adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
act
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The victim was attacked after spotting the men acting suspiciously at 3.25am outside his house in Bracknell, Berks.
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Conor Matthews is blowing his lines and acting suspiciously like a drunk.
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I had Carradine walled up and down the street several times, acting suspiciously .
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So when she sees a driver acting suspiciously , she calls the police.
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Employees of oil companies in the city have been warned to be on the alert for anyone acting suspiciously near their offices.
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And police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously .
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Police have appealed to anyone who may have seen people acting suspiciously in the area of the hospital to contact them.
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The 51-year-old noticed the youths acting suspiciously in a Middlesbrough pub.
ask
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What do you mean? he asked suspiciously .
look
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Cranston looked suspiciously at his wife.
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He stared at the students; this fresh batch looked suspiciously like the one that had just left.
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She looked suspiciously and said how far, how long etc.
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Yet classes obviously existed; so did something that looked suspiciously like class conflict.
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Not quite, but this looks suspiciously like the death throes.
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Then a thick envelope arrived in the mail, containing something that looked suspiciously like airline tickets.
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He looked suspiciously at the man next to him.
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That was really funny and he looked suspiciously close to laughter.
sound
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It sounds suspiciously like getting everything without working for it.
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The question sounded suspiciously like a setup.
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That sounds suspiciously like sports, I think to myself.
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At first such logic sounds suspiciously circular, but that is its beauty.
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Instead, the rookie analyst sounded suspiciously like a veteran house man.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The soldiers watched us suspiciously .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At first such logic sounds suspiciously circular, but that is its beauty.
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But in fact the similarities between you and Sybil are quite incredible - suspiciously so.
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In his known letters, Degas was as suspiciously silent about photography as his Impressionist associates.
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She studied me suspiciously and this strengthened my belief that Ralemberg had his own secrets.
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Something deep inside her stirred suspiciously , but no, it wasn't possible.
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The girl sitting next to her is somber and watches the teacher suspiciously .
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The soldiers regarded us suspiciously , but finally turned back to the partition where another woman was moaning in pain.
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Watching a neighbour put up a suspiciously large extension for which he supposedly has permission.