"If you're angry about yesterday, I apologize," she said stiltedly.

She walked stiltedly back to the car, her shadow following, a dark mascot who stuck close at this hour of the day.

"I apologise for trying to mislead you," she said stiltedly.

"Major Haldane does not love me," she said stiltedly.

'Will you take me home now, please,' she said stiltedly.

"I appreciate your hospitality," he said, using the phrase stiltedly, "but I'd like to be moving on."

He said it formally, stiltedly, then turned away.

Stiltedly, as if counting out every word, she said, "I know I'm the one who put him there.

Much simpler, and neither wrong nor stiltedly correct.

She spoke quietly but almost stiltedly, as if she were holding some strong emotion back with difficulty.

"Well," Roy said stiltedly, "she wanted it that way; she believed she'd be safer as a public figure."

Even when expressed stiltedly ("and tears still would not come, leaving me in a state of constipated agitation"), these memories have immediacy.

'I am a virgin, yes,' she said stiltedly.

He said stiltedly, "I think our leaders and our people have wrongly attacked the peaceful people of Iraq."

Today the players, somewhat stiltedly declaiming at each other, are role-playing their way through Dungeons and Dragons.

"Good evening, Mr. President," Weston said a bit stiltedly.

'Was the rehearsal a success?' she asked stiltedly, still plagued by the doubts that had been besetting her ever since leaving Gavin.

'Shouldn't we wait a day, just in case they do find us?' she put forward stiltedly, and drew his narrow-eyed inspection.

"Yes," Cuthbert said, stiltedly formal now.

The speech was old-fashioned and stiltedly formal, reminding Ryan of old books he'd read and old historical vids.

'Lovely,' she answered stiltedly.

Still, some red-state Democrats wince when they see Mr. Kerry stiltedly asking, "Who among us does not love Nascar?"

A loud scuttling noise drew her eyes toward the door as someone came rushing through, arms swinging awkwardly with legs moving stiltedly, giving the appearance of someone struggling to run while trying to keep himself from falling.

They spent the walk up-spiral talking stiltedly about inconsequential things like how Kristin felt after waking (fine) and how Rachel was doing (she'd stopped helping Ali for now, spending time showing Beth around the ship).