sneakily
Example Sentences
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Then my mom, who had managed to leave the room sneakily as we tore through the wrapping, came back into the living room with a chubby cat with a bow around his neck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
"He phoned me the day after the funeral and said can we spread the ashes on the pitch, he sneakily put a bit in the goal," said Sarah.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
The virus was engineered to be less likely to infect healthy cells, and also, sneakily, to cause the cancer cells it infects to produce a protein that strengthens the immune system to help destroy them.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
Long before the film reaches its startling, sneakily moving denouement, Arnold extends to Bailey the faith that parents and politicians seeking simply to control children’s behavior so sorely lack.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
I see the way they sneakily eat food, quickly hiding it when they see me walk by.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
