He slept fitfully. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The father, sleeping fitfully, is talking to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Kenzaburo Oe: Laughing Prophet and Soulful Healer] Reference
I slept fitfully, although fitfully is perhaps not the right word. From Wordnik.com. [Greetings from Airworld!] Reference
The outside air was full of sweet, wholesome springtime sounds that drifted in fitfully. From Wordnik.com. [Further Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
He fidgeted with his tie and stared fitfully at his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Bootstraps] Reference
The tale has grabbed the public imagination only fitfully. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Irangate?] Reference
Still, he worried and went to sleep fitfully, if prayerfully. From Wordnik.com. [Cathleen Falsani: Anam Cara : Praying for Our Kids and Their 'Soul Friends'] Reference
The other "star" to whom I have fitfully alluded -- Miss Eugenie. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Tom Blacker, dozing fitfully on a cot in the quarters of a grumpy. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out of Our Skies!] Reference
He slept fitfully, awakened by the smells and sounds from outside. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
Thunder rolled across the heavens and the lightning glared fitfully. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
We slept but fitfully, and rose early to help prepare our breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
The Arno formed lagoons, upon which the moon, half veiled, shone fitfully. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
With this wrangled fitfully the cracked clarionet of some peevish brother. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
The nation's problems will be addressed only fitfully and sometimes wrongly. From Wordnik.com. [The Rewards Of Leadership] Reference
The wind blew fitfully, sometimes carrying the boat on rapidly, again dying down. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
India has long, albeit fitfully, sought to uphold human rights both at home and abroad. From Wordnik.com. [Why India Must Stand Up to China] Reference
This cloud brought both wind and rain, and low upon its edge the lightning played fitfully. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
She slept fitfully and when he awoke once, late in the night, he almost thought she wasn't there. From Wordnik.com. [Whiskers] Reference
I slept fitfully, while streams of cool water went gurgling by, and cool lemonade, barrels of it. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
They slept fitfully and were glad when at last they woke to find the sun shining in their windows. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
Though reform has come fitfully to D.C., today 38% of the distri ct's students are in charter schools. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Lousy Teachers the Boot] Reference
Territorial disputes abound, and the threat of military conflict hovers fitfully over parts of the region. From Wordnik.com. [Building Blocks] Reference
He had gone west without sackcloth and wire, had strode fitfully towards the train, three tickets in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Wire] Reference
Yugoslav army tanks spent Thursday morning fitfully lobbing shells toward the northern Kosovo village of Oshlan. From Wordnik.com. ['We Believe In Our Guns'] Reference
The administration had spent the past three months fitfully arguing how important Bosnia was to American interests. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of The 'In' Box] Reference
THE LONG GOODBYE,1973: A fitfully brilliant morality tale about a P.I. out of his depth in sordid southern California. From Wordnik.com. [The Player Returns] Reference
President Obama has tried, fitfully and without not-able effect, to inspire lawmakers to rise above petty factionalism. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Club] Reference
The moon shone fitfully sometimes, but for the most part the night was dark, and the darkness increased towards midnight. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
All day long I switch fitfully among the cable channels trying to find some real news among the carefully "balanced" talking heads. From Wordnik.com. [Francine Hardaway: News Died This Week] Reference
The weather was colder than on the day before, when Flossie and Freddie had been lost, and the sun shone fitfully from behind clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in Washington] Reference
The wind rose and stirred about the camp like the rustle of mysterious garments, and blew fitfully the varied pipes in the pine boughs. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
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