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We puttered our way along up Haight St., browsed in Booksmith and then walked back to the car via the rose garden.
A few minutes passed, and the shuttle puttered past most of the other vessels, who gave it readings and signals to verify its presence and crew.
We chatted as the train puttered up into some of the most impressive mountains I'd ever seen.
Jun summed it up after we puttered around a while together and then came home.
He puttered towards the Kilo and spun the wheel quickly to the right, then cut the engines.
Even in the blustery weather, a lone boat puttered along in the Boundary Channel.
During that time, Mark puttered in the engine room, tinkering, and just in general keeping an eye on things.
I trudged to my distant little-green-car and puttered over to Kilbirnie, sun all golden and slanty at my back.
The conversation slowly puttered back, like a stalling car, and we were cruising again.
All was well, and we puttered down the street, at a snails pace due to all the traffic.
At the end I was ready to be alone for a while, so I walked down through the park to Haight Street and slowly puttered along all afternoon, shopping.
The Dvořák puttered along for a time but took on muscular life in the finale.
She stood up once the van puttered away and walked back inside.
So they came and stayed for a little bit, and then puttered off again.
It puttered and smoked until it stopped dead in the middle of the road.
Ghaith took a seat along the gunwale, and the raft puttered away.
In 2008, a few days after his high-school graduation, Sheran was involved in the accidental death of one of his friends, and was put under house arrest for two years as the case puttered through the Georgia court system.
He had not been there in two years, and as we puttered to our landing site he noted that gentoo-penguin colonies had spread across a series of terraces, all the way to the highest ridge.
Small sampans puttered about, their paddles dappling the quiet river.
By the time the engine had puttered and died Atkins and some of the others were out of the trenches and walking towards this new wonder machine.
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While he was coaxing himself to knock on the pane, Stillman puttered about the shack, petting the dog, filling his pipe.
My father-in-law and I puttered and pounded, strengthened and tightened, until we felt our semi-trailer was in good-enough order.
Susan puttered about for a few minutes longer, then crossed to the reception room, intending to go up-stairs.
He puttered continually over his collection, which had grown enormously over the eight year period.
Mrs. Lear did not follow them upstairs immediately, but puttered about the kitchen preparing herself a midnight snack.
Nurse Nannie puttered about the room for some time, picking up things, and laying out the girls' clothes for the next day.
Instead of the usual two-hour run to Southampton, we puttered along and did not arrive until after one.
We were both shy as we put our clothes on and puttered around the room, looking away, not meeting each other's eyes.
In his gray world, he puttered with his nervous hands and tugged at his sheet but he could not sit up.
In a day or two I limbered up enough to get into my clothes and I puttered around, offering to do things.
Joe returned to the house, and puttered around until supper was ready.
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