| 单词 | beak |
| 例句 | She hopped over to Flash and gently poked him with her beak. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The first blow broke the beak sideways and black blood spurted from the twisted, leathery mouth corners. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z On the altar, Thoth still sat with the slip of paper in his beak, exactly as they’d left him the night before. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a kernel in his beak and ate it hungrily, flipping the soft discarded casing onto the dirt. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His beak was curved and sharp and cruel. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They had feathers, and heads and beaks not unlike swans’, but those wings were situated one in front of the other, surely... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He swims in circles, dunking his emerald-green head underwater, flinging water droplets as he shakes his beak. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Their beaks were made of bronze, and judging from the yelps of the campers, they must've been razor sharp. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A snowy owl clapped his beak and hissed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Xaro was a languid, elegant man with a bald head and a great beak of a nose crusted with rubies, opals, and flakes of jade. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I pulled one out and held the shriveled pale potato up to the bird’s beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Cole strained upward with his opened beak as his senses drifted back into the real world of pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He expected to feel sharp beaks and claws tearing at him any second, but nothing happened. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The breast feathers of a stuffed and mounted chickadee are impossibly soft, its beak as sharp as a needle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He watched its greenish, powerful beak stabbing the ground, but could not make out what it was doing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It squawked furiously when Taran did not bring its food quickly enough, and rattled its beak against the cage. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She held the food in her beak above him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She picked up the bow in her beak and flew off. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Frightful clutched the food in her talons and beak, and with deep wing beats was airborne. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “If you could see him,” Serafina went on, “you would see a black bird with red legs and a bright yellow beak, slightly curved. A bird of the mountains.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hastily they ripped and tore with beak, claw and paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Matthias screamed aloud in agonized terror as the King’s beak buried itself into his shoulder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Captain Snow licked saliva from the edges of his beak. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I began to stitch its long neck and its head with its sharp beak. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They all attacked at the same time, their crazy little beaks pecking at the bread and each other, darting in and then backing away and then darting in again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Above me I could see the beaks of a thousand magpies drinking from the pond, drinking and singing happily and filling their snow-white bellies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At long last, a bird landed near the bowl and soon had his beak dipped in the milk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The birds white and flying just above the surface, sometimes going in with their beaks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Biddy waggle her fingers closer, and Mama Duck hiss through the hole in her beak and struck her head out like a snake trying to bite Biddy’s fingers. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It flew away, heavy and hoisting, with the arrow in its beak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A flock of crows storms toward me, an advancing army of outstretched talons and open beaks, each one squawking, filling the air with noise. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He was young, for he wore the splotched plumage of the juvenile and still had a trace of baby-yellow around his beak. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This one, which was white with a yellow beak, was not badly hurt, but he had a broken leg. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Two sea gulls dive for it but surface with empty beaks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A brown lark-like parent winged down and stuffed its open beak. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his head in the snow, wiped his beak back and forth, but couldn’t remove the hardening syrup. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Eventually she grew tired and put her beak in the feathers between her shoulders to sleep. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Neither of them was aware of the inquisitive, beaked face of a sparrow who watched them from the corner of a stained-glass window. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The cockatoo flapped and squawked until she stuck the novelty earring, its favorite toy, in its beak. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped back just in time to avoid a quick, darting blow of the beak. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The chickens clucked in their enclosure, pressing their beaks to the willow walls, keeping them inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He took a long wing feather into his beak and slowly preened himself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Rontu had a gash on his nose from the giant’s beak, and I had many cuts and bruises. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Still there were scallops that the gulls could reach, and taking them in their beaks they would fly far above the reef and let them drop. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I might have got much more, a litre I would guess, but the turtle’s beak was sharp and its front flippers were long and powerful, with two claws on each. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They kept their beaks faced toward the stranger, and Luna felt for sure that they had somehow become harder, sharper, and more dangerous than before. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The plop of nuts and the flutter of partridge removing their beaks from their hearts. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All he could do was open his beak wide and raise it upward toward the sky, the action a simple admission that he was powerless. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I broke its neck by leveraging its head backwards, one hand pushing up the beak, the other holding the neck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A young man, about the king’s age, with a thin, pale face, a nose like an eagle’s beak, lank, dark hair, and a weak chin. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z For attached was a long slender neck that supported a beautiful white head with a black mask and a bright orange beak. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Wart sat down again on the floor, and Archimedes resumed his toilet, pulling his pinions and tail feathers through his beak to smooth the barbs together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for her receding chin Turtle Wexler looked every inch the witch, her dark unbraided hair streaming wild in the wind from under her peaked hat, a putty wart pasted on her small beaked nose. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The gwythaint did not struggle when Taran applied the poultice; soaking a piece of cloth tom from his jacket in another healing brew, he squeezed the liquid drop by drop into the bird’s beak. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Already they were turning on Ged again, coming quick and ungainly with iron beaks stretched out agape. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He was very angry when he saw the Popper Performing Penguins opening wide their twelve red beaks, as if they were laughing at him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z It was almost as if they were a little bit afraid of finding out whether there was any mysterious writing on the slip of paper that still hung, damply limp, from Thoth’s beak. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked like dried up pieces of fruit, desiccated human faces—witches with metallic beaks for lips. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There lay an almost dead owlet, its big beak resting on the edge of the stone-lined nest. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Before dusk, Blue Bill, a spunky tiercel with an unusually dark beak, called to his parents, and a snip of liver started his system working. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The Persian beak, the long wings in which the first primary was the longest, and the mighty talons: all were the same, but, as Mandeville observed, the whole eight times bigger than a lion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I dip my face down, as if I had a beak and were a sparrow drinking from a fountain. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Andeg screamed and tore with his beak at the dog’s eyes, but the dog was eager, at last, to get the better of a human. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He had expected it to begin pecking at him with his beak, remembering terrible stories about vultures that went for living people's eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I am mesmerized by their perfect tiny beaks, their creamy clawed feet, and their layered gray feathers that fold together like a beautiful silk fan. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Shrews struck down the enemy guards as Sparra braves released the prisoners’ bonds with short slashes of their sharp beaks. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “My, you do look hungry. Why don’t you eat your meat raw? That is what eagles do. We tear it with our beaks. But you do not have beaks, do you?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigeon flopped onto its back and draped one wing dramatically over its beak. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She had her beak in the feathers of her back, sound asleep. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The sapling bars had been slashed to pieces by the gwythaint’s beak. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z His head is high, and he’s got this sharp beak that’s facing out to the world. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In a short time one returned with his beak full, and they could hear the nestlings squeaking as he flew out of sight beneath their feet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He studied the bump carefully, then pounced upon it with his large beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Its beak shone like burnished gold, and its eyes glinted like jet set in yellow stones; its huge white wings were half lifted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Its beak is dingy, horn- colored, like old toenails. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The bird opened its curved beak and hissed warningly; but its eyes were dull and half-closed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He was dressed in a black suit, and his sharp nose stuck up like a beak against the ivory silk fining. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She did pretty much what April had done the day before until she got to the part where she took the slip of paper out of Thoth’s beak and read it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, the finch’s beak would harden and become pincer shaped. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His beak opened, and he made a sharp hissing sound, as if in warning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They came out of the scalder looking like floppy wet rags with beaks and feet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then Miss Peregrine tapped the ground with her beak three times, then ten times, then five. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Somkit took two more wires with little metal clamps on the ends that looked like tiny bird beaks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It fluttered down beside Harry at the same moment that a tawny owl landed in front of Hermione, clutching a copy of the Daily Prophet in its beak. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Mo?” she called, and there was the fear back again, digging its curved beak into her heart, taking her breath away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z You know how the Snowy Heron has its beak pointed out to the world? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Even the ducks and hens toiled to and fro all day in the sun, carrying tiny wisps of hay in their beaks. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Birds darted through the air, chirping as they chased bugs with open beaks. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He had his own cuttlebone that he rubbed the sides of his beak against like a knife grinder honing his blade. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A raven landed on the grey stone sill, opened its beak, and gave a harsh, raucous rattle of distress. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Often silent, sometimes swearing, always pointedly looking at me, neck feathers ruffled, wings half out, beak extended. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was quite a sight to see them, after Mr. Popper had the idea of training Louisa to hold a small American flag in her beak while she proudly led the solemn parades. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The children crowded around, and Miss Peregrine lifted her beak and crowed at them to show that she was tired but all right. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It’s like the open beak of a baby bird squawking to its mother, Feed me, feed me, love me, love me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A finch forced to feed on hard seeds adapted by “strengthening” its beak. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Feeling foolish, I placed the potato between my lips and put my face close to its beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The cockatoo was placed in the lowest ring, and with beak and claw began to climb up to the next highest ring. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a little difficult because the inquisitive bird kept reaching over and trying to bite the faucets with its sharp red beak. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I would lift him and bring him close to my face, touching my nose to his beak. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Whipping out the packet he selected a nut and popped it straight into the open beak of the astonished ruler. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Under that hawk's beak of a nose, her wide mouth twisted in a mocking grin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I recognize its owl-like face, with its green and yellow feathers and its enormous gray beak that looks just like a nose. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The monstrous creatures take on a more definite shape— they are birds, crows, with beaks as long as my forearm and wings so dark they seem to swallow all the light. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then Miss Peregrine, apparently impatient to pacify Claire, took one edge of the book’s cover in her beak and opened it to a seemingly random chapter. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As soon as she reached the top of the elm she sat down in it, looking about her with raging eye and panting beak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She was leaning over to pluck a pigeon when Oksi charged her, beak open, feathers raised. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The wretched Tereus too was changed into a bird, an ugly bird with a huge beak, said sometimes to be a hawk. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Two ghostly-gray ravens, like transparent skins of birds, landed on Wednesday’s shoulders, pushed their beaks into the side of Wednesday’s head as if tasting his mind, and flapped out into the world once more. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Bob twisted his head sideways and stabbed his beak at the piece of bread. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But the way they keened their beaks forward and menacingly opened their wings made them look as though they might. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Are you folks the Concerned Library Lovers?” asked a scrawny old man with a pointy beak who stood timidly in the doorway beside the butler. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Then, with a clack of his beak, the flies were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Finally he stood still, very erect, raised his beak to point at the ceiling, and made a loud, almost purring sound. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “That must have hurt. There was half of a sparrow’s beak lodged in your shoulder.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Boo hopped along the sidewalk, gathered a pebble in his beak, flew up, and dropped it on Mini’s head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Lady picked up a feather in her beak. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Dainty David,” said Mary Poppins with a sniff, as one bird picked up a crumb and dropped it again from its beak. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Two had died with their big yellow beaks open as if searching for food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Some he knew, some he didn’t He saw a robin, and some kind of sparrows, and a flock of reddish orange birds with thick beaks. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day during silent reading, Nick glanced at his teacher, and he noticed that Mrs. Avery’s nose was curved—kind of like the beak of a hawk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They also have a big mouth and a sharp beak where their arms join their head. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When dinner was done, the fire would blaze on; Frightful would sit on the foot post of the bed and preen and wipe her beak and shake. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He arrives only in time to watch the last of a flock of candy pink birds, equipped with long, thin beaks, skewer her through the neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Dylan points outs a griffin that swoops down in the distance and emerges with some poor creature in its beak. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A little bird with a curved beak was flying around our heads. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z What if Pah was staring back at him, widening his enormous beak? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She used her beak to push her eggs around just right. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I hear and I turn to see the cassor starting to poke its beak into my rucksack. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But all she found, inside one of the pockets, was a small ceramic bird, its yellow beak wide open in a whistle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Had anyone, she asked, ever heard of a little dickeybird that dared to sing his charming song without first opening his litde beak wide, wide, wide? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The young falcon was climbing the cliff, beating her wings, taking hold of rock cracks with the hook of her beak and her talons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Here in the tropics the days were now growing shorter, and Frightful pointed her beak the wrong way. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She napped in the noontime heat, opening her beak to pant and perspire. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The first buzzard sat on the pony’s head and its beak had just risen dripping with dark eye fluid. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I was close to rushing over and breaking it up myself, but the birds were a blur of talons and beaks, and no one could get close enough to separate them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “The falcon’s beak carries bits of me, myself,” the desert said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sitting in her cage, staring at Harry with her enormous amber eyes, and clicking her beak in the way that meant she was annoyed about something. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Did you know that the Brown Pelican’s beak is about as long as its whole body? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He watched a bird flutter in a nearby tree, and noticed that it had a twig in its beak. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had six dangerous talons in front, two at the back of his legs and a sharp heavily-curved beak. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He opened his beak toward my face, and his small gray tongue probed the air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Bob twisted his head sideways and stabbed his beak at the piece of bread. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the vast flock, a variant was born with a grotesque beak capable of cracking seeds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The bird was winking and holding an ancient gold coin in its great curved beak. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He had a very pointy nose that looked like a beak. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Tenderly she plucked a bite and held it in her beak, waiting for an eyas to take it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The flesh was stringy and fishy, but it was all gobbled down voraciously, nothing remaining but the beak and feet. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain was an axe splitting his head apart, but when the crow wrenched out its beak all slimy with bits of bone and brain, Bran could see again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had bowed to Malfoy, who was now patting his beak, looking disdainful. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He pecked at a bit of the syrup, but didn’t seem to like the sticky feel of it on his beak, and shook his head comically. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It put out his left eye and then his right, and when he was blind in the dark it pecked at his brow, driving its terrible sharp beak deep into his skull. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The skulls were huge, the jaws shaped like monster bird beaks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Looming things that move with the current, swinging all together like a flock of ducks set down on a pond, beaks to the wind. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "It was a green dream, so I knew it was true. A crow was trying to peck through the chains, but the stone was too hard and his beak could only chip at them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were teeth in the beak, too, like a series of sharp incurved hooks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The peacocks slender neck moved this way and that, and then, as though it had heard her, it cawed, its beak parted wide, the sounds pouring out of its throat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It pressed its beak tightly shut and rubbed its head with its wings, trying to force a memory. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Instead they stood around outside, looking up at the sky with their beaks wide open and the rain ran down their throats and drowned them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The boy had a head of thick curly red hair and a nose that looked a whole lot like a bird’s beak. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The beak opened and the hoarse caaw came out again and again, from inside the scarlet mouth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He looks up to see, there in the sky and blocking out the sun completely, the long-lost Lazarus woodpecker, with its wings outspread and its beak pointing upward, nearly piercing the blue of the sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Two white falcons swoop over each other, beaks open. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I want to enjoy the flight, I want to enjoy the view and the soaring and the wind, I want to feel how easy it is breathing through a beak. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Its hard black beak and sweet dark eyes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Salty fluids filled his mouth, and he forced himself to again imagine a baby sparrow with an opened beak. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I drew over the ridges of the wings, and the neck, and the long beak. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Yo screams as the hooked beak rips at the man's shirt and chest; the white figure on the lawn is a red sop. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She lashed out with her sharp little beak, right at the cat’s soft underbelly. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and it pecks at my face, its beak hitting me in the nose. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid not,” he replied sadly, as several filthy tears rolled down his beak. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He held a tasty bite of food in his beak and presented it to her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine had voted with her beak—by stabbing it into the ambulance’s tire. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was a greasy black bird almost as large as an eagle, with a jagged beak like an obsidian knife. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then we got the idea to paint all the hoofs yellow, too, and the cows’ horns, and we caught a rooster that was up on the rafters and painted his beak, and toenails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They tore open the food stores, snarling and growling and tossing their great cruel beaks high as they swallowed the dried meat and all the preserved fruit and grain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It sank its claws into his smock and snagged his earring with its beak. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dropping the potato chip in her beak, she cried, “I leave you alone for a few minutes, and look what happens! What on earth?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On the left was a phoenix, its tail feathers curling toward its beak, wings extended: the sign of harmony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Bongo perched on the paper, freeing her beak. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Grasping the rope in her beak, Dunwing flew out on to the roof and braced herself. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z With each insect, he closed his eyes and imagined a baby sparrow reaching upward with an opened beak. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He unclipped the orb from the metal bird beaks and held it up in his palm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine nudged the bird with her beak and it flew away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was hissing with malice, stabbing its head forward as it waddled heavily up the shore, and the beak snapped and clacked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then it flew off into the trees, the red strip dangling from its beak like a long, bloody worm. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The turtle retreated even further, favouring the side where the blade was, and suddenly shot its head forward, beak snapping at me viciously. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Taking a bite in his beak, he swallowed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Its beak moves, and it speaks in a creaky little voice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then he puts his beak right up against my ear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Tall and thin, with fierce black eyes and a beak of a nose, the priest was garbed in mottled robes of green and grey and blue, the swirling colors of the Drowned God. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As it came down for the third time, he looked up and noticed its beak, opening in a screech. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She has large eyes, a Persian beak, and gray silver feathers. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Water ran off her head and shoulders, her beak, and her tail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Gaw!” said the penguin, opening his red beak wide, as if he wanted to laugh at the policeman. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The Handsome One grabbed a piece of Tica’s hair in his beak and preened it slowly, carefully. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He darted up to the window-pane, brushed down his breast-feathers with his beak and then, “Cheerio!” he said perkily, and spread his wings and was gone. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But now a mountain eagle with great wings and crooked beak storms in to break their necks and strew their bodies here. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A whirlwind of legs and wings and elbows and fingernails and beaks and paper. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I reach for it, only to find it pulled away at the last second by a thin woman with a beak of a nose. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Blood was on the beak of this one and white feathers stuck to the claws of another, and no gull skimmed beyond them over the pallid sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Then, while his morning coffee perked, he dangled worms into the robin’s open beak. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The raven tapped its beak on the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A small beak peeked out of the leather folds. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was a dæmon, and as Lee watched, she turned her head and delicately took a spray of pine in her powerful beak and drew it across the space like a curtain. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It bobbed its head, blinked happily, and attempted to run its beak through Taran’s hair. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He patted the beak several times and the hippogriff closed its eyes lazily, as though enjoying it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Her beak is open, her tongue thrust out. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “He grates his beak. The sound grows louder, then slows and stops. When he is quiet, I know he has fallen asleep.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They circled down to the tide pools where they stood first on one leg and then the other, splashing water over themselves and combing their feathers with curved beaks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Their beaks were breaking my skin like arrows. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The gwythaint struck with beak and talons, but its strength had gone. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z One dived into the new grave and scooped something shiny in its beak before it flew away. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see the bone of her arm exposed by the huge gash the bird had made when it tore at her with its beak. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her hooked beak turns down, like she’s taking some thinking time, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Nat stood on the chest and stared up at the tower masts of the ships, and the bowsprits, like long beaks, slanting into the air above him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Deep shiny gashes gleamed all over the knight's armor, on his right thigh, his beaked visor, crossing on his breastplate, a long one along the front of his gorget. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Tail like our choc- lade, sharp beak, mos’ white on ’is body.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When Fflewddur, endeavoring to make friends, put his finger into the cage, the gwythaint roused and slashed at him with its beak. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The head wiggled as hands stuck food into the chicken beak. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She shook off the rain coming horizontally in through the windows, then put her beak into the feathers of her back and went to sleep. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Its beak stabbed at him fiercely, and Bran felt a sudden blinding pain in the middle of his forehead, be-tween his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tail docking and beak clipping would disappear overnight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Instead factory farms clip the beaks off their laying hens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Take that diversity away—force all finches to have the same beak—and selection comes up empty-handed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z First Turkey curved her yellow beak into a smile and turned to Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Hazel heard its beak hit a pebble in the grass with a sound like a snail shell when a thrush beats it on a stone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “And mine’s got wee feet and a wee pointy beak,” Florida said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She made tiny movements with her beak and fluffed her feathers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eeeck, ” cries the bird, turns her head, and clamps her hooked beak on my hand. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel yelled, and he and Spurge hopped out of the cart—narrowly avoiding the huge swinging beak of the vork, which carked like a monstrous crow. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It had sounded large, but it was actually rather smalL I felt the beak; it was very sharp. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll cut through your fingers with their beaks as if they were butter.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine was perched next to her, tapping with her beak here and there on the map. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I scream as they surround me, feathers flapping in my ears, beaks pecking at my shoulders, talons clinging to my clothes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Through the lens Axel watches the adult preen the baby, touching it with his beak. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She gave Harry an affectionate nip with her beak as he removed her burden, then flew across the room to join Errol. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Their plump bodies were covered with white down; their beaks and feet were gray like the rocks. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z At once the beak of the eagle opened, but instead of a bird’s call, a soft, musical voice said, “Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then the beak opened and vomited a stream of putrefied fluid. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z With his huge beak and tremendous black claws, no one dared think of unchaining him from his perch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was sitting on Burke’s shoulder and leaning forward and tapping the window with his beak. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z That night, I lay in the dark and drew the falling bird in the air: the wings, the tail feathers, the long beak. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If you plot the beak sizes of finches, the points fit on a continuous curve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Its beak wedges past my lips and scrapes my teeth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Palmer imagined—tumbled beak over toes to the floor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The parrot flies across the room and returns with a small leather sack in his beak. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Big beaks could crack open big, hard seeds; small beaks were better for hard-to-get-at seeds. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he flew, his body, so long and graceful on the ground, took on the appearance of a thick, stumpy cylinder, from the front of which his red beak projected between his round black eyes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoggishly he stuffed far more of the nuts into his beak than it could cope with. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At the same moment the kestrel, all beak and talons, hit the loose earth immediately outside like a missile thrown from the tree above. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The crows hulked their shoulders, spiked their feathers, jerked and dipped their shrieking beaks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I’d seen roosters chase hens, catch up, climb on top of them, and dig sharp beaks into the hen’s head as she cackled and screeched and he flapped his wings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This is a bird with a pretzel in its beak. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Motion caught her eye, and she spotted a small bird hovering among the flowers, flitting from one to the next to alight on the longest petal, thrusting its beak into one after another. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I stood on the two trap springs and released the jaws, and he pecked at my legs, slamming his beak against my thick winter pants. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "The pimples went when the breasts came," she explained while she tussled with a dog, "but I kept the vulture's beak." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I brought the line all the way down to the beak. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She throws her arms around me, and Jay reaches out his beak and nips my ear excitedly. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Still, the little parrot hopping around on the neighbor lady’s shoulder and burrowing its beak into its feathers is pretty cute. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I marvel at its bright green body, curved pink beak, the pink rings around its neck, and its beady eyes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z We sit on the log bench and he fills my palm with seed, and even though it is only for the briefest moment, a sparrow lands and flies away with a beak full. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z This time her savior was an eagle, who poised on his great wings beside her, seized the flask from her with his beak and brought it back to her full of the black water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As Charles looked at the beaks of the finches, he began to see evidence of the fight for survival that precipitated the change. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His open beak was bright red and rimmed with yellow. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She yanked on it with her beak several times. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He would stare at me sideways and rub his beak against my nose until I would kiss his head. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It burped, and raven feathers fluttered from its beak. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Its beak hangs open, giving the bird a look of surprised indignation. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He scanned the starry sky for a sign of Hedwig, perhaps soaring back to him with a dead mouse dangling from her beak, expecting praise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Their beaks, claws, and plumage were so distinct that only a trained eye could have discerned the unity lurking beneath. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Above it swung a sign showing a picture of a falcon perched on a branch with a mouse in its beak. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The hawk screeched, and the raven clacked an impatient beak at it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They tilted their heads in unison, first pointing their beaks at the girl on the ground, then following the erased crow, then looking back at the girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Its handle was carved to look like a crow’s head, with a cruelly pointed beak. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Pink-enameled scales covered their torsos; on their heads were perched elongated helms complete with pointed steel beaks and crests of bobbing pink feathers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Guildenstern arrived in a black cloak and a mask with a beak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She took a reading on the sun’s rays and, pointing her beak south, she, too, departed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Their next adventure was with the Harpies, frightful flying creatures with hooked beaks and claws who always left behind them a loathsome stench, sickening to all living creatures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He also plucked slips of paper from a box with his beak, by way of selling fortunes to the curious. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt nothing as she watched the old nose harden into a beak. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Poking at the zipper with her beak, she cawed frantically. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His long golden beak sank out of sight and a sudden shower of dark blood spattered the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A hole was shaped in the creature’s middle, purposefully, all the way from the bird’s feet to its pointed yellow beak. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Repeated indefinitely, as though by a train of mirrors, two faces, one a hairless and freckled moon haloed in orange, the other a thin, beaked bird-mask, stubbly with two days’ beard, turned angrily towards him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay and waited for the beak to open so that he would see the scarlet inside of its mouth, for it to rise up and swoop down at him, making for his eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z His beak was wide open and his tongue was stretched out into a point. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A moment later, when they lifted their foreheads from the temple floor, the scrap of paper was hanging in Thoth’s curved beak, and Toby was backing away from the altar, bowing at every step. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A piece of corn casing was stuck to the side of Sumac’s beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He tucked his left leg up to his belly and began grating the top and bottom of his beak together, a quiet sound that told me he was preparing to sleep. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was a piece of that turquoise peacock statue, maybe a fragment of its beak, or of its tiny head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Out it flies, delighting in its new-found freedom, its dark hooded beak and tiny head drooping like its sex between arching wings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The monsters had glowing red eyes, sharp beaks, and vicious talons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Pauline went to bed those nights begging her husband not to gnaw with his beak at the living. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A blackbird ran across the rose-garden to the lawns in swift, short rushes, stopping now and again to stab at the earth with his yellow beak. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They tore at the material with beak and claw until it gave way. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The lines in the water matched the line of the bird’s beak. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She laughed, rubbed her nose against his beak, and tucked him into the hood of her parka. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And William has a small bubble floating above his beak, filled with the word Quack! I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z With something shiny in her beak, she returned to the ground in front of Samar. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Pushing his beak through the hole, he pulled out morsels of white and yoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The cardinal was looking up at the sky, and its bright orange beak was open as if it was singing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z King Bull Sparra crammed the last candied chestnuts into his beak and chomped with evident enjoyment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She picked up the Littmus Lozenge wrapper in her beak and then dropped it and looked around. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A black beak peeked from the rim of his collar. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Some of the ravens were still eating, long stringy bits of meat dangling from their beaks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The big blue beak curled down in a snarl and up in a smile. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Again it leaped into the air, and then swiftly fell down upon Éowyn, shrieking, striking with beak and claw. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was no neck The turtle had retracted into its shell; all that showed of its head was its eyes and its beak, surrounded by circles of skin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she stretched the other, wiped her beak, and sat contentedly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Pieces of nut falling from his beak littered his breast feathers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her head is tilted up and her beak is open like she’s singing. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the crow did not object, Taran gently stirred the feathers around its neck and ran a finger under the bird’s sharp and gleaming beak. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z As she approached him, he had picked up the foil in his beak and was spreading his wings to fly off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Its massive head rose above the waves on a long white neck that gave way to smooth brown scales, ancient heavily lidded eyes, and a sharp beak that could snap a man in two. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In another tank, peeking out from its cement cave, was a squid the size of an eighteen-wheeler, with a beak like a giant bolt cutter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She pinched Boo’s beak shut, much to his annoyance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z To open the drop-down front, you had to tug on the bluebird’s beak. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z We ate popcorn, throwing pieces to the pigeons that hopped toward us with eager beaks. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Don’t be ridiculous. You’re not suggesting attacking a bird that size, with a beak as thick as my front paw?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Victor had to admit that he was afraid of anything that flapped with a sharp beak. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In one of the suitcase’s inner pockets was a black ceramic bird, its yellow beak angled up and open. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A guy on a bike road through the flock of pigeons, causing them to flap and flitter around, pepperoni hanging from their beaks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then, unexpectedly, the bird began to drive its beak into the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The lady grabs a little yarn ball from a pile on a small table as she passes it and tosses it up to the bird, who grabs it in its beak. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Magdalys’s mouth fell open as the humongous beak surged out of the silo, followed by the head. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I bet it would, too,” said Bigwig, looking with admiration at the two-inch beak and thick neck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He preens on the railing, raising his beak majestically, fluffing his feathers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Sumac crouched low on my shoulder, his beak open in warning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z That evening—it was Saturday, the twenty-ninth of January—the Popper family and their twelve trained penguins, two of them carrying flags in their beaks, left the house to find the Palace Theater. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked very much alike: tall, with prematurely gray hair, a beak nose, sharp eyes, a calm manner; and their voices sounded alike. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This adapted feature would then be transmitted to the finch’s offspring by instruction, and their beaks would harden as well, having been pre-adapted to the harder seeds by their parents. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then—and this was the good part—he would take it to this special altar they would build for Thoth and put the question in his beak and leave it there overnight. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing a stream of blood dribble from El Perico's silent beak, I felt as though someone had ripped my heart out. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She wiped her beak on his fist and sat erect. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Cully looked down at his masters, opened his beak in an angry pant of failure, and remained motionless. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird danced from foot to foot, took a strand of Omakayas’s hair in his beak but did not pull. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He scrambled to his feet but kept his distance from Sumac’s large, angry beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Frozen gryphons stuck out of the ground like feathery Popsicle sticks, their wings still spread, beaks open, eyes wide with surprise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “My granny always used one of these, every time she made one of her blackberry pies. Baked it right inside with the filling, and the hot air funneled out the beak.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z These people were afraid of my powers as the yachachisqa, the student of the mighty shaman, or perhaps they were scared of Sumac and his big beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She moved her beak, turned her bright head, and bit my nose very gently. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned her head and tucked her beak behind her shoulder. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Then I saw this turtle swimming to the top and his beak was eating my tears as soon as they touched the water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then, there was a rustle at the window and Hedwig fluttered through it, a note clutched tight in her beak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Now, start on the right side and let’s do the same thing: bring the line all the way down to the beak. Don’t look at the paper. That’s it.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z One would think they would be hurt by their furious impact with the sea, but, no, they almost always came up with a fish in their beak. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The blue of the bird came up over its head and eyes like a hood, but under the beak and all along the chest the feathers turned reddish-orange. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Stella gave the tyrannosaurus one mighty shake and let go, reaching down to snap Riker up in her beak as the dino fell away with a yelp. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Not that crows take off their feathers in the sun either, and these men were just a flock of crows: robbers, carrion-eaters who liked to plunge their sharp beaks into dead flesh. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The crow sped toward her, flying in a tight, fast twist, all black feathers and black beak and panicked cawing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The beak, hooked slightly downward at the end, was strong and sharp. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They cackled and flapped, the sun shining blue on their glossy wings, beaks sharp as hay hooks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There she deftly used the nick in her beak to cut the spinal cord. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Only the raven stood eyeing him, its beak outstretched as if to peck the vanished staff. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She rested with her beak on the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He turned to look at Buckbeak, who was digging his beak into the ground, apparently searching for worms. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The shadow crow messed with my hood, and I rubbed his beak before climbing aboard. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Dog? it thinks and starts following Manchee around again, trying to nip him with its beak. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She hooted sleepily, dipped her beak briefly into his goblet of orange juice, then took off again, clearly desperate for a good long sleep in the Owlery. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He rubs along the beak of the mask and extends a hand to me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He remained forward with .dosed eyes, with the mouse suspended from his beak, as if he were not sure what to do with it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They were twisting and turning and pointing their beaks toward the sun as they took their readings and plotted their courses south. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The snowy owl clicked her beak and fluttered down onto Harry’s arm. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The hummingbird on her Hawaiian shift plunged its swordlike beak between the mounds of her bottom. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A sharp egg tooth on the top of its beak pierced the inner membrane, and its nostrils pushed into the pocket of air at the top of the egg. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z So I stared at my bird, the beautiful details of the new feathers, the fernlike lashes along the lids, the saucy bristles at the base of the beak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z After struggling another day, the first chick cut a larger hole and thrust her beak and egg tooth into the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Her curved, flesh-ripping beak looks sweet and demure when you see her head on. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time the sparrow returned, it carried a bug or a worm in its beak and busied itself over the nest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Celia wonders how she will speak to this granddaughter, show her how to catch crickets and avoid the beak of the tortoise. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With loud, pleased clucks, the chicken shook her feathers, moved the egg with her beak, then proudly strutted her way out of the henhouse. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z His fingertips stroked a sleek feathered shoulder, then the sharp wooden beak, painted a bright gold. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He grabbed at it with his beak and the gown popped open. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then all those curved or toothed beaks opened in their hoods to a brazen unison, and this is what they chanted: Life is blood, shed and offered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the sounds of the waves and the water splashing and Rontu’s barking, I could hear the snapping of his beak, which was sharper than the knife I held in my hand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He needled through his feathers with his beak. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Even if she could catch him, she would have his powerful claws and beak to contend with, and she knew what damage they could do. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I just came to the library to see if I could get that beak right, which I probably couldn’t on account of how I don’t draw. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Because they peck each other, their beaks are cut off. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z His eye was round and bright and afraid, and his beak was open a little bit, probably because he was trying to suck in some air before he crashed into the water. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The gryphons arrived in a wave of angry beaks, talons, and wings, swarming around the giant, trying to get under his legs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As the pit was opened, the eagle swooped down and seized in its claws the two rear haunches of the ox, along with a shoulder, and began to tear at it with a ravenous beak. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I could see that it did not have the red, beaked prow of the Aleuts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, in July 1838, as he headed toward Maer, he knew that the woman he married would have to be one who would not fight his passion for beetles and beaks of finches. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry tried to wave the owl out of the way, but it snapped its beak fiercely at him and carried on savaging the coat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But at last the bones had regained flesh; the empty eyepits had filled up and the new eyes had seen, while meantime the restored beaks and mouths had cackled, barked, and caterwauled. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He was grating his beak comfortably and occasionally mumbling his bird version of Mama’s humming tune. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Oh shut your beak, you little monster!” he muttered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z With a loud squawk, the bird lunged at Ucho and grabbed hold of his nose with his strong beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The face that looks like it has a beak. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z In their beaks they pinched the edges of the town, plucked it up and flew away with it, as if it were a Christmas tree display on a tablecloth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He had a beaked nose and his mouth was a thin crooked line. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to one of the craggy trees and leaned against it, taking in the loamy scent of its bark through the soft beak of her nose. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The hut was full of sunlight, the storm was over, Hagrid himself was asleep on the collapsed sofa, and there was an owl rapping its claw on the window, a newspaper held in its beak. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Then Chicho paints delicate butterflies fluttering with lacy wings and tiny birds with long beaks that he says are hummingbirds. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He clicked his razor-sharp beak at their approach and turned his huge head toward them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As it folded its great wings, Harry looked up and saw it had a long, sharp golden beak and a beady black eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The rose cockatoo rested once again on her arm, the earring dangling from its beak like a golden worm. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Its eyes were a soft brown like fall leaves, its steam-puffing snout something like a duck’s beak. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I used to sit by the pond and watch him swimming to the surface, biting the air with his little beak. He is a very old turtle.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Agreed,” said the bird, with a sharp click of his beak, “but neither is it left, although if I were you I would have left a long time ago.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The many perches were half-empty; every now and then, another owl would swoop in through one of the windows, returning from its night’s hunting with a mouse in its beak. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It came to the hem of the Archmage's robe and stood there all black with its dagger beak and eyes like pebbles, staring sidelong at Ged. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But then the bird jabbed at Miss Wren with her beak and Miss Wren’s grasp slipped, and with a big flap of her wings Miss Peregrine nearly escaped from her hands. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Sumac was asleep on my shoulder, his head turned around so his beak rested in the downy softness of his back. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Now the gulls were pulling at his legs and shoulders with giant beaks, trying to lift him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They buzzed around the nest and snapped their beaks, but they didn’t attack. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In quick, light motions, it nibbled at my lips with its dirty beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Then the great snow-white birds set about demolishing everything they could see with brutal, raking blows of their feet and stabbing, smashing, shaking, tearing movements of their beaks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When Odin approached the hall, he began to spit: a fountain of mead spurted from his beak into the vats, one after another, like a father bird bringing food for his children. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It snaps its beak a few times like a man might smack his lips after he ate something. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A blackbird with a yellow beak flew into the open area and roosted on a tree branch. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The goose tenderly bent and nudged her upright with his beak, and the sparrow became a mouse, staggering and confused. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He found Kehaar just inside the trees, snapping and tearing with his great beak at a foul-smelling piece of flaking brown flesh which seemed to be hanging from a tracery of bones. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lord Commander reached up to pinch its beak shut, but the raven hopped up on his head, fluttered its wings, and flew across the chamber to light above a window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The nutty curved beak looked as it if were capable of doing damage, but Archimedes looked closely at the mouse, blinked at the Walt, moved nearer on the finger, dosed Ms eyes and leaned forward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A feathered dinosaur with a beak that could snap my head off with a single bite. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They had necks like swans, and beaks as long as her forearm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Its big, bulbous head had a very pointed orange-yellow beak and the red eyes behind the black mask made it look like a thief who had had a very long night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She stuck the baster into the parrot’s beak and squeezed the baster bulb, and the parrot closed its eyes with satisfaction. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And the man shoved a wriggling spider into the swallow’s protesting beak. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The birds were the size of eagles and pitch-black, with long, hooked black beaks. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She held it in her beak, not knowing what to do next. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She hoped it had soared to the sea and wouldn't return until it had a beak full of fish for its young. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Almost...got...it,” Bongo muttered between her clenched beak. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Slowly he raised his head and saw her, only a few paces away, eyeing him, her beak drabbling a spittle of venom, and a green ooze trickling from below her wounded eye. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At that moment, Hedwig swooped into the room, carrying a very small package in her beak. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A splash, a labored beating of wings, and Zerubabel was in a gull’s beak, its pale, pink shell already crushed, its tiny pincers loosely dangling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The bed was large, covered with a crocheted spread on which two peacocks stood beak to beak. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z That nestling had opened his beak so wide he could have swallowed the very egg he’d pecked his way out of. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Like my own, similarly beaked nose at those times, my grandfather’s nose went on alert. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was a castle made entirely out of food, except that on the highest tower of all a carrion crow was sitting, with an arrow in its beak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird lady was aptly nicknamed; she resembled a crane, with her long, skinny legs and pointy beak nose. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Every so often she’d lift a vial and swirl it, then walk to Miss Peregrine and pass it under her beak—much the way smelling salts are waved under the nose of someone who’s fainted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He had a sharp, dangerous beak, and the one eye he chose to open stared down maliciously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, he gave an agitated flutter of his wings and half flew, half hopped closer to her, bending forward until his great sharp beak was only a few inches from her face. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Florida shoved the bird and the beak and the boat at Sairy. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z A crow stole some soap that bubbled in its beak. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The last of the sun shone on the ship, on the bow, which was made like the beak of a bird, and on the two red sails. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he felt the earring loosening, and the cockatoo, the earring firmly in its beak, fell from his shoulder. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up a windblown leaf in her beak. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He began to see that beaks adapted to the kinds of seeds available on the island. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a dozen happy Orks from a dozen ecstatic beaks. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Brodie’s beaked plague doctor get-up was a deep cut, as costumes go, but its sinister absurdity was obvious even to those who didn’t get the reference. We regret to inform you that your inflatable T. rex costume is not virus-proof 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The ancient Assyrians chose to consume a more dubious concoction of ground birds’ beaks and myrrh. Everything you ever wanted to know about hangovers (but were too queasy to ask) 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z True blue bloods, their closest relatives are snails; they've got beaks like parrots; their brains are shaped like donuts, with throats running through the middle: the phrase "brain food" was never more appropriate. Tonight's TV highlights: Giant Squid: Inside Nature's Giants Special 2010-10-13T23:05:00Z Big white egrets swoop to catch those fish in their beaks. How clean is the Bronx River? Snapping turtles help scientists figure it out. 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z With a syringe for a beak, bent drinking straws for legs and a foam cup for its head, “Gull Sculpture” is an antidote to the overproduced nonsense that makes up the rest of the exhibition. Art that looks expensive but ultimately is still just trash 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z “We’d never questioned this before their claws first grasped our branches and their beaks first pecked our earth.” ‘The Orenda’: blood and vengeance on Canada’s frontier 2014-05-07T20:15:44Z Squid beaks, equally, aren’t digested — they pass through the sperm whale’s intestines wholly. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z I detected gannets, various gulls and terns, but sadly no puffins, those garishly beaked beauties of the North Atlantic. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Nearly featherless and vulnerable, nestlings peep and open their tiny beaks wide when their parents flutter into their nests to deliver fat worms or protein-filled bugs to eat. Does that baby bird on the ground need your help? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Weiner interweaves natural and human history, and reports on the Grants’ groundbreaking discovery that in just a generation — they had been observing the finches for 20 years — the species’ beak size had evolved. What To Read Before Your Galápagos Vacation 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z And like Darwin’s Galapagos finches whose beak shapes adapted to fit their food, human skulls became flatter about 4 million years ago, “an adaptation for eating soft, cooked foods.” Thor Hanson’s ‘The Triumph of Seeds’: new life, tiny package 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z They have sharp little beaks they could poke your eyes out with? The Funny, Empathetic Genius of Annie Baker 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Alighting on the wet sand, it took the shell in its beak and flew away. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Perched on a branch at eye level was one of the rarest raptors in this part of Africa: a crowned eagle, with a sharply hooked black beak, orange body and ruffled crown. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z In this work of satire and science fiction, Vonnegut imagines a human species that has evolved to have smaller brains, flippers and beaks for catching food. What To Read Before Your Galápagos Vacation 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The money rolls in, and soon a couple of corrupt white cops are making aggressive requests to dip their beaks. Review: ‘Superfly’ Adds Bling to an Old Tale 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z At Stater Brothers outside of Los Angeles, Brodie, the beaked plague doctor who just wanted to buy groceries, was not only permitted to buy his yogurt; he became a minor celebrity. We regret to inform you that your inflatable T. rex costume is not virus-proof 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z To us it’s a freaky concept: the fully formed embryo chicken, still in the shell, but with beak, feathers and all. Q&A: Q&A With Allegra McEvedy 2012-02-03T20:09:44Z Even the birds looked menacing, with their sharp beaks and presumed interest in the baby’s shiny eyes. How I curbed my helicopter parenting – and let my daughter jump through fire 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z In it Ms. Hamilton, her face concealed by a beaked mask, rides a brown horse. Allison Janae Hamilton’s Spirit Sources 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The flower's resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the "craneberry." Cranberries can bounce, float and pollinate themselves: The saucy science of a Thanksgiving classic 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Bald eagles also usually keep the same mates from season to season, and they’re known to touch beaks. Animal attraction: Some species act like lovebirds, but is it really love? 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The younger Mr. Bertelli is a dashing rally car driver with a look of familial intensity, a prominent beak he gets from his father and a habitually unshaven scruff. The Man Bag Rears Its Head 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The show also acquires a tougher edge with its attacks on exploitative newspapermen who, with their tall hats and accosting beaks, look like savage predators from a Ben Jonson comedy. I Was a Rat! – review 2013-02-17T13:49:00Z That said, Hariyal must have known he was in hot water, because he kept his beak shut. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Walking around the Ghetto, I felt like the witness to a crime when I stumbled upon a sea gull as big as a Labrador stabbing its beak into a pile of garbage bags. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It was as if somebody had handed me a box of feathers, bones, beaks and flesh and said, “Here, build a parrot.” Restaurant Review: Dumpling Galaxy in Queens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z His precise and richly colored illustrations made it easy for amateurs to identify individual birds by emphasizing the shapes of beaks, wings and feathers. ArtsBeat: Auction to Offer Works by Roger Tory Peterson 2012-08-03T18:14:04Z In that novel, human beings develop smaller brains — our big ones were leading us to destroy the world — as well as flippers and beaks. Shades of Atwood and Vonnegut in Louise Erdrich’s Dystopian Novel 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Cut out paper wings and beak, and attach with craft glue. 7 Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs With Stuff From Around the House 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Moulton’s title refers to a mythological beast, variously described as a serpent, a lizard or a dragon that kills with its beak or by looking victims in the eye. The art of religion: Corny, cynical and everything in between 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Amid a friend’s concern that she has stopped taking her Zoloft, she buys a parrot whose interminable beak grinding at night leads to a grisly act of birdocide. New Books From Paul Theroux, Jeffrey Zaslow and Randall Silvis 2011-12-14T22:10:30Z A group gathers around as he frantically tries to remove the hook without losing a finger to the turtle’s snapping beak. Can the Chicago River be saved? 2013-02-24T15:00:00Z Another day, the hotel’s ace birder, Pedro Ical, took us to a nearby marsh in search of toucans with multicolored beaks. Journeys: The Beasts and Beats of Belize 2012-08-22T21:27:15Z Chelton, with her beak nose and rather severe features, mostly played characters older than herself. Tsilla Chelton obituary 2012-07-22T16:24:34Z All raptors have four characteristics: a hooked beak, sharp talons, keen eyesight and a carnivorous diet. Life Is Hazardous for Urban Raptors. These Women Offer Hope. 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The plague doctor costume, which featured a grotesque beak stuffed with aromatic herbs designed to ward off “bad air” from plague sufferers, was accused of stoking terror. The Medical Mask Becomes a Protest Symbol 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z When it was my turn, two short, stubby beaks suddenly propelled me vertical by pushing the soles of my feet, and I found myself zooming across the lagoon as if riding Neptune’s chariot. On an action-packed Bahamas vacation, off the beach and into high gear 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Above his head hung a massive seagull with its beak open, and next to him, on a tabletop, lounged a pair of hedgehogs. Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z That's why both Lawrence Olivier and Orson Welles liked fake beaks. Clip joint: fake noses 2010-12-01T13:54:00Z The prose is not cute, but instead informative and painterly: “Black talons curving onto wood. Hooked beak, sharp as a knife. Head turning. Eyes searching. Chicks waiting.” Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z As the flock of finches fly around and land on the instruments, wipe their beaks, or use twigs to pluck at the strings, they create a unique and changing soundscape. Birdie songs 2010-02-27T08:58:00Z The interior cage holds a single, flightless bird, with a gull’s hooked beak and a raptor’s talons, standing on a patch of freshly sown wheat. Art Review: Jane Alexander’s Work at St. John the Divine 2013-04-25T20:34:53Z Then I had a taxidermist stuff it, with its head held up at an angle, eyes open and beak forward. Adi Nes's best photograph: a man, a turkey and an imaginary village 2012-12-12T17:42:14Z A parrot made out of a feather duster has a pair of pliers for a beak; cormorants are rustled out of black bin bags. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z Just a little bigger than a football and not altogether different in shape, this bird’s bright orange beak and mad scientist-like tufts make it a standout on cliffs above the Pacific. Could puffins go the way of the dodo? 2014-03-02T18:00:00Z He is restrained, frontless company: clever, composed, serious even, behind the fine beak and popping eyes. Simon Helberg: from Big Bang nerd to Meryl Streep’s cartoonish pianist 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “Putting my beak into other people’s stories and lives is what galvanizes me.” Who’s Better Suited for Award Season Than Richard E. Grant? 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z He grips two photo-film canisters in his clenched eye sockets and, as a finishing touch, his mouth is gagged by holding a stapler like some kind of robotic beak. This week's new exhibitions 2012-06-22T23:06:30Z At breakfast the first morning, I noticed a man with chestnut curls and a beaked nose dining alone. Modern Love: Modern Love: Our Way of Saying Goodbye 2010-05-28T23:08:00Z On the North Island, which is shaped a bit like a bird’s head, we were moving slowly toward the tip of the beak. Discovering Auckland’s Charms (and Idioms) 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z A pileated woodpecker, grafted with feathers, pecks into tree bark through my phone’s screen, its tongue extended from its beak like a Fruit Roll-Up. App review: See Natural History skeletons before they were just bones 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Gray herons, oystercatchers with their orange dunce-cap-shaped beaks, and a couple of mute swans all sauntered or swam by as I stood there. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways Even worse, while plowing a pie into a classmate’s face, I dislodged his foam nose and knocked his derby askew, exposing a rubber chicken’s beak. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z The elephants are the focus of a global wildlife conference this week in South Africa, but conservationists are also urging protection of the helmeted hornbill, a rare bird whose golden beak is an ivory substitute. Ivory hunters seek bird’s golden beak 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Around the 1930s, ceramics companies in the U.S. started taking artistic liberties, likely drawing on the nursery rhyme, and the vents morphed into whimsical birds with open beaks. All about pie birds, the whimsical Victorian-era baking tool 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Next to the shield are two “Supporters”, one for her husband and one relating to her - a songbird with an open beak which also represents the power of communication. Pacific Ocean features in new royal Markle's Coat of Arms 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z At a time when academia can resemble an archipelago, the disciplines more specialized than finch beaks in the Galápagos, Robinson’s audaciously heterodox thinking can exhilarate. Democracy’s Fierce Defender 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The middle beak didn’t work well and the other two didn’t appear to be connected to the bird’s throat. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T13:48:00Z The saber’s etched copper handle is shaped like a swan’s beak, with a ring at the end. Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilizations Welcomes Some Treasures Home 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The catalog identifies this diminutive creature, with its open, upturned beak as the “plump sparrow,” an emblem of good fortune derived from an old folk tale. Art Review: ?Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture? at Japan Society 2012-03-22T20:20:17Z “Plague doctors wore beak masks, and stuffed herbs and citrus peels in them so they wouldn’t smell bad smells and therefore wouldn’t become infected,” he says. As hotels reopen, some employ new scents to create a sense of clean 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Snoods are the fingerlike fleshy protuberances that flop over a turkey’s beak. How Wild Turkeys Find Love 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The lithesome Godé-Darel, whose most distinctive feature was her large, beaked nose, is the star here. Art Review: ‘Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity,’ at Neue Galerie 2012-09-20T21:50:42Z But the favorite of many Afghans is the chukar partridge, an elegant reddish-grey bird with a black band across its eyes and around its throat, a red beak, and black stripes on its side. Wings of joy: Kabul's bird market brings comfort to war-weary Afghans 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “I forgot to make the beak black,” he says in the video. Antiques: Roman Forum Church, Santa Maria Antiqua 2012-06-14T21:10:47Z They are nearly identical except for their clipped beaks. “Under the Henfluence” urges us to see hens as complex beings 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Scenes of the birds sparring, their beaks and talons affixed with blades, are interspersed with those of a 13-year-old Gomez in an Orlando nightclub. What Does It Mean to Be a ‘High-Risk Homosexual’? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The Inuit still make rattles from puffin beaks. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z With super strong beaks, they crunch through the coral’s skeleton like it’s a candy apple in an attempt to get at the nutrients inside. That sand between your toes may start as rock. But it may also be fish poop. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Imbrogno pointed to the sharp edges of the hawk’s beak. A Hike Into the Mystic, or Just a Walk in the Woods? 2010-10-14T21:39:00Z She was definitely a bird: she led with her beak. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Thelma's top beak was crudely clipped just below her nostrils, causing the bottom beak to jut out partially exposed, resembling an underbite. “Under the Henfluence” urges us to see hens as complex beings 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z She points at the water, which may be rising, and also at a large bird perched on her thigh; the giant raspberry in the bird’s beak may be the last genetically modified fruit on earth. Dana Schutz’s New Paintings Just Might Be Her Best 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z A woman in an elaborate knit gown, with a beaked headpiece like a bird, sat at one end of her table, playing solitaire; at the other end was a meticulously knit gold-glittered skeleton. ArtsBeat: At Brooklyn Museum’s Artists Ball, Some Words From Ai Weiwei and Unusual Doughnuts 2014-04-18T15:18:41Z We keep driving, and birds keep appearing: elegant terns with their black crests and orange beaks, reddish egrets — both red and white-faced species are found here — and tri-color herons. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent He turned his beak toward the woman who had addressed him, expecting to be booted once again. We regret to inform you that your inflatable T. rex costume is not virus-proof 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z A gray bird with black-tipped wings, a yellow face and a sharp black beak soared overhead. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z These presentations, which require registration and are $20 for adults and $12 for children 8 and older, will also highlight the birds’ adaptations, like hooked beaks, sharp talons, keen vision and aerodynamic shapes. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Just below Bear Trap Creek a channel of the Madison beaks from the river to create a small slough. Montana cold-water fishing offers respite from crowds 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z A multicoloured feather duster becomes Captain Flint's parrot, with a pair of pliers for the beak. Swallows and Amazons ? review 2010-12-08T21:30:00Z More expensive organic eggs, produced by much smaller flocks on farms where beak trimming is banned, are a minority of those eaten in the UK. How free-range eggs became the norm in supermarkets — and sold customers a lie 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Which is to say the morning of Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe for the 33-year-old San Franciscan, but beak trims and fish guts. Day 23: On Christmas Day, No Rest for the Weary. (Or the Guy Who Feeds the Penguins.) 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Noticing a strap on my coat sleeve, it leaned in closer, beak ajar. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, we recognized one of the vendors from the previous night who served us the local delicacy bico de cracas — beaked barnacles. A return visit — 40 years later — to the Azores 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Using beaks and feet like garden tools, they dig honeycomb burrows into the cliffs themselves, returning each spring for nesting season. Iceland’s new driving route explores the remote north 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Nursed in the TealPartridge, purse to a Plover; a Plover, glove to a Quail;and caught in the mitt of the Quail, a Lark –a green Olive stoppered its beak. Wenceslas 2012-12-21T22:55:15Z “I created her after watching a nature documentary about toucans where they were, like, poking their beaks into other birds’ nests to steal the eggs and gobble them. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Regardless of where you look for frogs, Paternotte said, “close your beak and open your eyes and ears. Stealth is key. The more quietly and thoughtfully you move, the more you will see.” Frogs and toads: What’s the difference? 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z One popular element of medieval feasts was a roasted peacock or swan, presented in full plumage and spouting flames from its beak. The Biggest Feasts Ever 2010-06-29T21:20:00Z White-winged guillemots and snaky-necked cormorants voguing on the shore, puffins skimming the water with their clown beaks — it was hard to imagine just a couple of centuries back all this biomass wasn’t here. Kayak, bushwhack and get to know scat on an adventure cruise to Alaska 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z While they may appear to have the naïve quality of Chinese folk art, every inch — from beak to tail feather — was carefully considered. Xu Bing Installs His Sculptures at St. John the Divine 2014-02-14T22:56:02Z His sharp beak matched the black wingtips on his pearl gray body, and white, spectacle-like eye rings seemed to amplify his diligence. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z We must hope for flippers and beaks — or nothing at all. Considering Kurt Vonnegut and Who Survives 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z And so they were christened Parrotheads, just as a joke, but then fans began to wear feathers and beak masks to shows. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Check out the YouTube videos of Fisher-Price’s green and yellow Big Bird record player, the one that has Big Bird’s beak on the tone arm, and you’ll see what I mean. The Gimlet Eye: Getting Set to Spin 2010-09-22T20:43:00Z It was maybe a little darker, its beak a little lighter. The Birds Are Outside 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z This story of an ugly duckling, beak and all, “Hans Christian Andersen” never becomes a swan. Review: In ‘Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real and Imagined,’ No Happily Ever After 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z I didn't feel like I had any business sticking my beak into this particular puddle. Michael Ian Black: Trump's "anachronistic sense of masculinity . . . is literally killing people" 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z A trunk of feathers dangled below the beak of the black bird, but he held the display for later. Wing tips: Bird-watching adventures high in the Andes Mountains 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z As the movement coils and judders between them, an almost visible tension surrounds their bodies, bending and bulging under the choreography's stress until one or more of the dancers beaks free. Rubberbandance – review 2013-05-05T15:18:26Z From the group that opened Her Name Is Han comes yakitori, the Japanese grilled skewers, using chicken from beak to tail. Stir, in Philadelphia Museum of Art, Prepares for October Opening 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Caligula, now, has a human face and a beak. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: Punch-Drunk 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Although all guts are sublime, just how they do what they do varies among species, much as do the leaves on trees or beaks on birds. Was ancient man a vegetarian? 2012-08-27T23:23:00Z In the center was a young ostrich; its beak stretched wide open in a great yawping grin. Motherlode Blog: Woman Gives Birth to Own Grandson 2012-11-23T13:50:50Z Not far away in Cherbourg, the abandoned gun battery pictured in “Sea Eagle” resembles a prehistoric creature with a concrete beak and wings spread to fly. WWII coastal bunkers: Once symbols of strength, now aliens of the sea 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Nancy was a fair age when I first met her and she was rather bird-like, soft of feather and hard of beak. Once upon a life 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z Experts differentiate the two by the location and color of the feathers and the size and hue of the beak. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z An illustration of the plague doctor costume with its long beak is included, only it’s captioned that the outfit is “complete with scythe and skull-lancer.” Freakish beauty in alternative history 2013-09-15T16:00:00Z “We don’t know that. Greenie has not accepted his contract. He always gets his way – he’s got a beak and sharp feet.” Gary Busey: “I passed away after brain surgery. Then I came back” 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z He ended up modeling the dove after a catbird, and its red beak is not ornithologically accurate. Antiques: Roman Forum Church, Santa Maria Antiqua 2012-06-14T21:10:47Z The nuggets use all of the chicken except for the beak. Style Invitational Week 1269: Mess with our heads 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The beak made from what looked to be a bear claw, the feet with their worn-down, pedestrian talons: I mean, please! Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z Later, one of the birds raises his beak to offer advice to the would-be runaway. Review: At Northwest African American Museum, works you’ll want to touch — but don’t 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z When they take the top of the egg off, it could be a little beak sticking out and I just said, “No.” Remembering Anthony Bourdain: The chefs and writers he knew and inspired reflect 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z For one thing, in one of the book’s most graphic passages, his body is torn apart by birds with razor-sharp beaks, and his old flesh replaced by ... what? Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z She negotiates her beak a little awkwardly, and sups on her feet. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time Then he leans forward to show me a sketch on his phone, of what looks like a parrot beak bursting through a bashed-in head. Midsommar director Ari Aster: 'I often cling to dead things' 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Instead sharp beaks, rough-hewed black feathers and wary miens define the latest creations from Handspring Puppet Company: crows, a far cry from the majestic title creatures in “War Horse,” a hit here and on Broadway. ‘Crow’ Features Birds by Handspring Puppet Company 2012-07-06T21:58:46Z On Thursday evening, 607 revelers packed a downtown city block and donned chicken beaks, clucking their way to the record for the most people wearing animal noses at a single venue. 607 can crow about setting animal-nose record 2012-03-09T03:44:12Z “I forgot to tell the printer that the beak should be black,” he said, “and so it’s a red beak.” Arnold Skolnick, Whose Poster Embodied Woodstock, Dies at 85 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z All this taps into the something deeply loony that hangs on Thanksgiving’s beak like a snood. Perspective | Trump’s presidential turkey pardon felt like a reality show meets absurdist theater 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z But the favorite of many Afghans is the chukar partridge, an elegant reddish-grey bird with a black band across its eyes and around its throat, a red beak, and black stripes on its side. Wings of joy: Kabul's bird market brings comfort to war-weary Afghans 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He’s kind of a humanoid figure — a human head with a bird beak — and video is projected onto it, so you get the shadow effect and movement and these iterations of transformation. Seattle artist Preston Singletary gets solo show at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z IT began with parakeets, the brash, busybody rose-ringed parakeets of Delhi, with their lipstick red beaks and their irrepressible chatter, gossiping in the crevices of 15th-century tombs. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z Dark wood walls, pulpits, doors, pews and balconies were carved with apples, long-stemmed flowers, seeds, and prominently beaked birds; and embedded with zigzagging, pulsing, and spinning lines. A Glasgow Architect’s Masterpiece Is Damaged, but Not His Magic 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z I know that no dancers will be struggling under ponderous raven heads with huge beaks; Vicki's costumes have the elegance of couture. Raven Girl takes wing and flies onstage 2013-05-04T06:00:35Z The common tern, one of his more famous subjects, plummets in a kamikaze dive, beak open and a wild, predatory look in its eye. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Critters paraded past, from a roadrunner with a beefy toad dangling from its beak to a bold foursome of wild turkeys. Texas’ best-kept secret? A 120-mile-long canyon that’s grand in its own right. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Pelicans dived into the surf, beak first, aiming for fish. Three Sides of Ecuador 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z “I will teach you first to be a rat, then a snake, then a vulture and then, with blood dripping from your beak, I will teach you how to be a gentleman,” Jaggers says. Steven Knight’s ‘Great Expectations’ is a Dark Dream World 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Birds are all, in one sense, the same: two feet, one beak, two wings, lots of feathers. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z There the iiwi stayed put, allowing me to admire its long, delicately curved beak, which had evolved especially for sucking nectar out of flowers. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z “They showed me how to pull off the beaks and long tentacles before washing them.” Want to get into Rose’s Luxury? Start peeling potatoes. 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The latter, a new work, was inspired by seabirds Ponifasio saw on the remote island of Tarawa: they were carrying glinting shards of plastic waste in their beaks. Mau: dances with shark fishermen 2010-08-11T21:01:00Z Bottlenose dolphins use sea sponges to protect their beaks while foraging for food, and they live in structured communities. Among brainy sea creatures, killer whales are some of the smartest 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “We try to pick a different carcass because of how many different beaks have already gotten to it.” John Oliver Returns: ‘I’m Not a Complete Nihilist’ 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Sphen flapped his wings and lightly jabbed at her with his beak. The Gay Penguins of Australia 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z |
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