How to Use suspicious in a Sentence

suspicious

adjective
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  • He found a suspicious lump on his back and was afraid it might be cancer.
  • Suspicious characters were seen hanging around the bank.
  • His manner made me suspicious.
  • Officials are suspicious about her death.
  • The suspicious vehicle was reported to police.
  • We were instructed to report any suspicious activity in the neighborhood.
  • The cops are suspicious and tell Walt and Henry to stick around.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
  • No one was injured in the blaze and the fire is not believed to be suspicious, Grace Munns, a city spokesperson, said in an e-mail to the Globe.
    — Jesús Marrero Suárez, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The duo claimed to have permission from the owners of the business, but due to the hour, the officers were suspicious.
    — cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • These posts are now seen as suspicious and a way to seek engagement.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The suspicious person identified by a sniper team was not the Abbey Gate bomber.
    — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The Cannes press office confirmed that there was a suspicious package found on the street but not inside the Palais.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • Not much else is known about the upcoming reboot but be on the lookout for any and all suspicious wigs.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • At this time, police said the death did not appear suspicious.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • If the mammograms were flagged as suspicious, women were asked to come back for more tests.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • With a suspicious mind, Hall says Andre went to work to solve this tattoo mystery.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Her husband spotted the shirt and became suspicious, causing the man to flee.
    — Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 7 June 2024
  • That's why a suspicious sighting has become a big deal.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Outside of court, Iredale told the Union-Tribune that the timing of the audit in November 2018 was suspicious.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The first lead French police had was a suspicious black car that was seen in the early hours of Monday morning circling the No Address.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The murders were simply the latest in a string of suspicious deaths to strike Mollie’s family.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Again, people had been suspicious of Cullen for a while, but his co-worker Amy Loughren was the person who really moved the case.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Foley gets suspicious when Billy doesn’t pick him up at the airport, and sure enough, a trio of thugs are at his friend’s apartment, tossing the place.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
  • Both Herron and her coach, Conor Holt, have said to be suspicious of the findings due to what the claimed been a lack of transparency from track and field officials.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Be suspicious of anyone who references it in an email or phone call.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The Guardian also submitted suspicious samples from such books to Originality.ai, which said, again, that each had rating of 100% on its A.I.-detection score.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • In-han’s suspicious death is not the only thing shrouded in secrecy at Jooshin.
    — Kayti Burt, TIME, 7 June 2024
  • On the first occasion, a group of day laborers told them they had been asked to remove suspicious bags that felt heavy and soggy.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In Crimes of the Future, Cronenberg entices us to be suspicious of escapist art.
    — Armond White, National Review, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Prosecutors said the bank failed for a decade to root out suspicious activities as required under the Bank Secrecy Act, the main anti-money-laundering law.
    — Christine Dobby, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024

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