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

The manufacturers have so far been quite cagey as to which method they are using - understandably, as individual intellectual property is at stake, as well as competitiveness.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Prior to that announcement, though, Weisz is cagey about the film.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

I was dealing with cagey people and I would be cagey.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright