All 7 Uses
debris
in
Hollow City
(Auto-generated)
- The altar was buried under a midden of debris.†
p. 230.8 *debris = pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
- The second-floor hallway was littered with debris.†
p. 252.7
- Then awe gave way to fear and the urgency of self-preservation, and we rushed down the debris-strewn steps into the street—past the ruined square, around a double-decker bus that looked like it had been crushed in the fist of an angry giant—running I knew not where, nor cared, so long as it was away from the Feeling that grew stronger and sicker inside me with each passing moment.†
p. 268.3
- Maybe we could hide in the debris and the chaos around us, and with so much noise and distraction everywhere, the hollows would pass us by.†
p. 268.9
- Then a black hail of debris whipped hard against my back and I hugged my knees to my chest, making myself as compact as I could.†
p. 277.9
- My ears hurt and my lungs ached and my back stung where I'd been pelted by debris, but the pain in my stomach was gone.†
p. 278.6
- He was looking at Bronwyn, who was climbing the rubble, digging in the wreckage, flinging debris this way and that.†
p. 280.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(debris) pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)