How to Use cautious in a Sentence

cautious

adjective

• You cannot be overly cautious when you're driving in snow.
• He answered the question with a cautious reply.
• Any cautious tourist will guard her passport.
• Many are cautious—and these are the people who have the most to lose.
  — Phoebe Weston, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2022
• Still, the Dodgers plan to be cautious with the right-hander at the outset of the 2025 season.
  — Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
• The Orioles will be cautious with Mullins, who has missed 44 games across two IL stints for the groin strain.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
• Gary Gensler, chairman of the SEC, remains cautious though.
  — Marc Shoffman, theweek, 17 Jan. 2024
• But be cautious about using the potion on wood floors, says Reynolds.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• At the start of the second half, Argentina led 2-0, but some fans were still cautious.
  — Jack Nicas Sarah Pabst, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Bochy said Durán was likely OK, but the team was being cautious.
  — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
• And he’s been cautious in taking sides in the Hollywood strikes.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• While Meyer will break camp with the club, Miami still plans to be cautious with him over the course of the season.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
• Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee warned investors to be cautious for the next eight weeks, and thinks stocks could pull back by 7% to 10%.
  — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
• The Celtics are still being slightly cautious with Williams.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
• Our coverage has been cautious and in line with the judge’s orders.
  — Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
• Ukraine has so far been cautious in reacting to the reports.
  — Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2022
• Was he taken out because the Rangers are being cautious or was that the plan going in?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2023
• The extreme heat means that residents need to be very cautious.
  — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
• This isn’t the first signal that the FDA is taking a cautious approach in its review of donanemab.
  — David Ovalle, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Federal Reserve is right to be cautious and see how all of these factors play out in 2025.
  — Harry Holzer, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
• The Fed can afford to be cautious because the job market has remained strong.
  — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
• The process has been somewhat slow as Cinder is more cautious than her siblings were.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2022
• As long as the tarmac doesn’t twist too hard, the Benz’s path remains controllable with a firm grasp of the wheel and a cautious command of the throttle.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
• Fishermen must be cautious, and keep an eye on the weather for the last 10 days of the derbies, which wrap up on Sunday, Nov. 27.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
• That hasn’t stopped the market from taking a cautious approach.
  — Redd Brown, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023
• The Suns are clearly being cautious and checking all the boxes.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
• But Baum is too cautious a writer to let the brutality get out of hand.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• Judge McAfee has so far been cautious in his handling of the Trump case, seeking a middle ground in many of his rulings.
  — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• The sticky inflation data is likely to make the central bank even more cautious.
  — Scott Horsley, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
• Experts are cautious about making predictions, given the many legal and political factors at play.
  — Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025