| 单词 | sketch |
| 例句 | I rip out every sketch I ever drew that reminds me of Jamie. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Recording a creature’s movements, behavior, or stages of development—as Maria did—meant long hours watching, paints in hand, and the ability to sketch quickly when something happened. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Observant. Yes, it is. I always have to have a sketch pad with me. I left the big one at the dorm, but I had to bring this one.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Holding it in front of both of us, I point to the most completed sketch, a frontal view. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It’s true that the dress I am holding is not the one that Brambleweft sketched for me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ben slings his backpack to the ground, takes out his book, and starts sketching. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Peeking out was his sketch pad, full of his art, brimming with his talent. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Grandma sketched a casual pattern in the air with one hand. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was carrying a book of poems, a sketch pad, and some charcoal pencils. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I sketch a Cubist tree with hundreds of skinny rectangles for branches. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Underneath the sketch, he’d written: Will you go on a date with me? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “That may be—but not by sketches in Swisserland. You will never go to Swisserland. Your uncle and aunt will never allow you to leave England.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z And that’s why I needed Ma to make sure she brought me my sketch pad and pencils. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In it, I attempted to trace the evolution of economic man from the earliest times up to the present, sketching out the path from ancient communal societies to feudalism to capitalism and socialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I flipped my sketch pad back to the drawings I’d made the night we saw the shark hanging from the winch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z On the left side of the case on yellowing paper was a tiny pencil sketch of a beautiful angel, his wings outstretched. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Very good, Sarah,” she whispers as she picks up my sketch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In his pop-eyed hurry to pull bones out of the ground, he tore open the site with a bulldozer and didn’t bother taking notes, sketching maps, or executing profile drawings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z On it, I drew a pencil sketch of a shark, labeling the fins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I text Mom pictures of all my newest sketches as soon as I hang up the phone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Beneath it is a sketch of a bird in flight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Rohin leaned over the sketch pad, so that his tiny chest and shoulders almost touched it, his head tilted to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Let me sketch you, and you can look at my book.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Once the poison is gone, you will not see me. You will not see the demons,” said the queen, sketching marks on Celaena’s brow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On it was a hastily sketched charcoal, but Rachel was a good artist. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Pet scoffed deep in its throat and flipped through a pile of charcoal sketches. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They were covered in drawings, which wasn’t unusual for her, but these symbols I recognized: Greek letters, pictures from camp beads, sketches of monsters and faces of gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’m very sorry I could do no more for you than roughly sketch how it works,” said Professor Hallgrimsson, getting to his feet with a little effort. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Even Dimple thought the sketch was extremely cool, and she wasn’t really into artsy stuff. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Lena had been creating paint-by-numbers canvases for him, sketching them with expert speed, customizing each image to his specifications. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Or the fact that he kept the postcard Leo had sent back, stapled to the last page of his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I worked on some sketches for the field guide at the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In a few of the sketches, I paint Abuela Celia just the way she wants—dancing flamenco with whirling red skirts and castanets and a tight satin bodice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned over on her side so she was facing Rishi, one hand supporting the side of her head as she watched him smooth out the small sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On the second page of the Daily Press there was an old picture of me and a sketch of a white mouse. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They argued about where to sketch hay bales, the pig trough, and Templeton’s nest, and whether they needed to paint the Arables’ kitchen at all. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Patricia’s calendar was tiny and dumpy, and for each month there was a stunning little pencil sketch of a scene from Hailsham life. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I did a sketch of a food cart where my mother was applying for a shift. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I missed drawing on real paper and longed for light to sketch properly. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bunny emerged with a thick pencil in her mouth, and she began to sketch a picture on the floor of the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I liked them. She figured it out. I’ve been sketched demographically. They can still predict things I like.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Most of them. My father thinks it’s a good way for me to learn about the world. Sometimes I nap when no one is looking. Or sketch. Or write stories.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I’d watched him sketch those blueprints, watched him perform the calculations, altering this angle or lengthening that beam. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What if I don’t want to be sketched?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z His vision of history temporarily fading, Ignatius sketched a noose at the bottom of the page. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold her image in my mind, and on my pad I sketch her face as it looked when she retreated into shadows. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I gave up the idea of the biographical sketches and settled finally upon writing a series of short stories, using the material I had got from Ross and his friends, building upon it, inventing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something sad and solitary about the sketch and I wondered if that’s the way he saw the world or if that’s the way he saw ray world. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I tell him I'd be glad to look at his design sketches. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z For a while, Alice sketched the vague outline of the dark room from her vision, as much as she could see in the light from the TV. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It moved slowly, but eventually, she had shifted it enough to see what had been sketched on the floor beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Each looked exactly like a pen-and-ink outline sketch of a man on a horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Grandma asked as she began to sketch the design for my dress. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, Chapter 3 sketched the immediate factors behind Europe’s conquest of Native Americans, and Chapter 4 the development of those factors from the ultimate cause of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “So, want to see the sketches for my newest colossal dot game?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Luna left a note for her grandmother saying that she wanted to go out and collect berries and sketch the sunrise. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He reports on his progress to Theo, including sketches to show him what he’s doing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But it’s worth including a thumbnail sketch, I think. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Besides, he had let her see his pocket-size sketch book. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There are no confirmed sketches from Maria’s early years, but this 1669 pen-and-ink drawing is often attributed to her. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So he gave me a pile of empty executive agenda planners from work, and every Sunday I went over my sketches with him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps I would see him at the docks, sketching a ship or sea gulls. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With three quick strokes she sketched the problem on the page—across, down, and then a sinuous line that made him think suddenly of lips and hips and other curves. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You must have some sketches in there, right? You lied to Leo Tilden.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As Holmes dreamed and sketched, the features of his building became more elaborate and satisfying. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My hands are shaking so much that I can't hold a pencil still enough to sketch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I spent some time in the beginning sketching out the history of the ANC and then explaining our positions on the primary issues that divided the organization from the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the show, my notebook lay open on the coffee table filled with notes and sketches. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They use the back of the score pad to sketch a whole forest of family trees. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The next day, I wolfed down my lunch and half ran to Mr. Ward’s room with a sketch pad and charcoal pencils. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She shows me sketches for the International Festival poster and for her mom’s business logo. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z For unending seconds, the only sound in the room is the rustling of pages as the Mask flips through the sketches. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Her fingers sketched quotation marks around the name, and her tone dripped sarcasm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Dante doesn’t like people to look at his sketches.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I settle back onto the couch and start sketching—and instantly, my body calms. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Her smile fading a little, Dimple looked down at his sketch pad, still in her lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He generally made little sketches of birds and trees in the back of his notebook during chapel, so that he had probably not heard the announcement. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he left, he pulled out his tiny notebook and scribbled a sketch of SpongeBob, that kinda looked like him, and kinda not, but it was still pretty good just from memory. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Since he often eats at the soup kitchen, he sketches people there, too. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I’m sketching out some faces, thinking of the perfect color for the hair and eyes, when Hiroshi takes a seat next to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When she splits the book open, I watch her flip through sketches of cartoonish women, all dressed like futuristic gangsters and armed with some kind of weapon or another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He never asked me anything about what I thought of his sketches. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He was sketching rapidly, first the outline of a block of states, then lines to represent rivers and railroads and small squares for towns. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She has never been in this particular room before, but she doubts it was always so covered with blueprints and sketches and empty brandy bottles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Half a dozen easels displayed hand-drawn diagrams for buildings and machines that looked like Leonardo da Vinci sketches. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I sketched inattentively along the margins of my homework. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He had been refining his sketches of Persepolis ever since we got back. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I collect a folder of sketches and a stack of five paintings and box them up. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He’d brought a big drawing pad and asked me to describe the creature again, and as I did he sketched it, stopping occasionally to ask for clarifications. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I unzipped the bag and pulled out a pencil and the sketch pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then he looks over at my sketch pad, noticing that I have copied his symbols and am adding on to them, turning them into figures that battle one another. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Plus, my sketch of the business flyer is almost complete. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Her voice was surprisingly normal and friendly, and I wondered why it was she had taken the trouble to come up with my discarded sketch herself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Padva insists on making her a less formal version of the ivory-and-black gown in peach and cream, finishing a sketch in a matter of minutes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Kmoch, the arbiter, sensing that Bobby was a champion in the making, had already begun collecting the prodigy’s original score sheets as if they were early Rembrandt sketches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The day Dr. Kimball lectured on slavery, he filled the overhead screen with a charcoal sketch of a slave market. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The paper was covered with really messy sketches, each one of jellyfish, some of which looked like raggedy versions of the images I’d shown the class. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was clumsily drawn, because as good as Moss was, he was still seven—but at the center of the page was an unmistakable sketch of a hibiscus flower. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Kainene hired two carpenters from the refugee camp, made sketches on a sheet of paper, and, back in the car, told Richard, “I don’t trust them to make a decent table.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought of Munch as I sketched, his theory that pain, love, and despair were links in an endless chain. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was just my luck that my mother was walking into the room as Dante’s sketch pad hit the wall. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z On the door itself was the sketch of my own face. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad pulled his sketchbook out of his Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag—Dad was never far from his sketchbook—and stepped off the wooden planks onto the gravel to sketch the nearest row of broken pillars. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She rushed in with an explanation, “I’ll bet you helped some rich Italian nobleman or some descendant of Michelangelo’s to escape, and he gave you the sketch out of his undying gratitude.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We loved your tiny sketches, signatures, and the brief entries about your family and Joana. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was exactly like Rachel’s sketch—Luke around nine years old, with blond hair and a big smile and two missing teeth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The answers on the back were equally whimsical and often included drawings—many of them lovely, thought Ophelia—in this case a sketch of the neural pathways of the eye. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Wednesday evening, I gathered up the floor cushions in my room, piled them three high, and tried to sketch from memory Sister Irma’s picture of Christ’s burial. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It’s actually one of my manga sketches—Anna surprised me with it for my birthday this year. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Rishi tossed Dimple a baleful look over his shoulder, but he sat down and pulled out his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her father hunches over his slanted ink-stained table by the window, sketching, smoking, listening to the Voice of America. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They mark special occasions, write horrible poetry, sketch things that are beautiful or grotesque, or just rant. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The first few pages were mostly sketches and doodles, but those gave way to page after page of math problems. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Father’s best books found their way there, Mother’s easy chair, Jo’s desk, Amy’s finest sketches, and every day Meg brought her babies on a loving pilgrimage, to make sunshine for Aunty Beth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z All the ideas are written in and people are sketched. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Fred crouched in front of me and I leaned into the sketch pad on his back. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, desperate to keep exploring, and realizing she would never again have this opportunity, Maria pressed on, raising more species, checking her findings, sketching and recording every transformation in her study book. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On the back of an envelope left beside the museum phone, she has sketched an enormous tree, laden with flowers, the branches squirreling over the flap. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad is great, but he’s an inventor and he’d probably tune out while he sketched gigantic catapults and estimated the tensile strength required for a bungee cord to send a one-man glider into orbit. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I like to write stories and poems now and then. And sketch.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Mom, who had Maureen in one arm and her sketch pad under the other, pointed out that the animals had traded freedom for security. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In fact, that’s exactly what she planned to do—draw this feeling in her notebook, maybe a few sketches of June learning to draw. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A perfectionist, he added a note with the sketch: “This MS. work was never intended for publication, and therefore was not written with care.—C.D. 1858.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean over to peek at her sketch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I never can, so I’ll only give you bits out of my notebook, for I’ve done nothing but sketch and scribble since I started. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “The deal is this: you give me the details of your running away, and I’ll give you the sketch.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was a reassuring stability to being with her, a certain safety in her whispering and her study room with the pencil sketches of Shakespeare on the walls. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Meitner pulled out a scrap of paper and pencil, and Frisch sketched a diagram of a circle stretching into a long oval shape, and finally breaking in two. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Chacko brought out a crumpled piece of paper on which he had tried to sketch the rough layout for a new label that he wanted comrade K. N. M. Pillai to print. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Start there, and move forward. I sort of modeled these sketches after a creative exercise comic artists like to do. It’s called ‘twenty-five expressions.’ When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They give me a handful of gift certificates, a TV for my room, ice skates, and a sketch pad with charcoal pencils. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I looked at row after row of faces in photos, portraits, and sketches that stretched back in time—way, way back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Adèle showed me some sketches this morning, which she said were yours. I don’t know whether they were entirely of your doing; probably a master aided you?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Surrounding the main drawing are detailed sketches of twisting branches, capturing several different angles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I thumb through the first pages hoping to find something to distract me, like a sketch of a snare, when I notice gaps in the June entries of last year. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But after seeing that sculptor sketch, my eyes got swapped again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The fire had burned down long since and there was no light but those strips and slants of dimness creeping across the circle, sketching out a face, a hand, a moveless back. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The cop and my parents talked in the driveway for a while, and then the cop drove off only to come back an hour later with a man who introduced himself as a sketch artist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I could’ve had straight As if I wasn’t always so busy sketching and doodling. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You can’t say nothing pleasant ever happens now, can you, Meg?” said Amy, trying to decide how she would group the lovers in a sketch she was planning to make. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently she laughed and showed him a small sketch of Jo in her scribbling suit, with the bow rampantly erect upon her cap, and issuing from her mouth the words, ‘Genius burns!’ Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Maria often brought her watercolors along to sketch a specimen or two. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The second was a charcoal sketch Hazel had recently made for him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The entry ended there, in midair, without punctuation, after a sketch of a circle with squiggly lines extending out from it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He begins to sketch again next to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I was worried about my sketch pad getting wet through the canvas backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Chestnutt stood on her hind paws and dropped the pencil she had been using to sketch on the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I had seen the original painting, the inspiration for my father’s print and Angela’s sketch, and I was pretty sure I’d seen it recently—very recently—but I couldn’t remember where. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She did not sketch in charcoal, but painted her subjects freehand in watercolor with a fine-pointed brush, adding layer after layer of color for depth and detail. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He pushes aside an eager newsie wanting to sketch my picture. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I bend down to sketch out the squares for the game and add flowers at the four corners. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It’s green everywhere, and people are sitting under the trees sketching in the afternoon sun. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Marco pauses, looking down at the sketch, annoyed that he could not properly capture the beauty of the thing in hastily rendered drawings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Marco hands him one, and Mr. Barris begins drawing, taking the rudimentary sketch of the circus’s layout and developing it into a complex design. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dante didn’t say a word as I looked over his sketches. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Of course. I’ve known for a long time that he did. Ever since I got that sketch.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gotcha,” he said, as if monsters were a perfectly normal thing for a police sketch artist to be drawing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He sketched for her the new fan blade Samuel had invented for the windmill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You did a good job with that Cubist sketch,” he says. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Over the next several days, Min sketched what seemed like hundreds of designs. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “It’s not so bad,” Catherine said, making quick pencil strokes on the sketch pad in her hand to delineate Princesse’s naked breasts. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He makes sketches on scrap paper until I’m satisfied they’re right, then I let him draw them in the book. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He inspected the sketch through the reading glass and then placed it on the table. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He had also sent the sketch to Asa Gray, the American botanist, about a year earlier “so that I could most truly say & prove that I take nothing from Wallace.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to write and draw everything I could remember in the sketch pad, so I could transfer all that Robin had explained into the field guide. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Young ladies sketched, did watercolors, wrote short paragraphs of imaginative prose. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z At lunch during the following days, Quentin and I worked on how to build a rocket, sketching out crude drawings and theorizing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She leafed through her study book, crammed with sketches of insects painted from life on scraps of vellum. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All my faceless sketches taped to the wall above my tiny twin bed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’d be lying on my bed, doodling in my sketch pad, doing everything physically possible to not just stop drawing and jam the pencils into my ears. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Told you she was an amazing sketch artist,” Anna said to her mom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z We studied the sketches—there were several drawings of horses and Stagecoach Pass. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At the top of the sketch he’d printed the title, Your Favorite View. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He walks toward the wall, peering closely at one of my sketches. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The natural history of her life, sketched out, because nothing means as much until it has vanished. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I started a new page in my sketch pad called Stomach Contents. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But when I looked at the sketch pad, all I had were puzzle pieces of the shark, when I needed to have a complete portrait. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Darwin now had the skeletal sketch of his master theory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Is that one of your sketches?” she asked. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Laying aside the article, he sketched out a linear accelerator to drive protons to a million volts, the first major step toward satisfying Ernest Rutherford’s demand for 10 million volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I stuffed a sketch pad into my backpack and walked across the street. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The metal is nearly black and in the sketch it’s light gray.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The spirits, for reasons still unclear to me, shun my every attempt to channel them into my unfortunate sketches. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I tense up as if he’s looking at my sketches. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Having regained his attention, she sketched a rectangle in the air and pointed at the ceiling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had left the sketch under the rocks! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z No. This isn’t some police sketch or shady security camera snapshot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I tucked my sketch pad into the waistband of my shorts, stuck the pencil through my ponytail, and ferried Dad and Mr. P to the carcass. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But the general, to ensure he would get paid the money that had been promised him, insisted that André take the sketches as proof that Arnold had carried out his side of the bargain. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But Dad had to get sketches of the Gate of All Nations too, until Mom finally lost her patience and came to get him herself. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He returns his gaze to the sketches, touching them now like he wants to peel them off the page. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would sketch designs for new clothes for my Barbies to wear. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The biggest giveaway was when he tried to give me the finished sketch. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z For most of the hour, he sketches portraits of the panelists, who sit hunched over their papers along a rectangular table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite her journal sketches, she no longer really believed in characters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I made a sketch of the farm on my road map, and put x’s where the hickories were. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When I asked him to elaborate, Hyten sketched out for me how animated films are produced today through a global supply chain. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z For your first assignment will you kindly make some outdoor sketches for me? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Chestnutt grinned at me, and I watched her sketch a picture of a fox and a tiny rabbit walking side by side. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Rishi forced himself to concentrate on his sketch, to ignore the tingling heat that was running up and down his arm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The sketch was only thirty-five pages long; he knew he would have hundreds more pages when he worked out all the steps and answered all the objections. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as his staff was mastering the first-generation separator, he started sketching out a new one. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z By the end of the evening, Sturtevant had sketched the first linear genetic map of half a dozen genes along a Drosophila chromosome. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But some stubborn ones won’t agree, and thereafter the statue and the sketch will appear in books with a big question mark. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s pointing to one of my sketches—the one of a girl with no face. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Leonardo’s sketch is already implicitly drawn to scale, with a detail of the ratchet mechanism shown at a higher level of magnification. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He grabbed a scrap piece of paper and a pencil off his desk and began to sketch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I now wanted to give time to writing the book of biographical sketches I had planned. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z While I write, Lou sketches in his notebook and takes photos, ignoring admiring glances and smiles from ladies of all ages. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Greenglass gave him an envelope containing about ten pages of notes and rough sketches, and Gold handed the soldier $500 in cash. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards, in the cold, almost unheated train compartment, I sketched on the blank edge of my newspaper what I remembered of the B pattern. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The sketches on the fliers Terrance had printed after their escape were crudely drawn but resembled them enough that any savvy hunter would look at her twice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The small pad is full of sketches, some lists and notes too, all in Spanish. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “The day Ashish came. You stepped out of your room to talk to him, and I took pictures of your sketch pad. And then I e-mailed him.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Soon afterward he began jotting notes and sketching features for a building he planned to erect on the lot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On impulse, I take a pad of sketch paper and a ballpoint from Taft’s room and begin to draw. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I can make an exact sketch of this,” he said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside were notes I had written to girls in class, along with accompanying sketches. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z If I could draw, I’d like to have sketched her as she was then. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Arnold also was present, and soon the children were to join him in a sketching session. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “A painted mural is gonna be a more powerful vessel than a little chalk sketch.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There are sketches of the view from Golden Gardens. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z An hour or two sufficed to sketch my own portrait in crayons; and in less than a fortnight I had completed an ivory miniature of an imaginary Blanche Ingram. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I used my fingers to sketch the image in a layer of dirt on the floor near the front of the train car, wiping the drawings away and starting over, again and again. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He flipped through the sketched pages until he found where he had tucked another folded-up comic book page. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “And it all snowballs. You saw that—Kevin wanted me to apply there. Leo Tilden wanted to see my sketches. Much ado about nothing.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I still haven't gotten around to writing amusing sketches that I could read aloud at a later date. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I sketch this scene in faint, careful lines. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There were fewer sketches as Dimple moved through the sketchbook, and she felt a pang. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I made a quick sketch of the construction, all these tiny people up there crawling around the girders like ants on a big tree. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z But he really longed to know what she wrote and sketched about. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I returned from my sketching class one Saturday morning to find an email from my mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The structures along the river were now nought but torrents of fire, liquid and rushing; whatever features as remained—lintels, doorframes, and roof-trees—were sketched with dark charcoal smudges in the midst of red activity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was also a detailed sketch of a necklace with a blue stone in it. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Rishi slipped the sketch pad back into his bag and then slung the bag over his shoulder. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A green one with no eraser, the kind she used for doing sketches in her sketchbook. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Her watercolors of speckled mushrooms and bonneted girls were hung with pride in the family room, and her skill was encouraged with private lessons and summer visits to sketching camp. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I drop the sketch on Mr. Freeman’s desk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Cohen’s tissue box held Hall’s handwritten report, with detailed plans and sketches of an atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The more geographically knowledgeable of the prisoners sketched maps in the dirt, charting the Soviet army's advance. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I offered to sketch their portraits; and each, in turn, sat for a pencil outline. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He’s sketching something on a pad while the excited crowd swarms around him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I sketched them in pencil and then colored them using every color in my crayon box. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z By one a.m., he was ready to transfer the data from his pencil sketch map to the actual cave floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “So,” he said, smiling at her, tucking his sketch pad into his messenger bag and snapping it shut, “what do you want to do next?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Tyrion sketched a courtly bow, and refrained from pointing out that one of the pigs was really a dog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I sketch the outline of his head and shoulders without a second thought and start in on his brain map. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Little sketches of fairy couples dancing in the moonlight, gnomes peeking out from hollowed trees, a stone palace with turrets spiraling up from each corner. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Right there in Mrs. Castro’s painting studio, she grabbed a pencil and a piece of drawing paper and sketched it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Another apprentice sketches a map, possibly for transfer onto a plate. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He turned to a fresh page in his sketch pad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I needed to find a book that had a better picture of a great white to sketch than the headshot in Fred’s book. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z One morning Annabeth and I were sitting by the canoe lake sketching chariot designs when some jokers from Aphrodite’s cabin walked by and asked me if I needed- to borrow some eyeliner for my eye ... The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Later he sketched a map of the site to enable him to return with his comrades under cover of darkness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d take a block of paper and a stick of charcoal and sketch the poorest, meanest kid in the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he pulled himself back to Shadrach’s running explanation, which accompanied his sketching. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Newsies sketch pictures of us, and black gossip post-balloons shift in and out of the crowd, their tails whipping in all directions, trying to catch a scandalous word here or there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I had sketched the sun sinking over the horizon. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was an amazing sketch, which, if she hadn’t seen Rishi do in about a minute, she would have believed had taken a lot longer. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There, inside a plastic sleeve, was a sheet of paper with a drawing of the house where I’d sliced my arm, and a blueprint-style sketch of its layout below it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She shows me sketches of Sophia as a child with Charlotte. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I try to sketch her in my notebook, but I am not an artist, and all that comes out are the wrong shapes, the wrong lines. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When he finally left, I stared at his sketch pad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I turned to give the phone back to Alice and found her and Jasper bent over the table, where Alice was sketching on a piece of hotel stationery. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he’s always sketching on the bus to school.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z As he left the shore and started up the incline, Reynie considered what to do with the sketch. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Between meals, Don José sketched rather than dissected the cadavers and caught up on his sleep on a bench below a Gauguin and alongside several Van Goghs in the Prado. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z While they managed to keep their balance, I slipped on loose rock, but the sketch pad stayed dry. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There they sketched out the main lines of their strategy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So that now, as I quickly try to sketch my early years, what comes back most clearly is just that: the brown orb of my father’s sleepy, bearish eye. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then look at the blank page of my sketch pad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I picked up a pile of art books and a sketch pad and set it on the floor. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z At the library, Mr. Powell had spread one of my sketches of the Arctic Tern out on a table—one of the big sketches, as big as Audubon’s. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Arnold had brought sketches of the fortifications of West Point, which André, as an experienced intelligence officer, memorized and handed back to Arnold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I thought about my dream of Rachel’s sketch—dark clouds closing on the city, an army gathered around the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My poems'd get published by Faber & Faber with a sketch of me on the cover. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I want to do a few sketches of Abuela Celia, maybe even a formal portrait of her on her wicker swing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I rearranged a few things to make room for Dad’s favorite picture, the one of me crouching next to the shark with my sketch pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Pressing my eyelids together, I breathe slowly and think about how I feel when I sketch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I sat on a hunk of granite and put the sketch pad on my lap, opening to a drawing of the great white shark, with its pointy teeth and charcoal-black throat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Roosevelt turned toward a blackboard where he had sketched a map. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I turn the page to show her my sketch from this morning. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Father Antonio took the first envelope with a sigh and sketched the sign of benediction with his hands, but Esteban had already turned to leave. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So she sketched him for me so that I might better understand. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A sketch of two people at the lake and a date, today’s, underlined three times. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I packed the sketch pad and met Fred out front with my bike. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I had sketched her a few times in the first week she was living with us, and the third week, I used those sketches to paint a whole scene with her in it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A handful of Sharpies were lying on the carpet next to an open sketch pad, an old boom box, and a pair of my dad’s even older headphones. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In about two minutes she had produced a much better sketch than his own. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She kept her mementoes in there—toys she used to play with, blankets she used to love, odd-looking rocks, pressed flowers, leather-bound journals densely scrawled with her thoughts and questions and pictures and sketches. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I work as diligently as I can on the sketches of Shelby’s characters, but am impatient about it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It’s a new sketch, one of Baba and the twins playing Jenga at home. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I studied the dark walls covered with darker sketches. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It was quite life-like—someone had spent a lot of time sketching every tiny hair on each of the eight legs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I took his sketch pad in my hands and flung it across the room. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She with his quick sketch of her as Madonna ascending in folds upon modest folds of garments. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Theo writes and tells him the sketch has given his mother immense pleasure. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Just a little bit. Jimmy’s put together a sketch file but I haven’t looked at it too closely. Why, what has Dennis said?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The red T-shirt had the band’s name and four coconuts wearing Maríachi hats printed in black just like Joe had drawn in his sketch pad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She pointed to a bunch of people who were clustered around a redheaded boy and a girl in braids who sat on the couch across from each other, sketch pads poised on their laps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The Logic of Port-Royal sketches what could go wrong when it describes people who are too credulous when it comes to miracles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He came out of his bedroom clutching paper and pencils for sketching and notes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z There were crude charcoal sketches on pieces of whitewashed plaster, carefully transplanted into a frame. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It takes some haggling to make a sketch, but in the end, we agree. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She spent all day working on oil paintings, watercolors, charcoal drawings, pen-and-ink sketches, clay and wire sculptures, silk screens, and wood blocks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I said, thankful there were only a few sketches I hadn’t yet torn from the pad. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was sitting in his usual spot, sketching, while a red-faced man droned on and on. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Mom stayed out of the conversation, sketching quietly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When the phone rang at two o’clock, waking Lexie at last, Mia was back at the table sketching with a pencil on a scratch piece of paper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He excelled, however, at drawing and sketched constantly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I turn on my light and sketch out ideas for Germ—Ask a Parent, book playlists, monthly soundtracks, lists of places where girls like me can get involved. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her entries consisted of artistic manifestos, trivial complaints, character sketches and simple accounts of her day which increasingly shaded off into fantasy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I draw over them, making the sketch darker, firmer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He and his friends were into old weapons and would spend lots of time talking about “material culture” and sketching ideas for fantastical blades. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I draw in my sketch pad for the whole drive, and get carsick. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I grab a pad of paper and a pencil from Mrs. Johnson's desk and start sketching the locker room. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I never do any of my classwork, so I spend my time in class sketching on my notebook, handouts, backpack, or on anything in sight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I read and Amil sketched little beetles crawling out of their holes, and then we heard Papa’s heavy step on the stone walk. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It looks like he sketched them out in pencil and is filling them in with black pen. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Now he makes one of the first of many drawings and sketches he will send to Theo in a letter. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Rishi nodded, and she took the sketch pad, setting it carefully on her lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the icy compartment of the train that sliced across the fens back to Cambridge that evening, Watson sketched what he remembered of the picture on the edge of a newspaper. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I perched next to the scope and looked and sketched and looked and sketched as best I could. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Just in case I wanted to sketch it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He looked closely at the Himalaya, but he could see nothing like the map Baruch had sketched. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She grumbled to herself all morning over her work while Tom and Samuel went over the boring equipment, sharpened bits, drew sketches of windmills new in design, and measured for timbers and redwood water tanks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Reporters, sketch artists, Reverend Thornton, officers, and community folks fill the rest of the seats. