The third battle will be long and filled with bloodshed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

From the start, they were fighting an uneven battle, and the conflict got uglier as new players came on the scene. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The earth shook with their battle, and when they had finished, all that remained to the prince was a small piece of land at the edge of the sea. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the funny thing is that Merlyn was helping me to win battles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her only hope was trial by battle, and for that she must needs have a champion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed unreal to him—the sudden appearance of Celia, the old man, the furious battle between his two enemies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now slowly and sadly Merry walked beside the bearers, and he gave no more heed to the battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was a decorated war hero who had been reassigned to the Hitler Youth after he had lost his left arm in battle. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to stop the battle now would be like trying to push back a flood after the dam broke. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Life was a battle, and Mother a tired and bitter captain. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually it came to no more than this: a deployment of troops, twenty-seven soldiers leaning, twenty-seven tiny olive-green rifles aiming, poised on the brink of battle. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Passing me, she said under her breath, “A man fights a battle with his mind, not his fists.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Take turns around the circle alternating the rhyme with two new “mothers” in the center battling it out through rhythm, movement, and improvisation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Tobias and Uriah storm in as if to fight a battle—Uriah coughing, probably from the poison—but the battle is done. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the exhausting battle, everyone was in good spirits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As I stood on the courthouse steps, I wanted to run back to my mother’s house waving the paper like the head of an enemy rightfully conquered in battle. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Lucky for you I’ve just been through a battle,” Terminus announced. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s not it,” I assure her, aware that I’m losing the battle to stay calm. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I told her that I thought that dying in battle was not a bad thing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"A ringfort of the First Men. Do you think there were battles fought here?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just spit it out like I’m in the middle of a freestyle in a battle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His normally strong features sagged in exhaustion, as if he were in the final hours of a battle he had been fighting for years. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Louis had battled his way through twenty-seven professional matches with twenty-three knockouts and no defeats to reach his current status as the number one challenger in the world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s going to be another big battle here,” he said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He knew not only the battles, movements, campaigns, but also the units involved, down to the regiments, their colonels, and where they originated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was battle far above in the high spaces of the air. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The victory celebration at camp was muted, due to grief- not just for Leo but also for the many others who had died in battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But the only trace of an air battle the aviators could see below them was a fragment of a Soviet aircraft wing on the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In a psychological blow, Mutal captured the effigy of a Kaan patron deity—an enormous supernatural jaguar—that its army carried into battle. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I take one last look at the battling figures, the bloody ground to harden my resolve, and then slide to the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scattered noises of gossip and hip-hop rhymes battle it out against the melody Mrs. Waltons playing on the piano. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They faced each other one more time, circling in the familiar battle dance while Cervantes circled them in the other direction, like a satellite, completely missing what was really going on between them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

This ancient refuse became ammunition in a long-running academic battle between Harvard botanist Paul C. Mangelsdorf and George Beadle, a geneticist who worked at Stanford, Caltech, and the University of Chicago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A raid is actually quite a lot like a battle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

On that day, she had followed the sickness inside and determined to do battle with the evil spirit of the disease. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The battle lasted an entire day, and when the dust settled and the smoke cleared, it was Dimarion who remained standing, and it was Dimarion who claimed the diamond.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Islam’s march into Europe ended in 732, when the French defeated the Muslim armies at the battle of Poitiers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

My sister and Ma hardly ever fight, but those footsteps sound like a battle's about to begin. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To some, it was a liberating assertion of racial pride; to others, it announced the increasing importance of political rather than social goals in the ever-evolving battle for black progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, it’s indoor and heated, so no battling the cold weather outside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Some had urged that very thing within her hearing after the battle in the woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Is the battle yet to come, or has it been fought and lost? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“We saw them during the battle, for the first time. What about them?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Such, at any rate, was the idea of battle in Lot’s command. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next minutes, he fought a losing battle for his life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“If were going to battle to the death, I want lunch first. I found the perfect place.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My mom chooses her battles carefully, and I can tell you one thing about my family. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could see myself, a brawny stallion between my knees, riding into battle. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

"Robb was sixteen a few days past . . . a man grown, and a king. He's won every battle he's fought. The last word we had from him, he had taken the Crag from the Westerlings." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Let his knights remain here,’ he said, ‘and bear his body in honour from the field, lest the battle ride over it! Yea, and all these other of the king’s men that lie here.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After that battle, those Long Knives had turned back south. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ekon tried to keep his eyes open as she moved to the room’s corner, but it was a losing battle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The spirits were calling her—a harmonious battle cry. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

‘I have not,’ answered Merry; ‘but the forest seems better to me, all the same, than turning back into the middle of a battle.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

What distinguishes the American Revolution from most, if not all, subsequent revolutions worthy of the name is that in the battle for supremacy, for the “true meaning” of the Revolution, neither side completely triumphed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at my clothes, which were scorched, burned, sliced, and tattered from my night of constant battles. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At noon, the officers of the Eighth were photographed, preserving for future generations a record of the part to be played by blacks in the great battle ahead. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Tall battle standards of cloth-of-gold flapped atop lofty poles along the perimeters of the camp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As a grown man, I understand now, understand how her Christian principles and trust in God kept her going through all her life’s battles, but as a boy, my faith was not that strong. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while they ate thoughtfully, sitting in the dark, heedless of the cries and sounds of battle nearby. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Those years, our worst battles always started over my wanting to visit Grampa and Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

General Halleck had shuffled the generals at Pittsburg Landing after the battle there, assigning Grant to an ineffectual position as assistant commander and taking command of the field himself. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men swapped stories of their lives and remembrances of battles won and lost. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pierced by an immense arrow and dressed in Cluny’s best battle armor, he lay amid the wreckage of the leader’s tent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They said that she insisted on a sea battle but obviously had no stomach for war when the conflict began. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

After every battle, he ritually dips his hood into the blood of his enemies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Behind them a battle forklift clattered up the stairs and roared through the lobby, a mob of Amazons behind it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, Achilles killed Memnon in a glorious combat, the Greek hero’s last battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He battled the disease in Spain, where he lived, with the aid of an experimental drug that was not—and still is not—available in the United States. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every hour or two the battle had to be fought all over again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then she told them all about the great battle between the Oxford townies and the clayburners. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had learned to be self-confident as a Marine, to believe that I could succeed even in the hardest battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Becky convinced Madam to send me to market on my own again because she was afraid to go, what with battle due to break out any minute. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Less than two weeks before, Soviet forces had won a fierce battle to free the city from German occupation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He had no hesitation about wading into battle over some aspect of nanotechnology with an esteemed physicist. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As yet Cluny had not chosen a new second-in-command, though he had let it be known that any of his followers who distinguished himself in the coming battle would receive immediate promotion in the field. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And there is the place named after its ruler: Hel, where the dead go who did not die bravely in battle. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The golden circlet of kingship adorned his battle helm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For two years, people suspended their lives to take up the battle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was none of the noise and confusion of real battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle lasted six months and ended in total defeat for Tilantongo. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“She sprung from the head of Zeus in full battle armor or something.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Digby was advocating a much simpler chemical powder which could be dissolved in water and easily carried with one into battle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The battle earned him a small victory, and Mark Antony returned to Alexandria and to Cleopatra in triumph. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Although Charles continued to direct the battle for evolution behind the scenes and work on new books for his publisher, what gave him the most pleasure was doing experiments with his orchids and other plants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We Marines always began our battles at dawn. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All for the good. If we both use the same banner, the battle will be terribly confused." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The euphoria, that light-headed feeling I get after every battle, is stronger than ever, most likely because this is the first time in a very, very long time where I could have died. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And when the battle is done there will be a fresh new world a nicer more peaceful world. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sierra knew that was that—the conversation was over, the battle lost. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Some played it intensely, forming teams and battling for hours. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Garfield felt relieved about the way the battle turned out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thought back to my darker days after college when I battled depression and uncertainty, unable to find a job in the corporate world like my friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Later on, in Korea and in Vietnam, Navajos would again use our code to send secret messages in battles. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other code talkers died in battle before the end of the war, but Harry Tsosie was the only one killed by friendly fire. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a black eyepatch; his eye had been torn out in battle with a pike. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ready to battle, they are, nonetheless, honorable opponents. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Harry looked round: Ron and Hermione were following him, but the other three had vanished back into the battle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

President Wingfield, to his credit, had been at the forefront of the battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

After a lively battle, I land the fish. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fists were out front, waiting for information and battle plan. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were such words as might have been roared before battle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My heart raced as a hundred panicky thoughts battled for the top spot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In some parts of the city, black and white women were seen battling each other with brooms and stones. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then he had helped to battle the U.S. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt I had won a small battle that day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the battle, Will Solace ran up to him and said one word in his ear: ‘Octavian.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The roads confound him; they’ve knotted up, dark, antagonistic; he pits himself against them, valiant, a man doing battle for love. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, once we were good enough, we’d start battling other crews. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At times it seemed like a losing battle. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

This one battle to patent radioactive salt threatened to extinguish all this goodwill, slowing down the propagation of the cyclotron if not halting it altogether. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A pair of Masks battles within, each brandishing two slender scims. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I came to the foot of the trail where the battle had been fought. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Blackfish was the veteran of half a hundred battles; Edmure was the veteran of one, and that one lost. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bodega smiled as if he had won another small battle. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Most of us Marines were spending more time joking and talking about how the war had to end soon than worrying about the impending battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This looks to be the most epic battle in videogame history.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"There has been a battle under the walls of Riverrun," he said, his mouth grim. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The battle moved this way, like a wall of rain moving through the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re doing their best to prepare for battle, but he still wants us back. They’re going to need every hero they can get. Did we find a ride?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Men wounded in the battle kept up as best they could or were abandoned to fend for themselves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was the more dangerous entity, but its operatives of late seemed to be spending most of their energy battling strikers at coalfields and steel mills around the country. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As you are so eager for battle, you shall strike our first blow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The battles were over, and the future seemed secure in the hands of the brave young prince. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Davos and his sons had been assigned a place in the second line of battle, well out on the dangerous starboard wing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The babes in arms died during the march, he realized, and those who survived the battle died in the king’s stockade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at the truck, Jimmy looked back toward the battle ridge. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He battled opponents on the strip and was forced to fight racism and classism in order to claim his spot among the annals of fencing greats, which he did on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But I did pick up that sword, and despite the uphill battle, it has been a rewarding journey. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was a good battle,” he repeated defensively. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was clever of you,” he said slowly, “to win the battle.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more than that, the kindness of the surprise gift was the real treasure—a glimpse of ordinary humanity in the long, terrifying, and hellish slog of battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu's father once said the prayers were delusional battles with imaginary traducers, yet he insisted that Ifemelu always wake up early to pray “It keeps your mother happy,” he told her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Four years with no monsters to fight, no battles, no stupid prophecies. Just me and Annabeth, getting our degrees, hanging out at cafes, enjoying California -’ ‘And after that. Annabeth kissed Percy on the cheek. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The answer depended on how the Southside was divvied up between the two schools in the aftermath of the court battle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he bowing low to the fallen, bade them farewell, and mounting rode away into battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The Amyr are dramatic figures. When we are young we all pretend to be Amyr and fight battles with willow-switch swords. It is natural for boys to be attracted to those stories.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tension rose still further over the next few months as a routine decision about the placement of new public housing escalated into a battle over ghettoization. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This caused an uproar in the house, with verbal battles between those in the region who supported their president and those who were on the side of the executive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is that the battle was waged for more than seventy years. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“To keep you alive. I’m not allowed to get into verbal or physical battles with these students.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had no armor at all but relied on their speed and maneuverability in battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volta knew this was a battle of wills, and the only thing that kept him from intervening, and ripping that dagger away from Goddard, was knowing who would blink first. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Does your battle for liberty entitle you to search through the private linens of a lady?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor realized the ability to heal battle wounds was probably important if you lived down here. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When a battle is over, when he has lived to fight again another day, the great white hetero action hero goes somewhere high above the city, somewhere with a view. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She thinks I am “sweet and loving and peaceful”? So Zola tells me a story about a fearsome battle between angels and evil beings. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The water is almost to Mark’s upper thighs, and he knows the current is about to win the battle against all of them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had asked for the honor of protecting her in the battle to come; it was his right, as Winterfell's captain of guards, and Robb had not refused it to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Captain, having been through naval battles before, seemed to regard the whole thing with more interest than fear. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pitched battle raged for days along the docks and waterfront streets of Smith Cove, injuring scores on both sides. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In June 1940, France, having suffered devastating losses in battle, signed an armistice that allowed the German army to occupy much of Northern and Western France. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My plans are perfect,” he said before committing his troops to battle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But now, three years later, tens of thousands of American soldiers had been killed in brutal battles. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Though Jonathan kept asking questions about the battle, his father only shook his head, while his eyes grew clouded. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the battle in the north grew steadily in intensity. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A battle raged for four days— up and down the streets of Mingora. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That night, I dream of running on top of giant egg rolls, swimming in steaming egg-drop soup, and battling a giant dragon. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t going to be the heroic heat of battle they’d been hoping for. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But then another round of battles began that would last another five years—because the orchestra refused to pay her on par with her male colleagues. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Only Russian women went directly into battle to fight and kill other human beings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I see you have considered all this carefully, Lord Snow. I am sure King Stannis will be pleased when he returns triumphant from his battle.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m fighting a losing battle every day. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breastplate was scratched and dented from battle, his blue-and-red cloak stained by blood and smoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The news switched to a story about South Africa—blacks rioting there and dying wholesale in battles with police over the policies of the white supremacist government. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each day the gods hold their council here, and it is here they will gather in the last days of the world, before they set out for the final battle of Ragnarok. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Annabeth Chase,” she said, “when we meet again, we will be enemies on the field of battle.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ad aciemP The zombies responded, pushing through the earthen ghosts to form a battle line. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They would realize that yesterday’s triumph had ended when the moon rose, and that today new battle lines would be drawn, and that the fighting never stops. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any fire or storm or reason you could see in the picture why all this battle was happening. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They said Robert Baratheon was strong as a bull and fearless in battle, a man who loved nothing better than war. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He roared into battle, and in the bellowing thumping rough and tumble that followed, one sleeping giant after another either got stepped upon or kicked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over and hugged her, feeling like at least this battle was half won, even if the rest of my life was a mess. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Kaori pointed straight ahead without breaking her stride, like a general leading her troops into battle. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

From the waist down, he wore standard Greek battle gear—a kiltlike apron of leather and metal flaps, bronze greaves covering his legs, and tighdy wrapped leather sandals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

O Lord, he said to himself, make it be a battle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’d even set up bunkers on our roof, where they acted out a battle. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The stated purpose of Millennium Challenge was for the Pentagon to test a set of new and quite radical ideas about how to go to battle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I battled guilt when I had to take work calls at home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Corbett was the boxer who had downed John L. Sullivan in the great fight of September 1892, a battle that had consumed the entire front page of the next morning’s Chicago Tribune. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When she managed to sleep, her dreams were haunted by ancient battles, by swords with eyes, by Wyrdmarks that swirled around her head and blinded her with their bright colors. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Long after the dogs have lain down losing the battle against sleep, the crickets keep going as though they know their song is our lullaby. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even his battle with Dana Matherson seemed like a fuzzy, long-ago dream. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No few had fallen, renowned or nameless, captain or soldier; for it was a great battle and the full count of it no tale has told. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I rolled onto my side and discreetly inched my hips away, trying to put some distance between my stiffy and the girl, while battling back with thoughts of old, naked chicks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"The battle is begun," Lady Tanda said in a brittle voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could imagine what the past held: cows grazing, a Civil War battle, maybe dinosaurs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that the battle is being raged far away from us. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Their battle will be waged not against the Erudite- Dauntless army but against Erudite innocents and the knowledge they have worked so hard to acquire.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was the respect you got from other kids, the kind of respect that comes to soldiers who survive great battles. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The stormy battle of Typhon and the gods disappeared. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Longstreet said, “He knew how to fight, Jackson did. A. P. Hill is good too. He wears a red shirt when he’s going into battle. It’s an interesting army. You’ve met George Pickett?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His silk suit melted into full Greek battle armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Contemporaneity,” to quote AIA, “specializes in the kind of battles wherein no one loses anything of any value, except arguably their lives.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It took no less than six months of furious battle on land, on sea, and in the air. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a battle between two armies, and we think we know how to make sense of contests like this. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In a fierce battle during the French and Indian War, four bullets riddle Washington’s uniform—but do not strike his body. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had only seen him in dreams before, but it was definitely Krios, the Titan that Jason had killed in the battle for Mount Tam. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At forty years old, Roosevelt led them through a hailstorm of bullets as they charged up San Juan Hill, in Cuba, and into a bloody battle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Soon after the battle began, the warriors became trapped on a ledge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Peeta seemed to have been waging a sort of battle in his mind, fighting to get the message out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The battle lines of the nineteenth century were yet to be drawn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is the story of the people who battled over the meaning of the mysterious number—the scholars and mystics, the scientists and clergymen—who each tried to understand zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Marselen felt they would be better placed at either end of the main battle line, where they could beat back any attempt by the foe to turn their flanks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Lafayette’s maneuvers helped set up what would be the battle that ended the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Standoff Mark Antony, forced to take action, tried to engage Octavian’s forces in battle, but Octavian refused to fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

There we surrounded them, and gave battle yesterday at dawn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In front of them marched Octavian, purple robes over his armour, Imperial gold jewellery glittering on his neck and arms, and a crown of laurels on his head as if he’d already won the battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Magdalys wanted to ask her who on earth she was, this strange, slender girl who seemed to know everything from battle tactics to acrobatics, but she restrained herself. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But for many people life proceeded without too much disruption, except in the regions where the pitched battles were fought. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He remembered the threat of battle off Cadiz, when he had pulled off his shoes and had gone to the powder room. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newt went after him, right on his heels, and then the rest of the Gladers followed, a tight pack of roaring boys charging ahead to a bloody battle, weapons raised. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was against the ropes in my battle with fear, and I lost my bearing, my pace count, my control. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The Rum War was the result—an ongoing battle at sea and along the shores. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After the high-powered battle of wills reached an unbearable peak of tension, I asked for a candy heart. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better not let that door close for good, now,” the man said, clearly confident that he’d already won the battle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

By the end of the battle, more than 20,000 were dead. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe I had more to learn from Styx before I could properly fight my battle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He and Robb had fought many a heroic battle on these steps, slashing at one another with wooden swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dinitia Hewitt and her friends were only the first in a whole line of little gangs who did battle with one or more of us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was waging yet another battle with school officials to get permission to appear with the choral group in the Christmas program. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He is not a mount to carry you into battle, true," Varys replied, "but he will serve, and attract no notice. As will the others. And the stableboys see and hear only the animals." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She set the cup on the terrace railing and gazed over the valley as if imagining battle lines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What no British bullet could do in the revolutionary war, the opposition press had managed to do in the political battles during his second term. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Pippin looked at him: tall and proud and noble, as all the men that he had yet seen in that land; and with a glitter in his eye as he thought of the battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he know that what the army really needed was a chance to win a battle? George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ask your big sister to be your ally is like asking Nova Scotia to go into battle with you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

After the battle was finished and the enemy was set beyond the doors of stone, survivors found Lanre’s body, cold and lifeless near the beast he had slain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I think we’re witnessing a dance battle,” she whispers, threading her fingers through mine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

No matter how valiantly a woman proves herself in battle, her experience of war will always differ from a man’s experience, because she is a woman. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When Tyson had left, battles had been raging all over the Adantic. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

During my own childhood, the battles continued, and I was always aware of them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Great battles will take place, all across the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Allies had forced the German troops from North Africa earlier that year, but in China there was an ongoing battle to drive out the invading Japanese. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I stand numbly as my mother and sister battle over my quilt in a fierce, silent echo of the sheet folding they'd done the day before. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We did not go straight into battle, though. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I will fight that battle when the enemy appears on the field," the king said stubbornly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Nyles decided they would drive to the far end of the battle site. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

"May they battle long and hard, and the Others take them both!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He never speaks to me, but today he goes, “Your battle was fire, ma!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And besides, I suspected that fighting a battle royal might detract from the dignity of my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearily, as the evening of the Nameless Land fell upon the place of battle, he crawled back to his master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His neck ballooned as the spirits of battle went down his throat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We had won a host of small battles that added up to a change in the atmosphere of the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will toss the pistol aside and then use his knife to battle his way out if cornered. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Express riders carried the news of the Massachusetts battles to the Second Continental Congress, which was meeting in Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

By January 1863, Garfield—healthy again—was ordered back in the field to battle the Confederates. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We resumed our debate, a battle to the death, with sharp scientific evidence to support our chosen theory—Tamika, Team Egg, and me, Team Chicken. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Straight-backed and severe, revolvers strapped to their belts, they moved with tranquil authority through the mass of somber battle dress and grimy faces, looking from side to side as if conducting a count. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The battle is always centered in the self. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Your Royal Highness," said Thornbut, drawing him aside, "our march to-day will bring us through the pass and right to your royal father's castle. We may be in battle before night." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Still they went right on with their roaring bloody battle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the squirrel was hungry, and he would need to be strong for the battle ahead. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The MartelLs would not commit to actual battle unless Dome itself was attacked, and Stannis was not so great a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the typical refrain for the end of a shambler battle, a way of giving people permission to kill anyone who has been bitten. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We battle along the straightaway, my legs burning, aching, empty. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth had played a big part in that invisible battle, and she could now declare victory. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And, of course, I have sent along that letter I promised to give you when our little battle was over. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was doing everything she could, she told herself, to avoid the fate in her vision—but she was afraid she was losing that battle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sang of battles and marriages, of funerals and hangings, the whimperings of beaten enemies, of splendid hunts and harvests. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’ve never seen Thalia run into battle, you have never been truly frightened. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe, he thought as he ran, maybe it was going to be a battle, a big one. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of others were arriving by spacecraft every minute, to do battle with the Sixers and secure their own copy of the Jade Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Gold detailing covers the walls, showing tigers and warriors doing battle. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, looking around first to be certain he wouldn’t be overheard, he told her the name of the person with whom Kira would have to do battle. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it must have rubbed him the wrong way to see Elizebeth winning battles against smugglers and gangsters in the 1920s and 1930s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Woolf would slip downstairs, wake himself with a tall Coca-Cola spiked with a couple of drops of ammonia, blot his lips, mutter, “Let’s go get this money and go home,” and stride into battle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the elfin knights and soldiers had turned out, and they were standing in their battle ranks, ready for action if something went wrong. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They were dressed half for battle, half for tennis or croquet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's more use alive than dead. And my lord father never condoned the murder of prisoners after a battle." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Lord Bar himself had been killed in the battle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

‘Never! You will suffer for this outrage! Your blood shall be spilled! One of you here - one of you four - is fated to die battling Gaia!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When he was sixteen we had a battle. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost don’t want to be with him here; I’m in battle. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For nine years she had battled the cancer in her bone marrow; now the contest was ending. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Epic Ellison Girls exited the battle, their rogue robot in pursuit, their part of the maneuver complete. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For the soldiers, it was not an altogether unfamiliar experience, not unlike battle overseas—always having to be on the lookout for the enemy and ready to fight back to defend themselves. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Martin-Tolliver feud, in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the mid-188os featured three gunfights, three ambushes, and two house attacks, and ended in a two-hour gun battle involving one hundred armed men. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The Germans had the advantage of height, and the four competing Soviet aircraft weren’t prepared for battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lilya’s heroic fight and her battle wound turned her into a celebrity. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"Your son has won a few battles. I shall win the war. The Lannisters can wait my pleasure." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A woman who won all social battles with presence and a conviction of the legitimacy of her authority. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It becomes easier to die and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

African nationalism was our battle cry, and our creed was the creation of one nation out of many tribes, the overthrow of white supremacy, and the establishment of a truly democratic form of government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sublime moment for Paul Ellis’ boy, the uneducated son of an uneducated linthead standing before several hundred of his peers, recognized as a leader in the battle to restore the beloved South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stood waiting, his face sallow, his hands fairly low, proudly and firmly waiting for the assault, ready to do battle for his lady love. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Immediately the Gallivespians darted into the air, the dragonflies like little warhorses eager for battle. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ian Smith’s white government was bolstered by the South African Defense Force, and the ANC regarded the battle in Zimbabwe as an extension of our struggle at home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What battles there were or who fought which other one Wang Lung did not know. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One can lose oneself in the joy of battle, in fighting for a glorious cause, but there are not a great many glorious causes for which to fight these days.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We was just trying to get in so my niece could battle.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It plunged straight into battle, and the spider reared back with its fangs exposed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Americans took the British insult—and turned it into a battle song. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I battle the breeze to fold sheets, stepping together to make the corners meet, backing up less and less each time to form the shrinking rectangle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed was to be swept up in someone else’s revolution, when I was battling my own war trying to get my family here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Do not let Solovet’s gentle demeanor fool you. In the planning of battles, she is more cunning and wily than a rat.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I give chase, the battle rage rising, blinding me to anything else. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A good distance separated Rontu from his attacker and I could end the battle before he was wounded further or the pack fell upon him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet, stood painfully, his face drowsy and confused, as if a legion of battles had ebbed and advanced there, over many years. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We slept in hammocks below deck and battled seasickness, although I wasn't as badly affected as some. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I'm the Greek warrior again, more like a general now, planning my campaign, getting my troops ready for battle. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Meereen and Yunkai have made peace.. The siege is to be lifted, the armies disbanded. There will be no battle, no slaughter, no city to sack and plunder.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Black units were always the first ones sent to the front in battle, to draw enemy fire and protect the white soldiers coming up behind them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, in a battle with a gang of white boys, I was struck behind the ear with a piece of broken bottle; the cut was deep and bled profusely. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle slows to a halt as our men stop attacking each other, as the mist clears enough for them to turn and watch Helene and me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Being chased by witches and warlocks, battling monsters, even defeating demons, was nothing compared to the task of facing the reality of our father’s abandonment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, my head was a jumble of battling quote bubbles. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke with the air of an old warrior who has been in so many battles that bravery has become commonplace. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

"If I must part from Your Grace, grant me the honor of arming you for battle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy IV Philopater hazarded the use of native Egyptian troops at Raphia, and won the battle with their help; just a few years later, native mercenaries in Thebes used their hard-won martial skills to revolt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

More laughter sounded from behind the windows of the house, where all the adults, including Miss Perumal and the Washingtons, sipped apple cider and watched the gleeful battle below. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to loot Meereen and flee? No, I will not do that. Grey Worm, are my ffeedmen ready for battle?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The heroes would gladly have halted and closed in battle with them, and it would not have been a battle without bloodshed, for the Amazons were not gentle foes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pleased though he was with his choices, Harry had also shouted himself hoarse at the many complainers and was now enduring a similar battle with the rejected Beaters. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be struggling with himself, for the words did not come easily and the fierce inner battle he waged had brought the sweat out on his forehead and left his lips dry. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a man raise a captured battle flag, blue flag of Virginia, and he turned from the sight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we grew older, we organized matches against boys from neighboring villages, and those who distinguished themselves in these fraternal battles were gready admired, as generals who achieve great victories in war are justly celebrated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sisters will fall in battle with sisters, and will watch their children murder each other in their turn. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

This battle is but begun, and in the end we shall win—so sure as that God sits on high to watch over His children. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Fury herself would center the first line of battle, flanked by the Lord Steffon and the Stag of the Sea, each of two hundred oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"If it comes to battle, we could not hope for better ground than here," declared Mormont. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The torso still bore the marks of battle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He died after a lengthy battle with human consciousness, a victim—as you will be—of the universe’s need to make and unmake all that is possible. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

No longer the entire fourteen—the battle had taken its toll—but I was disappointed to see that Idiptu and Sidana were still alive. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My inability to bluff had cost us smaller battles than this one. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the battle between Kronecker and Cantor, Cantor would ultimately prevail. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I had lost a battle, but one that I didn’t know I had been fighting. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel spurred Arion off the colonnade and they leaped into battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, by now I knew: Just to get on TV and speak on behalf of girls’ education was half the battle. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If there is to be a battle, the blood of my blood should be with me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Down he spun, battling for air, in a flood that broke upon him like a crumbling mountain. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

With eight siblings, it had been turbulent growing up, and when she converted to Islam, the battles and misunderstandings multiplied. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was also supportive to the Prince in all endeavors of hunting and battle, and you didn’t give a follower like that a quick “Get away, boy, you bother me.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That action, and a related suit against the ice cream parlor brought by Moore, sparked a six-year battle to integrate the parlor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They leap into battle, the steps to the dance burned into their muscle memory. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

A fight was out of the question: Booth could not walk, Jones was unarmed, and Herold had never been in a battle before. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamassus roared and abandoned their battles to sprint in to help their mistress, but it was too late. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, the second part of the battle ended here,” Grandpa Nyles replied. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was natural that she should cut a poor figure in the Iliad, where the battle of heroes is the theme. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom had been battling a mad fruit-fly infestation ever since the weather had turned really warm. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He did not wear a tie or a jacket, dressed instead as if he himself were about to take part in the battle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The ‘magnificences’ she oversaw at the French court had many components, from jousting tournaments and firework displays to water fetes and mock battles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He nods to the round wooden table that has so many scars running through it you could almost believe it had once been a giant’s battle shield. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The alchemist had become much more cautious, because they were approaching the area where the most violent battles were being waged. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One observer noted that “the veteran of legal battles does not go in for fireworks or courtroom histrionics but he makes his points all the stronger for his quiet reserve.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But neither of them was in good shape for battle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He brought war into the world: battles are begun by throwing a spear at the hostile army, dedicating the battle and its deaths to Odin. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She squinted at him writhing in her hands, acutely aware of the huge battle raging on her block, her mami caught up in the midst of it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It enraged him to think of Chris fighting his battles for him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was too stunned by what I’d just done in battle to think clearly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He still owed her two deaths, and she was worried she would never get them if he rode off to battle with the rest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Did you know it’s part of a big battle scene? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A battle, and the ground strewn with bodies. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Lockhart shouted in alarm over the heads of the battling crowd, as Malfoy sank to his knees; Harry had hit him with a Tickling Charm, and he could barely move for laughing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A battle between the attacking warriors and the wagon men ensued. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was a major battle nearby, and a number of wounded were brought back to the camp. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All nine flight crews survived the June 2 battle, and while they’d been in the air they shot down four of the enemy fighters themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Arthur, “I must say it is nice to be a king. It was a splendid battle.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my left, the water is calmer, but to my right, it is white, battling with rock. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Though Nsia was not among their number, Dr. Trefusis had clamored for a place aboard their skiff, that he might come and inquire after our health and our part in the battle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“How can this be? How can this be? Our daughter has never left home. She has always been at our side. She has never married, for her betrothed died in battle.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kay lowered his defence, turned his back on the Wart, and said in a cold, snuffling, reproachful voice, The battle was over. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys fought simulated battles with live ammunition. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

From the look of it, that might even be before the battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

However, Mr. Reilly had lately become somewhat distant and unapproachable, and Mr. Gonzalez dreaded the thought of a battle with him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl would have to say something one way or the other simply because the two of them were at sea together, moored boat to boat but to nothing else, adrift and battling the same problem. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We none of us lose battles on purpose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What good will the likes of them be if it comes to battle?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On April 24, amid the escalating battle over school desegregation, with the city still dragging its feet nearly a decade after Brown v. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

May I remind you that Tom Creighton died for the Union cause, that he died in battle, where a man fights his opponent face to face rather than striking and scuttling off into the darkness ? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were going into battle for our Navajo people, our families, and our sacred land. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first responders were battling the blaze from a distance, but the fire was still burning. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Like all the rest, she bore marks of the recent battle: There were grazes on her face and her robes were ripped. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Thornton’s doubt was strong in his face, but his fighting spirit was aroused—the fighting spirit that soars above odds, fails to recognize the impossible, and is deaf to all save the clamor for battle. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle still raged along Fifth Avenue, but for that moment nothing existed except our small circle and the fallen girl. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But a much bigger battle was yet to come. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Knowledge is a weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to battle.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was poised for battle against the chess establishment, the Union Bank of Switzerland, the Jews, the United States, Japan, Icelanders in general, the media, processed foods, Coca-Cola, noise, pollution, nuclear energy, and circumcision. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Later, an announcer grimly told the audience that the militia had been overwhelmed in battle. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“The Royal Fleet is fast approaching and is eager for battle and spoils. If you sailed now, you’d likely be captured and sold to the islands.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fleeing battles or chaos of all kinds, often wounded or driven out by their own clans or villages, each of the original settlers had made his way to this place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Though no open battles took place, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a cold war. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about those stories his mother used to tell— generations of heroes who had battled Hercules, fought dragons, and sailed monster-infested seas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After Tom left for work, I sat down at the kitchen table to do battle with Evie over breakfast. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully drew a handmade chessboard and pinned it to the wall next to my bed, where at night I would stare for hours at imaginary battles. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently men stationed in the barracks outside had tried to fight their way into the safe-room; local civilians had joined them, and in the battle grenades had been used. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was seven years old and followed a tank into battle and saw what I saw. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Out in the field, after a battle in Kentucky or Virginia or Georgia, a dollar bill in your pocket would not be worth a can of beans. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’s come up from below, racing toward the captain, oblivious to the battle that rages around him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing troops in battle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Pay equalization might have been a battle in Virginia, but West Virginia got on board without a fight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Disease could wipe out an army quicker than any battle, he had heard his father say once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I understand the battle in his heart, but before I take in enough air to lift my words, Dapir speaks to Dayah. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The show over, I sat trembling in the stands, watching the contestants who now gathered around the concession booth showing their battle scars to anyone who would look. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

These ladies-in-waiting of the imperial court were forced to sell flowers and other favors to the fishermen near the scene of the battle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the battle for Iwo Jima raged all around us, our voices held it together. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spurred on by her battle cry, the yapping Incorrigibles tore off after the squirrel, in hot and, it must be said, happy pursuit. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

With her forehead exposed and her eyebrows stretched upward by the strength of her hair, she reminded me even more of a Klingon warrior preparing for battle. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I can almost see the battle in her eyes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Watch for me, little cat," her fa-ther would always tell her, when he rode off to court or fair or battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Director squares his shoulders to me, a combatant readying for battle, his neck wiry, his eyes unblinking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“This is where the battle started and ended,” he said. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

But when the battle began, what had seemed perfectly clear-cut in the planning stage quickly turned murky. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, Silena was so distracted right now that she would just get herself hurt in battle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I saw Kolya’s white-toothed smile and his thumbs-up sign. He was a good lad. He spent only one month with us; in the next air battle he received a fatal wound.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And Mom’s ancestors, who encouraged her resilience, battles for justice. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But generally, once we got rolling, he enjoyed the musings, and especially, the battles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment she had forgotten her will-fight against the cruising alcohol, and now she had lost the battle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “I like to go into battle with the agreement of my commanders, as far as possible, as you know. We are all members of his army, in a common cause.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter had hardly time to understand that almost instantaneous sequence of light and sound before the battle was under way. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She loved the chase and the battle and her freedom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s a skyscraper, impossibly imposing with his arms crossed now against his chest in a battle stance, studying me like I’m a new life form. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m waiting on DJ Hype to tell me I can battle in the Ring tonight.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The young women leap and whirl around the fire, their battle cries now mixing with the music of drums and rattles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘He is dead. But Éomer King now rides in the battle: he with the white crest in the wind.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After it had been bombed during one of the many skirmishes between battling warlords, he had decided to leave the country. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Rule number two of battling—use the circumstances to your advantage. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The regimental commander arranged a mock dogfight, an air battle that would take place between the new pilots and the veterans—two men against two women. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“It was a jolly battle, and I won it myself, and it was fun.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once the battle turned in favor of the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything is too much—the noise and the battle to concentrate make my brain hurt. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

"As I was saying, our battles are well drawn up. Why wait for daybreak? Sound the advance." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Exhausted by her own battles with her father, she knew she could not face a lifetime of such arguments. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"You have made suitable arrangements for him, should the battle be lost?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The bank battle was an unpleasant interlude, but it didn’t interrupt what was becoming the key portion of most of Bobby’s days: reading. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The battle of living things against cancer began so long ago that its origin is lost in time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I sit down beside him and DJ LouOw sends someone over to hand us microphones, which makes me feel mighty, like I’ve been handed Excalibur in a battle my army was losing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They would warm a man’s bed by night, patch the holes in his boots at morning, cook his supper come dusk, and loot his corpse after the battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Along with my fellow classmates, I heartily applauded him, cheering Smuts’s call to do battle for the freedom of Europe, forgetting that we did not have that freedom here in our own land. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your gold cloaks are charged with keeping order. As to you, Tyrion, you could better serve us on the field of battle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I see the start of the game, and then the bridges, the robots emerging from their hangars, the battle that ensued. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was always time, after the battle ended but while the music was still going strong, when people from the crowd would form cyphers—impromptu breaking circles—and blow your mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No, thank you, Gregor. We will be discussing battle position for our forces, not the efforts of the quest. We shall not be absent long,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know that on the other side of the country, a white man named John Moore was about to begin fighting the same battle. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Vivid flashbacks of the battles he’d been in and the mortar explosion at the base crowded his mind. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She would not forget that he had a father who loved him, who took him in while she battled cancer. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The stories of the battle were ones that brought despair to the North. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Savoy, the Golden Gate, and the Renaissance ballrooms battled for the crowds—the Savoy introduced such attractions as Thursday Kitchen Mechanics’ Nights, bathing beauty contests, and a new car given away each Saturday night. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everett spent months preparing—researching the battle in journalistic detail, which amid the fog of war was no mean task, then polishing and memorizing his speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Normally sails would not be used in a sea battle. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She had grown up since the Revolution and was too young to remember the ideological battles of the Fifties and Sixties. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The herd of cows and calves, who were lying in the waves and scratching their backs with their flippers, stopped to watch the battle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he never stopped hearing those British battle drums, that ghostly RAT, tat, tat, tat, tat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” said Will, passionate for the battle. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle was reported over the radio throughout the nation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Where she was once ready and willing to fight any battle, she prefers now to retreat, reinforce her defenses, double the locks on the doors. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If he went into battle like this, the enemy would call him Old Man Jackson. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Pard’n me, sir,” Carlyle says, “but maybe the bird is right. A keelhauling will leave him useless, if not dead. And the cannon needs a good cleaning if we’re to battle the beasts ahead.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It is some kind of a battle cry?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The battle lines, however, remained largely the same. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

None of them had actually seen the battle, but no one doubted it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was also ground down by a “battle of wills” with her father, who saw no need for a new doctor. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was Atlas in full battle armor, jabbing with his javelin, laughing insanely as he fought. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

—School, for many of us, would be a rough and a constantly uphill battle; but he hoped that some of us would remain in school long enough to learn to write our names. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to being disappointed that they weren’t flying into battle, the young pilots didn’t like the food at their new air base—they knew that frontline soldiers were getting better rations than they were. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I was headed to my first live breakdancing battle this weekend, and I wanted to feel like I knew something when I got there. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hinduism had started off as a polytheistic religion, a set of tales about warrior gods and battles similar in many ways to the Greek mythos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“We won the battle,” he said, shaking my foot affectionately, the way one shakes the hand of a friend. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Going to battle with a sword against rifles. Knowing you are going to die.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even at war, soldiers of the crown hardly merited that term, which belonged to ancient battles and bloodcurdling cries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

With a gasp, Harry pulled back and opened his eyes; at the same moment his ears were assaulted with the screeches and cries, the smashes and bangs of battle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"His Grace has defeated the Lannisters every time he has faced them in battle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I almost agree, but I remember that I’m still in battle, still in character. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s time for Rookie Royale! Two rookies will battle it out for the first time in the Ring.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne crashed off the kitchen table, her glasses shattering on the floor, but she came back across the room, running blindly, going into battle against a blurred enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the courtyard talk she'd learned that the upper chambers of the Tower of Dread housed three dozen captives taken during some battle on the Green Fork of the Trident. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The battle, which came to be known as the Alexandrian War, lasted for four months. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Most of the world’s most renowned masters had visited the club—it was steeped in the echoes of legendary games, epic battles, hard-fought victories, and heartfelt defeats. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her rotund figure dressed in hospital gown and slippers at the head of the demonstrators inspired many less committed Hayti residents to battle on. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something to do with them, something like a sentence in tiny dry print on a page, flattened out, like the dates of ancient battles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I caught glimpses of the battle, but I wasn’t sure if I was seeing clearly. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There had been a great battle in the north all day. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The inside of the tree had been filled with a stock of arrows to be used in a fantasy battle at first, then in a battle fought amongst themselves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And, in truly yielding, she had won the battle by mistake. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They should have the legendary power of the greatest battles of the mortal age, passed down by word of mouth, becoming as immortal as we are. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I have thought long and hard, Severus....Do you know why I have called you back from the battle?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Duke was captured after the battle of Richmond and spent a few months as a prisoner before being released at war’s end. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he looked out, and in the growing light he saw the banner of the king, and that it was far ahead of the battle with few men about it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was a sort of Bradman, top of the battling avenges. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unwilling to concede defeat even in this symbolic battle, Ann devised a strategy that turned the bigots’ own racism against them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hardly thought about lawn bowls in the intervening week, but by Tuesday I was set to return to battle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant calmly stuffed her pockets with jewels as the battle raged around her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If battle threatened, he couldn’t let others make the decisions. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another tapestry showed the gods battling the giants. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It had been difficult to know where he might have fallen, given the darkness and the confusion of the battle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The giant Polybotes backed up uncertainly, but Percy knew the battle wasn’t over. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’m battling my lungs for my next breath, hard-core. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every night on the news, we watched footage of battles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was floating after my battle, for real. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But impoverished whites were battling a century of propaganda telling them that blacks were the sole cause of their problems. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

No, she thought, not near so many, we have lost men in battle, and others to the harvest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He worries constantly that he will miss the last great battle of the war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

During what became known as “Lord Dunmore’s War,” the Shawnees battled enemy forces that wanted to wipe them from the face of the earth. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Biting them was like a battle between her teeth and the crackers, but then Mama told her to suck on one until it softened. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He sprang back, tripped over a root, and the battle closed on top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I realize he helped me win the battle to go to the dance, and not dress like my mom, I’m not convinced that I want to go yet. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When the mock war is over, my eye is blackened and both of my knees are skinned and the gold side has won the second and third battles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A battle helmet shaped like a bear’s head was tucked under his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated, she reads, before closing her eyes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But the others, all that were not hurt or wounded, began a great labour; for many had fallen in the battle and lay dead upon the field or in the Deep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

More and more tormented, East entered a battle with his conscience, his sense of decency. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The commander said that his men had been starving and thirsty, exhausted from many days of battle, and had decided to take the oasis so as to be able to return to the war. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Violence skyrocketed after Mitchell’s death as other gangsters battled for a piece of his turf as well as the increasingly lucrative crack trade. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Since Washington had spent eight years sending American soldiers to their death in battle against Great Britain, one might expect that he harbored even more hostile opinions toward his former adversary. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were evicted by the outraged hosts but only after a long, happy, and bloody battle that took out the front door and broke two windows. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about my hair; about the tangles I battle every morning. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell who was really winning—partly because sometimes both rides churned to have won the same battle. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle is a dance, one I know so well I barely have to think. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A certain sleepiness seemed to precede the battle, a quality of haze, of unreality, of dust in the air, dust in the haze. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees stood shoulder to shoulder, like men in a battle line, all cloaked in white. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Surely there was the Lord of the Nine Riders returned to earth to lead his ghastly host to battle? The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In one terrible moment April found that the shock of certain danger is almost always a battle call. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally finds me, I feel as if I’ve been battling for days, though in truth, it has been no more than half an hour. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Capitol’s seal on the hovercraft, the lack of any attempt to blow the enemy out of the sky, and their long history of using children as pawns in their battle against the districts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I remember the boys at the orphanage talking about Captain Newport, how he was in a battle at sea with the Spanish and got his arm shot off. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I thank Heaven it is not the Plague you have had, for that enemy has slain more men than battle, besides the women and children it has taken toll of. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

There was supersized Jupiter - no, this was Zeus, his original form - riding into battle in a golden chariot, a lightning bolt the size of a telephone pole crackling in one hand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Stars and Bars that people regard today as the national symbol of the Confederacy is actually a battle c , „ , flag that was used by Confederate armies, not an off!- Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, the effects of it were real—the rising prices, the shortage of everything, the news that so-and-so had been killed in some faraway battle. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ships smaller than the great war dromonds of the green lands, aye, but thrice the size of any common longship, with deep hulls and savage rams, fit to meet the king’s own fleets in battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now it seems the other tributes were just minor obstacles, distractions, keeping us from the real battle of the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Those who battled at the Cornucopia, with their superior strength and surplus of supplies, they couldn't possibly have been near enough to spot the flames then. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On little things like that—a cup of water—battles were decided. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no matter for jests, though; it appeared that these Antler Men had armed several hundred followers, to seize the Old Gate once battle was joined, and admit the enemy to the city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To produce that single illuminating experiment, a thousand nonilluminating experiments have to be sent into the trash; it is battle between nature and nerve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now they were standing on the site of one such battle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It became known as “the bee incident”—my battle of the buzz that went viral in a matter of hours. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I told her that the Emperor Nero, from Rome, had a giant sea built where he could keep sea monsters and have naval battles staged for him. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, when, after the battle of Mohács, we threw off the Hungarian yoke, we of the Dracula blood were amongst their leaders, for our spirit would not brook that we were not free. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Along the way, I had to do battle with several NPCs: a troll, a Cyclops, and a really annoying thief. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Before Frank knew it, the battle was over. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then everybody rocketed from their borrowed church hall wooden folding chairs to meet the next battle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There was also an ambush in the forest but nobody was supposed to know about that King Arthur paid no attention to the coming battle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reminded people again and again that the liberation struggle was not a battle against any one group or color, but a fight against a system of repression. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lady Stark," Lucas said when he saw her, "Mollen says it is to be battle at dawn." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"See that I survive this battle, and you can name your reward." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m in no mood to do battle. I’m going to sleep.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They fought in Sherman’s devastating “March to the Sea” and in the last battle of the Civil War at the Battle of Columbus on the Georgia-Alabama border. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But the battle was never truly done for a knight of the Kingsguard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody felt like sleeping, either, and the survivors of the battle didn’t go back to their quarters after they landed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“It is about the abundance of love. It is about the weakness of armies and battles and guns and...” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Beyond it, to the east, was the realm of the dead who had not died in battle, ruled over by Hel, Loki’s daughter by the giantess Angrboda. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

During the initial battles on school desegregation, he used his prodigious energy to organize a chapter of the White Citizens’ Council. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been badly hurt in a bomb attack, and couldn’t go back into battle. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

There were still a few hands up, including Jules’s and Aileen’s, but Mr. Hale went on about the battle in Milton’s mind between individualism and the moral order of a Christian universe. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny had studied it with him, and together they had mastered something of an understanding of the battle; they knew that it was a task Shadrach Yale would have set for them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

How fitting, I thought, that the villain had found a position as a mercenary soldier, paid to protect Claudius and fight his battles. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Above all he remembered his continuous hunger, and the fierce sordid battles at mealtimes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Ishtar sings as she stalks through the battle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” Lena told me, “Cap gave his life—” “He didn't—” But I was fighting a losing battle. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He changed into a rhinoceros and leaped into battle, but as fast as he could knock down the giants they got up again. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mike interrupted us then — he was planning an epic battle of the blizzard in the parking lot after school and wanted us to join. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His arm seemed to be battling with whatever was in the hole. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. van D. have had more raging battles. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Nero held his gaze, and Lazlo had to battle the urge to look away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Imp was mounted on a red stallion, armored more plainly than the king in battle gear that made him look like a little boy dressed up in bis father's clothes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The few owls that managed to battle their way through the stormy sky to deliver mail had to be nursed back to health by Hagrid before they could fly off again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was LA’s first serious battle with smog. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

All of them looked beat up, like they’d seen some battles. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He battles me for it before cutting it in half and nudging the bigger piece toward me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We all know that would be a losing battle. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

On the eve of battle, he said—and he spoke with some authority—you want to hear your commander speaking to you in your own language. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The British won the war, but they lost many battles,” Jaja said, and my eyes skipped over the rows of text on the page. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘We shall fall in battle valiantly. Yet there is still hope that they will not fail.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After the long battle over the boycott issue, Brundage was clearly thrilled to be here. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had plenty of food, and he felt enormously good after his battle with the cliff. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lost only one battle—the pronunciation of her name. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had not slept since the battle on the day before, yet he did not look weary. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My grandsires owned a vast armory full of magnificent and valued battle equipment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Not just yet, I fear. There are battles yet to fight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She bore herself with dignity, and although she was very small she was ready to do battle with all the terrible evil about which I had just heard. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She put up quite a battle as the officers seized her and threw her to the ground,” the New York Times reported. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

"To ride out and face swords and axes, everyone trying to kill you ..." "Jaime told me once that he only feels truly alive in battle and in bed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

While Ann backed the lunch-counter protests in theory, a victory there would make no difference in her daily battle to raise her family and improve their lives. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There is no dignity in death in battle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a great silvery sheet of water and Dad said it was Lough Neagh, the largest lake in Ireland, the lake where Cuchulain used to swim after his great battles. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Danny would take me up to his father’s study, and we would all do battle again over the Talmud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Afterward, she could not claim she had seen the battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But now more masses were coming, in clots, broken lines, red battle flags plowing through the smoke, moving this way, drifting to the left, toward the base of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not help his mood any that as he battled to protect the island, he learned of another attack on his beloved Central Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For the next twelve hours, we waged a fierce and increasingly desperate battle to save the Cruz family’s trees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battling stick that Mama used to beat the dirt out of clothes when she washed stood leaning against the wall. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The divisional SS-HJ commanders were highly experienced soldiers who had proven their personal courage in battle. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have always loved verbal battle, and challenge. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The survivors of the battle saw Lanre move and they marveled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Millennium Challenge, in other words, was not just a battle between two armies. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The threatening voice went on and on, daring him, ordering him, provoking him, rousing him for battle—but always keeping him off, prodding him back. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Okay, the battle plan is pretty obvious," Lewis said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three doctors, a half dozen soldiers, and a small number of theater patrons have battled their way into the box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first battle will end and the Powhatan will be victorious. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"So did countless other researchers, scientists, and engineers. Everyone poured their souls into construction while I waged a constant political battle to maintain funding. "In the end, we built a beautiful probe. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle for the town had left it in ruins. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony stopped off in Cyrenaica to begin planning a land battle in Asia Minor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

That was when the battle had started to go against him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like a puppy nipping, playfully growling preparing for battle with wolves. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the car fire had inaugurated one of the most important discussions of both their lives, a talk that went on for hours, interspersed between ferocious Quake II battles on their linked computers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent the remaining thirteen years of his life curing diseases and battling opponents with his customary stubborn ferocity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And he reports the battle news, and then says, ‘Oh, and by the way, Pan wants you to build him a temple.’ American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The animals had now reassembled in the wildest excitement, each recounting his own exploits in the battle at the top of his voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

If your friends try to battle them... well, I foresee see bad things happening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Women were out on their front porches with their mops and buckets, waging their never-ending battle against the coal dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once, the tribe’s enemies had battled them on the plains; now they came in the form of train robbers and stickup men and other desperadoes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I thought the Labyrinth collapsed during that battle at Camp Half-Blood—like, it was connected to Daedalus’s life force or something, and then he died.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Destiny” sounded like an obligation, and if I was to be thrust into battle against a legion of nightmare creatures, that had to be my choice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

From there she could see over the walls and the moonlit river to where the battle raged. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You tore apart his throat,” she says, voice flat, and I think she might actually be in a bit of a battle haze. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But the battle against lust required constant oversight: I had to order the same woman off the inmate’s lap an hour later. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife had given birth to four strong sons, but in the king’s reign, he had been forced to ride into battles to preserve the peace of his kingdom. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Also fortunately for him, he had friends who were able and eager to do battle for him out in the world. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed down the eastern slope of the battle ridge. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

In their minds, the political stakes were enormous, the threat posed by the Federalists put the entire republican experiment at risk, the battle was to the death, and taking prisoners was not permitted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They had come together at the ford of the Trident while the battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were still caves and isolated emplacements holding out, but the battle had been won. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment the snow leopard had leaped after him, and Pantalaimon let the other daemon go, and both young daemons, changing flick-flick-flick, turned and battled with the great spotted beast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve had all kinds of folks hitting me up because of the battle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

People lived there, and battles had been fought against the Mexicans on the slopes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were the first part of the battle, and they would be the third part. We’ll talk about it in a bit, but right now let’s go see that monument to our people. How’s that?” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The battle came back in fits and flashes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her battle with Sheriff Clark became part of the folklore of the voting rights campaign. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon we were both huddled over his journal, arguing over what-ifs and team battles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There had been talk of bloody battles and high casualties in crossing the Rhine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh man, the White House Trio, riding into battle. This is awesome.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We walked through the sights and smells of last night’s battle, to a high point of land. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a way of preparing herself for them, for the battle to come. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Evening came that puts an end to battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also saw airfields dotting the surface, where rows of gleaming gunships, spacecraft, and mechanized battle tanks stood waiting for action. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In addition to casting spells for curses and revenge, the witches often battle one another. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Only good thing was that after that battle, no one could say that the coloreds couldn’t be good soldiers too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a greeting I receive after a discouraging day battling for my very existence on the streets of this savage town.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Arnold, claiming that his old wounds still kept him from battle duty, successfully pleaded for command of West Point. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constitution—a battle that left a bad taste in the mouth for both sides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the decisive battle, ten members of the defeated tribe were killed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did battle every Tuesday evening in vessels native to their homelands. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When an embarrassed police department and Bull Connor, Birmingham’s commissioner of public safety, saw that they were losing the battle to youngsters, things started getting nasty. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would come out of it, and the two would go out to dinner, then plunge into writing some program or into a long battle over which operating system was superior. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is how she knew that there had been a battle long ago over the nectar of immortality. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, Crazy Horse was the biggest reason the Lakota and Cheyenne won the battle. December twenty-first, 1866, was the start of winter. The temperature that day was thirty degrees below zero.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She thought about a future when the giants had been defeated, Gaea was asleep, and they would live happily together—no jealousy, no monsters left to battle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You’re a little ball of soft meat with no shell or escape skills or battle strategies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

For hours they battled their way westward in a blizzard. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I would ride into battle, slash — cut — left — right — sharpen my sword on the Saracen’s throat — crush the bones of the heathen horde — all for the glory of Our Lord! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I jumped back, gun held ready, and caught my first glimpse of the screaming, howling battle that came wheeling into the circle of light. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the end of the conversation, but not of the battle, for this was a battle, not a skirmish. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night came down without the Riders closing in for battle. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They fight this battle all the way to the grave. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In unison, the armies of my enemies let out a fierce battle cry and charged toward me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Sun God was battling the large clouds that now filled the sky world, and I didn’t take it as a good omen when the first faint flickers of his rising body were abruptly covered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They heard the sound of battle as they approached the fields around Valhalla; they heard the clash of metal on metal, the thud of metal on flesh. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But these modern painters don’t bring in enough money, so it’s a constant battle with his bosses. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It is somewhat awry, with the bow aslant from the stern, but it hath an air, as if it had been battling the storm.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When she was younger, she had asked Papa about that war, and he said he doubted it would be the last battle fought on American soil. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Unlikely to win the battle on its merits, Edison devoted considerable resources to trying to discredit AC in the realm of public relations: AC, he and his supporters asserted, was much more lethal than DC. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On March 22, 1943, Lilya was involved in an air battle in which she and five other Yak fighters were outnumbered by the enemy two to one. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One thing that remained constant throughout the battle was the sound of the battering ram pounding away remorselessly at the Abbey gatehouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He will be waiting for you in Valhalla, and there you will drink and fight and feast and battle, with Odin as your leader. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Percy battled the giant twins, Otis and Ephialtes, while at his side fought a bearded man with a trident and a loud Hawaiian shirt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The men talk a little more about the harvest, while the two mishu women swat at flies and battle against the wind to smooth their hair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pray that none of you will ever have to go into battle as I did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not take his mind off the battle or off the old man who had died. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Was there some battle everybody was fighting, and he had missed it? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So why not send the northmen forth to battle Stannis before the farce unraveled? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had some misgivings over the battle royal, by the way. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dessie lay in her bedroom and her will battled the pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For though, when they had both grown up and become swordsmen, Cor was the more dangerous man in battle, neither he nor anyone else in the North Countries could ever equal Corin as a boxer. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The word “slaughter” came to mind, because slaughter is the word for it, for a battle when one side mounts no defense. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"But, by the Lion, if he breaks it again, it may be in such time and place that any of us could swap off his head in clean battle." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse and Little Hawk stayed to the west side of the battle ridge. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Over the next few weeks, fierce battles were fought and both sides sustained casualties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanks had broken into the premises, and a fierce battle was under way there. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, Ernest was losing his taste for the protracted patent battle. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Less than a fortnight past, they fought a battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth," Robb said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was seventy-seven, but her last important battle was still in front of her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Andrew asked, walking to the stove and shivering, dressed to do battle with the snow drifts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all they were not battling an epidemic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But War Chief was only battling the paint which wouldn’t wash off, and it had been driving him crazy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear was too stubborn to retreat, but neither would he rush headlong up the Milkwater, seeking battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

During World War II, Bill Harvey fought his battles on the home front, leading counterespionage campaigns against the Abwehr, spies that Hitler sent across the Atlantic to sabotage the American war effort. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t see the outcome of the battle.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They met by the aqueduct, which had somehow survived the battle so far. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

On December 7, 1950, I was going to put all battles aside and celebrate my birthday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m curious about you. And you can tell a lot about a soldier by what he carries into battle.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘I think the word means battles in Greek, but I don’t know how that applies, exactly.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then we are called to the field for the second battle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And she had nothing for all her battles. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was for him to fight always in the forefront of the battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark saw a man bull-rushing a tree, slamming himself into the trunk over and over, as if he thought eventually he’d win some battle and knock the thing down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But before they could all join battle, Ma Costa herself waded in, smacking two of the gyptians aside and confronting Lyra like a prizefighter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a legion of Cyclopes, and leading them into battle was ... The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Watching a dance battle, like it's the most normal thing in the world. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Now Frank hoped he would be claimed on the Feast of Fortuna, though from what Juno had said, they’d be in a battle for their lives on that day. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was a battle veteran, a demigod who’d faced death countless times. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

From the sixteenth century forward, blood flowed in battles over racial supremacy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man pointed out strengths and weaknesses whenever heroes met in classical battles, but warfare makes a scramble of the beautiful, slow old fights. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been standing in the traditional pose of fighters, gloves raised, ready for battle but a pathetic parody of professional fighters. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What little focus I recovered during last night’s battles with Hel is gone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Cluny was the picture of barbaric power, geared for war from his poison tail tip to the frightening battle helmet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If you survive in battle, it is with Odin’s grace, and if you fall it is because he has betrayed you. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The waters ate most, but a few found the decks of galleys in the first line of battle, spreading flame when they shattered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had been annoyed when the red cloaks had dragged a half dozen of the scabrous prophets down to the dungeons without consulting him, but they were not important enough to battle over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“With not one but two firsthand accounts of battling it!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They called it battle fatigue, and they said hallucinations were common with malarial fever. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Freya was the Goddess of Love and Beauty, but, strangely to our ideas, half of those slain in battle were hers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse and his fellow decoys joined the battle. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I had thought the battle was against Arawn, not among ourselves.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But they’ve got battle lines and the approach is real narrow and the army’s at least the rest of the day away, maybe even tonight, too, and I swear that can’t be a thousand men.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In battle, they would be poor substitutes for the lost ships of the Iron Fleet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It's a battle between the physicist and the father. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faint cries I heard, and dim horns blowing, and a murmur as of countless far voices: it was like the echo of some forgotten battle in the Dark Years long ago. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t talked much about what happened after the battle. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Major battles of the Revolution, with symbols indicating which were won by American or British forces and which resulted in outcomes that were not so clear, are shown on this map. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His personal charisma and innovative strategies won many battles, but as early as the fall of 1965 Fuller had already realized the need for a new organization, one less hamstrung by federal and local bureaucracies. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he too switched hands, and now the battle was finally joined. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I told myself I had to be like a soldier in battle. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a few hours blasting through wave after wave of Brains, Spheroids, Quarks, and Hulks in my unending battle to Save the Last Human Family! Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We tell rags-to-riches stories because we find something captivating in the idea of a lone hero battling overwhelming odds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The light dances against the raised battle scars on her chest and stomach. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

After losing so many training battles, I wasn’t sure you would. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But his mother, whom Dasch described as a "battle axe," had always managed to somehow provide food, clothing, an education, and a home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Father tried to ram into me that there was no glory nor heroism in war and battle,” said Henry Metelmann. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was his battle dress, and it was how he appeared on the stage and on the covers of his records. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The 437th was based on the Stalingrad Front and had already lost several pilots and even more planes in the now furious battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And as the Dutch and Portuguese battled to control Pernambuco, many Africans escaped and created a kingdom of their own called Palmares. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Why would a Tribesman battle against Martials and Barbarians out in the middle of nowhere? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a roar as if great spears were breaking in battle, and in the red light of the sun the spray that flew around them looked like blood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been wounded in battle and was now being chased by the Union cavalry. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his thigh his battle dress was mangled into a wound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They were also powerful to save in battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a move that had fateful consequences, not only for Blake but for the two superpowers who continued their battle of nerves in the war-ravaged city. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that rose up from the metal was a bronze giant in full Greek battle armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

You can tell when someone’s received orders because they’re given a very short haircut, the mark of a person going into battle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They weren’t any older than Fidelito, who had lost his battle with airsickness and was coating the plastic strips in secondhand beans and tortillas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear them battling in the sand. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was playing several small roles, my most dramatic being that of a soldier who dies a bloody death in one of the battle scenes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a decade he and his Greek soldiers have been battling their way across the known world, defeating even the mighty Persians, rulers of Asia. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Taisin was so exhausted from their battle with Elowen that it was all she could do to put one foot in front of the other. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By then the enemy was on him, and Tyrion's battle shrunk to the few feet of ground around his horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He moved his ships forward to engage in battle, confident that size and might would enable them to overcome Octavian’s smaller ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

When a man has looked upon such massive waste of life as I have witnessed in these three battles, the presumption to consider his own little personal dreams becomes a matter of supreme egotism. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they did. There were battles. When Light Hair became Crazy Horse, he fought in many of them.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Lord Tywin almost always chose to command the reserve; he would take the high ground and watch the battle unfold below him, committing his forces when and where they were needed most. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But the battle was not being fought on paper. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I could not be more proud of my brothers and sisters in battle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

This battle did much to restore the morale of the old dog. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle within battle must ever be recurring with varying success.... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She’d be the princess, and that amounted to sitting in a cage he built out of stone or ice or something, and watching him and Ivan battle with magic. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was working solo, whaling on battle dummies with a sword I’d never seen before. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Work crews were repairing a broken section, probably damaged in the recent battle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Out front flew two flags: the Stars and Stripes of the United States and the Stars and Bars, the battle flag of the Confederacy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shouldn’t we direct scarce resources to battles that are more easily won, such as affirmative action? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Brown Ben Plumm had sent back word of the battle from the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I said something really smart like, ‘This forest is under my protection. You won’t start any battles here!’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Holly battled through the crowds to the police station. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

‘Dark is the hour, yet maybe we shall return to the Golden Hall. But in Dunharrow the people may long defend themselves, and if the battle go ill, thither will come all who escape.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her brother Rhaegar battling the Usurper in the bloody waters of the Trident and dying for the woman he loved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hid from battle only once, when I gave birth to our baby. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His derision of me is horrifying, but still I battle on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You can get the advance battle plans. I was afraid we were just going to have to pick you up Thursday night and fill you in then.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the Lakota and Cheyenne warriors in the encampment had been in battles before. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was with Wilberforce that Huxley had the biggest battle and the most fun. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, you see, Merlyn is helping me to win my two battles so that I can stop this. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice stopped talking because she knew if she said one more word, she would lose her battle with the tears. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The battle continued sporadically all day and into the evening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But now the Klan provided no answers for the questions that stormed out of the darkness, like soldiers into battle, threatening to overwhelm him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They battled back and forth, thrusting and parrying. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This was the unit that Marina Raskova would be commanding herself—she, too, had had to learn to fly the complex Pe-2 before she could lead her flight crews into battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

A few contestants tried to make conversation with him, but I tuned them out, bouncing on the balls of my feet, battling the cold and my nerves. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From her distinguished post at the Smithsonian, she battled on behalf of the law of environmental limitation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He went to join the battle and, all unskilled in warfare, he was killed at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they fight, they will remember a time they battled long ago, when the world was simpler. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Some men want whoies on the eve of battle, and some want gods. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Soon she would be talking strategy and battle moves and breaking out her dice, just for luck. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our battles were real and bloody; we threw rocks, cinders, coal, sticks, pieces of iron, and broken bottles, and while we threw them we longed for even deadlier weapons. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a noisy battle, the officers couldn’t just shout out their orders; their voices would be drowned out by the explosions. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how my classmates and I used to huddle, compare our battle scars on the first day of school. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were six days following Bar's galleon and brought her to battle on the seventh. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The battle was taking place on the other side of the world, in the dark. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Nine fearsome, ugly, half-naked, fifty-feet-long brutes lay sprawled over the ground in various grotesque attitudes of sleep, and the sound of their snoring was indeed like gunfire in a battle. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re right, Hazel. You see, it’s a battle to the death ” She waited for that to sink in. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I have fought battles I should not have engaged in, and walked away from causes that needed and deserved a champion. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

During the war, the Alabaman fought in several major battles, was wounded at Gettysburg, successfully escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp, and worked for the Confederate Secret Service. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The battle spilt this way and that, so close to my hiding place I heard Simon Sinton mumble instructions to himself. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re fighting a losing battle there, dear,” said his mirror in a wheezy voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Yet he strode between the battle lines, his black sword in his hand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Disputes also arise because the new theories have implications for today’s ecological battles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Aesir were warlike gods of battle and conquest; the Vanir were softer, brother and sister gods and goddesses who made the soils fertile and the plants grow, but none the less powerful for that. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But they could hear the wild battles as one dog after another succumbed and was torn to pieces. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

On and on it went like that, repacking dirt, hauling tires— we battled against the ever-dropping temperature: thirty degrees, twenty-eight degrees, twenty-six degrees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids at camp are always talking about it. Big battle happened on the summit, at the old Titan base.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Curses and threats filled the air, pistols were drawn, and the opposing sides made ready for battle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the battle he says: No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This has been the usual outcome of battles associated with the founding of states or empires throughout recorded history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart beat as quickly as a battle drum, but she knew she had no other answer. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘And yet here is another charge on my hands, while all the time the battle hangs in the balance.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And he certainly agreed—he’d much rather come home safe and sound to the Glade every night than ensure another battle with the Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He’d flown close enough to Galina in that air battle to be able to recognize her as a woman—and he’d chosen not to fire his guns at her because she was a woman. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Millions will die in this final battle, but the army assures me we can win. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

In the stories, the Pandava brothers fought an epic battle against their own family. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had taught us that in battle you must never give away to the enemy either your weakness or your location. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recites and makes us remember, They went forth to battle, but they always fell, Their eyes were fixed above the sullen shields. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And to what extent have the battles over affirmative action distracted us and diverted crucial resources and energy away from dismantling the structures of racial inequality? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘I am the goddess of success in battle! Roman generals worshipped me! Augustus himself erected my altar in the Senate House!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The three of them flying back to the red barn each time a new Pokémon is captured so that they can make a pretend record of their battle. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As the mighty battle came to its climax, Gerald crawled up on a chair and stood on the kitchen table, waving his arms triumphantly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the trees on the far bank at a strange angle; she saw the gray sky lurching above; she saw Maila battling against the current. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And just the way the lack of sleep was a constant battle for the aircrew, so it was for the ground crew. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast looked across the river at the battle unfolding and snarled. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Magnar of Thenn stood waiting by the fire, clad as if for battle, in fur and leather and bronze scales, a bronze sword at his hip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He told them that a great battle was coming. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Bridget, I know how to pick my battles. This conversation is over.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Those who fought battles comfortably within their homes or newspaper offices had more than enough mud to spare. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence they must have inexorable explanations, ones more basic than mere details concerning who happened to win some battle or develop some invention on one occasion a few thousand years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, the battles we fight always change us. When we’re fighting them, all we can see is how they wound us. But they can change us for the better, too.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a decision that would launch him into a full-fledged battle with the science of genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But these battles all seemed far away—they were just things we read about in the Connecticut Journal and the other newspapers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within weeks, they began streaming onto the Korean Peninsula, shoring up the battered remnants of the South Korean forces and joining the battle against North Korea. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Huge blocks of stone lay everywhere, piled against the mountainside, threatening to fall, strewn about as though hurled by giants in some dreadful battle. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

All you can do is fight a losing battle, waiting for those walls to collapse, and your life to become one huge mystery ashtray. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then, over the screams and the roars and the thunderous stamps of the battling giants, Hagrid’s yell came loudest of all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was a “weekend alcoholic”—in his case, a long-weekend alcoholic— who battled over which version of himself he preferred, the drunk one or the sober one. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Though we were not facing real guns or real tanks, this battle would be even harder, because our enemies, the rotten ideas and customs we were so used to, were inside ourselves. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sat listening intently while those who had taken part in the battle recounted all they could remember. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In towns further west that did not get the news until morning, farmers were in such haste to join the battle in Lexington that they literally left their plows in the fields. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry staggered to his feet when the Headless Hunt had passed and looked around: The battle was still going on all around him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Martinez and the ascent software kept it trim, though it was a constant battle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then gravely he said, “Don’t ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

French officials made sure that French markings on the cannon were removed in case the British captured them in battle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, from the edge of the Field of Mars, a battle cry went up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The horse’s head was lifted, and its nostrils were wide and red as it neighed, smelling battle afar. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I could see the battle ahead in time and space. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

However, where personal space is at a premium, tensions are apt to spike much more quickly than in a place where one’s battle cry reaches maybe ten neighbors instead of a hundred. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the battle was over, we found that Gollum was gone, and his guards were slain or taken. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Like jaguars battling in the undergrowth, all teeth and muscle and razor-sharp claws, they fought. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We returned to the battle, and Danny more than made up for his previous silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The other battles over housing raged; there were no signs of victory there. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Evil, I learned, was all around me, constantly needing to be battled. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Timidly he began to tell Alice about his campaigns, but as his technique grew so did his battles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a battle when it first began, though. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Above the roar and crash of battle, no one heard him but Matthos. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hours after my battle, I dream my nightmare. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Augustus Waters did not die after a lengthy battle with cancer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We carry him to the battle, and we aim him and turn him loose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second battle will end and the Powhatan will be victorious. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

HERMIONE: And your wife doesn’t need you fighting her battles for her. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“You could tell us a story without any colleens or battles in it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds were wounded in pitched battles with machine guns, pistols, and rifles. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There might be some legal info you could use to battle Wilfrido. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The sullen rivalries that had arisen during the fall season now turned into outright battles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Of late, sensible of disease and impending battle, Dr. Trefusis hath convinced Bono to aid him in the concoction of final words. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was a battle at Bunker Hill where the Patriots massacred the British troops before they were driven off, and the Rebels also took Fort Ticonderoga without much of a fight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw newsreels of long lines of defeated German soldiers, just peacefully walking away from the battle, guarded by only a few Americans. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You feel it’s a battle you will never win...and yet you fight it day after day, and it wears you down. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

On October 19 Cornwallis surrendered, ending the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We'll be enlisting you prentices for battle scenes soon. Your weapons will be blunted, but there will be no protective tips. So, lest you die too convincingly, you'll wear a metal plate." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Captain Orlov, who had rowed off to the ship when the battle started, returned with more of his Aleuts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Begin when all the rest who left behind them headlong death in battle or at sea had long ago returned, while he alone still hungered for home and wife. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle degenerates into butchery and a confused struggle of personal conflicts. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have spoken so much about other battles I saw, that I will say little more about Okinawa than that it took us eighty-three days. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the silence, the battle had been lost. the agent said, turning to his desk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Doc had seen her share of battle wounds and mystical ailments. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It never mattered that Pop Pop lost his leg in battle or knows the Bible inside and out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But to this sort of battle he came a maiden, nervous and afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her brother would sooner face battle than that sickroom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mateo stands and his face is flushed, like we got into a snapping battle and I played him hard in front of mad people. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

You might even call it a battle, at North Bridge. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a battle he’d raged internally every single day, trying to forget the woman who so obviously had forgotten him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The soldiers who died in the battle between Atawallpa and Washkar were as much victims of smallpox as those who died from the virus itself. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Garretts expected a gun battle to break out in their yard at any moment. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was Marcus,” Faris, a member of my battle platoon who towers over the rest of us, says, grinning, his blond hair popping up in an unruly cowlick. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

De Grasse’s fleet of some two dozen ships sailed out of the bay to give battle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Louis's side, on foot, is his page, with the battle horn slung across his chest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The battle was over, but Nguyen was afraid there might be NVA soldiers left behind, ready to take aim at anyone that moved, or that a nervous South Vietnamese soldier might shoot them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Astride it rode King Smoit, a naked sword in his fist, a shout of battle on his lips. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was Mrs. Norris, the skeletal gray cat who was used by the caretaker, Argus Filch, as a sort of deputy in his endless battle against students. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As crack and guns flooded the cities and gangs battled over turf, the violent-crime rate for juveniles ages fifteen to seventeen doubled, as did the violent-crime rate for people ages eighteen to twenty. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t want to go to battle with a bunch of factionless,” he says, his green eyes glinting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The galleys of the first line of battle obscured his vision, so Davos paced the deck searching for a better view. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But she won’t come near me with it because she knows I will battle her and it will go everywhere. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Far behind the battle the River had been swiftly bridged, and all day more force and gear of war had poured across. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Look at the battle of Malmesbury, which was given up on account of bad weather. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shields locked, they marched into battle against the Earthborn. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“That is your battle. And you’ll keep fighting,” I told him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A body that had carried her over the rooftops of Ketterdam, that had served her in battle, that had brought her up six stories in the dark of a soot-stained chimney. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Why, so that you and I can fight in the battle of course! Don't you want to?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He leaped forward with drawn blade ready for battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you think I am come on purpose to quarrel with you, knowing Weston to be out, and that you must still fight your own battle.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

My battle rage surges, but I rein it in, fighting to wound, not kill. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Their hearts were heavy, remembering the many men that had fallen in battle in this place. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Even as Bobby was waging a secondary battle against cameras in Reykjavik, cameras in New York were televising his epic struggle on the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In forty years of battling against the CIA, the Soviets had never garnered so much intelligence from a single secret agent. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After all, that was what the circus was all about—the power of the strong over the weak, the domination of man over nature, expressed in battle and bloodshed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to go on? There are battles coming up, remember? Sohrab leading his army to the White Castle in Iran? Should I read on?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Although battle was to be engaged on the question of the existence of spirits, the assumption was that it was really the existence of God that was at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Stop arguing with me. You look like you lost a battle with a thresher.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I could see battles raging—flashes of energy, explosions, the glint of armies clashing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There’s no doubt that in everyday speech, whom has lost the battle. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her making her way up Montego Drive as if she was battling a headwind. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

To those weapons, Atahuallpa’s troops, without animals on which to ride into battle, could oppose only stone, bronze, or wooden clubs, maces, and hand axes, plus slingshots and quilted armor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was near the end of the second day of their march from the Cross-roads that they first met any offer of battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But those battles took much out of us, grandchildren. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bet she couldn’t beat me in a battle. On God, bruh.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were soon in combat again, and after a prolonged, bloody battle, Allen was ordered to guard a pile of several hundred dead NVA soldiers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Montez in a blue army uniform, trudging along toward battle with an old rifled musket, shoulders slumped. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I felt like Henry Fleming going into battle for the second time. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When he was only two years old, his father had been killed in a battle against the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shocked and silenced, the two children moved through the carnage, while the spies on their dragonflies looked around more coolly, accustomed to battle, noting how it had gone and who had lost most. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ministry wizards were flooding onto the field to separate the veela and the leprechauns, but with little success; meanwhile, the pitched battle below was nothing to the one taking place above. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Martial tradition says a soldier who dies well dances among the stars, battling foes for all eternity. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

What was their great battle over mitigated speech and teamwork all about, after all? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But these are not the shrill battle cries I have expected any moment. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Destroying the fourolds was a new battle, and an important one: It would keep China from losing her Communist ideals. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that grand, Major? Now, let the battle commence.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad may have found some truth there, too, but he wasn’t dumb enough to jump into the raging battle, so he just took Jeffrey off of the field of combat and up to bed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she won that battle, would she lose the whole war? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As with any war, you had to ready yourself for battle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If they went into battle, Annabeth wouldn’t want him getting hurt because he was too distracted about her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Though “peanut butter” is a strange battle cry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was an expensive legal battle between Halley and his stepmother over the estate. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Stanton weeded out unfit and incompetent officers; battled dishonest government contractors who sold the army low-quality uniforms, rotting equipment, and defective weapons; and endured an epidemic of officers who would not fight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the details of the battle neither Matt nor Jenny had read aloud to Ellen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fierce and focused soldier, she was awarded a medal for rescuing fifty of her wounded comrades in one battle, and was even made a commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He came to the ashes of the watch-fire near the river-bank, and then began to retrace the ground back towards the knoll where the battle had been fought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The night before the battle, the Americans had been warned that thousands of British troops were on their way. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The campers drew swords and advanced toward the center of the battle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A popular Polish Catholic priest urged calm, calling the riots a “black pogrom” and hinting that the Irish were the culprits, trying to draw the Lithuanians into the battle. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He did so and wounded him, only slightly, but the Greeks in rage at the treachery turned upon the Trojans and the battle was on again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the sword out of its sheath and with the bare sword I run toward the sound of the battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The books were about bombings and sky battles that had happened before Lily was even bom. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl E. Smith, a fireman, killed by a sniper as he battled a blaze. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But I was surprised to see white adults doing battle against children. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a decisive battle, because it was in some ways the twelfth century equivalent of what later came to be called a Total War. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I heard the boy rides to battle on a wolf," said a yellow-haired man with a tankard in his hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That old truck and I belonged to the Marines and we had to go back into battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the hardest battle I had fought, and the first victory I had gained: I stood awhile on the rug, where Mr. Brocklehurst had stood, and I enjoyed my conqueror’s solitude. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I believe that the men who endure the dangers of battle—fighting there for us tonight—are helping the entire world avoid far greater conflicts, far wider wars, far more destruction, than this one.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She accepted it with fulsome thanks; it was lovely to behold, and all that burnished copper would flash prettily in the sun, though if actual battle threatened, she would sooner be clad in steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Those who were fighting were dying in what seemed like hopeless battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was a major way back in the Civil War and had been killed in a battle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Rowan was much better at picking his battles. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I smile as my livestream count goes steadily past 1K, a fraction of the 23,940 YouTube subscribers who tune in to see how my battle with cystic fibrosis is going. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked around at the arguments breaking out across the Glade, Keepers doing their best to convince people they should take a chance and battle their way through the Griever Hole. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Weekend warriors, they have been called from their homes into sudden battle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But I lose this battle with myself, and a tear falls down my cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was a small victory in the battle to be less different from everyone else. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He took his text from the eighteenth chapter of the second book of Samuel, the story of the young Ahimaaz who ran too soon to bring the tidings of battle to King David. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had started to explain Hera’s plan for bringing the camps together to battle Gaea and the giants, but the goddess stamped her walking stick against the marble floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From nearby, Mapper let out his own battle cry, and then Two Step’s carbine started blasting away right behind her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A battle raged between two titans: the professor Booker T. Washington and the brilliant, mercurial, and quarrelsome W. E. B. Du Bois. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sing, Muse, of Greek ladies and their battle against unsighdy hair! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"What are you worried about, Meriyn? Are we going to lose this battle, after all?" The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle site looks much less frightening in the daylight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Nothing to be afraid of, nothing to battle against, just the two of us flying together, flying the plane together, side by side in the gold sky. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It's the look he would throw his brother when he'd insulted an enemy, or won a battle, or otherwise wished to gloat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now I had another battle ahead of me, one that could be fought in another way. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We simply had to remain on guard and arm our warriors with strength and hope to prepare for the big battle still to come. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like minute scouts inspecting potential battle zones, leukocytes constantly scan cell walls for the little bits of stuff that HLAs have carried there, trying to spot anything that doesn’t belong. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They battled across the green Abbey lawns, right through the center of the maelstrom of warring creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Chisels, sledges, and picks—weaponry for battling mountains. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"A constant battle, milord. Just how I like it. And I'm looking forward to working with you again." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The dead won’t stay much longer, now that the battle is over.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In November 1777 Howe began planning a battle that would defeat Washington so thoroughly that he would be forced to surrender, and the Revolutionary War would end in a major British victory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even before President Wilson mobilized United States troops, Swift had been called on for meat to feed the massive European armies that already had been battling for several years. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The King of England had ordered that there were to be no ransoms in hit sort of battle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A block away was the state capitol, adorned with three banners: the American flag, the white and red state flag of Alabama, and the battle flag of the Confederacy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He’s right about that. Shoot, I saw It myself on that battle video.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Could he fight a battle within as well as without? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the exhausted crew of Endurance gave up the battle against the pressure and abandoned the ship, the ice field around her was not a sight to inspire confidence. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Apparently the battle plan is clear,” Ignatius said when no questions were forthcoming. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Courtiers, waiting for better battles, study my bruises and evaluate my prowess. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"No-one doubts your courage. But a boy in battle is a danger only to his own side." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

How often among the tykes fistfights and battles had begun from You said, I said, He said that you said, and the infinite variations. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Militants within the organization saw the election as an opportunity to install a new, more activist leadership—one which would reenergize a movement that had stalled after winning most of the battles against legalized segregation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after the desegregation battle had ended, he got himself into criminal trouble, reviving a past way of life that he had worked hard to bury. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, life could exist only when one brother held sway and the cosmic battle quieted and the sun was able to shine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"He crept down the kingsroad in the night, and now his host is less than a mile north of here, forming up in battle array." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With the battle over for the day they sat in the moonlight and talked, and before they parted the Union scout revealed secrets about his own army’s position. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let's go," I said, listening and remembering and suddenly alive in the dark with the horror of the battle royal, but Clifton looked at Ras with a tight, fascinated expression, pulling away from me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come out and do battle with me, the keeper of this forest.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The battle had been going on for five days. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian met him there but did not engage in battle. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Many nights I drifted off to sleep to his rumbling voice reading from a book of battle strategy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was a great horseman and he fed his horses human flesh to make them fierce in battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Lilya was getting a chance to quench her thirst for battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There was awe, too, in Shadrach’s realization that once more a freak of chance had allowed him to come through alive, but there was no optimism in his hope for future battles. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cross scims with the soldiers coming down from the top of the tower while she battles those heading up from the base. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had charged into battle against her father with a horrible cut already sapping her strength. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once he was done, the two of them hoisted their weapons into their hands, ready for battle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The walls were lined with battle flags and weapon displays: antique rifles, battle axes, and a bunch of other stuff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She had no idea the battle was moving in so close. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Look at the decisive battle of Brenneville in which a field of nine hundred knights took part end only three were killed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, anticipating my next question, he said, “He died of wounds he sustained in a battle against the Comanche in the Oklahoma Territories.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to pick your battles, boy. Keep your head down around the masters. They can make your life a real hell once you get into their bad books.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As long as we stuck together in battle, nothing too bad could happen to either of us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if my father had come to accept that if he were really going to do battle with the Government, he would have to take certain risks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jason was feeling good about the battle, except for two big questions: Where was Leo? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jefferson learned that Adams had been battling his Federalist advisers, who opposed a vigorous Jeffersonian presence in the administration. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

One man had been blinded by a blow to his head in the battle by the Wall, another lamed when his falling horse crushed his legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Different emotions battled for dominance in his mind and heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The war was as removed and far off as two flies battling to the death in the arch of a great high and silent cathedral. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pity of it was that it was a forlorn battle. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a battle started, Nico was in no condition to defend himself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That sometimes the best thing you can do is forget about your own battle for a while and help someone else. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was especially active in the weeks before the battles of Concord and Lexington, when he gave General Gage information about the Patriots’ preparations for revolution, including plans to build fortifications on Breed’s Hill. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of the powder and smoke bit in the air; the battle lay across my tongue already; I could taste its iron, and I wished to chew. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Suitably geared for battle, they quickly fell into ranks. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sensational legal battle that followed utterly consumed him until, several months later, all the charges were finally dropped. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we decided to make a game of it by pretending we were warriors marching into battle. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But like so many thousands of other women who volunteered for battle, even Marina Raskova’s application was rejected. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In each case, the battle was prolonged and silent. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Every battle is a gamble, Snow. The man who does nothing also takes I a risk.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But horses, even in a battle, tread on human beings very much less than you would suppose. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The battle raged on until Mrs. Meecham descended the stairs on her way to the kitchen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned away from the car, battling the urge to get back in and keep going. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The newsfeeds were airing live coverage of the hundreds of large-scale battles breaking out on Frobozz, around nearly every instance of the “dwelling long neglected.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I want this to be the last battle,” Lee said. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here lay a dead Karg with yellow hair long, loose, and bloody; there lay the village tanner, killed in battle like a king. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after the organization was established, it formed important alliances with legendary women’s rights leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other women battling to gain the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Not even for Achilles’ sake could he stay longer away from the battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba sighs, but decides not to battle over this. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There has been, for many years, a running battle among jungle zoologists as to just which of the giant snakes is the biggest. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was a captain before he went to the front and following the Argonne battles he got his majority and the command of the divisional machine guns. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Antietam had been the baptismal battle for the young schoolteacher, and the letter to Jenny reflected the agony of a man new to the scenes of death and suffering. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A direct hit turned the tide of the battle and ensured that Maçao remained a Portuguese colony. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Of the battle itself I have only one thing to say. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Despite my weakened state, I was prepared for battle, repeating my mantra: You are strong. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even before the battle of Danno-ura, fishermen may have been reluctant to eat such a crab. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames erupt along the blades and he leaps through the hole in the wall, back into the battle. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At first I rejected the idea of Bigger battling a rat in his room; I was afraid that the rat would “hog” the scene. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have looked through my father’s World War II scrapbook many times; I have seen Vietnam on television; I have ingested countless movies about Ancient Rome or the battles of the Middle Ages. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Davos never saw the battle joined, but he heard it; a great rending crash as two galleys came together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No, you are not a fighter. You are Ezili’s child—the lover. The beauty. Leave him alone. I will fight for you, Donna. I will fight this battle for you.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The battle seemed to have moved beyond him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Barack could happily end a day in a faraway hotel with all sorts of political battles brewing and loose ends floating. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was merely a few words of encouragement, the sort of words that are uttered in the din of battle, not distinguishable individually but restoring confidence by the fact of being spoken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A new battle cry starts up: The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You need to do something like that song ol’ boy you battled got.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m thinkin’ about the battle too, Jeth—and the boys— and maybe Bill on the other side. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton rising up as Ben-Jamin rides into battle on a one-winged dragon. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Oddly, its battle cry cut off sharply instead of fading as it plummeted to the depths beyond. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He withstood horrible seasickness, weathered harsh conditions, witnessed a battle in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, and experienced an earthquake in Valdivia, Chile. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I had done battle with the prince who had mixed the blood of his two sons with the metal he had used for casting his swords. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spectators became restive, wondering what the hitch was, and why the trial by battle did not proceed in the usual way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1906, the year Anthony died, women in England were using civil disobedience in the battle for their voting rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And after the battle, the forest was deemed centaur land. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“This is it. Your chance to blow up, and you gon’ hand this battle over to him?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It had happened when she and five other Soviet fighter pilots had flown into battle against a swarm of three dozen German bombers and fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

That was Edmure's battle out there on the river; hers was here inside the castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the lad had lived among the soldiers when they were there and he had listened to their tales of war and plunder and battle, and he listened rapt to it all, saying nothing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“You mean to tell me that I won the battle, am clearly the better rapper, and yet he’s getting all the buzz?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was small group, maybe thirty or forty demigods in battle armor, mounted on skeletal horses. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Odin will battle Fenrir bravely, but the wolf is more vast and more dangerous than anything could possibly be. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he was in battle—I guess I better not tell you about it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to their guns, horses, and steel blades, the foreigners won every battle, even with Tlaxcala’s huge numerical advantage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Early on the morning of April 7, just hours after the battle at Sayler’s Creek, Lincoln receives the news for which he’s been waiting. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They played doggedly on, battling on the backgammon board. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there sprang into his mind, readymade as it were, the image of a certain Comrade Ogilvy, who had recently died in battle, in heroic circumstances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The civility of this encounter belied a caustic battle being waged outside Jackson Park for the rights to illuminate the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I show off my stitches and impressive bruising and congratulate the districts on their successful battle for unity. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Cora pictured the insurrections as great, bloody battles, unfurling beneath a night sky lit by vast fires. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Those who witnessed it have written of the terror and the awe they felt as they watched these two extraordinary wizards do battle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They had been using those freaky necklaces they’d worn during the battle in the valley to not only absorb power from other witches but to influence the Grans through powerful and corrupted magic. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Connor let out a dramatic sigh, clearly disappointed we wouldn’t get to battle each other to our bloody virtual deaths. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Children are a battle of a different sort." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the beginning we were too young to understand what was going on; by the end we had become used to news of battles, defeats, and victories. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Liszt spearheaded a shift from orchestral to illustrative music, using this 1850 painting of Attila the Hun in battle as the basis for his symphonic poem Hunnenschlacht. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And in early July, after a battle in the mountains, I was assigned to a six-man detail to police up the enemy KIAs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true of the spirit as it is true of battles—only the winners are remembered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watched her own mother try to fight her demons with alcohol and lose the battle every time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Gods save us, it’s true, he means to offer battle to Lord Tywin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To go out battling against massive odds before, inevitably, being killed, just like her mother had. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Wait. Cyrus the Great is at my shrine right now. I could command him to battle Nergal. He's the best charioteer in the netherworld." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"If you are as late to battle as you are to table, the fighting will all be done by the time you arrive." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He played Old Maid with Karen and Matt with the same competitiveness as when he battled Japanese pilots in the Pacific. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odd, he had never once noticed the pain during the battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had no faith that Dionysus would hear them or care, much less help them in their battle against the twin giants, but he had to try. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lee Scoresby looked not asleep, nor at peace—he looked as if he had died in battle—but he looked as if he knew that his fight had been successful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I reflect on that moment now, the image blurs, reconstituting itself into that of a zealous knight astride a steed, charging into an imaginary battle, striking at shadows, hacking into thin air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see faces under their battle helmets, but some of them had probably been my friends. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to go into battle surrounded by friends, and another to perish alone and despised. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Queer as it seemed, men who would cheerfully face battle and risk death to rescue a companion would abandon that same companion in a heartbeat if he were known to have greyscale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The two ships were tilting at each other like jousters with spiked lances, the fog wafting around them as they prepared for battle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her husband had been killed the previous spring in a battle with some starlings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He felt now bitterly the truth of the old king’s words: in such a battle what would you do, Meriadoc? The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Disgusted, she stalks away to battle her next opponent while I’m still scrambling to my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The agents use the attacks to get the advantage in the battle, pushing the hybrids farther up the hall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The horse is mid-gallop, the knight leaning forward in the saddle, with sword drawn as though he is on his way to a great battle of some sort. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He spoke of weather portents and the slack wits of smallfolk, and told how his nephew itched for battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the stillness after battle I looked up at the mountain- tops; perhaps the old man and woman were watching me and would enjoy my knowing it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is no longer a battle, it’s your funeral, boo. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Dawn soon took her throne of gold, and Lord Menelaos, clarion in battle, rose from where he lay beside the beauty of Helen with her shining hair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the early years of the battle for the elms to the present time, it has relied upon rigorous sanitation, or the prompt removal and destruction of all diseased or infected wood. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that everyone who doesn't follow God's word will be destroyed in a great battle called Armageddon. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Latin for “slave” — servus — as rendered in English literally is “the spared one”; slaves being those taken prisoner in battle, who should, therefore, by all the rules of engagement, have been slain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Dad walked ahead of us, fighting a losing battle to keep Laleh upright and walking on a relatively direct heading. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Gangs battled for market share, recruiting young boys to run their street-corner operations, which, while dangerous, was far more lucrative than going to school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I returned to the end of my invisible tether and battled my despair. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, it’s not like the old days. When the Colosseum was first built, you know, they could flood the whole arena. They had sea battles with ships modeled on real ones.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We thought that we had been discovered, and that battle was going to begin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Down came the tents, up flared the torches, out flew the blades, and the yell of battle mingled with the lmentatirm of surprise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael had taken over the Apollo cabin after Lee Fletcher died in battle last summer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

To the east is gold-haired Achilles, his armor shining like the sun, his face a mask of raging battle madness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cordelia is a serving woman, and also a soldier in the final battle scene. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a silly question, especially on the cusp of a battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It cantered forward, and now the dementors scattered in earnest, and immediately the night was mild again, but the sounds of the surrounding battle were loud in his ears. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What made it spectacular were the virtual worlds the battles were set in, each one so realistic that putting on your glasses was like dropping you right into that place. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t it bother you to have a girl fight your battles for you? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was such a sad case of a brainwashed black Christian ready to do battle for the white man— who wants no part of him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stranger still, the battle could not have ended in death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Without the collaboration of both the Caucasians and the African Americans they would not have won the battle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Interspersed amid these totemic items were stray Q-tips and cotton balls, lip liners, Max Factor eye makeup, mascara, blush, and everything else I used in a losing battle to make myself beautiful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Like a chess game between equally matched competitors, however, the battle continued. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A battle of wit, and a test, too. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“First to fly the battle, he was. ’Twas a song about it, after. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every graduate of Lincoln Elementary School for the past thirty-five years could remember standing at that table listening to Mrs. Granger’s battle cry: “Look it up. That’s why we have the dictionary.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sullenly the Sea-god obeyed and once more the tide of battle turned against the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years, there had been many battles, large and small, between Dinka and Nuer; many people on both sides had been killed. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The current project was a dragon battling a knight on horseback amid a fuming wasteland. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The rest of the battle wasn’t going well. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whereas my father once told stories of historic battles and heroic Xhosa warriors, my mother would enchant us with Xhosa legends and fables that had come down from numberless generations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miles, without a z. My apologies for the stuff I said about your dad in our battle.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A hand cranks an alarm bell; sailors jump out of bunks, double-time it up stairways, assuming battle stations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Behind them came armorers, cooks, grooms; ranks of spearmen, axemen, archers; grizzled veterans of a hundred battles and green boys off to fight their first. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"And hast been in the battle, clean contrary to your obedience. A boy to break a father's heart! At your age a rod to your breech were fitter than a sword in your fist, ha!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She feared for her brother Edmure, and prayed that the gods would watch over him if he must face the Kingslayer in battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Whatever you do, don't try and fight a battle," Tyrion said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Over the thunder of hovercars and crackle of burning buildings and sounds of battle, the Special somehow heard her soft exhalation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Your class had a lot of private and personal battles. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who has volunteered to demonstrate what happens to those who continue to fight when the battle is lost?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I press through like I am battling a series of strong waves to where the breath is—without wondering how a hallucination/ghost/spirit/lost soul can even have breath. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They will be looking for some sign that their battles have not been in vain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although the sectional battle lines were clearly drawn in the debate, the position of the Virginia delegation was equivocal. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We had engaged in a subtle battle of which I think he had only then become aware. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘Just having a look around. You should always scout a battlefield before the battle.’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gandalf looked through the gaping Gate, and already on the fields he heard the gathering sound of battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You did that to Cap! You couldn’t fight your own battles! You had to use the whole football team as a weapon!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Tommen needed the Faith behind him in the battles to come. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Neubauer was drafted into the army and sent to battle against Russia. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

"A battle without banners or warhoms, but no less fierce. Carrying a child, bringing it into the world . . . your mother will have told you of the pain . . ." "I never knew my mother," Brienne said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the early 1980s a magazine asked me to report on a long-running legal battle over Pacific Northwest salmon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And in 1880, a battle broke out over who would be the Republican Party's presidential candidate. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Hector went back to the battle he turned aside to see once more, perhaps for the last time, the wife he tenderly loved, Andromache, and his son Astyanax. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone pretended the kitchen battle of the night before hadn’t happened, but a stiffness hung in the air, making it hard for things to move around, even words. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They told us that we had done battle with fiercer adversaries in the past, and we would again someday. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha! That would be fun. But I don’t fight my kids’ battles for them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Because both had been soldiers, experienced in battle, they weren’t so disoriented by the noise. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Daemons might touch each other, of course, or fight; but the prohibition against human-daemon contact went so deep that even in battle no warrior would touch an enemy’s daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then they sloped their huge clubs over their shoulders and marched to their battle position. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Will Turner’s mother snapped at him when he staggered home, howling in pain after being shot in the courthouse gun battle with the Howards. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Those who had changed their allegiance during the battle needed only to swear fealty to Joffrey, but the ones who had fought for Stannis until the bitter end were compelled to speak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had done what he could to buy their continued loyalty, promising Bronn and a dozen of his best men lands and knighthoods when the battle was won. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had seen that chest on the beach during the battle but did not remember that the hunters had taken it with them when they fled. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

All through the daylight hours, mobs of whites and blacks engaged in pitched battles throughout the city. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Rather than fight the desegregation battle, Birmingham closed all its downtown city pools—both black and white. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And there are good reasons for this: the first battle whose outcome was determined by gunpowder is often said to be Cerignola in 1503, and printing had very little impact before 1500. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If residents won their battle with the slumlord Greenberg, these other landlords would likely have to fix up their houses, too. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat quietly for a long time, watching them battle. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"And you are fifteen now. Fifteen, and leading a host to battle. Can you understand why I might fear, Robb?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tribe was outnumbered: the battle lost, the war over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘I am here. The last host of the Eorlingas has ridden forth. It will not return without battle.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just that she knew how to shoot—strategy and battle came naturally to her; it was obvious. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It was easy to see how he got commissions. His very bearing and looks were half the battle. He had only to assert the most commonplace thing and it sounded important and convincing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He crosses his arms, again in that battle stance. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The results of some battles had been a draw, but were they ever a real defeat? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most intriguing battle had gone on in California. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She chanced a glance and saw her family and coven engaged in battle with the Cursed Toads. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, Ben thought, Red has ten or twenty of his buddies surrounding him which gives the battle of poundage back to Red by several thousand pounds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving against the flow, and now trying to edge round this same corner, was a column of armored cars, the paintwork untouched by battle, heading south into the German advance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Inside the house, supplied with firewood and water, Mama and Angeline battled the invisible enemy. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As Pennsylvania was a free state and Maryland was a slave state, it came to be regarded as the border between the free North and slaveholding South. k Several Civil War battles have two names. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now it falls under the category of “battles not worth fighting, because at least she’s sitting at the table eating with us, and her weight hasn’t dropped into dangerland”. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Other names prominent in that battle were, true to the temper of the times, disgraced and dragged through the mud. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a pause in a battle he was bound to lose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The next day, the second since the battle, Romans and Greeks worked side by side to clean up the warzone and tend the wounded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They were strong like warriors, and they defeated the evil beings in a long and mighty battle. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

And the war would only get more ferocious as the Allies battled closer to the Japanese mainland. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the one defense the rebels found to battle the wasps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith has a satisfied look on his face, as if his regiment has just won a battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The winds of battle never broke our web. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voldemort was in the center of the battle, and he was striking and smiting all within reach. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Together, they can infiltrate the minds of good men and decide a battle before it's begun. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Funny, all this time he had thought of the situation as a private battle between Brother Leon and himself, as if the two of them were alone on the planet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clinton had been expecting a battle against an American-French force ever since 1778, when France had decided to aid the Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shell burst near Longstreet and he felt the hot brutal breath, and then the sounds of battle were softer, the smoke began to blanket the field. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have since received hundreds of accolades for bravery and commitment to the battle for human rights. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the hardest battle he had fought with the Trojans, he had never come as near to death as he did then. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rahel, on the other hand, was wide awake, fiercely vigilant and brittle with exhaustion from her battle against Real Life. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby felt the oddest sensation then, as though every emotion he’d ever had—happiness, sadness, worry, surprise—was colliding inside his body, battling to see which one of them might win. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, tiring of his unending battles with Teller over research policy, in September 1951 Bradbury appointed Marshall G. Holloway, a Los Alamos veteran with a no-nonsense administrative style, as head of the thermonuclear division. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But Phiri’s power was so potent and always growing that it made him constantly want to battle. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

