"Wryly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... say it, Mr. Hanson," interrupted Gallito, who had been twisting his mouth wryly during ...
— The Black Pearl • Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
... why not more of it? Then we smile, wryly, and say, "Why, of course, we couldn't. The rest of life isn't like that—and we have to ...
— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman
... ejaculated "Satisfied," smiling wryly. "Will ye tell ma about it like ye did me, Tessie? Ma air been worryin' fearin' Myry ...
— The Secret of the Storm Country • Grace Miller White
... Stampede grinned wryly. He had humorous, blue eyes, buried like an Airedale's under brows which bristled even more fiercely than his whiskers. "I'm thinkin'," said he, "what a fool thing ...
— The Alaskan • James Oliver Curwood
... entered a door that opened in the wall directly beneath the fortlike second story, and it was upon this door that Harlan's gaze was fixed. He smiled wryly, for sight of the door brought Barbara into his thoughts—though he was not sure she had been out of them since the first instant of his meeting with her ...
— 'Drag' Harlan • Charles Alden Seltzer |
