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wary

A wary person is careful to avoid danger and ready if things go wrong. Walking into the dark room made him wary.

wary

marked by keen caution and watchful prudence they were wary in their movements a wary glance at the black clouds taught to be wary of strangers (= leery) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

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Simple sentences

Be wary about Tom.
He seems to be wary of us.
Mary is wary of strangers.
Mary used to be wary of Tom's oddities, but has since learned to trust him, knowing that he would always stand up for her.

Movie subtitles

Be wary then.
And you, the judges, bear a wary eye.
No, I'm wary of Fier a Bras.
My mistress urges you to be wary of Monsieur Lebel.
Be wary!
I knew I had to be wary.
I'm protecting Rocco, he should be wary of you.
Then keep a wary eye out, Arty.
You must be wary as serpents, yet innocent as doves.
Be wary of her, we cannot read her thoughts.
We will stay here, until, William the Wary, you recover your composure (! ) And, I hope, your sense of humour!
Girls in space be wary We know not what he'll do.
But it makes yer a bit more wary about gettin' married again.
But this kind of the machines tendency has to return being wary.
Duke Adorno ought to be wary!
He ought to be wary, Duke Adorno!
Always be wary of comics.
I'd be wary of him.
Our Lepchas became distrustful and wary, they feared the curse of their God and wanted to mislead us and retreat.
Be wary of strangers, and whatever you do, don't breathe a word regarding my whereabouts.
Shouldn't you have been more wary?
I was afraid you might be wary of me. that, perhaps, you'd regard me as a gold digger.
If I were you though, I would be wary.
No, they're just wary of a trap.
I was wary of women and. had only some affairs, intentionally momentary.
I'm going to be very wary.
The latest news made the plate grow wary.
He's not wary yet.
We will stay here, until, William the Wary, you recover your composure (!
Be wary of explaining commonplaces.
And starts its wary, tormenting trilling.
I got wary when Goodis went back on his declarations.
Yei Lin will be wary.
In this world, I'm wary of all the assurances of doctrine.
No vukodlaks to be wary of.

News and current affairs

Similarly, the US should cast a wary eye at Kuchma's decision to send troops to Iraq.
But Saudi Arabia continues to be deeply wary of any sort of change, and thus remains a huge and seemingly immovable obstacle to region-wide reform.
Whether that will sway American voters wary of financial turmoil on November 4 remains to be seen.
But America's businesses see enough risk in the future to be wary of getting stuck with unutilized capacity.
The moderates are understandably wary.
Fortunately, a wary press corps, powerful governments, and nervous competitors watch its every move, hoping the company to fight its many temptations.
Factors like geographical distance and economic interdependence have made the US wary of entanglement in Asia's territorial feuds.
Nevertheless, wary of provoking widespread hostility, military leaders have indicated recently that they have no intention of intervening in politics.
But investors should be wary of this argument.
Britain, the erstwhile champion of labor mobility, has now become wary of foreign workers and wants to limit their access to social benefits.
Growth pessimists have a point if they are wary about Europe's prospects for structural reform to raise the growth ceiling.
So Putin, who usually seems omnipotent, remains wary of issuing an invitation to Pope Benedict.
But governments should be wary of expensive fiscal stimulus.
They value the Union for its economic benefits, but are wary of its politics.
Recent events suggest one possible explanation: Burma's rulers have grown wary of China's almost smothering embrace - a result of the country's international isolation.
Efficiency dictates the use of fewer and larger currencies (and foreign investors, understandably wary of weak and volatile currencies, demand it).
President Barack Obama's administration has maintained an intensely inward-looking focus, reinforced by a public wary of foreign engagements.
While both India and the US seek trade and good relations with China, both are aware - and wary - of China's growing strength.
In 1974, the touted Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition never materialized, as the Liberal Democrats were wary of hitching their fortunes to an unpopular and discredited politician.
It is, of course, clear that the US and others in the G7 are wary of even temporary nationalization.
Some economists have begun to argue that central banks need not be so wary of intervening.
In essence, it would have to accept a rules-based system for its relations with its two neighbors, something of which China's government has been wary.
This artifice calmed the markets temporarily, but the candidates became wary about falling into a Brazilian Catch-22.
First, courageous politicians and policymakers took on the challenge of designing crucial reforms and explaining their consequences to a public that was understandably wary.
As beguiling as the reforms now being promoted by international organizations sound, countries must be wary of taking short cuts in constructing their institutions.

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