falteringly
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Didi falteringly answers, “Tell him . . . tell him you saw us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
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
He coordinated Ali’s poignant appearance at the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996, when Ali falteringly lifted a torch to light the Olympic flame.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2016
But why would anyone turn over important business to someone who speaks as falteringly as this guy does?
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2012
She also added, falteringly, that if her faith were once doubted she must quit for ever the pleasant paths of human fellowship, and be claimed again by her immortal sisters.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan
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