secretly

Example Sentences

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Three ringers—Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT—were secretly entered into the WSJ’s office bracket pool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Those secretly sending material to the foreign media know how risky it can be.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

I rarely stayed the night, secretly loving the eight-minute buffer between his Valley Village place and mine in Sherman Oaks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Herbal tea may sound a little grandma-ish — and perhaps it is — but it’s also secretly extremely chic.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

It was as if he were a changeling, a troubled child not so secretly adopted by the Icelanders, but with love and without foreboding.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady