All 50 Uses of
ogre
in
The Son of Neptune
- Sure enough, lumbering after the centaurs was a battalion of one-eyed ogres, both male and female, each about ten feet tall, wearing armor cobbled out of junkyard metal.†
Chpt 20
- Frank was so distracted, he would have walked right into the ogres' camp.†
Chpt 33
- Hanging from a spit over the fire was a skinned animal, maybe a boar, and the ogres were tearing off chunks of meat with their clawlike fingernails, laughing and talking as they ate, baring pointy teeth.†
Chpt 33
- Next to the ogres sat several mesh bags filled with bronze spheres like cannonballs.†
Chpt 33
- He wondered if they could sneak around the monsters, but when he looked left and right, he saw more campfires in either direction, as if the ogres had surrounded the property.†
Chpt 33
- "If we cause any explosions," he said, "the ogres at the other camps will come running.†
Chpt 33
- I could get the ogres to chase me.†
Chpt 33
- Your orders: attack that group of ogres.†
Chpt 33
- Unfortunately, Gray lost interest after the word "ogres."†
Chpt 33
- He charged toward the ogres' campfire.†
Chpt 33
- Gray pulled two of his own ribs from his shirt and ran around the fire, stabbing the ogres in the back with such blinding speed they didn't even have time to yell.†
Chpt 33
- Gray had killed six of the ogres, but judging from the campfires around the property, there were dozens more—all waiting to cook Frank for breakfast.†
Chpt 34
- The ogres have left her alone so far.†
Chpt 34
- But against an army of those ogres—".†
Chpt 34
- The ogres have surrounded the house.†
Chpt 34
- A few confused ogres carried surfboards, like they'd shown up at the wrong party.†
Chpt 35
- One ogre had fired up a portable barbecue and was dancing in an apron that said loss THE COOK.†
Chpt 35
- She explained that the ogres had been surrounding the house for three days, waiting for Frank to show up.†
Chpt 35
- I told them you would be along shortly, but there are too many ogres to fend off for long.†
Chpt 35
- "The ogres are getting restless," Grandmother said.†
Chpt 35
- It did not save your mother.... Outside, a cheer went up from the ogres.†
Chpt 35
- I have no intention of being devoured by those ridiculous ogres.†
Chpt 35
- His last image of Grandmother was of her glaring out the window, as if thinking about the terrible scolding she would give the ogres when they invaded her home.†
Chpt 35
- Ogre-watching.†
Chpt 36
- Ella doesn't like ogres.†
Chpt 36
- Down in the yard, the ogres were milling around, shoving each other, occasionally yelling at the house, and throwing bronze cannonballs that exploded in midair.†
Chpt 36
- Starch is bad for ogres.†
Chpt 36
- Ella, it's not safe here with the ogres.
Chpt 36 *ogres = frightening giants that like to eat people
- Outside, an ogre bellowed, "Frank Zhang!†
Chpt 36
- She gestured at the army of ogres, who were getting increasingly bold, shuffling closer and closer to the house.†
Chpt 36
- Dozens of ogres were camped on his lawn, waiting to tear him apart, and Frank could barely control the urge to grin.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres clapped with appreciation and yelled, "Pretty!†
Chpt 36
- "Frank Zhang!" an ogre shouted from below.†
Chpt 36
- We'll still have to break through a line of ogres," Hazel said.†
Chpt 36
- "Give us your answer, Frank Zhang!" the ogre yelled up.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres cheered as Frank paced along the widow's walk and waved like a rock star.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres started to become restless.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres laughed.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres cheered, but their leader in the lion's-skin cape scowled suspiciously.†
Chpt 36
- He swiveled the barrel, took aim at the lead ogre, and pressed the trigger.†
Chpt 36
- Apparently starch was bad for ogres.†
Chpt 36
- One hit an ogre and instantly turned him into a potted rosebush.†
Chpt 36
- Unfortunately, the ogres recovered quickly.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres ran to intercept, but Percy shouted at the top of his lungs, and the irrigation system exploded.†
Chpt 36
- The Cadillac was going about forty when they hit the first ogre, who disintegrated on impact.†
Chpt 36
- It seemed impossible, but she had promised she would die in her own way, not at the hands of the ogres.†
Chpt 36
- The first line of ogres burst out of the woods and barreled toward the airfield—five hundred yards away, four hundred yards...Percy and Hazel managed to get Ella out of the Cadillac, but as soon as the harpy saw the airplane, she began to shriek.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres were three hundred yards out.†
Chpt 36
- The ogres were almost in throwing distance.†
Chpt 36
- Will you be safe from the ogres?†
Chpt 36
Definition:
fairy tales: a frightening giant -- especially one who likes to eat people
or:
an evil, hideous, and frightening person
or:
an evil, hideous, and frightening person