chary

Example Sentences

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Even if she wanted to pursue an exemption, the Lord Advocate would be chary of inciting the home secretary's ire.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

Instead, “West Side Story” languished when it was first released, its core audience of older filmgoers still chary of venturing into theaters.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

But his personal experience made him chary, too.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

But Mr Richardson is a bit chary nonetheless when he holds the newspaper—perhaps due to its age and fragility, or perhaps in memory of those poisoned printers.

From Economist • May 23, 2018

Useful advice to a settler would be, 'Be chary of buying land where the grass-tree grows,' for, though there are exceptions, the Xanthorrhœa has a weakness for the desert.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard