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
She puts on her best smooth jazz radio timbre and falteringly reads a script on the history of New York City’s islands with the precision of a PowerPoint presentation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
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
It began falteringly at first and choked off several times, but went bravely on, gaining in power, until the merry notes filled the house.
From The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
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