Fire Aboard The Grand Walker
He realized he must be close to the firing mechanism, the drone of pistons and cogs working in unison to bring death on a large scale.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book IV Chapter 11
"yeah genius, tell us, what dark is" the cogs inside his head began to spin hectically, looking desperately for a solid explanation to back up his train of thought. unfortunately found none. spyro kicked the grass with an annoyed snarl.
Starborne - Trial by Fire: Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
Completelymechanical - the cog wheels don't need to be metallic." another display comes up, detailing what seem to be 3d trajectories. two colors highlighting motion paths of two separate objects - the reactor core and thephoenix.
Awakenings: Part One
Or perhaps the threat of leaving a savant unchecked was more terrifying than being a cog in the machine, of being cut down and losing their lives, to become a name on a memorial plague that would forever remember the great sacrifice they had made that day.
Unforgotten
After all these years, he had never known her name, just another faceless cog, lost in the machine of war. he wondered what his mother would think if she saw him now, what he had become of her little baby boy.
The Beast of Mount Gherosh
"i have to go into town today to pick up a delivery of replacement cogs. you go ask your mother if there's anything you can help her with."
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 74
These were no brightly polished wooden gears and cogs and wheels. these were no sacks of flour waiting to be loaded. these were no tools hanging from the walls. the darkness had changed them, warped them into something they were not.
Gala Surprise
In all ways, he will be a more durable, useful and healthier individual cog in the universal machinery, helping to build a better society and giving back more than he will ever take as an individual!
MLP: Believing in the Impossible - Chapter Eight
Unlike nature though, there isn't any fair warning for us before the cogs of fate begin turning, the winds of fortune are blowing, and the powers of fate are in the works, is there?"
Into The Stars. Chapter Eight.
The cogs wouldn't stop just because isaac asked them too. it would take weeks or months to get anything processed through the bureaucratic democracy of the tigeron nation.
The Will of Kings - Chapter 13
I could see the cogs turning as he went through possible comebacks, before he thought better of himself. "so...any luck?" i sighed, more despairingly than i intended. "rumors of rumors. though, officer seti thinks set may have made contact."
Luna and Thief, Ch 13
Suddenly the wind exploded, howling sounds that imitated metal screeching against one another - cogs mashing and grinding against their ears. griffin clasped them together in pain "what is that!?" he muttered to natasha who hadn't a clue.