The Wood to the Mountain submissively bends. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 20] Reference
Thy every word submissively observing. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi] Reference
He folded his hands and bowed his head submissively. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
We listen submissively to much school-book lore as to. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
But on second thought she answered quite submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Archie got up submissively and groped his way after his guide. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
I said, submissively, that I had been in a sahib's house before. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
And did she submissively consent to be deprived of her just dues?. From Wordnik.com. [Fair to Look Upon] Reference
The same year Delacroix submissively made his final attempt for the. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896] Reference
"Wouldn't it, sir?" said Gluck, very mildly and submissively indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
Duryodhana submissively, but, oh, let not the Bharatas be annihilated. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
'Very good said the ayah submissively, and watched the doctor out of sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
And she placed her hand in his and followed him submissively down the steps. From Wordnik.com. [Leonie of the Jungle] Reference
The horse looked meekly at them, and stretched its head forward submissively. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
King Yudhishthira the just doth not wish to give up the kingdom submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
"What would you have me do about it, darling?" enquired Chapman, submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
"I wish you would talk, though, Ingram," said his companion quite submissively. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873] Reference
Philip swallowed his pride, gritted his teeth, and bowed his head submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
"No, my dear -- you only encouraged him when he was in," replied Chapman, submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
"I yield to my father's solicitations and to your own, Valentine," she said, submissively. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
I went with him submissively; I thought of nothing but the joy of my life, the love of my lover. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
We submissively struck our colours, and ere long were boarded by my brother and Sir Walter Mayton. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
Opposition irritates them, and humouring such dreadful propensities submissively only confirms them. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Humbly and submissively she accepted the slightest suggestion on his part, as though it were a command. From Wordnik.com. [A Ghetto Violet From "Christian and Leah"] Reference
'Very well, David,' said Mrs Prothero, submissively, and with a heavy sigh: 'but if the girl should die?'. From Wordnik.com. [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference
"All right, Mr. Price," said Patience submissively, gathering up her bills and thrusting them into a drawer. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
The girl looked gravely from one to the other and then turning to her cousin, waited submissively for him to speak. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
"Pray don't faint, pay dear," interrupted Chapman, submissively, as she handed him a letter she had received that day from. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
The mother, perhaps, felt more keenly than the father, but both knew they were blessings only lent, and they bowed submissively. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for the Young] Reference
"Have it all your own way, my dear," Chapman would conclude, knowing there was nothing for him to do but surrender submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
As the man lowered his head submissively, Barra turned away, rose from the ground, and drifted majestically toward the lake shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Weakling] Reference
She submissively cooked herself a meagre pottage of bread and water, appeased the cravings of nature, and fell into a sound sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
What peace can my heart know if I behold thee uttering laudatory speeches in honour of others or walking (submissively) behind them?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
'Very well, my dear,' said Mrs Prothero submissively; for Owen, though a prodigal, was the eldest son, and generally had his own way. From Wordnik.com. [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference
Even the Mamánuas, a group of Negritos usually considered to be recalcitrant, now live submissively and joyfully in their settlements. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
But if she protested, he would take it as further proof that she was stiff-necked; so she bit her tongue and answered him submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
"A quiet family wedding, my dear, with a few honest-hearted friends invited, will be so much better, you know;" he would say, submissively. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
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