surreptitious

Example Sentences

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On the job, I did my share of surreptitious video-watching and Twitter-scrolling and e-commercing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In a written statement, she claimed "The Mail's Unlawful Acts against me involve landline tapping my phones and recording my live telephone conversations, placing surreptitious mics on my home windows."

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Cologne is a personal choice, true — but it’s eminently regiftable, after one surreptitious spray, and it’s a luxury that can feel too extravagant to purchase for oneself, especially in a climate of economic uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

With the camera on the dashboard, the vehicle becomes a surreptitious mobile set with Panahi and his co-stars mostly improvising their dialogue, some of it as cutting as anything intentional.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

And then he remembers his surreptitious identity for the evening: “I’m a freshman at Amherst.”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri