At the banks and trust companies there were hurriedly-called directors' meetings, where men sat about long mahogany tables, and talked constrainedly about the immediate future and the vast changes which the death of this great man would necessarily bring.
"The Crevice"
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
They talked rather constrainedly for a few minutes.
"The Woman With The Fan"
Robert Hichens
The embarrassed orderly, failing to find a retort, goes away laughing constrainedly.
"The New Book Of Martyrs"
Georges Duhamel