| 单词 | spray |
| 例句 | After a few steps, I stop and kick the ground, spraying up the dust and loose gravel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I’d sit in fear, knowing that any minute she would start spraying, and there would be the risk of her spittle landing on my cheek. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He knew how to wrap her lifeless arms around his neck and to hold her pale chin high above the foam and spray. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I felt excited, but a little panicked, too, as I sped down the creek, squinting into the icy spray and scanning the thick tangle of brown brush and newly budding trees along the narrow shoreline. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Her cheap cherry body spray fills my nose and mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Their oars slapped against wind-tossed waves, sending up plumes of icy spray that blew back into their faces and stung their eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Clancy was still stalking across the room like a caged panther, the muscles of his back rippling with each spray of gunfire. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Clive himself was almost blinded by a spray of razor-sharp wood chips. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he saw a spray of light sweeping the trees and shrubs across the street. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time the boat drove into a wave, water shot back across her top in a dashing spray that almost knocked him over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably no other agricultural program has been carried out on so large a scale as the dusting and spraying of millions of acres of land in southern United States to control the fire ant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The populations of nesting birds in general have declined as much as 90 per cent in some of the sprayed towns. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z On Nissan Island in the South Pacific, for example, spraying had been carried on intensively during the Second World War, but was stopped when hostilities came to an end. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He went straight to the shower and stood under the spray of the warm water until I knocked on the door and told him that dinner was ready. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Broken slabs of flagstone create a winding pathway through sprays of lavender, untamed boxwood, and lacy umbrellas of anise. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “We were the ones who spray painted the backboard,” Johnny admitted. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Remember, Apa reminds me as he sprays the station wagon with water, scrub fast so the bubbles will not dry before we rinse. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, it is important to realize that chemical spraying of forest insects is neither the only way nor the best way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was very fragile and covered with crinkly paper with a miniature spray of purple wisteria painted on the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientists of the Dutch Plant Protection Service did not recommend chemical sprays or soil treatments; instead, they suggested that marigolds be planted among the roses. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The answer came with the sound—an almost quiet moan mixed with a sharp tinkling that he realized was the wind pushing water spray ahead of it in a kind of horizontal frothy rain. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Michelangelo's red hair dances in the sea spray. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The smell of hair spray and gel and perfume clouds the air backstage, and the girls ask each other, “Do I have lipstick on my teeth? Is my blouse tucked in evenly?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I stumbled down the street, the comet tail in my eyes, seeing a little better now and looking back to see the water spraying like a mad geyser in the moonlight. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He held a can of something in his hand—pepper spray, I guessed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z After we sanded, sprayed on the white primer coat, and let it dry, the morning had passed without us noticing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The winds and sea spray whipped against our faces, making it hard to see or even move. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And there, in the back of the Saturn, a mass of pink and gooey stuff that had been sprayed on impact. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She felt the fine spray the boat threw back, inhaled the salty air, and looked out to a horizon made only of sky and water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It squirted venom at her in a fine spray. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the water spraying out of the borehole was brown and muddy, some of the little boys wanted a drink right away. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her the insignia on his uniform meant he was a crewmember on a helicopter that sprayed Agent Orange. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Green waters surged below, sending up plumes of spray to smash against the foundations of the castle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Turner heard them ripping the surface all around him, and felt the diamond spray sprinkle down on him in the moonlight like a benediction. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A chemically vanilla smell wafts around the car—the kind you spray to mask pet or unpleasant cooking odors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z One time when I flung it, a spray of dog spittle flew off the toy, splattering both of us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z If something whipped back and forth, it also needed to spin on an axis, bob up and down, and hurl through a jet spray of filthy water. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The vedalia can be maintained only by repeated releases and by the most careful attention to spray schedules, to minimize their contact with insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And he was prepared in other ways: Though nobody had told us to, he had brought along an iron and ironing board, even spray starch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They sprayed it with something to keep it up for school trips.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In community after community, especially throughout the strongholds of the American elm, the Midwest and New England, intensive spraying has become a routine procedure. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Almost all of the sprayed area was affected. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A fine spray of toenail powder shoots into the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Small stones spray wildly under the tires and the trees throw patterns of shade onto the hood of the car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did they? That is the last time I order the ‘Madison Lucas brain activity MRI’ spray tan package.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Kabuo watched for one long moment—an occasional fish flaring at the gills or jerking—then pulled the hatch cover over them and sprayed sea slime out the scupper holes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sprayed the clippers down to clean them and then stood behind the chair. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But Miss Celia, the way she stares at me with those big eyes like I’m the best thing since hair spray in the can, I almost rather she’d order me around like she’s supposed to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Cold drizzle sprayed across the deck, forming ice on the rails and the ropes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a main that had burst, throwing a fierce curtain of spray into the night. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The monstrous army swarmed him, but the Maeonian drakon flattened everything in its path, sweeping its tail and spraying poison while Damasen jabbed at Tartarus, forcing the god to retreat like a cornered lion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I trotted down one unknown street, then another, sending up sprays of water with each step. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We both destroyed property, but what was being sprayed was way differ-ent. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If we swirled around the oak tree the way Dismay had swirled earlier, we’d be bashed into the rose of Sharon bushes that sprayed the bottom of Listening Rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Both houseflies and mosquitoes of the genus Culex began to show resistance to the sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Theodoric’s analysis depended partly on examining rainbow-like images that he encountered in daily life: in the spray thrown up by a turning water-wheel, in the drops of dew on a spider’s web. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The image we all remember is the little spray of blood from the holes, like two little waterfalls, just before he clutched them and fell over. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Similarly, the World Health Organization, spraying in Venezuela, is reported to have reduced cats to the status of a rare animal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He pulled off his ant mask, hopped out, and turned off the spray of white fog. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The whale surfaces and spurts out a spray of air and water. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As it braked to a slow halt, red sparks sprayed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Shay cried out as she rode through the spray of churning white water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Killer whales cruised the open leads, blowing spouts of icy spray. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “They spray the grounds with pesticides and stuff.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Their yards were small and well kept, landscaped with sprays of chipped bark and whitewashed trellises of huge yellow and pink roses. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z From the practical rather than the medical standpoint this distinction is of little importance, however, because these petroleum solvents are an inseparable part of most common spraying practices. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The door gunner kept spraying the village as we moved off into the night. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She shows me the rubber gloves and a spray thing attached to the water up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z However, the animals eagerly feed on it after its foliage has been sprayed with 2,4-D. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Water sprayed everywhere, three stories high, dousing the balconies and the elevators and the windows of the shops. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He stuck his hand under the spray and felt the blood rush through his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The heavy boy stood and sprayed him, holding him off at arm’s length. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z One idea was to spray it on forests to help out the timber industry. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In all sprayed streams, young salmon of every size are scarce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After my hair is unbraided, Maxine sprays my hair with water to make it easier to comb through. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For the first time I got out the bug bomb and sprayed heavily, and Charley broke into a sneezing attack so violent and prolonged that I had finally to carry him out in my arms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But the words were coming out of him like the water spraying from a broken fire hydrant in summer, and he could not have stopped them if he had tried. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Whenever she didn’t like my tone, she would clip the crown of thorns violently, scattering a spray of leaves and red petals in the air. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alar was a chemical conventional grow-ers sprayed on apples to help them ripen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The result was an explosion of foam and spray at the bow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Before I can move it, white smoke sprays out of both ends. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A cloud sprayed out from behind the plane, and a fine white powder came sprinkling down on our heads. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The guards alternated between the pepper spray and the beanbag gun, shooting the men and women in the cages. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His blood felt like warm rain as it sprayed across her face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Rain sprays against the side of the building and streams down the walls. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Lena absently blotted up the hot chocolate Kendra had sprayed, using a small towel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I had to pull with both hands on the trigger, and I almost lost hold of the nozzle from the backforce of the water and sprayed wildly at whatever I could hit. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine each book traveling on a white conveyor belt toward rectangular white stations where robotic white arms dust, scrape, spray, and otherwise sterilize it until it’s finally deemed clean enough to come to me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was some way Father held his teeth and lips that made the water spray like that. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z With the spray hitting her face, the roar of water all around her, Tally could almost imagine this was one of her expeditions, back when she was a carefree city kid and not a... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The most modest of these options, the radioactive spray, would take at least a year to perfect after the first chain reaction was achieved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Will you have a spray of jessamine?” he asked, breaking off a few blossoms as he passed. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Only when I saw the spray of brown blood did I understand I’d hit him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood and saw that down the line of cages, more prisoners were being sprayed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z From ten feet away, I hear the bird’s skull crack as blood sprays everywhere on the wall, splattering onto Kim’s feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I opened them again, there was glass sprayed across the sidewalk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to get caught eavesdropping, but I also didn’t want the skunk to get scared and spray me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Let me tell you, Bobo could have used a good spray deodorant. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Both were blacked out with matte spray paint. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, I would stand beside her and wrap my hand in her freshly starched housedress as the water sprayed in my face. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The spigot in the tub was broken and the water sprayed into the air. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z His squall was like a whirlwind, like a sudden wash of freezing spray, like a harsh wind, weather like a hot wall of sound. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Eventually, he pulled out a can of fluorescent spray paint he’d lifted from an unattended public-works survey truck a few months before. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The old legend that “a pound of DDT to the acre is harmless” means nothing if spraying is repeated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My sister dug through her backpack and took out a bottle of Gatorade, some bug spray, a Lemony Snicket book, and a flashlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The spray floated over and misted my cheeks while I counted on my fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That at least was as he remembered; the ancient stones slick with spray and spotted by lichen, the sea foaming under their feet like some great wild beast, the salt wind clutching at their clothes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell whether he’d taken a shower or sprayed himself down with a garden hose. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Mami has also put some of her lipstick and rouge on me and sprayed hair spray in my hair to make me feel more grown-up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Ron snorted with laughter and the ground was sprayed with slugs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The girls rushed to hug Mary Lou, except for Petra, who kept watch over Harris with the can of hair spray at the ready. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The air lock was made entirely of stainless steel, and it was lined with nozzles for spraying water and chemicals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This is another way “grass farming” is very different from the “ride and spray” farming on big industrial farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped, but the air was saturated, and the wind was whipping spray off the flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’m not gonna be robbed again,” the old man said, spraying Ignatius with saliva. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I can get some paper towels and spray from a janitor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I saw a spray of blood hit the dirt, and it was more than I could take. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Jets of clear water sprayed into the air. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I arranged his spray of jasmine and stems of gardenias in a vase on the little table, then took the rest of the flowers into my bedroom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d watch her sprayed hair and her hysteria, and the tears she could still produce at will, and the mascara blackening her cheeks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z From her aisle, Anna said, “Sure do! Especially when they spray water from their trunks. What about you, Petey?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He pointed to a locked cabinet on the back wall full of spray paint. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He swung it backward with both hands and connected with Newt’s head, sent him sprawling across the bed as a small spray of blood sprinkled the sheets. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Now, after several years in which to observe the effects of spraying, the Canadians find a mixed situation, but one that affords very little comfort to devotees of salmon fishing, provided spraying is continued. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Every time Shay screamed, Tally knew she was about to follow her friend through a wall of spray leaping up from the maelstrom. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She pressed the nozzle on the spray can and lit a match, igniting a huge fireball that engulfed the snake. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Faro bounded around the tractor, his feet stirring up small sprays of dirt with each bound. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I snagged the buoy and tied up the skiff as he put it into irons, the sail luffing as it relaxed, some spray coming over the bow. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I run to the bathroom and grab the can of air freshener and just about empty it, spraying the hallway and living room. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z This is what happened in some of the western national forests a few years ago, when in 1956 the United States Forest Service sprayed some 885,000 acres of forested lands with DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I watch as Dell gathers together some of his clothing, his toothbrush, and a container of what looks like hair- spray. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Thereafter, except for a narrow band sprayed in 1956, the whole upper watershed of this branch was excluded from the spraying program. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The person at the tiller would wipe the spray out of her eyes and hair, glance up at the straining mast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But the way the waves crashed against the cliffs and tossed spray into the air was not safe. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The fact that every meal we eat carries its load of chlorinated hydrocarbons is the inevitable consequence of the almost universal spraying or dusting of agricultural crops with these poisons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z From a distance I could see the small, dark mass of rock surrounded by a blinding halo of light and sea spray. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The showers clicked on with an icy spray. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But you’d be surprised how quickly armed military personnel and pepper spray shut down the well-meaning protests of liberals in small, leafy towns. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The blood that sprayed over the food trays was wiped off by the line workers and they kept spooning up our chow. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris had warned her “never to eat strangers,” so she carried a big spray of these to ask him about. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The robins, he reminds us, did not die as a direct result of the spraying of DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the morning, they took over the girls’ bathroom, where they dragged on cigarettes as they did their hair until the air was unbreathable, thick with smoke and hair spray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Soon after the spraying had ended there were unmistakable signs that all was not well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The ice ball exploded, spraying his entire body with freezing, paralyzing streams of water, weighing down his arms, deadening his legs, squeezing his heart. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Brushes, screwdrivers, and spray bottles hung on small hooks along the walls. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When Reynolds was gone, he gave Nailer an oiling can and spray applicator that Nailer strapped to his back, and then Knot put Nailer to work lubricating the gearing systems that extended the hydrofoils. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh Lydia, honey,” Madison said, her voice dripping with mock concern, “I think they missed a spot or two on your spray tan.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then came a spray of EnviroChem, coming out of nozzles all up and down the sides of the air lock, which deconned her space suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy’s head snaps back and blood sprays from his nose; he collapses to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Trees leaned over the wall, sprayed with sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the missiles got close to one another, all six warheads detonated in midair, spraying a dome of gold and fire that sucked the oxygen right out of the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Still we cannot live with swarms of ants, so with poison spray I “do them in.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The store sold matches, and bug spray, and aluminum foil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After the disastrous 1957 spraying the program was abruptly and drastically curtailed, with vague statements about “evaluating” previous work and testing alternative insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Brother McKinnon holds a rattler inches from his face, spraying it with spittle as he prays, daring the serpent to strike and test his faith. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It had a fat, heavy generator mounted on it, with a large fan and a spray nozzle on either side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He would lead her to the grove by the stream and tell her the tear gas was a magic spray that would keep her healthy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful Brooklyn summer evening, the hydrant spraying water all over everything, the sidewalk, the cars, the kids. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all of the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A car parked in San Francisco was sprayed with bullets, killing three people inside. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The water roars and tumbles below us, sending up a soft spray that nurtures mosses and maidenhair ferns where it falls. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It crashed over rocks and through narrow channels, catapulted up into moonlit sprays, split apart, rejoined, and dropped down into boiling cauldrons at the bottom of steep falls. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The soldier reaches up and sprays one long, red, diagonal line on our door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The moonlight filtering in lit up silver puddles and sprays of cobweb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I stop only long enough to allow myself to be sprayed by a girl giving away free squirts of some venomous new perfume. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She laughs as she sprays my face with this cold stuff that she says is to keep the makeup from coming off. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We make our way round the pulpit, unable to keep from looking where Aaron was, his blood already washed away by the spray. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The book became a best seller and convinced many citizens and politicians of the dangers posed by indiscriminate spraying of DDT and other chemicals. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She’s got no goo on her face, her hair’s not sprayed, her nightgown’s like an old prairie dress. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Without waiting for permission, Emery pulls the band out of my hair and scratches her fingers through all the hair spray, shaking my hair like she’s trying to bring it back to life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Drops of spray stung like hailstones when she hit the first falls, and Tally leaned back to slow herself a bit. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The principal target of the aerial spraying was the salt-marsh mosquito, which inhabits the marshes and coastal areas that are typical foraging areas for the eagles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He wrote that no matter how hot the sun got, the sound of the ocean spraying against the walls of El Malecón was enough to keep you cool. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z All the way up that cliff, bullets kept spraying the sand in our faces and bouncing off the rocks around us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The spraying is not only improperly planned but studded with abuses such as these. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Now our cubicle looked as if a great laundry bag had exploded and then been sprayed with fine dust. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z When the ramrod was forced down behind, it created enough pressure to spray an opponent with a shower of slimy gunk. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Apparently the adult mosquitoes had become sufficiently tolerant of DDT to escape from sprayed buildings and rest and recover in the open. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, suggestions are heard here and there that these sterilizing chemicals might be applied as aerial sprays — for example, to coat the foliage chewed by gypsy moth larvae. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He tottered across the roof tiles, spraying his fig trees like it was the safest, sanest procedure in the world. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Above us hung a glittering spray of stars that stretched all the way to Cuba. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But it already seems far, far away, and as hard to hold on to as sea spray. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Now the guards were shooting the pepper spray through the fencing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It sprays the arm of my duffel coat, soaking the canvas. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “No,” Lord Janos protested, flecks of porridge spraying from his lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z White spray exploded over Dauntless's prow and showered Nailer in cool shimmering drops. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z For the most part, entrenched custom dies hard and blanket spraying continues to thrive, to exact its heavy annual costs from the taxpayer, and to inflict its damage on the ecological web of life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Although she was assured that no farms would be sprayed, her property received two direct sprayings and, in addition, was twice subjected to drifting spray. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mami twisted and sprayed her hair, powdered her face, patted rouge on already pink cheeks, and spread lipstick over already red lips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z So Mr. Brown explained that they would have to be sprayed with one of his special products, which would make the males of the species sterile. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A gunshot from the SUV clipped him in the chest and sent an explosive spray of blood into the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It’s freshly painted in an off-brown color, like someone tried to give it a Brazilian spray tan. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Many complaints of damage were made by people in the sprayed areas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then he washed the two soldiers down with bleach, spraying it all over them, and pounded on the door that led to the staging room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sheer rock wall, straight up and down and slick with spray, and at first that was all she saw. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even in a single season, with orchards sprayed four or more times, DDT residues may build up to peaks of 30 to 50 pounds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He tossed a pebble into the creek, too, and Wishbone leaped in after it, sending up a spray of cold water. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In orange spray paint it says: The Last Friend App. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the heat of being becalmed he had burned and begun to tan, and now with the wind and the spray of a night and half a day his body had become weathered and brown-gold. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor is it only the creatures that forage on the ground or those who prey on them that are endangered by the foliar spray ing of the elms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He dries off with his sweater, shakes his hair at me like a dog so that I get sprayed, and then pulls on his clothes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was only when he pulled his hand back that I noticed a spray of small red spots on his right shirt cuff. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Already pale with embarrassment, the girls sprayed with the white powder looked like sad, old women. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z New chemicals were added, better spraying equipment was devised, and the zeal for spraying increased, but the insect problem did not get any better. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Pixie ears, pixie eyes, swelling cream T-shirt, licorice miniskirt, leggings that looked sprayed onto her perfect legs, and toffee hair I'd given my soul to bury myself in. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z To these is added a new kind of fallout — the chemical sprays applied to croplands and gardens, forests and fields. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They never seemed to run out of talk about seeds and weeds and bugs and sprays and fruit, as Mother and Chrissie seemed never to run out of talk about flowers and jelly and jam. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z To combat it, spraying with DDT was begun, first in a small way, then at a suddenly accelerated rate in 1953. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I know—crazy, but I really do swing at the water, jabs, uppercuts, hooks, pretending that the splash is the sweat spraying off somebody. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Their shiny green faces had been sprayed with small drops of blood. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her chin trembled, and her black curls were damp with sea spray. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The spray made a blue fan behind her, a peacock tail of water, and he was helping her, lifting her up and over it with his hand, smiling down on her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew exactly where my pepper spray was — still in my duffle bag under the bed, never unpacked. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The aiakh moved so fast that Quaro's blood flew from it in a fine spray, like rain in a hot wind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This was followed two years later by extensive application of residual sprays for the control of malaria mosquitoes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A number of deaths among cattle have been traced to sprayed weeds, according to some agricultural specialists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A new voice in my head spoke to me with militarylike discipline: Discover ink sprayed on the contents of your locker—don’t fret about it, deal with it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon dove down and skidded to a halt, sending sprays of gravel in every direction. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Another wave hits the wall and the spray coats her body. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We couldn’t think of any animal that liked to eat roaches, so I suggested we buy roach spray, like all our neighbors did, but Mom was opposed to chemical warfare. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “You have to wash the pepper spray off,” Todd explained. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The gray of the sky cast a dull reflection on the blue waves, and the sea spray foamed like dirty dishwater. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I say, spraying a few mashed blobs off my lips. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Rock brushes his clippers off and sprays them before saying anything else to me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z From a distance, you could see the impression of a woman’s body on the mountain face: her legs formed of huge ravines, her hair a spray of pines fanning over the northern ridge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wept until the sea breeze would have no more of it and bucked the swells up, frothed them at the top, and sent some of the spray over the stern. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Incidents like the eastern Illinois spraying raise a question that is not only scientific but moral. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The porch steps complained again, and Adam knew the woman would be standing in her doorway ready to spray inhospitality on the new arrival. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They broke against the rocks and roared into the caves, sending up white sprays of water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When the heavy garment, sodden with spray, fell from her shoulders to the deck, she gave him a little bow and smiled anxiously. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But then the river hits the wall, and white water sprays against Christina’s back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z On one occasion they had looked up and delivered their looks simultaneously, causing Leon to spray soup from his nostrils onto the wrist of a great-aunt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Wild cherry, the leaves of which are highly poisonous, has exerted a fatal attraction for cattle once its foliage has been sprayed with 2,4-D. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Both of us look at it, the white water reflecting off of it, droplets of spray already catching and pooling on its blade, making it shine like a little flashlight. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A spray of the dog’s slobber splashed on my face and I hit the ground hard, knocking my breathing right out of me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She knew she should spray her scratches again before passing out, but the thought of moving made her whole body ache. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Weapons fall from their hands, fingers clutch their faces, as blood sprays from all visible orifices—eyes, noses, mouths, ears. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “What did you spray paint on the gym floor?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I put the bottle between my legs and pulled so hard that not only did I jerk the crumbled cork out but I sprayed myself with expensive Bordeaux. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It sprays sparks of light that glow red against her skin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Blood sprayed the air, an arc of black liquid gleaming in lantern glow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He was swept by the memory of his humans’ car roaring away in its stinging spray of gravel. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They dodged poison spray like they'd been training for this all their lives, which of course they had. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z All of this had the effect of making a monstrous chute where the water fought and roared to get through, smashing around the rocks in huge sprays of white water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Fine lines sprayed out from around her eyes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them shakes a can of spray paint and draws a giant red X on the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The aperture was so screened and narrow, that curtain or shutter had been deemed unnecessary; and when I stooped down and put aside the spray of foliage shooting over it, I could see all within. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z With its great black wings of spray, arcing above the rigging, it rose before them like an angel of death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then he raised his wings and splashed his belly in the water, sending a spray of drops everywhere and cawing in pleasure to be taking such a fine bird bath. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I imagine my mother and father sitting beside a fountain, under the spray of water, their feet skimming the concrete bottom. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His head bowed, he walked up to Clara’s grave and threw a spray of half-withered wild flowers on it that looked as if they had been stolen from some garden. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All four of us turned into water nymphs and danced around the cool spray, just the way it must have been when Indians danced circles around blazing fires. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z How I used to picture it as some sort of foam insulation sprayed atop his blocky pelvis. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Those closest to the fire jumped back as a spray of sparks rose up like demonic fireflies, but the bucket brigade pressed forward again as soon as the embers settled. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The next day, when Annie and I went out to our old backboard to shoot a few foul shots, we saw from a distance that somebody had spray painted graffiti on the backboard. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Shards of glass and metal spray from the center of the bloom, and Uriah’s body is among them, a limp projectile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then he joined Mom in the kitchen and talked to her about the mailboxes and the spray paint. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When Justice Douglas visited the area in 1959, the year of the spraying, he was shocked to see the shriveled and dying willows — the “vast, incredible damage.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But the disinfectant we were given to clean our cells, when sprayed on the dried milk, made the writing reappear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The drakon was close now, stomping through the marsh, blasting trees and moss with its poison spray. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Captain Candless—” Nailer broke off, thinking of the shots fired in the darkness, the spray of blood as the captain went down. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Growing corn is just riding tractors and spraying,” Naylor told me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Yet we are allowing pesticides to enter them via the rivers and by direct spraying over bordering marshlands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A handful of beans sprayed back at them as the food tumbled out of sight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Roy remembered that his mother had packed a canister of pepper spray in his backpack, but he also remembered what he’d read about bear encounters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The spray was a 25 per cent DDT concentrate suspended in a solvent containing methylated naphthalenes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z With repeated spraying over the years the range between trees is from 26 to 60 pounds to the acre; under trees, up to 113 pounds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mark woke up in a cold sweat, as if the spray from the water in his dream had doused him while he slept. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “It’s just a nozzle that sprays water. It’s very hygienic.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So off we set, my mother and I and my trunk and my tuck-box, and we boarded the paddle-steamer and went swooshing across the Bristol Channel in a shower of spray. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As the sea spray mingled with the snow and fell against her skin, Jinny let herself tremble. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There is a pink-brown stream with stucco bits that flows from whatever area has been sprayed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I enlarged the image and did a double take, rashad is absent again today is what it said, spray painted in bright-blue loopy letters. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Hal sprays the tire with soapy water to locate the bubbly leak, splotches on some rubber cement, sticks in a plug, and charges them fifty bucks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She remembered the spray of blood and his staring, horrified face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Thanks to him, the very next day, Tía Inés dragged me up and down the drugstore aisles as she filled a plastic basket with sprays and powders for places I didn’t even know needed them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Red and white lights sprayed out of the green. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A machine with white powder spraying out of it like a snowstorm.... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Most of them flatten on the floor, and a spray of bullets inside the station takes out the lights. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The horses went crazy, running back and forth as the geysers sprayed them from all directions. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Because the spray planes were paid by the gallon rather than by the acre there was no effort to be conservative, and many properties were sprayed not once but several times. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If we are troubled by mosquitoes, chiggers, or other insect pests on our persons we have a choice of innumerable lotions, creams, and sprays for application to clothing or skin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He dives and surfaces, spraying water out of his mouth, rolls over and over in some bizarre corkscrew motion that makes me dizzy even to watch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The blood gurgled out of the wound it made and sprayed along the concave metallic surface. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther down, I could see it pounding over a dam, and the spray flying. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The sea spray flings high through the air, dashes across the rocks. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The judge turned around, returned to his chambers, came back to the courtroom with a can of air freshener and sprayed the courtroom. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, chemicals sprayed on croplands or forests or gardens lie long in soil, entering into living organisms, passing from one to another in a chain of poisoning and death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But when the truck passed the next car ahead of us, covering it with spray, the two little red lights we followed veered sharply to the right and then vanished—winked out—completely. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Consider the farmer who sprays his fields with insecticide to kill the bugs that are damaging his crops. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I start to tell her people stopped using this much hair spray in the nineties, but she doesn't listen. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Icy sea spray and rain crept down their necks and a chilly wind whipped their faces. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I bought a new shotgun, which I always kept at hand, and the Walmart in Wasilla started carrying an anti-bear spray that was very effective, which I carried in a holster on my belt. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They stand back as he and I aim and spray in long, flowing lines. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Ivy’s window exploded, spraying glass all over her bed and bringing the sky with it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She turned toward him and knocked her beer bottle to the floor, where it broke into a spray of brown, jagged glass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked a spray of pebbles in my direction, then turned around and looked at Maribel, who was still standing basically in the same place she’d been the whole time. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He could flip one and a half times and land headfirst right where the falls hit the pool, disappearing in white spray. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I wonder if they created drawings and stencils first, or if they just grabbed their cans of spray paint and improvised. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s mostly white ladies, smiling, got they hair already fixed and sprayed for tomorrow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then I smooth and resmooth my hair, pop a small bow on my ponytail, and squirt on a bit of jasmine-scented body spray. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In the moonlight he saw a silver spray burst up into the air, a shower of diamond dust. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z In my terror I let go of the body and it fell back into the tub with a hideous slap and a spray of water and I woke up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I'll use an 02 tank to spray short bursts of oxygen at the hydrogen, and make a spark with a couple of wires and a battery. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As he did, a pot of wildfire burst overhead, spraying green flame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was bald as an egg and stood in a bathrobe and slippers, spraying the ankle-high grass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Since she faces the saline spray, her copper skin has already turned green, but she wears it majestically, nobly. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "You know the rules. Go away if you want to spray!" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z In the middle of the chute was a boulder—huge, gray, wet with waves and spray—and the raft aimed directly at the center of it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z In the morning the cab was full of sleepy flies and I sprayed it and Charley had another attack. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, at least a thousand myrtle warblers could be seen in migration during former years; in 1958, after the spraying of the elms, observers could find only two. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There, shoved up against one wall, was a giant table covered with postcards, hairbrushes, and bottles upon bottles of hair spray. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The American boys were only a length off the pace but still out in the widest part of the lake, bucking the relentless, punishing winds, spray flying from their oars with every release. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My Maybes pile is tiny: deodorant and body spray from Dayah, and a book from Bushra that I was going to put in the Definitely Nots, but she might see it there. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Because not even a hoot owl can kill a skunk without getting sprayed with his scent. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As the airmen made their descent, the Germans sprayed them with bullets. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was the pepper spray at Greyhound—he had surely inhaled enough of the gas to cause some internal reaction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Tyler’s palms were sweaty when we held hands, and he wore so much Axe body spray, I would go into coughing fits every time we hugged. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The sand is so warm beneath me, and the ocean and salt spray and plum-colored breeze is so calming, that I tell him the story about my uncle. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Wayne was due to spray for mosquitoes, so he came by to pick up Theresa, Tino, Henry, and me after school. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They dove together into the nearest trench and the mountain shattered above them, spraying them with plaster shrapnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Those Stoll boys from the Hermes cabin. Centaur blood is like acid. Everyone knows that. They sprayed the inside of that Artemis Hunting Tour T-shirt with it.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Certainly not by any that assessed the true costs of the total destruction wrought by such programs as the Sheldon spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His hands and feet would be tied, and then, sometimes with a guard’s knee on his back, he would be sprayed directly in the face. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Look, man, I’m not trying to say anything bad about Rashad. I’m just saying that spray painting ‘Rashad is absent again today’ on the concrete in front of school is like, I don’t know, extreme. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It has been found that animals, both wild herbivores and livestock, are sometimes strangely attracted to a plant that has been sprayed, even though it is not one of their natural foods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Waves broke on boulders, sending white spray up into the twilight. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z All day long he sprays weed killer and fertilizer on people’s lawns. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Water burst out of the busted pipe and sprayed all over us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I jammed the ramrod down the barrel and released a shower of white saliva and mush, spraying my cousin square in the face. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The moment something startled me or whenever I got overexcited or spooked about any little thing blood would spray out of my nose holes like dragon flames. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I finally spray him with water, and he runs right into the cardboard cat carrier with the picture of a kitten in a spaceship on the side. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Grover muttered something about girls being harder to understand than the Oracle at Delphi, then he handed me the spray gun and followed Annabeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z No makeup, no hair spray, no new piercings, and on top of it a hug? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He squeezes the ball at me again, but the opening is at the wrong angle, and the paint sprays into his mouth instead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He shook his head violently to free himself, and Miss Rachel stepped back to avoid the spray of water. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The thick glass exploded on his skull, sending a spray of shiny pink-tinted shards throughout the room. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Department of Agriculture, in a Home and Garden Bulletin, advises us to spray our clothing with oil solutions of DDT, dieldrin, chlordane, or any of several other moth killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She bought books and sprayed herself with unfamiliar perfume in duty-free. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Acting under the Michigan pest control law which allows the state to spray indiscriminately without notifying or gaining permission of individual landowners, the low-lying planes began to fly over the Detroit area. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Arsenic-contaminated environments have also caused sickness and death among horses, cows, goats, pigs, deer, fishes, and bees; despite this record arsenical sprays and dusts are widely used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She gripped the side of the boat fiercely and shrieked with every swell of the water, with every spray of water in her face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z This was because of the grim fact that the older young salmon had been killed off by the spraying in 1954. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Someone knocks into me, and I bump into a kid whose microbiome is 90 percent body spray. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My mother has taken to spraying air freshener when he isn’t looking. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z They covered their faces against the stinging spray of dirt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Lavender sprayed from two big urns on either side of Aunt Florentine’s headstone. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Gravel sprays off the back of my tires. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Birds flitted quietly into the trees; tiny white moths sprayed off from under their feet; the trail led sharply upward in shadow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, everyone in the community rushed to donate new furniture and art and worked together to cover up the horrible words that had been sprayed on the walls with fresh coats of light gray paint. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “I want your youth,” he said harshly into her ear, and his warm saliva sprayed across her cheek. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z JPs head snapped back, and purple blood sprayed from beneath my knuckles as he lost his balance and fell backward—right into the muddy shallows of the lake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His lips sprayed wetness and he was grateful for the sweet cool air that filled his lungs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes compressor pumps and material can be mounted on truck chassis, but there is no blanket spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He did not have the luxury of moving from place to place, of closing a bathroom door behind him, spraying some air freshener when he left. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Counting out their dance routines as they spray their hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Nailer tried to imagine what it would be like to stand on deck, hurtling across the waves, blasting through spray. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The bullet went into the back of her head and exited through the front of her face, and blood sprayed everywhere. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the end the growers were faced with the unpleasant truth that their cotton yield would have been greater had they saved themselves the trouble and expense of spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There are cases on record where natural parasitism has kept the budworm under control more effectively than spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They sprayed truck gardens and dairy farms, fish ponds and salt marshes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The smell of pepper spray hung in the air. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As she finished the spraying she began to feel quite ill, with nausea and extreme anxiety and nervousness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Portia extinguishes them with some kind of spray from a canister. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There are now only two or three dozen robins to be found each spring on the entire 185-acre campus of Michigan State University, compared with a conservatively estimated 370 adults in this area before spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It splits his skull, and blood sprays out past his dangling brains, yet he doesn’t fall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The bullets have torn into Baxter’s chest, spraying red mist everywhere and knocking him onto his back with a hard thud. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Run out to the garage for me and grab a spool of that wide elastic, the glue gun, and my box of spray paints.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The fire didn’t respond to being sprayed in the kitchen because it wasn’t centered in the kitchen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Inside, the first thing I noticed was the smell, thick and sweet, like something sprayed out of a can. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Theon drew the hood of his cloak up against the spray, and looked for home. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Whenever the wind kicked up, sprays of loose snow filled the air and stung their eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He took the spray and broke off a twig for her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She urged her board onto the river, cutting into the cold spray and for a moment leaving a laughing Shay behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I put on my bathing suit and jumped around as it sprayed back and forth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It had taken every ounce of concentration she had to spray a little dirt in a zmeyok’s face that morning. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Katz and I found ourselves carelessly bumped and jostled into the darkest corners, sprayed with water from clothes being shaken out, and knocked in the head with casually discarded equipment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The sounds spray against my head as I rush out. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He stepped forward and sluiced a spray of black tobacco juice out of the side of his mouth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But of course such transplants would be wiped out by any repeated spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I remember how it was at first: dazzling warehouses buzzing with light, where entire shelves boast nothing but hair spray, tooth-whitening cream, and foot powders. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The dressing room is a haze of hair spray. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I spray on her perfumes—I can’t decide which one I like best, so I use all of them. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The larger the area sprayed the more serious the harm, because no oases of safety remain. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A related chemical, pentachlorophenol, sometimes known as “penta,” is used as a weed killer as well as an insecticide, often being sprayed along railroad tracks and in waste areas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He brandished it at the dolphin warriors as if spraying them with bug repellent. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was so awesome how she transformed each of our hairstyles into big, round bouffants with curled, flicked-up ends, topped by a cloud of hair spray. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z My hair lay plastered, flat and dark against my scalp, and when I rubbed it, a misty spray of soothing droplets rained down on me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You summon the goddess with a spray gun?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Icarus grabbed the wax gun and sprayed it at the king, who stepped back in surprise. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My legs are wobbly, and the front seat smells of bug spray and our sweat as we bump along the deep rut in the road, but I feel so good and tired here with Papi. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He shakes a can, holds it away from his face, and aims, spraying the paint back and forth. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Inside were four cans of spray paint, painter’s tape, and a staple gun. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The sprayed area had become a lethal trap in which each wave of migrating robins would be eliminated in about a week. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He fires, and green paint sprays across one of the windows, missing the camera lens. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A spray of dark red leaves sprouted from his skull, and grey mushrooms spotted his brow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The smell of hair- spray and perfume, of cheap cigars, and the slow ticking of watches. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As Dona Amelia gives us last-minute instructions, Susana fusses over me, dabbing silver eye shadow on my lids, gliding her lipstick over my lips, giving my hair a final spritz of hair spray. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami puts some lipstick on me, but I refuse the hairspray because Sam says that sprayed hair looks like an astronaut’s helmet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It may be absorbed through the skin, may be breathed in as a spray or dust, and of course is absorbed from the digestive tract if residues are swallowed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Blood sprayed from Sadna’s hands where she tried to ward off a blow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z One was the fire ant eradication program in the South; the other was the spraying for the Japanese beetle in the Midwest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her mom left the room, and Eleanor pretended to go back to sleep. park He slept until noon on Christmas Day, until Josh came in and sprayed him with one their mom's salon water bottles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Otto was on my back, but to protect Songololo’s feet, I swung her over the sprays of glass shards that swirled through the grass. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “They all smell the same. They get sprayed with Super Scent,” she said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It was therefore more than clear that spraying at the rate of a pound of DDT to the acre posed a serious threat to the fishes in forest streams. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Piper put her new sword to good use, while spraying food from the cornucopia in her other hand—using hams, chickens, apples, and oranges as interceptor missiles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At the Cyclopes’ feet, a red vein in the ground burst open, spraying the monsters with liquid fire from the Phlegethon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maxim turned to me, laughing, wiping the hair out of his eyes, and I unrolled the sleeves of my mackintosh caught by the sea spray. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Cantor found two beautiful sprays of orchids, which Grandma Sadie artistically arranged around the new top layer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Nicole held the can of hair spray out in front of her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Sohrab faced me and talked while we showered, which was weird, but at least there was a spray going and soap partially covering me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The poison sprayed his shoulder, and it burned where it touched. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There is a can of red spray paint sitting on the ground, the cap neatly on. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With my full attention on the box of supplies, I lifted a can of spray paint. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Fine, Florence. I’ll just hold all this frustration and nonsense in until tomorrow morning, but don’t you go blaming me if I pop open and spray you all like a hot can of beer.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The Virgin’s robe was slightly chipped, which Celia disguised with a spray of artificial flowers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No one knows whether the same effect will be seen in human beings, yet this chemical has been sprayed from airplanes over suburban areas and farmlands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Grace Wexler, recovered from a world-record hangover, draped a white cloth over the liquor bottles and set a spray of roses on the bar. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the manicures and the makeup and the hair spray. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We still had a half hour before Wayne would be finished with his spraying. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of toxic pesticides, crops are sprayed with natural substances, like BT, a pesticide made from a common soil bacteria. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The spraying would continue until his spirit was broken. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Shay leaned forward and eased her board out onto the river, wrapping her dorm jacket around her shoulders against the spray of the rapids. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z One final geyser of spray rose ahead of us and that was it. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In southern Indiana, for example, a group of farmers went together in the summer of 1959 to engage a spray plane to treat an area of river bottomland with parathion. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The hoot-owl miners were the safety and rock-dust crew, assigned the task to spray heavy rock powder into the air to hold down the explosive coal dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I used to hit up streets with a spray can to get name recognition, not spread hatred. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Erik and Vincent Castor had found a can of white spray paint, and they had painted something on that gray wall. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She fixed her a crown of braids, leaving most of it tumbling long, and wove in vines and sprays of orchids, sprigs of fern, and the one white feather. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help thinking of the awful words sprayed on our mosque last year and how much they frightened me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The wind picked up, blowing fine Whfll spray across the raft Then the stars came out We stayed in the middle of the raft, side by side, as it drifted aimlessly over the sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If only his mother could see him now, spraying mud on the Mud People. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I rotated the bottle around and saw, unambiguously, a tiny smear of blue spray paint on the outside of the bottle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z On a low glass table stood a giant spray of hothouse flowers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But with the “improvement” instituted by the Forest Service, the willows went the way of the sagebrush, killed by the same impartial spray. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A few Earthborn launched a volley of rocks, but from the sides of the hull a dozen Archimedes spheres sprayed out, intercepting the boulders and blasting them to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Through countless talks, Harold and I reached an understanding about not including personal things like “mascara,” and “shaving lotion,” “hair spray” or “Bic shavers,” “tampons,” or “athlete’s foot powder.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The second was occupied by Gregory Pitts and his friends swatting their arms through a cloud of body spray that smelled like cinnamon if cinnamon smelled like garlic. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Anyway, honey, you have to promise me you won’t forget to put on the bug spray, okay? On the legs, especially when you’re hiking through the woods. It’s right here in the front compartment.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The hazard exists not only for the man who may spray this week with one insecticide and next week with another; it exists also for the consumer of sprayed products. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Early trials of DDT having given apparently good results, spraying was intensified. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Percy winced as cinders sprayed from the river, curling around his face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His hands jumped with the recoil, but he saw the red mist, a spray of blood in the air; a body tumbled off the ramp and crashed into a group of three people below. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I ironed it and then we sprayed it with perfume Big Ma left behind. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Scientists from the Entomology Research Center of the State Board of Health surveyed the carnage after the spraying and reported that the fish kill was “substantially complete.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The spraying can often be done by men on foot, using knapsack sprayers, and having complete control over their material. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z JB grabs the water hose, turns the faucet on full blast, and sprays Dad. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Being on a flying horse, skimming over the waves at a hundred miles an hour with the wind in my hair and the sea spray in my face—hey, it beats waterskiing any day. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I chased the raccoons into the night and stumbled over a third animal and was struck by a wet stinging spray. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z More water sprayed from the walls, and still the crew labored. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The grove had been sprayed with parathion some two and a half weeks earlier; the residues that reduced them to retching, half-blind, semiconscious misery were sixteen to nineteen days old. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The eastern Canadian situation is not unique, except perhaps in the extent of forest spraying and the wealth of facts that have been collected. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t spurting and spraying, but it wasn’t trickling either. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I gobbled the food gratefully as the sun dropped and night settled over the village, which had no electricity, leaving a bright spray of stars overhead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The refuge manager believes that pesticide residues are now building up in the waters of these refuges, being conveyed there by return irrigation flow from heavily sprayed agricultural lands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He sprayed us with vodka, and even though there were little screams of delight all around us, I heard a sigh, and I knew it was Bax behind me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This made a delicate froth which disappeared into the air or fell back in a warm spray over my face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Everyone got quiet at the thought of the spray truck spewing insecticide every other night. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, someone’s managed to bypass security to spray paint ‘Powder Princess’ on the side of her car.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And there was a problem with the wiring that caused electricity to spray out of the shower along with the water. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Waller had specifically requested Agriculture officials not to spray her property, because it would be impossible to avoid the pastures in spraying the woodlands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Shay ducked behind Tally as they struck a wall of spray. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I wondered if Caitlin had sprayed it with perfume, or if this was just how a new thing smelled. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Or the flash of light and the spray of red. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Nearly half a century ago, a professor of entomology at Washington State College, A. L. Melander, asked the now purely rhetorical question, “Can insects become resistant to sprays?” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If this was San Francisco, Dimple would have to invest in some heavy-duty pepper spray. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There was a sharp crack, and dung sprayed from the RECO’s head. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z With this complete record of prespraying conditions, it was possible to measure the damage done by the spraying with an accuracy that has seldom been matched elsewhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z One of the best-known examples of fish destruction in the United States took place in 1955, as a result of spraying in and near Yellowstone National Park. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The hair spray that can hold it down has not yet been invented. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Finally, the house is to be sprayed with the cleaning service’s signature floral-scented air freshener, which will signal to the owners, the moment they return home, that, yes, their house has been “cleaned.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A truck shot past in a whine of spray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The rain and sea spray stung my eyes, reducing everything to a blur, but as the lightning flashed, it lit—for a second—something jutting out of the sea. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He pulled off the other boot, then did a cartwheel along the deck, spraying all of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Over the water, spray struck her face, hands, and feet Tally knelt, grasping the edge of the board with wet hands, flying as low as she dared. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Ya might want to spray those things with Lysol or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When you enter a house, you spray a white rag with Windex and place it in the left pocket of your green apron. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The canister flew across the room and hit a cabinet, spraying rice grains all over Mama’s clean floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I scrambled out the window, and then turned back to watch as Margo leaned over the desk and calmly shook the spray paint. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Those who weren’t rowing ducked their heads down against the spray and the bird droppings, and kept a wary eye out for killer whales. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The unsprayed cotton suffered less damage to fruits and later to mature bolls than the sprayed, and in twice-sprayed fields the yield of seed cotton dropped significantly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My hair is white-blond, and so straight and flat, there’s no way it would ever end in a curl without massive doses of hair spray. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Like going up and down it and spraying water and squatting to let it cover them for a few seconds and then popping out again and standing back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He sprays a third, vertical line on my mother's door, cutting the X in half. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Now millions of acres of sagebrush lands are sprayed each year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Soon after nine o’clock of a Saturday morning, kids began spraying out of all the side streets on to Manhattan Avenue, the main thoroughfare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did the wight who took you spray you with anything?” he asked her. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Poseidon’s trident morphed into a fire hose, and the god sprayed the giants out of the Parthenon with a high-powered blast in the shape of wild horses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Millions of acres of forests were sprayed instead of thou sands as before, in an effort to save the balsams, which are the mainstay of the pulp and paper industry. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m too busy choking on his body spray. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When the Charlie Company truck caught fire in a mortar explosion on January 21, 1970, Wright quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher, ran to the truck, and sprayed the burning ammo to put out the fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Besides the more than four million acres_of rangelands sprayed each year, tremendous areas of other types of land are also potential or actual recipients of chemical treatments for weed control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It knocked aside another and sprayed poison on a third, who retreated in,a panic, his armor melting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z One result of the subsequent roadside spraying was the death of a dozen cows from arsenic poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Amid much rejoicing, the crews of the three small boats raised sail and forged ahead, spray breaking over their bows and freezing on the men and all the contents of the boats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z My dad was flying—long grooves of slush that ribbed the pavement sprayed up onto the car—and the whole time I was shaking in the backseat like there was an earthquake under my skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, however, Mr. Sweeney had noticed that a city-wide infestation of the cottony maple scale was worse after the spraying recommended by “the books and the authorities” than it had been before. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The terrier shook his coat, spraying the cat again; furious, the cat stalked off. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They placed a spray of flowers by her grave and left for the station, where they would catch the train back to Tres Marias. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Among them is the woodcock, a species that winters in southern areas recently heavily sprayed with heptachlor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then Charley roared his warning and I opened the door and sprayed the road with light. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumping off the bike, Roy said to Beatrice: “Does this have anything to do with that cop car that got spray- painted?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her that it was important to spray the ground now so all those evil weeds wouldn’t have a chance to get started. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z He sprays more and more cleaner and switches the wiper speed higher and higher, but the scat stays on. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The wind whips up another spray of sand off the shallow, windward slopes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In America, farmers have repeatedly traded one insect enemy for a worse one as spraying upsets the population dynamics of the insect world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Waves flew toward him, huge surges that exploded in spray as the low-density hull slashed through. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As the aerial spraying of DDT increased, so did the number of suits filed in the courts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He’d missed fall rains, the water dripping along the knobs of his spine and mixing with the sea spray in his hair—things he hadn’t known he’d miss. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The Mother Superior received her in her Spartan office, where there was an immense, bloody Christ on the wall and an incongruous spray of red roses on the table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I suspiciously eyed the spray bottle she pulled out of her purse. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They must get lonely, standing here all day in their high heels, spraying strangers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My mom takes a deep breath and sprays the kitchen table again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z At Setauket a fine quarter horse drank from a trough in a field which the planes had sprayed; ten hours later it was dead. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Besides increasing advisors, he had authorized the spraying of highly toxic Agent Orange and other defoliants to destroy enemy cover in the jungle, as well as rice crops in areas controlled by the Viet Cong. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It sprayed a blinding sheet of rainwater that washed over Cade’s windshield and nearly swept us from the road. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Again, I choked, and this time I sprayed her leg. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The spray of it half blinded the Company as they crouched against the cliff, and when the air cleared again they saw that the path was blocked behind them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “But,” someone will object, “I have used dieldrin sprays on the lawn many times but I have never had convulsions like the World Health Organization spraymen — so it hasn’t harmed me.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Behind them, the oil sprayed a hundred feet in the air. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The hoverboard was the tricky part Its unfolded surface had gotten wet, covered with a fine layer of ocean spray and dew. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A great tree, fallen across one comer, leaned against the trees that still stood arid a rapid climber flaunted red and yellow sprays right to the top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was so low now that saltwater spray was splattering his windshield. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I Love You, Anjela!” is spray- painted into the snowbank along the parking lot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s beautiful,” she says and that’s all she says and she just looks and wipes off more spray. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Blood sprayed from his nose, and he hit the ground hard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Montana Fish and Game Department registered strong opposition to further spraying, saying it was “not willing to compromise the sport fishery resource for programs of questionable necessity and doubtful success.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The spray blew across her face; she rubbed her eyes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Its survey indicated that fewer than fifteen people out of a hundred of those using insecticide aerosols and sprays are even aware of the warnings on the containers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Shut up. You totally creeped me out with that whole future wife line! You should be glad I didn’t have pepper spray or throwing stars on me.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The ice shattered under BaiMa’s hooves, and Pinmei gasped as freezing water sprayed her, its coldness more startling than a slap. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even worse when my grandmother shook the box of cornstarch into the spray bottle, spilling clumps of white powder on the floor. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Perhaps plants that are sprayed with man- made pesticides don’t bother to produce much of their own. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Making your third grader go for a spray tan instead of playing in the park just so Mom can outsource her failed dreams to her kid? So wrong.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Under the philosophy that now seems to guide our destinies, nothing must get in the way of the man with the spray gun. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Henry drove, rather fast as he always did, the tires whining on the wet black road and water spraying high on either side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I tackle him and rain down punches, growling in satisfaction at the snap of bone beneath my fist, reveling in the blood that sprays across the wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The object of selective spraying is not to produce grass on roadsides and rights-of-way but to eliminate the tall woody plants by direct treatment and to preserve all other vegetation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Now and then sprays of rain flew over and misted our faces. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried a bottle of Lysol in her car that she would often spray at random, only half-joking. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Then he’d take a running dive and disappear in a geyser of spray. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I carry trays of dirty dishes from the dining room back into the kitchen so the dishwashers can spray and scrub them clean. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He flinched when the spray struck his face, then stood impassively, eyes closed, as black water swirled at his feet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Catelyn could feel the faint touch of spray on her face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two pink Daisy razors stood upright in a small drinking cup, next to a spray can of Psssssst instant shampoo. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Waves crash against the pilings and spray us as we walk along. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I got mop and pail, sprayed a room with disinfectant, and scrubbed at coagulated blood and hardened dog, rat, and rabbit feces. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry was cleaning it with a spray can of whipped cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t want to think about who they were, and why they were smashing things or spraying the walls. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The contamination of milk and of farm produce in the course of the gypsy moth spraying came as an unpleasant surprise to many people. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And they look almost like teenagers, the way they are squealing in the wet spray. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After a while the others spray on another coat, and the trailer’s ready for the subfloor. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The results of repeated spraying are clearly seen in other streams of the watershed, where alarming declines in the salmon populations are occurring. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As I lift up my damaged arm, blood sprays me in the face and the world makes another alarming shift. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She had at least managed to get them down in time before she sprayed the floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It has happened also because, for reasons to be described later, destructive insects often undergo a “flareback,” or resurgence, after spraying, in numbers greater than before. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Nothing came back at us from the island, but our ship’s gunners still sprayed it with bursts of twenty-millimeter fire as we passed abeam. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The newest addition to the weapons is the use of chemical sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Docked at the North End waterfront, it was a fireboat, ready to spray tons of ocean water on the many fires that often took place on the wharfs that extended out into the harbor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Day before yesterday,” she repeated, breaking off a spray of Mademoiselle’s geranium; “then if you had not met me here today you wouldn’t— when—that is, didn’t you mean to come and see me?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She sprays my arm with potato chip crumbs. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I shrugged, watching the patterns the wind made in the fountain’s spray. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He flops back to the floor, sprays the whole downstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And when that spray fell back in sheets to the following waves, it left Turner still standing on the top of the cliff, knees still flexed, toes still clenched. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Tears flow from her eyes, mingling with the spray of my shower hose. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They weren’t making out or anything—a kid named John had announced that he had sprayed pepper spray in there and people were going in to see if they could handle it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The wind’s pummeling me, the salty spray nicking my hot face, the ocean below drumming as ferociously in my head as out of it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But the more cotton was sprayed, the more bollworms appeared. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Stale and wilted flowers, rejected downtown, blazed feverishly on a cart, like glamorous rags festering beneath a futile spray from a punctured fruit juice can. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad would rub imaginary spray out of his eyes, and scan the horizon for possible sperm whale, Flying Dutchmen, or floating ambergris. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Princesse watched her own skin grow visibly darker as she sat near the open sea, the waves spraying a foam of white sand onto her toes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Although spraying has been tried as a weapon against the ubiquitous budworm, the areas affected have been relatively small and have not, as yet, included important spawning streams for salmon. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Purple light sprayed upward like shattered glass, and the tide poured through, shredding trees, destroying roads, wiping the Little Tiber off the map. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One unusually warm day this week, Miss Gordon brought in fans and spray bottles of water and let us eat Popsicles in class. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She was pointing to a large spray of yellow chrysanthemums and red roses. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z So the next time we saw a swastika spray painted on a wall or newspaper stand we could represent ourselves, the Freedom Writers, without destroying property. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We are instructed to spray disinfect- ants everywhere, into the air of our bedrooms and kitchens and with special energy into bathrooms, since it is our very own germs that seem the worst kind. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was getting rougher, and the salt spray was whipping at my cheeks and stinging my eyes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z At the same time the wind tore at the fire and sprayed red coals and sparks in a cloud around him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hair spray? That’s your secret weapon? See, this is why women will never end up really having power.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Who asked you to help?” the first man asked, chewing his words and then shooting a spray of black tobacco juice into the dirt at Wash’s feet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Fischer’s spit was sprayed around the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Chunks of mud spray behind me off the tires. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Not only forests and cultivated fields are sprayed, but towns and cities as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then the wave came back, the gully boiled before them and spray dashed up to the very creeper so that the boys were wet and shrieking. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Their names leapt in fire, burning down the years under his axe and his hose which sprayed not water but kerosene. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They peeled and sorted and bunched and sprayed and cleaned and stacked and shelved and swept; my father put them to anything for which they didn’t have to speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When it arrived a couple of days later, she yanked the neck until it was loose and sprayed the bottom edge with bleach cleaner to make a stain. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z From the makeshift bandolier, she removed a small can of hair spray, thumbing off the top. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There’s a fountain in the middle of it, a round fountain spraying water in the shape of a dandelion gone to seed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The ships that escaped his deadly grasp banked around and sprayed him with laser bolts and machine-gun fire, but both deflected harmlessly off his armored alien skin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He decided to review the results of spraying for Dutch elm disease for himself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He was holding a can of spray paint. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got a lovely spray of Easter lilies from your mother this morning,” she said to him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A racking cough burst from his lungs, throwing a spray of blood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes I liked to touch it just to know that it was there, like the pepper spray I kept in my pocket. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It hung on the horizon like blood spray. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In some parts of the world disease can be linked with spraying in quite a different way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A red sports car zooms by on the road, puddle- spraying our fence. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She yanked the sprinkler out of my hands and turned the spray on me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was fascinated by how he could direct the thinnest, most even spray of water from his mouth onto the clothes he was pressing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z That's when Freak squeezes the trigger and sprays him right in the eyes. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Nova Scotia orchard- ists who are following Dr. Pickett’s modified spray program are producing as high a proportion of first-grade fruit as are those who are using intensive chemical applications. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It scrapes his neck so hard that I see blood spray from the impact. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Of these 67, 59 were caused by seed dressings, 8 by toxic sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He saw a Union battery firing to the south, saw sprays of men rush out of the woods, the smoke, and envelop it, dying, and then the smoke drifted over it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And because of the dimness and the flying spray, she couldn’t actually see if there was a ledge at the bottom or not. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The contamination of our world is not alone a matter of mass spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We kept on walking through the maze of green, brown, and orange, the weird shapes and smells, sprinklers misting over the flowers, people in green suits spraying and trimming. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s sad to say that I once was much like this idiot that sprays on walls, but had different causes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “A combination of pepper spray and tear gas,” Mr. Jacobs said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There are possibilities of using less toxic sprays or, better still, of introducing microorganisms that will cause disease among the budworms without affecting the whole web of forest life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Sea spray struck Reed’s cheek as he stood, testing the shifting sand with his toes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I drew the line in fifth grade when my mom sent me to school as the modern-day queen of England in her old yellow suit with my hair curled up high and sprayed white. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Tendrils of bright red hair framed her face, a spray of freckles powdered her nose, and she was as plump as a perfectly ripened peach. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It will spatter its black poison into the air in a fine spray, killing all the seabirds that breathe it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Your tag is your name written with spray paint however you want it wherever you want it to be. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z After a few moments the metal changed again, and the surface became shiny and glistening, and sparks just like those from a firework sprayed up from it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He proceeds to spray every last sliver of our exposed skin like Mom is standing right there. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Noah, get a can of bug spray out of the pantry,” Mom said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I brush my hair over my head and toss it back, then shape it with my fingers and spray it with lacquer. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He loved being back in his father’s element—with the fresh sea air in his lungs and the salty spray on his arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And the wall sprays let down showers of mechanical rain. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of these outbreaks had followed forest spraying with insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And one by one they rose out of the sea into a golden spray. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They threw us down on the aft deck in front of a swimming pool with sparkling fountains that sprayed into the air. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Festus sprayed her with flames, which seemed to force her into solid form. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I gather the kitchen dishes, put them in the sink, and wipe the table and countertops with some lemon-smelling spray stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z When he shook, spraying mud and water in all directions, Mormont said nothing, but on his shoulder the raven screeched. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Winds slant sideways, crushing raindrops mixed with sea spray against the glass panes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her servants sprayed perfume, and the young woman gulped down sugar water before putting her hand on the door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Vents opened in the floor and sprayed sand across the arena. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Thick-skinned banana clumps, pungent sprays of jasmine, black-seeded papayas, and delicate pods of vanilla all astonished her. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As in eastern Canada, one of the most serious effects of spraying was the severe reduction of food organisms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Harry could feel flecks of cold salt spray hitting his face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “And if that don’t get you, the stuff they spray on the trees will eat your liver up.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A spray of gunfire brings down a shower of plaster. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Six species of cotton insects, along with an assortment of thrips, fruit moths, leaf hoppers, caterpillars, mites, aphids, wireworms, and many others now are able to ignore the farmer’s assault with chemical sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Evidently some spray had drifted across the road into the pasture, for the sheep began to show symptoms of intoxication almost at once . Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Preheat the oven to 275°F. Line two cookie sheets with aluminum foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "I just spray a little on each foot every morning, and now I really do have sweet feet. Plus, I like the tingle." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Pieces of glass and metal spray through the air, falling to the floor where I lie, stunned. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When they finished picking all the ripe peas, Ernie took the water hose, squirted their hands clean, then sprayed a mist into the air. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He shaved, and sprayed deodorant under his arms, while a zoo guide on a raised platform outside explained what Billy was doing—and why. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z An unknown but very large acreage of timber-producing lands is now aerially sprayed in order to “weed out” the hardwoods from the more spray- resistant conifers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But I hadn’t thought the spray paint was right either. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Hazel just had time to cover her ears before it discharged, into the sky, spraying a dozen metal spheres that trailed green fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The “agricultural engineers” speak blithely of “chemical plowing” in a world that is urged to beat its plowshares into spray guns. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He yanked down on the steering wheel and twisted away as his wing mirror exploded and a spray of bullets slammed into the windshield and door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Then a spray of tiny wood chips cut into Magdalys’s face as a shot slammed into the crate beside her head. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z While Officer Delinko had been dozing, somebody had sprayed all the windows of his squad car with black paint. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They sprayed Garfield's skin with ether, but it wasn't enough to completely dull the pain. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If Mom gets ahold of it, she will destroy it with her negative Mom-hammer and spray me with venom in the process. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For this reason it is considered important to make periodic examinations of the blood of spray operators and others regularly exposed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “You’re going to have to pay for telling on Castor. You told who sprayed paint on the wall, and Castor got into trouble. Castor doesn’t like getting into trouble.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When we’re finally done at one in the morning, we leave the kitchen with the table covered in randomly spray painted newspaper pages, and stray pieces of cardboard. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Doon nodded and turned back to the boxes, but once again the boat struck something, causing a spray of water to slap into them and put the candle out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As it splintered away, it pulled a little puff of dirt from the ground, spraying it into the zmeyok’s eyes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When sprayed, the colonies disperse as the mites, irritated though not killed by the chemicals, scatter out in search of places where they will not be disturbed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My face was sprayed with the saliva of enthusiasm, and I decided that the next time I stood in the spotlight it would be wise to wear dark glasses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Miyax listened carefully, then he put her down and hastily packed her bladder-bag, wrapped her in an oilskin against the wild spray of the sea, and carried her to the boat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But the results of the spraying should have been enough to convince anyone that the advice had been far from sound. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She gave her hair a quick spray to make sure none of the frizz would disappear. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Farder Coram touched the spray of pine as if for luck, and on his face was an expression Lyra had never seen before: almost a longing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The sea spray hit my eyes, but I locked my attention on him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Ahead of them a grocer sprayed down the sidewalk in front of his corner market. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The invisible servant brought him one, opened it too suddenly, and sprayed soda all over the god’s work clothes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, Sofya and the others stumbled out of bed and began to defrost the planes by spraying them with hot water from a tank truck. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He picked up the head of the hose, put his thumb over it and sprayed his friend. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Water sprays over the table, hitting him in the eye. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In 1835, the ship left Lima, on the coast of Peru, and headed toward a lonely spray of charred volcanic islands west of Ecuador—the Galápagos. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There are sponges there, and spray cleaner that smells like lemons. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But even as he grasped at the Talent, the spray from the sprinklers began to melt the stone, right before his eyes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “And whose lockers they looked in first for spray paint cans?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Over here,” Sohrab said, which was unnecessary, since the spray of the showers echoed from around the corner. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Everything smells like hair spray, and I have that key-change, offbeat feeling again. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Grandma shoved the spray bottle back into her purse and looked at her watch. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He frightened her, telling her about the chemicals that were sprayed on crops, the chemicals fed to chickens to make them grow quickly, and the chemicals used to give fruits perfect skin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The water grew rough again, and splashes of spray put out their candles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He took off his shirt and splashed his face and upper body with cold water, then sprayed himself with Sploosh. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Just like Lucy Jo Rose had done to Mom, she took to spraying disinfectant and air freshener in my general direction. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She had spiky black hair, dark eyeliner around her stormy blue eyes, and a spray of freckles across her nose. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It smelled like hot hair, nail polish remover, and a soft perfume, which Bridget had sprayed on at least eight out of twenty pulse points. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The twins, sitting on either side of me, turned to look out the rear window at the muddy spray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Questioning always revealed that spraying or fogging had been done in the area where the birds were dying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But the unfortunate truth is that blanket spraying is resulting in more ragweed, not less. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her hair’s long without no spray on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The wind brushed though the square and I watched the spray from the fountain move like gauzy curtains in the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From time to time spray was blown off the crest of a wave and wet the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It's bursting with so much color it looks like a graffiti artist got too excited with a spray can. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The air in here smells of sunscreen and body spray. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then the goddess pulled a vial from behind the counter and sprayed some honeysuckle-smelling oil around Percy’s face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Silver’s light-gray fur showed up plainly against a low spray of gorse, but Hazel could not see Bigwig until he sat up and ran toward them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Toothpaste, sugar, and bug spray weren’t as good as Apollo’s music, but they made for a pretty decent flash-bang. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The river roars and I feel its spray on my ankles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z On every hand there is evidence that those engaged in spraying operations exercise a ruthless power. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Although the plants had been sprayed before the flowers were formed, the nectar later produced contained the poison. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I say, “Well, you have your good insects and your bad ones. And you want to keep your spraying down. Or not at all.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The moisture that sprayed into the air would condense and form clouds pregnant with rain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Stepping under the shower’s perfect warm spray was already surreal enough without having to hear the click-click-click-beep of Thurmond’s automatic timer to keep my wash time under three minutes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He threw a hand sharply into the air, but whatever he said was lost in the spray and mist as they swallowed him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The ground crews, which had to replace twenty-four dirt- clogged aircraft engines in twenty-one days, resorted to spraying oil on the taxiways to keep the dust down. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I open the cabinet under the sink and turn off the water valve so the water won't spray everywhere. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A logging truck whizzes past me, and I squint to block the spray of icy slush it kicks up from the road. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Gonna save us all!” the hideous woman said, spit flying out of her mouth, spraying Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Dirt and pebbles sprayed up and several women screamed. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The taste of salt spray nearly gags me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Joseph stood and shook his whole body, like a dog spraying the water away. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He sprayed Gregory from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Three were scientists checking the efficacy of sprays; 8 worked in greenhouses; 5 were farm workers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Justice Douglas tells of attending a meeting of federal field men who were discussing protests by citizens against plans for the spraying of sagebrush that I mentioned earlier in this chapter. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You’d think a reasonable person would understand that turnabout is fair play, but you’d be surprised how quickly reason goes out the window when the bugs start spraying back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I’d seen hundreds of shattered windshields in the junkyard, each one unique, with its particular spray of gossamer extruding from the point of impact, a chronicle of the collision. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I could barely make out their voices over the spray. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I spray his mirrors and wipe them down so they’re sparkling clean. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It was two feet high and two feet long, and he had spray painted the cubes with this kind of fake- sand paint or something. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She was clutching a spray of orchids wrapped in clear cellophane. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Glass sprayed like a thousand knives, and the world had no up or down. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The wind picked up, lifting her veil and lashing her cheeks with salt spray. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In the Philippines aerial spraying for mosquito control has cost pond owners dearly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Across the water, the Crux rode huge and golden on the waves, sea spray sparkling along her gilded figurehead—a wooden woman holding a diamond the size of a cow skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I was chasing down the bus, dodging the spray the wheels drew from a lake-like puddle the exact moment Nicole was hit. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “We'd better get these dishes done. Hand me the lava spray gun, will you?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Soap sprayed from the nozzle head of a shower when you turned the knob a certain way? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I spray it wet and start all over, fussing and frowning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He sucked his mouth full of water and then spat the water out forcefully in one large explosion, so that the entire shirt was sprayed with water. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into wars, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This natural control, plus quarantine measures and local spraying, achieved what the Department in 1955 described as “outstanding restriction of distribution and damage.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The light hit Jason’s sword and sprayed outwards in ten separate tendrils, zapping the basilisks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One of them accelerates as it passes; a wheel dives into a water-filled pothole, spraying freezing muddy water over Salim’s pants and coat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Then I stood up and pressed it back in place but the blood sprayed out in a circle like a shower nozzle. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had gotten just her right leg and just her left arm spray tanned. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The sun gilded the spray that fell around him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A screaming Cyclops, sizzling from poison spray, sailed over their heads. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As soon as Mom got out of the car, Lucy Jo made a big show of spraying Mom’s seat with Lysol. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I managed to spray it with an ointment Kevin had used for sunburn. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Put the stem of a leaf spray in water, in a narrow-necked container, such as a bottle, so the caterpillar can’t fall in and drown. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Then Dad grabs the hose and sprays both of us. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “You’re the head of the art club, right? You’ve got the key to that supply closet. Lots of paint in there—including spray paint.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He leaped over an upended chair and raced around the wreckage as the top of her head appeared—dark hair that looked as if it had been sprayed by gray and white paint. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At a traffic light, Nigel brought out a bottle of cologne from the bag he placed at his feet, sprayed it on his neck and then offered it to Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her foot almost slipped, sending a spray of gravel over the edge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Michigan spraying was one of the first large-scale attacks on the Japanese beetle from the air. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ellsberg knew the cause—American planes buzzed 150 feet above the treetops, spraying a defoliant known as Agent Orange. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She chewed the blankets, tore the mattresses, sprayed the feathers out of the pillows. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Needless to say, the results of all this work are now jeopardized as the enemies of the corn borer are killed off by the sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He tried to send an Iris-message in the rainbows that formed in the sea spray, but he had no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And maybe there’s a new airiness to your thoughts on the morning you decide to pull out every window in your apartment so you can spray the glass and wipe down the sills. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was a lemony spray she put on her hair. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Christian concept of speciation placed God firmly at the epicenter; all animals created by Him sprayed outward from the moment of creation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Only the occasional swell sprays us with a light, salty mist. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Her kick connected with the container, and it popped open, a puff of brownish-green dust spraying out over the Special. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A National Guard helicopter sprays tear gas on protestors at the University of California. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His black hair is sprayed down so heavy, it don’t even move. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A well-worn green cloak, stained by salt and spray and faded from the sun, draped his thin shoulders, over brown doublet and breeches that matched brown eyes and hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a dæmon, and as Lee watched, she turned her head and delicately took a spray of pine in her powerful beak and drew it across the space like a curtain. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With the spray of pink bougainvillea behind her, she looks as though she’s just emerged from a garden, dusted with golden pollen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a spray of pink wild aster in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lister developed a device to spray the acid solution in the air around an open wound when surgeons operated and changed dressings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I can’t bring myself to spray my body and watch it flow down the drain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Those who find an answer to all problems in spraying also overlook a matter of great scientific importance — the need to preserve some natural plant communities. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He kept stepping into, then jumping back from, the spray, until the water shut off automatically. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z When the light dawned in the morning, they were like a company of ghosts, their faces drained and pale with strain, their beards and hair white with snow and salt spray. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There were too many of them over too wide an area to make a spraying program practicable. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The train lurches to the left, and Uriah falls against me, his fingers pinching the paintball until a stream of pink, foul-smelling paint sprays on my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The gardens were cooled with fine sprays of water, and the rooms, for the most part, depended on shaded verandas to tame the hot desert air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then how would they get in to spray for bugs?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She offered to have the land checked for gypsy moths and to have any infestation destroyed by spot spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Liam stood and stumbled over cans of sunscreen and bug spray from a nearby display. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If the runs in the Northwest Miramichi are still in relatively good condition this is because spraying was done in one year only. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Inevitably it follows that intensive spraying with powerful chemicals only makes worse the problem it is designed to solve. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A spray of bullets had caught the car full on the driver’s side, shattering the front tire, smashing the windshield and side windows, and punching into the side panels. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes long fan-shaped snow sprays were spun off the mountaintops by high winds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Water hits the wall and sprays up, misting my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He spat and a beautiful spray hit a mailbox, dripping down like a teardrop. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even by the end of the second summer after spraying, only meager quantities of aquatic insects had reestablished themselves, and on one stream — formerly rich in bottom fauna — scarcely any could be found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Down here, the spray might make it even harder to ride, but the barrier of the trees kept her invisible. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Down the street, a firecracker sprayed crimson sparks across the sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I squeeze the trigger and the paintball hits the camera, spraying blue paint across the lens. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Shea was my age but shorter, with reddish hair and light skin, light enough for a spray of freckles to shine through. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then he sprays another line, making an X. I curse silently under my breath and start to turn away— —but then the soldier does something unexpected, something I've never seen before. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A long way below, the waves threw up tall plumes of spray as they crashed against the rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In went another fistful of crisps and when she spoke again, out sprayed the crumbs. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z There was only one small window, but it had no sill to hold a candle, so some spray snow had to do. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if, as has sometimes happened, some of the birds and mammals and fishes are able to re-establish themselves after a single spraying, a great and real harm has been done. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In fact, its agricultural extension service does not recommend spraying as a community method of control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The wind from the thermos stirred up a nice sea spray that made a rainbow in the sunlight—perfect for an Iris- message—but our connection was still poor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gromme reported that calls and letters about dead and dying birds had been increasing steadily during the years since spraying began in Wisconsin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Pycelle shrieked and wet the bed, urine spraying in all directions as he tried to scramble back out of reach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The oars flung up sprays of water with every stroke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To neutralize the poisons, military hospitals sprayed the chemicals in the air and on smelly body waste. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Narrow rows of lockers separated by benches, fellow students changing into their gym clothes, and the pungent odor of sweat and body spray made my skin itch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We pass the throng of drenched and happy children still playing in the hydrant's spray. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the Southwest an estimated 75 million acres of mesquite lands require management by some means, and chemical spraying is the method most actively pushed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She checked out Dad’s bare toes, but she stayed away from Mom, who was trying to soak the spot out of the rug with paper towels and that spray stuff she uses in the kitchen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The sure square hand sawed out a round hole in the flesh, and the breath came bursting out of the hole, throwing a fine spray of blood. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z All I hear is squeaking, spraying, and wiping. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We don’t talk about the danger—but what I imagine is a cartoon version, bullets flying and each boy a superhero, running, invincible, through a spray of gunfire. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Finally the whale rises to the surface, spurts a stream of spray one more time, then rolls over, belly skyward. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I sprayed fire down toward the stream in as even a line as I could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman let out an expansive laugh that resounded through the house like a spray of broken glass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The really significant findings were made when the investigators turned for comparison to a creek in a remote area about 30 miles from the nearest spraying for budworm control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Catfish and spray paint in hand, Margo threw the door open, jogged across the Worthingtons’ expansive front lawn, and then hid behind an oak tree. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Gushing water strikes the wall beneath me and sprays upward. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Just stay outta my way, please,” she said, spraying the counter with orange liquid. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I move to my right, Aaron follows till we’re moving in a slow circle, Aaron’s hands still out, my knife still up, Viola keeping behind me, the spray covering everything. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z To my horror and delight the thing vaulted in the air in an explosion of water and spray. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Gwenforte runs out ahead, and the sea sprays up around her like wings. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a spray and a spurt of crimson in the sunlight, and the bodies of the slaves crumpled and twitched and one by one fell to the freshly cut grass. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And so began our twenty-eight-and-a-half-minute lesson on why spray paint and car windshields don’t mix. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Statues stand at sharp corners, and fountains spray rainbow-colored water in the air. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In 1956, a late spring delayed spraying so that it coincided with the arrival of an exceptionally heavy wave of warbler migration. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ahead of them a grocer sprayed down the sidewalk in front of his corner market. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I wonder, if I pushed the top of her head, would aerosol spray out of her mouth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Remy dug around his backpack and pulled out a can of body spray. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Happy birthday, my little Jupey-Jupe!” he crows, stopping to smile as the room fills with the fragrance of Axe Peace body spray. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “We’ve got a power source breach here, Captain. We need to get your head sprayed immediately.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Amari was drinking milk and he laughed so hard, it came spraying out of his mouth and nose all over the table and Holly. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The bullet hits the brick wall to my right, and pieces of brick spray everywhere. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Is a student behind it, or did some adult sneak into our school with a can of red spray paint? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Inside there’s a bag of Boomchickapop kettle corn, a bottle of pineapple-coconut water, a can of Axe body spray in Peace scent, and a card Britain and Golly helped me with. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The floor was too damp from the spray of the river to write on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From among the dried flowers and the pine sprays a bright yellow eye looked out. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z People spraying their lawns with 2,4-D and becoming wet with spray have occasionally developed severe neuritis and even paralysis. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I spray more starch on Mister Johnny’s collar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One, as we have seen, relates to the fishes of running streams in northern forests and to the single problem of forest spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A bus careered past and sprayed us with a fountain of rust-brown puddle water, drenching us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He’d built grenades that could spray acid, fire, shrapnel, or freshly buttered popcorn. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A spray of water shot high into the air! A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if the little jerks who’d sprayed his Crown Victoria realized how much trouble they were getting him into. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “She thinks someone sprayed insecticide in her apartment, Nia. She gets paranoid.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He sprayed her for five minutes, until the air lock stank of bleach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On either side of the spray paint, kids passed out flyers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All we could do was spray DDT everywhere. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Peewee and Monaco kept pumping rounds high into the village while Johnson sprayed the trail behind us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Water sprays out a hole near the top of the tank, and the pane cracks in half. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “We’ve had a damp spring. I’ve sprayed them twice, but to get the eggs off it’s best to wash them by hand.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He had been ordered out many times on “search and destroy” missions after planes had sprayed the herbicide Agent Orange to kill any vegetation in their path. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Black didn't really say too much about Kim when she left, just brushed off Needles's neck and forehead, then sprayed the stuff on his head to make sure it had that shine. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Even from this distance, the lake’s spray is visible skirting off its surface from the gusts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The spray — one- half pound of DDT to the acre in a solution of oil — filtered down through the balsam forests and some of it finally reached the ground and the flowing streams. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Moreover, absent from Papin’s design was a simple device employed by Savery: the use of a spray of water over the cylinder to cool it in order to speed the condensation of the steam. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t until he picked up the green spray paint and drew that enormous X over the back of the uniform shirt and handed it to me that I remembered to start breathing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Man, I just sprayed this place for bugs.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Black and white students carried mace and sprayed each other with it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Society of Sentient Insects had gone and invented ‘people repellent’ spray. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Sargon buried his fangs into the disgusting creature's shoulder, and a fountain of green blood sprayed the ceiling. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She always thought she’d spray the most gasoline on those family portraits on the stairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z One gloved hand still clutched the rusty iron longsword he had taken from the crypts below Winterfell, and from time to time he would lash out at a branch, knocking loose a spray of snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Another plane buzzed overhead, kicking up a stinging spray of water. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He unpacked his travel kit and sprayed on fresh cologne. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Wind in your hair, sea spray on your skin. The cold of the living.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then I spray painted the whole thing white with the paint I had gotten for the Alabaster Sphinx I was making for the Egyptian Museum project. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The Velaryon galley exploded like a child's toy dropped from a tower, spraying splinters as long as a man's arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He lunged forward on the bleeding leg, blew past the entire field in ten leaps, and charged on, a lurid spray of blood flying out behind him as he ran. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent most of one Sunday spraying the basement and all secluded areas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Bournonite; apatite on muscovite; natural zircon in a spray of colors; dozens more minerals he cannot name. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Some kids climb to the tops of buildings, hang over the edge spray their names upside down from there. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Then add some scoops of dead fish and a splash of skunk spray. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I turn my head so I do not have to watch him spray down the car and make the bubbles disappear. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z A porcelain vase etched in gold was placed on the bedside table and filled with a spray of fragrant evergreen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He began scooping up crackers and Ping-Pong balls and spraying them with top- ping. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Putas wore lots of perfume, jewelry, dresses cut low to show off their breasts, high heels to pump up their calves, and hair spray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z On the wall behind her, a painted wisteria vine frays into a tangled modernist spray of color that makes von Rumpel uneasy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Great, heavy arcs of water shot out from the boat, spraying everywhere. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Again there was no record of local spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In elementary school, we’d spray paint on the handball wall, or on a park bench. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When one flipped, good gosh it sent a spray of yellow all over the dern animal, the stalls, the hayracks, everything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I even hold my head back with my eyes shut and let the spray hit my face full on. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A big, lumpy package bounced off Neville’s head and, a second later, something large and gray fell into Hermione’s jug, spraying them all with milk and feathers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Eris breathed a shadowy spray of buckshot across the void. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Another rag, sprayed with disinfectant, goes into the middle pocket, and a yellow rag bearing wood polish in the right-hand pocket. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then we have to spray it with bleach cleaner. There are little bleach spots all over the wood,” said Patti. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z While the general listened to a briefing in a nearby tent, Caputo and his men sprayed water into the trailer. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z By the time we arrived, Dad’s eyes looked like Atomic Fireballs and Mom’s hair looked like she’d taken a spin in a hair spray cyclone. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mom and I kept swatting at mosquitoes that were buzzing around my father, who hadn’t bothered to use the bug spray. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Without thinking, I get a paper towel and cleaning spray from under the sink. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I prayed he wouldn't have an outburst and spray tomato sauce all over us, but I was happy he got to eat something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z There are three girls in the yard, and they are spraying each other with a hose. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A magnificent spray of white carnations, red roses, lavender, and baby’s breath blanketed the length of Great-great-aunt Florentine’s closed casket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By 1959, in spite of six years’ spraying, the university campus had lost 86 per cent of its elms, half of them victims of Dutch elm disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Instead, we knew our affection would revive when we saw one another on the dock the following June, salt spray in the air, pale sun glinting off the water. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It was sprayed onto fruit as a pesticide in the form of lead arsenate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A new tear opens up at the edge of his gash, blood waving down it in the spray. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Even as it dies, the serpent will empty its venom sacs over the thunder god, in a thick black spray. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A cab skids past me, spraying an additional forty gallons of puddle water onto my pants—the only things, so far, that had remained relatively dry. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The blade slashed through three of his four chins in a spray of bright red blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It rose up out of the water in an explosion of smoke and flame and spray. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He is the only one who power sprays like an athlete. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There were crowds in the domes at night, spraying Gatorade from hoses, and all these college guys without shirts lifting their arms. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In a cloud of dust and sprayed stones, the truck charged past, followed by another and another and another. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The baby and the small family dog were taken out of the house before the spraying was done about nine o’clock one morning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her shins were hairless, and sprayed with a generous number of pallid freckles. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It descends and splashes into the middle of the pond, ripples and spray exploding the quiet glass. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Usually, it reeked of sweat and rubber with a hint of cheap fruity body spray. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A spray of blood flicked up over my hand as her face seemed to cave in on itself, staining the dark jacket I wore...and the edge of the white cuff beneath it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As we hit the ocean, we bumped once, twice, skipping like a stone, then we were whizzing along like a speed boat, salt spray in our faces and nothing but sea ahead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Their gentle pressure erases the past few months, and I am the girl who sat on the rocks next to the chasm, with river spray on her ankles, and kissed him for the first time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A great deal of time is required, even after a single spraying, for most of these insects to build up sufficient numbers to support a normal salmon population — time measured in years rather than months. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I was thinking of my father, who cuts the grass and edges it and weed-whacks it and has the ChemLawn truck spray it. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Robb's sword caught him full in the face with a sickening crunch and a spray of bright blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Welcome to borstal," she added, spraying bits of crisp out of her mouth like snowflakes. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The guards responded by stripping them, spraying them with fire extinguishers, and throwing the leader of the rebellion into solitary confinement. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A single shower was still on, spraying into the darkness. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Martha sprayed a dried bouquet with metallic paint, literally gilding the lily. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The spray coated the fields and the flowers and smeared the faces of the workers and the spectators. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Also, organic cows, like Rosie the organic chicken, are never fed corn that contains residues of atrazine, the herbicide commonly sprayed on American cornfields. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The sarcasm in our words was thicker than the stench of the Axe body spray Steve layered on before and after a game. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Nitrogen mustard, after all, is not sprayed upon whole populations from the air; its use is in the hands of experimental biologists or of physicians who use it in cancer therapy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She just smiled and leisurely pulled out the spray paint. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I kicked at the crumbling cement of the roof’s low wall, and a spray of bits fell to the ground below. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There were cockroaches in the house to which they moved, and after a few days a spray containing endrin was used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even in the enclosed quadrangle, the wind was whipping it into spray. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Its edge reflected light, spraying the wall with a rainbow. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She got out of the car with the spray paint in one hand and one of the catfish in the other. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I just hope Pop Pop sprays so the roaches don’t come out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The lawns couldn’t have been greener without using an industrial-strength spray paint. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They wrote things on the walls—tiny secret things in ballpoint pen and sprawling screaming things in spray paint. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The wind blew their carefully combed hair all out of order, and the salt spray covered their bodies, so they arrived at the dock looking as they ordinarily did, except their grandmother. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z From the mix of green leaves and stems, a cow can easily pick out a tuft of emerald green clover next to a spray of bluish green fescue. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She pulled a small perfume bottle from a bag at her side and sprayed into the air aggressively. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The wind blew out sprays of it like mist and in this mist there were the colors of the rainbow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Arion raced out of nowhere, circling the mob so quickly he created a sandstorm, showering the nymphs in white lime, spraying their eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I turn my head to get a better look as we pass the double doors it's sprayed on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Yet the Food and Drug Administration’s chief pharmacologist has declared the hazard of living in a house sprayed with chlordane to be “very great.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I place samples of leaves and ground cover in petri dishes and spray my environmentally approved potion over each. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I got out and looked at the spraying rig. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sprayed a quick squirt at Samantha, who almost hurt herself trying to scramble inside her doghouse. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After a few seconds she reached forward and unhesitatingly picked out one of the many sprays of pine and held it up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Three men with spraying machines buckled to their shoulders pumped thick clouds of soma vapour into the air. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Mud surged around her, spraying into her face and pinning her against some solid thing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It seemed impossible, unless the boy had collapsed face-first into a cow’s spraying jugular. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Scott got on his knees and sprayed cleaning fluid in the area underneath the dishwasher, where dirt collected. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Cars coming the other way made spray that splashed over the hood. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re like my teenaged fairy godmother. Only with makeup and hair spray.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was cursing Shorty with every name I could think of when he got the spray going and started soap-lathering my head. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a good spray that works on frizzies,” I tell him. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “The gym was spray paint, but the bathroom was a black Sharpie.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When taxpayers understand that the bill for spraying the town roads should come due only once a generation instead of once a year, they will surely rise up and demand a change of method. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Iofur threw him off, and then the two bears were at each other again, throwing up fountains of snow that sprayed in all directions and sometimes made it hard to see who had the advantage. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Christ, look at this mud,” said Francis as we bounced through yet another pothole, brown spray striking the window with a thick rataplan. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the pre-DDT era, inorganic chemicals, applied on a scale that today would seem extraordinarily modest, produced here and there strains of insects that could survive chemical spraying or dusting. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Groups of children played in puddles on the street, scattering as the Jeep approached, so as not to be sprayed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind that lifted spray off the white-capped waves was monstrously cold, and searched out every gap in Lyra’s wolfskin, and her hands were soon aching and her face numb. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A horn of mead was never far from his hand, so the spittle he sprayed when making threats was sweet with honey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I hear the crunch of a footstep and then a small spray of pebbles hitting a rock. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As you may recall from chapter four, although the U.S. government allows atrazine spraying, the chemical is already banned in Europe. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Conservationists became increasingly disturbed as the pattern of spraying huge areas began to establish itself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Melander himself had run into difficulty with the San Jose scale, for some years satisfactorily controlled by spraying with lime sulfur. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Junie! Someone sprayed swastikas and racist graffiti all over the gym walls!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes he applied the chemicals with a hand spray, sometimes with an attachment to his hose. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Sister McKinnon, it was good to see you. I—” Brother McKinnon grabbed Dill’s arm and squeezed hard, his voice rising, spraying flecks of spit. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A mist of salty spray hung in the air. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Now we see some spray paint that says: “Justice for Rodney King/Revolution Is the Only Solution.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If he’d been down in there, he would have been nothing but a fine spray. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As quickly as it had appeared, the bolt vanished—the spray of hot water had not finished landing upon us and already it was gone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Professor Joseph Hickey and his students at the University of Wisconsin, after careful comparative studies of sprayed and unsprayed areas, reported the robin mortality to be at least 86 to 88 per cent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a roar as if great spears were breaking in battle, and in the red light of the sun the spray that flew around them looked like blood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the canned spray starch that Mrs. preferred when she did iron, I made the starch in a bowl, the way Big Ma had taught me when we first drove down south. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There are flame-throwing booby traps, a net of pillboxes with periscopic sights; they have stockpiled enough ordnance to spray shells into the sea all day, every day, for a year. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Even when I pressed down on the button to start the spray, I still didn’t know. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Along with destroying breeding areas, adult mosquito populations were also attacked with the widespread use of the pesticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, better known as DDT, much of it sprayed from planes. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It’s wrong to spray them with DDT and other insecticides, he says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But gradually Tally grew accustomed to the darkness, the roar of water below, the unexpected slap of cold spray against her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Anyone can cover up the swastika with paint; but then again another idiot would probably come back and spray it again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She sprayed directly in front of my nose several times when I sneezed, but mostly she sprayed it out the window when we stopped somewhere that looked particularly unsanitary, which happened often. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In mid-August she had gone into her basement with an aerosol spray containing DDT and petroleum distillate. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After the excitement of seeing that first spray of water, the villagers went back to work. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I shuddered violently for several minutes before the steaming spray could finally relax my rigid muscles. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Ms. Wockley's frustration came from the fact that there was always someone spraying something in the hallway. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z But what happens in nature is not allowed to happen in the modern, chemical-drenched world, where spraying destroys not only the insects but their principal enemy, the birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Across the lake he raced, his paws kicking up sprays of snow behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mariama finished her customer’s hair, sprayed it with sheen, and, after the customer left, she said, “I’m going to get Chinese.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She lifted her face to the spray, as if the brisk wind could blow the memories away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The roof was made of the interlaced sprays of the yew tree, stiff twigs twisted in and out, over and under, hard as ice and set with dull red berries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The every so often it was mopped, the every so often sprayed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The stench of Axe body spray was enough to strangle anyone within fifty feet of the boy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As a spray applied to potato fields to destroy the vines they have taken a toll of human and nonhuman life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In this position I was further away from the edges of the boat and less exposed to wind and spray. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Farmers using arsenic dusts over long periods have been afflicted with chronic arsenic poisoning; livestock have been poisoned by crop sprays or weed killers containing arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I limp into the shower and program in the gentlest cycle I can remember, free of any soaps and hair products, and squat under the warm spray, elbows on my knees, head in my hands. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Eduardo ordered eight links of sausage and buttered toast, spraying all of it with hot sauce. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she loaded each hatbox into a third plastic bag and sprayed it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just needs cleaning? That is a delicate piece of equipment. I can’t spray it with Fantastik and call it clean. It has to be professionally sanitized.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Fountains sprayed water into the air, forming impossible shapes, like flying eagles and galloping horses. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Her condo was clean and modern, with white walls and white furniture and sprays of exquisite bright orchids adding color. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Despite the costume, she was the same old Aileen, with the same spray of freckles rising up her cheeks when she smiled. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baxter started to chuckle as she unfolded the kink in the hose and water sprayed out. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I stand up, change my shirt, spray on some cologne, and head to the bathroom to wash my face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z A plume of bright-green gas billowed across the top of the monstrous horde like the spray from a poison riot hose. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It smashes his mouth, spraying out teeth, and penetrates to the jugular. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In Toledo, Ohio, a similar experience caused the Superintendent of Forestry, Joseph A. Sweeney, to take a realistic look at the results of spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Especially if we spray on our perfume and wash our feet.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There were many small waves and I was soon wet, but as I came out from behind the spit the spray lessened and the waves grew long and rolling. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Quang-ha has taken control as the Most Valuable Player of apartment power spraying. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She lolloped up the bank, spraying mud and water on all sides. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was going to spray the netting with this new repellent we got. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks thru them, wipes spray off the lenses, and looks some more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Blood sprayed out across the snow, as red as sum- merwine. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Here and there the method of vegetation management by selective spraying has been adopted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He slowed, as a large black truck sped past, overtaking them with a spray of slush. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The powerful high beams picked up sprays of broken glass in the street, as well as nails, shards of metal, old hubcaps, tin cans, a flattened pair of men’s underpants. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Diligence in spraying had a similarly unsatisfactory reward in the eastern Sudan, where cotton growers had a bitter experience with DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She double-bagged the monkeys, spraying each bag with bleach, and then she loaded the bags into cardboard biohazard containers—hatboxes—and sprayed them to decon them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Long Island area included within the gypsy moth spraying in 1957 consisted chiefly of heavily populated towns and suburbs and of some coastal areas with bordering salt marsh. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But in May of that year this man lost 800 colonies after the state had sprayed a large area. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A little shrine was built into the corner; Taisin saw the scroll listing ancestors’ names, a spray of dried flowers, a small pot of incense. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The whole process of spraying seems caught up in an endless spiral. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As if on cue, a sheet of ice silently calved off the side of the glacier and crashed into the sea, spraying water and frozen shrapnel several stories high. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Full of outlet mail-clad drones who smell like survivors of an Axe body spray tanker truck crash with a school bus,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Under the stress of intensive chemical spraying the weaker members of the insect populations are being weeded out. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The fire in the fireplace should be dying, but it looks as if it’s been sprayed with gas or more logs added. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I looked down and saw a dark red spray of blood on the goalie shirt. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the many advantages of selective spraying is the fact that it minimizes the amount of chemical applied to the landscape. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He sprayed a cold white foam on the back of my neck, my arms, and my knees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In California orchards sprayed with this same parathion, workers handling foliage that had been treated a month earlier collapsed and went into shock, and escaped death only through skilled medical attention. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a brown seed with a spray of white fluff coming out of it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z This was once the land of air sprays, pine and floral, and people retain the taste; especially the Commanders, who preach purity in all things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “A few stores down from me there’s a carpet shop owned by a Pakistani man. It was vandalized the other night—the windows broken...awful things written in spray paint.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Like many other statements in support of spraying, this one needs to be questioned. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The first samples were taken from forest areas in the West where there had been mass spraying of DDT for the control of the spruce budworm. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Water in the fountain is sprayed from dolphins sculptured in bronze. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It tore loose from his shoulder with a spray of bright red blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A spray of foam shot out and wet Ignatius on his distended Paradise product stomach. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He held up his can of bug spray. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It blasts away the ropes and the stake, spraying fiery splinters all over us and obliterating all thought, Noise, and sound. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The literature of veterinary medicine abounds in similar examples: swine eating sprayed cockleburs with consequent severe illness, lambs eating sprayed thistles, bees poisoned by pasturing on mustard sprayed after it came into bloom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As he turned, the base cracked and the whole mass toppled into the sea so that, a thunderous plume of spray leapt half-way up the cliff. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Figures were jumping from the machine, spraying white foam at the ground as they crashed through the burning flowers and into the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z El Patron laughed, spraying food particles over his plate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout much of the Midwest thousands of acres of fine orchards were destroyed by insects now impervious to spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Almost everything she said came out on a spray of spit. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It sent back a dirty spray that splashed across the windshield. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A flurry of gunshots, a spray of blood, and the wet crack of a body hitting the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I hear the refrigerator open, then a long spray of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z As I finish, I'm so close that he's getting sprayed with invisible spit. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Waves thundered against the rocks, throwing spray into the air and falling back with a hiss. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She was unusually pale and very quiet She stood on the front veranda as he quitted the house, and absendy picked a few sprays of jessamine that grew upon a trellis near by. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, Carson had predicted that the campaign would fail even if the spraying continued as mosquito-control experts wanted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The fox squirrel had been a relatively common animal in the town; after the spraying it was gone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In 1956 nearly a million acres were sprayed in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, and New York. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He discharged this along woodland roadsides where no spraying had been authorized. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My tray is a mess from the food spraying out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t even have to think about it for a full second before I nodded, scrambled up onto the back bumper, and then leaned over, quickly spraying a gigantic M all across the roof. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He told her that they fired rockets at cars but, for some reason, left taxis alone—which explained to Laila the recent rash of people spraying their cars yellow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He remembered the look on Father's face when Theon Greyjoy brought forth Ice, the spray of blood on the snow, the way Theon had kicked the head when it came rolling at his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “See? There’s spray inside. You want me to get it?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It hissed and sprayed blood as it came out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I looked at the swimming pool, at the fountains spraying mist into the air, making a rainbow in the sunset. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Jesse and Leslie sat cross-legged on the porch at the Burkes’, watching the wheels of a passing truck shoot huge sprays of muddy water to its rear. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The Spaniard maneuvered the craft expertly, which was not easy, and the waves were rolling in toward the rocks now and the spray was blinding. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As I pass by he tosses a handful of salt over his shoulder, spraying me with it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Similar mishaps have occurred in groves sprayed a month earlier, and residues have been found in the peel of oranges six months after treatment with standard dosages. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He could smell the spray, salt moistness, being driven ahead of the storm—it must be a storm. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as we collide, our bodies turn into a burst of flowers and spray through each other. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In another bag, she gave me the remnants of the Vaseline, the spray paint, and the last full Mountain Dew. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He stinks of weed killer and fertilizer fumes, from the toxins he spent all day spraying on lawns. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z With red eyes inflamed by wind and salt spray, they stared ahead into the ocean, anxious for a sight of land, licking their cracked lips. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Irritated by the spray, they leave the huts and survive outside. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His head was fringed with hair like the fluff on a duck’s bottom, and he sprayed saliva when he talked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Glancing at me like she’d like to spray me with cleaner. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z But all Abby did was snarl: “Plant murderer! Go spray that stuff on the hair growing out your nose!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The second is of a kind that is always associated with the shotgun approach to nature: the spraying also eliminates a great many plants that were not its intended target. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Slanting rain hit the bars of the window-grill and shattered into a fine spray over her face and her smooth bare arm. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Showers at Dad’s house are the best—he has one of those pounding, pulsing shower systems that spray water from the sides as well as the top, so the water smashes you everywhere. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But now we have to power spray the whole place to make it match. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Like, for example, as a redcap, Madoc needs bloodshed the way a mermaid needs the salt spray of the sea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Another group of girls wore heavy makeup, hitched their skirts above their knees, opened one extra button on their blouses, and teased their hair into enormous bouffants held solid with spray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Day before yesterday,” she repeated, breaking off a spray of Mademoiselle’s geranium; “then if you had not met me here to-day you wouldn’t—when—that is, didn’t you mean to come and see me?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The very plants were unknown to them—pink lousewort with its sprays of hooked flowers, bog asphodel and the thin-stemmed blooms of the sundews, rising above their hairy, fly-catching mouths, all shut fast by night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the shower head from its mount and spray my body from up close, aiming it over my shoulders and down my back and then over each of my skinny limbs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His tail whips and licks against our little cardboard Cadillac covered in spray paint. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The pain was starting to go away, like a humongous wave that crashes with a lot of noise and spray but then slowly fizzles away into nothing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z With it safely in place she clung to the rail in her oilskins and sou’wester as the stinging spray broke over the bows and surged along the deck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They tore up one street and down another, windows rolled down, guns pointed out, spraying bullets toward the darkened homes and anything that moved. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It struck him in the chest, exploded in a spray of red pulp. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet spraying has been permitted to cause heavy losses in existing impoundments. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When an octopus sends up its spray of ink, it means business. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Don’t fret, child,” Milligan said, squinting against the spray as he steered their boat between two boulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A sudden convulsion passed through Enoch’s body and the sheep heart started to beat, spraying out a fine mist of bloody pickling solution. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I watched the muscles of his shoulders in the moonlight, the spray kicking up as he splashed in. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When plans were announced for spraying 3 million acres in 1957 opposition became even stronger. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Not only do these areas receive the contaminated discharge of rivers but all too commonly they are sprayed directly in efforts to control mosquitoes or other insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The spray from the river coats it, making it slippery and cold. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Cold air radiated from a towering indoor fountain that sprayed water over coiled copper tubing, trickling down by some new science to form blocks of ice at its base. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She starts combing my hair out the way my mother used to do, twisting it into these giant rollers, spraying it with Final Net. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I spray them with good-smelling water she keeps in her laundry room before I set the iron to them. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They both had dark glossy hair that hung down their backs, and their bangs were straightened and hair sprayed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He coughed loudly and sprayed drops of spittle on the page. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I take off another hunk, a whole corner, and the force of the hit sprays granules onto my goggles, into my exposed cheeks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The planes sprayed them with machine-gun bullets, but the bullets missed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I got into my bunk and pulled the mosquito netting around it and then Peewee sprayed the netting, which was supposed to be his good idea. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Juice and chicken tender bits spray my plate. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Nora has produced a bottle of champagne and starts spraying Henry with it, and Alex loses his mind laughing, climbs on top of his seat and wolf whistles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There is a spray of silver-and-black feathers in her hair that flutters around her head as she moves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time he turned a corner and found the three apprentice boys crowded around the poor creature’s udders and snickering as they sprayed each other with milk, he was in a foul mood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I reached up to my cheek, to the wetness there, and when I pulled my hand away, my brain finally connected that I had run straight through a spray of blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The rest was shrouded in shadow ... except beneath the open window, where a spray of ice crystals glittered in the moonlight, swirling in the wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I loved how the sun and salt spray perfused my skin, filling me with the memory of light. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The swastika he sprayed is a symbol of hatred. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A spray of pellets followed, stinging into their hindquarters so that they leaped simultaneously and redoubled their speed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I know the fountain Zoe is referring to hasn’t been operational for a long time, so the spraying water was never there, but the picture is prettier that way. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Steam was introduced into a cylinder, which was then cooled by having water sprayed on to it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When the man pulled his spear loose, blood sprayed out in a dark fountain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She sprayed the entire basement thoroughly, under the stairs, in the fruit cupboards and in all the protected areas around ceiling and rafters. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Selective spraying was developed by Dr. Frank Egler during a period of years at the American Museum of Natural History as director of a Committee for Brush Control Recommendations for Rights-of-Way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And salt spray blows in from the barrier where the ocean waits for its rising-tide strength to permit it back into the Great Tide Pool again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sea spray splashed over the deck, drenching her left side. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And Colonel Cathcart had roared away as abruptly as he’d come, whipping the jeep around with a vicious spinning of wheels that sent a spray of fine grit blowing into Major Major’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He handed me two cans of spray lacquer. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was brimming with buckets of orange lilies, purple stock, yellow spray roses, red carnations, baby snapdragons...and lavender, lavender, lavender. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Their paint jobs have long since faded, and visitors are encouraged to spray paint the cars. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A spray of salt water broke across the boat, dousing the marines there; the phosphorescence boiled up green and luminous against the darkness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I flushed the bog and sprayed the sicky air freshener, holding my breath. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The Forest Biology Division agreed to modify the spraying program in every possible way short of destroying its effectiveness, in order to reduce risks to the fish. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The falls to our left, spray and rainbows in the sky, the sun rising ahead of us, the valley below. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z We ran up to pet it and got sprayed. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Worst of all are the walls, once creamy white, now covered with black spray paint. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The broad spray of fire was advancing up the road at two hundred miles an hour, a rattling hailstorm din of cannon rounds hitting metal and glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t decide what part of this scene I represented: the plants about to be rescued from the bugs or the bugs about to be murdered by the spray. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain General Taheri had spoken about at the flea market was a few weeks late, but when we stepped out of Dr. Amani’s office, passing cars sprayed grimy water onto the sidewalks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He hoped the insect repellent he had sprayed on was helping. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She sprayed the dirt, but got it all over her clothes, too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z After soaking and peeling it, they arranged the long white roots into upright sprays in enamel tubs and passed single file through the village like immense lilies on slender, moving stalks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I squinted through the salt spray and saw that the cage had come to rest between what looked like two fins jutting from the monster’s back, one smaller and one larger. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z At other times spraying, while reasonably effective against the target insect, has let loose a whole Pandora’s box of destructive pests that had never previously been abundant enough to cause trouble. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I laughed, spraying orange juice through my nose. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Chew some up and spray it out of your mouth at him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While they bludgeoned his dying body, the saint’s dæmon was borne upward by cherubs and offered a spray of palm, the badge of a martyr. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing that body spray they sell by the registers at CVS and Alex practically took a bath in every day when you guys were first dating. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s disconcertingly like a washroom scribble, something you’d write with spray paint on a wall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Birds seen drinking and bathing in puddles left by rain a few days after the spraying were inevitably doomed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I got under the closest spray, turned away from the other guys, and tried to breathe. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And then Raymie saw two hands on the steering wheel, and just as the station wagon pulled into the driveway, spraying gravel and dust, a voice called out, “Louisiana Elefante, get into the car!” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Her black hair was in a tight ponytail, slicked with hair spray. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Raina and Raise slap each other five and talk about spray painting the walls. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Then they stepped away, and the first guard, the one who had warned him, aimed the hose and sprayed him, head to toe, with a substance Zeitoun could not immediately discern. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes the grown-ups driving by will call the police, but it’s okay because I don’t do drugs or spray paints. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Trees within the Connecticut Arboretum Natural Area were seriously injured when the town of Waterford sprayed the roadsides with chemical weed killers in 1957. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The challenger spun off the ledge, an arc of blood spraying from his ear, and bolted down the meadow. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The feeding habits of all these birds not only make them especially vulnerable to insect sprays but also make their loss a deplorable one for economic as well as less tangible reasons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And through the back door comes the smell of kelp and barnacles when the tide is out and the smell of salt and spray when the tide is in. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When she hit the water, waves surged up around her and the water she sprayed out turned golden in the setting sun. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When the beanbags are back where they belong and the table is clear and smells like the lemon spray Ms. Dale likes to use, she says, “Let’s sit.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Bushra reaches down to add my deodorant and body spray to the Essentials pile. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z They wrestled for the hose, spraying one another, shooting the water over onto the dock, laughing and cursing each other. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before the 1957 spraying, the beekeepers had suffered heavily from use of DDT in orchards. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ralph trotted into the forest and returned with a wide spray of green which he dumped on the fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When this chemical was introduced in 1955, the manufacturer applied for a tolerance which would sanction the presence of small residues on any crops that might be sprayed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Queen’s men in studded jacks and halfhelms handed each passing man, woman, or child a piece of white weirwood: a stick, a splintered branch as pale as broken bone, a spray of blood-red leaves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z |
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