All 50 Uses
ogre
in
The Second Siege
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- "Oh, 'the Director thinks this is important,' " sneered Mum, mocking the huge Russian ogre's accent while seizing the unfortunate turkey.†
Chpt 1
- She planted the bird on her head and snapped up a nearby broom, waving it under the ogre's nose.†
Chpt 1
- "It is not you," whispered the ogre, rolling his eyes.†
Chpt 1
- The ogre pointed a long, knotted finger at a small stack of airmail letters sitting near Mum's cutting board.†
Chpt 1
- The ogre sighed and reached for a clove of garlic, spying Max in the process.†
Chpt 3
- "Max," croaked the ogre as another song crackled from the radio, "come in and taste the sauce."†
Chpt 3
- "Bob, did you know about this?" asked Mr. McDaniels, turning to the craggy-faced ogre.†
Chpt 3
- Monstrous shapes have been sighted in the woods—rumors of ogres and werewolves are rampant.†
Chpt 5 *
- They passed a Baltic ogre and a serpentine naga.†
Chpt 9
- They had passed several more cases of various giants and ogres and trolls when Miss Boon suddenly exclaimed, "Excuse me, but did that lamia just blink?"†
Chpt 9
- When the gates ground to a halt, two dozen gray-bellied ogres in horned helmets lumbered past the smaller creatures, lugging steel spikes larger than a man.†
Chpt 11
- Dr. Braden emerged into view, appearing no bigger than a child as she stepped gingerly past the hunched, helmeted ogres leaning on their mauls.†
Chpt 11
- Far ahead were the gates—a tall rectangle of swimming torchlight where distant ogres seemed no more than matchsticks propped against the great silver doors.†
Chpt 11
- The ogres appeared considerably larger as the pod approached.†
Chpt 11
- Cooper exited the pod, keeping his wary eyes on the ogres as the rest clambered out.†
Chpt 11
- Max heard the ogres shuffle behind him, rumbling with laughter at David's demand.†
Chpt 11
- The ogres ceased their laughter.†
Chpt 11
- At Augur's command, the ogres grunted and strained, using the handles of their mauls to pry at the barricades until they could be wrenched from the rock.†
Chpt 11
- Swinging the spikes onto their shoulders, the ogres lumbered forward, giving the harnessed wolves a wide berth as they assembled amongst the chattering imps and vyes.†
Chpt 11
- The cavern was suddenly illuminated with the light of a million flashbulbs—a blinding burst of light that made the vyes howl and the ogres roar with fury.†
Chpt 11
- Before the nearest ogre could stumble forward, David thrust a finger toward the scowling Demon in the window and gasped a sequence of strange, terrible words.†
Chpt 11
- Several ogres toppled, bellowing, into the crack that yawned wider as the earth shook.†
Chpt 11
- The reformed Russian ogre had made it a habit to visit the comatose boy and read to him, his basso voice rolling slowly through the ward like the comforting call of a distant foghorn.†
Chpt 13
- Max did not want to interrupt and took a seat in a worn chair while the lanky ogre peered through his monocle in the amber lamplight.†
Chpt 13
- Bob dropped the book; the ogre's toothless mouth fell open.†
Chpt 13
- "Not while Bob is here," growled the ogre, towering over them.†
Chpt 13
- The ogre frowned.†
Chpt 13
- But the answers we need aren't in the Archives.... The ogre shook his head and pushed up from his seat.†
Chpt 13
- David thanked Bob and watched the ogre lumber out, ducking beneath the archway, and letting the doors swing shut behind him.†
Chpt 13
- The ogre was dressed in an enormous black suit, and his craggy face was downcast as he ambled over to shake their hands.†
Chpt 18
- "Is everything as you would wish?" asked the ogre.†
Chpt 18
- "Not for Bob," said the ogre with a gentle smile.†
Chpt 18
- He thrust it at the ogre.†
Chpt 18
- The ogre took the paper and peered at it through his monocle.†
Chpt 18
- When Bob stood, Max tore his eyes away from the skiff and watched the ogre carefully unfold the paper.†
Chpt 18
- At the poem's conclusion, the ogre refolded the paper and handed it to Mr. McDaniels, whose shoulders shook.†
Chpt 18
- The ogre walked into the ocean up to his waist, guiding the boat through the rolling swells until he gave it a gentle push and it floated out upon the sea.†
Chpt 18
- Leaving his father's side, Max dashed up the steps just in time to see Bob toppled onto the ground while another member of the Red Branch swiftly bound the struggling ogre.†
Chpt 18
- Max wondered how these would hold someone as powerful as Ms. Richter or an ogre, until he came upon the first prisoner.†
Chpt 19
- Can you take Mr. Morrow and the others to the Sanctuary?" asked Max, despite the murderous glint in Bob's eye as the ogre glared at Mr. Morrow.†
Chpt 19
- They lay at anchor offshore, their torches sputtering in the wind, while deep drums boomed and a thousand landing boats were rowed toward shore by vyes and goblins, ogres and men.†
Chpt 19
- "Bob has already tried," muttered the ogre, a hint of grim humor in his voice as he watched the far weaker human tremble with exertion.†
Chpt 20
- With sudden uncharacteristic savagery, the ogre dashed the vye repeatedly against the rain-spattered earth, continuing to snap its bones well after the monster was dead.†
Chpt 20
- Max knew there was language in that rumble—a nearly subsonic warning to keep well away from an ogre that had just killed for the first time in decades.†
Chpt 20
- They rose onto their hind legs and assessed the situation, considerably more cautious than their maddened comrade who lay broken behind the ogre.†
Chpt 20
- Straightening, the ogre stalked toward the vyes and gave a roar.†
Chpt 20
- But their courage grew as their numbers swelled and they began to encircle the ogre, baring their jagged teeth and clawing at the muddy earth for purchase.†
Chpt 20
- With another swing, the ogre flattened a second vye.†
Chpt 20
- From the corner of his eye, Max spied a particularly thick vye, almost boar-like in its visage, sneak close to Bob to venture a nip at the wounded ogre.†
Chpt 20
- The ogre had collapsed into a bleeding mound, his hand blindly groping for the shovel that lay beyond his reach.†
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(ogre) a frightening giant from fairy tales, especially one who eats people; or a cruel or terrifying person
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)