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
Gradually, as we work through the central gallery, we see them haltingly, falteringly applied, affecting the enslaved communities at Monticello.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2012
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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