Example Sentences

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Then my mom, who had managed to leave the room sneakily as we tore through the wrapping, came back into the living room with a chubby cat with a bow around his neck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

"He phoned me the day after the funeral and said can we spread the ashes on the pitch, he sneakily put a bit in the goal," said Sarah.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

Long before the film reaches its startling, sneakily moving denouement, Arnold extends to Bailey the faith that parents and politicians seeking simply to control children’s behavior so sorely lack.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

During the relay for the 2014 Sochi Games, wind blew out the torch, which was sneakily rekindled with a lighter.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Clayton trotted happily, sneakily, down the concrete and steel steps of the subway station.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia