Example Sentences

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One of Dick's feet, moving exploringly, touched a stone.

From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

She walked exploringly into the little glittering bedroom.

From The Pretty Lady by Bennett, Arnold

"Mr. Linden," said Faith after her eye had gone exploringly to the window, the wind and the clouds,—"I wish you would give the boys only half a day to-day!"

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan

She stepped exploringly through the open door, into the sort of sewing-class room.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

Half proud of the brain, half touched by the heart, he passed on exploringly through the new play-room out into the hall again.

From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell