Y-y-yes

"Y-y-yes," I nervously spat out, desperately afraid that his gaze would shrivel my soul.

Nathan Robinson: Close Encounters With My Congressman: Learning to Loathe Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) 2008

“Y-y-yes, monsieur,” answered the old man satirically.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

"Y-y-yes," she stammered, feeling her passion begin to crest with each of his strokes.

Tutoring Lady Jane Featherstone, Charlotte 2005

"Y-y-yes," she stammered, obviously hoping he wasn't going to ask her to escort him there.

The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

"Y-y-yes, m-m-master," the hunchback stammered as he turned to go back up the flight of steps.

Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987

"Y-y-yes -" Francis scarcely touched the knob, but it seemed that the accursed door opened anyway; he had hoped that it would he tightly stuck.

A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

"Y-y-yes," replied Marmaduke, his lips still trembling like the lemon jelly.

Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson

"Y-y-yes, like f-f-fun you have," scoffed Toby, who knew Steve "like a book," and had no faith in his professed change of heart.

With Trapper Jim in the North Woods Lawrence J. Leslie

Y-y-yes; a silly affair in which I was utterly in the wrong.

The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894

With his mouth full, he stammered: "Y-y-yes, I've been.

The Brass Bound Box Evelyn Raymond 1876