| 单词 | tittering |
| 例句 | He heard, or imagined he heard, them tittering. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When Richie was fourteen he’d grown from a tittering, cackling torturer of me to a handsome, slick high school kid who was an outstanding tenor sax player. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiny microsaurs scattered in the shadows, tittering with alarm as she passed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Gasping and tittering spread through our classmates like a breeze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I heard animals tittering inside it as I sprinted after her, keeping my eyes on the back of her gray T-shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They would sit on the chaise longue for hours, tittering like schoolchildren, feeding the pigeons or watching the ships sailing past on Dublin sound. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As he labored home last, he heard tittering. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “But Mullah Fatiullah Khan seems nice,” I managed between bursts of tittering. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The audience had now spotted me and were tittering and pointing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "But if the husband of that tittering Tarkheena friend of yours is paying his head groom to get the best oats, then I think the head groom is cheating him." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I've come to terms with her ersatz shrink routine, but the tittering… well, I draw the line at that. The Brown Years; Desert Island Discs; Craig Brown's Lost Diaries 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z He stops again for a few seconds; there’s awkward tittering. The Big Sick's Kumail Najiani and Emily Gordon: 'In America, the idea of a cross-cultural relationship is still controversial' 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z There's definitely plenty of raunch, but since the end of the '70s and the advent of a leering-through-the-peephole Porky's sensibility, sex itself gets less play than titillation and tittering about it. 'A Good Old Fashioned Orgy' Is a Better Idea Than You'd Think 2011-09-01T05:10:00Z Laughter can be subversive, of course, and one of the great satisfactions of these films is watching so many women laugh — often guffawing, not tittering — through one predicament after another. Rewriting Women Back Into Film History 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z His comment evoked some tittering, and many warm smiles. Cultured Traveler: On the Vodun Trail in Benin 2012-02-03T17:18:18Z Frankly, I found the plotline, with its tittering maidens in awe of their American guest, wildly over the line. Review: In Season 5, Girls Becomes a Traditional Sitcom 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Larded with cute po-mo anachronisms, it had at least one press show audience tittering helplessly. Cannes 2015, week two report: perfect Pixar but Gus goes gooey 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, it's all gone a bit Profumo: Hector chinking after-hours snifters with shifty police chiefs while balding politicos disappear into the ensuite with tittering showgirls in flicky eyeliner and nimbuses of tulle. The Hour's back and better than ever 2012-11-09T16:00:00Z They travel around screeching, giggling, tittering, occasionally murdering people. Film review: Trash Humpers 2010-06-17T22:35:00Z That may sound tame, but I found myself tittering throughout “The Monster Builder,” which finds ways of mainstreaming a once underground genre without spoiling all the naughty fun. And you thought your contractor was bad. Meet 'The Monster Builder' at South Coast Rep 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z At an appearance last month at Liberty University, a bastion of mostly-white Christian conservatism, Diamond addressed the tittering audience: “I know you all are wondering: Where did these two black girls come from?” Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z I can recall being a seventh grader in a church choir surrounded by tittering children embarrassed at having to sing the word “bosom” in a popular hymn. Music Review: Maude Maggart’s ‘Into the Garden’ at Feinstein’s 2012-06-07T21:52:17Z Held in a bunker in the Pentagon, before an audience of nervous, tittering, chino-wearing, blue-shirted correspondents, these were spanking sessions for a generation of defence nerds. Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:24Z In the two episodes I watched, I remember tittering a couple of times, both at jokes that struck me as vaguely homophobic. 2010-02-16T17:53:00Z As the Dauphine and Cavalieri, Thomas and Jaster make starving for attention into a show of flamboyance — she tittering shamelessly and he performing a full actor’s warm-up for a simple game of charades. ‘Barococo’ Review: Fop Till You Drop 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The location initially caused some art world tittering. Regen Projects, at 25, has grown into a fixture in L.A. art world 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Even a production as casually staged as the one by BT McNicholl this past weekend was enough to keep the picnicking crowd tittering in summertime contentment under a full moon. 'Spamalot' a summer treat at Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Miller’s apparent faux pas briefly brought tittering over a practical solution back into vogue. Analysis | Why shouldn’t millennials stay on their parents’ family cellphone plan? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Earlier in the night, there had been a lot of tittering on the red carpet about keeping the proceedings “positive,” which appeared to be just a limp euphemism for apolitical. The Corporate Optimism of Justin Timberlake at Last Night’s Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The point of difference is that The Glee Project appears to be the perfect antidote to Cowell's vicious world of caustic put-downs and behind-the-hand tittering. TV highlights 13/07/2011: The Culture Show 2011-07-12T20:59:01Z In the annals of rich-lady problems, showing up to the party in the same dress as another guest is likely to result in a tormenting night of uncomfortable stares and tittering. On the Runway Blog: Parsing the Pink at the Presidential Debates 2012-10-17T14:53:13Z The British news media greeted his arrival with tittering headlines like this one, from The Guardian: “United Want American With Brain Disorder.” Tim Howard’s ‘The Keeper’ Tells That Athlete’s Story 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z But the mix also includes a tittering audience and applause at the end, insisting that the song is archly theatrical. Billie Eilish Redefines Teen-Pop Stardom on a Haunted, Heartfelt Debut Album 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Lights were coming on in the different buildings around the complex and people were tittering around. U.S. soldier finds his identity as a gay man while serving in silence 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Delivered by Tim Allen, this nonstop flow of tittering observations and nursery-level commentary feels sadly misjudged, a demeaning soundtrack that shreds the dignity of the animals it purports to celebrate. Movie Review: ?Chimpanzee,? a Disney Film Narrated by Tim Allen 2012-04-20T00:02:31Z America gets Nurse Jackie forging organ donor cards and fashioning a cancer patient's apple into a makeshift bong; we get the Mistresses tittering over cupcakes next to a Heal's floor lamp. With The Big C, Nurse Jackie and Weeds, US TV has given us women who are more than just Mistresses 2011-03-05T00:07:26Z If we need to be advised against sceptical tittering, the battle is already lost. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z Just ask the Victorians, if you can stop them tittering into their lacy handkerchiefs: If there’s a sentiment lurking in the human heart, there’s a flower that can convey it. Tipple through the tulips: How to use flowers in cocktails for Valentine’s Day 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Enright buried his head in his arms, silently convulsing with laughter, but otherwise the act met with scattered, uncomfortable tittering. If Your Life Were a Movie 2011-01-23T04:45:10Z The point was driven home as she returned to the tittering group of bros who were acting tough but were just trying to eavesdrop on her conversation with DeMario. A Take-Charge ‘Bachelorette’ Sends the Boys Home 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z But Othello's precipitous fall in dignity should leave us unsettled, not tittering like a sitcom laugh track. Old Globe's 'Othello' lays on the melodrama, but it works 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Lots of art world tittering about this one. Roundup: Botched restoration, Nazca Lines damage, auction house turmoil 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z As you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music. How the Align Method has redefined classical ballet for Angelenos like me 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z And that, Youssef said in a half-joke that turned Stewart’s misty eyes to tittering ones, is why he was forced to flee Egypt. Jon Stewart says ‘comedy survives every moment’ at Twain Prize ceremony 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z But, he added, as a politician she should be aware that audiences may be turned off by her “tittering” in the face of tough questions. More than a laugh: Kamala Harris' is a sound check for a divided country 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The mention of the aide’s name provoked a slight tittering in the audience of politicians and business executives. Tactics of fiery White House trade adviser draw new scrutiny as some of his pandemic moves unravel 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z His dramatic shift in tone was enough to turn the nervous tittering that F1 drivers always produce when put on the spot into actually taking a stand this week. In calling out F1's silence over injustice, Lewis Hamilton is out in front once more 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z If “The Thanksgiving Play” could see its characters as more than the butt of punchlines, the skewering of cultural mindsets might provoke more collective soul-searching than tired tittering. Review: The politics of Thanksgiving, served up as lukewarm satire 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z His run for president, announced two days earlier, came with an overnight makeover that had the City Hall press corps tittering: fresh navy sneakers, de-fuzzed sideburns, pants that fit. How Bill de Blasio Went From Progressive Hope to Punching Bag 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z But the laughter in the audience, a steady stream of sitcom tittering, is a sign that something is amiss in the way the tragic path has been worked out. Review: Glenda Jackson battles through a brazenly busy ‘King Lear’ on Broadway 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “It's a case-by-case basis, but sometimes, it's essential to acknowledge them or you can't get the play back because the audience starts worrying or tittering,” Melville said. Et tu, raccoon? How wildlife can steal the scene at Shakespeare in the park 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z In his review of "Meteor Shower," Los Angeles Times critic Charles McNulty noted that Schumer "incites happy tittering the moment she walks onstage." Amy Schumer scores a Tony Award nomination 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Reports that Donald Trump has a history of romancing adult film actresses, and then paying them to keep quiet, were greeted with some tittering and then more of the same indifference. The President and the Porn Star 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Empty seats and apathy abounded, and mocking photos of a half-filled Coliseum filled the tittering internet. Rams have a chance to make Los Angeles their own 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Chappelle kept the crowd tittering with his trademark politically incorrect humor and some sharp Trump impersonations. What It's Like Inside Rihanna Power Player-Filled Diamond Ball 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z And pension benefits are not some unsure fund, tittering on collapse. The Question Isn’t Why Wage Growth Is So Low. It’s Why It’s So High. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z First came the nihilistic trolls, some even hoping to compel Quinn to “an hero” herself — tittering 4chan code for committing suicide. How the Trolls Stole Washington 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The friend looks doubtful: “Well, it doesn’t seem very much to me – sniggering and tittering.” Trump and Brexit left progressives aghast. They should be emboldened | Jeff Sparrow 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z While most of the exhibitionists this year were men, Serena Williams joined in by donning a daring crop top at the Australian Open that sent fashionistas tittering and tennis traditionalists murmuring. Sports 2016: The Year of Living Shirtlessly 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “There was a fair amount of tittering and states saying, “This is so California,” Mr Doyle remembers. Libidos and don’ts 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Then a few people in the audience growl, "Arrrr" — you know, like a pirate, followed by tittering laughs from those who had never heard it before, or just couldn't never not find it funny. It's OK to cry, and other lessons learned at this year's Toronto Film Festival 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z "Hate speech, incitement and marginalisation of the 'other' are not a tittering form of entertainment, or a respectable vehicle for political profit," Mr Hussein told an audience in Cleveland, Ohio. US Election 2016: Top UN official condemns Trump - BBC News 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z One of the looser ends is Lex Luthor, whom Eisenberg plays as a manic, lighter version of Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight, all nervy babble, alarming tittering, and nihilistic challenges to the world. Batman v Superman is a very expensive reaction video for Man of Steel 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z There is a split second of silence before tittering and guffaws began to rain down like so much happy confetti. My Mardi Gras street fight with a religious zealot from Texas 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z And there was this tittering of laughter behind me and from the defense table. As O.J. Simpson Drama Returns, Nation Still Grapples With Same Issues 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Because that is what separates the great Bowie from all those sterile postmodernist appropriators, with their tittering irony. “A bold, knowing, charismatic creature neither male nor female”: Camille Paglia remembers a hero, David Bowie 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z They knew the lines practically by heart, tittering at punch lines before they landed. 'Take the bride away': India's romance with a 20-year-old film and its stars 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z “What do we call you now?” she asks Cersei, in front of her tittering ladies in waiting. 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5, Episode 3 Review: High Sparrow, Bye Sparrow 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The proliferation of stand-up comedy venues, the tittering on television and the roaring on the radio - all of it continues to increase in volume. That joke isn't funny any more 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The tittering of anticipation is being generated by an unfamiliar name: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. What you need to know about Alibaba, the Chinese company shaking up Wall Street and Silicon Valley 2014-05-07T16:15:00Z And in a Silicon Valley speaking appearance, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen unleashed enough of his dry wit to keep his audience tittering or applauding. Chess Champ Carlsen Delights Silicon Valley With Dry Wit 2014-01-17T07:07:00Z But a different sort of hypocrisy has been exposed by tittering gay journalists, a group of people who took a break from describing just how awful bullying is to mock perceived effeminacy and vanity. The bizarre quasi-”outing” of Aaron Schock 2014-01-06T17:15:00Z Without YouTube, this next viral moment would be consigned to the tittering memories of the three men involved, an anecdote forever doomed to end with "oh forget it, you just had to be there". 2013's top memes and viral videos 2013-12-30T01:20:52Z The adults in the audience could be heard tittering, and in some cases gasping in surprise, after a young boy asked whether the U.S. government would bring Germany’s education standards to the United States. Kids ask the darndest things at White House STEM event 2013-02-14T13:00:00Z Just retire this tittering nonsense. totes: Simply abbreviating something doesn’t make it cool. Poll: What Word Should Be Banished in 2013? 2012-12-27T10:40:00Z The tittering stopped and nearly everyone voted yes. News Analysis: How Science Can Build a Better You 2012-11-05T16:25:31Z The stars came out, a summer’s night on Caesar’s place, and we heard frogs and the tittering of lovers, ourselves loving that place, our flesh, that empirical wisdom. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z And near us a group of pretty girls stood tittering and whispering. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He looked that way and they fled giggling into the court; but in a moment they were back again, and the sound of their tittering drew his eyes anew to the door. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Mr. Zhirinovsky was now ranting with gusto, as if he were working his way through a delicious dinner, and his audience was tittering. His Support Ebbing, Putin Gains From Weak Rivals 2012-03-03T02:15:14Z He gazed in despair up to the heavens where the stars were twinkling knowingly at one another; he glanced out over the garden where the night wind flew tittering amongst the leaves. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z The bold sentiment set all the peeresses tittering. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z So I went with him into the haram, which seemed crowded with women of various races and colours, peeping from behind curtains and through chinks of doors, tittering and whispering. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z They seemed not to have the slightest thought of showing off, or of tittering or joking with the strangers. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Then stung himself by their bad manners, he naturally composed sharper and more direct stanzas, holding those who had offended him up to the laughter of other men, and of the tittering damsels. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z So she began the evening in one of the days in the E of reference books, where Miss Windus and the thick-lipped Miss Levey were sitting on the short library-ladder, whispering and tittering. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z No one said anything, but she heard a little tittering and whispering when she had gone by. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z At last they all insisted on being kissed by Milla, and then sprang back tittering. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z They were sitting in affectionate closeness, simpering and tittering together. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z “Anne, where under the sun did the newspapers 132 get those two pictures?” asked Polly, tittering every time she saw the ovals. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Selina, tittering, would have cleared up the mistake; but Ireton, laughing yet more heartily, made her a sign to let it pass. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z “Wait a bit, and you’ll see,” she whispered, tittering; and then she went and gently opened the window, when the noise of the nasty cat came up worse than ever. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z “You don’t know nothing about it,” said Mary, tittering; “he don’t know what we know, do he, Master Antony?” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z This lively sally was followed by a gay little tittering on the part both of the Major and the lady, as they stood still for Mr. Stephenson and the suffering Agnes to pass them. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z It's none of the above, Otellini declared after the tittering died down. Will Intel Finally Crack Smartphones? 2011-06-09T21:00:00Z She began to see why her Aunt Margaret did not care for oratorios, when she noticed some of the girls tittering over mistakes in the rendering of some of the most solemn and touching passages. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Then in emulation, seemingly, of the owl's tittering, it belched its awful laugh into their faces. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The whispering in the gallery and tittering in the body were audible to all except the persons who were the occasion of them. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The Deemster was present at that interview, and went away from it tittering audibly. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z How often, tittering at my thoughts, have I pictured my wedding-day long before Prince Charming hove in sight! The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Instead of any other comment, during his wife's readings he merely rubbed his hands pleasantly, and murmured as long as he was not asleep, titteringly, "This confusion, this confusion." Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The tittering of some ladies, for many such were among the visitors, closed up the inquisitive gentleman's mouth. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z And when you heard them tittering, 'Hi! hi! hi!' and saw their bright eyes behind their aprons, you didn't know yourself that you were calling out: 'Heh there! More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z The tittering in the gallery and whispering in the body were audible to all except the persons who were the cause of both. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z And then there was no end of tittering and whispering. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z Not a Homeric laugh, of course, stifled laughter maybe, a tittering rather than a hearty laugh, a catching laugh which the enemy might have happened to overhear, a real laugh all the same. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z A slight, subdued tittering was heard amongst the crowd; for, indeed, it was almost ludicrous to see the little man, pale, trembling and almost green with rage. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Nothing but the tittering of the maid in the kitchen was to be heard. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z At length the Bishop paused and looked steadily into the eyes of the little man sitting on his haunches and tittering audibly. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Then they laughed again; and there was much whispering and tittering. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z An abundance of tittering succeeded the frolic, and instantly appeared, through the bushes, the elegant forms of several young females, skipping and bounding like roes. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z There was some tittering in the bunk-house–and the grinding went on–and the tune came saucily up from the door where the Frenchman stood. Higgins A Man's Christian "May God forgive me," she thought, and held her handkerchief to her mouth to suppress her tittering. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z On the countenances of some there was a smile; and from divers parts of the church there issued sounds like the tittering of suppressed laughter. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 He was so absorbed that he did not hear the noises outside—the shuffling of feet, and, after a while, a brief suppressed tittering. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 She looked round the circle of tittering girls. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life His narratives were accompanied by the incessant tittering of his listeners. Magnhild Dust After the letter was written there was endless tittering among the court ladies. On the Heights A Novel And this low exultant laugh, that had once made such music in her ears, seemed like that silent tittering of malicious gods grown audible. Shadows of Flames A Novel A vulgar Jove, particularly vulgar in the declamatory sweep of his left hand, a vulgar Juno, with a sneering, tittering leer upon her common face, reveal the painter's want of feeling for mythological grandeur. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second It was the tittering, I am sure, that finally put me on the track, and the whispering that opened my eyes to the blindness I was stricken with. Fragments of an Autobiography The Upper Sixth were tittering like infants of twelve, with the exception of Martin, who stared self-consciously at his desk, hating every moment and dreading what was to come. Years of Plenty Once more the young couples fell to whispering and tittering. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The desert was a hell; the stars above mocked her; the moon gleamed in contemptuous serenity; the airs whispering through the bush passed idly by, tittering their light gossip one to another. Tales of South Africa One couple, who addressed each other as Dolly and Billy, announced to the company that they were the particular stars of the Hippodrome bill, and kept their neighbours tittering with their rather obvious wit. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen It trailed away, and Valeria thought she caught the echo of a ghostly tittering. Red Nails All about me, to the farthermost reaches of the dim cavern, a hush fell, and the bellows and howlings, and the insane tittering of the flying things, were no longer heard. The Secret of Kralitz And there was a deal of nudging and tittering 228 over this among the other girls who gathered about the arch-plotters. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Having informed his visitors that the family were at home, he preceded them to the drawing-room, with a step, the noise of which happily drowned the tittering it was impossible to subdue, at beholding him. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The two girls ran whispering and tittering behind a pillar, and hurriedly turned over the leaves of the mysterious book. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Besides, that tittering had not sounded like a human being at all. Red Nails There was great fright, and some tittering, and the King, after he wiped the blood from his forehead, looked very cross at the eldest prince. The Irish Fairy Book Will you please to walk in, sir?” and I could see the fellow put his finger to his nose and wink to the girl, who kept tittering away in a corner. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Still no answer, only at times he fancied he heard a low, hoarse tittering behind the tree. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors There was a tittering among the courtiers as the King’s words fell upon their ears. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time The mouth gaped, but no coherent words issued—only a high-pitched tittering. Red Nails Presently she heard girlish chatter and tittering, and glancing through a window, saw several young girls busy at sewing-machines, directed by an angular spinster whom she took to be a dress-maker. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday Whereupon the pine warbler sang again, the same trill but with a tittering twang about it that just jocosely imitated the flicker. Old Plymouth Trails Henrietta took the remark as exceedingly funny, for she immediately fell into a paroxysm of tittering, choking over a mouthful of food before she could attain gravity enough to answer. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself At this there was a great deal of suppressed tittering, which rather nettled Jessie. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain He took them as they came, with his rags flapping about his wildly gyrating limbs, and the gusty echoes of his tittering sweeping the room above the screams. Red Nails It was ending, ending; and where the larks of spring had once whirred about him, there he was now surrounded by the tittering dances of the withered leaves. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Then she would mimic in her dainty drawl Adelle's habit of speech, which, of course, set all the girls at the table tittering. Clark's Field The good man said nothing, but it was evident he thought all the more, as the group were more or less tittering over the fitness of the comparison. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations The crowd tittering at the quick halt of the policeman, angered him. In the Heart of a Fool Four or five couples obeyed these instructions with subdued tittering, the fact that several of the brides-to-be carried young infants in their arms not adding appreciably to their embarrassment. Kildares of Storm A fresh gust of wind rattled dust into his eyes, and the oldest Swede chortled an abrupt “Ka-hugh!” that set the other six tittering. Rim o' the World They found him tittering among his mangled dead, and calling them pet names, telling the shattered red things that he had wrought God's will upon them. In a Little Town They remained in the galleries until the ‘House rose,’ laughing and tittering so loudly that Lord Hervey made a great failure of his speech. John and Betty's History Visit And straightway to the spring hies he, where the women there gathered fill his ears with tittering, questioning tattle as he is filling his jar. The Book of Khalid When I stopped, the tittering had ceased; silence saluted me. The First Violin A Novel There was a suppressed tittering at this, for which the children felt half ashamed, considering the startling intelligence they had just heard. The Cabin on the Prairie I make a desperate attempt and explode suddenly, the maid giggles, you roar, and even Yosoji, who is somewhere in the background, begins tittering. Round the Wonderful World And the Empress and the ladies, who were in an upper part of the house concealed behind a sort of venetian blinds, appeared from their tittering noise to be highly entertained. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton He waited for each to take an appropriate expression, Mrs. Courage determined, Jane with face eager and alight, Nettie tittering behind her hand. The Dust Flower The rest of the chorus was tittering audibly, the musicians, with the exception of Courvoisier and his friend, nudging each other and smiling. The First Violin A Novel She went softly downstairs, followed by a trail of tittering girls, who hardly knew how to restrain themselves. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief Volleys of laughter crackled around the arena, and the delighted spectators settled, tittering, back into their seats. Kings in Exile I perceived she could hardly refrain from tittering. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. A group of tittering pages ran before him and threw wide open the great folding-doors. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose With rather an unsteady gait he left the apartment, and, under the guidance of two lovely, blushing, tittering damsels, sought the nuptial chamber. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life Mrs. Miller, tittering ineffectively: "I shall know what to say to Mr. Miller after this." Five O'Clock Tea Farce I took one step forward, and stumbled over something, and then a tittering fool named Bentley, exclaimed: "Hello, here comes little Willie." The Jucklins A Novel The same crowd of boys that had followed them to the matron's was hanging about the door as they went out, and began tittering again as Harry came in sight. The Hero of Garside School Out on the porch a raw youth was playing wailing tunes on a mouth-organ, and in the “parlor” a man was uttering silly jokes to a tittering girl. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Mr. Abbey has produced nothing more charming than this bright knot of handsome, tittering daughters of burghers, in their primeval pelisses and sprigged frocks. Picture and Text 1893 And then she sang, and the audience, tittering curiously before, remained spellbound, awe-struck, as the first notes of that matchless voice smote upon their hearing. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The ceremony continued with great hilarity and much frolicksome tittering and fun, until forty-eight squaws had kissed and been kissed by me. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier In the parlor of the suite Genevieve and Cordelia kept up such an incessant buzz of husky whispering and tittering that Mrs. Kennedy came out from the bedroom to remonstrate. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch Nor did he face the school again until all the tittering had subsided. Blue Ridge Country "It doesn't pay," she said, tittering, "and money is what we all want." The Opal Serpent There was considerable giggling and tittering throughout the company when Signora Fenzo, the young and comely wife of a gondolier, thus took possession of Eustace, and Signora dell'Acqua, the widow of another gondolier, appropriated me. New Italian sketches And while they were busy tittering, Mrs. Woodchuck's son Billy helped himself to a piece of carrot from Aunt Polly's store of roots and herbs. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales The great man looked round with stern glance that cowed the tittering audience. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 “Mine’s the whitest,” you’d hear a young, tittering miss call out. Blue Ridge Country A great amount of whispering and tittering went on; then when the work was brought for inspection it was found that, as before these girls had tried to excel all previous attempts. Short Sketches from Oldest America Bill,” retorted the passenger, slightly nettled by the tittering of his companions. The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly This, of course, was nonsense, but several times I noticed members of the congregation looking at me and tittering. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Only the old Judge moved among the throng of tittering laymen calm, dignified, and unsuspecting. The Sheriffs Bluff 1908 I told him I guessed I had to have some place to laugh, and I grabbed the hoe-handle again, and went on with my tittering. Old Ebenezer One heard from the depths of the jungle the tittering of a hyena. Sacrifice There was a tittering, a giggle, then a roar of laughter. Winning His Way I went down into the gun-room, when a tittering ceased as the sentry opened the door, and I walked in. Percival Keene I think I shall be a sheep myself soon,” added the young lady, tittering. Newton Forster The Merchant Service At first he heard complaints of the weight of the bucket, at which Jack was not surprised, then he heard a tittering and laughing between two parties, and soon afterwards he mounted up gaily. Mr. Midshipman Easy A “really very sorry for poor Western,” and a half-dozen “poor fellows!” intermingled with tittering, was all that his misfortunes called forth after his departure; and then they set to like French falconers. Jacob Faithful There was a sudden tittering, snickering, and laughing. Winning His Way "Is that your opinion?" she said in affected surprise, while the other school-girls gathered round, tittering at the caustic little tongue. Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life I mean, avast hauling, you lubbers!’ and he swore and stamped with rage when he saw the men tittering near him, and wanted to know what they were laughing at.” The Three Lieutenants There was an outburst of tittering at this, and now it began to dawn upon him that he was the victim of some trick. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea And all the time, just in front, we could hear the hurried shaking of boughs, the fall of the pears, and tittering and whispering as the party seemed to be picking up the spoil. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden “He’s just like the Captain!” she exclaimed, tittering at the fancied resemblance. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel I heard giggling and tittering breaking out all around the room, like rash on a baby with the measles. The Blunders of a Bashful Man There was some tittering at her ladyship's expense, who, as the writer slyly observed, had been something ultronious in her patronage. St. Ronan's Well Some skipped merrily up to the door; others sauntered more slowly, tittering excitedly as they went along. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Bettie grew purple with anger and embarrassment, but Milton, with his usual readiness, said, "Thank you," and reached for the tittering malefactor's waist. Prairie Folks Still less was it the dismal tittering of ill-natured people over mean gossip, which is another of the ugly sounds of life. Joyous Gard People sitting near the platform were tittering and laughing. Watch Yourself Go By Some were still covertly fuming with rage for battle, others slyly tittering at the agent's expense, but all faces were turned in instant interest, all ears attent when Davies began to speak. Under Fire And then further tittering, tapping of fans, and significant nods at Rossi when his back was turned. The Eternal City Oh, a pretty behaved tittering friend of mine. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden Oozizi: They came tittering to me once; but I saw the foolishness of it. Plays of Near & Far A long, trembling movement, the result of tittering, passed down the graceful column of her back. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times There was visibly a new impression made, and the tittering ceased. Faith Gartney's Girlhood "How delicious!" and then inaudible questions and low replies, with tittering, tapping of fans, and insinuating glances. The Eternal City Oh! so then my honoured mamma was the servant of this tittering gentleman—I say, father, perhaps she has not lost the tightish prattle he speaks of. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden The principal actor, being self-absorbed as well as near-sighted, was scarcely aware of the tittering assemblage. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Indeed there was such a tittering and a giggling through the Hall, that the meeting was broken up. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Three tittering young women, each wearing a hat in which roses, violets, poppies, cornflowers, forget-me-nots, feathers and ribbons ran riot, confronted me. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Deep in the mountains, they heard the echoes of Davey’s tittering laughter. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town While I was busily engaged in this necessary occupation I was attracted by tittering and chattering. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben There was a good deal of tittering at this last remark, and the aforementioned youths blushed to the tips of their ears. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland Yet it was never looked on as a rarity, and fell at book auctions for a shilling, for some time after, amidst general tittering. Masques & Phases Irving’s face was red; the tittering of the audience was making him angry. The Jester of St. Timothy's It was very funny to hear it tittering about inside. The Garden of the Plynck Then a big dark man pushed his way through the tittering crowd of girls and reaching the platform, stretched out his hand and grasping one of its supports, leaped lightly to it. The Measure of a Man So far from setting his congregation on fire he sets them asleep; instead of sending them away with clenched convictions they leave the church tittering, or perhaps in bad temper. The Young Priest's Keepsake As he went through Birdland he drew behind him a following of feathered citizens, chattering, screaming, tittering all together like the crowd after a circus procession. The Curious Book of Birds The ladies of the household had by this time come out of the dining-room; Mrs. Wedmore looked flush and frightened; the girls were tittering. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel I came into the world tittering, and the midwife tittered, and the gossips spilt their caudle with tittering; and when I was brought to the font, the parson could not christen me for tittering. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 "Two on the mat, then," snapped the officer, and a pair of tittering Tommies were left at the door. The Amateur Army He looked that way and they fled giggling into the court; but in a moment they were back again, and the sound of their tittering drew his eyes anew to the door. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France The officer's cheeks flushed red, in spite of his every effort at control; nor was he assisted by the knowledge that his men were tittering behind his back. The Littlest Rebel And Betsey Short, who had found the whole affair very funny, was transported with a fit of tittering at poor Schroeder's English. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana All this time the crowd had been standing round watching the two, and laughing and tittering, for, risky as the whole proceeding looked, there was really very little, if any, danger. Elsie at the World's Fair Whereupon the terrified Josef, amid the tittering hush of the genteel assembly, bolted from the room, and then solved the whole difficulty by bolting from the house, never to return. Jaffery Nay, from the looks that were being exchanged, and from the tittering that had risen amongst the younger of his guests, there must be more amiss than that! Audrey Girls tittering and nudging and darting quick side glances. His Family I got along better in school, although there was some tittering when I recited, probably because I had a broader dialect and bigger boots than the boys of the village. The Light in the Clearing Over his head the heavy curtains swayed again, and the tittering noise from a nest of bats sounded like ghostly laughter. The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Tommy strode wrathfully away to the sound of Mrs. Burton's tittering laugh. The Lamp in the Desert At length she observed, in the middle of the room, a straying sparkle of light, that threw itself over and over like a tumbler, tittering, at the same time, like a human being. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 The small fry, startled out of caution, were tittering in hysterical excitement. The Dark House A tittering broke out there; and glances were cast round at me, and then there would be fresh tittering. Tales of a Traveller Voices, lowered and guarded, began to engage in nervous, tittering banter.... The Fortieth Door A little tittering is heard in the room, and the Vicar pauses discomfited. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. She had for some time been struck with a kind of whispering and tittering about her. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 He went off to the kitchen tittering to himself over an ancient joke which, together with his "feeling" for the psychological moment in the matter of roasts, was about all that was left him. The Dark House How I got down the room I know not; I fancied every one tittering at me. Tales of a Traveller "What are you tittering about? you think it's a going to kick me again, but you're mistaken—it ain't got two loads in this time." Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described When the opening day came there ensued much suppressed tittering and, now and then, an uncontrollable guffaw. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Before it was fairly light the next morning I was disturbed and finally awakened by the sound of voices and subdued tittering in the corridor outside my door. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 Oh! he shall have one," replied the colonel, tittering with excitement; "he shall have one. Newton Forster Some of the young ladies would hurry away to distant parts of the room, and whisper to their friends; wherever they went there was still this tittering and glancing at me. Tales of a Traveller Several burgher girls had come up; they were speaking secretly with the woman and one another, and tittering as they looked at Anselmus. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English When we ask their names, without tittering or looking silly they render up the whole list of saintly cognomens. The New North There was a tittering sound, and a movement as if some one were shaking the curtain, and at last Giulietta stood in the doorway. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 He had been forced to stand out on the floor for twenty cruel, grueling minutes, to be a Horrible Example to a tittering class. The Purple Heights Honestly, for all our winking and tittering, we know nothing whatever against this person's private character except the sad fact that he was a man and a bachelor. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Barefoot heard several people whispering and tittering behind her, but she kept her eyes fixed on the ground. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes There was a chorus of tittering and squeaking voices in the corridor. Kimono We are, therefore, merry enough, and I am frequently seized with the same tittering and ridiculous fits as those with which I have so often amazed and amused poor Kitty Cooke. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) There was a general murmur of alarm tempered with tittering. In the Days of My Youth I hear the boys tittering at the table behind me—a sound which, telling me how ill I am speeding, makes my confusion tenfold worse. Nancy The mere word "kipper" has every girl in the gallery in a tittering ecstasy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 All the geisha now hid their faces among much tittering. Kimono Not the least; they are both tittering and giggling merrily; they are accustomed to it, and habit is second nature. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada A faint sound of tittering was heard in various parts of the booth; but no one came forward. In the Days of My Youth She looked up and saw the lurking smiles on the faces of the two gallants who were carrying her, and later the tittering became louder and some of the young men laughed aloud. The Slim Princess This fact alone made her feel awkward and uncomfortable, and when she saw one of the clerks looking up at her and tittering she blushed and nearly cried through sheer embarrassment. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store "I'm afraid that would have made dear aunt rather bulky," said the signorina, tittering. A Man of Mark To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms about your neighbor's wife or daughter. The Devil's Dictionary "Look," cry his tittering audience to each other; "he's blushing!" Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow The president, having reproved a little female ensign for tittering, on a matter of life or death, called upon me to plead, 'Coward or no coward, guilty or not guilty?' Holiday Romance Mr. Bumble, seeing with excruciating feelings, the delight of the two old paupers, who were tittering together most rapturously, hesitated for an instant. Oliver Twist But that instant there came a burst of coarse tittering from somewhere near, and a hoarse indistinct voice that seemed to say: 'Lies! lies! lies!' The Princess and the Goblin Fern longed to go to school, to face the tittering, but she was too shaky. Main Street Ann Veronica found herself in a little stirring crowd of excited women, whispering and tittering and speaking in undertones. Ann Veronica, a modern love story There was a tittering in the grand stand; another roar from the bleachers. The Redheaded Outfield Also, some of the girls were complaining, and wanting to leave, and others of the girls were titteringly complacent, willing for anything to happen. John Barleycorn They all thought her charming, and the expression of her face was often so comical, the shrug of her shoulders so ludicrous, that at a glance she set the girls tittering. Wild Kitty But the celebrated cinema jester's conceit of dropping toads into a soup-plate flung her into unwilling tittering, and the afterglow faded, the dead queens fled through darkness. Main Street Before Vivian could answer, a tittering, so audible that it might almost be termed a shout, burst forth from the whole room. Vivian Grey He flung back his bald head and laughed now, tittering over that calamitous, shabby secret between all-seeing God and François Villon. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages A couple of loutish lads were fingering a red-bound book as he approached the stall, and he heard them tittering in a sneaky, furtive fashion as he drew near. The Foolish Lovers We turned, and saw Mrs. O'Connor and a group of tittering faces peeping in. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 On entering we were jealously scrutinized by the Amazonian guard, and a "high private" questioned the propriety of admitting my boy; whereat a general tittering, and we passed on. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok When the door was opened and the squire's bride entered the room, you can imagine there was laughing and tittering and grinning enough. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon Every bush, every small tree seemed alive, and out of the darkness came low, amorous tittering. Dame Care I was asking myself, Should I bow? when a scurrying and a tittering made me look left, along a dark and particularly dirty hall. The Enormous Room I left them all tittering, and coming on deck was passing the cook-house, when the old cook called after me, saying I had forgot my cane. Redburn. His First Voyage Jean-Christophe, who had not budged, stopped his ears so as not to hear Melchior's vicious voice and the tittering comments of the neighbors…. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The smiling and tittering of the shop-women, when he stated the nature of his errand, and produced his two pieces of string, failed to annoy him in the smallest degree. The Fallen Leaves As he sat there he fancied he heard subdued tittering and whispering in the garden. Dame Care The staring in the corner gave way to tittering—and no dying sheep had ever held its head more haughtily. Lifted Masks; stories He felt that all eyes were fastened upon him; he imagined he was succeeding, and yet the tittering continued; it even manifestly increased. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5. Then followed a general tittering, accompanied with exclamations of "Lord, what a fright!" Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 White as paper, shaking with inexpressible rage, he caught and kissed the tittering girl, violently, noisily, before them all. The Best American Humorous Short Stories But only was there silence, then a low tittering, from nowhere in particular, which spread and spread until a vast laughter welled up to the sky. Children of the Frost The head withdrew itself, tittering; and a moment later I heard a shrill voice calling down the kitchen stairs. A Rogue by Compulsion He sponged out lines and remade them; but he only distorted them more than ever, and the tittering was more pronounced. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5. Mrs. Marston, however, heard, as she was designed to do, the young lady tittering and whispering to herself, as she lighted her candle in the hall. The Evil Guest I'll get out of this—it's no place for a man—Lord deliver me from a mob like this, with their crazy tittering. Purple Springs The elfin lad that is so braw, He'll sometimes hide among the straw; He's sometimes leering from the loft— He's tittering low and tripping soft. Elves and Heroes But aunt Corinne, in spite of her passionate sympathy, could barely keep from tittering at the latter action. Old Caravan Days For all reply they ran like ostriches to the nearest rocks, tittering the cry of alarm, and when we drew near each man implored us to harry his neighbour's cattle. First Footsteps in East Africa And then they could hear the witch laughing behind the bushes, and tittering when he came home. Algonquin Legends of New England One answer to the signals was the tittering of twenty maids, who sat together by the great deep window, ready to make music. The Winds of the World Often, when chased, it was heard tittering round corners. Elves and Heroes The tittering increased and to it were added a scuffle and a sleepily fretful "Lemme be." Little Citizens At first he heard complaints of the weight of the bucket, at which Jack was not surprised; then he heard a tittering and laughing between two parties; and soon afterwards he mounted up gaily. Mr. Midshipman Easy I waited in horror; for I knew that the girls were all tittering inside, and every moment it became more absurd. The Potiphar Papers "Thought thee'd ha' slept through the bed and right through to the floor," said the chambermaid by the door, tittering. The Splendid Spur Thinking that the bear had moved under the blow, Tad whirled and ran tittering a loud "Oh!" The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail A he, he he! of the tittering Polly, now betrayed her, and so ended this ingenious little artifice. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World Her bright, dazzling eye flashed in scorn upon the damsels whom she now fancied to be actually tittering—scarcely able to suppress their laughter—at her obvious disgrace. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky The old woman's tittering laugh of denial made Felicia want to shake her. Little Miss By-The-Day From his secret dreams he was harshly roused; all the colors were laughing and tittering round him till the little tin helmets they wore shook with their merriment. Bimbi Miss Thrale began tittering violently, but I entreated her not to betray me; and, as soon as I could, I got Mrs. Thrale to tell me what all this meant. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 She assured me, with much tittering, that her sister was in a great fright lest she should be married first. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World His relations—that is, except his mother—couldn't help tittering when Buster said that. The Tale of Freddie Firefly On the stairs behind her the maids were leaning over the balusters, stuffing their aprons into their mouths lest their tittering should betray them. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume I heard a sort of tittering, and turned upon him; at once he appeared ready to take to his heels. Lord Jim Tears stood in the good preacher's eyes as he turned to the tittering audience and said in a pathetic voice, "Think of it, my friends, this beautiful little girl has no mother." Miss Minerva and William Green Hill This speech raised a loud laugh in the women, and redoubled the tittering of the Miss Branghtons. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World Mr. Bispham faced the tittering like a man, and endeavored to rehabilitate himself. Aladdin O'Brien "Wouldn't I just?" a girl's voice answered, tittering. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Very soon many dicasts are tittering and whispering jibes to their companions. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life A stout serving-man answers our call, and a tittering serving-girl scampers away and conceals herself behind the staircase, as we enter. Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us We were hardly in the dining room before we heard the light pattering of feet, and low, smothered tittering on the stairway. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper The girls walked about, tittering and ogling, the young men were noisy, selfish, ill-mannered, enjoying nothing so much as the discomfiture of any passer-by. At Large Thereupon Mr. Parish nervously made an offering of his name and address, and Polly, tittering again, exclaimed that they lived quite near each other, and playfully made known the position of her dwelling. The Town Traveller When silence came, he was aware of some fluster in the body of the hall; people were whispering, tittering, turning round to look. Denzil Quarrier There was much buzzing and tittering and laughing aloud. Thyrza Their likes: their breaths, too, sweetened with tea and jam, their bracelets tittering in the struggle. Ulysses The squat student did not eat it but, indulging his special humour, said gravely, still tittering and prodding his phrase with his umbrella: —Do you intend that...? A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man At length, her vanity coming to her assistance, she went away tittering, and I could hear her pronounce the word 'creature!' The Adventures of Roderick Random I kept silence, and the gentlemen of his Excellency’s suite looked hard at Bandinello, tittering among themselves about the speech I had made in the room above. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini No trace of a petticoat was visible, so thick was the leafage; but a loud whispering and tittering betrayed the fugitives. Australia Felix On the kerbstone, a knot of the latter, tittering among themselves, shot furtive glances at Dove and Maurice as they passed. Maurice Guest As though you had been playing at hop, step, And jump!—and yet you looked so monstrous pleased, And played the simpleton with such a grace, Taking their tittering for compliment! The Love-chase Indifferently," replied he, tittering, "that is, hereafter as it shall be. The Adventures of Roderick Random It chanced that, keeping my ears open, I thought I heard a sort of subdued tittering in the street below. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Only once, while Merton was doing some of his best acting, had there been a kind of wheezy tittering from certain members of the cast and the group about the cameras. Merton of the Movies "She has got no legs, Papa," said the youngest daughter, tittering. Barchester Towers There was a great silence at first, then began a little tittering, then a little chattering, then presently a stifled explosion. Countess Kate This reference to Robbie's proposal to use the school moved the youngsters to tittering and made the little Scotchman squirm, for he prided himself upon his independence. The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills When the door was opened and the squire's bride entered the parlor you can imagine there was a good deal of tittering and grinning. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 ‘O yes, of course!’ replied Anna, looking at the letter, forcedly tittering, and blushing still more. Life's Little Ironies Peer had much to put up with in the days that followed—much tittering and whispers of "Look! there goes the priest," as he went by. The Great Hunger He heard in one room a tittering and incontinent, slack laughter; in others the monologue of a scold, the rattling of dice, a lullaby, and one crying dully; above him a banjo tinkled with spirit. The Four Million "Come off, Bill," retorted the passenger, slightly nettled by the tittering of his companions. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories “There he is, he is!” cried Fancy, tittering spasmodically, and breathing as it were for the first time that morning. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school He made no attempt to control the tittering of the court, for he felt that the element of tragedy was no longer there. Tales of Trail and Town Laura, what is to be done to prevent the tittering that always takes place when Amy and those Harpers are together?' The Heir of Redclyffe But as soon as he began to play, their tittering ceased, for never had they heard such music. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches When the lights went out and the panic and tittering began, I saw my chance! Condensed Novels: New Burlesques Hank came tittering to the bunk and offered him a cup of coffee, muddy from too long boiling, and Joe grinned over his pipe at the colorful language with which Casey refused the offering. The Trail of the White Mule The poorer passengers, therefore, received him with demonstrations of respect that provoked scornful tittering at the other end of the boat. Christ in Flanders Some frequented public assemblies, like the ghost of Beau Nash, or any other beau of half a century back, thrust aside by tittering youth, and pitied by those of their own age. Chronicles of the Canongate As he approached the door, he heard whispering and tittering amongst his sisters. The Black Dwarf At this moment a distinct sound of female tittering arose from beyond the door. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot There are many degrees of laughter, from the mere brightening of the eyes, a fleeting smile, tittering andgiggling, to hysteric and convulsive laughter. Origin and Nature of Emotions Why the laughter of man and the tittering of monkeys should be a rapidly reiterated sound, cannot be explained. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Grins overspread the grotesque features of the audience, and there was a sound of tittering. Adventure They retreated slowly, firing from every covert, sending a shower of bullets, and now and then tittering the war whoop. The Scouts of the Valley A rustle followed, and an opening of desks; behind the lifted lids which momentarily screened the heads bent down to search for exercise-books, I heard tittering and whispers. The Professor The interrupted, laughing or tittering sounds made by man and by various kinds of monkeys when pleased, are as different as possible from the prolonged screams of these animals when distressed. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals |
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