How To Use Warily In A Sentence

I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
Upon warily entering a cafe you're immediately barked at for your order.
Anyone proposing such a project, which in effect aims to politicize young people, is inevitably warily received and closely scrutinized.
the sailor watched the sky warily
As she pulled on a tan leather blouson, she eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment.

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And shipmen see this and beware that they be not overset unwarily with tempest and with storms. A WMAM too tired for catchy titles
He looked at me warily and I gave him a weak smile.
It eyes me warily as I paddle past, heart in mouth. The Sun
He unwarily treads upon a viper asleep just before his feet.
The group of gossiping girls looked on warily, expectantly, waiting for her to upchuck all over her showy dress, but she didn't.
Aiden watched us both warily, uncertain as to why we were grinning crazily at each other.
Kill white men the Crows did not, but trappers regarded them warily.
the original plan, and set forth warily to sample vicarious parenthood. AN OLDER WOMAN
Institutions that were once accorded great deference including the government and the military are now eyed warily.
I too welcome these developments, but more warily.
Oxford is watching warily for a mumps outbreak as universities across the country see case after case.
Tiptoeing down the hallway, she eyed the front door warily.
The balloonfish is usually a shy little fellow, who retreats to a safe hole in the reef to peak out warily.
Bombarded with stories about unscrupulous corporate executives and the employees they done wrong, workers begin to gaze warily at their own managers.
Everyone in the carriage eyes her warily. Times, Sunday Times
Warily she plucked a grape from the bunch and popped it in her mouth, chewing before swallowing.
“Yes…,” Enrique said, drawing the word out warily. A Happy Marriage
Elsewhere, ethnic groups continue to eye one another warily.
Then Carne, stepping warily, unlocked the heavy oak door at the entrance of the cellarage, held down his lantern, and fixed with a wedge the top step of the ladder, which had been made to revolve with a pin and collar at either end, as before described. Springhaven
Jim walked warily into the drab institutional room, nodding to the inhabitant.
He went to the cabin warily, just often enough to give it an air of occupancy. The Ranch at the Wolverine
He watches warily as a young man in dusty boots walks down the unpaved street, pushing a flat cart carrying bright yellow plastic chairs, chickens, and a little girl.
I backtrack a couple dozen feet on the street until I'm standing next to a lady who's trying to dig her car out of a snowbank, and we're both eyeing this thing warily as it continues to clatter and belch fire and smoke.
The combatants were circling each other warily, and waiting for the next move.
In a photo taken in 1965, the year my first child was born and my brother died, I eye the camera warily, my mouth in a tense line.
I stared at him warily before nodding and scooting back towards him.
Mrs. Anderson droned slowly and warily, looking him over with a jaundiced eye.
Beneath his scowl, a scared look crept into his eyes, and he glanced aside warily at his self-appointed detainer. THE CURSE OF CHALION
I make not any doubt, but almes-deedes and prayers, are very mighty; and prevailing meanes, to appease heavens anger for some sinnes committed; but if such as bestow them, did either see or know, to whom they give them: they would more warily keepe them, or else cast them before Swine, in regard they are altogether so unworthy of them. The Decameron
Back at the king's court, many warily watched the cardinal's rapid rise to power.
They approached warily, as though the food might leap up and assail their gullets violently.
Even in Karien, they had trod warily to avoid incurring her wrath. HARSHINI
Color plays a pivotal role in a website's impact, thus, it must be considered warily.
He warily gazed around at his detractors, fully aware that any slim camaraderie they shared was likely to smolder as well.
Dunfermline had more reason than most to approach the match warily.
The Arabs I've met don't view Jews as evil and needing to be eradicated from the face of the earth; they view those that wish them harm warily, and all Jews as people. All we are saying...
Somewhat warily---was he committing some witchy solecism ? SCANDAL'S BRIDE
You had to approach these people warily.
I looked over at the ‘vampires’ warily and then stood up, rubbing the two puncture wounds on my neck.
Natalie eyed her warily, unsure if she was joking or actually being serious.
He looked back to Jessie, who regarded him warily from beneath a cascade of reddish curls.
They freeze, lapse into a wide-eyed silence, then warily continue their conversation.
Soon we were circling each other warily, but I had fought him before, and I remembered his weaknesses.
Even the most instinctively bellicose warily warn of making matters worse.
