shifty
Example Sentences
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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
On the hunt for her next scoop—“the kind of thing people kill for”—she makes an appointment with a shifty potential source.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
After acting a bit shifty throughout the finale, Gwen revealed she has a boyfriend.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024
The famous Japanese actor brings treachery and playfulness to his depiction of the Lord of Izu, creating an unpredictable character whose shifty and oddly endearing persona stays with viewers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
In his worldview, as Farmer understands it, people turn themselves into animals for shifty reasons, or else local sorcerers turn them into animals as punishment, or simply for food.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing shifty
Norse Mythology
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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