How to Use leery in a Sentence

leery

adjective
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  • They were leery of their neighbors.
  • Yet even critics of the deal were leery of the fallout from killing it.
    — Simon Shuster/london, Time, 13 Aug. 2019
  • CFOs, for the most part, have been leery of Bitcoin on the balance sheet.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Afghans now are leery of what the Taliban are calling a new era.
    — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Or will the Yankees be leery once again of market prices for top starters?
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
  • But a portion of the fan base remains leery of the new ownership.
    — Chris Pomorski, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Still leery about hitting the bars while the pandemic lingers?
    — Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 8 July 2021
  • Actors who’ve achieved renown can grow leery of taking on a new play.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Restaurants have long been leery of raising prices on menus.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Jan. 2022
  • But there’s one thing to be leery of, and it’s called desperation.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The Philips boys were too young to be subject to Napoleon’s edict, but Roget was leery of sending them off alone.
    — Claudia Kalb, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The turbo people are leery of letting Ongais run free on the bike.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 10 June 2020
  • Don’t train much in your fastest racing shoes, and be a bit leery of the super shoes, at of least doing many of your miles in them.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2020
  • And, the flying public is leery of ever boarding a MAX again.
    — Erik Sherman, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Pua Case is leery to accept any sort of recognition for her work.
    — USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
  • And the president is leery of another staff shake-up at this time.
    — Kristen Welker, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Still, some 2024 campaigns have been leery of the role that Mr. Bossie is playing for the party given his past close ties to Mr. Trump.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Many of the designers who once embraced them are leery of discussing them.
    — New York Times, 4 July 2022
  • Pools are also a hazard for dogs, Thomas said, though less so for cats, who are leery of water.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Baldelli said during the spring that the Twins were leery of overusing arms after a nine-week season in 2020.
    — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
  • But everybody was a little leery of coming in and kicking the door down like that.
    — Shania Twain Built Her Own Country, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Like many leading trainers, Cox is leery of asking too much too soon of his top 3-year-olds.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2021
  • Some friends and even family members were a bit leery of Ratliff living in LA.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Also, be leery if a worker shows up on your doorstep to announce that your home is unsafe.
    — Lea Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2020
  • And the founders were full-time business-school students, leery of borrowing money to build out shops.
    — Kate King, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
  • Trump, for reasons that do him no credit, wants no further part of Pence and is leery of anyone too much like him.
    — The Editors, National Review, 3 July 2024
  • Tracy was leery at first of making the position change.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
  • So, even if someone may be leery of [the changes] to begin with, that energy is contagious and spreads through the town.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2022
  • Even in the new public spaces in Tokyo, some émigrés were still leery of discussing China.
    — Chang Che, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024
  • Many party leaders are extremely leery about having an open process 3½ months before the election.
    — Hans Nichols, Axios, 22 July 2024

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