How to Use cagey in a Sentence

cagey

adjective
  • Cote and Mark were pretty cagey when asked if Michael will be back.
    — Megan Stein, Country Living, 7 Jan. 2020
  • So be cagey, go mano a mano, and do not use your turn signal, advised some readers.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 20 June 2017
  • Crowe himself is cagey about his stock’s prospects, as most CEOs are.
    — Sean Donahue, WIRED, 3 July 1998
  • Brentford’s top-flight trips to Stamford Bridge are rarely cagey.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Shannon has always been cagey about how the fillets are prepared.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Alfa declined to grant an interview for this story and has been cagey about sales goals.
    — Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The game got cagier from this point onward with previous few good chances for either side.
    — SI.com, 25 June 2019
  • The cagey nature of the game is reflected in the match dashboard below.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Ray Davies remains cagey about the prospects of getting the band back together.
    — Geoff Edgers, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • After starting very cagey, this game was really starting to open up.
    — SI.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Plunkett threw two touchdown passes to fast, cagey Cliff Branch.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The first leg ended 0-0 – a cagey affair in which neither side were able to get the breakthrough goal.
    — SI.com, 19 July 2017
  • The first half was a cagey affair as Torino frustrated their hosts throughout.
    — SI.com, 5 Nov. 2017
  • The airline is being cagey about what time reservations will open on Thursday.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, azcentral, 31 May 2018
  • Expect a slightly cagier affair in the final.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • So Qatar has pursued a cagey game, particularly in the past twenty years or so.
    — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 16 June 2017
  • American Bode Miller was always cagey about the state of his knee ligaments.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Since Curry never even peeked at Livingston, the cagey vet is taken by surprise.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 1 June 2018
  • The opening 30 minutes at the RB Arena were cagey.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • The opening exchanges were a little cagey, with plenty of fouls and little fluency from either side.
    — SI.com, 18 June 2018
  • Apple is typically cagey about what features the next iPhone, due out later this year, might brandish.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Josh is cagey and elusive about his diagnosis and his prescriptions, which doesn’t leave Emily much to work with.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Coach Jason Garrett was cagey about how involved Elliott would be in the offense.
    — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in his nation's eyes.
    — courant.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in his nation's eyes.
    — courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The first round of group games is cagey, cautious; everyone worries that this year’s competition will be the worst in history.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • Biden and Clyburn have been longtime friends, but Clyburn stayed cagey in the days leading up to his endorsement announcement.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2020
  • White House officials have given a variety of cagey answers when asked about the recording system.
    — Dan Merica, CNN, 22 June 2017
  • The Petrel team has been a little cagey about Hornet's precise location, and for good reason.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2019
  • The Department of Justice has been cagey about how Winner was outed so promptly.
    — Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017

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