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

He stood before his sister and his cousin, moving his eyes shiftily from one to the other, rubbing his hands nervously together.

From Mistress Wilding by Sabatini, Rafael

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.