Furtively

Examples

• She was deadly pale and breathing fast, glancing furtively towards the bed as she fastened her mantle, to see if she had disturbed me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The only ray of hope that Mr. Lorry could discover, was, that he sometimes furtively looked up without being asked. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• If an eye were furtively raised and met his, it was instantly averted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• From every side of the Cafe, eyes turned half furtively, half jeeringly at her, men looking over their shoulders, women under their hats. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Moore listened at first with his eyes cast down, but soon he furtively raised them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sikes eyed him furtively from time to time. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mr. Casaubon blinked furtively at Will. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Then furtively he wiped his face with his fingers. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He now furtively raised his eyes: he glanced at me, irresolute, disturbed: he again surveyed the picture. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Krook therefore drives her out before him, and she goes furtively downstairs, winding her lithe tail and licking her lips. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I do it thus: I stroll out after dark, stroll a little way, look in at a window and furtively look out for the schoolmaster. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Ursula was watching him as if furtively, not really aware of what she was seeing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I looked furtively on either side of me; suspicious of the presence of some unexpected witness in some unknown corner of the garden. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I glanced furtively at my hand, and somehow it did seem rather a comely member. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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