Lucas backed up a few steps, wary of the sudden change, uneasy about the eyes.

The man backed off a step, in no way intimidated, simply wary.

One of the cops took a wary step closer and asked, "What's the problem, sir?"

She took a wary step back from both men and began the task of coiling her hair back up.

Slipping to the corner of the building, she took a single wary step, then raced to the wire.

My eyebrows rose and I took a wary step back.

"Just blood tests," the man said, taking a wary step backward.

She hefted the book under her arm and walked with a quick, wary step toward the entrance to the house.

He had already taken a wary, secret first step regarding Romulus.

Then it was time for another wary step forward.