They were circling in the darkness like wary animals.

Then it vanished, and the wary animal was back, as I leaned forward to run a hand over the metal.

We glared at each other like wary animals.

She had caught glimpses of these wary animals and was sure that they always crossed the stream at a certain spot above her camp.

She smiled, but when she finally looked up, the smile vanished like a wary animal who wasn't certain if it was wanted or not.

It is a shy, wary animal and not easy to discover.

Being wary animals, they often waited a half-hour or more before venturing forth again.

Like a wary animal, he had refused to nibble at the bait.

"Ssh," he said, the way one would approach a wild, wary animal.

Her head tilted to one side, a wary animal sizing up its chances with a predator.