| 单词 | shell |
| 例句 | Every evening at dusk he heard a conch shell being blown in the house next door to signal the hour for prayer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought I would be so happy when my body cast was off, but instead I feel like a turtle that’s lost half of her shell. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She drops the shells of the pistachios she’s eating into a metal bowl. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He sets a tiny paper scroll, no bigger than a cowrie shell, in her palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Smoke and dust filled the air, and shells exploded on the ground. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The armoire looks like a military shell went through it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She took my half-full bowl of shelled peas and emptied them into hers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My aunt, a little oyster, a little piece of meat on an open shell for us to look at. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z One stride in front of the first shell, she finds another. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was a perfect replica of the beautiful dancers, dressed in a long, glittery gown with a pretty tortoise shell comb in her hair, from which cascaded a tiny, lacy mantilla. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The woman unzipped her backpack and pulled out a shell. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The long, upright bodies of the oarsmen were catching the wind, acting essentially as sails, hurrying the shells down the course. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He hardly poked his head out of his shell when Prosper and Hornet bent over his box. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She would try to make her shell very hard against whatever might happen at the dance. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z All-out war promptly broke out in the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Joseph joined the chase and tried to intercept the straggly dog as he leapt up onto the sideboard, scattering piles of old candles and oyster shells. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He bent down and plucked a shell from the grass, then put the open end of the shell to his throat and hummed low and long. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We -paint its shell a bright red, Hassan’s idea, and a good one: This way, we'll never lose it in the bushes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If he was going to order a new shell, he wanted it custom designed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They took the gun, the shells, the sword, and the dynamite and put it all in the car trunk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Don Coy would have to step into the shell again at the stroke position. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The "shell" of an atom isn’t some hard shiny casing, as illustrations sometimes encourage us to suppose, but simply the outermost of these fuzzy electron clouds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It don’t seem too concerned about us, probably thinking it can snap its shell shut and dive underwater faster than we could get to it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He plucked the red-faced jumper from the water, gunned the motor on the launch, and headed for the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He held the shell up instead and showed it to them and they understood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Neumann One coaxes the battered Opel down streets so narrow that the sides of the truck shell scrape against walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In each stake boat, an official sat ready to hold the stern of the shell assigned to that lane until the starting pistol was fired. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They were, he said unambiguously, “the finest I ever saw seated in a shell. And I’ve seen some corking boatloads.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “That slip of a lass’ll never shift that shell,” croaked the gunner. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Then she showed us how to slide a knife in the side of the shell, then twist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Those bursts of white fire from the guns, those red circles where shells landed, looked like exotic blossoms, flowers that bloomed, then faded in less than a heartbeat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite all her hard work, her hands were as smooth as the inside of an oyster shell. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Felicia squatted, examining the shells as if they were unexpected gems, then rearranged them on the sand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was gone two years, and when he came back he was a shell. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “How could this be mine? I am not an artist! I am nothing! I’m a penniless merchant, a prisoner! A shell! A windup toy!” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z This made them hard for the gobbler to shell, but he was working away at it, pecking and scratching so hard that he was raising a big dust out in the field. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no neck The turtle had retracted into its shell; all that showed of its head was its eyes and its beak, surrounded by circles of skin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I can't imagine that there are many oyster shells in Afghanistan either, since the country doesn't touch the ocean. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Cora’s grandmother was sold a few times on the trek to the fort, passed between slavers for cowrie shells and glass beads. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And anyway, the salted shells would only make him thirsty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Like a turtle, I pulled back into my shell, conserving my courage and my words until I really needed them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "I keep thinking of all the shotgun shells I threw away about two months ago," he wrote. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I ran around the length of the stable, throwing shells into the dung piles. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It had the general appearance of a large tortoise without a shell, its body an amoeboid puddle beneath a long neck. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He hands me the gun and drops two shells into my other palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I was huddled behind a turtle shell, shielding myself from the flying fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Its shell was so pale that she could see the mess of the inner workings. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It comes from the house opposite where a shell has just landed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Around four o’clock, an American field howitzer, two miles away, lets fly a single improperly ranged shell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wanted to see the man alive and not burned back there like a body shelled in another body. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they were disturbed, the oyster shells were tightly closed. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybeth gathered the fragments of shells that nestled among the grassy seaweed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of machine-gun fire and artillery shells falling nearby pushed them forward. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Me, with the eyes shut, “A trench mortar shell.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Pocock’s cedar shells and spruce oars were by now understood across America to be unsurpassed for craftsmanship, durability, and, most important, speed on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On the dock at Fred Rantz’s house, Harry and his kids and Joyce sat eating peanuts and tossing the shells into the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He shook the snow off his hair; the oak leaves had held a shell of snow around him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When bits of shell slip in, the sound is like gravel mixed with porcelain. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He stroked her transparent hands, her slender fingers, the shells of her ears, and ran his hands over her neck, listening to the imperceptible sound of the life inside her veins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew she wasn’t in that shell, and yet, at that moment, I felt like she kissed me back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But still I made another string for my fishing spear, many hooks of abalone shell, and last of all earrings to match the necklace Tutok had given me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are all the men’s empty beds in this village. And empty horse stalls, pigpens, and chicken houses! The emperor’s men took everything and left the villagers shells for their tears.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The shells made deep slushy craters, opening up all those years of waste, centuries worth, and the smell came bubbling out of the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The crushed oyster shells underfoot rattled the wagon so that I could feel the vibrations in my teeth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew that they were in a desperately cramped position inside the shell and were most anxious to break through and get out. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I began to shell peas for a while. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy in the number four seat panicked and threw himself awkwardly overboard, nearly capsizing the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He just chewed sunflower seeds that he kept in a plastic cup between his legs and flicked the shells out through the window, which he left rolled down. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Zeus made him give them back, and he won Apollo’s forgiveness by presenting him with the lyre which he had just invented, making it out of a tortoise’s shell. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved my view, holed up in the woodsy Y of our pecan tree’s branches surrounded by nothing but pointed green leaves and pecan clusters still shelled in green husks. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I was the only one who noticed her prying open the shell, sniffing the crab’s body and then getting up to go to the kitchen, plate in hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When I tell her that we have a pretend room complete with Semper Fi bunk beds, she rotates in her shell. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She wanted to paint the feel of the sand beneath her toes, the crackling of dry empty crab shells as she popped them between her palms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z That afternoon George Pocock personally christened the new shell in which the boys would row in the trials. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, I would have enjoyed the festival of Capac Raymi, when the conch shell was blown loudly to the sky to welcome the spirit world on this shortest of nights. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was the silence from the speakers that unnerved me, more than the deserted roads or the empty shells of repossessed houses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Instead I feel something cold and round and plastic, and when I look, it’s a fishbowl with sand in it and a hermit crab, scurrying around with a shell on its back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He had worn a place for himself in some comer of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “The island in the harbor. That’s where the first fighting of the Civil War happened. The Confederates shelled the Union troops and took the fort.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Colosseum was a dilapidated shell, and the Arch of Constantine had fallen. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I pretend to look for a box of frozen pastry shells in case it’s Juan. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It was as if, he said, he had fired a fifteen-inch shell at a sheet of paper and it rebounded into his lap. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Tree leaves, coated with mud shells, fell off their branches, landing with audible thuds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The palm sapling, bending, pushed the shell across the weeds. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When Joyce couldn’t get away, Joe spent much of his free time at the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There are flame-throwing booby traps, a net of pillboxes with periscopic sights; they have stockpiled enough ordnance to spray shells into the sea all day, every day, for a year. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He knows that the shells have been coming from the east, that six days ago the Americans were almost to Parame, so he moves Marie-Laure in that direction. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Word passed from one person to another: the airport was being shelled by the NVA. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Finally, they turned their lantern on to the lowest setting, just enough to be visible through our own green tent’s shell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For dessert, they scooped the sweetmeat from coconut shells, licking the juice from their fingers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Many of the boys knew that his name was George Pocock and that he built racing shells in the loft of their shell house, not just for Washington, but for rowing programs across the country. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His eyes were the color of pecan shells and his long, stringy hair was just a shade darker. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When we look around us in our little corner of the Milky Way, we see many stars surrounded by spherical shells of glowing gas, the planetary nebulae. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys now had open water between them and the California Clipper, and in the last half mile they accelerated in a way that no shell had ever accelerated on Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It must have been a shell...one of those new exploding cannonballs. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The .50 caliber started spitting, and the shells came out at an enormous rate. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It lies like an empty shell amidst the tangle of the deep woods, even as I saw it in my dream. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A flashlight, a fishing knife, a pair of leather gloves, and a hunting vest fully packed with shells contributed further atmosphere to this curious still life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He was twelve years old when an exploding shell shattered his left arm and shoulder. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He had been born right here in the Montlake district of Seattle, not far from the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The really old ones came from the shell of a sea mollusk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was as if Times Square were a kind of shell, with colors and noises breaking in great waves inside it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks hollowed out, like the first time I saw him up close, in the police station—as though someone has scraped away his insides, leaving a shell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It took Moch a full minute of splashing water on Hume’s face before he was able to sit upright again and help paddle the shell over to the float. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The stroke sits directly in front of and face-to-face with the coxswain, who faces the bow and steers the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Kino deftly slipped his knife into the edge of the shell. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z What he had seen, he knew, might be a reflection, a piece of flat shell accidentally drifted in or a complete illusion. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would somebody kindly look and see if my shell is cracked?” the Ladybug said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The shooter was slipping shells into the twin barrels of his gun. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Inside was a pair of white shell earrings. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z A big shell came in and burst outside in the brickyard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The ridged shell of some immense turtle hung above its door, painted in garish colors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I never took my eyes off that shell. I knew it was in the middle,” Ned said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They were sitting on the short wall in the backyard cracking pumpkin seeds between their teeth, tossing shells into the lilies. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Small fires burned in the charred shell of two rooms. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was difficult to tell how old she was, whether fifty or sixty, her body wiry, her face closed like a shell. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “He used an ant, if you can believe it. Tied a silk string to the little creature and coaxed it through the shell by putting honey at the far end.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She darted forward and gripped the beast by its shell, then raised it into the air, claws waving furiously. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Turner’s arms felt strong against the long, smooth swells, so low they were not breaking, the sea the color of the inside of a mussel shell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Grandpop spit all the apple seeds into the cup and spit the stem into his hand the way kids back home in Brooklyn did sunflower-seed shells. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He took Joe to one end of the long I beam on which he was constructing the frame for a new shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z School allowed me to creep out of my shell slowly, but surely. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This twisting tightened the chalzas and kept the yolks suspended in the middle of the albumen so that they did not stick to the inner shell. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The gulls would then swoop down to the rocks and pick the meat from the broken shells. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He had renovated that old brownstone from a shell. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The spark is God, it is the soul; the rest is ugliness and evil, a shell. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There was sand and sunflower-seed shells and big dust bunnies all over the floor. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As they moved in and out of the shell house, in shorts and jerseys, helping Tom Bolles register the new freshmen, there was an unmistakable hint of swagger in their step. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was making him poke his head out of his shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But to use a grenade down here, in such close quarters, beneath rubble presumably littered with live 88-millimeter shells, would be suicide. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The long side has decorations: One man has shells, and the other has the whole wing of a bird dangling from his hair. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z That from somewhere inside that brittle shell—in that girl made vacant by the fiction of invincibility—there was a spark left. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She attempted to swat at something — the shell — upon her back, crying with the frustration. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A mortar shell explodes somewhere in the city, and a flurry of dust sifts down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They shook hands with the crestfallen and shirtless Cal boys and then, exultant, paddled off the course to stow their shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A third artillery shell screams toward the city from the east. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yes, I know; the shell is like a cat’s claw,” I answered, remembering the numerous scratches I had gotten on my hands and wrists the year before. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Next to the glass, a small wooden bookshelf in the shape of a nautilus shell holds a curved spiral of librex. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And although he had never touched them, they haunted him; all he could think of, all he dreamed of, were these white shell beads hanging in that tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Sawing away at the rim, however, where shell met shell, was very hard work, especially as the turtle wouldn’t stop moving. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The lights embedded in the shell of my hab-unit shut off, plunging the tiny compartment into darkness. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Exploding shells burst in my dreams as wave after wave of screaming enemy soldiers came at me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no fortifications and walls back then, no artillery shells or even swords and shields. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We use one pail for shells and one for rocks so that the shells don’t get broken. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Skin and bones dancing, lips upcurled like oyster shells, a no-count man with a femur in his hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of fading, though, a half mile from the shell house the freshmen suddenly began to pull ahead, grabbing a quarter-length lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The words landed in the shells of her ears, but didn't really hit her brain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A strange music filled the air: the sirens’ wail and the thump of exploding shells. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Only three days in as a soldier, an artillery shell exploded near him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z We spent the night at Bernice State Park stretched out atop our sleeping bags in the mess of Cade’s camper shell. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A shell exploded in Garnett’s line, another; gaps began to appear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It cracked loudly as it yielded to her unblemished incisors, and there was revealed the white edge of the sugar shell, and the dark chocolate beneath it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A shell trumpet blew in the distance, calling us back to the trail. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I’m an empty, bloodless shell for about five seconds. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Down they sank once more into the crunching, thudding, voluminous barrage of bursting antiaircraft shells as Aarfy came creeping back behind Yossarian and jabbed him sharply in the ribs again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They feel hard, unwinking, like the shells of beetles: black, polished, inscrutable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever a nut hits the force field, there’s a puff of smoke before the nut lands, blackened and with a cracked shell, on the ground at my feet. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z From the moment the shell is launched, the coxswain is the captain of the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Now they were covered with dust and the shells of dead insects. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten thousand drawers, ten thousand whispers inside ten thousand shells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The slopes 500 ahead of us were being blanketed with bursting shells that threw up geysers of fiery sand. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here comes the Lord of the Sun and Moon, the Lion that prowls by Night!” they sang to the sounds of hand pianos, iron bells and the shell anklets of the dancers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Nobody in either shell talked much to anybody in the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I put up the defenses and shells that my brother taught me—there are eyes everywhere online. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z At 4:45 the first- and second-place crews from the previous day’s trials— California, Pennsylvania, Washington, and the New York Athletic Club— paddled from the Princeton shell house out onto Lake Carnegie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z What Conibear wanted now was the kind of shells they made in England: long, sleek, elegant shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He lifted the shell on his knees and looked round the sun-slashed faces. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In the town there were more guns, there were some new hospitals, you met British men and sometimes women, on the street, and a few more houses had been hit by shell fire. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Jack took up a coconut shell that brimmed with fresh water from among a group that was arranged in the shade, and drank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Like most Maya rulers, Chak Tok Ich’aak spent a lot of his time luxuriating in his court while dwarf servants attended to his whims and musicians played conch shells and wooden trumpets in the background. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Look!” cried Lyra, pointing up as another shell burst nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Up until 1927, he made his shells precisely as his father had taught him to make them in England. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Frowning, Mormont took his last egg and squeezed it in his fist until the shell crunched. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Its shell was smaller, lighter, and made for a better shield. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even without the camera shells, they strongly resemble each other. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Two bucks for a candle? What a racket! Maybe you could convince somebody from the old country to shell out for that kind of thing, but not here in the U.S.A.!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then the long scream as the shell comes flying in, the jhump as it explodes on an outer island. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then Piggy was standing cradling the great cream shell and the shouting died down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He picked the bits of shell and goo off the sole of his boot and thought, I’m sorry. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He had only enough funds, it turned out, to buy one shell, not twelve. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly, she removed her shoes and began stamping on the shells in her bare feet, slowly at first, then faster and faster in a mad flamenco, her arms thrown up in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Horace looked at it, swung the cylinder out, poked the cartridges out, and smelled the empty brass cylinder of the one empty shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt my shoulders relax as I crunched into the candy shells and the earthy sweetness melted on my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Like she was going to find a gold amulet or a magic ring lying around on the ground amidst popcorn and peanut shells. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The eastern boys at least were at their oars, while his sat cooped up in a shell house, staring out the windows at some of the best rowing water in the world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For both Joe and Roger, making it into the shell barges was sweet recompense for days that had been, ever since school began, brutally long and demanding. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Jinx moved his hand to the shell on the right. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then he shelled the rest into a large pan, until the pan was full. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The twenty-five thousand international fans in the stands—a good portion of them Americans—rose and cheered them as their bow knifed across the line a full twenty feet ahead of the British shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Thousands of tiny pores in the shell allowed oxygen to enter and water and carbon dioxide to escape. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A single ray of sunlight pierces the clouds like a spotlight to follow her, and her corroded, oxidized shell peels away, revealing shining copper from head to toe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z After introduction ceremonies, my mother, the diviner and I went to a hut, where we sat on mats on the floor, opposite the diviner, as she arranged her divining bones and shells. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere he finds two shells that work much better than our hands do. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They solidified into crude human figures - earthen shells like the ones in the museum. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She moved as though she were surrounded by a glass shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I had the two guns and a box of shells for each. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The hen buried her head into her feathers the way a turtle crawls into a shell. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The two of them were eating a handful of pumpkin seeds, pitching the shells out the open window into the blackness. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I remember thinking how pretty they were with their moist olive green shells and that bright blue stripe down their claws. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She did love her family, loved all of them, and would read them books or help them make ice cream or give them pretty shells she had found. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “There were. I think you’re planning to turn me into one of them. A dead shell.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Hazel heard its beak hit a pebble in the grass with a sound like a snail shell when a thrush beats it on a stone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the gale ended that afternoon, the men had had to crawl onto the deck three times to get rid of the boat’s shell of ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z My mother poked a shell in the garbage can. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was winter when I came up, and when the shells exploded the frozen clods of earth were just as dangerous as the fragments. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, she thought, like a cursed temple, still beautiful to look at—the shell of something sacred—but benighted within, and none but ghosts could ever cross the threshold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z From somewhere beyond the house come the thump of distant mortars and the screech of shells hurtling overhead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They pulled the shell up in front of the starting line, pivoted the Husky Clipper 180 degrees, and backed her up against the gangway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The observation balloons have spotted the smoke from our chimney, and the shells start to drop on us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol pokes his head into the pot and sees the vongole, their shells uniformly parted in a quietly foaming broth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With shells exploding all around, the bus sped to a military airbase and stopped in front of a complex that had once been General Westmoreland’s headquarters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Just as they shut the door, a shell hit right outside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Doubtfully, Ralph laid the small end of the shell against his mouth and blew. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “That’s a horseshoe crab. Cool to actually see one. We find their shells on Seagull Beach all the time.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they had won, so on the blackboard in the shell house the next day he finally listed the sophomore boat as the first varsity boat for the first time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Every day and every hour, every shell and every death cuts into this thin support, and the years waste it rapidly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly the grey light trickles into the post and pales the flashes of the shells. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In all likelihood, these shells got to the continental interior through long-distance trade between different Sapiens bands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Last autumn the wild geese flew day after day across the path of the shells. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Gunfire and shells were going off around them, and the airfield was peppered with ugly little antipersonnel mines people called “frogs,” which would explode if you stepped on them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z More gunfire erupted, and then the deeper blasts of artillery shells. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z On Saturday, the Fourth of July, the boys left the Princeton shell house for their race a little before six thirty. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If Janae is the sticky sweetness keeping us sisters together, then I’m the hard candy shell, the protector. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She picked up an oyster shell and dropped it into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “This little fella, he starts to burning when the shell goes up. When he’s all used up, kapow! You got yourself a mighty fine pyrotectic display. That’s fireworks in layman’s terms.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It looked like an enormous auger shell, or a unicorn’s horn upthrust from the earth, and was said to stand at over six hundred feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He caressed the shell respectfully, then stopped and looked up. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The Washington Daily reported that “despite the intense cold, the shell house radiated more fire and spirit last night than has been the case for many a year.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Over the next few days, George Pocock went from boathouse to boathouse, tending to the shells of Washington’s competitors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Its scales were glossy and dark, each one the size of a barn and encrusted with shells from a millennium of living underwater. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A shell lands square in front of our post. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As the boys explored the building, they found it to be squeaky-clean, well lit, and efficient but perpetually cold and equipped only with cold-water showers—an unwelcome reminder of their old shell house in Poughkeepsie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Piles of oyster shells made small pointed hills beside the shacks and behind them and in front of them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived in New York, on June 6, the Washington crews moved their shells into a dilapidated old boathouse on the western, Highland, side of the Hudson River, across from Poughkeepsie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Now the shell was no longer a thing seen but not to be touched, Ralph too became excited. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Great, Toomer. I’ll come here Friday after school and just go on to your place with you,” Ben said, leaving for home, the ends of his fingers abraded from the crab shells. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally Chuck or Johnny shelled out a dime for a dance, but to Joe the price seemed extravagant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The black table, the chairs, the silverware, the goblets, the oyster shells and napkins as well as the birdcage and candles and almost everything else had been moved out. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Shedding its shell is a long and painful business for a big Jimmy, but for a she-crab, turning into a sook, it seemed somehow worse. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The war that had been simmering in the shell house became a full-on naval engagement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Not the shell of a mother I remember from my night terrors or from my prison visit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The colonel pushed the tart to the side and reached into the bowl of shelled almonds in the middle of the table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He popped some sunflower seeds in his mouth, deftly chewed them, and spat out the shells. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps her entire life — all her memories, thoughts, emotions — would melt away from her, leaving only the flesh-and-bone shell behind. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In K-capture, the nucleus absorbs one of the two electrons from its innermost electron “shell”— the “K” shell—thereby transforming a nuclear proton into a neutron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Eggs are a vivid crimson speckled with gold and the shells are much prized for use in Chinese wizardry. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother popped the thin wood shell in her curled palm. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She swept shotgun, shells, and the greasy rag off the kitchen table and put them all back behind the wood- box. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He's probably somewhere out there on the plain, hungry and yellow-eyed, a shell of the boy I once knew. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Miss Montana eased herself up on her elbows and removed the small coconut shells from her eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Under certain circumstances, the membrane surrounding blepharisma disintegrates and comes independently loose, like a cast-off shell, leaving the creature a transient albino. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “There’s nothing wrong with not understanding yourself,” she saw through the shell of me into the center of me, “Do you like music?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She takes a hammer and rusty chisel and shatters each coconut, scraping the blinding white, perfumed flesh from the shells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The tug bore down on their shell, belching black smoke, its whistle shrieking, its horn blaring. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He says all the nourishment of a potato is in the skin and Mam says it’s a good thing he’s not eating eggs, he’d be chewing the shells and all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He snapped open a pistachio shell and popped the nut into his mouth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Today we make five pounds of shrimp, some clams on the half shell, four vegetable trays with broccoli, cauliflower, celery and carrots, and three trays of mushroom vol-au-vents. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Now they wear only the most pitiful clothing, and try to exchange little carvings and objects that they have made out of shell fragments and copper driving bands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They dodged streetcars and buses, swung wide around each corner, peered out from under the shell from time to time to get their bearings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ever so softly he tapped the hard black shell, and the antennae, and legs, and wings. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked one up and tried to break the shell and found it surprisingly tough. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also notoriously brittle, necessitating the almost continual repair of the school’s fleet of shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Other than that, I found many shells, some bodies of dead birds, pieces of cork, and chunks of sponge, but nothing I could really put to good use. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson, Pocock, and Royal Brougham, clutching binoculars, made their way through the crowd and climbed up to a balcony of one of the shell houses near the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The shell of the egg is smooth but also grained; small pebbles of calcium are defined by the sunlight, like craters on the moon. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why should I shell out money”—Dad tossed the magazine on the floor—“for a pile of rocks?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He turns and holds up a handful of peas to be shelled. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He watched her chip off the egg and dip a spoon into the shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Joe pulled a sawhorse to the other side of the shell and sat down on it, facing the older man. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z All that was left, a cliff drop of some forty feet below the heat-buckled walk, was the shell of concrete with weirdly bent and rusted rods that had been its basement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of your retainers, you say? How did he thread the string without breaking the shell?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The smell of ozone made him lightheaded, but he kept his shell of air intact. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At last Ralph induced him to hold the shell but by then the blow of laughter had taken away the child's voice. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Food comes irregularly, carried out from the citadel by the guardian’s wife across the quarter mile of rocks at low tide while shells explode in the city behind her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She helped the kid put a shell on top of the castle just before the wave destroyed it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re always pulling your head inside your stupid old turtle shell. I bet you didn’t even go out looking for my mama when she left. I bet you just let her run off, too.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He spit the shells into the snow below the trail and tried to see into the distance below the mesa, over the edge of the steep trail where her house was. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Now free to do as he pleased, the murderer killed them one by one, each time carefully collecting the discharged shell. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like a little bottle, only made out of sticks and shells and things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he got this grin on his face that I knew meant he thought I was finally coming out of my shell, which made me wanna laugh in dude’s face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z This was a shrapnel shell used by the Austrians in the mountains with a nose-cap which went on after the burst and exploded on contact. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Twice a day they took light workouts in the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The sea has lived on in this shell, because that’s its Personal Legend. And it will never cease doing so until the desert is once again covered by water.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy enough to rig a shell so the oars sat a little too close to the water and easy enough to pull a leisurely oar but make it look hard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I leaned over to help him, trying to avoid the look on Liam’s face as he stood there staring at Betty’s mangled black shell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Not even the presence at Christmastime of a radiant, grown-up Caroline could get under my shell. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She carefully watched the bones and shells roll and come to a stop. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’s standing beneath a tree, for instance, listening to the leaves vibrating in the wind, or when she opens a package from a collector and that old ocean odor of shells comes washing out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Call’s eyes were the size of clam shells. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He tucked the shell under his arm, and crouched back on a rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But the pressure was too weak, so that instead the water slid soundlessly down the underside of the shell where opportunistic slime hung in dripping points, like stalactites in a limestone cave. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The big creatures were swimming lazily, their shells appearing, then disappearing beneath the dark surface. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried the beautiful white shell beads on the end of a stick because he suspected where they came from; he left them hanging in the branches of a piiion tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When the last of them had returned to the shell house, Coach Bolles told the boys to stick around, that it was time to announce who had made the first and second boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z During the last war, Etienne knew artillerymen who could peer through field glasses and discern their shells’ damage by the colors thrown skyward. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He bends over and points at the top of his shell. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She broke it and put the shell in her apron pocket and put it in a corner in the kitchen almost behind the stove where it was hard to see. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A black guy with glasses sits at the end of the bench, opening peanuts and putting the shells in his left vest pocket, the peanuts in his right. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Blowing smoke was . . . another shell very close shook the ground, shook his vision. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She peeled off the shell and shoved the whole egg into her mouth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He craned his neck and snapped at the unseen object, his breath creating a crackling of ice on his shell. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Just ahead of him, below a bush, a thrush was banging a snail down on to a flat stone to smash the shell. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It would be hard to get his mind past the little legs and shells and feelers and actually swallow a mouthful of krill. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got to the shell house, they found hundreds of exuberant fans jockeying for space on the wobbly float and milling around in front of the building, hooting and hollering. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They heard about a new kind of cannonball called a shell. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The alchemist told the boy to place the shell over his ear. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured them all down there in the bay, and the little dark hull of the boat rising slowly to the surface, sodden, dripping, the grass-green seaweed and the shells clinging to her sides. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He got out a box of squirrel loads, too, and slipped three shells into his shirt pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He popped some sunflower seeds into his mouth, deftly removed the shells with his teeth, and spat them into Stanley's hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I stopped breathing when I saw Fred’s hand wrapped around the huge snail shell, his thin wrist and bulky watch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The lamp I am writing by is deer fat poured into a turtle shell with a strip of my old city trousers for a wick. “It snowed all day yesterday and today. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Dusk thickened, conch shells were blown, and the air grew dense with the incense of prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Leap past yawning bomb craters and snarls of rusted steel, over spent bullets and shell casings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He was choosing words the way people hunt for shells. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That same evening, at the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Oakland, Ky Ebright loaded his crews and his racing shells aboard the Cascade and headed north to Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The mansion was reduced to a burned-out shell. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Once there was enough of an opening in the nuts, we would pull the sweet-tasting meat from the shells, doing our best to keep each half in one piece. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He helped them rig their shells before races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was no better than half a walnut shell. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We picked bits of shell from our hair, looked at each other, and cried. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Swarms of fish lived near the bed to live near the oysters thrown back by the searching men and to nibble at the shining inner shells. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The group of boys looked at the white shell with affectionate respect. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Whenever I hear a shell coming I drop down on one knee with the pan and the pancakes, and duck behind the wall of the window. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor scooped up seawater in a large shell and poured it over the ends of her hair, rinsing out the mud. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "It looks like an old shotgun shell," said Squid. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The tiny shells dangled from a silver chain. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Of course, the more Izzy pushed, the more anger stepped in to shield her mother’s old anxiety, like a shell covering a snail. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I needed to learn to how to carry those expectations lightly—like a turtle carries its shell. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The varsity poured it on for the last thirty seconds, just managing to pull even with the freshmen as they reached the floating dock at the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Too much work sucking through that hard candy shell to get to the Tootsie Roll.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Bluford Jackson wouldn’t of been careless about the shotgun shells or the grub box, either. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She had placed coconut shell quarters over her eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A shell hit a tree top across the road and splinters flickered through the grove and spattered against the brick wall. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The village men were forced to carry supplies: guns and mortars, shells, radio equipment. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the grotesque, magnificent shell with a face like Quasimodo’s, there was shame and self-loathing which had been planted there when he was tiny, by something which it is now too late to trace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A cannon shell burst in the air nearby, raining fragments in the wet leaves around him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion peeled the cracked shell away from his egg and took a bite. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sea was remarkable only in that it sounded like the tiny sweet roar of Tootsy, the conch shell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finally got the shell onto the dock, the boys trooped back onto the Manhattan, their serge coats soggy and their straw hats starting to droop, and waited for the formal disembarking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was mostly for fun, but also an effort to improve slumping morale in the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the shell houses on both sides of the river, boys finished rigging their shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z People slamming, shoving, scrambling like ants as the hill presses in, threatening to crush their fragile shells. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She digs into a small bag of sunflower seeds and spits out the shells on the ground next to the stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Slowly, the boxes downstairs began to empty and Ben piled them in the backyard where they lay like the discarded shells of reptiles. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once in a while a mortar shell would land near the base, and then we would all run out into the trench built in front of the tent. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered about this as I pried the shells off the rocks, and I would stop and look fearfully at the empty sea that stretched away farther than my eyes could reach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The tide brought more to us, littering the wrack line with chunks of it that we gathered like shell seekers who knew too much about frostbite. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Jack says you can count the rings on their shells to determine their age, the same way you would count the growth rings in a tree’s trunk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I gave her the shell so she could read his goodbye for herself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the room above the arch was empty, lit only by a lantern set on a low table where a book lay open next to a little pile of whole walnuts and cracked shells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He tears off a piece of bread and uses an oyster shell to scoop stew right out of the pot. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The surface of the shell was covered with tiny scales, and as she turned the egg between her fingers, they shimmered like polished metal in the light of the setting sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She could not tell, he was just a shivering shell of a boy. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And lots of things I’ve collected: shells, rocks, a tiny glass elephant, a blackened old skeleton key my grandmother found in a chest but which unlocks nothing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes two mussel shells and grates away the hair on the right side of my head down to the scalp. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As far as I could make out the last mile or so of the new road where it started to level out would be able to be shelled steadily by the Aus- trians. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Slowly, he swivelled his huge right ear until it was like a great shell facing the heavens. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pocock had spent his days at Travers Island carefully sanding down the shell’s hull and then applying coat after coat of marine varnish, buffing each coat until the shell glistened. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Just as I bit into the crisp chocolate shell, a gorgeous guy walked into the classroom. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He fired over the side at the creature’s body, lodging arrows in the chinks of its shell; but that only seemed to annoy the monster. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s not just that the room is bare— it’s that there’s a strange, dead stillness to the air, as if the room is an empty shell left behind by an animal. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They walked around the gleaming shell of broken glass. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The man is a shell, Tyrion thought, the first time he saw the big knight beaten. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mostly I feel hollow, like a shell of a person. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z "These kings will do what they will," he said, peeling away the shell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He Stands in the driveway until I switch my bedroom light off, turning my house into a dark shell. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We fill a handful of shells with drinking water and go back to the beach. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The girls used coconut shells to dig a deep trench. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Scooping a coconut shell of water out of the bucket, I run over and hand it to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After enough aggravation, he’d retreat into his shell and harden over, and that would be the end of it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Before she reached the house, she realized that the shell of the egg was wiggling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her heart was punctured; she would become a hollow shell. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Santa grabbed the picture on the mantelpiece, a photograph of an ancient and hostile-looking woman in a black dress and black stockings standing in a dark alley paved with oyster shells. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I planned a lamp of a turtle shell with a deer-hide wick, and as I was cutting off a piece of hide, I heard a shrill scream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Clues, everywhere—cracked shells, forgotten feathers, deep prints left in soft soil. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A reporter from United Press buttonholed Al Ulbrickson on the way into the shell house and asked him what he thought of his boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bedrock becomes boulders, boulders become stones; the ice retreats, a lake forms, and galaxies of freshwater clams flap their million shells at the sun and close and die and the lake seeps away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Finally, the ruins of Stalingrad appeared—a dark line of demolished buildings stretching endlessly along the Volga. Then came the first explosions of antiaircraft artillery shells.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He said that the magazine wasn’t prepared to shell out $65,000 but that he and the other editors thought the commercialization of Everest was an important story. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But the shells were definitely beginning to pass overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Forbidding signs had gone up over the doors of shell houses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On a bright, crisp September morning, as Pocock started up the steps to his loft in the shell house, he noticed Joe doing sit-ups on a bench at the back of the room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Through the separator between the shell and cab, he can see the motionless shoulders of the Neumanns. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the Battle of White Oak Swamp, his lieutenants found it all but impossible to rouse him and lifted him, insensible, on to his horse, where he continued to slumber while shells exploded around him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z All was quiet at the Washington shell house on the morning of the regatta. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nick flipped back the shell guard and showed him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And not as a shell of a man that I call my father. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My walls are decorated with images of the Fibonacci spiral in nature: flower petals, pinecones, nautilus shells, far-off galaxies. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside I felt as cozy as a turtle in its shell. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She cracked the tip off a pod, pulled the string, snapped the casing open, slid her thumb inside the slithery shell, and added the peas to the mound in the bowl between her knees. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In all of the wasis, the people presented offerings of maize-flour dough, shells, colorful stones, plucked eyelashes, and freshly killed rabbits. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In color the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “It is, indeed,” said James, gazing at the beautiful scarlet shell with the nine black spots on it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, even, that was why Carroll got nailed, because somebody didn’t shoot enough, or maybe somebody didn’t order enough bombs dropped, or enough shells fired into some sector three months ago. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She scattered a big load of acorns on the hearth stones and looked at them with satisfaction before she began to break the little shells with her smoothest pounding rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The first five minutes there isn’t much talking, just the sound of shells cracking and mouths slurping. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z With every blade of light that flashed off the sand, from a bleached shell or a piece of broken glass, my jaws tightened. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Werner can hear the Austrians two floors up scrambling, reloading, and the receding screams of both shells as they hurtle above the ocean, already two or three miles away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She paints pictures to hang in the hallways and makes rows of shells along the edges of the countertops. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Both boats were state- of-the-art shells—Pocock’s latest and greatest, sleek splinters of cedar, the Husky Clipper and the California Clipper. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Guns were firing from the field behind the village and the shells, going away, had a comfortable sound. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then only again the rockets, the singing of the shells and the stars there—most strange. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z More than seven hundred of them shelled out two dollars apiece to sit in nine special open-sided viewing cars; the rest paid a dollar fifty for regular coach seats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was a patch of mud off to the side, leading into deeper water, and he could see old clam shells there, so there must be clams. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z A turtle with a gash along his shell comforted a weeping older woman who was clutching a child’s doll. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Since our tree made papershell pecans, Jay and me would take two of the oblong nuts in one hand and press them together until the shells cracked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the morning he stepped from his tent looking haggard, fearful and guilt-ridden, an eaten shell of a human building rocking perilously on the brink of collapse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Today in Ms. Gruwell’s classroom, I realized that a peanut is still a peanut even if the shell is different. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “This body is a shell of who you are,” Aunt Goldie whispered. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Peeked up along the rock, saw down to where shells were bursting along the road, saw cooks and bakers scrambling to escape, horses and wagons wobbling away down the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bits of sea glass among the mermaids’ purses and limpet shells. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She expertly tapped off a little crown of shell from her egg. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She lifts her chin, peering out from her bonnet like a turtle from its shell. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Felicia designed great circles of overlapping shells on the sand, as if someone on the moon, or farther still, might read their significance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He placed the last shelled egg in the glass bowl and looked up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A brown spiraled shell crawled out from underneath. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He bored a small hole in the closed end of the shell, fastened a thread to an ant, introduced the ant into the hole, and then closed it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As they crossed the line, Bobby Moch, defying the laws of physics and common sense, suddenly stood bolt upright in the stern of his twenty-four-inch-wide shell, triumphantly thrusting one fist into the air. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A shell burst short near the river bank. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They were not remotely ready to step into the delicate confines of a racing shell, so they waited turns to board the school’s venerable training barge, Old New. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Occamy is aggressive to all who approach it, particularly in defence of its eggs, whose shells are made of the purest, softest silver. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked the blade lever-wise and the closing muscle parted and the shell fell apart. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The North also rained artillery shells on a small South Korean island, killing four people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Following closely behind them perhaps there would have strode a professional pilgrim, supporting himself on a stout knobbed staff shod like an alpenstock and weighed down with blessed medals, relics, shells, vernicles and so forth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A live oyster, a good one, when it hits the culling board has a tightly closed shell. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, a series of well-placed shells slammed into the trees across the river. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They were barechested but wore fringed leggings and heavy shell necklaces and high- strapped sandals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The half-buried acorn was easy to miss, but the frog saw straightaway that the acorn was a false shell hiding something inside. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Pocock wanted the shell to have the fastest possible racing bottom he could impart to it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had it proclaimed everywhere that a great reward would be given to whoever could pass a thread through an intricately spiraled shell. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer was the earth comfortably ensconced in the center of the universe; there was no shell containing the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She imagines that the plane disintegrates, first the floor and then the seats and then the metallic shell. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He had renovated that old brownstone from a shell. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I set one foot at the centre of the shell, the other clear of the flailing flippers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This can amount to as much as an inch of swelling in the length of a sixty-foot shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 And then I become an empty coconut shell without its sweet water and flesh when I think of my mother. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Of the sixteen shells on the river that day, George Pocock had built fifteen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The closer he got to the end, the more he saw it as a mere shell, a container of the soul. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Inquiries were made as to her strength; she responded that she had a turtle’s shell upon her, would not let her vault as she wished. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We had a collection of pressed flowers and many shells, not only the local kinds from the Bournemouth beach but exotic ones collected by my adventurous great-grandfather during his travels to Australia and such places. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Two of the turtles kept their heads tight against their shells. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Gat hasn’t spent the last two years in a shell of headache pain and self-pity. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z We feel that a man should be able to change his name as he changes, the way a hermit crab can throw away his shell when it’s too small and find another one. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The hotel’s fourth floor, where garden rooms with French balconies open directly onto the ramparts, has become home to an aging high-velocity anti-air gun called an 88 that can fire twenty-one-and-a-half-pound shells nine miles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Plus a giant turtle shell that turned out to be a precast fiberglass pond lining. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There was a cooking fire, the flames represented by shards of red glass; a small, roughly made bench; and assorted tools, gourds, and shells. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In fact, the minute her hands wrapped around the gourd’s hard shell and she heard that delicious slosh within, her mouth had turned as dry as paper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Zero, if they want pictures of apples, sharp cheese, and oysters on the half shell.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When Ulbrickson barked, “Row!” the boys pulled their shell smartly ahead, their catching and their rowing suddenly crisp and clean. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was fevered always now, but he forced his frail shell on, because this had to be the finest since Excalibur. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The dozens and dozens of shells in glass jars. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I looked down where I had thrown the shell. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He could hear the hollow boom-boom-boom-boom of the flak pounding all around him in overlapping measures of four, the sharp, piercing crack! of a single shell exploding suddenly very close by. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It’s a hard-boiled egg and Dad peels off the shell. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I scooped up another handful of dirt and picked out the shell fossils. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Dad finally shelled out for central air-conditioning, now that he worked at home, and it was too easy to stay inside and comfortable rather than go and help Charlie wire the tree house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “They are reptiles. With a nice hard shell. And no scary pinchers.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Peck envisioned enclosing this gigantic theater within a still larger shell that would contain a hotel, banquet room, and offices. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He turned to look, and at the same moment a shell plunged into the sea seventy-five feet to stern. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes he reminded me of a turtle hiding inside its shell, in there thinking about things and not ever sticking his head out into the world. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They watched the little squirrel as he tapped the walnut shell with his knuckles. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z And as the dinghy rocks in the growing current, I see the rope holding it to the pole begin to fray against a cluster of sharp mussel shells. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge clambered around the turtle’s shell, whacking at it uselessly with his baseball bat and yelling, “Take that! And that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "One morning his skin went all greyish-yellow. Then it became hard and crackly, like the shell of a nut. By evening, the boy had turned to stone." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Everyone has come and gone, piles of shells pulled in and out of waves, and I'm still here, a skeleton of a sea creature, dropped in this tide pool, living, watching, still living. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The pain of his refusal was visual, for over her heart, curled like a shell, was the hand on which he had positioned the ring. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The Rebel shells were beginning to pass overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She broke the rifle defdy and shoved in the shell as the second click told her that Tea Cake’s suffering brain was urging him on to kill. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z There lives my old friend Doctor St. Martin, a gentle, learned man, a Cajun who has lifted babies and cured colic among the shell- heap Cajuns for miles around. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph grasped the idea and hit the shell with air from his diaphragm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The man’s body was a bony shell inside rumpled clothing that hung on him like a disorderly collection of sacks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Needs a slice of lemon, but otherwise, it’s really good,” she said, and drained the shell of the last few drops. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Real shell. Not like the pottery one our Spirit Medium wears,” said another. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At first it seemed like a small shell afloat on the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his friend scurried away as Joaquin seemed to slump, all his bravado slinking away and leaving him like a shell. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Cowrie shells were counted and passed from the trader with the willowy body to the men who had captured them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, back to gun safety,” Dad said, and pulled back and down on the bolt and removed the unused shell from the chamber of the rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One of the seeds has split its shell and reaches a white hand upward. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Now the skyline was like a vacant shell, all its promises gone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For while the woman’s eyes were kind, her face was horribly scarred—the skin as rough as the outside of an oyster shell. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A rumble of thunder shakes the ground, and a gust rattles the palm fronds like shells. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Blue days, as they walked among the sharp-edged mussels, prying open their blue-black shells to tickle their orange tendons. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The surface glistened like abalone shell, but it didn’t seem beautiful to Annabeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And when they weren’t lobbing shells, the Vietcong were digging tunnels that they could use to put explosives beneath the marines. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It harbored, in the crook of its inner curve, a particular shell that could be found nowhere else on the beach. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z About the size of a melon, the hollow chamber felt unnervingly light in one’s hand, air blowing through as though it were a sun-bleached shell. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Our ears became accustomed to the whistle of falling shells, to the rumble of gunfire, our eyes familiar with the sight of men digging bodies out of piles of rubble. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She kicked at a shell and looked up at the dark clouds over the ocean. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z There was something about the shells of the eight-oar boats, dry-docked and stored for the off-season, that felt peaceful to me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Bernini’s intention must have been for the water to trickle musically from the wide shell with its irregular edges into the basin below. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The sleek shells that resulted from the process were not only more beautiful than the Spanish cedar shells but also demonstrably faster. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They both looked over at Ess, who was now doing something with a stick around her shells and humming a tuneless song to herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She took the tray back down to the kitchen, where she poured herself a cup of tea from Ana’s untouched pot, and very deliberately cracked the egg on the countertop, watching the shell splinter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 When I saw the broken shells under Rose’s nest, something snapped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z What he saw of the fair-haired boy with the creamy shell on his knees did not seem to satisfy him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In response the excited citizenry had shelled out precious nickels and quarters and dollars, raising an astonishing twelve thousand dollars to send the crews east. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It involved harvesting everything left on the plants after the first picking, including cotton bulbs, shells, and leaves. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z On the bottoms lie the incredible refuse of the sea, shells broken and chipped and bits of skeleton, claws, the whole sea bottom a fantastic cemetery on which the living scamper and scramble. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere a shell hit, a saltwater spring erupted. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ralph took the shell from Piggy and a little water ran down his arm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Jinny rinsed her own fingers clean, letting a handful of wet sand and tiny shell bits sift through them briefly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She dug the sharp tip of the shell into her index finger and drew a few drops of blood. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The petals were shiny white, like the inside of a shell. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. They shed their shells the way snakes shed their skin.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z At the general store we could trade a barrel for just about anything; nails, shotgun shells, and, if times was good, store-bought cloth and such things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible to stay in a shell with Heqet around, and it was impossible to feel altogether gloomy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I glanced down at the shell again, rather taken aback. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z McAdams kept begging them to quit shooting at us, but the shells just kept whistling in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nevertheless,” said Nathan, “they will be back; for you may be sure they did not take so much trouble only to leave a shell in our midst. Therefore it is well to accept these things.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Those are the words I pick up with interest, like unbroken shells on a sandy beach. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The woman picked up the basket and shook it, searching for tiny shells hidden among the big ones. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z After graduating, he continued to hang around the Washington shell house, informally advising students and coaches and generally helping out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In my case, to protect myself from Richard Parker while I trained him, I made a shield with a turtle shell. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The witch doctor searched my father’s face with his bleary eyes; he picked up the bones and shells, slowly shook them in his gnarled, jet-black hands and threw them on the mat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z So George took his time, carefully and meticulously handcrafting a single sculling shell from Norwegian pine and mahogany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You need to stand up straight, for one thing. You dip a little. Like a turtle peeking out of its shell. Move like you have confidence, girl! Like you're too cool.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They are smaller shells;—and amongst them, booming through the night like an organ, go the great coal-boxes and the heavies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He squatted in the bottom of the canoe, picked up the shell and examined it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The final Olympic trial was not scheduled to begin until 5:00 p.m., so the boys spent most of the day lounging in the Princeton shell house, trying to stay cool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The town of Crisfield lay in the sunlight before them, bleached white as the oyster shells scattered around the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A long I beam stretched nearly the full length of the loft, and on it lay the framework of an eight-oared shell under construction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z What was so bad about a shell, anyway? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He liked best the dark chocolate hazelnut truffles, and didn’t seem to mind the slight bitterness of the hard chocolate shell. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of tall, barred windows runs down either side of the shell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s glorious, I want to live in that place, where the stars are just marking a vast unreachable shell, like they used to believe in days of old. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The shell may be broken, and even portions of it removed, and yet after a certain lapse of time the injured parts will be repaired by a deposition of shelly matter at the fractured parts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By the fall of 1957, she had painted in the sand and shells and much of the sky and a couple of seagulls. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Sarah came back with Nigel and gave him a pot of peas to shell. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Now there was a crack of daylight between them, like my shell was coming loose. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She held a candle, shielding its flame from the draught with her hand; and the light flowed through it, like sunlight through a white shell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Sun Man pulled out his things: four sets of new clothes two pairs of new moccasins two strings of white shell beads Kaup’a’ta smiled when he saw these things “We’ll gamble all night,” he said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They racked their oars, hung their rowing clothes up to dry in a steam-heated locker in the shell house, dressed, and began the long trudge back up the hill to campus. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I preferred movies with dancing in them, singing, ceremonial masks, carved artifacts for making music: feathers, brass buttons, conch shells, drums. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Off to their left, Frank could see the main line of the Fifth Cohort advancing in turtle formation, shields forming a shell over their heads and sides. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Felicia set aside pails of them but selected only one, a mother-of-pearl shell, a baroque Spanish fan with which later to taunt her suitors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since, it had served as the shell house for the school’s rowing team. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As fast as the bullets tore through her body, she healed herself, and the shells fell harmlessly to the dock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Around his neck hung a pouch of tobacco, a long knife, and a thick chain of the prized white shell beads called wampum. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To me, the wooden houses seemed like shells of wood which terrible monsters had spun about themselves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In an alien northern climate he was a long way from home, but he was beautiful in morning sunlight, and so were the four dolphins that supported the wavy-edged shell on which he sat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was already hardening around her, trapping her inside a shell. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z I picked up my empty snail shell and drank the herb-green juice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The crying continued to shudder the blanket, so Jinny reached for a shell on the windowsill and said, “Hey, I’ll give you a present if you stop. Don’t you want a present?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She hacked off the outer shell of a mupfuti tree and began peeling off long strips of the inner bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he ran along the shore, kicking shells in all directions. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stamp out any thought among your men that they are getting shells from the enemy. Far from it. My work is absolutely first, then comes the broadening of the rowing game.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Despite its name and its shiny shell, the lantern fly does not actually glow, so Maria's mention of a “flame of light” was probably the result of reflected candlelight. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Its shell turned bright red as its insides evaporated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At 3:00 p.m., in a light chop, the freshmen maneuvered their shell parallel to California’s, did their best to settle their minds into the boat, and waited for the start signal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They buried the fire in sand and tossed the shells into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She went on quietly, “He’s a strange boy. You have to know him—all rough shell, all anger until you know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the stray American shell struck the fort, and the wounded howled down in the munitions cellar, and the dead were buried under rocks just above the tide line, and Etienne stopped talking. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He inserted a pocket knife into the joint of the shell and twisted his wrist to the right. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A body does not like being bought and sold like a basket of eggs, even if the person who cracks the shells is kind. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I raced to the pavilion and found aunts and uncles laughing as they used chopsticks to pick up dancing shrimp, still squirming in their shells, their tiny legs bristling. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The drill came up first with topsoil and then with gravel and then with white sea sand full of shells and even pieces of whalebone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She built castles with Maybeth, decorating them with bits of shell and colored stones, telling stories about princesses and giants. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And my fingers were forever picking away at bits of dry fat and dry flesh that clung to the inner sides of shells, rummaging for food in the automatic way of monkeys. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel the bones and shells of prehistoric creatures. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The raven was pecking at an egg, breaking the shell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He glanced over the cliff, where the turtle’s massive shell glinted just under the water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the end, she had to fumble around in the darkness outside the cabin for a sharp-edged shell to cut the cushions loose. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The kind that looks like a turtle shell. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I put the last six shells from the box in it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Irri fetched the egg with the deep green shell, bronze flecks shining amid its scales as she turned it in her small hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was a stone packed inside a shell that wouldn’t crack. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The beach was yellow sand, but at the water’s edge a rubble of shell and algae took its place. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Her nails are painted pale pink like the inside of a conch shell. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The ladybug’s shell split, turning into wings as the house came unmoored; neck straining, Grover was dragging it behind him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed to purchase a fleet, perhaps as many as fifty, but certainly no fewer than twelve, eight-oared shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles decided it was time to move the best of them out of Old New and into shell barges. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Each of us owned two “racing” snails with numbers painted on their shells. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Waverly and Rich lit cigarettes and put a crab shell between them for an ashtray. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z What they have in common are the trinkets from their homelands swaying from the rearview mirror, the strings of beads, shells, the brass letters, the blurry snapshots of their small children, the night-worn eyes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The other pilot’s sharp thinking probably stopped the exploding German shells from hitting Zhenya’s plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The chaise longue on which Baby Kochamma reclined had crushed peanut shells stuffed into the crevices of its rotting upholstery. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun goes down, night comes, the shells whine, life is at an end. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The speed of a racing shell is determined primarily by two factors: the power produced by the combined strokes of the oars, and the stroke rate, the number of strokes the crew takes each minute. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The blue construction tarps on the Tower flapped angrily against its concrete shell. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Piggy knelt by him, one hand on the great shell, listening and interpreting to the assembly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Beneath the dress, they placed anything.that could collect whatever rainwater fell through the fabric’s pores: empty coconut shells, high heels, and a jewelry cleaning unit they’d rinsed four times with seawater. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I love that you included the golden ratio and the shells on the beach with the holes in them,” Ms. Solomon said about the moon snail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The Pococks set up shop in an old, derelict shed floating on timbers fifty yards offshore in Coal Harbour and then finally resumed what would be their life’s work—crafting fine racing shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With a sinew line and a hook made of abalone shell I caught two that had large heads and long teeth, but are good to eat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He would turn on the space heater, visit the band shell lavatory, then heat up some water, get breakfast ready, and finally wake the boy with a gentle shake of the shoulder. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Following Nick, the old man watched with interest as the storekeeper, after searching among the ammunition for a moment, selected a box of .45 shells, which he slapped into Amarante’s hands. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The core of the moon snail’s spiral was blue while most of the shell was orange. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He leaned over my drawing while I made notes about the shell colors in the margin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor, long strands of shells hang in an arched doorway, the mollusks separated by odd-shaped bits of polished onyx. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She intended that it hit on the other side of him so she could claim he had been killed by an incoming artillery shell. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As Pocock issued anxious instructions, they gingerly unloaded the shells from the baggage car. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Yes, sir," I started to say, but it's hard to try to talk and get a seed out the shell at the same time. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Over there the Mediterranean’s soft blue waves were scattering shells. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “What kind of soccer player are you going to be if you are afraid to kick an empty groundnut shell?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z One afternoon he asked Joe how he came to be there, at the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Out of the other end of the spool dangles a round thick wool tail, which you’re supposed to wind up like a flat snail shell and sew into a mat to put the teapot on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But behind the desk, with her hands crossed neatly in front of her, was a woman with silver-black hair, eyes like slush, and skin the color and smoothness of a sun-bleached shell. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The man’s skin was dark and wrinkled as a walnut shell, though there was little sun damage on his face and hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and the pink lips of the mouth, lay eighteen inches of shell with a slight spiral twist and covered with a delicate, embossed pattern. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The war had come to Dachau, and any moment a shell or a bomb might fall on our building and kill us all. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The deep booming of an artillery shell rumbled in the distance. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z To one side of the dish is a small conch shell set on a pedestal; to the other, a small silver handbell. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Whole hours pass during which he can do no more than press his cheek against the wall of the truck shell seeking something cold. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I cleared palm fronds, chunks of sea grape, pieces of wood, dead fish, fan coral, and shells that the sea had thrown up. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The flutes were shining black to brown, and only a few small barnacles adhered to the shell. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls had that iridescent quality of polished oyster shells. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In 1927 he made an improvement that revolutionized the building of racing shells in America. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then Gram opens her present from me, which is a bracelet made of shells from beaches around the world, and she right away puts it on and says it's just what she wanted. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Her own mother had had no interest in collecting anything of any sort—not shells or buttons or shiny stones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He carried a shotgun upside down over his shoulder on a braided leather lanyard and he wore a nylon bandolier filled with shells for the gun. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z So I stepped over all the sunflower seed shells that had piled up between my feet like a mountain of dead flies, and walked, not on the track, but just beside it, on the grass. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z How Jack and Connor cheered me on as I dug in with my bare hands, clenching my teeth against the cold as I gripped its slippery shell. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z This star-shaped creature places itself over the shell of an abalone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s so many ants in my house, when 1 walk they just about crunch under my feet like peanut shells.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Thin and sharp as the razor edge of a mussel shell. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His father, Aaron, had taken up the trade as well, building racing shells for Eton College, where gentlemen’s sons had been rowing competitively since the 1790s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It’s...it’s like, when someone dies, their body is an empty shell with no spirit, right?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z These castles were about one foot high and were decorated with shells, withered flowers, and interesting stones. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A fragment of shell lifted, and fresh air rushed in. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Now your body feels like an empty shell, so what’s the point of feeding it? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z With no more thought than a chick leaving its shell, he stepped off the porch. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood in a bare room, handcuffed together, as Palmer unloaded shells from his automatic shotgun. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The war had been here too; blackened orchards and the scorched shells of broken houses testified to that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The first task of a coxswain is to steer the shell on a straight course for the duration of a race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Okay. I got one. You know when you are looking for shells on the beach and you find one with a perfect hole in it?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z One exceptionally stormy afternoon in early March, when the boys were lounging morosely about the shell house, George Pocock tapped Joe on the shoulder and asked him to come up into the loft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I looked upon a desolate shell, soulless at last, unhaunted, with no whisper of the past about its staring walls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It took a while sawing at the cloth with the clumsy shell, and she ended up ripping the cushions quite a lot. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the shop Pocock leaned over one side of a new shell and began to apply varnish to its upturned hull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But the moment Jinny turned her back to pluck at a fresh batch of shells, Ess let out a shrill, earsplitting scream. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The sophomores had come south with a new, still- unchristened shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As government soldiers shelled and burned the countryside and airplanes strafed and bombed the villages, refugees moved south. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When the sun was halfway across the sky, the bombs and the artillery shells went quiet, and I heard the machine guns come, faint, then closer, jeeps driving fast past our building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Three fine needles of whalebone, an awl for making holes, a good stone knife for scraping hides, two cooking pots, and a small box made from a shell with many earrings in it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We sharpen their ears to the malicious, hardly audible buzz of the smaller shells that are not easily distinguishable. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The causeway has become a sparkling road of stones and white shells, and the quicksand on either side, grim graveyard of nearly a hundred knights, looks as innocent as any beach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The shells begin to hiss like safety-valves—heavy fire— "Take cover!” yells somebody—"Cover!” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, the man revealed which shell held the seed and shuffled them back and forth. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Second, I don’t think the ballistae will do any good. That shell is like Nemean Lion skin. Its head isn’t any softer.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Beside the road I saw a very large establishment, the greatest distributor of sea shells in the world—and this in Wisconsin, which hasn’t known a sea since pre-Cambrian times. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They had phoned him that morning to say that the Germans might attempt to shell the refinery and the oil storage tanks, and that he must report to help fight the fires. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never seen one before, but I had heard of them, and it was easy to sight him with his sunbonnet covered in white feathers and his shell horn. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He’d take them in whole, crushing the tinkly shells under his sharp teeth, smacking the gummy creatures down with his mouth wide open, giving me a terrific view of the whole process. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When baby turtles come out of their shells, which are round—about the same size as a golf ball—they are squinched up into a round shape that fits inside the eggs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z But a few minutes later the air screams, the earth heaves, cries ring out; a shell has landed among our rear squad. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The shell was a speck now, the oars catching the sun in spaced glints, as if the hull were winking itself along him along. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her greyhounds stood on either side of her, growling at the earthen shells. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We had taken shelter in a shell crater from the American bombardment. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Dunbar broke through and leaped up furiously on the soldier in white’s bed to see for himself, pressing his gleaming eye down hungrily against the tattered black hole in the shell of white bandages. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As the mood in the shell house deteriorated, so too did the weather. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The greatest danger, though, lay between the gunnels of his own shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was the story of the white shell beads all over again, the white shell beads, stolen from a grave and found by a man as he walked along a trail one day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she would float on her back and put the abalone on her breast and strike it again and again with the rock until the shell was broken. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bedroom fills with pebbles, seaglass, shells: forty scallops along the windowsill, sixty-one whelks along the top of the armoire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There were no guns being fired, no shells exploding around me, no muddy foxholes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Back into the house, turtle shell clinging to taut shoulders. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was strange to see his empty shell when his ghost had so recently been in the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was another turtle, a homed turtle of enormous size, its dark green shell mottled with brown and overgrown with water moss and crusty black river molluscs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I heard her words, I realized how useless was all that I'd heard about Poles, how much richness it hid, like the worthless shell around an almond. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The shell was wide and pink, covered in ridges. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Once her head was out, the first chick, a wet little female, easily kicked herself free of the shell. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Of the four dolphins whose tails supported the shell on which the Triton squatted, the one nearest to Cecilia had its wide-open mouth stopped with moss and algae. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Cash from disability checks earned with shrapnel in the neck at Wake Island or shell shock on Iwo Jima; rewards for surviving the Bataan Death March. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He took the shell caressingly with both hands and knelt, leaning against the trunk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z At first I’d thought it was strung shells with shriveled black seaweed, but it wasn’t — it was a chain of mummified fingernails, a black and curled strip of flesh dangling from the base of each. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The shell was thick, smooth, big as a thumb joint, and usually white, although sometimes pink or peach-colored. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My father was beginning to recover when the second semester began, but he was a shell of a man. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Neumann One stays behind the wheel, Werner in the truck shell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Other than Americans, the only dead body Ellsberg saw was that of a teenage girl killed by a stray American shell. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Necklaces of shiny beads, copper, and tiny, beautiful shells go scattering over the ground. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The central star has shed its outer atmosphere, producing a multicolored slowly expanding shell of glowing gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles looked through his boxes and found some shells for Annie and Etty to play with—shells he had gathered on his Beagle voyage about twenty years earlier. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s all right. It was a big trench mortar shell.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I envied turtles their shells, how they could disappear at will. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pink, made of fiberglass, nearly eight feet tall, with a hollow shell so kids could play inside. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I skipped down through image after image about watermelon lights and turtle-green palms and shells fluted like bits of Greek architecture. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But a daughter who opens her own skin bag, wanting to let her shell fall to the ground so she can dance? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z In her dream, Piper flew above the Parthenon - the ancient temple of Athena, the left side of its hollow shell encased in metal scaffolding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z You’re a little ball of soft meat with no shell or escape skills or battle strategies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z An echoing shell made of metal and mechanical parts. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He spat out an empty shell and glanced at me as I struggled to toe my shoes off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The boys came out of the shell house shaken, trying to ignore a cluster of seniors and juniors smirking at them from the doorway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I felt it, slippery and shimmery inside the shell of my body, trying to slide out through the top of my head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z More of the shells seemed to be passing overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You want to retreat into your shell, spiraling in and in and in, but you realize you don’t have a shell. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z One charred corpse, outside the ashen shell of Mother's sept, sat with his arms drawn up and his hands balled into hard black fists, as if to punch anyone who dared approach him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I drew myself as a sad turtle with its head pulled halfway into its shell as it stood waiting for the bus. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z As they carried their shells down the ramp to the water, the national champion California boys were an intimidating sight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The late-summer Georgia heat beat down on the metal shell of the airplane that we’d been packed into for over an hour. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The quail egg Runt had brought was smaller, its speckled shell flecked with dried grass, and it smelled gamier than the ones his humans ate. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Close. It’s the Ring Nebula. The ring is the ejected shell of a star’s outer mass.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He just didn’t know why his parents were so preoccupied with him “coming out of his shell.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Ned reached to tap the middle shell but Jinx stopped his hand. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I think for a second I’ve tapped a crack in her shell with those words. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Some people said the lake is named Turtle because it’s round and green like a turtle’s shell. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a shell from the Japanese guns that had suddenly opened fire. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Sansa had never eaten snails before; Joffrey showed her how to get the snail out of the shell, and fed her the first sweet morsel himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Is that a threat—?” “Nobody’s issuing any threats. You just better sign me up for them shells or who’s telling what kind of trouble might happen, that’s all.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a little heap of shells under the stone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He has fished out a piece of shell and tosses it to me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But the kitchen light sparked flecks of fool's gold stars, and out of the waves burst hand-painted shells, white and pink, the kind my mother loved. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They rowed in a much smaller shell, just fifty-two feet long, with short oars and small blades, all designed to accommodate their smaller bodies. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The moment the lower-status aspirant thinks he has located the nut under the shell, it has actually shifted, and he is too late.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I explain how I didn’t know their names, but their suits suggested the shelled creatures. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Only the collection she’d been assembling on the windowsill, of rocks, shells, dried flowers, and seedpods. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In a fistful, he yanked out all of the guts, snapped off the tail, and threw the meaty shell into a plastic tote to be weighed and sold. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She wore a dress of gauze and her dark hair was carried up in combs of ivory, combs of shell. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z From the moment he stepped into the shell that afternoon, he felt at home. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They dragged her from her chariot, tore off her clothes, and, armed with aba- lone shells, flayed her flesh from her bones. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister plays in the gentle turquoise surf, looking for shells. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The wind, however, was gusting erratically out of the west, quartering across the racecourse at roughly a forty-five-degree angle, pushing in bursts and fits at the starboard side of the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The first shells came down in the trees beyond them. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Velia slid back into her seat like a turtle trying to get back in its shell. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He lay quietly in his nest with his eyes closed, surrounded by chips of broken shell. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But every morning, I would find Martha, Rose, and June scratching in a pile of broken shells. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The nest is nothing but an empty shell. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For this reason and because I wanted him to help me gather roots and not go running off, I said nothing about the shell I saw or the gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The red shells hold the sweetest meat and are best for drying, though the green ones and the black are also good. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The censure of her family was like a hard shell under which she found a certain freedom. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still warm when they found her, although the life had fled her body and only half the peas were shelled. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Green sea turtles gave more meat than hawksbills, and their belly shells were thinner. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a grubby sort of place with dark stains and bits of shells and sawdust on the floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z With its five arms spread out against the rock to which the abalone is fastened, it holds the shell with its suckers, and then begins to lift itself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Rahel a cooking ladle made of a wooden handle stuck through the polished half of a coconut shell. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see him pulling his old turtle head back into his stupid turtle shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then it resumes, the twin wands of its horns extending, dragging its whorled shell atop the sled of its body. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At each pause, he pecked his head over his chest like a turtle coming out of its shell, but his eyes didn’t move. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Crisp candy shell, handlebars feeling outward like antennae. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z No shells fall and no rifles crack and the light is soft and shot through with ash. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With every shell that exploded he would think of his family, hoping they were safe, wondering desperately when he would be with them again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned the eggs to keep the developing embryos from sticking to the shells. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He or she must exert control, both physical and psychological, over everything that goes on in the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Dawn was breaking over the horizon, shell pink and faintly gold, as he washed, again following the train of thought that had come to him in the dark garden.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With the hammer head he knocked off the excess shell, and with the blade at the other end he struck off the small oysters. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a vintage subway turnstile and an antique telephone, the shell of a Bluebird radio, even the nose fin of a locomotive. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d shell them and then he’d delicately peel them further with his front teeth — he didn’t like the papery red coverings. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “On Saturday, you’ve all got to shell peas,” Mother announced at the table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I cracked an egg and cupped out the yolk and dropped white and shells into the pot, for I know nothing that polishes coffee and makes it shine like that. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Without hesitation, I shove the raw crawling baby shrimp into my mouth, shells and all. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Strings of cowrie shells were tied to the wooden staff she held in her varicose-veined hands, and she leaned on it with each step as she approached. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The school had an empty, dried-out look, like the shell of a June bug on the bark of a tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ambrose made a few mysterious passes and produced the shell, straight out of the mouth of an awestruck infant mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He stared ever more intently across the river as the growing darkness began to envelop the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A shell hit a caisson; it blew up in a great black tower of smoke, small black fragments whirling up into the air, fine dust sifting down everywhere, settling on the lips, into the eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything; but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy, who in this context was an irrelevance. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Soft fragile life emerging from within the hard shell. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The next day the Husky crews performed a time-honored Poughkeepsie ritual and visited each of their rivals’ shell houses to pay grudging respect to their competitors before taking to the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the California shell house, Ky Ebright sat on the upstairs porch, wearing dark glasses, nodding and smiling at people as they streamed by below, saying nothing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I hadn’t put a shell in the chamber. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As he watched, a crayfish, looking like a tiny lobster, left one of the empty clam shells and went to another looking for something to eat, digging with its claws. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Up in the loft at the back of the room, Pocock was nailing together the frame for a new shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a giant sea turtle with a broad shell that rose a thousand feet out of the water, its enormous flippers churning the waves in great up-down motions like slow wing beats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She would trust her own instincts, which she now knew to be right, and develop a shell so hard that nothing could pierce it, not even being deserted by Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The skyblue Plymouth turned in at the gate and crunched over the gravel driveway crushing small shells and shattering little red and yellow pebbles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A cut might not seem serious, but continually reaching into tubs of dirty water for the shells, the girls risked fatal infection. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Omar and Small Boy hauled equipment from the trunk: four lamps, one flashlight, rope, shells, and a pint bottle of liquor. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking like an expert, Lindsey cracked open the gun, pulled two cylindrical shells from the paper box, and inserted them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A shell burst dimly a long way off, a dull and distant thumping. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A palpable tension filled the vast interior of the shell house as the oarsmen changed into their rowing togs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Speaking over the concussions of the exploding shells so close that the pressure in the air made it hard to breathe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I held the cotton shells steady from underneath with my left hand while I picked the bolls with my right hand and piled them on the ground. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Neumann Two sits with his legs spread and eats eggs one after another, piling the shells into a tower inside his upturned cap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A glimpse of a shining yellow shell of a school bus coming down a dirt road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But here she is sitting on a toilet with tears pouring down her face like that outer shell of a person has been kicked aside and all that’s left are her quivering, crumpled-up insides. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z There was one more thing about cedar—a sort of secret that Pocock had discovered accidentally after his first shells made of the wood had been in the water for a while. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Sir marched the boys out to the lake, chewing sunflower seeds along the way and spitting out the shells. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Then another front leg, then hindquarters, and then the box was empty, nothing but a metal shell with a couple of fake human legs attached. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "You haven't been outside the camps. Believe me. Europe is a hollow shell full of hollow men. Let me ask you, what do you know about Eretz Yisrael?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The word burst from her lips like an exploding shell. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Its shell was mottled blue and green, its pincers longer than my body. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson had a long-established policy that a single training infraction would drop a man two shells; a second infraction would lead to his expulsion from the squad. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The man lined up three walnut shells and placed a pumpkin seed under one. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Oyster shells crunched under the weight of the ambulance, and white dust trailed behind it like smoke. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But the pickup just sort of steered itself back to the band shell, and there he was, lugging the kid into the baseball-equipment room. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Given that recent history, and the promising look of some of the freshmen walking away from the shell house that evening, Ulbrickson had plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the upcoming season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Our waitress appears, long denim skirt, thick Icelandic sweater, tiny shells dangling from cartilage piercings. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z They could see die explosion from here, above the smoke, but not much else, too much smoke; possibly that’s why the Reb shells were going overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The outside can become hard and wrinkled, for all they care, like the shell of a nut. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Since kindergarten, we have collected rocks and shells each summer and glued and painted them to make sculptures. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Standing before them was a twenty-foot-tall woman in a flowing green dress, cinched at the waist with a belt of abalone shells. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When that happens, an orbital electron drops down from a higher shell to fill the gap in the K shell. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As they turned into the last long straightaway, George shot a red shell into the void ahead of her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “The turtles have their charms, I will allow. Nothing delights me so much as the sight of a nice pair of shapely... shells.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boys shook one another’s hands, paddled over to the Syracuse boat, collected trophy shirts off the backs of the defeated Orangemen and shook their hands, and then rowed leisurely back to their shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The diviner of shells shaved her head as everyone chanted in the language of the Yoruba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When we return to her car, it’s sitting on cinder blocks, and all that’s left is a shell. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Ta-p’en-k’eng sites of Taiwan and the South China coast are full of fish bones and mollusk shells, as well as of stone net sinkers and adzes suitable for hollowing out a wooden canoe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the mouth of the inlet, the massive shape of the turtle’s shell glinted like a burnished coin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Otherwise we might get clobbered by our own shells.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Barksdale formed them in line, the shells zipping the leaves above them. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Petra said, and guzzled from the half shell of fresh rainwater. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “That poor shell of a woman must forever hold her torch aloft while the world does its business around her,” Calliope says sadly. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And then ping! ping! ping! as they bounced off the poor Ladybug’s shell because she couldn’t lie as flat as the others. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z One of them still clutching the hand of bridge he was playing when the shell struck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The black water was lapping against his giant shell, and the twinkling fishes were swimming around him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And he could feel a shell of hardness drawing over him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel and Jack crossed through the empty doorway into the rotting shell of the first floor and trod gently up the stairs, stepping over the ones that had already given themselves to the rot. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I then remembered xuchal, which some of the men of our tribe used and is made from ground-up sea shells and wild tobacco. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I had kids collect shells, and we glued them on wooden cigar boxes that I got Johnny Cakes to donate. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She went back inside and came out a few minutes later with a pan of peas to be shelled. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I also have a white plastic sunglasses case with colored shells and sequins and a green plastic starfish sewed onto it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The shell around that once-perfect egg that held my childish faith was more fragile than ever, and I feared she was going to say something hurtful. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A blue shell comes whizzing out of nowhere and hits her kart right as she’s about to cross the finish line. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The stranded dolphin towed out to sea by the Munoz brothers, and the majestic shells, thousands of them, with intricate mauve chambers, arranged on a cemetery of wet sand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At the shell house, the crew boys stripped off their jerseys and stretched out on the ramp, basking like lithe, white lizards in the sun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There were bracelets, rings, and necklaces of dazzling sterling silver that had beautiful decorations, and each held pieces of turquoise, yellow abalone, white shell pieces, and dark jet stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Just like I told you. The art of distraction. You took your eye off the shells when the monkey jumped on your shoulder. Nikki did his part and the shell guy switched the shells.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z You could find the sun-parched skulls of coyotes and empty tortoise shells and the rattles and shed skins of rattlesnakes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He possessed a flinty self-confidence that protected him like a shell from the world’s assaults. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A shell banged open with a stupendous clout right beside his ear as he was scrambling back toward the front, and some undestroyed recess of his intelligence wondered that it did not kill them all. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "The queen gave them to me for safekeeping so that Sophia wouldn't get to them. The shells are shatterproof. Just carry them on you. Keep them warm." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Another shell passed close, fifty yards to the left, clipped a limb, ricocheted up through the leaves. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The leader of the starboard watch was a short, spry man with neatly kept dreadlocks twined with beads and shells that winked like gems in black chenille. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, he helped invent a new device for measuring the velocity of a cannon-fired shell, essential for accurate range finding, winning a patent for the work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Richard saw his family there, a smile flickered across his face and then disappeared, like a snail retreating into its shell. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Maybe the sirens gave the girl shells that filled her underwater room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z One man had avoided the bullets and mortar shells but not the animals in the river. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole meadow is littered with knocked-over tubes and blackened boxes, empty shells that are still venting plumes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The most intense storm of howitzer and mortar shells, machine gun, and small arms fire any of us had ever experienced was raining down on us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no way the insect shells will be able to fit through the narrow passage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z You couldn’t knock down the skyscrapers when the tenants left; so instead boards went over the windows and doors, and the great shells of commerce were put in cold storage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She popped some more shells in the chamber of her shotgun. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But now the shell was safely in the rock. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Squatting on his haunches next to her, Salva shelled the nuts and ate them. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew Fred’s hand holding the specimen, his thumb curving around the side and his fingertips peeking around the other side of the shell. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t shake my hand, just lit a cigarette and reached for the conch shell he used as an ashtray. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Only a shell remained, one side open to the elements and filling up with snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They learned how to rip off the legs first, then lift back the top shell. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they had carried their shell, the City of Seattle, down to the water, they were already drenched in sweat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Each swallow seems as loud as a shell burst. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Jesse, hooked on arguments and ideas— he often describes himself as a fighter—could usually be drawn out of his shell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Glerk pressed his four arms to the ground and eased his massive bottom under the curve of his spine, letting his heavy tail curl around the whole of him like a great, glistening snail’s shell. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And yet hasn’t the little shell in which he and Volkheimer sit gone electric? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I took my baths in the spring again rather than in the turtle shell with warmed-over snow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer, who never had food to eat anywhere at midday, saw more shame ahead and drew into his shell again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The leathery skin at the head end of the shell was easy cutting, except around the flippers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There were four pairs of boy and girl twins, each made of one of the sacred stones: white shell, abalone, turquoise, and jet stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I point out one shell that is flat and has waves and looks like a fan, with a soft pink underbelly where a pearl might have once been found. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Longstreet saw a shell burst in the woods ahead, another, another. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pocock circled the shell slowly in his own boat, talking softly to each boy in turn, leaning ever so slightly toward the long cedar shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I believe I smelled the sea rocks and the kelp and the excitement of churning sea water, the sharpness of iodine and the under odor of washed and ground calcareous shells. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been the executor of her father’s estate, appointed by no will since Mr Coldfield left neither will nor estate except the house and the rifled shell of the store. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m too busy with school and work to try to draw them out of their shells, beyond giving them treats here and there. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a smooth shell of drab green against which he clicked his fingernail. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The roar of the bombers has hardly faded when an artillery shell whistles over the house and makes a dull crash as it explodes not far away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We walk along the water’s edge over stones and shells and damp knotted seaweed. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Artillery shells and bullets strike any man who dares to stand still. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z During air raids, the young gunners wore steel helmets to protect them from the razor-sharp shrapnel that rained down as the shells exploded. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, when she held a pupa—or “date pit,” as she called it—with its outline of tiny wings beneath the protective shell, she felt the creature stirring within. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some had feathers or shells woven into the designs. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But I knew without looking into my pocketbook that all I had was peanut shells. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The heart fell away from the chest as easily as yolk slips out of its shell. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She held out the half shell full of gelatinous glop. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They did calisthenics together, tossed a football around, took shells out for impromptu rows, and did whatever they could to avoid talking about the upcoming season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You did not throw a shell at me!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The shell of that 1826 cellblock still stands, on the other side of the high wall I park against; the prison has continued to grow all around it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is beautiful to look at, it takes a finish well, and it can be polished to a high degree of luster, essential for providing the smooth, friction-free racing bottom a good shell requires. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Another shell burst, closer this time, and they felt the shock of the air and a second or two later the sting of earth and stones on their faces. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But just a few years down the line, Royal Brougham would name him, along with Al Ulbrickson, as one of the two greatest oarsmen ever to sit in a shell for Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I went over and picked up one of the shells, a pretty white one, flat with yellow around the edges. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The booing rose and died again as Piggy lifted the white, magic shell. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I did a report on her last year. I bet she’s the saint you pray to if you have shell shock.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But the shell is inside me now and it’s grown hard and crusty. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Because he wouldn’t “come out of his shell.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He talked about camber and the life it imparted to a shell when wood was put under tension. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They slumped in their shell in despair and disbelief. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was thinking about the French boy asleep in his bed, and about the indifference with which men could lob shells into a landscape. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The shell house reeked sourly of sweat and damp socks and mildew, as it did every afternoon now that the rainy season had begun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The dwarf could see them basking in the sun, brown and black hummocks with jagged ridges down the center of their shells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For a second the anger I’d felt the night before flared up, and it crossed my mind to slam the shell against the tub, but I took a breath instead. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ess stumbled along behind him, then stopped to tap on its shell and say hello. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It is no longer as though shells roared; it is the earth itself raging. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the Superintendent had allowed it, he could not have brought himself to stay at the band shell. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mere shell, its hull scraped to the thickness of cardboard in some places. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He lowered himself into the shell of the plane and pulled his legs up against his chest, trying to think. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She doesn't have an actual shell, of course, but whatever hard casing that protects her from life literally shifts before my eyes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A splash, a labored beating of wings, and Zerubabel was in a gull’s beak, its pale, pink shell already crushed, its tiny pincers loosely dangling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Eight of us have to guard a village that has been abandoned because it is being shelled too heavily. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Does the shell protect them from feeling it? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She’ll have to be the hard candy shell to her own gooey sweetness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When Joe arrived at the shell house for fall turnout on October 5,1934, it was another radiant afternoon, much like the day when he had first shown up as a freshman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes, as we’d been told at the Academy, an officer could stop a fight just by turning on his PA system and loudly sliding a shotgun shell into its chamber. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see him thinking about pulling his head back into his shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z At that moment Frightful felt the chicks move vigorously inside their shells. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z "Got that right," I said, now spitting shells in my hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Finally I pick up the rifle, slide the shell into the chamber, and throw the bolt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z This would prevent bacteria from getting through the shell. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In fact, this intimidating entrance is all part of the vendor’s security shell, to deter window-shoppers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ralph wiped the salt water off his lips and tried again, but the shell remained silent. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It has a chipped corner, and I like that; it gives this little shell some personality. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It stops moving immediately, sucking its head and foot inside its shell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With the cedar skin attached to the shell, Pocock installed the runners and the seats, the riggers, the rudder assembly, and the trim. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He repeated, “This house is out of shelling range, completely out of shelling range,” until Richard wondered how he could possibly know where the Nigerians would shell from. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m not sure how long I stared down at it before I picked it up again and held it toward the light, trying to see if I could peer inside of the black outer shell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The hot exposed solar interior will flood the shell with ultraviolet light, inducing a lovely red and blue fluorescence extending beyond the orbit of Pluto. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Without even waiting to see if he’d hit the man, though certain he had not, the agent triggered open the chamber, bapped out the spent shells, and quietly, almost calmly, reloaded the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a low wooden kitchen shelf on which covered terra-cotta pots, ladles made of coconut shells and three chipped enamel plates with dark-blue rims were arranged. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sound of the first droning of the shells we rush back, in one part of our being, a thousand years. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I was happy for the pillow of snow, but when I picked up the egg I saw in the dim light that the shell was cracked. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Right after our first squad occupied that spot, shells began to hit all around us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold, sumptuous silk onto which the sea has laid offerings: pebbles, shells, barnacles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In a fraction of a second she had dug out the shell and held it in the palm of her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The diners in the packed restaurant had their heads bowed over their plates, spooning curried crab into their mouths or slurping fat, jiggly oysters out of their shells. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A tripod is brought down by an Army gun shell. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z After they break through the shell, they spend three days down in the sand hole straightening themselves out. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your mom and I used to bring you here almost every weekend. By the time you were three, you could dive to the bottom all by yourself and pick up a conch shell. You remember?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It is a mystery where the enemy gets all his shells. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They have a hoarse, distant bellow like a rutting stag and make their way high above the howl and whistle of the smaller shells. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The shells fell all down the line, all over the crest, down in the road and back in the woods and on the hospital and in the artillery park. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As I took a sip he carefully slipped a brass and copper shell into the chamber of his deer rifle and pushed the bolt forward and over. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ishmael could hear the whistling of shells now distantly across the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I could find any old thing—a pebble, a leaf, a pistachio shell—and put it in the box. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Beneath a long coat C.P. carried a shotgun, and in his pockets were more shells. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I would almost as soon believe with the old and ignorant cosmogonists, that fossil shells had never lived, but had been created in stone so as to mock the shells now living on the seashore. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z On each of her bare feet was a string of cowry shells and small bells that chimed as she moved towards me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Its shell is craggy and sharp, with a dark red streak going down either side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z If you don’t look right at them, they can look just like an empty shell. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If we got it right, the shell would pop open and we could pull out the soft, jiggly meat inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a bit of a breeze on the water, but even the wind seemed molten to them as they climbed into the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But each time La Madrina threw the shells, the omen was the same. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Gordon’s private hospital crowned a grassy rise at the end of a long, secluded drive that had been whitened with broken quahog shells. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It left behind a vast expanse of mud, seaweed, shells, and the occasional, very unlucky jellyfish. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Jinny wondered, whenever she walked between the carefully placed shells, what books there had been before she came to the island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “It means the spiral on the shell is made in perfect proportion. Don’t you ever see a living thing and wonder how it was made?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Tree-ear returned with a basketful of shells, of which Min rejected the majority, then sent him back for more. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The santero dips his middle finger in holy water and sprinkles it on the floor to refresh the shells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When she brings me back a shell of water, I take it with a silent nod of thanks, knowing how much she would despise the pity in my voice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I would jack another shell into it just in case he decided to come at me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was something so definite in Jinx’s voice that Ned uncovered the shell on the right. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He cut Percy out of the net and propped him against the temple wall, enveloping him in the airy shell of the ventus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They didn’t care if people were in their shells or not. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When the police arrived a few minutes later, they found the American kid’s mother at the scene of the shooting, picking up the shells that had discharged from her son’s weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z "No, it's too long and thin to be a shotgun shell," said Mag-net. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I take about ten steps away, bend over, and pick up a perfect scallop shell. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z With the operation over, the exhausted men had put the unused mortar shells back into the cases, stacked them in the truck, and driven back to the base. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When he got back ashore, he walked up to a reporter at the shell house, buttonholed him, and rendered a startling verdict: “Tom Bolles has a fine rough-water boat,” he said quietly but forcefully. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He reached for his conch shell and stubbed out his cigarette. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Hannah dipped her fingers into a gourd shell without slackening the wheel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Musa threw him a groundnut shell; Kanei moved his foot to kick it, but then realized that it would hurt and abruptly swung his foot back, dragging it against a stone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “That’s so you never know how many are killed. You can’t even find shells when they shoot at you. They take those, too.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was dusting when I saw the picture: a rough shell holding slippery, slimy innards and, right in the middle, a perfect, iridescent white pearl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It burned off my clothes and would have burned off my skin, dark though it was, had I not protected it beneath blankets and propped-up turtle shells. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of it came out of cans—delicious, oily fish, and peas already shelled and cooked. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a shell game with no actual pea under the rapidly moving cups. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A young girl in her Sunday dress and patent shoes selects shells along the shore, filling her limitless pockets. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The shelled cobs could even be stacked by the outhouse and used as a rough substitute for toilet paper! The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Martyn Rivers had made his camp in the shell of a shattered holdfast, beside a roofless stable and a hundred fresh graves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He got hit by a mortar shell yesterday. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Jinny and Ess dropped to the sand and put their arms over their faces until the bits of shell stopped blistering the air around them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The bank building, which provided the shell for the new library, had been built in 1931. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The empty shell clattered to the floor in a massive heap. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I listened for hours when her parents yelled and tried to stuff her into a mannequin shell that didn’t fit. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z His job was to take the shells off four dozen hard-boiled eggs, cut hard cheese into inch cubes and stick a toothpick in each cube, and slice big pickles lengthwise. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The body of a gebbeth has been drained of true substance and is something like a shell or a vapor in the form of a man, an unreal flesh clothing the shadow which is real. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Whenever a shell whistles we duck our heads under the water. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so relieved to see him that she ran across the crushed oyster shells to meet him and caught at his hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with my base layers on and the stiff shell of my red winter jacket shielding my torso, I can’t help but shiver. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Drenched to the skin by torrential rain, they unloaded the shells from a baggage car, lifted them over their heads, and hustled down to the river to stow the boats and inspect their new quarters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A second shell screeches overhead, and Marie-Laure shrieks, and the chandelier above her head chimes as the shell detonates somewhere across the estuary. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The British were coming back, but once again Ran Laurie, with his narrow-bladed oar, was having a difficult time getting enough of a catch to help power his shell through the wind and waves. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The smoke hath cleared from the ruins of the city; we can perceive small people to be touring the empty lots and shells. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That evening, while Ess was busy arranging shells in the wet sand along the beach, Jinny offered to help Ben with dinner. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She turned back and regarded the decaying shell of the house for a moment. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Along the shore and up on the palisades, warm yellow light poured from the windows of homes and shell houses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He carried Hank forty yards and shoved him into a ditch before the mortar shell got him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The shells passed under the two bridges draped with shimmering necklaces of amber lights. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ralph used one hand as a fulcrum and pressed down with the other till the shell rose, dripping, and Piggy could make a grab. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z We stowed all our gear for the trip inside the camper shell on Cade’s truck. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe you stomped it to nothing and now he’s hollow and empty, a shell with no turtle inside.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Joe said the curves were “meanders,” and he showed her rocks in the streambed that were full of ancient shells. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When the meal was ready, I served it to the man in my nicest turtle shell. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Churchill was on a torpedo boat that shelled the coast. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Fern cleared her throat, clasped her hands together, and lifted her turtle head high out of its shell. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I sat with my feet spread apart so I could spit the sunflower-seed shells on the ground between them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Like the empty shells of locusts left on tree trunks, they were no longer needed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was also armed with a cannon, and behind the tower there was an antiaircraft gun, loaded with a magazine of ten shells. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He ate the egg in two bites and flicked a bit of shell out from between his teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As coveted as his shells were, Pocock had begun to find himself struggling to stay in business, reduced to writing plaintive letters to coaches around the country, pleading for orders. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On September 10, Ulbrickson met with reporters at the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The larger man came through the living room from the pantry with Hisao’s shotgun seized in one hand and four boxes of shells against his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z After rowing in the number three and four shells all fall, Joe couldn’t fathom why he had suddenly been promoted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then with a bit he bored a hole lengthwise through the square part, and with his knife he whittled the wood till it was only a thin shell around the round hole. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We have abundant evidence from the garbage that they left behind at hundreds of thousands of excavated archaeological sites and huge shell mounds distributed all over Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The lights go up, and what seemed glitzy and alive moments ago now seems like a shell of itself. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, even a great mind can be a shell and choke the spark. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Piles of small wire boxes were everywhere, and oyster shells had been scattered like a layer of earth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her about the preacher being like a turtle, hiding all the time inside his shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He wrote angrily to Pocock about it: “He heard that you said the shell you hoped Washington would use was a great deal better than the one you made California this year.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I take off running down the beach, jumping over shells and boulders and strands of kelp. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Caleb sat on the porch steps, turning his moon snail shell over and over in his hand. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z The First Keep had not been used for many hundreds of years, but now it was more of a shell than ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I watched a small swell crumble near the shore and roll up the sand over clumps of seaweed and rocks and shells, then suck back into itself. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Step right up! Toss three balls in the hole and win a prize. Or try your luck in the shell game. Win a Liberty Head silver dollar.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The grass was sandy and had empty snail shells scattered over it, small yellowish shells with a purple spiral. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He popped some sunflower seeds into his mouth, chewed, and spit out the shells. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The diviner took the array of bones and shells in her fat hands, shook them, muttering incantations, then threw them on the mat in front of her. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When a shell lands in the trench we note how the hollow, furious blast is like a blow from the paw of a raging beast of prey. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Shrimp and crab shells were littered around the floor of the small cave. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She peered down into the water, past the floating peanut shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the glare of her headlights I saw that our pumpkin had been shattered, its thick shell strewn in chunks across the grass. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “It was just a shell last year. I never imagined he wouldn’t have a lawn,” says Mummy. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “His name is Hermie. See all those shells in there? We bought them for him. At night he gets out of one and puts on another, just like changing clothes.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z After eating, I helped Mom do the dishes while Dad got rid of the messy mountain of empty crab shells we’d left on the table. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Gingerly, they inserted the prow end of the shell into the chute. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a low gray building hewn from sea stone, with shells and coral fossils imprinted in the rock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Mazes in the nodules on murex shells and in the textures of sycamore bark and inside the hollow bones of eagles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “And I know what Doctor Neal says, that it’s some kind of last strength, some nonsense ab—” She coughs and her thin body arches over like a shell. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Each shell echoed a song my bones could hear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But their coats weren’t all that opened: their faces opened, too, like empty shells, and out of the old empty fluffy round bodies stepped two young women. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z By the time we had finished with them they were only the shells of men. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Again, as it had before when Liyana saw Omer at lunchtime, the afternoon puffed up lightly, joyously, a delicate pastry, a sweetened shell of hours. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I think I set world records for sawing open the belly shells of turtles. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The earthen shells crumbled easily, but they hit like sledgehammers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They wanted to stretch their legs and arms and climb into a racing shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He popped a handful into his mouth, chewed, and swallowed, shells and all. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He rampaged up and down the dock, shaking his finger at the boys as they sat in their shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The sweet, slightly chemical scent of gun oil; the raw wood of newly constructed shell crates; the mothballed odor of old bedspreads—he’s in the hotel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her mother, her hair twisted into the shape of a spiraling shell, sat at the King’s right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The band shell was deserted, and the woman in pedal pushers quietly reeled in her line, and Dr. Mason’s sprinkler went round and round. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re better fresh,” he says, ripping a chunk of flesh from a shell and popping it into his mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s limp, a tiny pink turtle hiding in its shell. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They gathered shellfish on the rocks and ate them here, leaving the shells which after many summers had formed a mound. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A shell blew up in front of him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, an eight-oared racing shell—powered by unusually large and physically powerful men or women—is commanded, controlled, and directed by the smallest and least powerful person in the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had built the Spanish cedar shell in which Washington had won. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After all, neither one of us was dressed for an appearance in Lake Forest, after what we’d been through the day before and then spending the night inside Cade’s sweatbox of a camper shell. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When I got to the village, it was completely on fire and bullet shells covered the ground like mango leaves in the morning. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z As she walked along, she picked up a small conch shell and began to blow a song into it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Sitti collected the almond shells in her skirt and went outside. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z By and large, every rower in an eight-oared shell does the same thing—pull an oar through the water as smoothly as possible, as hard and as frequently as requested by the coxswain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The hard shell hits my head with a bang, as a flash of white pain explodes in my skull. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the centre stood the well-preserved shell of a Roman temple. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As the noise of the crowd fell away behind them, the world in the shell had grown quiet and calm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At 2:30 p.m., as the boys continued to prepare in their shell house, the first race of the day—the four-man with coxswains—got under way at the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Henry brought him a shell and he drank, watching Piggy and Ralph over the jagged rim.. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When she heard huge, her mind tried to adjust—okay, perhaps it was like the Galapagos tortoise she’d seen in the zoo once, with a shell big enough to ride on. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He hurried into the bedroom and came back with the pistol and the shells. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I sniffed the plastic shells and immediately Pondicherry came to life in my mind, a marvellous relief from the disappointment of calling for help and not being heard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z That could be little pieces of gravel or ground-up oyster shells if you happen to have oyster shells around. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bacon read it in manuscript, but had no time for it: Gilbert’s preoccupation with magnetism seemed to him an irrational obsession, and as a result he had ‘built a ship out of a shell’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Around her feet, the ground was littered with what looked like broken shells. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Wet shells meant the end of hunting anything except blackberries and dry wood, which we hadn’t thought to collect any real supply of. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Taylor grabbed a shell and gouged the sand, going deeper and deeper. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson went down to the water and followed the boys back upriver to the shell house in his launch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I would say, “It is a beautiful day. I have never seen the ocean so calm and the sky looks like a blue shell. How long do you think these days will last?” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Pocock now had a backlog of eight orders for eight-man shells, including requests from some of the most elite rowing programs in the country: Navy, Syracuse, Princeton, and Pennsylvania. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The little female cut through two-thirds of the shell top, then pushed the cap with her shoulders. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The other is comprised of the exterior walls and roof, a brick-and-concrete shell that fits over the cells like a dish over a stick of butter. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing the breathing of Travis in the honey shell of his shoulders. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z For a moment, they held their position, the white blades of the U.S. shell flashing furiously alongside the crimson blades of the British. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You see that there powder? That’s pure T-N-T. Mix that with a little potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal and you got the beginnings of a first-class shell.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z After a minute’s rational thought, and with strength that she later couldn’t explain, she loaded the shell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “This one,” she said, pointing at a tall dark green plant with round pointed leaves, deep veined like fossil shells. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z That night, he had stood alone on the top deck of a steamboat called the River Queen, watching Grant’s big guns shell the Confederate defenders of Petersburg. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, you straightened up, like a snail coming out of its shell, and let us haul you along. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There were many iron shrapnel balls in the rubble of the houses and on the road beside the broken house where the post was, but they did not shell near the post that afternoon. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The insides of the shells are bright and catch the sun and they turn one way and another in the wind. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The shell, apparently, had acted as a brandy snifter, gathering and concentrating the vapors until they were so pungent I felt nauseated just to breathe them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He looked like a figure out of a Tarzan movie; he was dressed in animal bones, shells, bladders and skins, and his fat body and deadpan face were caked with red clay. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the pond's shell was lowered and we stopped for toasted sandwiches, Mum announced she was going into Tewkesbury to do some shopping. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “After you eat the egg,” Cordelia tells us, “you have to put a hole in the bottom of the shell.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She touched one, the largest of the three, running her hand lightly over the shell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Brandy and Tressa are collecting rocks and shells in our old pails. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The boys stopped rowing and the shell glided to a stop, the long oars trailing in the water alongside them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The smell of spent hand-flare shells, and prayers at dawn, and the killing of turtles, and the biology of algae, for example. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They had to lie facedown and cling to the smooth shells with their claws. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then came the main attraction—a long logging truck draped in flowers and green foliage carrying the varsity crew and their shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a false spring day, which, like Maureen, had pierced the shell of a deadening winter. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In the narrow street the dark houses of the village gave us some shelter from the wind, but the water of the Bay was already washing across the crushed oyster shells. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I crack them and slurp them down raw out of the shell. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Then they stepped into the shell, sat down and laced their feet into the stretchers, pushed off from the float, and started to paddle up the lake toward the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He ripped an old conch shell off a hank of dead man’s fingers and tossed it aside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Cymbeline loaded a few more shells into her shotgun and drew a long breath. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Plus, he’d seen his fair share of the burnt-out shells folks had once called home. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We’d been met with small arms and machine gun fire, but no enemy bombs or shells were falling among us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully stash each of my three new power-ups into my inventory, locked up behind multiple shells. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z People carved spoons from wood, or we collected empty snail shells, which make really good spoons. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z To Pocock, this unflagging resilience—this readiness to bounce back, to keep coming, to persist in the face of resistance—was the magic in cedar, the unseen force that imparted life to the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It was called shell shock and combat fatigue and startle reaction.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Following his gaze, he turned around to find half a dozen fellows from the shell house standing in a semicircle, holding their dirty plates out to him, grins smeared across their faces. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I lifted the shell and smelled the crab. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol watches as Donald begins to remove the clams from their bath, scrubbing the shells with something that looks like a tiny toilet bowl brush, then tossing them one by one into the stockpot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Around them, shells of all different sizes exploded, flaming and colorful tracer bullets whizzed past, and antiaircraft guns fired from the ground and from ships stationed on the sea below. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They marked these little graves with the biggest shells they could find. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One lunch period she gave me a flat, brown-speckled shell from her collection. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He said the Austrians had a great amount of artillery in the woods along Ternova ridge beyond and above us, and shelled the roads badly at night. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He was on liaison duties in the French sector and initiated a last-minute evacuation of a small town west of Verdun before it was shelled. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The fields were a charred desolation for miles around, the houses blackened shells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The large television system and all those French love songs and rara records, with the talking drums and conch shell sounds in them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I thought I would use the hatchet to remove the tough belly shell, but it proved easier with the sawtoothed edge of the knife. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing left but a charred brick-and-mortar shell, roof gone and gutted from the inside. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Last month, in another part of the forest the Khmer Rouge razed to create more farmland, I found an armadillo curled up in ball, its shell burnt and crisp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming up to the two-mile buoy, the California shell rolled slightly off keel; a moment later it happened again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He could make out the shells of temples and bathhouses, a half-buried amphitheater, and empty pedestals that must have once held statues. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Rabiya props up a Little Mermaid figurine next to a lamp shaped like a shell. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The shell whooped along until it slammed into Scott, sending him spiraling in the air. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Like nearly every other crew coach in the country, Ebright was by the late 1920s buying almost all his equipment from Pocock, who ran an independent business from his shop in the Washington shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He let the pistachio shells fall to the ground. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “And we’ll tie the shoestrings into a bracelet, a pretty bracelet, and you can wear it on your arm. Okay? You can add shells to it, or stick flowers in. It’ll be fun.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The growing century was shucking Adam out of his shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know,” she said even more softly, looking down at the thick cuff on her arm, her shoestring bracelet, which was now spangled with bits of shell and tiny feathers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There was no life energy left within him; his body was only a shell now. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Jinx grabbed Ned by the elbow and led him to the shell game. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He reached over and picked up a shell from the ground. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of wooden beams, the walls were made of the four sacred stones—white shell stone, turquoise, abalone, and jet-black stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The man in the cowboy hat spit sunflower seed shells into a wastepaper basket. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They wore jewelry made of shell and swans’-down earrings and chignons spiked with eagle feathers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She put it in her mouth and bit into a piece of walnut shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ms. G’s analogy, “Don’t judge a peanut by its shell, judge it by what’s inside of it,” made perfect sense to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In the elaborate shell houses along the Langer See, oarsmen stowed their street clothes in lockers and began to don their national uniforms. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I cut a notch on each side of the shell and connected them with a length of rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You remember her with songs, with shrines of shells and flowers and beach glass, with an arm around her daughter and, later, daughters of your own named after her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Joe was now back at that shell house every day, getting in shape for what was to come. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the housekeeper’s sharp question, Rachel’s little head came up from the depths of the shawl like a turtle from a shell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Each one had eyes fashioned of round or oblong disks of abalone shell, but the rest of their faces were blank. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph lifted the cream and pink shell to his knees and a sudden breeze scattered light over the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “At Volantis, you will have fresh tidings of Daenerys, we must hope,” he said, as he sucked one from its shell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Once you load a rifle,” he explained, “and have a shell in the chamber, you always keep the barrel pointed toward the ground.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We couldn’t take Momma’s shells, nor Ruth’s baby doll made of flannel bits and calico, nor the wooden bowl Poppa made for me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z True to his word to Oldenburg, he did go into his shell and largely stop reporting his scientific ideas after this exchange in 1676. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Empty turtle shells stood drying in the corner, and the cook’s assistant stirred the thick soup bubbling over the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She just said, “That’s what I have got to find out”, sitting forward on the seat, trembling now and peering up the tree-arched drive toward where the rotting shell of the house would be. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Her girlfriends had sought to concoct dates for her; she was widely encouraged to make use of her beauty and to emerge from the shell of her apparent shyness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The calls of conch shells and hollow cow horns were attempting to catch up to the insistent rhythm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The only exit to the cave was blocked by a massive abalone shell—its surface glistening in pearl and rose and turquoise. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But somehow Tick’s sacrifice had crushed whatever thin shell remained between him and sorrow. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She sits in her lab touching the Dosinia shells one after another in their tray. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Early next day Ma put the shelled corn and the bag of ashes into the big iron kettle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z After I have been startled a couple of times in the street by the screaming of the tramcars, which resembles the shriek of a shell coming straight for one, somebody taps me on the shoulder. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The turtle’s bottom shell has a hole sawed into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At night, enemy snipers call for star shells so the landscape's lit pale like fridgelight. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Smiling, Amarante picked up the shells and dropped the box in his pocket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A bright spot in his social and physical development at Community Woodward occurred when he was chosen to be on the baseball team, and he began to emerge from his shell. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he sat up to take the shell from her she was scared and dropped it, spilling all the water, and then she wept, and wiped her eyes with her long whitish-grey hair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z This was a great wave, which threw the little boat up out of water and brought her down on a rock, as a man might lift up and crush a snail’s shell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Their hands moved so quickly, picking up and dropping the shells. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z No bullets striking us, no mortar shells exploding. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The boats were approaching the five-hundred-meter mark now, a quarter of the way down the racecourse, with Switzerland, Britain, and Germany essentially tied for the lead, the U.S. and the Italian shells behind them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Felicia laughed when she remembered how her mother had warned her not to bring shells home. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A shell detonates not far away, and the echoes of the blast shunt down between the wrecked houses, and the soldier in the street claps a hand over his helmet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z One more or less appalled New York writer that year noted that “if Stanford had not been using a clumsily-built Western shell they might have won.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When they returned to the shell house on May 4, he set them to low-stroke work, still trying to smooth out the last few technical glitches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On the float in front of Washington’s shell house, Evanda May Calimar, the crew’s cook, waved a frying pan over her head, whooping and urging the boys on. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It would be shameful to fight you. You are as weak as an oyster out of its shell. I cannot fight you.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His fingers scrabbled with the peanut shells on the bar top. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At any second, a shell could just come hurtling out of the sky and demolish them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The vapor shell of the cauldron began to split. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The buildings that hadn’t entirely collapsed barely stood, with caved in roofs and walls pierced with rocket shells. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The shells come patiently, each round whizzing over at a predictable interval, scratching a long scarlet parabola over the roof. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If Poet’s estate did exist, it was sure to be a shell of its former self, stripped and plundered by the German army. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z From the outset, some in the Washington shell house felt that by agreeing to go to Cal, Ebright had betrayed the institution that had nurtured him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Its shell is a pointy oval, bisected at an angle, like a shield with a daisy on one side and a tribal flourish on the other, its flippers extending in pointy arcs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The cool shell rested in his palms and grew warm from his body’s heat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A conch shell is repeatedly tapped and passed around, but no one in the room is able to get it to emit a sound. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was hunching up his shoulders and lowering his chin and getting ready to pull his head inside his shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Objects patter onto the roof—shell fragments? cinders?— and Marie-Laure says aloud, “You are too high in the house,” and forces herself out from beneath the bed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was so pleased that I forgot how sore my fingers were from boring the holes in the hard shells. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill and Fleur’s cottage stood alone on a cliff overlooking the sea, its walls embedded with shells and whitewashed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the buffalo shed; other times the band shell benches or the pavilion. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His jagged toenails were green and yellow, like a tortoise’s shell. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Pocock wrote back with a long, detailed technical explanation of his design and proposed a few minor modifications that he thought might mollify Ebright without compromising the integrity of the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z What if people had forced turtles to come out of their shells two hundred million years ago? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I’m a shrimp worker. I’m forced to shell shrimp for 18 hours a day for pennies in awful conditions. Here.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Tell us the story of why the tortoise has a cracked shell!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They goosed the throttle, and the boat swung out into the river, heading north past the Navy and Columbia shell houses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Turning out the lights of his car, Sammy grabbed the shotgun, loaded two shells in the barrels, and motioned for Ben to follow him quietly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite often, the King’s Army launched their artillery towards our works without hope of the shells reaching us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Where there should have been an army of carpenters, masons, glaziers, plasterers, and painters, I saw only empty shells of buildings, already falling into disrepair after a few weeks of neglect. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A shell blew very close, on the far side of the horse, and Armistead, partially shielded, saw black fragments rush by, saw Kemper nearly fall. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She taught her young to do this and sometimes I sat on the reef all the morning and watched the three of them pounding the hard shells against their breasts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z You didn’t need to shell out twenty bucks for a movie ticket at the real theater because you got all of that in much more lux surroundings at her place. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Fred found a moon snail with a shell the size of a baseball. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Among them they sported twenty separate dressing rooms, four shower rooms, twenty hot-water showers, storage on the ground level for ninety-seven racing shells, and rooms full of massage tables for bone-weary oarsmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The cratered streets were flanked by little more than ruins of shelled buildings and abandoned homes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The old man pinched their heads off with his thumb and forefinger and ate them chewing up the shells and the tails. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After we have been in the dug-outs two hours our own shells begin to fall in the trench. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt like a nut inside a shell, between a gnome’s molars. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Never ever did she lie there, stuck like a turtle on its shell. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Finally I tied strings to some of the abalone shells and hung them from poles. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept him inside the shell of my body and stroked him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In March, Dacca had been invaded, torched, and shelled by the Pakistani army. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘Something about the rock shells, I guess. I need a couple of seconds to concentrate on making the shadow-jump. Otherwise I might teleport us into another volcano.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson grabbed his megaphone, motioned the boatbuilder over to the shell, and said, “George, tell them what I’m trying to teach them. Tell them what we try to accomplish around here.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They made an alabaster trench in his mouth, and his pink-purple lips peeled bade over them like the meat of a conch shell He had a big welt, like a scar, on his left cheek. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They found such lovely things: calabashes, shells, many ornaments that women used to decorate themselves, snake images, pots. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes, and he transformed her into a hazelnut in its shell, with the green husk still clinging to it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Beneath that amazingly capable, resilient shell I knew she was reeling, completely sick inside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a few days of returning to Seattle, orders for eight new eight-man shells had arrived at his shop. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was blue-collar all the way, located inside a corrugated metal shell; metal shavings covered the floor around the heavy equipment, which filled the shop with a regular hum. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “And Mami’s lost, so he must be especially interested in her. In all the people like her. People with amnesia and shell shock.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A shell of a woman formerly known as Mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A few hours later, he was jolted awake by the sound of exploding shells. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The shells’ sharp prongs scratched my hands like cat’s claws and, sometimes, dug into the corner of my fingernails and made them bleed. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They lay at the edge of the hole together, each with a muddy arm hung in, and excavated around it until a third of the shell showed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z On day thirty-one, the chicks’ heads were circling inside their shells, cutting through them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Somehow, I knew it was a conch shell, even though I’d never heard one before. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Behind us shells are sending up fountains from the now utterly abandoned village. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, sure, so do I,” said Jinny, tossing down a crab shell. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I promise you. It’s just a shell now. It’s been empty for fifteen years.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The starfish pulls against the abalone shell, sometimes for days, holding on with its suckers and pushing up with its legs, until little by little the heavy shell comes loose from the body. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Another commented that they “could have turned their shells upside down and rowed without making much difference in their progress. It was nearly as wet above the surface of the lake as it was below.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And not only here but in other inlets nearby are very large lobster pounds crawling with those dark- shelled Maine lobsters from the dark water which are the best lobsters in the world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I squeezed the shell and felt it dig into the pad of skin on my palm. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jupiter is surrounded by a shell of invisible but extremely dangerous high-energy charged particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarah's collection of shells sat on the windowsill. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z We swayed on the launches and rowed unsmiling toward shore as shell and carcass shot flew far over our heads. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was on a bed made of silky woven kelp, in a .room paneled with abalone shell Glowing pearls the size of basketballs floated around the ceiling, providing light. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As the record played, Albert picked up chairs, collected oyster shells, relit candles, and straightened the plates and silverware. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Just before they’d left the shell house, the boys had huddled briefly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The shells of her eggs would be thin and eventually smash when she tried to incubate them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Chamberlain twitched around to see shells beginning to come over, falling first on the left, then almost instantly on the center, then to the right, then overhead, air bursts and ground bursts and solid shot. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks into his work at Grand Coulee, Joe discovered that among the many college boys who had converged on Grand Coulee seeking work that summer there were two from the Washington shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Kino, in his pride and youth and strength, could re-main down over two minutes without strain, so that he worked deliberately, selecting the largest shells. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Washington boys backed their shell into position, the official in the stake boat for lane three reached out a hand and laid hold of their stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly a mortar shell came whistling in, landed 200 feet away, and exploded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A turtle shell that had been full of cracked walnuts was empty beside him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the small rifle, the pump-action .22, and put a box of shells in my pocket. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z For now, what he saw strutting around the shell house and lounging in the doorway was plenty of ego and not much humility. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ellsberg went back to his cot and fell asleep, and it was not until the next morning that he noticed an unexploded .60 mm shell sticking into the floor a few feet from his bed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Look for shells, burnt leaves, anything that says charlie s been here,” Captain Stewart said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We gathered them at low tide in baskets and carried them to the mesa where we cut the dark red flesh from the shell and placed it on flat rocks to dry in the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We put in carrots and collard greens and onions and shell peas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Our hundreds of rounds of five-inch shells had all either landed too short or too far inland or exploded overhead when they hit the palm trees. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost held out my hand, sure he'd drop shells in. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The outer shell was the crust, and it was about eighteen miles thick. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z She jumped down and hopped over the line of shells, then scrambled for the door. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z "I tried to get over that hill to see if there was water all round. But your shell called us." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Personalizing a submarine that shells your beach every morning by calling it “Oscar” or referring to that one sputtering bomber that flew over Guadalcanal as “Washing Machine Charlie” made them seem less scary. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, Ess looked up thoughtfully and held out a delicate shell. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Although I didn’t want to start before Labor Day, when the nation settles back to normal living, I did want to get used to my turtle shell, to equip it and learn it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers trailed lightly across the surface of the shell, tracing the wisps of gold, and deep in the stone she felt something twist and stretch in response. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I felt as if I was in a shell and there was no way for me to get out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z By 1943, all of them—thirty shells in total—would be his. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We got even more miserable when Lee Roy noticed that Smiley had left our box of shotgun shells out under a tree. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "You could keep a coconut shell there, filling all the time." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Some are in bathing suits, one piece or bikini; one, I see, is wearing a crocheted affair, with big scallop shells covering the tits. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up an ordinary beach shell and looked at it with elaborate interest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Another shell goes overhead and Werner imagines he hears the wood in the huge beams above him splinter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Must be that shell. Guess it’s invisible to sonar. It’s a freaking stealth turtle!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But to judge by the greasy faces, the meat eating was almost done; and some held coconut shells in their hands and were drinking from them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He broke the coconut against the sink and let the water out before he began to nudge the white meat off the shell with a knife. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Trade was mostly limited to prestige items such as shells, amber and pigments. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, I found an old machete and got to work on the coconut shells. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Shivering hard, I zipped my body into three layers of fuzzy polypropylene pile underwear and an outer shell of windproof nylon, then pulled my clunky plastic boots on. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z On each disc is a shell or a star, an orange maple leaf, a white rose. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They no longer look like security bots—they’ve thrown off the shell now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Again, the man shuffled and Ned watched as the shell with the seed went left, then right, then around and ended up in the middle. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Portions of the hedge were nearly hollow, a green shell of living branches, leaving enough room to crouch comfortably. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For thirteen days, the battleships boomed and heavy shells rained down on target. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late-day light, its maroon shell shone iridescent as mother-of-pearl. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And even if we did get to it, we wouldn’t be able to get the shell back open to eat it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Like everyone else in the shell house, Ulbrickson soon discovered that the only time Moch didn’t seem entirely happy and comfortable in the coxswain’s seat was when he was in the lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The shells to come in on them and there was nothing to do but lie flat and hold the ground. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The crash of the shells bursts in my ears. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The basket contained only hard nuts, locked tight within their shells. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The shells had to be of a precise shape and size. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The clink of something metal dropping on my pod’s shell rings in my ears. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It brought them out of their Chinese shells too, and right now they are studying Greek.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In January 1943, Werner finds a second illegal transmission coming from an orchard on which a shell has fallen, cracking most of the trees in half. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Light filtered down through the water to the bed where the frilly pearl oysters lay fastened to the rub- bly bottom, a bottom strewn with shells of broken, opened oysters. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z As we started in to dinner, Grandpa Tweedy walked over to the edge of the porch and picked up a conch shell off the banister rail. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She brought in a whole bunch of shell necklaces and postcards and even a bottle full of sand from a Hawaiian beach. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He also retrieved from the drawer a black plastic case containing the rifle’s scope, a box of high-powered shells, and a .357-magnum pistol in a hip holster. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The turtle’s got its shell all the way open to catch as much warmth as possible, its soft back fully exposed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I know. He bought shells from me earlier. With food stamps.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He stares at me, and then takes the extra shell. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The tug swerved hard to port, grazed the bow of the shell, and narrowly missed the boy in the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the end, there were only nine seats in the first freshman shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A tortoise was shelled with a green and orange gourd. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Paula, startled, lifted her wrinkly head and blinked a few times before hiding inside her shell. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They ran into the street, shoelaces dangling, as shells fell all over town and machine gunfire flew in from the darkness. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Tensions began to mount in the Washington shell house that October. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Almost nobody even noticed the Washington shell apparently limping along out in the middle of the river, so far back one could barely see it in the gathering darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was enough, Lizzie’s granddaddy said, to make even a man sick in bed look up and take notice, seeing those clams slip out of their shells. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But the demands of rowing are such that every man or woman in a racing shell depends on his or her crewmates to perform almost flawlessly with each and every pull of the oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And now one, finding an empty snail shell he likes better than his own, creeps out, exposing his soft body to the enemy for a moment and then pops into the new shell. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents used to bring me down a lot, to skip rocks or collect shells or whatever. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They’ve reinforced the entrance, packed the stairwells with crates of artillery shells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Their shells were tightly closed, even after Mama steamed them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In another month the grasshoppers would be dead; autumn wind and old age would chill them bone white, leaving their hollow shells to swirl with the dry leaves in the ditch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He ate them as he walked, cracking the shells one by one, working the nut meat loose with his tongue. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Voldemort was dead, killed by his own rebounding curse, and Harry stood with two wands in his hand, staring down at his enemy’s shell. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Galton may have derided the “microscope” of experimental geneticists, but the tool was far more powerful than Galton had presumed, for it could penetrate the outer shell of heredity into the mechanism itself. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I like milkmen because one of them gave me two broken eggs which I swallowed raw with bits of shells and all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was a bolt of white-blue that seemed to leap from her bare finger to the camera’s outer shell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Along the fence, the old drunk was moaning a melody that Princesse had never heard him sing before, a sad longing tune that reminded her of the wail of the conch shell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The sparkling, hard shell of the hotel protected her when she needed it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He shuddered at the description of the tailor Petrovich’s big toe, “with its deformed nail as thick and hard as the shell of a tortoise.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the marines were dug into bunkers covered with three feet of earth to protect them from the mortar shells that the Vietcong were lobbing into the camp—about five hundred mortar shells a day. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He couldn’t rid his mind of the image that he was eating shelled snot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A lobster’s home is its shell, which it sheds to grow. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z We were playing poker for seashells, and Erlan had more shells than me, but not a lot more. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Hospitals and stores holding medical supplies were getting shelled. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Every sentient being straining and pushing at the shell of identity and distinctness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And added, “Our chances are not so hot. Our varsity is undoubtedly slower than last year’s shell, and is inexperienced entirely in racing.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The spicy-sweet aroma that rose from freshly split cedar was the same scent that often filled the shell house in Seattle when Pocock was at work up in his loft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Along each side of the cavernous room, long, sleek racing shells were stacked four high on wooden racks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Returning to the shell house that evening, the first varsity boat fell in alongside Tom Bolles’s first freshman boat, which was also returning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My father flakes off some of the dark shell with his chisel, revealing blond wood underneath. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I felt like I was holding a heavy shell. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “She wants a new angle, Hagrid,” said Ron wisely as he shelled salamander eggs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z That was just her empty shell over there, whereas here I could touch things she had touched, look out on the flowering plants she had looked at, and walk through her house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Amid piles of oyster shells and several brass candlesticks, Joseph found the case. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A shell fell close and they both dropped to the ground and dropped me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They were taking a lot of machine-gun fire; one fell down into a shell hole; another caught fire and halted. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The lieutenant spots six tripod fighting machines, one partially damaged from an Army gun shell. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z There were only a few drops left in the coconut shell, but there was none to replenish it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Or who carries a shell in their pocket so they don’t die. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Charles and Syms carried by hand “some few dozen drawers of shells,” so the shells wouldn’t shatter. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By him stood Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She stopped for a moment and said sadly, “We even had one section over there that did nothing but put the sound of the ocean into sea shells. This was once such a happy place.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Considerably more stable than racing shells, they were nevertheless eccentric craft, easy to capsize and difficult to maneuver. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mama left a shell, polished smooth from the ocean water running over it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They liked to hide inside old spiral snail shells, but we knew how to get them to come peeking out of their hidey-holes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They eat small animals, insects, certain cactus thorns, and the shells of sunflower seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They tasted wonderful, with some of the sweetness in them as if it had gone right through the shells. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be a tenuous, if unspoken, strand of affection and respect growing between them, but otherwise Joe didn’t feel much kinship with most of the boys in the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As they walked back from the bus stop she produced a sandwich bag from her pocket, and offered Eliot the peeled wedges of an orange, or lightly salted peanuts, which she had already shelled. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her pancakes had white goo and egg shells in them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a hatchling breaking from a shell, Roz climbed out into the world. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He methodically peels off the shells, piling the meats on a leaf. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We drank sassafras tea, sweetened with some of the sugar Bando had brought me, rubbed our turtle shells clean in the snow, and went out into the forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But you could not row at all if your shell sank, and as November of 1934 wore on, the water was so rough that it continually threatened to swamp the boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For users who don’t know how to get past this second security shell, they’ll get trapped entirely in the darkness. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The footage showed sailors standing at attention on deck, or dropping artillery shells into guns, or horsing around on a beach, waving to the folks back home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The days were already beginning to grow short, and at 5:30 p.m. the sun sank behind Montlake Bridge just to the west of the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z By the light of the shells I try to get a view of the fields. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But before we could shell out the four hundred dollars for classes at A.C.T. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “This body is just a shell of who I am,” Peach said in a still, small voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The village gradually vanishes under the shells and we lead a charmed life. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while, at least, the boys were going to have to launch their shells by carrying them down the bank and wading into the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Pocock thought he would be more valuable to the sport if he continued to build shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She rubbed the shell with the heel of her palm and cleaned the long neck and foot. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This is what would be left of Hazel Anderson once her whole body hollowed out, the empty shell of her cracked, and the pieces flew to the winds: Hazel has anger issues. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She looks like a turtle, her head poking out of her purple shell. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Chickens laid eggs that had two shells, the outer one of mud. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, late in the day, instead of helping McMillin, Joe would climb the stairs at the back of the shell house and see if George Pocock had time for a chat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I took hold of the turtle’s shell and grappled with one of its back flippers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a really stupid and pointless defense, like when a turtle tucks into its shell because a locomotive is barreling down on it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys climbed out of the shell and stood at attention while a German band played “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 They had leathery shells that gave instead of breaking when he squeezed them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z A shell burst near Longstreet and he felt the hot brutal breath, and then the sounds of battle were softer, the smoke began to blanket the field. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So Ulbrickson sent them out one more time, this time in their old shell, the one in which they had won so convincingly at Poughkeepsie, the City of Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The silver fairy with blue hair changed a snail shell into a beautiful shield. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I told you not to bring shells into this house,” she reprimanded when Felicia held up her prize. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I found beautiful pieces of coral and elaborate shells, which I sometimes brought back to my cell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they die before they make it out of the shell. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z They had spotters who saw where the shells were landing, and who were directing the fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there, he found a shell, and realized that the desert, in remote times, had been a sea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The chicks in the shells had not moved. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z You laugh, rap my woody shell with wicked whispers shaped like knuckles, then toss me aside. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With Lucas, I could be my insecure shell of a man and not feel threatened. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Guards fan out behind her like a cluster of shelled insects. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “And he does show up from time to time. Once with a valentine he’d made out of shells.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When they finally summoned the nerve to steal back into the ruins the next night, nothing remained but blackened stones, the hollow shells of houses, and corpses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were little pieces of ancient sea urchins in my hand, mollusk shells. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Every man is aware of the heavy shells tearing down the parapet, rooting up the embankment and demolishing the upper layers of concrete. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bando rinsed Dad’s soup bowl in the snow, and with great ceremony and elegance—he could really be elegant when the occasion arose—poured him a turtle shell of sassafras tea. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “The shell needs to be loaded first,” the gunner whispered, lifting a finger to point. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The line was a marvelous thing to see: thousands of men and horses and the gleaming Napoleons, row on row, and miles of wagons and shells. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Yankee boys threw bad words and oyster shells at him because he worked for the British. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s to break the vacuum between shell and egg cup, so the shell can be extracted. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But the plain, humble shell continued to roll, oblivious to the splendor around it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I took down the shells I had put up to scare the gulls and tossed them and the abalones over the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes I become aware of a smacking sound behind me and turn to see Mags peeling the shell off one of the nuts and popping it in her already-full mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in their formal Olympic uniforms, they maneuvered the shell from one deck down to the next, trying to stay clear of lifeboat davits and guylines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Princesse carried the conch shell in her hand as she strolled. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Nervously, Bernabe punched out the spent shells, reloaded from bullets he held in his gun belt, aimed carefully at the cripple, and fired. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been meandering between all the human feet, completely oblivious to the world; When Victor picked them up they quickly retreated into their shells. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I left the mound and the green grass growing on it among the white shells. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But here and there, interspersed among the desolate shells of the heavy old public buildings, I began to see new buildings, too, which were connected by futuristic walkways lit from beneath. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But find it they did, and they promptly began to power past the other shells on the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The office area forming the “head” to the left is connected by a narrow passageway to the “shell” containing the main body of the museum. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The exuberant Husky crew gingerly hoisted Walling out of the shell and sent him off to the hospital. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I told her that at my house we had many shells, that they told the future and were the special favorites of Yemaya, goddess of the seas. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It must learn to seek out other sparks, it must dominate the shell. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I was resting and eating my lunch on the side of the river when the Ethiopian army attacked us with bullets, mortar shells, and grenades. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I dived many times without again touching the hard shell that meant langosta. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stood there, hushed and still, I could swear that the house was not an empty shell but lived and breathed as it had lived before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Cringing, the old man pointed to a great shell that held water, and pushed towards the fire another shell in which were strips of smoke-dried fish. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Would you wanna see your momma as a shell of herself?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When Pocock had repaired the shell, and the boys took to the water again, the results were spectacularly disappointing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When I was little, I once drew an egg as three rings: the shell, the white and the yolk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Tentatively, my teeth crack the shells and dig into the soft, oily meat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He refused and was shot through the spine with a shell that ripped open his shirt front and dropped some of his guts onto the beach. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z That’s what I heard here, now, beside the water with this beautiful girl pulled into the bony shell of my arms. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A peek through a window revealed a Remington rifle, a plastic box of shells, eight or nine paperback books, some tom jeans, cooking utensils, and an expensive backpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is the only one home and he is thin. So thin. My sisters are married and in Shanghai. My other brother was killed by a shell.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A man with a bamboo rake pulls shotgun shells into piles. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z One who empties men of their strength As a nut from its shell. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A second anti-air battery fires from a distant corner of the city, and then the 88 upstairs goes again, stentorian, deadly, and Werner listens to the shell scream into the sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There they sent the shell on its way to California, where they would soon race against it on the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the second week of January, Felicia visits a santero known for his grace and power in reading the divining shells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the bad blood centered, improbably, on the most gentlemanly of individuals in either shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His eyes glue to mine as I sink lower and lower into the shell of myself. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Being the sort of person he was, Mr. Gaston had shells all over the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Between them I put ten olivella shells, which were no longer than the tip of my little finger, and threaded them all together with sinew. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Every afternoon, after classes, Joe made the long trek down to the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He then lay the broomstick on his shoulder and began pumping bazooka shells into Bull’s midriff. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The windows were all gone but the brick shell of the house remained, damp and blackened and steaming, and most of the roof, the dark slate shingles gleaming like fish scales from their recent soaking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were flowers of unimaginable colors, their closed blossoms like polished shells. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Princesse wanted to paint the sound that came out of the shell, a moan like a call to a distant ship, an SOS with a dissonant melody. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Not food stamps, you dumb old coot—money. 1 need money for those shells.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Whipping him without mercy, she chased him to the back of the courtyard, where Arcadio curled up like a snail in its shell. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z ‘Please! I -1 only meant -’ The ghost screamed as the dirt covered his body like a shell, then cracked apart, leaving nothing but a pile of dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were meant to stop bullets, but according to Mr. Gale, they’d been put up so clumsily, they’d fall over if a shell hit them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The shell was partly open, for the overhang protected this ancient oyster, and in the lip-like muscle Kino saw a ghostly gleam, and then the shell closed down. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But the nail had been yanked over to one side and was just hanging there like when you peel the shell off a shrimp. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is an armadillo, I think. You can vote for him if you want. His name is.. . Joe. Joe the Armadillo. He’s brown, and has four legs, and this shell thingy. . . .” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z On the bottom shelf stood a curly, bone-white conch shell with a delicate rosy interior. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could react, the planks in the bulkhead to my right split apart, and Tarrypin—his shell bundled in chains—was marched out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was a chance for the reticent Ulbrickson to relax, to open up and confide in the Englishman, to joke about shell house events, to smoke a cigarette out of sight of the boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was walking beneath the shell of the Lord Commander’s Tower, past the spot where Ygritte had died in his arms, when Ghost appeared beside him, his warm breath steaming in the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This seemed to suggest that the Earth was splitting apart at the seams, like a nut bursting out of its shell. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And when the elements had destroyed the blankets beyond repair, I used the shells to protect myself from the sun by propping them against each other and lying beneath them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Tell us the story of why the tortoise has a cracked shell!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In a few hours, I could measure a three-inch shell with my eyes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It just turned back and rested against the designed wood like a lovely, dark, polished shell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone secured a necklace of large red oyster shells around my neck, and a broad bracelet of silver was pushed onto my wrist. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I saw explosions from shell strikes blossoming on its distant shore. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran her thumb over the shell's ridges and then gave it back. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Pocock paused and stepped back from the frame of the shell and put his hands on his hips, carefully studying the work he had so far done. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was the name Thomas carved into the bottom shell. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z This one was formed of a heavy spiral of white shell and had a hole bored at the center to allow it to be hung around the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Duff picked up a shell, too, and rubbed the sand from it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Seashells are lined along every available surface, shells on the sills and on the dresser and jars full of pebbles lined up on the floor, all arranged by some indiscernible system, and here, here! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Bando finds some shelled beechnuts and hazelnuts lying at the base of a hollow tree near the grave. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d park himself on our dusty front-porch steps, fold his suit jacket neatly on the glider, roll up his sleeves, and read to me from the Psalms and Deuteronomy while I shelled beans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The snails were the size of my thumbnail, and their swirling, multicolored shells were soft to the touch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The cool shell against my skin feels comforting. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The patterns on the crab’s shell are inherited. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He put Jessie on the floor and lit the wick in a turtle shell filled with deer fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A shell had fallen and while we waited three others fell up the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I’ve cried a few times, but mostly I’m empty, as if whatever makes me feel and hurt and laugh and love has been surgically removed, leaving me hollowed out like a shell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The silver prow of their shell immediately surged a quarter length ahead of Washington’s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She put her palm against the black egg, fingers spread gently across the curve of the shell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Out here the prisoners see the shells smash into the city before they hear them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z How hard to make a shell so she would not be hurt so much. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z |
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