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

I notice he calls you Jefferson,” he added, shiftily changing the subject.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

He stood squarely in front of her with a persistence that forced her to turn shiftily away with a pretence of looking at the clock.

From From One Generation to Another by Merriman, Henry Seton