More than once she had stopped and eyed it speculatively, and the day before she had gone so far as to lift an end of it tentatively; but she had found it very heavy, and she had also disturbed a lot of black bugs that went scurrying here and there, so that she was forced to gather her skirts close about her and run for her life.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
"Maybe," he suggested tentatively, "she'd get busy and reform the whole bunch."
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
The indunas shrugged their shoulders, and all glanced tentatively at Vunawayo.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford