falteringly
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Didi falteringly answers, “Tell him . . . tell him you saw us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
As we’ve emerged, falteringly at times, many of us have been fortunate to find what we loved, what nourished us, still there — or perhaps finding its way back.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
Morris replies, falteringly, “I think that Jeffrey’s account is suspect. It really seems internally inconsistent and not entirely believable. Do I believe that means there were no intruders in the house? Maybe.”
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020
Gradually, as we work through the central gallery, we see them haltingly, falteringly applied, affecting the enslaved communities at Monticello.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2012
"Because," she replied falteringly, and I could see her face was red as fire.
From A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico by Brother Jabez
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