leeriness

Example Sentences

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This deal—which codified a mix of mutual interest, leeriness, and respect—marked the beginning of Finlandization.

From Slate • May 16, 2022

And the theater industry, despite some leeriness about creeping commercialism, has embraced it because of the talent brought to the story and the staging.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2018

The collections have been respectfully reviewed in the press, but the brand’s presence is less than it once was, owing in part to the continuing leeriness around Mr. Galliano’s name.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2014

When news that Steven Spielberg planned to make a movie of Tintin, the Belgian comic-book hero, first circulated a few years ago, responses among critics ranged from leeriness to undisguised confusion.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2011

But that abrupt look and action of absolutely unconscious animalism, chasing the leeriness of the contented man's conceit, turned her to softness if not to cheerfulness.

From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe