| Cigarettes were exchanged, conversations started, first haltingly, than more vividly, in spite of language difficulties. |
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| Lionel was puffing, and his speech came haltingly, in short phrases and words. |
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| Dirk spoke haltingly, trying to keep the unfettered emotion from his voice. |
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| Nervous in the extreme, his voice quavered as he gave commands to his pupil, often so haltingly that he seemed nearly on the verge of choking. |
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| Jostled and pushed by people around her, she was nervous and upset by the growing anger of the crowd as the line haltingly trickled forward. |
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| So, slowly and haltingly, we in the latter part of the twentieth century have learned how to harness industry to the cause of social progress. |
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| For another, we can remind ourselves how fluidly hate is taught, and how haltingly trust is restored. |
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| Scheduled to appear on a chat show, Jerry thought it would be more amusing to send out his school-age son and sister Amy to haltingly play violin. |
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| Moreover, if the financial system remains in disrepair, savings will flow haltingly to companies and the cost of capital will rise. |
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| And yet, so far, both Russia and Ukraine have continued to plod haltingly towards a more western way of doing things. |
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| And at the same time, Europe's governments have—slowly, haltingly, inadequately begun building an infrastructure for a banking and fiscal union. |
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| If we are honest we will admit that it has come slowly, haltingly and disturbingly recently to the world of monotheistic faiths. |
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| But the elimination of discrimination on the official level has taken place only slowly and haltingly. |
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| Over time, from one shift to the next, I find myself moving, however haltingly, away from the need to know the order of things. |
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| They acquired and haltingly solidified this capacity between 1914 and 1945, progressively closing their capital markets. |
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| Most of all, the stimulus provided by federal spending, even haltingly applied, seems to have encouraged investment in the private sector. |
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| Inside the dealership, Rudy Giuiliani is haltingly explaining his position on gun control. |
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| Instead of great leaps forward, it tends to move haltingly in grudging increments. |
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| The ideals of liberty and self-determination, equality and the rule of law have haltingly advanced. |
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| All this year the central government has wanted to cut interest rates to boost an economy that is recovering only haltingly from a three-year pause. |
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| For the past three decades, globalization, human rights, and democracy have been marching forward together, haltingly, not always and everywhere in step, but in a way that unmistakably shows they are interconnected. |
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| These efforts have only been advanced haltingly, since the regulations for card-based processes to achieve full compatibility with the SCF are still outstanding. |
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| When Eva haltingly picks out a Chopin prelude on the piano, Charlotte takes over to give a far more accomplished rendition, reawakening Eva's childhood admiration-now turned to bitter hatred-of her mother. |
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| I had been expected, he told me haltingly, for our languages were similar yet not the same and we found difficulty in making ourselves understood. |
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| European consumer confidence, however, has improved only haltingly since 2003, and for several months in 2005 actually got worse, which has led to a commensurately limited increase in consumer demand. |
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| They did not come up with many answers, but expressed themselves in such ways as 'we still search haltingly for a way to fulfill our corporate commitment to education in service of the poor. |
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| But there is also growing concern that the international focus on Iraq, and the humanitarian effort now haltingly under way, is distracting the world's attention from other, equally desperate problems. |
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| He spoke haltingly of his battle with cancer and its affect on his family. |
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