Example Sentences

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In the age of social distancing, no celebrity profile can begin with the subject wolfishly striding into a hotel bar or daintily picking at a breakfast.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2021

Since 13 I’ve spent my life building this giant teenage museum, mausoleum maybe, dutifully, wolfishly writing every moment down, and repeating it all back like folklore.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2016

By noon the bored, parched teens were rocking the buses off their axles and wolfishly eyeing the big truck full of Cokes parked at the bottom of the hill.

From Slate • May 18, 2015

Asked what figure he would settle for – the figure that would allow him to stop trading, to live in comfort for the rest of his life, one investment banker grins wolfishly and answers: "More".

From The Guardian • May 14, 2010

He took a swallow of strong black beer to wash it all down, and grinned up wolfishly at Jaime.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin