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

American movies are so very good at violence that we can be overly suspicious of onscreen love, embarrassed by our sniffles and sobs.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2020

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

“I guess I was overly suspicious a few times when someone would offer me a contract, and maybe that hurt my chances,” he said.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2011

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