How To Use Wariness In A Sentence

  • Only three per cent of people in Yorkshire said wariness of the police would put them off giving information.
  • This was his wife's idea, he says, a means of combating his wariness of the press.
  • Most of my interaction with the islanders was made treacherous by currents of wariness.
  • This cannot be excused as a polite wariness of meddling in another country 's due process. Times, Sunday Times
  • Groping for words, I tell her of my ongoing affection and respect, which has outlasted a cycle of hurts and mutual wariness.
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  • Michael, the poster mentions Chef Achatz's impassioned response to some of Marco's comments during the panel -- and my general expressions of wariness and exhaustion with the longer, larger and more involved of today's "degustation" menus. Ruhlman.com
  • Wariness of restrictive boundaries is not confined to periodization. The Times Literary Supplement
  • But the illiquidity of the shares - the free float is only 33 per cent - instils wariness. Times, Sunday Times
  • Her wariness about talking about her children is a reminder of the dangers of her job.
  • Nelson grins, radiating laid-back cheer, in contrast to Bennington's barely disguised wariness.
  • In the future, because of wariness by consumers, farmers may not find a market for their GM crops.
  • No wonder there is usually a glint of steely wariness in their eyes. Times, Sunday Times
  • Such tension is palpable across villages, as distrust and wariness between communities mount.
  • All of my arguments with regard to justified wariness about rubber-stamping nominations to the Supreme Court apply in full to the "inferior courts."
  • Warren Buffett, the iconic figure of American capitalism, expressed the new wariness in his annual report released Saturday.
  • But he now also faces the task of rallying support from his own party, which is divided over the rescue and has long viewed him with a degree of wariness.
  • No wonder there is usually a glint of steely wariness in their eyes. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said he was concerned about the understandable wariness of GPs to become involved in child protection work.
  • Far from responding like innocent dupes, we armed ourselves with wariness.
  • He seems most at home when talking about business and loses his initial wariness.
  • Some analysts fear that increasing wariness about credit levels will further inhibit lenders from serving the self-build sector, regarded by mainstream finance houses as too complicated. Self-build homes face a new set of obstacles
  • Try to instill a healthy sense of wariness in your students.
  • It was my usual mixture of whimsy and wariness. Times, Sunday Times
  • Eadie has one, all right: His angular visage is all wariness and hurt; he looks malnourished and scared, and tragically adult.
  • There's still a lot of wariness of what that long-term impact is going to be. Gulf Oil Spill 6 Month Anniversary: A Look At The Health Of The Ocean
  • There was a wariness in his posture that might have escaped many observers. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • There's something like wariness in her enormous eyes.
  • The bijou effect of the original could easily translate into unwitting preciosity, and one appreciates the translator's wariness of plangent excess.
  • As De Man's essay calls our attention to the fact that "anthropomorphism is not just a trope but an identification at the level of substance" (241), it acts out an intensified wariness. Double-Take. Reading De Man and Derrida Writing on Tropes.
  • But the sheer scale of the failings that have come to light recently mean that suspicion and wariness will not vanish so easily this time around.
  • You'll note a feral protectiveness - a wariness, a mistrust.
  • He has detected wariness among more conservative institutions to finance a venture in fashion.
  • Their predators include great horned owls, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, and foxes, so wariness is in their blood.
  • Inevitably, they saw less of each other, but that did not lessen his family's wariness.
  • In some parts of the world there is wariness toward democracy, often based on misunderstanding.
  • With feral satisfaction she saw the brief flicker of wariness in her enemy's stance - and for good reason.
  • This caution, a kind of wariness, seemed to be the price of his fame.
  • He conquered his wariness of the press and now thrives in the media spotlight which came to be turned on him so frequently.
  • No wonder there is usually a glint of steely wariness in their eyes. Times, Sunday Times
  • And yet despite his manful wariness of such things he could not, as he ate his lunch, stop his mind from turning on the night before. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
  • The wariness of the staff sent its own message: don't interact, don't look up, try to stay out of trouble.
  • The honeyed address, however, by which the conspirators attempted to cajole the Lord into unwariness, indicated that the question they were about to submit was one requiring for its proper answer just such qualities of mind as they pretendingly attributed to Him. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
  • Despite his remaining wariness of her, he moved to stand near her, leading the dog beside him.
  • And yet there has never been more wariness of industrial development and more skepticism about its benefits.
  • Murie silently suspected that the guides ' real concern stemmed from their wariness of proceeding into unfamiliar terrain.
  • One reason for her wariness is the reaction to her book, which has been ferocious, especially from fellow women journalists.
  • Abetted by scare stories on television and the Internet, people make bad judgments about risk that can lead to excessive wariness of new corporate products such as vaccines.
  • For centuries we have mixed largely with our own kind, resulting in an inbred wariness of outsiders.
  • Margaret Morrison's prim frown gave way to perplexity which in turn yielded to a certain wariness. SAN ANDREAS
  • Their predators include great horned owls, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, and foxes, so wariness is in their blood.
  • What makes this phase such an illusive time-drain is our wariness of being caught by the non-relevant e-mail. Globe and Mail
  • It was my usual mixture of whimsy and wariness. Times, Sunday Times
  • Quigley depicts the changing relationship between the two women superbly, their initial wariness ringing with psychological acuity.
  • There appears no appetite for introducing such a law and given this government's general wariness about upsetting businesses that is not surprising.
  • The eurozone's economic woes mean that there is a wariness about buying on the European mainland. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the modern state of heightened wariness, staring like a dullard sounds no more demeaning than walking in your socks through airport security.
  • Now, both professions are probably regarded with equal amounts of cynicism and wariness.
  • This cannot be excused as a polite wariness of meddling in another country 's due process. Times, Sunday Times
  • Officials from the Fire Island National Seashore, whose boundaries encompass all Fire Island communities, have expressed wariness of such projects.
  • This cannot be excused as a polite wariness of meddling in another country 's due process. Times, Sunday Times
  • What makes this phase such an illusive time-drain is our wariness of being caught by the non-relevant e-mail. Globe and Mail
  • To pry away those younger callers, Virgin is playing on their wariness of complicated plans and hidden fees.
  • Forgive me for my wariness of words and theories that explain the healer's art.
  • The class waited, all attention, pretending to be helpful, ready for the slightest weakness, a lisp, a twitch, wariness, ready to move in for the kill.
  • It is rather an admirable trait, this disinclination towards tribalism and wariness about the flashiest new show in town. Times, Sunday Times
  • Despite his initial wariness, he registered with an online dating site in March 2004.
  • That they used go-betweens, rather than resolve the dispute between themselves, is a telling commentary about the intensity of the wariness and abrasion that has become knitted into that tortuous relationship.
  • Our spokespersons attribute European wariness to their experience with mad cow disease, foot and mouth disease, and other food scares.
  • This warmth is balanced by his wariness of the political class, many of whom he considers unduly supportive of his former deputy.
  • He looked about with alert wariness, like his kitten, newly arrived. AN OLDER WOMAN
  • His paintings point the way toward modernist work on signs in Cubism, Futurism, collage, and Dada, and they reveal the logic of the wariness about the relation of picture and world that is a hallmark of modernism.
  • The bright yellow of the edge of the wings, under coverts and axillaries is seldom seen, on account of the extreme wariness of the bird. Birds of the Rockies
  • I wonder if Tomlinson's periodic but spectacular disasters are not connected to his wariness about success.
  • Far from responding like innocent dupes, we armed ourselves with wariness.
  • What makes this phase such an illusive time-drain is our wariness of being caught by the non-relevant e-mail. Globe and Mail
  • Just as the infant will show delight at being approached by its mother, so it will also show signs of wariness and withdrawal when approached by a stranger.
  • Based on the way I'd seen him handle lighting a barbecue (pour gasoline, strike match, dive for cover) my wariness wasn't unreasonable.
  • The House of Delegates on Tuesday approved a resolution that would enshrine Virginia's "right-to-work" law in its constitution, thereby making permanent the state's traditional wariness toward the influence of labor unions. Virginia House backs constitutional amendment to limit unions
  • Maybe it is the wariness, maybe I just want to head her off. THE BINGO PALACE
  • These works are all marked by notes, maintaining both affinity and wariness towards everyday city life.
  • Their predators include great horned owls, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, and foxes, so wariness is in their blood.
  • This cannot be excused as a polite wariness of meddling in another country 's due process. Times, Sunday Times
  • The pupils all highlighted their wariness of the debt involved in participation in higher education, with little being known of funding arrangements.
  • The British public's wariness of opera is an anomaly in Europe.

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