"Perplexedly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... concealed these, and I expected momentarily to be thrown from the saddle. By and by he dropped from a canter into a rock; from a rock to an amble; then into a walk, and finally to a slow painful limp. I dismounted and took him perplexedly by the bit. A light shone from the window of a dwelling across some open fields to the left, and I thought of repairing thither; but some deep-mouthed dogs began to bay directly, and then the lamp went out. A tiny stream sang at the roadside, flowing toward some deeper ...
— Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, - and His Romaunt Abroad During the War • George Alfred Townsend
... back against the mantelpiece, scratching his head perplexedly. In this perplexity he had my sympathy. No such pursuit, I venture to say, had ever before been required of Scotland Yard as this of the slipper of the Prophet. An organization founded in 1090, which has made a science of assassination, which through the centuries ...
— The Quest of the Sacred Slipper • Sax Rohmer
... chin, perplexedly, walked in after her. He scarcely had his foot upon the study carpet, ere the woman started up, tremulously, and shot out from the enveloping furs a bare arm and a pointing, ...
— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer
... perplexedly as he walked on. "Are there really fields of amaranth for those who can find them?" he asked of a wrinkled, white-haired wayfarer. "Or is it merely a bait, ...
— Drolls From Shadowland • J. H. Pearce
... talk it over with Ma before I buy grub," replied his father, perplexedly scratching his head. "I wish ...
— Valley of Wild Horses • Zane Grey
... and manner made Leam blush uncomfortably. She was conscious of something disturbing, without knowing what it was. She first looked up into his face with the same expression of inquiry as before, then down to the earth perplexedly, when suddenly the truth came upon her; he meant herself—she was the prettiest Andalusian he had ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science - February, 1876, Vol. XVII, No. 98. • Various
... down askance, pushed his fingers through his hair perplexedly, drew a deep breath, lifted his eyes to the Doctor's again, smiled ...
— Dr. Sevier • George W. Cable
... mused the Older Man perplexedly. Staring very hard at Barton, he took the opportunity to swallow ...
— Little Eve Edgarton • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
... proudly, patting her professionally. He scratched his head perplexedly as he stepped back from ...
— Little Miss By-The-Day • Lucille Van Slyke
... suddenly, a dreadful possibility flashed through my mind. I hoped and prayed it would not occur to John also. I glanced sideways at him. He was frowning perplexedly, and I drew a deep breath of relief, for the terrible thought that had flashed across my mind was this: that Dr. Bauerstein might have had ...
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles • Agatha Christie
... joyous and lovely thing to the maiden child, Gladys Graham found herself face to face with its grimmest reality, certain of only one thing, that somewhere and somehow she must earn her bread. She was thinking of it at that moment, with her white brows perplexedly knitted, her mouth made stern by doubt and apprehension and despair; conning in her mind her few meagre accomplishments, asking herself how much they were likely to bring in the world's great mart. She could read and write ...
— The Guinea Stamp - A Tale of Modern Glasgow • Annie S. Swan
... perplexedly: 'I can't make head or tail of it,' he said feebly; 'I don't know who they are, or what they write all this ...
— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey |
