Hibbert timorously inquired where they were going. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Masha glanced timorously over her interlaced fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Jew and other stories] Reference
"What are you going to do, Ken?" asked Pat timorously. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
"I-could I talk to Crombie alone?" she asked timorously. From Wordnik.com. [Harpy Thyme]
So when I sold, I timorously asked if she would blurb me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
They clung to each other, peering timorously down the drive. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
A fat woman was sitting up in bed looking at him timorously. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
"Junior?" she asked timorously when he dropped to his knees. From Wordnik.com. [Best Kept Secrets]
Damayanti, now refreshed, timorously awoke in that lonely forest. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
Tanner muttered incoherently as she timorously explored his shape. From Wordnik.com. [Where There's Smoke]
When the two midnight visitors stole timorously forth a moment later. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
He smiled timorously at Sharpe and Hogan and then turned to Simmerson. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
"They call me Anna Bonard," she speaks, timorously, "you may know me? --". From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Eventually, somebody asked rather timorously: “What not yours either?”. From Wordnik.com. [Someone seems impressed by Western negotiations with Iran] Reference
"Yes," said one of the constables timorously, "I heard a noise in the brushwood.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy] Reference
If I timorously suspected the marriage to be her own, whose fault was it but mine?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
As Flint's footsteps quickened behind her, she turned her head a little timorously. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
Until I collapsed hacking and Jim timorously asked “oh, are you really that sick?”. From Wordnik.com. [happy when it rains] Reference
She reached timorously to touch my head, and then jerked back her fingers as if scalded. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
She backed a little and stood looking timorously up at him, unwilling to enter the bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
For, according to the different din of the battle they urge furiously, or shrink timorously. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
For, according to the different din of the battle, they urge furiously, or shrink timorously. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
Then, looking at her plate, she asked timorously, 'Why must they guard the cemetery at Gettys?'. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Her body servant hovered timorously in the doorway, her soft voice interrupting Shivani's thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
He was still not angry, and seemed quite willing to consider this matter suggested to him so timorously. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
She lay perfectly still and quiet, and now and then heaving a deep sigh, and timorously opening her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Dream tales and prose poems] Reference
One by one they came, each hesitant, smiling timorously until Elayne wanted to tell them to act their ages. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
Notice that he or she, still hiding timorously behind the screen of anonymity, rose to none of my challenges. From Wordnik.com. [Overrated novels] Reference
We must make sure that all departments who have anti-poverty programmes deliver them timorously and efficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Social transformation] Reference
Dover sole above Kew Bridge, was squeezed against the same pillar, his eyes goggling timorously above his beard. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
He beheld the best-loved and most trusted of his former squires standing almost timorously at the foot of his bed. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
Theophilus timorously, "will succeed, for -- Oh, I < i > don't want him to be dropped from the squad, and --". From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
The women, who had cheerily given us everything a few days before, now with anxious faces timorously offered us water and fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
We dined at one of the great restaurants which has timorously reopened its doors to find eager families ready to feast honored sons. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Rather than taking giant steps to remove our troops ASAP, the Dems seem content to take baby steps while timorously asking "May I?". From Wordnik.com. [Ten Things Learned Since Dems' Election Victory] Reference
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