wary of

Frequency: 9.030.2 per million words

Cautious and suspicious of someone or something.

warywary + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • You should be very wary of people offering cheap tickets.
  • She grew wary of strangers after the incident.
  • The company is wary of investing too much in volatile markets.
  • He remained wary of his new colleagues for a few weeks.
  • Many consumers are wary of online scams.
  • Be wary of promises that sound too good to be true.
  • The government was wary of making hasty decisions.
  • I've always been wary of trusting people too quickly.
  • He taught his children to be wary of unfamiliar situations.
  • We must be wary of false information spreading rapidly.