| 单词 | bat |
| 例句 | The sound of quick, useless breaths spurting through his nostrils filled the space, but the rustling grew even louder, and he realized now that it couldn’t be bats. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He waited with the bat held over his shoulder, absolutely still. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z For instance, I knew right off the bat that Arnold, my stockbroker, and Pasqual, my lawn-mowing business partner, were good guys. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I won’t lose this one,” answered Turner, and he swung his bat, and put his leg out, and waited for the pitch from Willis, still and quiet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And now, Jackie Robinson is at bat in the big leagues. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Shelly looked like she was aching to use that baseball bat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t take my eyes off the wooden bat, which she was slapping from one palm to the other. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He bounded up the steps, waving his baseball bat, and without hesitation goat-galloped to the stern and leaped over the rail with a gleeful “Ha-HA!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Both females, playing together, jumping over a log, batting an old pumpkin with their paws. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to be one too. Or maybe a bat scientist.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The five bats gathered together in a clump and fell asleep, exhausted from the day’s flight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I know that bats are the only mammal that can fly, because that is something I read in a book. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So would any simpering, eyelash- batting female in her court, given the proper setup, the minimal conditions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then your bat recites it back, but using your name. Then there is a feast,” concluded Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Rachel Caldwell had batted her big blue eyes at me, and I fell for it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The bats were stiff with discomfort, but the crawlers seemed at home. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Erik stared at me with growing fury, with growing hatred, moving the bat in a tight circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the two of us walking through Lake Elizabeth Park in Fremont, a few streets down from our apartment, and watching boys at batting practice, little girls giggling on the swings in the playground. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Grayson started one, Maniac would reach into one of the equipment bags and pull out a ball or a bat or a catcher’s mitt. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our bats and crawlers—no, what is it you call them? Cockhorses?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mustafa has a cricket bat in his luggage, which meant giving away half the clothes he brought with him to make room for it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Momma had her hand around his throat like it was a baseball bat and was holding him up in the air. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But now he remembered that it was good to chase something that rolled along the ground, to catch it and leap with it, knocking it into the air and batting it with his paws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In baseball, I have a good arm and a bat, and I can field, but I am not interested in playing it after high school. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The rest of the game, she got on base every time she came to bat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Boots has no fear, nor will she when she masters counting. You like to fly, do you not, Boots? Go for a ride on the bat?” he said mischievously. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a big believer of having a bat under the bed to protect the family, just in case. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He said they’d cut out your heart and never bat an eye. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was my turn to pitch, Tyler, who was on the other team, came up to bat. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We played until the bats swooped down at our heads. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I plant my sandals beside the white square on the dirt and lift the bat in the air, trying to imitate the coach's stance. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The men’s admissions pattern was analogous to Gehrig’s hitting pattern—coming to bat more often during the second half of the season when getting a hit is easier. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her batting gloves are fingerless, which I’ve never seen in our league. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The garage door was mostly closed, propped open with a baseball bat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He’ll tell me an old story or well bat some balls across the yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She’s wearing jeans and sneakers, and a headband that has springy bats wobbling from it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A squadron of fruit bats sped across the gloom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Little gnats cloud round us in near invisible swarms and I keep having to bat ’em away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z At that moment, Shed caught the wing of Mareth’s bat in his teeth and hung on. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The fact that Gregor bonded with the bat carried more weight than he had expected. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You shut up and leave her alone!” shouted Peakes, who was about two-thirds Ron’s height, though admittedly carrying a heavy bat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Her Majesty already has a list of girls deemed appropriate—” The duke halted, remembering whom he spoke to, and Kaltain batted her eyelashes at him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Two teenaged boys lived there, and their deck overflowed with soccer balls, baseball bats, tennis rackets, basketballs, hockey sticks, and apparatus from games Luke could only guess at. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Luxa must have given another signal, because the bats peeled off one at a time and began wheeling around the arena in complicated patterns. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She bats her eyes, then pivots to see her profile. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Solovet flew parallel to them, but she was deep in conversation with a pair of bats that had joined the party. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “How is everybody? I mean, Perdita and the bats? Are they okay?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Gregor was trying to unwind that in his head when they landed next to the bats on the huge pillar of stone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t see a gun on his belt, but I spotted a baseball bat rolling around in the little cart he towed behind him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He says he’s sticking with us, so we all have to invite him to our bar and bat mitzvah parties. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He slid the bat into his pack, where it fit as though it had always had a place there. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We used to get bats in the trailer. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z A tall, thin player came up to the plate, set his feet in correct position, swung his bat a few times, then crouched into a waiting stance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The coach gripped his baseball bat, though for once he didn’t look anxious to swing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The humans and bats had small, densely populated lands that could be protected easily. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This caused a brief argument because Boots had to ride with Gregor and that meant one bat had to carry both the Overlanders and the roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z What can happen is that Babe Ruth could hit .300 the first half of the season and Lou Gehrig only .290, but Ruth could bat two hundred times to Gehrig’s one hundred times. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Any of them would be lucky to marry you. You are very pretty,” I would whisper back, and my sister would bat her eyelashes and laugh. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A marching band played an out- of-tune fight song that sounded like somebody hitting a bag of cats with a metal baseball bat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Some bats had driven him out of a cave—and he’d lived through that. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The steering wheel was as big as a Hula-Hoop, and the shifter rose up from the floor like a baseball bat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z What if she became a bat mitzvah and got her magic then and he missed that, too? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Well, that’s when I wanted to walk over to you and open your head with my bat.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I thought it was probably pretty good that he didn’t have the bat. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I tensed, waiting for the sound of the bat against the ball, and when it came it sounded like a gunshot. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She spread wings that I hadn’t noticed before—huge bat wings she kept folded against her dragon back. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Michael—his father?—bats his hand away. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Fresh embers danced around her face, and she waved a bloodied hand to bat them away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There were night sounds—birds, flittering things he knew were bats. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t do that, because it’s hard enough catching bats. No reason to reduce their numbers.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Right when I started swinging the bat, the light flipped on. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The snake batted the gun from Harris’s hands. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It might have been monkey meat— people in that area hunt monkeys for food—or it might have been the meat of some other animal, such as an elephant or a bat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the “toads, beetles, bats” until my sister knocked on the door. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z And the bats hadn’t drunk his blood after all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a huge colony of bats living under a bridge right by here,” he told her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Does everybody have a bat?” asked Gregor, thinking it would be nice to know somebody was going to hang around and defend you in this place. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He told Mary Hudson to rest the end of her bat on her right shoulder. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Well, I still get them, but they’re not nearly as bad. Like a little stick hitting my head compared to a baseball bat.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He had a knack for fielding and batting, but although he was fast, he wasn’t a particularly coordinated runner on the bases. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knew: That Trevor child would come through like a bat out of hell, and his mom would be right there behind him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Fly you high, all of you,” he said in a strained voice, and climbed on his bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, look! The Gryffindor Keeper’s got hold of one of the Beater’s bats.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t have the metal bat anymore, and even if she did, what good would it do against a floating pile of dust? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Doc put a little salve on the bat’s cut and let it go. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was said that if a bat entered your home, you would meet with great misfortune. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z There he was, waiting for us, in his black leather duster and his sunglasses, an aluminum baseball bat propped on his shoulder. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the Wiffle bat and head back to the plate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She felt like a whole colony of bats had taken flight in her belly. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Before she could comfort him, he changed into his wildcat shape and sprang down on the creature, batting it back from the edge of the roof, where it was crawling swiftly to escape. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Dimple batted her eyelashes at him and said, in a sultry voice she had no idea she was capable of, “Please, Rishi Patel?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Eventually the Second helped him get all five throwing stars zipping in circles overhead, their strange dark shapes flitting like bats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Spiders and snakes and bugs and bats and you name it—he just wasn’t very fond of any of them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She batted her lashes as though bothered by something in the air. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the rake jerk a little when it hit the bat and I opened my eyes just in time to see the vampire get cut right in half. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The faint torchlight provided by the bats illuminated only a few yards. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead they look on ordinary roads where plastic wading pools and baseball bats are left out on the lawns. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Taken by surprise, the bats broke out of their formation and zoomed down, only to find themselves with no one to capture. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was liable to ruin his batting swing by striking at a little jacks ball. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “But you’re lucky. You just have to read to your mama and me. Do you know what you want to read for your bat mitzvah yet?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z One of the bat’s wings folded in, but the other extended at an awkward angle, clearly broken. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z No clobber to a bat like that and the swing is faster than I like. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And just as I expect, he reacts by throwing the bat down and storming off. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The AC blew through the vents, batting at the little yellow cardboard tree hanging down from the rearview mirror. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She was hoping that ability would make its appearance in a month, when she became a bat mitzvah. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A few bats fluttered in the air near the car and he could hear their high screeching sonar—then they were gone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A bar or bat mitzvah is the happiest day in a Jewish kid’s life,” I tell him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I bat his hand away, and he lets it fall back to his side. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “My grandmother’s throwing us a party,” Velia said, batting her long eyelashes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z While the rest of the players scrambled around like puppies, this kid was a statue, hands poised waist high, eyes glued to the coach’s bat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I...I left it. A bat’s heavy to carry around.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not sleeping in a cave. There’s probably vampire bats in there.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was looking at you when you came to look at the bats. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z A bat winged in from the darkness and circled the tallow candle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There were bats in one room that still had part of its roof. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z If the other storytellers had been reassuring one another with science, then my mother would have flown stories as factual as bats into the listening night. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He flapped clumsily down among the firs, silencing the bats. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed that her right foot was wrapped in tape, and I wondered if it had something to do with the baseball bat she was carrying. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Pikes, the man of ten thousand faces, a fury, a smoke, a blue fog, a white rain, a bat, a gargoyle, a monster, that was Pikes! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not have that crouching on the bat and hopping out to the pitch of the ball. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After having been hit in the face by a pitch, he couldn’t swing a bat without closing his eyes. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The slushed walls gradually peeled, inviting bats, rats and other nightly creatures to come live with us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Most rootworkers will kill a bat outright. Cut out its heart to make a batch of luck potion.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The bat clung briefly to his shirt before sliding off into the darkness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He slams the bat into the driver’s side window, shattering the glass. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mama and Papa and Aunt Loma didn’t bat an eyelash at that. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Now the arrows looked like a colony of bats. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z That there are white men out there hungry to hear about a colored person crossing whites, ready with they wooden bats, matchsticks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z While Reverend Griffin carried the spitting clams into the house, Lizzie took Turner’s hand that held his bat on the knob, and they walked back down to the shore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “It’s not a bat. It’s a black butterfly,” Mundín observes, leaping up to catch it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The baseball bat was turned perfectly smooth, the weight so solid and balanced that the world seemed to slow as he hefted it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I mean, it wasn’t like Horace Clarke was around to bat with. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Something flittered there in front of his mind like a bat's wing, obscuring his idea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Except the Gran found out somehow who we truly were, and we could not be sure who that old bat told. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But Rocket seemed to think Finn was playing, too, and batted his paw at Finn instead. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z You know how baseball players sometimes talk about games when the ball seemed to be coming at their bats in slow motion, looking like a gigantic freeze-frame cantaloupe just waiting to be pounded? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned around and walked down to home plate and picked up our two bats; we always left the bats for him to carry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z When I gave her a bat, she asked me why it was so heavy. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “So many things for you to learn. About the underground rivers that lead straight into the heart of Tenebrion, and the spells we goblins use to turn into bats.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Twig pulled bus fare for all of us out of her pocket, and the bus driver didn’t bat an eye. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If she chanced to bat her eyes or yawn or shift a little in the chair, they’d poke one another in the ribs and haw and guffaw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I saw Sohrab, still in his yellow raincoat, leaning against a garbage pail, staring across the park at the empty batting cage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They must have needed the bats’ flying abilities, too, to build such a bridge. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Lost and Found When I heard that my parents were getting divorced, the first thing I did was run to my room, grab my baseball bat, and pound all my Little League trophies into bits. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “You really don’t own a bat? You love baseball, but don’t own a bat?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And he proceeded to bat the air three more times. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z At the crack of the bat, everyone jumped to his feet and did not breathe until the ball hit the concrete wall to drive in the winning runs. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge had a habit of jumping into the gangway with his baseball bat if he thought attackers were on board. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Armpit didn’t know all that much about baseball, but he was pretty sure that it wasn’t the bat that hit the home runs, but the person who swung it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Tiny was strong as hell, of course, but not much good with the bat. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I made the hole with a baseball bat Mack gave me for my sixth birthday. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He tried playing baseball, but the only thing he hit with a bat was the head of the coach’s son, by accident. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She smacks the air with the bat so powerfully, the wind it creates ruffles the light cotton of my salwar. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She swings it hard through the air, like a bat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z If I started batting them away, like I’d once have done, I wouldn’t sleep a wink. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I heard stories of how they had “persuaded” people with lead pipes, wet cement, baseball bats, brass knuckles, fists, feet, and blackjacks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A History-shaped Hole in the Universe through which, at twilight, dense clouds of silent bats billowed like factory smoke and drifted into the night. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai saw that the stuffed hyena, dried owls and mummified bats had been pulverized. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The bat was still for a moment, then nodded. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dana once told me that the worst night of her life was the night before her bat mitzvah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Sierra caught her breath, raised the bat up, and waited. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He clung to the roof of the pit like some huge white bat, his claws dug deep into .the burnt and crumbling bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We end up winning the game by a single run, all thanks to heavy-hitting Hennessey, who bats Laury in but gets tagged out trying to make her single into a double. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z As they took off, he realized how tightly his legs clutched the bat’s sides, and tried to loosen up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” she says, “I’ll give you a dollar discount right off the bat if you don’t call me ma’am again.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She pulled the blankets up to her chin and batted her eyelashes at him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the bat swooped and fluttered above his head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ivy grinned and all those bats softened into delicate, beautiful butterflies. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Anger fumbled for it, trying to catch it, but she only managed to bat it with the back of her hand. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z My birthday is in the summer, so my bat mitzvah is practically two years away. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He wrote them on it so that he'd have something to read when he was in the field and nobody was up at bat. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I lift my head to find three huge bat hybrids, flashing long fangs. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It comes right where I like it, and I swing, but I forget about the bat being so light. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a bad omen if the bat visits you at twilight,” Papa said. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel right throwing the leftover letters away or keeping them under my bed again; so I placed them inside the quilt along with the batting just like they did in the old days. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The bats drove him out in a lopsided run, lifting his foot high to accommodate the flopping sole. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t bite me, would you?” he whispered to the mother bat. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I batted Gum Baby away with my hand, but she got up and ran at me again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “My fellow Renegades,” I say, holding the bat up high and shaking my hips like I’m doing the floss, which I did everywhere I went when I was in elementary school. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Some people had switched off all their lights for effect, or strung rubber bats in their windows. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was Ares, the bat who was bonded to this traitor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bats were hunting among the flies and moths attracted to the soapwort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t bat an eyelash,” she whispered, and carefully lifted my hand to the wood handle of wire and blade. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That Og could afford to charter three different jets to retrieve us without batting an eyelash was a testament to just how insanely wealthy he must be. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He batted a paw at a yellow butterfly. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” said Turner, and took the bat, the resin on it feeling like home. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Two more of the yeshiva team got to bat that inning. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I went to bed dreaming of getting a glove and a ball and perhaps a bat as well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Glimmer appears to go completely mad, shrieking and trying to bat the wasps off with her bow, which is pointless. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was out of breath and sweaty, and I figured he really didn’t want to catch up to the Hells Angels and try to arrest them with a baseball bat. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the Community Center you could always tell when he had been playing table tennis by the dampness of the bat handle. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Violet tosses her blonde hair over her shoulder and bats her eyelashes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z That night a bat flew into the room through the open door that led onto the balcony and through which we watched the night over the roofs of the town. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Still he hovered over me like a bat. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Branwell cannot hit a ball with a bat or get one into a basket, and he is never on the A-list when kids are picking players for a makeup game of soccer or softball. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward my dad bought me a souvenir snow globe, only there are bats inside instead of snow. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Occasionally, he’d split his mental gymnastics, leaving his imaginary board to swing a fantasy baseball bat and knock an invisible ball into the left-field stands of the Ebbets Field in his mind. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The bat caromed off her shoulder, then slammed against her throat. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I know about things like bats and glowworms. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Armpit pointed out the bridge with the bats. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Are you holding the bat high enough, boy?” suggested one of the Ladies’ Sewing Circle from the sidelines. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The brass face of a blood bat peered out from beneath the hood of his patchwork cloak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mobs frequently assembled outside the homes of black families who had ventured beyond the Black Belt, smashing up the buildings with bats, rocks, and bricks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As he sat, the screen showed bats flying through the desert at night. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Crepuscular creatures, like fireflies, bats, and deer, are especially active at dusk and dawn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, no, it is meant to be so. We entertain here often, and many bats can arrive at once.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dobby clapped his hands over his bat ears and moaned, “Ah, speak not the name, sir! Speak not the name!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z When the Warriors were at bat, I went over to her bench and asked her if she felt like playing left field. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z To Turner, there was nothing but the ball and the sky and the light and the bat in his hands and the fire in his gut. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Just how you like it, Muffle,” he said to the bat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I can’t repeat the word I shout, but I toss my bat and race over to him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She went for aimless walks, picking petals from flowers and batting at the mosquitoes nibbling on her arms. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z One cocky-looking guy on a glossy black bat actually lay in a reclining position, propping up his head with one hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The old lady who lived next door warned us away from bats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s like Rome, and they feed people to the bats. Maybe that’s why the roaches brought us here,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She flicked her hand, and her golden bat swept down behind her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid didn’t find a boy who looked like a bat, and no stubs, so decided that that boy must be the one in Vietnam. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They went in a dream, unguided by owl’s hoot or bat’s squeak, but only kept together by the necessary pace which the sleeping forest imposed upon them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting next to me on the plane, she kept batting her white-rabbit eyelashes and adjusting her bright pink hairband, trying to get me to notice she had secretly painted her fingernails bubble-gum pink to match. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Vikus gave the job to Henry’s big black bat, Ares, as he was both strong and agile, and Henry rode with Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I take another mighty swing and flip the bat again. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He lighted the shank of candle in the japanned candlestick and regarded the bed—as spineless as a hammock and covered with a dirty patchwork quilt, the cotton batting spilling from the edges. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They sped off up adjacent aisles; Harry could hear the others’ footsteps echoing through the towering piles of junk, of bottles, hats, crates, chairs, books, weapons, broomsticks, bats.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sierra tightened her grip on the metal bat and went up the last few steps to the second floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Bless his heart. Good as gold, that boy is. Don’t bat an eye when kids poke fun at him, calling him names like Pogo.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Otto recalled a similar cry from the mailman, Mr. Reynolds, when Dr. Medina’s hospital lost track of its one and only vampire bat and it bit him on the neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The room was in an uproar when a bat veered through the doorway and crashed onto the table, silencing everyone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The cicadas have started their trilling, and the bats swoop down and up as if graphing the bristling excitement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what I would do if a bat flew into my hand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Their flashlights disturbed the bats, and more bats woke up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She uncurled a large map on her bat’s back and scrutinized it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “They had a blinding advantage. The kajillion-dollar super bats didn’t hurt, either.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Charles moved close and struck him in the face with his bat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of bat eyes, like red jewels, looked down on them from the ceiling of the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially not when Joe DiMaggio was swinging the bat with two men on base. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z At the top of the arc, while the bat was flat on its back, Gregor noticed for the first time that someone was sitting on it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you know what he means, do you? Just right off the bat?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He stuck his face inside the cabinet and nuzzled the three kittens, who responded by batting his nose playfully. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Luxa was stretched out on her bat’s back alive but wiped out. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “He didn’t hit a home run in his second at bat either. Dusty had one last chance.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He’d seen the term in the Green Book and knew it referred to places where black people could be killed just for being there after dark, and no one would bat an eyelash. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Wide and shallow and well lighted, Painted Rock Cave is less thronged with bats than some of the other caves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "Are you as good at batting as you are at fielding?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “You two are in a merry mood, considering we are at war,” he said with a frown as he vaulted onto his bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I sat down again, batting at gnats that were buzzing around my face. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lifting a finger, he touched the green feather she’d tucked into her hair, and she watched the smile light up his face like a candle batting against the night. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Gleeson Hedge dropped directly behind Orion, smacking his baseball bat over the giant’s head so hard the Louisville Slugger cracked in half. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then she and her sisters rose on their bats’ wings, fluttered into the smoke-filled sky, and disappeared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Ama was whispering urgently: she was afraid of the golden monkey dæmon; he liked to tear the wings off bats while they were still alive. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Lips i bat touch wine Will never touch mine. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The hour of the bat gave way to the hour of the eel, the hour of the eel to the hour of ghosts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As we chatted, he told me about a softball game he’d witnessed in which inmates from the two opposing teams went after each other with the bats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A ghostly woman slumped over the bat, pressing her hands to her chest to stem the flow of blood. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bat cracked hard against Fred’s rib cage, but he kept coming. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I could copy owls and bats, the words for “bat” and “blessing” homonyms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It went in fast and straight, and I saw Danny Saunders’ left foot move out and his bat go up and his body begin to pivot. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The sky’s overflowing with orange clouds and each time one floats down, Brian bats it back up like a balloon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The bats couldn’t sense them in the narrow tunnel as they approached the increasingly loud river. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Turner wished he had a baseball bat in his hand. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A dozen bats were slowly spiraling around the top of the arena. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When Dracula turned into a bat at the window, the night behind him merged with the night around us. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I lift the heavy, rounded bat in the air. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Denna, much to her credit, hadn’t so much as batted an eye at my sudden change in dialect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The number of bats had been increasing as they flew. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood there like a bear, the bat looking like a matchstick in his beefy hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, when she was with the gentlemen who called on her, she assumed a contradictory attitude, encouraging them with a batting of her Arabian eyes, but keeping them at a prudent distance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At three o’clock five school buses left Amity Harbor with their windshield wipers batting ice from the windshields and their headlights casting into the snowfall. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Someone’s — tampered — with — this — Bludger —” Fred grunted, swinging his bat with all his might at it as it launched a new attack on Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Gregor had thought the bats were like horses, but now he could see they were equals. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They dipped into a cavern that was so low, the bats’ wings brushed both the ceiling and floor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think he’s holding the bat high enough. He’s not holding that bat high enough at all. It’s too heavy for him.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The Kenyan naturalists trapped and netted hundreds of birds, rodents, hyraxes, and bats. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Switch plates with the bats,” he whispered, and at that moment two bats swooped into the room from the High Hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Honestly, what else do I have going to bat for me? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She’s this wrinkled old bat with bad breath, so kids avoid her. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “She wouldn’t have him anyway, scared as he is to jump into a wave. Hey, Buckminister, you jump about as good as you swing a bat.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Now that I am returned to my own tent, the mind relucts to recall the wailing anguish of these children, the manner in which they bat at their mothers and their own irruptions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was like having a chestful of bats, beating their wings, fighting to get out. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He dared not stand up, or crawl back towards the light under the door, now, because of what there might be in the shed, rats, or moths, or a bat in the ceiling. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Probably no bats around these parts,” Tiller said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The torchlight batted at the ceiling as Rajar’s voice bellowed behind them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They pulled up in an awkward clump, and while they didn’t actually collide, Gregor felt gratified to see several riders struggling to stay on their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Theo taps the plate with his bat and gets into his stance. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She threw up an arm, batting at the lamp, and moaned. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Emmett was swinging an aluminum bat; it whistled almost untraceably through the air. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She knew that bats didn’t really have curly heads, but that’s how this one came out. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Ephialtes swung his spear like a bat and smacked him across the chest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That got us to the ballpark early for batting practice, which was okay by me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As a bat, I think, but I don't correct her English. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z From above, a jet of silk shot down, encircling Luxa’s sword arm and jerking her from her bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It had been decorated with hundreds and hundreds of candle-filled pumpkins, a cloud of fluttering live bats, and many flaming orange streamers, which were swimming lazily across the stormy ceiling like brilliant watersnakes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She held up a heavy garden shovel and passed Sierra a baseball bat. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Probably full of giant cockroaches and bats,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Easy,” said Malcolm, and while Asta playfully batted the kitten over and over, he reached in and picked the baby up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When she was thirteen, she had a bat mitzvah at a temple in Portland, and during the candlelighting ceremony at the reception, I got called up to light one. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The red bat echoed the last words Gregor had heard clearly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Heat rushed to my cheeks, and I considered sticking my head under a pile of cotton batting. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z One had a bat, another a baseball and the third had nothing but wore a pair of baseball pants. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest pastel on the board looked like a large black bat to Scruggs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There was a loud crack, and a house-elf appeared, with a snout for a nose, giant bat’s ears, and enormous bloodshot eyes, crouching on the Dursleys’ shag carpet and covered in grimy rags. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Ah, the clean shining window with cotton batting sprinkled with star dust for a carpet! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember explaining, ‘Ben Franklin wore bifocals—Ty Cobb was batting champion of the American League when these guys were around—my mother was alive when these guys were alive and she wore bifocals.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She batted her eyelashes, watching him for some kind of response. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her mind drifted among impressions the way a bat drifts and swoops in the evening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Little remains of them but shuttered buildings colonized by bats and rodents and pigeons and spiders, while in the case of Whizbang there is nothing save stone ruins submerged in a sea of grass. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Zero held the shovel out in front of him, as if he were going to try to bat away the bullets. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The bats could handle the load, but it meant four inexperienced fliers would be alone on one bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Like its ancient predecessor, whose red marble halls were now the haunt of bats and spiders, the Meereenese pyramid boasted three-and-thirty levels, that number being somehow sacred to the gods of Ghis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They coasted in, and the exhausted bats simply landed on their bellies and slid along the floor until they stopped. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When the kids said, “Automatic walk,” the girl who was quieter than I kneeled with one end of the bat in each hand and placed it carefully on the plate. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The pitcher looks at the batter’s stance and how they hold the bat from one angle, and the catcher takes note of the batter’s swing from a different one. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He told her not to choke the bat too tightly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Have you taken to catching bats these days?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We chatted about bats while we watched Aretha dig another hole. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But to me that was baseball: a warm night, the smell of popcorn, and the sound of the ball hitting the bat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From inside the tower, the Roman numerals were reversed; the huge bells responsible for hourly gongs were giant sleeping bats in the gloomy rafters above. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, no. Some never find a bat to bond with. I became one with Aurora when I was quite young, but this is not common,” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The current surged and rolled over her, batting her around like an old sack. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “What you doing out here, then, Mr. High and Mighty, sleeping in trees like a bat?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “One. Five-tool talents hit for average and put the bat on the ball.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Poteet had stopped chasing bats and was asleep under the apple tree. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The short, thin boy was back at the plate, standing with his feet together and holding the bat in his awkward grip. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Gabrielle was Fleur in miniature; eleven years old, with waist-length hair of pure, silvery blonde, she gave Mrs. Weasley a dazzling smile and hugged her, then threw Harry a glowing look, batting her eyelashes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Down lower, where an Indian Creek feeder streamlet crossed under the road and the valley floor’s marshy fields began, at least a dozen bats in the air actually frightened him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He swept between them as they practiced, looking just as much like an overgrown bat as ever, lingering to watch Harry and Ron struggling with the task. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When he played, my ear was glued to the radio, and no game ended without my nefiguring his average up through his last turn at bat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Marietta was behind her, looking up and down the hallway, wielding a charred table leg in both hands like a bat. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The ladies in waiting stopped beneath the balcony, batting their eyelashes at the guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Instead of letting me out in the usual spot,” I say as Grace pulls into the drop-off circle, “can you leave me over there by the batting cages?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z A blast of violet light shot through the end of the stick, but the Sleeper, now fully emerged from the wall, merely batted the beam of light aside. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They cut my black hair with rusty scissors and mixed the hair with the blood of bats. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Overlander would never give himself to the bats. Why, when he returns home, he may forget he is no longer in our ‘creepy’ land and jump from his own roof!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the funnel, the golden bat hung in space performing an intricate, upside-down figure eight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “We usually fly, but if one’s bat cannot accommodate...” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then an owl hooted softly, a field mouse screamed, a rabbit thumped, a dog-fox barked his deep, single lion’s cough, and a bat twittered above their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were armed with bows, some with baseball bats, some with paintball guns. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Dusty didn’t hit a home run in his first at bat,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I’m here. The bats are settling down. I’m going to try to cut the tape again.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were rackets and rods, balls and bats, and even ropes—for jumping Double Dutch or lassoing cattle, I guess. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She bats her long eyelashes and purses her lips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She said something like, “Of course I’ll marry you,” while batting her eyelids. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I reached under my bed and got the baseball bat my father gave me years ago. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He was holding his bat in his left hand, standing very still and staring at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Grandma answers, sing-songing in my head, “Because love is in the air, my blind little bat. Now get a strand of your hair into his pocket. Immediately.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z As I played my head lamp over the holes, bats exploded out of them and whirled around my head and were gone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the small, dark display, hundreds of bats managed to flit around continuously without knocking into one another. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We batted and struck and clubbed and raked, and as we did, one by one the lechuzas flew off our weapons, hit the barn walls, and fell to the ground, squealing like stuck pigs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her swords were drawn, shimmering with poison, and with her bat wings extended, she took up the entire corridor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Sure, I hung out around Red Witch Bridge in the middle of the night, but that was in the cover of the trees with an urban legend and a baseball bat as weapons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I whispered the “Toads, beetles, bats” one here and got it just right. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He picked up a regulation bat and demonstrated its weight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Alex never had a single strike; every swing of the bat connected. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z On the way home, I get chased mostly by older fools with bats and knives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Sally stuck her nose up in the air, so high a bat could fly right in it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The white batting is fluffed out, exposed, the whole effect of him vapid and dislodged. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the humans and bats exchanged looks of surprise. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The baseball bat changed into a huge, two-handed sword. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I’m standing outside Zoey’s front door tapping my Wiffle bat against the side of my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The bat landed on a deserted stairway and nodded his head upward. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Right now, he’s reading Finding Yourself by Screaming a Lot, and the other night, when I heard the most awful noise coming from the basement, I didn’t even bat an eyelid. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z These bats were insect eaters, and the guano was an ooze of digested insects. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned around to him and saw the bat for the first time. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She and Henry launched into the air like a pair of beautiful birds and vanished, presumably on their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, at dusk when the nightjars and bats began to fly and the setting sun had passed from orange to gray, Ultima came through the front door of the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she sometimes wondered if maybe bats are better human beings than human beings are. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dodds tried to get up, but she didn’t have room to flap her bat wings, so she kept falling down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Chief crossed the street with his coat collar up, the bats under his left arm, and his concentration on the street. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Do just people live here, or roaches and bats, too?” asked Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "You're uglier than me. At least I don't have ears like a bat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Several bats had lit on the ground and were being loaded with supplies. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dusk was just approaching and I saw a few bats in the air as we walked. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor saw the bodies of rats, humans, roaches, spiders, bats, and other creatures he didn’t even know lived in the Underland, like mice and butterflies. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The largest man wielded a knife, while the other two carried baseball bats. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sierra tightened her grip on the bat and stepped toward one of the charging corpses. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He swung his arms back like he was batting, then shielded his eyes. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Gregor thought it might be more bats, but on closer inspection he saw it was a cloud of tiny black moths. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He brought his baseball bat down with full force, but Michael simply caught it and yanked it away from the coach. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His mother’s blue gazing globe, batted off its pedestal into a million shards. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It’s something all bar and bat mitzvah kids share: a paralyzing fear of making a fool out of yourself in front of everybody you know and quite a few that you don’t. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In the field between our building and the next, a group of boys are playing with a bat and a small ball. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The whole room is pretty dark so you can see these animals that only come out at night, like owls and pottos and cute little vampire bats. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I know Carlyle’s firing wasn’t her fault, but she’s the piñata in the room, and I don’t mind swinging a bat along with all the others. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z ‘I’m a satyr. And you can trust I’m going to put this bat upside your head, you little punk.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He drifted in and out of dreams, sometimes calling for his father and sometimes raving about bats. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take the wheel so I can get my baseball bat!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She wrenched the bat out of the thing’s grip, planted a foot behind her, and swung hard as it barreled toward her again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Then she waited, smiled, and batted her eyes some more. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Coach bellowed, waving his bat and knocking over a plate of apples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When Camel reaches for it, Walter bats his hand away. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When I rolled my eyes over something last week, she reacted like I’d taken my bat to her great-grandmother’s bone china, but whatever. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The Silvers don’t bat an eye at any of it, complaining about the “wretched conditions.” Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z The first bat came in so silently that neither Gregor nor the preoccupied rats saw it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Try telling that to anyone who has heard his mother scream, “Here come the king bats!” followed by the poisonous fluttering of wings. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I spot Brayden’s dad’s car pulling into a spot and start walking around the far side of the batting cages until I reach the end of the fence down the left-field line. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She saw the eerie image of her business manager/stepfather split into two people, each holding a baseball bat high above his head. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The introductions were followed by a barrage of questions, which Miss Peregrine batted away with rapid-fire efficiency. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Momentarily and unaccountably, I wondered what the bat guano would taste like. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was a kid stepping up to the plate, swinging his bat low, the pine tar sticky on his palms. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A colony of bats, maybe, ready to descend with their daggered mouths. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A few neighborhood friends and I used to bat around the birdie for fun after school. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Better to go by the trees that sheltered the large colonies of fruit bats; the only assault there at that early hour was the bats’ discordant concerts of squeaking and chattering. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Underlanders didn’t worry about falling the way he did, not with their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This time the bat somehow made it around in time to smash into the invisible ball. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She took another section of quilt and stripped the batting off, then ripped the yellow calico into strips and dunked them into the plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It’s where you want your bat to meet the ball, the spot where the optimum amount of energy gets transferred. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z If Billy had had to guess as to the source, he would have said that there was a vampire bat hanging upside down on the wall behind him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was silent at first as she batted her eyes and shook the sleep off. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Several flies dive-bombed us as we got closer, and I swung my loaner kierie like a two-handed sword, batting them back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The frames clattered to the floor, and the nurse got the full impact of Daoud's big brown eyes and lusciously thick eyelashes, which he batted. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "What the hell are you doing?" he shouted, yanking the bat from me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon became a bat at once, shrieking, and flew around her head as she backed against the wall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She stands in front of me, wearing some kind of crazy helmet with bars across the face and holding a baseball bat. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She underhands it to me, but the ball is heavier than the bat, and even though I swing hard, the ball goes straight down. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z There was Gatsby, looking a little, not much, younger--with a cricket bat in his hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I take a mighty swing and flip the bat. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I eyed where the bat was sleeping and revved the rake like I was going to hit a four-hundred-foot home run. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z His eyes were pulsating in hectic desperation, flapping like bat’s wings, as the many tall policemen seized him by the arms and legs and lifted him up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The director’s eyes dart back and forth between the battle with the bat hybrids overhead and the fight going on in the hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Holding the chicken by its legs, he swings it like a bat and smashes its head against the stone wall. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I swing the bat back to ready position. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Michael S. Egan, the founder of Alamo Rent- a-Car, built his own baseball field, complete with a batting cage and stands. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They’re chattering to each other, both flat on their backs again, batting words back and forth, English and Swahili, gazing up at the glowing night sky. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I noticed that her right foot was wrapped in tape, and I wondered if it had something to do with the baseball bat she was carrying. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Lucky I’m not a bat. I might just fly out of here and' not look back.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Reese would always lend us a couple of old bats if we wanted to play, but balls were something else, because we kept knocking them out of the sandlot. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Joe spit the cigarette butt from his lips and, swinging the crowbar like a baseball bat, expertly caught the butt, lining it across the yard at his antagonist, missing him only by inches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were just finishing up when the bats went tense. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Above him, among the oaken beams, the bats, their delicate copper bodies hidden under rubber flesh, blinked at him and shrieked. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I swing my bat to ready and wait. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried to take Mareth on a stretcher, but he brushed them off and insisted on helping to carry his bat inside. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not allowed to have a phone yet. I’m asking for one for my bat mitzvah.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Zane batted at her wildly until she skittered down his neck, across his chest, and buried herself inside the suitcase of loot, where she promptly became entangled in the pricey headphones. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “So let’s try one more time, because I am very curious now: If you were at batting practice, how is it you don’t you have a bat?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Cotton was lining up bricks along the edge of the road, and Lenny was swinging a baseball bat at rocks that hit the road sign with a clang. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z If it wouldn’t get him in trouble, he’d probably come over here now and smash my head in with the bat for nearly drowning him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No wonder Interview had him taking a baseball bat to Rodin’s The Kiss. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They come armed with shovels and fireplace pokers and baseball bats. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “More! More!” she ordered the bats each time she landed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We kept the baseball bat beside us and never once turned our backs to the tents. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I hope they fall into pieces or shrivel up like bats.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “It’s just something we Overlanders say when we see our baby sisters being tossed around by bats. See, for us, that’s creepy.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bats weren’t likely to send off valuable fliers on a wild-goose chase. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I turned, and there he was in the night sky, flying in from twelve o’clock with his winged shoes fluttering, Grover, holding a tree branch the size of a baseball bat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The flutter was dead above him now, ten feet perhaps, perhaps more, and could bats see in the night? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Malone said something else about bats that day. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If the bats were infected with Ebola, no one has been able to prove it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead of choosing from the likely suspects—William Shakespeare, Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Tubman—I use my computer to look up the names my grandfather’s been batting around. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z It was dark in our room except for the small light of the night over the town and the bat was not frightened but hunted in the room as though he had been outside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Now that the Dursleys knew they weren’t going to wake up as fruit bats, he had lost his only weapon. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I look at him, wondering how someone so gentle could ever swing a bat into someone else’s skull. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He extricated a cigarette, offered one to Joe, who declined, and to Koontz, who just batted the air irritatedly by way of refusal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instinctively, I crouch in my best batting position and lift my bat over my right shoulder. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The Indian pizza man didn’t bat an eye as Radar followed them inside. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z If Nina resorted to eyelash batting, she knew she would lose the fight and burst out laughing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Leave nothing for a haunted old bat to use for disturbing the peace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes glittered darkly as he took in the scene - the Athena Parthenos harnessed to its team of pegasi, Nico with his Stygian sword drawn, Coach Hedge with his baseball bat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Jason insisted he was well enough to take sentry duty, along with Coach Hedge, who was still so charged with adrenaline that every time the ship hit turbulence, he swung his bat and yelled, “Die!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But no one would seriously describe this evolutionary process as domestication, because birds and bats and other animal consumers don’t fulfill the other part of the definition: they don’t consciously grow plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The bats staggered together and pressed into a tight, trembling knot. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It tore away the plastic tablecloth we’d used as a door and sent it flapping like a bat across the dark graveyard. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He swung his leg, kicking them down like a fungo-hitter batting out flies. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if somebody were beating on his chest with a bat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I leave the bat at the plate, head for the balance ball, and pull the old-school Astros lid out of my back pocket. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Waves of bat sound rippled across the ceiling and echoed back and forth, a dry, squeaky sound, like many small doors being opened on dry hinges. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama didn’t worry about bats in houses the way Papa did, but she didn’t like to hear Chasca say such things. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Oh, and Ms. Kathleen is buying the whole team that bat on top. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She says there was a large drawing of a bat on the blackboard, with its wings outspread and just a tiny bump between its legs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But the pole was padded with batting and canvas, and it stopped Azareen’s skull from being staved in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At twilight, once the sun had slid behind the Palen Mountains, the bats came out and swirled through the sky above the shacks of Midland. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z One thing he always said was that he could look the ball onto the bat, that he could track it right to the point where he made contact. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The sun sets red, and bats swoop after mosquitoes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was bonded to Henry,” said a large red bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She points to the bat across my knees. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Baseball bat clinking against the heels of my Converse, nighttime breeze brushing against my legs, I trekked through my backyard and into the woods of Hannibal’s Rest. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A fruit bat gave a high pinging cry as it left the branches of a wild fig. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The remaining bats and riders were hanging around to keep an eye on him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Aneroid was driving with everything he had, and Seabiscuit was just jogging with him, a cat batting a stunned mouse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every swing of the bat, I recalculate Robinson’s average. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday she told me that a bat can eat 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I bet she plopped an assignment on him right off the bat too.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Who can be sure? But whatever the cause, the result is terrible. Sunshine is meant for men, darkness for bats and snakes and jackals and other such creatures.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Periodically, his free hand floated up and his thick fingers batted at something in the air. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That’s when the first smack hits the house, like a bat to a ball. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They had baseball bats, real ones, not the whittled two-by-fours most people carried, and wore sunglasses. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then Roy remembered that his father seemed to have a supernatural memory—for instance, he could still recite the batting averages of the entire starting lineup for the 1978 New York Yankees. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanna get one of Mr. Lewis’s baseball bats and knock him upside his head. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z So, I root for him when he comes to bat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They bat it around, let it escape, and then catch it again.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Definitely not like they were on their way to school, but more like fighting wolf pups, batting and nipping at one another for exercise, especially the younger two. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z When her arm grew weary, she sat with her legs over a high limb to catch her breath in the cool dark air, listening to the squeak of bats as they hunted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was way too short for me, the couch, but I really could've slept standing up without batting an eyelash. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z If I'm going to swing a stick of wood to thwack a round object, I'd rather it be the flatter rectangle of a cricket bat. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The slime was bat guano, digested vegetable matter that had been excreted by a colony of fruit bats on the ceiling. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One thug whacked Shorty across the shoulders with a baseball bat, and, as the foreman tried to spin around, another man kicked him in the balls and he sat down, half-blacking out, half-vomiting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was staring at the batting averages, but he saw nothing except the image of a little girl in a brown plaid skirt, scared out of her wits, biting her lower lip. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z As he drew the bat out of his pack so he could find the tape, he realized that the solution was in his hand. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He’d reach a hand out to stroke her palm, only to see it batted away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A small pointed stick was laid on the ground, then struck near one end with a bat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the bat and motion for her to pitch the ball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Eventually Mama Evangeline looked tired of batting bonobos away, so I said good-bye to the mamas and wandered with Otto back to my mom’s office. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I step back into the box, tap the plate a couple of times, bounce the bat off my shoulder, and bring it about my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Most of the creatures in the Underland, the crawlers, the bats, the fish, they have no need of light. We humans are lost without it.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As it was Halloween, a cloud of live bats was fluttering around the enchanted ceiling, while hundreds of carved pumpkins leered from every corner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “The mother superior would never believe me. It’s a nest of lapsed bats here. But I wanted you to know the truth.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider had its legs wrapped around the bat’s neck. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a young bat, quite small, lying stunned in my grasp.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The image he could avoid when he stood at the plate, a team bat in hand, only by aiming his fiercest concentration on the pitcher’s moves. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Where are all the bats?” asked Kojo, swinging his flashlight beam up to the ceiling. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He brought his old bat and a jersey from Cuba and told us how he used to be a bat-boy before he came here in 1980. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But I didn’t care anymore because it was April, and it was Opening Day at Yankee Stadium, and the California Angels were out in the field, and the Yankees were up at bat. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Armpit took the bat, made sure he had room, then took a half swing. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He’d batted at it, thinking it was one of his boy’s playthings. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Both sides saw the obvious advantages to joining together. But beyond our alliance, individual bats and humans may form their own union. That is called bonding.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll never be trapped like that poor amateur. You can see behind you like a bat. Hold the peasants back with one hand and kill the warrior with the other.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Number 42 came to bat, she imagined herself in Jackie Robinson’s shoes. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z A small, anxious bat flitted between the roof beams. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “And we didn’t have a cab back then, you old bat. That was three thousand years ago!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the same way bats see in the dark. The sounds they make reflect off things and then back to them, which forms a picture in their minds.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Several hundred bats and humans sat on elevated bleachers that rose up around a central stage. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She might still have been whining about that, except her cousin’s bat mitzvah had been so much fun. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Papa made this threat at least once a day, that the bat would come and visit one of us. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A baseball bat could not have hit me harder than that smile did. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He was on the boulder in front of the hemlock, batting the ferns with his front feet and rearing and staring at me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, May injured a bat by mistake, crushing it when she opened a window it had roosted on. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The baby bat flew up into the sky and turned into a jet plane without a crisscrossed trail. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tuerto bats leftover beads among the tools and scraps lying around. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A large gray bat fluttered into a chair near Vikus, and everyone else took a seat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He waved them on, all squeaking as bats will in a cavern’s underworld, all flitting, flitting criss-cross in the dark if one falls and the rock-hung chain is broken. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The older boy responded by hitting the man in the head with a bat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I batted my eyelashes and twirled around and made fists with my thumbs out, the way girls do. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The bat struggled to free itself, but Shed held fast. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Their neighbors attack them with baseball bats and machetes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He braced himself on one crutch and leaned back and side-armed the other, heavy with its white ash bat, as hard as he could, aiming in between the two coyotes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The merry flight of the bats around the steeple of First Congregational stilled, the blurred stars began to come out, and the first owl call sounded, low and sonorous. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Robin was practicing her T-ball batting and she got a little carried away. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Right off the bat, they said they would screen the applicants heavily in order to choose the right people to go. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps she should have lived in the night all along, with the owls and bats and other nocturnal creatures. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z During the first half of the season, Babe Ruth hits for a higher batting average than Lou Gehrig. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The circle broke up, and Sidney Goldberg walked to the plate, carrying a bat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The rocks below the bats were slubbered with wet, greasy guano, a spinach- green paste speckled with gray blobs, which reminded me of oysters Rockefeller. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The third level was for poisoners: spitting cobras, jumping spiders, death bats galore. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z So, how do you actually bond with a bat?” he asked Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was so angry and so humiliated and so full of bats, there was nothing else he could be. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Just as we get out the door, one man raises a baseball bat, threatening to swing at Alyssa. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The manual continues: “Look on the ground for hedgehogs . . . porcupines . . . mice . . . wild pigs; in the trees for bats, squirrels, rats, and monkeys ...” Anyone for mouse pie, bat stew, porcupine soup, or squirrel souffle? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, what’s your excuse for visiting this time?” she asked, batting her lashes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z During the second half of the season, Ruth could bat .400 and Gehrig only .390, but Ruth could come to bat only a hundred times to Gehrig’s two hundred times at bat. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ever notice all those bats in the holler, the ones that come out at dusk?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She’d batted her baby blues at him while she said it too, so Rishi knew it wasn’t the kind of adorable you think your baby brother is. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I'm batting a thousand when it comes to grandmother disappointment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The bats would emit a sound that would echo off something solid and they’d be able to tell where it was located. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Pa’d told us it was a way full up with black bears and bats and, worst of all, millions of rattling-snakes! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Doc collected some of the bat’s blood in a little bottle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But the fear of hurtling through the air on a wounded bat quickly overcame him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Gregor guessed he was trying to give the bats some feeling of protection. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ten yards from the exit the first bat swept in front of him, knocking him flat on his back on the ground. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The coach dropped his bat and kicked his hooves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The men might as well have waited by the box and whacked them with a bat as they came out. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t look like she was as blind as a bat. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Gregor gave a little jump when he realized the ceiling was bumpy with hundreds and hundreds of hanging bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Manny stood on the sidewalk with a wooden baseball bat, waving it after them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The cat, not finding that apples were good to eat, batted the small ones across the yard, imagining they had ears and tails and other parts that made things worth chasing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong became a bat, sleeping all day with a sheet wrapped tight around his face like wings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Presently one flitted up from some roofless ruin of the town like a vast black bat, thin-winged and spiny-backed, and circling into the north wind came flying towards Ged. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I thought he had the ball. Blind as a bat without my glasses.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z With the mask over my face, I could not smell bats or dung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But I must have overdone it because the old bat gave me a hard smile and said, “Why, hello, Calpurnia. Aren’t you just charming as always?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I opened the flap with great apprehension, sure that my bat had panicked and flown away.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Owls hooted over the roofs and bats flitted in the dusk air above the stream, and still Ged sat thinking how he might, by force, ruse, or sorcery, learn the Doorkeeper's name. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But where I was bracing myself for things like having the N-word shouted at me when I was up to bat, or having an ump make bad calls because he didn’t want us to win? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “But I’m starting to know you. And I think you need yourself a bat.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Gregor imagined the bottleneck a hundred bats would cause trying to get in the door downstairs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I look over my shoulder expecting everybody to be chasing us down with bats or the cops, but it isn’t either. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “So noble! So valiant! But he must save himself, he must, Harry Potter must not —” Dobby suddenly froze, his bat ears quivering. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Out of the shadows dash creatures of all shapes and sizes: swift, diving bats and scurrying raccoons, fluttery moths and cunning bobcats. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “All right, let’s see how you are with batting averages. What is Joe DiMaggio’s lifetime batting average?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Mine was called “Downside-Up Vampire Bat Boogie,” about a bat who couldn’t sleep upside down, like bats are supposed to do. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She doesn't want to talk about chiropterophily, which is the pollination of plants by bats. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Bird wings, bat wings, even flying fish wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A huge sand flea, heavy as a pebble, jumped first onto my chest and then onto my cheek, and I lurched upward, batting it away before it could bite me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Do you mean to tell me that Lucy was bitten by such a bat; and that such a thing is here in London in the nineteenth century?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “A bat’s not going to help,” Leo said, but he made his way toward the helm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ever since he’d told me about his bat, it made perfect sense to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I thought about batting my eyelashes, but he’d probably just think I had popcorn or something in my eye. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of their men had stood up to bat during the top half of the fourth inning, and they had got only a single on an error to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The source of the magnetism really did resemble a bat. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The canyon ended, and the bats headed into a large tunnel that twisted and turned every which way. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z You hurried silently along the river bottom, stung by mosquitoes, hooted by owls, zoomed by bats, buzzed by snakes that rattled among the rocks, mud and fever, darkness and sighing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just a bat. You don’t like them anyway.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z This emerging virus was like a bat crossing the sky at evening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The demon hissed and batted the drum away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So, the bats took to the air with the remaining packs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We were disappearing up into the attic when below us she said, “Watch yourselves. I might have bats in my belfry.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His bat shakily regained the use of its wings and he hurdled onto its back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Bottom line: new bat for me. And just in time, right?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z A pair of guards on bats appeared and escorted them over the water. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he steadied himself and resumed his position near the plate, short, thin, his feet together, holding his bat over his head in an awkward grip. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “They call it becoming a bat mitzvah. It isn’t something that happens to you, like getting struck by lightning.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then he swung it like a baseball bat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Mini locked her legs, swinging the Death Danda over her shoulder as if it were a baseball bat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I looked back up into the rafters to see if the bat had woke up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The upside-down girl released her legs and dropped off the bat’s back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But those darn bats were too clever to fall for our trick. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Gregor could tell the roaches’ domain sprawled over a much larger area than Regalia or the bats’ caves. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides the bats and the dripping water, she imagines things on the ground, ready to spring at her ankles. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He reaches out a paw and bats at the string on my sweatshirt. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z After that he took the bat away, but he let me keep the baseball that came with it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Anyway, some call her the Bat Lady because she keeps bats as pets. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z We had lost the choosing, and they had decided to bat first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z My six friends All take a turn, And then baby brother From his stroller Whacks a plastic bat — Candies rain down. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to look more and more like a fruit bat, with her pinched face and cloudy complexion and print dresses that billowed around her body like wings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge crept forward with his baseball bat, eyeing the magic horse suspiciously. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hazel cast a glance at Jack, who was looking at her questioningly, his superhero bat dangling at his side, and then she straightened and tossed her black hair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But I was determined right off the bat to make the best of my situation here in my new home of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I shake my Crystal Caverns globe and watch the bats flutter around. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In the flashes of light he saw bats clinging to the bones. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the bats really might have drunk his blood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the round, flat top a group of bats waited. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was so hard to tell what the bats were thinking. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I miss having Webb in the dugout when we’re at bat because he’d always talk baseball and baseball strategy, and I can talk baseball and baseball strategy for hours. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I batted off an urge to pick it up and read it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Not the guy in the liquor store with the bat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was the cat, sitting smug on Shotgun Cheatham’s breathless chest, who’d batted at the gauze the way a cat will. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She was starting seventh grade tomorrow in a new school, in a new town, and, to make matters worse, a week later than everyone else because of the bat mitzvah. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z They got brooms and bats and a shovel. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The language was old-fashioned, and Emily noticed a spelling mistake right off the bat and then another a few sentences later, so she was having trouble getting into the story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Abby was in the yard, holding the garden shovel like a baseball bat. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Her cries echoed off the walls, sending Shed into a frenzy and disorienting the bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had thick, tawny hair and big blue eyes, a warm smile, and a cricket bat over one shoulder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Gregor shifted his weight on the bat and something poked his leg. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Frank batted at them until they stopped smoking, but he wasn’t particularly worried. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I’ve seen police beat people in the street—beat ’em with fists and with bats. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The bats,” said the boy in a hollow voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z John Henry flung them into the air, then batted them into a million pieces. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Even though Leah and I had been crabbing at each other all week, that afternoon in the palace at Abomey for some reason we all got quiet as dead bats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy at bat swung wildly at the first two pitches and missed them both. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z "No way!" the boy holding the bat complains. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “The woman was mad as a bat, screechin’ and flappin’ about, her black petticoats all torn and flutterin’ around her ankles as she dashed through that big lonely house of hers.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He lowered the bat and turned his tearstained face to Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The bats hunched over, twitching at what Gregor supposed were sounds he couldn’t even hear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z To see the problem with the non-numbers approach to player evaluation, consider that out of every 100 at bats, Cobb got three more hits than Gwynn. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Across his white-enameled helm, the black bat of his House spread its wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Back in my bedroom, I have to stop myself from taking the baseball bat to everything, the missing’s so bad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The bathroom light blinded him as though he were a bat flushed from his cave at noon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached for her hand but she batted it back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Over it hung a velvety mass of bats, which had fouled the pillar with black guano—a different kind of guano from the green slime near the mouth of the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I’m Dusty circling the bases, I twirl the bat like a baton and dance, which makes her laugh. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Instead, it ricochets off my bat like a bullet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There is only plunging night and owls calling from the trees and bats straining insects above a roadside ditch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I found him asleep twice when I awoke; but I did not fear to go to sleep again, although the boughs or bats or something napped almost angrily against the window-panes. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Gregor watched the water flash under his eyes as he clung to the bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing behind them that they could see and only the certainty of bats to disturb them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m the only Black student in the class, so I know' everyone’s staring at me, trying to see if I have bat wings or hairy armpits. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Then Dvorah sang the same melody Mama sang, the same melody Anya had been singing since she had become a bat mitzvah. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Long live our supper,” Guy said, quickly batting his eyelashes to keep tears from rolling down his face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I started creeping through the hall, the bat clinched tight in my right hand, my left hand sliding softly along the wall to guide me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z With all my strength, I batted at her with the brittle rake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “That’s not how it is. Once I’ve got the ball, I’m in control. I’m not reacting; I’m making choices. And I hit. The team has bats. You don’t know baseball.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He heard the bat whisper, “I did not know, Overlander. I swear to you I did not know.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z May would be the first out, standing in the living room and talking to the distressed bat: “Poor little feller. Must be scared to death. You never meant to come into this old trailer....” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the bat and give it a swing. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The last bat of the season darted in the moonlight. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They embraced, and Henry swung up onto his velvety black bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He turned and threw the bat into the Land Cruiser. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Down he came, and before he could get his footing, I cracked the bat over his head. Then I beat him with the stub until there was no life left in him.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This city could have been dropped onto any American coast and nobody would have batted an eye. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Miss Marva Hendrix tugged at Pa’s shirt, looked up at him while batting her heavy eyelashes, and said, “No time like the present, Lou.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The sails hanging limply from the gaffs like sleeping bats. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Suddenly Alfred, who had heard the trouble from across the street, attacked from the rear with his favorite weapon, an indoor ball bat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s Noah swinging a baseball bat at Brian who shatters into pieces. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I rotate my bat, tap the plate on the corners, take three half swings, bounce the bat off my shoulder, and bring it about my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z A ranger was explaining that the Caverns had been discovered by a cowboy who saw a huge cloud of bats come out of a hole in the ground. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Before it was over, Park kicked one of the counterprotesters squarely in the head—a blow that sounded like a bat whacking a baseball. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Piercing screeches hurt my ears as the giant bats descend from the rafters, fangs bared. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Temp and Tick absolutely refused to ride on any bat without Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "A good view of the city. And a few bats." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z When he was about six inches away, he stuck out his paw, closed his eyes and batted at the object tentatively. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Golly clasps his hands beneath his chin and bats his eyelashes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He used the end of the shotgun like a baseball bat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That was one of his dad’s favorite expressions, and right now Chet was batting average at everything. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He handed Harry a small club, a bit like a short baseball bat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Now that I’ve seen this, nothing would surprise me, not even if they hung by their toes all night, like bats.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Rusty hoops on the swaying poles represented the permanent recreational equipment, although bats and balls could be borrowed from the P. E. teacher if the borrower was qualified and if the diamond wasn’t occupied. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z While the tree rang with the bat’s blow, the tall dark one sprinted away and disappeared into the brush. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She bats her eyelashes, tilts her head, and says, "Which do you prefer?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My bat feels heavy, and I know if my bat feels heavy, my timing’s going to be off. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Gagging on the vapors, I threw myself forward blindly, batting away the sparks that landed on my skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Compare your baton to a baseball bat, and you’ll know why we didn’t rush in there to break it up,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unless you were to bludgeon me with the thigh-bone,” he invited, smiling sweetly and batting his eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “He hangs upside down from the furniture like a bat,” his mother wrote. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about as long as a baseball bat, and nearly as heavy. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Bate and Spud, moving like midnight bats, left the cabin and darted through the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z After the bat mitzvah party, when they went back to their room, all the decorative pillows had been taken off the king bed, and the covers were turned down into a perfect triangle. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Her pupils are huge black caves where bats live. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I plunge into the darkness...and immediately scream and drop my phone as a group of bats whirl into a frenzy near the ceiling as soon as the light shines on them. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He was still wearing his Giants sweatshirt, and he was using a baseball bat to break up his four-poster bed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you pronounce the bat in bat mitzvah like you say baseball bat,” Volpe interjects. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The old Shaper, a man I cannot help but admire, goes out the back window with his harp at a single bound, though blind as a bat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could have a bat mitzvah—Dana had hers right before she moved here. You’d be kind of late, though. Like, twenty-seven years.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He swung just as the ball slid into its curve, and the bat cut savagely through empty air, twisting him around and sending him off balance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The boy fell and covered his head as the men began to strike him with their bats. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mary Hudson batted ninth on the Warriors’ lineup. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Daddy said, “Oh. Well. I really know nothing about lacrosse. Isn't that like baseball only with a different kind of bat?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He has small bat wings, a high-pitched screech of a laugh, and pointy little ears. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Turner, go on ahead and tell your good father where you left your bat and glove this morning.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The waiting shooters chatted and joked with each other, their guns slung like baseball bats on their shoulders. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Well, I liked the one with the...ah, bat? And the, ah, castle? It was such a great castle.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nobody bats their eye when she scoots by on her hands and goes on down to her field or the river to wash clothes with the other ladies that work down there every day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He also wished he could have any bat but Ares. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You just mention ten objects, and I’ll memorize them right off the bat. You give me one, Miss Truman, and then you give me one, Mr.—?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I’ve seen ten guys from our school chasing four dudes from another school down a block and a stranger step into the melee with a bat to protect the guys who were outnumbered. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Tlie scream that boomed down the cave tunnel and woke the bats came just when Macon thought he had taken his last living breath. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She got to bat in the first inning. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She celebrated all the Jewish holidays and, when she grew up, had an unorthodox bat mitzvah ceremony in the woods upstate. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They were blind, bat blind, moving only by the echoed sounds of their own voices. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z You and I both know I couldn’t catch a ball or swing a bat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The bat swooped over Boots, lightly brushing her finger with its belly fur, and then soared back into the air in a loop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The golden monkey was restless, and frustrated: the bats had left the cave with the coming of darkness, and there was nothing to torment. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The townsmen, armed with rifles, baseball bats, and sticks are surging forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I’m okay, mainly because the Dursleys are terrified you might turn up and turn them all into bats if I ask you to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He pointed to his face when he said that and batted his eyes, which made me laugh. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Celia screamed and batted at herself, making it hard to see if the fire had caught her hair or her clothes or both. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Oh, right. Let’s suspect the black girl right off the bat.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “When a bat and a human bond, they swear to fight to the death for each other,” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It ran several feet and then the cat, with one bound, was upon it, batting it hard with one sharp-clawed paw, while with the other paw it held the rat down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z His mitt is resting on the knob of his wooden bat. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “They’re having a sale,” my mom says without batting an eye, “on ground beef.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I had never seen this nocturnal room before, and I almost went into shock when I got a look at the vampire bats. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Z could have refused Trepid’s request right off the bat, but he figured that Trepid would just find someone else to do his dirty work, and that would not be good. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Tacked to the walls were dried bats, owls and shriveled lizards. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Thankfully, it was the right thing to say, because she batted her eyelashes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “On deck” and then “at bat” and then “steal home.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She does not move, does not even bat an eyelash. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The kittens tumbled over her, batting at each other. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Twenty bats were wheeling around the cave, playing some kind of game of catch with Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I visited the temples: the Govindji, with its great hall and its row of columns like tree trunks and its high ceilings where neat rows of bats hung like small furry pennants. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Brian grabbed a baseball bat, and we maneuvered it, hissing and snapping, into a corner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Dummy, don’t tell ’em my name!” the bat says. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Wings sprouted from their backs—small bat wings, which glinted like brass. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When she hit me a dozen times with a bunch of twigs, I was the Brown Pelican: I didn’t bat an eye—and you try getting hit a dozen times with a bunch of twigs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ben yelled out in one of those rare yet complete moments of silence, a doldrum among the spectators, “Hey, why doesn’t someone teach that kid how to bat!” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Love potions are made the same way, except you use a dove instead of a bat.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. Your parents seem so cool. Mine would never let me run around the house swinging a baseball bat. And your mom’s hair! I love the purple.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Nobody else was falling apart; yet here I was, shaking all over and seeing bats like Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He glanced at Henry and Luxa, who were flipping wildly in the Sky trying to knock each other off their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bats were out, swooping and screeching, when we left Midland for Blythe. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The crack of baseball bats could be heard in the distance. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Arms crossed, her expression just as smug as when she tricked her grandpa into buying her that expensive bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I said probably not, because I wanted to be a cheetah or manatee or dog scientist, but I would keep bats in mind as a backup plan. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I think we were at Morgan’s bat mitzvah. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Perhaps a bat was at this moment talking to him? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Other artwork showcased additional sports—a football player scoring a touchdown, a baseball player swinging a bat, and a sprinter handing off a baton to a teammate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The other contestant is good, but his celebrity speaks too slowly and says the word bat while giving clues for the word batter, an amateur’s mistake. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Aaron was in a bouncy seat they got from their church’s nursery, batting at the toys hanging from the bar. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Nobody else in the room batted an eye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Nor does he bat an eyelash when Scoob requests a gas station stop in Shreveport to deliver hand-drawn cards to a pair of workers that say Thanks for the Anonymous Tip. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Turner stepped back from the plate and let the bat swing low a couple of times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A catcher might have 100 fewer at bats, and would need 166 hits. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They gathered on me and probed my bug bites and the muck in my hair, batted against my face. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He made me feel as though I was a bat in a cage and he was on the outside looking in at me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The sound of my nickname feels like seventy-two jillion vampire bats screeching right into my ear. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Spirits around them chattered like bats—lost and confused, not remembering their past or even their names. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He handed the bat to Deacon Hurd and sat down on the grass. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I took it for granted that she’d be at my bat mitzvah too. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z If he owned his own bat again, every time he picked it up, he would see that shattered blue glass over those white roses. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The circle of bats shrunk in even closer. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember he was the first person to teach Amil how to play cricket in the front of the house, how to throw and bat and catch. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Maybe that could be what she read for her bat mitzvah: all the reasons killing was acceptable. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But the really amazing part, the no way part, is that when they get back to their caves, they share with the unlucky bats who haven’t found anything to eat. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He gently took a bat out of the little wooden cage. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If she hears or feels a bat, she will have a heart attack. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He wanted to ask Vikus what was going on, but the old man stood in the High Hall in a blur of bat wings giving commands. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time Coach Rockford came to check on me by the batting cages, I was already heading back to the field. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Happy birthday, and I'm so proud you're becoming a bat mitzvah! Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “That bat, how did you sew her up?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He heard a rattling noise, then realized that his hand was shaking so much, the bat was knocking against the wall. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Water trickles down the walls; a bat comes in for the day and hangs upside down on the pointed ceiling above me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Inigo was about to say, but there was no need, because with a rush of wings he had expected and a high long shriek he had not, the first king bat swooped down at him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I think he spends all his week ends here; I swear I saw bats in the woodwork downstairs. Follow, follow.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Nina batted at her hair and clothes as she lurched through the snow, trying not to retch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I wanted to weep with rage and humiliation, but I refused to cry in front of the old bat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Even if Ares is cleared on charges of treason, there is still the issue of his breaking of the bond,” said the red bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I batted away the irritating blows, ducking and dodging more of that sticky stuff. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The bats could barely protest as they were carried away, too, more in need of rest than medical attention. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Todd said, “Yeah, Buddy, keep a sharp eye out for the vampire bats in the shed.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z A few dozen angry men chase us for a while, swinging pitchforks and baseball bats, although it’s mostly for the benefit of the tale they’ll get to tell at dinner tonight. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I wanted to see if the guy would actually hit a kid with an aluminum bat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Even though Luxa had flattened herself on the bat’s back, Aurora barely managed to pull out of the maneuver without scraping her off on the ceiling. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The old bat is like a hundred years old. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Coffee grounds, chicken skin, bat guano, and some kind of old fat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Why do you look like somebody corked your bat?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He lived with a hole in his throat, spoke through a computer synthesizer, typed words by batting his eyes as a sensor picked up the movement. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Stalactites hung from the ceiling of the cave, and bats fluttered and flickered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It triggered the bats, which swooped suddenly and dived in the darkness over his head. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Every bat in the arena had dived for them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Kaira’s stepfather slid open a closet door and pulled out a baseball bat, holding it by fat end. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Several bats still wove around the stadium doing aerodynamic maneuvers. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So they tended to belt him hard right off the bat and then let him lie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor had read the card on echolocation about a billion times waiting for Boots to get tired of the bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When my bat meets ball, the ball takes off like a missile toward right field, and I take off for first like a Thoroughbred exploding from the starting gate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z They will come up to you and speak, but their voices sound like chatter, like bats twittering. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You know how to fight, Buckminister? You know how to throw a punch as good as you swing a bat?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And I don't want to smell like a dead bat, he thought. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Twelve levels down he found the Shavepate waiting, his coarse features still hidden by the mask he had worn that morning, the blood bat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe if you hadn’t ducked back there that bat would of knocked some sense into your head.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of cradling her roses, she dangles them at her side, as if at any moment she might need to use them as a bat. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z After a little rest, we walked around to the other side of the stadium before they had started batting practice. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I shoot the bat across the floor and jog to first. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Books, papers, shoes, football helmets, baseball bats, dolls, trucks, bicycles, musical instruments, lay everywhere and were used by everyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bats were extending and folding their wings, unsure of what to do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Later I got a job in the yard that paid a dollar and a half a day, that of bat boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They had some explanatory pictures next to their glass cage that showed a couple of bats sucking the blood out of a horse’s neck while the horse was sleeping. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z One of his friends held a broomstick dangling a rubber bat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Being stranded on top of a tall pillar surrounded by hundreds of bats made him a little uncomfortable. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t like to think about her failures—the seagull she couldn’t turn into a dragon, Coach Hedge’s baseball bat stubbornly refusing to turn into a hot dog. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mercedes was a refined little bat, though, and she never attacked by flinging handfuls of pebbles; that would have been unspeakably crude. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry,” I said, standing and hurrying back up to the copse to find my baseball bat, trying to figure out what I’d been thinking. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Hennessey, who was working catcher, casually hands him a bat as he steps up to the plate, and I jog to take over for her. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The bat was the child's shadow, shrunk by the vertical sun to a patch between the hurrying feet. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The fuming concoction sent swirls of steam up to the cave ceiling, where bats flapped their wings, clinging upside down from their claws, and pit vipers uncoiled themselves from thick iron hooks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If I could have used a bat with two hands I could have killed the Rrst one surely. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was packed, people everywhere, some of them holding sticks and bats and knives. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Just when I thought all was lost, Velia and Delia burst through the barn doors wielding what could only be described as giant metal baseball bats. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Shavuot had come and gone, and Anya turned twelve and became a bat mitzvah, which meant she was responsible for her own actions and had to answer for consequences as a result of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The language was old-fashioned, and Emily noticed a spelling mistake right off the bat and then another a few sentences later, so she was having trouble getting into the story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I had no reason to fear bats, and as I grew and discovered how many people are deathly afraid of them, it made me wonder about fear. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The bats in his chest were going nuts. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z His tufts of black hair stuck up in curls like baby bat wings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The brown juice was like a bat bursting out of a cave. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “You were coming home through my land from batting practice? Then the first thing I am wondering is why you don’t have a bat.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Up at the very top of the shed was the biggest vampire bat you’d ever see! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Every shelf in his office boasted pictures of his kids: building sand castles at the beach, swinging baseball bats, waving from sailboats. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He also knew they were eating mosquitoes—he’d read about them in biology—and he thought, Get some, bats. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Shadows gathered like bats in the steep hollows near her collarbone. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it from the way his left foot came forward and the bat snapped back and his long, thin body began its swift pivot. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t take my eyes off the wooden bat, which she was slapping from one palm to the other. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Hundreds of them surrounded the bus, some carried bats or metal poles, and others held vicious German shepherds, growling and ready to attack these unarmed people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If roaches talked, and bats played ball games, then probably there was a cow jumping a moon somewhere, too. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside the wood, the field was still bright with evening sunshine, but among the firs the light was dusky and here the bats were coming and going thickly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They actually puke up warm blood into the hungry bats’ mouths. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I cater birthdays and bat mitzvahs,” she says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Below, in the ghostly near blackness, tiny bats fluttered and squeaked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She rolled over and over among the scraps of silk and batted pearls around the floor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifts the plastic bat and moves his feet apart. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Bree takes my traveling cloak, then sweeps my gown with a handheld broom, batting at it for dust, bugs, or any other unwanted occupant I may have picked up on my journey. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Ms. Malone said maybe bats are altruists, which means they’re sharing to help the other bats, even if it’s a risk. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Do you think they'll take somebody like you, right off the bat? Why you've got to know all these catechisms and credos and believe in them, lock, stock and barrel. A girl with your sense!" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He looked up and to his horror saw a golden bat diving straight down at Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Just then a thought hit me like a baseball bat. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I’m the only bat in this belfry? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In the corner is a device whose hum is supposed to keep the bats away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She started dancing as though she were the awkward cousin at a bat mitzvah. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Thanks, but I already know how to swing a bat. And my name, by the way, is Turner. Turner Ernest Buckminster.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly he hit the bar with the oaken indoor ball bat he used in arguments to keep the peace. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam covered his bleeding nose with his hands, and Charles swung his bat and hit him in the ribs, knocked the wind out of him, swung at his head and knocked him out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So as we talked cutely together and batted our eyelashes at each other, all our sweet nothings were accompanied by a constant tearing and grinding. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I have a charcoal-gray pencil skirt that’s hard to walk in despite the kick pleat, and a bat wing sweater, a red one with modulated gray horizontal stripes across it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Erin put her chin in her hand and batted her eyelashes at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z She imagined dew-dampened grass batting at her shoes and the legs of her trousers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I’m standing in the middle of Haley and Semaj’s room wearing my Renegades jersey and holding my Wiffle bat. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z But I’d be lying if I said the human bat’s comments didn’t get under my skin. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t hurt a bat any sooner than I would a dove.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There, as the whirlpool drank the tide, a billow tossed me, and I sprang for the great fig tree, catching on like a bat under a bough. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We found the lake again just as the sun was setting and bats were screeching out of their hidden roosts. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Miserable old bat,” said Ron bitterly as they joined the crowds descending the staircases back to the Great Hall and dinner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A woman holds fast to her husband’s sleeve with one hand and bats him with the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z At first I suspected the operator, at her switchboard, might be listening, but she just went on plugging and unplugging her little tubes without batting an eye. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The bat ducked under her, and she landed on its back easily. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Coach Reed—who is the kind of person that Joe Pepitone would probably want to pound into the dirt with his baseball bat—looked at me again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Rare events such as batting streaks that are the result of chance are not individually predictable, yet the pattern of their occurrence is probabilistically describable. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That lazy kid of yours hasn’t put the basketball goal up yet. Tell him to get on it before I bat him in the head.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelly looked like she was aching to use that baseball bat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was thirty feet or so deep, with a dry floor: an ideal den for a bear or a wolf, but the only creatures living in it for years had been birds and bats. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She was smiling, batting her eyes, and fidgeting with her clunky necklace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And she stepped next to him and put her hands over his, and together they swung the bat in an arc as graceful as a fish hawk’s winging slide through the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “To the air!” ordered Solovet, and the five bats lifted off in a V formation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bats couldn’t fly well, and the humans and rats couldn’t fight properly with four-foot-high ceilings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Horns began blowing, people rushed in and out, bats swooped in for orders and disappeared again without taking the time to land. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He banged his baseball bat against a cabin door whenever he heard a noise, shouting at everyone to go to sleep, which made it impossible for anyone to go to sleep. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bat cave sounded like another of those wild places I liked to see. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, she’s just told me my ears are lopsided. Old bat. I wish old Uncle Bilius was still with us, though; he was a right laugh at weddings.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He gripped the skewer like a baseball bat. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The three of us might look like complete pure fools tracking down this preacher lady and her bats. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Papa pulled her away, but when they stopped, Hanako looked back to see several inmates being savagely beaten, one with a baseball bat, by guards. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Balloons were bumping and plummeting against the ceiling as children batted them high. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As he told me the story, we stood there on the path with the voices of the party circling like bats, never landing, never appearing, just looming in the darkness around us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They were in civilian clothes, and I thought, Cops—until I saw the baseball bat and started to turn, hearing, "Hey, you!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother chased him with bandages but he batted her roughly away and went outside to pace the porch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The coach curled his fingers around the grip of his baseball bat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I saw him throw a bat into the air. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They placed some of the monkeys directly underneath bat colonies in the roof of the cave, hoping that something would drop on a monkey that would cause the animal to break with Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You are the girl who ran with me beneath the bats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I thought for a second as I looked over Needles's body, now starting to blue and purple up, the bruises looked like they were made with bats, not fists. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z They were just finishing up the meal when all five bats jerked their heads up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a word that has bats and beetles all over it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Jules’s surprise flitted across her broad face like a bat at dusk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I decided to perfect the “Toads, beetles, bats” one first, since that was the one I understood the best and because when I said it, a little bit of spit came out with the “beetles.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They would be home by now, Beatrice with her suit-case unpacked, going out into her garden and taking up her ordinary routine, and Giles preparing for his match, renewing the whipping on his bat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I mean, she prayed at her bat mitzvah and she does the blessings at Shabbat dinner, but that is because she has to. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a shriveled hag with bat wings and claws and a mouth full of yellow fangs, and she was about to slice me to ribbons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He aligned the crutch pieces, laid the bat over them, then began winding the tape. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Vola looked as if she was biting her lip against more of the bat debate. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Birds and bats and butterflies hang throughout the space as if held by strings, completely still. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I shake my Crystal Caverns globe, then get under the covers before the bats settle back down in the water. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The small stick flew into the air and then was batted as far as possible. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He loved reading about forests and jungles, intensely studying the sketches and detailed information about wildlife—monkeys, vampire bats, lions, cheetahs, and bears, to name a few. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z And pointed to my side, which felt like someone hit it with a baseball bat. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And Henry laughed so hard, he almost fell off his bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Moths hover, batting their wings at the streetlights; the moon is almost full. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He looked down over the side of the bat’s wing and saw the rats beginning to burst apart on the rocks below. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes took advantage of their confinement to tell Felicia how the shriveled tin peddler, who rattled by with his trolley at noon, abducted children to caves with flapping bats that nested in human hair. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He padded out of the Library again, the light batting at the ceiling as he withdrew down the hall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They came up to the first-base side of the wire screen behind home plate and stood there in a silent black-and-white mass, holding bats and balls and gloves in their hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, Kainene was in high spirits and they would sit outside and talk and listen to the radio and to the bats flying around the cashew trees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was about to choose randomly when a winged demon descended in front of him, hovering over the void on her bat wings, just out of sword reach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She batted her eyelashes and readjusted her shackles as if they were lace gloves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Most nights Frederick murmurs to himself before falling asleep: bits of poems, the habits of geese, bats he’s heard swooping past the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Becky tries to give Shiloh her butterfly kiss, but he don’t hold still long enough to feel her eyelashes bat against him, just got to lick everywhere on her face. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z So Mr. Galanter stood near home plate, shouting instructions and words of encouragement, and we batted and tossed the ball around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Along yet another corridor he dashed, and then there were owls everywhere, and Mrs. Norris was hissing and trying to bat them with her paws, no doubt to return them to their proper place.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After dessert, Al’s men lock the doors and Capone beats the traitors to death with a baseball bat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As I entered the room, he swung the bat for the last time, splintering the headboard, then began working on the bed frame with karate kicks. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I’m still standing where I was when the ball left the bat. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Omer folded a small origami ball for him from a piece of notebook paper, and batted it across the table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There is baseball paraphernalia all over the place: framed posters—all signed—tacked up on the slanted walls, a case full of plaques and trophies, and a rack of variously sized old-school Louisville Slugger bats. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z They were careful of the snakes that came out hunting after sundown, and they sneaked up to the cave very quietly and waited for the bats to fly out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge clambered around the turtle’s shell, whacking at it uselessly with his baseball bat and yelling, “Take that! And that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And you with your bat. If we were going to eat your bat for Thanksgiving, instead of turkey, you’d do something about it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When he felt the bat coasting down for a landing, he was relieved at the distraction, although he disliked meeting up with Luxa and Henry again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Birds and bats, toads and cats, slimy and scaly, noble and humble. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Ivy took a deep breath and made herself look at June, which didn’t help the stomach bats. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Just as strawberries are adapted to birds, so acorns are adapted to squirrels, mangos to bats, and some sedges to ants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But long before she reached it, another bat would scoop her up gently, only to rise and flip her off again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The claws at the end of her wings were like the bats back in Minnesota. There was a cave near my house. One got in my room once.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The bat was so small and lovely, a little animal with wings, and I wanted it to live. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I raised the stick behind me like a bat, pulling it up and over like a sword. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “He is rto good to us dead...yet...and even the bats may not be able to compensate for his clumsiness. Come, I will race you to the pitch pool.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He swung the baseball bat off his shoulder. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I was grateful to my mom for going to bat about this; with my dad refusing to attend, my fifteen minutes of fame would have been pretty lonely without her and Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa had told me that was a real sight, the way the bats come out in the late afternoon. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She struck a model’s pose and batted her eyelashes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Theirs was the Cadillac of clubhouses, sporting several parlors and a poolroom, a bounty of boxing gloves, baseball team jerseys, bats, and cleats, all paid for by their political patron, Frank Ragen. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’d never been that far the other side of Salt Branch before, but Papa told me about the bat cave. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He started smashing the bat into the mud ruts in front of him, grunting with rage at every blow. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I’ll take your word for it. Maybe you could whistle for some of those bats to follow us on our trip. You think Sairy and Dallas have bats where they are?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s the bottom of the sixth and we’re up by three, but the opposing team is at bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z They’re strange, with blond men on horses and crazy baseball bats with thorns. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When bats started flying around at dusk, he got scared and went on home. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But for the season as a whole, Lou Gehrig has a higher batting average than Babe Ruth. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mareth’s bat was losing control, Henry was unarmed, Perdita was unconscious, her bat was gasping for air on the ground, Boots was screeching, and Shed was insane with pain and fear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As the children stood in the entrance a bat flew from the rear of the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I readed all of the words. Cat and bat and mat and fat.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Genie put one foot forward, holding the shovel as if it were a baseball bat and he was about to attempt the worst bunt in history. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The bat fell from his hand and he wept at the prospect of my future demise. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In this life, he carried a rolled-up newspaper in his thick hand like a bat he meant to use on someone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry’s bat probably disliked him as much as Henry did. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Two bats required stitches on torn wings and, though they made a great effort to remain still while Solovet slid the needle in and out of their skin, the process was clearly agonizing for them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, without even opening my address book, I thought of three people right off the bat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I grab the bat and rip it out of her hands. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I don’t try to climb them, because who’s to say they won’t break apart beneath my feet and drop me down into some abyss where I’ll have to slay giant underground rodents with my bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “But if you want someone to go to bat for you, she’s the one.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And as I watched him strike at the walls with that broom like he chased after bats, I could only imagine what John Worth tried to outrun that night. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Jerome moved to the bedroom door, his bat ready. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “What is a ball-player that bats two hundred and thirty? It’s awfully impressive.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Feverish moths of various sizes batted against us before launching themselves at the lamps again and again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Wasn’t nary other player better with a bat or quicker on his feet. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Other boxes are specially designed for owls and for bats, so that these creatures may take over in the dark hours the work of insect hunting performed in daylight by the small birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The umpire, a gym instructor from a parochial school two blocks away, called the teams together to determine who would bat first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He grips a baseball bat in each hand. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Be you the warrior? Be you he who calls?” asked the bat in a soft purr. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t hit any other way. It’s got something to do with my eyesight and with the way I hold the bat. I don’t know.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t even need a batting helmet, but I saw one that was so cute I actually wanted to buy it! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Did Spizz catch the Hells Angels and slaughter them with his baseball bat?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Just run and jump into the darkness and leave the rest up to the bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I try to keep my eyes open this time, clutch the bat tightly, and swing hard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So Celaena only smiled at them, tossed her hair, and batted her eyelashes at the prince’s back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Did somebody step in that bat guano in the other room?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I’m over by the batting cages watching my teammates get ready for practice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “What?” he said, and he started coming around the counter with an aluminum baseball bat in his right hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z All the next day and the next, it kept batting around in my head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The second we were dismissed from assembly I would run like a bat out of hell to the tuck shop so I could be the first one there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We batted and threw the ball around, and it was warm and sunny, and there was the smooth, happy feeling of the summer soon to come, and the tight excitement of the ball game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I start to slow-jog, and when I reach the left-field line, I keep going straight and run until I reach the batting cages. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She wanted to come back herself, but Zeus was not going to let his number one strategist leave his side while we’re bat- tling Typhon. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But Fezzik was a Turkish boy, and people claim the fruit bat from Indonesia is the biggest in the world; try telling that to a Turk sometime. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Crack—I loved the sound of the bat hitting the ball. Loved running ’round bases and sliding into home.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Unbelievable as it seemed, once again it was the Yankees 2 to 1, with two outs and Lavagetto at bat. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Frank wasn’t sure why he felt that way, considering the coach’s love of baseball bats and roundhouse kicks, but he was sure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless, and Ron seized his opportunity. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One night a fruit bat flew through our window, and we hid, giggling, under the covers until it was gone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And I could see that Erik was holding a metal baseball bat in one hand. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Elephants love alcohol. See? One whiff of this and she doesn’t care about cabbages anymore. Ah!” he says, batting the trunk away. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Plus, a mosquito the size of a small bat has found its way around the screen, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But I loved those ugly little bats, the way they darted past, their wings in a furious blur. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, Mrs. Pickwell never batted an eye when she saw who was coming to dinner. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Dogs barked; a couple of bats hunted moths around Harlan Betchel’s mercury vapor security lamp; the evening pulsed gently like a calm heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But no one ever had more fun with a skinny bat and a tennis ball covered in dog goober. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “It is a simple ceremony. Many bats and humans gather. You stand face-to-face with your bat and say a vow. Like so,” said Luxa, extending her hand and reciting a poem. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge tapped his bat against the deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I grip my bat and set my feet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As I ran up to the plate to bat, I almost laughed aloud at the pitcher’s stupidity. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Some days he works twelve hours and comes back home looking like someone beat him with a bat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Aimee’s family had already sold their house, so for the weekend of the bat mitzvah they got to stay in the Drake Hotel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I came to a zone of bat roosts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people you got right off the bat. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She took four for herself, her cousin, and the bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know where I stand. I’ve been out long enough to know. I’m like a ball-player that bats two hundred and thirty and knows he’s no better.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Their faces were still the same—I guess those couldn’t get any uglier— but their bodies had shriveled into leathery brown hag bodies with bat’s wings and hands and feet like gargoyle claws. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Pax lay still while the smaller fox sniffed and licked him, too weak to waste energy batting him away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “You hold on too strongly with your legs. You must trust the bats. They will not drop you,” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I heard people were even planning to bring bats to school with them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They took the lead, and the bats sped even faster into the darkness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Inigo had never seen a king bat, knew nothing of them; how fast were they, how did they come at you, at what angle, and how many made each charge? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I drop the bat in the dirt and trudge back to the bench. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked around for his bat, which had rolled across the quarterdeck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She has big brown eyes that she bats in your direction, two pigtails that go down to her waist, and pink glasses that I think are just for show. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The bat lifted his head in puzzlement, then understood. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The cannons are aimed, for the moment, at cattle upon the glacis, and children batting at the sky with sticks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then the captains would make their way through the kids who had some skills but weren’t as well-rounded: the kid who could catch but couldn’t bat; the kid who could bat but couldn’t run. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Everybody practically fell off the bats and just lay on the ground. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We held the bat on our shoulders until we walked to first base. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of bats tugging at each other. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Her golden bat, which stood behind her, dipped its head down and touched her neck. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z To reel in the attention of animal lovers, there was the cutest photo of Sir Fig Newton from when he was a kitten batting at a ball. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She thought they might once have had faces, might even once have been dogs; but no dogs had wings like bats or could hang, like spiders, like bats, upside down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Grover was coming in for another turn at bat, but this time he flew a little too low. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Ben was scared of mice and bats and spiders and anything that started moving when the lights went out. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Even my demigod eyes couldn’t make out its exact form through the ash and fire, but it was vaguely humanoid and so huge it could’ve used the Chrysler Building as a baseball bat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It looked like a perfect lair for bats and zombies. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was dusk, and I couldn’t tell if there were bats swooping or it was the last run for swallows. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Arching above him the ceiling and upper walls of his cave were alive with bats. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the process begins again with the word bat. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That old bat was the one who ought to be sent to boarding school. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “It is highly irregular,” he told me right off the bat when I showed up for work after school, “to hire a twelve-year-old as a tie salesman.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z We threw the ball around a few more minutes, and then I went up to home plate for some batting practice. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The bats were so stiff that Luxa and Henry had to lift them off the roaches and help straighten out their wings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He leaped onto Ares’s back and the bats took off, leaving the bowl and a pack of cursing rats behind. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I ripped my eyes away from the monster, which was batting at the Ridge warriors near its head like they were gnats, and looked at Ayanna. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The next pitch was too high, and the boy chopped at it, lost his bat and fell forward on his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Dimple turned in her chair so he could get the full effect of her eyelash batting. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A colony of more than a million Mexican free-tailed bats lived in the cracks and crevices on the underside of the bridge. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Despite the close proximity and speed of the bats, none of the people had any trouble staying mounted. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We watched batting practice while Richard went to get some T-shirts to take home for his kids. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Robinson came to bat and almost got into a fight with the catcher, Garagiola. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Kaira watched the bat rolled across the floor and under the TV cabinet. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We located the hogs in plenty of time; but before we were done with them, I didn’t want to go see a bat cave or anything else. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Whiskers pranced around my feet in the snow, batting at a clothespin that had tumbled out of the laundry basket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His fighter tried to bat the birds away but he couldn’t see anything. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “He isn’t even a child of Inti! Chasca, don’t say such stupid things, or the bat will pay you a visit.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But something ’bout all these questions the sheriff was batting ’gainst me felt different. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon, tired of putting out light, had become a bat, which was all very well for him; he fluttered around squeaking quietly while Lyra sat and chewed a fingernail. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Also, if I was lucky and found the hogs early, maybe I’d have time left to visit the cave and watch the bats come out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ares, if I point you toward Regalia now, can you stay on course?” asked Gregor, giving the bat a little shake. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I had a bat mitzvah to go to over the weekend, so we just thought it would be easier to fly here after that,” she said. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I’m always pumped before the first pitch of a game, especially when I’m batting leadoff and especially when it’s the first game of a doubleheader. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He did his impression of this, clasping both hands to his chest and batting his eyelashes like a silent film star. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t worry, kid. I’m going to line the perimeter with alarms and snares. Plus, I’ll be watching over you the whole time with my baseball bat.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The boy offered her a drink of water from a tall jug, but she batted it away and buried her face in his chest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I grab a bat and look out over the field, aiming my sights. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But he just pulls the bat back and WHAM! Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Then I caught the patient’s eye and followed it, but could trace nothing as it looked into the moonlit sky except a big bat, which was flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She bats John's hand away when a bout of her chronic coughing hits her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We bat it back and forth, until we finally settle on, of all things, sports. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or there could be a bat, hanging upside down from the ceiling, and in a minute I'll bang and bang until it falls down on your head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The old skull crumbled to dust as the giant hefted the tree like a baseball bat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She started reading: “‘On September twenty-eighth, Poppy Lopez went to Mrs. Garcia’s office and told her that she thought she saw someone taking a baseball bat to her car. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was dark and the bats were flying noisily above when Odenigbo came home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I would say at the present time she looked ready to bean somebody with a baseball bat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the zoo, she’d stand in front of the large plate-glass window of the bat habitat forever if you let her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was this child that I thought was an omen—a little kid about ten years old who was sitting right up on the railing and leaning against the glass of the bat cage. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Like is a preposition, said the accusers, and may take only a noun phrase object, as in crazy like a fox or like a bat out of hell. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The corpuscule grabbed the bat and yanked it hard, pulling Sierra off balance. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Silence!” he said fiercely, and took up his indoor ball bat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “But they jumped Big Dub. His injuries are a lot worse than yours. Broken jaw. Missing teeth. Not sure how many blows he took to the head from those bats.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I mean, if I had a baseball bat and bulldozer, maybe I could stop him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. P already went to bat for me. He’s pretty much the reason I didn’t get suspended for sending the picture to Patrick in the first place.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The cockroaches had been freaky, the bats intimidating, but these rats were purely terrifying. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In former days I would have said something annihilating to her, some scabby, scalding remark, but I can’t think of anything right off the bat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “They’re clear back in that bat cave country, the yonder side of Salt Branch,” he said. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A bat flittered through the trees and out again without touching a twig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the waves and the wind we were getting batted around pretty good. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Now all the attention will turn to the surgeons who fixed my deaf ear after the Games last year, and they’ll have to explain why I can hear like a bat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I turn to see the plastic bat flying through the air. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the bat roosts, the cave became drier and dustier. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, after the fourth or fifth rest, they startled a flock of bats. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She was talking about vampire bats, the ones that slice open sleeping mammals in the dark of night. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A group of white men armed with bats, bottles, and sticks were beating on people at the edge of the crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A short, thin boy came up to the plate and stood there with his feet together, holding the bat awkwardly over his head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I think Aretha does, too. And Robin can practice batting without knocking anything over.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I found bats roosting in the holes among the crystals—insect-eating bats, smaller than the fruit bats that clustered near the cave’s mouth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And you tilted your head to the side, flashed your smile, and— though I’m probably imagining this—I think I even saw you bat your eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The photograph was of a dark, imposing man with radioactive green eyes wielding a baseball bat at Rodin’s lovely romantic sculpture The Kiss. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He held one up for his friend the bat, who promptly plopped into it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe in the next edition. But the butterflies will probably be bats. And the green field will probably be a cave.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Ten or twenty board the train, armed with machetes, knives, bats, lead pipes, and pistols. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Without batting an eye I quoted from the Shorter Catechism in my best Sunday school voice: “‘God is a Spirit, Infinite, Eternal and Unchangeable.’” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Horses reared and fell over screaming, ravens flew, crazy as bats in a fire, men staggered, gesturing wildly, making speeches, dying or sometimes pretending to be dying, sneaking off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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