Sentence examples for half wary from inspiring English sources

Eventually, one prisoner stepped forward, then another, gingerly at first, hesitating periodically, half curious, half wary.

With a half-wary smile, he flashed them a thumbs-up.

Rather than scampering high up into the canopy and only coming down at night, monkeys laze around in the trees lining the road, keeping a half-wary eye out.

Former scrum-half Howley is wary of the threat posed by Danny Care and the English desire for revenge.

It's wary half-heartedness disguised as trashy spectacle.

Research this month from Nationwide found that more than half of Brits are "wary" of the new-style cards – with some people going to fairly extreme lengths, such as wrapping their plastic in tinfoil in order to prevent a fraudster armed with a card-reading device from surreptitiously stealing their details.

He recently was named Whole Foods' co-president, in charge of the eastern half of the U.S. Wary at first, Gallo stayed on after the sale once he realized "they weren't out to destroy the Bread &Circus culture of quality food.

He is an imposing man, about six feet tall with a still-athletic build, and though his mouth is fixed in a tentative half-smile, there is something wary in his manner.

His alternative history scenario is built on the type of half-baked speculations that make scholars wary of counterfactual history: What if Napoleon hadn't attacked Russia?

The Mets, wary of Green's second-half struggles for Seattle last season, have monitored his usage.

"It is imperative that a second station be built now," the senator wrote, warning that the city should be wary of getting the project only "half-right".