| 单词 | stem |
| 例句 | She gripped the naked stems, the iron wires the blacksmith had drawn out on the anvil last week, just for her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Quite plainly he had a distaste for the duty at hand, but his stem soldierly countenance did not soften. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I took my place in the stem and sat gripping the gunwales with white-knuckled hands while Falconer climbed in, rocking the boat sickeningly, and the wherryman cast off. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A bootlace, tip fraying, stretched out long for a stem. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I bit off the last of the apple and tossed the stem. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Or should he shape them like lilies, with long stems twining about the arm? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When I was at the bow I turned onto my knees and took hold of the stem. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Her stomach twisted as she stemmed two different kinds of pain, refusing to let either consume her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I’d draw a rose, with a velvety red bloom and a green stem and yellow-green leaves coming from it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I did the same on the other side of the stem. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But finally the original black people recognized that their sudden troubles stemmed from this devil white race that Mr. Yacub had made. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the mask came back, and Officer Ken looked right at Evan for ten very stem seconds. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z This is the first time I get to dance Tinikling, a folk dance that mimics a tikling bird hopping between stems of grass and running over tree branches. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Peeta's clawing at Cato's arm, but weakly, as if confused over whether it's more important to breathe or try and stem the gush of blood from the gaping hole a mutt left in his calf. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She tucked down her chin and made a stem face. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I arranged his spray of jasmine and stems of gardenias in a vase on the little table, then took the rest of the flowers into my bedroom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An inlaid band around its rim was of priceless silver, and so was its delicate stem. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I concentrated on tying one of my cherry stems into a knot with my tongue. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z It was the schoolmaster’s turn to flush, and he looked stem, as he did sometimes in the classroom. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Delicately pinching the stem of the bud through the fabric of my sleeve, I move slowly around the corner and find him sitting on a stool against the wall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One person uprooted the stem, then tried to split it down the middle by pulling it apart. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Beneath it was a space, perhaps a foot high, though it was pierced everywhere by parallel and rising stems. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He saw that a few of the pieces had stem and leaf as well. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She masked her fears behind a face kept still and stem, yet they were there all the same, growing with every league they crossed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As it matures, the stem slowly breaks up—shatters, in the jargon—letting the seed dribble to the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Its bright red flowers made the perfect crayons for children, but its stems could also tell your fortune. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z When the tiller slammed over it caused the Frog's stem to give a quick jerk sideways. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then coming up, close to the stem, Frodo saw two pale eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Jody skinned the grain from a grass stem and threw the handful into the air, so that each pointed, feathered seed sailed out like a dart. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Clasping his hand, she could still feel Archer shaking like a leaf clinging to its stem. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Different rhythms being played at the same time by the same player — Clarity requires that you write one rhythm with stems up and the other stems down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The blossoms had many more petals, each beautifully shaped; the stems and leaves twined and feathered as if alive. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Then he began cutting; to make fine lines and points he used thin blades, for the stems, large blades. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabella stopped and poked at a clumped plant with stiff stems and small oval leaves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I snag one, bending the stem until it snaps, and put it behind my ear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Horatio cups the little flowers with their thin stems and speaks with difficulty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Curious, Celia picks a frosted peony from its branch, the stem breaking easily. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Taped to one of the flowers’ stems was a note Margo’d folded to look like an envelope. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He pulled one from its stem and held it in his hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In eighth grade I even put in detention time for a week, unrepentantly, for unscrewing the valve stems on one really uncouth boy’s bike tires myself and then painstakingly deflating them, for her. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mom rearranged the stems and fluffed the petals. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But if you broke the stem, that was a different story. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I nodded then stuck the stem of the gardenia in the open buttonhole, where it flopped in the wide space between my soon-to-be breasts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I closed it up and put it back between the stems. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I stepped to the stem to confront the creaky old Evin- rude. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We crouched low in the stem so that nobody could see us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z These were plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses, and leaves that spread out over their heads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Critics said that Mark Antony’s failure stemmed from having waited too long to get started or from leaving the fight too early. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And what little still remained to white people was shriveled like a seed hoarded too long, shrunken past its time, and split open now, to expose a fragile, pale leaf stem, perfectly formed and dead. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z With the stem in my mouth, I gave it two little kisses, which is what it looked like Gram and Gramps had done. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Once he’s limped back home behind her, she disappears to shower and he stems the bleeding with a Captain America Band-Aid from his bathroom cabinet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I once saw pictures of two blonde girls, laughing and making faces at each other, and it all looked very friendly and usual, except that their two necks stemmed out of a single body. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She stood looking down at him thoughtfully for a while, and then an idea stemming from experience with older brothers suddenly struck her. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They chewed tender new stems of foxtail, almost as placidly as the animals below. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Was perhaps the stem too long, the edge too thick? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His stem eye, as fierce as a goshawk’s, waited on his charge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea beneath our stem bubbled up but the screw didn't generate enough torque to pull us out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I had that agenda I’d been assiduously maintaining since freshman year of college, stemming from the neat line of boxes I was meant to check. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This already gives us a hint why speakers of Niger-Congo languages, stemming from north of the equator, were able to displace Africa’s equatorial Pygmies and subequatorial Khoisan people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In a stem voice, Papa said, “Billy, I don’t want you fooling around with the Pritchards any more. You have plenty of country around here so you don’t have to go there to hunt.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood like that for a moment, until they heard the soft pop! of a mango stem. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The Centipede rushed over to the stem of the peach and took the silk string in his teeth and bit through it with one snap of his jaws. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He held the stem between his thumb and forefinger and let it drop. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When he saw me he made me put a can on the end of a yardstick and stand up on the bow while he shot at it from the stem. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Figure 1.44: Keep stems and beams in or near the staff, but also use stem direction to clarify rhythms and parts when necessary. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Milo, I forbid you to fly any more combat missions,” Colonel Cathcart declared in a tone of stem and inflexible authority. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Notes on or above the middle line should be stem down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The authorities seemed to have a weakness for historical films, particularly ones with a stem moral message. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear Hamilton back at the stem. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I get that. But don’t you ever think that maybe you’re kind of...making yourself invisible?” she asks, twirling its stem between her fingers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The grain in wild grasses develops near the top of the stem. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This is the look: boxy and flared at the top, with a long skinny stem of thighs and legs coming out the bottom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z These differences stemmed ultimately from Eurasia’s much longer history of densely populated, economically specialized, politically centralized, interacting and competing societies dependent on food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And now I remembered that if I had returned home instead of coming north my father would have given me my grandfather's old-fashioned Hamilton, with its long, burr-headed winding stem. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His expression considerably less stem now that we were alone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The stem lengthens until the tip hits the platform, like a kite's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z After a few layers I came to leaves that had lost their stems and were flatly glued to the ball. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The fruit had not one stem, but dozens. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And just then, a large wind blew in from the north and the flower on the table split from its stem and fell at my feet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The altar was adorned with thick, fragrant clusters of flowers illuminated by the slender white stemmed candles that burned from six candelabra. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Put the stem of a leaf spray in water, in a narrow-necked container, such as a bottle, so the caterpillar can’t fall in and drown. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s called Irish Wreath, four purple irises with green stems meeting in the middle on a black background. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was another long table across the back wall that had a few fancy glass pitchers with mint leaf stems that jutted out of the tops. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But when he clambered up the ladder to the stemcastle and looked off from the stem, his smile faltered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of them lit nearby on a stem. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His face was swollen and his head look liked a pumpkin, too large and heavy for the slender stem it grew from. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As we shall see in a moment, much of the argument about the Scientific Revolution stems from the ramifications of this view. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He tore out the stem and began to poke about in the water, while the brilliant fish flicked away on this side and that. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z From his own plant hybrids, de Vries could dimly tell that variant features, such as stem size, were encoded by indivisible particles of information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The awkward stems of the flowers had been bent to just the right degree of restful looseness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sunflower seeds rained down on my shoulders, their rough stems snapping underfoot and scratching my exposed skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A hardly perceptible shiver ran through the stem and up into the branches; the leaves rustled and whispered, but with a sound now of faint and far-off laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Du Barry's words dry out each and every petal, and snap the stem. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When I bent closer to look at them, I saw that their stems were uneven, and they were tied with twine, like they were hand-cut instead of from a store. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Next to the motor in the stem compartment—the lazaret—there was a small hand pump with two hoses attached to it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And he warned that “stampeding” to stem it could lead to unintended consequences. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She handed him the cloth she had worn around her face the day before, and he held it against his nose to try to stem the flow of blood. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Dr. Adam Thomson’s Discourse for the Preparation of the Body, &c. cauterization with poker or rupture with lancet could stem. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She picks up the fallen blossom and trims the stem, wincing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The stem was coming now, roaring past, and the turbulence caused by the tanker’s screws bounced the Frog this way and that, though not as severely as he expected. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Their single stems in the next few weeks will each produce a terminal flower bud. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He suffered a good deal and was reduced to tearing at the stems of the long grasses for moisture. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had picked them with long stems too. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her magnetic charm stemmed from her quick wit and keen intellect. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He leaned his back against the stem and knew he was not dead. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the cup back under the table, then he used the stem to pick his teeth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Sorting in the laundry, making beds in white folks’ houses, stemming in the tobacco plant—those were black jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Their mother handed each of her daughters a stemmed blossom to slip into the chain-link fence. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He sprawled with one foot on a bench, watching me closely as he chewed on a match stem. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were pale, her mouth stem, her voice a whip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kaede squatted down and picked up the stem, taking care to not cut herself on the jagged edge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Fidencio bent over, took hold of a squash, and broke it away from its stem. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z As Malloy saw it, all his troubles stemmed from the one fight in which he took a dive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And her fingers knew exactly the best way to twist skinny green clover stems together to make a long chain to stretch across the street to stop cars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “My family has impeccable liberal credentials, we’ve ticked all the right boxes,” Paula said, lips turned down in irony, twirling the stem of her empty wineglass. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Slowly, one stem at a time, I decorate her body in the flowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “A rabbit got them. He must think the stems are delicious. The little devil.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Sula was a heavy brown with large quiet eyes, one of which featured a birthmark that spread from the middle of the lid toward the eyebrow, shaped something like a stemmed rose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Aibileen picks up another fiddlehead, starts washing its long stem, the curly green ends. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Yet now for the first time she saw something of Eddard Stark in his face, something as stem and hard as the north. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were works in progress, malleable, and could be set on the right path if the law behaved like a stem but loving parent rather than as an instrument of punishment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I fold the note in half and stick it between the stem and the white cotton-looking plant they stuck in with the rose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make intricate toys—tiny windmills, rattles, minute jewel boxes out of dried palm reeds; he could carve perfect boats out of tapioca stems and figurines on cashew nuts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you had to look at the ground sideways to see if you could catch a glimpse of the gold stems of the chanterelle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There was a card between the stems and I knew I had to read it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His knee buckled as the sharp-toothed stem bit. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Lionstar, read the letters on her stem, beneath a fluttering banner that bore the arms of the boy king on the Iron Throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her glasses were on a little Donald Duck night table, folded neatly and laid stems down. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps no organization on earth, save the Communist party, possessed so detailed a knowledge of how workers lived, for its sources of information stemmed directly from the workers themselves. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The flexible stems and shoots thrust aside by Sticky’s fall were stiffening and spreading back into place. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Dandelion stems are full of milk, clover heads are loaded with nectar, the Frigidaire is full of ice-cold drinks. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I felt that their behavior stemmed from a lack of understanding. . . . Could I have erased the bitterness, I would have done so gladly.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “This problem,” Rick said, “stems entirely from your method of operation, Mr. Rosen. Nobody forced your organization to evolve the production of humanoid robots to a point where—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z If you did this without breaking the stem in half, you’d have meat for dinner waiting for you at home. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Two goats and a few chickens sauntered around, nibbling and pecking at drying stems of grass. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He inspected it from stem to stern, scraping off the green slime that had accumulated during the winter, examining every inch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z After it was determined the stems and seeds were a bust, I spent the rest of my time wondering just how long I had to hang around before politely leaving. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A pair of brown-and-orange beetles, disturbed by the feeding rabbits, took off from a grass stem and flew away, still coupled together. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilson rocked in his chair and pointed his pipe stem at Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Twist the stem,” Lolo tells him from below. