I asked dully, longing for him to say only,'that girl' or 'I don't know.'

Karal asked dully, wiping his nose.

Guy asked dully.

I dully asked, "What night?"

In the Northumbrian dialect, she asked dully, "Well, what is now to be taken from me or done to me?

I asked dully, taking it.

I asked dully, standing very still.

"So what do we do now," she asked dully as she pulled the door closed.

Drew asked dully.

Nellie asked dully, clasping Jace's fingers.