suspicious
IPA: sʌspˈɪʃʌs
adjective
- Arousing suspicion.
- Distrustful or tending to suspect.
- Expressing suspicion
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Examples of "suspicious" in Sentences
- I am also suspicious of him.
- It sounds suspiciously enough.
- They enter the prison chamber suspiciously.
- The source of the poster is also suspicious.
- He is prevaricating in a very suspicious way.
- Suspiciously, the place in Scotland is unnamed.
- I am suspicious of the etymology in the article.
- A written description is the nature of the suspicious activity.
- Given the suspiciousness of the account, that should not be unreasonable.
- When the bank became suspicious, they had only the errand boy to question.
- The hospital reported what they called a "suspicious birth" involving Coy on Wednesday.
- “Ladies,” he said, his expression suspicious as his gaze slid from one computer to another.
- He saw an individual riding on a bicycle right here on the island in what he described as a suspicious manner.
- Now in another twist in the Laci Peterson case, CNN has spoken with a potential defense witness, and he says that he saw a-- what he describes as a suspicious van at a gas station in Laci's neighborhood.
- But Israelis, because of the ongoing Palestinian attacks, have become accustomed to keeping their eyes peeled for any suspicious -- what they call a suspicious movement or potential bombers, and that's apparently what happened today.
- SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A lot of attention on Disney World today, local sheriff's officials investigating what they call a suspicious incident, this after workers noticed a small explosion just after midnight last night at a Dumpster.
- He tells me they have found what he calls a suspicious letter in one of the offices in the suite of offices of Senator Tom Daschle, the Senate majority leader, however not in the Hart office budding. where that other letter that was anthrax-laced was found back in October.
- And Fred ran down the stairs, and out of the house, almost hoping somebody might attempt to rob, or murder him even, so that his revolver might prove of great avail, and thus silence Nellie, who was ever talking about what she called his suspicious nature, when it was only necessary caution, he thought.
- One candidate, Yaroslau Ramanchuk,was in what he calls a suspicious car accident last week, and on Monday, he showed up for a meeting with students and professors in Minsk, the capital, only to learn that city authorities had closed down the hall where they were to get together because of "problems" with the sewage system.
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