cagey

Example Sentences

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Given the stakes, a cagey start would have been excused, but these old rivals had other ideas during a thunderously captivating first half.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

They went with serve and the seventh game was another tussle, Sabalenka holding for 4-3 after the best rally of a cagey affair.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

On the near-term future, Mr. Trump was cagey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Weaver’s Katharine, the villain of the piece who steals Tess’ ingenious business idea, is as over-the-top as she is psychologically and morally cagey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

I might have been slight—but I was smart and cagey.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos