shiftily
Example Sentences
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Stiller, reprising his role as President Trump’s embattled attorney, Michael Cohen, shiftily sidles up to a phone booth and calls Trump, who is sitting in the Oval Office reading Par 4 magazine.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2018
“Laggies” is never more fun than when he calls Megan into his office, shiftily cross-examining her.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2014
"I think it was The Sun, in England," he ventured shiftily.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2010
His little eyes wandered shiftily up and down the street.
From Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Ferguson moistened his lips with his tongue, and, swallowing with an effort, looked shiftily at me and away again.
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
