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  • Dumbly, he nodded and followed her along the hallway to a window blocked with drawn blinds.

    Tough Customer Sandra Brown 2010

  • Dumbly following the shrill sound to its source, she stumbled into the kitchen and lifted the receiver.

    A Different Light Mariah Stewart 2010

  • Dumbly I stumbled upstairs and thrust the pistol back under the pillow, smoothing the bedspread as I left, as if this would throw my dad off the scent.

    An Ordinary Soldier Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm 2008

  • Dumbly, Jake stood, mouth slightly open, and let it wash over and around and through him.

    Shadow Hunters Christie Golden 2007

  • Dumbly, I took the contraption from her and held it against my chest, petrified of what might happen if I moved again.

    INVITATION ONLY KATE BRIAN 2006

  • Dumbly, I took the contraption from her and held it against my chest, petrified of what might happen if I moved again.

    INVITATION ONLY KATE BRIAN 2006

  • Dumbly, clumsily, he sheathed the sabre he still held, the muscles in his left arm protesting and threatening to cramp if he did not do so.

    Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Dumbly he awaited the stroke of the blade that now gleamed in the apparition's hand as it reared above him like Death triumphant over mankind.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Dumbly he awaited the stroke of the blade that now gleamed in the apparition's hand as it reared above him like Death triumphant over mankind.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Dumbly, Wiley returned his gaze to the photographs.

    A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

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