How to Use leery in a Sentence

leery

adjective

• They were leery of their neighbors.
• Yet even critics of the deal were leery of the fallout from killing it.
  — Simon Shuster/london, Time, 13 Aug. 2019
• CFOs, for the most part, have been leery of Bitcoin on the balance sheet.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2022
• Afghans now are leery of what the Taliban are calling a new era.
  — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2021
• Or will the Yankees be leery once again of market prices for top starters?
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
• But a portion of the fan base remains leery of the new ownership.
  — Chris Pomorski, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2022
• Still leery about hitting the bars while the pandemic lingers?
  — Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 8 July 2021
• Actors who’ve achieved renown can grow leery of taking on a new play.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• Restaurants have long been leery of raising prices on menus.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Jan. 2022
• But some teams were leery that the teenager might not develop at the plate, and early on, that looked to be the case.
  — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• But there’s one thing to be leery of, and it’s called desperation.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024
• The Philips boys were too young to be subject to Napoleon’s edict, but Roget was leery of sending them off alone.
  — Claudia Kalb, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021
• The turbo people are leery of letting Ongais run free on the bike.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 10 June 2020
• Don’t train much in your fastest racing shoes, and be a bit leery of the super shoes, at of least doing many of your miles in them.
  — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2020
• And, the flying public is leery of ever boarding a MAX again.
  — Erik Sherman, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
• Pua Case is leery to accept any sort of recognition for her work.
  — USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
• And the president is leery of another staff shake-up at this time.
  — Kristen Welker, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2018
• Still, some 2024 campaigns have been leery of the role that Mr. Bossie is playing for the party given his past close ties to Mr. Trump.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• Many of the designers who once embraced them are leery of discussing them.
  — New York Times, 4 July 2022
• Pools are also a hazard for dogs, Thomas said, though less so for cats, who are leery of water.
  — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2021
• Baldelli said during the spring that the Twins were leery of overusing arms after a nine-week season in 2020.
  — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
• But everybody was a little leery of coming in and kicking the door down like that.
  — Shania Twain Built Her Own Country, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2023
• Like many leading trainers, Cox is leery of asking too much too soon of his top 3-year-olds.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2021
• From the start, subjects were leery of appearing in the magazine.
  — Matt Giles, Longreads, 29 Sep. 2017
• Some friends and even family members were a bit leery of Ratliff living in LA.
  — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2020
• Also, be leery if a worker shows up on your doorstep to announce that your home is unsafe.
  — Lea Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2020
• And the founders were full-time business-school students, leery of borrowing money to build out shops.
  — Kate King, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
• Investors have been leery of backing the site, but its live shows now attract hundreds of thousands of users.
  — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2017
• Some rank-and-file police officers remain leery of working too closely with outreach workers who still have one foot in the street life.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• Wilson had good reason to be leery of the giant saltwater crocodiles lurking in the swamps of northern Australia.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024