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  • Haltingly at first, and then with more detail, she revealed the parts of her dreams that she remembered most vividly, everything from the evil presence in her bedroom and the woman built of cockroaches to her impending wedding, the fairy women of the forest, and the story about all of the people in the kingdom falling asleep.

    When Rose Wakes Christopher Golden 2010

  • Haltingly Brandon said, “Well, sometimes a man does a wrong thing to—to do right.”

    WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL GILBERT MORRIS 2010

  • Haltingly, Oriana said, “I did not precisely see the action as described, Father.”

    The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010

  • Haltingly speak to one another about our separate days.

    Jilly Gagnon: The Lost Weekend 2009

  • Haltingly pacing the stage, his limbs stiff from old wounds, McCain repeated the expression "my friends" until it was a meaningless punctuation mark.

    The Great Debates 2008

  • Haltingly, Boies, a rumpled lawyer, refers to "" Exhibit Number 1847A, '' an e-mail message from a Microsoft staffer that is copied to Chase.

    Microsoft's Tormentor 2008

  • Haltingly and tearfully, she curled up on Forward's couch as if she were "reliving" Simpson's blows.

    Day & Night 2008

  • Haltingly, and despite technical and economic challenges, high-def has been spreading into the mainstream.

    The King Of HDTV 2007

  • I found a simple solution to all the junk calls I get - just speak English over the phone for a minute or two :- Haltingly ask them if they can speak English in your worst Chinese.

    New Cheating Scam Making the Rounds Michael Turton 2007

  • Haltingly, a stocky white man in a gray pinstriped suit and an old-fashioned gold pocket watch made his way up to Devon Biggs.

    Casanegra Blair Underwood with Tananarive Due 2007

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