They march to water in Indian file, with the bulls leading, and when threatened, take strategic advantage of ridgy ground, slinking warily along in the hollows, the bulls acting as sentinels, and bringing up the rear in case of an attack from dogs. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
the original plan, and set forth warily to sample vicarious parenthood. AN OLDER WOMAN
The quaint grossbeak, the ugly heron, the dirty-black buzzard, the hideous water-goose, with his featherless body and satiric head, start up from their nooks as you enter; the water moccasin slides warily into the slime; and if you see a sudden movement in the centre of a leaden-colored mass, with a flash or two of white in it, you will do well to beware, for half a dozen alligators may show themselves at home there. The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland
Bennett Templar eyed the envelope warily without touching it.
Meaning at any one point is given rather stingily, and received warily because of the obligations the gift entails.
And PRUDENCE is nothing else but conjecture from experience, or taking signs of experience warily, that is, that the experiments from which one taketh such signs be all remembered; for else the cases are not alike, that seem so. The Elements of Law Natural and Politic
When the questioner is employed by the state broadcaster of one of the occupying powers, the respondents might be expected to answer warily.
Trevor and I spread out while Mark leaned against the tree, eying us warily.
Offered his old job back by former boss Hunter, in return for taking on a case, he warily accepts.
This was my cue to begin a slow approach with the camera, all the time being eyed warily by the triggerfish.
Both Harriet and William strike the reader as somewhat eccentric, the sort of neighbors or colleagues one tolerates but befriends only warily.
One final check that the stranger was still unconscious, then he warily opened the front door a crack. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Both sides have reacted warily to the mounting pressure to force her to testify.
It was enough to know they were there, watching warily from their cover as we passed them by.
It is good to set before us the incommodities and the commodities of usury, that the good may be either weighed out or culled out; and warily to provide, that while we make forth to that which is better, we meet not with that which is worse. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
New Zealand fur seals swim warily above a great white shark, the largest predatory fish in the seas.
The darker the drink, the more congeners and other hangover-causing substances you'll imbibe, so tread warily around ports and heavy red wines.
He looks warily at her, but she assures him, "Nothing's gonna happen."
Nobuyuki Yamaguchi concedes that conservationists need to tread warily in the U.K., a nation of pet lovers.
Being in town, I warily went along to the Colorado Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, a ballet I normally prefer only slightly to ptomaine poisoning.
Time and again, in areas where hardened hoods tread warily, I see lost tourists in leisurewear by Tommy Hilfiger and accessories by Gucci.
In desperation, she entered warily into a sexual liaison with an army captain, who offered some promise of economic stability.
It is good to set before us, the incommodities and commodities of usury, that the good, may be either weighed out or called out; and warily to provide, that while we make forth to that which is better, we meet not with that which is worse. The Essays
She studied me warily, as if I might turn violent.
Marines stepped warily around the bodies, looking for their own comrades.
She lucked out that day, however, nothing much really happened except for her mother flittering about, consulting with nurses and her father brooding, watching warily.
After the customary exchange of meishi (business cards), he eyes my card warily before taking questions. Random Access Online: Calling The Net
They approached the stranger warily.
As for Switters, despite his professed hunger for baby lamb cakes, he was primarily a consumer of fish and vegetables, so he swam against the kitchen and ordered ceviche, picking warily at it, for, predictably, it was not the dewiest ceviche in town. Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
When there is no sound coming from Mayo it is time to tread warily.
Come on, the coast is clear! " he called to Miss Carter. She entered slowly, leaning warily round the side of the door.
Chris gasped as he saw the back of the animal, for it was not that of a bird but of a lion, a long golden tail flicking warily behind it and massive paws growing closer every second.
Guns make me very nervous and I'd stand brewing the tea and eying the gun over the cupboard warily.
I still remember my first day there, seeing all the fighters in their black robes and the savage gleam in their eyes as they warily circled each other before exploding in a paroxysm of violence.
As he stepped warily onto the doorstep, I brought in the pint of milk the roundsman left every morning, and the Oxford Times that lay beside it. Slaying is Such Sweet Sorrow
Come on, the coast is clear! " he called to Miss Carter. She entered slowly, leaning warily round the side of the door.
She eyed him warily for a moment, then nodded.
There was a loud clash of steel on steel as the swords collided, sparks exploding into being, before both warriors pulled away, circling each other warily.
Tread warily; destiny does not await you.
As she pulled on a tan leather blouson, she eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment. DEAD BEAT
Large-scale demonstrations were held and warily tolerated by the military.
And that's exactly why third-year Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington, a Pro Bowler in 2001, is approaching the season warily.
But while the desire to escape the British climate may be strong, you need to tread warily if your dream home in the sun is not to become a nightmare.
