6 sentences with 'wary'
Example sentences and phrases with the word wary and other words derived from it.
• « In turn, the nobles were wary of the middle class, especially as many bourgeois were attracted to potentially disruptive ideologies such as liberalism and, increasingly, nationalism, but over the course of the century the two classes tended to mix along wealth lines. »
• « The company's management was apparently wary of the controversial project, as at least one member of the board of directors was not aware of its existence, and the secret was kept secret until the press brought it to light. »
• « But there was one thing that made Bobbie wary. Deana, usually a relaxed and cheerful girl, looked tense and affected in the photographs. In some of them she had a languid look. »
• « From the time of James II, who ruled from 1685 to 1688, many British subjects were wary of the presence of a standing army in peacetime, and having to pay for the soldiers' food and lodging was especially burdensome. »
• « Conservative Whigs, wary of the idea of majority rule, rejected the abolition of property requirements for voting and office in Pennsylvania. »
• « The adoption of the Bill of Rights softened Anti-Federalist opposition to the Constitution and gave the new federal government greater legitimacy among those who were otherwise wary of the new centralized power created by the property men during the secretive Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787. »