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z It might have held a presence medieval; and, reaching to the desk for pencil and paper, I sketched in fancy with an absent mind a profile, pale and aquiline. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Robbie looked back at his sketch, his brows creased in concentration. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He clasped a large sketch pad with a spiral binding. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Next time you come over, I’d be happy to do some sketching with you,” she said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z She took a piece of green chalk from him, crouched, and sketched a girl in a ninja outfit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It little resembles the representative democracy we recognize today, so it’s worth making a brief sketch of how it worked. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Rishi walked to his bag, and digging behind the paperbacks he’d brought with him, he reached to the thing he’d packed at the last minute, without really letting himself think about it—his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They brought in celebrities to sing and dance and star in comedy sketches that taught children about the virtues of cooperation or about their own emotions. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the sketches might remain just that—sketches, never creating a whole. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I sketch, adding contours to capture the sloping land, trees, no trees, some rocks and boulders, collapsed logs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The sitting was altogether very satisfactory; she was quite enough pleased with the first day’s sketch to wish to go on. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He’s also making sketches in pencil, and drawings in pen and ink. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I grabbed my paper and began to sketch something for Jonas, something that would make him feel better. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I finished up the teeth and a quick sketch of the eye before the drops started coming quickly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She smiled quietly at some sketches, others seemed to arrest her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But her comment still cut, reminding me of the thorns I drew in my garden sketches. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Dimple looked at Rishi’s sketches, her excitement tempered by the nerves that had begun manifesting themselves every time she looked at him after that night. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Chapter 4 sketches how food production—that is, the growing of food by agriculture or herding, instead of the hunting and gathering of wild foods—ultimately led to the immediate factors permitting Pizarro’s triumph. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This was a small sketch of a very simple palace—just a square, really, with four thin turrets coming up from each corner. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Poppet removes her coat, leaving it draped over the back of the desk chair, and takes a closer look at the blueprints and sketches hanging from shelves and tacked to mirrors and paintings and windows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z People didn’t tune in en masse to watch comic book artists sketch on TV, did they? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He rubbed his thumb against the page to make a shadow and kept sketching. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The lead-up to her arrival began weeks before, with the guardians sifting through all our work—our paintings, sketches, pottery, all our essays and poems. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She would be working on a sketch of something familiar but drawn at such close range so she could attach a special nozzle or handier handle, the thing looked peculiar. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This is how the fall was described to me, but my mind sketches it differently—on a white page with evenly spaced lines. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It looks like the early sketch for a board game. See the circle in the center of the other circle? That’s probably where you place the spinner. You move your pieces around the ten rooms...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Only Louis Sullivan: embittered, perfumed with alcohol, resenting who knew what, but not above coming by Burnham’s office for a loan or to sell some painting or sketch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He loved reading about forests and jungles, intensely studying the sketches and detailed information about wildlife—monkeys, vampire bats, lions, cheetahs, and bears, to name a few. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Just notes and lists in Spanish, sketches, the usual. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I sketch an oval, fat and compact, add black eyes, tiny rounded ears, tucked-under feet, and a mess of every-which- way hair. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Chestnutt grabbed the pencil in her mouth again and began sketching more flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In another pocket he carried a sketch of the island bridge, which Reynie had spent most of two class periods working on from memory. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then they hunted for the materials that would bring their sketch to life. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was already possible to look back over the Scientific Revolution, to identify its leading protagonists and sketch out its main characteristics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That was when I saw Danielle’s dirt sketch of two dogs. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps, having begun this more modest, contemplative life, she considered destroying the messy pile of sketches. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We’d been scouting for new buildings for me to sketch around the Meatpacking District downtown. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Kaisha turned to a page with a sketched diagram on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As Miss Grotowski sketches equations on the board, my classmates all around me begin to change. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He grins and sketches a cloud above the subway train. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z And yet as I finish my sketch, I realize I have drawn a picture of myself in that field of flowers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A framed charcoal sketch by Toulouse-Lautrec showed her sitting at a café, fingers idle on a cup. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Operation Mayibuye sketches out in general form the plan for the possible commencement of guerrilla operations, and how it might spark a mass armed uprising against the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She still found time to search out caterpillars, moths, and butterflies, tucking them away in the corner of her kitchen where she could observe and sketch each stage of their lives. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to Kurt Jason’s feelings. I was only sketching.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If she drew herself right now, the sketch would be all the reds: dark pinks and mottled crimson. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Do you ever paint your sketches? I don’t see any of your acrylic pieces in here.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I unzipped my backpack and pulled out the sketch pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Everything, however, went on smoothly, and was finally settled according to Charlotte’s first sketch. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I continued to sketch, exhaled, and shook out my hands. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Yes, the dress had been copied exactly from my sketch of the portrait. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She ran to the nearest easel and looked at the sketch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I tried sketching some of the buildings there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We just received this sketch from the Weed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z TJ sketches dress ideas as I sit on the floor, finishing up I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I look at my pad and pretend to sketch, but my drawing of the garden is complete. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z As Grandma spoke, she rocked back and forth a little faster, and turned her attention away from her sketching to look at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She slid out the sketch pad and began to riffle through it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Shadrach studied his sketch and added a row of x’s to represent the Confederates. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z People more advantageously placed than we in Harlem were, and are, will no doubt find the psychology and the view of human nature sketched above dismal and shocking in the extreme. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I hadn’t given it but a half a glance the other day when I dropped Nicole’s umbrella into the stand, a black-and-white sketch copy of Girl Before a Mirror. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z So I do a second sketch that does look like the parrot, eye patch and all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I’m sketching up one for Mile High Money.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z For there, in the midst of sketches of hands and torsos was a sketch of someone they knew: Angel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid my sketch pad off the dresser and handed it to her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Courtroom artists complained that his restless gestures in the witness box made it impossible to get a good sketch. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He draws a sketch so Theo can see it: “The perpendicular and horizontal lines of the frame, together with the diagonals and the cross” form a grid. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The next day in art, Mrs. Newman collects our flyer sketches. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The graduate school offered a free course on charcoal sketching. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Naively I thought that he himself would make a good model for a biographical sketch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the sketch until my vision started to double. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He tried to sketch the streets of Lisbon, but he couldn’t get the effect he wanted on flat paper. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The trickle of smoke sketched a chalky line up the solid blue of the sky, wavered high up and faded. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Did she do these sketches in the Spinney? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I stay after school to work on tree sketches. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out my small notebook and looked at the map I had sketched earlier, trying to orient myself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z What generals wanted were not accurate maps but sketch maps that showed the roads along which troops and supplies should move. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was like a flip book of his talent—at the front were the sketches he’d done about three years ago, still a bit blocky and dull from their creator’s lack of experience. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The second sketch was of his father who was also reading a book. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Danielle’s really good at drawing, so I thought maybe she just wanted to finish her sketch. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Her sketches on the chalkboard looked like preschool illustrations that someone had poked a hole in and deflated. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I started sketching a river with bodies beneath it on my tablet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Early editions of Archimedes come with illustrations which show objects floating in a vast ocean of water, an ocean which stretches right around the globe, and Galileo drew such sketches in his own text. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I tell him I'm leaving as soon as I've finished the sketch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Immense, I tell you,” persisted Madame Ratignolle, surveying the sketches one by one, at close range, then holding them at arm’s length, narrowing her eyes, and dropping her head on one side. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Here I am, sketching in my journal, looking out for squirrels, with a loyal dog at my feet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Oh. Right. Well, I can just work on my sketches. I don't mind.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A sketch where the skinnier performer took off his dilapidated boot and counted his toes over and over again, constantly losing his place, generated the loudest reaction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sliding his sketch pad out, Rishi held it out to her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He tracked down J. T. and sketched out his proposal. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then I sketch a long, curved arc, followed by a second line in the same smooth motion. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She sketched out the design on graph paper, and the stonecutter went to work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Before long, she was collecting again, adding text and sketches to her study book. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He’d be happy to stand outside and sketch people on the street, especially peasants, laborers, poor people, like the miners in the Borinage. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After this angry response, he writes softer letters, focused on the art, telling Theo of his progress with his watercolors and sketches. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Although the finished painting will have slightly different objects than the sketch, the colors will be the same. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Zion finally found the page that had the sketch of the necklace. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She pulled a faux leather bound album from a stack on the table and flipped to a sketched portrait of me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I’m sketching an outline of this one flower in the garden. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Our country’s symbol is the eagle, and one night I traced a landing eagle out of a bird book, and sketched the moon underneath the bird, with the earth in the background. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of his sketches were done in pen and ink, a medium that captured his most intimate thoughts with admirable directness. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad helps with Charlie on the front, sketching him with his hat sideways. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I fill four pages of sketches until I settle on a painting of a woman with a shaved head dancing in a swirl of fire. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Lacy is trying to explain that Mrs. de Winter is very fond of sketching as a hobby. So she gave her six fine volumes all about painting as a wedding present.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He sketched a wooden chute that would descend from a secret location on the second floor all the way to the basement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jesper laid down another series of shots, sketching a wild formation he hoped would disguise their location. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I watch her wrap her arms around his waist and I know just how it feels, how he feels, from sketching him today. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Before examining her, he flipped through her chart—a quick sketch of her life, and a litany of untreated conditions: Sixth or seventh grade education; housewife and mother of five. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Warrior had his sword sketched in beneath his face, the Smith his hammer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sean sat in the dim light of the kitchen, a sketch smoothed out on the surface of the table. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He smiled and looked back down, resuming his sketching. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I had decided to try to sketch some of the buildings there like Mr. Ali had recommended. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Mia picked up her pencil and turned to her sketch again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As I continued to sketch, I slipped into my drawing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then the doodles grew into sketches, the sketches grew into pieces, and the pieces are now “works.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. Maybe you should go to a sketch artist or something?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z You asked him if he had any sketches to show you, and he said no. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And he drew a quick sketch: the outline of a seal. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His hand sketched a zigzag motion in the air. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sketch of Rosamond’s portrait pleased him highly: he said I must make a finished picture of it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Showing his sketches to a major graphic novelist felt like a step. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He sat down and flipped through his sketch pad until he found the page he was looking for. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z People groaned and booed, but Rishi held up his hands—sketch pad and all—and made his way over to Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “How provoking you are! I don’t approve of cigars and I will only allow it on condition that you let me put you into my sketch. I need a figure.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Basically, you sketch the same character with twenty-five different expressions, to sort of get to know your character better. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I sketch a willow tree drooping into the water. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He sketched the letters of the name in large floral script, as if seeking to dispatch the cumbersome duty of addressing the card as quickly as possible, before advancing to the message itself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I wondered what she wrote and if she made sketches during the dissection. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In about two minutes there was a whole stream of people walking in, checking out my hands and Karen’s sketch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Padva shows Lainie around the rest of her latest work, including a wall of recent sketches, before they sit down for tea at a table by one of the windows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Kendra had wanted to paint the pavilions around the pond, and Lena had quickly sketched a scene with startling accuracy, as if the housekeeper had the place memorized. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Instead, spurred by her irrepressible enthusiasm, she invited friends and colleagues to view her precious Surinam sketches and specimens, which she had “dried and well displayed in boxes where they can be seen by all.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She saw leaves, winding paths between roughly sketched trees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I laughed nervously, then looked at Mom, who had reached for her sketch pad without saying anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Aditya looked reproachful in these later sketches, his eyes beckoning the artist to stay with him for just a while longer, to not forget, to not relegate him to these empty pages. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As we sat waiting on the courtroom benches, she hummed tunelessly and sketched the other spectators. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He went off into a biographical sketch while people in line shuffled impatiently. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You going to sketch me in my casts?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Close up, each sketch was a mass of minute detail, much like the creatures I’d seen years before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been a long time since I just sketched. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z What they’ll do is start investigating the authenticity of the sketch. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you move it,” asked Nicodemus, pointing at the sketch, “to this spot right here, and bury it again?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A senior Weekday Warrior named Holly Moser sketched nude self-portraits in charcoal pencil, portraying her rotund form in all its girth. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Ralph sketched a twining line from the bald spot on which they stood down a slope, a gully, through flowers, round and down to the rock where the scar started. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He moves one pen on his small pad, and three others sketch alongside it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She was splayed on her stomach near the lantern, idly sketching her own face into the yellow notebook Robin had given her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z To my father, my best pictures, sketches, maps, and works of art, including frames. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d sketched a neat diagram of the light board and was watching Mr. Partridge flip switches. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “So are you really doing those magic tricks? I love you, but those were pretty sketch.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On the other hand, she had not painted these sketches for pleasure. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Spektor wrote the new vocabulary words over the faded sketches of algebra lessons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A local artist even sketched her while she was in the studio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There is a pen-and-ink drawing on page eleven by her father, an illustrator for the magazine: a view of the North Calcutta skyline sketched from the roof of their flat one foggy January morning. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I pretended to work on sketching stuff while I asked her seemingly random questions, like: Hey, Mom, have you ever been to Los Angeles? I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Although he sketched a variety of things and people—buildings, his house, what looked like students in a posh school cafeteria—he kept coming back to Aditya. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She pointed to different areas of my sketch. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z For this sheet, he chose the softer medium of red chalk over the scratchy line of pen and ink that he used in rough sketches. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On the wall, a few pencil sketches are pinned to the corkboard. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She captured it all in words and sketches—each chewed leaf, each plump caterpillar, each shed skin, each cocoon. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His brain delighted at the impossibility of this, at the sheer coincidence that that tiny, serious girl in the blue lehenga now sat opposite him, looking at his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She sketched and wrote furiously, recording all they did. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The floor is layered with dry splotches of paint, the walls plastered with sketches of tormented teenagers and fat puppies, the shelves crowded with clay pots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When I imagined sketching the commander, I had no problem, until I got to his head. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But working on the species sketch at Maer had gone well; he now knew that he would not be idle in the country. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Abu taught me the basics of drawing, and from there I moved on to painting and sketching—I loved anything where I could be creative with colors. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Some were medieval paintings in gilt frames hardly bigger than CD jewel cases; some were rough pencil sketches of Renaissance statues; some were larger-than-life oil paintings. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She tried to sketch a donkey in her notebook. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I paint a series of watercolor sketches of my grandmother. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her northern fantasy, those first weeks in the attic, was a mere sketch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Before she could talk herself out of it, Dimple pulled out her phone and began to take pictures of Rishi’s latest sketches, focusing on Aditya. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I decided to use him in my series of biographical sketches. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully turned the fragile pages of the sketchbook with my toes, and stopped on a sketch of a tarantula. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I sketched the details of my evening for the detective, telling him about my homework and the time I’d spent doing research on the effects of radiation on shellfish in the Pacific. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I walked back to the kitchen, comparing the clean, balanced equation to the mayhem of unfinished computations and dizzying sketches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The plans are predominantly sketches surrounded by notes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Heart hammering, Dimple slid the sketch pad back into Rishi’s messenger bag, crossed the room, and sat back down at the laptop. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There was art all over the walls, and books and books of sketches of googly-eyed dragons and hearts with knives stabbed in them and dripping fruit and all kinds of other stuff. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Their second day at the Taj he attempts to sketch the dome and a portion of the facade, but the building’s grace eludes him and he throws the sketch away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I flipped the page and stared at a sketch of me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Anna put her plant by the window, and Danielle tacked her sketch to a wall. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z When he took his place at the dining table, calm, affable, utterly certain, a crisis in the kitchen became no more than a humorous sketch; without him, it was a drama that clutched the heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I looked down at the sketch I held in my hands, the one that came from my bedroom wall. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “When you negotiate with the customer in Japan for building a house,” he explained, “you would sketch out a floor plan—most of these companies don’t use computers.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He had seen the sketches and portraits that his mother commissioned back then and knew that, once upon a time, he had been handsome. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Drawings like this don’t help,” said Summer, handing the sketch Miles had made back to Ximena. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z If forced to describe me to a police sketch artist, you might begin by mentioning my nose. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He returned to his picture, a rough sketch of a mean-looking guy with a metal pipe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He flipped open his sketch pad and wrote something down. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I sit on his bed, sketching different kinds of dresses. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My face becomes a Picasso sketch, my body slicing into dissecting cubes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Marco turns his attention back to his sketch, tracing the lines of the tree with his fingertips. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I moved closer to the shark to get a better look at the ridges on the serrated teeth, leaning the sketch pad on my left forearm, to make a quick sketch of the steak-knife points. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Joon’s hand quivers for a second and the pen veers off the pencil sketch course. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z And the Vestiges author did do something Charles had not done even in his sketch—the book included mankind and the origin of all life in its scheme. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can tell. He’s got sketch written all over him. Do you want to sign up to move in with him instead?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z By late August he has news to report to Theo: “You should know that I’m sketching large drawings after Millet....Well, if you saw them perhaps you wouldn’t be too unhappy with them.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I would send them a sketch of the portrait and tell them to copy it faithfully, sending my measurements. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t yet have the drafting skills to make an architectural drawing, but instead submitted simple sketches and pastel drawings, along with a written description. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z One morning I fell to sketching a face: what sort of a face it was to be, I did not care or know. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He tore out a blank page so that he might sketch Norfolk and its defenses for his friends. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I stopped going to my French group, then to my sketching class. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I saw the sketches of Mom. Are you doing some kind of sculpture of her?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z 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 I made a detailed sketch of the prison grounds with particular emphasis on the exact location of the prison hospital and the gates leading out of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sending the sketch to Theo, he describes “a blond, soft effect, and in the woods a more sombre, serious mood. I’m glad that both of these exist in life.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He pulled a piece of red chalk out of his pocket, crouched, and started to sketch out something on the ground. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Maria continued to collect and sketch caterpillars, making notes as she went along. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I’d slide this awful story off my shoulders, flatten it, sketch out our crimes like a failed battle plan and shake it in the faces of my neighbors, who are wary of me already. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As Rishi sat there, hunched over his sketch pad, the stub of a pencil in his hand, the other hand curled around the corner of the paper, Dimple knew he wasn’t really there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There could be no end to the questions, but the sketch outlines of answers were beginning to appear, and they were astonishing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Trip’s not really a man of mystery, you know what I mean? I figure either it’s someone totally sketch or he’s really into her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Years of schooling must pass before the boy will be able to sketch the cultural differences in his day as abstractly as this. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the desk, I flipped through the drawings, looking at all the sketches of shark parts—fins, teeth, and vertebrae. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He smiled quietly to himself, like he knew where her mind had been, and put away the sketch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I give up on the sketch, close my eyes, lean back in my desk chair. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Dimple turned away, back to his sketch pad, although she wasn’t seeing a single sketch anymore. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On the car ride, the three of us sat in the backseat: Jessica held her book, Anna held her plant, and I held my special sketch. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z First, Petra wrote down the titles of the books Calder remembered from Mrs. Sharpe’s bag, then Calder sketched the standing wardrobes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She has looked at them closely, sketched and painted them. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It’s just the beginning,” I prefaced, handing her the sketch pad. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Catherine stopped sketching for a second to get herself a glass of iced rum. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A few days later, Princesse sat in Catherine’s bedroom as Catherine sketched her seated in a rocking chair holding a tall red candle in each hand. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z His guardian gave in and allowed a sketching and painting trip to Ireland instead. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Since I was just sketching Muzak impressions, I’m less interested in the finished product than she is. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Beneath the sketches stood a row of locked cabinets—bookshelves, Reynie realized, but locked so no one could get at the books. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, on a quieter day, he sketches the beach. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I sketched the buds peeking from the berry bushes. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She glanced at Danielle, who kept her head down and continued sketching. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Feeling okay about the sketches, I close the pad and sit down at the sewing table. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Yet more sketches on a card table that passed for a desk. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He’d sketched out a detailed layout for their app, using the placement Dimple had suggested. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z For me, school only stopped being eight hours of daily stomach surgery when I realized everyone wanted me to sketch them more than they wanted to talk to me or bash my face in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In group, Carlyle hands out pieces of sketch paper and markers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Reaching across Inspector Garland’s desk, he plucked a pad of paper toward him; with a ballpoint pen he drew a sketch. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Serber drew a rough sketch of what became known as the “gun assembly” method. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They absorbed the restrictions and made sketches and measurements, trying out different designs until they settled on the best specification. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault,” I told him, trying to sketch the hairy shanks of shingles. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One day during recess—while doing some stick sketching in the dirt—I took a deep breath and plunged ahead. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z And on the far side of the studio, three naked women, with thin red scarves veiling their bodies, are modeling on a platform surrounded by a group of students sketching. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There’s a sketch of a long box with a woman’s head and feet sticking out of either end. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Too bad,” Lola said as she gathered her sketch pad and adjusted her skirt. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We blow on our fingers to warm them up and sculpt or draw or paint or sketch, or, in my case, carve. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The first thing I did was to make some ten or twelve pencil sketches. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The more he sketched, the closer she leaned in, seemingly mesmerized, until she finally knelt down to be closer, the tips of her curls brushing his arm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I hope other scholars and advocates will pick up where the book leaves off and develop the critique more fully or apply the themes sketched here to other groups and other contexts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Each sketch showed her with a different expression, and in each one she found the basic essence of herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Your sketch pad is under my bed. Will you go get it for me?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The designers had taken Rishi’s sketches to the next level and made the whole thing come alive. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He drew little pictures, and once he made a sketch of his friend to amuse him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Rather than go downstairs to the instructors’ room for drawing paper, I drew the sketches on my personal notepaper, using both sides of the sheet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We'd spend the days swimming, barbecuing, and brainstorming sketch ideas we would later put on video for posterity. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Even though she’s very pregnant, she comes with him when he wants to sketch the people who live near the dunes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I could sketch the landscape, draw a final cartoon of me giving the middle finger to the universe, then bite the big one. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Behind the Post-its and the small sketch of the Sillington House there was a fourth piece of paper: a small page from a pocket calendar. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She would observe every change with her own eyes and record everything in sketches and words. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Or we pass around our routing sheet and study the day’s owners’ “Hot Buttons,” as sketched in by Tammy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered why I didn’t look at the sketches he gave me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I stared at the sketch for a long time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I start sketching my experiment on a sheet of paper. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z But we know that Copernicus had first formulated his views by 1514, for at that date at least one copy of his preliminary sketch, the Commentariolus, or Little Commentary, was existence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He has started sketches and studies for an oil painting he thinks just might be worthwhile. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He often sends sketches or replicas of his work to friends, and sometimes when he does, he makes the painting a little different from the original, depending on whom he’s sending it to. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The wind was too high for sketching, it tore in cheerful gusts around the corner of my cobbled square, and back to the car we went and drove I know not where. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Brambleweft starts to sketch—billowing skirts and cunning little capes, corsets stitched with fanciful creatures. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Later that evening, Hazel came back with her sketch pad and her charcoal pencils. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Speaking of cowardly...you sneaked into my bag and pulled out my sketch pad. You e-mailed Leo without my permission! How’s that for cowardly?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She had a framed pastel portrait her mother had sketched of her when she was two and fell asleep on the blue rug in the living room. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He explained the phenomenon to a surprised Livingston by sketching the lines of electrical force on a blackboard. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The original Sesame Street was anti-narrative: it was, by design, an unconnected collection of sketches. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a closer look at one sketch and read the name, Terri Adams, at the bottom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He passes me on the way, leans down, eyes my rough sketch, and whispers, “Let me know when you get to the eyes.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But in fact he does make a sketch, of a little building with a cafe. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You’re right, there’s no champagne,” Chandresh says, pushing aside a pile of empty brandy bottles as he lays out another string of sketches along the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the following weeks William planned and sketched and eventually settled on his final design. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z The teacher went to the board and sketched the letter a. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He sits on a bench and sketches the town houses in the Place des Vosges, walks along the desolate gravel paths in the Luxembourg Gardens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He presents Gerald and Lydia with a sketch of the main house done one afternoon down at the beach, the first thing he’s drawn in years that hasn’t been for work. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was me, crouched beside the carcass, drawing on my sketch pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Draw me,” the parrot says, eyeing my sketch pad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I even manage to forget all about Prism until I’m lying awake in bed at night, realizing I haven't sketched a single thing all day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I sketch them in their rows, like the years of her childhood, Acre and French Fry and Lulu and Susan and Up and all the rest, organized alphabetically. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Would she be able to organize, sketch, and gather enough specimens to recoup all the hard-earned money spent on this voyage? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But he did leave a sketch of my rocking chair. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I shuffled through our sketches to find the place where we’d drawn a loft bed for Bobby Gene over our current dressers. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Then as soon as he saw that Antonapoulos was not interested Singer crumpled the sketches and forgot about them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he reached over and took his sketch pad from her lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He also sketched a hut with a grass roof and wrote, Some Zimbabwean house. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In school, he just sat there sketching and smiling like he was in on some joke no one else got. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I never told him of my life before, never sketched for him the world that had invaded and obliterated the one he and I had shared. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Using the pile of construction paper, markers, and tape, we began sketching screenshots of how we imagined our app would look, on cardboard cutouts shaped like cell phones. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The experience was not lost on the painters, and doubtless some of the sketches of the “Prelude to the Great Storm” will grace the R. A. and R. I. walls in May next. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But to fit these elements on to this wall he had to do sketches, draw converging lines, work out scales and foreshortening. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jim Brady, one of his graduate students, was tinkering at his lab table on the second floor of LeConte when Ernest bounded in, dragged Brady to the blackboard, and sketched out the equations. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Each of the ones Thomas could see were very similar: a rough sketch of a square maze, filling almost the whole page. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He hadn’t left any of the sketches that he’d done of me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Then below are periodicals, papers, and letters all jammed in together with drawings and rough sketches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he disappeared into a room up there, Kyle unrolled the game sketch. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “It’s dark. How are you going to sketch?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Joe picked up his sketch pad and headed back behind the counter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Dari started sketching out new diagrams and structures—building off Twig’s wild ideas—and we made a plan to test the top two designs this weekend. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She’d just started sketching the first line for a treehouse on her paper when June pulled strange objects out of her canvas tote bag for the next photo. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This map looked more like a first sketch. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I flipped to a clean page in the sketch pad and made a line drawing of the snout, filling in the defensive wounds from the seal in all of the right spots. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Once we were able to hold the clothing samples in our hands, samples that had started off as sketches on a notepad, things felt real. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My mother watched, still holding the sketch pad. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The editor asked me if I could sketch the likely highlights of such a book, and as I commenced talking, I realized how little I knew about the man personally, despite all my interviews. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I hiked back through the rocks, holding the sketch pad away from me to help keep my balance. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Cheap-framed sketches, ranging from really good to great, all pencil, mostly people, lots of self-portraits, snippets of her trying to grin her way through the everyday. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z My cousin TJ comes running into the living room, feather boa in one hand, pen and sketch pad in the other. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z You have to sketch out a grid of converging lines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Instead of the bright glare and the sharp, controlled edges, they were sketched in a kind of watery charcoal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z At his prompting, I sketched out the room, with the door at the top of the page and the window at the bottom. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You know, Sam,” Bando says as he sketches and watches me concoct a wild, savory lunch, “I think I’ll just open one of the cans of stew.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my sketch pad on the rug and crawled to the window. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z On another page, he sketches the area, drawing nested arcs around Eagle’s Ridge. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He began to move it in a curving line, sketching the beginnings of a circle, then a half moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It’s a nice little talent to have,” said the bishop’s wife; “it’s not everyone that can sketch. You must not drop it. Manderley must be full of pretty spots to sketch.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I write words in the white space beside the sketch, but after ‘pond’ and ‘icy’ the only ones that’ll come are: ‘guilty,’ ‘complicated,’ ‘hidden,’ and ‘weak.’ Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z On opposite pages, she attached blue paper frames with beeswax and slipped in the corresponding watercolor sketches. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Vinnie slammed his sketch pad closed and proceeded to disappear into the darkened rooms of the house with a girl from the audience. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Lorch, for instance, once reedited an episode of Sesame Street so that certain key scenes of some of the sketches were out of order. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Could I skip the difficult hands and feet and just concentrate on the parts that interested me, or would I be forced to sketch the entire figure? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I sketch the woolly form into the corner of the page, near the shoreline. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He scribbled an address on a paper in his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I brought my sketch pad and backpack upstairs to Mom’s office and plopped everything on the floor beside her desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Jamie asked, “How come you don’t sell the sketch? You could get quite a boodle for it. Being that it matches up with the statue and all.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m David,” he says. us As Mom reads, I sketch the scene: Hariy sneaking down the hallway on a midnight search. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks from me to my pad resting against the wall, the sketch of him facing out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z |
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