dourly

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Fats watched him dourly, then swung on his heel, just as a shrill, strangled cry went up from someone in the crowd The deportee let his glance jerk to it, then froze.

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  • A graveyard , Kast thought dourly, lost in a black mood. —  Witch Star.htm
  • It was not, Sophie reflected dourly, an uncommon occurrence in the ton-families innured to living well beyond their means. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • He seemed ready to argue, to defend himself inch by inch, dourly, like a man fighting for his life. —  Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets - 04—Simenon, Georges
  • Narcissus asked dourly, "I suppose you want to hear about your man Is there," Caenis enquired innocently, "anything to hear?" —  Davis, Lindsey - The Course of Honor
  • At Aylward's shudder, he went on: "Come on, Sam, that many pipers… it'll be a sight and sound to behold So's a pig with its arse on fire," the older man said dourly, and Hordle's laughter boomed out like artillery. —  Map.html
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