Even the boos at Citi Field spewed forth without their usual bite.
But sallying forth without any of them is a recipe for misery.
Approaching the first test, she wore two-inch heels and strode purposefully back and forth, without wavering.
The new ramp pleased them and for long stretches they rumbled back and forth without a break.
The agency, however, has a longstanding tradition of not venturing forth without prior approval from the governing board.
And the answer comes forth without a moment's contemplation: I know right away when I hear a quote I'll want to include in the story. . . .
"He attacks the law, parliamentary government, the educational system and so forth, without ever clearly suggesting what he would put in their places," Orwell writes.
"I thought that there were enough problems in trying to understand hands and eyes, and so forth, without getting into any extra irrelevant engineering," he told me.
She often conversed with the dead, crossing back and forth without comment, for in her worldview the dead and the living are in constant conversation.
His answer tumbles forth without pause: a 21-yarder along the right sideline with eight seconds remaining last Sunday in Pittsburgh.
And it can be mind-numbingly boring to watch the ball dash back and forth, back and forth, without even so much as a backhander's grunt.
