not likely cause the soldiers to leap into their saddles in pursuit of the two strangers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Elsewhere they patrolled on horses, riding their fence lines with axes strapped to their saddles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I need new laces for my saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the islanders were indifferent riders at best, more comfortable on the deck of a longship than in the saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For the jockey, the saddle was a place of unparalleled exhilaration, of transcendence. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon release from prison, people are typically saddled with large debts—financial shackles that hobble them as they struggle to build a new life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the stable, Dolorous Edd had the lord commander’s palfrey saddled and bridled and waiting for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He began putting his weight in a stirrup when Gabilan was saddled, but he didn’t throw his leg over the pony’s back. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The helm that hung from his saddle horn was black steel, fashioned in the shape of a goat's head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Mr. Smith, I am very fond of Seabiscuit, and I would consider it an honor if you would permit me to hold him while he is being saddled.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped Ash’s reins around the saddle horn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He hoped it wouldn’t rain, for rain would spot the red saddle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “And this here’s my daddy,” he said, smiling at a little old man who came around the house leading a big roan horse that was saddled up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But when Shawn hoisted himself into the saddle, the Yearling merely skittered. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z While still in the Illustrian Quarter, I pass a large glass display of saddles and bridles and stop short, startled at my own reflection, at the haunted, hollow-eyed creature looking back at me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Though my legs had not quite recovered, by shortening my stirrups and leaning back in the saddle, I could ride without too much discomfort. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "And Hodor too, I hope. The boy is simple, you know that. He does as he is told. How many times has he groomed your horse, soaped your saddle, scoured your mail?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once Matt was perched on the saddle in front of Tam Lin, he forgot all about his disappointment. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Aragorn dismounted and surveyed the ground, then leaping back into the saddle, he rode away for some distance eastward, keeping to one side and taking care not to override the footprints. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When I grasped the frame of his saddle, I could shuffle along with less effort. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z On April 3, he swung Pollard onto Seabiscuit and secured enough lead pads under the saddle to bring the horse’s impost to a whopping 130 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave the impression of having been up for days, in the saddle for days, and not minding it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They set off as soon as the horses were saddled, with the Huntsman riding in the lead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Satin had his horse saddled and bridled and waiting for him, a fiery grey courser with a mane as black and shiny as maester’s ink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It gets Traft Martin’s goat that I won’t sell them. He prides himself on saddling up the best-looking horses in these parts.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Tommen spilled from the saddle, his new armor rattling like a bag of old pots as he hit the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He stopped her near the top and tied his jacket behind the saddle, over the bedroll and sack of food. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Reek nodded, his chains clinking as he wrestled with Blood’s saddle straps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tallmadge leaped to his saddle, hoisted up the woman, and galloped off. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a skin off his saddle and offered it up to Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was too nice a saddle not to use, made especially for the warhorse. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He clutched an old saddle blanket to his chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He curried and brushed two saddle horses in the stalls, talking quietly to them all the time; and he had hardly finished when the iron triangle started ringing at the ranch house. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw her and Little Arliss come past the door, heading for where I could hear her grandpa saddling his horse. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about an old saddle blanket? That mule’s backbone will strike you in a vital place.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Taran, his head pillowed on his saddle, his hand on his new sword, was impatient for dawn and eager to resume the journey. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Brunner came into the hooch and told us to saddle up, that we were going on a pacification mission. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I wiped my eyes, and then I saw blood running down my leg and onto my saddle shoe. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thick-tongued and groggy, he won the race by a nose but couldn’t repeat the weight-loss performance and retired from the saddle not much later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the saddle, a few blocks from Ford’s, David Herold celebrated his escape from the Seward house disaster. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, the rider had slumped forward and now his limp body was sliding from the saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The horse is mid-gallop, the knight leaning forward in the saddle, with sword drawn as though he is on his way to a great battle of some sort. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Accordingly, expectations for Woolf’s career in the saddle preceded him into the world. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As Andrés gets the saddles from the shed, I pet Isabela’s back and run my fingers through her coarse black mane. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Men and horses blundered through the predawn chill; saddles were being cinched, wagons loaded, fires extinguished. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He helped Robin to the ground and got him in to the fire, for he was cold and stiff from the long day in the saddle. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z His horse standing sleepily near the fence came to his whistle and stood drowsing while he saddled up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On the rare occasions when he rode a green horse, he used a custom-made, reinforced saddle and slip-proof girth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we waddled away as best we could with our saddle sores. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “There you are,” he said, smiling down at them from the saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I dropped my bundle in my lap and clung desperately to the saddle frame. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Herold dismounted and walked to the house while Booth remained in his saddle. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I’ll get another saddle for every day. My father might want me to help him with the stock.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a horse coming down the ridge: great black horse with blood all over the chest, blood streaming through bubbly holes, blood on the saddle, dying eyes, smoke-gray at the muzzle: Garnett’s horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his rangers, a big ugly man, sang a bawdy song as he saddled his garron, his breath steaming in the cold morning air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Val put a foot into a stirrup, swung her leg over her horse’s back, and looked down from the saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He clutched his tunic to his chest with both hands and hunched down in the saddle, half-afraid that Roose Bolton might command his guardsmen to tear the clothes off him right there in the street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every afternoon he could be seen returning on horseback, with his hunting dogs and his double-barreled shotgun and a string of rabbits hanging from his saddle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The man was not as skilled a rider as he claimed— none of the ironmen were much good in the saddle—but there'd been time enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Arya's only plan was to saddle a horse and flee, away from the castle and the city. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "But you don't get a company of two hundred horse and horsemen watered and victualed and armed and saddled and started all in a minute. Now: what's our direction? Due North?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z But after one glance at the Lion's face he slipped out of the saddle and fell at its feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I told him, “No, sir. ’Twas a big white stallion with a saddle, nothing like none of ours.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “An elevated spot between two mountain peaks that looks like a saddle,” Jake says. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t have a saddle. And it didn’t seem right.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She wore a bitless bridle made of leather nearly as black as her coat, but no saddle. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The mare was very tame and stood still as I tried to arrange myself I’d ridden a horse once or twice before at Girl Scout camp, but of course I’d had a saddle then. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I wear a snowy saddle of fur, the uniform of a silverback. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z To this day, I can see the trap that Mother was in, saddled with all of us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Snyder is here, overseeing the removal of the bodies, him and his boys sitting easy in their saddles, joking like they ain’t got a care in the world. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Let me do the saddle, it’s kind of heavy. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "I have no time far this, I have bosses to groom and saddle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pollard cantered Seabiscuit back to the grandstand, posed for the win photos, then slid the saddle off and handed the horse to Stucki, who was up on Pumpkin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tam Lin hoisted himself back into the saddle and ordered the horse to go on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Straight ahead the mountain range sank to a wooded saddle which of course must be the pass from Archenland into Narnia. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z A mournful hush fell over the barn, broken only by the long, low moans of a saddle pony who missed his absent stable companion. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The stranger untied the animal and swung into the saddle. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "It's castle- forged steel, you stupid," she snapped, turning in the saddle to glare at them, "and you better shut your mouth." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her horse reared, but it only loosened her from her saddle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Other drivers pointed and stared, rolling down their windows to shout, "Hey, you got a saddle for that thing?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A drawing showing horse saddles and harnesses used during the Civil War. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z All told,Jones, the saddle, and the jacket tipped the scales at 127 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Samuel, and he slipped his leg lightly over the saddle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As an attendant approached him with the saddle, he reared skyward, struck out with his forelegs, and began plunging around on the end ofhis lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The saddle was a good excuse to drop by. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Hazel climbed into the saddle, hoisted up the bronze, and offered Leo a hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Iceman leaned down from the saddle and bent his head toward Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Swinging down from her saddle, she let the silver graze while she pulled off her high boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They hand their burdens to others while they mount, then take the sacks again and loop them over the pommels of their saddles. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And Jody trembled when he thought of the time when he would first sit in the saddle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Vendors set up their shops, hocking everything from oven parts to bicycles to dinofeed and saddles. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Riders didn’t even have to leave the saddle to be badly hurt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Smiling, he gained the saddle of his horse and whipped his horse along, thanking the old man, who rode with him now until they were out of sight and hearing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Without so much as a knock or a by-your-leave, he stalked through the door, brushing past me, eased the saddle to the floor, and, seeing nothing but her, moved down the hall toward Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He reached his horse, jumped into the saddle, and disappeared with a terrifying scream into the shadows of the pine trees. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be reasonable, lad,” said the bodyguard, tightening the girths on the saddle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "He fathered eight, to the best of my knowing," Varys said as he wrestled with the saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Without waiting for an answer—and indeed they were too exhausted to speak—he took the bridles and saddles off both of them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He slid down and dragged his kangaroo-leather saddle off of Seabiscuit, so angry over the foul from Count Atlas that he could barely speak. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Help me saddle a horse," Arya pleaded, reaching back into the chest, groping for Needle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For two saddles, a handful of bridles, and two sacks of oats, he became for all intents and purposes the property of Freddie Johnson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s no matter, she thought, swinging up into die saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They had saved me before, guiding my movements on a dozen bucking horses, telling me when to cling to the saddle and when to pitch myself clear of pounding hooves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "They ain't just common sparrows. Have a look at this saddle." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Madoc reaches out his fingers like he is going to help me, but I hop off the saddle on my own. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He ran his eyes over the group of travelers and their gear—their wagon still full of supplies, the fine workmanship on their horses’ saddles—and suspicion flickered over his face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I swung off the saddle, staggering a bit when my rubbery legs almost buckled underneath me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In major cities across the United States, the majority of young black men are under the control of the criminal justice system or saddled with criminal records. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z These burros were not wild ones, but had saddles on them, and we rode them back up the Canyon wall after spending the night in an inn at the bottom. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Step yelled as he careened into her and they both tumbled backward in the saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At the horse's side, Cutwater was holding the lantern close to the saddle. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I could hear the saddle squeak as he swung up onto Trouble and rode off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Grandma would always make me take time to polish my saddle shoes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Some of the horses are scratched and weathered, their tails broken off or their saddles chipped. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “And when it’s all together we’ll tie it to the saddles and take it down to where the earth is soft and bury it. We don’t want to get caught with any of this stuff.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He got down and searched in the bag at his saddle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was a saddle, a low section in the ridge a hundred meters downstream that was about as scary as anything I had seen. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth and Herold ate the food Cox offered them, saddled up for the ride to the pine thicket, and rode off with Cox’s overseer as their guide. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Horace rested his elbow on his saddle horn and stirred a fly from his horse’s shoulder with his rawhide quirt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When she was in the saddle, she could ride so fast that there was no chance of gemstones cropping up in her wake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The mahogany coffin was trailed by Hamilton’s gray horse, with his boots and spurs reversed astride the empty saddle. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mami buys me a white turtleneck to wear with a red jumper and a pair of sturdy saddle shoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I counted the money into Kaerva’s hand as his assistant saddled the big black. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pollard uncinched his saddle and walked up the track to a chorus of wild cheering, tears still flowing over his cheeks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every afternoon he put the red saddle on the pony and cinched it tight. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z As he shinnied back in the saddle, Count Atlas leaned hard into Seabiscuit, buffeting his right side as the field bounded away from them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As she watched Jason work, she admired how easily he did each task, whether it was fixing a door or oiling saddles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z An old man he was, past sixty, yet he still sat straight and tall in the high saddle, and his voice was strong enough to carry to every comer of the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Håkon clung to the saddle and clenched his jaw as the horse walked forward. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He didn’t even buck or cause a ruckus when they put a saddle on him for the first time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Humason would lead the column of mules on horseback, his white terrier standing just behind the saddle, its front paws on Humason’s shoulders. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached into the saddle pack behind her bicycle seat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A man stood among the trees at the edge of the road, a saddled horse at his side. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He comes to us saddled with a fair amount of baggage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Which left the police saddled with the Death in Custody of a technically innocent man. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He slid from the saddle, pulled the wreath of flowers from around Seabiscuit’s neck, and wrapped it around his own shoulders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, I gripped the tree tighter and wrenched my gaze away from her saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her name was Pretty, short for Pretty Pig, and she had been trained to saddle and bridle since she was a piglet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he shrugged, and slumped a little in the saddle. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I saddle and bridle a spotted one and lead her out onto the grass. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It startled him so badly that he dropped the peace banner and tumbled from his saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They said someone might find a white man’s pistol that had bounced out of his saddle or his jacket or his holster, but it waren’t likely they’d find a pistol and a holster all together. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They had tied him in the saddle instead, and she had commanded Marillion the singer to watch over him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He patted a forked stick tied to his saddle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Before she could, the tall man swung her and then Taryn across the saddle, handling them like baggage rather than children. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “That fancy saddle. I’m sure I saw it that night,” Stella added. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "With the right horse and the right saddle, even a cripple can ride." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The impost consisted of thejockey, his roughly four and a half pounds of saddle, boots, pants, and silks, and, if necessary, lead pads inserted into the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A toothless oldster with cloudy blue eyes, he fell exhausted from his saddle and could not rise again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A squad of mounted policemen lashed themselves around the corner and galloped past, the horseshoes thudding dully through the snow, the men rising high in their saddles, shouting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The saddle slipped from Arya's fingers and fell to the dirt with a thump and a puff of dust. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As he settled himself in the saddle and the horse moved off down Fish Street, he thought it had been a nice visit—but he would not go again. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The old saddle Sigurd had used was still there. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And that saddle...the saddle was shiny and silver-studded, not worn and brown like the other riders’. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Yet even as they were bundling him Outside, saddling the horses in the rain, and tying his hands with a length of coarse rope, Tyrion Lannister was not truly afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Mr. Blakeslee, I was once engaged to marry Mr. McAllister. He had that saddle made for me. It was his engagement present.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Fully 70 percent of men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the impoverished and overwhelmingly black North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side are saddled for life with a criminal record. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The same as I attached to her saddle,” the Sicilian replied. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The saddle holder chased him around and around the enclosure. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man reined up and stood for a moment immobile, head turned eastward toward the enemy, the gray hat on the horn of the saddle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned forward in the saddle and shouted, “Now, Pop!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the mare stumbled and threw him hard against the saddle horn, and he realized how deceptive the moonlight was; exposed root tips and dark rocks waited in deep shadows cast by the moon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He would saddle up that c, climb aboard and grip the pommel for dear life, and ol’ c, more often than not, it would throw him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This time I got a firm purchase upon the saddle, and when the horse moved he pulled me with him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z With Pollard sitting motionless in the saddle, they reeled off rapid fractions, clipping under the wire after six furlongs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were eating leather from the seats and bows of saddles,’’ rims one all-too-typical reminiscence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the afternoons, Shawn and I saddled the horses and fought our way up the mountain, the horses half-jumping to clamber through snowdrifts that reached their bellies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had his horse saddled, and galloped off in the direction of the town. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I clung tenaciously to the saddle frame and kicked at my assailant, but it was no use. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Red Pollard had just won his fourth stakes race in eleven long years in the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowds gathered ten deep for one hundred feet in each direction, a few spectators reaching through the slats of the fence to stroke Seabiscuit’s chest as Smith cinched the girth on Woolf’s kangaroo-leather saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya jumped into the saddle, hiking up her dress and tucking the front beneath her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Obedient, Sandor Clegane swung down from his saddle, but there was no way through that wall of fleSh, let alone to the roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I sit at the end of the pew, next to Suesetta, who is wearing a navy-blue skirt, a white starched shirt, saddle oxfords, and bobby socks. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘That guy,’ he complained, ‘hit me for nothing. He said I was to get to work on his campaign saddle.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If he played the balance of diabetes management and reducing wrong, he could faint in the saddle while moving at forty miles per hour. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He pictured black horses standing all saddled in the shadows of the inn-yard, and Black Riders peering out of dark upper windows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I couldn’t hear anything except for the sound of my saddle shoes pounding the ground and the thud of his feet close behind me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They set up the quintain at the far end of the lists while the prince's pony was being saddled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Without saddles or bridles, mounting them proved tricky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He reined his horse in, and halted, swaying in his saddle. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Relief come o’er me so much I near fainted out the saddle. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The little mare is saddled and tied down at the molasses press. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned forward blackly across the pommel of the saddle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Men groomed their mounts and mended saddles, stirrups, and shoes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My instincts told me to let go of the saddle horn—the only thing keeping me on the horse. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Adaon rose in the saddle and swept down with his sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In the saddle, Woolf could feel his mount fighting the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Track officials carried Graham up to the jockeys’ room and dumped him on a saddle table, where he lay moaning and incoherent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Will, were you down there today when that man from Texas brought her a silver saddle?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Qhorin sat in his saddle, studying the eagle for a long time. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kaede twisted back in her saddle and stared at the bare trees behind her, trunks the color of ash. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A hunting bow and a quiver of arrows were slung from his saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He led me to his horse and lifted me into the saddle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Jimmy Zizmo, in a new cream-colored suit with yellow necktie, crosses his legs, jiggling one saddle shoe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He worried about her broken leg and thought about how saddle sore she must be. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He might just shrug and say, Carry on, then they would saddle up and form into a column and move out toward the villages west of Than Khe. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After a career of galloping to hounds, and a historic reputation as America's premier man on horseback, he was never able to hold his seat in the saddle with the same confidence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Yearling was already broke to a halter and lead, so Shawn brought out the saddle that first day. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Men trot by on burros with tin milk containers strapped to their saddles, starting their morning deliveries. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z "This one will do well enough-" "I shall saddle him for you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Con pulled his horse to a stop and slid out of the saddle, but when his feet touched the ground he felt unexpectedly shy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Without a saddle or bridle to hold the animal back. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His company was all mounted, and he was about to leap into the saddle, when the Lady Éowyn came to bid them farewell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He tumbled from his saddle while the mesh spread over his body and clung to him like an enormous spiderweb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The leather was dark and oiled smooth as a used saddle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Oh they looked tough—unshaven and dirty, wearing swords and pistols, and muskets tucked in behind their saddles. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they got the saddle on and the girth cinched. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The man suddenly straightened up in the saddle and flung his arms out. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man turned in his saddle and spit onto the muddy road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For answer Shasta put his foot in the stirrup of the horse which had been led towards him and a moment later he was in the saddle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z By post time he was too weak even to sit upright in a saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They hooked their legs over other jockeys’ knees, ensuring that if their rivals moved forward, they’d be scraped off their saddles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Doing better. I’m walking a bit now. Won’t be long before I’m back in the saddle, as it were.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He halted his horse in a burst of dirt and dust, removed his hat, and with a great sweeping gesture bowed until his head nearly touched the horn of his saddle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The long tall man flipped his hand in the general direction of the saddle laying on the floor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "It came easier to me, Maester. It is not terribly unlike my own saddles." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Since it was too painful bouncing around in a horse saddle, Cherrie walked much of the way. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The Halfhand wound a long black scarf around his face and swung up into the saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She stalked off into the trees, wishing she could just saddle her horse and ride home. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My bottom thumps against the saddle like one of those rubber balls tied to a wooden paddle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “The Long Knives are digging holes, piling saddles and boxes, anything they can,” the young man reported. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Now, she hated everything about it, except the unicorn; and, saddle sore and uncomfortable, she would have even happily spent time away from the unicorn. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He was standing with Lancelot’s old charger, now two years older, and all his accustomed armour neatly stowed on the saddle, as if for a kit inspection. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before dusk, he rouses Booth and helps him down the stairs and up into the saddle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Men cast from the saddle lay grovelling on the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Anya climbed behind the archer, holding on to the saddle at first. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z |
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