Sample Sentences forfurtive (editor-reviewed)
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Despite her attempt to look interested, her teacher did not miss her furtive glances at the clock.furtive = done in a way that attempts to avoid notice
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She glanced furtively behind, and then walked through the door.furtively = in a nervous manner (as though hoping not to be seen)
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Later she said she was just trying to figure out whose phone it was, but she looked around furtively before she began reading my text messages.
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A small patch of earth beneath its branches was packed hard from many fights and furtive crap games. (source)furtive = taking pains to avoid being observed
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...the rest of the class kept shooting furtive glances at him, (source)furtive = intended not to be seen
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He stares so long I find myself casting furtive glances at the one-way glass, hoping for some direction from Haymitch, but... (source)furtive = taking pains to avoid being observed
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For a moment his movements were almost furtive. (source)furtive = taking pains to avoid being observed
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Furtively, I wipe my cheeks with my arm. (source)Furtively = as though hoping not to be seen
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a way of hiding from the youth, a furtiveness of person and motives that no eye could penetrate. (source)furtiveness = a disposition to be stealthy (taking pains to avoid being observed)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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He began taking furtive sips of the rice wine, little enough that its absence might not be missed. (source)furtive = in a manner to avoid being observed
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She looked around furtively like she was delivering nuclear materials. (source)furtively = in a nervous manner (as though hoping not to be seen)
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It was one-thirty in the morning, but in spite of the hour and her turned-up coat collar, there was no air of furtiveness about her at all. (source)furtiveness = not wanting to be seen
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Sohrab looked down at his feet, but kept stealing shy, furtive glances at me. (source)furtive = cautious (taking pains to avoid being observed)
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Escapees from earlier deportations had furtively returned to the ghetto with stories of trains filled with people entering a camp and leaving empty, even though the population of the camp never increased. (source)furtively = as though hoping not to be seen
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...with that air which had nothing whatever of furtiveness in it nor even defiance, (source)furtiveness = discomfort at hiding something
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Strange furtive noises ran among the bushes and reeds on either side of them; (source)furtive = as though taking pains to avoid being observed
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