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Mr. Ludsbury loomed on like a high-masted clipper ship in this rocking passage, and I tried to go stealthily by him on my watery, squeaking sneakers.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

We go stealthily down to the kitchen, and watch the unpacking.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor

He stepped out in the hall, he said, just in time to hear the lock of the front door hastily turned, and somebody go stealthily and quickly out on the veranda, "swishing" all the way.

From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by Charles King

But the emperor sent two grooms after him to go stealthily and see what he did, and they placed themselves on a high hill whence they could have a good view.

From Folk Tales Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Christophe went back to his work; but as soon as he was free for a moment, he would come back, go stealthily home, and creep on tiptoe to his room or to the attic.

From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan




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