Each rung he touched dissolved behind him, leaving no more than a wisp of silver smoke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Elegant ambassadors with their fancy wives on their arms pick snacks off silver trays. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Smoke grows, clouding the silver building and blue sky. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

By silver light I saw the black thing pulling shadows into itself, setting up magnetic whorls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scoop grains from a bag and pour them into a silver container. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The glitter of silver and the glow of turquoise shone out from that crowd in the shape of necklaces and bracelets and earrings on the women, belt buckles and hat bands on the men. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as they looked he was gone: a flash of silver in the sunset, a wind over the grass, a shadow that fled and passed from sight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She picked up a bow that glowed silver in moonlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He wore a red silk waistcoat under a snuff-colored coat with silver buttons, a starched linen shirt, and black breeches. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to look for silver linings, but it seems like you'll now have some free time this summer. A summer class at Northwestern, maybe?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Now, faced with the reality of him, and of the silver ring on his finger, she was frightened of becoming used to him, of drowning. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dark clouds fringed with silver moonlight scudded by overhead, carried briskly along by the winds aloft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The silver lightning flashed in his eyes and he knew that the men had taken pictures of him with the cat poised upon his shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was already picturing Nan’s brace gussied up, though she wasn’t one for sequins—maybe silver studs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She realized that she was holding on to the silver pansy. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“So tarnished, I might not have noticed it. It’s silver, isn’t it?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He is dressed head to toe in black and silver, the velvet of his doublet so thickly embroidered with patterns of crowns and birds that it looks as heavy as armor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He ambled over to the bar and set out three glasses and a silver ice bucket and a big pitcher and began to mix drinks from several different bottles. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Moonlight painted the leaves in shades of bone and silver as the guests drifted among them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everywhere they looked, piles of things teetered—books with leather and gold covers, gold and silver trays, bead necklaces hanging out of chipped teacups, old, creaking furniture of all kinds. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he bowed and the audience clapped, Farid went around with a little silver dish, which was the only thing that didn't quite seem to belong in these surroundings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the silver car unexpectedly fishtailed around, skidding to a stop with the passenger door open just a few feet from me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Within moments, Poppet is back, something silver in her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had long strings of sky- blue turquoise in his ears, and silver rings on four fingers of each hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here everything was colors to me: the red clang of the streetcars, blue music from phonographs, silver laughter of people. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There was a worn-down pencil eraser, a pile of Q-tips, the strings of a guitar, and a shadowy shape with a shimmering silver triangle in the middle. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Schools of silver fish dart in and out, acting with one mind. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The places here were laid with gold, not silver, and the fourteen seats were not oak benches but mahogany chairs with velvet cushions. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He took his life from this earth; drop by drop by his sweat he wrung food from it and from the food, silver. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Another star was flying across the sky, making a silver scratch on the black-lacquered night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bigger saw Mr. Dalton’s white hair glisten like molten silver from the pale sheen of the fire. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

An old woman, slight, in a silver gown with a loose scarf covering her head, shuffles forward. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

A black rose was pinned to his lapel under a silver name tag. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

While I’d slept the clouds had blown away, and now the moon lit the surrounding countryside in pale silver light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now, the Fire Dragon lived on an island of silver rock. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lucky silver dollar,” the old man countered, as if luck had meant anything in his life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crow stiffened as she stared at her distorted reflection in the shining silver. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pink and silver boxes, colored pantyhose, brassieres with lace, silk scarves? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The linen,” Mrs. Dudley said, “belongs in the linen drawers in the dining room. The silver belongs in the silver chest. The glasses belong on the shelves.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moonlight silvered the hills as he followed the twisting ribbon of the kingsroad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Cinna comes up behind me and arranges a shimmering silver wrap around my shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The giant’s hair was braided with gold and silver coins. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Above the mail was a short surcoat of black, but broidered on the breast in silver with the token of the Tree. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Down the mountainside, past a dry river and across the road, runs a coil of silver. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cardboard stars and snowflakes covered in gold and silver glitter; ornate glass balls, red and green and gold. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My grandfather stepped forward and handed Ultima the purse of silver which was required by custom. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a set of spangled silver robes that were attracting a certain amount of giggles from the onlookers, but otherwise she looked quite nice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She opens up a silver closet the size of my living room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And one of them clutched something silver in his talons. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Outside, the air is temperate, the rolling gray clouds overhead thick with the promise of monsoon season, but Lkossa remains a city bathed in silver moonlight, more than enough for me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

So she was unprepared for the homely little house beside the pond, unprepared for the gentle eddies of dust, the silver cobwebs, the mouse who lived—and welcome to him!—in a table drawer. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silver chain was now nothing but smoke and vapor. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Chester rang the silver bell to get their attention. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stood before them like a piece of raw green stone towering forever into the sky and disappearing into silver mist. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s sterling silver. I wish I could’ve gotten you gold to match. But at least this one’s stronger.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We were sitting in chemistry lab, waiting to see what happened when we mixed silver nitrate and salt. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He wears a worn-out cap—who knows what color?—silver now. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie did not answer, and after half an hour of flying over the serene, smooth, silver and black eternity of the English Channel, Queenie asked suddenly, “What are you worrying about?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She was grey as the winter sea, with a mane like silver smoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She threw back the pillow where his silver blues harp lay. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t shaved recently, so his face was covered in silver stubble. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A man with a tall white hat who must have been the head chef shouted, "Put the soup for the big party in the larger silver soup-tureen!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When dressed, I sat a long time by the window looking out over the silent grounds and silvered fields and waiting for I knew not what. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was dark and shiny, and was wrapped in silver paper. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I find a black faux-leather jacket with lots of silver zippers, almost like the jacket that Michael Jackson wears in the “Beat It” video. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Vivian makes an “abracadabra” motion with her hand over the silver laptop. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A bright silver light appeared right ahead of him, moving through the trees. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

To one side of the dish is a small conch shell set on a pedestal; to the other, a small silver handbell. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi stepped back as the silver train pulled into the station, sending a burst of wind whipping through his hair. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The silver buttons up the side of each moccasin had rainbirds carved on them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had left the silver glint of a biting autumn eve-ning; and now around them everything was golden with light. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the slightly bitter taste that it was real silver. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the symbol for silver,” I said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

An iron drab and a silver talent, a stone and a piece of fruit, two bricks, a clod of earth and one of the donkeys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandannas, bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

So he asks Theo to send him his colors: silver, white, lemon chrome yellow, vermilion, geranium lake, carmine, Prussian blue, very light cinnabar green, orange lead, emerald green, and more. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, how about this. I’d have thought you’d be too busy spending your thirty pieces of silver to be bumping into us.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened for several moments, and then a tall man with wavy silver hair emerged, squinting into the sun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking of looks, Raj has a new piercing: a silver ball under his lower lip. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

This one was glossy black with silver- and honey-colored spots. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed she was wearing only two silver hoops in each ear, and I figured that maybe she’d pawned all the others, like her promise ring. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We had seen how the Nazis made the warehouse their own personal shopping center before shipping trainloads of gold and silver back to Berlin. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Plucking a handful of silver straight pins from her plump cloth belt, she stuck them one by one, standing up, into the sheets around Liyana’s body. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Laurie turned in an impressive performance to take silver on beam—I was so proud of my roommate. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But the man who was leading them up to the castle was wearing furs of a different sort: sleek and silver, like his hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Powers thought of the silver dollar in his pocket, and it suddenly occurred to him that if he were captured, "it was one of the first things they would take." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In dark and silver dreams I had seen him falling from the sky, each night closer to the earth, his soul a star. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But over the fields and the water the moonlight hung, a net of silver mist, and in his body his blood ran secret and hot and fast. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Keeth had led the US men’s saber team to a silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and was arguably the best US male saber fencer of all time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her usually sleek hair is matted, its silver sheen faded. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It is a silver piece of paper, about the size of his ticket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Expectant eyebrows over her silver glasses, the middle part of her hair, go up to the ceiling. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“All righty,” Barb says when they get all my vitals and finish oohing and aahing over my sparkly, silver A-line gown and my white rose corsage. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

While Dad spoke to her in a low, sad voice, I stared up in awe at the silver handle of her suitcase, the perfection of her nails, the silky blackness of her hair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sonia wears a sari, too, fuchsia with silver embroidery, a red rose stuck into her hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think it is the only self-indulgence of his day’s strict routine—Parzival as a nightcap, to clear his mind of the blood that flecks the silver pips on his black collar patches. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They were young, beautiful nymphs in shimmering blue gowns, their glossy black curls pinned up with silver and gold brooches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then the grape tree had to be cut down at the seashore, painted white, and hung with silver and gold balls and showered with tinsel. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Doc Smith pulled a long silver object from her doctor’s bag. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her silver hair was stuffed under it, wisps sticking out the sides like she was hiding an old cat up there. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Two goblins stood before the inner doors, which were made of silver and which carried the poem warning of dire retribution to potential thieves. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I opened the box’s lid, shedding light on a scatter of trinkets—a tarnished silver chain, braided bits of human hair, a flour-sack doll rubbed raw by a child’s hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Swinging down from her saddle, she let the silver graze while she pulled off her high boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I have heard it said that the silver queen feeds them with the flesh of infants while she herself bathes in the blood of virgin girls and takes a different lover every night.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A silver moon, almost close enough to touch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

James didn’t give the silver man or plastic-bag lady a second glance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Robert Cohn took out a silver five-peseta piece and gave it to me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes were almost as pale as the rest of him, as if the color had drained out of them, but as bright as silver coins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It lit up the valley around them, the rushing river gurgled and splashed, the giant trees swayed in the frigid breeze, the grass looked touched with silver. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

At nine hundred pieces of silver, the bidding began to slow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘She’s designing you a beautiful mark so when you are man- grown and master smith you can stamp your silver with it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wears his silvering hair short on the sides and has a rainbow friendship bracelet tied around one wrist. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Janice brandished her silver cap gun at us tired and scared runaway slaves more than Sister Pat’s script had called for. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

How she hoped the bear did not smell the bear-killing dogs or the bear claw that swung on a silver hoop from Old Tallow’s earlobe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And the night, far from being frightful, was lovely beyond thought, for the stars were close, and although there was no moon the starlight made a silver glow in the sky. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I doubt God cares even a little bit whether Mr. Hancock has any silver. It’s better to break faith with him, isn’t it, than with the Lord?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Gordon twiddled a silver pencil "Your mother tells me you are upset." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A circlet of silver sat in the crimson headpiece that surrounded her dark hair, and her dress was as scarlet as her lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Amid the gold he had in that place lying the son of Atreus picked a wine cup, wrought with handles left and right, and told his son to take a silver winebowl. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The band arrived, three middle-aged men, each with a silver wave slicked back with too much hair cream. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And looking at it sitting on the dining room sideboard, where all the silver had been pushed to the edges to make room for it, I thought he might be right. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The king gestured at Kaltain, who obediently picked up a silver tray containing two goblets. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Their shipmates would gladly have killed him, but the captain forbade it; a fighter was always worth good silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the third morning Caradhras rose before them, a mighty peak, tipped with snow like silver, but with sheer naked sides, dull red as if stained with blood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Did she wake up in a feather bed, toast and coffee served on a silver service? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His own silver fingers were moving inexorably toward his own throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A silver ring fish floated by them, undulating, and closing like an iris, instantly, around food particles, to assimilate them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He saw, not the silver in the alien hand of a merchant in the town; he saw the silver transmuted into something worth even more than itself—clothes upon the body of his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In the picture, a ruddyfaced farmer stood at the edge of a broad field, and riding across it was a ghostly host of hunters outlined in silver paint, their horses’ eyes glinting gold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The force of the blow chipped a divot as large as a silver dollar from the Sherpa’s skull, knocked him unconscious, and sent him into cardiopulmonary arrest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a silver circlet on her head like a princess’s tiara, which didn’t match her skull earrings or her Death to Barbie T-shirt showing a little Barbie doll with an arrow through its head. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If I had fifty silver talents and converted them to Vintish coin and back, how much would I have if the Cealdim took four percent each time?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They broke at this table flat, unsalted bread, which was the body of the Lord, and drank from a heavy silver cup the scarlet wine of His blood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A thin silver mist emanated from him, and his beard fell like a cascading waterfall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The weather was getting colder and wetter, the nights darker, but no amount of mud, wind, or rain could tarnish Harry’s wonderful vision of finally winning the huge, silver Quidditch Cup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But then at one point I overheard Lord Halifax exclaiming: 'My goodness, Darl-ington, the silver in this house is a delight.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fish, sardines, would begin gathering soon after, a slow mass of silver rising from below. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“What, and give up our palace above the silver river?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Harry watched the cloudy sky, curves of smoke-gray and silver sliding over the face of the white moon. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now, cupped in both of my hands, was a large silver egg. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand slaves lifted bloodstained hands as die raced by on her silver, riding like die wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mama pulled one more string, and the white in the mixture faded into a dull silver. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In some ticket booths the volume grew so great, so quickly, that silver coins began piling on the floors and burying the ticket-takers’ shoes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her bright silver bangles jangled as she folded her hands across the desk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Here and there was a cup or basin of polished bronze; and a goblet of plain silver was set by the Captain’s seat in the middle of the inmost table. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In Treegap, the same moonlight silvered the roof of the touch-me-not cottage, but inside, the lamps were burning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their armor was silver plate polished to a mirror sheen, but underneath, she knew, every man of them wore a hair shirt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was such a thick fog that I was a few feet down the driveway before I realized there was a car in it: a silver car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I will pay you in silver if you save my son’s life,” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refilled her tiny silver cup with honey wine and emptied the last of it into my teacup. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Guns in hand and silver badges swinging from metal chains around their necks, the men pointed their weapons at Wes and ordered him to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Through the crossed latticework Matthias could see the shine of black leather and silver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He offered to fill a room twenty- two feet by seventeen feet full of gold objects—and two equivalent rooms with silver—in exchange for his freedom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Widget ceases his narration as they investigate each silver bar, finding no hidden openings or cleverly disguised hinges. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Becky came out carrying a tarnished silver teapot and a stack of china cups and plates. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His too-long hair, more silver than black, is sticking out all over the place. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I finish the silver set and the towels and tell Miss Leefolt I got to go home even though it’s half a hour early and she gone short my pay. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I also earned gold on beam and floor and silver on vault. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They came accompanied by soldiers in blue uniforms with silver epaulets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But now, glancing down, I saw something else: silver sparkles, bright-needled splinters from the broken mirror, mixed with large, unmistakable shards of a gold-rimmed highball glass, the twin of the one in my own hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Valerian points to the rowan necklace that dangles around my throat, dried red berries threaded onto a long silver chain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A silver thread of river bisected the field and there, nestling in the fold of a meander loop, was the proud oak. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were bracelets, rings, and necklaces of dazzling sterling silver that had beautiful decorations, and each held pieces of turquoise, yellow abalone, white shell pieces, and dark jet stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sycamore leaves turned up their silver sides, the brown, dry leaves on the ground scudded a few feet. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat across from me in her white nightgown, her hair in a long silver braid, the way she always wore it to sleep. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a glass counter at the side with lots of different piercings for sale, and some rubber models of blank mannequin faces with silver studs in the ears, nostrils, eyebrows, and lips. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was not as it was in their own land, where even silver could not buy food because there was none. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Wires are attached to the button on my foil’s tip and behind the silver clasp that protects my hand. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bill Ferny’s price was twelve silver pennies; and that was indeed at least three times the pony’s value in those parts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This she unlocked with a silver key, looking up at Ged with that same smile as she did so, as if she dared him to come on with her. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

People cheered and kissed when the silver ball dropped, and confetti whitened the screen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everything within the cage rotates slowly, the silver stars sparkling as they catch the light. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And he pressed the silver spoon against the blade. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bearing clubs, spears, bows, lances, slings, and copper axes, brilliant in cloaks of feathers and silver breastplates, their faces painted in terrifying designs, the Inka army plunged into the forests of the northern coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The moon was high in the sky, painting the woods beyond their back door in silver and shadow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She removes a needle from the silver tray and shows it to me before piercing my arm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The silver phone resting on Alice’s bag seemed to grow bigger as the hours passed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The swelling disappeared but where the silver wolf had kissed was now a rueful scar shaped like an X. It seeped for days. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the washing area, her silver hair let down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fear grips me as I notice the silver machete in its hand, gleaming sinisterly in the moonlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sinking heart, I circled the full lot looking for a space, while also searching for the silver Volvo that was clearly not there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even so, the big silver ring on his finger was shiny and bright. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

High above, a silver plane crossed the sky, silent as a spider. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore uniforms, but they fit no better than our clothes—no high boots, no silver eagles. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The sun was long gone; and only the cold silver shine of the half-moon remained to light their way over the treacherous ground that lay behind them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then they saw bearded Billy Pilgrim in his blue toga and silver shoes, with his hands in a muff. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hand somewhere struck the gramophone arm and sent the silver needle on its way through the whirling, black grooves, like something bobbing, anchorless, in the middle of the sea. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lampposts shed uneven silver circles of light whose edges faded to gray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A silver crucifix on a string of beads. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silver revolver fell to the deck as Horse and Doc climbed out of the main hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I filled myself with such hope and continued to cling to a silver lining, which seemed to disappear as rapidly as my desperation to cling to it increased. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Titan regarded her with his pure silver eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She bent over Ida Nee, and the baton became a silver rope running through Beverly’s fingers. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

