timorously

Example Sentences

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Timorously, almost upon tiptoe, he reached the village street.

From Madcap by Gibbs, George

Timorously ignoring the signal she got herself into a little low chair in the shadow of the half-closed swing door and was spreading out her wool-work on her knee when the Vorspielen began.

From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Richardson, Dorothy Miller

Timorously, as her tears ran down her cheeks to fall and ripple it's surface, she prayed over the mirror-image of the heavenly realm to the Invisible God.

From Si'Wren of the Patriarchs by Cheney, Roland Jon

Timorously the maid followed Janet through intricate windings to the broad stairway.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

Timorously, he approached the great carcass and prodded with his foot.

From The Beginning by Finlay, Virgil