shiftier; shiftiest
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Examples of shifty in a Sentence
shifty politicians making deals to channel federal funds into their districts
shifty practices such as turning back the odometers on used cars
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Boston College is getting a speedy, shifty player who has great football IQ and vision on the field.
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Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
Other standouts include durable John Hawkes as Hank, a shifty detective that Liz works with; and Finn Bennett as Hank’s do-gooding son who is Liz’s badgered but tireless deputy.
—Randy Myers, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
With his education at Trinity College in Dublin, and before that, a private Catholic school, Andrew John Hozier-Byrne might well have been exposed to the novels of Jane Austen and the shifty men who dwell within them.
—Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 29 May 2024
Enter the 5-11, 206-pound Ali, who could be this year’s version of Mitchell as an undrafted free agent who is a shifty runner.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
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Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
Other standouts include durable John Hawkes as Hank, a shifty detective that Liz works with; and Finn Bennett as Hank’s do-gooding son who is Liz’s badgered but tireless deputy.
—Randy Myers, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
With his education at Trinity College in Dublin, and before that, a private Catholic school, Andrew John Hozier-Byrne might well have been exposed to the novels of Jane Austen and the shifty men who dwell within them.
—Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 29 May 2024
Enter the 5-11, 206-pound Ali, who could be this year’s version of Mitchell as an undrafted free agent who is a shifty runner.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Shifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shifty. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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