Me and Simone were in a corner of the stuffy room, warily glancing at all the models as if they were about to attack.
I glanced warily at him, for I was on my knees taking the ashes from the stove. Chapter 9
If you do go down this route then please tread warily.
Cecil watched his opponent warily, ready to retaliate at the merest hint of an attack.
Still, he looked like he would be nice enough, even with the way he was eying her warily.
He fumbled the key into the padlock, his gaze warily watching one of the three remaining ants.
Gabriel made his way warily down the row of curtained cubicles.
Midway between the panorama and the four bizarre leonine images is a third panel, showing two lions below a bison that looks directly at them, just as modern-day wildebeests warily eye African lions on the Serengeti Plain.
When you did, members of the coalition began to eye each other very warily, which is what the situation is today in the Republican Party. The Left Starts to Rethink Reagan
If a leaf of the paper, which I slowly, warily, stealingly turned, made but one faintest rustle, how did that _reveille_ boom in echoes through the vacant and haunted chambers of my poor aching heart, my God! and there was a cough in my throat which for a cruelly long time I would not cough, till it burst in horrid clamour from my lips, sending crinkles of cold through my inmost blood. The Purple Cloud
She turned her attention warily to her father, who sat mounted in front of her, wearing an expression of stone, and let her smile drop.
But most of the walk was a weary exercise in plodding along the old military road, warily eyeing up the murky clouds while midges attacked me and clegs took chunks out of my legs.
Will his followers climb that mountain with him or will they stay a few feet away and watch him warily?
As the tension eased he jerked his head, and warily the toughs began to chivvy the laborers into the trucks again. Static
They both turned to Paxton, who was watching them warily, apparently not wanting to get too close to Seth, which irritated him.
It eyes me warily as I paddle past, heart in mouth. The Sun
Warily, he reached out and turned the knob, easing the door open.
And synod and churchwide leaders look warily toward the future.
Everyone in the carriage eyes her warily. Times, Sunday Times
Until then, the lesser nations have to tread warily and negotiate with wisdom.
I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
For all her earthiness—Camilla still loved to “muck around” the gardens at Highgrove in her mud-caked Wellingtons—the Duchess of Cornwall had proven herself a skilled courtesan who, for obvious reasons, viewed other women warily. William and Kate
He warily watches for signs of excessive consumption and hasn't had to crack down too hard yet.
He set down the large shallow gathering basket and unslung the berrying bucket from over his shoulder, advancing warily toward the berry bush. Tran Siberian
I say "warily" because earlier in the day I had a nasty bash - fell off the bike just as I was leaving the house, here in New Malden, and had to be mopped up by kind people who run the I'm not inventing this! tattoo parlour just round the corner... Archive 2007-07-01
Imagine one of these torpid reptiles trying to hide its awkward shell from a school of minnows: The turtle crouches warily behind a tuft of vegetation.
Of the awards season hype and hoopla, he is warily phlegmatic. Times, Sunday Times
The silvered party warily dissembled, watching their opportunity to be even with them, and presented one of their nymphs to the golden queen, having laid an ambuscado; so that the nymph being taken, a golden archer had like to have seized the silvered queen. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
At that moment, Anne let out a huge yawn, and Lady Catherine looked at her warily.
She studied me warily, as if I might turn violent.
I warily picked up the device and carried it outside, covering it with a dustbin lid. Times, Sunday Times
They both stood silent then, eying each other warily.
For the moment hordes of visitors tread warily around it, even though it's fenced off and held rigidly in place by massive steel cables attached to an unattractive girdle.
As she climbs she warily eyes dozens of tiny, mute silhouettes outlined against the windowpanes - flies awaiting the warmth of the day.
Dale eyed the gap between the dockside and the boat warily.
Picking up the papers I eyed it warily, it was obviously not going to be light reading.
Adjustment comes in stages, each step taken warily.
Elizabeth just looked at her warily, not moving from where she stood.
Warily, they begin to share resources, but two intertribal marriages lead to violence. The Times Literary Supplement
I warily approach her, softly calling her name.
Sometimes there will be squealing siblings by their side and at other times, you'll see a mangy dog warily watching on.
I cut the ignition and got out of the car warily, despite my doubts about Tobin 's scenario. RUNNING FROM THE LAW
In desperation, she entered warily into a sexual liaison with an army captain, who offered some promise of economic stability.
She glanced warily over his shoulder towards Findlay's office. LOST SUMMER
Amid widespread fears that York is being over-developed, many residents will view the proposal warily.

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