| 单词 | stable |
| 例句 | Jason fixed a broken door on one of the stables. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She hardly remembered the ride back to the stables, or telling Sammy good-bye. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One Mogul emperor of India kept a stable of a thousand cheetahs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the temperature was more stable down here, and that’s why these had survived. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The trees parted, revealing the field that lay between the game park and the stables. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Wooden stables and other storage buildings were common, and trees lined the streets and filled the yards. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He let us out in front and rode on to the livery stable. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I used to build for fun, for the sheer pleasure of crafting a miniature warehouse, office, palace, stable, restaurant out of rubble. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Annabeth grabbed a blanket from the nearest stable gate and spread it across part of the glass floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She opted to earn a degree in education and pursue teaching, the most stable career for a black woman with a college degree. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I heard it from the stables,” said Celia, wiping her eyes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your place is in the stable. Stay out of the kitchen." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Thousands could dwell there, workers, servants, slaves, and warriors with great store of arms; wolves were fed and stabled in deep dens beneath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In Nahuatl, the words almost shimmer with connotation: what was true was well grounded, stable and immutable, enduring above all. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Somehow, Finn got home, stabled and watered the mare, patted the goat, stumbled into the house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Instead of trying to keep corn prices low, gov-ernment farm policy was aimed at keeping food prices—and farmers’ income—stable. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z My mom and dad failed to point out that writing wasn't exactly the most stable career, either. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Visitors use the main manor road, crossing through the gatehouse and past the apple trees and the stable. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A dog barked as he rode through, and he heard a mule's raucous haw from the stable, but otherwise the village was still. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He reaches down to pick up the cane, hands it to him, and makes sure the old man is stable before walking back to the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was Pumpkin who earned extra money working at the Lytes’ stable. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I visited the pegasus stables, but Silena Beauregard from the Aphrodite cabin was having an argument with one of the Hunters, and I decided Id better not get involved. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I dig my feet into the corner of the floor and grab the armrest in order to keep stable. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Leading Sophie to the stables, I seat her in an empty stall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He told her to report to the stables at 2 a.m. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of April 18, 1775, a young boy who worked at a livery stable in Boston overheard one British army officer say to another something about “hell to pay tomorrow.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "You will make your bed in the stables, boy." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z On Main Street he saw Old Martin sweeping the street with a stable broom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Better do what she says, Scip!” he urged as they walked toward the stables, which looked just as decrepit as the main house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But she was penniless and was never allowed to stay long enough to become stable or recover. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z How could he be stable after only three months? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They would remain stable in this state for a long time as stars like our sun, burning hydrogen into helium and radiating the resulting energy as heat and light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadowfax whinnied as Pippin entered the stable and turned his head. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Ekon thought he knew where these led—to the other end of the temple's ground floor, not far from the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I took these moments for granted, but from where I was sitting, I got to observe a stable, functional, and joyful relationship. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z That kept me stable and allowed me to stay upside down longer. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z From inside our stable, I could hear the cups and plates begin to rattle on their shelves, and the equipment on Fathers work table clattered and rumbled ominously. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Stars will remain stable like this for a long time, with heat from the nuclear reactions balancing the gravitational attraction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She now had a single maidservant, devoted to her since youth, and an aging manservant, Jacob, previously of the stables, who performed all heavy labor about the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He opened a stable and sold horse rides to tourists. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I stomped up and down the ramp first, to make sure it was stable, then I dragged the lander up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "My men will sleep in your stable, and as for myself, well, I do not require a large room, as you can plainly see." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The starter jumped into the driver’s seat while a host of stable hands climbed in around Pollard, who was swearing out every oath in his tremendous vocabulary. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I had to have a stable place to live in New York City, and a job. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Would she get enough to eat in the stables? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I went out to the stable with them, and when I came back, she wasn't there... The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In the wake of the Cognitive Revolution, gossip helped Homo sapiens to form larger and more stable bands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick sat at the far side of the room, gripping a pewter pot as if it were fee only stable thing in the room. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He had a small racing stable and managed a little racecourse about four miles from the manor house. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He looks stable enough and not in the least like a vomiter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The sound swelled as he walked from the stable to the house. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A horse came clattering into the stable yard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship’s power came from the engine room on the second and lowest deck, which also housed sickbay, storage, and the stables. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was the one she and Jabir had first encountered when they’d approached the stable; now he was staring at her with a mix of awe and horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Crooks, the Negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z One night her friend from the stables called and asked her if she wanted to see a horse foal. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z But over time a stable consensus will emerge that one answer is right and all the others are wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They reached the back of the stable, and a tidal wave of relief flooded her body despite the pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He said, “We got to get to that stable, boy. We got to move quick.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was Friday evening and I finished my lessons at school and started walking to the stable to do my chores. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Billy and the rest of his group were locked up in the stable in the suburbs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with my left leg stretched out beside me and one hand on the ground, I wasn’t stable. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z As I pass the stable tent, I see Kinko standing in its scant shade. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Cities lay on the other side of the forest, down the slow, southern slope of the mountain, where the land became stable and flat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z About the stables, British orderlies, officers, servants, and small British horse boys, the servants of the servants, were always congregating. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I finally had a stable base, and I went from being a guest in other people’s homes to having guests in my own. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyte, in his effort to play both ends against the middle, did take the Observer and every Thursday Johnny habitually crossed from one stable yard to the other. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She found her house a stable of filth and abomination and she set to cleaning it with the violence and disgust of a Hercules at labor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Blake recounted how he woke from a nap behind the stables to find Cora standing over him with her hatchet, blubbering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Velikovsky imagined the comet, after a complicated game of interplanetary billiards, to settle down into a stable, nearly circular orbit, becoming the planet Venus—which he claimed never existed before then. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin had watched him go into a rage when one of the seamstresses in Gong’s stable broke the axle of a sewing machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But when the lords of Stormhold entered there were but three of them, and they announced that their coachman would sleep in the stables. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Halfway through the morning he awoke, stretched, and jumped down! looking warily around before stalking over to the stable door. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit had the misfortune of living in a stable whose managers simply didn’t have the time to give his mind the painstaking attention it needed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An orderly stuck his head in the stable. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar and his father took care of the planting and the stables, his mother the domestic affairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We rebuilt the chicken coops and stables and began to plan an irrigation system so the crops wouldn’t have to depend on the weather. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We were outside, and when I screamed, he pushed me hard enough that my head smacked into a wooden post in the stables. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Before I went to bed that night, I took a can full of oats from the stable and dribbled them along the drive. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They pull up to the stables after another fifteen minutes, his security close behind them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He turns on his boot heel and leads the way around the back of the stables, veering right into a doorway, and Alex follows. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Because I was so sure that the most important thing was having a good, stable place to stay. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In 1916, shortly after California’s ban on wagering, they opened the Tijuana Racecourse, which immediately became a haven for American stables and racing fans. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I leave him in the stable, and pretty soon, he’s snoring so loud I can hear him in the inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z So I have him sweep up the stable. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Well, he ain’t clean when he comes to school. He don’t grow much beard, but his hair’s so long and tangled and dirty it looks like a dern cootie stable, haw!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Shall we tear down the stables in Central Park too? I know how much horses can annoy you.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Their horns were precious metal—silver and gold—so she’d managed to turn them aside simply by concentrating, steering the animals by their horns and guiding them back to the stables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The same civil and religious institutions that kept Egypt stable could serve to focus domestic resentment over foreign domination. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z "One of the king's own. A horse can always find his way home, can't it? That fine beast will make for the castle stables, note and crown. No questions asked!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The stable boys dubbed it the Kaiser Suite. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Martyn Rivers had made his camp in the shell of a shattered holdfast, beside a roofless stable and a hundred fresh graves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone was standing over at the other end of the stable! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The sun was touching the hills when I got back to the stables. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Here's where President Donald Trump might tweet that they were financially stable because they were taking shortcuts and not paying taxes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "Now glance at the wall. Farther west, above the stables. The guardsman leaning on the ramparts?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The stable smelt dry and pleasant in the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He helped me back into the stable and brewed some tea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The cries and screams of men and women mixed with the terror of the horses burning alive in locked stables. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Smith was an obscure trainer with one year’s experience with a mainstream stable. