What is "tarrant"

Usage examples of "tarrant".

Tarrant and his entourage had arrived by helicopter aboard the Jefferson a few hours earlier from the Shiloh, the Aegis cruiser Tarrant used as his headquarters, and the lot of them had crowded into the carrier's Flag Plot to consider the latest set of orders from Washington.

Yet despite the flush which bore witness to painful exertion, and the increasing stiffness of his stride, Tarrant refused to slow down for any reason.

He could feel the channel that bound him to Tarrant come into focus, as if drawing power from the heat of his body.

Tarrant grumbled as his ships plowed resolutely on toward the crucial hundred fathom curve which he dare not penetrate for fear of shoals, mines and submarines.

Tarrant reached out his hands as the power thickened, intensified, rose about his legs until waves of raw power, blue-burning, lapped at his knees.

What kind of power did this woman have, that so easily overbore his self-control, his fears for Tarrant, his revulsion for the very temple that surrounded them?

Damien glanced nervously at Tarrant, but there was no way of telling from the adept's expression if he could see anything useful, or if he was equally without a reference point.

Once he started to rein up to feed them, but Tarrant waved angrily for him to continue.

I knew that the Tarrants would object as well—they could not be expected to see why they were so un­suitable, poor things.

Then, before the Tarrants got word of the tragedy them­selves and spirited the child away—pounce.

Oh, just for instance, she seemed to think that since I lived with the Tarrants, I should be a painter, when my real interest is music.

And who better to send her to than the Tarrants, whose power could block Alanna's?

Davies thought, because I was fos­tered with the Tarrants of Blackbird Cottage, who are well-known artists, I might have some original ideas for the goods for this year's parish booth—and as a matter of fact, I do.

That left the Tarrants alone in Blackbird Cot­tage for the first time in their lives, a state which seemed to agree perfectly with them.

In another time and place he might have imagined it had something to do with the perceived importance of his family (he had told that priestess his name, after all) or some other matter connected with the fact that the Tarrants had been avid Church supporters for longer than most families had even been in existence.