How to Use wary in a Sentence
wary
adjective
- The store owner kept a wary eye on him.
- Investors are increasingly wary about putting money into stocks.
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But Gen Z is the most wary of them all, the report finds.
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Chloe Berger,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2023
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The police officer was wary of the new group in charge.
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Carlotta Gall,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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But some cyclists are wary about sharing the road with cars.
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Vanessa Arredondo,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug. 2023
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With all the rapid advancements in AI in just the past year, some users are wary of its safety.
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Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
9 May 2024
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Signing Kim comes with a big risk, which is something the Tigers would need to be very wary of in this case.
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Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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Be wary of potential scams and look for the warning signs.
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Ashley Donohoe,
Car and Driver,
2 Sep. 2023
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But like Brannon, Dave was wary of a Sanders package deal.
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Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
26 Nov. 2024
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And unlike the wary animals to the north, French’s koalas don’t seem to mind humans.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2024
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But be wary of claims that those, or anything else, will be game changers.
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David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2024
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Note that a little goes a long way, so finer hair types should be wary of overuse.
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Sophie Dodd,
Peoplemag,
22 July 2023
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That, too, has some observers wary of making any bets based on his tweets.
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Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2024
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And life in the water transformed them into predators even large sharks had to be wary of.
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Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2024
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Still, the flurry of arrests has made many observers wary.
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Anton L. Delgado,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Lewis is a romantic, greedy for love, but wary of it, too, because love is the first thing that life hurts.
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Hilton Als,
The New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2022
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The guilds are wary of being pitted against each other.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2023
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This isn’t the first time that bidders have been wary of an Alsdorf piece on the auction circuit.
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Elyssa Cherney,
ProPublica,
27 Mar. 2023
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The clients, who had never lived in a house quite this big, were wary of losing a sense of coziness.
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Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
2 July 2024
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But wary investors will give them food for thought: is Nvidia the next Apple, or Radioshack?
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Byryan Hogg,
Fortune Europe,
29 Feb. 2024
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Plus, landlords were wary of renting to them now, with an eviction on their record.
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Sofia Jeremias,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
10 Nov. 2022
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But many people are wary, since we've(Opens in a new window) been burned before.
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Eric Griffith,
PCMAG,
10 July 2023
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And be wary of the lure of going outside the United States just because it can be done at a lesser price.
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Audrey Noble,
Harper's BAZAAR,
23 Sep. 2022
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Be wary of what's going on in your surroundings, though.
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Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
2 June 2024
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Like America as a whole, Petrzela was once wary of fitness.
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Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2023
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An elderly woman opened the door just a crack, looking tired and wary.
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Elizabeth Friend,
Longreads,
29 Oct. 2024
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My parents — who are just my best friends — were very wary of Hollywood.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
Peoplemag,
5 Sep. 2024
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Borrowers should also be wary of scams in the coming months.
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Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2022
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Some may be wary of getting three shots at once, a concern Schaffner echoed.
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Erika Edwards,
NBC News,
22 July 2023
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People who have a heart problem should be especially wary of alcohol.
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Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 Dec. 2024
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