But when I get closer, I see the metal glint of a silver bracelet with tiny cello and guitar charms. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The torso was a silver cylinder, maybe three inches in diameter and ten inches long. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, their actions were meant to imply that Caesar had already looted the palace and stolen all the silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her name had been embossed on the bracelet in glittery silver, making it shimmer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The nurse takes the silver tray of tools and pours alcohol into a white plastic bowl. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Accusing each other doesn’t help. We need to keep our eyes open for a silver necklace with a scythe charm. If Kronos had one, the spy probably does too.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a thick wad of cash clasped inside a sleek silver money clip sitting right there. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t wear a silver leaf on his collar, sir. He wears a cross.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tristran did so; as he touched the ends of the silver chain together they knit and mended as if they had never been broken. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took his watch, his silver pencil and pad, his cigarettes and matches from the mantel and distributed them among his pockets. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a large silver tray, and on it were a pewter teapot, two paper-thin white teacups, sugar, cream, and an open box of chocolates. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she pulled up one of the little chairs for Dicey to sit on, Dicey saw with surprise that she wore a silver wedding ring on her right hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And out of the end of his wand burst, not a shapeless cloud of mist, but a blinding, dazzling, silver animal. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And there were lovely silver dots on the curtain, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His silver teeth made his mouth look like a car grille. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The continuous, gentle rustling of the beech leaves was unlike the sounds to be heard in a copse of nut bushes, oak and silver birch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From one angle, he might look like lichen or moss; but from another, he was as stunning as a phoenix, his coat sliding from gold to silver to fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grover picked up a beautiful crown made of gold, silver, and jewels. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He carried a spear of gold and silver, long enough to skewer a bus sideways. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her wavy brown hair flowed past her shoulders, and she wore a black sweater, silver dangly earrings, and a silver necklace with a key charm. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She lowered her knife to Percy’s necklace until the point rested on the silver ring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her rosary cross is silver, with sparkling blue beads. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Bramble and bits of leaf were tangled in her hair, and...two tiny silver bells looped on ribbon were tied around each ankle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I throw the bag to Angie, who runs up the pathway and through the silver front doors of our school. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Percy nearly broke his teeth on a silver Sickle embedded in his slice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A silver memory was the day when the sun came over the horizon for the first time in winter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city of Reichenstein in Silesia had been for almost a thousand years the site of mining for gold and silver ores, and for several hundred years for arsenic ores. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She takes down a cabbage-rose teapot and cups—a wedding gift from Mrs. Murphy that’s been in a box for decades—along with some recently recovered spoons from Mrs. Nielsen’s silver service. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

For instance, I recall Lady Astor remarking, not without a certain bitterness, that our silver 'was probably unrivalled'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t this the Eolian? I had heard that this is where pride pays silver and plays golden.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An hour later the front door opened nervously, and Gatsby in a white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-colored tie hurried in. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Felix’s favorite vehicle was the cheapest—a fully loaded silver Range Rover. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

There, in a crack in the side, something silver flashed. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair is thick and midnight black, except for a curious, thin silver streak on one side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I snapped the two silver snaps and started taking out all of my things. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"It was fashioned of cat's breath and fish-scales and moonlight mixed in with the silver," she told him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She shot an anxious look at the freckled patch of skin on her wrist, where her red Talent bracelet with the shiny silver beads usually sat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She imagined Otrera sitting there with her fine robes and her silver hair, ordering her warriors to attack Rome. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She wanted him to help her carry the heavy boxes and hampers of silver to the chaise. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eldest son heard this, and he was ashamed and he was afraid of her tongue and he gave her more silver secretly and he was angry with his second brother. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In all her short life the child had seldom seen, and certainly never held in her hands, anything so lovely as the exquisite little silver hornbook. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She left a pile of her things by the door: a comb, a square of polished silver that Ajarry had scrounged years ago, the pile of blue stones that Nag called her “Indian rocks.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The crucible began to settle—collapse, the silver was running over the top of the furnace like spilled milk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one silver piece and fourteen copper pence. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But this dress...it shimmers with silver accents when I move. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The silver band on her finger is engraved with what Marco had thought was an intricate filigree, but is the same phrase in a looping script. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A square, plain face, silver hair, a heavy build, and no humor whatsoever. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They just happened to be bringing three rice bowls and three pairs of silver chopsticks out to the plank table under the pines. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quietly as he could, he got out of his four-poster and went to pour himself some water from the silver jug beneath the window. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Below, the fluffy silver cat patrolled up and down, and the dementors stood waiting in the corners. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As she watched, it changed from a New York subway token to an ancient silver drachma, the kind used by Athenians. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And small men That buy and sell for silver being slaves Crinkle the fat about their eyes; and yet No Prince of the Cities of the Sea has taken her, Leading to his grim bed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were staring at the little silver coins lying there. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He did so by finding out how much gold was needed to coat silver wire in order to obtain silver-gilt. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Their arm insignias are navy blue or red or silver or gold. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I think we can get you the silver. Didn’t you refuse to be med-ically aided before the others?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had seen so much—the submarine, the silver boxes, the death of the guard who had dared to drop one—and yet in the end he still hadn’t learned much of anything. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The granite ledges were streaked by a thousand shades of gray and silver, separated by slices of pink quartz that glowed like happiness. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Robert opens his hand to reveal a pair of silver earrings, says to my sister, This is a gift for how smart you are. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dark hair is cut closely to his scalp with a single silver stripe down the very center, marking him as a soldier from the House of War. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Will, were you down there today when that man from Texas brought her a silver saddle?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Farnor, God of War, stopped at the front row near Dorian, but then moved to the right, across the aisle, to give the miniature silver sword to Duke Perrington. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Smooth,” said Ron approvingly as the waiters popped up on all sides, some bearing silver trays of pumpkin juice, butterbeer, and firewhisky, others tottering piles of tarts and sandwiches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The table held a lamp, a transistor radio, a leather change purse with a silver clasp, and a telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It had fist-sized rubies for eyes, and horns of polished silver. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey is dumbstruck, staring at the shiny silver card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A cool phoenix design had been etched into his close-cropped hair, and he wore a silver hoop earring in his right ear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Turtle checked her pockets: two sandwiches, Sandy's flask filled with orange pop, a flashlight, her mother's silver cross to ward off vampires. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the driveway, Ma had already performed the puja with the silver tray, just as she’d done before his trip to Insomnia Con. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You’re making fun of me,” she said, silver tears welling rapidly in her small, see-through eyes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then a huge flash of silver reflected in the sun. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As the silver fairy glided away, the plump fairy tackled another imp, forced a kiss, and in a flash the imp became a thin, Asian-looking fairy with hummingbird wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At one point, they passed a warm cave the size of a gymnasium filled with snake eggs, their tops covered with a layer of silver filaments like slimy Christmas tinsel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee’s trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He looked at Stheno’s large silver platter of free samples. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I took up the silver knife and cracked off the cap of my egg. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

His short black hair is peppered with silver strands. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if it only likes iron because it’s made of iron,” she mused, touching her silver ring to it with no effect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jess is wearing a dress with red flowers on it, she’s wearing little silver earrings with birds on them—I can see them moving back and forth as she talks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the Captains of the West led their host towards the City, and folk saw them advance in line upon line, flashing and glinting in the sunrise and rippling like silver. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Artemis stood, said a kind of blessing, breathed into her cupped hand and released the silver dust to the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then the boys were issued debit cards—thick black cards with their names printed in silver letters. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But, of course, it was a lot more than losing a silver bangle that upset her. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Dany climbed off her silver and gave the reins to one of the slaves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He passed by Bryant’s receptionist—attractive, with waist-length braided silver hair—and then the inspector’s secretary, an ancient monster from the Jurassic swamp, frozen and sly, like some archaic apparition fixated in the tomb world. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A silver for each and a gold for me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The single streak of silver in his hair catches some of the light filtering in from his windows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They gave her wonderful things: a fancy shawl, a silver dress, beauty—” Ben interrupted. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Next to him sat a beautiful woman with silver hair braided over one shoulder and a dress that shimmered colors like peacock feathers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Describe to me at least one piece of silver you see used every Lord’s Supper. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little silver streaks shot through the air, rained down on the people surging into the clearing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The dishes are real china in a pattern of purple forget-me-nots with silver trim. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Yassen gave an order and, as Alex watched from behind the rocks, a metallic silver box with a vacuum seal appeared, held by unseen hands, at the top of the submarine’s tower. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is hot in this city, and sometimes at night when I come back to Aunt Victorias house I am tired and wishful for the silver poplars to set under. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its broad silver buckle gleamed in the lantern light. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Lord Bowen, you shall collect the tolls. The gold and silver, the amber, the torques and armbands and necklaces. Sort it all, count it, see that it reaches Eastwatch safely.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sagebrushes shone with new silver leaves and the oaks wore hoods of golden green. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had been outlined in silver paint, and the color trailed down her cheeks in wondrous curls of gleaming light. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Titan was ten feet tall, with wild silver Einstein hair, pure silver eyes, and muscular arms protruding from a ripped-up blue janitor’s uniform. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The cousins and the villagers came bearing bright orange jams, silk dresses, silver embroidery scissors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on my sleeping bag is a small plastic pot attached to a silver parachute. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Splendid. We are all splendid. Everybody is proud of you. Tell me just exactly how it happened. I am positive you will get the silver. Go on tell me. Tell me all about it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her hair, silver in the candlelight, pours down her back like a river. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wandering on, they climbed a hill and came to Newtown Common—a country of peat, gorse and silver birch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered watching my mother pushing a silver needle in and out, gently nudging flowers and leaves and vines to bloom on the cloth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All was moonlit, all silver, too beautiful to describe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as I watched, a tiny silver plant sprang out of the soil—a baby moonlace, glowing in the warm summer night. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

So stupid as I sit shivering here in this cellar, tallying up our losses, fingering the tassels on the silver knee-high boots I stole from the woman’s home. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He came back out a few seconds later with a silver pistol in his hand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the flame danced into life, its reflection wavered on their dusty glass and silver. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The creature clicked its heels together, and the silver ankle bells rang out impossibly loud. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her mom then produced a hot pink hat with purple stars embroidered on it and sparkly silver strands in the puff on top, and hot pink mittens to match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the pine-patched moonlight, the Queen Anne’s goblets looked for all the world like filigreed silver. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shining silver, rubbing water spots off fine glasses, and the endless dusting and wiping...Everything in Daffodil Manor had to gleam and shine like it hadn’t in years. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He pecked at her silver cross, hopped onto her head, gazed at her with the old, curious, questing expression of bird intelligence. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dark silver paint streaks over his cheekbones, and black lines run along his lashes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That one! Over there on the left! The little girl in the silver mink coat!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Viola came in wearing a clean white apron and bearing a lemon pound cake on a silver tray. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The scarf with its gold and silver moon and stars had been admired by all of us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man was tall and dark-skinned, his hair a shock of silver. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The room is gaudy with gowns, red roses, silver service clinking. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In silver inlay on the breastplate of his burnished scarlet armor was a white tree bare and dead, surrounded by a flock of onyx ravens taking flight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By the time Turner went to bed that night—having had his supper after his blueberry pie—the silver moon had set, and the racing stars had puffed out their fiery white chests. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A silver pool of water glimmered at the end of the long lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heaved himself up on the silver rock and hurled himself at the Dragon. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is depressed by the pair of teenaged Bangladeshi busboys who wear tapestry waistcoats and black trousers, serving them warm bread with silver tongs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see a lock of long, greasy hair, and a silver earring. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

McCutchen walked to the center of the room and slowly bent down to pick up his silver dollar. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Howard gathered up the old shoes to have them cast into silver ashtrays to give to reporters, Smith got a farrier to design special new turn-gripping shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A silver line lay across the opposite bank, sun cutting into the last of the night’s royal blue. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of his hair as silver, to go along with his silver tongue, which he used trying to talk her into buying diesel Cadillacs with red-leather interiors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in full autumn attire: vivid blue on one side, shiny silver on the other, twisting like ribbons on an enormous gift. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Once someone even left a leather-covered journal, with a tiny silver key that opened its lock. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No more blues,” she said, waving the silver harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The counters were polished to a high sheen, and inside the display cases, shiny bright mirrors reflected gold and silver and sparkly gems. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, our waiter came around holding a dessert plate, covered by a silver lid. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She got down on her knees and patted the ground, searching for a glint of silver. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She found a heavy woolen cloak, a velvet skirt and a silk tunic and some smallclothes, a dress her mother had embroi-dered for her, a silver baby bracelet she might sell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Claire had finished in second place, so she took home the silver medal. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She was large, and had silver hoops in her ears. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She was thinner, with pallid skin to match her gray eyes, and her hair had turned more silver than gold. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As it spilled over a pair of stones, the current split and then reunited in a liquid silver braid. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He retrieved a silver flask from his pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like one of those mittens you used to handle hot pots, only it was silver. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This day I will go to the grass and hunt, woman wife," he announced as he shrugged into a painted vest and buckled on a wide belt with heavy medallions of silver, gold, and bronze. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pointed to two huge balls of fondant—one was gold, and the other was silver. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her fingers curled around the pouch at her belt, where she kept the silver coin Annabeth had given her before they parted company in Epirus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He pulls a silver pocket watch on a long chain from his waistcoat and puts it on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He came back with a flagon erf pale amber wine and a small silvered looking glass in an ornate golden frame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Drawing a match from his silver vesta case, Frankie lit the cigar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was in Fish Street, in a minute stopping outside the silver shop of Paul Revere. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his eyes, which stared from behind the silver rims of his spectacles, did not change their fixed, somber gaze. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Six silver slots, lying side by side in a circle, all empty. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The silver fairy gave a single nod, eyes glittering. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Two life-sized statues of greyhounds—one silver, one gold—flanked the table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung never thought to say, “Well, and why do you not with the silver I have to spare, hire a servant or buy a slave?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And there in their midst was Sansa, dressed in sky- blue silk, with her long auburn hair washed and curled and silver bracelets on her wrists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Far away to the left the river Entwash wound, a silver thread in a green floor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Richardson, looking at the silver arrow aligned and gleaming and certain in the clouded water, touched the collar of his shirt, wondered which way he was facing now. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The star ran one pale forefinger up and down the silver chain that went between them, tracing the line of it about her slim wrist, and made no reply. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the grand dining room, the noble family had laid out elfin delicacies in heavy silver dishes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

A silver mist was rising from the snow and a delicate arc of light had formed above them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He took the brush, and began sweeping it through the silver avalanche with fingers which were deft from practice, while the Queen closed her eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she had asthma attacks and would summon her granddaughter with a tiny silver bell she always carried on her person. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s silver, sleek, and looks incredibly expensive, which means there’s a chance this car is loaded with water, just as the blond kid said. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s like a pinball machine, and I’m the little silver ball that everyone is whacking and slapping around. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Chattel slaves had once trod those boards bearing food and drink on silver trays. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Rasheed stopped to look at an engraved silver dagger in one shop, and, in another, at an old rifle that the shopkeeper assured Rasheed was a relic from the first war against the British. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She stared at the handful of silver and said then without further delay, “Come and say which one you wish.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He put a hand on my arm and pointed to a model overhead with a silver picture on it of a swirling twister, just about to touch down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the far wall, in the center of the spider swarm, a red symbol blazed to life: the figure of an owl like the one on the silver drachma, staring straight at Annabeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just rocked back and forth, his face lit by the silver glow of the images flickering across the screen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just out of prison, he steals again, this time silver candlesticks from a shelter. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The grass in this field wasn’t green, it was silver and pink with a border of blue-leafed trees. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Opaque, silver test tubes were being fed along a narrow cage, moving forward as if to greet the computers: one tube for each computer. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

As he stood at the entrance, Athena’s shining buckler on his breast, the silver wallet at his side, he drew the eyes of every man there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on top of the cupboard were baskets filled with pieces of candy glittering in silver and gold wrappers like distant stars. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

My mind’s racing, I’m trying to remember if I counted the silver before I put it back in the felt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At the end of each week, they gave us a little silver disk about the size of a half dollar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just looked at her—in the black clothes, with the black nail polish and silver studs in her eyebrow. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was on her bedside table in a tiny silver vase, just the land of thing they would have at Annemarie’s house. l l l She nodded and looked at it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Usually I’d be mortified at such over-the-top PDA, especially with her decked out in red boots, silver arm cuffs, and a gold belt, but today I didn’t mind. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Liyana had a stomachache when they learned it so she kept picturing the inside of her stomach coated with silver. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A silver prefect’s badge was glinting on his chest. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Tossed the wedding china, the silver, the photographs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

‘Johnny,’ cried Mrs. Lapham, ‘isn’t it time to pour? Look, the silver is melted and begun to wink.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