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At the forward hatch he quickly unhooked the caught thread and dropped the hatch cover in place—it had to be fastened tightly from the inside— and stood to move back to the stem. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They live at the very bottom of town, not far from a dirty, frothy creek that stems from the river. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The brown algae waved in the gentle currents and the green eel grass swayed and little sea horses clung to its stems. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z My head, which had been wobbling on its stem, snaps upright. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Twisted and leaning pillars reared their splintered stems above the flood, but all the roads were drowned. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was a little looseness in the tarpaulin as the rope went from one hook on one side of the stem to the next hook on the other side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z White men and women, their faces stem and heartless, closed in on me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All that they would have had to do to meet the definition of farmers was to carry the stems and remaining attached tubers home and similarly replace them in soil at their camp. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you ever play that game?” she held up her own apple core and grabbed the stem with two fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A bird hanging on a grass stem released a happy trill, and Sigurd whipped around completely, bear cloak flapping behind him, as he strode toward them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He also learned to use the stems of foxtail grass to spear grasshoppers, longheaded locusts, and dragonflies, which he roasted over a fire in late summer and autumn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She must have covered a thousand stems, she figured. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking back they could see the dark line of the Hedge through the stems of trees that were already thick about them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Kareem lifts the glass by the stem, swirling the dark purplish-red liquid into a little tempest. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Long stems of yarrow hung from the bank over his head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I roll my tomato between my hands, the prickly stem poking into my palm. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach Boggs first, try to make sense of the torn flesh, missing limbs, to find something to stem the red flow from his body. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She ran her fingertips all over them, feeling the stems, leaves, petals, smelling them like a blind person wanting to know what she could not see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Covering my nose, I pulled up a few stems and ran all the way home with them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z For the plant the change is highly disadvantageous, but it facilitates harvest by humans—the grain waits on the stem to be collected. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the livingroom, she heard Atticus’s even voice: . . stem the tide a little bit this way . . . good thing he asked for one of the Maycomb lawyers. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Grandpop spit all the apple seeds into the cup and spit the stem into his hand the way kids back home in Brooklyn did sunflower-seed shells. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Forty-five pounds of fruit and leaves and seeds and stems and bark and vines and rotten wood. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I was creeped out of my skin and waiting for a cop to reach up over the stem and yell, "Gotcha!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They are little yellow lilies on long slender stems with oval leaves dappled with gray. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you move,” I told her, and clambered to the stem. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I was at the bow, checking that the rope was properly secured to the stem. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had planted the rhododendrons, too, not at all for their brief, dramatic show of colour in May and June, but for their dark green, leathery leaves and toughness of stem, their substantial look. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He knew that I lived in the same house as my parents, that my happiest memories of Harvard Law School stemmed from the work I’d done in the Legal Aid Bureau. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I figured Margo would be back by Monday anyway, but even so, I felt a little pride at having been the person who stemmed the tide of lame. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The few doubts being heard stemmed from rumors that the Nobel committee might suspend the prizes for the duration of the European war, which had begun with Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After we'd harvested those, we scrounged along inside the fence for probably a mile until we'd filled the bucket with the dandelion greens, stems, and flowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He’s stroking my body now, from stem as they say to stern, cat stroke along the left flank, down the left leg. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His long, bushy beard collected more stems as it brushed the countertop, and his shirt and pants were spattered with whatever Babulya was furiously stirring in the pot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Insects had devoured most of the leaves and vegetables, leaving behind skeletons of stems and branches. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand jerks; the shears snap shut, severing the stem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I curl a stem around Princess Charlotte's throat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She holds a bunch of leaves in one hand, twists the wire around the stem—one-two—hides the wire with ribbon and hot-glues the acorns into place. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Not a stem rippled to mark his way. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next years, as the vigorous Oenothera multiplied, de Vries found that eight hundred new variants had spontaneously arisen—plants with gigantic leaves, with hairy stems, or with odd-shaped flowers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She is unable to stem the tide of junk mail that will continue to arrive for years, addressed to her dead husband. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She could not read the faintest sign of welcome in his thin stem lips or in the dark eyes that glowered fiercely at her from under heavy grizzled eyebrows. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He yanked the sunglasses off, folded the stems across each other, and slipped them into his back pocket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Fiver, however, came over to where Blackberry was lying against the stem of a blackthorn in the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed incredible that such lasting ire as Corporal Whitcomb’s could have stemmed from his rejection of Bingo or the form letters home to the families of the men killed in combat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Perched beside the stove, their family’s house spirit examined the mess of chopped herbs and leftover stems that littered the countertop. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The others peered at the drapeweed, trying to make out the shoots and stems beneath the dark green leaves. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The tarpaulin was not as securely fixed going over the stem—which had a very short prow, what in a face would be called a snub nose—as it was elsewhere around the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked so stem that I grew alarmed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He clipped the stem and buried the top in a thick strand of his wife’s hair. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Only the bamboo leaves clung to the bamboos in the sparse clump to the east of the house, and even though the wind wrenched the stems double, the leaves clung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z To allay it, I shall to-day search entire ship carefully from stem to stern. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He strode up to the stem war leader and fetched him a heavy clout on the shoulder. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Then it was back to the rocks, to chewing on grass stems, listening to the sluck of water and brushing away mopani flies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z "The begonia is not well," she answers, stroking one plump bud near its stem. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z George’s mother is made of stem, unyielding material, and she also happens to be the slowest speaker I’ve ever heard. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “That was a crime,” he insisted, and removed his pipe then sharply pointed the stem at me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Broadbent’s interest also stemmed from the war, and the basic day-to- day challenges he observed pilots facing as they tried to stay focused. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The third oldest turned her glass, stem up, and giggled without much enthusiasm when the father puffed out his cheeks again for her benefit. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They stepped off the black road and into the knee-high grass, swishing their legs through the stems, watching the insects hovering, darting, fluttering, skimming, hearing the million-voiced chorus chirrup and scrape. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Just at this moment Stuart heard a splintering crash, saw the bow of the Lillian plow through his rigging, and felt the whole ship tremble from stem to stern with the force of the collision. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Their perplexity stemmed from two related and equally perplexing phenomena. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When they reached the stem, the lad tied up their blades and slammed a shoulder into Duck, and the big man went into the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I consider the possibilities of grafting the woody stems from one plant to another. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When he had come full circle he lifted the cap by the stem; it loosened effortlessly, and Mr. Pirzada leaned over the pumpkin for a moment to inspect and inhale its contents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Others plod methodically along a stem, plucking off and devouring sedentary insects like the aphids. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a hole that went through the stem of the boat, near the top. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z One sharp tap and the bead flattened to a tiny leaf shape, with the remainder of the wire its stem. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She smiled at him, gentleness replacing the stem expression in her eyes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, within a modest time span, enormously diverse island environments were settled by colonists all of whom stemmed from the same founding population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The gaslight shone upon the heavy, leonine lines of his features—a mane of sandy-brown hair, eyes the piercing blue of gas flames, a firm mouth shaped around the stem of a briar pipe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The law failed to stem the cotton tide. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The sun was bright in the sky, and little birds clung to tall grass stems and chirped at Anya and Ivan’s passing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then he fixed the stems of his glasses once again behind his earlobes and folded his arms across his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Now, in this stem man facing her, so totally different from her grandfather, Kit sensed the same quality of directness, and out of an instinctive respect she gave the only honest answer she could. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Good-by, Ladybug!” gasped James, clinging to the stem of the falling peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And upon it, just a few inches from the stem, a hasp glittered like a diamond. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandpop called out, now using the other end of the stem to dig under his fingernails. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The Shavepate’s ugly, oily face was as stem as ever, but he missed nothing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A flash of green caught his eye, ahead and off to port, and a nest of writhing emerald serpents rose burning and hissing from the stem of Queen Alysanne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ida put on a stem face, as if Esther could see her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I dropped back into the water and swam around to the stem, where it was easier to pull myself up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Great Plains, and when farmers stemming ultimately from China emigrated to the Chatham Islands, the rain forests of Borneo, or the volcanic soils of Java or Hawaii. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With so much weight in the stem—Bull, Jasper Jr., plus the engine—the bow tilted upward and the johnboat began taking on water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Each stem that I pulled caused a leaf to peel off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I gave them a stem look to make them quit it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They stem from the ignorance of the rider. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He turned the thick red stem between his thumb and pointer finger, then sniffed: tea and dirt and cane syrup. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Three more prizes were taken before Yaros dwindled off their stems. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the dim light of the stars their stems were grey, and their quivering leaves a hint of fallow gold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Death had made her look older and different The stem, grey face in the barge was evidently not Elaine—who had gone elsewhere, or vanished. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can feel when I’ve found one. Then I have to snap the stem, brush off the dirt, and toss it in the collection bin. Pero tan rápido. We have quotas to make.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z With a long hooked blade, he sliced me root and stem, chanting all the while. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Okay,” said Horace, removing his glasses and biting one stem. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It is not the case that all cultural advances in East Asia stemmed from China and that Koreans, Japanese, and tropical Southeast Asians were noninventive barbarians who contributed nothing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Some apparent regional or continentwide regressions of technology in Australia may stem from the isolation and relatively few inhabitants of its population centers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The second type of vulnerability stems from a quirk of history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Since then it had hung motionless from a bit of cabbage stem. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Two ships sailing along the curve of a chrysanthemum stem. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She tied a piece of string around Dismay’s neck and wove some long stems of lavender around and through it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Dedd and I were having a time managing the lot, while Mama was doing her share, casting stem glances from the middle of our pew. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That something seemed to have rules and resistances of its own, ones that did not stem from me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The confusion stemmed from the fact that Jane Bromet interviewed me at Base Camp and posted a transcript of the interview on the Outside Online website. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “So you think there is an original story all the others stem from?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He started to work his way back to the stem on his hands and knees, being careful not to jerk against the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I stop to pick a few blackberries from prickly stems of bushes growing between them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I carefully pressed the thorns off their stems with my forefinger and thumb before laying them on the cradle of her shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Major de Coverley was a splendid, awe-inspiring, grave old man with a massive leonine head and an angry shock of wild white hair that raged like a blizzard around his stem, patriarchal face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The waving stems scatter papery white moths, who go down again to hide in the dark grasses. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He pointed to the peach stem, which was standing up like a short thick mast in the middle of the deck. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There are two basic ideas that lead to the rules for stem direction. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He jammed the tiller, made the sheet fast and reached under the stem for the club. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A pink stem pushing up through dark new moss. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Round and round and upside down went the peach as it plummeted toward the earth, and they were all clinging desperately to the stem to save themselves from being flung into space. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My contributions to our winning record did nothing to stem the abuse. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We looked and there it was: the Plant and, clearly visible at the base of the stem, the Very Important Tiny Leaf. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They came to a patch of milkwort—a blue as deep as that of the sky—with long stems creeping through the grass and each minute flower spreading its two upper petals like wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He took him to our garden and pulled several long stems, then wrapped Phiri’s head and elbows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z At present, the earliest unquestioned evidence for humans in Europe stems from around half a million years ago, but there are claims of an earlier presence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Little things—a cricket on a stem, the veined branches on a leaf—are magnified, brought from the background in achingly clear focus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sixty feet above Roger, several nuts, fibrous lumps as big as rugby balls, were loosed from their stems. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When I heard his heavy footsteps on the deck above me, I hustled to the stem, stepped lightly onto the gangplank, and then bolted for cover. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We know the basic parts of a plant—roots, stem, leaves, flowers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Ruth let the seaweed disintegrate, and later, when its veins and stems dropped and curled into brown scabs on the table, she removed the bowl and brushed away the scabs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A ghostly woman slumped over the bat, pressing her hands to her chest to stem the flow of blood. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Up through each cleft came a long thin stem, and on top of each stem stood a pointed bud exactly like a candle flame. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Green and the shadow of green locked away in stem and bark. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The simplest-looking note, with no stems or flags, is a whole note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A sunken temple loomed up out of the greyness as Yandry and Duck leaned upon their poles and paced slowly from prow to stem, pushing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From the mix of green leaves and stems, a cow can easily pick out a tuft of emerald green clover next to a spray of bluish green fescue. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There were plants here, in places where wind-borne seeds had dropped into the rocky crevices and been nourished by melted snow, sprouting now in this early spring, their stems reaching up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She plucked a white blossom from its stem and dropped it into Sparrow’s bowl. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Above his ear, beneath the wire stem of his spectacles, I could just make out the powder burn and the dark hole in his right temple. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Some of the stems began to sprout heads, bloody red heads that bobbed over and touched her back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Flora,” Styx said absently, twirling another clover stem. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Hato in St Anna Channel She was a small Dutch freighter with a high bow and stem, and a bridge house in the middle between two well decks. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The birthmark over her eye was getting darker and looked more and more like a stem and rose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The roseroot grew low to the ground along the northern fence, its fleshy leaves lining a stem topped with brushlike yellow flowers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z By this time the children were awake, and with a stem look I bade them to be calm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the problems of modern South Africa stem at least in part from a geographic accident. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It took him less than five seconds to eat an entire stem, and then he’d root around for more. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Today, the staple crops of highland agriculture are the recently introduced sweet potato, along with taro, bananas, yams, sugarcane, edible grass stems, and several leafy vegetables. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There were sounds in the world now, too: insects were stirring, and a very slight breeze was rustling the dry grass stems growing higher up the dune. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She turned her chair around to face the table and occupied herself with her water glass, twisting the stem around, making damp links on the white cloth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In Jackson Park Burnham faced repeated interruptions stemming from his de facto role as ambassador to the outside world, charged with cultivating goodwill and future attendance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’d been thinking a day at the fair would be a welcome change, but I just shrugged and went on stemming gooseberries. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I lowered my feet into the locker and sat on its edge, my back against the stem. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She collected the stems of wild ginger for seasoning rice and yarrow leaves for tea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Before our group departed Kathmandu, he had sat all of us down and given us an uncommonly stem lecture about the need to show our Sherpa staff gratitude and proper respect. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z "It must be tom up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My brothers turned to one another to stem the sadness, but not to me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I found that the chimps eat mostly fruits but also a good many kinds of leaves, blossoms, seeds, and stems. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In gathering wild yams, they cut off most of the edible tuber but replaced the stems and tops of the tubers in the ground so that the tubers would regrow. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I saw that someone—my mom, I assumed—had hung a rosary over the stem of the rearview mirror. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue,” Miss Ohio said and licked her lips. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I tried to stem the flow of urine by pressing my thighs together, but I was too late; a puddle had formed about my feet, and I scattered it with my toes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did Austronesian people, stemming ultimately from mainland China, colonize Java and the rest of Indonesia and replace the original inhabitants there, instead of Indonesians colonizing China and replacing the Chinese? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I stared at my father's photograph—his thin face stem, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted the lid by its stem and looked for something in the water. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This had been a difficult task, for they all suffered brain drains as their leading scientists returned to prewar academic posts or accepted jobs stem ming from their newfound eminence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The unsteady feeling in her legs, she knows, stems from hunger. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her fingers open, and the young woman with the rose waits patiently as the statue gradually closes her hand around the stem, releasing it only when it is secure. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The dozens of stems were dozens of leaf stems. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Loki examined the berries, the stems, and the leaves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He shook his head suddenly, violendy, and remembered the old man again, coming bareheaded along the hill, stemming the retreat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "People always gonna need food, Alfred," said Wilson, pointing his pipe stem. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon, on the other hand, leaped into the air with a loud caw of delight, and wheeled and skimmed and darted now ahead of the boat, now behind the stem. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Life that burrowed and scurried, and life so still it was indistinguishable from the ivy stems on which it lay. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped looking at it and began to stare at the stem of his Martini glass, looking worried and vaguely, unfairly conspired against. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “The ladybird thing only works because all ladybirds crawl to the top of the stem and then fly.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll lash the two oars together across the stem and that will slow him in the night,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My request was ultimately granted, accompanied by a stem warning from Colonel Jacobs that serious consequences would result if I returned to my impudent ways. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He filled the glasses and raised his own glass by the stem. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nothing challenged the totality of my personality so much as this pressure of hate and threat that stemmed from the invisible whites. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I find the daffodils, crisp at the edges where they’ve dried, limp towards the stems, use my fingers to pinch. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I smiled and it still had the same sad, stem expression. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I started to wind the stem when the operator came back. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z To grow them year after year without dread of flood or plague, in soil that offers up green stems that bend to the scythe again and again, bread from a bottomless basket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bluebells and the tiger lilies had dried up and dropped off their stems. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By Wednesday the petals began to fall, the stem to sag. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Then his face darkened and resembled his father's stem features! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z From every stem streamed the fiery heart of the Lord of Light, red and yellow and orange. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The fern was back on my desk, its broken stem topped with a healing blob of sap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And the parallel stems from a concept that is quite counterintuitive: the Internet, smartphones, and other devices are addictive because they often deliver us worthless information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The tulips are red, a darker crimson towards the stem, as if they have been cut and are beginning to heal there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The bowl of his pipe was made of meerschaum clay, and it had a flexible stem about three feet long so that the bowl rested on his lap. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s done is done and cannot be undone,” came a stem voice like my father’s. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He taught me how to find a kind of grass called apai and how to chew its sweet stems for food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That is, the different historical trajectories of Africa and Europe stem ultimately from differences in real estate. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The first explosion took place shortly after three A.M., and within half an hour the Coral Queen was on fire from bow to stem. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Grandma lit what would’ve been the stem of the cherry and stepped back. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The densest tangle on the island, a mass of twisted stems, black and green and impenetrable, lay on their left and tall grass swayed before them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z This is caused by damage to the brain stem during birth. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Sorting through the contents of my basket, I drew out some wilted stems. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The five long white petals curved delicately up from the stem and around its mouth, which contained just a hint of yellow deep inside. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Lane put his fingers—which were slender and long, and usually not far out of sight—around the stem of his glass. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Loud, staccato beats, clattering and banging—hacking and chopping—a trampling of green stems. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When the game was over he would shut off the radio and fix his spectacles carefully in place by curling their stems behind his ears. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When the sinister, curling stem—in appearance not unlike the peavines that grew in early summer in their garden—reached his ankle, it began to curl tightly around his flesh. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Salvador’s old shirt clung to her, and as she twisted the vegetables from their stems, she felt her back begin to itch. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Their faces were stem and strong, and some of them had done terrible things, but they were Starks every one, and Bran knew all their tales. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps the anxiety stemmed from a fear of failure or maybe even the perceived catastrophic consequences of not meeting my own expectations. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z That’s one more thing to remember when I’m grown, to tell about the Congo: how the mango fruits hung way down on long, long stems like extension cords. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But affirmative action was never supposed to address broad economic inequities, just the ones that stem from specific kinds of discrimination. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The Woolworth’s has old wooden floors, stained from years of winter slush on people’s boots, and dim overhead lights that hang down from the ceiling on metal stems. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I need hardness, cold, rigidity; not this heaviness, as if I’m a melon on a stem, this liquid ripeness. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin stem of smoke was rising out of the woods ahead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z My fingers encircle a blackberry and pluck it from its stem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Farmer suspected the root cause of this growing problem stemmed from decades back—long before Peru adopted the model WHO program in 1991—when drug-resistant strains were spawned by inadequately financed and unsupervised treatment. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The Orléans archipelago is a string of islands stretching like a rose with a crooked stem out into the warm sea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The heavy, stem face and the four fingers filled his vision. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Single Notes — Notes below the middle line of the staff should be stem up. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I just wondered,” Judith responded, and as Matthew Wood turned a stem look back at them, both girls walked on in silence. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Part of an inlaid peony blossom with its stem and leaves twined along the groove. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Those caveats, which stem from the properties of zero and infinity, can become very important, however. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I countered by saying that in fact nonviolence had failed us, for it had done nothing to stem the violence of the state nor change the heart of our oppressors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The melon’s stem and leaves were cleverly shaped to form the lid of the jug. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They’d left manure and hoofprints on graves, crushed flower arrangements into piles of stems, ribbon, and Styrofoam, and knocked over several tombstones, which now lay flat on the ground next to their bases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They made indifferent sentinels, for in many places their ranks had been broken by the rhubarb plant, and they lay with crumpled heads and listless stems, making a pathway for the rabbits. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I told them that my release alone would not stem the violence in the country or stimulate negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The plates had pears with a red shiny stem painted in the center. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At least ten times a day, she’d take the box out, re-arrange the fireworks and look long at the pale red tissue and white corded stem and wonder about how they were made. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The flower heads had already been snapped from the stems. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He could always unsettle her face with a stem admonition or an old joke or pun in Korean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath the flourish and ostentation is the old city, street after street of thick red brick houses, with their front porch pillars like the off-white stems of toadstools and their watchful, calculating windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Now I will rest an hour more and feel that he is solid and steady before 1 move back to the stem to do the work and make the decision. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He gripped the stem of the pipe in the most manly fashion between his strong white teeth and kept it there while talking to you. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They stopped for sorbet, served in stemmed glasses, and she told him about Feral’s storms, and how they would eat the snow with spoonfuls of jam. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Everything unfortunate that has ever happened to me has stemmed from failure to follow one of the rules. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The heat was almost gone out of the radiators: the cold iron fluting stem signal and admonition for sleeping, the little death, the renewal. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z All other Austronesian languages, from those on Madagascar to those on Easter Island, would then stem from a population expansion out of Taiwan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Where all other plants have shed their leaves, the sage remains evergreen, the gray-green leaves — bitter, aromatic, rich in proteins, fats, and needed minerals — clinging to the stems of the dense and shrubby plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The tip of the hazel switch sang through its arc, leaves and stems flew apart, but the cheers of the crowds were harder to summon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When he read the word hollyhock aloud with his finger on the word, she saw that it was long, with many lines like tall stems. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers trembled around the stem of her glass, and then she said, “That was the neighbors. My mother said the neighbors did that. People are always jealous.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, the five hundred and second seagull was caught and harnessed to the peach stem... James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z To her horror she saw drops of blood flowing down the stem. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized the tall spikes of yarrow and its dense clustered blossoms; around them twined the flopping stems of coreopsis, above a carved base of that plant’s mounded dark and feathery leaves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the greenhouse, one tall stem stood alone, brown like all the rest of the plants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His voice had changed extraordinarily, and his face had suddenly become both stem and animated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I use their thorny stems like a set of chains. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then I realized I was the one doing the yelling as I pressed my hands down onto Georgia Boy’s neck, trying to stem the flow of blood. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “All but a few payments. By the end of a good summer’s trade she’ll be every inch mine from stem to stern.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I held the back of my sleeve to my nose—gently, tenderly, it still hurt so badly—trying to stem the bleeding. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Her Joffrey was good and kind, she knew it in her heart, but a king had to be stem with rebels. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “There’ll be trout down in those weeds and stems. Here—give me the poles and I’ll bait the hooks for us.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Already several of the rabbits were asleep, crouched uneasily between the thick stems, aware of the chance of danger but too tired to do more than trust to luck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Whitman scratched the back of his head, then above and below the left stem of his glasses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She ran down the street, the green knee socks making her legs look like wild dandelion stems that had somehow lost their heads. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The leaves seem to grow out of the dark gold, to be living things, their stems crossing over one another in a delicate knotwork. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The new growth covered the earth lightly, each blade of grass, each leaf and stem with space between as if planted by a thin summer wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We came from the very top—the bloom—and we've made a long journey to the heart of the stem to display our talents. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Vines curl around the posts of Oriana’s bed, their stems a vivid green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I cracked a pod from the stem and blew into the silk-lined hollow, sending the remaining puffs sailing, a snowy shower rising, vanishing into the clouds. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The head of mauve blooms rocked gently on its stem as he pushed his nose against it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The stems have dried and stiffened, and the faces bob like praying heads, and as the Opel bellows past, Werner feels as if they are being watched by ten thousand Cyclopic eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She lowered a seedling into a hole and gently pressed the earth firm around its slender stem. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Sergio carefully pulls a rambutan off its stem and gently cuts into it with his pocketknife. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z So we both got excited when we noticed the workers dragging a long thick hose toward the stem of the Coral Queen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The mesquite bushes were green, and even the dagger yucca was stately as it pushed up the green stem that blossomed with white bell flowers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z M. Dupont held up his hand, though whether to acknowledge the applause or to stem it was not clear. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had no idea...it’s quite unusual,” he said, scratching his forehead with the stem of his pipe. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We passed stands of rockets with long bamboo stems. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A silent young man dressed in a white tunic offers us all stemmed glasses of wine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The beautiful part: Huge windows curved along the back wall, looking out over the stem of the ship. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And without waiting for an answer, she quickly produced a length of silk thread and attached the end of it to the peach stem. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z It would have been better applied to cross sections of stems and the cells of algae. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ash had been fingering the stem of her goblet, looking at its fine workmanship, when Kaisa asked, “Will you come to the ball?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Flower color, for instance, had no link with seed texture or stem height. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Here, twist the fruit just a little, push it up toward that stem, and there you be!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It fell and broke neatly into two pieces, stem severed from body. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, as if she’d seen enough, she started taking the plants apart, expertly sorting leaves from stems from seeds, creating small piles of each in her lap. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And the essay on geometry considered the revolutionary insights stemming from that day in bed on the banks of the Danube. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z For the stem and leaves he used the red clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He can remember its long legs looked like the stems of the cattails all around the pond. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A minute later, they were out in the open, standing on the very top of the peach, near the stem, blinking their eyes in the strong sunlight and peering nervously around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The box with the baits was under the stem of the skiff along with the club that was used to subdue the big fish when they were brought alongside. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And before you knew it, I had grabbed a fistful of the flowers by their brittle stems and began beating them against the ground. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And James Henry Trotter, holding on madly to one of the silk strings above the peach stem, told himself that this must surely be the end of everything at last. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Whether a stem points up or down does not affect the note length at all. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I feel my fingertips dig into the center of my bouquet to separate the thick stems. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It took him a full minute to slowly get up the two steps, fight off the mainsail again, and position himself at the stem so he could go to the bathroom. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as she fixed on leaves and blossoms, stems and seeds, she could pretend it was a normal day, and there weren’t ghosts standing guard under the arches of the arcade. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The old soldier took out a pipe, but having no light, merely sucked on the stem. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally, after all that waiting, Pong heard the soft pop of a mango stem. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z To make these guns, we removed the core from the mpoloni’s stem, much like disassembling a ballpoint pen, and used it as both a ramrod and trigger. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The rigid stems and heart-shaped leaves were covered with stiff hairs that were painful to touch, but she was wearing the special protective gloves Alys had made. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And the seagulls kept coming, and James caught them one after the other and tethered them to the peach stem. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The giant peach swayed gently from side to side as it floated along, and the hundreds of silky white strings going upward from its stem were beautiful in the moonlight. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She wanted her own cherries, from her own cherry tree, with stems and seeds; not some too-sweet mashed mush. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It lay near the stem, where it had fallen, listless, but its stomach was still panting and its eyes were still moving, expressing terror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I pulled at it, plucking it from all its stems. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Bran tried to sound stem and lordly, the way Robb did when he made a command, but his voice betrayed him and the words came out in a shrill squeak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It had been cleanly split in two, from the branches down to the stem. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked up and I flinched—the right side of his face, up to and surrounding his right eye socket, was a mass of viney wood stems and shredded cotton. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was his houseplant, hopeful green leaves rising from three bamboo stems, and when she took it, a sudden crushing loneliness lanced through her and stayed with her for weeks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her voice was quiet and the stemmed rose over her eye was very dark. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in three years she would be looking at the stemmed rose that hung over the eye of her enemy. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One would hold back the overgrowth, and the rest would reach in for tomatoes, wresting the fruit from the stems. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “See how my fingers are bunched together at the top of the stem.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Theresa unwrapped a stem of lavender moth orchids. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, most ancient Southwest Asian crops exhibit just one of the alternative wild variants or alternative transforming mutations, suggesting that all modern varieties of that particular crop stem from only a single domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Communism had found a moral code that could control the conduct of men, yet it was a code that stemmed from practical living, and not from the injunctions of the supernatural. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The children watched anxiously as the Mellower idly chewed a grass stem and stared into the distance. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Adam could see the stem and military face of his father as he forced his sons through drill and made them carry heavy packs to develop their shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was too dense and green to be taken then; if the stem were broken then, before the final season, its wet flowing vitality would be lost in a single breath. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I swam around to the stem and pulled myself up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They lead us over to a table that holds tiny stemmed wineglasses filled with clear liquid. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The vines crowded each other in a twirling mass, winding desperately around each other’s stems, suffocating the tender com shoots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her allure stemmed from her accessibility; like Mt. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The most compelling new idea that Bratton brought to life stemmed from the broken window theory, which was conceived by the criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Gogol gives her a bunch of sunflowers whose massive stems are heavier in his arms than the bottle of wine he’s also brought. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His expression was dark and very stem, square and forbidding. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A few yards ahead on the towpath, just visible through the reed stems, a man in a gray raincoat and trilby hat was standing under an oak tree. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The brittle stems of flowers crunched under her shoes, and the heat coming off the scorched earth stung her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He moves his finger lower down on the brain, toward the stem. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Yes, Mitchell says looking back, “there were problems,” but he remembers them stemming from marital strife and tension between Kathie and his dad, not any cruelty on the part of his father. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That outcome, with all of its momentous advantages for Eurasian societies, stemmed from three basic facts of mammalian geography, history, and biology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He jabbed his pipe stem at me for emphasis. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Just the flower heads. The leaves and stems make gold.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias saw that all the tiny thorns on the rose stems resembled small swords. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Dark red ribbons that wind around the stems like a barbershop light pole. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Her breath was ragged in her throat; her limbs felt weak, as though she had just climbed a thousand steps; her hand holding the broken stem shook. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She pointed out, too, the maidenhair fern nearby; the black stems, she said, retained their shine in a pine needle basket’s weave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As a boy, he had lived in fear of Stark's stem face and great dark sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She smiled, patting my hand, comforting me, even now that my distress stemmed from her own peril. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was crudely atmospheric, emodonal, intuitively psychological, and stemmed from pure feeling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Noticing, Kira laughed, and leaned over to wind a stemmed flower around his neck. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Not for us,” Madeline had said, twisting the stem of the wineglass between her elegant fingers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Miss Spider, who was literally squealing with excitement, grabbed the Centipede by the waist and the two of them started dancing around and around the peach stem together. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Bands along the stem were carefully beaded in black and yellow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They smelled bitter, like the white sticky ooze that dribbled out from cut stems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The huge creeping vine that cloaked the house had shriveled; the main trunk and stems sagged and dripped oily sap. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Those colors were scary, so she brushed them over with fuchsia starbursts and flowers with cobalt stems and a house nestled among gold-and-emerald-striped branches. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A held full of dandelion heads, popped off their stems. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee took a pipe from his pocket, a long slender ebony stem with a little cuplike brass bowl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pick one the size of a tennis ball and finger the prickly stem end. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And by the windows looking out to the water, plants with long stems and these flowers that—well, it’s hard to describe. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In fact, the body was nothing but a banana stem wrapped up in leaves, and the tears that Snail wept were not real tears. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Then he reached out and gave me a hand getting up over the stem. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My hand quivers as I grip the stem of my glass for the toast. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The immediate causes of that language replacement were the advantages in technology and political organization, stemming ultimately from the advantage of an early rise of food production, that invading Europeans held over Native Americans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The stars were bright now and he saw the dolphin clearly and he pushed the blade of his knife into his head and drew him out from under the stem. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She moved her eyes slowly up the jug past the thin green stems and little round leaves and saw...nasturtiums! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to meet her eyes, I pulled a crimson leaf from a branch and twirled its stem in my fingers. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z At first the wet brown leaves had lain over everything, everywhere, and then suddenly the peepholes started showing, and then through the peepholes came leaves and stems. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He nodded and pointed with the stem of his pipe to the wall behind them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Nathan went and plucked a few green stems and brought them to me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The glittering robots clustered fifty feet down the main stem. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The yard next door was decorated with gold-colored ribbons strung on tall bamboo stems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The housekeeper gave him such a stem look that Victor immediately felt like a little boy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I have twisted the top into a thing that looks like a pumpkin stem. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z By gathering the wineglasses together, their stems between his fingers, he managed to take all three of them as well as the plates. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But that desire did not stem from humanitarian motives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Twisting hundreds of squash from their stems was making cramped claws of them, and her fingers were raw with broken blisters. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z In deference to the glad occasion, his foot kept the rhythm of the dance and his usually stem mien was softened. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The road was rough, and Hari’s head wobbled on his neck like a flower too large for its stem. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter,” she said, running a finger along the stem of her wineglass. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Slanted like a leaning flower stem on a sunny day. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the pipe out of his mouth and pointed with the stem of it at a star in the purpling sky. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z First a solitary thin tube of green, then two leaves opened up from the stem—one on each side. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They held their hands out to feel the long stems as they waded slowly through them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We chanted this most powerful of our arsenal of insults as long as we could see the green stems and rabbit fur. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z All around the Opel, the flowers creak on their stems and nod their heliotropic faces as if in some sad accord. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They could see little, for the night was now so deep that they were hardly aware of the stems of trees before they stumbled against them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One pot was in the shape of a large owl’s head, and growing out the top were just the spindly burned stems of something that had been alive the day before. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I uncoil the flowers, stretching out their petals and stems. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Someone has put jars of dried branches on the tables, arranged with stems of seedheads from the field where I kissed Michah. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Robert managed to keep a stem face until they were gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see him, but he felt the tug of Gulliver’s teeth against the stem and heard the faint munching as he chewed it down. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He knelt down and found the tuna under the stem with the gaff and drew it toward him keeping it clear of the coiled lines. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave it about fifty yards and then tied the string to the stem of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Cautiously, his stick trailing behind him, Ralph wormed between the rising stems. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He looked to the sky again, took a deep breath that somehow shuddered in him, and turned the box upside down over the stem. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In late June, our original garden-helper crew from Bancroft Elementary joined me for our first harvest, kneeling together in the dirt to tear off lettuce leaves and strip pea pods from their stems. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I lift my glass and swirl the brandy, staring at the point where the stem meets the glass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The little creature shifted its clawlike feet on the stem, flapped its brown wings, and trilled again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He knew that Scythe Faraday would blow a brain stem if he found out Rowan had someone over. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Annual plants therefore waste little energy on making inedible wood or fibrous stems, like the body of trees and bushes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The stems twist and intertwine, the branches cluster with red berries, purple flowers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The impact vibrated up through my arms to my brain stem, and into every cell of my body. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z At first light he would creep into the thicket, squeeze between the twisted stems, ensconce himself so deep that only a crawler like himself could come through, and that crawler would be jabbed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Here the roots and stems of creepers were in such tangles that the boys had to thread through them like pliant needles. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The proximity of the two enterprises stemmed from the fact that both welfare and the jail were administered by the county. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A stone effigy of some long-dead king stared at us with stem rebuke. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z While he held him the boy’s head fell back as a flower does when its stem is broken. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Without having to be told Eliot took his place on the sofa and watched as she sliced the stems off the eggplant. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She walked until she ran into Mariam, who shot her a cheerless glance and went back to slicing the stem off a bell pepper and trimming strips of fat from meat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Two candelabra burned with twelve new long stemmed candles. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a baby pike, absolutely rigid and probably asleep, and it looked like a pipe stem or a sea-horse stretched out flat It would be a brigand when it grew up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A major stood in front of them sucking on his pipe stem, with his right elbow tucked into his left palm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Other long-term health problems may also have stemmed from reducing practices. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Insane with grief, tears boiling from her reddened eyes, she would probably tear my corpse from the coffin, screaming drunkenly, “Don’t take him! Why do the sweetest flowers wither and fall from the stem?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved onto the stem, facing the boat, one foot on the edge of the open locker, the other against the lid. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They lay pressed like flower stems between the pages of books. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ruby appeared in an arch of the arcade, looking like one more orchid in the forest, her slim form a stem upholding a bloom of riotous hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His face was stem as he sent the men away with thanks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As spring came, children brought her early wildflowers in small wilting bouquets and they helped her weave the stems into the straw of the hat s brim. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Their surfaces were studded with stems that connected them to the surrounding twigs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Collision with a floating mine might explain explosion, but seems fanciful, besides highly unlikely as sinking started at stem, which in all likelihood would mean that hull breach was at stem too. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z That Ptolemy’s legitimacy as ruler stemmed from Alexander’s, and the great man was a student of Aristotle, was yet another significant factor. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The stem, calyx, rose and leaves were now one and seemed to have grown so. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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