gingerly

Example Sentences

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I fumbled with the lock and drew the door gingerly back.

From Literature

We clung to one another, hardly able to keep our balance, as we made our way gingerly across the ice towards them.

From Literature

She has amassed a photo card collection of the movie's characters, which she has gingerly filed in an album.

From BBC

Stepping gingerly across the metal floor, it holds its four-fingered hands at chest level until it reaches its objective: a 25-pound basket of bearing components fresh from a stamping press.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was taken to the locker room for evaluation, but the gingerly way he was moving left little doubt his night was done.

From Los Angeles Times