| 单词 | sheriff |
| 例句 | The sheriff claims the breach in the defenses has been repaired, but with the horde that Gideon described on the way, I want to see for myself. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “You told the sheriff you beat up your own dad?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z In 1923, after the Smith bombing, the Osage tribe began to urge the federal government to send investigators who, unlike the sheriff or Davis, had no ties to the county or to state officials. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then the white stagecoach driver put in a good word on their behalf and the sheriff begrudgingly let them continue on their way. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The obvious duties of the sheriff—enforcing the law and keeping the peace—were far from the most important ones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That's why we had sought relief from Monroe County for the misconduct of its sheriff. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “The sheriff isn’t going to let you forget that you took over his little battle.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When the miners went on strike, coal operators hired gunmen, including sheriff’s deputies, to assault, arrest, and blacklist workers and evict their families from their homes. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff shivers in a way I’ve not seen from him since I arrived. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But the sheriff was a man of inherited anxieties. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “This way,” said the sheriff, and he grabbed Turner by the coat as Turner’s father had grabbed him, half lifted him, and threw him back behind him, not even watching to see where he fell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Katherine turns her head, refusing to meet the sheriff's eyes, her lips clamped shut. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Knowing what Dad thought of Dusty, the sheriff didn’t need much convincing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Anyone visiting the sheriff’s office, three underfurnished, overcrowded rooms on the third floor of the county courthouse, could detect an odd, almost sinister atmosphere. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff, satisfied, squints at the blue sky. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Every last drop,” Shady answered, his eyes not meeting the sheriff’s. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "They set fire to the schoolhouse. The sheriff said he's going to hang you!" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The only problem is that the overhang is almost directly across from the sheriff’s office, so there’s a chance I’ll be seen if they're looking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z So I went down to see Mr. Buchanan, the boss man, and I tole him 'bout it and he give me a note to the sheriff and tole me to take it to him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff returns to the lot with railroad officials and makes noises about vagrancy laws. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It even got as far as the County Jail in Salinas where Gay, who had lived a good life by letting the sheriff beat him at checkers, suddenly grew cocky and never lost another game. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not a trap. The sheriff never wants to lay eyes on you again,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Rydell, but I figured the sheriff must still be looking for him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I near retched when the sheriff said, “All right, boy, what y’all gotta do is keep going due south on this trail ’bout four more mile; you gonna hit a town called River Rouge. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Two sheriff's deputies—one thin with blond hair; the other big and muscular, with a black mustache. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he leaned over the bar top, staring into the sheriff’s half-empty glass of whiskey. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Rather than approaching it, the hunters returned to Fairfax and informed authorities, and a deputy sheriff and the town marshal went to investigate. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sheriff come in and said, “Keegan, why you looking to get her all worked up? Let’s jus’ get ’em shackled proper and out on the road.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff barely looked at me afore he dropped his nose back in the newspaper. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z A deputy sheriff escorted the parents of Ronda Morrison to the front of the court just before the hearing began. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even if they overlooked private property and sheriffs writing citations, most of the highways feature narrow shoulders, in a landscape that gets so pitch-black at night, any car rushing past would likely kill them all. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The sheriff brought his leg down from the piling and with care repaired the tuck of his shirt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t your church elder report it to me? After all, I am the sheriff here.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She swung around, hauled off and slugged the sheriff in the face. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s bemusement and affection in the sheriff’s voice but no anger, and I’m relieved to know that I didn't misread his fondness for Katherine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff grabbed my arm again and said, “This ain’t ’bout no wood stealing, boy. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Myers insisted that there were other people besides him and Kelly involved in the Pittman murder, including a corrupt local sheriff. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I leave Katherine sputtering on the boardwalk and make a beeline back to the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The engine started right up, sheriff? When you went to start it you had no trouble?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe the sheriff doesn’t notice how she’s shifted her weight back, putting a few more inches of space between the two of them, but I do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After a few moments the sheriff closed his eyes and laced his fingers together. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “How much do I owe you?” the sheriff growled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Myers claimed to have committed the Vickie Pittman murder under the direction of another local sheriff; he laid out to us a widespread conspiracy involving police, drug dealing, and money laundering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Apparently the sheriff is delighted that he escaped and has no intention of pursuing him—as long as he goes back and gets the paperwork straightened out.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When Bernabe Montoya’s doleful voice crackled over the walkie-talkie, the agent replied succinctly, thoroughly, and then absorbed the information, or rather, lack of information, from the sheriff with equal automatic aplomb. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They sent this on over for you as well. The Lady Katherine is waiting for you in the sheriff’s office.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z At some point the good sheriff will make a mistake, some gross miscalculation, reveal some weakness, and that's when we'll find our freedom.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Nel’s legs had turned to granite and she expected the sheriff or Reverend Deal’s pointing finger at any moment. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You look like a man who wants to live. Please tell the sheriff that ain’t no amount of proselytizing is going to keep that undead horde from overrunning us.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff told him—and it was sort of pitiful: ‘Wendle, I don’t know what to make of it. There’s two bodies upstairs.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We found court records revealing that the D.A. and the sheriff, who are county officials, had somehow gotten city charges and fines against Hooks dismissed, even though they had no authority in city courts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Just imagine if the sheriff knew all about Miss Deveraux’s tragic past.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Roundtree, who became a deputy sheriff, was shot in the head by a rich landowner. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Of course you knew how far up we were, we had to go that high to make sure the sheriff’s deputies didn’t see us. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Where did the bullets hit?” the sheriff asked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand and resettle the sheriff's hat, now my hat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She opened the door and discovered a local police officer and a sheriff. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The sheriff said whyn’t he throw it on back into the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I have my answer as to where the sheriff's wild shot got to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He appreciated the sheriffs answer; it cast a favorable moral light on his witness and gave him the authority of the conscientious man, for which there was ultimately no substitute. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff who’d been listening and nodding his head, butts me off. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I heard you guys all the way over to the head. Jesus Christ, Leonard—” “Anybody else?” said the sheriff. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “We don’t say sorry ’round these parts, Nebraska,” Adina said in her best sheriff’s voice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z If I asked him for Seventeen magazine, I’d have to keep silent about the sheriff, and I had things to say. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The gas station man shouted, “Break the law here at my station, I’ll call the sheriff. You just see if I will.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff comes down the street atop a large, ill-tempered-looking beast. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff couldn’t stand to see cows fooled by that phony cattleguard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She took her glass without comment, stirring the straight bourbon with her finger, and sipped reflectively while the sheriff also sipped. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the school bell rings at the end of the day, Jasmine says the sheriff has organized a search party that’s meeting in the center of town. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Thanks, Dad, but I’ve even talked to the sheriff—’’ “George Smith?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She gave it to Ma Charles, and Ma Charles lifted her hand for the sheriff to lean over and take it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “He took it in to the sheriff, and the sheriff is going to advertise it, and if nobody answers Alex can keep it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff simmered, but said, “Okay, Earl, if you say so.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff hummed and hawed ’round as though he had more to say. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z When the sheriff didn’t reply, she said, “Oh, I see. He’s only a danger to us, not to white folk.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The sheriff rides over, horse dancing in agitation, the beast’s temperament a mirror of its rider’s. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When Shadrack awoke, the sheriff handed him back his papers and escorted him to the back of a wagon. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When there were still no arrests several months later, the whispers became louder, and public criticisms of the police, sheriff, and local prosecutor were aired in the local newspaper and on local radio stations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff had his feet up on his desk and was drinking from a bottle of whiskey. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The sheriff's voice goes hard, and I swallow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff's hat, with its wide brim, is a few feet away and mostly free of blood. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to get the sheriff out so early and rouse ill will when it wasn’t necessary. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You spotted them in the first place, Jason. Old Eagle Eyes. If I was a sheriff, I'd pay you a reward.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The sheriff was in front of a group of colored that was pressed into the crowd. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the sheriff’s dogs barking and growling still rang in his ears. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff pointed at the bench and tolt Syl’s ma, “You set right there till we come back with them chains, gal.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z When he finally returned it to me, he announced that the visitation time had been cut to five minutes, on orders from the sheriff himself. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He wasn’t ready to stop when his father first shined his lantern on him and pulled him away from the sputtering sheriff. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “You sit down and tell me about it,” the sheriff said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again he turned toward the jurors, swiveling the sheriffs report in their direction as if to suggest they read along with him despite their distance across the courtroom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “Wide-set eyes, yellow hair, and a scar on her forehead, and she came in Sunday afternoon.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Tennessee sheriffs still searched for the murderers, of course, but Ridgeway was out of the hunt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It doesn’t surprise me that the sheriff would have such predilections, and I wonder if there ain’t some more sinister truth to the story about the loss of the sheriff’s sweet-tempered wife. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The Chat-ham sheriff tells me my little toe on my left foot was so chawed up that the doctor had to cut it offen me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z And by the time Turner stood, the sheriff had suddenly let go and backed away as his father’s arms windmilled in the moonlit air, and he was over the ledge. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “The sheriff’s here,” said Lee, to warn him perhaps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The room—a room in the sheriff’s office, into which he’d locked himself before falling asleep at a desk—was dull with near-darkness. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They stayed and joined the group standing outside the sheriff’s office. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So whatever the sheriff has planned for me, I have to believe that everyone's survival was worth it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff was coming out of the hospital. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The next day, demonstrators waiting to register at the courthouse refused to obey the sheriff’s order to line up in the back alley where they had been confined the day before. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll keep a man out here until the university can hire its own security for the dig,” the sheriff promises. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z His visitor looked at the sheriff, and Quinn knew that there was no power on earth that could keep this man from hating him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And when in the morning Tom, his face black, spurred his spent horse up John Street in Salinas, the sheriff was waiting for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s deputies were out, carrying shotguns, moving the drifters along, so they didn’t hang around town to beg for food. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After while the sheriff said, “You sure this the right way, boy?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I came over to ask you to stop this before it gets out of hand,” the sheriff said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked over to where she had the gun Collins used in her apron and gave it to the sheriff. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The sheriff was here to do his job. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff rides up on his big horse. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After a nighttime rally at a black church in the town square, four hundred people filed out the church doors and moved down a sidewalk lined by helmeted state troopers and deputy sheriffs. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z We were in a boat full of trapped fish almost under the bloodshot eye of the sheriff. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff brought his left leg down from the piling, hitched his trousers at the thigh and brought his right up, then settled his elbow on his knee. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The county sheriff was an employee of the State of Alabama, the county claimed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you talk with somebody else,” the sheriff suggested. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Uncle Darnell came out, the sheriff said, “We got a scent.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The two sheriff’s deputies looked more annoyed they’d been called to the Deuce for another fight than concerned about what had actually happened. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Some parking ticket confetti, caught in a frail wind puff, tumbled across the dirt and settled around the sheriff s boots, which were on the wrong feet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The duty of performing an execution, which hadn’t occurred in the county for a decade, fell to the sheriff. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sheriff did not appear to be listening at all. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They said, “It’s Jody, on Demon. He’s helping out the sheriff again.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff flies back, but I am frozen in time and space. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “No! Now leave my property before I call the sheriff!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sheriff shook his head and slipped his hands to his belt, where he hooked his thumbs over the buckle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I told that to the sheriff and I’m telling it to you. I don’t know anything about it.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My father went to the sheriff and accused Tenorio, but he had only the word of a small, sick boy to back his accusation. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “And did you find a spare aboard, sheriff?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I took a chance to see if Syl could prove something that had been boiling up in me when the cap’n had offered the Dee-troit sheriff all that money to come with us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z When it did, the sheriff felt his heart dive-bomb down to his toes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In what is also known as the “Battle of Toledo,” sheriff’s deputies used tear gas and fire hoses against Electric Auto-Lite Company strikers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z When no one was looking, he slipped a note to the deputy sheriff. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Syl’s pa said, “You know what that sheriff’s man’s got planned for you, don’t you?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Horace showed the sheriff three fragments of the deceased’s skull that had lodged in the tissue of his brain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff swore in extra deputies, passed out rifles, and sent the men to patrol company boundaries. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The laugh that booms out of the sheriff is genuine, and an ugly feeling rises up in me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Chavez’ brother was the sheriff of the town. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, there was a shiny new van from Channel 10 parked outside the sheriff’s station. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Did you tell the sheriff somebody shot a hole in your house?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And he never spoke up against the sheriff. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Don’t make me call the sheriff,” he said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “The two of them are peas in a pod, but the sheriff is only following his daddy’s lead. He’s mean, but he isn’t smart enough to run this town on his own.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff eyed me good and hard, probably knowing I was struggling to keep it in. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He called out, and the deputy sheriff and the inquest members rushed over. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had thought how he would like to chain the deputy sheriff behind his own wagon and then scare the horse so that it would run faster than the cruel man could. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was now clear why the doctors had summoned not the sheriff or a prosecutor but Bill Smith’s personal attorney. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sheriff was staring at a picture of three cherubim—just heads, curly-haired, limpid-eyed, with wings about the size of pigeons’ wings growing out of where their necks would be. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I slept for the last fifty miles into Coeur d’Alene and when I awoke, I was sitting in the sheriff’s car outside the hospital entrance. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Ishmael stood in the doorway looking out while the sheriff ran a flashlight across everything—the cased sausage beside the binnacle, the short bunk, the ship’s wheel, the battery well. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Agent Burger informed White that he had once brought Rose Osage and Joe to the sheriff’s office for questioning. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sheriff watched him drive away, turn, and rush past the house toward town. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Roosevelt was accepted as a friend, fellow cowboy, and, ultimately, the sheriffs deputy, he never completely severed his ties to New York or politics. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z And he also told them that later their son acted aggressively and threatened him and then drove away—naked—before he or the sheriff’s office could figure out what had happened at the river. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They waited for the sheriff to leave, but he leaned back against the fence and whittled away at his block of wood. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “But you didn’t offer that as an explanation to the sheriff. You said nothing about having seen Carl Heine. Now why was this, Mr. Miyamoto? Why did you claim complete ignorance?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The results of the test, to the dismay of Osprey’s sheriff as well as Alvin Dewey, who does not believe in exceptional coin-cidences, were decisively negative. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “And talkin’ about this morning,” the sheriff said, his face shading purple even in the darkness, “you stole my boat. That’s what we call larceny, Mrs. Dowdel. You could go up for that.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Bought him at a sheriff’s auction,” Billy explained. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get on line!” yells the sheriff, terror in his voice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Do you know what happened?” he asked the sheriff. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But something ’bout all these questions the sheriff was batting ’gainst me felt different. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You went to bed. What time did you get up, sheriff? Do you remember? On the sixteenth?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff's job was not an easy one, and that county which, out of the grab bag of popular elections, pulled a good sheriff was lucky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We need to go and speak to the sheriff, convince him to barricade the town before it’s overrun. Consolidate everyone into a few defensible buildings. We’re too vulnerable, waiting for the next attack.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyndon must have been a pretty powerful person to get a man to fix his generator and get a sheriff’s escort in the middle of the night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The arms of a stranger were a lot more comfortable than the arms of the sheriff. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z At the time of the hurricane, Marlin Gusman, sheriff of Orleans parish, knew that there was a chance that the Orleans Parish Prison, where most offenders were kept while awaiting trial, would flood. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It didn’t take long for me to see the difference ’tween my shackles and the ones the sheriff wanted me to use. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z All the while a little voice in my head is urging me to hurry to the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It ain’t that I’m working any more than I did when I was at Miss Preston’s; it’s that the sheriff don’t feed us enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In the sheriffs car, I said, “She isn’t actually gone at all. She’s singing in the trees.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I try fighting, but that punch from the sheriff has me seeing stars and I’m no match for two grown men. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff laughed and said, “I guess that depend on how you define ‘pay good.’” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But they also had interviews with Mrs. Gates, Mr. Ward, the sheriff, and a group of eighth graders who had been in the Portable 19 rescue brigade. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff glanced to left and right, as if Gramps might be hiding in the bushes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Then he looked up and addressed my father: “Paine, I’m a little surprised to see you out and about. The sheriff told me you were under house arrest.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Wonderful,” the sheriff groaned, stabbing his teeth through a hunk of the ice cream bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Katherine looks back at the sheriff’s dead body, lifting one of her fair hands to her cheek, which is dotted with bits of the dead man. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Slowly, the sheriff shook his head, pretending to be very puzzled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I lose my balance before the sheriff's door, tumbling against it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff doesn’t bother to get down from his horse, just leans forward and looks down at Katherine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z "Trout Walker has—" "Now don't go saying nothing bad about Charles Walker," said the sheriff. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The gas station man yelled, “I mean it. The sheriff gonna throw you in jail, all of you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember pulling the trigger and watching Bob go down, the sheriff's face as the buckshot hit him in the throat, the look of surprise and then nothing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Whereupon suddenly, gnashing his teeth so hard little pieces of porcelain literally spewed from his mouth, the sheriff jumped up and grabbed an armload of her saints and threw them into the holocaust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma pointed her spatula at the sheriff’s feet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew that the sheriff had been greatly admired. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff, a lanky, red-faced man named Amos Sizemore, stood in front of the door, arms folded across his chest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sheriff ruffled the edges of the envelopes with his thumb. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He walked slowly and stopped every once in a while to make sure he heard the sheriff’s footsteps behind him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Gay had been very nice to the sheriff who wasn’t a man to forget it, particularly because election was coming up and Gay could, or said he could, swing quite a few votes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The investigation, it occurred to the sheriff, had thus far taken five hours. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She’s dressed as a sheriff and I’m wearing black-and-white prisoner stripes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I’ve known Katherine for a long time, and the last thing she wants to do is spend another moment in the sheriff’s presence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “When you was out getting ’em shackles, he tolt the sheriff he wasn’t ’bout to let three thousand dollars walk out his life without no fight. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You can feel it,” the sheriff said morosely. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man reached the highway just as the sheriff was turning in. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, there you go! We just have to get them to help us get rid of the sheriff and his father.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Doc had left as soon as the sheriff arrived. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The man just gives me a gap-toothed grin full of malice, and we make our way out of the sheriff’s office and back onto the boardwalk, the pale, dark-haired boy leading the way. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The wagon started, and the sheriff rode behind it on his horse. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then I am the deputy sheriff and my name is Mister Wilson and I tell you the judge is busy. Come back some other day.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z How would some sheriff sound, declaring himself so against bank robbery—and Jesse James his best friend? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not just that,” the sheriff tells me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The three white men continued to talk, but he knew that the sheriff watched him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “So what you come up with?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff took me to where the woman was sharing a cell with four other colored gals and two white ones. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “It gets on your hands, sheriff. Ask any of these fishermen about that.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The first witness called by the prosecutor that day was the county sheriff, Art Moran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “With all those lights drawing, sheriff? Batteries still strong?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My cousin stiffened under the sheriff’s questions and rebuke and could only say, “Sorry, Sheriff Charles.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z On each side of him stood a uniformed sheriff’s deputy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana and Bernabe shook hands, the sheriff rounded up his men, and suddenly they disappeared into trees; the agent was alone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Turner—” the sheriff began, but Mama cut right on in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The sheriff led the way back to the porch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Quick as a snake, the sheriff’s boot lashes out, hitting me in the shoulder. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Finally, the island sheriff, Gerald Lundquist, asked islanders to report suspicious activities or signs of sabotage to his office with all due speed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You can’t. There’s curfew. You leave and the sheriff and his boys will make an example of you.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Why, then, did the men from the sheriff’s office continue to question him? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the sheriff, on the ground, his lifeblood seeping into the boards. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff moved his light over the outside of our gray car. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the sheriff. Sheriff Elwell. Stand up. Nobody’s going to hurt you.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z No sheriff paid them any mind, no journalist listened to their stories. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was like a low whisper, but the sheriff’s voice carried across the crowd. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Finn had given Jonas one of Calamity’s kittens, the sheriff’s allergies had miraculously cleared up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff stared at him doubtfully for a moment. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff pressed him if he knew who had killed Bigheart. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z If I didn't feel like a mess before, the short walk to the sheriff’s office from the rail station definitely does the trick. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I brought it down and put it in before the sheriff showed up with his warrant. That’s why he found two batteries when he searched. One of them had just gone in.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “This is just asking for trouble,” the sheriff said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s deputies were waiting on the dock at the end of the day. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Go on. Tell the sheriff you’ve captured the notorious outlaw who sells fake elixir. He’ll laugh in your face. Besides, by the time you get back to town, I’ll be halfway to who knows where.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m going to Delhi and ask the sheriff,” I say, hoping he isn’t and that I can get her back. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He shut the nozzle off and looked the sheriff in the eye. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The bailiff knocked at the door to the judge’s chambers, then opened it and said that the sheriff was present on business he wished to keep private. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “The sheriff said he better not drive it without a license.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But just one peek at the guy and you knew that, dweebwise, there was a new sheriff in town. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z When she saw the sheriff there, she jumped up out of the chair with a gasp, looking around the room. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The sheriff was wearing a hip pistol, and when we started up the stairs, going to Nancy’s room, I noticed he kept his hand on it, ready to draw. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I tolt the sheriff, “The ax whistled as Pap swung it at the tree, the sun hit it, and it wasn’t nothing but a flashing silver blur. But then...” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Did that strike you as odd, sheriff? Do you remember? That with all those lights drawing, the batteries still had plenty of charge, enough to turn the engine over with no trouble, as you say?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When he came out, he saw sheriff’s deputies beating a man with blackjacks, and shooting over the heads of a crowd of women and children. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff licked the wooden ice cream stick clean, flipped it in the general direction of the wastebasket, and selected another Eskimo Pie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff turns around and gives us all a steely gaze. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I thought he did that to be the man of the house and stand up to the Klan—but my uncle opened the door wide and shook the sheriff’s hand. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Adding insult to injury, Tate went on to be re-elected sheriff, and he remains in office today; he has been sheriff continuously for more than twenty-five years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Whatever is happening, it’s enough to turn the sheriff’s expression stormy, as he sends the rider off with low-voiced instructions. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But the next thing we knew, the two sheriffs deputies who had stood quietly at the side of the room all morning were putting handcuffs on my two friends! Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Hatsue recalled that in the course of his testimony the sheriff had described finding a coffee cup—tipped on its side, the sheriff had explained—on the floor of Carl Heine’s cabin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff leaned in with his light shining on me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z By the time Turner had spun around and looked up, his father—his father!—and the sheriff were gripping each other’s arms and pushing back and forth, sliding and stumbling and tripping over rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “What can I do for you, sheriff?” she asked. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I pulled Fern away from the sheriff’s dog. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Going for a ride?” said the sheriff My father hesitated. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There’s not a hint of fear or doubt in Katherine’s words and the sheriff rides off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I want to tell you that Mr. Finch got word of it early this morning. Frank had the sheriff call him and Mr. Finch’ll. . . help him.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And had Jinx managed to avoid the sheriff? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At the end, the sheriff marries the woman who owns the saloon, which is a watering hole for humans but not horses. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “We’d best get rid of these before the sheriff finds out there’s still some left.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Thank you. A D-8. Six celled. Would you turn now to item forty-two, sheriff? And read one more time for the court?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, and I’m the sheriff of the county!” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “My name is Nate Edwards, and I’m the new sheriff. I want to extend my sympathies for the loss of your mother.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Watch yourself,” the sheriff says, his eyes colder than anything else our little town has ever seen before. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Before the trip, the sheriff again threatened Walter with racial slurs and terrifying plans. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My folks and the Levinsons close in around me, and together we sweep past the sheriff and the vlogger into the school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Good to know. Anything else of note regarding the sheriff and the preacher?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If Jackson is still poking around for whatever he needs from the sheriff’s office, he’s on his own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Could you lock up on your way out, please? The sheriff here is my last visitor.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Paine, are you up yet? There’s a gentleman from the sheriff’s department here to see you.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I get the feeling that the sheriff's men will quickly be able to ascertain what transpired and who the likely culprit is. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I stood on the porch and watched my mother and father follow the sheriff down the road. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z One night not long after, Lawson recalled, another deputy sheriff opened his cell and led him to Hale, who was in a car outside. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The night before the sheriff was supposed to pay us a unwelcome visit, I prayed to God for a way out of this madness. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to forget the sheriff’s orders, pack up my things, and jump on the next train out of Greenwood. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “The regulatory entomologists ... function as prosecutor, judge and jury, tax assessor and collector and sheriff to enforce their own orders,” said Connecticut entomologist Neely Turner. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I look up, and the sheriff squints down at me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The Klan was thought to hold great sway with key Georgia politicians, and its Georgia chapters were said to include many policemen and sheriff’s deputies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff shrugged, smiled vaguely, gestured at the nearest mountain peak with his burrito. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the sheriff pauses and says, “Miss Deveraux, this is no place for you. You should go back to your home. What brings you here?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He immediately called the sheriff’s office in Greenwood and reported the matter. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Turner wasn’t sure if his clanging brain could make sense of the sheriff’s words. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When Faye died, he knew instinctively that Kate was probably responsible, but he also knew he hadn’t much of any chance of convicting her, and a wise sheriff doesn’t butt his head against the impossible. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After all, the sheriff couldn’t chase us downstream. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff grabs Katherine, Bob and Bill taking that as a cue to raise their guns as well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff, twice, slashed a hand across his throat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I know I’m no sheriff and my lawn mower isn’t a horse, but it just felt like the right thing to do. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Confused by the term, Walter told the sheriff that he did not understand the meaning of the word. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “The problem is that the sheriff and the preacher see Summerland as a safe haven, as do many of the other families. It won’t be easy to convince them to leave.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Then the sheriff picks up the burlap sack and pulls out something flat and shiny. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Are you sure the sheriff’s not doing anything? How do you know he won’t come after you?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Mr. Underwood? Open up, please, this is Deputy Blair from the sheriff’s office. Mr. Underwood?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In the exchange, one white officer was killed, and the county’s white deputy sheriff was wounded. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There’s something a little off about the sheriff; I don’t think he’s been drinking, but his insistence has an undercurrent that puts me on alert. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z What if the sheriff sells the menagerie in the meantime? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Now the sheriff would use the dog to find where the tornado had blown Vonetta. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The youngsters were standing silently outside the courthouse, displaying crayoned signs urging equal voting rights, when the sheriff ordered them to follow him down the street. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z After too long the sheriff says, “You are right, of course. Compassion is critical in a leader.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Near Tallahassee he was picked up by sheriff’s men, judged vagrant, and put on a road gang. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff seemed aware of the necessity of doing so; nevertheless, he didn’t move. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I almost feel like I have to solve the mystery myself, just to get the sheriff off my back. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Maybe his father was dead in the back of the sheriff’s wagon now. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucy, there’s even a cowboy hat and sheriff’s badge. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “I know that, but he doesn’t have your kindness. And when I have to go—the sheriff is going to begin asking questions and I’ll be all alone.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And when the doctor told the sheriff and the judge how it was, they all said she must be tried that same day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z For all she knew, this big young man smiling at her with such cordiality might be a sheriff—or— “Do you know who that is?” she asked. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute. That’s Junior Palmer’s prowl car. He’s a deputy sheriff.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s words cut through my reverie and draw my gaze up in surprise. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He talked to sheriff’s departments all over the state. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Once he sniffed that old sheriff and his brother and Vonetta’s scent from the nightie, there was no quieting him down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A sheriff demanded their freedom papers, looked them over, detained the couple still, clearly unsatisfied, searching for a reason to send them back south. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to bother you, Miss. I’m the sheriff. I know you can’t talk, but will you just write some things on this?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “All right, don’t. And if you just go about your business as soon as you can, I won’t tell. But if you don’t, you’ll know all right, and so will the sheriff.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She looked about half his size, but the sheriff stayed a respectful distance away from the open door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They say that once when things got out of hand at the rodeo and the crowd threatened an official, the sheriff took care of it himself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a part of things, part of the fabric of the place, and as sheriff he knew this well. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Even after Shady’s comment about Sheriff Dean and his sheriff brother-in-law in Joplin, Jinx felt strangely at ease and comforted as they made their way back to Shady’s place. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Their father might be the sheriff, but Michael and Charles Sanders have always been nothing but trouble. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Three days after Sam's death, Miss Katherine shot the sheriff while he was sitting in his chair drinking a cup of coffee. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Then he looked the sheriff in the eye for the first time. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The second thing that strikes me is the way the sheriff is looking in my direction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But Finn had said no sheriff would believe that, and his dogs wouldn’t care. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff straightened up, undid his fingers, and held the arms of his chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even in the low light, I can see an unholy gleam in the sheriff’s eyes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The way the posse was lined up had the sheriff and one the ’nother men up front and me and Petey riding abreast in the middle whilst the other two men trailed behind. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff looks at him and puffs on his cigarette. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There’s tightness to the sheriff’s voice, but I’m too relieved that the whip has ceased its torment for the moment to analyze why he would even listen to Mr. Gideon in the first place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “You accusing me, the sheriff of Platt County, of running fish traps?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff edged his way closer to Mama and sat across from her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Jackie had called the sheriffs office because she needed a copy of the police report from the accident to process Jim’s life insurance policy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I take my sickles from the sheriff, then open the door. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In any case, the sheriff ordered my father hauled in again, for “tampering with a court-ordered monitoring device.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The sheriff was referring to the lynching of a young African American man named Michael Donald in Mobile, about sixty miles south. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’m leaving, Sammy. You could end up dead shooting that shotgun off near a sheriff.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked Dicey if she was sure she didn’t want to speak to the sheriff herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff backed up a step and leveled the shotgun from his shoulder. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I shift my weight, and address the sheriff. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s brown hair was damp around the edges, and his shirt was still pressed straight with sharp creases in it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Katherine and I can use the time to lay our plans for the sheriff. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “It walks, it talks, it carries a real gun, so it calls itself a sheriff,” he groaned sarcastically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The former sheriff showed up, in the guise of an elderly, quiet cattleman from Texas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Alvin Hooks put the sheriffs report in its place on the evidence table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if I managed it or not, but in case I did, I come down here to let the sheriff know.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The sheriff says nothing, just nods and spits, missing me by only a few inches. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure which way we was gonna go, but it sure wasn’t gonna be the way the sheriff said to. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff muttered, “Welcome, ball fans, to the World Series of Borracheras.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff got out and slowly walked over. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z During much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, private detective agencies had filled the vacuum left by decentralized, underfunded, incompetent, and corrupt sheriff and police departments. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When he saw me and the sheriff at the door, he put the phone down and hugged me to him. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Tom Tate was elected the new county sheriff days after the murder took place, and folks started to question whether he was up to the job. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “But you saw him at Ship Channel,” said the sheriff. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s giving me that same look now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “You drove her away from home,” the sheriff said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff parked the car and led me up a path toward the river, and there, on a little hill overlooking the river and the valley, was my mothers grave. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I wasn’t gonna be rude and look no gift horse in the mouth, but I didn’t know what the sheriff ’spected me to do with a stone that had took part in killing my pap. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z And he knew he wouldn’t be sheriff much longer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Miss, would you please get off of Bill? I’m afraid he’s the sheriff’s cousin, and the sheriff would be quite upset if anything happened to him.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I tell you the sheriff is out for blood and you say there’s something more important than that?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff lights his cigarette and looks out at the horizon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But we knew if Johnny broke the law, the sheriff and his men were gonna make us all pay. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s yelling out in the street as the sheriff continues to round up folks, and I turn toward the door. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe this! I called the sheriff’s office. I told them about R.C. I warned them that something like…” My voice choked up and I had to sit down. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s eyes open, and he turns to look at the general manager. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He had called to the witness box the county sheriff and the county coroner, the murdered man’s mother and the bent-over Swede from whom the murdered man had planned to buy his father’s old farm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I was asking my uncle but the sheriff said, “Naw. This is a manhunt. Sheriff business.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff, hardly an hour into his day, was already tired and dispirited. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was a boy...He was thrown in a cell in the sheriff’s headquarters after we arrived together last week. I don’t suppose you know where he got to?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I followed the sheriff out the front door and there was five mounted men waiting on me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was true that the sheriff represented armed force in the county, but in a community seething with individuals a harsh or stupid sheriff did not last long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The cap’n’s good side had got wore down by the few questions the sheriff was axing. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I’m glad you asked me this,” said the sheriff as he looked into the camera. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, and one last thing,” the sheriff says as the door opens behind us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “And the defendant’s boat—do I understand this right?— had a new line on the port side, sheriff—again the second cleat from the stern?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mocking laughter follows me as I leave the building, hurrying after the sheriff and Katherine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff and local judges enforced the law only when it suited the coal companies. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff heeded the voice and looked at the room—flowered chintz, lace curtains, white drawn-work table cover, cushions on the couch covered with a bright and impudent print. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff turns and opens his mouth, but before he has time to utter a word Marlena explodes again, shrieking like a banshee, poking a finger in his face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We knew he was intrepid, for he had held his own in var- ious gunfights; besides, he looked like a sheriff—the only kind we knew about. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Though reserved to the point of being shy, the sheriff was adept at assuming undercover identities, having pretended to be everything from a cow rustler to a counterfeiter. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Can’t see what color his hair is, with that sheriff's hat he’s always wearing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The sheriff took me to a third door in the holting area. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z His sense of prudence told him to go away and return later in the afternoon when the sheriff was not there. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I saw a cowboy movie once and was impressed by how the sheriff always brushed his horse and threw a soft blanket over its back at the end of the day. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Black offenders resided in the east wing with the offices of the sheriff and his deputies in between. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I give the sheriff a handshake and went back inside. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Yet the sheriff had never investigated Hale, nor had other local lawmen—an oversight that no longer seemed incidental. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On Monday, at midday, Dewey held a press conference in the sheriff’s office. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s deputy came up and stood in back of me and Cade. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “The phones are up,” he announced to the sheriff. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The two deputies climbed on the wagon seat; the sheriff mounted the saddled horse. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too late for that,” the sheriff said, peering down at Shady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff wondered what went on behind the wall, what pressures, what pleasures and achings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As a matter of fact, she rather liked the sheriff. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She nodded, then looked up at the sheriff. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I’m the head sheriff, and Dari is the mission analyst,” Twig continued matter-of-factly, and I wished she would stop. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I went into the kitchen and called the sheriff’s office. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He felt all right about the deputy sheriff and Nick Rael, too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff was taking out handcuffs, snapping them on Johnny’s wrist and his own. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a sheriff entered with the man to fix the backup generator. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff looked down at Fern and then said to Ma Charles, “Should have figured those were yours.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z LINK: You mean the urgent business of being kicked out by the sheriff? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I’m tied to the whipping post in front of the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He had seen him- self making a name for himself and running for sheriff. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to come up with some story to excuse myself, but the sheriff has a hell of a left hook, and I go down before I can utter a word. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The second stranger, the sheriff of Westing county, herded them back to the game room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get the sheriff,” my mother said again, calm. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It’s nice to know that even Summerland's impending doom doesn't make the sheriff change his mind about giving Negroes a fighting chance. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Crouched in the reeds and half submerged in the muddy waters lay the figure of Lupito, the man who had killed the sheriff. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We felt like a gang of desperados setting out to rob a train or blow up the sheriff s office. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sentence of death was carried out this morning at nine o’clock. The governor, the prison doctor, and the sheriff of the county were present.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “But what if it’s a trap? The sheriff, setting me up.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Katherine is now staring daggers at me as the sheriff turns to her, a glint of interest in his eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “There’s a lot of talk,” the sheriff was quoted as saying. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It’s like Grampa said. The sheriff just wants me to stick around in case I have to answer questions or something. I’ll be all right.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Ma had heard that the sheriff, Judge Byrd, and some other big bugs had gone back out to look at the tree to try and get ’nough proof to put me away. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The 1999 drug bust incarcerated almost 15 percent of the black population of the town, based on the uncorroborated false testimony of a single informant hired by the sheriff of Tulia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Should I ride off to Possum Moan to get the sheriff for help? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The Manifest sheriff took Donal’s shovel and lifted the lid of the coffin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The Reverend said he thought he could speak a word to the sheriff about it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked for a way out, but there wasn’t gonna be no escaping; the sheriff was smarter than he was letting on. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff claimed that George had confessed to the murders, though no written or signed statement was presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff dampened the papers with a wet handkerchief to get them apart. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I also want to see if prying through the sheriff’s belongings reveals anything about him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When court convened at the next term the court and sheriff were bolstered by sixty militiamen, but by then the defendant was not available for trial. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He told us about being pressured by the sheriff and the ABI and threatened with the death penalty if he didn't testify against McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff scowled at the scene, then abruptly disappeared inside the office. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “She won’t be talking for quite a while. Besides, her skull is cracked, and God knows what that will do to her. What I’m getting at is, should I bring the sheriff into it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “In that case,” the sheriff says with a tight smile, “please leave us to conduct our business.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Right, I'll go speak with the sheriff, you go ask the Duchess if she'll spread the word that everyone needs to fight if were going to beat back the approaching horde.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z For a moment, I imagine what it would feel like to be the sheriff. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Katherine and I stand in front of the entrance to the sheriff’s office and survey the chaos. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I figured a caseworker would be coming in the morning and was surprised when Simon Parker, a child protection investigator, came to the door a little while later, along with a deputy sheriff. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It happened they were there when the sheriff arrived and bade the meet ing forthwith to disperse. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s officers dragged the bodies to a car, Fannie by her feet and Joseph Starzeleski by his collar, and stacked them into the trunk to haul them away. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff steps down from the boardwalk into the hard-packed dirt of the street, standing behind me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The defense lawyers, prosecutors, family members, and deputy sheriffs applauded. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Pete was watching the sheriff, but the sheriff, he didn’t even take no notice of him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see more of the sheriff’s outline now. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z From snippets of conversation I gather that they want the sheriff to open the door, tell them what’s happening. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “To the sheriff!” he said in disbelief, “and make a fool out of myself.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must have been otherwise engaged. But who would expect any different from a no-account sheriff of a no-account town?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Taking a few steps along the edge of the road, the sheriff stopped. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff hands me the newspaper with a grunt before leaning back against the desk and crossing his arms, and I tuck the paper into the top of my boot while the man talks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As she hurried to the door, she heard the sheriff say, "The law will punish Sam. And God will punish you." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z While the other cops spread out, two big sheriffs deputies marched across the field and confronted the Cypress Bay fans. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff in one Arizona county found himself in the same situation as his counterparts across the nation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Then Vaughan telephoned the new Osage County sheriff to say that he had all the information he needed and that he was rushing back on the first train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It is a foul task the sheriff has set us to, and I ain't sure why we ain't allowed to harvest the whole lot of them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Get on line!” the sheriff calls again, alarm clear in the timbre of his voice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana went over to the helicopter and got a paper cup of coffee for himself and one for the sheriff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A bonfire was announced for six-thirty the following Thursday evening over at the sheriff’s firing range on Yukon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard tell that the sheriff ran with t he Klan at night when they would come through the colored section or out to the colored farms. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But she didn’t hand it over to the sheriff. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He’d come to his vocation as if driven ineluctably; he had never formed the intention of being sheriff, yet, to his astonishment, here he was. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When the teachers refused to move, the sheriff drew back and began to jab Reese in the ribs with his nightstick. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not even look at the man, and as the sheriff drew a chair across the room the man said, “We’ll go out so you can talk. Come on, Myrtle.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even a sheriff’s map would show the walnut tree Joe fell out of, but Victory would remember it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When the sheriff apprehended him for grave-robbery and gold-hoarding, Mr. Fink demurred on the theory that if his own grandfather wasn’t his, whose was he? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I may not be the most straight and narrow sheriff in town, but last I checked I’m the only sheriff in town. And no cocky city sheriff’s going to come in and run the show.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Horace Quinn was the new deputy sheriff appointed to look after things around the King City district. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m fine, Jane. But I do believe the good sheriff has lost his mind.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z ‘Tve got a warrant,” replied the sheriff, and took it out of his shirt pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff, the only person standing over by the dead man, was staring down at his froth-flecked, unshaven, bulbous, and starey-eyed frog face. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After we got there, and the sheriff had heard Mr. Ewalt’s story, he radioed his office and told them to send reinforcements, and an ambulance. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff give a long whistle and said, “Sir, I wish y’all every possible bit of luck in getting him back; you sure gonna need it.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z By way of an adios, Joe tooted his horn and waved gaily at the sheriff and the two Forest Service personnel, then led his cow up the road at a brisk trot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff looked through the bars at the young man with the matted hair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It kills me a little to have to give the sheriff even the barest semblance of respect when all I want to do is test the edge of my sickles against his neck. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As soon as the sheriff assessed the situation, he sighed heavily, wishing to hell that he’d never had a phone installed in his living room. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “Better the truth than a fairy tale.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The ranch hand waited until his quarry had reached the door, then fired a farewell volley: “If you ever run for sheriff again, just forget my vote. ’Cause you ain’t gonna get it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the moving car showed itself—the sheriff’s black-and-white car. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z After the incident, in which five men were badly injured, Emmett White became a firm, even unyielding, sheriff. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “And there you were, preparing for a night of fishing, when the sheriff came along with his warrant. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The orange jumpsuit had no pockets—1 guess the sheriff didn’t want prisoners carrying anything that couldn’t be seen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I can hear the sheriff's gruff voice loud and clear, thanking all of us for being here today, to help him search for his son. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “It’s been years but Caleb most likely smells them whenever the sheriff drives by.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When the sheriff was gone, Jinx gave Shady a hand up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “He killed the sheriff in cold blood,” another added. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff for Vigo County arrives with the fire department and an ambulance. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “That new sheriff don’t sound nothing like Collins.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The sheriff said nothing until they had reached the stone jail in Prison Lane. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, the sheriff seemed to understand. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They give a curt nod, and the sheriff turns his horse around and starts off toward the edge of town, the thing walking pretty fast with its long, spindly legs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I ignore the man and direct my words to the sheriff. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Death awed the sheriff because he’d always had an inarticulate but very passionate reverence for the life of people. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Last spring the newspaper said the sheriff arrested some falcon poachers in a cave at Beaver Comers. I’ll bet they are the ones who stole the eyases, and I’ll bet they’re right there now.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “I’m glad I have a junior partner as well as a sister. What one misses the other doesn’t. Wonder what the sheriff wants at this hour?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Plum cleared his throat three times under the sheriff's suspicious glare. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s enjoying this as much as the sheriff. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It's a stretch, but I'm thinking that maybe I can lace one of the sheriff’s cigarettes with the drug, make him compliant, and then just finish the job. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff glaring at them was nothing new. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “That I’m aware. The sheriff thinks maybe he was out there, he wasn’t dressed warm enough, the weather got bad and maybe he was just in too big of a hurry to get home....” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Breland looked up at the judge with a kind of “I couldn’t help it” smile, and then asked the sheriff to describe the body. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The drovers are bunched up in front of the sheriff's office shouting and waving guns. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I need to find a way to get out of town once the sheriff is put down, and fast. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Once, when there was a knocking on the front door and the sheriff stood there and said he had to give us some news. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The sheriff strikes a match and lights his cigarette, then gives a curt nod. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After the sheriff and his deputy left, I noticed Gram’s and Gramps’s open suitcase. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z So the sheriff stopped and shot twice more, aerating the dump but not the bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could answer, the sheriff climbed out of his car. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff asked that as an act of goodwill these farmers turn in such dangerous items to his office in Amity Harbor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Get from that dog,” the sheriff told her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The only way we’re going to get anyone out of here, including ourselves, is if the sheriff is taken care of. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I was in a hurry . . .” the sheriff mumbled, sitting down beside Nick in order to correct the goof. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Power’s out all over the county,” said the sheriff My father sent me to bed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Feh. The sheriff is out of town on some business, and the preacher is giving his nightly sermon to the sinners of Summerland.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Not that I couldn't kill the sheriff properly with my cavalry sword, or my bare hands if it came to it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff and his posse were in retreat now. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z An Ector County sheriff’s deputy was on hand to make sure no fights broke out over who was where in line. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sheriffs report,” he said with a sigh. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Horace went into the sheriff’s office in the old county jail about ten minutes after nine. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Using cardboard cutouts of cowboys, Indians, stagecoaches, and horses I’d glued to sticks, I projected a shadow show about a sheriff in the American Wild West who had to protect his town from bandits. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff hoisted his belly sideways to show off his gun. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He wasn’t smiling, but I could see there was hope in his eyes as they followed the sheriff. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just meet me over in the clearing, by that big sycamore tree where we were selling the elixir. Act like you’re up to something and make sure the sheriff follows you.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Now you wouldn’t have me write a report like I just said. The sheriff would think I was crazy. What happened?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When we got to our cabin, the sheriff said, “OK, Little Charlie, I wants Judge Byrd to go out with me and look at that area. Y’all ain’t planning on going nowhere, are you?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z When the Michigan state police raided an illegal Detroit bar, they discovered the local congressman, the local sheriff, and the city’s mayor all having a drink. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The sheriff and railroad official exchange nervous glances. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The sheriff gimped to his desk and picked up his list. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, they are. I use that tunnel to get back and forth from town. It’s actually a more direct route than the road. It also helps me hide my movements from the sheriff.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff produced one from the opposite shirt pocket; the judge unfolded it beneath his desk lamp and picked up his fountain pen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hey!” the crazy drunk shouted, wavering unsteadily in front of the sheriff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff stood, legs wide, glaring at the crowd. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “The one about the bootlegger and the sheriff’s daughter, hands down,” Ophie said, unable to keep the grin off her face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The deputy sheriff, Meliton Naranjo, had lost a finger when, as he was fussing with a fan belt in a truck, his kid had climbed behind the wheel and turned the motor over. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The county sheriff’s office was a lot smaller than the police station they’d taken me to after I drove Mr. Rodrigo to the hospital in the school bus. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The one about the dolphin that saves everyone’s lives and corrals the bad guys until the sheriff arrives. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, let us go call upon the sheriff. I believe he might have something for us. Try to look contrite, would you?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They drove silently, the only sound coming when a sheriff's deputy pulled out of a gas station and Annie gasped, repeatedly checking the speedometer the entire mile he cruised behind them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter. I’m going down to report this to the sheriff now.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. The sheriff gave it to me as a gift. Said he got this from a Chinese man that used to live here.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff stirred, crossed his legs, and inspected the job. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff would have liked a mind that could deal with abstract thoughts and ideas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For the sheriff to believe that Katherine is a lady, he needs to believe that I’m her faithful companion. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Outside, the sheriff sat on the p>orch for about five minutes, chewing up a pack of Juicy Fruit, tossing out each stick of gum as soon as the flavor left. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hale and Ernest picked him up in a spot nearby and returned him to the jail, where the other deputy sheriff snuck him into his cell. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sheriff listened with a distracted look on his face, but when I said I was going to see the judge, he agreed to move the child into a protected area immediately. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff turns in his saddle and says, “OK, Little Charlie, tell me one more ’gain ’bout what happened to your pa.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The door to the sheriff’s office opens, and another of his flunkies walks toward us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff strokes his yellow mustache as he thinks, and I fight to keep the excitement from my face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I even considered faking it, but then I looked at the sheriff’s deputy and grimly considered what it would taste like if he attempted to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s office said that an additional charge of murder will be made since the turn of events. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “She must have a name. Somebody must know her.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sounder fell in the road, and the sheriff rode around him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The private detectives agreed to look into the sheriff’s story. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Two sheriff’s cars from Midland were parked in front with their lights off, there just in case the location of the coin toss had leaked out and crowd control was needed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got an affidavit here,” the sheriff pressed on, pulling it free of his shirt pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “And a sheriff’s deputy called us last night. We couldn’t figure out who anyone was talking about.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The sheriff didn’t want to say what had happened. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “He said there was no sheriff to be found.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I lift my head just long enough to see Cora give me a smug look, and I know at that moment she’s the reason the sheriff caught me in the first place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Is the sheriff on hand to smooth things over?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z From things she heard she learned that the tall man was the sheriff and wanted to question her, and that the young man named Adam was protecting her from the questioning. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It was early in the morning,” the sheriff explained, knowing that for Milagro there could not be a more feeble excuse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Incredibly, no one from the sheriff’s office had searched the place yet. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Banks had allegedly told a deputy sheriff that she was pregnant to avoid time in jail for an unrelated matter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The Dodge County sheriff compared the shooting to a hunting accident. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I thought the sheriff was probably going to put me in jail, and it wasn’t the thought of jail that bothered me so much. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes, or eighteen thousand miles, later, a man named Billy Gruber from the Craig County, Oklahoma, sheriff's department phoned my parents—Mike and Tracy Easton—in an attempt to track down their son. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t accuse,” Mr. Mwila said, as cool as Sidney Poitier telling off the white racist sheriff in the movie In the Heat of the Night. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Some mean governor or sheriff got mad and had them thrown right into the jail stove, big as a furnace, but the Lord blew out the fire and cooled the big stove in a second. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he sometimes envied his neighbors whatever it was some of them still possessed—call it cultural integrity—that he had mostly turned his back on by accepting the sheriff s job. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the sheriff considered himself the highest law enforcement official in Dallas County. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please. I know what the sheriff has planned for you. It really is for your own good.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Lavadie, pacing around the sheriffs living room, shook his head nervously. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man runs off and the sheriff turns back to the group. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But the local sheriff’s department did not arrest them. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff backed away, tripped, and went down, and when the butt of the shotgun hit the ground, the other barrel exploded, its white roar glazing the snow around them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Then we saw the swinging lanterns, the sheriff and his deputies coming along behind to keep the drifters moving. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The best sheriff was not the best fighter but the best diplomat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Hadn't I grown up around gambler-politicians, bootlegger-judges and sheriffs who were burglars; yes, and Klansmen who were preachers and members of humanitarian societies? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell her there won't be a sheriff left when I’m done, but I doubt she’d go along with the plan if she thought it was predicated on unsavory business. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The prosecution's only evidence was the sheriff's testimony regarding George's alleged confession. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That means he is the sheriff and he will be getting rid of all the bad guys. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The sheriff's office is also conducting an internal administrative review. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That fateful Sunday, when the sheriff summoned ambulances to remove the murdered family, the ambulances had driven across the grass straight to the front door, and the tire tracks were still visible. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The manager and sheriff whip around when she reaches them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Not since Sunday. I don’t know where he is, and I’m worried. I’m sure he knows the sheriff’s after him. Ain’t the first time he’s disappeared for a while.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The sheriff gave me a lengthy and severe lecture about driving without a license, and he made me promise that I would not drive again until I was sixteen. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A young man in a deputy sheriff's uniform was standing in front of the entrance to the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z After the news conference, Dewey retired to his office, a room that the sheriff had temporarily lent him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If he stepped so much as three inches past our front door, a signal would beep at the sheriff’s station and they’d come after him again. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z White first recruited a former New Mexico sheriff, who, at fifty-six, became the oldest member of the team. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “O. B. Dickerson, the sheriff, she said, “and them drunk skunks with him is the entire business community of the town . A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z With twenty years of good eating, my shackles might grow up to be half the size of the sheriff’s. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff is quiet for a moment, giving me the darkest of looks, before riding off without a word. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Myers then confessed that he had made up the story because the true killer was none other than the elected sheriff of a nearby county. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When I get back to the lot, Rosie is standing some distance from the menagerie with the general manager of the Nesci Brothers, the sheriff, and a railroad official. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z This particular sheriff’s department was more progressive than most. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Hideaway Hill can be very Lord of the Flies and in my seventh-grade mind, Zephyr was like the sheriff, so I asked for his help. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A few have the presence of mind to run into the sheriff's office to hide, but I ain’t got time to pay them any mind now. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z My mom didn’t move, didn’t speak, didn’t have a word to say to those noises that’d come from the sheriff’s mouth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z We didn’t break the law but no telling if the sheriff would come out to bring us in or something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff, for his part, just continues to puff on his cigarette. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As sheriff, Emmett was in charge of the county jail, in Austin, and he moved with his children into a house adjoining the building. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Luis stood in their path, like the brave sheriff of a town full of cowards. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Just calm your pretty self down a second," the sheriff said in a slow drawl. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He had killed the sheriff and so he had died with a mortal sin on his soul. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn't elaborate, and we finally reach his hole, as the sheriff called it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t divulge what he knew, however, and upon receiving the message the sheriff set out in what the press described as a “fast automobile.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I tried to smooth the road for both me and the sheriff. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Though they called themselves The Sons of the Prairie Pioneers” and all wore beards, they were Mr. Earl T Askew and three more of the sheriff’s deputies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z If the sheriff hadn’t been there, I don’t think we’d’ve got off the first block. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Now, Miss Deveraux, it seems the sheriff believes you to be a white woman. Why is that?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re a deputy—did you ever think of running for sheriff?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Katherine makes a choked sound, but when the sheriff turns back to her she is all smiles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z So fence mending must be easier than patrolling, if what Ida said about her being one of the sheriff's favorites is true. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They were state troopers, local police officers, deputy sheriffs, and what appeared to be part of a National Guard unit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Because he saw his father grab the sheriff by his coat, heft him to his feet, shake him, and toss him back on the ground. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Only when everything else failed did a good sheriff make an arrest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well”—he popped the bite into his mouth—“what do you say we throw the sheriff a bone?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff has taken every opportunity to insult us and remind us of the circumstance of our dark skin, and I'd like nothing more than to tell him what I think. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff sets a grueling pace out to the rendezvous point. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He had been well trained as the chief deputy sheriff. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff couldn’t wait to send him back home, although a judge put him under “house arrest” until the Coral Queen case was settled. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The sheriff took a couple of steps toward us with his hands held up. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The caretaker came out and pointed off to the right, and the sheriff got back in the car and drove off in that direction. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “The sheriff indeed searched your boat,” he agreed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In that case, stepping off in a strange town where the sheriff didn’t know me, and then walking down the road all day, was just asking for trouble. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff flicked his butt into the water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff and the railroad officials return and greet the general manager as though he were visiting royalty. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I can’t look away from the sheriff’s burnt-red face as he stares me down, waiting for me to find the courage to speak. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I saw something besides the sheriff, but it wasn’t my sister. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The orange jumpsuit had no pockets—1 guess the sheriff didn’t want prisoners carrying anything that couldn’t be seen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The sheriff got out, then opened the passenger door and a bloodhound jumped out. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The new county sheriff dropped even a pretense of investigating the crimes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sheriff points to a ramshackle-looking shed, and this time I run out ahead of the group, ignoring my throbbing feet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The sheriff wants to have a talk with you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Well, if the sheriff isn’t there, then what exactly were you doing in the office?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “All right,” the sheriff calls, turning his horse around so he can look down on us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff closed his eyes again and leaned back in his chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “Well, sir, I knows y’all been on the trail for a long time and ain’t had the ’vantage of bathing. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Jinx caught sight of Sheriff Dean near the popcorn wagon, and as he always did when he saw the sheriff—or any sheriff, for that matter—he turned the other way. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The more I know about the sheriff, the easier it will be to get quit of him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “And I do believe that sound is the sheriff laughing.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When the sheriff let us by, the girls still wanted their comic books and candy but I wouldn’t take anything from JimmyTrotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Listen up, y’all. The sheriff has a few words to say.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Just then, Jinx met up with Shady, glancing past him at the sheriff. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He turns to Bob, who is just as agitated as the sheriff. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Whether these emotions are about me being whipped or because he just don’t like the sheriff, I don’t know. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The one just admitted into evidence during Mr. Hooks’s direct examination. Is this it, sheriff?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff gestures toward a patch of wall in the distance with a group of Negroes and drovers patrolling it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The door opens and closes as Mr. Redfern departs, and I turn my attention to the sheriff. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff never violated the quarantine by venturing into town, but he apparently did venture from his house once in a while. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff pushed hisself away from the table and led us outside. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Tell the sheriff to run her over the county line.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had the sheriff’s office on the phone—the Garden City sheriff—and he was telling him that there was ‘something radically wrong over at the Clutter place.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The amused thought came to the sheriff, I’m getting old, and I kind of like it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She had clearly not been warned that the sheriff would be coming, though something in her husband’s demeanor told me he must have known. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The sheriff looked the gun o’er, seent it didn’t have no bullets and that the trigger was so rusty it wouldn’t budge. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The reason was, the sheriff wanted to keep him and Hickock separated from each other until after their trial. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z For many years the sheriff dreamed of spending the shining time hunting and fishing—wandering in the Santa Lucia range, camping by half-remembered streams. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It doesn't take long to figure that there’s a whole lot of nothing in the sheriff’s desk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Well,” I say, bending down to take the sheriff's newspaper from the top of my boot. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The sheriff had appeared with a warrant in hand. I found myself under suspicion of murder. It seemed to me best not to say anything. To wait until I . . . had a lawyer.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he picked up the telephone at his elbow and called the sheriff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy-cotters decided not to wait for the sheriff to come and arrest them. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “I’ll call the sheriff if you don’t get out of here,” the registrar warned, standing up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I rack the shotgun and turn it on the sheriff, who now points his revolver at Katherine’s temple. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We run out to some place along the wall, grab breakfast, run some more, the rotations decided upon by the sheriff and his men. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “So you didn’t tell the sheriff your battery story,” Alvin Hooks said again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff took three big swallows of whisky, corked the pint, and put it back in the drawer before he replied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What are you thinking? That the sheriff dragged them out to the edge?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Pete had taken the best that Norris had to offer, but you could see that it was the sheriff that had delivered a crushing blow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff made no move to arrest the director of works. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her mother proud and small, her black hair twisted into a bun at the base of her neck, a silver star glinting at her chest like a sheriff. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was the sheriff what let them slave hunters lay over in that stable.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z In the rough-and-tumble world of the track, Pollard was something of a sheriff. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Often the sheriff looked at himself in the mirror. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a few more white folks in finer clothing, and I'm starting to wonder why they ain’t storming the sheriff's office, asking where their loved ones are. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Onofre stopped, blinking at the sheriff, his eyes lopsided and terribly fierce. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your grandfather saw fit to build this house on land that did not belong to him—that does not belong to you now. The sheriff is trying to explain the consequences of that.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “All right, gal. Your carriage awaits. You ’bout to go home; come on.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Shorty said, “It appears the natives are getting ever more restless. Cigar—?” “The natives been restless a long time,” the sheriff said, accepting the cigar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Fannie knew the sheriff’s deputies doubled as Lewis Hicks’s armed thugs. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z When the sheriff explained the charge in crude terms, Walter was incredulous and couldn't help but laugh at the notion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I wanted to see Uncle Darnell carrying Vonetta but when we finally saw them, it was Uncle D, the sheriff, and the two bloodhounds. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He was named a reserve deputy sheriff in Fairfax, a position that he would continue to hold. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “A show went broke in Salinas and had debts. The sheriff was selling off their stuff.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I looks out on the porch and whispers to the other side of the curtain that divides the room, “Ma? You sleeping? It’s the sheriff!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Sofia come from crazy peoples, Mr. say, it not all her fault And then again, the sheriff know how womens is, anyhow. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We fount the sheriff’s office and pushed open the building’s door and went in. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z As a former deputy sheriff in the wild Badlands of the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt, however, believed that killing Julio was justified. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I followed the sheriff’s officers inside the house, where a group of them were talking to the man’s wife, who was also trying to tend to her two children. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They knew to keep away when the sheriff and Burton were around. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I bend down to pick up the sheriff's revolver. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I axed him, “How come you didn’t tell the sheriff you got a address where the gang’s hiding out? He could of tolt us where it’s at.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff watched him steadily with his cold shiny eyes. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “Hello, Dale. I brung you some irons that needs to be closed down on some runaways.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The document also commended the local sheriff for his prompt and successful action to protect property and persons in the vicinity and for his judgment in selecting his deputies. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The library is to the left, the Delaware county courthouse and sheriffs office are to the right. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Katherine and I had decided this was the best course of action, a preemptive strike on whatever the sheriff had planned in retaliation. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t it be somebody hit him?” asked the sheriff. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z None of the Negroes milling around have weapons, which is hardly a surprise, but if what the sheriff says is true, everyone needs to be armed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When she turned back, she saw the polling location, which in Bumblebee was the sheriff’s office, looming ahead. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “My dad heard about it from one of his patients who works for the sheriff’s department.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A heavy relief nearly weighs me down; the sheriff’s shot went wide. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sheriff approaches Katherine, reaching around her to offer me the sickles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I was trailing some officers of the county sheriff as they made their rounds. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But the Joneses knew there were more sheriffs lurking in towns throughout Illinois and across the northern states. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After a full minute of the three men watching the sheriff leave and looking back and forth at one another, Donal shook his head and said, “Well, I never.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “The sheriff arrived; it was nine thirty-five—I looked at my watch. Mr. Ewalt waved at him to follow our car, and we drove out to the Clutters’. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z All in all, she ran a hell of a fine house, as the constable and the sheriff knew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff had thought often of that remark. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My brain had started to unravel the words that’d come from the sheriff’s mouth, but I didn’t believe it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z When we were done being loud and revolutionary we asked JimmyTrotter about the sheriff. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z This is the first conversation my mom’s attempted to have with me since she and my dad got that phone call from the sheriff three days ago. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z She went to the sheriff and got herself cleared. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So outright murdering the sheriff in broad daylight is off the table, more’s the pity. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z That’s an idea that came to her a week or so earlier when she’d gotten a visit from a local sheriff, Sergeant Tony Hudson. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “The sheriff, he—” My mom sits straighter, clenching her hands together tightly. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The sheriff, who is rolling a cigarette, glances back over his shoulder. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z People said because of this nonsensical bent, the sheriff was driving himself bananas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d heard of sheriffs and marshals, but had never seen one. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept Pap’s pistol gripped tight in my hand, relieved I hadn’t had to use it on the sheriff. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Phippsburg has to look after its own,” the sheriff said, standing up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Minute? I can get the sheriff up here in a minute,” Big Ma said, while Fern said, “No, Big Ma. No, Big Ma.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Now, four months into his term as sheriff, he faced a seemingly unsolvable murder and intense public pressure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sheriff said to the deputy, “I am afraid to ask this young lady exactly how old she is. Why don’t you ask her?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “I think it would be best if'n you walked. The sheriff doesn’t like coloreds in the wagon.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Well, the sheriff never did catch Black Dog. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He just flung Caleb off of him, kicking out his leg once, and the two dogs went back to playing with each other while the sheriff trudged up to the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, I dunno,” the sheriff said slowly, still not taking his eyes off the dead man’s face. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You drove that girl into running off, Jason,” the sheriff said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go!” the sheriff yells from his horse, cracking a whip over our heads. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A few miles farther, the sheriff had to stop for some cows stupidly milling around on the highway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Our car suddenly filled with light, and then a sheriff’s car pulled in front of us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff shook hands and discussed the weather and the crops until Horace was ready to get down to business. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the door where the sheriff was shackling her husband. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He could just make out the sheriff off to one side, standing tall and dark, the shotgun held up over his shoulder. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “The sheriff would soon be at my door,” he later explained, “and I didn’t want the door to be Rand’s.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But before I got in bed later that night, I hung out the alcove window and looked up and down the street for the sheriff. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff took a handkerchief from the rear pocket of his trousers and held the gaff with it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Would the sheriff tell what I had told him about R.C.? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Just before the Heine place on Mill Run Road there was a turnout where in August the sheriff had picked blackberries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This had led to what might be called a feud between Onofre and the sheriff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff was fitting my neck for the noose, all right, but it wasn’t for stealing none of Mr. Tanner’s lumber. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The county sheriff from over at Homer watched Miss Love a while and then went in and put down on a Pierce. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The sheriff was laying hands on things—rain gear, rubber gloves, floats, lines, hose, life ring, deck broom, buckets. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs nor to the insidious gravity of the streets. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “But the sheriff looks like he’s got more on his mind than cons.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheriff doesn’t seem to detect the tone, though. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Well, of course. Every team needs a head sheriff and a mission analyst.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When he finally returned it to me, he announced that the visitation time had been cut to five minutes, on orders from the sheriff himself. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly the voice of the great dog shattered the heavy, seemingly endless silence that came between the gruff words of the sheriff and those of his men. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “That would be up to the sheriff to decide what to do, I guess.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I asked her if she wanted to come see the launch. I’d even drive my father’s car to bring her over—sheriff or no sheriff.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The Canadian sheriff said, “My good man, if you do not immediately desist threatening that child, we won’t be able to discuss anything. Now, please, hand me the pistol.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “We are not causing trouble, and I’m sure the sheriff has more important things to do than worry about where we are spending our day,” Stella’s father replied. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sheriff doesn’t look much like Sandy—he looks more like Mikey, with a sunburn spreading across his nose, puffy cheeks, and those small, pale, watery eyes. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Once the smithy was done, him and the sheriff walked out the shop. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “That must’ve been some revival,” Shady said over his shoulder as he took the jugs two at a time out to the sheriff’s truck. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Because the sheriffs report states that in your battery well there were two D-6 batteries. ‘ Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Spittle flies from the sheriff’s lips as he speaks, and as she fights to maintain her sense of calm she still flinches away from the sheriff’s crazed words. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Once were back within the city limits, Katherine heads straight for the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z |
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