Get to know Shifty better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like devious or untrustworthy.
Shifty in a sentence
Shifty meaning
- Subject to frequent changes in direction.
- Moving from one object to another; not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
- Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.
Synonyms of Shifty
Using Shifty
- The main meaning on this page is: Subject to frequent changes in direction. | Moving from one object to another; not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking. | Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.
- Useful related words include: devious, untrustworthy, untrusty, shifting.
- In the example corpus, shifty often appears in combinations such as: the shifty, and shifty, as shifty.
Context around Shifty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shifty
- In this selection, "shifty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, quarterback, acting, running, minister and creature stand out and add context to how "shifty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a shifty minister and been acting shifty in recent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shifty" sits close to words such as acolytes, acv and afolabi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shifty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Never mind, shifty baby! (4 words)
He is shifty running back who can make defenders miss. (10 words)
A few of the kids were still shifty with city energy. (11 words)
When Pinson is shooting the way he did against the Rebels, going 4-of-4 from behind the arc, the defense seems like it has no chance to stay in front of the shifty guard, who scored 24 of his 32 points in the closing half. (46 words)
Spending most of the game as New Orleans' primary ball-handler, Williamson initiated the Pelicans' offence and ultimately took over the game, scoring time after time on explosive moves to the hoop that were powerful and shifty. (37 words)
The long-running joke on the series sees Rob Brydon's character Uncle Bryn appear shifty when asked about the notorious fishing trip with his nephew Jason (Rob Wilfort) which they both refuse to speak about. (36 words)
Never mind, shifty baby! (4 words)
Example sentences (20)
But when I find myself picked up in His firm embrace, often I become uncomfortable and shifty.
For some on Reddit, it's too shifty in two categories that are pillars of VPNs: user privacy and streaming.
In 1972, he shared the screen with Poitier in the acclaimed Buck and the Preacher, playing against type as a shifty minister.
Joining them for the trip is a shifty creature named Gollum, who has plans of his own.
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill isn’t as shifty as Tagovailoa and doesn’t have as many speedy targets, but he can be an effective runner if pressured into a scramble out of the pocket.
The Knights of the Institution – headed by the shifty Director (Frances Conroy) – all search for Ballister, who is in pretty plain sight most of the time.
The Ravens also drafted six players, led by another target for their franchise quarterback, shifty wide receiver Zay Flowers from Boston College.
A few of the kids were still shifty with city energy.
He’d fired the question at me like a policeman trying to nail a shifty suspect.
Jackson Powers-Johnson could be the first center/interior offensive lineman off the board while the shifty running back Bucky Irving figures to be a day 3 selection.
Scott Taylor, 51, worked in security for decades and has a unique eye for shifty, after training in "facial micro-expressions, deception detection, influential behaviours, and statement and word analysis".
Spending most of the game as New Orleans' primary ball-handler, Williamson initiated the Pelicans' offence and ultimately took over the game, scoring time after time on explosive moves to the hoop that were powerful and shifty.
The hairdresser has been acting shifty in recent scenes - and not just because he is the one who nicked drug lord Harvey Gaskell's cash.
The long-running joke on the series sees Rob Brydon's character Uncle Bryn appear shifty when asked about the notorious fishing trip with his nephew Jason (Rob Wilfort) which they both refuse to speak about.
He is shifty running back who can make defenders miss.
Never mind, shifty baby!
She knows what she has to do – hand it into the police – but a shifty Shane has something to stay on that matter.
The shifty 6-foot-5 lefty is among several international prospects, continuing the NBA’s global reach.
The small, shifty Titans running back had himself a stellar two-year career at Pitt, following in LeSean McCoy’s footsteps.
When Pinson is shooting the way he did against the Rebels, going 4-of-4 from behind the arc, the defense seems like it has no chance to stay in front of the shifty guard, who scored 24 of his 32 points in the closing half.
Common combinations with shifty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shifty 6×
- and shifty 3×
- as shifty 3×
- shifty and 3×
- shifty in 2×
- is shifty 2×
- shifty as 2×
- shifty running 2×
- shifty guard 2×
- shifty schiff 2×