Drearily

Drearily the girls pursued their studies as the governess marched back and forth, back and forth, drilling Oriana and Ellen until a crisp rap on the door announced Jane.

The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010

Drearily, the polarized events playing out today, with each side's clarion calls to a stricter fundamentalist intolerance, are a speeded-up replay of what transpired five hundred years ago.

Leonard Shlain: The Culture Wars...Again 2008

Drearily, to keep from thinking, I read a deal concerning _la gracieuse cantatrice américaine.

The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918

Drearily the Kentucky hills rolled back from the river and drearily the Ohio valleys stretched inland.

Benefits Forgot A Story of Lincoln and Mother Love Honor�� Morrow 1910

Drearily Brenton sat himself down in his cane-bottomed desk chair, shut his hands upon the edges of his blotting pad and stared the situation in the face.

The Brentons Anna Chapin Ray 1905

Drearily and silently, with burdened brains and aching hearts, leaving our dead and many of the wounded behind us, we rode hour after hour, with our sore-footed, suffering men doing their best to keep up, anxiously inquiring for their commands and eagerly listening for orders to halt and sleep.

Reminiscences of the Civil War 1904

Drearily she inclined her head toward the voice, and became awake to the actualities of the moment.

The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901

Drearily, I have said, for the reason that it was Sunday, and raining at that.

The Hollow of Her Hand George Barr McCutcheon 1897

Drearily the knock resounded through the empty building.

Inez A Tale of the Alamo 1872

Drearily sounded the old man's voice as he closed.

The Drummer Boy 1871