leeriness

Example Sentences

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In the hands of a French or German writer, these anecdotes clearly expressed a leeriness about the U.S. and its global influence.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2025

Yet in the fine rom-com tradition of “Pride and Prejudice” or “When Harry Met Sally,” early leeriness gave way to abiding love.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

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