Blue Earth
He was too busy studying for high school exams and competing for top spot in the varsity baseball championships, too busy fighting like a male stag in rut for the favor of liza marinello, the captain of the girls' basketball team.
Winter's Gallows- Chapter One- The Change
"want to change your life to get out of the rut you're in?" she assumed. how does she know him so well...? lukan only nodded before she continued, "maybe when we move things will change," she said.
Snow
"you've always been in the same areas, daniel, the same ruts. this'll be a chance to change all of that, to change how you look at things." my da' had told me this originally when i argued against moving with them. well da'. how right you were.
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 26)
I was, apparently, inside some kind of tank, rattling along a rutted track. directly in front of me were a pair of paws, the tank commander's, standing on a small platform attached to the ceiling.
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Seventy Five
Tiny black claws cut teensy ruts through green moss. the hatchling yowled his frustration, and whirled around to attack revaramek's paw. he swatted it and bit it and tried to wrestle it into submission. "yes, yes, you're very tough."
Engineering, Part 2
The rough path that served as a driveway was in need of paving, gravel, or at least something that would be an improvement over what looked like ruts made by a buckboard.
Silver Lining - 1
Could'a finished rubbing out the sleep and looked up to find yourself stumbling up that rutted dirt road to see ol' steve, late frogs still chirping, and dawn faint on the horizon. but there are no frogs.
Quiet lives, peaceful lives
I'm in a bit of a rut. everyday's been kind of the same. trying to crawl out of the hole, you know?" "rough times, eh?" "i wouldn't say rough...more like...uninteresting times." "mmm..." sandri nodded, trying to feint understanding.
Chapter Five (Now Complete)
You're about as headstrong as a kordox bull in his first rut." "where's my sword?" nadirah demanded, taking a step closer and almost losing her balance. her legs could barely support her and the dizziness was returning, turning her eyesight hazy.
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 9: Suffer in Truth
This was far from the first time the usually calm, jolly dragon had fallen into this rut and she assumed it wouldn't be the last. "i'm worried one day....that one day i won't want to dream about her.
A Lamb Among Wolves Ch:12
"a quick rut would quell the urges for a few days and therefore my pheromone levels would go back down to normal, but-" "great!"
Quite a Mouthful
Losing his grip with his feet, he resorted to frantically pushing his head against the ground, digging ruts in the dirt as he tried to force his mouth open. he pushed and yanked and screamed internally for a few minutes before he tired himself out.