w-w-we

Updated: May 26, 2025

The mad race with winter was on, and the boats tore along in a desperate string. "W-w-we can't stop to save our souls!" one of the correspondents chattered, from cold, not fright. "That's right! Keep her down the middle, old man!" the other encouraged. Rasmunsen replied with an idiotic grin.

Jack London - The Faith of Men

Clasping her hands ecstatically, she exclaimed: "We must do it! You and I must get Uncle Moses Jones elected constable. Now, while he's sick, for a surprise. Won't that be grand?" "Grand!" assented Montgomery, with such eagerness that he forgot to trip in his speech. Then doubt and stammering returned together. "W-w-we c-c-c-couldn't."

Evelyn Raymond - The Brass Bound Box