go stealthily
Example Sentences
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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
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 King, Charles
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 Cannan, Gilbert
Both girls watched her carefully; and directly, as 44 the crowd about her became more dense, they saw her hand go stealthily forth and take several small bolts of the high-priced material.
From The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal by Burnett, Carolyn Judson
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 Taylor, Bayard
