Day 14 - Delayed Adverbs

“Their path wound, in and out, through the scrub, around palmetto clumps, over trunks of fallen trees, under dwarf pines and oaks.”

“Jem opened the gate, slowly as possible, lifting it aside and resting it on the fence.”

“After ten minutes or so we got back in the car and drove out to the main road, slowly and carefully.”

“The gigantic snake was nearing Frank, and then, incredibly, miraculously, it passed him, following the spitting, hissing noises made by the cold voice beyond the door.”

“If Sam had looked back, he might have seen not far below Gollum turn again, and then with a wild light of madness glaring in his eyes come, swiftly but warily, creeping on behind, a slinking shadow among the stones.”

“In the fishpond, the hippo belched, not softly.”

“She watched the children troop in, very noisily, an ancient nursery rhyme running through her head.”

“His body glided quietly across the room, noiselessly and smoothly.”

“Someone was humming under her breath, high and sweetly.”

“Jonas, suddenly and grimly, remembered the time in his childhood when he had been chastised for misusing a word.”

“Alfred moved on, quickly, angry at the sudden sting in his eyes, and the sudden emptiness in his stomach.”

“The new student walked in, cautiously, uncertain about her admission to the school, and her status with the class.”

“When the bell rang for recess, he put on his red jacket and walked alone, outside.”

“After his mother called her son for dinner, Patrick put away his bicycle and came inside, eagerly.”

“He barked once, severely.”

“He turned away, guiltily.”

“He spoke on, firmly and clearly, with such joyful enthusiasm that Eilonwy had no heart to stop him.”

“Sammy edged forward, slowly and reluctantly, with such awful dread that his dad had no desire to encourage him.”

“Griffin was light and fast, his gloves a red blur tapping away at Alfred’s face, easily and steadily as rain on a roof.”

“The painting was striking and quirky, its colors a kaleidoscope bursting off of the canvas, raucously and dramatically as art in your face.”

As the bull reached the cape, the man swung it alongside, __________.

“As the bull reached the cape, the man swung it alongside, slowly.”

The tyranosaurus’s head moved close to the car, ______________, and peered in.

“The tyranosaurus’s head moved close to the car, sideways, and peered in.”

Finally, when he stood up, _______ and ________, his face was hard and tight as wood, his eyes were hard.

“Finally, when he stood up, slowly and stiffly, his face was hard and tight as wood, his eyes were hard.”