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  • Advancing delib-erately out into the searing light, a human shape wound its way through the scattered bodies.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • She reached for her soul stone, thinking to fly out to scout the area, but before she could even begin, she noted a movement down the road a bit, a humanoid shape, a large man perhaps, moving delib - erately toward their camp.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • She reached for her soul stone, thinking to fly out to scout the area, but before she could even begin, she noted a movement down the road a bit, a humanoid shape, a large man perhaps, moving delib - erately toward their camp.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • He felt his own legs buckling, no longer able to support even his own weight. erately as he suffocated.

    The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

  • "It has been determined that the Eirrosad disaster was the fault of a single renegade Human colonel who delib-erately excluded from his decision-making process all tac'tical advice except that which arose from a select inner circle."

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • Then he rose above her and slowly, consid erately, buried himself within the snug, moist sheath of her body.

    Texas! Chase Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1991

  • The figure came around the desk, moving easily, delib-erately, but without hurry.

    The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990

  • Might be playing indifferent delib-erately ... but she didn't think so.

    The Metrognome and Other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • That was strange; he couldn't be sure with his present faculties, but somehow it seemed that she was delib - erately lagging behind and doing something more complicated than was strictly necessary to return safely to normal humanity.

    True Names Vinge, Vernor 1984

  • "You're depressing me," she said, trying des i erately to tease him away from the subject.

    Breakfast In Bed Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1983

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