More silver confetti rained in a happy shower from the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Strapped to the back of the carriage is his trunk: large and crammed with beautiful shirts, linen, and embroidered sheets and pillow slips; a cigar case and silver toilet articles. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he faces the men again, he sees the light glinting off silver blades. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The men, wearing their white tuxedos, and the women, wearing silky silver, spaghetti-strapped dresses, complained about having to sit on the slushy curb in their wedding outfits. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He finds a peanut butter cluster ball covered in shiny silver wrapping. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even as a child, he had always loved his silver. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tom said seriously, “If the assay showed enough nickel and silver, wouldn’t it pay to mine it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed them in glittering clothes made of silver dust and sent them skipping around the giant’s ink-black feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Watching him turn around and around in his black and silver Raiders jersey. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we would see silver heat rise from her body; it solidified before our eyes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when Wang Lung heard her say this all his old remorse smote him and he answered her fiercely, “I will have no death in my house and I can pay the silver.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled the silver dollar from his pocket and shoved it across the counter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her silver bracelets jangle as she crosses the room. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Arden Jones is an African American foil fencer who won individual silver at the national championship, but wasn’t able to lead the USA team to glory at the International Grand Prix. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the flames coming out of Akivo’s silver boots. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hunters of Artemis appeared along the rooftops, shooting Orion full of silver arrows until he resembled a glowing hedgehog. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He held out the great tilting helm silently, with its familiar panache of heron hackles and the silver thread. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No, master! Mr. Bilbo gave it to you, and it goes with his silver coat; he would not wish anyone else to wear it now.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If fine was Ana’s gold-medal word, then nice definitely took the silver. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to make out clearly, but odd lights flashed from an unknown source, revealing blurs of silver spikes and glistening flesh. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All that was left was the furniture that was absolutely necessary, the silver candelabra and table service, for the everyday utensils had been sold one by one to underwrite the costs of her education. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His silver cap was next to him, the musket and bayonet near his feet. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny box has silver antenna rods, and its curved screen is framed by a wood-grain border, with two chrome dials and a teeny-tiny built-in speaker. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had Christmas garlands and a ton of gold and silver ornaments. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Wickersham, whose full head of silver hair, mustache, and chiseled good looks made him resemble a misplaced Marlboro man, was a rara avis even by Sing Sing standards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a present wrapped in silver paper, for Ahmed’s baby. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In one hand he held a silver tray on which stood five cocktail glasses, each one half filled with a viscous brown substance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She took the silver candlesticks from the cupboard again, set the table with the English china, and once more wore her city dresses to the family’s late-aftemoon gatherings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the food was ready, the cooks covered it with a silver cover and wrapped the flagon in a thick towel to keep it warm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The silver- backed brushes were a constant reminder of what her wishes for him were—that he not stop his education at high school, but go on to college and medical school. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A red collar with three tags hanging from a silver loop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was unscrewing the top of a silver flask. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In its mouth was a small fish, wiggling silver in the sun. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I complain about winter, cold air is easier to breathe, slipping like silver mercury down my lungs and out again. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tally swallowed, looking down at the silver heart. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Can I take my belt of silver flowers and my gold collar with the black diamonds you said looked like my eyes? I won't wear them if you say I shouldn't." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No Fawkes the phoenix — no whirring silver contraptions. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The main thing, though, was that tooled-leather Western saddle he toted, which like I said was ornamented with silver. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It had begun to snow again, and despite the walkway’s canopy, the snowflakes flew in like fine silver threads. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They carried no rattles to warn in advance of a strike, but Roy saw that the tips of their stubby tails had been dipped in blue and silver sparkles, the kind used in art projects. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waves the silver wrench in his hand and grins. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Blue and silver; silver and blue, she thought, but she did not know why. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

On a card table a little way beyond the light was a silver icing-bucket with the necks and corks of two champagne bottles showing above the ice. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Footmen arrived carrying silver trays with fried eggs, bacon, sausages and fried potatoes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reek was gone before the sun went down, carrying a bag of Stark silver and the last of Theon's hopes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It is chin- length, black, and pinned back with silver clips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

What soon became known as “Seward’s Folly” would later be seen as a huge asset when silver and gold and oil were discovered in the new territory. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tía rings the little silver bell, and Adela comes out and clears all the plates, and brings dessert, which always includes the Russell Stover box with the painted-on bow. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The thing Frank had tripped on was gleaming silver. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Ding have we awaited you," said a woman beside him, clad in rose and silver. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I put on a pair of dangly silver chandelier earrings and grab my sweater, then study my reflection. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The camera was small and silver, with a lens in the front that zoomed in and out. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘I burned my hand making you a silver basin ... Now, it is “go away, please.”’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly’s cloak was fastened with a silver clasp, and Frenya had a girdle of hempen rope wound about her middle from her hips to breasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It worked Janice stopped waving her silver cap shooter at us and went on with the play as Sister Pat had written it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient mortal drachmas had been silver, Chiron told us, but Olympians never used less than pure gold. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight had silvered his armor and the gold of his hair, and turned his crimson cloak to black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His surcoat was new, dark grey wool with silver buttons, and a heavy silver pin fastened his fur-trimmed cloak at the shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry wasn’t surprised to see that the Bloody Baron, a gaunt, staring Slytherin ghost covered in silver bloodstains, was being given a wide berth by the other ghosts. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She slipped Reyna’s silver ring off the cord and put it on her own finger. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was there when Matthew described it to Caleb in painstaking detail earlier: a black box with a silver keypad, marked with a strip of blue tape with a model number written on it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Around their necks, on white cords, hung those silver whistles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I had advanced to the final and was guaranteed that I was going home with either a gold or silver medal, my best finish yet at a Grand Prix. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I tolt the sheriff, “The ax whistled as Pap swung it at the tree, the sun hit it, and it wasn’t nothing but a flashing silver blur. But then...” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Frith in his element, of course, directing Robert with a lift of his eyebrows, and myself rather hot and flustered with a monstrous silver tea-pot and kettle that I never knew how to manage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Such blue sky and purple mountains so sturdy and silver lake so calm and still. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

At that moment, something large and silver came falling through the canopy over the dance floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The stars began to rip through the hard skin of dark like the sharp points of silver needles through velvet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A metallic clicking sound from the branches above grabbed his attention, made him look up; a flash of silver and red light caught his eyes just before disappearing around the trunk to the other side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The silver cocktail dress hung in her closet, the tag dangling from the seam. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The brass bowls, Sass’s best sari, and her silver bangles were all carried to the moneylender in the village. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Watching the Warrens live was like watching a magic trick, as miraculous as transforming an empty soda can into a silver pitcher, or pulling a steaming pie from a silk top hat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers, swollen-knuckled and twiglike, fumbled with the topaz that hung on a heavy silver chain about his neck. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A silver trout ornamented the crest of his greathelm, twin to the one painted on his shield. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He slung a leather satchel off his back, unzipped it, and produced a sleek silver laptop computer—one of the ones I’d seen in the workshop. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I saw her in my mind, sewing jewelry, papers, silver, and other valuables into the coat under the lining. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When they were flush with a silver coin or two, they’d go to the local convenience store and buy food for breakfast or dinner, often splitting a pack of Hostess donuts. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A little bald man was seated fully clothed at a round table draped in ivory baize, his hands neatly folded beside an untouched silver coffee tray. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Johnny had not once looked at his hand since he had stood before the furnace and seen it lined with silver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s awful seeing the plane fly closer and closer, its silver nose pointed at the building. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Coraline could have sworn that the girl had two wings—like dusty silver butterfly wings, not bird wings—coming out of her back. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I lean against the wall, waiting for my balance to return, and watch Locke turn the elaborate silver knob. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Is it the best good-luck spell in the world to jingle silver in your pocket when you see the new moon?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And what would they be guard-ing, my little lord? Is that a silver pin I see there on your cloak?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I finished my first term with three silver talents and a single jot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She is wearing another cashmere sweater, gray this time, and a silver necklace with an odd little charm on it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her silver hair was wound into a bun on top of her head, and her flowered nightdress was much prettier in the daytime. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the far distance the Millennium Wheel perched like a fabulous silver coin, balancing effortlessly on its rim. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a pick-up truck, with silver claws and golden glittering fur. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Oh! it will be very fine; all my best of everything—crystal, silver and gold, Sèvres, flowers, music, and champagne to swim in. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Zoe yelled, and a volley of silver arrows sprouted from the armpit chink in Atlas’s armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I took a silver tray of smoked oysters and offered them around the room, keeping a close count as instructed by Viola on how many my brothers took. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The silver streak down the crown of his head almost glows as the night-lanterns sail over us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Holding his breath, Cole watched the silver fish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Dale replied he’d had just about enough of setting by the shipping lane in soup fog for a dozen silvers, a few dogfish, a couple of hake, and what’s more taking flack off his radio. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Later on, Rose fell in love with a white horse with silver wings. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He knew, rationally, that he had nothing to do with the snow, just as he knew the silver dollar he carried in his pocket was not, and never had been, the moon. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Each time before this that he had taken the silver out to give to anyone, it had been like taking a piece of his life and giving it to someone carelessly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the "Beale Street Blues" while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Not the Golden Gate Bridge—Emily knew that bridge was red and not silver. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nurse was paying out some silver to a pit man on a lost wager when he spied Penny leading Crunch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each of them was awarded a small sterling silver pin that was a replica of a cell door with a heart-shaped lock. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had an old car I’d stripped and souped and painted silver—the Silver Ghost, I called it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rattle was made of pure silver and had come wrapped in tissue paper from a store in Kearney. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Nuts and fruits filled the silver platters at the centerpieces of tables and sideboard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

With a sudden forceful movement, he reached out his arm, his collar falling open so Pinmei could see a silver pin sticking out from the imperial gold silk of his hidden robe. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It would go perfect with the silver bullets. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She was a very pale child, dressed in what seemed to be spider’s webs, with a circle of glittering silver set in her blonde hair. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Only difference, once I was twenty-one, I went and got my own silver disk each week. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt stared at a pin fastened to the woman’s collar, a silver scorpion with its tail curved up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I had his hands, and one quarter his wit, I’d be eating off silver plates inside a year.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was short and thick-waisted, with cropped silver hair and bright pink lipstick. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But it was his gun they were staring at: silver filigree, and an ivory grip inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Here, take this, Cato," says the girl from District 1, and she offers him the silver bow and sheath of arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Now be gone! The left face muttered, “Party pooper,” then he raised his silver key, inserted it into the air, and disappeared. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It sits on top of my folded bathing suit, wrapped in shiny pink paper topped with a silver bow. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl has a silver spiraled horn jutting out the top of her head from her hoodie. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was sleek and silver and rumbling like a bottled earthquake. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Today two silver hands dangle from her ears. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His face was the color of clouded silver. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The melody of preparation hides my footsteps: clinking glass, the jingle of silver cutlery, the clack of porcelain dishes, the grunts and whispers of the servants. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The 1950s Westinghouse Frigidaire with rounded edges and a silver pull handle in one corner. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The silver one she wore around her neck. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Next to it stood a bed table with a pitcher and a water glass and the silver twig of a thermometer poking up from a jar of pink disinfectant. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Pax had watched from under a table as his boy’s father had greeted a woman with a long silver braid streaming over one shoulder. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Late sunlight glides through tall French windows, and the air tastes of silver polish. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At noon she would rush home and fix Chester some delicacy for lunch, like a midget fruit salad or an entire vegetable dinner so small you could serve it on a silver dollar. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small table set with a teapot, cups, and a silver plate of cookies sat next to a flowered armchair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ride home in the Garcías’ Plymouth with the silver fins that remind me of the shark I saw at the beach last summer. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I dress quickly in the modern clothes I keep in the very back of my wardrobe—jeans, an old gray sweater with a black star on it, and a pair of glittery silver Converse high-tops. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The chamber was filled with a soft light; its walls were green and silver and its roof of gold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ashima regrets that the plate on which the rice is heaped is melamine, not silver or brass or at the very least stainless-steel. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few years earlier, when her hair began to thin and silver, to give it body, she wore her jet-black bun pinned to her small, silver head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed me a couple, filled with what I guessed was food wrapped in aluminum foil like big silver boulders. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He told her the silver earrings looked like little trucks. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

There had been no mailboxes earlier, but now they could see a long line of black and silver ones set atop poles on each side. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He picks up a silver mask from a basket by the gates and slips it over his face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She brought the glass of tea to Will, together with a little saucer of jam with a silver spoon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They gathered the silver to them, mounding it around, piling it high. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was called the Masked One, for the unearthly silver mask he wore to scare the hell out of his enemies. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the north end of the lake, a silver airplane circled the area of the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The sky was speckled with puffy silver blimps tethered to the ground by long webs of cable. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo dug her hands into her pants pockets and pulled out a fistful of lint, a red ribbon, and a shiny silver coin. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he placed the silver object back down on the mantel. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For a time the morning seemed to brighten, the sky going to a lighter shade of silver, but then the rains came back hard and steady. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful, a shiny line that led to the horizon, a strip of silver cutting through the cleanest gold. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, a blue-clad figure flies with familiar grace out of the mists, silver braid shining, descending upon Red Platoon like a falling star. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She lifted her eyes to his face, and found his gaze lined with silver. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Occamy is aggressive to all who approach it, particularly in defence of its eggs, whose shells are made of the purest, softest silver. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silver streak in his closely shaven head glows in the subtle darkness, and the crescent-shaped scar under his right eye looks deeper. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The two of them walked on, Reyna’s gold and silver dogs roaming nearby. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Before dark, the Austrians serve pork kidneys with whole tomatoes on hotel china, a single silver bee etched on the rim of every plate. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She glanced over her shoulder into the silver woods. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Spencer told Hale that he might be cold-blooded but he wouldn’t kill a woman for silver. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were younger than most of the children by the tower, Lyra thought, and she joined them in the water, with Pantalaimon as a little silver fish glittering beside her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His antlers are threaded with a few thin cobwebs, and his coat is a white so bright that it seems silver in the afternoon light. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, there was an old man, tall and silver and dressed in gray. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The next is blue, with the Seattle Seahawks logo stenciled in stark white and silver, plus the number 12; the 1 is shaped like the Space Needle. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan noticed that there were pieces of turquoise embedded in the middle of elaborate silver flowers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kaz watched the tide of people flowing past the portico’s black columns, beneath the watchful eye of the oxidized silver crow that spread its wings above the entrance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As he spoke he struck a small silver gong that stood near his footstool, and at once servants came forward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the movie version Dorothy wears ruby slippers, but in the book she wears silver shoes that she takes off the Wicked Witch of the East when the house lands on her and kills her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In a quick motion I hoped no one behind would notice, I snuck them into the space between his side and the coffin’s plush silver lining. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He kept his arms at his sides, his ears open, his silver blues harp tight between his left thumb and pointer finger. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I attack again and again, knocking down anyone wearing a silver armband. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We hear it, shrill and silver, an echo from a volleyball game of long ago. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held up a little silver whistle, as he remarked:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And at the end of the month the frogs stopped coming, leaving the scholar with the white silk and silver ingots. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very warm for March, and the kite wind blew steadily from the south and turned up the silver undersides of the leaves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were hints of silver in his beard and sidelocks, but he was hardly the wizened elder I had imagined. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, the diners watched and listened to her as she stooped murmuring at each place, scraping the serving spoon and fork across the silver platter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The forgotten deities of dead cities brandished their broken thunderbolts at the sky as Dany rode her silver past their feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Over his heart was his wolf's-head brooch of silver and polished jet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I bought Mom an antique silver cross, but finding a gift for Dad was harder; he always said he never needed anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had earned four silver pennies, four farthings, and six loaves of bread. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Far below, the waves glittered silver, breaking against the rocks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harry’s wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The moors their axes had stripped of trees glowed silver in the moonlight, and the yellow lights of peasant huts were like scattered jewels on the ravendark cloak of a king. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her silver armguards gleam in the sun, as do the identical knives strapped to her thighs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the real Tanias had to keep fighting whether or not Hollywood brought their story to the silver screen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Pained moans cut through the noisy square like silver knives as the little girls endure their transformations. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After talking through the various options, Vivian—who as far as anyone knows has never so much as nudged awake an electronic keyboard—decides to order the same matte silver thirteen-inch laptop Molly has. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I would have given a hun-dred silver stags to have been a roach in the rushes when he learned that Lord Beric was off to behead his brother." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thus copper sits on top of silver and silver sits on top of gold because of their chemical affinities as metals, while helium, neon, and argon are in a column made up of gases. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki were a hard and unsentimental people, and it was not their custom to name their animals, so Dany thought of her only as the silver. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We watch the rain hit the black tar and bounce back up like a million tiny silver grasshoppers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I close my fingers around the cool, smooth silver. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

His boots came to my shoulder, and his gray uniform was piped and spangled with silver. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“You scared? You scared after letting me take that silver from Mrs. Heard’s home? After letting me get Mrs. Macy’s radio? You scared now?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It belongs to a dark-haired girl with three silver rings through her right eyebrow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds—pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote in a curlicued hand that was like the old prayerbooks with silver clasps Sor Asuncion had brought over from Spain. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the fire settled on their foreheads like silver stars and they became at once righteous and wise and terrible to behold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She offered him a lemon drop from the little silver tin she’d been carrying around since London. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The key was silver, not the milky green color of jade. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They were traveling now, singing the lead song, driving deep into an American night toward a base where the great silver planes rested, waiting for their pilots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Not quite. Almost. He’s so rich gold and silver are like dust to him.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Photography used to be a cumbersome process involving film coated with silver dug up from mines halfway across the world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

As far as he could see there were blue-coated white men with bright silver stars shining on their chests. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So Katherine and I spent our free time polishing silver, dusting bannisters, beating carpets, and a dozen other randomly assigned tasks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They had hair of silver and hair of gold and hair of platinum white, and their eyes were opal and amethyst, tourmaline and jade. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She pulls the silver lighter from her coat pocket and tosses it to him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They came to a large burnished silver door, and the silver key opened it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was carved of ebony, with silver clasps and hinges. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ned was clad in a white linen doublet with the direwolf of Stark on the breast; his black wool cloak was fastened at the collar by his silver hand of office. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She giggled, a sound like a small silver bell. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were plenty of barrels, but trying to dump a barrel into a little silver bowl seemed tricky. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She stayed in her room and did not open her door even after he broke his silver cane in two trying to break it down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she showed me the silver whistle she had on a string around her neck. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He did have one small sack of coffee, but he wanted two silver talents for that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Before Chapter Eleven, in a reprise of Desdemona’s gender prognostications, began wearing a tiny silver spoon around his neck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Breakfast had been brought in and placed on the table in an elegant silver chafing dish. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They owned a prehistoric car, which they had bought with the proceeds from the silver platters they had stolen from their parents’ house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the silver needle extended upon the air an inch, pull back, extend, pull back. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cody was fifty years old then, a product of the Nevada silver fields, of the Yukon, of every rush for metal since Seventy-five. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

On the winner’s stand, which was swathed in a huge American flag and crammed with suited dignitaries, Marcela smiled demurely for the lieutenant governor, who extended a huge silver loving cup. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded it and smoothed it, and then hung it beside the inlaid bed upon a bar; then, drawing the door shut by its silver handle she slid the catch in place and went away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, after skating on the pond under the silver moon and Jupiter, Joseph talked more than he had ever talked before altogether. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Albert sat on a chair beside the bed, close enough that Joseph could now see the silver medallion around his neck ... a bird with outstretched wings. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So, your favorite big brother had a silver dollar day today!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Each fall it overflowed its banks and spread over the fields in a silver flood. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There are no tents selling eight- track tape players, imported vinyl pants, or hair-coloring cream, nor are there elaborate stalls glistening with dangling gold or silver necklaces and bracelets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After El Jefe passes by, I stand a while at the window, looking up at a glint of silver in the sky. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Reynie whirled to find himself face-to-face with Mr. Curtain, who stared keenly at him from behind his silver lenses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They left the castle at noon the next day to find a weak silver sun shining down upon the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She backtracks to her first job at thirteen, cleaning the Francis the First silver service at the governor’s mansion. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Tristran unwound the silver chain, unhooking it from the root, while stroking the bird's ruffled plumage with his left hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into my pocket and pulled out a shiny Susan B. Anthony silver dollar. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The hair was too dark, especially compared to the few silver hairs springing from her chin. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

So he bought the child for twenty pieces of silver and she lived in the inner courts and slept on the foot of the bed where Lotus slept. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It’s fuzzy, covered with bright blue fur striped with bits of gold and silver, and buzzing slightly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hulking, menacing, with eyes of blazing silver, Abiyoyo stomped around the stage, roaring silently at children he spotted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Though it was difficult to see from far away, he made out something glittering and silver packed into its small chamber, bits of what looked like crushed leaf. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The golden color fades into silver halfway to the bottom. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I had them changed into a silver dollar and put it in a velvet-lined jewelry case my mother had. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's a small woman with white hair, tiny silver glasses, and hands that shake whenever she eats or drinks something. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The swallows, drowsy from their long naps as mussels, were singing, and a silver sea of clouds had drifted up to where the mountain met the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone in Faerie must be looking for him, and here he is, wandering around in a flimsy silver fox half mask, blinking at me with drunken confusion and swaying a bit on his feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The priest holds up a flat round bread on a silver plate, a symbol of Christ’s body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Without touching my boot money, I took out two silver dollars and some change in my pocket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man jerked up, blinking, confused, the crystal of his order swinging wildly on its silver chain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Below them, to the west, they could see the nine Little Baldy Bear Lakes, tiny and almost unbelievably beautiful, each lake pocked with hundreds of silver circles from the feeding fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dance floor was the only place where she did not carry her silver plate. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A silver stag erupted from the end of Harry’s wand and galloped toward the dementor, which fell back and tripped over the hem of its robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This is where she’d smile and change the subject to the price of silver polish or white rice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“So, hand over my Liberty Head silver dollar.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne, using a spatula from her mother’s silver service, was shaping the feces into a remote semblance of a cake. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny gray balls turn silver, bright silver, and now there are swirls of yellow mixed in. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When she whipped her silver mare on her right flank the mare went left, for a horse’s first instinct is to flee from danger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his sleek silver furs, and he looked pale and agitated. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Looks like silver, doesn’t it? You could make up a story about a silver river.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then it hadn’t, and anyway he loved the dog fennel and the silver poplars and the hedge of lilacs on the south that separated Jenny’s well-drained kitchen garden from the dooryard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A silver necklace around her neck with a little heart charm on it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dressed in silver halters, robed in see-through shifts, they danced, reciting strophes that didn’t scan to the eerie piping of flutes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The painting was so detailed Pinmei could even see that between the fingers of the maiden’s outstretched hand was a thin silver needle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Across her forehead glinted a circlet of silver. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now she is clearing away my crumbs with the sterling silver scraper I gave to Elizabeth and Raleigh for their wedding. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But when I turned the key over and examined it more closely, I saw that it actually appeared to be wrapped in silver foil, like a stick of gum or a bar of chocolate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It made little waves that streaked the silver with black and lapped gently against the bulkheading. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her white robe was cinched around her torso with silver braid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he passed by the silver shop, which Úrsula had prepared with special diligence, he did not even notice that the keys were in the lock.. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She was wearing jeans too, but hers probably cost more than my mom made in a month, and her silver halter top sparkled like the noon sun on a calm ocean. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Her hair—was it silver and blue? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She held out her hand and wiggled her fingernails, which were painted silver. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I see them standing by our round dining room table, this time heaped not with food but with silver gifts—flatware, tureens, platters, trays, gravy bowls, and brandy snifters. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slave sailors off the Selaesori Qhoran, sold singly, had gone for prices ranging from five hundred, to nine hundred pieces of silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne searched her purse for a Kleenex, but pulled out instead a teaspoon pirated from her mother’s silver service. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an old-fashioned silver pocket watch with a round glass face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

‘All the top of your hill is full of tunnels packed with chests of gold and silver, and jools, by what I’ve heard.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of the season he had a silver watch with his name engraved on the back to prove it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had silver eyes and skin as pale as paper, and the contrast with her hair, as dark and glossy as an espresso bean, caused people to describe her as striking, if not pretty. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The dishes were trimmed with gold, the silver cutlery was freshly polished, and a crystal goblet sat by each plate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look at it or nothing, he just stuck it in his pocket and I heard it bang up against some silver dollars. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Startled, he reacted quickly, looking just in time to see a flash of silver. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And Harry fell again through the silver surface, landing this time right in front of a man he recognized at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were advertised with these silver see- through heads with the chip inside them. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was mostly men in black leathers, with silver studs and black glossy orbs - helmets - on their head or under their arm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time we met the Gestapo, they’d helped themselves to most of the books, one painting, the silver menorah, and all of Grandmother Adler’s china. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I unscrewed the top and crept to the edge of the shelf and quickly poured what was in it straight into the silver basin below. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Think of gold infused on silver by a craftsman, whose fine art Hephaistos taught him, or Athena: one whose work moves to delight: just so she lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arrows of gold and silver streaked into the cloud like rocket tracers and exploded. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She picked a flower from her garden—a sprig of silver moonlace. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because pure gold and silver are too soft to hold their shape, Andean metalworkers mixed them with other metals, usually copper. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They carried little silver knives and miniature trowels for sampling the cobblers and pies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s very domestic. What about that little stove with the silver saucepans? Yes. And that striped broom. We are so troubled with stardust, and she will love having that to sweep it up with.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Joseph was polishing the silver when his eye fell on a leather-bound book on the seat of the chair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He loved to shape words with a pen on paper and he formed the letters with as much care as if the paper had been a plate of silver. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seven removes a silver box from the computer and examines it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Travis says a bad word, pulls over, and grabs a silver spring and a piece of wet rope from the glove compartment. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A silver tiara studded with crystal rhinestones crowns my hair, which is pulled tightly back in a thick bun. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men, irrigating in the silver fields, paused, leaning contemplatively on their shovel handles, to listen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left that alone for now, as well as the whole silver talent he had hidden in a jar of ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I finished my cigarette, stubbed it out in the silver guest ashtray. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After I’m done with the bear, I dust the fancy books nobody reads, the Confederate coat buttons, the silver pistol. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She extracts a bottle of champagne from a three-legged silver cooler. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It began, Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The tunnel floor was littered with ceramic shards and silver coins. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It’s Helene, and she is covered in blood and scratches, her silver hair tangled as she gazes at me with empty eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had red and purple, gold and silver. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sits staring at the door, twisting the silver ring around his finger in anxious circles until the knock comes early the next morning. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Deep blue silk, silver embroidery — it was the bag the buffalo boy’s friend had been carrying that starry night. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

In a voice like the chiming of a hundred tiny silver bells she said only, “The dead should have charity.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He wore his hair in a floppy mullet shot through with silver. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

On the silver pool, which was part of a river, some sailboats floated. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d have to have silver shoes to be worth that much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For one second, before the metal cooled, the inside of his right hand, from wrist to fingertips, was coated with solid silver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to the tear and pulled a silver thread out of nowhere. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I was just thinking I would love to have one of those silver charm bracelets they have down at the mercantile.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So, what have you got for me today? I hope it's not just fake gold and inferior silver spoons." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra saw the silver fairy with blue hair plant a kiss on an obese imp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I took the silver ones because they were lighter. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for you, Leo Valdez -’ The goddess turned those cold silver eyes on him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Set out the good crystal, put the silver service out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But then I wake up in our nation of two, enclosed in our mosquito tent’s slanted planes lit silver by moonlight, and always think of Bulungu, where we first lay together like this. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few stars shone, and their reflections shook and broke up, silver scintillating in the black water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At first glance it looked absolutely fine, the metallic silver bodywork not even scratched. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was lit by silver lamps that swung from the boughs of trees, and it fell into a basin of silver, from which a white stream spilled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Inside, a silver key was hanging on a hook. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A huge raised dais stood at the far end of the room, atop which rested an obsidian throne inlaid with silver and ivory skulls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The silver dollar was cold in his hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

On a baldric he wore a great horn tipped with silver that now was laid upon his knees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Call? I only . . ." The silver in Symon's tongue seemed to have turned to lead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He put the three silver dollars upon the table. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

With dignity, Matthew opened the can of peaches and sat poised with a huge spoon he had selected from Lillian’s silver service. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a shimmer of silver at the edges. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A long silver fish glistens like metal on the line. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ron glared at her, then pulled a small silver object from his jeans pocket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Heedless of her belly for once, she scrambled off her silver and ran to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ged was richly and outlandishly dressed in fur and silk and silver, but the clothes were torn and stiff with sea-salt, and he stood gaunt and stooped, his hair lank about his scarred face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The terrace sloped to the lawns, and the lawns stretched to the sea, and turning I could see the sheet of silver, placid under the moon, like a lake undisturbed by wind or storm. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing like a statue with five other kids all painted metallic—copper, bronze, silver. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I gave him his box of mementos and watched as he fingered each one: the Wiggle King fishing lure, the silver dollar, the cork, little Eva’s nesting doll, and the skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His gold and his silver were precious to him once more, and at times he marvelled secretly at himself that he had ever spent so freely upon a woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then at last, moving slowly, as if walking in a dream, a woman in a robe of threaded silver came gliding from the hall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Servants bring us silver plates piled with food. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The mirror over my bureau seemed slightly warped and much too silver. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Friday evening, when the light was failing and work over johnny took the silver pitcher and his own wax model and left the shop. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny dents in the silver created intricate and delicate patterns where turquoise and red coral were imbedded. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We turned a corner and there they were, getting out of our old silver minivan with the Choose Life bumper sticker on the back. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There on the big table, covered with a black cloth with gold fringes, lay Rosa’s white coffin with its silver rivets. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from this distance, Catelyn could make out the shining silver thread, bright against the dark stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the front row was a young girl of about thirteen, wearing black leggings and a silver tunic, her dark hair pulled back in a ponytail. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The sound of the silver as it hit the floor made everybody jump. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I wake up when the light is still thin and silver. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was silver and copper and uranium and barite, which Dad said oil-drilling rigs used. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not the Golden Gate Bridge—Emily knew that bridge was red and not silver. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then deliberately he took his silver pencil from his pocket and leaned over the mantelpiece to write a note. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Have my silver saddled. I would not go to my lord husband upon the backs of bearers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The light glinted off his war-scape of a mouth; half his teeth were missing, the rest broken or capped in silver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His hair, instead of looking silver, looked white. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The finished ones each had a small, silver crescent moon and three mini gold stars. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But approaching the gate are a few moving specks—silver, when the light catches them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He held it up, the silver glinting in the flicker of the candle flame. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The silver shop, Melquíades’ room, the primitive and silent realm of Santa Sofía de la Piedad remained in the depths of a domestic jungle that no one would have had the courage to penetrate. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Outside the window I see three sets of tracks paralleling the one we are on, brown and silver, and beyond them broad flat fields of furrowed soil. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Paqo held up a silver goblet that shone in the clear light of the moon. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I stayed five steps in front of him as we made our way back around the rest stop, past the water fountains, through the silver benches and tables under the overhang. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Uniformed maids entered rooms carrying tea services on silver trays. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A huge silver rat strode into the space. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he gave a long, twisting, corkscrew leap and his golden outer skin lay on the floor, and in its place he was wearing a new coat of shining silver. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Every half-hour one of the captain’s men would try the silver door and return to the table. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the other girls, she had a silver circlet braided into the top of her long dark hair, so she looked like some kind of Persian princess. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

This year’s card is a drawing she has done herself, of an elephant decked with red and green jewels, glued onto silver paper. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma wondered how the silver goldfish could remain calm in the bowl, while she herself felt she could barely breathe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I slide a menu out from between two silver napkin holders. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A thin silver chain with a small pendant, a silver pansy. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He and Jordie stayed late into the night singing songs while Margit played the piano, their big silver dog thumping its tail in hapless rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Drained of blood and awash he looked the colour of the silver backing of a mirror and his stripes still showed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you will give me three silver pieces...” she said fearfully. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It had a simple thin band and an oval-shaped piece of dark turquoise held in place by snaking silver strands. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They held long white rosaries with enormous silver crosses. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Its hooves made no mark on the soft ground as it stared at Harry with its large, silver eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the way her eyes rolled under her lids she was watching the silver screen where dreams come and go. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an alternative, the designers settled on silver. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The guards who stood at attention wore elaborate white uniforms accented with silver fur and less than intimidating silver lace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was Mr. Richardson, a miniature out on the wide green lawn, deftly shaking charcoal into a shining silver grill. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A low, full moon glittered in the sky, and the light spilled through our window like a silver sun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was bright gold and had little fluttering silver wings. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The cognizance was of a silver woman on a sable field, with a knight kneeling at her feet In her simplicity, Elaine had been delighted by the compliment cm the shield. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lighten the strands to the color of snow and add streaks of silver and embed diamonds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And on a silver tray, beside a pair of ruby earrings in the shape of stars, is a golden acorn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The strange metal of his namesake clings to him from forehead to jaw like silver paint, revealing every feature of his face, from the thin eyebrows to the hard angles of his cheekbones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And here he was, an old man, opening the gate he had built with his own hands, his hair blowing silver in twilight. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clears his throat a little awkwardly and holds the silver sword out to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She tapped her wrist and her silver chains transformed— flattening and expanding into a huge shield. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed to a photograph in a silver frame. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“To your valorous wounds. To the silver medal. Tell me, baby, when you lie here all the time in the hot weather don’t you get excited?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She holds out a silver pendant in the shape of a sun. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He needs to be fed and blessed, to be given some gold and silver, to be patted on the back after feedings and held carefully behind the neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

These somewhat unrelated sentiments decorated either side of the mantelpiece, obscured a little by the silver candlesticks. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Take this drink to your father, darling,” she added, handing a silver glass to Karen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen the beautiful came down from her fragrant chamber attended by her women, one carrying her chair, another a soft carpet for her feet, and a third her silver workbasket filled with violet wool. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its coils were gold, its wings silver, its three heads ivory, onyx, and jade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His great silver eyes seemed vast in their sunken sockets. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When she turns she has a long silver cigarette holder at her lips, and the smoke curls around her head like snakes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two huge gray fish with fins of silver surfaced for just a moment, their backs gleaming in the sunlight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight washed over everything like a rich bath of gold and silver, making the fish shimmer like pearls and the girl glow with a magical glory reserved for the stars of heaven. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Pitchers of thick cream and baskets of blackberries had been set out, and the guests were sipping a sweet orange-scented wine from engraved silver cups. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A full-length mirror in a wide silver frame leaned against one wall. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Farid came over to them, holding the silver dish with the money in it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain threw his silver glasses to the floor, as if without them he would have seen the truth much sooner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the lights on our tree will be all different colors, and there’ll be all kinds of balls and tons of tinsel, you’ll think the tree was silver. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Silently they struggled: Wormtail’s wand emitted sparks; his silver hand closed around Harry’s throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bored with this, he reaches across the table to take the lid off a huge silver platter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Madam set the fan in her lap and reached for a piece of sugar with silver tongs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes reaches into his vest pocket for a pair of silver coins, which he places over Lincoln’s eyes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She opens the silver parachute and pulls out the spile and slips it onto her pinkie. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A set of silver scales appears on the table between the cards, balancing precariously, each side piled with diamonds that sparkle in the candlelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My green cloud entwines with his silver one, and I feel the recent tension between us lift a little. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I reached down into the stocking and pulled out a small silver compact of pressed powder and a tube of pink lipstick. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It is the land grant to all of the territory from the silver mountains to the blue hills, from the dead salt sea there to the distant valleys of moonstone and emerald,” said the Leader. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a brood frame, a canvas of whirling blacks and grays, with rubbings of silver. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was decked out in the Slytherin colors of green and silver to celebrate Slytherins winning the House Cup for the seventh year in a row. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

After a moment he pulled out an impressively ornamented silver flask, dented, lustrous. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blew on the paper, folded it carefully into a pocket, and collected my two silver talents. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Waiting for dark, they watched nervously up the cliff to the house whose lighted windows looked out over the silver river. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he turns her hand over and removes a silver ring from his pinkie. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wore a starched white jacket out in the dining room, where the waiters would put the customers’ dirty plates and silver on big aluminum trays which I would take back to the kitchen’s dishwashers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore frameless glasses, had floppy silver hair, and a salt-and-pepper mustache that was like a miniature duster broom balanced under his nose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

