slithered

Example Sentences

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If I had known this by-named Drimdarroch you look for, I might have swithered to confess it, but as it is, I have never had the honour.

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil

I scratched m' head an' swithered, but divil a third cud I think ov.

From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Irvine, Alexander

I scratched m' head an' swithered till I thought m' brains wud turn t' stone.

From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Irvine, Alexander

At the same time he had been a baronet, and Andrew swithered between the dissoluteness of the request and a certain stylishness it undoubtedly possessed.

From The Prodigal Father by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

I wouldna hae thocht wi' her bringing up she could hae swithered for a moment—but it's the auld, auld story; where the deil canna go by himsel' he sends a woman.

From Winter Evening Tales by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston