overly suspicious

Example Sentences

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I’m sometimes overly suspicious, especially when we’re dealing with hetero-to-heteroflexible cis men.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2021

Encinia was trained to be overly suspicious and was “terrified” of Bland, Gladwell says — apparently taking the officer’s statements at face value.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2019

It’s not overly suspicious, or cold, or unforgiving, for you to remember the wrongs your mother has committed in the past, even as she presently makes an attempt to move in a better direction.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2018

But she can also appear to some to be overly suspicious, insular, often nontransparent, and prone to cutting corners.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2016

Though he preferred other grounds for reversal, Judge Charles Fahy agreed; but the third judge, George MacKinnon, dissented, accusing Judge Bazelon of being "overly suspicious" of "socalled political pressures."

From Time Magazine Archive