His constant shifting disrupted the class. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He drifted into the shifting crowd. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Taffeta with shifting colors. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
shifting sands. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : to shift friends; to shift ideas. ,to shift the blame onto someone else. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : He shifted through life. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a shift in the wind. ,She prefers the morning shift. ,The night shift reported. From Dictionary.com.
He straightened up as they entered, his expression shifting from tired to surprised to wary. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Bloom] Reference
The economy started to grow, though it had not yet completed all the adjustments in shifting from a wartime to a peacetime economy. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Biden Attacks GOP Abuse Of Filibuster: ‘You Can’t Govern If You Require A Super Majority’] Reference
This burden-shifting is implicit in her first sentence. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities] Reference
Google's income shifting is tax avoidance, not tax evasion. From Wordnik.com. [David Callahan: Google's Tax Avoidance: So Much for "Don't Be Evil"] Reference
All this is an exercise in shifting around who gets toldno. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass”] Reference
There's a reason the phrase shifting sands has become a cliché. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
All of this has, in shifting configurations, been reflected in his work. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 - Press Release] Reference
But cost-shifting is a shell-game that often has unintended consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Till Debt Do Us Part] Reference
Are we really shifting from the three-camera sitcom to the one-camera sitcom?. From Wordnik.com. [Tweets For Today] Reference
Also, if you think format-shifting is intellectual property theft, stop reading here. From Wordnik.com. [Book Scanning « The Half-Baked Maker] Reference
"You are a spy!" said the Pasha, in Arabic, shifting his glance away from the prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rebel's Reign] Reference
Actually, health care experts today believe "cost shifting" is minimal which may be true. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats fear Obama health plan 'on the rocks'] Reference
Addendum: I should probably stress a little more how much goalpost shifting is going on here. From Wordnik.com. [Porndultery] Reference
Phase shifting is a sound manipulation technique that has nothing to do with this discussion. From Wordnik.com. [Death of the 8-track tape] Reference
Under President Obama our programs will succeed in shifting wealth from the top to the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Transmitting History] Reference
Looting is shifting from a small side story into something radically different and more horrible. From Wordnik.com. [Notes From the Diaspora] Reference
Implementing Low wage laws for safeguarding the labor will furthermore result in shifting of jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Think Before You Sign, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Further, she seems practiced in the art of shifting from the art of deniability to finger pointing. From Wordnik.com. [Douglas M. Branson: Meg Whitman for Governor: Do We Have Deniabillity on That?] Reference
Concentrating on learning the poses distracted from my body's effort in shifting from one to the next. From Wordnik.com. [Leona Palmer: The Long Run: Plus Models Run for Charity] Reference
With the elevation of Rouse, Obama is shifting from a master of the House to a creature of the Senate. From Wordnik.com. [Rahm Emanuel expected to announce resignation tomorrow] Reference
Bottom line in the power shifting is some (how much?) tip of the pool so the cess flows a different way. From Wordnik.com. [$300 a day for Gatsby (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
The act of “wondering” is essential when shifting from a left-brain to a right-brain thought process. From Wordnik.com. [inkblurt · Why We Just Don’t Get It] Reference
And shifting from the center-forward position to the flank meant learning another set of responsibilities. From Wordnik.com. [Richards Rocking as Red Bulls Roll] Reference
Lost lost 14% of its live viewing this season, but when time-shifting is factored in, the show is down only 1%. From Wordnik.com. [TV’s Worst Ratings in Two Years | Impact Lab] Reference
If the player succeeds in shifting blame to the next hapless minion, she ends her turn by drawing a replacement hint card. From Wordnik.com. [Aye, Dark Overlord! Destined to be a party classic « Third Point of Singularity] Reference
Spending also fills an inner void in shifting attention from what's going on inside to making one's outside more attractive. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright: Shopping For Sexual Arousal] Reference
MANI 2006 underscored the reality that the centre of Christianity is indeed shifting from the Global North to the Global South. From Wordnik.com. [MANI] Reference
The “losing his bearings” remark relates to McCain shifting from his stated principle of running a civil smear-free campaign. From Wordnik.com. [McCain camp accuses Obama of making age an issue] Reference
The economy, meanwhile, is as busy as ever in shifting labor from one use to another to make the country richer and more productive. From Wordnik.com. [Jobs and Creative Destruction, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Surveying the list, we see that the burden of financing a University of California education is shifting from the state to the student. From Wordnik.com. [The 20 most expensive dorms] Reference
The decision of the Nobel Committee to acknowledge Dr. Ebadi's human rights work was important in shifting the world's perception of Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Azita Ranjbar: Seems To Be Sima] Reference
One reason for the growth of urban villages is that the nation's economy is shifting from a manufacturing to a service and knowledge base. From Wordnik.com. [How Business is Reshaping America] Reference
Republicans may succeed to some extent in shifting public focus from their past performance to a choice about future directions and policy. From Wordnik.com. [July 2006] Reference
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