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Summon Bronn, and then run down to the stables and have two horses saddled." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Howard contacted Smith and told him he had a horse he wanted him to look at, stabled in the Fitzsimmons barn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His name is Finn the Horse and we all love him but the stable man from the coal yard doesn’t take proper care of the stable and the stink travels to our house. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But he’d never seen Frank look as terrified as he did now, finding the two of them passed out in the stables. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z From his sunny observation post on the woodpile, the cat had watched Mackenzie cross the yard and usher the two dogs into a warm, sweet-smelling stable, shutting the door carefully behind him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, with all due respect, I think it best if we take this one into the stable ourselves,” he said, voice solemn. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The stable master held the mother’s head and stroked her neck. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z There was no sound of human life, though a loud buzzing, so active and vigorous that it sounded like a machine, came from the stables. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “But he was put in the palace stable. Surely he couldn’t...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And it was on one such evening that we went out into the back yard because the house and stable had not cooled off as fast as the outside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned and saw a gorgeous tan roan stallion with a black mane—just like the one she’d ridden her last day in New Orleans, when Sammy had taken her to the stables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The boys don’t like their girls to smell of stables.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We follow them out to the small stable behind the house. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I eased my conscience by giving him an extra-large portion of oats before opening the stable door for him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I also didn’t want to see Hosie Roach, a snot-nosed twenty-one-year-old mill boy in my class who stunk like a polecat and had tow-colored hair so thick and tangled it looked like a cootie stable. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The stable hands got into the spirit of things. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She manipulated the image to show the stables, the swimming pool, the gardens. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s waiting at the Wishing Tree; it seemed to be the most stable.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In a little while, he returned to his alley stable where he had left his rented horse, a bay mare. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The first months, Esteban Trueba was so busy channeling water, digging wells, removing stones, clearing pastures, and repairing the chicken coops and stables that he had no time to think about anything. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But by dawn the runaways, double-mounted on a horse from the castle stable, were hopelessly lost. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He was afraid the stable boys at the Afric Queen struck at him, bullied him because he was timid, so he took upon himself the feeding and care of the animal. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All our folks were hardworking people who had struggled to own their homes, to provide a stable life for their families. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Six hundred rooms, military and servant’s quarters, three gardens, a game park, and stables on either side,’’ said Dorian, staring at his home. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They emerged through a trap at the back of a stable, having come perhaps a distance of three blocks under Rhaenys's Hill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The grand-stands were old and made of wood and the betting booths were under the stands and in a row out near the stables. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He showed me how he wanted the horses stabled and groomed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "The stables and barracks are in there," Mya said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As I got right on the stable, it happened in a flash. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Charles’s inkling was confirmed: Species were not stable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “In your stables,” Taran said, “I saw hammers and iron bars. Will you grant us the use of them? Or,” he added bitterly, “must we pay still another price?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The smell of hay thickened in the air as Koffi neared the temple's stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She got a job working at the stables, teaching the young kids to ride. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Pumpkin bulled in with a stable hand on his back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the stables, the ground level of the Great Pyramid became a labyrinth, but Quentyn Martell had been through here with the queen, and he remembered the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was not in any of the lower rooms; he was not in the yard, the stables, or the grounds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, cleaning the stables. I’m having a party.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I separate my chores at the stable into two parts, the working part and the enjoying part. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Smith sent his stable agent, Sonny Greenberg, to the racing secretary’s office with an entry form. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Samwell Tarly awaited them in the old stables, slumped on the ground against a bale of hay, too anxious to sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But by and large they modified their landscapes in stable, supple, resilient ways. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A middle-aged guy in a postal carrier outfit was leaning against the stable door. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Johnny saw him grinning sheepishly at him, hoping they might be friends—they, the only two local boys at the stable. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The door opened quietly and the stable buck put in his head; a lean negro head, lined with pain, the eyes patient. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The bodyguard slung him over a horse as he exchanged greetings with other members of El Patron’s private army, lounging by the stables. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The atmosphere of the stables and the breath of the bluegrass paddock revived in her memory and lingered in her nostrils. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I was done pretending, acting as if I belonged here at a riding stable, of all the ridiculous places, one that catered to a bunch of spoiled rich kids. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It is a good thing for the entire enterprise that mitochondria and chloroplasts have remained small, conservative, and stable, since these two organelles are, in a fundamental sense, the most important living things on earth. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I found a stone stairway that went up from the stable underneath. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He was stepping across the Queen’s stable yard very briskly and remembering to pull in his paunch. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d found separate places to change clothes in the stable before heading into the market, and now he was wearing a plain brown kaftan instead of the white one befitting a servant of the temple. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They ducked into the stable and made an immediate right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They rebuilt the little brick houses one by one, exactly as they were before, along with the stables, the dairy, and the granary. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In this way they reached the stables without mishap and the horse cantered in proudly to his usual place in the row. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Was Noodles looking after him, making sure the swelling was going down, and keeping that sprained wrist stable? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Four men in uniforms of the Governor’s guard filed in through the stable door. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z On the contrary, there is often only one path through the debate which is capable of producing a stable outcome. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A young man was standing at the opening to the stable, staring straight at them with arms crossed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They rode past a stable and a shuttered inn with a wheat sheaf painted on its sign. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She repeated some of those social services kind of words like reevaluate and stable environment. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Before she left the stable yard, she couldn’t resist unsheathing her dagger and tossing it at the tree, just to remind herself that she wasn’t completely inept. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This time when I went in, a hinge squeaked and the stable could tell I was there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I heard the rain on the roof and smelled the hay and, when I went down, the clean smell of dried dung in the stable. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Beyond them was the stable yard, with stalls opening onto the yard on three sides. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Near five hundred homes were destroyed that night, plus shops, churches, and stables. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A cargo ship is a huge and stable structure, a feat of engineering. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z What would he think when he returned to find the stable empty? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z There used to be an old wagon in back of the stable. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s far enough that I take a mount, a pale gray horse stabled beside a toad. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’d channeled a river into the stables and cleaned them out that way. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The moment he was stable enough to travel, we took him home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The stink from the lavatory and the stable attracts rats and we have to chase them with our new dog, Lucky. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The blind innkeeper said that the Americans could sleep in his stable that night, and he gave them soup and ersatz coffee and a little beer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosie was a horse, an old mare who lived at the stable where Papa worked. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “The Conte will most certainly not talk to you tonight. You will spend the rest of the night in the old stables. Over there.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They got to the stables, mounted the horses, and were away before the two oafs had untangled themselves. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Boys emerged hesitantly from the stables to see to their horses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One or two stable hands crisscrossed the tamped-down earth before the siding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt saw nothing wrong with being born in a stable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came out, I tried to walk quickly back to our stable, but she dashed down the steps and got in front of me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z To her the country was a romantic idea—because she had never been inside a stable, as Ferula put it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From his place leaning against one of the stable’s walls, he was partially obscured in shadow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I ran around the length of the stable, throwing shells into the dung piles. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “But my friends and I are going to get sold to the Titans if I don’t clean those stables by sunset. And I don’t know how.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Wise of him to give them up freely, or there’d have been a note pinned to his stable door this evening.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When the Jackboots rousted us in the stable, he wasn’t there. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Come, Alyce, you can be a knight, too, and we will march north to the stable.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Luther recalled that in some stables a bug boy’s punishment for losing a race was a stout beating. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their coachman ate his bowl of stew, and drank two pots of ale, and went to sleep in the stables. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Our stable and Miss Whitlaw s house and the tenements to either side heaved and bobbed up and down, riding the ground like ships on a heavy sea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought about Blink, and how nothing had ever felt stable to either of them except for their friendship, while it lasted. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z For Jackie, their friendship seemed like a version of a real-world happy ending, a realization of her aspiration to move on from Jim’s tragic death and provide a stable life for the girls. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “And I took Melyngar from the stable. They are hidden in the woods outside the castle. It’s all done now,” Eilonwy said gleefully. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He arches back: “We don’t keep you here until you are cured of anything; we keep you here until you are stable—we call it ‘establishing the baseline.’” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z These were highly intelligent, able-bodied men who were denied access to stable high-paying jobs, which in turn kept them from being able to buy homes, send their kids to college, or save for retirement. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Pol was standing in the stable yard and shooting at a tree. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Cowboy Charlie” Irwin ran two businesses: a raucous Wild West show in summer and an even more raucous racing stable in winter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The latter was in the stables, but it was still a long sight better than what I was used to in Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Very romantic," he said, and then miserably to me: "If it's light enough after dinner I want to take you down to the stables." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z On warm days they swarm to the stable and when a bucket is emptied they swarm to the lavatory. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The wagon was pulled by Red Rabbit, whom we kept along with the wagon in a livery stable a few blocks away in the demons’ section. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She made her way round the stable block and stopped under the arched entrance, beneath the clock tower. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Beginning with that day when Goblin had tumbled Lieutenant Stranger in the mud, Johnny had no more trouble with the British stable boys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time this happened we lived in a good apartment in a nice neighborhood, and we finally had somewhere stable to live. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As we get closer to the stable, the smell gets stronger. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Sure enough, somebody had clipped me at the stables. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I stepped over the dog and eased the stable door back open. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Now he’s finally stable, and I wanted to get away so badly I didn’t think about the price tag. I’m blowing a lot of cash here I shouldn’t blow.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Bright as hammered gold, it hurts my eyes when I sit down on a patch of clover near the stables, looking back at the house. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The moon lit my way to the stable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z All four elements had stable isotopes, however, which Urey was assiduously producing in his own lab for a wide range of studies. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z All that was left of her own blood was Hodor, the simpleminded giant who worked in the stables, but Old Nan just lived on and on, doing her needlework and telling her stories. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Oh,” she laughed impatiently, “I know you’re forever scrubbing. But that stable smell! I’ll never get it out of my hair as long as I live!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The bikes were hidden in her abandoned stables beneath twenty-year-old hay. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Matt ran through the gardens until he came to the stables. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Prosper and Scipio woke up with the sound of someone opening the door of the stable. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The dilapidated schoolhouse by the stables was generally empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once I’m out, I rush across the lawn to the stables. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mitochondria are stable and responsible lodgers, and I choose to trust them. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait, Frank! This floor is not stable, and underneath...well, I’m not sure what's underneath. I need to scout a safe path.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Parslow the butler was kept busy clonking the mud off shoes as the children ran into the house from playing in the Sandwalk, riding ponies from the stable, having games of croquet and ball. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This conceptual framework has proved remarkably stable, even while the scientific knowledge it is used to describe and justify has changed beyond all recognition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The stranger guided our horse down a cobbled walk to a stable nearly as imposing as the house. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time Tali came out to the stable yard to fetch their breakfast supplies, Kaede was sweating and famished, her right shoulder aching, and still the arrow had not struck the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z On the third day, just after lunch, the hands were recalled from the fields, the washwomen and cooks and stable hands interrupted from their tasks, the house staff diverted from its maintenance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Moreover, our solar system could not have come into existence by chance but required the deliberate organization of its component parts in order to create a stable system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She brought the end of it down hard onto the stable floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Though Winthrop Hospital was only five minutes from the track, none of the stable hands knew where it was. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We get to the stables and peek inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Other times, it was just cleaning out the stables. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Walder followed him into the stables, leading his own mount. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There’s an empty stable in back of the house where we have put our other cars. He can take it around in the morning.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The composition was stable, with his body right in the center against a mound of grasses—also in the center. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Similarly, America's emergence as the dominant world power in the 1940s could never have occurred if the United States had not established stable national institutions at the start that permitted the consolidation of the continent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was hard to get a stable reflection out of the pond’s surface, but I could see enough to know I was heavily bruised. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A horse neighed softly as she slipped into the darkened stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The state authorities had only approved the transfer “with reservations” because Grandpa had never provided a stable home for his own children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z "I've heard of making a garage out of a stable," Tom was saying to Gatsby, "but I'm the first man who ever made a stable out of a garage." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Calm your mind,” she whispered to herself as she rounded a corner of the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The long white buildings in the back are stables for thousands of horses. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z On TV, patients are always critical, or stable. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But successful negotiations required a French government sufficiently stable and adequately impressed with American power to bargain seriously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z An’ he give the stable buck hell, too.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we stayed at home in the stable, but we were not alone. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to thank her, to apologize for being an idiot, Jilting her at the stables. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Enjoy it, Rufe. At least he’s not out setting fire to the stable or trying to drown himself.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I get up and walk into the bathroom and I feel raw, like my skin was scraped clean and every breath of air stings it a little, but stable. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, I was still the stable boy for Miss Love and Grandpa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There was a wait then the stable was fulled up with another soft laugh, this one deep and rumbling. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I was partial to the general store, but I liked to walk by the livery stable too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He dipped his head and drank and then jumped to a rock, slippery with moss but stable. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “An estate like this must require a sizable staff. Housekeepers, gardeners, perhaps even stable personnel. How many do you employ?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There was only one particular group of demon boys I did not have to watch out for; I still had to be careful whenever I left the stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood between the stables, for fifty hones, and the cowsheds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As they led their horses back to the stable, Jon was uncomfortably aware that people were watching him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were in the stable yard of another inn in another fishing village, unpacking their gear for the night. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I got Old Flap back in his stall, shut the stable door, and started walking home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z In the second half of the 1590s, his personal commitments had increased when he established a stable relationship with Marina Gamba, a local Paduan woman from a lower social class. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z First we opened the shutters of the window which looked out across a narrow stone-flagged yard at the blank face of a stable, pointed to look like the front of a miniature house. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Washington was the core of gravity that prevented the American Revolution from flying off into random orbits, the stable center around which the revolutionary energies formed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Certainly more safe than in the frame doorway of our stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She decided to head to the stable and look for breakfast among their provisions instead of waiting for the others to wake up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She had made herself get out to the stables, to socialize, but she was constantly looking around, waiting for the next media hit, maybe even the next acid attack. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for absolute honesty. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z With their help, he hoped to find a stable job in southern China and build a low-profile life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Howard has scheduled me to have Friday off one week, Tuesday and Wednesday the next, and I would have to do some serious sucking up to arrive at a more stable and congenial schedule. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to give up his mount in an upcoming race, Donoghue drove to the stables, had himself carried to his horse, and rode every day with a bulky plaster cast on his leg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Charley, I wonder if you’d do me the favor of taking this boy’s team down to the livery stable for water and feed. I’m asking him to have dinner with me.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “You might go up the street and turn her over to Anse. He’ll be up at the livery stable. The marshal.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the stable, William opens his eyes and pushes straw from his face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Milagro and I volunteer to feed the horses in the stables, and then we ride them through the woods and the lemon groves, the horses all buckteeth and happy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was almost home—we were living in a stable loft then—when suddenly I turned and ran back to the house. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z One day I went to the gardens with a captain, and after walking in the fields we strolled over to the stables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They made such a commotion that the stable boss came running and Evy told him what had happened. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing had finally gone out by itself, but not before an image of a stable full of burning horses had flashed through my mind. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "No. I came here straight from the stables, when they told me the king was holding court. His Grace will want to hear my tidings in private first, I'd think." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All the street's signs were dead, all the day sounds had lost their stable meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the ladder is more stable, and Christina makes it across the gap without trouble. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Acting quickly, Fletcher sprints back to his stable, saddles a horse for himself, and races after him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And all the men in the stable laughed at me. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At that, there was a loud clattering from the stable next door. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly everybody was living with Uri and me in the stable. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z "Boy," she called, and an urchin from the stables ran out to take the reins of her horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And it was bad, because when I’d lead her to the new rooms—a cat stable, a karaoke chapel—I could tell she was a little restless. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He saw Hodor, the simple giant from the stables, carrying an anvil to Mikken's forge, hefting it onto his shoulder as easily as another man might heft a bale of hay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As he entered his teens, Johnny began haunting local stables, trading his labor for a chance to ride. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing the cadets had left behind was a stable full of police horses on the ground floor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I leaned against the door that led into the stable and pushed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Only the horses in the stables were safe and warm, but the stables were already overcrowded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The stable man who takes care of Finn the Horse says he found him like that this morning and it’s strange because he’s always up and ready for his feed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The boy offered a final nod before turning on his heel and heading toward the stable’s exit. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When they broke apart, he gave her a nod, then without another word, he headed toward the stable's exit. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I tell him about the horse in the stable. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Rosa turned and shuffled back into the stables. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeanne has been screaming—but she stops when she sees a dark shape, storming out of the stable. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Considerably more stable than racing shells, they were nevertheless eccentric craft, easy to capsize and difficult to maneuver. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z ‘You’re going to keep the goddess of victory in the stable?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It took exactly one more minute before he heard the distinct groan of a cow in distress on the other side of the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z While Primus bellowed for assistance, Tristran unhitched the exhausted horses, and led them one by one into the stables on the side of the inn. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The men at the stable offered to wash the horse and wagon for her but she insisted on washing the horse herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had learned from experience that she needed about a third of her players to be well-adjusted kids from stable families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Few seem to have asked whether grasslands are a stable and desirable goal in this region. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The ladder feels about as solid and stable as an aluminum can. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He oversaw everything that wasn’t under direct control of the masters: the kitchens, the laundry, the stables, the stockrooms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The couple bought a house on Sedgewick Road, hired a maid, joined the country club; Mrs. Richardson’s grandmother found a stable for her horse, Jackson, and became a member of the Flowerpot Garden Club. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We have no stable food culture to guide us, handed down over generations. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She had seen the final destruction of her stables, her barns dragged off by the storm, but she had managed to keep her house standing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But things could always happen over there—it wasn’t the most stable place in the world, after all—and then a little devilish smile came to their lips. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was compressed but stable dynamite cleverly camouflaged with plastic and painted black so it looked like a lump of coal. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The economy was stable, the white electorate untroubled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After that he went back to working in the stables and speaking broken English. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As we came around the corner, we nearly collided with a husky youth who was headed for the stable. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Their new floe was smaller and less stable. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Catelyn knew all the men who worked in their stables, and he was none of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Away from the gates and the stables, the great castle was largely deserted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, I went down to the pegasus stables to visit my friend Blackjack. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Maybe you could take her out to one of those stables around Mr Morgan's farm. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The average stabled horse spends just five minutes at a time lying down to sleep, almost always at night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were some fuzzy data using sea urchins, interpreted as a transformation of DNA into RNA, but I preferred to trust other experiments showing that DNA molecules, once synthesized, are very very stable. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I didn't need to carefully put each rock in a stable place. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not too far away from the Big House were the stables, where the riding horses and the carriage horses, the grooms and the hostlers were housed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the soldiers never carried them while loitering about alehouses and wharves, or the stables of the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had barely looked at him since they'd run away from the stable, and she couldn't bring herself to look at him now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t go back to the stables until Evy had come down, given him a bit of apple or some sugar, stroked his nose and called him a good boy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I’m in the sewers underneath the horse stables. It’s the secret way out of the castle. I’m going to win another game. That’s two for me, Keeley. How many for you?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I spent a lot of time in the stables. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When she went to the stables, she wore faded sands ilk pants and woven grass sandals. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And the tradesmen went round the back way by the old stables and the garage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The girl leaning on the stable door, however, quickly brought it all back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At eight o’clock Howard’s stable agent stepped into the track secretary’s office, scrawled the name Seabiscuit onto an entry slip, and dropped it into the entry box. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Barracks and stables lined the walls, and there were troughs and a fountain—the first unrationed water they had seen for two months. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That third trip on the underground railroad began beneath a stable. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He legs it toward the stables, limbs already buzzing with the steady knowledge of Henry’s body getting incrementally closer to his. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "Have you got your stables here?" asked Gatsby with an effort. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z No boats were tied to the pier, but she could see thin tendrils of smoke rising from some of the chimneys, and part of a wagon jutting out behind a stable. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s a small, windowless room attached to the stables, fragrant with leather polish and stained wood from floor to ceiling, the walls lined with heavy saddles, riding crops, bridles, and reins. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Only one answer, that all the planets shine by reflected light, proved robust and stable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He told us where the stable was and I thanked him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She had sneaked down to the stables and taken out a fat little pony and somehow forced him into a gallop, chasing those boys down to the riverbank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The stables were here, and the kennels, and a scatter of other outbuildings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some of the boys from the stables were tossing stones to make the bear roar and grumble. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The alley was narrow and lined with stables. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Another man whipped a torch round and round his head and then lofted it toward the thatched roof of the stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I planted my foot and the metal stand down firmly, to make sure I was stable, and focused on exactly where I wanted the ball to end up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The next day I tried to go with Father, but he said he was going into a rougher area that day, so I spent the whole time inside the stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t get him to clean his room, but he’ll clean a hundred tons of horse manure out of some monster’s stables?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Your father has many good qualities,” she said to me, “but he’s not the most stable role model for a young man like yourself. He’d be the first to admit it, Noah.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The Mews was one of the most important parts of the castle, next to the stables and the kennels. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need only the best for the cohort. Does he have all his teeth? Can he fight? Does he clean stables?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It may be found curled in the straw of stables or else sheltering in the midst of the herd it protects. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Maneuver Loads Branch conducted research on the forces on an airplane as it moved out of stable, steady flight or tried to return to stable, steady flight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He wanted to spend this morning in the library, not in the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Diana studied the pile of desks, looking for something stable to climb. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A temporary morgue was set up in a tiny stable to handle the remains of the dead. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He finds one that is full, making it more stable. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Just around the corner is James Pumphrey’s stable, where he often rents a horse. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z For Alba, her mother was the only stable person in the drifting ship that was the big house on the corner after Clara’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The ice seemed stable, covered with a fine carpet of snow so that it wasn’t too slippery. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The stable boy ran with the news to Boston’s North End, to the home of a silversmith named Paul Revere. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a stable next to the lavatory where they keep the big horse from Gabbett’s coal yard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On the way, they passed the stables, where Tyson and Mrs. O’Leary were sleeping in. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The children marveled at the great, wide bailey, where horses were being led to stables. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z After describing the inferno, the paper stated: “The fire broke out on . . . De Koven Street . . . being caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which a woman was milking.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The Wart did what he was told, and was surprised to find that the earth became stable and moved underneath him without tilting, in a regular pour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran led the companions to the stable and there he paused. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Piper wished that she could talk with Jason all night—just curl up on the stable floor and enjoy being with him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There were stables, cowsheds, a piggery, a chicken house, and two large barns with haylofts. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Many shifts she was kept running from one patient to another, making sure amputees were stable, caring for the burn patients. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In the corner of the stable was a pile as tall as me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z When the wagon stopped they were in the yard of a stable, and it was broad daylight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I noticed the water wasn’t running out of the stables or flowing downhill like water normally would. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As long as Goblin was stabled there, no one was suspicious if Johnny hung about the stables, the yard, and the kitchen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had to be back at the stable before the demon children got out of school. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt went to the stables and ordered a Safe Horse. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He watered the horses and stabled them and pitched hay into the manger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s my first time away from my family and I know I’d rather be in my own house with the smelly lavatory and stable next door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z No one would see him go, no one but Sam Tarly, struggling back to his feet in the dust of the old stables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He followed her back and forth between the cabin and the wood stove, the henhouse and the stable. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When I went out to the stables, I saw that Samuel had died in his sleep. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In a hospital not far from there, Jarvis Purdy, the monkey worker who had had a heart attack, rested comfortably, his condition stable. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Illyrio will send the slaves to bathe you. Be sure you wash off the stink of the stables. Khal Drogo has a thousand horses, tonight he looks for a different sort of mount." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Wagons were being loaded, men were shouting, horses were being harnessed and saddled and led from the stables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His stable agent, Sonny Greenberg, compared him to a mummy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, those warriors just said they were going to the east wing first. We can still get to the stable before they do and get out of here. Follow me!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When riding for their contract stables, bug boys received nothing from the purses their horses won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This whole day has been a lot, and even Dad’s signature scowl would make Scoob feel more stable. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Hercules diverted the courses of two rivers and made them flow through the stables in a great flood that washed out the filth in no time at all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father owned the stables, and they could afford piano lessons, and they had a maid but no cook. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” called Somkit, dropping the staff and running for the stable door. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I bury Valerian near the stables, but outside the paddock, so that even the most carnivorous of Madoc’s sharp-toothed horses are unlikely to dig him up and gnaw on his bones. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I loaded all my fishing tools up, threw the stringer of fish over Old Flap’s rump, and started riding back to the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The collective records of the various sumo stables are similarly aberrational. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then I could give you a decent stall in the stable’ and turned and went out and the old negress squatted there and heard them, the voices, he and Jones. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z In the stables, I always knew where things stood. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To hear him talk, you would think that the horse never slept at night but stood awake in the milk company stable figuring out new torments for his driver. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’ll be a stretch to find drama in Vivian’s portage—a happy, stable life does not an interesting story make, right? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z With a currycomb and a pair of shears from the stables he had tried to arrange his hair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been built from wood and iron, and was by far the most beautiful and well-kept stable she’d ever seen, certainly far nicer than anything in the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Granville was a temperamental animal who needed coddling, and little time was left over for the Seabiscuits and Grogs of the stable. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They waited until the Pacific populations were stable before legally asking for permission to resume this ancient tradition. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She follows me mutely out behind the stables, where Vivi is waiting, along with two rawboned ponies with green eyes and lacy manes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Two protons and two neutrons are the nucleus of a helium atom, which turns out to be very stable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A lone raptor stood in the shadowy stable area, devouring some small pest with messy chomps and snorfs. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Some have nothing to do with Lincoln’s death, like James Pumphrey, the Confederate- sympathizing owner of a stable, who spent a month behind bars. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a stable instability that would endure for the rest of Howards life, which was destined to be many decades shorter than Dorothy’s. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Smith carried the deception to the stable area. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I knowed just like that that there was something terrible wrong inside this stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We're whisked down to the bottom level of the Remake Center, which is essentially a gigantic stable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then she went behind the stable, moving cautiously. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The stables would be quiet at that hour. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fellows at the stable liked her and said that she was a better worker than Flittman. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A molecule is simply two or more atoms working together in a more or less stable arrangement: add two atoms of hydrogen to one of oxygen and you have a molecule of water. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I quickly carried the scraps bowl out into the yard, walking past the privy, all the way back to the stable wall where straggly holly bushes grew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Must have been while I was recovering from the seizure at the stables. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He led Blood off toward the stables, hopping aside when the stallion tried to kick him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The floor at her feet seemed stable for the moment. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A stable stood in one corner of the yard. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They stayed inside the stable all that day. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked to the other end of the stable and the Preacher was still standing there, pretending he waren’t hearing none of this. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Slim followed the stable buck out of the room. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “I must get Rachel here to her stable. She needs her sleep, as do we all, no?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In front of me was a shiny clean horse stable, a field of wet salty mud, and fifty horses that had been scoured so thoroughly their coats gleamed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The shed was open on that side and I could see that some mules were stabled there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses, mules, and donkeys were stabled in the western walls, elephants in the eastern. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment who were encamped upon the Common was earning a little money helping at the Lyte stable. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the stable, Dolorous Edd had the lord commander’s palfrey saddled and bridled and waiting for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even before the first magistrate looked down on him, Joe had developed a fine stable of hates toward the whole world he knew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t even let his stable hands know how good he thought the horse was. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I picked up my tote sack and went to the door of the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Once a week Matt went to the stables and asked for a Safe Horse. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The orbits of the present planets are the orbits of the survivors of this collisional natural selection, the stable middle age of a solar system dominated by early catastrophic impacts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They continued around the temple's main entrance until they’d reached the large stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And besides, the last time I’d unleashed my power at the stables, there’d been that scary moment when it had almost gotten away from me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. We waited until Shauna was stable and then took her here.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And at the stables, a big glowing red dude with the head of a wolf guarded a herd of... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z You didn’t need to work in no stable to know what breeding is! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I looked to where she was pointing and saw another bundle on the right-hand side of the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “This used to be considered the country, can you believe it? They’d have stables and carriage houses and go riding on the weekends.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On the stable roof, Ella roosted in a pile of old Roman scrolls, her head tucked under her wings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He’d keep me in the store, garden, and stable the rest of the summer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The mere suggestion of it, I understood now, caused stable, middle-class families to bail preemptively for the suburbs, worried their property values would drop. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That second, stable school year was one of the things Our World commemorated when it came out in June of 1944. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She listened, and she heard what he said: “My wagon stands in the barnyard of the next farm, right across the way. The horse is in the stable. The harness hangs on a nail.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The melodic, swooping movement of her Jamaican patois was quickly replaced by the more stable cadences of American English. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Chords built only of consonances sound pleasant and "stable"; you can listen to one for a long time without feeling that the music needs to change to a different chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Of course, the rest of the crew hadn’t been down in the stables with Leo, talking with the victory goddess Nike over the past three days... Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "She was walking through the stables on her hands. Why would she do a thing like that?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Every shadow inside the stable seemed to grow longer as the seconds ticked by, moonlight trickling through gaps between the roof’s wooden planks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Wilfred, who was a pretty stable fellow, began to act older than his age. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I will sleep in alleys and stables, wash dishes for kitchen scraps, beg pennies to buy pens. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Around midday on Friday, he came to the stable where, to pass the time, I was helping the stableboy curry horses. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I did not! I marked her forehead so it appeared like she was operated on. I put her in the stables with Rosa.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was stable in the air and easy to handle, and thought of as one of the best Soviet fighter aircraft available. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z That night the new stable collapsed beneath the weight of the snow that had buried it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So what? You have lots of female friends. Why not add her to the stable?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We had stopped and he said, “Why don’t you start with cleaning the stables here. Tomorrow, I’ll show you what your regular chores will be. Right now, I could use a break.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the thought flits through my mind, There have got to be stabler things than love. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But, just like the smell in the stable, something waren’t right about him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I dug my heels into Jingle Boy again and headed him hard north, back toward the little logging village, back to the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I was tied to a stable post in the barn. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Next thing was to get inside the stable. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Older children cheat more than younger children, and those from stable and happy homes cheat a bit less than those from unstable and unhappy homes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The night before the race, I stayed late at the stables. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon he’d taken her to the stables where he worked as a groom. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Sure, I’m skinny,” he said as they hurried back through the stables, “but I stay drier in the rain.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Johnny had been told off to carry letters for the British officers, to keep on good terms with their grooms and stable boys over at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I don’t remember ever seeing her at the Games again. But she didn’t look too stable during the reaping this year,” says Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Circling the hill were tumbledown stables and something resembling a demolished chicken roost. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He had, however, bolted the stable door; and by the time they had forced it open there was no sign of him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Most of the shades were on foot, but two soldiers burst out of the stables in a golden chariot pulled by ghostly black steeds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was in his best interests to establish a stable government in Egypt and a lasting peace with the queen and her people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Disappointed, he left the stable, the two dogs following him into the sunlit yard, and disappeared into the henhouse. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin knew what it was, having seen it many times in our stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he came out to the stable to listen to them bedding down in the straw. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She woke early, met Pol in a stable yard or at an empty patch of dirt near their hostel, raised the bow, and loosed arrows until breakfast. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Just then a stable hand came out of a stall pushing a handcart, and when he saw her he called out, “Are you looking for someone?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the yard, one of the stable hands saw her, but she merely waved at him and went on to the back door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The cap’n and me walked the five blocks from the livery stable to the ferry that would take us into Canada. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z This tenantless hovel, so innocent looking from the outside, was really a makeshift sheep stable. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “We just have a few routine tests to run. To make sure the infant is in a stable condition.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Every night I was tied to the stable post. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z When one stable’s wrestlers fare well on the bubble against wrestlers from a second stable, they tend to do especially poorly when the second stable’s wrestlers are on the bubble. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Creating a stable calendar was a problem for most ancient peoples, because they generally started out with a lunar calendar: the length of a month was the time between successive full moons. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There is a grand stone castle in the distance behind her, and she is dashing toward the rustic stables. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Jesus, says Grandma, ’tis a good thing you didn’t own that stable in Bethlehem or the Holy Family would still be wanderin’ the world crumblin’ with the hunger. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Of the stables, made of wood and thatch, nothing remained but ashes, embers, and dead horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Burr embodied Hamilton’s daring and energy run amok in a political culture still groping for its stable shape. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And the river was downhill from the stables, a lot farther away than I’d realized, almost half a mile. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There were several contented sighs, then silence reigned in the stable. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of stable and hay follows him in. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The serene atmosphere is sustained throughout the stable composition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy met Jaime by the stables, with a bedroll slung over one shoulder and a bundle of scrolls beneath his arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Big House, the cookhouse, the stables, formed a complete unit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I need a job and an apartment, but to get a job I need an address and a phone number and to get an apartment it helps to have evidence of stable employment. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As the feeling returned to my body, I managed to find stable footing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Internal affairs will always be stable when external affairs are stable, provided that they are not already disturbed by a conspiracy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z If a prince holds on to his state by means of mercenary armies, he will never be stable or secure. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z A well-dressed stable hand basically springs up out of the ground to whisk the horse away by the reins. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then she blabbered on and on, but all I heard were words like Charlie’s well-being and supervision and stable environment. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Four is stable. Concussed, I’d guess. But otherwise okay. His shield’s off, though, so I stuffed him in the bushes.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And there, next to a small garden plot and a stable and two wooden chairs seated in a flowering arbor—an enormous tree. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Joan had been a champion horse-jumper at the annual college gymkhana, and I wondered if she had been sleeping in a stable. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A warm rain was pelting down from a starless black sky as they walked to the stables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He slept in the stable that night and on the next day did find a sea captain who would—in spite of the bad hand—take him on as a cabin boy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there are stables the prince needs to be chauffeured from. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Are you referring to the fact that you can’t walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A ‘robust’ or ‘stable’ answer comes to be regarded as quite simply the right answer. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Yet the U.S. incarceration rate quadrupled, the Finnish rate fell by 60 percent, and the German rate was stable in that period. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z One day Matt ordered a Safe Horse from the stables and waited tensely to see whether the request would be denied. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the cool dark of the stables, with the snorting of faerie horses all around us, he takes my hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I run my fingers through her stiff hair; the strands remind me of hay in the carriage-house stables at home. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We get to the stables, and I return the toad to her pen. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We brushed the oars and hulls lightly with handfuls of ancient straw from the stables, leaving a fine layer of dust over everything. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It didn’t lead to her route, but it lead to a place where she could safely traverse across mostly stable ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I sneaked out of the stable—Uri no longer tied me to himself—and into the curfew. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It no more belonged on the living-room rug than a Mazerati belonged in a stable. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Queen Selyse nodded, took her daughter by the hand, and permitted him to lead them from the stables. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It would have been easy to continue with the stable small-town life they had created. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leo built the stables so pegasi could come and go easily.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It isn’t a stable, easily identifiable set of closely related traits, and it only seems that way because of a glitch in the way our brains are organized. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the stable from two blocks off. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They didn’t smell quite as bad as Geryon’s stables, but almost. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So I told her where to be, and went to the livery stable. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The winged steed Pegasus, after skimming the air all day, went every night to a comfortable stable in Corinth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There are men in suits looking in the door of the stable of Finn the Horse and there must be something wrong because you never see men with suits in the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the hall of the home, Celina Aunty set up a little crèche, a set of dolls in a stable: baby Yesu, Mary, Joseph, three kings, a drummer boy, and lots of animals. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We rode them, bareback with just a halter, to the riding stable. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The men in suits drive away and the stable man says he has to wait for the lorry to take Finn away, he can’t leave him alone or the rats will be at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You need a stable family environment,” she told me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I walked back and forth in the stable, looking straight ahead, looking as if I had nothing to hide. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They raced over from their stables next to the White House when they heard about the shooting. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Sam would not go to bed until he had visited Bill in his stable. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Using a stable troupe of actors, the Mercury Theatre presented a series of plays. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The job is unpleasant and forbidding in at least two significant ways: the likelihood of violence and the lost opportunity of having a stable family life. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Well, there was the horse and wagon full of empty milk bottles to be gotten back to the stables. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The further out she got, the less stable she became. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Within that mighty bulwark, the kitchens and stables and yards sheltered safe from wind and wave. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Furthermore, each wrestler belongs to a stable that is typically managed by a former sumo champion, so even the rival stables have close ties. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He came sidling out of the stable, dancing and playing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They emerge from behind the stable tent and menagerie, sleepy, with straw in their hair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The yard out front is empty, except for my stable boy, Jacques. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The stable was finer than any house in the neighborhood and the yard was the prettiest in Williamsburg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Booth heads for Pumphrey’s stable to arrange for his getaway horse. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The Fifth Cohort assembled at the very end, in front of the principia, since their barracks were tucked in the back corner of camp next to the stables and the latrines. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z So I sat about the courtyard and the stable, and like a good prentice, I waited. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I cleaned it not long ago. I wasn’t expecting to have it turned into a stable. But go ahead, it doesn’t make any difference.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z With the bundle under her arm, she crept to the far end of the stable. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was more stable when delivering a bowl, and it was much easier to keep my eyes focused where they needed to be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The machine of the world is thus the stable structure of our universe: the heavens, the earth and the four elements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The royal stables are, of course, elaborate and well-kept and about a million miles from the old ranches he’s seen out in the Texas panhandle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The fifth labor was to clean the Augean stables in a single day. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The stable hands, despairing of getting help to the track fast enough, fetched the only transportation on hand, a little runabout truck that the track starter used to motor around the course. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel was walking home alone from the riding stables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was whitewash, the cheap stuff that is used in cowsheds and stables and hen-houses. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It is a list of practical, achievable goals that can help a newcomer build a stable, productive life; it usually includes English fluency, job training, counseling, and lessons in money management. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then in the dark of the stable one night, I awoke to the sound of the music. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Water, rest and relaxation, besides a stable lifeboat, will bring it back to life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She had not mentioned her intention to do so, but every member of the staff, from Mrs. Clarke down the youngest stable boy, had lived in hope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z These rules have made it possible for law enforcement agencies to boost dramatically their rates of drug arrests and convictions, even in communities where drug crime is stable or declining. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We had spent the past two nights in the blind inn-keeper’s stable. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He led me around the outside of the stables to a small corral. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And he needed a stable platform to get the job done. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d need a third and, ideally, a fourth branch to make the nest stable. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When Nailer returned to the con, the captain said, “They kept their high sails up longer than we did. They’ve got a more stable ship.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Shadowfax lifted up his head and neighed, so that the stable shook, and they covered their ears. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her grandmother—as stable as a boulder all of Luna’s life—was starting to weaken. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Tell him I will speak with ... with our friend... after dark, by the stables.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Only he didn’t realize that pegasi prefer to roam free, so the stables are always empty.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then, with the pretext that the animals were losing their fertility, he transferred his barns and stables. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A wagon, laden with crates and chests, stood abandoned near the door of the stable. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I return to the lot, a selected few of the Benzini Brothers tents are up: the menagerie, the stable tent, and the cookhouse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t always come to the gates by the stables,” she says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In that era virtually all jockeys were signed to stable contracts, which were clear and simple. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The first of us to speak was the Professor, as, realising the difficulty of following him through the stable, we moved toward the hall. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In stables horses shook their halters and whinnied. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I press my butt into the boat to keep it stable. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Some of the gentlemen were gone to the stables: the younger ones, together with the younger ladies, were playing billiards in the billiard-room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They drove new cars, vacationed at summer houses more commodious than C.P.’s tiny frame house, and kept fine stables of horses instead of a chain-link kennel with a couple of dogs inside. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Last of all, they went to the workshop near the stables. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z But Father only smiled when I told him that, later when we were back in our stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had put it on, they went to the stables, and there was his charger scratching on the cobbles with a sparkling shoe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Cowsheds, stables, pigsties, barns, bungalows, hayricks, anything that got in its way went toppling over like a nine-pin. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we’re headed for the stable, Myrtle. You never heard of a horse that dawdled on its way home, did you?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith recognized the value of a horse like this and brought him along with his racing string to work as a lead pony, Smith’s track mount, and general stable calmer-downer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard had the kind of money to turn the head of any major-league owner, and he could have used it to acquire a ready-made stable of proven runners. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty-nine years old and described by friends as “a very good, efficient drudge,” the hard-drinking Spangler often sleeps in either the theater or a nearby stable. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Soon’s I led him out of the stable he started off on the road that runs through the main part of the Settlement. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z A silent procession of stable hands came out and solemnly gazed at the horse they had let slip away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the night we went to the stable. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z "The night's first traitors," the queen said, "but not the last, I fear. Have Ser Ilyn see to them, and put their heads on pikes outside the stables as a warning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Something in her tone softened him, and he said at last, “She is in the stables.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A large plot stretched behind it with a cistern, a privy, a poor excuse for a garden, and at the far end, a carriage house and small stable. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When she returned to the great hall she asked a servant there how to find the stables, and she saw that he recognized her as well. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I came to on a cot in the stables office. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, before the sun was yet visible, Vasudeva came out of the stable and walked up to his friend. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my hand away and all the sudden I knowed what the odd smell in the stable was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Please enter, gentlemen!’’ she said, opening the stable doors. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z If the patient improves, you take credit; if he remains stable, your treatment stopped his downward course. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll leave it at the stable in King City. I’m nervous about driving the Ford alone.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The upstart West had the new Santa Anita Handicap, but the East, seat of racing’s elite governing bodies and home to all of America’s venerable old races and stables, had prestige. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, she seems a little like she might be asleep until I yank on the reins, leading her back toward the stables. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Why does a temple even have a stable?” she muttered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Next to our door is a small shed, a lavatory, and next to that a stable. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She took him back to the stable for that. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them are so stable that they cannot be broken down by ordinary processes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Whenever I went up there to clean the stable, I walked around the house, not through it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t come right out and say to take a horse, so when I got to the stable I asked Mr. Segee for Old Flapjack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Her boardinghouse and Pumphrey’s stable are among the few places where they can speak their minds. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Snow was smaller than Stone, a single fortified tower and a timber keep and stable hidden behind a low wall of unmortared rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Howard and the stable hands clung to the propping incident as a good omen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarf was pulled down roughly from the saddle and lashed to a post whilst his captor woke the stable’s owner and haggled with him over the price of his horse and saddle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would spend nights in the stables, crying over Thunder. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Not far away the stranger's horse, loosely tied to an iron ring in the wall of the donkey's stable, was grazing. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She went downstairs and out to the stable. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Officer Winya slid open the stable door, and a sour whiff of hay billowed out of the dusty building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He’s off his horse and leading it to the stables. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could sew or hire out to scrub stables. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Your husband’s stable, but he is in a coma. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “My guess is that they’re keeping her in the stable, but I’m not certain of it. Do you have any way to find her?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Having cleared the stable of astronomy of circles and spirals, he was left, he said, with “only a single cartful of dung,” a stretched-out circle something like an oval. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a different sensation; whereas the jungle’s dirt had been warm and inviting, the stable's was cooler and distinctly less animate. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z According to Wylan’s plans, the stables were adjacent to the gatehouse courtyard, so they would have to backtrack through the holding area. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He mashed his forehead to the bars, scanning the stable. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Nonsense! I’m only redistributing the wealth. I need to repair the roof and fix the robot, have the tennis court put to rights and replace the pipe in the fountain. The stables are collapsing, too.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Taran saw armorers’ shops, stables for the steeds of warriors, breweries, weaving rooms. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Back at the barn, the stable hands were shocked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z No one was in the stables; no horses, neither. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A veterinarian went in the stall with him, and a ring of stable hands watched from the door while he worked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good. Well, I think he’s stable now, but I bet he’s mighty frightened. See if you can find a big hug for him.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, a Lithuanian lab assistant slept next to the camera on a cot, listening to its constant tick, making sure it stayed stable through the night, waking every hour to refocus it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The experiment with Pumpkin worked so well that Smith began collecting other stable companions for Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, she had the old red barn and the stables, but they were empty. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Now, over here are my prize stables! You must see them.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They were back to looking like five bundles throwed up ’gainst a stable wall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z So I offer to let him sleep in the stables. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’m whatever is needed. Ranch boss, stable boy, teacher.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Wind whispered through the stable, a cold dead breath on his face, but Jon paid it no mind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t know? Well find him! Double sharp! I haven’t got six legs, nor six eyes neither! Tell Bob there’s five ponies that have to be stabled. He must find room somehow.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His own home was dark; he was still using the whip when he turned into the lane and then into the stable lot. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z As they were fixing up the stables, Piper thought about the night Annabeth and Percy had spent down here accidentally. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even the most “primitive” ethnographic art represents a late stage of development within a stable society. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The stable was only a couple hundred yards away. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z When I got to the part about Geryon and the stables, my mom pretended like she was going to strangle me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She had been sleeping in Flea Bottom, on rooftops and in stables, wher-ever she could find a place to lie down, and ,it hadn't taken her long to leam that the district was well named. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That would qualify it to receive federal funds so it would remain strong, stable, and safe for future generations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Far from being the stable, fixed, eternal void that everyone had always assumed, this was a universe that had a beginning. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When Uncle Al discovers that city officials have yet to itemize the Fox Brothers baggage stock, a handful of nondescript horses get spirited from one stable tent to another. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When I left to go back to the stables she kissed me on both cheeks and said, “We share a terrible burden, chérie. We are alike.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Athena’s serene face took up most of the aft pegasus stables, which were fortunately unoccupied. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The stable man who takes care of Finn has the whiskey smell on him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The mare was the only horse still at the stable at this time of day. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z We had lifted Father onto the wagon and taken him straight into the stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Some things were not safe to say, not even in the stables with his lordship in the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z —Yes, but I understand he’s been dismissed by the psychiatrist as “stable.” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They lived in one of the stables next to our garage. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Would he see Miss Lavinia—or only the fat cook, the scullery maids, Aunt Best, or the stable men? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the other end of the stable was the Right Reverend Deacon Doctor Zephariah Connerly the Third, the stealer of dreams! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The inn was really no more than a large stone cottage with a room over the big kitchen, a loft above the stable, and tables in the hall good for sleeping on or under. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was answered by the distant barking of a dog and an inquiring whinny from the horse, Bob, comfortably bedded in his stable. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the same behavior of gravity with distance in more than three space dimensions means that the sun would not be able to exist in a stable state with pressure balancing gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We bedded down in the stables with the bicycles. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Now other laboratories of the Department are taking up the problem, testing chemicals against stable flies, mosquitoes, boll weevils, and an assortment of fruit flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He loves to corner the rats and then we smash them to bits with rocks or sticks or stab them with the hay fork in the stable. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Our windows overlooked the stables, not the busy courtyard with its many diversions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He dusts off his habit and groggily makes his way to the door of the stable. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “We have work! Mr. Sullivan said we can stay there the whole season,” she said, gasping and pointing to an old garage near the stables. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The kids turn and break for the stable. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We flew down the hill, but couldn’t keep the bike stable, and we crashed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At nine-thirty Dr. Wilde put his buggy in the livery stable and wearily lifted out his black bag. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The stable had been destroyed, along with the fire department and almost every other building around that part of the waterfront. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z He met the queen’s party by the stables, accompanied by Satin, Bowen Marsh, and half a dozen guards in long black cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A triage nurse found her condition stable and classified her as “high priority.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When Flittman recovered and reported back for work, the horse refused to leave the stable with him on the wagon seat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have doubled back, and be waiting for her with murderous thoughts behind the stable block. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At least the coach seemed to have forgotten about Percy and Annabeth falling asleep in the stable the night before. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had noticed the number of boys who came and went about the Queen’s stable. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Would you want to be dropped on the floor of a horse stable? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then a group of younger campers came into the stables to start their riding lessons, and I decided it was time to leave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He won’t go to school because he has to dig a grave outside where the stable was and he wants all of us to dig with him and say the rosary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “All right, perhaps the stables are a bit challenging to clean. Perhaps they do make me nauseous when the wind blows the wrong way. But so what? My clients still pay me well.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He wept for Celia trapped in the stables and for Tam Lin, who was trapped in a different way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank then unharnessed him, wiped off the leather and hung the harness up in the stable. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When we returned to our stable, we gave the demon girl our one good chair—an old stool that Father had found in a vacated apartment and which we had stripped of paint and repainted. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If a stable had no horses in a race, its contract jockeys were allowed to freelance for other barns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At the stables, I have to stop and lean against a wall while I take deep breaths. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Fletching arrows, milking goats, gathering firewood, mucking out our stables ... the work is endless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The back entry to the stables was locked, she could not have gone out that way. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly. A stable composition is fixed firmly to the ground.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There was no groom at the stable to help her dismount. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I could make out was that someone had leaned some dark bundles or sacks up ’gainst the left hand side of the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The horses were really gross from wading through it, and the stables were just as bad. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When the cost of caring for, feeding, and equipping the animals was added, it became more economical for people living in cities to rent horses from livery stables, much as people rent cars today. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Close to the stables were the kitchen gardens and the cutting gardens. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he got out of the stable he’d head straight down the road afore he cut off into the woods heading for the lake he first took me to ’bout a year ago. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He decided to return to his friend’s stable by the longest route possible. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His training stable consisted of just one horse who would never be better than ordinary. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she thought a safe distance had opened up, Briony swung out boldly from the house in a wide arc that took her toward the stable, block and the swimming pool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “The woman, she worries about the weather. I’ve seen it in her dreams. Wind is a problem. She won’t fly into clouds. I think the crafts must not be terribly stable.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the stable yes, but under leather a cur. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep were at the gates of the city, in a stable that belonged to a friend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the sheriff what let them slave hunters lay over in that stable.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “It was so odd that he came here looking for you, and then you had such a weird expression when I walked into the stables.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Taisin and Kaede walked ahead of the sledge, leading the dogs north, while Con followed behind in their tracks to make sure the load remained stable. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But to Pong's surprise, they weren't taken to a police station at all but to some sort of stable. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z "Take the horses through that archway to the stable." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z One of Lyte’s black coach horses was tied in the stable yard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'll have my husband Billy carry you inside. There's hay and fresh water in the stables, for your beast." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, Nina checked Inej’s pulse and breathing, relieved to find that she seemed to be stable for now. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One of the drivers suggested that she take the stable dog along for company and protection against milk thieves. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So while Pollard lay on the ground, his cries distilling down to long strings of barked obscenities, the panicked stable hands heaved the gear out of the runabout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam says the pig’s head isn’t right for Christmas and he says ’tis more than the Holy Family had in that cold stable in Bethlehem long ago. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was an uncongenial existence for someone who had been raised in a stable, close-knit family environment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants’ cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z When I opened the stable door I already had four chunking stones in my hand just in case the bear-fighting dog had woke up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z From age ten until his arrest, Joe had no stable home; he had no fewer than ten different addresses within this three-year period. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The alpha male usually wins his position not because he is physically stronger, but because he leads a large and stable coalition. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When Jesper pushed open the door to the stables, he felt some small thing inside him relax. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Sun has been in such a stable situation for the past five billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the stable buck’s room a small electric globe threw a meager yellow light. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bianca, camp is cool! It’s got a pegasus stable and a sword-fighting arena and ... I mean, what do you get by joining the Hunters?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She put her hand up and the boy came out from the Pagoda bar beside the stables. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z "I was getting your things out of the stable," replied Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The innkeeper, that boy in the stable, a guard on the gate ... or one of his own? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Aureliano Segundo decided to go see what was going on, he found only the corpse of the horse and a squalid mule in the ruins of the stable. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then, before the day was done, a crossbowman sworn to the Flints turned up in the stables with a broken skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the stables, he knew what he must do. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I saw you come in through the stable,” he said with more authority. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Toward the stern of the ship, they reached a set of wooden double doors that opened into a large stable. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She looked around wildly, but there was no one in the stable but her, and the horses, and the dead men. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He’s lying on the floor of the stable looking up the lane and there’s white stuff like milk around his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I suppose she knew I was watching her from inside the stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I grew up with very normal, stable people,” Brooke continued. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This biography always set racing a stable of emotions—self- pity in the lead, love and hate running evenly at first, the latter ultimately pulling ahead. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It creaked on its hinges, and I could smell the disinfectant Father had used to clean out the stable that morning. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she put her finger to her lips and shook her head, and backed out of the stable as quietly as she had entered it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And they killed the Preacher and got him hanging in the stable!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Freshunounts were brought forth from the stables, surefooted mountain stock with shaggy coats, and within the hour they set forth once again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But in practice such a society could not long remain stable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Teams of tenants had gone up and down the riverbanks, the granaries, the fields, and the stables searching for them, and Ferula had got down on her knees before the altar of Saint Anthony. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning there were no ants in the kitchen, none in the pantry, the granary, the stable, the chicken coops, the pastures. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Tins was surrounded by a high wall with towers, and, on the inner side of this wall, the big rooms which were needed for stores, bams, barracks, and stables were built. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s the grape arbor,” I said, and I ran through the long archway that led from the back door to what was once the stable but was now a garage for my grandfather’s truck. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All sorts of animals, from German shepherds to chickens, have become the stable companions of racehorses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We first went to check on Myers to make sure he had arrived safely and was in a stable state of mind before the hearing began. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She followed the brick path that led round the outside of the stable block. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Irwin’s stable was probably the largest in America at the time, and may have been the largest ever, but most of the horses would have been hard-pressed to outrun Irwin himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The new crop of horses coming into the barn was a big one, and the stable string had to be culled. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of years later, during a stable trip to New York, Smith decided that he had just about worn the hat to death and left the barn in search of a replacement. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The brim of his hat was black and shiny like the boots; above it glistened a silver bird that I knew the boys in the stable would have loved to steal. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The horses galloped back toward their stable, dragging the upside-down chariot behind them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He got off the train in King City, and, instead of going direcdy to the livery stable to claim his horse and buggy, he walked to Will Hamilton’s new garage. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The next day after school, I was in the stable shoveling manure when Old Flapjack gave a snort. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Even when he had been at the top of his game with Seabiscuit, Pollard had never established himself with any other major stable, so Howard was his only real hope. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But after passing by the French Gordy house next door, I ducked around back to the Gordy stable and went through it to the pasture. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He moved from behind her, inching toward the door to the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was an old farmhouse, and around it, barns, outhouses, stables all converted for us to live in. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the stable I said to Uri, “There’s no more bread.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As he left the stable on his piebald gelding, Tyrion heard the sound of music drifting over the rooftops. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There waren’t no sense in going back to the stable to try and free her and them Africans. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z In mid-November Smith loaded Seabiscuit and the rest of his stable, blanketed in red and white stable colors, into three cars of a train bound for California. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It walked along the stable to the furthest stall, where it lay down in the dry straw, and the star scrambled off its back, dripping and miserable. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know nothing? Dynamite’s stable. It won’t go off unless there’s a charge of some sort. Besides, you tripped over it. If anyone was likely to kill us, it was you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was washing him in the stable and I was washing under his belly and he went and wet on me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristran ran to the stable door, then he stopped and thought. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z This time she knew better than to say that she'd sooner work in the stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They was white, though, and Mr. McKenzie could get a job in town; I think it was down at the stables. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And he had also, to Elizabeth’s rather horrified confusion, a “stable.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “And the boat will be none too stable when we are all afloat together, madam.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I knew how she must have looked when she was young, tall and handsome, going round to the stables at Manderley with sugar in her pockets, holding her trailing skirt out of the mud. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When I got the bucket and gourd back she said, “Come close and keep your voice down. What you doing here? You work in this stable?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We get closer and it’s clear that one of the smaller entrances is actually a stable. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z From the stable the pair of oxen bellowed and rolled their eyes in terror. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He’d go home to eat dinner, then bring the horse and wagon back to the stable where he was supposed to wash Drummer and the wagon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was truly a load off my mind when I could tell that, even with it dark as it was in the stable, she didn’t have four arms atall! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Albert’s coffin, covered in a deep pile of white lilies, was carried in a nineteenth-century glass-enclosed hearse, rumoured to have come from the Queen’s own stables. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The innkeeper agreed to give them room and board and to forgive the rent on the stable space in exchange for the donkey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He gave her a stiff shove, toward the side door that led back to the stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And I know what you want. And the answer is no! I’m not to going have my river used again to clean that filthy stable.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Over the wall, through my stables, past my garden, to my window, throttle the Queen and back the way they came before we know it.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A mournful hush fell over the barn, broken only by the long, low moans of a saddle pony who missed his absent stable companion. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The next-door yard was cobblestoned and had a good-looking stable at the end of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are the teeth stable in the splint? He’s not complaining about any movement, right?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Gently, coaxingly, Hand Clap made Red Rabbit head out of the stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She passed by the stable and paused, glancing at the grooms and servants going in and out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z After Uncle Al has made his selections, our workmen tear down all of the other circus’s tents except for the stable and menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ain’t none the other children look after that stable the way you do. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “If she can’t even arrange her work schedule, how can she possibly expect to be stable enough to raise a child?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z |
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