How to Use coy in a Sentence

coy

adjective

• He gave a coy answer.
• I didn't like her coy manner.
• There was a coy smile [on this agent’s face], knowing he got caught.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Mike Daniels was coy with the Browns staff last week on where his next stop was on his free-agent tour.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 29 July 2019
• Manchin has so far been coy about his plans for the 2024 election cycle.
  — Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 18 July 2023
• Found footage Engelhardt plays coy on whether this game fits in with the canon of the franchise.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• You're supposed to be a little coy and give a little, not too much.
  — Michael Gioia, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
• Lewis was coy last week when he was asked which quarterback would run the first play.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
• Donahue was coy when asked about his visit to San Diego.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
• Casamigos has been very coy about its founders’ views on its prevalence in rap.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022
• Chin tilts, smoldering eyes, a coy look over the shoulder.
  — Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
• Ernaux’s works aren’t coy or glancing; they’ve been sharpened to a point.
  — Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• So far, Pompeo has been coy, prompting Marshall and the others to run.
  — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• The show has always been coy about that, except to hint that Jimmy does business the Chicago way.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2023
• Being coy may have suited the Houthis in the early days, and their ambitions may have evolved over time.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• Muschietti, who has been on the Flash press tour, has been coy about his connection.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
• When asked if the couple planned on having more children, Derek played it coy with his response.
  — Caitlyn Hitt, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• Agrawal was none too coy about this in his public statements.
  — Abram Brown, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• Though the two have stayed coy about their relationship status, Kelce has talked about Swift publicly in the past.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
• As to when Windows 11 might arrive, Microsoft has been a bit coy on the matter.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 June 2021
• Japan’s government may have intervened in the market to buy the yen in recent days, but has been quite coy about it.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• Bright red mushrooms dot the forest floor, coy and dangerous.
  — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
• When asked if there are other spinoffs in the works, Rhimes was coy, but hinted that a story about Violet could be next.
  — Town & Country, 11 May 2023
• Following the wedding, Jonas and Turner remained coy about the event and chose to only share one photo with the public at the time.
  — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
• But Patrick has been a combination of direct and coy about his feelings on the issue.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
• But the story there is frustratingly coy, the scenes flabby with excess time, air and heft.
  — Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Ravinia has traveled an arduous path during its short life, which led it to be coy about the new space since signing a lease in April.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• While her followers ran through a list of options, Blake kept his lips sealed and only dropped a coy eye emoji.
  — Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 3 Mar. 2022
• McMurtry hasn’t been coy about its plans to put the Spéirling into production.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 June 2023
• Speaking of the ad tier, Netflix remains coy about exact numbers but did say that it’s been a success so far.
  — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024