Enrique plunked his money down on the counter with a sigh and bellied up to the bar.

[…] Tom’s cough was revealed as clearly unvolitional […]

If, now and then, during their travels, they had fallen slightly out of step, harmony had been restored by their return to the conditions she was used to.

“You bet!” Clay trots back into the diner, reappearing a moment later with a chair. “Here ya go, preggo.” For more usage examples of this term, see the citations page.