Quietly

Examples

• Why, I was afraid of being shot, said Alvanly, very quietly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Opening the door, he spoke a few words quickly but quietly to two females who ran to meet him in the passage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He spoke quietly and bowed his head a little, but there was still an uneasy feeling in his eyes as he looked at her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• On the contrary, said Holmes quietly; I have every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Quietly she stole toward the entrance and glanced within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Such sudden alternations from mental vacuity do sometimes occur thus quietly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Many, already smitten, went home only to die: some died at the school, and were buried quietly and quickly, the nature of the malady forbidding delay. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• You have a dancing face, Brummell quietly observed, fixing his eyes steadily on her countenance for a second or two, and then passing on. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I'm better now, she sighed, looking up at me quietly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Yes, Golz said quietly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In breathless expectancy I waited, when finally the great door moved softly toward me and slid quietly to one side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• There was time enough in the morning for me to take Laura out for her walk as usual, and to see her quietly settled at her drawing afterwards. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He does that, my friend, replied the Count quietly, because everybody is afraid of him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Or salvarsan, the major interrupted quietly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It would not suit all--not you, dear, for example, said Dorothea, quietly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But after it was over, she went quietly round to one or two old favourites, and talked to them a little. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It is true, said the Count quietly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He had taken her hand, half-banteringly, and was drawing her toward a low seat by the hearth; but she stopped and freed herself quietly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Then he said simply and quietly, I have thought much since the thing of Sordo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But, Mr. Lennox says, things are sure to brighten'---- 'Mr. Lennox knows little about it,' said Mr. Thornton quietly. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• If he had spared her that she could have drowned quietly, welcoming the dark flood as it submerged her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The owner of Thornfield, she responded quietly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I've got you, you know, and you go quietly along with me! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The change in her, strengthened the cherub's interest in number four, and he said quietly: 'May not be so, my dear? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She drew it away quietly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Elizabeth made no answer; and without attempting to persuade her ladyship to return into the house, walked quietly into it herself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I think I understand you, he replied quietly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We live very quietly, sir, the three of us; and we keep a roof over our heads and pay our debts, if we do nothing more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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