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Discover Ludwig"shifty-eyed" is correct and is widely used in written English
You can use the term to describe someone who appears to be looking around suspiciously or nervously. For example: "The shifty-eyed man quickly walked away when he saw the police officer."
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shifty-eyed
adjective
Giving the impression of being dishonest (by avoiding eye contact)
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Heroes include Humble Statesman, Family Man and Fighter; villains include Stumblebum, Shifty-Eyed Schemer and Flip-Flopping Weasel.
He does something subtle with his expression that is not quite a wince, not quite an admission of shame — something shifty-eyed.
We were an uneasy, shifty-eyed generation.
Mental note: stay away from shifty-eyed Manhattan men.
The evasive, disingenuous responses to questions given by several shifty-eyed interviewees make you shudder.
My father effectively drove the shifty-eyed brokers off the stage of history.
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During the secretly recorded confrontation days later, the woman pressed Officer Moreno, whom she described in court as "shifty eyed," to tell her what had happened.
When we passed the other afternoon, a shifty eyed man wearing a light-gray hat was making sketches on a tiny pad cupped in his hands.
People with shifty eyes are always lying".
There follow two smaller, quieter ones, smoking durries with shifty eyes.
And you do have to wonder: Can anyone really agree on the definition of shifty eyes?
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