shifty

"Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all, envious" he wrote.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

I’m not saying we’re actively rooting for McIlroy to blow it, but it’s always spicy when the roller coaster creaks and the leaderboard gets shifty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

While it’s likely traditional kick return guys — think diminutive, shifty and speedy — would still have a role, there is a question of whether prototypical running backs could be useful.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

He had carried no documents, no photographs, and no money except what his father gave him to pay his shifty guide and to buy an airline ticket to New York.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

He’s faster and shiftier than Beasley, and already has an established rapport with Allen in his previous role as a backup and gadget player.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

Moss’ physical straight-ahead running style is expected to complement starting running back Devin Singletary’s shiftier approach.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2020

But, in a wide receiver corps built around shorter, shiftier options like Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett, a healthy Marshall can still make a positive impact.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2018

If an opponent uses a shiftier player who can put the ball on the floor at power forward, Humphries and Gooden must leave their comfort zones and guard him on the perimeter.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2015

Their shiftier shapes might have held a message that in my new happiness and with a little bit of time I’d soon decipher.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

A four-star recruit from nearby Tampa and the shiftiest player on the Gators’ roster, Napier had seen enough of Wilson during fall camp to realize the true freshman could help right away.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

Miami traded five draft picks for Hill in March, bringing in one of the NFL’s shiftiest, speediest wideouts to ignite an offense that has flourished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

So far, Lee has been Penn State’s shiftiest back.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

The Dodgers and Rays are among the "shiftiest" teams in the majors.

From Fox News ● May 23, 2019

Certainly this Elector was one of the shiftiest of men.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas