| We, too, are exiting our own emotional bunkers after eight days of war, tentatively, cautiously, skeptically. |
| She added a bit of a shake to her voice to make it sound more realistic, and though Barbara eyed her skeptically, she accepted the story. |
| In Naples he skeptically witnessed the liquefaction of the blood of the city's patron saint. |
| But at an early age, Dao developed an interest in fashion design, a field that her parents viewed skeptically. |
| She rubbed herself dry with the soft towel, and then eyed the clothes skeptically. |
| Briar inquired skeptically, his brows arching on his forehead even as his eyes glimmered a brilliant green of hope. |
