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Carolyn May was too frightened to speak, but Freda said shakingly: “We only got him to taste the molasses.”

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore

There followed a touching farewell as the blind woman clung shakingly to the gentle impostor, praying for his safety, imploring him piteously to be a good man and to walk in the shadow of righteousness.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

"I—I guess It was only in fun," said Helen rather shakingly, as the Indian girl wheeled her mount again and rode away from Dakota Joe.

From Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies by Emerson, Alice B.

It was then she had wept, shakingly, in a vast impatience with herself for trying to reason.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon

"This is—awful," he murmured, shakingly, when the crowd had passed on.

From The Net by Beach, Rex Ellingwood