furtively
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UVALDE, Texas — Furtively, speaking in a whisper, a fourth-grade girl dialed the police.
From New York Times • May 27, 2022
Furtively, the three would perform in community halls in black townships, ready to escape through a back door should police arrive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Furtively, shipowners, native and foreign, prayed for the demolition of the ships because, bad as they are, they constitute a vaguely potential threat of competition.
From Time Magazine Archive
Furtively he riffles through a lawbook, evilly he smiles at what he finds, cunningly he recruits a lover for his wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
Furtively, Anya checked the road behind her and across the bridge on the other side.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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