waryin a sentence
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She was taught to be wary of strangers.wary = distrustful
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She looked wary as she reached out to pet her friend's new dog.wary = distrustful (a little afraid)
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He seemed placid to me on the platform, but something about that stillness makes me wary now. (source)wary = nervous or distrustful
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"What's the matter?" Stacey asked, his voice wary. (source)wary = worried or nervous
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Tribesmen were also wary of consulting them, because it would be impossible to be effective in battle if one knew that he was fated to die. (source)
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He was going into one of his declines, and I grew wary. (source)wary = nervous or concerned
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His eyes were wary, reluctant. (source)wary = careful or distrustful
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When he saw them he veered to the side of the road and turned and stood warily. (source)warily = in a careful or distrustful manner
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I remember Rose turned and looked at me across the yard, and I remember a momentary inner clang, an instinctive certainty that wariness was called for, but then Caroline looked up and smiled, waved me over.† (source)wariness = caution or distruststandard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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I used to rue its dustiness in summer and muddiness in winter, the rain all rizen in the wheel ruts making glassy hazards for the unwary stepper.† (source)unwary = not careful about possible danger or deceptionstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unwary means not and reverses the meaning of wary. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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Before him is a dead sea that stretches in azure calm before the eye; but he who unwarily ventures within its embrace finds himself struggling with a monster that would drag him down to perdition.† (source)unwarily = in a confident or trustful mannerstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unwarily means not and reverses the meaning of warily. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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"That?" returned Silver, smiling away, but warier than ever, his eye a mere pin-point in his big face, but gleaming like a crumb of glass.† (source)
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He had a due value for the Vincys' house, but the wariest men are apt to be dulled by routine, and on worried mornings will sometimes go through their business with the zest of the daily bell-ringer.† (source)
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But everything makes me wary now. (source)wary = careful or distrustful
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She approached, unarmed, but Eve watched warily. (source)warily = in a careful or untrusting manner
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I could hear the wariness in her voice, like a curtain going down.† (source)wariness = caution or distrust
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