stealthy
Example Sentences
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But he has his own stealthy sense of humor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The showrunner of the Angeles National Forest isn’t a 500-pound black bear or a stealthy mountain lion.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
The rule serves an important purpose, the judge said, in preventing stealthy takeovers on the cheap.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
This matters because the cutter and battleship could divert resources and focus from crucial priorities such as more stealthy submarines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
It was too early for them to have fruit, so Nhamo paid them little attention until she noticed a stealthy noise in the dry, brittle leaves that littered the ground.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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