Example Sentences

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With the kids gathered, some wearing festive blue or red Christmas hats, Sliepova cagily asked if they wanted to meet someone.

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2022

With the kids gathered, some wearing festive blue or red Christmas hats, Sliepora cagily asked if they wanted to meet someone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022

“There’s so much score that I reckon you’re never consciously aware of,” Field says cagily.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Snyder and influential Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones grinned cagily at each other at midfield as they shook hands on the field a couple of weeks ago.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022

I had hung back at the entrance, cagily I thought, waiting to see what would happen to the others before I followed.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez