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 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
Back at the house, McTeer told me that she is chary of media attention.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2016
The Mercure—the staid Mercure, so chary of its praise—can find no word to describe her acting but that of sublime.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
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