All 27 Uses
bronze
in
The Titan's Curse
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- His blue-feathered bronze helmet was falling in his eyes, and his breastplate was about six sizes too big.
Chpt 6 *bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal
- I reached down and took the hairpin, and as I did, it grew longer and heavier in my hand, until I held a familiar bronze sword.
Chpt 11
- The pen grew in my hands until I held a bronze Greek sword about three feet long with a leather-bound grip.†
Chpt 1
- Monsters hated celestial bronze weapons.†
Chpt 1
- The shield has the head of the gorgon Medusa molded into 'the bronze, and even though it won't turn you to stone, it's so horrible, most people will panic and run at the sight of it.†
Chpt 2
- I hit my wristwatch, and metal plating spiraled out into a thick bronze shield...Not a moment too soon.†
Chpt 2
- Thalia already had Aegis on her arm, and even our own teammates were giving her a wide berth, trying not to cower before the bronze head of Medusa.†
Chpt 6
- Then a meaty hand thrust someone forward into the light—Artemis—her hands and feet bound in celestial bronze chains.†
Chpt 7
- My bronze shield still hung on the wall, dented and unusable.†
Chpt 7
- I uncapped Riptide, and the sword grew to full length in my hands, its bronze blade gleaming in the dark.†
Chpt 8
- Celestial bronze, yes.†
Chpt 13
- Piles of metal objects glinted in the moonlight: broken heads of bronze horses, metal legs from human statues, smashed chariots, tons of shields and swords and other weapons, along with more modern stuff, like cars that gleamed gold and silver, refrigerators, washing machines, and computer monitors.†
Chpt 13
- She raced down the hill, tripping over bronze coils and golden plates.†
Chpt 13
- The thing that rose up from the metal was a bronze giant in full Greek battle armor.†
Chpt 13
- The magic blade cut a gash in the bronze.†
Chpt 13
- Carved into the side of the cliff was a little plaza with two big bronze statues.†
Chpt 14
- We ran across the street to the pavilion with the winged bronze statues, but that just put our backs to the mountain.†
Chpt 14
- But I couldn't help staring at the two giant bronze guys with tall bladed wings like letter openers.†
Chpt 14
- A flash of bronze, and all five of the baton-wielders were swept aside.†
Chpt 14
- The bronze angels stepped in front of us and folded their wings like shields.†
Chpt 14
- If bronze statues could blush, I swear Hank did.†
Chpt 15
- Statues of bronze that looked as though they'd been half melted.†
Chpt 16
- A few yards ahead of us, gray clouds swirled in a heavy vortex, making a funnel cloud that almost touched the mountaintop, but instead rested on the shoulders, of a twelve-year-old girl with auburn hair and a tattered silvery dress: Artemis, her legs bound to the rock with celestial bronze chains.†
Chpt 16
- A bronze brazier, just like the one at camp.†
Chpt 17
- I realized with amazement that somehow Dr. Chase must've gotten hold of celestial bronze to fashion his bullets.†
Chpt 17
- But the celestial bronze bullets!†
Chpt 18
- He held out his hand, and a trident appeared in it: a twenty foot long bronze shaft with three spear tips that shimmered with blue, watery light.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(bronze as in: bronze won't corrode in salt water) a brownish-colored metal with red or yellow hues that is made of copper and (usually) tinBronze metals in the Olympics and many other contests are awarded for third place.
With the discovery of bronze (about 3,000 BC), people could make tools and weapons that were harder and more durable than those made of copper and stone that preceded bronze. -
(2)
(bronze as in: a bronze tan) a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown color like that of one of the metals with the same name -- often used to refer to a suntan or a dark glowing complexion
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(3)
(bronze as in: her bronze is on display) something made of the brownish metal with the same name -- such as a sculpture (statue) or a third place medal
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)