All 44 Uses
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The Fiend And The Forge
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- Yet now they stood tall, crowned with creamy white blossoms as though no vye, goblin, or ogre had ever touched them.†
Chpt 1
- But Rowan's chief chef—a reformed Russian ogre—had yet to fully recover from injuries, he'd sustained during the Siege.†
Chpt 3 —
- Even at a distance, Max could see the Russian ogre's craggy grin as the crowd burst into cheers.†
Chpt 4 —
- The Director kissed the ogre on the cheek, and the two turned to gaze up at the enormous clock face above them.†
Chpt 4 —
- It was not hard to spot the ogre.†
Chpt 4 —
- The huge head turned, and for a moment, Max thought the ogre had forgotten him.†
Chpt 4 —
- The ogre beckoned one of the moomenhovens to reposition his chair so he and Max could face one another.†
Chpt 4 —
- The attack last spring had taken an enormous toll on the aged ogre.†
Chpt 4 —
- The ogre shrugged.†
Chpt 4 —
- "Tomorrow," said the ogre with gruff decisiveness, glancing pointedly at one of the attending moomenhovens.†
Chpt 4 —
- Apparently this was the end of their visit, for the drowsy ogre's eyelids fluttered, and he released Max's hand.†
Chpt 4 —
- Closing his eyes, the ogre knitted his fingers together and looked like a hopeful, pious boy on Christmas Eve.†
Chpt 4 —
- Max did not find the armored ogres strange, or even the wolfish vyes, whose feral eyes gleamed in the firelight.†
Chpt 5 — *
- Compared to their ogre and vye guards, the demons were richly dressed.†
Chpt 5 —
- There was a sound of small, merry bells, and the ogres and vyes and lesser demons stepped aside as something made its way toward the center.†
Chpt 5 —
- Behind them stood the vyes and ogres, huge and grim, flanked by the standard bearers.†
Chpt 5 —
- One of the vyes loped forward, tugging gently on a leash to pull something that had been hidden behind the mountainous row of ogres.†
Chpt 5 —
- The demons clapped, the vyes howled, and the ogres roared while creatures—hunched, larval-eyed servants—emerged from a doorway bearing platters of food and flagons of wine.†
Chpt 5 —
- Four muscled arms, each thicker than an ogre's, began to shake and snatch at the air as though grasping and throttling an imaginary adversary.†
Chpt 5 —
- Apart from his injuries, the ogre looked haggard, and Max guessed that he had heard all about Mum's and Bellagrog's troubles.†
Chpt 8 —
- The ogre rumbled hello, but squeezed past into the inner kitchens and closed the door behind him.†
Chpt 8 —
- Although the ogre was dressed in his best suit, he appeared gaunt and grim.†
Chpt 11 —
- When their eyes met, the ogre's stern face softened and a single tear made a slow, steady descent down his cheek.†
Chpt 11 —
- A toothless ogre?†
Chpt 11 —
- The ogre spoke softly to her, coaxing her head off the table, whereupon she blew her nose on his lapel.†
Chpt 11 —
- It means Mum can stay home," replied the ogre, stroking the hag's greasy head.†
Chpt 11 —
- The ogre must have sensed something, some subtle change in Max that the human mourners could not feel.†
Chpt 14 —
- Panting, Max nodded and felt the ogre's warm hand close over his own.†
Chpt 14 —
- When did you decide to leave?" he finally asked Bob, clutching the ogre's hand.†
Chpt 14 —
- "Bob does not understand," replied the ogre.†
Chpt 14 —
- The ogre nodded and shifted his weight, flexing his fingers to drive off the cold.†
Chpt 14 —
- "Visit Bob one last time before you go," rumbled the ogre.†
Chpt 14 —
- The ogre merely smiled and shook his head.†
Chpt 14 —
- Before Bob was cook, Bob was ogre.†
Chpt 14 —
- Little ones not so hard to read.... Draping his overcoat over his shoulders, the stooped ogre lumbered back toward the chapel, stepping gingerly over the icy patches in the snow.†
Chpt 14 —
- The ogre lived in a converted storage space off the kitchen cellars, a high-ceilinged room with windows cut along the eaves.†
Chpt 14 —
- Upon a small bench, the ogre had placed a large basket of preserves, cured meats, and a tough, durable bread called hardtack.†
Chpt 14 —
- The ogre nodded and accepted the bundle of letters and sacks of coins that Max asked him to distribute.†
Chpt 14 —
- He's an ogre.†
Chpt 19 —
- An ogre came round the carriage and peered inside.†
Chpt 21 —
- One of the malakhim handed the grimacing creature a letter, and the ogre stepped aside as a pair of iron-plated doors creaked open on their massive hinges.†
Chpt 21 —
- A pair of ogres stood flanking a portcullis that had been lowered to prevent entry into the arena.†
Chpt 21 —
- For one, it was far larger—as tall as an ogre and covered with sleek white fur.†
Chpt 21 —
- At the gate, an ogre peered inside the carriage and, upon seeing Cambrylla, immediately waved them through.†
Chpt 27 —
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)