suspicious

Example Sentences

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They’re initially suspicious and distrusting of each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

During the operation in the Complexo da Mare, a large complex of favelas in the north of the city, a dog named Hulk indicated there was something suspicious under an abandoned water tank.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Speaking to the Sun, a passerby saw the bag on the side of a road and alerted her partner after becoming suspicious.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Is it possible that what looks very suspicious to you and me is sloppiness somehow?

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Or was Mr. Hodge already too suspicious of Katherine and Chip because he’d seen them with Jonah?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix