furtively
Example Sentences
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The mood: “Don’t look at me,” as they look around furtively, still waking up.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Some at the top of the Labour Party are beginning to think, if a little furtively, of the aftermath of 4 July, too.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2024
What’s not taught is that it hurts, as if a little creature is furtively rubbing your vocal cords with sandpaper.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023
They patched together a flotilla of 300 boats, including large fishing vessels, rowboats and kayaks, and began furtively ferrying Jews on a voyage to Sweden that could last three hours.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022
You could only get hold of them, if at all, by scrounging more or less furtively on the “free” market.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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A Raisin in the Sun
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