She knew, because she had held him, that he suffered DT's. Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare.

Her upper body strength has been improving since she started pumping iron at the gym.

The ganglion of the habenulæ located in the trigonum habenulæ just in front of the superior colliculus contains a mesial nucleus with small cells and a lateral nucleus with larger cells.

My heart trampolined into my throat as I watched Lonnie's grip tighten on the stock of his own shotgun […]