timidly

Peter without saying a word timidly drew near to the fire and warmed his hands in the smoke.

King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth William T. Stead

"Captain Miller," she called timidly, and at sound of his name, Miller turned toward her.

I Spy Natalie Sumner Lincoln 1908

No sooner had the human family begun to recover its balance, to emerge timidly from the ruins, than new wars came to plunge it back into the morass.

Élie Ducommun - Nobel Lecture 1902

He heard his name called timidly from upstairs, and looking up saw his wife's golden head over the banisters.

By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892

The sensitive plant is too vulgar an allusion; but if the truth of modern naturalists may be depended upon, there is a plant which, instead of receding timidly from the intrusive touch, angrily protrudes its venomous juices upon all who presume to meddle with it: – do not you think this plant would be your fittest emblem?

Letters for Literary Ladies: To Which is Added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification 1798

Three other people call timidly after him as he leaves.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

I†™ ve got the Final Fantasy section of the catalog here, ” she offered, pulling out a well-worn and dog-eared magazine that held some of the brothel†™ s most popular products. “Oh, no thank you, ” said the girl, blushing. “I can pick another one on my own. ” She chewed her lip for a moment, then spoke up again timidly. “Do you have, ah, a Spike? ” “Spiegel?

365 tomorrows » Personal Taste : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2005

I†™ ve got the Final Fantasy section of the catalog here, ” she offered, pulling out a well-worn and dog-eared magazine that held some of the brothel†™ s most popular products. “Oh, no thank you, ” said the girl, blushing. “I can pick another one on my own. ” She chewed her lip for a moment, then spoke up again timidly. “Do you have, ah, a Spike? ” “Spiegel?

365 tomorrows » 2005 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2005

Tiptoeing across the living room, Joyce took her stand by the table and called timidly, expectantly and awesomely:

Joyce of the North Woods

It seemed like a dream to her; with a smile, she looked at her friend's face; just slowly she, realized her situation, remembered the bite, called timidly for the boy.

Siddhartha Hermann Hesse 1919