So far from being decorated, he had been censured for showing cowardice in the battle. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of time before the verbal battles between Octavian and Mark Antony became more deadly. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“He fought in the battle for New York,” I said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel raced through the battle on Arion’s back, disappearing in the Mist whenever a giant came close, then appearing behind him and stabbing him in the back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

From the fourth to the tenth of July there was a violent battle in the La-Haye-du-Puits area. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You see, Jane, the battle is fought and the victory won.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The closest I came to death was during my battle with the final boss, the Black Dragon, who, of course, looked exactly like the beast depicted in the painting in Anorak’s study. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They just seemed to appear, like maggots on a corpse or ravens after a battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The history program brought the battle of Port Stanley to life with music and video clips. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"I wouldn't mind, but my father would consider my revelation the most extreme treason . . . You're free of him now. I'm still his prisoner. You have been freed, don't you understand? I've still my battle." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name of the award has become a battle cry. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

That speech turned an equivocal, a provisional victory on the field of battle—thanks to the alchemic power of Lincoln’s words—into a turning point in the history of American liberty. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

For years my father and I had been locked in conflict, an endless battle of wills. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In these at last, and after all the bitter setbacks of discipline, he was allowed to fight battles which were nearly rol ones, against his brother and cousins. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a small, strong dude, and as we battled our way out, I noticed he had this harelip scar running from the center of his mouth up into his left nostril. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Oh, Father Time...danced through the battle with a wooden cane he twirled like a ninja’s staff. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The practical range of cannon fire was about a mile, so in a battle on land that was the crucial range for improving vision. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He still looks like he lost a battle with a sandcastle. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Jimmy’s Boxing Ring. He has freestyle battles every Thursday. I submitted my name for a chance to battle tonight.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We took some fierce fighting but I never felt like I went into battle alone. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I challenge you. Single combat, three battles. You win, I keep the bodyguards. You lose, you call them off.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Up to now reason has always won the battle, but will my emotions get the upper hand? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even outlaws like Captain Reed skirted the battle zones in the Central Sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I would say that, with the exception of me sitting in the back of this salon, she's winning the battle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Though we don’t know if she flew combat missions, she was without a doubt working as a pilot on the battle lines in a war zone. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He sat in the gray light studying Goree’s map, smelling rain, thinking that a little rain now would be marvelous, cool them, cool the battle fever, settle the dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He battled the fierce mistral winds in the South of France, only giving up when his easel would not stay anchored. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But the Soviet Air Force Command insisted this couldn’t be done unless there was proof that Lilya had died in battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I was confused until I realized it was like a prayer before battle, and I gulped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In the field, he would sleep in the saddle oft as not, he claimed, so as to be well rested should he come upon a battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Becky tended to Madam’s battle wounds with ointment and medicinal wine. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In April, the battle of wills continued in the contest for the mayor’s seat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Both of Aurelia’s older brothers died before their father, one in battle, and one in mysterious circumstances, a fate that befell a number of heirs to the Caesars down the centuries. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Soon there will be battle on the fields. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And those that were deepest and longest in evil servitude, hating the West, and yet were men proud and bold, in their turn now gathered themselves for a last stand of desperate battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The whites had lost the battle, and yet they wanted to remember it. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

First, though, he needed answers to the kinds of questions that a general needs as he prepares for battle: Where are the enemy soldiers? George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle scene in the game took place on an ice-covered tundra. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“How many times did we battle the Romans in my day?” the woman asked. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When Granny took sick, he said he didn’t have any heart for the battle and wouldn’t be in it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We had been hurt pretty badly by Tepper and I was waiting for him to battle back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make Percy like this stupid arena battle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From all about, the roar of cannons and shouts of orders reached our ears; the water itself which nestled the hull spake of the battle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then Hazel appeared next to him, swinging her big cavalry sword like she was born for battle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

This will occur with the way the armed forces are created and a change in the order of battle. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were in full battle dress, with helmets and guns. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We saw the battle before we were dose enough to make out individual fighters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

American soldiers were winning individual battles, and the kill ratio was favorable—about 2.5 to 1. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Bach’s Lutheran Christianity, unlike the Papal Catholicism with which Galileo Galilei battled, was at ease with scientific investigation and the widening education of its laity - indeed, it positively encouraged it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He heard Alec’s footsteps behind him until there was the loud bang of the door slamming back open, followed by the rush of bodies and their continued battle cries. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, the chroniclers wrote, the conquest was at an end . . . but only for those few moments, before Aegon Targaryen and his sisters joined the battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I look like I’ve just emerged from a sanatorium and am about to lose a long battle with consumption. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Jule believed that the more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A great battle had been fought for the town but they had no idea who was taking it, who was defending it or who had the upper hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This war will be battled out on the streets with, hopefully, only superficial damage to the infrastructure and a minimum of human casualties. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Until World War II, more victims of war died of war-borne microbes than of battle wounds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper had said nothing about the disappearance of the battle plan and his lists of regiments. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Finally he asked Tyr, god of battle, god of war. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

‘A greater battle than the last one, even. Fine feasting for all of us. These will be days of pleasure and plenty for every ghast in every world.’ The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their plan included fighting Octavian in a land battle if necessary. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was Sam’s first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Another part was remembering the battle upriver, and wondering if he was being sent to hold the left again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The sheriff isn’t going to let you forget that you took over his little battle.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Away off, she could hear the sounds of battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Most of them, they think it was some battle. A siege, a burning tower, an enemy with a torch. One fool asked if it was dragonsbreath." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was more like that, so much more, what a handsome man the khal was, so tall and fierce, fearless in battle, the best rider ever to mount a horse, a demon archer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

White could not anticipate the bitter, sensational legal battle that was about to ensue—one that would be debated in the U.S. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even in that last battle, he had been well served by what he called the “honest, sensible and diligent men” of Americas first intelligence service. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That act, however, did not guarantee the right to vote, a battle that was now being fought in the streets of Selma. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could Stannis cross to the north bank* Belatedly he realized that the deck was turning, and somehow he had gotten spun about, so castle and battle had changed sides. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the background of my mental link, I heard underwater explosions and the sound of battle cries: Cyclopes bellowing, mermen shouting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And judging by his battle wound, I didn’t think Lucas would either. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He yelled an angry battle cry and charged me, but I parried his blade and backed away, letting him come after me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s never too late. It takes a warrior to fight a battle and survive. This here is a battle if I’ve ever seen one.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was said that they were a cowardly people who fought with poisoned weapons and preferred to hide from foes rather than free them in open battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Once again I’m battling not only for my own survival but for Peeta’s as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That’s something we should never forget; while others display their heroism in battle or against the Germans, our helpers prove theirs every day by their good spirits and affection. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"We'll have that soon enough. There will be another battle, between your brother Robb and my lord father, and that will settle the issue." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As usual, there is a battle for stereo dominance. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the final battle does come when Percy is sixteen, at least we have two more years to figure something out.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then several eyewitnesses from the battle described the weird sound Grover had made, which drove the Titans army back underground. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This drug-resistant type of malaria began to appear among U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, in which more soldiers were incapacitated by the disease than by battle wounds. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In a strange way, even though he is still a prisoner, Captain Smith seems to be winning the battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our battle for Okinawa was some of the bloodiest fighting in the war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year our world history teacher told us how the ancient Greeks used to go into battle naked. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dragons battle on the plain:yellow and black blood spills. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing grave, no news of battle or a prisoner exchange.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not like to think of with what hardness of heart, what calculated weeping, what deceit, what cruelty she now went into battle with her aunt for her freedom. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Older men had gone to war as soldiers or been killed in battle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They did, they won the last two battles,” Grandpa Nyles said, a serious look on his face. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone was at the clearing, dressed in full battle armor, but this time it wasn’t for capture the flag. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was silent and waited; he began daily the mute battle of friendliness and patience. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark battled his nerves as they walked, trying to be ready if anything jumped out at him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When a Navajo was wounded in battle, he did not moan or cry out the way many of the other men around us did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dress myself carefully, like I’m going into battle. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was in the middle of the room with a hunting knife, practicing bladecraft against the empty air, as if battling ghosts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In 42 BCE, the Caesarians waged two battles against the Republicans in Macedonia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

How often he and his companions had played that heroic battle, in the ruins of the old fort, taking turns to be Danes and French! The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents nursed me just as if I had fallen in battle after many victories. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the September days dragged on without word from them, the grieving regiment had to assume that Nina and Aleksandr had been killed in battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Back at Troy the wise physician of the Greeks healed him, and when at last he went joyfully once again into battle the first man he wounded with his arrows was Paris. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Quaker William Allen, who had sworn off sugar for nearly fifty years while he battled against slavery, drank his first cup of tea with a spoonful of white, free sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

In preparing for the sea battle, Mark Antony burned all but sixty of Cleopatra’s ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Aye—for the troops, in battle fury still, made one pass at me after another, pricking me with spears, hoping to kill me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was no sign at all of the grand battle that had just been fought here. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The battle we win over the worst in England shall benefit the best in England. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They are men, Robb, seasoned in battle. You were fighting with wooden swords less than a year past." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, Jackson’s own overwrought opposition, much like airbursts in a night battle, actually called attention to the issues the Quakers wished to raise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Everything was up for grabs, from battle plans to spy reports to the locations of supply depots. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

How could he tell her that another woman had taken the beating meant for her, and might well the in her place should some mischance of battle fell Joffrey? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thor reached down to his belt of strength, Megingjord, and pulled it tight, doubling his strength to make sure that he was strong enough to battle even the hugest of giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

With only some wire mesh between the two men, their shouting battle raged for five minutes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the last stage before the battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ewell’s fight in the north was stiffer, but down here the sound was softened; the wind was in the south, blowing toward the battle, blowing up between the lines. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed for battle, the new boy looked like an overcooked sausage about to burst its skin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You might not always win, but getting someone else to fight your battles for you just encouraged more fights in the future. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

"If you are set on battle, my purpose here is done. I ask your leave to return to River-run." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She would jump for the remote and turn up the TV volume until it was too hard to tell what was louder, who wanted to win the noise battle more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Last Thursday she was back at the track, cheering from the sidelines as her teammates battled Langston High in a dual league meet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It's something she's said to her students a hundred times—when we were exhausted from back-to-back training battles or we hadn’t slept in days. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The idea was that a Marine needed the energy from that food to go into battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it suddenly came into his head "If you funk this, you'll funk every battle all your life. Now or never." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to push away the ache of it all—the horrors of the battle they’d just won. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor, marched down the length of the hall flanked by his twin sons Horror and Slobber, the former limping from a wound taken in the battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sir Lancelot led a terrific battle in which his men were outnumbered by three to one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Deprived us of a proved warrior on the very edge of battle." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was said that the ironmen of old had oft been blood-drunk in battle, so berserk that they felt no pain and feared no foe, but this was a common ale- drunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Below me sits a battlefield—a killing field, actually, for no battle rages here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I paused, ready to pick up the baby and find its mother, but the little girl met my gaze squarely, ready to do battle, clutching the crying baby around its middle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was the smallest resistance, a losing battle from the start, but she relished the gesture. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I saw visions of grape vines choking unbelievers to death, drunken warriors insane with battle lust, sailors screaming as their hands turned to flippers, their faces elongating into dolphin snouts. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At two o’clock in the afternoon, while the earth trembled with the artillery fire from both sides, he took leave of Úrsula with the certainty that he was fighting a losing battle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kendra had seen many fairies fall during the battle, but most had been revived and healed by the magic of their comrades. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

With the domestication of animals and edible plants, people won a decisive victory in this battle, assuring our survival on this planet. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the muffled roar of the battle becomes a ring that encircles us, we creep in upon ourselves, and with big eyes stare into the night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you lied about coming back to see us battle the Laughing Locusts.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He predicted a battle lasting two days at most, with few if any marine casualties. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kappe welcomed them and stressed that their secret mission was just as important as any big battle on the front lines. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

"I made it my battle when I made Renly my king." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His skin was loose and he seemed to have already given up the battle to live. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that the murders of Major Mac and Joe had sparked off a nasty battle in that area and it was exactly what everyone had been trying to avoid. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I thought about was my own losing battle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Upon this rough bier they carried the body of their companion to the shore, together with such trophies of his last battle as they chose to send forth with him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The history of Revolutionary War espionage was changed by the deaths of Nathan Hale and Knowlton, who was killed in battle before Hale’s execution. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was a hurdle you jumped over, or a battle you won. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I took a breath and pushed myself forward through the open door, tightening my muscles as if ready for a battle. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I just gotta do this battle first and see what happens.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But now he saw that they were in danger of being caught in the very midst of the great battle that would soon be joined. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In their fights over territories, gangs would have breakdancing battles to determine ownership—and that’s why the term battle still exists today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Behind the dais a kraken and grey leviathan were locked in battle beneath the painted waves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were to be “ferocious in battle ... magnanimous in victory,” and to kindle the “light of liberation” in the eyes of the children. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The British thrashed the Patriots in a big battle in Brooklyn. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Between that first battle and the song? You killing it out here.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was announced that the battle would be called the Battle of the Windmill, and that Napoleon had created a new decoration, the Order of the Green Banner, which he had conferred upon himself. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But as Huxley and the others battled on, Charles stayed home at Down, working on a new edition of the book, with some revisions, and arranging for foreign publication as well. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were battling for first and second place when Mario came through. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

"You are the priest, Uncle, I leave the god to you. Do me the same kindness and leave the battles to me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Unknown to all these men who risked their lives to fight great battles—men who deserved to enjoy the peace—plans will soon be hatched to seek revenge for the Union victory. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was when I realized that we weren’t going to win this battle—that we could not win. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I felt I was already a Liberation Army soldier who was ready to go out for battle. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them, giants and the dead and the burning sons of Muspell, will travel to the battle plain called Vigrid. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“One battle at a time. I get it.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After the battle was fought atop Bunker Hill, I saw a Negro man upon the road from Charlestown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Besides that, they did not want Caesar and Pompey’s next battle to be waged on Egyptian soil. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“We only lost one battle. We got to win, Prince O. If we ever wish to be one person, we got to win.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Instead he looked at the girl's face and said, "You swear you'll release her after the battle?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s like we won a battle, you know?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He nodded and felt ashamed that his anger over Shad’s letter had made him forget the battle and the thousands of boys lying on the ground at a place called Shiloh. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She added her own stories of modern battle. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

From the looks on their faces, some—if not most—had been around to witness the battles between the gods and the Maafa. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“How many times have they killed our sisters in battle? When I was queen—” “Otrera,” Hylla interrupted, “you are here as a guest. You are not queen anymore.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That was when the first battle broke out between British and American troops, in and around the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had won the tactical battle with Richards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boots alone had no premonition of battle, hurt, and death. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

That way, they were ready to battle anything that wanted to jump on them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought how weird it was for Jeffrey to be driving past all these carefree people who had it made, on his way to fight the twenty-seventh installment of a life-and-death battle against cancer. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looks over at my sketch pad, noticing that I have copied his symbols and am adding on to them, turning them into figures that battle one another. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They swirled around Piper, filling the room with a firestorm of emotions: hatred, bloodlust and fear, but also love - because no one could face battle without caring for something', comrades, family, home. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They knew Haukelid had been battling the Germans in Norway and had barely gotten out alive. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott’s shantytown for the homeless was built near a rocky knoll and the residents christened it Tobruk, after the battle in the North Africa campaign of the war. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The military provided the model for the chain of command; enlisted men and women were marshaled daily by their superior officers into a battle of wills with the mass of angry and resentful prisoners. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fiery armor was so bright it was hard to look at, and his matching Ray- Bans and perfect smile made him look like a male model for battle gear. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He takes command of the Army on a Sunday, June 28, two days before die battle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was much discussion as to what the battle should be called. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“The Butcher’s coming out to give us battle. Up, unless you mean to be his meat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I got more pleasure from that apple fight than from any other battle in my life. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger’s face had a pained expression of stupor and he seemed to be battling silently against his primary instincts so as not to break up the mirage. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the battlefield called Vigrid, the gods will fall in battle with the frost giants, and the frost giants will fall in battle with the gods. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In days of old, this might have involved a cattle raid or even a battle, but in our time the deeds were more mischievous than martial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trained to fight in battles,” Chaol replied through his teeth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Spurge and Werfel were crossing a crater where some ancient battle must have happened. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Nah, man. You reading too much into this. This battle got you all jittery.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

By then, some townsfolk had gathered near the scene of their battle, the fire from the cucos’ charred and lifeless bodies creating a smoke signal. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He trailed after her along the coast of Greece, with one-quarter of his fleet following behind, leaving his men to protect his interests, defend his claim, and die in battle without him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lourdes did not battle her cravings; rather, she submitted to them like a somnambulist to a dream. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should, sir! You must! I shall write about it, when the battle’s lost and won.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Leo caught a glimpse of his friends in a losing battle, yelling and slashing at the monster’s nose hairs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From a tree close by Colonel Fremantle saw him, thought he was resting before the great battle, could not help but wonder at the enormous calm of the man. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the walls hung pictures of saints along with ancient battle shields. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back on life, wrote Jefferson, was “like looking over a field of battle. All, all dead: and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know not us.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In August 1944 the 46th Guards moved through Poland, where they would eventually take part in the battle for Warsaw. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t it be...forgive me...more prudent to call off this battle, enter the castle, and seek him y-yourself?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soviet Communists saw the West as their prime adversary in the battle to win the hearts and minds of oppressed people everywhere; America viewed Stalin's government as an enemy of democracy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We also waged a battle for the minds and hearts of the children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a ragtag group of the former ladies-in-waiting and their offspring by the fisherfolk established a festival to commemorate the battle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Achilles stayed in his tent a fierce battle followed, the hardest yet fought. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rats have begun to battle one another for their throne.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You see, Hazel, Otrera has challenged me to a duel. Every Amazon has that right. Tonight at midnight, we’ll battle for the throne.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We were engaged in a vicious battle of the wills! Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The morning came after the day of battle, and it was fair with light clouds and the wind turning westward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

During that same summer of the Americans’ annihilation by the Soviets, Bobby Fischer, now twelve, was engaged in his own battles on the board, playing in a tournament in Greenwich Village. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They came limping on crutches, or leading spent horses which could carry them no longer, or, as one did who had lost a hand in battle, carrying the one hand in the other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen glorious heroes, proud in their battle dress, fat as cows! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stayed by them, telling them the names of this and that Greek hero, until to their astonishment the battle ceased. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they saw what I was doing, what a tight wire I was walking, and they sat biting their nails and let me win that battle on my own. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

One reason they did so well in battle is precisely because the slave trade was flourishing. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

A battle took place on her face as she tried to stop the feelings rising up inside her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, we don’t want to draw attention to ourselves with that battle. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Away on the left the crash and clamour of the battle on the Rock rose loud again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The tide of the war might be turning, but there were many battles ahead to win, and victory would require perseverance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Does his behavior in battle match his appearance?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias whirled the sword above his head as he roared out his battle cry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A fierce battle cry rose from the sea of avatars around us and they all surged forward, converging on the Sixer army from every direction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Recognize which battles you have no choice but to lose; then lose them on your own terms. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had a nose for gold, but whether he had the belly for battle was another question. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

World War II wasn’t over, and she had more code-breaking battles to win. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But no, it was the Pastor’s guide to my salvation, and he was using it to battle evil. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Carrying the news about the new emperor, I went home, where one more battle awaited me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would still be weeks of skirmishing ahead with small groups of enemies still in the hills and jungle, but the battle for Guam was won. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued to lose her battle with the tears. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At least we fight this battle in the light, with the weapons of honest men, he told himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The battle. Surely it will be a few days before—” “Most of the items can be purchased at Mr. Mason’s.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a marching song, one soldiers sang when they returned victorious from battle. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

No matter how clever Scholar uprisings have been, in the end it comes down to steel against steel, and in that battle, the Martials always win. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In Europe, when our enemies saw they were losing a battle, they would often surrender. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already men were labouring to clear a way through the jetsam of battle; and now out from the Gate came some bearing litters. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t stop thinking about what Dad had told me, about facing your own battles. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He hardly notices because he’s fighting a whole different battle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did not like this news; he had counted on the brothers Baratheon decimating each other in bloody battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, Bobby launched an aggressive series of moves, waging a board battle that was later described as both a “slugfest” and a “sparkling attack and counter-attack.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The battle for life was taking place there too. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one would hire a man who hesitated in the heat of battle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn’t fight my battles for me. She doesn’t guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I would as soon bond with a stone. At least it could be counted on not to run away in battle.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Stalwart Shield shall not be forgotten. Have him washed and dressed for battle and bury him with cap and shield and spears.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you have to let people fight their own battles. I know you and that kid Toby are close, but you aren’t doing him any favors by stepping up to every guy who wants some.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As the Jews pitted their Western sensibilities against their Eastern Bible, the same battle was under way in the Christian world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m not left-handed,” Inigo replied, and with those words, he all but threw the six-fingered sword into his right hand, and the tide of battle turned. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

More battles lay ahead before any of us could seek the healing of an Enemyway. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just,” he said, oblivious to the battle that had just occurred, “it’s just that I don’t know anything about you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And this ragtag group was about to battle the most powerful army in the world. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fear is part of being a soldier, something that you live with and battle as long as you’re fighting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She knew it would mean battles for her and for me, but she had made up her mind. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Now to the left he could see the great mass of Pettigrew’s Division, with Trimble coming up behind him, advancing in superb order, line after line, a stunning sight, red battle flags, row on row. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The furor of the battle died the moment they crossed the threshold and closed the door behind them: All was silent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then the whole thing breaks down into a broadcast battle, as the Capitol tech masters try to fend off Beetee’s attack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Each step was a battle through the thick slime. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Or the ten heroes in full battle armor who were getting their bronze-plated booties whooped. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel found the idea almost as unsettling as the battle forklifts downstairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Should they refuse, then and only then will we inform them that the peace is broken, and go forth to give them battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It would be a terrible tactical error to go into battle against the dead without the proper weapons.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In December 1942, the women of the 587th finally completed their grueling training course and were assigned to fight on the Don Front, one of the areas of battle aggressively defending Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A real battle is under way now, a fireflight, a little bit of Vietnam brought back home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In 2006, after five years of battling, he got his bill passed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Metal clanged against metal, and a battle between the two warriors erupted around the tree. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Soviet women soldiers waged a private battle against men’s underwear the whole time they were fighting their invading enemy, the German army. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was just below the ledge Ulape and I had stood on while we watched the battle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had hated herself for lying before; she had decided to tell the truth about where she was going, and there had been a screaming battle with grandma. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have stopped in for a bite to eat after playing wargames at the battle yard. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

At the battle of Cajamarca recounted above, 168 Spaniards crushed a Native American army 500 times more numerous, killing thousands of natives while not losing a single Spaniard. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a military commander in battle, I turned and shouted to the marchers, ‘Rrrreeeggroup!’ Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like a soldier trying to sleep in the trenches the night before a major battle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That its director had to battle alone, tooth and nail, on behalf of 35 million black Americans. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plug and I battled through the gumbo mud to the fence line. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was here, ten thousand years ago, that the ancient fairy race, the Dé Danann, had battled against the demon Fomorians, carving the famous Giants’ Causeway with the strength of their magical blasts. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The early years had been times of battle, in which those who insisted on living by the sword had been made to die by it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They “rush on glorious death” and find it “sweet to die in battle.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back in the mortal age, unsavories would take two roosters, put them in a small arena, and watch them battle to the death, wagering on the outcome.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The two girls launched into battle side by side. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The boys kept rowing at thirty-five, losing their battle with the wind, and nearly every other boat on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The combat had decided nothing and the battle was renewed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the battle rage take me and surge up the stairs, scims flying. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She’d forced her family to cut short their vacation, agreed to go to a horrible school, and flown a helicopter into a monster battle just to see me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

This development enhanced their ability to wage legal battles but impeded their ability to acknowledge or respond to the emergence of a new caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The only disturbance during the evening was the noise of a tremendous cat battle out in the yard. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet since 1939, he had been fighting one of the hardest battles of World War II. His fearsome opponent? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He threw the long sable cloak back over his shoulders, to free his arms for battle, and took his sword in both hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If it’s not, her family will be caught in the middle of another citywide battle for control. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had mock battles and tumbled over and over, wrestling and biting. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

That is what Granny called situations like this—a battle of the wills. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Long before going into battle, wed known wed have to see and even touch the dead. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I can tell is that some of the tiny blue figures still battle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

All year, the Capitol will show the winning district gifts of grain and oil and even delicacies like sugar while the rest of us battle starvation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It felt like hopping from stone to stone, picking up tricks of the trade along the way, leveling up on his way to the final battle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the streets of Mafikeng, battles broke out between the homeland police and striking workers and students. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Lord,’ she said, ‘if you must go, then let me ride in your following. For I am weary of skulking in the hills, and wish to face peril and battle.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If you succeed, then perhaps we will meet again...for the final battle.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a difference in the reaction of the children to these battles. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last time we went into battle without Lady Melisandre was the Blackwater, when Lord Renly’s shade came down upon us and drove half our host into the bay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In battle he moved with a crouch, a fanged white ape, grinning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any encounter on the open sea, their battle lines would envelop the enemy fleet on both flanks, driving them inward to destruction. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In a few hours he would be out on the Quidditch field, battling through that gale. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s just like you said, Emma. We all have our battles. I fought mine, and I won. Now you’re fighting yours. And I’m so proud of you.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now he hopes to hear about the battle for Richmond before the president arrives. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tribesmen were also wary of consulting them, because it would be impossible to be effective in battle if one knew that he was fated to die. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About Montez. He got hurt in battle. He’s...he’s unconscious.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You also have time to worry about what will happen when you go into battle again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least David had a slingshot to battle Goliath. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If you have rubber tires on your shoes you’re all alone with your brother and you have to fight your own battles. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He rolled back the canopy on his plane and sent a flare skidding green across the sky, then ordered his radioman to tap out a battle cry. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was left over from her dream in which an unseen monster made its way toward her small fishing village in Japan, and she was expected to do battle with it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He died, and Ajax carried his body out of the battle while Odysseus held the Trojans back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And American forces were locked in ferocious battles with Japan all over the Pacific. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knew he had a scheme all ready in his mind—and what a man he was for schemes and battles! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His battle armor seemed to weigh him down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A dozen of Luke’s assorted goons—snake people, Laistrygonians, demigods in battle armor—had gathered to watch us get some “hospitality.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now comes a truly fantastic montage of the battle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s a great plan. I’d love to see one of these battles—they sound so cool—it’s just—” He hesitated. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was set to taking water around to the soldiers who had collapsed with battle exhaustion. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On every field of battle Will our banner ever wave, There’ll be a glorious victory for Permian High always. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His women, of course, knew it, and it provoked diem into murderous battles over him in die streets, brawling thick-thighed women with knives disturbed many a Friday night with their bloodletting and attracted whooping crowds. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On green fields of battle as old warriors, surrounded by friends, fighting for their homes, fighting cruelty. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

These battles secured the kingdom’s borders and brought peace to the land. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Catelyn said, "Let us hope there will be no battle. We three share a common foe who would destroy us all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Let them prepare at once for the battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack had said it was a battle wound and smeared a cherry popsicle on himself for fake blood. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, before you lost them in fair battle.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

"Now leave me, all of you. Even kings must rest before a battle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even in battle, she is always cool, controlled. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In war, his father had told him once, the battle is over in the instant one army breaks and flees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Whatever bow they carried, all of Balaq’s men were sharp-eyed, seasoned veterans who had proved their worth in a hundred battles, raids, and skirmishes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until my book was finished and about to come out that I actually went to the library and read histories of that battle for myself. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was greatly solicitous of my welfare following the battle, and asked me many sharp questions regarding it; which queries it was not in my power at first to answer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Percy felt exactly like he had at twelve years old, battling Ares on that beach in Los Angeles, when the shadow of the Titan lord had first passed over him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The Pandavas have been awakened to do battle once more,” said Hanuman, rubbing his chin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The great beasts would be useful in a pitched battle, no doubt, but it would be some time before they had the strength to face their foes in the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For one teetering second, while the crashes and booms of the battle filled the air, Harry hesitated. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For the next ten days, Chicago would remain a battle zone, with sporadic incidents of violence taking place throughout the city. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But the battle for desegregation in Alabama schools was only heating up. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Howard officials decided to challenge the DAR’s restrictive policy, beginning a crucial battle in the campaign to end Jim Crow social practices in the nation’s capital. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It took about a month after the battles of June, July, and August for Indian Creek to work itself back into shape. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The 587th was involved in six massive air battles while they were at Krasnodar, including, on a dismal and cloudy day in early June, probably their most dramatic engagement of the entire war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of a knife she used a blade that curved like the prow of a Viking ship, sailing to battle in distant seas. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

One week before the battle he is given command of the Regiment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, Admiral Nimitz and his generals were meeting in that tent to discuss battle plans while we Navajo code talkers waited in the corner, right there next to the top brass. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He met Arthur at Dover and fought a battle to prevent the landing. It was a bad engagement, half on sea and half on land, but the king woo. He won to land.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after the battle, I could not write of it; words seemed insufficient. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be learning things as she went along, gaining strength for her final battle. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

However, the battle against Aristotle was far from over. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The ragged scar that marked her chin and continued down her neck to her broad shoulder was said to be a remnant of a long-ago battle with one of the forest creatures. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no tension here at all but a battle between equals, with Reb Saunders losing only a little less frequently than his son. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"I saw that great hairy one to-day, the one who insisted that he must have two battle- axes, the heavy black steel ones with twin crescent blades." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The name the armed forces gave to that sickness of the mind and spirit was “battle fatigue.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed out for a while, and when I woke up the battle had moved farther down the river. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must come to battle soon, or starve. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now that the battle was over, she had time to observe it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, whenever I did not eat for long, as during famine or battle, I could stare at ordinary people and see their light and gold. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He bit off half his tongue in his first battle,” Hungerford explained to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed playing tennis, but for her it was just a sport—not a battle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jay was cool with me going—Dad battled there, and Mr. Jimmy doesn’t tolerate any nonsense—but she wasn’t crazy about me going with Aunt Pooh. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"We had a thought to put you and your wildlings in the vanguard when we come to battle." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Defending his own lands is one thing, open battle against Lord Tywin quite another." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

While the battle went ahead, ranging from the heights of the parapet to the depths of the ditch, the Joseph Bell rang out over the carnage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And the biggest battle was about to happen right here—in New York. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique looked at my dad again, but this time my dad seemed resigned to the fact that there was no way he and Enrique would win this battle; my mom would wear them down eventually. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

This he found crowded with light infantry and grenadier companies, all in full battle dress. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the one fighting most of the battles since they were all much older, except for Alex, who had his own negotiations to navigate, usually involving staying out late with friends. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Not one step back: in a world at war, the fear of Stalin’s directives was a threat more terrifying than dying in battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I watch for Cordelia in the battle scene, and there she is, running across backstage in her kilt with a wooden sword, her car rug thrown over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then more came rushing upon them and the shouts of the battle rang through Terabithia. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A major battle between small science and Big Science was taking shape in the run-up to the Solvay. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I’d told her how Meg helped her father escape, and I’d described the first battle with IT, which is this giant, evil brain that wants to control everyone. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I wrote the song, and I came up with the freestyles on the spot just like you’re supposed to do in a battle. What are you trying to say?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The young women of the Soviet Union who fought in World War II clung to their feminine identity with consistent determination, and if one single item could represent this individual battle, it’s underwear. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Frail-looking, delicately boned, the young man would not have wanted to be a soldier and in his heart would have feared performing badly in battle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tunnel rumbled shut, and the battle was over. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maddie glanced over her shoulder; she could tell her friend was manfully battling some demon or other. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They would sleep during the day, and then the battle would resume at sunset. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here nothing prevailed save the mercy of God—here the battle was fought between God and the Devil, between death and everlasting life. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Like their battle might rattle the universe until everything was destroyed. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I think of how Rhyia would never have chosen me, of how Madoc didn’t even wait to see the conclusion of the battle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The battle was followed by the day’s first folly, a tilt between a pair of jousting dwarfs, presented by one of the Yunkish lords that Hizdahr had invited to the games. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we consider the advantages that Spaniards derived from horses, steel weapons, and armor against foot soldiers without metal, it should no longer surprise us that Spaniards consistently won battles against enormous odds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The noise of battle will be furious; the Einherjar, Odin’s noble warriors, are locked in pitched battle with the evil dead, Loki’s troops. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He had one experience like this with the Orsini soldiers, when he attacked Bologna after the seizure of Faenza and saw them go reluctantly into that battle. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm certain of nothing but winter and battle," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The clashes over zero were the battles that shook the foundations of philosophy, of science, of mathematics, and of religion. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Old battle wound,” he said when he noticed my concern. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nanko made his face stern, which was hard for him to do because his mouth had been cut in the battle with the Aleuts and ever since it had always seemed to smile. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had no time to celebrate, because I was now standing smack-dab in the middle of the largest battle in the history of the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After the race, the San Francisco Chronicle’s tough-as-nails sports editor, Bill Leiser, said simply, “It was a great battle. The best race I ever saw on the estuary.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The battle moved into the forest and I followed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They say the Trojans are fighters too; good lances and good bowmen, horsemen, charioteers—and those can be decisive when a battle hangs in doubt. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mordred’s cannonade, which he was to keep up through the darkness until the morning’s battle, began to thud and bump outside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z