| 单词 | shaped |
| 例句 | In a way, this place had shaped his life as much as New York. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was a large metal gas lamp hanging above the entrance, illuminating a brass knocker shaped like the head of a dog with a ring in its mouth. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If you were born in the 1820s you were too old: your mindset was shaped by the pre-Civil War paradigm. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Large eyes, sweet face shaped like a heart, a mouth that wants to curve into a perfect little smile. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We stood in the hallway, under a chandelier shaped like a sci-fi UFO, and the police began to grill me right there under its bright, blinking lights. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It met every Wednesday in the basement of a stone-walled Episcopal church shaped like a cross. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It was as black as space itself and shaped like a rocket lying on its side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The fragrant grounds pattered down into a scarlet box that was shaped like a scoop at the back. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor held a cassette up to her dad, and he nodded, flicking his cigarette into an ashtray shaped like a naked African woman. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I can’t help but draw them with crooked fingers, weirdly shaped palms, or unnatural bends to the wrists. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Each day the pieces of the cross grew smoother and better shaped, for Brother Luke would examine them and show how they were too wide here or too uneven there. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The idea that the future would be ineluctably shaped by the past was exactly what a country that had plunged into recession didn’t want to hear. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He was a funny- looking child who became a funny-looking youth—tall and weak, and shaped like a bottle of Coca-Cola. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At least, she shaped the name, but she had no breath or tongue or teeth to give it sound. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My old bed, shaped like a red race car, the one I’d outgrown ages ago, was in pieces. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I still remember certain things about the woman: she wore white rubber Korean slippers that were shaped exactly like miniature canoes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His strong, skilled fingers shaped the signs with loving precision. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Our apartment building in Chesterfield was one story, shaped like a U around a courtyard. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Opposite the bench was a statue that appeared to have been shaped out of the oak stump rooted there in the ground: a deer’s head. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The arms and advice that Britain gave Nigeria shaped other countries. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The way your head is shaped, the fine eyes—yes, how like him! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He acted this out, his great shoulders bunching as his hands dragged the specter of lightning and shaped it, and held it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: Q—the last letter of the Greek alphabet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My girlfriends and I used to paint our mouths like American starlets, ruby red and heart- shaped. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The press had more than the usual fun with such an esoteric engineering concept, calling the new planes “wasp-waisted” and “Coke-bottle shaped” and talking about the “Marilyn Monroe effect.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I would’ve gotten in and said, “Take me to the place where children’s dreams come true if they aren’t eliminated for being too pear shaped or not being able to juggle.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I knew suddenly what I had to do, knew it even before it shaped itself completely in my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore skirts to just below the knees, but from there down, her legs were shaped like chicken drumsticks, rounded and full at the top, narrow at the bottom. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A glass chandelier shaped like a grapevine occupied most of the ceiling, spitting seeds of diamond fire onto the windows along the far side of the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Your journey has shaped you, made you both kind and great. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I climb the ladder up to the house, over worn wood shaped to the hands that ascend and descend every day. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Joaquin was standing behind them, almost like protection, and Grace steadied herself and reached out to the tarnished brass knocker shaped like a lion. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In the corner of her closet, there was a large green-tinted glass jar of loose change shaped like a teakettle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The locket is gold, shaped like a heart, probably containing a photograph of an apple-faced German girl who has promised to remain faithful back in Berlin. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z What if coming from a culture shaped by the demands of growing rice also makes you better at math? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It’s made out of big chunks of yellowish stone, and has a steep roof, and is shaped like an L around a big courtyard with fat pebbles set in the ground. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the little boards he shaped in a lovely curve, and around its edges he carved leaves and flowers and stars, and through it he cut crescent moons and curlicues. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Like, are they shaped like two curved dolphins coming together? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z This one was a shadow shaped like a person. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Choked with dread, I expected the nurse to lead me to an empty bed, her hands folded and her face shaped in careful sympathy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There were other fish too, big and small, colourful, differently shaped. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The aqueduct is shaped like an upside-down trapezoid, with a steep downslope that abruptly levels off for twenty yards, then slopes upward again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Having been thrust out of the world because of my race, I had accepted my destiny by not being curious about what shaped it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Colin placed the book in his dad's lap and said, “This circle is missing a piece. The missing piece is shaped like a pizza.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Made of cast iron, the plowshare was shaped like a V, with the blade carving into the ground and the two arms arcing away like gull wings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z No, not a sword, a long, dark cudgel of some sort, too regularly shaped to be a piece of firewood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The outer ring consists of trilithons, or 𝚷-shaped rocks like gigantic doorways. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z The letter psi, in Greek, is shaped like a tulip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I notice he's clean-shaven and that his hair is newly trimmed and shaped. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At a pasta store they selected interestingly shaped noodles and asked the woman running the store the proper amount for thirteen people—the ten people Count Olaf mentioned, and the three of them. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She went upstairs, got one of her Egypt books, and showed the rest of them that the tenpins were shaped exactly like the inner part of the double crown of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He made his decking fast to close-set ribs before he closed the side with longer planking, then cut a mast pole, and a proper yard, and shaped a steering oar to hold her steady. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The other was shaped like a tiny horseshoe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The throne was made of plywood, its back shaped in a fleur-de-lis all covered with purple taffeta that shone like oily water under moonlight. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She used to wear no jewelry except for her Camp Half-Blood bead necklace, but now she wore little silver earrings shaped like owls—the symbol of her mother, Athena. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was monstrous, shaped like a roaring, fanged mouth, a blazing fire burning within. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Another, larger laboratory with a second door leading out and, in the middle, a glass tank shaped like a barrel, filled with green liquid. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The cracks were shaped like twigs on a tree. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The coastal city was shaped like an arc that grew thinner on both ends until the tips stabbed into the sea. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Your personality will be shaped by the world you grow up in. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z All my life had shaped me for the realism, the naturalism of the modern novel, and I could not read enough of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The blossoms had many more petals, each beautifully shaped; the stems and leaves twined and feathered as if alive. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Like Einstein himself just told him that Earth is not round but instead shaped like a spoon. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z "What? Man, this thing is crooked! Look like you shaped me up with your eyes closed. Like you drunk. Better yet, like you gotta syndrome!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The same turquoise couch shaped in a semicircle of nubby tweed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A hole was shaped in the creature’s middle, purposefully, all the way from the bird’s feet to its pointed yellow beak. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Probably because folk around here haven’t ever seen a real barrow, just heard about them in stories. When they find a hill with big mounds on it . . .” I pointed out the oddly shaped hillocks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She took a piece of bread from a loaf shaped like a clover leaf, and it was salty and rich and studded with nuts. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That required a different amulet, the ouzait, shaped like the sacred eye of the god Horns. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I vow to rise first every morning to stare at the dew on the green fruit shaped like a lightbulb. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It means my nails are perfectly shaped but not polished. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He saw virus particles shaped like snakes, in negative images. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A gold pin shaped like a whale with a tiny black eye and a spout of rhinestone water coming from its blowhole. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Cartilage isn’t as strong as bone, but it can be easily shaped. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a cat, with a long, curled tail that twitched the seconds. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was shaped, of course, like an attic, but furnished as a sitting-room. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I made a list of all the accessories I would require, including a black wig and a golden armband shaped like a snake. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Questions like why I had a spot shaped like a feather on my cheek. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Kay’s panache, for instance, was shaped like a rigid, flat fan, with its edges pointing fore and aft. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The lighter was shaped like a Fiat radiator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She thinks the guest room where she will be staying—which is really a former hayloft shaped by a sloped roof—has “two lopsides.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Thyon’s boyhood bed was shaped like a war brig, complete with real sails and riggings, and even miniature cannons, so heavy it took the strength of two maids to rock him to sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We had nothing to eat for a long time until Abraham found a pumpkin and an amochro, a short plant with a fleshy, juicy root shaped like an onion. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She dug into her pocket and tugged at something awkwardly shaped. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The round strong pillar of his neck supported a beautifully shaped head. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was possible that Chess’s face had shaped itself into a glare, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Pleased to have lifted Perilee’s spirits, I shaped the dough into two loaves and a dozen rolls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Millet had planned an elaborate series of explosive “set pieces,” fireworks affixed to large metal frames shaped to depict various portraits and tableaus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The real Iron Maiden was a medieval torture instrument, a sort of boiler which was shaped like a woman on the outside—and lined with spikes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Principles of Geology went through twelve editions in Lyell’s lifetime and contained notions that shaped geological thinking far into the twentieth century. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The soldiers had on broadbrim hats with the crown of the hat shaped into a cone. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Matters below my neck had shaped up, not that I could show off that part. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a small box over his head, with a Saran Wrap-covered opening shaped like a TV screen to look out through. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It shaped their understanding of their illness, the support they got from their families, their relationships with their doctors. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z There’s even a knocker on the front door shaped like a horseshoe. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They walked across a courtyard paved in white stones, past a fountain shaped like a horse and rider, and toward a grand glass conservatory, lit from within by hanging lanterns. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s when I realize this closet is shaped like an L. Back here, there are a bunch of boxes. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Moreover, his universe is shaped by his theology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a hot dog on wheels. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On our first day, Jimmy spent about five entire minutes pointing to a plastic bank shaped like Fred Flintstone that he had up on a shelf in the back room. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The stone was shaped like a beetle, flat enough to be concealed by the grass but bulky enough to catch a toe if you hit it the right way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was all mesarthium, smooth bunched muscle shaped for crouching and leaping. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They were not as well shaped or as well fitted as the blocks the master builder had shaped and placed himself. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The new policy was shaped by the kind of eugenicists that William had met in his college days, and Cold Spring Harbor’s Charles Davenport led the charge. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z On his face was a small, faded birthmark, shaped a little like a pineapple. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the brandy bottles and a bottle shaped like a bear, which had held kiimmel, that Miss Van Campen found. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z From what she can tell, it’s a low grotto, maybe four yards long and half as wide, shaped like a loaf of bread. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s because they’re stingy and have funny shaped heads and ugly looking Jew noses,” Ben said, leaning across to poke Sammy in the ribs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The tree has been shaped to spread the cognitive load over time with the help of two kinds of topiary. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It’s lollipop shaped, with the road being the stick that leads to a circle of four houses—three that are lived in and one that’s been empty for years. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z If the stain were shaped like a circle, or like a square or a triangle, it would be easy to figure out; just take a ruler and measure its radius or its height and base. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They were shaped the same—cottages with small square lawns. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Along the trail there were small blue flowers shaped like bells. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the draccus’ scales, smooth and black, roughly as big as my palm, and shaped like a teardrop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They filed through the entrance into a small room shaped like a pizza slice. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When we are done, the great room is decorated with piggy banks and patchwork quilts, stacks of children’s books, a lamp shaped like an owl. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Instead, zero shaped humanity’s view of the universe—and of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Great thinkers, teachers, writers, dramatists, and artists shaped its colorful past. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I said of course I had, but it didn’t mean any more than wishing to be rich, to be able to swim faster, or to have a more nicely shaped mouth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z These people, whose origins lay in the salaried middle class and the upper grades of the working class, had been shaped and brought together by the barren world of monopoly industry and centralized government. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The naiad looked like a girl of about sixteen, with full lips and a profusion of golden hair swirling about a face shaped like a valentine. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I was admitted to Howard University, but formed and shaped by The Mecca. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The gaslight shone upon the heavy, leonine lines of his features—a mane of sandy-brown hair, eyes the piercing blue of gas flames, a firm mouth shaped around the stem of a briar pipe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The old scar on his forehead, which was shaped like a bolt of lightning, was burning beneath his fingers as though someone had just pressed a white-hot wire to his skin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sarai stood where she was, still screaming, and though no sound came out—her voice having gone—her lips shaped the words Get out! Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My upbringing has shaped in me certain attitudes which have not worn thin over the years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That experience shaped what I’ve felt about relationships for the rest of my life: You do not own the thing that you love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Aegon's carpenters had shaped it after the land of Westerns, sawing out each bay and peninsula until the table nowhere ran straight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Indeed, as we shall shortly see, every note of music subsequently written and played would be shaped by the spirit of the age. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The thirty-six pictures around the dial were minute and clear, the three hands and the one needle were exquisitely shaped out of some silver-gray metal, and a golden sunburst surrounded the center of the dial. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z These songs were shaped by the poetic metre of their lyrics, and consequently most of the troubadour songs, even the sad ones, have a gentle, foot-tapping pulse. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The boy took his truck from the pack and shaped roads in the ash with a stick. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Once again, the war years shaped and hardened his convictions on this score, though the basic attitudes on which they rested were in place long before he assumed command of the Continental Army. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s made of gold fake leather, and it’s shaped like a cat’s face, and even I have to admit it’s adorable. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z So they went along in their pokey fashion, the weirdly shaped Gremlin making rolling stops at traffic signs and the Eldorado, a little bit later, doing the same. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The silhouettes are both shaped like the dude on the men’s bathroom sign. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He picked up a flat piece of wood, shaped like a fourth of a pie. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed me one of the knit hats that was shaped like a big hockey puck. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Echo led them down into a grassy meadow shaped like a blast crater, with a small pond in the middle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The box also contained white stockings, white leather shoes, and an enormous white hair bow, already shaped and ready to be fastened on with two loose ties. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They had walked into a patch of tents that were all covered with a thick growth of shamrocks, so that it looked as though small, oddly shaped hillocks had sprouted out of the earth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Each rod had a threaded end that narrowed to a point, and the other end was shaped to fit into a carpenter’s brace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The brothers were also very good at grinding lenses, producing large, accurately shaped lenses that alone would have made their telescopes better than anything else around at the time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It was shaped like the tower of a fort. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There was a flagstaff in the garden, and on the roof was a gilt weathercock shaped like a telescope. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I don’t know where to sit any more than I know how to eat the pink sausage snuggled inside bread shaped like a corncob, smeared with sauces yellow and red. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There was a huge sheet cake shaped like an open book. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Rather than a colossal biblical Flood, Lyell argued, there had been millions of floods; God had shaped the earth not through singular cataclysms but through a million paper cuts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z My mom is shaped like an eggplant and often sports bags under her eyes of the same color. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z His breastplate was shaped like rows of hungry monstrous faces, their mouths open as if demanding food. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In the middle was a trapezoid- shaped casemate with slats on each side for cannons. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When I had sorted out the planks and shaped them, the work went fast, so that by late spring I was ready to finish the seams. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mohammed’s incredible rise and premature passing had shaped the trajectory of Zeitoun’s family in general and of Abdulrahman in particular, but he didn’t like to dwell on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The chocolates are shaped like mice, with almond ears and licorice tails. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps we may have noticed an oddly shaped insect of ferocious mien on a bush in the garden and been dimly aware that the praying mantis lives at the expense of other insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I used instead the root of a tree which I shaped into a point and hardened in the fire. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace opened the front door before Joaquin could even use the huge brass door knocker that was shaped like a trophy. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The lobby of the building was clean and sleek and full of oddly shaped lamps. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Besides dictating career opportunities, the system shaped geographic destiny, with the core class allowed to live in and around Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z How many different faces shaped over Tom’s face, all wrong? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The tables and facts couldn’t be shaped into what they were not. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He shaped the ends with the knife and sanded them smooth with salt and he stained them with soot until they were the color of lead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The signs floated above the ground, completely unsupported and shaped like giant ribbons with hanging tassels. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was shaped sort of like a subway car. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They are shaped Like trumpets, The blow of salt On your lips When you raise One to your mouth. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His head was small and perfectly formed, shaped like that of a deer, but with a gray beard growing from his chin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Under a tuft of jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped cut, like a bolt of lightning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Lionel sat in silence for a minute, looking at the plate in front of him, where there was a bright pool of ruby from the stained glass, shaped like an egg. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The skulls were huge, the jaws shaped like monster bird beaks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We are still animals, and our physical, emotional and cognitive abilities are still shaped by our DNA. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The country around was beset by a frightful monster, the Sphinx, a creature shaped like a winged lion, but with the breast and face of a woman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She sees innocence, the untouched kingdom the great leader slain the great empty hole shaped like the child growing large and becoming grand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He took some wax, mixed it with iron filings and shaped it into a ball: when he had the mixture right it floated just below the surface of the water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I grew up on stories of holy men parting the river Bistrița, golems shaped from clay, and, of course, those possessive spirits called dybbukim. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And they’re all shaped differently, and they all layer over each other. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It looks like a place I used to go for dance lessons — when I was eight or nine. It was shaped just the same.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We were playing with leaves shaped like butterflies. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Using the pile of construction paper, markers, and tape, we began sketching screenshots of how we imagined our app would look, on cardboard cutouts shaped like cell phones. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His head was long and shaped like that of a horse or a camel, with the great nostrils widened as he tried to breathe. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet in that glare I sometimes detected a flicker of approval, as if this streak of independence, this refusal to be shaped by him reflected his own obstinance. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Min had shaped and then carved the clay to form curve of wing and tilt of head. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a heart and covered with rust, with a broken chain. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It gave me more time to write out long-winded college essays about how my illness shaped me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They paused to regard a cracked wooden buoy painted blue and white, shaped like an old parasol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z That it was bad enough to have a face shaped like a box of chocolates. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Every adult is shaped by the experience of childhood and adolescence. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z At that moment, the statue shaped like Joseph’s mother began to move, startling him out of his thoughts. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z To understand why, evolutionary psychologists argue, we need to delve into the hunter-gatherer world that shaped us, the world that we subconsciously still inhabit. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And yeah, she dresses “like a guy,” but she’s certainly not shaped like one. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He didn’t see that the Siriono were walking through a landscape that had been shaped by somebody else. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he produced from a pocket in his robe a small paddle that was shaped to fit over his hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They had no wish to create some fantasy shaped in their own minds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary could almost feel them welcoming it in their poor parched throats, which were so perfectly shaped for it, and which had been starved for so long. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She held up a bag shaped like a cocker spaniel. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It had a light-brown birthmark, shaped like a pointed dry leaf. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I slice and slice, a basketful of strangely shaped heirloom tomatoes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He claims I rode inside the canoe, at my own request, because the weight of the oddly shaped battery tipped the boat dangerously. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind had been shaped by the prairies and ranges, and until the day he died, he would make order of the world with lessons learned from cow ponies, jagged land, and wide-open sky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it really shaped the same way as mine? Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, except for the gas mask and a few magnets shaped like swastikas on the refrigerator. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Later, he became enamored of Japanese interlocking puzzles and dimensional wooden puzzles shaped in the form of an automobile or an animal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hemoglobin A, the most intensively studied version of the molecule, is shaped like a four-leaf clover. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Nhamo passed the hill shaped like a waterbuck’s ear and found the three baobabs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass cases contained dozens of keepsakes: a ruby the size of a man’s fist, a wedge of gold shaped like a sandwich, even the Thunder Gong she’d read about in the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A strand of plastic gold beads shaped like hexagons. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “That man would get on my nerves. Didn’t matter where we were going, he needed some kind of hat. He thought his head was shaped funny.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Some of our best prizes were a baseball cap, a beat-up weather vane shaped like a chicken, and a beautiful feather that looked like it might have come from a peacock. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Much like the Gothic architecture that shaped the buildings for which it was written, isorhythm did not last as a tool in the organisation of music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I spoke of my father—his humility, his resilience, and how all that had shaped me and Craig. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Augustus and Isaac were sitting on the floor in gaming chairs shaped like lazy Ls, staring up at a gargantuan television. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It was oval shaped, like something you would find covered by a white sheet in an old haunted house. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a butterfly, but it had tiny claws to grip the hair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The oddly shaped ones sat on top, and the tiny bones, like fingers and toes, went into her pocket with the gold ring. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z On the prow of that stone ship in the centre of the strait, and seemingly a part of it, a shaped and geometrical outcrop of the naked rock, stood the pueblo of Malpais. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I mixed the moonshine into a zinc-and-sulfur compound and was rewarded with a thick gray composite that could be shaped like modeling clay. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My eyes scan the plastic flowers near the sink, the faded wallpaper that Tía keeps telling her to take down, the wall clock shaped like a stopwatch, the teeny ants zigzagging near the leaky faucet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As it drew near the great furnaces where, in the deeps of time, it had been shaped and forged, the Ring’s power grew, and it became more fell, untameable save by some mighty will. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z My father is shaped by the memory of things I will never know. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z A battle helmet shaped like a bear’s head was tucked under his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A few mothers brought cupcakes and passed out heart- shaped candies with sayings printed on them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The main body of the creature was a shimmering, pulsating mass of white and mauve, shaped roughly like a cone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He asked for nothing else from her, only this acknowledgment of who he was, how his soul was shaped. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Most of the earthworks were shaped like big cones and stepped pyramids, but some were sculpted into enormous birds, lizards, bears, long-tailed “alligators,” and, in Peebles, Ohio, a 1,330-foot-long serpent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Inside lay eight antique rings, all carved or shaped like animals. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Their wings came in all varieties, mostly patterned after butterflies, but much more elegantly shaped and radiantly colored. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then he turned north and descended into the Washington scablands, a tortured landscape shaped by a series of cataclysms between twelve and fifteen thousand years ago. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Clear vats shaped like cradles hold floating babies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Their traditional diplomacy shaped new efforts to form alliances against the invaders. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z One of the streets was so steep the sidewalk had been shaped to form stairs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Not long like a snake, it was squat like a cinder brick, its thick neck blending into a head shaped like a massive flat wedge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Both carried slight builds, with heads shaped more like ovals than circles. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a pinched hockey puck. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a massive gash-like opening that was shaped like a frown on the roof. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We could see the rims of plates and what looked like the foot of a teakettle—it was shaped like a human foot, complete with painted toenails. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z While he ran on, Odysseus with zeal applied himself to the meat and wine, but inwardly his thought shaped woe and ruin for the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s oddly shaped, and I can’t quite figure out what it is until I pull it out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The andirons, shaped like enormous curling serpents, flank her, their glass eyes ready to glow with lit flames. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She wished she wasn’t shy, that she wasn’t shaped like a lima bean, and that her left ear didn’t stick out farther than her right. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Coloring books and glittery pens and erasers shaped like Noah’s ark. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As I came closer, I could see the balloons had faces and shaped ears, and they looked like a little tribe, bobbing in the air above their owner, waiting for him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of her sickleshaped birthmark, the elegant curve of her neck, her luminous eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Cooking pots were made out of clay and shaped by hand. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The covered mounds were shaped like human heads. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My old nests were woven of leaves and sticks and shaped like his bathtub, cool green cocoons. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Nekene, see the boy that will inherit his fathers riches!” one woman said, hooting even more loudly, her mouth shaped like a narrow tunnel. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The lawn’s cut, the bushes are shaped, and the house itself looks well kept and inviting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Its beauty and ability to be easily shaped make it ideal for jewelry. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Lyddie saw the rosebud mouth shaped into an O of fright. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A lump in his neck shaped like a miniature cow was removed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something tall and barrel shaped in the middle of it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A little metal clasp shaped like a sliver of the moon held the case shut. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That life would have had to do with ideas and people who took those ideas and shaped them into a kind of power. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He wore a black T-shirt, black jeans, and a new silver ring shaped like a skull. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The computer is large and oddly shaped, not like any I have ever seen, a six-inch square with two ports, both unused. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z In a south section of the prison compound there stands a curious little building: a dark two-storied building shaped like a coffin. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A smear of light mud shaped like a handprint had dried on the side of the black leather, stopping where the wide splash of blue paint covered the top. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “They’re out on Highway 6. The sign is shaped like a cross.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Carefully he had cut the tree down and then shaped the paddle from its trunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was shaped sort of like a fireplace, with an arched recess at the bottom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nicasia’s limbs are long and perfectly shaped, her mouth the pink of coral, her hair the color of the deepest, coldest part of the sea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z These she stacked and shaped into a house that was generously large. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was of sullen brown, and he wore on it a crown of mesarthium shaped as a wreath of serpents swallowing each other by the tails. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had killed a cliff-ghast, but using the knife on a being shaped like himself was much harder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mama looked at the wall clock, a gift from a charity Papa donated to, oval shaped and embossed with his name in gold lettering. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Her right leg was shaped like a human leg, but it was made of bronze. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z European metalworkers tended to create metal objects by pouring molten alloys into shaped molds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At noon I sneaked into the yard and walked among the aisles of damp, cleansmelling clay and came to a barrow full of wet bricks just taken from the machine that shaped them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The hill was shaped like a comma, large and round with a spur leading out and down: The Twentieth Maine was positioned along the spur, the other regiments curved around to the right. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It's shaped like a black ship in the Royal Harbor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They were flanking a car shaped like a big boot and another one that looked like a pouncing cat. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I was supposed to get a cake shaped like the Eiffel Tower, one of his favorite places in the world. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Something shaped not like Claremont but Diaz—no better, no worse, just different. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In the center of the cave stood a Roman-style bed, gilded wood shaped like a curly U, with velvet cushions. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In the hole was a large root shaped like a child. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z With his left hand, the gray-haired man shaped the ash of his cigarette on the rim of the ashtray. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She was sitting at my old child’s desk below the face- shaped window, her head down in her folded arms. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z From the other side of the tower Robin could look down upon the town and the church roof, and see clearly how the church was shaped like a cross. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Besides, Gregor had loved the rain forest exhibit, and the cafeteria with french fries shaped like dinosaurs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The seeds have been shaped into a heart. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He shaped who he would be in manhood. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z There were awnings over market stalls, and rows of spice shaped into cones. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And yet these events have formed Gogol, shaped him, determined who he is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The melon’s stem and leaves were cleverly shaped to form the lid of the jug. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z A master shipwright, building a cargo vessel, lays down a broad and shallow hull; just so Odysseus shaped the bottom of his craft. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull out my antennae hats I shaped last night out a tinfoil, fasten em on our heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was one of Mama Bellini’s earrings, shaped like a sea shell, with sparkling little stones all over it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was metallic and oddly shaped, but was only odd because of its location. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z One was a little bit larger, but the other was shaped like Paganini. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Often they are shaped like houses and contain some hidden trinket. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There’s a high ceiling, with lights shaped like morning glories hanging down on chains, and a plain gold cross up at the front with a vase of white flowers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a painting of a naked woman with a red face shaped like a knight’s shield. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The breeze still cool, we bounce across the bridge shaped like a crescent moon where I’m not to go by myself. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful building, at least seven stories high, landscaped with topiary bushes shaped like animals and a waterfall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Octavian handed him a bronze badge shaped like a laurel wreath. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Of especially naughty children, it is sometimes said, ‘They must have been raised by wolves,’” Lord Fredrick finally remarked, tapping his cigar into a bronze ashtray shaped like a fox. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure it wasn’t real—its spots were shaped like stars. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “No. It’s the map of Oklahoma. It’s shaped like a hand with a finger pointing west.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z "Such crowds are only our raw materials, one of the raw materials to be shaped to our program." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They were unusual spectacles, being without ear pieces, but shaped rather like scissors or like the antennae of the tarantula wasp. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She ate until her stomach was full, and then Con poured something from a decanter shaped like a bird into the crystal goblet at her elbow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She saw meticulously scrawled text, intricate labels, and a compass shaped like a lion's head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes she writes responses for them: And do you remember when we ate pistachios, when we ate those lemon ices shaped like flowers? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mom took a break from writing and had breakfast with me and Dad, and I made pancakes that were sort of shaped like chickens, if you used your imagination. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The whole modern world has been shaped by lopsided outcomes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I see Michigan right away, shaped like a mitten, near the top. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They were brown- colored and shaped like men, and icing had been used to make eyes, noses, and button coats. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z To tell their story, we must begin with what they did—how sugar shaped their lives. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z To his right runs a line of anti-invasion obstacles shaped like a child’s jacks, strung with razor wire, extending at least a mile down the shoreline. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Class as well as fashion shaped the violin’s rapid dissemination across Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And they saw a great black beast, shaped like a hound yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested on, and this hound was tearing the throat out of Sir Hugo Baskerville. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The letter said that they were two feet high, and green, and shaped like plumber’s friends. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Shah Faisal Mosque was shaped like a giant tent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, the words felt more legitimate shaped by the rise and fall of his yeshivish cadence. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Partly it was shaped in the making of the mountains, but mighty works the Men of Westernesse had wrought there of old; and Saruman had dwelt there long and had not been idle. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Gray, smooth, kind of shaped like a crescent moon. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The dressing table’s still decorated with her antique atomizers, French perfume bottles, bowls shaped like shells filled with eye shadows, lipsticks, pencils. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And somehow the mountains will never sound right to us; we’ll give them new names, but the old names are there, somewhere in time, and the mountains were shaped and seen under those names. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She then rapped three times on the thick black door, which was studded with iron nails and bore a knocker shaped like an eagle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The standard argument is that this thesis proves that evidence does not determine what scientists hold to be true; consequently, it is claimed, scientific beliefs are primarily shaped by cultural and social factors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the past, they had shaped the landscape mainly with fire; the ax came out only for garden plots of marshelder and little barley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Each brick had been cut with her ulo, the half-moon shaped woman’s knife, so versatile it can trim a baby’s hair, slice a tough bear, or chip an iceberg. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But his fingers, as if frozen in memory, remained tightly cramped and clawed, shaped like a shell over what they no longer held. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She spent hours on the riverbank with her little plastic transistor shaped like a tangerine. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘It was an orc-weapon,’ he said, holding it gingerly, and looking with disgust at the carved handle: it had been shaped like a hideous head with squinting eyes and leering mouth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her legs were long and brown and perfectly shaped. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the stairs there’s a hat-and-umbrella stand, the bentwood kind, long rounded rungs of wood curving gently up into hooks shaped like the opening fronds of a fern. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Now we just call it “Millenium,” and it is a stretch of bare land and several rusted metal sculptures—one an abstract, plated mammoth, another shaped like a lima bean that dwarfs me in size. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was oval shaped, with branches sticking out here and there like a woman who had not combed her hair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A glassed case in the corner held the curios he had collected—specimens of butterflies, a rare arrowhead, a curious rock shaped like a human profile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I lift a box of highlighters, all shaped like boiled eggs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her mouth was well shaped and well lipped but abnormally small—what used to be called a rosebud. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At last a plan shaped itself in his mind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I had more than one hundred pairs—a collection of big hoops and long dangly beads and small studs shaped either like hearts or daisies or baby animals. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then his plump hands shaped the words ‘Holy Jesus,’ or ‘God,’ or ‘Darling Mary.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And someone sat down on the other end of the bench and it was a lady who had a black briefcase and purple shoes and a brooch shaped like a parrot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her fingernails were dirty, and her hand was badly shaped and people made jokes about love because sometimes it was funny. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z His face was broad and pink, his white mustache shaped like the horns of a longhorn steer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a neon sign on the wall shaped like an ice-cream cone, black-and-white tiled floors, and a jukebox in the corner. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She sits in front of the fire in her bedroom, drinking a cup of nettle tea from a clay mug shaped like a snake, its tail coiling to make the handle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In particular, they shaped the world around us to a much larger degree than most people realise. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What those five have in common, of course, is that they are all cultures shaped by the tradition of wet-rice agriculture and meaningful work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Though they had grown up in the same household and were shaped by the same two parents, Mary Anne had been damaged more severely in the passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The first twenty-three years of my life are the ones that shaped me, and the fact that I’ve lived almost seven decades since then is irrelevant. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Doctors would un-squish my nose, and raise the bridge and narrow it, so it didn’t look quite so much like a lump of clay that had hardened before it could be properly shaped. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z As I am defined, then my name is defined and shaped around me like clothing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Sitting Indian style, the Object leaned forward, holding the cigarette in her mouth over a green ceramic lighter shaped like an artichoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One day a three-dimensional creature—shaped like an apple, say—comes upon Flatland, hovering above it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the granite itself had to be shaped to conform to the contours of the future dam. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He and his second wife, June, live in Wyckoff, a New Jersey suburb where he pampers fig trees and dutifully looks after a bird feeder shaped like the Parthenon. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Bits of blueprints and novels and stationery, folded and cut and shaped into a flock of striped tents, all tied together with more string in black and white and red. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For her whole life, Nicole had been playing a part in a story shaped by everyone from her mother to her friends, even to her beloved auntie. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Inside was a key—a shiny silver thing shaped like a flower, something that might be overlooked, mistaken for a child’s plaything—that unlocked the second secret door in the north wall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Experienced continuously in public and private, Catholicism shaped my whole day. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Catastrophists, as you might expect from the name, believed that the Earth was shaped by abrupt cataclysmic events–floods principally, which is why catastrophism and neptunism are often wrongly bundled together. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Somehow, in all the world, with all the people in it, in all their wonky shapes, they were shaped to fit each other. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was long and oval, shaped like a great spear-head thrust deep into the northern glen; but its southern end was beyond the shadows under the sunlit sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z By Renaissance times, rhetoric had become so centrally embedded in the culture as a habit of mind that it shaped the way all knowledge was approached. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Her favorite piece was a casserole shaped like a fish and the green glass coffee cups. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard and pommel are unadorned, elegantly shaped. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her graying hair is parted in the middle and tied in a ponytail, her nose pierced with a stud shaped like the sun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Not so loud,” Alex said, ramming boxes of weirdly shaped pasta into a bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z On my back, I catch my breath, my chest rising and falling, and see blue sky and clouds shaped like huge pancakes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “Not his café. He was in it, me too, the same time. I saw him. S. Morgenstern. He had head like this, that big,” and he shaped his hands like a big balloon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was only later, when I replayed it all, that I appreciated how perfectly shaped a chance it was for me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor thought, looking down at her hands which were badly shaped. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z If, in order to simplify our problem, we concentrate on the visual arts, we might say that a work of art must be a tangible thing shaped by human hands. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To his surprise he noticed that the great block was shaped like a heavy door, and was less than twice his own height. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Each copper plate had a hole in its center, and though they were not shaped in the conventional way, they were undoubtedly keyholes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He eats them one after another, all the floral discs, then the ones shaped like pretzels, and finally the clovers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She crept through the underbrush, finished off her chalk on a nearby tree trunk, and shaped four more spirits into the jagged lines. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Hope Springs has always been special to me. My time here shaped me in ways that to this day contribute to my success, and for that, I’m very grateful to this community.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “I thought meeting you would help him, if he would see that his work has shaped real lives, but... I’m very sorry. It is very, very embarrassing.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Hemingway wrote in the negative spaces. His stories were shaped by what he didn’t tell you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He had sat a whole night and shaped die limbs carefully until die bow looked beautiful. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat was symmetrically shaped, with rounded ends that were hard to tell apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His lips mold against mine like they’re perfectly shaped for each other. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One of them was holding a shiny paper card shaped like an apple that said she needed a follow-up visit. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He also got two black sweaters he might actually wear, some Avon cologne in a bottle shaped like an electric guitar, and an empty key ring—which his dad made sure everybody noticed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The pinkie shaped a heart on the fleshiness above her right breast. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There were hedges that, in the summer, the gardener shaped like animals, and a swimming pool with emerald- colored tiles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see the wind itself, but I could see it carried the water that filled the rivers and shaped the countryside. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the ump—a short dude whose middle is shaped like the highlighter-hued ball that gives this game I love so much its name—hock a loogie above my head. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Any idea how come I found a plush toy shaped like a loaf of French bread in my trailer this morning?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When the stories were being shaped, we are given to understand, little distinction had as yet been made between the real and the unreal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Rufino and Pilar ate in a restaurant observatory shaped like a spaceship. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly and conscientiously he ate all of the wedge- shaped strips of fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who ever saw Iris Boskovitch immediately thought this about her: That girl's head is shaped exactly like the sign above Flat Face Pizza. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Her long hair is thick and dark, and her body is still slim, unlike the other moms in the neighborhood who are shaped like upside-down pears. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagined a whirlwind, dark and swift, and in the middle of it a gentle oval-shaped stillness, shaped like a bicycle wheel seen from an angle: the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She shaped the dough into a ball and set it in the middle of the counter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He was a small, very black boy with hooded eyes, a long, broad nose and an oddly shaped head. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Atop the head were small, expressive ears shaped like perfect arches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The handle which lifted the latch of the door, a piece of wrought iron shaped like a horse-shoe, was moving softly to the left It moved like a crab, uncertainly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I see the compound, shaped like the picture of a neuron I once saw in my science textbook, and the fence that surrounds it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I slapped the cow dung into nicely shaped cakes and plastered them to the walls, a neat handprint on each one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The crests above the door lintels still have bumblebees carved into the oak; the ivy-covered fountain in the courtyard is shaped like a hive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The next is blue, with the Seattle Seahawks logo stenciled in stark white and silver, plus the number 12; the 1 is shaped like the Space Needle. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The woman continued, “Are my veins shaped like a ‘T’ for ‘trouble’?” She did have some veins on her forehead. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It shaped itself like a mountain seen in the distance, and began to glow at the summit. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s shaped like a little treasure chest and would be perfect for Soojin. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I heard stomping on the back porch, and Tag came inside followed by a short man shaped like a powder keg. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He crept a little closer, hiding behind a plant with leaves shaped like elephant ears. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z His hands shaped the words in a swift series of designs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sam picked up a little glass, shaped like an hour glass, only much smaller. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We snake through a labyrinth of old furniture, car scraps, and oddly shaped metal sculptures that Annie welded together. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z You laugh, rap my woody shell with wicked whispers shaped like knuckles, then toss me aside. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a strangely shaped metal one with a tower on top. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I touched the small pillow where Abuelo’s head had rested and had an image of him deftly peeling an orange in a long ribbon to his bare feet, which were brown, calloused, and delicately shaped. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was shaped like an Aturan penance piece, but it gleamed silver in the moonlight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Yet the claim that the forest was shaped by people does not seem to leave room for anything else, anything bigger and deeper than humankind. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Hollander, a reading enrichment teacher, shaped her lessons around robust literature—her classes met in small groups and talked informally about what they had read. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When they stood before the large house, Dicey noticed oddly shaped piles. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed her a small, oddly shaped package, wrapped in leftover Christmas paper. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z In the center of die clump was one large tree shaped like an umbrella. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was at least fifty yards across and shaped like a bowl. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Before his cousin Ashleigh’s wedding, for example, he dropped her off at a small spa near his childhood home, to get her eyebrows shaped. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She even had latrines built in the woods, and she posted signs shaped like little hands with gentlemen and gentlewomen written on them pointing to two thin paths that led away from each other. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The poetess lived alone and shaped her time and activities carefully in order to meet the heavy demands of artistic responsibility. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat around a U- shaped counter drinking coffee. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the furniture is modern and shaped like boxes and domes, and some of it looks like it came from a fancy British tea party. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I believe that there are four institutions in American history that have shaped our approach to race and justice but remain poorly understood. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His tail, too, was made of real rabbit fur and was fluffy and soft and well shaped. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z It is rusty-green and shaped like an egg with little square boxes on the surface. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sacred Rock had been cut and shaped to look exactly like the Black One, which rose directly behind it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The only one you could know by touch would be the wiggly shaped one. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers were as long and gracefully shaped as those on the disembodied hands in the Pond’s ad. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I find a set of drawing pencils with erasers shaped like pieces of sushi at the ends. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was about a visitor from outer space, shaped very much like a Tralfamadorian, by the way. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Skathis’s monster, shaped now not of nightmare, but grace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Apollo 9 had called theirs Gumdrop and Spider, which I thought were neat names because the command module teas shaped like a gumdrop and the lunar module did look sort of like a spider. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But you can draw in the patterning of the feathers so I can see how they are shaped and how they lie on the bird’s body. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z IN 1946, a number of critical events occurred that shaped my political development and the direction of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Scrubbed and groomed, clad in green velvets and an ermine half-cape, with his long red hair freshly washed and his fiery beard shaped and trimmed, the wildling looked every inch a southron lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It has shaped him as much or more than any other cultural, social, or educational force, or combination thereof. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, the finch’s beak would harden and become pincer shaped. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Appropriate behaviors have to be shaped—shaped through successive approximations to the desired behavior,” says Darrow. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Now you sing it. I have this—” Nico pulls out a microphone that is shaped like a softball on a tripod. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I look back on my Little Rock integration experience as ultimately a positive force that shaped the course of my life. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Its bob, he said, was a golden sphere shaped like a child’s top. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Just then he opened the side door on the garage, which was shaped like a little red barn. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But compared with Regalia, it looked unplanned, like a place where someone had lined up a bunch of oddly shaped boxes in rows. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Across the narrow valley, now almost on a level with his eyes, the walls of the evil city stood, and its cavernous gate, shaped like an open mouth with gleaming teeth, was gaping wide. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was raw steel, unpolished but expertly shaped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A mantelpiece bare of ornaments save for an enormous block of white marble shaped like a bear, a piece of modern sculpture in which was inset a clock. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Nia put her bag down—it was shaped like a hippo. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z They don’t have much top, but lots of knotty roots, shaped sort of like sweet potatoes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma lowered her head so far down that I could see the dip in the back of her neck, where she had a port-wine mark shaped like Manhattan Island. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Gently Cilia brushed and brushed, her little oddly shaped face turned away, pretending she did not know that Johnny was there. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lovely eyes they were, dark and almond shaped, with very long black lashes that swept the exquisite pallor of her cheeks. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the bed was a chest of drawers with drawer handles shaped like teardrops and a mirror attached to the top. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The fruit was shaped like a lemon, with an outer layer of mixed colors of yellow and red. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The one on the left turned its crooked helmet, which was shaped like a wolf s head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The flourishing field of evolutionary psychology argues that many of our present-day social and psychological characteristics were shaped during this long pre-agricultural era. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ginger's usual treats were shaped like small bones. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn't have a basic grasp of the complex appeals process that shaped death penalty litigation, a process that would in time become as familiar to me as the back of my hand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z First, colonial descriptions of Native Americans are among the few glimpses we have of Indians whose lives were not shaped by the presence of Europe. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They filed through the entrance into a small room shaped like a pizza slice. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Seventh-grade Ron had a birthmark shaped like a crab, which made me think of the Crab Nebula. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z At the Lord’s command, a squad of soldiers brought a set of shimmering wings, shaped like a dragonfly’s, of some thin, transparent stuff stretched over a framework of gold wire. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She shaped her hands like a globe around her Afro. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They can be spun, stretched and shaped with a surprising degree of freedom. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My life, and that of most Xhosas at the time, was shaped by custom, ritual, and taboo. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands upon thousands of trees in the red glow of sundown, perfectly shaped and perfectly aligned, vertically and horizontally, like squares in a million-square grid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The plan is still in its early stages and hasn’t completely shaped up yet, but I’m working on it.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Inside was something wrapped in gold foil—opening it, she saw it was a piece of chocolate shaped like a rosebud. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Bean shaped and smaller than a speck of sand, the fruit fly embryo begins its life in a whir of activity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There were shoes, as well — satin slippers in the same ice blue — and a mask shaped like a butterfly, embedded with what seemed to be hundreds of tiny diamonds and sapphires. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Irregularly shaped objects can be very difficult to measure. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Their choice of what to write about will necessarily be shaped by their own interests and concerns. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A cloud that shaped itself into a funnel and a funnel that shaped itself into a tornado, and then a giant mushroom, and then a cloud that covered half the earth. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Perceptions shaped her; proving her only human, a social being. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the tap there were a dozen pink and white soaps, shaped like swans and roses, resting in an ivory-tinted shell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a low, white building painted with Dalmatian spots and a rotating sign out front shaped like a dog bone. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z After we leave the hotel, the teachers take us to have dinner at the Boathouse, which is a restaurant shaped like a boat right on the boardwalk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Elaborate funeral cars stood along the curb, one a dull black with windows shaped like Gothic arches, through which I saw funeral flowers piled upon a casket. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The structure of their societies, the management of their industry, agriculture, commerce, the size of their settlements, the subjects of their stories, everything is shaped to fit the somer-kemmer cycle. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see the hill shaped like a waterbuck’s ear. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see that he is dressed in a long black coat which was called a frock coat, and a queer, shiny hat shaped like a stovepipe, which was called a top hat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I remember how one day she showed up with bright pink tresses studded with blinking colored lights shaped like mice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At its center was Huitzilopochtli, a martial god who wore a helmet shaped like a hummingbird’s head and carried a fire-breathing serpent as a weapon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From the waist upwards he was like a man, but his legs were hairy like a goat's, and shaped like a goat's and he had goat's hooves and a tail. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Though of noble bearing, he wore the garb of an ordinary warrior, with no ornament save a curiously shaped iron brooch at his collar. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He tightened some things here, loosened some more over there, tugged and patted and shaped. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There was the sidewalk crack shaped like a Y, and the other one that lifted the concrete up from the dirt floor. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z After half an hour, she shaped the dough, pressed it into cinnamon, and slid the rolls into the hot oven. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Meade had put troops along the ridge so that his position was shaped like the fishhook, but there were no troops yet on the rocky hills. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Imperial canals circle the square, holding jeweled boats bright as gemstones and shaped like smiling moons on midnight-blue water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z With the light on them, Pinmei could see they were all shaped like small, sharp slivers. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The streets are crowded with men and women in straw cone- shaped hats. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the candles ready on the countertop, standing in brass holders shaped like lotuses, but they ate under the glow of the copper-shaded ceiling lamp that hung over the table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her lips were red and perfectly shaped, her cheeks blushed prettily when she spoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics, and genocide. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All of my life had shaped me to live by my own feelings and thoughts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The eyes behind his glasses were bright green, and on his forehead, clearly visible through his hair, was a thin scar, shaped like a bolt of lightning. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Even their speech is colored and shaped by what they must undergo. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I paint a girl in a circus freak show with wide, stumpy legs and a face shaped like a perfect circle. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Each of our spoons has a dark-yellow halibut liver oil capsule in it, shaped like a small football. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z According to the guidebook, Maui is shaped like a head. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Their religion, their institutions, all of the things that shaped their culture came from Afrikaners. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If she had run into a tree, it must have been an oddly shaped tree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His refrigerator was covered with magnets shaped like states, and he had an egg timer that looked like a chicken. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It's shaped like the bulky water jug her mother-in-law gave her, the one Ranee always hated. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s not shaped like love, not colored like it, but harsh, war-colored, metallic. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Grover stood in the middle, facing three really old, really fat satyrs who sat on topiary thrones shaped out of rose bushes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I drew them large; I shaped them well: the eyelashes I traced long and sombre; the irids lustrous and large. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They created us, they shaped our world, they told us what to believe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He grinds his teeth against me like we’re supposed to mold together, but it feels like two pieces of metal that are shaped all wrong for each other. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Under the kitchen window his shamed, downcast eyes fell upon a curiously shaped stone, a stone of such fascination that he squatted down and picked it up and turned it over in his hands. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a marvelously small ear, and at the top it is shaped and carved after the fashion in which old sculptors indicated deviltry and vice in their statues of satyrs.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Instead of a circle, it was shaped like a heart. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Actually she was offering them a clue: Even in the dark, even with his eyes closed, Reynie could feel the panels with his fingers and find the wiggly shaped arrow. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Garrett watched a mist drift by, whispering and whispering, shaped like a beautiful and nebulous woman. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Adams and Jefferson, it turned out, were too deeply shaped by the desperate struggle against England to foresee the Anglo-American alliance that flourished throughout the Victorian era and beyond. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She wanted her life shaped now, immediately--and the decision must be made by some force--of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality--that was close at hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It had wooden double doors, and each had a differently shaped bronze knocker on it: a horseshoe on the right, and a solid rectangular slab on the left. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He wore a bright yellow shirt with a custom-cut tie shaped like a cello. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Even though her hands were red and cracked from the sodaed water, they were beautifully shaped with lovely, curved, oval nails. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z These events and achievements are historically significant because they shaped the subsequent history of the United States, including our own time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The designs of his hands shaped faster and faster. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In his mind, Nathan could see his father’s expression of surprise and concern, eyebrows raised, mouth shaped like an O. “I don’t know how to respond. I mean, did you ask your mother?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He had curly hair and green eyes, a clasp shaped like a seashell on his cloak. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His favorite topi is on his head, the one that’s shaped like a mushroom but still manages to make him look cool. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They were shaped like a man’s fingers when they are crisped like claws. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s an old-timey soda fountain up against one wall, underneath a twinkly lit ceiling, and light fixtures shaped like giant pink flowers. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Hutton was by all accounts a man of the keenest insights and liveliest conversation, a delight in company, and without rival when it came to understanding the mysterious slow processes that shaped the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The archway leading to the royal bedchamber was guarded by a pair of sandalwood lovers, shaped and smoothed and oiled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even her hair was shaped into a big round thing on her head. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We met up with Ayanna and Chestnutt at a giant plaza filled with fountains disguised as statues, and flowering bushes shaped to look like animals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She yelped in surprise as the bow began to shrink, and became a hair clip shaped like a crescent moon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Children slide down the hills on shaped boards, sending their happy cries through drifted stillness. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The fog blew through the faceless vagueness of its head, yet it was shaped like a man, only deformed and changing, like a man’s shadow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Three important revolutions shaped the course of history: the Cognitive Revolution kick-started history about 70,000 years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t the men that we give honor to, the men that shaped up the Constitution of our country, didn’t they recognize slavery? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a little soft on the sides, but her almond eyes are matched by a lovely old-fashioned face, shaped like a guitar pick, all curves leading dramatically to a small chin with a big mouth. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Empty gaps for windows and oddly shaped doorways. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a black flower, gilded with gold. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There was work, sleep, and a fife shaped around computing, technology, and the Net. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole wrapped-up bundle, which was shaped like a large vitamin pill, bent slightly from side to side, then was still, then bent back and forth again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The faucets are gold, and the spigot is shaped like a dragon’s head. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled smoke and flame from outside the hallway and shaped it into a tall man. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Her eyes went impossibly wide, her mouth shaped into a perfect o. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Modern Indigenous nations and communities are societies shaped by their resistance to colonialism. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But when the crowd caught sight of the murderers, with their escort of blue-coated highway patrolmen, it fell silent, as though amazed to find them humanly shaped. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not to say that it is not shaped by culture as well as evidence; but the culture which shapes it is, first and foremost, the culture of science itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Some little boys in the Biafran Boys Brigade were practicing on the street, with sticks shaped like guns, doing frog jumps, calling one another captain! and adjutant! in high voices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He detects patterns: one track is waffled, another has fine lines, and another is shaped like the pointed toe of a boot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She picked a large fig tree near the water and an oddly shaped pillar of rock as landmarks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a wide trapezoid, and there were two indentations in the middle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Crocodile Guts’s boat had been shaped to move smoothly in the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Marina Raskova's school years were bent and shaped by the harsh winds of change that swept her nation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Some physicists thought that atoms might be cube shaped, because cubes can be packed together so neatly without any wasted space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It makes patterns of light shaped like birds. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the center of their palms appeared a little blue tile shaped like a five-pointed star. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z With a heavy sigh I held up one of the cardboard cutouts shaped like a cell phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She and Croteau remain conscious of the class differences between them, and the ways in which their lives have been shaped by different experiences. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I stand up and step back, looking at the three oddly shaped boxes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The metal flexed and bowed under his slender weight as he wedged the toes of his sneakers into the diamond shaped gaps. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They are oddly shaped, each a six-inch square block, much larger than a home computer, and each is connected to its own battery dock. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Outside, the Depression was playing itself out, and with it would go the world that had been shaped by it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sula was a heavy brown with large quiet eyes, one of which featured a birthmark that spread from the middle of the lid toward the eyebrow, shaped something like a stemmed rose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Four stories high, shaped from cold gray stone. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Desdemona was standing between two air manifolds shaped like giant tubas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The swelling disappeared but where the silver wolf had kissed was now a rueful scar shaped like an X. It seeped for days. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cocktails are poured at the bar in a variety of oddly shaped and colored glasses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is shaped like a ladder twisted into a helix, the rungs available in four different molecular parts, which constitute the four letters of the genetic code. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was holding a foot-long stick shaped like a claw on one end. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It was a giant cake, shaped like a huge, perfect donut. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Rabiya props up a Little Mermaid figurine next to a lamp shaped like a shell. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Three meters up, there was a window shaped like a porthole. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One half of the chamber’s interior was occupied by a hollow semicircular electrode shaped like the letter D and known forever more as a “dee.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sam Houston gave me a buttonhook, and Lamar gave me a pincushion shaped like a fat red tomato. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Baba’s brain on those pictures looked like cross sections of a big walnut, riddled with tennis ball—shaped gray things. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It had a drawbridge, and gardens shaped like hearts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She wore a khaki shirt and a gold necklace charm shaped like a shovel. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The dresser held a matched comb and brush set, a mirror tray with tiny perfume bottles shaped like kittens and bunnies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She pulls out something shaped like a star. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He claimed that she had been shaped up by a cow kicking her from behind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It is shaped like a can of cola. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It's made of dark ration grain and shaped in a crescent. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I found an electric guitar shaped like Apollo’s lyre that was so sweet I had to pick it up. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The legacy of slavery very much shaped my grandmother and the way she raised her nine children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The building was shaped like an L around a small courtyard: three stories on the long side, the top floor, with its gabled windows, crammed under a steeply raked roof. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The iron tip was shaped like the nose cone of a rocket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It helped define their ability to change their lives and shaped their odds of getting better. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z At the feet of the trees, and all about the green hillsides the grass was studded with small golden flowers shaped like stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Through the abundant windows I see a strange vehicle—it’s shaped like a bird, with two wing structures and a pointed nose, but it has wheels, like a car. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The Shavepate was clad in a pleated black skirt and a muscled breastplate, with a brazen helm shaped like a serpent’s head beneath one arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was a very slender six foot two with a bushy mustache and a neatly shaped afro. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Immediately, their faces and bodies were covered with hundreds of white scars—all shaped like the grains of rice that had rained upon them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They even tried a piece of bread shaped like the wafer with bread and jam and it was no use. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He imagined himself as a dentist, removing that gold tooth, pocketing it, and refitting Mr. Trepid with something else, maybe something red, maybe plastic, shaped like a fang. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z A fire was burning in a hearth shaped like the gaping mouth of a lion. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In the cart sat a hideous blackbird, big as a man, shaped like a man, with head hung forward like a molting crow. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She repeated and her voice shook and quavered: "It was shaped like a bear...." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z From the outside it was shaped funny, like something that should’a been on another planet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Except it turns out he did have to sleep in a tent, a nice four-person green outfit shaped like half an egg, but still a tent. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z When Tiffany finishes with the hearts on the wall, she comes over and brings Imani a container of slime—three red globs, shaped into hearts. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z When she talked about a building, she didn’t say, “You know, the big one shaped like a tube of lipstick.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The stone was shaped like a beetle, flat enough to be concealed by the grass but bulky enough to catch a toe if you hit it the right way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Singer laughed and his hands shaped the words with wild speed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Though as a matter of principle he maintained skepticism for a few moments, the similarly shaped A-T and G-C pairs had their expected impact. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The last time it was life I brought to Storm’s End, shaped to look like onions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lid was shaped like a rounded-out triangle, three feet wide and two feet deep. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1934 Charles Howard could look out from his offices and see a city shaped by his vision. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We can see in the United Nations a new world order being shaped, along color lines—an alliance among the non-white nations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I passed a display of dog cookies shaped like bones and cats and squirrels. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to get my men and our canoe past that spit of land—it’s shaped like a little hook and juts out into the river. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Talis smiled and snapped another picture of Seven, Valley, and Thorn as they got off their parade float, which had been shaped like an enormous Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Laid out on it was a pretty necklace, gold, with a locket shaped like a heart. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Oh...and some of those ice cubes were shaped like rusty bear traps and triple fishhooks, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I had seen Chloe Marsh earlier in the day—very pretty, with a face shaped like a soft heart and with a delicate nose and lips like a contessa in a Renaissance portrait. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As Timothy said, it was shaped like a melon, or a turtle, sloped up from the sea to our ridge where the palms flapped all day and night in the light trade wind. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Barack was a unicorn, after all—shaped by his unusual name, his odd heritage, his hard-to-pin-down ethnicity, his missing dad, his unique mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Almost shyly, the boy led them to his bench, and a steel helm shaped like a bull's head, with two great curving homs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “This is the thirty-seventh time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this nation.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was oddly shaped, but he clutched it in his paws, looking quite pleased. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was, like its name suggested, shaped like an egg on its side. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Shhh,” she said, her eyes so wide they showed a full ring of white, and when she whispered it was breath shaped into words, and made no sound at all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But, when you put the mouthpiece on an instrument shaped like a tube, only some of the sounds the mouthpiece makes are the right length for the tube. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It was told and retold; things were forgotten, or shaped and changed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not given an environment that favored the development of intensive agriculture, that is, they shaped the landscape into something more suitable to their purposes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that has stood here ever since this part of the world was shaped. Never mind. Let us leave it, and go.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A tiny scar shaped like a Z ran from my hairline down behind my right ear. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Without large, perfectly shaped eyes, their feces couldn’t make you feel that way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Their ruthless comments shaped my personality and turned me into a shy, insecure, quiet girl. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I said, “I know, ma’am, he told me I’ve got a head shaped like a peanut.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z "I see it. This city is shaped like a banana. The avenues run from top to bottom. The streets are shorter and they go across." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dessert consists mainly of a gargantuan tiered cake shaped to resemble circus tents and frosted in stripes, the filling within a bright shock of raspberry cream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ma’s is shaped like an owl, her favorite animal. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Another creature, this one shaped a bit like a small dragon with fuzzy wings that trailed on the ground, bustled past. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The centerpiece of the complex is a grassy outdoor seating area populated with oversized, oddly shaped chairs painted in bright zigzag patterns. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was shaped like a cashew, pushing his belly out and his forehead back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She liked the stone walls and wood beams that had been shaped by human hands and tools instead of by the mind of Skathis. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the dark she looked like a boulder shaped by five hundred years of storms. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a red and gold pin shaped like a tree. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z No wonder I’d thought it was shaped like an Amazon box: It was an Amazon box. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Papi supervised us every once in a while to make sure we didn’t saw off our fingers as we shaped the thick cardboard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When I arrived home, Grandma handed me a large oddly shaped envelope. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It's only a meter tall, and shaped like a jackhammer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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