How to Use shift in a Sentence

shift

1 of 2 verb

• They tried to shift the blame onto us.
• I wanted to shift the discussion back to the main point.
• She shifted in her seat.
• I shifted the bag to my other shoulder.
• Their efforts to shift public opinion have failed.
• He nervously shifted from foot to foot.
• She shifted her position slightly so she could see the stage better.
• They shifted him to a different department.
• Their attempts at shifting attention away from the controversy seemed to be working.
• Public opinion has shifted dramatically in recent months.
• And that balance of oversight is gonna shift over time.
  — Ted Koppel, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
• South winds shift out of the northwest after the front passes.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
• Bath & Body Works is among those shifting stores to strip malls.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 27 July 2023
• Highs should shift back into the 70s, and rain chances should increase too.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• By the 16th century, time had shifted again and not in a good way.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
• That could shift maps away from areas where the cords are more prone to damage.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
• They are used to shift logs around to increase airflow and keep the flames going strong.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2023
• On Set It Off, Offset tries to shift the spotlight back to the music.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
• Even more mysterious, this false bottom seemed to shift over the course of the day.
  — WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
• Britton shifted over to left guard and Miller moved up to the first-team line and played right tackle.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 19 Aug. 2023
• Our discussion shifts back to the Moxy where the artist can begin prepping for a big night out.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
• Like other parts of the country, the state's suburbs have shifted more Democratic in the era of Trump.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
• By Episode 3, not much has shifted in the plot aside from Maya’s return to her hometown of Tamaha.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• The more that people shifted to this kind of understanding, the more their back pain went down.
  — Yoni Ashar, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2023
• Hovering above this all was the shifting role of Russia.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• But when Mansaray met Alpha in 2013, her worldview started to shift.
  — Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• These days, the kindest month also has shifted from August to June.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The focus of the market will shift to tightening oil supply, ANZ says.
  — WSJ, 13 July 2023
• At about a hundred feet, the aircraft shifted to horizontal flight.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• The halving has happened roughly every four years, and the next one is expected to happen sometime around April 19 or 20, although that may shift.
  — Rafael Nam, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024

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shift

2 of 2 noun

• He works the day shift.
• The day shift worked overtime.
• The restaurant needed only one shift for lunch.
• There will be a shift of responsibility when she takes the new position.
• In the special feature, the role of the Wild symbols shifts.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Light breezes from the northeast shift to the southeast later in the day.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
• Trump’s allies have started to pick up on the shift, too.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Aug. 2023
• The meaning of ohana shifts from person to person on the island.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• For writers, the shift means less work and smaller paychecks.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Healthy aging seems to require a shift in mind-set as much as a shift in muscle mass.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• In turn, over the years, the sound has also come to symbolize the shift in my skin from oily-in-the-t-zone to completely parched.
  — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 29 Nov. 2023
• Experts agree though that any large-scale shift to the yuan is unlikely in the near future.
  — Time, 28 July 2023
• When the ground shifts under our feet, its vibrations are apt to diffuse.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
• The team typically is on the road treating patients for two shifts a day, five days a week.
  — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
• The shift for Peck comes as some people close to the campaign blame her for the campaign's current struggles and stagnation in the polls.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Meredith asks before the scene shifts to a shot of the surgical interns getting ready for a new day.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
• This isn’t the first time Hoskins has seen business standards shift amid rapid societal change.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
• What's at stake Hawaii has gone through major demographic shifts over the last few years.
  — Dara Kerr, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
• Diaz isn’t the only star to step into a store shift recently.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• There was a shift in titles following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• The focus shifts from character to character, from past to present.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
• On the streets of Surat, opinion is divided over whether this shift is helping or hurting those in the middle.
  — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2023
• There’s been this massive shift in TV — in terms of the blurring of lines between comedy and drama.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2024
• Masters argued that those shifts were a matter of emphasis and that his views on the topic have not changed.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
• Ren was coming of age in the midst of a stark generational shift in America.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• That shift in consumption helps explain why artists have been able to chart many songs over short spans in recent years.
  — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2024
• As for price tags, the industry has undergone a sizable shift there, too.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
• As for why Perry believes there’s such a strong shift toward red hair lately?
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 28 July 2023
• The shift will be massive, Dalio concedes, but necessary.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
• There’s been both a structural change that has been happening for a long time as well as a cyclical behavioral shift that happened in the midst of the pandemic.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024