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• The smith's apprentice was still wary of manipulating the red-hot metal.From the entry red-hot
• The cybersafety course taught children to be wary of strangers online.From the entry cybersafety
• She still bore the scars of a very acrimonious divorce, which made her wary of new commitments.From the entry bear the scars
• Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.From the entry open
• Patrick's Day, colleges in Boston are warning their students to be wary of 'BORGs.'2023 March 16, Eli Curwin, “Boston colleges warn students against 'BORGs' as St. Patrick's Day approaches”, in Boston.com, archived from…. From the entry darty
• One must be extremely wary of extending such inferences to physical reality itself.2022 April 16, Stephen Boughn, “There Is No Spooky Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics”, in Entropy, volume 24, number 4, →DOI, page…. From the entry spooky action at a distance
• Still wary of sudden biteyness, Martigan gingerly turned the man so that his left side pointed up.2018, Stephen Kozeniewski, The Ghoul Archipelago, French Press, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry biteyness
• Mates' rates.’ I must have looked wary because he added, ‘She's good.’ I nodded politely.2014, Jonathan Harvey, The Girl Who Just Appeared, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry mates' rates
• For the average gym rat, Anthony recommends being wary of longer-than-necessary rest periods.2010, Eric Velazquez, “Power Pairings”, in Reps!, volume 17, number 84. From the entry gym rat
• Discover yourself, and be wary; yet what are you to do?2010, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Ehsan Yarshater, Mystical Poems of Rumi, →ISBN, page 76. From the entry quickhanded
• “Why don't you tell me what's going on to make things so 'gloomsome.'” Stefan looked around, wary.2009, Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant. From the entry gloomsome
• This was a mountain that even professional cyclists are wary of.2005 June 28, Max Wooldridge, “Stages fright”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry hors categorie
• Knowing that the public would be wary, Birdseye named the contraption a froster rather than a freezer.2004, Nancy Rubin, American Empress, page 140. From the entry froster
• You must be wary of such men, my hearts, they are not to be trusted.1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, pages 9–10. From the entry heart
• Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks.March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian. From the entry whack
• Investors were now warier of Underground railways.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry in tandem
• Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs are no longer a reliable exit strategy with capital markets tanking and buyers wary.2009 February 26, David Lawsky, “Silicon Valley: down but not out?”, in Forbes, retrieved 30 Jun 2011. From the entry exit strategy
• Yang who marched on People’s Square are wary of calling their event and the antitrain movement a protest.2008 January 27, Howard W. French, “Plan to Extend Shanghai Rail Line Stirs Middle Class to Protest”, in New York Times. From the entry antitrain
• “A newling!” Fascinated, but wary not to stand and reach for it, Rhiana kept her ears pricked—and heard another.2006, Michele Hauf, Rhiana. From the entry newling
• Browns are canny, the most wary of trout.2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 67. From the entry brown trout
• Undisciplinary theory must be wary of McLuhan's indisciplinarity.1998, Gary Genosko, Undisciplined Theory, SAGE Publications Limited, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry undisciplinary
• Nobody is more wary of Tony Blair's record ratings and the illusion of the Prime Minister's omnipotence than Tony Blair himself.1997 October 4, John Williams, “Blair Maps Out Party's Long March”, in The Mirror, UK. From the entry rod for one's back
• Well one is a little anxious, one is always wary of the unknown, but I have faith somehow I'll muddle through.1984 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Party Games (Yes Minister)”, in Yes Minister, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). From the entry muddle through
• But, although anything but a wary fish, the sunfish is not easy to catch because of its small mouth.1949 October–November, John R. Greeley, “Sunfishes”, in P. W. Fosburgh, editor, New York State Conservationist, volume 4, number 2…. From the entry punkie
• His eyes had become unangry and wary.1930, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 7, in The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 84. From the entry unangry
• The boy hunters had arrived at the wood grove, far off from the wary drove of hares, who resumed foraging cautiously, as before.2026, T.D. Motley, Planting and Painting the Landscape: A Sequel to The Art of Farming, Stoney Creek Publishing Group. From the entry drove
• While there is value in having students debunk conspiracy theories, I was wary of centering that specific argument without additional textual documentation.2022, Lightning Jay, “Constructing Local History Units with Document-Based Lessons”, in The History Teacher, volume 5, number 2, page 340. From the entry hit job
• It might be wary of potential criticism that a poison pill is deflecting the concerns of a highly vocal member of its community.2022 April 14, Lauren Hirsch, “What happens next in Musk’s Twitter takeover offer.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry poison pill
• Just so those "anti-anti" types who claim to be the real allies know, as a minor I have always felt so, so wary around you.2022, anonymous, quoted in Angela Marie Fazekas, "Creative Becomings: Explicit Fanfiction, Reinventing Adolescence, and Queer…. From the entry anti-anti
• Grouchy and wary and tender, he’s a sozzled hedonist seemingly out for himself—though his party-animal facade is just a mask for his bottomless generosity.2021 October 26, Stephanie Zacharek, “The 19 Most Underrated Movies on Netflix”, in Time, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2022. From the entry mask
• He would be expecting news, but she was wary of sharing the past Christmas celebration for fear it would raise his shackles.2015 February 25, Jill Martin Bouteillier, Return to Sable, AuthorHouse, →ISBN. From the entry raise someone's shackles
• Though miso wasn’t uncovered in any of the raids, the overall crackdowns—and amped up policing—have made vendors wary of selling the pill.2014 June 27, Erica Hellerstein, “The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas”, in The Atlantic. From the entry amped up
• If you want to start out on a full fledged street bike, be wary of buying a motorcycle that is large and powerful.2011, Alan R. Blair, Race to Win!: The Missing Pieces. From the entry street bike
• Even that will require wary monitoring, particularly of a provision that would allow members preapproved day trips for speeches, with travel paid by non-lobbying groups.2007 January 4, “New Congress, Leftover Challenge”, in New York Times. From the entry preapproved
• With foreigners already wary of investing in Thailand, the last thing the country needed, analysts say, was a new law perceived as antiforeign.2007 January 10, Wayne Arnold, “Thailand May Add Measures to Restrict Foreign Investment”, in New York Times. From the entry antiforeign
• Nevertheless, Rangers, hitherto wary of compromising any Champions League involvement, have now performed a handbrake turn and come out in support of such an arrangement.2006, Gary Oliver, “Eurovision”, in Power, Corruption and Pies, volume 2, WSC Books Limited, →ISBN, page 120. From the entry handbrake turn
• We are cumbered his corpus for to carry, Many wights on him wonder and wary — Lo, his flesh all beflapped, that fat is.1999, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays, page 208. From the entry beflapped
• However wary you are, however circumspect, however suspicious, in seven long years the abominable tranquility of an essentially petit-bourgeois existence will lull your vigilance.1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 175. From the entry petit-bourgeois
• I knew Silva loved an upkick, so I had to be wary of that, but I also really felt like jumping on that prick and wailing on him.2015, Mark Hunt, Ben Mckelvey, Born to Fight. From the entry upkick

Meaning of wary

1. adjective Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent.
2. adjective Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard.
3. adjective Thrifty, provident.

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How do you use wary in a sentence?

Wary is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “He is wary of dogs.”

What is a short sentence with wary?

“He is wary of dogs.”

What does wary mean?

Wary means cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent.