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Catherine shuddered as she heard the stuffless sounds, the tiny rustlings and burrowings of those wild, shy creatures whose solitude had lately been so rudely invaded, and who now of man's night made their day.

From Studies in love and in terror by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

And yet it was only the sound—the almost stuffless sound—of a splash!

From From out the Vasty Deep by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

She woke—was it moments or hours later?—to hear a little, stuffless sound—that of the Herr Doktor's hand moving feebly across the sheet.

From The Red Cross Barge by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

At last she heard the cautious, stuffless tread of his rubber-soled shoes shuffling along the hall.

From The Lodger by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

A stuffless voice—the voice of his first wife, the long-dead girl to whom his mind so seldom reverted nowadays—uttered into his ear the words, "Take care!"

From The Lodger by Lowndes, Marie Belloc