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Then How-ha's eyes went blear as she traversed the simple windings of her own brain, inspecting the bare shelves taciturnly stored with the impressions of a meagre life.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack

Afterward, the men trooped taciturnly out again, and resumed their pipes.

From The Call of the Cumberlands by Buck, Charles Neville

The old chief taciturnly signalled for Haswell to do his own rescuing.

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

"Oh—I guess he'll be more agreeable to have around than Peter," she admitted taciturnly; which was as close to her real opinion of the man as a mere mother might hope to come.

From The Ranch at the Wolverine by Bower, B. M.

After a silent examination he opened his worn and faded saddle-bags and proceeded taciturnly but capably with his work.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville