leeriness

Example Sentences

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This deal—which codified a mix of mutual interest, leeriness, and respect—marked the beginning of Finlandization.

From Slate • May 16, 2022

Yet in the fine rom-com tradition of “Pride and Prejudice” or “When Harry Met Sally,” early leeriness gave way to abiding love.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

And the theater industry, despite some leeriness about creeping commercialism, has embraced it because of the talent brought to the story and the staging.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2018

When news that Steven Spielberg planned to make a movie of Tintin, the Belgian comic-book hero, first circulated a few years ago, responses among critics ranged from leeriness to undisguised confusion.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2011

But that abrupt look and action of absolutely unconscious animalism, chasing the leeriness of the contented man's conceit, turned her to softness if not to cheerfulness.

From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe