cagey

Example Sentences

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Food professionals from haute cuisine down to trend-savvy sandwich shops tend to be cagey about where they get their ramps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

A second US official was cagey when asked about whether an extension was likely to be agreed on Trump's trip.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Based on an actual meeting between the two, it’s a cagey game of cat-and-mouse, with the publisher taking the measure of a nervous, still-inexperienced journalist, looking for reassurance that his reporting will prove out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Given the stakes, a cagey start would have been excused, but these old rivals had other ideas during a thunderously captivating first half.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

So that was why she'd been so cagey when I'd asked her about the truth between her and Gilgamesh.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda