SHIFT in a Sentence
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147 example sentences for SHIFT, such as:
1. She's on the night shift this week.
2. These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
3. The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
4. The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war.
5. You'll have to shift if you want to get there by nine o'clock.
2. These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
3. The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
4. The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war.
5. You'll have to shift if you want to get there by nine o'clock.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SHIFT
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shift
v. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
n. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
Classic Sentence: (90 in 7 pages)
1 My poor mother needs me no more, for she is gone; and the boys do not need me either; they have got situations and can shift for themselves.
2 And now I do not see how I can find any further shift for getting out of this marriage.
3 Six of the crew, of whom I was one, having let down the boat into the sea, made a shift to get clear of the ship and the rock.
4 However, I made a shift to go forward, till I came to a part of the field where the corn had been laid by the rain and wind.
5 I made a shift to keep the key in a pocket of my own, fearing Glumdalclitch might lose it.
6 I set up my sail, the wind being fair, with a design to reach the nearest of those islands, which I made a shift to do, in about three hours.
7 These I heated before the fire, as well as I could, and rubbed them till the husks came off, which I made a shift to winnow from the grain.
8 Ethan felt that if he had pleaded an urgent need Hale might have made shift to pay him; but pride, and an instinctive prudence, kept him from resorting to this argument.
9 Her sore foot, forgotten in the excitement, now gave a tremendous throb that made her grit her teeth and shift her weight to the heel.
10 They had to make some shift to furnish it, and every instant of their leisure was given to discussing this.
11 This wasn't a world in which a man had any business with a family; sooner or later Jurgis would find that out also, and give up the fight and shift for himself.
12 The ten or fifteen thousand "green" Negroes, foreigners, and criminals were now being turned loose to shift for themselves.
13 I whipped up my horse and kept within sight of them, feeling very ill at ease, for I feared that they were going to shift their quarters.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
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Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
14 Each tried to shift an inch or two beyond the inquisitive insulting eye.
15 These men stirred not, excepting now and then, under the direction of one who seemed their chief, to shift and replace the ready fuel.
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1 It was a clear attempt to shift the responsibility for the crime onto the victim.
2 She's on the night shift this week.
3 She was asked to work the weekend shift but she tried to beg off.
4 The shift in the balance of forces is also reflected in international finance.
5 We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists.
6 You'll have to shift if you want to get there by nine o'clock.
7 The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
8 These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
9 Their success does not necessarily reflect a leftward shift in politics.
10 The shift in the balance of power in the region has had far-reaching consequences.
11 The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war.
12 The people at the toy shop expect to shift a lot of stock in the run-up to Christmas.
13 There has been a shift in opinion on the issue after a decade of entrenchment.
14 Twenty-one developing nations have come together to say, that they believe the meeting will be doomed unless there's a radical shift by the rich nations.
15 I volunteer for every shift available, the allowance is better than nothing.