| 单词 | sailor |
| 例句 | They were all on the Dauntless, a huddle of demoralized sailors standing around Nailer and Tool, as Tool explained what had happened. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Green fired up the blubber stove in order to get some hot milk into the sailor. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Klaus, meanwhile, had his pajamas removed by the other white-faced woman, and was hurriedly stuffed into a blue sailor suit that itched and made him look like a toddler. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z A hundred oarsmen and sailors went down with Lord Steffon Baratheon and his lady wife, and for days thereafter every tide left a fresh crop of swollen corpses on the strand below Storm's End. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It was Mother’s turn to look away. The anger seemed to go out of her. Without saying another word she went back to nursing the sailor. “I wished for her anger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A sailor fetched him down his tall yew bow and quiver of arrows, but it was the captain's daughter who brought the pack with his good clothing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Andrea looked ready to throw up and the sailors, who had obviously not been in a curtsying crowd before, blushed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina was still singing, something about a sailor who’d abandoned his sweetheart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I know there is sunrise because I am a sailor, why else I know not. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z English captains were still searching our vessels and seizing our sailors. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked from me to the sailor to me again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z And to be sure, many of those old-time sailors fell to their deaths. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily was wearing the navy sailor outfit she knew our mother liked. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z A few carpenters and sailors go onshore and put together the shallop, a small boat meant for exploring that we brought with us in pieces. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Despite his fraying nerves, Dasch remembered the captain of the U-boat telling him the sailors had a flare in case they had trouble getting back to the submarine. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The sailor leaned over the edge, grabbed me by the shoulders, and pulled me onto the swaying deck of the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We color in Grace’s movie star coloring books, which show the movie stars in different outfits, doing different things: walking their dogs, going sailing in sailor suits, swirling around in evening dresses at parties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I made to arrange some life jackets for the sailor’s comfort so that I could be next to her. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But I watched anyway, my thoughts never far from the sailor who looked like me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He had come out of nowhere, Mohammed Zeitoun, a sailor’s son from the tiny island of Arwad, and stunned everyone with his strength and endurance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The sailors took the baby from me and carried her up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We gave way a little, as all engine ships must to those under sail, but we passed close by, and I could see the sailors clearly. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Germany was sinking over a thousand Allied merchant ships every year, killing many sailors and destroying a vast tonnage of Allied supplies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes Amari was rescued by the redheaded sailor, but on most nights she was just another female body to be used by one of the forty or so sailors on board that awful ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z On the voyage home the sailors coveted the prize and planned to kill him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know some sailors say that any man who lays eyes upon that coast is doomed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A beautiful French spy escapes murderous Gestapo agents in Paris; in the North Sea, British navy sailors brave a suicide mission against enemy submarines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The sailor was awake when I went back into the house. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The sailor, Alfred, snapped the papers from my hand and handed them to the official. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The two sailors hopped out and dragged the boat up onto the beach. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I grabbed the young sailor who had brought me to the doctor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z For example, in 1808 a British sailor named Charlie Savage equipped with muskets and excellent aim arrived in the Fiji Islands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then it takes the dying sailor over the edge and into the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z After the Second World War, San Francisco was the main point of reentry for sailors returning from the Pacific. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Swear toads infested every damp patch, cursing like sailors. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis put his finger to his lips, and would not speak before the sailors who rowed us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The sailors unrolled the tapestry across the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Soldiers, sailors, pilots, and nurses were on their way to war in the Pacific. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I asked, nodding at the sailor in my bed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The sailors babbled in their own languages, afraid to die on the wrong side of the ocean in a world far away from people who knew their names. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From the far end of the Long Bridge, it was only a short walk through the teeming waterfront districts of the west bank, down torchlit streets crowded with sailors, slaves, and drunken merrymakers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Look, there’s a sailor drifting along Chartres Street. He looks rather lonely.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Five were human—a king and a queen, a child, a pirate or sailor, and a sorceress—the rest animals. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The two brave sailors who had jumped into the water after him were boosting him up the net. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Starting with the sailor who looked like me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The sailor wore it in a flannel bag around his neck. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She hated not knowing what the sailors were saying. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A statue of a sailor leaned against the gunwale, spyglass pointed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The sailors don’t notice me approaching, and when I’m right alongside the rope ladder leading to the boat’s deck, I cut Hel from the beam. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sailor argued a while, and then went on. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As the sailors lifted the shrouded body for the third time, it trembled. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On the decks of ships and the shores of Pacific islands, Marines, sailors, and soldiers knelt and wept together in prayer services for our fallen president. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom had bought the parrot from a sailor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The house became a clutter of trunks, of animals in jars of formaldehyde, of Indian lances and sailor’s bundles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Saw it in the library,” the sailor beside him was saying to another. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nor did we return to shore the next day, but took our exercise upon the deck of the ship, beneath the watchful eye of the sailors. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But before the sailor could answer there was a loud, grinding sound: they had hit the rocks again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Two sailors barred her way, and she said, “Down there! The prisoner has got loose! Get help!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned his back on her, and Sefia fell silent as sailors began scrambling into the rigging. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Everywhere we went, dead Confederate sailors stared at us, their ghostly bearded feces shimmering over their skulls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “You hate me, too, you big monster,” the sailor screamed at Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The harbour was a dancing thing, with fluttering paper boats, and the sailors on the quay were jovial, smiling fellows, merry as the wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The compass enabled sailors to perceive the earth’s magnetic field. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The sailor looked up and started to salute. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But every Sunday, Grandma lights candles and talks to a picture of Grandpa in a sailor’s uniform. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z The sailors, again with cloths tied around their mouths and noses, unceremoniously tossed the dead men overboard. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The play began and Billy yelled his lines so all the sailors sitting in the audience on deck could hear him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The sailors who entered began to curse at the sight before them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why will the sailor sell his expectation, when he would have more money if he didn’t?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z To his relief, he learned that sailors had rescued his brother and that he had been taken to a neighborhood hospital. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Ares, God of War, always took sides with Aphrodite; while Poseidon, Lord of the Sea, favored the Greeks, a sea people, always great sailors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the sailors were shouting at them and slamming their heels against the deck, demanding another tilt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sailors’ bunks were in the forward compartments. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My recitations seemed to bother my fellow sailors, but could I really blame them for being jealous of my archival facilities? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Groups of young men—mostly immigrants, a few blacks—roamed the docks, looking for jobs as cooks and sailors on ships, or work as stevedores loading and unloading goods on the docks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the meantime, I would think of that sailor the way I had since I first saw him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Surely, you must have guessed I am no ordinary sailor. I am, in fact, Roberts himself.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We pile in as many men and goods as we can, and then the sailors take to the oars and row to shore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Superstitious, like many sailors, they were happy to leave him alone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “See that kid over by the fence? The one with the big nose? Her mother run away with a sailor last May.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I prayed the inspection officer would be a booby like the sailor I had duped. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I slugged the whole lot down like a sailor before anyone could take it away from me, and spent the rest of the afternoon being sick. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They would keep a minimal crew, all former sailors who had made their way into the ranks of the Dregs through one misfortune or another. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I guess after a lifetime of commanding sailors, she's got an unfairly jaded view. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nauset, hidden outside, picked off the sailors one by one until only five were left. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is not easy for Captain Smith to climb the rope ladder to the deck, but Richard and some of the sailors help him, and he makes it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "Here you go, sailor," he said, suddenly full of good captainly cheer, then poured me a tumbler of rum and locked the bottle away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The sailor who had earned Stew Cat went up the hill to get it while the other sailor asked me questions. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At sea, sailors would mistake the rising smoke for a gigantic mountain range. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were neither slaves nor slavers, but free Myrmen and seasoned sailors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Because flying was still very risky and extremely expensive, we took a troop ship filled with soldiers and sailors, which fairly crawled across the water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Four Qartheen sailors accompanied him, bearing a rolled tapestry upon their shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind one stack he glimpsed three sailors throwing dice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Part of the plan was to give the bag to the sailors, so they could take it back on board the U-boat. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Stinks bad enough down there,” says another sailor. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Astronaut is Greek for “star voyager” or “star sailor.” Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “Call this long?” the sailor replied, swinging far out to daub the curving tail of the dolphin. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Over the next several days, we boys, servants, laborers, sailors, carpenters, and soldiers work as hard as mules. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He flies off to check in the ear of another sailor. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Because of it, that place of dunes and rocks is charted now and bears a name; sailors call it Springwater Isle. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The boys were dashing in their crisp, new sailor suits, and the addition of the straw hats provided the perfect finishing touch. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Exulting, the sailors sprang ashore and seized him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going back to be with the sailor,” I said, handing Clover’s reins to Miss Maggie. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It was better to die like a man; to die like a sailor in blue water no man can object. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The fo’c’sle hands, the sailors whose job it was to run the ship, had no sailing to do. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Before the sailor was close enough for Nat to speak to him, he saw Father. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the fog that appealed to those sailors because it lent the city the shifting, anonymous feeling of the sea, and in such anonymity personal change was that much easier. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She did not share in the joy of the sailors, however. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes they found a sailor who knew English. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Charles was wearing a white tennis sweater, and Camilla a sun dress with a sailor collar, and a straw hat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The big man Archer had helped on the stairs pushed through the ring of sailors—Horse, the ship’s carpenter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sailor was as I’d left him, completely unaware, and Mouse by his side, her eyes fixed on Mr. Kendall. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Ida Cross of South Beach knitted socks for sailors, sent them off, and received a thank-you note from an antiaircraft gunner stationed near Baltimore. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A jaded sailor stepped away from a movie machine while the film was still running. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She tugged the sleeve of a nearby sailor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The heraldic sails of Ban’s fleet, and the sailors in the rigging, and the armed turrets and archers and seagulls, like flake-white, had been a background to their conversation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His sons were good fighters and better sailors, but they did not know how to talk to lords. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All activity seemed to indicate the end of their journey—crates and cartons were packed, sails were sewn and repaired, and sailors whistled as they shaved their beards. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned to watch the sailors stowing provisions into the longboat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z From wrecks far out on Sow and Pigs Reef, in currents that crossed and tangled to suck the drowning sailors under and spin the surfboats like tops. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Noah and I are about eight and dressed in matching sailor outfits looking totally daffy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z One big sailor got up on a barrel and yelled questions. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Many soldiers and sailors sat about, oddly calm, like little boys in cowboy uniforms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The steersman called, and a sailor threw a line from above, and another hurried down the ladder to make it fast to the launch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The ships will be moving again soon,” my father said confidently, and he was right I think it was February 21 that some of die Chinese sailors agreed to sail to Lake Maracaibo. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even then, when Ahmad was a skinny, tanned boy of fifteen, he knew he would be a sailor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Sefia and Archer raced past Crown Pier, Canary Pier, Red Barrel Pier, dodging scrawny war orphans and wagons and sailors unloading crates. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Gesturing with their guns and laughing, the other sailors corralled the remainder of Hatchet’s men. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sailors were no longer allowed to molest the women at night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z With the coast guardsman gone, Dasch waded back to the sailors, who had been busy looking for their lost paddles and emptying the water from the dinghy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z A single sailor, slumped in the stern, tipped his cap wearily as we sailed past. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Originally, historians stated that roughly 620,000 soldiers and sailors, about 2 percent of the population, were killed in the Civil War. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I seized the wrist of the first man I came across, gripping on like a drowning sailor as he scowled in disgust and shook my hand away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I searched for Heinz and the sailor with my pack. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Amaranta Úrsula returned with the angels of December, driven on a sailor's breeze, leading her husband by a silk rope tied around his neck. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The blacksmith called after me, but his words were lost in the din of the soldiers and the sailors who cluttered my path. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailors all took the greatest delight in watching the curious little birds at their explorations. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The sailor stood upright quickly, trying to conceal a crystal butterfly behind his back. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sailor who looked like me waved back, but so did all the others lined up along the stern, nothing more than friendly. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A brave sailor, balancing on the stern, hacked at the glass with an ax, trying to free the trapped people. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Several other sailors were seen on shore that morning, running what appeared to be last-minute errands. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood behind the shoe poet and the Polish girl, straining to hear the exchange between Joana and the sailor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When the surface seemed safe again, the sailors returned to their lifeboat and found it full of holes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The children banged on the glass and pointed at the types in a disrespectful fashion, startling them as they pretended to fuss with sailor’s knots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And finally Zeitoun knew Ahmad’s secret, why he had become a sailor, why he had risked so much to become a captain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Ho for the life of a sailor! he thought. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The Beagle lifted anchor on December 27, 1831, with seventy-three sailors on board, clearing a gale and tacking southward toward Tenerife. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His jacket and shirt hang open, his cravat is a loose tangle, and his sailor pants are worn at the knees. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The slave sailors off the Selaesori Qhoran, sold singly, had gone for prices ranging from five hundred, to nine hundred pieces of silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Enchanted by the boats on Lake Erie and novels about the sea, James decided to become a sailor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I had noted toilet facilities in the corridor as the sailor walked me to the chimney. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The hunters disengage the sacks and fling them expertly to the waiting sailors. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The sailors were now even angrier than before. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang so sweetly their voices enchanted sailors and lured them to their death. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Amari had very little time to worry about the future, however, for she heard Bill, the redheaded sailor, who was working on the tallest sail of the ship, suddenly shout, “Land ho!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better to be a lucky cooper than an unlucky sailor?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And while people shush her, the sailor in the newsreel approaches the camera—and Tessie realizes that it isn’t Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Beside her stands a man in white trousers, a blue jacket, and sailor’s cap; but he interests us much less. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitors entered uncertainly as though they felt they were intruding, tiptoeing in with stares of meek apology, first the grieving mother and father, then the brother, a glowering heavy-set sailor with a deep chest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "You have forests of tall pine and old oak. Lord Manderly has shipwrights and sailors in plenty. Together you ought to be able to float enough longships to guard both your coasts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Had there been a choice, I'd have picked someone more muscular and less sickly-looking than the old sailor who propelled us into the current. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The sailor continued on, completely unaware that one in our group had departed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When I meet her eyes, brazen as a sailor fresh into port, she opens her mouth, as if to rip into me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When the sailors attacked him he begged them as a last favor to let him play and sing, before he died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he is curious about my long, black arm hair like I was curious about the golden fuzz on the arm of the rescue-ship sailor. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sailor looked at her with what looked like concern and jumbled out words that seemed to be a question, but Amari just shook her head. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the sailor with bright reddish hair. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A porthole has been cut into its face and through it I see a lone sailor trapped inside. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z For instance, a merchant marine sailor who knew me and my reputation came into a bar carrying a package. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On the last night of July, South Vietnamese sailors on patrol boats fired missiles at radar stations in North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He asked Dasch, "Have you ever been on board of a sailing vessel? Are you a good sailor?" Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Which is when I heard the sailor waking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z So we have traveled on, the cries of the sailors above us, Vishnoo trundling between our knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And America had soldiers and sailors in the Pacific Ocean, in the Philippine Islands, and on the islands of Hawaii. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long time it was hoped that measuring compass deviation and dip would enable sailors to establish their coordinates. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The sailors had a lifeline to the U-boat. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The cook threw himself upon the sailor’s head and before our very eyes scalped him and pulled off his face. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z During his continued trips around the city, he saw cars set afire, buggies overturned and their horses lashed, women assaulted, sailors fighting with civilians, and rocks and eggs thrown at innocent bystanders. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z ‘The simple sailors of today,’ wrote Jacques Cartier in 1545, ‘have learned the opposite of the opinion of the philosophers by true experience.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As we ate, we watched two sailors eye Vishnoo, this time with no jest in their appraisal. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As I watched him follow the smoldering sailor down the hatch, I had a terrible feeling. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the woods, I climbed an oak, singing my mothers song: Oh, don’t fall in love with a sailor boy, a sailor boy, a sailor boy—I climbed higher and higher. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think the sailors knew you were listening? Don’t you think they’re up there right now laughing their heads off about that stupid boy who was eavesdropping and believed all their lies?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A hand cranks an alarm bell; sailors jump out of bunks, double-time it up stairways, assuming battle stations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nor could I leave the sailor and Mouse behind. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z To put that number into perspective, if we took that new 2.4 percent figure and applied it to today’s population of 313.3 million, the result would be about 7.5 million soldiers and sailors killed. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They had been joined by some sailors who were whooping and hollering gleefully as they slashed with their swords and fired their guns. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was done in memory of that poor sailor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I broke free of the Angel’s embrace and raced toward my father as the two sailors lifted him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Ten minutes in the swells and sailors were bending over and regurgitating the beef stew and instant mashed potatoes of that evening’s dinner onto the ridged metal floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So these sailors stayed in San Francisco, growing in number and attracting others, until the city became the gay capital, the homosexual Hauptstadt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For fifteen days Verrazzano and his crew were the Narragansett’s honored guests—though the Indians, Verrazzano admitted, kept their women out of sight after hearing the sailors’ “irksome clamor” when females came into view. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first of these acts of violence took place on May 8, 1919, in Charleston, South Carolina, after a fight between local blacks and sailors stationed at a nearby naval training station erupted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Tom Crean, another Irishman and a tough sailor, had also been south with Shackleton before, and proudly wore Britain’s snow-white Polar Medal on his jacket. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z So they clutched at her like shipwrecked sailor clinging to the rocks despite the fact that they are being battered to death against them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The freight handlers in the railroad yards had shed their overcoats, and sailors from a training ship docked at the wharf carried their naval jackets as they walked along the streets. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z What tales of daring and adventure must earlier have been recounted as sailors and navigators, practical men of the world, gambled their lives on the mathematics of a scientist from Alexandria? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like sailors quartered on a battleship, they found privacy, space, and quiet hard to come by. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The artist in the beret and goatee passed Chartres, busily following the sailor by several feet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then as they turned to go back on board, a shot was fired from somewhere near Will, and one of the sailors fell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But sometimes sailors from the Indies or storekeepers would give her one—because she was so beautiful and would hug and kiss anyone who gave her a lime. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He would never forgive her elopement with the sailor. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Shot-down pilots, of course, torpedoed sailors, of course, you expect that. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He had been a sailor once, but when I was born, he gave up the sea and worked on the docks in New York. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailors walked among the people who had been rescued. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Worse, there was the contrast between the frantic activity of the poor sailor and the gentle repose of his leg at the bottom of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Kind of. They were just telling me how much they appreciated what I had given them, how much they loved Peach. They sent a photo, too. She was wearing a sailor outfit.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Thank goodness the sailors are still with us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She thought again of the letter, of the photo of Peach wearing the sailor outfit. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Zeitoun, though, was too much like his father: first a sailor, then, to provide for a family and to ensure that he lived to watch them grow up, a builder. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A few minutes later sailors pushed the boat away from the dock. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The sailor holding the whip nodded, pointed to her, and jabbered some words as he hopped up and down. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Osh and another surfman lifted a second sailor out of the belly of the boat and laid him on a waiting stretcher. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But a larger part clung to the security of the familiar, as a sailor cast adrift might cling fast to any rock, no matter how small or barren. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We left the sailor and ran to the movie house. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The rail was lined with ragged Japanese sailors waving down at me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We were riding in the wagon and he was teaching me how to tie sailors’ knots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In her late teens—already graduated from college—she traveled to Germany to visit her brother, who was stationed there as a sailor in the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Real sailors would describe the positions as starboard, port, and stern. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Often the crystalline air formed mirages, and the sailors saw icebergs suspended upside down on the horizon. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z When the sailor closed his eyes again, I stood up from where I’d been kneeling next to his bed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Whether to the stars or the universe, these space travelers are sailors. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z When he came back he had a jelly doughnut in his hand and a sailor hat on his head. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z It occurred to me that this sailor was really remarkably handsome. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The sailors stymied her both times, versed in the schemes and inclinations of chattel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Susan Constant turns, sailors rush to pull on lines, and we are on our way, gliding in to shore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Two sailors scrambled down to help people up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The man whom she had married six months before was a thin, older Fleming with the look of a sailor about him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Two sailors in a small boat went some distance ahead bearing a long rope fastened to a small anchor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was conveniently close to the governing hub of the Common- wealth, while being a comfortable distance from the smell of rotten fish, hot tar, and the vomit of drunken sailors. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He cursed like a drunken sailor with a broken leg, but only at his donkeys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sailor kicked the suffering creature away with his boot, annoyed and disgusted. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was narrow and shaky, but the sailors made sure the women had no opportunity to escape into the sea, should they dare. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Four husky sailors in blue jackets and bright kerchiefs had hurried forward to man the capstan bars. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Oh!” the young man shrieked gaily, watching Patrolman Mancuso stalking the sailor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly, all across the ship, the sailors let out whoops of delight, their laughter filling the sails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Last I saw, the parrot was down in the galley, hopping from shoulder to shoulder, peering in sailors’ ears to make sure they still had brains. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The sailor began smashing and breaking open cabin doors that had jammed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As he walked closer, he saw that Dasch was speaking to one of the sailors. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Back in the 1940s, the fog hid what those sailors did from their fellow citizens. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For several hours, mobs made up of sailors and white civilians roamed Charleston’s streets, terrorizing any black residents they encountered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Tanin’s gaze skimmed over beggar children and sailors, servants and merchants, messengers running this way and that in their black caps. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sailor alternated between talking and heaving over the side of the raft. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They were always showing Columbus discovering America, having one helluva time getting old Ferdinand and Isabella to lend him the dough to buy ships with, and then the sailors mutinying on him and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Please, sailor. Help me,” they would plead as I walked by. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sailors by the brigantine’s longboat lifted their arms, waves gathering behind them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One boarding house facing the Delaware River had a sick sailor in nearly every room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d turned away to barter with the sailors as Inej stood there, clutching her bound hands over her chest, her blouse still open, her skirt still hiked around her waist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had on a sailors hat with the brim pulled down childishly to shield his eyes, although there was no sun out. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Geller, who talked like a sailor and who had the look and build of a wrestler, arrived with his tie loosened, and wearing rumpled clothing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Surprise, skill, and power—this, the navy tells its sailors, is what it will take to win the war. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “You don’t want to hurt this sailor’s feelings.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Until he knew how matters stood here, it was more prudent to play the common sailor, not the lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bearded woman spoke an incomprehensible variety of Ghiscari, the goat boy some guttural sailor’s pidgin called the trade talk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Does she do tricks for them? Like she used to for the sailors along Hancock’s Wharf?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Spanish and Portuguese sailors searching for that sea route conquered the Canary Islands and the Azores. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Shadowed sailor confronted murky oarsman like a levee of the dead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Amari watched frantically, waiting for someone to rescue them, but the sailors, too busy with the sudden storm, never even bothered to glance overboard to see the fate of the mother and child. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailors continued to speak of evacuation plans. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Out at sea, many of these sailors had picked up amatory habits that were frowned upon back on dry land. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I could make out a smiling young man in a sailor's hat, posing in front of the USS Arizona. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Can you find her? Tell her that her patient needs her. Make sure you use the word need, sailor.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh dear, all I can find is my sailor hat and a pair of gloves!” said Michael, running round the room pulling at drawers and feeling along shelves. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The strange sailor had not made it to a lifeboat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A sailor with a transistor radio blaring from his back hip pocket passed near Ben and Mary Anne. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I played my fifths and my scales, which, lapping gently upon the bulwarks of the ships we passed, drew sailors to the rails as we rowed on. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “It was a mess. That blathering sailor pushed her to the front of the line. It drew more attention.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Already sailors, porters, riggers, and such were at work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s for sailors and their girls.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When night finally enveloped the ship and only a wisp of the moon shone dimly, the deck was dark except for the light from the torches the sailors used. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Stonetown Harbor had always been a busy port: ships steaming in and weighing anchor at all hours, countless stevedores and sailors as busy as ants, and the docks piled high with cargo. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Because he is a sailor for the Dread Pirate Roberts.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He had been raised in the shadow of his father, a legendary sailor who had faced a series of epic trials, and had always, miraculously, survived. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The cook was already aboard, as was the sailor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It recognized England’s right to retain tariffs on American exports while granting English imports most-favored status in the United States; it implicitly accepted English impressment of American sailors. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I stood there, petrified with shock and horror, as the sailors gave my father’s body to the sea. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t come to the piano when Phillip, the sailor from New Jersey, asked her, even though he was the cutest of the three sailors and I didn’t see how anyone could turn him down. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But sitting in that garden, for the first time I was an alien, I was a sailor—landless and disconnected. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I am,” replied the man, surprised to be addressed by a mouse in a sailor suit. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I don’t want to know what the hell was so impressive to a bunch of freaking sailors. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z A sailor grabbed my mother's hand and helped her in, and then I felt myself being passed into the hands of a sailor on the boat. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pricking out an arrow-pierced heart on the sailor boy’s arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaz managed to endure it all the way past the iron railings of Zentzbridge, the grating covered in little bits of rope tied in elaborate knots, sailors’ prayers for safe return from sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The other young man, dressed more casually, had curly red hair like the sailor who had taught her words. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A sailor ran through the heaps of refugees, instructing everyone to put on life vests. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z After Eratosthenes’ discovery, many great voyages were attempted by brave and venturesome sailors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the spectators, she noticed, were not of the city: she saw sailors off trading ships, merchants come by caravan, dusty men out of die red waste, wandering soldiers, craftsmen, slavers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She dismounted beside a gaming pit where a basilisk was tearing a big red dog to pieces amidst a shouting ring of sailors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sailor pointed to the carving and then pointed to himself several times. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I said to the sailor in a loud voice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When the sailor named Quinn woke again, he found me, as before, near his bed, waiting to help him heal. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Merchants, sailors, artisans, government workers, and soldiers lived crowded together. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Small boats poled past, carrying food and laborers and shore-leave sailors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the sailors calling to each other as they worked the oars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “He’s one of my dearest, oldest friends. He’s not a sailor at all.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A zombie sailor burst out of the hold and ran to Clarisse. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z One fellow passenger remembered a story about demon sailors who had fattened up their Tang passengers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The people bragged of the growth of Salem, and of the daring of her sailors. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A well-documented example from Pacific islands is the epidemic that swept over Fiji in 1806, brought by a few European sailors who struggled ashore from the wreck of the ship Argo. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The young man and the sailor waved at each other familiarly, and the sailor drifted out of sight around the front of the cathedral. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two burly sailors come down the ladder and stand on either side of him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In sad contrast to the story of Pericles calmly explaining away an eclipse to a frightened sailor, the teaching of scientific astronomy was banned outright in Athens around 432. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z For on that Saturday a young French sailor rooming at Richard Denny’s boarding house, over on North Water Street, was desperately ill with a fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Yes, how fortunate I am to be a sailor of priority, taking voyage on a grand ship instead of digging tank trenches like most of the lads my age. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I was a good sailor, but I knew that even a skiff could be a lot to handle in a strong wind, crosscurrents, shipping lanes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Two of the three sailors had already started back along the road, but Nat still stood beside the trunks and looked down at her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Just a few other sailors sit alone watching the jumpers, or just watching the olives in their drinks wink at them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Below with you, now,” a sailor yells to me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This was especially true in 2010, when North Korea launched a sneak submarine attack that killed forty-six South Korean sailors and sank the Cheonan, a warship sailing in South Korean territorial waters. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I stared at the face of the sailor lying so still in my bed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She tested it by stepping out of her hiding place and into the path of a sailor coming along the deck with a bag of tools. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His pale eyes accentuated his look of a sailor and his small mustache looked like the fur of a squirrel. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The sailors maintain this ring around Lincoln as he marches through the city, even as the admiring crowd grows to hundreds. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Three spiral lighthouses took shape along the rocky coast, warning sailors away from the treacherous cliffs and quick riptides of Deliene’s coastline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I see sailors on watch sipping mugs of hot cocoa. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When he came home a fight ensued, and my father, after a violent struggle, threw the sailors out & proceeded to beat my mother. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since I came out of the cannon mostly intact, the other sailors look at me in awe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Back then his uncle Gerion had been on hand to praise his efforts, in place of surly sailors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he spoke, Clarkson brandished whips and handcuffs used on slaves; he published testimonials from sailors and ship doctors who described the atrocities and punishments on slave ships. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The other woman put a sailor cap on Klaus, who gazed in one of the mirrors, astonished at how ugly he looked. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Nothing. How do you feel about marrying a sailor?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall and stately, with wavy dark hair, his mask is feathered and makes me think of the swallow birds that sailors paint on their ships. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One hint is in an ancient book of sailors’ directions, the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, written by an anonymous merchant living in Egypt around A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Here were temples too, where sailors came to sacrifice to foreign gods, cheek by jowl with pillow houses where women called down from balconies to meri below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In this excellent situation for sailors Odysseus’ crew managed to bring them all near to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A sailor grabbed her around the waist and threw her into the boat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “Help others if you can. This young sailor will take us to registration. We’ll come back and find you.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They teased Skipper John, as they nicknamed the dummy sailor, from their stools as they fiddled with the hemp rope. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Even as the sea rages around him, the brave sailor keeps the flag safely above him and the water. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z This will be even better than watching boys or drunken sailors slug it out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Ships did not sail by night, and any place where sailors put in might harbor a monster or a magician who could work more deadly harm than storm and shipwreck. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shake it off, sailor,” said an officer from his cot. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The soldiers in charge stopped the sailor and demanded an explanation for our jumping the line. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Months after the death of Madame Manec, Marie-Laure still waits to hear the old woman come up the stairs, her labored breathing, her sailor’s drawl. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The sailors sewed their bodies up in canvas, weighed down with ballast stones so they might sink more quickly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are hoards of gentlemen dressed in velvet and silk, sailors in their wide-legged slops, and one very dirty boy selling eels. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They had enchanting voices and their singing lured sailors to their death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And why should she care — a rude, freckle faced sailor who took more notice of a strip of canvas than of a brocaded gown? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z No lanterns had been lit aboard it, but as he and Wylan bolted up the ramp, two sailors emerged. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Two German sailors, who were armed with light submachine guns and carbines, were with them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Without warning or pretext the sailors tried to shove them into the hold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It was only as if one sailor had met a brother sailor, after twenty-five years’ absence,” Adams joked, “and had accosted him, how fare you, Jack?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The cart lurched along behind her, the driver hooting at sailors and slaves alike to clear the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mr. O’Flanagan was the assistant manager of the gin and a former merchant sailor, and he loved having a bird around. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z On July 26, the men cheered the return of “Old Jamaica,” sailors’ slang for the sun. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Her African costume was a colorful wrap; her sailor outfit made her look like a street rascal, with a tunic, trousers, and leather boots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Maybe his uncle was a naval historian or a sailor. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Have you ever seen sailors when they reach port?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The compass allows you to navigate out of sight of land and, naturally, Edward Wright’s prefatory letter to On the Magnet mentions the circumnavigations of the Earth by English sailors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As the sailors’ discontent subsided, Shackleton took McNeish aside and exchanged a few quiet words with him, perhaps reminding him that execution was a legal punishment for mutiny. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I saw visions of grape vines choking unbelievers to death, drunken warriors insane with battle lust, sailors screaming as their hands turned to flippers, their faces elongating into dolphin snouts. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Davos had heard that some of the lords of the Three Sisters had webbed hands and feet, but he had always put that down as just another sailor’s story. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But Coyotito—he was the one—he wore a blue sailor suit from the United States and a little yachting cap such as Kino had seen once when a pleasure boat put into the estuary. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the hunter and the sailor, and she guessed dead people did lie quietly in their graves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When they saw the ragged line of the Wood in the distance, Con felt like a sailor long at sea, finally sighting land. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "Not every sailor's tale is true," Ser Jorah cautioned, "and even if Robert be truly dead, his son rules in his place. This changes nothing, truly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If it wasn’t hanging in our hallway, I never would have guessed it was my grandfather, the sailor is so young. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z He had a medium beard and wore a sailors hat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Another smoldering sailor burst out of the hold. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the inscription on the tombstone: Home is the sailor, home is the hunter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They tore up scraps of canvas, placed them in a hat, and drew, one for each sailor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When the people in Central Park learned that one of the toy sailboats was being steered by a mouse in a sailor suit, they all came running. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The sailors from one of the boats were standing about arguing whether or not they were supposed to go to the Somerset for the night, or over to Charlestown. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing white linen trousers with a blue jacket styled like a sailor’s, which went beautifully with the blue skirt and white jacket of his wife’s tailored suit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he and a sailor swam to another island and discovered a hidden camp where some native islanders had kept fresh water and hardtack and crackers. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That way, the two sailors could help and then take the man back to the submarine. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The docks had been packed with sailors from all over the world, lugging crates and barrels and shouting out in languages he’d never heard before. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The large sailor slapped his thigh and laughed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman throwing her baby down to a sailor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But out here in Saint-Malo, the dune grass grows long and blue; German sailors still run drills in the harbor; gunners still stockpile ammunition in the tunnels beneath the fort at La Cite. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The sailors began throwing salt water on the women from buckets on the deck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailor didn’t come to the movie house. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The first day, three sailors dragged Lucy Burns out of the line and into the street, where they shredded her banner. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Johnson was looking at a picture of him in which he was dressed as a sailor; during the war he had served in the Navy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailor looked around to see if anyone else had heard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The Twins are thought to be responsible for shipwrecks, said to appear to sailors as St. Elmo’s Fire. Know what that is?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But for others a mate down below would yell up, “One hand for the sailor, one hand for the ship.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those sailors are playing games with you. They’re almost as bored up there as we are down here.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The Hartshorn docked in New York the next morning, just after a sailor brought down some old biscuits for our breakfast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And this sailor, tall, dark and crowlike, marked his ship's papers with a circle that night and was on deck at dawn when the ship sailed out of the harbor in the morning mist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion kicked at Pretty’s haunches to speed her to a charge as the sailors urged him on with hoots and shouts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z About thirty men in all disembark for the exploratory trip, most of them gentlemen and sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She and a few of her undead sailors uncovered one of the two emergency rowboats while Scylla’s heads rained from the sky like a meteor shower with teeth, picking off Confederate sailors one after another. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy wore a floppy red hat, his shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbow, the blue breeches of a sailor, and a pair of dusty boots. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a young sailor digging through a pile of luggage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sailor was as I had left him, neither sleeping nor awake. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Boats from all over the world would stop there to lay over or make repairs, and often the sailors would come into the store and invite me and my sister Dee-Dee to see their boats. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As he passed, his sailors pressed themselves against the rails then closed behind him like waves in a wake, the clicking and scraping of six-shooters and swords rattling at his heels. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Undead sailors calmly went about their business on the spar deck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Both of them stopped talking until the music and the sailor faded out of earshot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That sailor is probably listening to every word.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “What do you say, Skipper John,” Cora asked her fellow sailor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sky blue, lake blue, sailor blue, aqua blue—you name a blue. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She rushed down on them pulling her long hatpin from her sailor hat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You go whistle for your mama. We’re sailors, not soldiers, see?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are our safety,” she told him, “our sure defense. The sight of you is dear as land after storm to the sailor, as a gushing stream to a thirsty wayfarer.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, this sailor was poor and a foreigner, not the sort of person who would draw much attention from the community around him. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I heard the sailors talking. I heard it all with my own ears.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His socks were slightly rolled at their tops, and he had on what looked like a sailor's shirt. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I laughed when I saw little Caroline run on the beach in a tiny swimsuit and when John John paraded around his father’s Oval Office in his sailor suit. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure what the words meant, but by the loud, boisterous reaction of the sailors, who whooped in celebration, she knew it could mean only one thing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened to the familiar sounds—the swoosh, crack of the sails, the creak, creak of the wood, the twang of the sailors’ voices. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “Her nurse is assisting Dr. Richter at the ambulance train,” said the sailor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z You would be proud of your watchful companion, sailor Alfred Frick. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Many a sailor dies of it, or is left broken beyond repair,” the captain tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Had I pegged the sailor correctly or had I judged too quickly? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sailor, Alfred, crept slowly in my direction. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was driven home to me how like sailors they were. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He would do the job to save the sailor’s life, he said, but we would have to hold him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Malone felt like a drowning sailor being thrown a life belt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This will be the first time since we left England that all of us—all 105 of us men and boys who are passengers, and three crews of sailors—will be together in one place. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The midwife surreptitiously confiscated the caul and later sold it to a sailor from the Brooklyn Navy Yard for two dollars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an indistinct murmur from the other sailors. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Near us, two sailors with axes chopped at lines, and two big life rafts plunged toward the water, which looked blade except for pools of fire from burning fuel oil. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “But now I need that sailor to help me find a place to hide.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Aunt Daisy and Phoebe were shouting up at him as the sailors rowed the boat away. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z These maps were originally intended as tools for sailors, not assertions of European supremacy; they look like ideological statements only to people who do not use them for navigation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A sailor informed us that the enemy fired upon the Otter sloop-of-war and that fire was returned from the six- and nine-pounders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The sailor climbed up the ladder and took a seat next to me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His feet and hands had been secured with panty hose, which had been finished off with sailors’ knots. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And so he hoped, as silly as it seemed, that his siblings might see him like this, on the water, a sailor again, being useful, serving God. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She had no time to ask her, for at that moment several sailors, with cloths tied around their faces, came down, unchained the feet of the women, and led them up out of the hold. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But ever since they passed them the rocks have been rooted fast to each other and have never any more brought disaster to sailors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Army Airborne School is a collection of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, cadets, and anyone else who has received the funding and possesses the will to become Airborne-qualified. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The sight of that sailor who looked so much like me might be a better answer than anything I would find in New Bedford. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z After a few blocks, I bought a piragua from the old man dressed like a sailor who walked around the neighborhood pushing his piragua cart, which had fake sails. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He cut up everything, including the sailor’s skin and every inch of his intestines. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A fine sailor, yes; a mighty climber, no question; courageous, without a doubt. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Amidships, a dozen sailors and two of the fiery fingers were struggling with tangled lines and sodden canvas, but whether they were trying to raise the sail again or pull it down he never knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A merchant marine officer named Frank Worsley, a part-Maori New Zealander who had been a sailor since the age of sixteen, was to captain the ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Every evening the sailors prepared greedily for their night of pleasure. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailor was passing on Chartres Street in the opposite direction. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved when Nate sang shanties—the songs sailors crooned as they did their work. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z She answered: ‘It could be done, that, if you sailors take oath I’ll be given passage home unharmed.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari’s arms and face were lashed and sliced as she huddled with Afi in the bottom of the boat, trying to get away from the sailors’ ferocity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Reverend Hunt catches Master Wingfield’s arm, the two sailors step between the angry men, and Captain Newport’s voice booms out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I can hardly believe he is so gullible that the sailors are able to fool him like this. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But Athena poured a sea fog around him as he went— her love’s expedient, that no jeering sailor should halt the man or challenge him for luck. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sefia recognized her from the legends about the Current: a stalwart sailor with skin like sunlight on honey and arms tattooed with birds and flowers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then the surfmen returned to their boat without a word and disappeared into the rain, their work done, the sailors saved. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The sailor marched us to registration, quietly chanting the phrase Yu-go-slav. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I see that the Reich has very efficient and organized practices here, sailor, but perhaps a man of your talents can provide options?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And I would see Shirley tapping her feet, or singing a sailor song, or pursing her lips into a very round O while saying, “Oh my goodness.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the other sailors had to haul life rafts in the freezing cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The eyes of the other sailors are on me, and I can’t tell if their stares hold approval or disdain. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z So he sang—or intoned, with the harp behind him— twisting together like sailors’ ropes the bits and pieces of the best old songs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be doubted, indeed, if there ever was a voyage on which sailors had to face so many and such varied dangers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The police killings triggered a four-day general strike, and sailors and workers throughout the city joined the shutdown. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The next night the kindly redheaded sailor was nowhere to be seen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t wear any clothes at all. They just paint themselves different colors instead. The sailor said he heard it from a French sailor who has already been to the New World.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The sailor from the port peered around the door. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The strange, redheaded sailor taught Amari the words “ocean” and “ship” and “man” and “floor” and “wall,” as well as many other simple words and phrases. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He glowered at the chaplain with swollen fury for a moment, his good humor gone, and turned back toward the bar disgruntledly, rolling from side to side like a sailor on his short bandy legs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Inside sat a young sailor with his sleeve rolled up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailors cast off the rope and drew in the gangplank, and the water around the ferryboat churned white as the paddle wheels on its sides began to turn. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Workmen on rooftops immediately signaled to peers stationed throughout the park and to sailors aboard the warship Michigan anchored in the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was packed with people, all women and children except for two sailors who stood at either end. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I stuffed my few belongings that had survived the Hydra into a sailors canvas knapsack and slung it over my shoulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Ships sat docked along the pier, a mess of rope and netting with sailors calling to each other, too busy to notice the royal procession. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There were thousands of British troops quartered in New York, and British sailors, too, besides the regular population of 25,000. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise of rumbling carts laden with creaking cages and barrels of goods, the smells of raw fish and flesh, and the cries of sailors and merchants overwhelmed me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The women were chained to what the sailors called the “tween” deck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She put her hand to her neck and gave a long vertical pull; her white sailor’s blouse was ripped to the hem; suspicion condensed into a too, too solid certainty. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailor on the barrel saw him, too. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Then smooth sailing, sailor," he said, and slapped me on the back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Black sailors working ships running all through the islands were carrying the word. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z A gentleman, Gabriel Archer, has been shot through both hands, and a sailor has been shot twice in the torso. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She glanced around and saw that most of the slaves, and some of the sailors as well, had difficulty adjusting to land after such a long time journeying on the ocean. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucius Clarke’s shop was filled with dolls—lady dolls and baby dolls, dolls with eyes that opened and closed and dolls with painted-on eyes, dolls dressed as queens and dolls wearing sailor suits. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I think it was that two sailors were standing on opposite ends of a ship. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z These last sailors had not fared so well. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “You will step aside, please. I am an official escort!” announced the sailor who accompanied us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The floats were followed by a procession of tanks, soldiers, sailors, marines, industrial workers, and others who were protecting America's home front. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Ships came into port from all over the world. I heard many foreign languages. I saw sailors who wore turbans, and black sailors from Africa. This was just part of my daily life.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He looks good in his bright white sailor’s cap and bell-bottom pants. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z There were sailors jumping overboard and lifeboats being lowered. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The few sailors on watch saw me but didn’t say a word. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She read an inscription: Home is the hunter, home from the hill, and the sailor home from the sea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The country belonged to the Phaeacians, a kind people and splendid sailors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the brilliant Ionian thinkers were the sons of sailors and farmers and weavers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The docks crawl with laughing drunks and sailors stinking of sweat and salt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sailors, however, seemed unconcerned, even cheerful, as they steered the ship toward its destination. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The footage showed sailors standing at attention on deck, or dropping artillery shells into guns, or horsing around on a beach, waving to the folks back home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In his natural haunts a sailor has no face and certainly no plans beyond getting drunk and maybe in jail for fighting. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Appearing through the snow, high in the air, was a golden sailing ship, like a dream a lost sailor might have. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The sailor on deck reached over and grabbed me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A group of gentlemen and sailors get ready to go ashore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But I would probably need the toady sailor to help me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Hannah made fast the thread and sat with idle hands, her eyes never leaving the young sailor’s face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the sailors pull open the hatch and send down reports: We have entered a bay; there are tall trees along a sandy shoreline. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Make a sailor of him yet, if he ever grows to any size, won’t we?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z With fare like that, most locals shunned the place, leaving it for sailors who did not know any better. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So he had noticedl To her pride, she had proved to be a natural sailor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The sailors, all carrying knives or guns, walked among the women as they danced. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailors had set him ashore just as he was, ranged his belongings beside him, and departed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Tisquantum had learned English because British sailors had kidnapped him seven years before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, my. Thank you, sailor. But you see, I have some important patients that I’ve been supervising. I’d have to take them with me.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All along, his brother Ahmad had told him that “If a sailor finds the right port or the right woman, he’ll drop anchor.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Covered with so much molasses that he was unrecognizable, he was discovered by six sailors who got him to a hospital, where he survived. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine that? Five generations of sea captains in her blood, and she won’t marry a sailor!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The docks were already crowded with sailors and fishermen preparing for the day. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I listen to sailors laughing and arguing, their card games stretching into the night. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Please let me out of these awful chains,” the sailor pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The conflict in Europe was terrible and violent, she told her sailor, but she took exception to the name. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “A sailor off the coast of Ephesos heard a mysterious voice crying out from the shore, ‘Tell them that the great god Pan has died!’ The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When Nat went aboard the Astrea, two sailors handled his gear for him, staggering under the weight of an extra sea chest. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus we suddenly find sailors and jewellers being asked to resolve disputes between philosophers and gentlemen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And not a single sailor tried to rub the head of either dwarf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An officer helped Phoebe over the rail, and then one of the sailors reached over and pulled her into the boat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “If I were a sailor back in Columbus’s day, I’d be afraid we were going to drop off into an abyss and be eaten by a giant sea serpent.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z If sailors had come upon me then, I’m sure they would have thought I was a fish god standing atop his kingdom and they wouldn’t have stopped. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Ancient sailors on Earth figured that one out right away. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship's chimney, or funnel, as sailors call it, is thirteen meters high. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, get me out of here,” the little sailor pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We turned away from the tracks and followed the sailor toward the port. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Overnight, hundreds of such, and sailors and ropemakers, wharfingers and dock hands, had been thrown out of work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Their boats were coracles woven of reed, and it was a brave sailor who would go as far as Gosk or Kornay in such a craft. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z That, at least, set a few of the sailors to laughing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All across the deck, sailors peered into the fog. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Here comes a sailor now. You might ask him.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They all wore the nondescript clothes of sailors—roughspun trousers, boots, thick wool coats and hats. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Scream!” the redheaded sailor yelled again, and this time he raised his huge, hairy arm as if to hit her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his appearance, he seemed a good sailor, though a hard master to his crew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I hear your wife’s frock never turned up in time,” said someone with a mottled face and a sailor’s pigtail, and he laughed, and dug Maxim in the ribs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “What’s that sailor’s cap doing on your head? Don’t you have stockings? What are you trying to make me look like in this town?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fetch some water and some towels and a clean nightshirt,” Miss Maggie said, without taking her eyes off the sailor’s face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “So I could be the child of a sailor.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I kept thinking about the U-boats off our coast and those lake tankers with barefooted Chinese sailors on board. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Kramer had enclosed a glossy, eight by ten print of herself wearing an anklet, a strapless bathing suit, and a white-duck sailor’s cap. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “You little fool,” Dorian spat at the sailor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth is intrigued by the sinking ship, by the drowning sailor who clings to the naval flag, by the debris floating about. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z They were offered one option: to be sailors. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The sailor was now lying in my bed beneath a soft blanket, his breathing slow and steady. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to forgive me, for I had no idea that in all the world there was such a small sailor.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “She lives in a cave, up on those cliffs. If we get too close, her snaky heads will come down and start plucking sailors off the ship.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Stone-dead she dropped into the sloshing bilge the way a tern plummets; and the sailors heaved her over as tender pickings for the seals and fish. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And the sailors were forgotten, by history and their people. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There was a brief argument, then the sailors returned, still carrying their burden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight thought he could dupe the sailor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He told us about how the sailors had slept upside down on top of their heads with knives between their teeth, and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see that there were a lot of sailors standing around, and a brass band playing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But I don’t want to be another mindless sailor. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Other women twitched and howled as the water hit them, and the sailors laughed at their discomfort. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “How long have you been in the service, sailor?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A sailor was trying to sell an old lady a parrot. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The perfect home that could move around, a home that didn’t close you in or tie you down: and a sailor would always be at home if he was on the sea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The evening of Saturday, July 19, 1919, was terribly hot in Washington, DC, and the city was filled with hordes of sailors and soldiers enjoying weekend passes, having just returned from the battlefields of Europe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I realized something else: the hyena was the reason those sailors had thrown me into the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As the group was talking to Joana, a starving dog approached the sailor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Hildy came along in a mud-colored brown suit and a black sailor skewered on to her ratted brassy pompadour with an evil-looking hatpin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes flutter closed, and impatiently, I eye Serra’s docks, still a half mile away and crowded with sailors, soldiers, horses, and wagons. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z That’s where she was from, and where she had married this sailor who was at sea now, and she hadn’t seen him in two and a half years. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I had heard stories about the merfolk of the Undersea keeping drowned sailors, but I didn’t believe them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It meant of course that the sailor should let go with one hand and overcome his fear, to get the sails working. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Two sailors ran past us with a stack of blankets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The two sailors were looking at each other. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He whistled some Mozart for a while and then broke into song, something rude about a drunken sailor and what should be done about him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Just in time George saw the rest room undercover agent coming down the street behind the sailor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Willard came up I would have to pretend I was only asking the sailor directions, and didn't really know him at all. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Big Brother’s Order for the Day, it seemed, had been chiefly devoted to praising the work of an organization known as FFCC, which supplied cigarettes and other comforts to the sailors in the Floating Fortresses. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In the garden, we could hear its bustle, the horseshoes on stone cobbles and dirt, the conversation of sailors, the crying of onions and oysters in passageways. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A total of 2,390 American soldiers and sailors were killed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Two sailors swing down into the ’tween deck, and there is the clanking of chains as they unlock Captain Smith’s irons. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I had heard other sailors talk often of girls, sometimes in graphic detail. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “And keep your voice down,” Jesper added, glancing at the tourists and sailors seated at the neighboring tables. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The old man made his way through the handcarts and fishmongers fresh from the sea, stubbing his toes on the cobbles and bumping into sailors on shore leave. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I guess they needed a really crummy sailor from Queens to round out the class or something. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mahmoud and his fellow sailors were forced to dive from the dinghy and wait underwater until the Germans were satisfied that the crew had all been shot or drowned. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I remember my mother was “entertaining” some sailors while my father was away. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Fighting and maneuvering continued for days, with Admiral Graves giving orders by signal flags that sailors raised aloft on his flagship. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Beggin’ your pardon, ma’am,” the sailor said, “but them fellas say all cargo has to be inspected at the wharf before it enters the city. Order of some committee what’s in charge here.” “inspected?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They had all begun to look alike—walking skeletons in gruesome masks like Captain Cat and the last sailor of the Seven Bells. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Afterward the sailors stripped the dead corsairs of boots and belts and weapons, divvied up their purses, and yanked gemstones from their ears and rings from their fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And Papa had taught him to work harder than sailors twice his age. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Mary was impressed by the discipline of the sailors: they tacked so swiftly, the sails moving together like a flock of starlings, all changing direction simultaneously. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He swore that all the technology in the world wouldn’t save a sailor if he didn’t use his head and know his ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As her face appeared in Milton’s mind, a sailor tapped him on the back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By the time we arrived at Teresita’s house, towing the bleating goat by a mecate, an old rope, tied in a sailor’s knot around its neck, the sun was completely out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z You made sure the world heard about the beauty of maple sugar children, and the artfully tattooed backs of Black sailors venturing out to foreign places. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Serafina shrank back; obviously the sailor in the launch hadn’t heard the latest state of things. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Two sailors were standing on opposite ends of a ship. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On winter afternoons he moves among the antennas like a sailor through rigging. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Officers shout orders, and sailors march up the gangways carrying loads on their shoulders. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He spoke a Spanish that was larded with sailor slang. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Surely the sailor would be awake before the day was done. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The sailors cleaned up the deck and whistled cheerfully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She lived on Long Island then, after roaming all over the country, in a small house with a Shinnecock sailor who doted on her to excess. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The sailors took no notice, but ran to lower a gangplank. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Do you hear that?” asked Thomas McLeod, one of the sailors. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I thought there must be as many sailors on the Common as there were pigeons. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Because sailors weren’t afraid of heights and they knew how to use ropes and tie knots?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The castaway was to his mind an experienced sailor who, compass, chart and sextant in hand, knew how he found his way into trouble, if not how he would get out of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A sailor helped Joana down a rope ladder into the lifeboat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Tyrion told him to be quiet and kicked feebly as a huge bald sailor tucked him under one arm and carried him squirming to the hold, where an empty wine cask awaited him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Indians got hold of them through trade and shipwreck, and trained themselves to be excellent sailors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Henry and Abram’s bed is crammed into our small tent as well, but the two of them are still out playing cards with the sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The unfortunate fact that the new third wife of the American millionaire was a bad sailor had led to the subsequent putting up of the house and island for sale. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The entire afterpart of the ship was on fire, and sailors were launching the lifeboat that was on our deck. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, Hazel Levesque impressed him - even when she wasn't sitting atop a scary immortal supersonic horse who cussed like a sailor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We were all just regular fellows—farmers, bakers, shopkeepers, shoemakers, sailors. Some of us didn’t even know how to shoot.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Personally, I see nothing wrong with Timothy playing with this doll because it is a sailor doll. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She has found it: a crinkled brown cocoon, anchored on a branch like a sailor’s hammock. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In it sat a captain and several sailors. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Don’t fall in love with a sailor boy— Then the branch I stepped on snapped, and I grabbed out at another, but it was dead and came away in my hands. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She was begging a sailor for a sweet, which he held tauntingly out of reach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Many wards would have been completely emptied had it not been for the admission of forty sailors—a rare type of jaundice was sweeping through the Royal Navy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A sailor leaning against a lamppost winked at him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A song about a sailor dreaming, about Marin, his sailor girl. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “The old story. A sailor passing by the coast of Ephesos heard a voice crying from the shore, ‘Tell them the great god Pan is dead.’” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “He is—” she began, about to tell Westley’s story, but that was not for her to repeat—“a simple sailor and I have known him since I was a child. Will you arrange that?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Scattered among them were armies of tin soldiers, steam engines, and sailing ships with carved sailors—and in the middle of this chaos sat a boy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Captain Newport goes off exploring with eight or nine gentlemen and a dozen sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z One Prussian sailor told me that his family will not come. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Look at what the cat dragged in,” a sailor calls. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z On the threshold, in a white acetate-satin sailor suit, and with a round white cap rakishly tilted over her left: ear, stood Lenina. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailor waved at them with his free arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailor spoke more words, but to Amari they sounded like wooden buckets clattering together. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Some 120 sailors from the USS Nantucket, docked at the North End Wharf, raced across the pier and waded through the thick molasses, looking for survivors buried in the wreckage. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z An elderly, preternaturally tanned man—the mayor, somebody explains—waits with a white handkerchief in his big sailor’s hands, a barely perceptible shake showing in his wrists. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z What I hadn’t counted on was that those three sailors would be quite so shy. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “And since the men who built the early theatres were mostly sailors who had returned from the sea,” continued the voice on the tape, “Billy felt right at home.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When he pulled the lever, the sailor turned and the coin rolled into the whale's mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes open for anyone who might help, but the only folks in the street were sailors, and most of them were drunk. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was odd, and sad, but I felt more alone with that sailor lying there than in all the time I’d been waiting for him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z And on Boston Common, a sailor was killed as an attempt was made to remove a mob from that historic site. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Norman was a sailor who took advice from men of learning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’ve asked about your sister. A sailor I know thinks she was put on a ship to Halifax.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "You laughing yet? You failed to consider that in the British navy an officer has the right to execute a sailor who is a danger to an operation." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “How can you stand it?” she fumed to a redheaded sailor who was taking advantage of the windless hours to give the carved dolphin at the prow a fresh coat of paint. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z That morning at Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard on San Francisco Bay, sailors on the USS Indianapolis watched a crane lower a fifteen-foot wooden crate to the ship’s deck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you need?” asked a sailor who was counting food supplies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. The sailor took her, the shoemaker, and the boy to registration. That was the last I saw of them.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When a ship without sails or sailors came drifting in from sea, they went to meet it looking for a wonder, and sure enough there was a child in the ship. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the ferry steamed into the harbor, the schooner tacked away, and the sailor was just a man. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He was maybe a good swimmer, but he was not much of a sailor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Every window was crowded with heads,” one sailor will The ruins of Richmond. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z With his weight against them, it was hard to pull them loose, even though they were sailor's knots and had loops in them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the French sailors had learned enough Massachusett to inform his captors before dying that God would destroy them for their misdeeds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Everything went to the soldiers, pilots, and sailors who were defending our island. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When seventeenth-century European sailors first saw the southern skies they put objects of seventeenth- century interest in the heavens—toucans and peacocks, telescopes and microscopes, compasses and the sterns of ships. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I made a key ring for them—it’s a sailor’s knot, two strands, pulled tight. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Douglass came north to escape and find work in the shipyards; a big fellow in a sailor's suit who, like me, had taken another name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede watched out the window as they drove past an open-air kitchen with an old woman ladling out steaming broth to a line of young men—sailors, with their hair tightly plaited in single braids. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Bull Meecham could see it; he could hear the sound of ships breaking up and the screams of Russian sailors. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They went down the rope as sailors do, letting it slip through their hands and not putting their weight on it until just before they hit bottom. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And to make things worse, when Captain Newport leaves in December, he takes a lot of our food stores with him, saying he and his sailors will need them for the long voyage home. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They were the sons of Leda, and are usually represented as being gods, the special protectors of sailors, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now I know for sure that I do have a brother, whether he’s that sailor or not.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A sailor spoke sharply to the women, and they all stared at him blankly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailors on the Empire Tern, which was painted a dull white but had rust streaks all over her, waved back at us and held up their fingers in a V-for-victory sign. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers on shore laughed at their fright, and the sailors on board beat them with their whips. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He found an old sailor who had doubled the Cape, and been to India and through Sunda Strait to Manila. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Newport says he doesn’t want us getting in the sailors’ way up on deck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Several sailors did imitations of Cockney boys begging for a treat as Marston hammed it up as an ice cream vendor. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If the sailors took it in their heads to butcher Pretty Pig, neither he nor Penny could hope to stop them... but Ser Jorah’s longsword might give them pause, at least. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He let fly with a string of curses that would make a sailor blush, and stomped down the hallway and out of sight. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sailor put his arm around me again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As dusk fell outside, the benches at the Eel began to fill with sailors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z |
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