While still in the air, he unscrewed the poison pin, keeping it in its small sheath; he then tossed the silver dollar to the ground below and returned the pin to his pocket. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A garish gold crown had been secured between the lion’s ears, and its eyes had been replaced with bright silver dimes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I looped the bracelet around my wrist and studied the silver and gold charms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie smirked and brushed back her silky silver hair. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Half heaven was pure and stainless: the clouds, now trooping before the wind, which had shifted to the west, were filing off eastward in long, silvered columns. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Bonsoir,” Tsukiko says cheerfully as he approaches, tucking her lighter back in her pocket as she balances her cigarette in its long silver holder. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lightning had split it down the middle, and around the charred core, where the bark had peeled away, the tree had weathered silver. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She put the pieces on a large silver tray. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. They made silver patterns in the night sky.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At that moment he caught a flash of white and silver coming from the North, like a small star down on the dusky fields. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She sends strong air across the silver hole, rippling her fingers up and down the keys like lightning. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The toaster is on a silver heat pad. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Master lit the spirit lamp under the little silver chafing dish and heated some butter before cutting half a dozen poppy heads open and tossing them in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Oriana’s current maid, a hairy, wizened creature named Toadfloss, brings tea and cakes, meat and jam, all piled on a massive silver tray. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Do I get my thirty pieces of silver? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Jon had no coin of his own, or he would have offered it to her . . . though he was not sure what good a few coppers or even a silver piece wouhldo her beyond the Wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as the silvering began, long before the cider cracked the jugs, there was something wrong. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. It isn’t what it should be, but you have improved it,” he added, as she snapped the silver bracelet on her wrist. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung said to her plainly, “Will you sell the land for gold or for silver or for jewels?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I watched the leaves on the blue willows twirl, silver to blue, blue to silver. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Father comes into view with a silver pail in hand, and he waves it in front of my face. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair was cropped short and straight around her head, and she wore riding leathers and a light shirt of silvered ringmail. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The woman’s hair flowed long and silver, and she held a beautifully carved wooden staff for support. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Not one man in Boston could afford a silver basin. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a black velvet coat with hammers embroidered on the sleeves in silver thread. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The two-faced doorman held a silver key, which he kept passing from his left hand to his right hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We were in the middle of raiding the homeowner’s silver—candlesticks, besamim, menorah, kiddush cup, the full works—when the door opened. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

‘My fair lady, clad all in silver green! We have never said farewell to her, nor seen her since the evening!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The room was cold and the air had a sour stale odor—the mixed smells of kerosene and silver polish and tobacco. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Its great metal arms stretched into the darkness, and the silver turning rod shone with the ghostly reflections of the phone’s glow. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Wide silver bands that mark me as a slave adorn each wrist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The moon is high tonight and casts a pale silver over the landscape, painting it in shadows and light. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Robbie’s arms were wings catching the air currents and he was a silver ’coaster. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She poured the honey wine for both of us, drinking hers in a series of dainty sips from a silver beggar’s cup hardly bigger than a thimble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The restaurant’s patrons complied, leaning in to see the small silver ball. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My dad gave me the silver dollar as a birthday present when I turned nine. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

People from the two boats are all along the shore, wrapped in silver blankets, sitting on the beach. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, his long purple hair was braided in a ponytail of dreadlocks, woven with gold and silver coins, which struck Percy as a giantish hairstyle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She has silver glasses and a sprinkle of freckles across the bridge of her nose. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

One midwinter’s day, when the sun was as distant and cold as a dull silver coin, they saw that the remains of the scraeling’s body had been removed from the ash tree. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She poured unicorn draught over the blade of her silver pocketknife. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He wore a black T-shirt, black jeans, and a new silver ring shaped like a skull. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a perfect octagon, the eight sides joined at the corners by rippling seams of silver. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I squeezed them tight, until I saw silver stars on the insides of my lids. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made peeping sounds from a silver pipe that he held to his mouth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Last night she slept there in a silver drawer, eyes getting used to the dark. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The furniture was straight out of a sultan's palace: ornate and inlaid with silver and mother-of-pearl. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He looks at me over the top of his silver rims. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The silver doe was nothing, nothing compared with Ron’s reappearance; he could not believe it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Through her tears, Molly watches Vivian replace the receiver on the hook, wrap her robe tighter and tie it, pat the silver hair at the nape of her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Another stick of pigeon that Nailer offered around to the group, a pack of hand-rolled cigarettes, a bottle of cheap liquor from Jim Thompson’s still, a thick silver earring, wide bored. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My cousin Miss Bea, a cheery older lady with silver hair, greeted me at the door. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia settles in her wicker swing to watch the ocean, jumping with silver light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight was shining and glinting on its great curving sides, turning them to crystal and silver. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two thrones made of gold stood on the upper level of a towering stage decorated with silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We all talked nervously, not looking at the stack of silver caskets that were being loaded on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most they saw that day was a school of silver pannies swimming south, but never a dolphin leapt nor did the flight of gull or murre or tern break the grey air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

All those little windows in the French doors allowed the shimmer of moonlight to come in and kiss everything in the room with a glittering silver dust. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A million droplets of fog bead up on the fuzz of her wool dress and along the warp of her hair, and the light outlines her in silver. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The fish had turned silver from his original purple and silver, and the stripes showed the same pale violet colour as his tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the light of a partial moon, he watched the water come out in gushes of icy silver. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

From the corner of her eye she sees Iluminada enter with a box of matches on a small silver tray. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Dany's hand, clenched hard around the reins, and she turned the silver's head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One of Jeanine’s lackeys, a man in a blue collared shirt and sunglasses, drives me back to the Dauntless compound in a sleek silver car, the likes of which I have never seen before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The darkness became watered with light, with silver radiance, and then it was an eerie sight which dawned upon his vision. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The visitors poured through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, three hundred strong, a pride of bannermen and knights, of sworn swords and freeriders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They lift them and reach silver tongs inside to retrieve black leeches out of freshwater. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

To the west meandered the river Strom, glittering like a silver ribbon in the golden sun. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In its place there is new silverware, which is not silver but stainless steel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was like two black ropes, and round his arm was a lovely silver bracelet with blue stones in it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting down, he lifted the saddle onto his knee and looked close at the silver and the tooling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at him quizzically, her face and glasses tinted a silver blue from the phone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The mayor looked relieved, brought out his purse, and pulled out two silver pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s gown was of bright silk or brocade, and many were embroidered with gold and silver threads and lined in fur, or stitched with sequins and pearls. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Behind it he fumbled among the little heap of silver and he counted out nine pieces. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Liam ignored him and kept his back to us, still bent over the silver drinking fountain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When Skelton appeared on the cover of Look magazine in a silver astronaut’s flight suit in 1960, it was the first time that people began talking publicly about women astronauts. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t walk through the cloud of silver mist Harry had conjured. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The street lamps were making the pavement glisten, and the light from the streetcars would glint off someone’s shiny hair, or off a smile or a silver bracelet. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Artemis was so upset she flickered with silver light. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Here, slabs of sleek black stone were inlaid with the silver wolf’s head, the surfaces lit with eerie blue flame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At the bottom, upon a low pedestal carved like a branching tree, stood a basin of silver, wide and shallow, and beside it stood a silver ewer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The full moon turned the waves to silver. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Trub reaches into his pants pocket and pulls out a silver watch. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It glinted in the sunlight, but still, it was thinner, more translucent than ever it had been before; in places it seemed as if it were made not of silver but of smoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boar charged, Barsena spun aside, her blade flashed silver in the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Poppet frowns, then turns her attention to the dangling silver watch as it sways in the warm light. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Papa sits at the table with a rag, polishing all of our silver, which lies in neat piles around him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Just then, the moonlight brightened, and a silver chariot appeared from the sky, drawn by the most beautiful deer I had ever seen. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They put Spender into a silver case with waxes and wines which were ten thousand years old, his hands folded on his chest. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once again Wang Lung did not count the passing of silver, which was his flesh and his blood, a hard thing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He stood up and put on a shiny black hat with a silver cockade on it and saluted smartly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silver box of cigarettes on the table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It’s crazy stocked with everything from waffles to mini Spanish omelets to samosas and halal sausages, kept hot in those silver warmers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I opened my hand and saw a silver penny. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their rich silver flanks would feed his dreams and for this he was thankful and sorrowful. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though she had silver hair, her face was young, and her flowing white gown seemed to move in the moonlight; it— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Spender lay there, his hands clasped, one around the gun, the other around the silver book that glittered in the sun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its spreading branches seemed to cast a light rather than a shade, and silver apples peeped out like stars from under every leaf. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung sat smoking, thinking of the silver as it had lain upon the table. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Dunstan reached down to the silver chain that ran from her wrist to her ankle, and off away in the grass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was more determined than ever to keep the silver earrings. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Celia pulls it from the pile, slicing it open with a silver letter opener, ready to throw it on the pile with the rest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Today I keep it simple, with a little blush, some silver eye shadow, and sheer lip gloss. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“He wants to keep his knee. This is a very brave young man. He has been proposed for the silver medal of valor.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

From my pocket, I pull the three silver bullets Tess had given me, the three bullets from my hospital break-in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He unwrapped the man’s bandage, a silver ribbon, and tossed it away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wears a suit and has wavy combed-back hair, black and silver. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Illuminating the bags of food, the sack of silver and tableware, the thick wool blankets of the North, the gold glittering on the drowned girl’s fingers, shining like stars in the crackle of the campfire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The cape looks store-bought and expensive, as it has a silver clasp and the material is much heavier than what might be used to make a cheap Halloween costume. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the girls blew a silver dog whistle, and a dozen white wolves appeared out of the woods. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even when we reached the train station, all he did was slip a silver dollar into my hand on his way out the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She put into his hand a little box of plain grey wood, unadorned save for a single silver rune upon the lid. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So they came to a wide green land, and beyond it was a broad river in a silver haze, out of which rose a long wooded isle, and many ships lay by its shores. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘These guys are only hurt by silver or fire. I remember them from Pikes Peak. They’re annoying.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This path meandered like a river of light, and as she walked, her feet kicked up tiny flecks of silver dust that hovered in the air. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stars were silver in the night, and I tipped my head back and studied them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He grins at us with a mouth full of silver teeth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His skin glinted of gold and silver, as if he were an automaton like Reyna’s dogs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Scyld lay on a silver litter at the water's edge and watched with tears as the ship was made ready. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the harbor a sturgeon makes a single leap like a silver horse and then is gone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It shone like moonlit silver, and was studded with white gems. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even in the dim light, her silver evening gown and large crown sparkle through the darkness. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins sighed with pleasure, however, when she saw three of herself, each wearing a blue coat with silver buttons and a blue hat to match. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He took out a silver crucifix which he brandished as he came toward me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a brief silver glint, and a swirl of tiny ripples. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Before Davos could even think to move, he was surrounded by silver tridents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The silver rectangle dropped down under my shirt, where it dangled cold and certain between my breasts. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw Dumbledore rising out of the water ahead, his silver hair and dark robes gleaming. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

White primroses huddled beneath the trees, and cyclamen with their green and silver leaves were scattered among the hedges and outcroppings of rocks like strange cups of snow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Next to her purple hat box is Dad’s small silver safety box with the key in the lock and practically begging me to open it, so I do, when, unexpectedly: What are you doing, Filthy? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

As Narcissa dragged Draco out of the way of further harm, Bellatrix sprang to her feet, her hair flying as she brandished the silver knife; but Narcissa had directed her wand at the doorway. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Other fish that I could not identify were yellow, brown, silver, blue, red, pink, green, white, in all kinds of combinations, solid, streaked and speckled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He and his father had bought two silver rings, washed with gold, and silver earrings, and these his father had taken to the woman’s owner in acknowledgment of betrothal. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Bees are silver; pigeons are ginger and auburn and occasionally golden. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She wore backless blouses with her saris and carried a silver lame purse on a chain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bloody Baron was the Slytherin ghost, a gaunt and silent specter covered in silver bloodstains. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But suave comrades from his suburban youth come by to shake hands, as if he had never left their silver midst. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My fear shot forth—a quick, jabbing sword that slashed fiercely, silver flashes, quick cuts wherever my attention drove it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I find my silver earrings and give them to you, will you give me the book?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If they follow, lead them away from base, or you’ll answer for it. Sana, get the girl’s silver and let’s go.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They glimmered in the candlelight, pink and pale green and silver. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A glimmer of Ms. Bethune’s red and silver sneakers appeared next to her desk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Kronos backed me up against the throne of Hephaestus—a huge mechanical La-Z-Boy type thing covered with bronze and silver gears. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was rather handsome, with dark skin, a proud look and a long straight nose, and a floral scarf was tied across her silver hair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Deep bronze booms and silver chiming pounded through his skull, a maddening cacophony of noise that grew ever louder until it seemed as if his head would explode. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and blood gushed over his chin and onto the bright silver buttons of his uniform. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He wraps a crinkly silver blanket around me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first glance it is simply a clock, a rather large black clock with a white face and a silver pendulum. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Suspended by the silver rope that now seems endlessly long. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In addition to Tina they had two boys, Ronny and Bobby, who appeared very close in age and had teeth covered in a network of flashing silver wires. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

All through that starless night, your breath came in wheezy gasps as raindrops wriggled, like silver snakes, through the gaps in our tent. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Framed in Stygian iron, the magical portal was a set of elevator doors—two panels of silver and black etched with art deco designs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But when the sky is clear, we can make out the branches and rocks and leaves, all sketched in silver. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like me, many of them wore family jewelry made of silver, inset with turquoise and agate and jet. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of those horn kind of instruments played a sad and silver tune. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cities were shown as stars in gold or silver thread. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One thing I didn’t have to pack is the set of silver bangles that Zohra gave me last night. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I guided the horse with my knees, freeing both hands for sword- work, spinning green and silver circles all around me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hang on!” he shouted, advancing in the wake of his silver Patronus. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As each person climbed back down the silver ladder, the rest of the class hissed, “What did she ask? Was it okay?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The judge’s face is like a mask; her hair, silver. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

