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furtive

[fur-tiv] / ˈfɜr tɪv /


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Not exactly a secret, my complicated thoughts and feelings about my deeply personal connection to New York’s darkest day had always registered internally as something furtive.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2024

His constant furtive glances keep us questioning who this lithe young lad really is, to others and especially to himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

“They’re recovering. They’re aggressive … they’re biting again,” he said, noting that’s a healthy sign for the usually furtive creatures.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

The camera lingers on their enraptured visages, allowing their furtive looks to bloom under the neon glow of a clubbing black light or the soft touch of the sun as they lounge in a park.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

He darted furtive, guilty glances back as he fled in defeat, afraid the old woman might now start following him, and he welcomed the concealing shelter of the drizzling, drifting, lightless, nearly opaque gloom.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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