eye suspiciously
Frequency: 6.81.1 per million words
to look at someone with interest and often suspicion
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Examples (10)
- The guard began to eye the stranger suspiciously.
- She noticed him eyeing her bag suspiciously.
- The cat would eye the unattended food suspiciously.
- He eyed the unusual package suspiciously before calling the authorities.
- When the lights flickered, the dog began to eye the dark corners suspiciously.
- The detective eyed the suspect's alibi suspiciously.
- I saw him eye my new car suspiciously as he walked by.
- The teacher eyed the student's hastily written essay suspiciously.
- She watched the stranger eye the security camera suspiciously.
- The old man eyed the group of teenagers suspiciously as they loitered near his property.