After that, it’s what sorority the girl was in at Vanderbilt, and she finally concludes by asking what her silver pattern is. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Leave me alone. Don’t bother me,” he yells and comes after me with a large rusty silver cleaver. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sting flashed out, and the sharp elven-blade sparkled in the silver light, but at its edges a blue fire flicked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On their Jackboot hats the great silver eagles spread their wings and seemed to glare at the people, daring them to do something wrong. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He probably would've talked me out of cutting my shoes up and stealing the silver bullets from the sports store too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The silver architecture looks kind of ridiculous to me, like a spaceship and spiderweb fused together, but everyone always takes pictures of it like it’s some sort of masterpiece. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One was taller and older than the rest, with plaited silver hair and fine silk robes like a Roman matron. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There are rose petals all over the bed, and a silver ice bucket on a stand. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A small wisp of cloud hovers in the sky wearing the moonlight like a silver dress. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mother held three sterling silver serving pieces she had sewn into the coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Bob declared, his eerie silver eyes crinkling with pleasure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The substance burned holes the size of silver dollars through the vehicle’s top, fenders, and hood. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Lefty slipped a silver dollar out of his pocket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them looked at her, and their eyes were pinpoints of light: gold and silver and emerald green. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It misses me—barely—and Helene is past me in a blur of blonde and silver. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A dark figure came bustling toward them, and Harry saw a glint of silver in the light of their wands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Each story was preceded by a detailed illustration, hand-painted in royal blue and crimson, silver and gilt. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as he said; and Pippin soon found himself arrayed in strange garments, all of black and silver. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"If you have the silver for a song, I'll gladly show you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Stars of all colors bursting into the night, silver pin- wheels spinning, golden lances up-up-BOOM! crimson flashes flashing blasting, scarlet showers BOOM! emerald rain BOOM! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently the gate clicked open, and there appeared a short, slender white woman with silver hair and slightly drooping shoulders. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pulled into the Walmart parking lot as the moon was rising bright and silver in the sapphire sky. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She had strung it with a tiny silver ball, which nestled between the two adinkras. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Just by the weight of the silver and copper I knew we had more than the fifteen dollars I'd counted on us getting. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Jeweled wine cup and a pair of silver candlesticks spilled out of the crimson cloak he'd wrapped them in and went clattering down the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He looked at the silver pocketknife in his hand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Hector takes the silver pocket watch from the table, comparing the time to the clock on the wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to remember how he and Kainene had often stood here and looked down at the silver swimming pool. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Real nice places. Furs. Jewelry and silver. Expensive things, man.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some things had gone: the Master’s valuable collection of silver had been looted; some college servants had vanished. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Half the fleet was spread out before him, running hard for the fishing grounds at dusk and throwing wide silver wakes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, while he was looking at it, the stream of hissing silver struck it and whirled it off the tank, out of sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The door led onto a wide corridor with an automatic sliding door at each end and a silver rail running its full length. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He checks each of his tires, then pulls out a cloth from the trunk and wipes down the big, shiny silver things along the insides of the tires. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She visited the ruins of the Seymour house daily, waiting for them to cool enough so that she could poke through the ash with a hoe, in search of coin or melted silver. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fireflies twinkled among them in the silver moonlight. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I opened my fingers a crack, like a child with a secret, and smiled at the silver globe cupped in my palm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He would make a broad, fine bowl with a pattern of reed flowers inlaid in silver wire, and he would make a little eye-paint pot with a hinged lid, and a bracelet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Treasure meant gold, silver, and jewels, not dust, spiders, and rotting leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Billy, curled in his azure nest, found himself staring at Cinderella’s silver boots under a throne. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together we greeted Neil, and for a couple of minutes the three of us just floated there, admiring two shiny silver boxes filled with moon rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She needs to get her head out of the clouds and see what’s really important. What I’m handing her on a silver platter.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Our pegasi set us down in the outer courtyard, in front of huge silver gates. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When they looked in the cave that had been his den, they found it was crammed to the roof with gold and silver and diamonds and rubies and pearls. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl has long black hair clipped back with a silver barrette. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When he received a silver parachute with a trident—which may be the most expensive gift I’ve ever seen given in the arena—it was all over. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a painted likeness of a woman with big blue eyes and pale golden hair streaked by silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I turned to watch the silver car disappear around the corner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She is a sophisticated lady with silver hair freshly teased at the beauty parlor and manicured nails painted red. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Rarely was the word silver upon their lips because rarely was silver in their hands. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was white, but when she looked at it sideways it seemed to glow, and sometimes it shone like polished silver. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That girl, Tia, would know the sparkle of the silver bullets, easy. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Aru had worn what she thought was her prettiest outfit: a bright blue salwar kameez flecked with tiny star-shaped mirrors and embroidered with thousands of silver threads. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The silver notes were pure and clear and lovely. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might, he added, be contrived of silver and precious stones and serve incidentally as a ducal chalice. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Best croaked, ‘Look at those silver buttons on his coat. I’m sure he stole them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy retired and returned after a moment, bringing the tiny silver tray, which was covered with ladies’ visiting cards. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The matches are lying next to the silver candlesticks on the table. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The moon rose over the wall of Resthaven, painting the quiet msasa trees with silver and trailing a bright shimmer on the stream at the valley’s heart. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They could be heard throughout the building practicing their hops and their little songs that sounded like silver bells. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late September, the sea breeze stole the gold from the maples, the silver from the aspens. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, she reached across Tristran's sleeping form to touch the silver chain which circled the woman's wrist and ankle and led off into the bushes and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Through a skein of fog, the sun gleamed as hard and silver as a freshly minted leu. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Spender fired steadily, sometimes while glancing at the silver book he carried in his hand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wash the windows, sweep the floors, and finish polishing the silver. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Fancy silver eating and drinking utensils lay in a huge cupboard on the other side of the room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, held tight in the palm of his hand, bright and shiny as the day it had been minted, was a 1922 Liberty-head silver dollar. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were creviced, his forehead furrowed, his silver eyebrows grew in fat tufts. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The room was loaded with silver: silver candlesticks, silver tableware, silver platters, silver bowls... a huge Lucky Strike, all for the taking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny took the cracked crucible in his trusting hands, put in it silver ingots, set it on top of the furnace. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wormtail raised his new silver hand, pulled out the wad of material gagging Harry, and then, with one swipe, cut through the bonds tying Harry to the gravestone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The leader of the group is a young, dark-haired man dressed all in black, except for two rows of silver buttons that line his officer jacket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The smaller silver Volkswagen was on its side in front of it, a heap of twisted metal that I barely recognized. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Yossarian and Milo were covered in their bower by tissue-thin tiers of sloping green and largely surrounded by other gray chestnut trees and a silver spruce. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Wednesday chuckled, and began to pore over his maps, unfolding and refolding them, making occasional notes on a yellow legal pad with a large silver ballpoint pen. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The black gaps between silver links would close until the fishermen could see, below, a solid mass of silver spinning. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When they had tried gold they went to silver. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when they stepped back into the meadow, each was holding a silver rifle in his hands. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had a patina, as though from the soles of bare feet in generations, like old silver or the walls of Mexican houses which have been plastered by hand. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon is huge on the horizon, just shy of full, and it shines a silver road on the surface of the water. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I ripped down the silver silk flag from the tree and took off. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Beside it sit two Agent of the Year certificates in shiny silver frames. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he doubled up, wheezing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Some of each, I think. But more silver dollars lately. My teacher is cool. He i....” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They’re beautiful and stark against the sky, and I imagine how stunning the moonrise will be if we can see it this evening, a silver crescent hanging above the summit. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tom said, “Say, what do you think it is with—nickel and silver—” “It must have been long thousand centuries ago,” Samuel said, and his sons knew he was seeing it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

James didn’t give the silver man or plastic-bag lady a second glance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A little dainty old lady took care of me, moving starchily with a silver tea service on a tray and bringing me a glass of elderberry wine each evening for my health’s sake. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Going to St. Anne’s Church on Easter and choosing a blooming crocus in a green plastic pot covered with foil that was silver on one side, bright yellow on the other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Its fat sleek silver form drifted over the avenue of lights, and its own lights blazed downward from the nose and the cabin slung beneath the body . The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I have shoes in matching satin or silver straps, I have earrings which pinch like hell. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The water was the color of tarnished silver. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that remained from before was his leonine white mane and his heavy silver cane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Spanish shipped silver from the mines of Bolivia to Manila in the Philippines, and bought Asian products there. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There to the left of us was the silver streak of the river, widening to the estuary at Kerrith six miles away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had to shout over the sound of the rain pinging against the silver, rippled body of the trailer the truck had been hauling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In her palm was a silver bracelet with a scythe charm, the mark of Kronos. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Albert walked to the fireplace and carefully polished a silver object beneath the antique painting of the man with red hair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he came out again, the little silver bell was hooked over his left front leg. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, about six house-elves came trotting up behind him, bearing a large silver tray laden with a teapot, cups for Harry, Ron, and Hermione, a milk jug, and a large plate of biscuits. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s silver hair was the only thing in the whole hall that shone as brightly as the ghosts. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The sai-sai is the color of silver and not much bigger than a finger. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beady silver eyes to handsome, intelligent brown eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The sacrifice medal, a silver disk on a red-and-black ribbon, given for death in the line of duty, presented to Frank as if it were something important, something that made everything all right. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I ought to have some dangly earrings, some bangles, a silver bow tie on a little chain, an outsized Isadora Duncan strangle-yourself-by-mistake scarf, a rhinestone brooch of the thirties, in sly bad taste. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then seeing that Wang Lung was too innocent he said, “A little silver is a good key.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The silver lining was that Adria and I grew up as close as two sisters could be. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was one of those baffling aberrations in Ammu’s taste, a cloud of stiff yellow lace with tiny silver sequins and a bow on each shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But best of all, I would earn two silver talents every month. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wore a silver belt, and round his neck hung a chain of silver and diamonds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now she started moving her gold, silver, jewels, and spices into her mausoleum for safekeeping, along with a generous supply of wood. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I felt her gaze pierce through the white clapboard and the pink wallpaper roses and uncover me, crouching there behind the silver pickets of the radiator. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Phhh. Well, you tell her it’s a real Fourth of July picnic. It’s what we dream a doing all weekend, get back in they houses to polish they silver,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Thinking back, the signs were there—family photos burned in the fireplace, Mother sewing her best silver and jewelry into the lining of her coat late at night, and Papa not returning from work. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ron pressed a tiny silver button on the dashboard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Go back to the party, dear,” Tsukiko says, tucking the silver cigarette holder in her pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He’s got a mouth full of silver teeth and wears a gray baseball jersey. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like a shining silver plate hanging in the sky, and on a clear night it seemed almost close enough that a cow could jump over it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light was silver, the silver was armor, an armored woman with a sword. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The statue outside the shrine of the Weeping Lady of Lys was crying silver tears as the ugly girl walked by. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Servants came and went with silver trays laden with spices and tea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still looking at him with patient interest, the mute took out his silver pencil. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hung over his right arm was a fancy saddle with silver trim that gleamed so bright in the sun, it just about put my eyes out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There was silence at this again, the silver silence which he had begun to fear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Renee was in her mid-twenties, with long black hair and round silver glasses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Children grabbed younger siblings and fled to the safety of their homes, where stone doors slammed shut and sealed themselves in bursts of silver light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This bottle is tall and thin, with a cork held in place by silver wire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They found a little gold, a little silver, a great sack of copper pennies, and a dented goblet set with garnets that two soldiers almost came to blows over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She looked up, saw the wafer and the acolyte holding a little silver tray under it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall waved her wand again, and a length of shimmering silver rope appeared out of thin air and snaked around the Carrows, binding them tightly together. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But then she put on three boxes of tinsel, one strand at a time, so that the entire tree was under a silver veil. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Leather masks in white and black and silver with ribbon ties are set in baskets by the gates and around the circus for patrons to wear, should they wish. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The full moon hung low, a fresh coin that threw its silver grandly on the water in a ribbon that dazzled for a thousand miles. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes the silver knife he finds discarded on the floor and returns it to the dartboard in the study, stabbing the blade into the bull’s-eye. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Each hawk or falcon stood in the silver upon one leg, the other tucked up inside the apron of its panel, and each was a motionless statue of a knight in armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

How does a ten-foot-tall silver dude with a very loud kitten disappear? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She stuck a tiny silver fork into it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“At least some of them—” A few yards away, the silver dog barked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All across the cover, there are quotes written in silver Sharpie. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The old Valyrian road glimmered ahead of them like a long silver ribbon winding through wood and dale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Happy tourists walk away festooned in silver and gold, their new jewelry jingling like Christmas bells with every step. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She had brought along her pottery, her silver, heirlooms like the kimonos Granny had brought from Japan, tea sets, lacquered tables, and one fine old set of china, blue and white porcelain, almost translucent. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a man with silver hair and a gray suit. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He did wear the standard Sixer uniform—a navy blue bodysuit with gold epaulettes at the shoulders and a silver IOI logo on his right breast, with his employee number printed beneath it: 655321. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She put away her party dresses and the silver candlesticks and carefully avoided him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a silver watch with a large face on his right wrist—it looks expensive, a Breitling maybe. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heavy cloak was richly trimmed with sable, and clasped with the crossed hammers of the Rykkers, wrought in silver. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Madam came back into the kitchen carrying a silver tray. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wrapper had folded itself into a silver origami unicorn. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With her white hair and white dress she was so white she looked silver. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The frame is silver and rusted, with the paint scraped away from its edges. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It had of course sprung up from the half-sovereigns which had fallen out of Uncle Andrew’s pocket when he was turned upside down; just as the silver had grown up from the half-crowns. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She is holding a dirty coffee cup in one hand, a heavy silver tray in the other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With a sudden flourish, he produced the poisoned pin Powers had removed from the silver dollar. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They fly into the air, catching the sun like a flock of silver birds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He raps on the door at the end of the hall with the silver tip of his cane. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So many bells, gold and silver and bronze. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I want silver skates like Hans's, a place on a desert island. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I could kill them, everyone of them, if those silver weapons were in my hands. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A silver candelabra, an emerald necklace, and even a diamond-encrusted crown. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, I won four medals at Worlds—two gold for all-around and floor, silver for vault, and bronze for balance beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The coach collapsed with a silver dart in his neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

From where they stood, he could see most of the East Side, a patchwork of sheet-metal roofs of different shades of rusted brown, silver, and black. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

From the tip burst three silver cats with spectacle markings around their eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“They pay him gold and silver, but he only gives them writing. Are they stupid?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For talent, he’s making me a white dress with a silver halo and silver wings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She had a monthly fee to pay the warehouse in Los Angeles where she had stored what remained of our furniture and silver just before we evacuated. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gravel track led downhill into a narrow belt of silver birch and rowan. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her black hair is pulled back from her face with silver combs. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked very quickly across the carpeted lobby, looking at nothing, and pausing only to see his ticket torn, half of it thrown into a silver box and half returned to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She places a gleaming silver spoon and fork on the dirt-encrusted table and leans back to survey it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He came from a rich family—the other men made fun of the silver buckles on his boots. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the Underdowns’ home in Léopoldville with its Persian rugs and silver tea service and chocolate cookies, surrounded by miles of tin shanties and hunger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s silver ring with the secret compartment inside, a painted hand mirror, one of her father’s old sweaters—anything would have done. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mr Wormwood's fine crop of black hair was now a dirty silver, the colour this time of a tightrope-walker's tights that had not been washed for the entire circus season. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are five of them, all silver with black roofs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Le Cirque des Rêves is printed in shimmering silver letters on the black side. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She hunched over and murmured to herself, and I swear I saw silver symbols etched in the air before they disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I can see silver Notes peeking out of that man’s purse, for example.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“There was a knight and he wore, always, an armor of shining silver. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was a very fancy car, a black SUV so shiny that it seemed to be streaked with silver. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were great elk in that wood, and spotted tigers, and lemurs with silver fur and huge purple eyes, but all fled before the approach of the khalasai and Dany got no glimpse of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

While Doreah brushed her hair until it shone like spun silver, she thought about the moon, and eggs, and dragons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some were brightly painted, and shone with silver and gold and green, but most were either white or grey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a little white sink attached, and one of those big silver lights over it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

McCutchen’s silver dollar landed smack in the middle of the room. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And up from the quiescent, waiting land a faint mist rose, silver as moonlight, and clung about the tree trunks. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Ned unfastened the heavy clasp that clutched at the folds of his cloak, the ornate silver hand that was his badge of office. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Believe me; Bhai Jaan doesn’t care about polished silver or what we keep in the garage. Besides, garages are meant for junk.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In the morning, bright sunlight turned the roughened water into patches of flashing silver. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Elaine Stein’s words are running hot silver through my veins and I type as fast as I can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A girl wore a striped vest and stood next to a silver pole with a velvet rope hooked to it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All around us, as far as my eyes could see, were the burned-out silver and white husks of former homes and vehicles. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Cayn helped him with his clothes; white linen tunic and grey cloak, trousers cut open down his plaster-sheathed leg, his badge of office, and last of all a belt of heavy silver links. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a sight to see—the bright-painted wagons with little curtained windows, and the horses decorated with tassels and silver beads. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

From up here, the water shone like a pale band of silver in the moonlight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She admired the fish extravagantly, rewarded the fisherman with a purse of silver, and sent the pike to her kitchens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she said in a half-whisper, “It is the first time I have had silver money in my hand.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then he took a couple of nips from his silver flask, and we napped awhile as the insects buzzed and ticked and the dappled shade shifted around us. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her silver hair is piled atop her head and held in place with a small jeweled black cage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Many people were only just realizing that something strange had happened; heads were still turning toward the silver cat as it vanished. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Lockton wore a cardinal red satin waistcoat, black satin coat and breeches, and shoes with silver buckles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The border guards wore silver gloves and moved the game pieces by waving their fingers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the subject drop as Jessica returned to show us the rhinestone jewelry she’d found to match her silver shoes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Small fish flickered past him like silver darts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I pulled the pendant free and Fiona threaded the silver chain through the little eye on top. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t Quincy practically caught the old fox thieving a silver cup from an apprentice? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hair, she realized, was a thousand different shades between white and silver; their eyes were sharp, glowing jewels. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But with this silver lamp in the sky, maybe they don’t need lights.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The building was an ugly green, decked out in artificial trees laden with fake gold and silver coins. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From afar off there was the soft, silver ring of church bells. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, we wore massive silver rings with brightly colored jewels and plenty of marcasite. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was all aglow in the powder-blue uniform of the Austrian Hussars, complete with shining silver chamberpot for the head, waving a blue plume. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his harpoon ready, but I didn’t see any fish except for those small silver ones. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurses are busy preparing silver trays of tools, bandages, and alcohol bottles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his head was an impossibly large cowboy hat with a silver hatband, which I at first thought was made of little conchos but turned out to be little silhouettes of, right...more women. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I held the small silver cup out to them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hand crept to her waist and felt the topaz upon its silver chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He touched, withdrew, touched again to make sure, and then did as the old man had said, and cut sideways with the silver edge. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glowing silver arrow sprouted from Dr. Thorn’s shoulder. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The silver must be run at a certain speed and be allowed to cool for just so long. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that he unwound one end of the silver chain and slipped it around the girl's slim wrist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny silver bells in his long braid rang softly as he rode. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A dusty silver sheen in the sky capped the city as it shrank behind them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the gate, oversized silver mailboxes, spacious enough to hold a month’s worth of mail, stand in a row. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His only happy moments, since that remote afternoon when his father had taken him to see ice, had taken place in his silver workshop where he passed the time putting little gold fishes together. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou played nonstop with a silver ring on her left ring finger. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Air bubbles coming out of my mouth rise up and melt into the shimmering silver mirror. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A thin silver chain peeks out from the collar of his undershirt and his lips are red with artificial dye, thanks to his endless supply of red suckers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her skin is the color of coffee beans, and she has no wrinkles, though several silver strands are woven into her black braid. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a bother to be stopped on the road in a Free State when the lost property turned out to have a silver tongue. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“My mother’s silver is on that wagon. I’m waiting,” she insisted. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One knight wore an intricate suit of white enameled scales, brilliant as a field of new-fallen snow, with silver chasings and clasps that glittered in the sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I picked up one of the shoes, a silver one. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

This is not to suggest, of course, that the polishing of silver - particularly those items that would appear at table - was not always regarded a serious duty. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

So might Artemis or golden Aphrodite have descended; and maids drew to the hearth her own smooth chair inlaid with silver whorls and ivory. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we rode on, the day grew more chill, the sky’s blue more hardened with silver. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I glance at a silver plate on the wall, which shows only a distorted and blurred image of myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mom smelled the stock, and I listened to the silver cross lightly chime with the pendant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It had a million small pockets and a silver clasp. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The garden lay soft and silver in the moonlight. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She recalled that there was once a giant silver arch on the riverbank, but it was gone now. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her nipples, brown and the size of silver dollar pancakes, swing in circles—out and around, SLAP. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The little fish darted this way and that in streaks of silver. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would go with the silver in his hand and he would say plainly, “I have money. What is the price of the earth you wish to sell?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Just when they were on the verge of sawing it in two, so each would have her allotted share, Papa settled the squabble by giving the oldest one a silver dollar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could make out a small glint of silver beneath the green paint. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bolts, doors, wheels, red, white, silver, and black, the plane flashed before her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a line: a curved line, like a loosely scribbled letter C, and it was sparkling and flickering in a zigzag pattern of blacks and whites and silvers. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

About its feet there flowed, as a thread of silver, the stream that issued from the dale; upon its brow they caught, still far away, a glint in the rising sun, a glimmer of gold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Alexander seized the round silver serving tray and held it in front of him as if were the helm of the ship. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And certain sounds returned—a silver dollar rolling across a floor, boot steps on hardwood stairs, and the sounds of breathing, the gasps, the hysterical inhalations of a man with a severed windpipe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, ma’am,” I said automatically, I looked down for a moment and saw silver glinting through my fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He opened the silver fastenings of his breastplate and let that fall as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"You ever seen this, Ricky?" she asked, holding up the ball of yarn with the long silver needles jammed through it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He appeared at dawn on Sunday like a prince in a fairy tale, riding a horse with silver stirrups and a velvet blanket, and he left town after mass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In his dream, Dallas crawled out from under the tree and went to the edge of the stream, where a spectacular silver bird hopped along the bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Handing me a small silver cup, he said, “Congratulations, son. It was justly won.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bought me cheap gifts: a glass figurine, a prickly brooch of cut glass, a silver- colored cigarette lighter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no lamps in the room, only candles, dozens of them in heavy silver candlesticks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They stepped outside just as a silver Porsche went flying by, honking its horn. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A silver cross pendant hangs from his neck, like he’s saying Jesus endorses what he did. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She looked at the boy with her head tipped sidewise as Johnny had seen other ladies look at silver teapots before they bought. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For his part, Atawallpa observed the power of Inka gold and silver to cloud European minds.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He found his way into the kitchen and tiptoed past a stretch of gleaming silver surfaces and an oversize fridge. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

One cube of sugar, picked up with deliberate care with the tiny silver tongs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had a small jeweler’s scale on the floor beside him along with tidy piles of gold and silver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I told them what had happened on the Princess Andromeda—how Kronos had known we were coming, how he’d shown me the silver scythe pendant he’d used to communicate with someone at camp. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

With the silver crown thing in her hair. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The memories swirled, silver white and strange, and without hesitating, with a feeling of reckless abandonment, as though this would assuage his torturing grief, Harry dived. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nita gleamed with gold and silver, gifts of goodwill that Lucky Strike had miraculously located in order to curry favor with the Dauntless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fairy with short blue hair and silver wings stood before Kendra. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing on it apart from his half-completed form: a large, glossy, purple envelope with silver lettering on the front. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The great ribbed belly of the zeppelin bulked over the bomb, straining at its cables in the wind, its silver sides running with moisture. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Once I knew the place was clear of cops, I pulled the silver shoes out and slipped them on my feet, lacing them up tight. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Often she asked about my silver earrings, still sure I had hidden them. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

This second race of silver was very inferior to the first. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlit river fell from his swimming arms like sleeves of silver. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came back the next day and looked at her, a glare like silver in his eyes, and said, “You lied.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It got crushed in the middle, and whoever tried to peel the labels off stopped because the red and gold paint came off too, leaving silver scratches that rust. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In class as he lectured on poetry or the arts, he smoked long, thin cigarettes that he pulled individually from a silver case in his coat pocket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why the hell does he wear a silver leaf on his collar if he’s only a captain?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The silver chains around his neck—I couldn’t even count them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, near the city center, spires of midnight black and dream silver stood proudly next to ivory domes and marble castles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She found herself surrounded by a knee-high mound of treasure—Roman denarii, silver drachmas, ancient gold jewelry, glittering diamonds and topaz and rubies—enough to fill several lawn bags. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The silver fairy with blue hair changed a snail shell into a beautiful shield. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The windows gleamed like beaten gold or silver, but now John saw, in the yellow light, how fine dust veiled their doubtful glory. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He grabs the silver tongs and begins putting JoJos into a small white bag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They worked with metals: gold, silver and copper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany followed close on her silver, staring at the strangeness about her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I go through the box and find Papa’s sterling silver pocket watch and rub the figure of the fisherman standing in a rowboat. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

At the far end, next to a tall window, was a small table with a teapot, cups, and a silver plate of cookies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stared at the back of Firenze’s head, which was dappled silver in the moonlight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Unlike the rest of the students—and much to Helene's dismay—the smooth liquid silver hasn't dissolved into my skin like it's supposed to. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were drinking at midday from a shallow ford crossing an overgrown track to a worked-out silver mine when a cottontail started up in the bracken across the water. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d love to have a Court dress like the ones I have seen in Oriana’s wardrobe, opulent patterns intricately stitched on skirts of gold and silver, each as beautiful as the dawn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

George pulled a silver house key out of the smallest pocket of a large red backpack. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then, from the side of his eye, William sees a flash of silver. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A large black and silver volume caught his eye. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She's forty or maybe even older, and has fat silver brooches, wispy bronze hair, and flowery clothes. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Something shines silver in the dark, and then I see other shining things—pieces of glass and metal. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Iorek came back and watched Will close the window, and asked to see the knife again, peering so closely at the silver edge that Will thought he was in danger of cutting his eye. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If they could not answer that, he’d know they hadn’t got silver in their blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squinting down, struggling hopelessly at the ropes binding him, he saw the shining silver dagger shaking in Wormtail’s remaining hand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Think of gold infused on silver by a craftsman, whose fine art Hephaistos taught him, or Athena: one whose work moves to delight: just so she lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the book—brown, with a silver title, and the cloth was broken and the boards thick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we sat in utter darkness, before huge, red curtains covering the silver screen, I was terrified. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each hand he held up one half of a great horn cloven through the middle: a wild-ox horn bound with silver. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Of course. But you have to have silver to jingle.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But hey, we might be fish out of water, but at least we had escaped the horns of our dilemma to a silver lining, as Mami might say. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One of Henry’s hands slides up his stomach and stops, having encountered the old silver key on the chain resting over his sternum. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I made a little silver for the capture at any rate, and returned another boy to its master along the way. Profit in the end.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He picks up a frosted-glass mason jar and unscrews the silver metal lid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That evening, I tried feeding Quinby some petals from a late-blooming silver pansy. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And I had taken the silver from his cupboard. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The doors to the fortress were made of some kind of white stone, and in the center of each was a round silver ring hanging from a gleaming hinge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My wrist tingled, and I lifted the adinkra bracelet and stared at the silver bead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was there I saw a woman riding sidesaddle astride a great black palfrey whose saddle and harness were trimmed with gleaming silver. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’d tried to throw away the silver coin, but it simply reappeared in her pocket, the way Riptide did for Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For the subsequent trip through the loops of silver clockwork and tunnels they end up on a serpent and a rabbit with no complaints to be heard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We stand in the relaxing room, Mother and Daddy and I, staring at the silver box in the window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They had all turned aside, and gone out into the wilderness, to fall down before idols of gold and silver, and wood and stone, false gods that could not heal them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After about ten seconds of nothing but the sound of rubber on asphalt, Coach finally said, "You did good Saturday, kid," the silver of the baton gleaming in the sun. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Several wore cloaks fastened by brooches in the shape of silver codfish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sky and the mountain were at an immense distance, shimmering in the heat; and the reef was lifted by mirage, floating in a land of silver pool halfway up the sky. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The shed has a worktable piled high with stuff and a giant Peg-Board wall with lots of tools hanging from silver hooks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The mantelpiece held, in brave confusion, photographs, greeting cards, flowered mottoes, two silver candlesticks that held no candles, and a green metal serpent, poised to strike. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The door closes just as I bump into a man who is trying to keep his balance by holding on to the silver pole that is covered with sweaty hands of all colors and sizes. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She went over it again and again, lying wrapped in the quilt, while outside the moon rose, turning the pond to silver. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on her silver bracelet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I drank the brandy and put the glass back on the silver salver. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wylan asked, pausing in front of a peddler’s cart laden with wreaths made of the same twisting branches and silver ribbons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My foot itched toward the gas pedal . . . one little bump wouldn’t hurt any of them, just that glossy silver paint job. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The grant that the king had presented him for signature was on the table beneath a silver drinking cup that had once been Donal Noye’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first Arya took him for a Lannister, but when he passed near a torch die saw his device was a silver fist, not a lion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In one night, we score a watch, a fancy vacuum cleaner, silver candlesticks, earrings, a gold pendant, and other small things. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looks like a fountain of fish, hot and silver in the sunlight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And he gave the slave a little silver, and the woman was content enough except for one thing, and this she told to Wang Lung when he gave her the silver. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I found an old necklace up on the hill. It’s silver with a turquoise stone in it.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was very tall, and always wore an elegant blue uniform with silver buttons and a bright white sash across his chest. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The trees parted to reveal a mossy clearing hung with strings of silver lanterns, and in the center of the clearing a bonfire was lit, sparking and burning with unnaturally red flames. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing he heard were those little silver bells, and the only thing he wanted was to obey, to help Hila. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter was horribly familiar with one part of the structure: the mesh cages, the silver blade above. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He tugged on his last set of clothes, grabbed the phosphor grease, found the silver earring and the luck bag of rice that he’d been given. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was the third time the Thibauts all hugged and kissed me good-bye—Amélie creating a fuss, Maman trying to make a present of a dozen silver spoons—I just couldn’t. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And there she was, for the last time, in the silvered glass: Calliope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She wears jeans and black turtlenecks too, but her jeans are skintight and she’s usually got something around her neck, a silver chain or a medallion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The falling showers gleamed like silver, and far away the river glittered like a shimmering glass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Down at the Early Childhood Center, where Marion worked, the swings creaked gently to and fro, and the corkscrewed slide gleamed silver in the moonlight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her silver hair flowed around her youthful face like a river of moonlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There’s a silver cross dangling from black rosary beads. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I got out white napkins, made tea, and went into the dining room to fetch the silver tea set. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had left the silver glint of a biting autumn evening; and now around them everything was golden with light. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had a thin, angular face and an endless store of faux Indian jewelry, all silver and turquoise, which hung in clumps from her spindly neck and fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In it she sits ramrod straight, wearing a beaded, peaked headdress and two large silver brooches around her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As was the custom, all their treasures had been buried with them—gold and silver, swords and jeweled cups. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if the captain of the Putnam could advance a small sum—say a thousand or so silver dollars? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of thrones, one bone and one silver, sat on the balcony with a view of the Fields of Asphodel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She reached into her dress and pulled out a large yellowish stone, which dangled from two lengths of silver chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was silver and bronze, with the monstrous face of Medusa protruding from the center. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around; the dementors were falling back on both sides of them, melding into the darkness, scattering before the silver creatures. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A huge jet, a silver bird, is flying, flying. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

A thread of silver in a tapestry of night. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The tiny shells dangled from a silver chain. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her corn-yellow hair is tamed into a tight French braid, but a few strands of silver hair flash in the candlelight. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Behind one stall an armorer displayed steel breastplates worked with gold and silver in ornate patterns, and helms hammered in the shapes of fanciful beasts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Immense,” said I. “And they fought for veal-cutlets out of a silver basket.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now he scrambled from his seat and scurried from the room, leaving nothing behind him but a curious gleam of silver. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a shimmering silver rope studded with diamonds that she braided into her hair, and there were diamond pins to fasten her hair in place. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giant peach, with the sunlight glinting on its side, was like a massive golden ball sailing upon a silver sea. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Minho yelled next to Thomas, raising his barbwire- wrapped club into the air with one hand, a long silver knife in the other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The giant approached, grinning at her with his solid silver teeth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And I’d rather work for something than be born with a silver spoon in my mouth any day! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an honest man, and well-off as things were reckoned in Bree; but thirty silver pennies was a sore blow to him, and being cheated by Bill Ferny made it harder to bear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Aurelia, for her part, entered the Colosseum with calm, steady steps, her head, draped with a blue and silver palla, poised, the picture of youthful dignity. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She wound her bracelet around her wrist again, fingering the knotted red thread, the three sparkly silver beads. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like a tremendous silver ball lying there in the grass, silent, mysterious, and wonderful. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It forced him to cling tight to the things he could remember, like silver bangles catching in sunlight, a sweet scent he knew but couldn’t place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ron grimaced at Harry and climbed the silver ladder out of sight. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I pulled the dress off the silver rack with one hand and took Zu’s arm in the other. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was bound to a chair, her hair disheveled, her clothing torn, her eyes wild; and her monkey dæmon thrashed and struggled on the floor in the coils of a silver chain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pale and trembling, they too are wrapped in silver, their lips blue with cold. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan reaches inside and pulls out a black box with Duboise written in silver across the top. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And they will be given a huge silver urn—‘for chilling champagne.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was full, the lake silver and glimmering. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The difficulty was obvious: a silver chain attached to the bird's foot had become entangled in the twisted stub of a jutting root, and the bird was caught there by it, unable to move. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald liked to pretend he was driving a big, fine silver car down the expressway. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A silver gray dot in the sky settled down toward the landing pad. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was an old silver beauty, with detailing in the pearl handle, a shine on the barrel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lupita touched the little silver cross on its chain around her neck. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Fudge’s finger slipped on the silver fastenings of his cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A cork, a fishhook, a silver dollar, a fancy key, and a tiny wooden baby doll, no bigger than a thimble, painted in bright colors, with a face and everything. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

What am 1 made out of, gold and silver? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and pulled my silver letter opener out of my purse. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the water were a pair of waystones, their surfaces silver against the black of the sky, the black of the water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Zu went to work tearing the box open, tossing aside the foam and plastic stuffing to get the old-fashioned silver toaster inside. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her face was shadowy in the silver light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The light of the half-moon and stars tinged the sands blue, purple, and silver instead of the daylight colors of orange, red, and white. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He looked up from the silver he was polishing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth took back the silver coin and slipped it into her pocket. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She held a silver needle in her fingers and was looking around in confusion, for it was the Sea King's daughter who had sewn herself into the embroidery. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Joe, who had just seen a Paramount movie short featuring a cartoon character new to the silver screen, Popeye the Sailor, wrote in his scrapbook that night, “I yam disgusted.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sanjeev pressed the massive silver face to his ribs, careful not to let the feather hat slip, and followed her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The silver limousine of a Nordic ambassador was waiting in the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of them was a field of waving sea grasses dotted with chrysanthemum flower anemones, but beyond that there was a silver glow in the darkening sky, as if the moon were rising. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

One was gold and one was silver and one was made of human ears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even the promise of free stories and a chance at a silver talent wasn’t worth stirring things up with Pike again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Between them, over the mantel, there’s an oval mirror, flanked by two pairs of silver candlesticks, with a white china Cupid centered between them, its arm around the neck of a lamb. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Gandalf, too, was now riding on his tall grey horse, all clad in white with a great mantle of blue and silver over all, and the long sword Glamdring at his side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She leans down, her hair falling around us like a shimmering silver curtain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Having inherited a fortune in 1875, he invested unwisely in silver and lost everything. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was really more of a silver color, like blond hair with a metallic tint. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the polished fa£ades, bouquets of teased cloth, buffed leather, cunning silver trinkets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The silver boxes with their vacuum seals looked like something out of Wars. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The only feminine thing about her was the huge pair of silver earrings, which hung so low on her thin, elongated earlobes, they touched her shoulders. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

St. Anthony’s, the scrawl of silver thread across the top announced. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the first floor, all of the chairs are covered in white cloth and tied across the back with flowing pine-green ribbon that has silver piped along the edges. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was young and tall, dressed in white and silver, with a net of silver crowning her hair that fell straight down like a fall of black water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

We could barely see the silver of their blimp-hides through the color of syrup. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dear me,” said Dumbledore, shaking his head, his long silver mustache quivering. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

His fireball hit a silver tree right next to Nico, melting it into a pool of liquid metal. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Vanishing away across invisible floors, there were things of gold, gems, jewels, silver vessels the color of blood in the undulant, dragon-red light. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was the time they’d given me a necklace after my first piano recital—it was a shiny musical note on a silver chain. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

At the center is a Senior Undertaker whose cloak has a high silver collar. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her long silver hair hung on both sides of her face. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

On her feet were soft calf-high moccasins, and she wore all her silver and turquoise jewelry. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finally crossed the bridge into Vermont, the sun came out and turned the leafless trees into silver against the deep green of the evergreen on the mountain slopes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The silver hair of his beard seemed to flow like a glowing waterfall and disappear into the folds of his robes, and his dark eyes matched the blackness of the night sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Their disappointment at not having found Minli forced them to admit their exhaustion, and they had slept under the canopy of tree branches during the day, leaving their silver goldfish as a guardian. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

After he had gone Mrs. Corcoran began to inspect the ferns, lifting up the fronds to check for dead foliage, making notes on the backs of the envelopes with a tiny silver screw-point pencil. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stepped back and all I saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lapham and the girls, even Mr. Lapham, said it was fine, and he could go ahead and cast it in silver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was hung with silver and gold garlands and heaps of white hothouse camellias. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A charro hat, big and wide, glistening with gold and silver braid. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“This haint here will tell us where they’ve hidden all their silver. I’m sure they have a strongbox as well,” the tall man said as he tied my wrists together in front of me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a small silver plaque on the platform, partially obscured by the cascading gown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One of the foreigners, the one with die silver helmet like an ornate chamber pot, waved an intoxicated greeting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of them had given her a silver stag, so she would only need to count the coins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before him to the north the cliff fell away sharply to the Kum River, a broad stroke of silver ribboning its way through the hills and plains. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He puts his thin cotton towel under her, she lies at the bottom of his boat with his silver haul of small fish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mr Marshall it was who first caused stupefaction amongst ladies and gentlemen visiting Charleville House with displays of silver polished to previously unimagined standards. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The desk was to be the dining table, and once Perry had finished setting it, it looked most inviting, for Mrs. Meier had donated a linen tablecloth, starched napkins, and her best china and silver. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I remember from Sunday school at First Presbyterian was kind Mrs. Ness teaching us to sing “Jesus Loves Me,” her silver hair in a bun, a guitar in her lap. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Some villagers remained at the body beating her head and face, smashing the little mirrors into silver splinters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tray went on a small marble-topped side table and she knocked the top of the egg off for me with a pretty silver spoon as though I were a baby and needed feeding. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Between the waxy hands, folded across his chest, lay her mother's silver cross. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train radio vomited upon Montag, in retaliation, a great ton-load of music made of tin, copper, silver, chromium, and brass. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been his father’s cane, topped with a silver wolf’s head. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

However, what made me smile as I stood in the doorway was that I saw he now had a small silver frame on the side table behind his desk. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She also had an eyebrow ring, a little silver thing that the stroke judges made her remove before she could compete. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I will end up with my hair dyed, wearing outlandish clothes and heavy, foreign silver jewellery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rose’s hand reached out toward her sister as though to adjust the silver ribbon across her forehead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Next thing they were up in musty blackness, swinging silver hatchets at doors that were, after all, unlocked, tumbling through like boys all rollick and shout. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

My debt didn't vanish when the officers carted the silver filing cabinets away. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had on silver eyeshadow to match her silver dress, and her red-lipsticked mouth was set in a thin, hard line. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A silver thimble clenched, for luck, in her little fist. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue pushed through the trap of teeth and had Mammachi’s silver thimble fitted on the end of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aly had also won silver on floor, and Maddie had taken silver on bars, making us the most decorated American Olympic gymnastics team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She slipped a small silver object from the back pocket of her jeans and held it out to me, the rough pattern of the speaker face up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Commandant’s silver face reveals nothing as she looks down at the Yearling. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the bench in front of my bed, holding on to my new silver sword for support. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Marigold could just make out the locket around her neck, the silver oval with the single letter engraved on it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Powders to turn fire green or blue or silver, powders to make a flame roar and hiss and leap up higher than a man is tall, powders to make smoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver cigarette box. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Two maidens with braids of silver held the royal crown. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He felt the silver muzzle pressing against his palm, and remembered the last time he had seen his lord father drink from this goblet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a voice, a voice like burning silver, like a kiss against my ears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘The Lord does not permit those who wear the black and silver to leave their post for any cause, save at his own command.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the opposite bank, the glimmers of silver were suddenly extinguished. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gladys was busier than ever, polishing silver, preparing canapes, following her mistress through the house with vases of calla lilies and bougainvillea. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His suit, she could see, was expensive, fine silver thread running through the wool, and his shoes were, too: cordovan with tassels and smooth leather soles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a tight white T-shirt with a smiling cupcake emoji on it and the words sweet Stephanie’s in sparkly silver font. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In the woods on the right, the Hunters sent a volley of silver arrows into the enemy line, destroying twenty or thirty dracaenae, but more marched behind them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When it hits my skin, it turns my vitiligo patches almost to silver. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I slipped my watch chain through my waistcoat buttonhole and straightened the fob, a Romanian silver leu whose details were worn to shadows. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dany gave the silver over to the slaves for grooming and entered her tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The spell whizzed right at the witch, and the thread holding one of his silver jacket buttons came undone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My own voice galls even me; it oppresses me like a silver fork scraped across porcelain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her dress was grey wool bordered with white satin; over it she wore an ermine cloak clasped with a silver wolf’s head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each of the evangelists carried a wooden staff with a pair of tiny, shiny silver wings on top. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Negro took some silver spoons and a sauce boat when he ran, and left our household in circumstances the most outrageous. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In some places where they waged war on Indigenous peoples, they destroyed magnificent statuary and artworks just to take the gold and silver the artisans used. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He cast back his cloak, flashed out his sword, and the silver and sable of Gondor gleamed on him as he rode forward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Years later I learned that our squash-blossom necklaces and turquoise bracelets, earrings and hair ornaments and silver belts, were sold to white men and women. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, he and Harry looked down at the silver hilt of the knife protruding from the elf’s heaving chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He took a silver key from his pocket and unlocked the chain around the golden monkey’s feet and hands, and carefully avoided touching even the tip of one golden hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She smoothed the silver hairs of her beautiful wedding parka, then carefully took it off and rolled it up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a tree, alone in the empty silver dirt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It only made him say to himself instead of aloud for others to hear, “Nevertheless, I would put the gold and the silver and the jewels into good rich lands.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"And since you can't wear this"—he turned his hand over and let the paper fall to the ground like awkward snowflakes—"you can't run. So take your silver shoes and have a seat." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Though there were no gold or silver threads woven into her sari, she wore a sari of great rarity and beauty. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a silver whistle around his neck. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I left the chicken over the fire too long because Madam ordered the silver polished and the table linens ironed in honor of her guests. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come along, Sir James. To our bath. Bring your most elegant pajamas. The ones embroidered in gold with silver tassels will do.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ayanna set us down just inside the entrance, and more veins of blue silver lit the passage beyond. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It had come out of the earth, this silver, out of his earth that he ploughed and turned and spent himself upon. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Within six months he has the keys to the Ratliffs’ house, a set of which Maxine presents to him on a silver Tiffany chain. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my index finger across my infinity necklace, and the silver cools my skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Delicate silver and gold threads unraveled and wove themselves into the fragile wings of the frozen mariposas, converting the tiny creatures into magical designs stitched meticulously into the bodice of La Llorona’s gown. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He got out his tobacco sack with its meager jin- gle of silver and bought the men a drink to keep them talking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing an orange dress with silver sequins at the hem and gold sequins sprinkled around its gauzy sleeves. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then slowly on the surface, where the wizard’s hands had passed, faint lines appeared, like slender veins of silver running in the stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I paint a silver toaster, the old kind, with knobs and doors. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a flash of silver, saw Chubs raise his hands and take a step back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Soldiers usually have black tassels and a single row of silver buttons on their jackets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She passed a pallet of crates marked 24-CARAT blue topaz rings, then another labeled silver friendship bracelets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He’s still wearing his brown robe, gold cape, and silver helmet. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon the black surcoats were embroidered in white a tree blossoming like snow beneath a silver crown and many-pointed stars. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Giffen's was the polish ordered by all discerning butlers of the time, and if this product was used correctly, one had no fear of one's silver being second best to anybody's. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dock was a rowboat tethered with a sparkling silver chain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The head editor, Mr. Stieglitz, stood in the doorway, his gloved hand curled around the silver head of his cane. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We sit on either side of her baby sister in her car seat in their silver SUV. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I believe you they dread him. Not but what he’s artful, even in his defiance of them. No silver, sir. Britannia metal, every spoon.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Carlos is seventeen and drives an old and battered red car with giant silver rims, which seems ridiculous to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As I did, I noticed the silver foil wrapper in the inventory slot beside it—the wrapper that had covered the Jade Key when it first appeared in my hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The silver elevator doors are sealed shut across from them, each taped with “Out of Order” signs. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now she realized, for the first time, that the silver woman was crowned. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it’s a cosmetic fairground: silver trim, gold pillars, marquee lights, brand-name letters the size of a human head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had several feet of long silver hair and beard, half-moon spectacles, and an extremely crooked nose. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She spilled the contents of a silver pitcher down the back of Antinous’s neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Gold, silver, and copper coins jingled over the flagstone floor, clinking as they gathered in heaps under the benches—more and more and more of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

From the slender wrists of these girls, tiny silver charms were chiming together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I look across the field at Cardan and his friends, with silver on their arms. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Its diameter matched that of the silver egg I held in my hands. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The old silver there was of some value, she told the lawyer, but it represented an almost insuperable difficulty for Luke: it required energy to steal it and transform it into money. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I held the Breathalyzer in my hand, a sleek, silver gadget about the size of a small remote control. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Cardan is wearing silver on his chest, too, a plate of gleaming steel that hooks over his shoulders and seems more ornamental than protective. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Beetles skittered like bullets on the surface, or carried a silver bubble of air with them to the bottom. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a loose skirt of some silver material and a sleeveless top of green, and her spurred feet were bare, like the man’s. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is heavier than he had expected, a complicated mechanism of gears partially encased in worn and tarnished silver, with symbols he cannot distinguish etched into the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hessians were famous around the world for their dark green-and-red uniforms, their pointed silver hats, their thick black mustaches—and their thirst for blood. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It crashed down again and this time the silver teeth ripped across her eyes and her blood splattered the dirt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was clad now in mail and shone like silver in the sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the yard, three silver kegs sat in the middle of an inflatable pool full of ice. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She turned its sleek silver sides around in her hand. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two hundred silvers is a drop in the bucket for him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then a silver hare, a boar, and a fox soared past Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s heads: The dementors fell back before the creatures’ approach. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Littlefinger came next, still garbed in the blue velvets and silver mockingbird cape he had worn the night previous, his boots dusty from riding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead there was a polished table on which a single wooden bowl sat between two ornate silver candlesticks. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garrison Griswold whistled his way down Market Street, silver hair bobbing atop his head like a pigeon wing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The wrinkles on her face catch them like silver fish in a net. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And to himself he said for comfort, “I have not beat her and I have given her silver when she asked for it.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One of them was holding a censer, and the priest was leaning toward him, adjusting the length of its silver chain. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We three just happened to be at the 7-Eleven a few weeks previous when Mr. DiAngelo pulled into the parking lot with the new kayak strapped to the top of his silver Porsche. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He even presented members of the press with valuable gifts, including Seabiscuit’s shoes cast in silver. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so she did not tell him that she grieved for the past, different things on different days, her tablecloths with the silver embroidery, her car, Baby’s strawberry cream biscuits. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s covered by a large stack of folders marked Classified and a sleek silver laptop. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Despite all that, he was grinning, his silver eyes bright with satisfaction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That rosy cheeks don’t last forever, that silver threads will come in the bonnie brown hair, and that, by-and-by, kindness and respect will be as sweet as love and admiration now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His silver claws scraped stone as he stretched out to grab me, and drops of black drool sizzled as his mouth opened wide to swallow me whole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was a large black volume entitled The Walking Dead in tarnished silver letters. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Across the East River, like a fairy city made of silver cardboard, the skyscrapers loomed cleanly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel spoke to the man briefly and showed the others into the carriage, which, like the hall, was lit by those glowing crystals, held on silver brackets against mirrored mahogany panels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The silver color of her gown makes her skin glow and hugs her curves like silk around an hourglass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was a simple silver ring, but there must have been a hundred keys on it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her garden cherub’s silver arc dried up inexplicably, it was Dr. Velutha who fixed its bladder for her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not talking about silver,” she say, leaning forward. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And Mistress Jemima’s father gives them each a silver groat to hold the stool down under the foul green water for a long time, to see if I’d choke on it.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She glanced down at his hands, and Nico realized he was twisting his silver skull ring - the last gift Bianca had given him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Twinkling with colored lights, shiny balls, white doves, jeweled icicles, and miles of silver tinsel, it was topped by a brilliant star and skirted with gifts wrapped in finery. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Later they caught sight of tiny circular lakes, the sun glaring bright silver off their still surfaces. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Complete darkness, not a hint of the silver world outside, the windows tightly shut, the chamber a tomb-world where no sound from the great city could penetrate. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon is out, shining through the window at one end, silvering the laundry ropes, making ghost gray shapes on the dusty floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Shorts, shirts, and different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the direction that Skardebek flew, the sheer wall of the mountain in front of them was marked by a ribbon of cool silver. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“The q is red,” I repeat, “on the block. But in my head it’s a dark silver, like the color of Dad’s helicopter.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A gleaming saddle and a silver platter carved all over with scrollwork. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Colorful lightning spiderwebs across the sky; silver, white, and emerald green weave the most beautiful and terrifying exhibition to mark the hour of the princess's birth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His long black hair and beard were streaked with silver, and a great overhanging forehead shadowed his glinting eyes, putting Harry in mind of a crab looking out from beneath a rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It used to be your nali hastiin’s. He always wore this on special occasions. I think he liked it most out of all his sterling silvers.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Noggle calls on a girl with silver hair and a laugh like shattering glass. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Press a button and have it delivered to me in a silver parachute in minutes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I looked back, his silver muzzle moved as he tried to respond. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Suma sits cross-legged against the tree in front of me, the distinct spiral of a silver unicorn horn jutting out from long waves of dark hair. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I smiled and smiled at the small silver ball. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She imagined him up there, someone like Velutha, barebodied and shining, sitting on a plank, swinging from the scaffolding in the high dome of the church, painting silver jets in a blue church sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was covered in papers, and her silver laptop was still running. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A small woman, wearing a silver mask, tilts her head, as if she’s trying to figure out how she knows me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was maybe forty feet wide but only a few inches deep, a silver sheet of water racing over a smooth bed of stones. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stood no higher than her knee, his faced pinched and pointed, snoutish, but he was dressed in delicate livery of purple and blue, and his tiny pink hands held a silver tray. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a few weeks after Worlds, and in a way, our procession reminded me of a medal ceremony, except that no gold, silver, and bronze medals would be given out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Percy could distinguish them only by their hair—Ephialtes had the green locks braided with silver and gold coins; Otis had the purple ponytail braided with...were those firecrackers? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The table is covered in a white lace cloth and dotted by silver platters with lids, bowls of grapes, baskets of bread, and glasses of bubbling liquids. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Oriana has a little silver leash she attaches to Oak’s wrist, which strikes me as not the worst idea, although he whines and sits in the dirt in protest, like a cat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled out a stick, took off the white paper and the shiny silver foil under it, and studied the powdery, putty-colored gum. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It held all spellbound who were within sight The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and a graceful horn of pearl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Fathers are like that," he admitted as he pinned the folds with a silver clasp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She still has their Artifact, and it hovers over her head, silver and shining. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nate quickly ripped off the coat and silver hat and tossed them into a bush, along with the musket and bayonet. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

A desk with a computer, sleek and silver. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She dressed him in horsehair leggings and high boots, buckling a belt heavy with gold and silver medallions about his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I told him not to go out alone, but he said he had to find a man who owed him silver.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘I can’t promise too much. I don’t know whether you can ever go back to your silver work. But not even Paul Revere is going to make much silver for a while.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey held up a metallic silver polish and a neon green one. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stare at him, at the traces of silver on his face from the party, at the inky black of his eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The silver stag soared from the tip of Harry’s wand and leapt toward the dementors, which fell back and melted into the dark shadows again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dallas wished the silver bird would return and snare Mr. Trepid and carry him high up over the town and then drop him, splat, in the middle. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Across his chest was a gleaming black warhom, banded with silver. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Say what you thinking about me and your silver. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

You could make as many guesses as you wanted, but each one cost ten silver, paid into the purse, which was a shabby affair of old green brocade held closed with a gaudy brooch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The smallest of the men reached into his wicker basket and brought out a tarnished pair of silver scissors. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Surely, when she had first sat down, the silver circle was just above the highest branch of the tall plant. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They noted the things he carried: “$20 in greenback, two silver dollars, and...a gold watch.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The silver moon cast a frosted glow upon the rough stone wall and guardian lion statues. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was no fork in the silver chest and she would find six on the altar and three in the washroom. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was then that Reynie noticed that the men’s huge silver watches were identical, and that for some reason they each wore two—one watch on each wrist. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He tilted the bow guard and watched as the light of the fire reflected off the shining silver. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I set the note on a small silver tray and carried it into the drawing room. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and unthinkably slight, with long, straight hair so blond it was nearly silver. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I take a plug a Pine-Ola cream and start rubbing it onto the silver, working the cloth around the rose design, the lip and the handle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The piper marched up and down the streets and blew his silver flute and cried out, “Come to the candy mountain!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The silver fairy appeared, slicing through the fabric with her ax of fire. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They were seated in groups along the branches, with shining black faces, silver bodies, horizontal eyebrows, and crested heads. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And it seemed to Tyrion that the gold and silver and platinum links far outnumbered those of baser metals. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But he cleared the harpoon line and let it run slowly through his raw hands and, when he could see, he saw the fish was on his back with his silver belly up. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is where I really got the money for the goat, but I tell Peeta I sold an old silver locket of my mother's. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He has sparkling blue-green eyes, thinning silver hair that spills onto his forehead, big ears, a triangular nose, and tufts of graying eyebrows. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she’d never realized that a few kilometers upstream from the dam, the stately band of silver became a snarling monster. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes, one a gentle tea brown, the other milky, both rimmed in silver whiskers, watched me with wistful sadness. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tears were sliding down from behind the half-moon spectacles into the long silver beard, and the pride and the gratitude emanating from him filled Harry with the same balm as phoenix song. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The doctor spoke in a low, curt voice to the nurse, and she hurried to a side table and brought back some rolls of gauze and silver instruments. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was made of a dark wood, and the corners were covered with inlaid silver vines. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my silver sun pendant and stare down at it, rubbing a tarnished point. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Bigger sat the lightning of silver bulbs flashed in his eyes; they were taking more pictures of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The earth had yielded richly: there were, besides, beans and potatoes, melons and chillies, and I was well pleased with them and with the silver coins I had received in exchange. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z